SIU Appeals to State on Tanker Crew Waiver The SIU has appealed directly to ican crewmen on all U.S. ships. But and not had a chance to respond to tation and the Coast Guard acted Secretary of State George Shultz in under the claim of ''national secu­ the letter. in direct violation of law in granting an effort to rescind a crewing waiver rity,'' those crewing requirements the waiver. The suit asks that the ''I outlined what our position has for 11 reflagged former Kuwaiti were waived by the U.S. govern­ waiver be rescinded and that the been all along and that the waiver tankers. Also, five maritime unions ment. DOT be enjoined from taking sim­ goes against the intent of Congress. filed suit in federal court seeking to Last month at the AFL-CIO Ex­ iliar action in the future. I stressed that using American sea­ have the crewing waiver over­ ecutive Board meeting, SIU Presi­ Drozak said the SIU supports men does more for national security turned. dent Frank Drozak meet briefly with whatever action is needed to fight than does employing foreigners on The ships have been a continuing Shultz who was there to speak be­ the crewing situation on the Ku­ U.S. ships. We are hoping that source of controversy since they fore the board. The secretary re­ waiti ships. He added that the SIU Secretary Shultz would begin a re­ were reftagged last year but were quested that Drozak prepare a letter decided to explore other avenues view process which could eventu­ not required to carry American outlining the Union's position on of action besides the courts. The ally rescind the waiver," Drozak crewmen, except for the captain the waiver. A three-page letter was unions involved in the suit are the and radio officer. In January, Con­ prepared and sent to Shultz late last said. NMU, NMEBA, MM&P, SUP and gress passed, and President Reagan month. In the suit, the unions are arguing MFOW. A hearing on the suit is signed a bill which required Amer- The secretary has been overseas that the Department of Transpor- set for March 29.

Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union • Atlantic, Gull, Lakes and Inland Waters District • AFL·CIO Vol. so, No. J March 1988 Uttle Surprise in FY 89 Budget Maritime Programs Remain at Last Year's Level The administration submitted a tril­ propriations Subcommittee that $248.9 of the SIU's Department of Legisla­ contains no surprises, but it is the lion dollar budget to Congress for fiscal million had been set aside to liquidate tion. ''That may well be the case with latest chapter in seven years of official year 1989 which left funding for mar­ existing operating differential subsi­ the administration's Fiscal Year 1989 neglect.' ' itime programs at essentially the same dies, and that $72.92 million should be budget. SIU President Frank Drozak said levels that they were last year. set aside for grant agreements to bring ''The best that can be said is that it (Continued on Page 4.) The administration has requested in new operators under subsidy. $471.5 million for maritime programs. No provisions were contained for On paper, this represents a $334 mil­ new ship financing guarantees. That lion increase over last year. met with widespread criticism from Roughly two-thirds of that increase industry officials. There was reduced can be traced to the administration's funding for the P.L. 480 program, and decision to change the way it was for the Coast Guard, whose budget is submitting its request for operating contained in a different category. differential subsidies. Most of the rest Shortly after the administration made of the increase was a bookkeeping public the provisions of the budget, change: programs which had been han­ Navy Secretary James Webb resigned dled under different appropriations bills in protest. He said that the budget were now being submitted under this would make it impossible to go ahead one. with plans to build a 600 ship Navy. The administration based its budget Controversy also surrounded fund­ projections for maritime on the as­ ing levels for the Coast Guard. Unless sumption that its plan to reform the budget cuts were restored, said Coast liner subsidy program would be ap­ Guard Commander Paul Yost, the proved. Yet there has been little move­ Coast Guard would have to severely ment on the administration's plan, and curtail its "search and seizure" drug many maritime officials believed that raids and close Coast Guard facilities Congress would not get around to around the country. dealing with this vitally important is­ The administration came down on sue before it adjourned. the side of the Maritime Administra­ John Gaughan, head of the Maritime tion in granting it authority over the Administration, told the House Ap- Reserve Fleet. The Navy had con­ Thomas R. Donahue, AFL-CIO secretary/treasurer addresses the Maritime Trades De­ partment. Legislative goals and ways to revitalize the U.S. merchant marine topped the tested that authority, and the issue agenda. With Donahue are (L-R) MTD President Frank Drozak, MTD Secretary/Treasurer had aroused considerable attention in Jean lngrao and MTD National Field Coordinator Frank Pecquex. See pages 5-7 for Scholarships maritime circles. details. April 15 is the application dead­ In testimony before the House Mer­ line for Charlie Logan Scholar­ chant Marine Committee, Gaughan ships. Active Seafarers are encour­ noted that the administration planned I side: to continue providing funds for five aged to apply as well as dependents Page 3 of Seafarers. See January and Feb­ state maritime academies, but only if . Manning Standards Examined ruary LOGs for details. Send ap­ they agreed to share training vessels SIU Firms Win 42 RRF Ships Page 4 plications to: and accept the administration's pro­ Seafarers Welfare Plan posal that all graduates of federally Brother to Brother Page 8 c/o Charlie Logan Scholarship supported maritime schools accept a Inland News_ Pages 9 & 10 5201 Auth Way Naval Reserve commitment. "'It is said that no news is good Camp Springs, Md. 20746 1 Government Services Pages 18 & 19 news,'' said Frank Pecquex, director I We are not simply talking about its traditional large-scale involve­ President's Report dollars, we need leadership and we ment in the election. We have a need a president with the attitude reputation as a union that can be by Frank Drozak that the merchant marine is im­ counted on to tum out the vote portant. and the volunteers. That's where During the past few election An important question for the each and every one of you comes years, politics has become more candidates will be where they stand in. and more like a massively-pro­ on the Defense Commission re­ Volunteer your time and your duced sporting event. The net­ port. effort, not just in the presidential works drench the airwaves with Fair Trade, Not Free Trade­ race but in the contests in your 15-second clips of candidates. The trade policies of the last eight own home town. Candidates for Newspapers run hundreds of col­ years have led to the biggest trade the House and Senate and for state umn inches on the latest polls and deficit this country has ever seen. offices are important to you and trends, and the candidates them­ But as long as U.S. trade policy the Union. selves throw slick video-like com­ allows American products and Check with your port agents and mercials at viewers. American companies to be shut field reps. They will have a line on Sometimes with all that noise out of markets and tariffed to death, the best ways you can help your and visual assault, messages get little will improve. Union and yourself. lost. How much can a candidate We have to trade with the rest More so than most industries, say in a 15-second sound-bite or of the world. But they must trade our job security is tied to politics half-minute commercial? with us too. The candidate we and national policy. Another eight The recent primaries and cau­ support must support a reasonable years of being ignored or attacked cuses in some 20 states March 8 The results from Super Tuesday and sound fair trade program. could very well mean the death of was in danger of becoming more seem to have narrowed the Dem­ Between now and the November the U.S.-fiag merchant marine. like a made-for-television movie ocratic field to three and the GOP election, the SIU will gear up for We cannot let that happen. than an important step in the elec­ to one. All three of the major tion process. But as the election Democratic candidates have ap­ neared, a trend developed-the pealed to the vast working class. problems of America's working men While the details of their messages and women became a popular vary, they know that working men SIU's Fay Honored theme. and women will decide the election Sometimes it was hard to figure on the issues important to them. out where the various candidates When it comes time for the SIU stood on the issues by just watch­ to endorse a candidate, it will be ing the news, but a careful reading only after careful study. Like all of the papers and political analysis unions in the AFL-CIO, we are showed that issues were getting an concerned with how the candidates airing. Issues that concern all stand on labor's main issues. We American workers. are also very concerned about Unemployment, underemploy­ where they stand on maritime is­ ment, the prohibitive cost of hous­ sues. ing and medical care, education, Two of the areas we will be drugs, job training andjob security looking at are: are all issues that affect all Amer­ Rebuilding the U.S. merchant icans, regardless of political ide­ marine-It's no secret our vital ology. industry needs help. The recent I believe those are the issues report and recommendations from which will decide the 1988 elec­ the president's Commission on tions. Americans are worried. While Merchant Marine and Defense is a unemployment figures have good place to start. dropped in the past few years, so The role of the merchant marine have the number of people working in this country's defense posture at well-paid industrial jobs. People must be reaffirmed. We cannot know this country cannot continue allow the merchant fleet's role to to pile up the budget deficit at the be farmed out to low-wage foreign rate the Reagan administration has. countries, like so many American They also know this country can­ companies have done with their not sit idly by and watch its man­ plants. The bottom line is not cost, SIUNA Vice President John Fay (right) was honored in Philadelphia for his contributions ufacturing base sold piece by piece it is efficiency, competitiveness and and help to the Deborah Hospital Heart and Lung Center. Fay received the Humanitarian overseas. the ability to fulfill the defense role. Award from Jeffrey Gloss, associate chairman of the hospital's executive board.

