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X ' • • • -r ;X5| President's Report Short Session for Congress: Farm Bill, Alaska Oil on Agenda f Truly the Fourth Arm of Defense With fall elections in every Energy Committee to allow oil House district and more than a third drilling in the refuge may receive As the U.S. Desert Shield operation in the Persian Gulf area moved into of the Senate, little time remains for added consideration before Con­ its second month, the SIU continued to meet the almost overwhelming need the working of the legislature. Of gress closes this session. If so, the for crews to man the wide range of U.S.-flag ships carrying supplies and major importance to Seafarers, as union will make sure the transport­ materiel to the front lines. the elected officials attempt to con­ ing of the crude oil is covered by the With the U.S. and the United Nations thrust suddenly into a crisis clude their business, is the wrap-up Jones Act, thus open only, to U.S.- situation when Iraqi forces invaded Kuwait on August 2 and threatened to of the farm bill in conference com­ flag tankers. continue into Saudi Arabia, President Bush ordered a mittee, the continuation of export GATT Effort Renewed quick, massive movement of American naval vessels, restrictions placed On Alaska oil aircraft and ground troops to answer Saudi Arabia's call and support from the Senate and With the legislators back in Ipii for assistance in maintaining its borders against the Iraqi House for keeping maritime out of Washington, an effort will be made aggression. the world trade talks. to have more House members sign on as sponsors to a non-binding '.• i-.-.-:• f '•' At the same time, we of the SIU were called upon to The SIU has been dogging the provide the immediately-needed crews to man the vessels 1990 farm bill because earlier this resolution asking the president to being broken out of the Ready Reserve Force fleet, as well year interests representing the keep maritime out of a services Michael as maintaining the complements of the prepositioned ves­ giant, multinational grain mer­ agreement negotiated under the Sacco sels and sealift tankers already on military assignment, and chants were attempting to scuttle umbrella of the General Agreement those of the contracted commercial vessels that would be U.S. shipping by wiping out the law on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) :C:V^ •/'•; •s-ri','"' switched to the military support operation. mandating 75 percent of govern­ treaty. A majority of senators became When word came down of the heavy need for manpower in a hurry, I put ment-donated agricultural cargoes to be carried on American-flag bot­ sponsors before the August recess, K..' •' our union machinery on a seven-day, 24-hour around-the-clock basis and, •: • toms. while 140 House members had with our shipping center in Piney Point serving as the hub of the hiring hall In an action by the House rules signed on. GATT had dealt ex­ activities in all port facilities, we were able to satisfy all requests. I am proud clusively on trade in goods before of the way our membership has responded to our nation's need, and I am committee in July, anti-cargo :' "iJ .'t '• "• preference amendments to the farm this session when services were - proud of the manner in which all of the union representatives involved have presented for inclusion. A total of cooperated in meeting the challenge. bill were banned. In two Senate ^ i '• v/i -,z floor votes, attempts to weaken 96 countries, including the United U.S. Ships Are Reliable U.S. shipping requirements were States, subscribe to the treaty. Once again, the privately-operated, civilian-manned merchant marine is beaten back by votes that were Budget Talks Continue "-r demonstrating its effectiveness in carrying out its role as the fourth arm of close to two-to-one. Currently, •» • w ^ House and Senate members are Congress also faces a midnight the country's defense structure. It is to be expected that, in operations of the September 30 deadline to pass the magnitude of the Persian Gulf effort, glitches will show up here and there, working on compromise language to produce a final 1990 farm bill. 1991 Fiscal Year budget. If one is as in the occasional mechanical problems on some of the so-called Ready not passed in time, budget-cutting Reserve Force fleet ships. The SIU will track committee ac­ tions to ensure that the interests of provisions go into effect October 1. At union headquarters we are maintaining a detailed log of all operations the American maritime industry are It is possible such cutbacks could which will be useful, when the Persian Gulf beef is over, in trying to forge not subjected to a sneak attack. affect the military buildup in the a maritime program that will assure the availability at all times of a balanced, The union also will be watching Persian Gulf, but most Congres­ dependable privately-owned American-flag fleet, active and ready at an efforts in Congress to permit ex­ sional experts believe the legis­ instant's notice for any national emergency. ports of Alaska crude oil to Japan. lators will pass a temporary budget Japanese Refuse to Sail Supply. Ship At this time Alaska crude oil is to keep the supply lines going. restricted to U.S. markets, thus Another bill before Congress It is encouraging to see that the United States is getting some measure of keeping the shipment of the crude that may affect the maritime in­ cooperation and support from other nations in the tremendous effort, within the confines of the Jones dustry is the Clean Air Act. Details military and logistical, in the Persian Gulf crisis. But if is absolutely E',' ..- '••'•s-iV. . • -', Act. Only U.S.-flag tankers are per­ are being worked out by legislators necessary to understand that we cannot depend on anyone but ourselves. mitted to load the oil and bring it to on the amount of emissions a vessel We've already observed the truth of that principle in the current situation, the lower 48 under the 1920 federal may release while in port. as we did during the Vietnam War, when the crew of a foreign-flag vessel law. Most Capitol Hill watchers pre­ refused to carry a shipload of military supplies from the West Coast to our dict Congress cannot complete its armed forces in Vietnam. Alaska Oil Considerations work before the October election That there is always a risk in depending on foreign-flag sliips and crews Already the House has passed a recess. All 435 House seats are up »;• again was demonstrated when the Japanese owners and crew of Kanbara one-year extension of the export for election and 35 Senate positions Marine company's freighter Sea Venus refused to sail out of Tokyo harbor ban on Alaska crude oil in its ver­ will be decided on November 6. with a shipload of 800 four-wheel-drive trucks and vans which The sion of the Export Administration The pundits believe the legislators Washington Post reported had been "urgently requested by U.S. forces in Act. The Senate passed a two-year will be back to hold a lame duck Saudi Arabia." ban earlier this month. The ban^ session after the November elec­ And remember, we are dealing here with a non-shooting conflict, and I which expires September 30, now tions. goes to a conference committee. shudder to think of what some of our friends might do if shooting broke out. The Persian Gulf crisis also has Sound preparation would dictate that we be ready to do all the manning September LOG Special ourselves. brought to the legislators' attention Kiss the Angels: a Short Story the untapped oil reserve within the Nevertheless, the effort is a vast success as of the moment, and we must by SIU Member Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. A Larry Reiner — Page 16 .-"pappzzvzp.-: do our part to keep it that way. Your union will continue to carry out its bill which has passed the Senate responsibilities in filling its role, and asks the membership for a continuation I • of the wonderful cooperation which has made our part in the current problem so successful. 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sEnmiiRim The Iraq Invasion of Kuwait In All SiU Ports, Seafarers Keep The Ships Sailing Thanks to the carefully coordinated and planned manpower operation of the Seafarers International Union that was put into effect immediately on the heels of the American crew, the military's eight fast sea- military deployment to lift ships known by their former commercial designation as "SL- the Persian Gulf, the 7's," close to two-thirds of the vessels assigned to the SIU Ready Reserve Force that has been for ere wing have been quickly broken out and two aviation sup­ To meet the surge in shipping caused by the Mideast crisis, the and fully manned. port vessels known as T-AVB's. Lundeberg School has increased the number of AB and FOWT courses In addition, the union has crew- it will hold over the next three months. Pictured above are Seafarers After receiving word that many SIU vessels would participate in members aboard some of the com­ in the current AB class as they learn crane operations. mercial carriers chartered by the the logistical effort to provide sup­ 'si', fe! plies to the American armed forces Military Sealift Command (MSC), in the Middle East, the union's the agency within the defense ap­ president, Michael Sacco, put the paratus that coordinates shipping 'Valiant Americans' in Gulf organization's central shipping of­ for the armed forces. The govern­ fice on a 24-hour-a-day rotation ment services division of the SIU, and opened the hiring halls around which provides unlicensed sea­ Pmised by Piesident Bush the country seven days a week. men for vessels in the MSC's Pa­ Vessels operated by private cific fleet, also has provided the Calling them "some of the finest of the armed forces, also recog­ shipping companies were called crew for the hospital ship the USNS men and women of the United nized the importance of economic into action shortly after President Mercy. States of America," President sanctions imposed on Iraq by the George Bush announced that the Training Stepped Up George Bush lauded the job mem­ United Nations and the Security United States would mount a mil­ bers of the nation's armed forces Council's authorization of "all The union's training facility has itary response to the Iraqi invasion expanded its entry level program are doing in the current military means necessary to ensure com­ of Kuwait on August 2. engagement in the Middle East. pliance with these sanctions." to accommodate more students and has increased the number of In an address to a Joint session Rank-and-File Rallies of Congress earlier this month, the International Support classes for key ratings in the deck president commended the "val­ To date, multinational cooper­ Union members around the and engine departments. iant Americans" who "were ready ation includes a British flotilla and country were quick to volunteer The SIU is proceeding with great at a moment's notice to leave their specialized aircraft; French troops for duty on the vessels that would guns under the assumption that spouses, their children to serve on and naval vessels; 10,000 troops support the military. "Our mem­ the current activation, known as the front line halfway around the from the Gulf Cooperation Coun­ bers take very seriously their re­ Operation Desert Shield by the world" after the United States cil made up of Saudi Arabia, Bah­ sponsibilities in the fourth arm of government's Department of De­ responded to the invasion of Ku­ rain, Oman, United Arab Emirates defense," said one port agent. fense, will be a continuing oper­ wait by Saddam Hussein's Iraqi and Qatar; a Soviet destroyer; Another union official noted that ation for some time to come. army. Greek ships; two Italian frigates; many members registered to ship As the LOG went to press, the More than 100,000 American Japanese funds and equipment; even though they were home on fast sealift ships were returning to troops are now in the Middle East, two Dutch frigates and six Stinger vacation. the United States after delivering including those on ships and 45,000 missiles, and mujahedeen fighters Among the SlU-crewed vessels tanks and other heavy equipment marines. Among the units de­ from Afghanistan's govemment- engaged in sealift activities are to the Middle East. It was reported ployed have been elements of the in-exile. prepositioning ships that stay in a that the vessels will immediately 82nd and 101st Airborne Divi­ Also engaged in the effort are constant state of readiness with a load more military cargo and swiftly sions, the 24th Mechanized Infan­ three Spanish naval vessels; West full load of cargo and complete return to the Persian Gulf. , try Division, the I Ith Air Defense German monetary contributions; Artillery Brigade and the 3rd Ar­ 4,000 Egyptian troops; 1,200 Mo­ mored Cavalry Regiment. Some roccan soldiers; 2,000 Syrian i. s 30 naval vessels are in the area, troops; two Australian warships Union's School Gears Up for Crisis including three aircraft carriers, and one supply vessel; two Bel­ The Seafarers Harry Lundeberg creased the number of testing dates missile cruisers, destroyers and gian minesweepers and one supply 't •'•3 supply ships. ship; two Canadian destroyers and School of Seamanship is working in which an official of the Coast a supply ship, and troops from day and night to train merchant Guard comes to the school to • A® Unconditional Withdrawal Bangladesh and Pakistan. mariners needed for the Persian administer the AB and FOWT tests. President Bush said America's Gulf crisis. More applicants have Continued on page 25 objectives in the Middle East in­ been accepted for the entry pro­ cluded the complete, uncondi­ gram run by the union's school, tional Iraqi withdrawal from Ku­ and instead of one trainee class wait, a return to legitimate Kuwaiti starting every month there are rule, stability and security in the now two. Gulf region and the protection of In addition, the school is run­ American citizens abroad. ning back-to-back upgrading class­ He said the endorsement of the es for able bodied seamen (AB) United Nations Security Council and firemen, oilers and waterten- for these goals and the crisis in ders (FOWT). The courses have the Persian Gulf "offers a rare been shortened in length to three opportunity to move toward an weeks. However content has not historic period of cooperation" been sacrificed as the classes, with the Soviet Union that can which under normal circum­ result in a broader objective—"a stances run eight hours a day, have new world order." been extended into the evenings The condemnation of Iraq's and weekends. aggression has spanned the globe, Officials at the Lundeberg School with words backed up by troops, note that the Coast Guard office George Vlassakis of Philadelphia vessels and money from more than in Baltimore has been very co­ boards the Lundeberg School bus 20 nations. The president, who An American soldier stands watch operative during this busy period. as he begins his career as a mer- also serves as commander-in-chief from a desert foxhole. The government agency has in­ chemt seamen.

M V'- v;'-;"' •i"--- '' ' • '• • I "If ^L: SEAFARERS LOG 4 The Iraq Invasion off Kuwait I '•"•••••• SIU-Manned Ships of the Merchant Heet Fast Sealift Ship Begins Supplying Our Troops Seafarers are crewing many of the U.S.-flag vessels op­ erated by private shipping companies that are serving a ^ 1 ->' Second Voyage to Guif logistical role in Operation Desert Shield. Here is a mWSM breakdown of some of these ships: The following kinds of '••••..'• -V- '-f V'-". ••••'' • .' '• vessels are being manned by SIU members: •s^^f S^f • Commercial Carriers Among the SIU ships chartered by the military are American Transport ' '' y '" ' -•' Line's American Falcon and Amer­ ican Condor. The American Eagle % has been on charter to MSG. It is a ' '^Mr-y-:' ro/ro vessel that shuttles supplies to the Gulf. The Overseas Vivian, Vaidez and Alice also recently have made Gulf stops for MSG.

Ready Reserve Force Of the 96 former commercial ships in the RRF fleet, 40 have been broken out to supply sealift capacity in Operation Desert Shield. Ship­ ..«'» ' '•. •• ••' ping companies with SIU collective Bosun Michael Shappo stands on the ship's ramp while a helicopter is bargaining agreements were as­ lifted aboard the Capeila before its first run. signed 26 RRF vessels, including five managed by APL which has r Pride was evident among the labor contracts with the union's Pa­ SIU crewmembers who had taken cific division. the first fast military sealift vessel to Saudi Arabia and back when the USNS Capeila docked in LaPorte, Texas, September 15. MSC Propositioning Ships The vessel was in port briefly, Operated by Maersk, Amsea and loading, and was due to quickly Waterman for the military, the 13 depart for its second run to the prepositioning ships crewed by the Persian Gulf region. SIU remain fully operational and The Seafarers talked of the loaded with cargo throughout the smooth trip they had as the ship year. Based in Diego Garcia in the \ ' - - • carried its first shipment of mili­ Indian Ocean, these were the first tary materiel to the Persian Gulf SlU-manned vessels to head to­ and of how well their fellow mem- wards the region after the activation was announced.

Great Lakes member Greg Al- strom volunteered for Persian Gulf Fast Sealift Ships (SL-7's) duty aboard the Capeila. The former SL-7's are rapidly be­ a really good galley gang with coming known as the "workhorses" which to work. of Operation Desert Shieid. Imme- Two of the steward department diateiy caiied into service from re­ members, Williams and Chief Cook duced operating status, the eight ^•, •••'"•• ''•y-y'-.yj.-.y Robert Miller, came from the port '•h t-' ' - ''v'Y:'' • fast seaiift vesseis were ioaded with of Honolulu where they had been heavy military equipment and de- working on cmise ships. "It's a pioyed to the Persian Gulf. The lot easier than working on a cruise ships can do speeds in excess of S.,' • •"' •'•••;• . ship," Miller noted. "There, 30 knots. you've got 700 to 900 people to AB Ron Mena works to get the deal with. Here, there is more one- gangway positioned upon arrival. pn-one so you get a chance to know your shipmates." Hospital Ship bers performed. They also reiter­ Bosun iMichael Shappo reported the whole crew worked well aboard Members of the SlU's government ated their belief that the merchant senrices division were called upon marine was a vital part of the U.S. the Capeila the whole trip. "Everything went smoothly" re­ to man the USNS Mercy, one of two defense community. hospital ships operated by MSG. "I feel like I am part of the ported the ship's chairman who sails from Jacksonville. Designed to provide combat medi­ military involvement by being on cal support, the 894-foot ship has this ship," Chief Steward Herbert Shappo noted not only was the crew cooperative, but also the Navy doctors and other hospital Davis told a reporter for the Sea­ staff aboard. farers LOG. "I'm proud to be Army personnel aboard chipped here," echoed Steward Assistant in on the work load. He said they Calvin Wililams. "I'm placing my helped throughout the voyage to life on the line and thank God that Saudi Arabia. I was bom in America. I feel sorry Temperature Stories for those people over there." T-AVB's I;: Shappo wanted to say the heat Nerves Overcome did not affect the crew but stopped The SS Wright and SS Gurtiss are Davis has served on the Capeila short when he remembered the the military's two aviation logistics h' since March 1989. "I was scared temperature at 7:30 a.m. the first support vessels. Maintained in an of gas being used in the Suez day the Capeila was in Saudi Ara­ RRF-like status, the two vessels Canal," he admitted. "But once bia was 100 degrees. Third Cook were activated by MSG and crewed •'^i Gary Lackey from the port of Bal­ by the SIU. The ships are designed 'U- we were out of the canal and when we were coming home it wasn't timore noted the galley reached to maintain Marine Gorps fixed and 105 degrees with air conditioning rotary wing aircraft. •: f" bad." Davis, who ships out of the port of Jacksonville, said he had Continued on pqge 10 .'..'iir.' ::,X •;; itS I, ^ „ • -,•

UPmBER 1990 I - Tfr'Jl t -r^ M J r I -W JVrf^ ^ ^ "W- T. -_- 1.<" ^ 7^^ '•;• •v" iV3V '.'• ii First of Three Cable Ships Due in December

Artist rendering of the Global Sentinel, one of three new technologically-advanced vessels being built for the Transoceanic Cable Ship Co. fleet.

The first of three new cable their role in surveying and laying generator for emergency electrical he noted; "We have had excellent ships should begin crewing by new fiber optic cables in the power, fire-resistant fumishings labor relations with Transoceanic. December, announced Angus oceans. and four encapsulated lifeboats. They have been a good provider." hi ' !' i "Red" Campbell, SIU vice presi­ One interesting feature is the Campbell noted these ships are Members interested in shipping dent for collective bargaining, at bow thruster. Located at the bow of another great opportunity for SIU on the Global Link should contact the September membership meet­ each of the ships, this special members. "We have had the cable Bart Rogers at the union's man­ ing in the port of Piney Point. The propeller enables the ship to move operations since the early 1960s," power office in Piney Point, Md. construction on the Global Link is sideways and maintain its position. almost finished and SIU crews will The three new vessels will have be signing on soon, Campbell said. a length of 479 feet, width of 70 'Steamboat Tony' Kastina, The Global Link, the Global feet and deadweight tonnage of Sentinel (which is expected to crew 7,900. They will have a full load Former Union Official, Dies by June 1991) and a third as yet draft of 26 feet. Cruising speed is unnamed vessel (expected out estimated to be 15 knots. The trio during 1992) will each carry a nor­ is designed to maintain a cable • '•HP-- •.?! li--. mal port crew of 29 unlicensed laying speed of^ to 8 knots and a mariners. When lajdng cable, the speed of 4 knots when towing a sea ships will employ an additional 37 plow and laying cable. They are • 4 unlicensed members. being built in Singapore at a cost of : ..•••IT •', The cable ships are operated by $50 million each. -IK if •• • Transoceanic Cable Ship Com­ Productivity, safety and comfort pany, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the crew are high priorities in the of AT&T. The SIU currently crews design of these new vessels.The two cable ships, the Long Lines standard safety features of the and the Charles L. Brown. ships include water-tight The new vessels will be using transverse bulkheads at various the latest in technology to support locations, a back-up diesel-driven ' " vT. ;• Washington State Governor Tony Kastina (center) helped celebrate the SlU's 50th anniversary in i'-, c ' October 1988. With him are (left to right) Angus "Red" Campbell, Leon Hall, Appoints SIU Agent to Panel Pat Marineli and Ernest "Scotty" Aubusson. Seattle Port Agent Bob Hall has Labor Council. Labor officials Longtime SIU official Tony what they were entitled to," : J.;:--..# been appointed to the newly have expressed the hope with Kastina passed away August 18 in Campbell added. created nine- Hall's appointment the position a Baltimore hospital. Kastina, 65, Bobby Pomerlane, SIU assis­ member] will be established for union repre­ was ill with leukemia. Washington State sentation. tant vice president, grew up with Maritime Com­ The Baltimore native served in Kastina on the Baltimore He also received letters of sup­ waterfront. "We were friends all mission by port from union-contracted com­ the Navy before joining the SIU in Governor Booth August 1947. He shipped in the our lives. We started in the union panies such as Sea-Land,^Crowley in the same year," Pomerlane Gardner. and Totem Ocean Trailed Express engine department, but came Hall ashore to work in his hometown recalled. ,' •"''" 'V,': Hall holds the (T.O.T.E.). Robert McMillan, position mandated for a person T.O.T.E. Resources Corporation hall on Gay Street. He was a "He was very close with guys on with maritime/marine labor or president, wrote the governor, "He mainstay for the SIU in Baltimore, the tugboats. They even gave him marine spill clean-up experience. understands the industry and his working as a patrolman, dis­ a nickname. 'Steamboat Tony' is The commission was created by membership's concerns, is well patcher, organizer and whatever what they called him. All his life he else the union needed until he was associated with the guys on the .i!,3HSfe".v the state legislature to draft an qualified in the practical aspects of emergency oil spill response plan petroleum transportation at sea and retired in 1979. tugs. by July 1, 1992. It also will serve in inland waters and will apply Angus "Red" Campbell, SIU "He was very well liked and a in an advisory role to the state sound, rational, intelligent judg­ vice president for collective bar­ great person. He was a great government for maritime matters ments to the work of the commis­ gaining, remembered Kastina as "a booster of the SIU. He never involving freighters, tankers, tugs sion. great guy. I never heard anybody stopped talking about his love for and barges and ferries. Hall is one of two panelists ap­ put a bad rap on Tony Kastina," the union," Pomerlane noted. Hall, who joined the SIU in pointed by the governor. Six other Campbell said. Kastina is survived by his wife, 1975 in the port of St. Louis, positions are to be filled by "He was an expert on the con­ Jane; a sister, Anne Byers; three received the endorsement of maritime-industry related coun­ tract. He was very dedicated and brothers, Walter, George and several area labor organizations, cils, and the final member will be diplomatic in resolving grievan­ Frank; and several nieces and including the Washington State elected by the commission itself. ces. He would get the members nephews.