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2 I LOG I March 1988 Manning Standards Examined by Maritime Panel

More than 30 labor, management members onboard ships, Coast Guard and government representatives met Admiral J.W. Kime said, "We're not in a day-long session earlier this menth talking about taking people off, we 're to discuss ways to establish more "ef­ talking about how to use them better.'' fective manning" regulations. He also said the agency's manning ''We're trying to find an area where standards are designed only for safety labor, the shipowners and government and that crew size on any ship is up might be able to work something out,'' to collective bargaining between the said SIU President Frank Drozak. various unions and shipowners. The meeting was the result of an Most participants agreed on the need earlier get-together last fall at the United to update manning standards, but few States Merchant Marine Academy in agreed on exactly how to go about it. Kings Point, N. Y. There was discussion about ''cross­ Some participants expressed con­ utilization'' using a qualified crew­ cern that new manning regulations member in both the engine and deck SUP President Whitey Disley makes a point during the manning conference. With him would reduce the number of crew- departments. There also was discus- are SIU Vice President George McCartney (left) and MFOW President Paul Dempster. sion of automation and watchstanding requirements. The goal of the committee, co-chaired by Drozak, is to design manning standards which could be imple­ mented either through legislation or regulatory reform. A smaller committee was appointed to study the issue in more detail and try to find areas of agreement between the varied parties. Unions which took part in the meet­ ing included the SIU, NMU, MM&P, MEBA-1, MFOW and SUP. APL, Matson, Arco, Exxon and Sea-Land SIU President Frank Dro7.ak makes his opening remarks at the conference. Coast Guard sent representatives, and members of Andrew Boyle, SIU or Canada vice presi­ Adm. J.W. Kime Oeft) and SIU presidential assistant Mike Neumann take notes. Marad and the Coast Guard attended. dent, was an observer at the conference.

Members Need Modern Rotary System SIU Studies Ways to Improve Shipping & Registration The SIU is undertaking a study registration and shipping proce­ discussions came a general agree­ on the concept of a national ship­ to examine ways to improve the dures developed during meetings ment that some kind of national ping and registration system, or any rotary shipping system. The aim is with members attending upgrading rotary shipping system might better other system which will safeguard to expand job opportunities for SIU programs at the SHLSS. During serve the needs of our membership. and improve the rotary shipping members in all ports, and to make these past four years, SIU President A national registration system would system. Members are asked to ad­ registration and shipping proce­ Frank Drozak met with Bosons and improve the rotary job guarantees, dress their comments to: dures easier for the membership. Stewards in .Recertification Pro­ and would expandjob opportunities Frank Drozak, President In a report to the membership grams as well as members in other to members in all ports. Seafarers International Union last month, SIU Vice President An­ upgrading programs to get their ideas President Drozak is urging mem­ 5201 Auth Way gus "Red,. Campbell said that on how to improve membership bers to write to him with comments Camp Springs, Md. 20746 ''while nothing has been done to services. change our system, somewhere One area which received a great down the line changes are going to deal of comment was an idea to have to be made." establish a national registration and Committee Approves Bill To The idea for taking a new look at shipping procedure. Out of these Beef Up Fishing Boat Safety A new fishing vessel safety bill was supplies. SIU Ally Is Top 'Italian' approved by the House Merchant Ma­ New vessels carrying more than 16 rine and Fisheries Committee last crewmen would face even stiffer re­ month that will raise safety standards quirements including radars, bilge for U.S. fishing boats. But part of the alarms, and fire fighting equipment. bill dealing with liability and injury The Coast Guard is also directed to compensation standards was delayed develop stability standards for new for future action. vessels and for those whose physical H.R. 1841, The Commercial Fishing characteristics are substantially al­ Industry Safety and Compensation Act, tered in a way which affects the ves­ sets new standards for vessel safety. sel's operating stability. Introduced by Rep. Gerry Studds The Coast Guard is also given two (D-Mass.), chairman of the subcom­ years to develop a proposal for the mittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Con­ possible licensing of vessel operators. servation and the Environment, H.R. The bill would, for the first time, 1841 would require the largest popu­ require the inspection of fish process­ lation of fishing boats, documented ing vessels. vessels (those over five net tons) or As explained by Committee Chair­ !hose which have more than 16 people man Walter B. Jones (D-N. C.), a spon­ onboard, to carry at least one EPIRB sor of -the bill, the committee's deci­ (Emergency Position Indicating Radio sion to proceed with the markup of Beacon), life boats or rafts sufficient Title II, the safety provisions, and to accommodate all onboard, one ex­ delay markup of the liability Title was posure/survival suit per crewman, ra­ driven by two facts: "We must make dio equipment which allows the boat it very clear that this committee is on Long-time SIU friend and supporter (center) Joe Avara, Ret. Baltimore Police Col., was honored recently when he took command as the national president of the Sons or Italy. to communicate with the Coast Guard, record supporting safety legislation and With him are SIU Headquarters Rep. Frank Paladino and Baltimore Port Agent Robert certain navigation equipment includ­ that safety legislation is going to be Pomerlane. ing charts and compass, and first aid (Continued on Page 4.)

March 1988 I LOG I 3 SIU Wins Big Share of RRF Contracts-42 Ships SIU contracted companies garnered The ships make up the Navy's fleet In addition to the new awards, nine • Interocean Management Corp., the lion's share of the contracts awarded of emergency use vessels which would other ships will be crewed by SIU Philadelphia, eight, $1.6 million. by the MSC to the private sector for be broken out in case of a national members under the terms of a previous the maintenance of 71 vessels in the emergency requiring the use of U.S. agreement. Interocean Management • OMI Corp., New York City, eight, Ready Reserve Force. forces and troops overseas. will operate six crane ships in the RRF, $1.2 million. SIU-contracted companies will The announcement had been held and Crowley Maritime Inc. will op­ • International Marine Carriers, maintain 42 of the vessels over the up while the dispute between the Navy erate three T-1 tankers. Mineola, N.Y., four, $914,475. next five years. "This represents lit­ and the Maritime Administration over What follows is a list of the awards erally hundreds of potential jobs for who would handle these vessels was to SIU-contracted companies: • American President Lines Ltd., SIU members,'' said SIU Vice Presi­ resolved. The administration finally • American Overseas Marine Corp., Oakland, Calif., 10, $1.2 million. dent Angus "Red" Campbell. found in favor of Marad. Quincy, Mass., 12 ships, $1.9 million. (Steward Department only) Cooking on the Arctic

·Washington Report The Overseas Arctic crew got some fine holiday cooking from Chief Cook A. Fachini (left) (Continued from Page 24.) concerning the testing of all airline and Steward Assistant G. Wheeler. Right Fachini shows off his roasted turkey. that he and the administration opposed personnel. The program has important any new shipbuilding program, and ramifications for the maritime industry companies should be allowed to build because Burnley has said that it would Uttle Change in Maritime Budget foreign and still receive operating sub­ be applied to workers in other trans­ sidies. portation sectors, including maritime, (Continued from Page 1.) (RFP) bids. Private-sector maritime ''We recognize the trade-off here; trucking and bus. companies must be utilized if this if we are going to make it possible for ''The rules for maritime workers that the administration's budget meant country is to maintain an adequate U.S. companies to compete, we have that many important questions would sealift capability.'' and truck and bus drivers are likely to reduce their capital and operating to include random testing, some reg­ have to be put on the back burner. Also of interest to maritime was the costs," he said. ularly scheduled periodic tests, and Commenting on Webb's resigna­ $62 million in debt authority set aside special tests after accidents, rule vio­ tion, Drozak said that the controversy for Ocean Freight Differential pay­ Drug Testing lations, and upon a reasonable suspi­ concerning the budget underscored the ments to the Department of Agricul­ DOT' s Burnley has introduced a far­ cion that a worker has used drugs,'' fact that the military had to get the ture for the added cost of carrying reaching and controversial program said The Journal of Commerce. most out of the money it was spending. additional cargo reserved for U.S.-ftag "It is no longer possible," said Dro­ vessels as a result of the compromise zak, "for federal agencies like the reached concerning the P .L. 480 pro­ MSC to underestimate their true costs gram under the Food Security Act of Fishing Safety Bill Advances when making Request for Proposal 1985. (Continued from Page 3.) from those activities. enacted by this Congress'' and sec­ Two amendments were offered and ond, "There is still no consensus as defeated: by Norman Shumway (R­ to how to write Title I." Calif.) that would have eliminated the Pensioners The committee also approved H.R. federal-state dispute settlement sec­ 1260, the National Seabed Hard Min­ tion of the bill; and by Jack Fields (R­ The following SIU members have New York erals Act, introduced by Mike Lowry Texas) that would have eliminated the retired on pension: Donald Ash (D-Wash.), chairman of the Ocean­ requirement that an "affected state" DEEPSEA Thomas Maga ography Subcommittee. The bill es­ have an approved Coastal Zone Man­ Baltimore Reginald E. Melville tablishes a regime for the exploration agement program to receive certain Samuel Powell Bernard Romanoff and commercial recovery of hard min­ bonus revenues. Duluth eral resources found in the seabed The committee also approved two Stephen P. Kolek Santurce within our 200-mile Exclusive Eco­ bills dealing with merchant marine Houston John A. Speer nomic Zone (EEZ). veterans. H.R. 1430, introduced by Lester W. LeClair Seattle The committee adopted two amend­ Mario Biaggi (D-N. Y.) authorizes dec­ Jacksonville Gordon E. Bradford ments to the bill: by Robert Davis (R­ orations and medals for service in the Samuel S. Brown Wesley T. Christianson Mich.), requiring mining vessels to be merchant marine; and H.R. 2032, in­ Clifton Jordan Robert E. Hommel not only U .S.-ftag but U .S.-built; and troduced by Glenn Anderson (D-Calif.), John J. Kruse Edgar Sharp by Patricia Saiki (R-Hawaii) to in­ authorizes the conveyance of the ves­ Mobile crease the flexibility of criteria used sel Lane Victory from the National Edward L. Collins Wilmington to determine if a state is "affected" Defense Reserve Fleet to a nonprofit New Orleans Robert E. Ladd by mining activities and therefore el­ group for use as a merchant marine Tadeusz Zielinski · Kenneth H. Roberts igible to share in the revenues derived memorial.