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J-:'-.'ill'>*•''.* SeAFARlKS LOG S'"' The MV Moku Pahu Is A 'Feeder on the Sweet Run' 'i! -' • • t'r'. NDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF KANALOA, the Hawaiian "god of the sea" and fortified by the excellent meals planned and prepared by Chief Stew­ - A. -• • ' mi ard John Pratt, the crew of the Moku Pahu hauls close to 37,000 tons of sugarU on a regular run from the Aloha Islands to CaUfornia, writes Bill Mullms, an AB on the integrated tug barge. TTOI. •'i-' In a recent letter to the Seafarers LOG, Brother Mullins reports the ITB h^ set a record for the total amount of raw can sugar it carried when it broke the 2 million ton mark in August of 1987. Operated by Pacific Gulf Marine and crewed by mem­ bers of the SIU, the Moku Pahu at 660 feet "hauls a lot of sugar," says Mullins. The sugar is taken to the California and Hawaii (C«&H) Sugar Company's processing plant in Crock­ ett, Calif., known as the largest cane sugar refinery in the U.S. Each day the Crockett refinery can pro­ cess nearly 7 million pounds of raw sugar into an array of refined sugar products. As a c(>operative I:" owned by the sugar producers of Hawaii, C&H has ABOVE The been receiving Island sugar at Crockett and process­ Moku Pahu ing it since 1906. Over that time, the vessels hauling ties up in Chief Steward John Pratt Crockett, Is ready to prepare another that sugar have evolved from masted schooners to Calif. One of of his excellent meals the modern ITB Moku Pahu. her cranes aboard the Moku Pahu. The AB notes that in the 14,000 horsepower alone is capa­ vessel's bridge, a seaman finds the figure of ble of hauling Kanaloa, one of the four great Hawaiian gods. 2,500 pounds. In Hawaiian mythology, Kanaloa is the compan­ NEAR LEFT ion of Kane, a leading god responsible for cre­ AB Bill Mullins stands wheel ation and ancestor of chiefs and individuals. watch. Kane and Kanaloa are often associated with water—including purifying salt-water, creating FAR LEFT The Moku Pahu fish ponds, finding water, cauang sweet water sails under the to flow in certain places and forcing water to watchful eye of spring from rocks. Kanaloa, the Mdlins photographed Seafarers on the Hawaiian god of 37,110 deadweight ton vessel on one of its runs the sea, who has a permanent this summer. The SIU members pictured on this place on the page brought sugar from Hawaii and sailed into ship's bridge. Dayman Steve Dupre the bay area in San Francisco and "under the takes a break on deck. Golden Gate Bridge after seven beautiful Pacific summertime days," Mullins writes. Proving what a good feeder the Moku Pahii is, Mullins provided the Seafarers LOG with a / sample of an average daily menu. The mouth­ watering selections provided testimony to r::< • Mullins' claim that the "Moku Pahu is a good res feeder." After arriving in port, Mullins re^rted that the SIU's San Francisco representatives Nick Celona and Gei^ Moore held a union meeting with the Moku Pahu's crewmembers.

Food aboard the Moku Pahu Is good every day. But for the Independence Day holiday, it was even more memorable, as the menu shows. Chief Cook Henry Salles and his great meals are popular aboard ship. MUk

LEFT The new garbage regulations are strictly enforced aboard the Moku Pahu, including the separation of plastic items from regular garbage. BELOW Chief Steward John Pratt is •- z; • - barely visible on the deck of the ITB. "i, L.

Payoff aboard the Moku Pahu brings smiles to the faces of, from the left. Patrolman Gentry Moore, AB Bill Mullins, Port Robert Jackson is a day Agent Nick Celona and Bosun worker on the Moku Pahu. Pete Loik.

AB Bill Mullins, left, and QMED Bo Francisco were part of the crew to . -t X Bosun Pete Loik, left, and AB Greg Hamilton enjoy the help bring sugar from Hawaii to •; • "" beautiful summer day aboard ship. San Francisco. •'V-r SEFTEMBERim Seafarers Seek Tariff Relief for Devastated Tuna Industry The Seafarers International Union of North America and some of its affiliated unions are seeking relief from a bizarre historical ac­ cident that has caused the loss of • : 16,000 jobs in the American tuna- canning industry during the 1980s. Representatives from the SIU's affiliates United Industrial Workers (UIW) and the Fishermen's Union of America (FUA) testified last month at Washington hearings on the state of the tuna industry conducted by the International Trade Commis­ Testifying at hearings on the domestic tuna industiy laid-off tuna cannery worker; Gloria Kraft, athird genera- sion (ITC). The union is seeking conducted by the International Trade Commission in tion cannery worker; Margaret Marques, a cannery an equalization of tariff rates for Washington, D.G. are (left to right) Terry Hoinsky, head worker from 1977 to 1984; Marshall Murphy, a UIW shop imported water-packed as com­ of the Fishermen's Union of America; Carolina Patt, a steward, and Steve Edney, UIW national director. pared with oil-packed canned tuna. The UIW represents tuna can­ ing reduced hours. fishing jobs. "Hundreds of shore our taxes, save a little and prepare nery makers in California and the Many of the laid off cannery jobs in the boat supply and repair for the future." Marques worked in FUA's membership'includes com­ workers have discovered how hard industries have also been lost," she the industry from 1977 to 1984. mercial tuna fishermen. it is to find work after the age of 40. added. The ITC will make a report to A tariff of 35 percent is assessed "I know people that after their Margaret Marques summed up the congressional tax and finance on oil-packed tuna while the effec­ unemployment ran out, unable to the feelings of all those testifying committees in early December. Al­ tive rate on water-packed tuna is find work and with no family to when she told the commissioii, "It though the ITC will not make any 10.4 percent. The difference was help are today among the home­ seems to me so crazy that the U.S. recommendations, the agency's created during World War II when less," Marshall Murphy, a UIW and California would let all this go report could spur congressional ac­ the United States signed an agree­ shop steward at Pan Pacific where down the drain. The canneries gave tion. ment with Iceland to charge a he has worked since 1973, told the many people like myself a chance to The SIU plans to seek legisla­ lower tariff on that nation's water- ITC. "Some of these people had make something of ourselves, a tion mandating a higher tariff on packed fish in order to create a new been working at Pan Pacific 10 chance to make a decent living, pay water packed tuna. market while Europe was shut off years and more." by war. Gloria Kraft, a third generation Several Asian and Pacific na­ cannery worker, said her family felt tions—such as the Philippines, In- the canneries were a way of life. donesia, Taiwan and Thailand- "With the closings and layoffs, my have exploited this loophole to friends who once had proud work grab an increasing share of the in the plants are now in very dif­ American tuna market. The' ficult situations." Kraft started at World's Seafaring Unions Seek American tuna industry was not Pan Pacific in 1947. Better Pay for Runaway-Flag Crews affected by the difference until the Steve Edney, UIW national At a meeting of the world congress of the International Transport Workers late 1970s when U.S. consumers director, noted, "The (tuna can­ Federation (ITF), over 800 delegates—including representatives of the began buying water-packed tuna ning) industry has been a stepping SIU—from more than 400 unions pushed for programs that will increase for health and other reasons. At stone into the middle class for wages and better working conditions for seamen on runaway-flag vessels. that time, more than 16,500 people many who otherwise wouldn't The federation of transportation and seafaring unions, meeting in Italy last were employed in California tuna have made it." month, also called for strengthening collective bargaining agreements with canneries like StarKist, Van Camp Carolina Patt worked at StarKist shipowners operating under so-called second registers, the runaway-flag and Pan Pacific. and Pan Pacific for 18 years before outfits established by traditional maritime powers. Plants Move Out being laid off. She told the ITC it was difficult for her to understand Close to 5,000 "Phantom Ships" During the 1980s, the plants how things had gotten so bad. "I Found in Panamanian Registry began moving to such low-wage had always thought I would be at areas as Puerto Rico and American Pan Pacific all my life." The Panamanian registry, a haven for runaway-flag operators, estimates the Samoa. Even today, Puerto Rico is real number of ships in its group at around 6,500, instead of the 11,661 that feeling the pressure as it has lost Tuna Boat Jobs Lost have been officially appearing in the nation's public records. According to two of its five canneries. the register's director, many vessels that had been scrapped or transferred Terry Hoinsky, head of the to other flags had not been removed over the years. The latest news on the After all the closings and Fishermen's Union of America, layoffs, only Pan Pacific remains flag-of-convenience register follows reports earlier this year that the said the plant closings also had Panamanian consular offices administering the program have been riddled in California. It now has 526 decimated the U.S.- flag tuna fleet "••'r workers with some of them work­ resultingin the loss of thousands of with widespread corruption. Fiiipino Seamen Get $43 Million UarM OKs Lykes ODS Move} SlU to From Company that Cooked its Books Responding to a charge by the International Transport Workers Federation The SIU is considering a number flimsiest application for subsidy (ITF) that a Japanese company was keeping two sets of books concerning of additional steps in protest of the ever received by MarAd." Sacco crew wages, a federal court in Seattle awarded 21 Filipino crewmembers Maritime Administration approval urged the agency to reject the time aboard the Vanuatu-flagged Pine Forest with back pay and other compen­ of a subsidy transfer from Lykes charter proposal or hold a full hear­ sation amounting to close to $43 million. In court documents, the federation Brothers to First American Bulk ing on the matter. > of transport unions said Inui Steamship Company, a subsidiary of the giant Carriers (FABC), a two-ship com­ The deal originally was an­ Mitsui OSK Lines, was paying its crew an average of $276 per month pany that has never received gov­ nounced in the Federal Register instead of the ITF rate which is over double that amount. The dry bulk ernment monies for its operation earlier in the summer by the carrier's double bookkeeping tactic allowed for an ITF rate in the ship's prior to this arrangement. Maritime Administration, which articles and one set of financial records, while maintaining another sheet The transfer of Lykes operating solicited comments on the subsidy with wage rates agreed to by a Filipino manning agency. The company differential subsidy (ODS) to transfer plan. In addition to meet­ appealed the decision last month. FABC, a company owned by the ing with objections from the SIU, pension trust fund of the Marine the proposal was opposed by the Barge Buckles and Spews Oil Engineers Beneficial Association, International Organization of Into Houston Ship Channel represents a radical departure from Masters, Mates and Pilots (MM?) Heavy fuel oil poured from a two-foot fracture where a 300-foot tank barge the government's policy of not and Sea-Land Service as well as buckled during a tankering operation last month. According to news reports, granting subsidies to shipping com­ Farrell Lines. the deck folded and the barge cracked down the middle when employees of panies that are not currently en­ the tankering service loaded the middle two of four tanks on the barge owned rolled in the program , the SIU's In late August, when MarAd is­ by the non-union Ingram Barge Company. One Coast Guard commander president, Michael Sacco, said in a sued a decision to allow the subsidy placed the blame on human error, explaining that the tankermen had put too formal objection to MarAd. transfer, the SIU and MM? imme­ much weight in the two center tanks. The barge, which carried 630,000 Calling the Lykes request for the diately asked the transportation gallons of oil was believed to have spilled between 20,000 to 60,000 in the transfer of taxpayer monies to Department Secretary to overturn Houston ship channel. another company "the vaguest and the ruling.

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SEFTEMBERim JS ' 'J'M ' . ' • New Garbage Regulations Take Effect I'f '1 • •' ' \'r • ^ ' ' . . • 't '-if' All U.S.-flag vessels used for dunnage, lining and packing mate­ '"M commercial or pleasure purposes rials that float and any garbage ex­ All Oceans, Seas SPECIAL AREAS now must follow United States cept dishwater, greywater and GARBAGE and Inland Waters Mediterranean, Baltic, Coast Guard (USCG) regulations fresh fish parts. TYPE except SPECIAL AREAS Red and Black Seas and concerning the disposal of gar­ Persian Gulf Areas From three to 12 miles offshore, bage. the USCG forbids dumping of The rules, announced a year plastic, dunnage, lining and pack­ '-'i Plastics - includes synthetic Disposal prohibited Disposal prohibited ropes and fishing nets and ago, became permanent this sum­ ing materials that float and any gar­ plasticbags mer. They cover all vessels greater bage not ground to less than one than 26 feet in length as well as square inch. Floating dunnage, iining Disposal prohibited less than Disposal prohibited fixed or floating platforms. The rx>:in. and packing materials 25 miles from nearest land From 12 to 25 miles, the Coast Coast Guard has adopted the new Guard bans dumping plastic, dun­ Paper, rags, glass, metal Disposal prohibited iessthan Disposal prohibited garbage policy to curb the growing nage and lining and packing mate­ •— 'li'i bottles, crockery and similar 12 miles from nearest land ocean pollution problem world­ rials that float. When more than 25 wide. Refuse, especially plastics, Paper, rags, glass, eta Disposal prohibited less than Disposal prohibited miles from shore, only plastic is comminuted or ground 3 miles from nearest land can kill fish and marine wildlife as banned. well as foul water intakes and ship Food waste not comminuted Disposal prohibited Iessthan Disposal prohibited less propellers. USCG Defines "Garbage" •\]r. or ground 12 miles from nearest land than 12 miles from near­ J.l-'' • est land The regulations govern what The Coast Guard defines gar­ caimot be thrown overboard by bage as paper, rags, glass, metal, Food waste comminuted or Disposal prohibited less than Disposal prohibited less distances from shore. The one item crockery and other items generated ground 3 miles from nearest land than 12 miles from near­ est land that is strictly forbidden to go over in living spaces aboard the vessel the side at any time is plastic. The normally regarded as trash. Dish­ Mixed refuse types When garbage is m'lxed with other harmful substances term "plastic" includes, but is not water is defined as material used to having different disposal or discharge requirements, the limited to, plastic bags, styrofoam, more stringent disposalrequirements shall apply. block and brace cargo and is con­ cups and lids, six-pack holders, sidered a cargo-generated waste. bottles, caps, buckets, shoes, milk Dishwater is considered the liq­ jugs, egg cartons, stirrers, straws, uid residue from manual or auto­ synthetic fishing nets, ropes, lines matic washing of dishes and ; 1 • •• and bio- or photo-degr^dable plas­ cooking utensils which have been tics. pre-cleaned so that any food parti­ Plastic Dumping Banned cles adhering to them would not , !i - interfere with the operation of an Within three miles of shore and automatic dishwasher. KHtw IT mm mm, N«*f A«AIMST THE on all U.S. lakes, rivers, bays and Finally, greywater means drain­ sounds, it is illegal to dump plastic. age from a dishwasher, shower, laundry, bath and washbasin, but does not include drainage from toi­ lets, urinals, hospitals and cargo spaces. Depending on the size of the vessel, the Coast Guard requires one or more placards atinoimcing the garbage regulations to be af­ fixed onboard. They must be placed in sueh locatiotis that crew and passengers can see and read them.

Penalties for Law-Breakers Anyone found guilty of violat­ ing these regulations may be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 for each violation. Also, criminal penalties not to exceed $50,000 and/or imprisonment up to five years may be imposed. The Coast Guard has announced it will enforce the rules through on-the-spot inspections, letters of warning, assessment of civil penal­ ties and denial of entry to ports and terminals without adequate recep­

tion facilities. The USCG stat^ • i some of the following factors will si' serve as evidence of compliance: presence of equipment to treat ship-generated garbage, adherence to a written waste management '•'f plan, absence of plastics, educa­

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•-p " 10 ' SaFARiRS ItiG The Iraq invasion of Kuwait USNS Capella, Fast Sealift Ship, Ends First Guif Trip Continued from page 4 when the outdoor temperature soared to 120. Not to be outdone was the black - gang. Fireman-Watertender Jef­ frey Gelin reported the engine room was as hot and humid as summer­ time in his home port of Houston. "The sea water temperature was Escorted by SlU-crewed G&H tugboats, the USNS Capella makes its Wiper Terry "Ruffy" Hiii enters the 85 degrees," Gelin recalled. way to the LaPorte, Texas dock after a four-week run to Saudi Arabia. ship's house after getting caught All the members announced they in a Houston downpour. were restricted to the ship and a bers reported the supply ship to serve on the (Cpl. Louis J.) 1,000-foot dock when they got to reached a speed of 33 knots at one Hauge (a propositioning naval Saudi Arabia. Shappo said he and time. The vessel cruised to the supply ship)," Adams said about his friend from Jacksonville, AB Middle East averaging 30 knots. his namesake. "He was worried John Holland, got to talk with In fact, a Navy escort frigate asked about life being boring there. Then some members from the USNS the Capella to slow down because this came up. He even beat me to p. .-"'•'^••f Altair when both ships were docked it could not keep up with the Saudi Arabia and got closer to in Saudi Arabia. They said fellow supply ship. When the Capella did Kuwait than I did." SIU members reported no major so, the Military Sealift Command problems on the Altair. ordered the vessel to full speed and said another escort would be Steward Department sent from Europe. If there could have been a major The vessel reached Saudi Ara­ problenl aboard the Capella, it bia in two weeks, unloaded in 48 AB Joe Conlin takes care of some would have been a lack of stores. hours and took another two weeks paperwork before he hits the town. "We made do with what we had," to make Galveston Bay. The crew Davis said. "We were called up knew they had 48 hours in the quickly and couldn't get all we Houston area and wanted to make needed before being sent off. We'll the most of it. AB Robert Adams take care of that while we're here." said he wanted to go to "a K- "Make do?!" shouted AB Ron Mart, Walmart, someplace where Mena from the port of New York. I can get some supplies." "This was the best steward de­ Adams was home in Jackson­ partment I've ever seen!" Other ville for one-and-a-half weeks af­ crewmembers chimed in to heap ter upgrading at Piney Point when praise on Davis and the whole he got the call to help crew the galley gang. Even steward de­ Capella. His son, Robert Adams partment members said Davis did Jr., had graduated from the trainee AB John Holland reflects on the a fantastic job with what he had. program at the Lundeberg School Capella's first voyage to the Per­ The Capella lived up to its name while his father was studying there. sian Gulf. as a fast sealift vessel. Crewmem- "He got sent to Diego Garcia The steaks are aimost ready under the watchful eye of Third Cook Gary Lackey.