4 I LOG I March 1988 Denounces U.S. Flag Sell-Out Maritime Trades Department Sets '88 Legislative Goals Bal Harbour, Fla.-The Reagan administra­ The trade measure was among the legislative tion's decision to waive U .S.-citizen crew re­ priorities discussed by the MTD board, along quirements on 11 Kuwaiti tankers carrying the with development of oil reserves in the Arctic American flag for protection in the Persian Gulf National Wildlife Reserve, preserving the integ­ was unanimously condemned by the AFL-CIO rity of the Jones Act, shipbuilding, safety and Maritime Trades Department which met last health, social security, minimum wage, Medi­ month to set legislative priorities for 1988. care, and recommendations of the Commission The waiver was granted by the Coast Guard on Merchant Marine & Defense aimed at reviv­ Feb. 9 at the request of the Defense Department ing the nation's sealift capability. and drew a sharp protest from MTD President The board meeting also hailed the recent Frank Drozak. He said the move would do success of maritime unions, working through "immeasurable harm to the maritime industry's the AFL-CIO Ad Hoc Maritime Committee, in continuing effort to meet the national security the eight-year battle to persuade the Department role that Congress has established" for the of Defense to grant veterans' status to seamen American-flag merchant marine. who sailed with the merchant marine during The MTD executive board gave ''unanimous World War II. The meeting also noted that the consent" to the department's officers to "ex­ department had succeeded in getting transpor­ plore every legal and legislative avenue open to tation removed from the U.S. -Canada Free Trade us to reverse this arbitrary administration slap Agreement and in enacting the Fishing Vessel at the intent of Congress." Anti-Refiagging Act. Drozak said the resolution on refiagging had the support of all of the seagoing unions, in­ * * * cluding those not affiliated with the MTD. Be­ sides the Seafarers, the list includes the National The MTD vowed to make use of its extensive Maritime Union, Marine Engineers, Masters, grassroots political action network of port coun­ Mates & Pilots and Radio Officers. cils during this year's primaries and national Congress had sought to close a loophole that elections. allowed reflagged Kuwaiti ships to avoid com­ MTD Secretary-Treasurer Jean F. lngrao wel­ pliance with a law requiring that ships flying the comed a new affiliate to the department, the SIU President Frank Drozak, left, and Rep. Don Young Steelworkers, and USW A Vice President George (R-Alaska) urged Congress to enact legislation permitting American flag carry U.S. crews. President Rea­ the development and exploration of oil products found in gan approved the legislation last month, but Becker was named to the executive board. Also the Alaskan National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR). Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci found a new named to the board was Carpenters President loophole. He claimed that use of foreign seamen Sigurd Lucassen, who succeeds his predecessor, Election Year 1988 on American-flag ships serves a national defense Patrick J. Campbell. interest. Members of Congress addressing the board The maritime industry is one of the most included Sen. Howell Heflin (D-Ala.), Rep. Don regulated sectors of the American economy. * * * Young (R-Alaska), Rep. Joe Moakley (D-Mass.) Additionally, the complex web of maritime laws, In an address to the board, AFL-CIO Secre­ and Rep. Gerry Sikorski (D-Minn.). subsidies and policies have made the fate of tary-Treasurer Thomas R. Donahue reviewed Speakers from the AFL-CIO staff included maritime highly reactive to decisions made at developments since the federation's 1987 con­ Department Directors Rudy Oswald, economic the federal level. vention and legislative prospects in the current research; John Perkins, COPE; Bert Seidman, All of the maritime trades, and indeed the session of Congress on such key labor-supported occupational safety, health and social security, entire economy, are affected by government measures as the Omnibus Trade Bill. and Robert McGlotten, legislation. policy making. Fortunately, workers in the mar­ itime trades have been among the most outspo­ ken in promoting the causes of economic and SIU Assumes Leadership Role social justice. In recent years, their collective voice has been amplified through the MTD's Grass Roots Po­ litical Program. Through it, we have achieved significant victories. De~pite consistent anti-la­ c bor policies implemented by the present admin­ istration, we have actively supported and se­ cured election to office men and women who share our beliefs and represent our hopes. An essential key to our success has been the broad involvement of the 26 port maritime coun­ cils throughout the United States, and the Com­ monwealth of Puerto Rico. Their officers have joined with field representatives and the mem­ bership of affiliated unions to make a real dif­ ference at the local, state and national levels. We must, however, guard against the compla­ cency that often accompanies success. The 1988 elections offer unprecedented opportunities for securing major gains for American workers. The entire U.S. House of Representatives, one-third of the U.S. Senate, state legislatures and city councils, and most importantly, the next admin­ istration must be selected. Our future and our children's futures are at stake. The MTD urges SIU Executive Vice President Mike Sacco urged the mem­ MTD Presid~nt Frank Drozak chaired the two-day session, bers of the Executive Council of the Maritime Trades which established the department's legislative agenda for all affiliated unions and their respective mem­ Department to make trade their top priority. the upcoming year. berships to fully participate in our nation's po­ litical process.