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LEFT Taking part in the firefighting ABOVE Members gather around SlU instructor John and safety training aboard the Missis- Smith for a demonstration of fire and safety equipment, sippi Queen are, from the left; Captain They are, from the left: Woody Brown, porter; Kirk Lawrence Keeton, Rob McClemore, Beverung, deckhand; Tim Stockstill, deckhand; Smith; Robert Pou, Addison Jase, Lionel Mike Williams, mate; Willie Allen, deckhand; Dan Bry- Weber, SlU instructor Byran Cum- ant, carpenter; Ed Smith, deckhand; Mike Ward, deck- mings and Marvin Joy. hand, and Jeff Kettner, deckhand.

. • BELOW SlU instructor Byran Cummings gives a firefighting demonstration to the Mississippi Queen crew.

BELOW Woody Brown, por­ ter, does just what SlU instruc­ tor John Smith tells him to do to safely extinguish a fire on the Delta Queen.

Crews Praise Lundeherglnstractors For Their Work on Mississippi Riverhoats The crew and the officers of two allowing the instructors to explore demonstrate his first aid knowledge Mississippi River paddlewheelers and smdy the vessels. on a passenger who was having a were so impressed with the training "These steamboats are a com­ heart attack. "I saw the mate come they received last month from Sea­ pletely different breed," said through the dining room. Then the farers Harry Limdeberg School of Smith. "There aie, from the vessels maitre d' came over and asked if I Seamanship instructors that they we normally work on, a lot of dif­ could go to a certain room. The have asked for a return visit. ferent challenges that could be captain turned the boat around, Byran Cummings and John faced onboard. The crews deal very back to Baton Rouge and I stayed Smith spent a week on two SIU- closely with the public." with the passenger and the mate crewed riverhoats to provide in­ Because of the work schedule on until the paramedics came aboard struction in firefighting, first aid the boats, classes had to be sched­ at the shore." Both Cummings and and damage control techniques. uled when crewmembers were off Smith have years of experience as Cummings worked with Captain duty. This meant classes started firefighters and parame^cs. Getting first-hand instruction aboard the Delta Queen from SIU instructor John Smith (far right) on fighting a fire on deck are, William Lawrence Keeton on the around 8 a.m. and did not stop some Kish said everything he has clockwise: Woody Brown, porter; Jeff Kettner, deckhand; Ed Smith, Mississippi Queen, while Smith evenings until close to 3 a.m. "We heard about the training has been deckhand; Taduesz Kornecki, Jr. engineer; Mike Ward, deckhand;. held classes on the older Delta didn't get much sleep, but it was positive. "Our people got a great Dan Bryant, carpenter; Kirk Beverung, deckhand (with hose), and Queen. well worth it," Cummings noted. deal out of it," he said. "They can't Willie Allen, deckhand (with nozzle). "The courses aboard each boat The Delta Queen Steamboat stop talking about it.. We want to were nothing short of an incredible Company had asked Piney Point do more in the future. Our hope is success," wrote David W. Kish, for onboard firefighting and safety to provide instruction on each ves­ vice president of administration at instruction because many of the sel three times a year to cover fire­ Delta Queen Steamboat Co., in a crew are unable to attend classes at fighting, safety and CPR and letter to SIU Executive Vice Presi­ the Lundeberg School. The teach­ damage control. We hope we can dent Joseph SaCco. "Everyone is ers had planned to hold classes on work something out." literally raving about them! . . . basic and advanced firefighting, Both men proved to be excellent but the agenda was expanded al­ instructors who knew their mate­ most as soon as they got onboard. rial, and more importantly, pre­ Cummings said both men cov­ sented it in such a way that it stirred ered drug awareness, first aid and a great deal of interest in the crew. CPR, rescue operations as well as They went above and beyond by firefighting. "We had to turn away offering classes from early morn­ crewmembers because we ran out ing until well after midnight." of time," he said. the left: Lionel Weber, Addison Jase, Rob­ ert Pou, Marvin Joy and Robert McC­ "We were really impressed with On both boats, the instructors lemore. him [Cummings] and his pro­ saw passengers enter the class­ gram," said Keeton, a member of rooms and listen. "They would LEFT While stopped in Vicksburg, Miss., Mississippi Queen crewmembers get a District 2-MEBA who has been come by at dinner and tell us how few more pointers from the instructor. sailing 56 years. "He was more than imprest they were that the com­ From the left are Lionel Weber, Addison book-learning. He had so much pany provided training for their Jase, Robert Pou, Marvin Joy, Paul Thoeny, SIU instructor Byran Cummings practical experience. I already have crews," Cummings recalled. and Bill Frietas. ordered stuff to be put into effect One middle-aged female pas­ that he recommended." senger who was watching the fire­ Both Cummings and Smith hose training on the shore at noted this was the first time either Vicksburg, Miss, asked Cummings of them had been on a riverboaL if she could hold the hose. "She told Both men toured their vessels upon me she always wanted to do it but boarding to get an idea of what was afraid to ask at a firehouse. So needed to be addressed and how it we got some crewmembers to hold could be handled. Both met with the the hose behind her and told her to officers and crews to talk about turn it on. She was so excited that what procedures should be empha­ she came by at dinner that night to sized in the cram course. They re­ thank me again." 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Economic Price Adjustments ships were assembled in Iceland '•'•i . v> For 1989 Due Some Members and sailed at approximately 200 f: Any crewmember who sailed in mile intervals. Of the 13 vessels 1989 aboard any of the following that participated in this operation, i->'' five were American Liberty ships, M : Aderito Ribau Antonio Fernandes Carlos DaCosta named vessels is due an economic price adjustment. seven British and one was Russian. The United States Coast Guard of the USCG hearings, the New Waterman Ships The author has interviewed (USCG) is continuing its investi­ England had set sail from its home crewmembers of the British and gation into a collision between an port of New Bedford, Mass. at 3:30 Sgt. Matej Kocak Russian vessels and now desires to SlU-contracted fishing vessel and p.m. the day before. The fishing Pfc. Eugene Obregon expand his research by talking with a Greek-registered freighter that boat began trawling for yellowtail Maj. Stephen W. Pless American seafarers who sailed on claimed the lives of three SIU flounder in the heavy fog about Maersk Ships these vessels during the war, par­ fishermen. two hours before the accident. Pfc. William Baugh ticularly if they were aboard during Engineer Aderito Ribau, 56, Vieira noted he picked up the Cpl. Louis J. Hauge Operation FB. Harry C. Hutson, a Deckhand Antonio Fernandes, freighter on radar when it was ap­ Pfc. James Anderson retired radio officer from the Brit­ 48, and Cook Carlos DaCosta, 50, proximately three miles away. 1st Lt. Alex Bonny man ish commercial fleet, can be were lost at sea when the New En­ The captain said he tried to radio Pvt. Harry Fisher reached at the following address: gland was struck at 1:25 a.m., Au­ the Greek ship on two different Please submit copies of dischar­ 90, Bradford Avenue; Cleethor- gust 28 approximately 40 miles channels, but to no avail. ges and/or pay vouchers to the pes; South Humberside, DN35 > southeast of Nantucket, Mass. The As the Eurojoy was bearing union's headquarters. Also in­ OBH; England. three members were asleep when down on the New England, Vieira clude up-to-date mailing address ' the 591-foot Eurojoy rammed the WWII Tugboat Veterans blew several warning blasts with and social security number in any Sought by New Group port side of the 73-fbot New En­ the boat's horn which woke up correspondence. Direct informa­ gland in a heavy fog. Boia. Vieira tried to maneuver the tion to SIU Contract Department; Last year the National Associa­ Captain and owner Manuel O. fishing boat but was hampered by 5201 Auth Way; Camp Springs, tion of Fleet Tug Sailors was Vieira, 43, and Mate Domingo the trailing net. As Boia reached Maryland 20746. formed to bring together men and Boia, 44, were rescued by the Eu­ the wheelhouse, the freighter women who have served on the rojoy an hour after the accident. struck. Author Seeks Information tugboats of the U.S. Navy and On WWIFs Operation FB Coast Guard. The organization had According to news reports, the two According to the Coast Guard, were at the wheelhouse when the The SIU has been contacted by its first official reunion this month the collision happened in the one- in Orlando, Fla. Those interested in collision occurred. The pair told and-a quarter-mile separation zone Harry C. Hutson concerning a USCG investigators they were book he is writing on the ships that joining the group should contact between the inbound and outbound Bob Yates; 762 Mendocino thrown to the starboard side, then channels of the Boston Harbor were sent without escort to North the boat rolled and capsized as the, Russia during WWII. The author Avenue, #15; Santa Rosa, Califor­ shipping lane. The USCG had not nia 95401 or call (707)523-4415. freighter proceeded over it. The yet determined if the Eurojoy was wishes to hear from any individual boat sank in a matter of seconds. travelling too fast for conditions who was a crewmember during Candidate Info Available and if its fog-horn was working. those runs on the Richard H. Through DOD Voting Program Two Men Live Alvey, Hugh Williamson, John Vieira and Boia managed to free The Greek freighter was sailing Walker, John H.B. Latrobe and American citizens sailing in the themselves from underneath the to Norfolk, Va. after delivering a William Clark. U.S. merchant marine can par­ water and the wreckage; then cling load of salt to Boston. It is owned ticipate in the Department of by Carson International Maritime The events that Hutson covers Defense Voting Assistance Pro­ for an hour to a floating propane took place in late October or late gas tank bobbing on the surface. and operated by Aegeus Shipping gram. The DOD office operates a SA, both of Piraeus, Greece. November of 1942. Because of voting information center 24- The Eurojoy circled back after heavy losses to the North Russia hours-a-day. the collision and dropped a life raft Community Mourns convoys PQ-17 and PQ-18, it was By calling (202)693-6500, an to rescue the men. A Coast Guard New Bedford Port Agent Henri agreed by President Roosevelt and spokesman said it was a miracle Winston Churchill to suspend fur­ individual can hear recorded mes­ Francois said the accident was felt sages from most of the candidates the freighter found the survivors very deeply by everybody in­ ther convoys to Russia for three because of the fog. He also noted months, says Hutson. It was running for federal office. In addi­ volved in the fishing industry. Like tion, information is available on the two were lucky not to have most of the members in New Bed­ decided to send a number of ships been sucked under by the cufrent. to North Russia, sailing inde­ how to register to vote and file an ford, all three were bom in Por­ absentee ballot. A USCG helicopter took the tugal, Francois noted. pendently and without escort. The pair from the Eurojoy to land. "These three fishermen were Vieira suffered cuts and bruises as good union brothers," Francois well as a severely bruised hip. He added. "One of the crewmembers, was kept overnight in a hospital for Antonio Femandes, was a union observation because he had swal­ member for more than 20 years." lowed a large amount of water. Ribau was survived by his wife, Boia was treated for a broken heel and shock and was released from a Olinda. Femandes left behind his wife. Rose. DaCosta's wife, hospital that night. Lucila, survived him. USCG Still on Case A memorial Mass was held The USCG still was taking tes­ Monday, September 3 at Mt. Car- timony at press time in its investi­ mel Church in New Bedford and gation of the accident. The Coast was attended by friends, family Guard had not determined fault for and the fishing community. Fran­ the accident but a USCG spokes­ cois represented the Seafarers In- Tug Added to SlU-Crewed Marltrans Fleet man stated the testimony appeared temational Union at the solemn An 11,000 horsepower twin engine tug and a double hull barge joined the to show violations on the part of event and sent condolence cards on Maritrans fleet of petroleum-transport equipment. The tug, MT Constitu­ both vessels. behalf of the union to the families tion, and the barge. Ocean 400, were christened last month at a dock-side According to published reports of the three fishermen lost at sea. ceremony in Philadelphia.• . •:

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Sen, Heflin Tells Retirees: 'Jones Act Vital to U.S. * The Jones Act is part of the glue that keeps the American maritime industry together, Alabama's senior senator told a group of SIU pensioners during their annual summer barbecue at the Mobile union hall. Howell Heflin, who voted against attempts to weaken the nation's cargo preference laws Bevelon Loche, left, and Henry Kop- "Whitey" Clark, George Pierre, Joe during a recent debate on the 1990 persmith enjoy the beautiful Mobile, Crawford and Red Harrison get a farm bill, noted that the United Ala. barbecue weather. chance to reminisce with other retirees. States must have a strong merchant marine to meet its defense strategies. Senator Heflin, who was first Senator Howell Heflin speaks to the elected from the state of Alabama wife of a retired seafarer. to the federal officd in 1978, also spoke on the quality of life for the state's senior citizens. Heflin, who was a trial lawyer in Tuscumbia and then a chief justice of the state's Supreme Court before run­ ning for the Senate, urged the retirees to remain politically ac­ tive. "We must all work together for a good future," he said. Retiree Red House and his wife build Mr. and Mrs. Bradley enjoy being with Steve Windom, a candidate for old friends at the SIU retirees' event. Alabama's senate district 35, also up an appetite for the barbecue. dropped by the barbecue, introduc­ ing his two sons to the Seafarers. The event, which drew SIU pen­ sioners from around the area, gave many of the Seafarers and their AIDS Study Group Proffers SIU pensioners help with the prepara­ wives an opportunity to tion for the barbecue. demonstrate their culinary skills. A Plan for Education :••• M: Alicia Sanders, who works for the M union in the Mobile hall, said the and flavors- -from cakes to pies to The Seafarers AIDS Forum for places. It cannot be transmitted by retired members "cooked the food tarts. Education (SAra), a joint labor- mosquitoes or other insects, to perfection." She reports that the Throughout the day, SIU pen­ management committee made up through hugging or shaking hands day's menu consisted of barbecued sioners and their families used the of shipowners and union repre­ or from telephones, toilet seats or ribs and chicken, potato salad, occasion to catch up with each sentatives, has finished its Ad­ clothing. baked beans, rice, cole slaw and other, exchange sea stories and dis­ visory Proposals concerning the The Advisory Proposals sug­ rolls. Desserts came in all shapes cuss local politics. issue of AIDS and its effects in the gest seafarers infected with the maritime workplace. virus or perceived to be infected The committee's work was are entitled to certain job protec­ Florence Penny Retires; coordinated by Liz Reisman, who tions. A seafarer generally has the has a Doctorate in Nursing Science right to gain and maintain employ­ Spent 33 Years with SIU Clinic and is a'member of the St. Mary's ment without discrimination as County (Md.) AIDS Task Force. long as he or she is fit for duty, Florence Penny, business ad­ Reisman also heads SAFE's AIDS holds a current clinic card and does ministrator of the Seafarers Brook­ education program at the Lun- not pose a legitimate threat to the lyn clinic, retired last month after deberg School. health and safety of the crew or the 33 years of service to SIU mem­ The forum, which has held a public. bers and their families. series of meetings since September The health and safety proposals "She was the cog in the wheel 1988, researched the latest note the AIDS/HIV virus cannot be that made everything happen," epidemiological, medical and legal spread by casual contact in the said Dr. Joseph A. San Filippo,. aspects of the disease. AIDS stands workplace. The virus can be spread national director of the Seafarers for Acquired Immune Deficiency through unprotected sexual con­ Medical Department. Syndrome, which is caused by the tact, intravenous drug use, babies Responsible for running the Human Immunodeficiency Virus being bom to infected mothers and, Brooklyn clinic and overseeing the (HIV). The HIV virus lives in an in some instances, getting infected tremendous flow of paperwork, infected person's body slowly at­ blood or other infected bodily she started working for the SIU tacking the person's immune sys­ fluids into the bloodstream through right after her high school gradua­ tem, the body's defense mucus membranes, skin openings tion. mechanism. The immune system's or punctures. Known to everyone as "Miss job is to protect the body from dis­ Aboard ship, there are simple Penny," she became a familiar and ease. In time the immune system precautions seafarers can take to comforting presence to thousands becomes damaged and serious ill­ avoid HIV infection. Among these of Seafarers and their families. Florence Penny was honored at a nesses occur. There is no cure for are wearing latex or vinyl gloves "I think the best thing about retirement dinner at Rossini's res­ the virus although new drugs are when cleaning another person's working for the SIU was getting to taurant in Brooklyn, N.Y. With her is available to better treat those in­ blood, avoid being stabbed by a know the membership," she said. her good friend of many years, Joe fected. needle or other sharp object that "In later years, it was a thrill to ship Logue, son of the late Dr. Joseph The SAFE Advisory Proposals may be contaminated by blood or out seamen who I had first met Logue, the first head of the Seafarers Medical department. have three main components: other potentially infectious body when they were two or three weeks education, employment practices fluids and thoroughly washing any old." and safety. area of skin immediately after con­ When she started working for opening of the Pete Larsen Memorial Clinic in Brooklyn, N.Y. Education is the most effective tact with blood or other potentially the SIU in 1957, the union was in way to stop the spread of the infectious body fluids. the process of opening a nation­ "It was quite a ceremony," she said. "Sen. Warren Magnuson ID- AIDS/HIV virus. TTie proposals SAFE has begun distributing wide system of clinics. It had just note there is a great deal of incor­ the. Advisory Proposals. Any other hired Dr. Joseph Logue, a retired Wash.) gave the keynote address." Starting out as a receptionist, she rect information about how the individuals or groups with ques­ admiral, to head the new depart­ soon became an indispensable, all- virus is spread. The virus is not tions conceming the proposals can ment. purpose aid to Dr. Logue. Dressed spread through casual, everyday contact SAFE Counsel Deborah As one of her first duties, she contact at work, home, school, Kleinberg at SIU headquarters in helped Dr. Logue organize the Continued on page 17 stores, restaurants or other public Camp Springs, Md.

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he Seafarers Pension Plan an­ INLAND Tnounces the retirement of 25 To Our New Pensioners members of the union this month. CLYDE V.EL­ From this group, 19 sailed in the ... Thanks for a Job Well Done LISON, 64, deep sea division, five shipped in­ joined the union ' •••• yy-'ri-/ land, and one each came from the At­ Each month in the Seafarers LOG, the names of SIU members who in July 1976 in •' vn; '; lantic fishermen and railroad marine recently have become pensioners appear with a breif biographical the port of Jack­ sections. sketch. These men and women have served the maritime industry sonville, Fla. He Brother Prince Baker of New Or­ well, and the SIU and all their union brothers and sisters wish was bom in leans is the oldest of the new pen­ them happiness and health in the days ahead. Watauga County, sioners. After serving in the Navy N.C. Boatman Ellison served in the ' ''' during World War II, he signed on CHAD- JOSEPH PETRUSEWICZ, 48, Navy before starting his deck depart­ with the SIU in December 1945 to BOURNE W. joined the Seafarers in August 1955 ment career. He sailed with Crowley ship in the galley gang. He is 73 GALT,65, in the port of Philadelphia. Bom in TMT before he retired to Patterson, years old. joined the Massachusetts, he served in the N.C. Brother Walter Kilgore has been Seafarers in April Army from 1949 to 1950. Brother a member longer than any of the EUGENE 1946 in 1 the port Petrusewicz sailed in the deck McCULLOUGH, others retiring. He first signed on in department. He resides in Quincy, February 1945 in the port of Tampa, of Philadelphia. 62, joined the Mass. Fla. A native of New Seafarers in June •Hampshire, he served in the Army Brief biographical sketches of 1961 in the port from 1950 to 1952. Brother Gait FRED F. these and the other 23 Seafarers fol­ RASHID, 65, of Philadelphia. low: sailed as an able bodied seaman be­ fore he retired to Sevierville, Texas. joined the SIU in A native of July 1956 in the Gloucester, N.J,, WALTER KILGORE, 65, joined port of New he served in the Army from 1946 to DEEP SEA the SIU in February 1945 in the port York. The Mas­ 1948. Boatman McCullough sailed of Tampa, Fla. The Texas native sachusetts native in the deck department. He lives in Philadelphia. ARTHUR B. shipped as a steward and cook. served in the Brother Kilgore calls Houston home. Army from 1943 to 1945. Brother V- 'j; AUSTIN, 67, THOMAS A. Rashid sailed as an able bodied joined the PAIGE,63, STANLEY seaman before he retired to Mid- Seafarers in joined the SIU KRAWCZYNSKI, dleton,Mass. in January 1966 in 65, joined the May 1977 in the the port of San fi-:: union in January RICHARD D. port of New Or­ Francisco. The 1952 in the port SCHAEFFER, leans. Bom in • Honolulu native of Baltimore. 65, joined the Soperton, Ga., he sailed in the engine department as a Bom in Heidel­ union in March served in the DEU. Brother Austin has retired to berg, Pa., he 1957 in the port Naval Reserves from 1944 to 1945. Federal Way, Wash. served in the Navy from 1943 to of Seattle, Wash. Boatman Paige shipped in the deck PRINCE 1946. The deck department veteran Bom in West department on Dixie Carriers and BAKER, 73, attended an educational conference Palm Beach, Fla., Crowley vessels. He calls Richmond joined the SIU in in 1972, then upgraded to recertified he served in the Army from 1942 to Hill, Ga. home. bosun in 1974 at the Lundeberg 1945 and 1947 to 1948. He lost his December 1945 FORD in the port of Bal­ School. Brother Krawczynski calls right leg in Belgium in 1944. Orange City, Fla. home. SOLOMON, 62, ^iyji = ',.;• • timore. He was Brother Schaeffer shipped as a bosun and AB. His last vessel was joined the union bom in Little LOUIS D. MC­ in June 1974 in Rock, Ark. and the Sea-Land Explorer, He calls Cas- DUFFIE, 43, selberry, Fla. home. the port of served in the Navy during 1942. graduated in June Mobile, Ala. The Brother Baker shipped as a cook 1966 from the WILLIE J. Alabama native before retiring to New Orleans. Andrew Fumseth SMITH JR., 65, sailed in the deck CHARLES J. BRENNICK, 65, Training School joined the Seafar­ department. He has retired to Excel, joined the union in October 1956 in in his native Mo­ ers in June 1967 Ala. the port of New York. A native of bile, Ala. Brother in the port of Wil­ Massachusetts, he sailed most recent­ McDuffie shipped as an able bodied mington, Calif. A ATLANTIC FISHERMEN ly as a third engineer. Brother Bren- seaman in both the deep sea and in­ native of Mobile, nick lives in Dunnellon, Fla. land divisions. He resides in Hous­ Ala., he sailed in SANTO MINEO, 62, joined the ton. the steward department. Brother Seafarers in October 1983 in the .,-:• •(•-.•.i.- ROBERT D. Smith upgraded to recertified stew­ Ik"'' RORYA. port of Gloucester, Mass. The native Ikkv BRIDGES, 62, ard in December 1984 at the Lun­ of Italy sailed as a captain and mate joined the McLEOD, 71, deberg School. He lives in Los joined the on fishing vessels. He resides in Seafarers in July Angeles. Gloucester. -f: 1951 in the port Seafarers in of Lake Charles, August 1962 in t"'k La. Bom in the port of New RAILROAD MARINE W-:' Orleans. ROBERT 'Y , Savannah, Ga., Bom in TILLMAN, 50, 'Y' •' he served in the Anhy from 1947 to Biwabik, Minn., LEROY graduated in , t ' ' ." ..• 1950. Brother Bridges shipped in the the able bodied seaman had been an TONDU,65, i:>. '"•• Febmary 1964 steward department. He calls 18-year member of the Sailors joined the SIU in YY from the Andrew mx J. Y-Y- .r !3 Temple, Texas home. Union of the Pacific before coining June 1964 in the Y Fumseth Training Y. aboard with the SlU. Brother Mc- port of Frankfort, JOHN P. CHER- Leod lives in Nashville, Tenn. School in New Mich. He served The Mis­ MESINO,61, Orleans. in the Navy from CATALINO MARRERO, 65, sissippi native served in the Army joined the SIU in 1942 to 1946. p.: joined the SIU in July 1959 in the from 1959 to 1961. He upgraded to f: - • April 1947 in the Brother Tondu sailed as an able port of New York. He was bom in able bodied seaman in 1968 at the port of Boston. bodied seaman. He still lives in his Juncos, P.R. and served in the Army Lundeberg School. Brother Tillman The Mas­ native Arcadia, Mich. sachusetts native from 1942 to 1947. Brother Marrero has retired to Saucier, Miss. sailed in the deck shipped as an oiler before retiring to CORRECTION department and upgraded to recer­ the Bronx, N.Y. tified bosun in October 1979 at the RICHARDO WALTER WIN- In the July 1990 issue of the Lundeberg School. Brother Cher- PACHECO, 53, TON, 65, joined mesino resides in Boston. Seafarers LOG, James M. Fuller joined the union the SIU in Octo­ was listed in the Pensioners in August 1961 in ber 1968 in the column as having worked in both the port of New port of San Fran­ the deep sea and inland divisions. CARLOS FIGUEROA, 64, joined Orleans. The cisco. Bom in Al­ Brother Fuller worked only in the the union in August 1958 at the port Puerto Rico na­ abama, he served deep sea division. Another James of New York. He was bom in Puerto tive served in the in the Navy from M. Fuller is an active merriber of Rico and shipped in the deck depart­ Army before he started his engine 1942 to 1962. Brother Winton the SIU inland division. We ment. Brother Figueroa has retired department career. Brother Pacheco shipped in the steward department. apologize for any confusion this to Brooklyn, N.Y. lives in Santa Isabel, P.R. He calls Detroit, Mich. home. may have caused.

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Every Voice Counts change. Gone are the days when that is still living? How young is ing Don Juan." I made the fourth we could just leam on the job. the youngest? I am 74 years old. trip to the Mediterranean carrying My husband and I have been Gone are the days when we could How many of us are still getting troops and ammunition. It was a retired from the Seafarers Interna­ catch up in a few years. Now is the ' our pensions today? mess... tional Union for four years now. time to move forward, changing I have written four sea stories I have sent the first two sea We were both active union mem­ with our industry, instead of dying based on four different trips that I bers while we were shipping. Now stories and a summary of the other in it... had made during the war. The first two to five publishers. As an un­ that we are retired, we work politi­ So, brothers, please allow me to story begins shortly before Pearl known, I don't stand very much of cally to help maritime causes. I am extend my personal thanks to you Harbor. I sailed to Murmansk as a a chance of getting it published. If enclosing a letter which my hus­ ... for your insight, dedication and wiper. We paid off June 2, 1942. anyone knows of a publisher who band sent to our three repre­ leadership in the development of The second trip I sailed as an OS. would be interested in this type of sentatives from Nevada, and their this program. We sailed from New York to Bos­ material, have him get in touch replies. I also serve on a statewide ton where we loaded ammunition, with me and I would be glad to board for Nevadacare which helps Charles L. Petersen PX stores and beer. It was a good send him a copy of the first two sea to control medical costs for seniors St. Petersburg, Florida one. We were sent to Iceland. . .1 stories for his perusal. in Nevada. We can be very thank­ was on lookout when we got hit a ful for our SIU medical plan. ^ little after 5 a.m. J. Pasinosky Our retired people live across New Contract Is Appreciated On the third trip, I was again Bellfont, Pennsylvania the country. I would like to urge bound for Murmansk. The convoy The crew of the Sea-Land Com­ that more of them get involved. ran into a storm and the deck load Many people do not take the time mitment would like to express shifted. We went to Belfast to Editor's note: In response to thanks and gratitude for the recent to do anything. It is amazing what shore up the deck load. We were Brother Pasinosky's query, ap­ a difference a few people can contract negotiated by ... the SIU. too late to catch the last convoy proximately 6,000 merchant We support our new president and make. It is also very satisfying to bound for Murmansk. We dis­ mariners died during World War are know that you are helping causes pleased with the changes we charged the cargo in Liverpool. I II. Of those, more than 1,200 were have seen take place. The increase that are important to bur industry. titled this story "A Wartime Seago­ members of the SIU. in the pension is greatly supported. Lois and Fred Olson The registration requirements Las Vegas, Nevada regarding reliefs was also a change of great convenience to the mem­ LOG-A-RHYTHM Editor's note: The letter sent hy bers. Brother Olson to his state senators Again, we wish to express our Freed of a Sinking Feeling and representati ve follows: thanks and encouragement toward By Ed Brooks for the member­ "I see where the U.S. and Japan better conditions ship of the SIU. Trade Commission have reached Brother Brooks who is curently upgrading at the union's Lundeberg School, an agreement on trade hetvi'een the The Crew of the sails as an AB in the inland division out of the Wilmington hall. two countries. Sea-Land Commitnient One of the proposals that was Hurdled from slumber to the sound of grinding thunder agreed upon is to open the Alaska i my end begins with a flash that immediately followed oil trade to Japan. Well Deserved Recognition that heart-stopping crash. This doesn' t make sense for a lot All hands all hands! Abandon ship! of reasons. As we are now import­ During Ithe last 11 years as a I fear, good lads, this is our last trip. ing 54 percent of our oil, to let seafaring soul belonging to the White-capped waves, ocean dark and deep, my body is Japan have our oil and for us to SIU, I've grown to depend on cer­ not mine for long to keep. import oursfrom as far away as the tain members of the faculty out at Lifeboats away! But that's not in my power. Persian Gulf, over half way the Lundeberg School and at Camp Flames sear davits, waves above my head tower. around the world, is plain stupid. Springs for union business. This The final end draws near; everyone senses this and one Another reason is that it would letter is to comment on one of those man does cheer. destroy pur U.S. tanker trade on people. I'm not afraid I confide myself suddenly tasting the the West Coast, creating havoc for She is bright and cheery, de­ agony of fear. our maritime jobs which are now pendable and trustworthy. She is Into the water further we slip as another explosion protected under the Jones Act. one face that hasn't changed over rocks our ship. As a retired merchant seaman the years. She is always there! Men leap to the water, some with clothing smoking. who sailed under SIU, we strongly You got it!! She's the delightful I remain on deck blinded and choking. urge you to oppo.se this section. Betty Smith from Piney Point. A shudder a blast; her back is now broken. Our merchant marine fleet, that Her reputation as a reliable con­ She slips below the surface without style or grace, is, ships which are under American tact flourishes in the industry, out taking with her good lads without a trace. registry, was once the largest in the amongst our seagoing group. She A morsel for Neptune, who swallows with glee as world, hut has now declined to a is simply an asset to our union. deep waters' pressure crushes the ship around me. poor sixteenth." A job well done deserves recog­ Guilded flight, downward slope we float once more to nition, do you think so? touch land as we settle noiselessly into the bottoms' sand. No stones to carve, no epitaphs to write. Kimherly Allen Carter The only memorial is inky surface oil seen by none at SIU Helps Prepare for Future Kamuela, Hawaii first light. Please note that I would like to My body is quite content, it's like it's asleep in the share with the membership a per­ Editor's note: Kimherly Allen watery womb of Mother Nature as I soar through yet sonal note of thanks to both Presi­ Carter presently sails as chief another open door touching the Face of God. steward aboard the USNS Con­ dent Mike Sacco and Vocational . C- Director Bill Eglinton. tender. She originally sent this let­ (Permission to reprint the poem above must be obtained from the author.) Why. . .? Several months ago I ter to President Michael Sacco, had an opportunity to participate in who foixi'arded it to the Seafarers a new upgrading program, the LOG. Marine Electronics program. May I say that words cannot adequately express the keen insight, vision and A Dwindling Breed plain industrial savvy that haye Now that the Veterans Ad­ gone into the development of this' ministration has given seamen who new program. sailed in the merchant marine While other unions are losing during World War II veteran work, becoming stagnant, or simp­ status, I wonder if you could give ly disappearing, the SIU leadership me the following information. prepares for the future. . . our fu­ How, many SIU members fed the ture! fishes during World War II? How I :• ••• }, As electronics becomes more many of us that survived were in Port Agent Meets with Congressman and more commonplace in our the SIU at the end of World War everyday shipboard life, we as II? How old is the oldest SIU vet Congressman Gary L. Ackerman (left) discusses the state of the U.S. seafarers need to adjust to this flag merchant marine with New York Port Agent Kermit Mangram.

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A SHORTSTORYBY Kiss the SlU MEMBER LARRY REINER The nerve-shattering sound of the tempo and interest waned as we 'Come in here a minute.' "'Dearest, forgive my not the general alarm tore me out of a concluded that the missing man I entered. The Skipper sat at his saying goodbye. I couldn't take • -jai -n.1 ^ sound sleep. I groped wildly for my was over the side. desk with a stack of papers, some your tears. Jeff took me to the air­ bunk light, completely disoriented, The crew straggled back to the keys, a wallet and a few other port, and I asked him not to tell you smashing my fingers against the messroom. I joined my watch things evidently belonging to the till later that I shipped out. bulkhead till they connected—first partners out on the fantail drinking missing man. The mate was also "'By the time you receive this with the heavy glass globe and coffee. present. we will have sailed. At first I in­ finally with the switch. "Well...Icalled'im at 11:30," "Put the coffee down." The cap­ tended to send this letter off with We were one day out in the Gulf Harris, the ordinary seaman on the tain motioned toward the cabinet the pilot, but I've decided to wait of Mexico, knifing our way 8 to 12 watch was explaining. "The as he spoke. instead and mail it from our first through flat seas in perfect door was open but the fo'c'sle was I could not help looking at the port-of-call. weather. When I turned in, disaster empty. Bed was all made up— photograph lying on the edge of the "'You always avoided mention was the furthest thing from my didn't look slept in!" desk as I stepped past and set down of my work when I was shipping mind. regularly, and how happy you were * * * the tote-tray. It was a color picture Only then, with the general of a beautiful young blonde when I agreed to try it ashore when alarm shrilling in my ears, did the woman with her arms around a pair the twins came. But it can't go on I lay half-awake in bed thinking like this—no one has need of an fact that I was on a tanker burst into about the missing man till 3:30 of little girls as fair and lovely as my consciousness. And she was a a.m. when I was called to go on herself. ex-seaman over fifty in any decent big one—carrying millions of gal­ "The chief mate tells me you paying job ashore. We've strug­ watch. I had been the first to meet gled for three years now and we are lons of high octane gasoline. I him as it was my turn on the spoke with the missing man yester­ knew I should abandon everything, gangway when he joined the ves­ day—when he first came aboard." only getting buried in debt. but I kept struggling with the com­ "'No, your leaving the twins in bination till I got my locker open. sel, and I helped carry his gear I answered that I had and related aboard. He thanked me for the almost word for word what was someone's care and going back to I managed my pants and shoes hand and asked who I was. I told said. work is not the answer. and made it to the passageway- him I was one of the 4 to 8 AB's. "'I suppose your parents were still struggling to pull on my life "Did he seem worried or any­ "Been with the ship long?" thing?" the Old Man asked. right when they warned you not to • -A'I'I '• jacket with one hand while stuffing marry me. You're really still a wallet and seaman's papers in my I answered that I had been with "No," I answered, "seemed her for almost six months. child yourself—stuck with some­ pocket with the other. ^ more like he was just wanting to one old enough to be your father, FIRE! BREAK-UP!! IM­ "Well... I suppose you're look­ talk some, Capt'n, so I stayed a few but unable to support you like one. MINENT COLLISION!!! These ing forward to getting off soon and minutes before heading back to the going home?" gangway." '"I'm back now where I were the specters that raced across belong—and can hold my head up my mind as I ran down the pas­ I felt sorry for the guy—he Just then the steward knocked and provide for my family. I'll try sageway in the wake of more seemed eager for company, so I lightly on the partially opened to be with you for Xmas. You'll realistic shipmates who had left stayed in his room talking for door. "Found this under his pillow. see. Love, the time will pass quick­ everything behind. They were al­ awhile before heading back to the Sir." He walked over to the desk ly, and if I can sail steadily for just ready out on deck heading for their gangway. and handed the captain a long two or three years we'll be out of white envelope, Emergency Stations. * * * debt and have a real nest egg. "MAN MISSING! THE NEW "To Mrs. Howard Cole. Hmm... '"Take good care of yourself SECOND MATE!" a seaman I went forward earlier than usual been opened and resealed . . . but while I'm away, and kiss the angels shouted from the well deck. to relieve the wheel, and went up never cancelled. Well, I 'spect we for me—kiss them very often. should open it." The Old Man I stopped running—relieved the outside ladder of the bridge. '"All my love, Howard.'" When I got to the captain's deck I glanced at the mate. that I was not in any danger after When he finished reading, the all. It was not one of the first of quietly opened the door and The steward started to leave the headed for the companion way room. Old Man sat staring down at the these "three horsemen" that rode picture. "That doesn't sound like with us that night—it was the leading up to the chartroom and "No, Steward. Stay awhile. . . wheelhouse. someone intending to commit "fourth one," DEATH—the for the record." He put on his read­ suicide—^more like a man that's treacherous one, who wore one of "Mike!" the Old Man called. ing glasses, then carefully slit open found himself and looking forward three masks; Murder, Accident or "Aye, Sir." I turned back the envelope. Spreading the two to life." He cleared his throat and Suicide. towards the opened door of Cap­ pages out on the desk, he read looked up at us. aloud: a'-' * * * tain Larsen's stateroom. "Captain," the mate's voice was hardly a whisper, "didn't you I joined the search with the rest notice the date?" of the crew. The tanker had come About the Author... issue of the LOG announced that The skipper repeated the words about and we were steaming slow- postage would be paid on orders before they really registered. "The ly back along our outbound SIU member Larry Reiner has received before October but the made a second career writing date?" He glanced back at the first track—extra lookouts were posted. author's publisher has extended page. "March 12th," he said tone- The tanker's decks were bright about seamen and life in the mer­ the offer indefinitely. Requests chant marine. lessly, "why that's over two with her loading lights, and from should be made to Integra Press, months ago!" w- ':' - "' V; the navigation bridge two powerful Reiner draws from his ex­ 1702 W. Cameiback Road, Suite periences as a union seaman who 119, Phoenix, Ariz. 8501,5. As he put the letter down, a spotlights arced slowly across the small neatly cut piece of black surrounding sea. sailed on non-union Cities Service vessels in the late 1940s during an newspaper fluttered to the deck. I Thin flashlight beams winked SIU organizing drive and his 40- reached down and picked it up—it •. like giant fireflies from every was so brief that I had it read before year career in the merchant quarter of the vessel as men called marine, most of it spent on tankers. setting it down next to the picture. I' . ' 77 out. ft:, y;,::;v: He became a full book member of DALLAS, TEXAS 4/2/90- "What the hell does he look the SIU in 1951. FIRE DEPARTMENT SUS­ like?" The SIU member recently pub­ PECTS ARSON IN TRAGIC "Who knows?" lished his first novel. Minute of APRIL FOOL'S DAY FIRE "Never seen 'im." Silence. The fast-paced adventure WHICH CLAIMED THE LIVES "Joined her just yesterday in story was written at sea and has OF A YOUNG WOMAN AND :f V.'-' Vr-' , •• . •- Houston." captured the attention of a Hol­ HER TWIN DAUGHTERS. THE I; 7:,.. lywood film company and a mass WOMAN'S HUSBAND, A MER­ l.-„,, "He's a skinny guy. . . about fifty." market-oriented paperback CHANT MARINE OFHCER, IS publishing company. We searched with urgency, in­ SOMEWHERE AT SEA AND specting every place a man could Autographed copies of Reiner's HAS NOT YET BEEN fall, climb, jump or be stuffed into. novel are available to SIU mem­ NOTIFIED. But after thirty or forty minutes. bers and retirees. The hardback book is available for $ 18.95. Ship­ ©Copyright 1990 by Larry Reiner. Ail rights ping costs will be paid by the AB Larry Reiner aboard the Over­ reserved by Integra Press, 1702W. Cameiback publishing company. The August seas Boston In 1984. Rd., Suite 119, Phoenix, Ariz. S5015. i ii t- . i^'