March 1988 I LOG I 5 The National Economy Domestic Cruise Industry During the past several years, the U.S. econ­ and deprivation. Economists estimate that The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department omy has experienced record trade imbalances, America loses some 22 ,500 jobs for every $1 has consistently supported the development of an unprecedented string of budget deficits, un­ million in imports that enter the domestic mar­ a cruise vessel industry in the United States. To employment rates stuck at historically high lev­ ket. Since Reagan came to office, more than two this end, the Maritime Trades Department: els during a period of expansion, and wave after million good paying factory jobs have been 1. shall initiate and support an effort which wave of mergers, hostile take-overs, and manip­ washed away by the rising import tide. requires cruise vessel operators who homeport ulations of the financial markets. This economic Furthermore, the original Reagan economic vessels in the United States or who do substantial turmoil was further exacerbated by the Oct. 19, plan promised a budget surplus of $30 billion by business in the United States: 1987 stock market crash which literally erased fiscal year 1986, despite massive tax cuts and a) to construct in a United States shipyard $1 trillion worth of stock values in one hectic an upsurge in defense spending. The adminis­ any replacements or additional vessels for op­ trading session. Black Monday, as the crash has tration was going to accomplish this through eration in the U.S. cruise trade and that all non­ now been labeled, and the unhealthy and un­ strong economic growth and by paring govern­ emergency repairs and maintenance on cruise sound state of the nation's economy is largely ment spending. In reality, however, the budget vessels involved in such trade shall be performed man-made, the result of seven years of supply­ deficit mushroomed to just under $200 billion in in an American shipyard; and side Reaganomics. 1987 while the trade deficit has reached approx­ b) a percentage of the crew aboard all foreign More than investors were jolted by the Wall imately $175 billion-a new national record. flag vessels involved in the U.S. cruise trade Street tremor. The huge plunge and the market's Thus the projected economic boom heralded by shall be citizens of the United States. subsequent uncertainly sent shock waves through the administration's economic idealogues never 2. shall initiate and support an effort which the public at large as well, undermining what materialized. eliminates factors that impede the expansion and little confidence still remained in the immediate The stock market may recover somewhat and operation of U.S. flag cruise vessels in the future of the economy and of Reaganomics per perhaps the message behind its tumultuous plunge domestic trades, including but not limited to se. In fact, the administration's accuracy as both in late October will be heeded. Certainly, supply­ regulations which allow "cruises to nowhere"; an economic forecaster and reporter has been side Reaganomics have encouraged Americans that allow foreign vessels to spend more than proved highly dubious. to spend too much, to import too much, to live 24 hours in a U.S. port; and that allow a foreign The causes of the recent crash are neither beyond its means by relying on foreigners to vessel to merely touch a foreign port to satisfy trivial nor transient, arising from the strains and finance its massive budget and trade deficits. domestic shipping restrictions. This effort shall imbalances in the American economy precipi­ But no nation can continue to successfully con­ also explore incentives for U.S. construction tated by national economic policies which are sume more than it produces, to spend more than and operation of domestic cruise vessels, in­ based on a naive attachment to free-market its output, or to pile up international debt on cluding but not limited to the greater availability ideology. The American people are indeed pay­ which interest must be paid without heading for and utilization of the Title XI loan guarantee ing the piper for the administration's inability to a painful adjustment. The bill is now coming program; and conforming restrictions on the reduce the huge budget and trade deficits. due. Inevitably, America's standard of living utilization of shipboard gambling devices be­ Seven years ago, the newly installed Reagan will suffer unless its economic national policy is tween U.S. and foreign-flag cruise vessels. administration inaugurated the most dramatic vigorously addressed and repaired. The nature economic package in decades. Two years later, of the required repairs will include a smaller our economy was limping out of the deepest federal deficit, perhaps lower consumption by Shipbuilding Industry recession since the Depression with millions of Americans, lower trade deficits, lower interest rates and more investment in American indus­ Americans out of work, failed businesses, de­ The Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO, tries and American workers. creased industrial production and social pro­ in recognition of the nation's shipyard crisis, The MTD believes that it is imperative for the grams established to care for the needy victim­ supports the following initiatives: ized by the ruthless budget ax. At the same seven years of free spending and heavy borrow­ time, the Reagan administration granted tax ing of the Reagan administration to stop. Na­ 1. The development and support for legisla­ breaks for corporations and wealthy individuals tional policymakers must begin to provide re­ tion requiring federal funding of the Construction and promoted huge increases in the defense sponsible economic leadership. The stock market Differential Subsidy Program (CDS) at sufficient budget during a period of declining government plunge is only a warning of the damage to come levels to fulfill existing and future building needs revenues. if national decisionmakers return to business as of U.S.-flag vessels operators. usual. The clock is still running, the game is not 2. Reaffirmation of the Maritime Trades De­ The next several years witnessed a modest yet over. With fundamental and far-reaching partment's commitment and support for existing recovery to the economy and the administration changes to prevailing economic practices, the maritime policy requiring subsidized vessel op­ claimed success for the decline in inflation and interest rates. On this count, Reaganomics out­ scorecard can be changed to reflect a winning erators to construct new vessels in U.S. ship­ and healthy national economy. yards, manned by U.S. citizen crews. performed even its own promises. In February 1981, the administration foresaw a 4.9 percent inflation rate by 1986. In fact inflation dropped AFL-CIO Pledges Support to Maritime below 5 percent several years ago. But, the rapid relief from inflation cannot be credited to sound economic policy. On the contrary, the rapid decline in inflation can be directly attributed to the staggering unemployment levels which hit this nation during the early eighties. In other words, the jobs of American workers were sac­ rificed so that the Reagan administration could claim a victory in its battle against inflation. Still, the administration persists in its belief that jobs are plentiful. True, total employment expanded by 10.5 million jobs between 1980 and 1986, which sounds good until one realizes that the U.S. economy generated 12.5 million new jobs in the previous six years. In February 1981, the Reagan administration foresaw a falling un­ ""--..~ employment rate that would average 6.6 percent .//:: r~~--~---. over the coming six years and dip to 5 .6 percent -~~ ~.-, ~ ·~, / ~ ,( \.'\ :0 \ by 1986. In fact, unemployment has averaged /~/ ,: t··~.:"").\ ~ \\ .. ., ; v~ /'f- ' ' 8.1 percent during the Reagan years and has yet S ...... < • ....__ """ .. ~~\ to touch 6.6 percent. The unemployment picture 1 AFf (·"Of<·· " 1 L... : .... ;;; .. "-4' ...... ( I ! is further blemished by the huge trade deficits COPE Director John Perkins outlined Robert McGlotten, director of the Rudy Oswald, director of Economic resulting from this administration's simplistic organized labor's political strategy AFL-CIO's Department of Legisla­ Research for the AFL-CIO, went over and blind devotion to free-market economic for the upcoming year. tion, urged all trade unionists to be­ the Reagan administration's sorry theory regardless of its cost in human misery come involved on a grassroots level. economic record.