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•TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED ••REGISTERED ON BEACH Meeting DeSp All Groups All Groups Trip Ail Groups Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Class C Reliefs Class A Class B Class C Sea, Lakes, Inland Port DECK DEPARTMENT Waters ^ New Ydr 38 lO Piney Point Philadelphii 1 6 5 1 0 Monday, October 8 iBaltimore ^ k- 3 2 fc?«: I 9 New York Norfolk 12 9 3 16 5 4 Tuesday. October 9 Mobile 9 9 16 9 9 7 Philadelphia New Orleans 37 15 11 36 8 4 Wednesday, October 10

iU '/ Baltimore .yK:;yyS' San Francisco 29 12 < 14 '45M 17 10 J Thursday, October 1! ;• y.v';Hy.:y ;WilmingtoiL 16 6 0i2. 25:W 5 • -> •; Norfolk Seattle 18 4 6 40 9 4 Thursday, October 11 Puerto Rico 11 2 0 18 1 0 Jacksonville Honolulu 9 7 4 8 11 2 Thursday, October 11 Algonac Friday, October 12 1 St. Louis 12 121 I 1 Houston 11 fi t T ' K n i sPijaeyiB i'-':-. Jl'/ ^ „ „ _ Monday, October 15 Totals 116 124 249 112 109 24 337 66 New Orleans Port ENGINE DEPARTMENT Tuesday, October 16 Mobile New Ydfk Wednesday, October 17 Philadelphia San Francisco Baltimore Thursday. October 18 Norfolk Wilmington Mobile Monday, October 22 New Orleans Seattle Jacksonville Friday, October 26 San Franciscbl San Juan Wilmington Thursday, October 11 Seattle St. Louis Friday, October 19 Puerto Rico 5 Honolulu Honolulu Friday, October 19 Houston Duluth St. Louis Wednesday, October 17 Mm Jersey Gity Totals 156 23 Wednesday, October 24 Port STEWARD DEPARTMENT New Bedford Tuesday, October 23 New York 18 7 m"2::w^-v:-Al6. •• 2 5 23 6 V... ^2yi Philadelphia 3 • 1 ,•:« y- 2 • ' :-:-y|:0;;„ yy": •2- • 1 y;y ; ol| Mads poiVs meedhg simis irii Baltimore : V 4 % • 4^ 10:30 a.m. Norfolk 9 2 1 6 1 2 2 4 2 0 Mobile 9 2 2 7 3 1 0 10 1 2 Miss Penny Retires JNew Orleans 13 4 4 12 7 4 3 13 2 0 Continued from page 13 9 11 0 0 10 3 'fl Jacksonville •2'SB every day in her traditional white San Francisco 39 . '2;y,'£ 35 7 2 6 .yy 67 ;yi3y--'y;y.^y.,.4y ••y- --••• 21 '.y-y uniform, she was an efficient and 11 3 12 2 2-y 5 0 conscientious office administrator. Seattle 21 8 4 14 9 2 4 30 6 3 "When I think of Florence Puerto Rico 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 0 Penny, I think of just one word: Honolulu 5 27 20 6 20 12 71 5 24 29 professionalism," said SIU Vice Jiouston : 11 ' 3 1 3 •v.; : -20^ -By.y; y. • President Jack Caffey. St. Louis 0 0 0 yy.ay:-.-' 0 x 2 0 0 Paul Hall, the late president of jWney Point 3 9 2.'.::y:^ 3 4 ^::yi.-':y- 3 . .2,.. 8 • ,1 the SIU, had made enhancing the Totals 162 78 40 145 66 32 99 216 72 45 medical care available to seamen one of his top priorities. "It was a Port ENTRY DEPARTMENT great dream," she said, "which was New York 17 w fulfilled." Philadelphia 1 7 4 0 5. 2 0 1 3 3 The clinics were never designed lore 8 1 0 • •5 0 6 6 I to provide primary medical care, Norfolk 5 11 10 2 16 7 0 6 4 5 said Ms. Penny, though timely ac­ tion on the part of SlU-contracted Mobile 6 21 15 3 17 10 0 4 17 8 9 6 17 27 0 15 14 21 doctors has saved the lives of a New Orleans J3 J?. number of members. The clinics' ' JKcksonviK 4 r main function lay in three areas: San Francisco 24 12 40 9 12 22 0 36 25 31 job security, preventive medicine Wilniingtoii 10 13 8 7 13 0 •••7v 9 6 and disseminating information. Seattle 14 3 10 12 7 5 0 16 6 9 Until the SIU opened its medi­ Puerto Rico 2 9 1 5 2 0 0 7 18 1 cal facilities and established a sys­ 35 125 3 35 126 0 3 50 145 Honolulu ga3 tem for obtaining clinic cards, "^Houston IT r m W- seamen were at the mercy of com­ St. Louis 1 0 3 i 1 •"'A"' 0 0 0 0 pany doctors. Piney Point 0 44 4 0 46 4 0 0 25 1 After the SIU established its 103 217 300 68 212 244 0 139 220 273 nationwide system of clinics, no Totals member of the SIU had to worry Totals All Departments 663 507 537 620 489 461 142 889 443 407 about being rejected because of political reasons. *"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. "It has been an honor working ••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. for the SIU all of these years," said Shipping in the month of August was up from the month of July. A total of 1,712 jobs were shipped Ms. Penny. "My co-workers at the on SlU-contracted deep sea vessels. Of the 1,712 jobs shipped, 620 jobs or about 36 percent were taken by clinic, the membership, union offi­ "A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "C" seniority people. A total of 142 trip relief jobs cials like Leon Hall and Jack Caf­ were shipped. Since the trip relief program began on April 1, 1982, a total of 12,877 jobs have been shipped. fey were really great."

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w i' —.'' -^4' -'"i r SOFARERS LOG Dispatchers' Report for Great Lakes Seohrers Intemationd CL—Company/Lakes L—Lakes NP—Non Priority • • President AUGUST 1-31, 1990 •TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SfflPPED ••REGISTERED ON BEACH Michael Sacco All Groups All Groups Ail Groups s • Secretary-Treasurer Class CL Class L Class NP Class CL Class L Class NP Class CL Class L Class NP Joseph DiGiorgio DECK DEPARTMENT Executive Vice President Joseph Sacco Vice President Collective Bargaining Angus "Red" Campbell Vice ft-esident Atlantic Coast Jack Cafley Vice President Gulf Coast Port STEWARD DEPARTMENT Thomas Glidewell Vice President West Coast 3 3/0 7 . 0 'iU-'l: George McCartney ENTRY DEPARTMENT Vice President Lakes and Inland Waters John Fay Vice President Government Services ./fr- .• Roy A. Mercer Totals All Departments 0 59 43 0 56 33 0 35 33 ; ®:- ^ - HEADQUARTERS *"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. 5201 Auth Way **"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. Camp Springs, MD 20746 (301)899-0675 ALGONAC 520 St. Clair River Dr. Dispatchers' Report for iniand Waters Algonac, MI 48001 AUGUST 1-31, 1990 (313)794-4988 BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. •TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED ••REGISTERED ON All Groups All Groups All Groups Baltimore, MD 21202 Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B (301)327-4900 i DULUTH Port 705 Medical Arts Building York Duluth, MN 55802 Philadelphia (218)722-4110 HONOLULU Baltimore 636 Cooke St. Norfolk Honolulu, HI 96813 Mobile (808) 523-5434 p New Orleans ..HOUSTON- - 1221 Pierce St. Houston, TX 77002 San Francisc?cii (713)659-5152 WUmingtoii JACKSONVILLE ''' Seattle 3315 Liberty St. Jacksonville, FL 32206 Puerto Rico (904)353-0987 Houston JERSEY CITY 99 Montgomery St. St. Louis I Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201)435-9424 ^^Hney;i\»pi MOBILE Totals 1640 Dauphin Island Pktvy. Mobile, AL 36605 (205)478-0916 NE W BEDFORD ., ' 50 Umon St. New Bedford, MA 02740 "7 (508) 997-5404 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. New Orleans,.LA 70130 (504)529-7546 NEW YORK 675 Fourth Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11232 ' = (718)499-6600 NORFOLK 115 Third St. . - Norfolk, VA 23510 ,(804)622-1892 5- im^ADELPfHA i 2604 S. 4 St. Philadelphia, PA 19148 (215)336-3818 PINEY POINT St. Mary's County Piney Point, MD 20674 (301)994-0010 SAN FRANCISCO 350 Fremont St. San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 543-5855 Government Services Division (415)861-3400 SANTURCE 1057 Fernandez Juncos.St. • StOp 16 i Santurce, PR 00907 (809) 721-4033 SEATTLE 2505 First Ave. Seattle, WA 98121 (206)441-1960 ST. LOUIS 4581 Gravois Ave. St. Louis, MO 63116 (314)752-6500 WILMINGTON Totals AU Departments 53 18 25 36 17 9 176 83 63 510 N. Broad Ave. -j I •"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. Wflmington, CA 90744 ••"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. (?13) 549-4000

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Students at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship promoted the school and dis­ played the results of their training in seamanship skills at several public events this summer. A group of trainees participated in an American Sail Training As­ sociation event at St. Mary's (Md.) College. The students competed in a variety of nautical-style events. The highlight of the day for the group was winning the lifeboat QMED Baredian races. Earns Degree Later in the summer, another group of trainees represented the A 53-year-old black gang mem­ school at the Alexandria (Va.) Tall Alexandria festival-goers watch Lundeberg trainees (left to right) Gary Kypke, Jamie ber is the second Seafarer to earn Ships Waterfront Festival. The Overby and Gilbert Gildersleeve demonstrate knot-tying techniques. an associate of arts degree in trainees crewed an information marine engineering from the tent, answered questions, passed Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School out school literature and of Seamanship. demonstrated the art of knot-tying Arthur H. Baredian began to all who were interested. working on the degree in 1988. The QMED said the degree will help him both professionally and per­ sonally. "The college program equips members with all the ad­ vancements our world is making in all walks of life," he told a reporter for the Seafarers LOG. Baredian was born in Pit­ tsburgh, but grew up in St. Petersburg, Fla. He attended Pikeville College in Kentucky after graduating from high school. Showing off a giant monkey's fist knot made by the students S mJnn/nT'S After joining the SIU in 1967, are Mike Gott (left) and Jamie Overby. the trainees. he shipped out of the Wilmington, Trainee Kirk Jenkins competes in a Calif, hall. He studied at the Piney knot-tying contest. Point facility for the first time in 1975, earning his QMED, firefighting, lifeboat and LNG en­ dorsements. He returned to the Lundeberg School in 1984 to study for and earn his second engineer's license. Baredian now lives in Jackson­ ville, Fla. and ships from the hall in that northeast Florida city .

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With dusk settling on the St. Mary's River, the Lundeberg lifeboat team (left) moves out for the win. -y.' Advanced Firefighting my. The winning team at the St. Mary's College lifeboat races include (front row) Darrel Koonce Jr., Bosun Abe Will Be Offered In Feb. Norwood, Noah Jones, Matthew DeNesco, (middle row) The Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship will William Bussell, Kirk Jenkins, Scott Simms, William offer a special basic and advanced firefighting class in Robert Adams and Robert Adams Jr. Reeley, (back row) Tim Williams, James J. Sannino, are pictured at the Lundeberg School. Peter Luhn and instructor Jim Moore. February for those members who need to have the advanced firefighting training. The special combined course will begin February 11,1991, and run through February 20, 1991. In order to take advanced Robert Adams and Son firefighting at the Piney Point, Md. facility, members must Follow Call to Sea have successfully completed the basic firefighting course. Brother Robert Adams joined As has been noted earlier in the Seafarers LOG, the U.S. the SIU in 1980. He has upgraded Coast Guard (USCG) is recognizing the certificates of those at the Lundeberg School and most members who graduated from the Freehold, N.J. facility while recently graduated from the attending the Lundeberg School as satisfying the requirements Marine Electronics Technician for advanced firefighting. The training at Freehold must have course. been completed between June 5,1978 and December 1,1989. While upgrading last month at Seafarers must show proof of successfully completing the the Piney Point facility, Adams, course to receive USCG credit. who sails as an AB, has the The USCG recently announced new regulations requiring pleasure of being able to watch his advanced firefighting for those men and women upgrading or son, Robert Adams Jr., go through renewing their maritime licenses. the trainee program in class #454. Navy Gung-Ho on Oil Spill Course To register for the combined basic and advanced firefight­ It was Adams Sr. who con­ Patuxent River Naval Air Base personnel thank Lun­ ing training. Seafarers should contact the admissions office at vinced his son to begin a seagoing deberg School instructors for their help in teaching an the Lundeberg School. career with the SIU—just one of oil spill prevention and containment course. From the left are Bill Eglinton, Master Chief Raynor, K.C. Taylor, All Lundeberg School trainees iand upgraders must com­ many members of the "SIU fam- Jim Shaffer and Lt. Doug Elliot. plete the basic firefighting course. ily."='•.. •:t.? V-v|-..V'--l'f'"'., ,\ " I. i- •-\'. '•• 'v, . •••'•,V-V- , •> . .» ",•-. ?' ' ^ .'l,..' •, ', ; .' ;' '/. ., •,:' , T ', '"• -.'• ';..^ "f /-y . •"'. ',

20 SEAFAREKS LOG Striking Eastern Workers Receive Support of Seafarers Seafarers continue to hit the bricks with their striking brothers and sisters at Eastern Air Lines as possible merger talks with another air carrier continue. SIU members marched with strikers from the International As­ sociation of Machinists (I AM), Air Line Pilots Association and the Transport Workers Union as well as representatives from other unions last month at National Air­ Hitting the bricks with strikina lAM members at port in Washington and LaGuardia Marching through the Eastern terminal at National Airport are (left to right) AB the National Airport are SIU members (left to Blu Awong, FOWT Paul Barbadillo, Chief Steward Mike Thornton, Asst. Cook right) Port Agent Bobby Milan, Oiler Roger Airport in New York. .'i- Piney Point Port Agent Bobby Gordon Anderson, AB Greg Agren and QMED Carmine Barbati. Hammitt and AB Lyie Davis. Milan reported a tremendous response from the picketers when Machinists' picket line, but the closing down completely by fall. pathy walkout, effectively stopping the men and women in white caps company has retained the scabs Eastern also made headlines last the airline. Lorenzo filed for bank­ arrived at National Airport. "They who kept the airline barely flying month when the company was in­ ruptcy protection March 9, 1989. were very happy to see us and glad since the strike began last year. dicted in a New York fedetal dis­ His Texas Air Corporation has been . • r*.4 we remember them," he said. Meanwhile, the striking em­ trict court on criminal charges of trying to rebuild the company by The marches were held to ployees a:re awaiting word on the falsifying maintenance records sale of money-making operations remind prospective passengers possible merger of Eastern with before the strike. like the Eastern reservation system that the strike continues at Eastern. Northwest Airlines. Union repre­ Shortly after the grand jury an­ and Latin American routes, with Picketers wore buttons reading sentatives from both airlines have nouncement was made. Continen­ scab employees and through the "No contract, no peace!" as they been meeting to discuss a possible tal Holdings chairman Frank court system. walked through the airports. The merger of seniority lists should the, Lorenzo announced he was selling high hopes of reaching a settlement buyout take place. JAM spokes­ his stock for $30 million to Scandi­ when a federal bankruptcy judge man Frank Ortis said the union is" navian Airlines System. Although placed the airline's operations in "a waiting mode" concerning a striking unionists were glad to see under the control of a trustee in possible merger. Lorenzo bail out of Eastern's April have diminished consider­ Talk of a possible merger began parent company, they noted he got ably. shortly after Shugrue was ap­ three times the value his stock Union representatives have met pointed. While the company has would have had on the market. with trustee Martin Shugrue but no denied Eastern is for sale, union The strike by the Machinists ^ AFL , significant progress in contract sources have said a merger could began one day after Lorenzo locked talks were made. Eastern has re­ be near with the Eastern creditors them out of their jobs on March 3, Greg Agren, AB, left, and Gordon called some of the pilots and flight looking at a possible deadline for 1989. Eastern's pilots and flight at­ Anderson, assistant cook, join in attendants who would not cross the merging, continuing operations or tendants joined the JAM in a sym­ Eastern's picket line. ATU Members Thank SIU for Help During GreyhountI Strike Striking members of the Amal­ followed by a 3 percent hike in hiring 3,000 scab drivers and gamated Transit Union (ATU) are each of the next two years. unilaterally declaring the strike praising the efforts of the SIU for Greyhound also sought to over in May. A few days later, the its help during their ongoing dis­ eliminate about 4,000 union jobs. National Labor Relations Board Union members had agreed to li'-.-' V- pute against Greyhound. announced the union had grounds '•::\'r Robert Beard, a spokesman for wage rollbacks that had reduced to file charges of unfair labor prac­ t:*.' • the Washington ATU local, said the average salaries of bus drivers tices against Greyhound and its the presence of the white caps on from $31,000 to $24,000 annually president, Fred Currey. A hearing the picket line has not gone un­ in their two previous contracts. has been scheduled for November. noticed. However, union negotiators On June 4, Greyhound filed for In a Labor Day note of thanks to said they had had enough and were bankruptcy protection. It has until the union. Beard wrote: "Often the asking to recover some of the October 4 to file a reorganization SIU SIU feeling is one of 'who else knows givebacks, especially since plan. The union has been meeting SUPPORTS SUPPORTS we're still put here?' Then we plan Greyhound turned a profit in 1989. with prospective buyers in hopes GREYilOUSI The ATU went on strike March 2. of ending the labor dispute through cuiEYiioimo K-% a rally to put the message across STBIKR STRiKB I once more and hope somebody will The company responded by that method. come. The Seafarers come! And they bring with them the profes­ SIU members Jason Fields (left) and sionalism and solidarity of the Benjamin Stanley listen with striking Greyhound~ • employees to AFL-CK10 seafaring trade. Without a doubt, speakers during a rally in Washington, there would be no rally without the D.C. last month. members of the SIU." Seafarers participated in a Washington rally last month for the striking employees. For several members, it was the first time they had walked a picket line. "It's pretty cool," said Spencer Smith of Hattiesburg, Miss. •; •, -. ' * •;•'••:•, "You've got to support who you've got to support." "It's a trip," noted another first- timer, Joe Degen of Nederland, Texas. "They (the ATU members) shoiild get what they want. They've been working for this or­ ganization for years." As the Greyhound strike enters its sixth month, the company has refused to meet with union repre­ sentatives for more than 9,000 strikers since early June, The com­ Piney Point Port Agent Bobby Milan leads SIU members (left to right) Benjamin Showing their support for striking ATU pany had offered the ATU as a Stan ey, Joseph DegOn, Ronald Saragusa, Kevin" • Doyle,• Daniel• Brotsch* ' andand" Roy brothers and sisters are SIU members contract a four-year wage freeze Blankenship past the Washington D.C. Greyhound terminal. Spencer Smith and Scott Burrier. SiPmBER 1990 21 — :v€ freezer had been worked on but still not LNG VIRGO (Energy Transportation), working properly. Secretary stressed im­ July 29 — Chairman Billie Darley, Sec­ portance of donating to SPAD to look retary Francis Ostendarp, Educational after political interests and provide Job Director George Lindsay. Chairmaq an­ security. Educational director en­ nounced George Reilly of ETC will couraged members to upgrade at Lun­ come aboard in August. He reminded Of union sblpboard minutes deberg School. Treasurer noted $562 in crewmembers to respect rights of others I f:M ••• B$ possible. mne s^ be omitted. ship's fund. No beefs or disputed OT while ashore. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked to limit wash loads reported. Crew said it was waiting word te-I' - as washer needs repairs. Several crew- of new contract. Crew voted to prohibit members said they were looking forward smoking in messhall during meal hour. upon reci^ pf the ships minutes. to next port in Greenland to see icebergs Next port: Bontang, Indonesia. for first time. Next port: Thule, Green­ land. MOBILE{Apex Marine), July 22,1990