6 I LOG I March 1988 International Trade lnteniational Affairs International trade and its effect on America's One of the International Labor Organization's accommodations or work hours. economy has been a major concern for the (ILO) major functions is the formulation and In 1987, ILO Convention 147 was sent to the country. This concern has been aroused by a adoption ofinternational labor standards through United States Senate by the Executive Branch stream of recordbreaking trade deficits which International Conventions and Recommenda­ of the government with a favorable recommen­ have resulted in the United States becoming the tions. A feature of major significance is that an dation for ratification. Public hearings before the largest debtor nation in the world. Also, the International Convention, following ratification Senate Committee on Foreign Relations were stock market crash that the United States ex­ by an individual nation is a binding international held in 1987. On Feb. 1, 1988, the United States perienced last fall was accompanied by similar treaty. Therefore, among the nations which have Senate ratified the Convention by a vote of 84-0. crashes in all of the international stock ex­ ratified various ILO Conventions, there has been With this action of the Senate exists the changes, and was partly attributable to Ameri­ created a recognized body of international law necessary legal authority to permit the United ca's poor international trade position. affecting trade union freedom, human rights, States government to take effective action against Accompanying the stock crash and the tre­ race and sex discrimination, unemployment, and all sub-standard ships which enter U.S. ports mendous trade deficits is the reality that America conditions of employment. Recommendations regardless of flag of registry. This would include is mortgaging its future prosperity to maintain adopted by ILO member nations provide guid­ authority to detain ships which violate minimum present standards of living. Increasing aware­ ance on national legislation, policy and practice. standards regarding working conditions and ness of this problem resulted in omnibus trade Since 1919, more than 300 Conventions and treatment of crewmembers. legislation being passed by both Houses of Con­ Recommendations have been adopted. They In summary, there is some reason for optimism gress. This legislation is designed to assist Amer­ encompass a very broad spectrum of general that in the near future, effective action can be ica in weathering the current trade crisis and and specific matters ranging from freedom of taken to improve workers' standards on a very prospering in future years. It will help improve association to crew accommodations onboard broad range of conditions in the international America's technical proficiency, aid those work­ ships. work place of the sea. The internationally adopted ers harmed by international trade, and spur the In recent years, actions in the United States and recognized standards include the fundamen­ administration to reach agreements with our and a number of European countries demon­ tal workers' rights of freedom of association and trading partners in order to eliminate the unfair strate the possibility that enforcement of inter­ to organize and bargain collectively, as well as trade practices that have led to the decline of national standards of work conditions can be a number of conditions of work and living on­ many U.S. industries. achieved. In 1982, maritime officials of 14 Eu­ board ships. Reinvestment in America through better and ropean nations signed a Memorandum of Un­ On an even broader front, the AFL-CIO has more efficient plants and equipment, and in­ derstanding endorsing the principle of Port State taken steps to direct the focus of the U.S. creased training of workers are essential steps Control under which each signatory nation ac­ government to internationally recognized work­ towards America's future prosperity. America's cepts the responsibility for enforcing interna­ ers' rights in a number of developing countries economic output has lagged in comparison with tionally-accepted standards of shipboard oper­ in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In June of many of the countries now heavily engaged in ation regardless of the flag of registry and the 1987, the Federation and several of its affiliates international trade. This is due primarily to the maritime practice of that registry. submitted petitions to the U.S. trade represent­ lack of investment made in America. Among the International Conventions in­ ative to withdraw duty-free benefits on imports Instead of investing in new plants and job cluded in the European governments Memoran­ from specified countries with long-standing, re­ training, investors have spent money in count­ dum of Understanding is the ILO Merchant pressive labor policies. The petitions were filed less merger and acquisition schemes that leave Shipping (Minimum Standards) Convention #147. under the provisions of the Trade and Tariff Act a few people extraordinarily wealthy. In con­ This Convention requires ratifying nations to of 1984 which authorizes the president to with­ trast, the newly merged corporation is often left comply with 11 additional ILO Conventions. draw special tariff benefits available to a large with an enormous debt burden requiring the sale These deal with minimum age of seafarers; number (140) of developing countries, if any of assets and the laying off of workers. This medical care and sickness benefits; prevention such country is not ''taking steps to afford reduces the company's ability to compete in the of accidents; crew accommodations; food and internationally recognized workers rights'' to its future. catering for crews; officer competency certifi­ workers. The statute specifically includes 1) the During these times of trade deficits, many cates; seamen's articles of agreement; repatria­ right of association; 2) the right to organize and companies have also lost their domestic markets tion of seamen; freedom of association; and the bargain collectively; 3) the prohibition against to foreign imports; worker layoffs and plant right to organize and bargain collectively. the use of any form of forced or compulsory shutdowns result. Sometimes the layoff is tem­ In July 1985 the Secretariat for the 14 Euro­ labor; 4) the prohibition against the employment porary; all too often, however, the job loss is pean nations which signed the Memorandum of of children under a minimum age; and 5) the permanent. Workers who lost their jobs because Understanding reported that 20 percent of all provision of acceptable conditions of work with of unmanageable international trade deficits need ships entering their ports were inspected for respect to minimum wages, hours of work, and the financial assistance to live during the time it compliance with the requirements of the appli­ occupational safety and health. All of these takes to find a new job, to retrain or to relocate. cable Conventions. That Third Annual Report workers' rights and standards are founded on a The omnibus trade legislation pending before of the Secretariat stated that 428 ships, equaling number of ILO Conventions. · the Congress contains provisions that would 5 .5 percent of all ships inspected were detained In 1986 the administration did take some help to provide those workers with trade ad­ or delayed because of deficiencies in safety actions making trade benefits dependent upon justment assistance and necessary retraining. conditions or minimum crew standards for food, foreign nations policies toward workers' rights and allowing trade unions to exist and function. Trade Deficit & Jobs Are Common Concerns Nicaragua and Romania lost their benefits and Paraguay's benefits were suspended. On Dec. 24, 1987, the United States trade - -. representative suspended Chile from the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) pro­ gram based on practices by the government of Chile relating to violations of internationally recognized workers' rights. As a result of this action, Chilean exports to the United States will no longer receive duty-free status under the GSP program. Trade rights and workers' rights are also linked in the programs of the Overseas Private Invest­ ment Corporation and the Caribbean Basin Ini­ tiative. Vigorous enforcement of these laws of the United States which recognize the applicable lJA W President Owen Bieber said Andrew Boyle, Executive Vice­ Jack Otero, vice-president of the ILO Convention can and will elevate workers' that the Canada Free Trade President for the SIU of Canada, Brotherhood of Railroad and Air­ standards around the world. It will also remove Agreement should be repudiated. praised the ability of seamen north line Clerks, chaired an important any competitive advantage which the goods and and south of the border to work meeting concerning the Interna­ services of a country may enjoy through the in close alliance. tional Labor Organization. repression of workers.

March 1988 I LOG I 7 From One Brotherhood to Another Seafarer Finds His Calling Away from the Sea By MIKE HALL It was a little more than three years challenge of learning new things.'' Cliff Renard was pretty typical of a ago when Brother Cliff sold most of But he discovered that he liked life lot of young men who started shipping his belongings and began his training at sea better than life behind the wheel. out in 1967. The high school dropout with the Bamabites. Along with the Luckily, after about a year of gear­ from St. Mary's, Pa. was working in religious training he received during jammin', an old friend and MC&S San Diego as the war in Vietnam was his apostlement and novitiate years, patrolman, Gentry Moore, called. escalating and a steady stream of ships he also earned the high school degree "He said they needed a pastry chef sailed from the West Coast to South­ he didn't get two decades ago. on the old Prudential Line's M-ships. east Asia. Now, Renard is attending Niagara I made a number of trips to South· He had left the Barnabite Commu­ University studying computer science America on all four of the M-ships, '' nity, a Catholic order of priests and and business administration. He will he said. brothers in Youngstown, N.Y. He had use those skills in administrative work Those combination passenger/ shelved his dreams of becoming a with the order and will also teach. freighters carried about 70-100 pas­ priest. His new religious vocation is a long sengers each. Renard became a fixture ''A good friend of mine got me a way from his first job on Matson' s aboard those vessels. He said he had job in San Diego as a baker. I worked Lurline, then a passenger ship running a pretty good thing going for him at there about a year, and one of the from the West Coast to Hawaii. the time. He'd make a run or two to guys I worked with used to ship out "I gradually worked my way up into South America, come home to San as a purser. He told me, 'Cliff, why the bakery. Became third baker and Jose, Calif. and take two or three don't you go on up to Wilmington. I then moved up to second baker on the weeks off. If he couldn't get a ship or hear the MC&S (Marine Cooks & [President] Cleveland (APL). I was just wanted to spend some time ashore, Stewards) needs bakers.' only a C-card then but sailed several his bakery skills always got him a job "I went up there and they told me trips on the Monterey as third and then on the beach. what I had to do to get my seamen's first baker. Eventually I became the It was during one of those stretches papers, and about four months later I pastry chef," he said. that Renard became very active in his shipped out on the Lurline,'' the now By then, "The priesthood had com­ San Jose parish. He became a Eucha­ 48-year-old Renard recalled. pletely dropped by the wayside. Sail­ rist minister, a lay person who is That was the start of more than a ing was going to be my career. I still allowed to give communion when a Renard created this massive meringue mas­ dozen years sailing, interspaced with had my religious direction in my life. priest is not available, such as onboard terpiece for a special buffet aboard the old a stint as a longhaul trucker and sev­ But I didn't really show it or push. a ship. passenger ship Monterey in 1977. eral years of onshore baking jobs. Like they say, 'Never talk politics or Even though he was performing the Renard when he shipped out intro­ It was also the beginning of a long religion','' Renard said. Eucharist on the ship, Renard never duced the newly ordained brother to road back to where he had started in But his religious beliefs did have made the effort to "push" his religion the Port Chaplain of Buffalo. That Youngstown with the Barnabites. Last some outlet aboard the ships. The on his shipmates. Lake Erie port is a stop for several summer, 20 years after he left, Renard passenger ships always carried chap­ Gentry Moore recalled that while dozen deepsea ships each year and took his vows and become Brother lains aboard for the guests who wished many knewofRenard's devotion, 'LHe even more Great Lakes vessels. Cliff M. Renard, C.R.S.P. to attend services, and Renard helped was an all around regular guy. Maybe The Port Chaplain offered Renard serve at the Masses. sometimes we'd try not to cuss around the post of associate chaplain there. After dozens of trips aboard the him or something.'' Along with his duties at the Barna­ Matson passenger vessels and some Renard described himself as some­ bite' s Lady of Fatima Shrine, just a APL ships, Renard found himself on what of a "loner" onboard. Both in few miles up the road from Buffalo, something a lot less glamorous, an old Vietnam and South America, while Brother Cliff will still keep in touch Victory ship headed for Vietnam. "I some shipmates pursued some of the with the men and women of the sea. sailed on several old Victories for the more typical shoreside pleasures, he He said all those years of sailing MSC," he said. often visited orphanages, sometimes have left a mark on him, and even He even made the switch from the with purloined stores from the ships today small things can trigger a mem­ clean confines of the gallery to the for the kids there. ory or a feeling. engine room as a member of the black After many years at sea, and like ' •Sometimes when I meditate I can gang. so many other seafarers in the late hear a truck engine or start putting "I sailed as a wiper on the Arnold. 1970s, Renard became the victim of a sounds together and can imagine the I got enough time to get my oiler's rapidly shrinking merchant marine. sound of the engine room. Or if you're endorsement. I wanted to see if I could Prudential laid up the M-ships, and he in one of those big parking garages, do it,'' Renard explained. came ashore for the last time. He got with all the noise from a lot of cars As the war in Vietnam began to a job as a baker with the Safeway and the vibrations as the floor shakes wind down, he decided to see if he chain of stores and began to become a bit. It feel.s like being on a ship." Onboard the Santa Maria in the late 1970s, could find work ashore. "I got my more active in his San Jose parish. While the sea may have called to Class I license and started driving a Renard puts the finishing touches on a Dutch "I became a volunteer there, and Brother Cliff Renard for all those years, apple pie. semi across country. I guess I like the my pastor told me if I kept working it wasn't until he put the sea behind at it I could become a deacon,'' he that he found his calling. said. As part of his volunteer work, Ren­ ard took care of an elderly priest who was suffering from terminal cancer. "He told me, 'Someday, you're going back to the brotherhood'.'' During his time in San Jose, Renard attended several religious retreats, and just before he died, the elderly priest once again told him he was going back to the seminary. "I guess he knew what he was talking about," Renard said. In 1983 he headed back to upstate New York and the Barnabite Fathers, the last leg of a journey that began when he was a young boy. He says he enjoyed the years he spent at sea, " But I'm truly happy now." Brother Renard is pictured above (center) shortly after taking his vows with the Barnabite Order. With him are the Very Rev. Anthony Bianco (left), Provincial of the Order, and His connection with the sea isn't the Rev. John Ducette, Diocesan Director of the Apostleship of the Sea. completely cut. A priest who knew

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'Joe Ax' Turns BO in New Orleans Earl J. Schmitt, a former Louisiana deckhand. He was a most humorous state representative, turned newsman person and taught many seamen the for the day when several friends hon­ art of the trade. A large number of his ored old time Boatman Joe Rauch on protegees are now in the various pilot his 80th birthday. Below is Schmitt's associations. dispatch from the Crescent City. The party included ice cream and cake. Included in the group (pictured It was Saturday, December 19, that at the right) were: Arthur Kulp, su­ a few "old timers" quietly met in the perintendent of the firm; Milton Rod­ office of Cooper-Smith (formerly Cres­ riguex, retired engineer; "Joe Ax"; cent Towing Company) on the com­ Gerald Huber, Crescent River Pilot, pany barge on the Mississippi River whose deceased father, Captain Stan­ in New Orleans. ley Huber, a former river pilot who The 10 men met to surprise Joe worked with Joe; Raymond Hughes, Rauch on his 80th birthday. Joe is retired deckhand and former SIU shop much better known as ••Joe Ax' ' and steward; Captain Vic Wright and Earl has been working on the river for more Zinc, former Coyle employees; Cap­ than 60 years. His friends , who paid tain Gus LeBlanc, retiree of Crescent tribute to him, dated back to the W. who also worked with Joe while at G. Coyle Company many years ago. Coyle; and former State Representa­ Although Joe carried numerous li­ tive Earl J. Schmitt and his son, Al, censes to operate vessels of large ton­ presently with Crescent, who is miss­ Joe "Ax" Rauch (seated, third from left) celebrates his 80th birthday in New Orleans. nage, he always preferred to be a ing from the picture. Rauch spent more than 60 years working on the rivers.

Pensioners Dispatchers Report for Inland Waters The following Inland members have FEBRUARY 1-29, 1988 *TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED **REGISTERED ON BEACH retired on pension: All Groups All Groups All Groups Baltimore Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Class C Edward Covacevich Port DECK DEPARTMENT Leon J. Mach Sr. New York ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hugh L. Stewart Jr. Philadelphia ...... 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 7 Baltimore ...... 6 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 0 New York Norfolk ...... 35 12 0 29 6 0 54 48 0 Jerry Intonti (RMR) Mobile ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Orleans ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norfolk Jacksonville ...... 5 1 9 19 7 4 58 21 5 Russell Hubbard San Francisco ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilmington ...... 3 5 28 21 37 34 49 40 0 Philadelphia Seattle ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Omar R. Collins Puerto Rico ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Houston ...... 3 0 4 1 0 2 6 0 4 Arthur Miller Algonac ...... 16 7 0 0 0 0 57 31 0 St. Louis ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 Piney Point ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Personals Totals ...... 71 26 44 76 50 40 232 146 20 Port ENGINE DEPARTMENT Howard Hailey New York ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Baltimore ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Please get in touch with some Norfolk ...... 17 2 0 6 0 0 27 10 0 people in Houston, Texas. Mobile ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Orleans ...... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Jacksonville ...... 0 0 1 17 6 1 33 15 3 Bobby Gene McMichael San Francisco ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilmington ...... 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 9 0 Seattle ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Please send your sister your new Puerto Rico ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 address. Write to June Renfrow, Houston ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Algonac ...... 9 4 0 0 0 0 37 24 0 139 Meadowpark Dr., Hattiesburg, St. Louis ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Piney Point ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MS 39401, or call collect (601) 582- Totals ...... 28 6 1 23 8 1 127 58 3 0675. Port STEWARD DEPARTMENT New York ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Roy C. Lundquist Baltimore ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norfolk ...... 5 2 0 1 0 0 14 6 0 Anyone knowing the where­ Mobile ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Orleans ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 abouts of Roy C. Lundquist-please Jacksonville ...... 1 0 1 13 4 3 23 11 5 get in touch with Price Willoughby, San Francisco ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilmington ...... 0 0 2 1 0 2 41 14 0 1650 Iron Springs, Rd., Fairfield, Seattle ...... ~ ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Puerto Rico ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PA 17320. Houston ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Algonac ...... 3 1 0 0 0 0 16 16 0 St. Louis ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Piney Point ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals ...... 9 3 3 15 4 5 94 47 5