FRANCES HAMMER (Ocean Ship- pay. She announced galley would make holding), June 24 — Chairman Walter sure those on watch get fed first. She Petty Jr., Secretary Kris A, Hopkins, reminded crew to clean lounge after 'i£ . Educational Director Terry Jacobsen, using it. Educational director provided Deck Delegate Royce Kaufman, Engine information on alcohol and drug abuse. ii f''J' ' Delegate Daniel Campbell, Steward No beefs or disputed OT reported. En­ Delegate Toyo Gonzales. Chairman re­ gine delegate reminded members to ported vessel would be in shipyard dur­ clean lint filters in dryer after use. Crew ing August. He said ship would asked to keep noise level down during discharge in Baytown, Texas, then travel night. Next port: Glascow, Scotland. to Jacksonville, Fla. to load for a trip to the Soviet Union. He thanked the crew CHARLES L eflOMW (Transoceanic for a good trip, saying it was one of best Cableship), July 30 — Chairman in his career. Secretary thanked crew for Jeremiah J. Harrington, Secretary Del- keeping messhall clean at night. He said vin M. Wilson, Educational Director open galley system met with great suc­ Bobby Stearman, Engine Delegate Rob­ cess. He reminded members leaving to ert Powers, Steward Delegate K. have rooms cleaned for their reliefs. Edu­ Cabato. Chairman noted ice machine cational director reminded members to and reefer boxes still down. He dis­ take advantage of educational opportuni­ cussed highlights of new contract. He ties at Finey Point. Treasurer announced asked contracts department to review OT ''Mm $280 in ship's fund. No beefs or dis­ for deck members working Saturday eve­ Aboard the Sealift Caribbean puted OT reported. Seafarers LOGS re­ nings. Secretary said he is working with Crewmembers aboard the USNS Sealift Caribbean hold a union meeting while the ceived in Palermo, Italy. Relief steward captain to create slop chest onboard. Edu­ vessel discharged jet fuel at the Steuart Transportation Company docks in Piney asked contracts department for clarifica­ cational director announced purchase of Point, Md. Pictured above, from the left are SlU Bepresentative Edd Morris, Bosun tion of payment for extra meals. Crew volleyball and tennis gear for crew pic­ Jim Mitchell, Steward Assistant Darryl Brown, Steward/Baker "Johnny Reb" Poovey asked contracts department for clarifica­ nics and outings. Treasurer reported and AB Teddy Daniels. tion of duties of DEU and to consider if $1,300 in ship's fund which has been members could work one trip, one trip aided by members saving scrap copper GUA YAMA (Puerto Rico Marine), July — Chairman Antonios Trikoglou, off. New televison ordered and should and aluminum. No beefs or disputed OT 30 — Chairman G. R..Kidd, Secretary Secretary James H. Gleaton, Education­ be installed in Jacksonville. Crew re­ reported. Deck delegate praised work of Jonny Cruz, Educational Director Ken al Director J. Martin, Deck Delegate quested fans for each room because of Chief Cook Wilfredo DeLeon. Crew Linab, Deck Delegate J. Korchak, En­ Gregorio Ortiz, Engine Delegate Drew problems with air conditioning. Steward stated it was pleased with changes in con­ gine Delegate J. W. Parrish, Steward Brown, Steward Delegate Francisco Kris Hopkins and Chief Cook Toyo tract and retirement plan. Next port: Delegate A. DeSimone. Chairman said Tirado. Chairman spoke about new con­ Gonzales thanked for jobs well done. Honolulu. trip was smooth for vessel coming out of tract to members. No beefs or disputed Next ports: Baytown and Jacksonville. 40-day layup. Secretary reviewed new OT reported. Crew thanked galley gang CPL LOUIS J. HAUGE JR. (Maersk), contract and thanked crew for keeping for its fine food. Next port: New York. ROBERT E. LEE (Waterman), June 8 July 1 — Chairman Paul Harper, Secre­ vessel clean. Educational director dis­ — Chaiiman Joseph Herron, Secretary tary William Justi, Educational Director cussed need to upgrade at Piney Point to OVERSEAS ALASKA (Overseas Paui Huiit, Educational Director B. F. Benjamin Conway, Deck Delegate make sure qualified people are available Maritime), July 8 — Chairman E. K. Thomas Fowler, Steward Delegate Ra­ Cpoley, Deck Delegate J. R. Hundley, for new jobs. Deck delegate reported dis­ Bryan, Secretary J. E. Price, Education­ •.. i • Engine Delegate James A. Slay, Stew­ phael Burcbfield. Chairman stressed puted OT. No beefs or disputed OT al Director T. Koubek, Deck Delegate •j'i safety at meeting. He urged crew to re­ ard Delegate Alex A. Jaradie. No beefs reported by engine and steward Jessie L. Mixon, Engine Delegate Gary 1 or disputed OT reported. Crew reported port safety hazards. He reminded mem­ delegates. Crew asked contracts depart­ Danos. Chairman discussed new con­ w not receiving any Seafarers LOGS or bers to upgrade at Lundeberg School. He ment to review allowing out-of-town tract with crew and thanked SIU Execu­ ' £1 other union communications when over­ went over welfare forms and applica­ members to register while waiting for tive Vice President Joseph Sacco and seas. Crew reminded to take up beefs tions aboard vessel. No beefs or disputed drug screen clearance. Crew thanked union negotiating officials for best con­ with department delegate. Chief electri­ OT reported. Steward delegate said car­ SIU President Michael Sacco for his ef­ tract members have had in many years. cian asked crew to take care of washing pet in crew quarters will be steam- forts in gaining new contract, which He noted addition of second pumpman machines to make them last longer. Next cleaned soon. Crew reported repairs came as surprise after previous two was needed greatly. He said recognition ports: Newport News, Va. and New Or­ needed on washing machine and agreements. Steward department thanked of King holiday is plus to membership. VT leans. radio/television antenna. Crew praised for fine meals and service. Next ports: He urged members to give to SPAD. •i- • galley gang for great Fourth of July buf­ Elizabeth, N.J, Baltimore and San Juan. Secretary told members about beautiful , USNS INVINCIBLE (U .S. Marine Man­ fet. Next port: Diego Garcia. facilities at Lundeberg School and ad­ •X ' agement), June 18 — Chairman Ann E. LIBERTY SUN (Liberty Maritime), vised them to take advantage of them. f.'- Fuller, Secretary T. T. Conley, Deck FRANCES HAMMER (Ocean Ship- Educational director reminded crew not holding), July 29 — Chairman R. Wil­ July 29 — Chairman Hugo Dermody, Delegate Mike Stein, Engine Delegate Secretary Jonathan White, Deck to throw plastics overboard. No beefs or Sid Strados, Steward Delegate James son, Secretary Kris Hopkins, •; • Delegate Robert Favalora, Engine disputed OT reported. Crew asked con­ Sivelle. Chairman announced deck Educational Director T. Jacobsen, Deck tracts department to consider increase in Delegate D. Griffin, Engine Delegate G. Delegate Glen Mazzara, Steward members' request to have contracts de­ Delegate Fred Lindsey. Chairman an­ pension for those already retired. Mem­ partment investigate increase in vacation Demotropolous, Steward Delegate bers reminde/^to leave filled-out welfare Toyo Gonzales. Chairman announced nounced Seafarers LOG received in Aqaba, Jordan and crew was very happy applicatioiv^^^e in case family television received in Jacksonville, Fla. needs thenk^Mdepartments thanked for •yl":. He reminded crew of policy of no alco­ with raise. He announced crew's support for officials looking out for membership working weM^ther. Next port: . •'•"I•. J-' hol aboard ship and said periodic room Freeport, Texas. searches would take place. He thanked and pensioners. He reminded crew to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No beefs crew for making this pleasant voyage so OVERSEAS HARRIETTE{Maritime far. Secretary inform^ crew vessel or disputed OT reported. Next port: New Orleans. Overseas), July 8 — Chairman J. J. Wil­ scheduled for shipyard at end of August. liams, Secretary V. Sanchez Jr., Engine Educational director urged members to Delegate Wilbert Miller, Steward upgrade at Piney Point. Treasurer an­ LIBERTY WA VE (Liberty Maritime), July 22 — Chairman Mark Trepp, Sec­ Delegate Curtis Brodnax. Chairman nounced $150 in ship's fund. He said said he still is awaiting word of where money was spent for compact disc retary Paul Stubblefield, Deck Delegate J. Higglns, Engine Delegate L. Ander­ payoff will take place. He noted crew player for crew's lounge and football up­ got along well on this voyage. No beefs dates. No beefs or disputed OT reported. son, Steward Delegate Charles Jones. or disputed OT reported. Crew asked Chairman announced trip was very pleas­ Crew receiving Seafarers LOG in each launch service schedule be coordinated ant with good crew and fine food. Ship port. Steward department, especially with steward department working hours. got slightly dirty because it was carrying • -'d Chief Cook Toyo Gonzales, was Galley gang thanked for job well done. thanked for exceptional food and all- coal. Secretary commended work of AB Next port: New Orleans. around professionalism. Next port: Nor­ Al Barnett who rescued puppy in Cairo, folk, Va. Egypt that fell into water between barge OVERSEAS NEW ORLEANS (Mari­ and dock. Treasurer reported $130 in time Overseas), July 29 — Secretary C. LAWRENCEH. GIANELLA (Ocean ship's fund. Deck delegate reported dis­ Corrent, Educational Director Charles Shipholdings), July 7 — Chairman Paul puted OT. No beefs or disputed OT re­ Clausen, Deck Delegate John Batorski, Hulsebosch, Secretary K. Paulson, Edu­ ported by engine and steward delegates. Steward Delegate William Simmons. cational Director Howard Daniels, Crew asked for short wave radio for Secretary urged members to help get Propping Up the Prop Deck Delegate James Henry, Engine lounge. Crew thanked Chief Steward new movies. No beefs or disputed OT re­ QMED Mike Novak looks dwarfed by Delegate Ernest Lacunza, Steward Del­ Paul Stubblefield and Chief Cook ported. Members asked welfare plan to / the giant screw of the Sea-Land egate Vincent Ortiz. Chairman an­ Charles Jones for special food served as look into some problems with medical Liberator which was in drydock in nounced garbage cans for only plastics well as the variety and preparation of salad bar and extra goodies. Yokohama, Japan for repairs. have been placed in galley. Crew's Continued on page 22

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•i • Ships Digests John Green, Secretary K. Long, Deck vice), July 17 — Chairman Ubie E. August 5 — Chairman F. R. Schwarz, Delegate Alien Hitt, Engine Delegate Nolan, Secretaiy Caesar F. Blanco, Ed­ Secretary N. Johnson, Educational Di­ Continued from page 21 Manuel Beata, Steward Delegate Man­ ucational Director James E. Roberts, rector W. Yarber, Deck Delegate R. L. uel Salazar. Chairman reported smooth Deck Delegate J. E. Pegg, Engine Dele­ Cooper, Engine Delegate H. Archer. bills that have not been paid. Overall, sailing so far. No beefs or disputed OT gate Richard J. Mullen, Steward Dele­ Chairman announced tanker would con­ crew said they were happy and ship was reported. Crew asked contracts depart­ gate C. G. Gomez. Chairman noted tinue coastwise run. Both he and secre­ good one on which to work. Next port: ment to review inclusion of unfit-for- Seafarers LOG had not been received for tary thanked SIU President Michael Texas City, Texas. duty time for eligibility in graduated several months. Secretary asked con­ Sacco and all who negotiated new con­ death benefit. Engine department tracts department to consider reducing tract and changes in pension plan. Educa­ ;/ --i :,||y:;:^.^ OVERSEAS OHIO (Maritime Over­ thanked for fixing appliances in galley. eight-month shuttle to six months. No tional director urged members to attend seas), July 31 — Chairman R. Steward department thanked for its good beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew in­ Lundeberg School. No beefs or disputed Wardlaw, Secretary E. Gray, Educa­ food. Next ports: Boston, Elizabeth, N.J. formed articles have been reduced from OT reported. Steward department tional Director R. Durand, Deck Dele­ and Norfolk, Va. six months to four. Crew thanked Bosun thanked for its fine job. Next ports: Port gate Willie Chestnutt, Engine Delegate Ubie Nolan for keeping main deck clean Everglades, Fla. and Texas City, Texas. Robert Santos. Chairman announced ev­ SEA-LAND CONSUMER (Sea-Land and painted. Crew also thanked galley erything was running smoothly. He said Service), July 30 — Chairman Oria gang for job well done. Next port: OVERSEAS CHICAGO (Maritime pumpman had repaired faucet in clean­ . Ipsen, Secretary A. Romeo, Engine Del­ Manila-Subic Bay, Philippines. Overseas), August 3 — Chairman ing gear locker. He noted he was with egate Jose Villot Jr. Treasurer an­ George Giraud, Secretary L. Frazier. second mate during search of crew quar­ nounced $179 in ship's fund. Disputed SEA-LAND TRADER (Sea-Land Ser­ Chairman announced site of upcoming ters. He told members vessel would be OT reported by deck and engine dele­ vice), July 20 — Chairman A. J. Pal- payoff. Secretary said fresh provisions on Panamanian run for long time. Secre­ gates. No beefs or disputed OT reported imo. Secretary Norman Johnson. would come ontoard at next stop. He tary mentioned need for ship's fund. Edu­ by steward delegate. Galley gang Secretary announced new mattresses had thanked crew for courtesy in mess hall • • • cational director urged members to view thanked for job well done. been ordered. Treasurer noted $10 in and galley. No beefs or disputed OT safety films in spare time. No beefs or movie fund. Engine delegate reported reported. Crew noted repairs needed for disputed OT reported. Steward depart­ SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE (Sea-Land disputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT re­ air conditioner and fan in crew's lounge ment thanked for job well done. Next Service), July 22 — Chairman Elex ported by deck and steward delegates. and vents in galley. Members also said port: Channelview, Texas. Gary Jr., Secretary R. C. Agbulos, Edu­ Crew said it still was waiting for new new furniture needed. cational Director Joe Ortiz, Deck Dele­ contract. Members reminded to return PONCE (Puerto Rico Marine), July 29 gate Thomas Schroeder, Engine plates to pantry. Crew thanked steward SEA-LAND DISCOVERY (Sea-Land — Chairman Donald Wagner, Secre- Delegate Leonardo Papa, Steward Dele­ department, especially Chief Cook Cur­ Service), August 4 — Chairman H. taiy Jose Chacon, Educational Director gate Edmund Papa. Chairman an­ tis Howard, for good quality of food. Fisher, Secretary J. Collis, Educational Eric Frederickson, Deck Delegate joe nounced new radio would be installed in Director A. Garcia, Deck Director P. Boevink, Engine Delegate Valentin crew's lounge. No beefs or disputed OT STAR OF TEXAS (Seahawk Manage­ Torres, Engine Delegate P. Gago, Stew­ Martinez, Steward Delegate Pedre reported. Next port: Long Beach, Calif. ment), July 22 — Chairman Gene ard Delegate R. Escobar. Chairman an­ Sepulveda. Chairman told crew he had Paschall, Secretary I. Fletcher, Educa­ nounced pay adjustments would be made repair list. Educational director urged SEA-LAND EXPRESS (Sea-Land Ser­ tional Director Christopher Beaton, for period from June 16 to July 1. He members to upgrade at Piney Point. No vice), July 27 — Chairman J. M. Ard, Steward Delegate Lonnie Bettis. Chair­ said payoff would take place as soon as beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew Secretary Paul Calimer. Secretary re­ man announced payoff set for July 28 in patrolman arrives in Elizabeth, N.J. He thanked SIU President Michael Sacco quested copy of new contract for crew- Beaumont, Texas. He reminded mem­ announced vessel would be going to for new contract and changes in pension members. He said microwaves and two bers to donate to SPAD and upgrade at Aruba after stop in Jacksonville, Fla. No plan. Steward department was thanked mattresses were ordered. Steward Lundeberg School. He noted trip had beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew for Job well done. delegate reported disputed OT and beefs. been smooth. No beefs or disputed OT complained about guards checking No beefs or disputed OT reported by reported. Crew asked for patrolman to members' packages while in Puerto SEA WOLF(Crowley Maritime), July deck and engine delegates. Next port: see that tanks are repaired for cold water Rico. Crew thanked steward department 15 — Chairman Edward Latimer, Sec­ Tacoma, Wash. for crew and officers. Members thanked for good food and deck department for retary Philip Paquette. Chairman re­ steward department for its fine work. keeping messhall clean. Next port: ported voyage went well. He noted one SEA-LAND LIBERA TOR (Sea-Land Next port: Beaumont. Elizabeth, N. J. safety problem with grating on crane 1. Service), July 5 — Chairman J. M. Kee- He said sailing board is serious problem, fef. Secretary W. Williams, Educational UL TRAMAR (American Marine Trans- SEA-LAND INDEPENDENCE (Sea- especially in Rio, with constantly chang­ Director S. B. Crader, Engine Delegate port), July 10 — Chairman B. Born, Sec­ Land Service), August 4 — Chairman A. ing times, No beefs or disputed OT J. Paminiano, Steward Delegate All retary C. N. Johnson, Educational J. Eckert, Secretary E. H. Jackson, Edu­ reported. Next ports: Norfolk, Va. and Mugalli. Chairman announced payoff Director E. J. Gibson. Chairman said he cational Director G. L. Ackley. Chair­ • " •>• . Philadelphia. set for Long Beach, Calif. He said every­ did not know where ship would load man said crew awaiting word on new thing running smoothly. No beefs or dis­ next. He stated crew waiting for copy of contract. No beefs or disputed OT re­ ; ,• SEA-LAND ACHIEVER (Sea-Land puted OT reported. Steward department new contract and wage increases. He ported. Galley gang thanked for its good Service), July 25 — Chairman N. thanked for job well done. Next port: noted trip had been good so far. Deck work. Pratts, Secretary R. Griswold, Educa­ Long Beach. delegate reported disputed OT. No beefs tional Director Mark Serlis. Chairman or disputed OT reported by engine and SEA-LAND PACIFIC (Sea-Land Ser­ noted television was repaired last trip but SEA-LAND NEWARK BAY (Sea- steward delegates. Crew noted need for vice), August 5 — Chairman L. audio control problems remain. He said Land Service), July 8 — Chairman M. new washing machine and reported Freeburn, Secretary F. Sison, Educa­ new radio should arrive this trip. He said Galliano, Secretary H. Rahman, Educa­ shower leaks. tional Director S. Bigelow, Deck Dele­ he had no information on new contract tional Director R. Caldwell, Deck gate J. Zimmerman, Engine Delegate or raises. Secretary reminded members Delegate A. Debelich, Engine Delegate AMERICAN EAGLE (Pacmc Gulf Ma­ Cliff Akers, Steward Delegate L. drug testing has been reinstated and James McCray. Chairman thanked rine), August 5 — Chairman Billy East­ Spread. Chairman discussed crew's clearances are good for six months. Edu­ crew for smooth voyage. He said he is wood, Secretary Floyd Bishop, restriction to ship in Hong Kong because cational director urged members to at­ waiting for copy of new contract. He Educational Director Dennis Baker, of typhoon. He said he would request ice tend Lundeberg School. Treasurer noted donation was collected for AB Deck Delegate Spilios J. Kosturos, En­ machine be repaired or replaced. He announced $60 in ship's fiind and $90 in George May who suifered fatal heart at­ gine Delegate Terry Miller, Steward noted crew asked Sea-Land that doctor movie fund. No beefs of disputed OT re­ tack off coast of Florida. He also an­ Delegate Gloria Holmes. Educational di­ in Hong Kong be replaced as treatment ported. Crew asked new copies of ship­ nounced ashes of Brother Harvey rector reminded members to upgrade at is deplorable. Educational director spoke ping agreement be sent to ship. Crew Milstead were scattered in North Atlan­ Piney Point. Treasurer announced $180 about correspondence courses available asked contracts department to review re­ tic on this voyage. Educational director in ship's fund. No beefs or disputed OT from Lundeberg School. Treasurer an­ ! '• «•/' - urged members to upgrade at Piney pealing eight-month shipping rule to six reported. Steward department thanked nounced $95 in ship's fund. No beefs or months. Next ports: Elizabeth, N.J., Nor­ Point. No beefs or disputed OT reported. for job well done. Next port: Bayonne, disputed OT reported. Crew thanked folk, Va. and Charleston, S.C. Crew asked contracts department to look N.J. steward department and all hands in­ I into allowing emergency relief for per­ volved in cookouts. Next port: Long SEA-LAND ANCHORAGE (Sea Land manent and rotary jobs because of sick­ CHARLESTON (Apex Marine), Au­ Beach, Calif. Service), July 26 — Chairman J. ness, accident or emergency at home. gust 12 — Chairman Mark Ruhl, Secre­ Lundborg, Secretary C. Modellas, Crew also asked for review to increase tary J. Gonzalez. Chairman announced SEA-LAND TACOMA (Sea-Land Ser­ Chief Electrician K. Bertel, Deck Dele­ optical, dental and pension plans. Crew ship would layup in Baltimore for ap­ vice), August 2 — Chairman Dana gate John Kelly, Engine Delegate A. M. stated need for new washer and dryer. proximately three weeks in August. No Cella, Secretary David Boone, Educa­ Hussair, Steward Delegate Aubrey Ge- Steward department thanked for job well beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew tional Director T. L. Cowan, Deck Dele­ thing. Chairman briefed members on done. Next ports: Charleston, S.C., Port thanked steward department for job well gate Greg Taylor, Engine Delegate new contract. Crew gave SIU President Everglades, Fla. and Houston. done. Next port: Baltimore. Jonathan Washburn, Steward Delegate Michael Sacco special vote of confi- Strode Call. Chairman announced pay­ - dence for job well done. Educational di­ SEA-LAND PACER (Sea-Land Ser­ OMI CH!4/76£/7(OMI Corporation), off August 3 upon arrival in Tacoma, rector noted shipping rule change Wash. Secretaiy distributed new edition regarding QMED upgrading. No beefs of Seafarers LCXJ. Treasurer urged mem­ or disputed OT reported. Crew gave vote bers to upgrade at Piney Point. No beefs of thanks to galley gang and especially or disputed OT reported. Crew discussed to Chief Cook Aubrey Gethlng. new contract. Steward department thanked for its fine job. Next port: SEA-LAND ATLANTIC (Sea-Land Ser­ Tacoma. vice), July 22 — Chairman Willoughby Byrd, Secretary J. Rivera, Educational USNS WILKES (Mar Ship), August 11 Director Richard Williams. Chairman — Chairman Hershel Turner, Secretary said crew is awaiting specifics on new John Parkhurst, Deck Delegate Darrel OT rates. Secretary said galley running Thomas, Steward Delegate Abdel Mo­ short on stores with extra members on­ hammed. Chairman turned over $300 board. Engine delegate reported disputed ship's fund to newly elected treasurer, OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported QMED Ron Howard. No beefs or dis­ by deck or steward delegates. Next puted OT reported. Crew agreed to no ports: Charleston, S.C., Port Everglades television during meals. Members re­ and Jacksonville, Ra. and Houston. Sealift Caribbean Runs Coastwise minded to keep mess hall clean. Crew Ready for the next voyage of the coastwise running USNS Sealift Caribbean are, created clothing pool for those members SEA-LAND COMMITMENT (Sea- from the left, SA Darryl Brown, AB Leslie Choice and OS Lee Danielson. who lose luggage in route to vessel. Land Service), July 29 —- Chairman

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DEEP SEA GLADSTONE DOLPHY THOMAS H. McQUAY ALEXANDER POTORSKI JAMES L. STOVER Gladstone Dolphy, 79, passed Ihomas Alexander James L. ELMER ANNIS away in a San Francisco hospi­ H. Mc­ Potorski, Stover, Elmer tal May 19. He Joined the Quay, 38, J 71, passed 81, died Annis, 66, Marine Cooks and Stewards, suc­ away July June 30 in passed before its merger with the SIU, cumbed to •",11 • Wt f',' 23. He a Manhat­ away July in 1951. Brother Dolphy cancer at was bom tan hospi­ 18. The retired in February 1976. He his home in Penn­ tal. The Anacor- was buried May 25 in Olivet in Lexing­ sylvania South Car­ tes, Wash, Cemetery in Colma, Calif. His ton Park, and olina na­ native wife, Ethel, survives him. Md. August 4. He was bom in served in the Army from 1937 tive Joined the Marine Cooks served in Jacksonville, Fla. and gradua­ to 1940. Brother Potorski and Stewards in 1945. He the Naval Reserves from 1942 ted from the Lundeberg School joined the Seafarers in August began collecting his pension in to 1943. He joined the " in August 1970. Brother Mc- 1942 in the port of Baltimore. July 1974. Brother Stover was Seafarers in October 1967 in LEON FRANKLIN Quay upgraded at Piney Point He upgraded his deck depart­ buried July 5 in Fort Lincoln the port of San Francisco when Leon several times to reach the rat­ ment rating at the Lundeberg Cemetery in Bladensburg, Md. he transferred his membership Franklin, ing of recertified steward. He School in 1976. He began from an SIUNA affiliate, the 76, died was an active member when he drawing his pension in March Sailors Union of the Pacific. July 10. passed away. He is survived by 1983. ALPHONSE J. TREMER Brother Annis was an active He was a his wife, Carolyn; daughter, JR. Tquilla; mother Gladys: four member of the deck depart­ charter JAMES RANKIN Alphonse J. Tremer Jr., 67, ment when he died. member sisters; two brothers and many James Rankin, 63, died July passed away August 5. He of the nieces and nephews including 22. A native of Louisiana, he Jacksonville Patrolman An­ Joined the union in September MARIANO ARROYO Joined the SIU in April 1946 in SIU,hav­ thony McQuay. 1942 in his native Mobile, Ala. Mariano ing Joined in January 1939 in the port of Philadelphia. He Brother Tremer sailed in the en­ his native New Orleans. shipped in the engine depart- gine department. He retired in Arroyo, DAVID MANAFE 70, died Brother Franklin sailed in the inent. Brother Rankin started Febmary 1978. June 25. steward department. He began David collecting his pension in Octo­ Bom in receiving his pension in June Manafe, ber 1989. ARTHUR TURNER 1979. 67, Puerto died Arthur July 14. A Rico, he FRANK REDIKER Tumer, native of Joined the LESTER HERBERT Frank Rediker, 42, passed Indonesia, 69, died SIU in Lester away July 24. The New York he served July 27. April 1940 in the port of New Herbert, native graduated from the An­ Bom in York. Brother Arroyo, a deck 72, passed in the drew Fumseth Training School Santa Army department member, was noted away in New York City in March Ana, for helping the union whenever March 14 from 1946 to 1947. Brother 1967. Brother Rediker up­ Manafe Joined the union in Calif., he asked and participated in at the Bay graded his deck department rat­ Joined the several organizing drives in City Febmary 1965 in the port of ing at the Lundeberg School in Seafarers in October 1955 in New York. The engine depart­ Puerto Rico. He retired in Sep­ (Mich.) 1977. He was an active mem­ the port of Norfolk. Brother ment member helped the SIU tember 1969. Medical ber at the time of his death. Tumer previously had been a organize fishermen during the Center following an extended member of another SIUNA af­ collecting WILLARD BICKFORD illness. The Louisiana native mid '60s. He started ABE ROSEN filiate, the Marine Firemen, Oil­ his pension in January 1984. Willard Bickford, 71, passed Joined the Marine Cooks and Abe ers and Watertenders. The away July 27. He was bom in Stewards in 1945. He became a Rosen, engine department veteran member of the SIU Atlantic, CLYDE MERCER Louisiana and served in the 70, died started receiving his pension in Marines from 1935 to 1939. Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Clyde Mercer, 70, passed away June 1985. District in July 1978 when the August 2. He Joined the union in July May 3 in a Seattle hospital. served unions merged. Brother Her­ He 1944 and sailed in the steward The Idaho native Joined the in the FRANCISCO VEGA bert started drawing his pen­ Marine Cooks and Stewards in department. Brother Bickford Army dur­ Francisco sion in 1979. He was buried in 1946. Brother Mercer began re­ started collecting his pension ing 1944. Vega, 67, Forest Lawn Cemetery in ceiving his pension in August in March 1966. Brother passed Saginaw, Mich. 1967. He is survived by his Rosen Joined the union in May away July wife, Eula, and brother, SIU EDWARD BISS 1957 in his native Baltimore. 30. The 4" Vice President for Govemment He sailed in the galley gang Edward Services Roy "Buck" Mercer. Puerto 4',' until he retired in June 1976. i'-• ' 1 •Isi Biss, 70, NOREL JORGENSEN Rico na­ i J' died Au­ tive Joined .4- ^ Norel Jor- SIDNEY SEGREE the SIU in i'.Tii i gust 7. A ANDRES MOLINA native of gensen, Sidney Segree, 82, passed November 1942. He upgraded ||Vl' 68, died Andres Molina, 82, died June to recertified steward at the Walling- away July 15. A native of Ja­ •K ; l i':' ton, N.J., May 31. 24. He Joined the Seafarers in maica, he served in the Army Lundeberg School in 1980. ^ ,• he served Bom in September 1944 in his native from 1942 to 1945. Brother Brother Vega was involved in "141;.1 ^ • in the Minneapo­ Puerto Rico. Brother Molina Segree Joined the Seafarers in many union projects in Puerto lis, he i Navy from 1943 to 1946. sailed in the steward depart­ March 1955 in the port of New Rico and had been "a mainstay Joined the ment before he retired in Brother Biss Joined the Seafar­ in the stew­ of support (to the union) here '•fk "• • • 'i March 1973. York. He shipped ers in September 1950 in the Seafarers ard department and began col­ on the island," according to a port of New York. The engine in January 1944 in the port of lecting his pension in October retired union vice-president. department member upgraded New Orleans. Brother Jorgen- 1973. He tegan collecting his pen­ at the Lundeberg School in sen was a rriember of the black JOSEPH MUNIN sion in April 1989. 1984. He retired in April 1985. gang. He retired in Janu^ Joseph Munin, 84, passed MELANO S. SOSPINA 1984. LESLIE WILSON away July 20. Bom in Latvia, Melano S. CLYDE CUMMINS he Joined the SIU in January Leslie Wilson, 65, died August MARTIN LYNCH Sospina, Clyde Cummins, 61, passed 1946 in the port of New York. 81, died 8 at the University of Kentucky away July 15. Bom in Barba­ Martin Lynch, 79, passed away Brother Munin shipped in the July 23. Chandler Medical Center. Bom engine department. He began dos, he Joined the SIU in May July 19. He was bom in Rocka- He was in Kentucky, he Joined the 1974 in the port of New York. way Beach, N.Y. and Joined collecting his pension in bom in union in October 1947 in the Brother Cummins started in the the SIU in September 1943 in November 1964. the Philip­ port of New York. Brother Wil­ engine department and up­ the port of New York. Brother pines and son shipped in the steward de­ graded at the Lundeberg Lynch sailed in the galley gang Joined the partment. He is survived by a collecting his GEORGE W. MURRILL School in 1975. He switched to before he began SIU in August 1952 in the port brother. Pensioner Clifton Wil­ pension in September 1981. the steward department and up­ George of New York. Brother Sospina son. graded to assistant cook at the W. Mur- sailed in the steward depart­ school in 1983. He was an ac­ rill, 85, ment. He retired in January FRANK WONG JAMES McCHRYSTAL tive member at the time of his died 1980. Frank Wong, 86, died May 29 death. James McChrystal, 64, died January 5. in a San Francisco hospital. He June 17 at a Gresham, Ore. hos­ The Mis­ MARY STELLMAN was bom in China and Joined RAFAEL DeARCE pital. The native of Northem sissippi Mary Stellman, 76, passed the Marine Cooks and Stew­ Rafael DeArce, 77, died April Ireland Joined the Marine native away March 7 in her East Palo ards in 1945. Brother Wong re­ Cooks and Stewards in 1945. 10. The Mayaguez, P.R. native Joined the Alto, Calif, home. She Joined tired in August 1968. He was He retired in April 1974. Joined the union in September union in November 1949 in the the Marine Cooks and Stew­ buried June 3 in Hoy Sun Me­ Brother McChrystal was buried port of Mobile, Ala. Brother 1961. Brother DeArce shipped ards in 1958. Sister Stellman morial Cemetery in Colma, Murrill sailed in the galley in the steward department in Gethsemani Cemetery in started receiving her pension in Calif. gang before before he started receiving his Portland, Ore. He is survived he retired in Febru­ January 1977. ary 1977. Continued on page 26 pension in December 1977. by his wife, Helen.

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0--'s Lundeberg School Graduates Seven Classes

Trainee Lifeboat Class 457—Graduating from the trainee lifeboat class 457 ard, in the photo at left, (kneeling) Wendy Fearing, Vicki Barnhart, Allan Scott, Daniel fRhodes, Christenia Kilgore, Joe Johnson Jr., James Van Dyke, William L. George, David W. Smith, Johnny T. Johnson, (standing) George Tonge, Jim Tignon, Anthony Bonin, lldefonso Ramirez, Brent Stark, David St. Onge, Anthony Burrell, Richard Ball, David Labure, Brian Cain, Chris Snow, Mark Reed, Mike Conway, Steve Mark, Mark Maduro and instructor Ben Cusic.

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Tankermen—Participants in the Lundeberg School's tankerman class receive instruction in all aspects of loading, transferring and unloading various cargoes carried by tank barges. The following seafarers studied for their USCG tankerman endorsement: (kneeling, left to right) Victor Caraballo, Felix Barroso, Shane Buck- alew, (standing) instructor Jim Shaffer, John Agosto, Stephen Thompson, Peter Ray and Albert Carpenter. Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders—Moving up the ladder in the engine department are these FOWT graduates. From the left are (front row) Gary Bernard, Lonnie Harge, Curtis Aragon, Sam Anthony Negron, Kevin Wray, (second row) James Canty, Christopher J. Derra, Troy L. Fleming, Sam Walker, Rick Ramirez, Carmine Barbati, (third row) Devin Glbssin, William Romez, Scott Mellinger, Theron Peterson, (back row) William Harris, Carl E. Dyson, Tony Yore and John Copeland. feS-:': '••• •

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zrvi'}-." .",. (second row) Todd Wilson, Eric Emory, Sue Corliss, Toby Jacobsen, Charles Rogers, Ricardo ramos, Rebecca Pesgay, instructor Jake Karaczynski, (third row) Arlee Morgan, Bob Bell, Harry Massa, Michael Rectenwald, Nick Baker, Btyan-Allen, Silverio Avila, (fourth row) Lyie E. Davis, Michael J. Dykema, Gary Lamb, Micahel Marine Electronics Technician—The seafarers pictured above Riley, Bob Corbett, Allan Less, William Semprit, Sam Lampshire, (back row) learned about power supplies, receivers and transmitters, operating practices and Thomas E. Lockett, Jeffrey Fry, Greg Agren, Joseph Braun, Harry T. Rousseau and regulations and troubleshooting of analog and digital equipment. From the left are Reginald Nixon. (front row) Elisa Schein, Nelson Bailey, (back row) instructor Russ Levin, Jim McBride, Dan Beeman and William McDevitt.

Cook & Baker- Blair Humes recently finished upgrading to cook and baker in the steward department. To graduate, he had to con­ centrate on dessert and breakfast preparations, sanitation and work or­ ganization.

Upgraders Lifeboat—These members learned about emergency drills, basic compass navigation and use of all lifeboat and life raft equipment. From the left, with instructor Ben Cusic, are Michael Hoeffer, Robert Dennis and Yahya Alhaj.

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V >•' V •.;v:/.i '•A - r .. -.f rv iss^ f- •• V >• » _ ' - J! SEmmiRim NewSPAD T-ShirtsAreaHit The response for the new years of sailing. "I'm active in local SIU/SPAD t-shirts has been "over­ politics and I would like to show the whelming," according to SIU shirt off," he wrote. Secretary-Treasurer Joseph Di- Brother Morris Danzey of Sat- Giorgio. "Every day we hear from suma, Ala. quipped he needed two more and more members and their shirts because "if I only get one my families requesting the shirts,' wife will get it." Since the first of the year when Pensioner Horace B. Gaskill of the union-made garments became Morehead Gity^ N.C. also asked for available, more than 1,300 requests an extra shirt for his wife. "I want have been received in the office of the folks in Morehead City to know the secretary-treasurer. DiOiorgio what a fine union the SIU is—the assures those members who have best—and I am proud to have been been waiting that they will receive a seafaring man.' their shirts shortly. "We did not ex­ Mrs. Charles Perkins of Mo­ pect the demand to be so great, so bile, Ala. asked, "May I please have we are having more made. Of a t-shirt in my husband's memory?" course, there will be plenty for those From the Delta Queen, Watch­ The young men enrolled in the Lundeberg School's entry rating pro­ who still have not ordered." man Jeff Lettmer wrote, "I am gram, class 459, are pictured In front of the bus that will take them to With the requests, the union has sure that I speak for the whole crew the union's training facility In PIney Point, Md. heard from many of its members, when I say that we really appreciate retirees and their families. "As a the union that we belong to and we recent member, I would be proud to hope you keep pulling for us." show I belong to the SIU," wrote The shirts feature a full color Lundeberg School Helps Meet Brother Stu Breindage. logo of the SIU on the front. "SPAD Pensioner Joseph O. Synder of Is Porkchops, Contribute Today" is Altoona, Pa. said, "This will be a printed on the back with cor­ increased Manning Demands great thing for me to wear back here, responding art work. The sizes for for I am proud to have retired from the shirts are small, medium, large a great union." and extra large. They are available Continued from page 3 The younger Harmanson stated if Another retiree. Brother John by filling out the coupon located The union also took its training he were shipped to the Persian Fedesovich of Slidell, La. noted he below and returning it to the office on the road, holding an upgrading Gulf he "would follow orders and ' fyJ i. had a great many memories after 44 of the secretary-treasurer. course in Honolulu out of the be glad to do my duties." union hall. Nineteen SIU mem­ Harvey Ramos, 19, of Texas bers participated in the FOWT City, Texas is following in the class. footsteps of his family, the Zepe- das. He has uncles and cousins New Recruits Are Enthusiastic throughout the union. "I will fol­ T-Shir Lundeberg trainee class 459 was low orders and do my job," Ramos one of the first groups to start noted. "There's not much differ­ studying at the Piney Point facility ence than being shipped else­ after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. where." All of the students who spoke with Philadelphian George Vlassakis, a reporter from the Seafarers LOG 21, served in an Army chemical said they were aware they could company before heading for Piney be heading to the Persian Gulf Point. He said he is aware of what upon graduation and were ready could happen in Iraq but it "doesn't to do what needs to be done. bother" him. "I'd be a volunteer "It has crossed my mind," said to go over there even if I wasn't • "'-i/r-;'"", . .-'A , ••• •• Mitch Clark, 23, of St. John, Kan. shipping," he added. "And I'm willing to do my part." The same sentiment was echoed David Collins, 20, of New Or­ by a former Marine, Richard Wil­ leans is the third family member son, 22, entering the school. His to join the SIU. His father, Donnie brother, Larry Wilson, works in W. Collins I, is a chief steward the deck department and con­ while his brother, Donnie W. Col­ vinced him to join the SIU after '' • " ' lins 11, works in the deck depart­ his hitch in the service. ment. On being sent to the Persian Many of the new SIU men said Gulf, he said it would be "no big the lure of the ocean and seeing deal. I'll do my job." the world was a big influence in . -i.; Mike Harmanson, 18, of Port their decisions to become part of '•r V paid for it," the Bronx, N.Y. na­ tive added. on the back. They are American-made. Paul Davenport, 24, of Mobile, Please fill out Joseph DiGiorgio, Secretary-Treasurer Ala. said he "always wanted to go to sea." He was convinced by the application Seafarers international Union the fathers of some of his friends below and 5201 Auth Way to attend the Lundeberg School. "My friends' fathers sail and they • • • Camp Springs, MD 20746 mail it to: '4f-' A said it was a great career." l p • Vk • Jack Grant, 18, of Augusta, Pt9aam aand the nmw SiU t-shirt to: Maine said he wanted to travel. He heard about the school from NAME. friends. Tedd Obringer, 19,' of Bainbridge Island, Wash, stated ADDRESS. he wanted to see the world while he was young and make some CITY, STATE, ZIP. money to go to college. SOCIAL SECURITY#. BOOK# Information on the new AB and FOWT course schedule is avail­ PHONE# RATING. able on page 27 of this edition of the Seafarers LOG. Any individ­ T-SHIRT SIZE (drcle one) S M L XL Richard Wilson thinks about his ual interested in the union's entry 9/90 future while sitting on top of his rating program should contact the luggage. school for an application.

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Gribble; a son, William; six stepchildren; 10 grandchildren; I a sister and a brother. Know Your Rights Continued from page 23 WILLIE HOLDER FINANCIAL REPORTS. The CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU ges, trials, etc., as well as all other INLAND Willie constitution of the SIU Atlantic, contracts are available in all SIU details, the member so affected Holder, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters halls. These contracts specify the should immediately notify head­ #1 JASPER AUCOIN 75, died District makes specific provision wages and conditions under which quarters. Jasper AUT August for safeguarding the membership's an SIU member works and lives EQUAL RIGHTS. All members coin, 66, 12. Bom money and Union finances. The aboard a ship or boat. Members are guaranteed equal rights in passed in Dyers- constitution requires a detailed should know their contract rights, employment and as members of away June burg, Ky., audit by Certified Public Accounts as well as their obligations, such as the SIU. These rights are clearly set 2. He he served every year, which is to be sub­ filing for overtime (OT) on the forth in the SIU constitution and in served in in the mitted to the membership by the proper sheets and in the proper the contracts which the Union has both the Army from 1945 to 1949. Boat­ Secretary-Treasurer. A yearly manner. If, at any time, a member negotiated with the employers. Army and man Holder joined the union in finance committee of rank and file believes that an SIU patrolman or Consequently, no member may be Air Force April 1967 in the port of St. members, elected by the member­ other Union official fails to protect discriminated against because of from 1942 to 1949. Boatman Louis. He sailed in the deck de­ ship, makes examination each year their contract rights properly, they race, creed, color, sex and national Aucoin joined the union in partment until he retired in Sep­ of the finances of the Union and should contact the nearest SIU port or geographic origin. If any mem­ May 1977 in the port of New tember 1978. reports fully their findings and agent. bers feels that he is denied the Orleans. He worked as a yard recommendations. Members of EDITORIAL POLICY—THE equal rights to which he is entitled, foreman for Ratcliffe Materials STAFFORD L. this committee may make dissent­ SEAFARERS LOG. The he should notify Union head­ before retiring in February McCORMICK ing reports, specific recommenda­ Seafarers LOG has traditionally quarters. tions and separate findings. 1989. Stafford refrained from publishing any ar­ SEAFARERS POLITICAL AC- L. Mc­ ticle serving the political purposes TIVITY DONATION—SPAD. cormick, of any individual in the Union, of­ JULIUS BURDE TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds SPAD is a separate segregated 67, passed ficer or member. It has also of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes fiind. Its proceeds are used to fur­ Julius away refrained from publishing articles Au­ and Inland Waters District are ad­ ther its objects and purposes in­ Burde, 84, gust 6. deemed harmful to the Union or its cluding, but not limited to, died Au­ ministered in accordance with the collective membership. This estab­ After serv­ provisions of various trust fund furthering the political, social and gust 4. He ing in the lished policy has been reaffirmed economic interests of maritime was bom agreements. All these agreements by membership action at the Sep­ Navy specify that the trustees in charge workers, the preservation and fur­ in Danzig, from 1942 to 1945, he joined tember 1960 meetings in all con­ thering of the American Merchant Germany. of these funds shall equally consist stitutional ports. The responsibility the Seafarers in his native Gal­ of Union and management repre­ Marine with improved employ­ Boatman veston, Texas in February for Seafarers LOG policy is vested sentatives and their alternates. All ment opportunities for seamen and Burde 1947. Boatman McCormick in an editorial board which consists expenditures and disbursements of boatmen and the advancement of joined the Seafarers in June was involved in several union of the Executive Board of the trust funds are made only upon trade union concepts. In connec­ 1961 in the port of Philadel­ activities during his deck de­ Union. The Executive Board may tion with such objects. SPAD sup­ phia. He shipped in the deck approval by a majority of the trus­ delegate, from among its ranks, partment career. He also sailed tees. All trust fund financial ports and contributes to political department on Interstate Oil in the deep sea division before one individual to .carry out this candidates for elective office. All Transport vessels. He started recon^s are available at the head­ responsibility. he started collecting his pen­ quarters of the various trust funds. contributions are voluntary. No collecting his pension in sion in August 1980. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No contribution may be solicited or December 1971. monies are to be paid to anyone in received because of force, job dis­ EVERETT MURRAY SHIPPING RIGHTS. A any official capacity in the SIU crimination, financial reprisal, or JOHN GRIBBLE Everett Murr^, 87, died Au­ member's shipping rights and unless an official Union receipt is threat of such conduct, or as a con­ John Crib­ gust 5. He was bom in Omer, seniority are protected exclusively given for same. Under no cir­ dition of membership in the Union ble, 66, Del. and joined (he SIU in June by contracts between the Union cumstances should any member or of employment. If a contribution passed 1961 in the port of Philadel­ and the employers. Members pay any money for any reason un­ is made by reason of the above away Au­ phia. Boatman Murray sailed should get to know their shipping less he is given such receipt. In the improper conduct, the member gust 12 in in the engine department. He rights. Copies of these contracts event anyone attempts to require should notify the Seafarers Union Houston. began drawing his pension in are posted and available in all any such payment be made without or SPAD by certified mail within The na­ March 1968. Union halls. If members believe supplying a receipt, or if a member 30 days of the contribution for in­ tive of there have been violations of their is required to make a payment and vestigation and appropriate action Farming- SAMUEL R. ROWE shipping or seniority rights as con­ is given an official receipt, but and refund, if involuntary. A mem­ ton, Ala. served in the Navy tained in the contracts between the feels that he should not have been ber should support SPAD to Samuel R. Rowe, 82, passed required to make such payment, protect and further his economic, from 1941 to 1942. He joined away August 13. The Virginia Union and the employers, they the SIU in March 1947 in the should notify the Seafarers Ap­ this should immediately be political and social interests, and native joined the union in Feb- reported to Union headquarters. • American trade union concepts. port of Galveston, Texas as a mary 1961 in the port of Nor­ peals Board by certified mail, deep sea member. Boatman folk, Va. Boatman Rowe sailed return receipt requested. The CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS If at any time a member feels that Gribble transferred to the in­ as a cook before he retired in proper address for this is: AND OBLIGATIONS. Copies any of the above rights have been land division in 1957. He July 1974. Angus "Red" Campbell of the SIU constitution are avail­ violated, or that he has been worked his way up the deck de­ Chairman, Seafarers Appeals able in all Union halls. All mem­ denied his constitutional right of partment to become a captain Board bers should obtain copies of this access to Union records or infor­ for G&H Towing. He went GREAT LAKES 5201 Auth Way constitution so as to familiarize mation, he should immediately ashore for G&H in 1979 and Camp Springs, MD 20746 themselves with its contents. Any notify SIU President Michael was promoted to vice president HERMAN DORRANCE Full copies of contracts as referred time a member feels any other Sacco at headquarters by cer­ for marine personnel in 1989. Herman Dorrance, 66, died to are available to members at all member or officer is attempting to tified mail, return receipt re­ Gribble also served as a tmstee July 12. Bom in Mackinaw times, either by writing directly to deprive him or her of any constitu­ quested. The address is 5201 to the Seafarers Harry Lun- City, Mich., he served in the the Union or to the Seafarers Ap­ tional right or obligation by any Auth Way, Camp Springs, MD deberg School of Seamanship. Navy from 1942 to 1946. peals Board. methods such as dealing with char­ 20746. He was buried in Forest Park Brother Dorrance joined the East Cemetery in Webster, Seafarers in September 1950 in Have Union Send to: SIU, 5201 Auth Way, Camp Springs, MD 20746 Texas. He is survived by his the port of Milwaukee. He wife, Susan; three daughters, sailed in the deck department. Mail Sent te Mary Lou Owens, Carol Sue He started collecting his pen­ Your Home r I HOME ADDRESS ^ ^ PLEASE PRINT Date:. Patterson and Sharon Ann sion in June 1987. To ensure delivery of I TMB WIH be my pernianant addran tor all official Union malllnga. the Seafarers LOG each I Tlila addrota ahould lamain In Uw Union flla unloaa ottwrartaa cfiangad by ma paraonally. month and receipt of W- 2 forms. Seafarers Wel­ I fare Plan bulletins and Seafarers Welfare Plan Notice other communications Your Full Name Social Security No. from the SIU's head­ L _L COBRA: Continuation Health Coverage quarters, members Your FuH Name(If name has changed) AreaCtede Phone No. Seafarers or their dependents who have lost eligibility for should provide the na­ health care coverage under the Rules and Regulations of the tional ofhce with an up- Seafarers Welfare Plan, may be eligible to purchase, at a pre­ to-date home address. The home address is Street Apt or Box# mium, welfare coverage directly from the Plan. considered by SIU head­ Seafarers who have lost theireligibility for Plan coverage must quarters to be a mem­ notify the Plan office immediately to find out whether or not they ber's permanent resi­ pr their dependents may elect to continue benefits under this dence. aiy ZIP program. SIU members who To obtain more information about this program, seafarers may have changed their names should also notify • Active SIU Member Q SIU Pensioner call the membership services office at 1-800-CLAIMS-4 (1-800- Book Number headquarters. Individu­ Other 252-4674) or write to: als receiving duplicate copies of the LOG are »check one; COBRA Program, • This is a change of address asked to advise the • This is a new request I have never received the LOG at my home address Seafarers Welfare Plan union of this matter. If • I am receiving more than one copy of the LOG 5201 Auth Way addresses or names are Camp Springs, Maryland 20746 incorrectly noted on cur­ (Signed). rent mailings, contact headquarters.

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1990-91 UPGRADING COURSE SCHEDULE Oil Spill Course The following is the current course schedule for October 199(>-April 1991 Check-In Completion at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. All programs are Course Date Date geared to improve job skills of SIU members and to promote the American Maritime Industry. Oil Spill Prevention & October I October 5 The course schedule may change to reflect the membership's and Containment (1 week) October 29 November 2 industry's needs as well as the National Emergency Mobilization in the December 10 December 14 Persian Gulf. The courses listed for 1991 are tentative. February 18 February 22 April 1 April 5 Deck Upgrading Courses Upon completion the Sealift Operations course must he taken. Check-In Completion Course SHLSS College Progrpm Schedule for 1990 Date Date FULL 8-week Sessions October 15 through December 7 Able Seaman October 29 November 23 JamiiSfflt February 15 Recerllflcotlon Progroms March 4 March 29 April 15 May 10 Check-In Completion Course Date Date All students must take the Oil Spill Prevention and Containment class prior Bosun Recertification March 25 May 6 to the Sealift Operations and Maintenance course. Steward Recertification January 28 March 4 Lifeboatman October 1 October 12 October 15 October 26 inglne Upgroding Courses October 29 November 9 Check-In Completion a November 12 November 23 Course Date Date November 26 December 7 QMED-Any Rating January 21 December 10 December 21 April 12 Fireman/Watertender and Oiler October 8 January 7 January 18 October 26 January 21 February 1 October 29 November 16 . November 19 February 4 February 15 December 7 February 18 March 1 January 21 February 8 March 4 March 15 February 11 March 1 March 18 March 29 March 4 March 22 April 1 April 12 March 25 April 12 April 15 April 26 April 15 May 3 All students must take the OH Spill Prevention and Containment class prior •1 ! r.'" s-" • April 29 May 10 Ship Handling October 8 October 19 to the Sealift Operations and Maintenance course. Decembers December 14 Pumproom Maintenance & Operations October 29 December 7 January 21 February 1 January 21 March 1 February 18 March 1 April 15 May 24 March 18 March 29 Marine Electrical Maintenance October 1 November 23 April 8 April 19 January 7 March 1 Radar Observer Unlimited October 1 October 5 April 1 May 24 November 26 November 30 Refrigeration Systems February 4 March 15 February 4 February 8 Maintenance & Operations March 4 March 8 Diesel Engine Technology October 1 October 26 April 1 April 5 March 18 April 12 • ; I April 22 April 26 Welding March 18 April 12 Third Mate February 4 May 17 Marine Electronics Technician January 14 April 5 Inland Deck Licenses January 28 April 19 Hydraulics October 1 October 26 Celestial Navigation January 14 February 1 All students in the Engine Depqrtment will have a two-week Sealift April 22 May 10 Familiarization class at the end of their regular course. Upon completion the Sealift Operations course must be taken. 1990 Adult Educotlon Schedule Sfeword Upgroding Courses Check-In Completion Course Date Date Check-In Completion Course Date Date High School Equivalency (GED) October 29 December 8 Adult Basic Education (ABE) October 29 December 7 Assistant Cook, Cook and Baker, All open-ended (contact admissions English as a Second Language (ESL) October 29 December 7 Chief Cook, Chief Steward office for starting dates) All students in the Steward Program will have a two-week Sealift Famil­ iarization class at the end of their regular course. ABE/ESL Lifeboat Preparation Course October 8 October 16

With this application COPIES of your discharges must be submitted UPGRADING APPLICATION showing sufficient time to qualify yourself for the course(s) requested. You also must submit a COPY of each of the following: the first page of Name. Date of Birth. your union book indicating your department and seniority, your clinic (I.asli (First) (Middle) Mo./Day/Year card and the front and back of your Lundeberg School identification Address. card listing the course(s) you have taken and completed. The Admissions- (Street) Office WILL NOT schedule you until all of the above are received. Telephone. (City) (State) (Zip Code) " (Area Code) RATING DATE DATE OF Deep Sea Member • Lakes Member • Inland Waters Member • Pacific • VESSEL HELD SHIPPED DISCHARGE If the following information is not filled out completely your application will not be processed. Social Security #. Book #. SIGNATURE. DATE. Seniority DepartmenL U.S. Citizen: • Yes • No Home PorL I Am inleroled in (he Following • Marine Electrical Endorsement(s) or License(s) Now Held Coursc(s) Checked Below or Maintenance ALL DEPARTMENTS lndica(ed Here if Nol Listed • Pumproom Maintenance & • Welding Operation • Lifeboalman (Musi be taken • Refrigeration Systems with another coiirse) Maintenance & Operation • Diesel Engine Technology Are you a graduate of the SHLSS Trainee Program: O Yes Q No • Assistant Engineer/Chief Engineer Motor Vessel DF;CK ADULT EDUCATION If yes, which program: From — to — — • Original,.Ird Engineer Steam DEPARIMENT • AB/Sealifl or Motor • I si Class Pilot Last grade of school completed. • Refrigerated Containers Q] Adult Basic Educalion (ABE) (dates attended) • Third Mate Advanced Maintenance • High School Equivalency • Radar Observer Unlimited • Electro-Hydraulic Systems Program (OEf)) • Master Inspected Towing Have you attended any SHLSS Upgrading Courses: • Yes Q No • Automation .• Developmental Studies (DVSl Vessel • Hydraulics Q English as a Second • Towboal (Operator Inland If yes, course(s) Taken Q Marine Electronics Language (ESI.) • Celestial Navigation Technician • ABE/ESL Lifeboat Have you taken any SHLSS Sealift Operations courses? • Yes • No • Simulator Course Preparation STEWARD If yes, how many weeks have you completed? ENGINE • Assistant Cook Utility Do you hold the U.S. Coast Guard Life Boatman Endorsement: • FOWT • Cook and Baker COLLEGE PROGRAM • QMED-Any Rating • Chief Cook • Yes • No Firefighting: • Yes • No CPR: • Yes • No • Variable Speed IX.' Drive .• Chief Steward • Associates in Arts Degree Systems (Marine Electronics) • Towboal Inland CiKtk Q Certificate Programs

Date Available for training —— No transportation will be paid unless you present original receipts and successfully complete the course. Primary Language Spoken —— — —-—— RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION TO Seafarers Harry Lundelierg Upgrading Ccnier. Pincy Point. Ml) 21)674 9/VO

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Volume 52, Number 9 September 1990 Two SlU Members Receive Maritime's Highest Award for Roies in 1987Reaver State Rescue Surprise is the word both Bosun ing with the sounds, the rolling of ' • h:i Jack Edwards and AB Robert the ship and using a mask," he said. Welles use to describe their reac­ The SIU members removed the tion when they discovered they officers within 30 minutes, "but it were to be awarded the Distin­ seemed more like three hours," guished Service Medal Welles added. Both of­ by the Maritime Admin­ ficers were unconscious istration. when they were brought The SIU members re­ out of the hold. The chief ceived their medals, mate recovered from the which are the highest accident but the third awards MarAd can give mate never regained con­ to merchant mariners, at sciousness and eventual­ separate ceremonies in ly died. "It was kind of San Francisco last like a nightmare," Welles month. said. "The third mate was While both men said my watch partner on the they were proud to be bridge. I got to know recognized and remem­ about his family and we bered for their efforts, had become friends." they quickly mentioned The ship maintained their shipmates were radio contact with doc­ equally deserving. "It tors on shore to try to help was a team effort," re­ the two officers. All called Welles. "Every­ crewmembers mounted a It was a proud day for all those joining Jack Edwards at his awards ceremony in San body chipped in and watch on the injured men Francisco. From the left are his niece, Sandra Schierman; his wife, Evelyn Edwards; everybody deserves to and performed CPR and his son, J.J. Edwards; the Western Regional Director of MarAd, Robert A. Bryan; Edwards; SIU West Coast Vice President George McCartney, and his great nephew, share in this medal." first aid when needed. John Schierman. Edwards and Welles, "We did the best we led the efforts February could do," said Welles. "I 23, 1987 oh the Beaver don't know what else we Warren Leback, head of MarAd, metropolitan area. He noted he has State to save the lives of could have done." with their medals. In the com­ the best of both worlds because he two mates who had suc­ Both SIU members munication, Leback noted, "With works in two professions that % cumbed to fumes during The Distinguished said they have tried to disregard for your own personal allow him the" time to travel. "It's tank cleaning opera­ Service Medal forget what happened safety, you performed in a truly not easy to balance teaching and tions. The vessel was on that day. "I don't like to heroic maimer in saving the life of shipping, but so far I've been able . • r. its way to Portland, Ore. to load brag or talk about it," said Ed­ a fellow crewmember in a perilous to do it." Although he realizes the grain, and tank cleaning had been wards. But when word of the rescue operation." day may come that he has to give going on for several days. award arrived at Edwards' San Edwards began sailing with the up one for the other, he said he is Edwards remembered the Maries, Idaho home, the whole SIU in the port of Seattle in 1969. not there yet. cleaning was almost finished when family got excited. "My wife told He had served as a volunteer The Distinguished Service he monitored a distress call from the local newspaper. They treated firefighter for 12 years in Duvall, Medal is awarded to U.S. merchant the third mate that the chief mate me like I was some kind of hero. I Wash, before moving to Idaho. He seamen who distinguish themsel­ I •'•• had passed out in the tank. The was interviewed by them. They said he was able to use his firefight- ves through outstanding service or bosun was on the deck and hollered wrote a half-page story on it and ing experiences as well as his in­ conduct beyond the line of duty. It to the crew that there was an emer­ took my picture." volvement in a similar rescue was created originally to honor gency. Welles said he was working Welles noted the whole incident aboard the Golden Dolphin in 1980 mariners working between Sep­ in another hold when he heard the had been so "harrowing" that he to help the two mates. tember 9, 1939 and July 25, 1947, emergency whistle blow. had been trying to forget it. "I only Welles graduated from the Lim- but was revived by Congress in The two grabbed emergency had read about such rescues; I deberg School in 1979. He also 1956 and has been awarded peri­ breathing gear and went down into never had been involved in one." teaches in the San Francisco odically since. the tank. Welles recalled the 100- He said receiving the medal foot deep tank as being dark and brought the incident "full circle." oily."It was almost like scuba div- Both men received a letter from Help Locate This Missing Child The National Center for Missing The child, known by the name and Exploited Children is seeking "Manda," was abducted by her the help of Seafarers in locating non-custodial mother, April Curtis, 6-year-old Amanda Robyn Otter. and her step-father, Kenneth Brewster, February 26, 1988 from San Bernardino, Calif. She was then 4 years old. Amanda stood 3 feet tall, had blonde hair and blue eyes and weighed 30 pounds when she was last seen. Anyone with information about the young girl should contact the National center for Missing and Exploited Children at (800) 843- 5678 or the San Bernardino County San Francisco Port Agent Nick Celona (left) and SIU West Coast Vice President District Attorney's Office (Calif.) George McCartney (right) presertt AB Robert Welles with his Distinguished Sen/ice Amanda Robyn Otter Missing Persons Unit at (714) 387- Medal and MarAd commendation. 8520 or their local FBI office.

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