Totals All Departments ...... 108 35 48 114 62 46 453 251 28 *"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month . **"Registered on the Beach " means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month.

March 1988 I LOG I 9 In its monthly series of interviews and reports, "PROFILES" will highlight key government officials instrumental in shaping national profiles and maritime policy. Rep. Rep. Owen B. Pickett Kweisi Mfume

IRGINIA'S second district is ONGRESSMAN Kweisi Mfume V composed of adjacent, yet polit­ C(D-Md.) was elected to the lOOth ically different, cities: the fast-growing Congress from the seventh congres­ residential and resort municipality of sional district in Baltimore. Anchored Virginia Beach and the unionized port in inner-city Baltimore, the seventh city of Norfolk. Virginia Beach is one district is overwhelmingly Democratic of the state's prime strongholds of and overwhelmingly black. But the conservatism while Norfolk has been seventh also spreads west from the one of the few bastions of liberalism downtown area, past tenement neigh­ within Virginia. Owen B. Pickett (D­ borhoods that were Jewish before Va.) was elected in 1986 to represent World War II, then turned black in Rep. Owen B. Pickett Rep. Kweisi Mfume this district. the 1950s, on to neat row houses The freshman congressman was ed­ shipping firms in the Hampton Roads owned by Baltimore's black middle tion enhancing minority business in ucated in the public schools of Han­ harbor area, which ranks first in export class. The district also includes gen­ the areas of bonding and set asides. over Country, Va., received a B.S. tonnage among the nation's Atlantic trified areas inhabited by white liber­ In the first month of his first term from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and ports. It is no surprise, then that Pick­ als, as well as the Johns Hopkins in the U.S. House of Representatives, State University and a law degree from ett, during his first term, requested University community and the adja­ Mfume was elected treasurer of the the University of Richmond. and received assignment to the Armed cent liberal academic enclaves, ra­ Congressional Black Caucus and dep­ Pickett's election to Congress fol­ Services Committee and the Merchant cially mixed working-class neighbor­ uty whip of the freshman Democratic lowed a public career spanning more Marine and Fisheries Committee. hoods as well as a large Social Security class. than 15 years. He served eight terms Rep. Pickett has stated, "It is im­ complex with its many federal work­ He serves on two important com­ in the Virginia House of Delegates portant for strategic and economic ers, mainly white and Democratic. mittees: the powerful Banking, Fi­ ( 1972-86), two years as the chairman reasons to have a strong U.S. mer­ Mfume is a magna cum laude grad­ nance and Urban Affairs Committee of the Virginia Democratic Party and chant fleet,'' but acknowledges the uate of Morgan State University, where and the Small Business Committee. four years as the chairman of the fact that the world economy does not he later taught political science and Within those committees, he was Second Congressional District Dem­ function in a way that allows U.S. communications classes, and holds a appointed to three banking subcom­ ocratic Committee. During his years shipbuilders to compete successfully masters degree in liberal arts from the mittees: Housing and Community De­ as a member of the House of Dele­ with foreign shipbuilders who enjoy Johns Hopkins University, where he velopment, Economic Stabilization, gates, Pickett served on numerous significant subsidies and other benefits concentrated in International Studies and International Development. He committees and commissions, includ­ from their governments. He also has and Foreign Relations. also serves on two Small Business ing the House Appropriations Com­ said that the United States "can live As a young man, the Baltimore na­ subcommittees: Minority Enterprise mittee. with temporary imbalances in our tive adopted his African name which and Exports, and Tourism and Special An attorney and certified public ac­ commerce, but we cannot for one means ''conquering son of kings.'' He Problems. Additionally, Mfume was countant, Pickett was the senior part­ moment back away from our commit­ made the change official in 1979 upon appointed to the Select Committee on ner in a law firm prior to his election ment to defend this nation . . . Where entering public life as a candidate for Hunger. to Congress. He also is a member of I come from, it is axiomatic that a the Baltimore City Council, on which The freshman congressman brings the Virginia State Bar, Virginia Bar strong defense and a strong merchant he served for eight years. with him to the l OOth Congress a solid Association, American Bar Associa­ marine go hand in hand.'' Mfume won some important legis­ reputation as an articulate, forthright tion, Virginia Beach Bar Association, Picket has stressed that the United lative victories in the council, includ­ advocate for his constituency, and he Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association, States must decide as a nation whether ing a bill requiring the city to divest hopes to continue the tradition of ad­ the American Institute of Certified it needs a militarily ready, commer­ itself of investments in companies doing vocacy on behalf of the people of Public Accounts and the Hampton cially viable merchant marine. "If we business in South Africa and legisla- Maryland's seventh district. Roads Maritime Association. decide yes, as I believe we should, The second district is heavily de­ then we must establish and pursue a pendent on the massive concentration national merchant marine policy to of naval installations, shipbuilders and achieve this goal.'' Inland News

In Wilmington, N.C., three dozen SIU Boatmen recently agreed to a contract extension at Cape Fear Towing. Above, SIU Rep. Frank Paladino (left) and Norfolk Port Agent Jim Martin (second from left), met with some of the Cape Fear Boatmen earlier this month to discuss the extension. Three of the six Cape Fear tugs at their Wilmington dock.

10 I LOG I March 1988 Justice for Merchant seamen ore than 40 years overdue, Their dangerous mission of service and welcomed with a great, under the aegis of the War Shipping Malbeit bitter, collective sigh Administration was transporting Anny from United States merchant seamen, and Navy cargoes all over the globe. recognition has finally been granted This included not only materiel but by the U.S. Defense Department of men also-a great majority of the seven their heroic contribution to the war million soldiers were carried overseas effort from 1941 to 1945. At last, they on merchant ships. The more danger­ are to be counted as veterans. Many ous duty was taken on the old slow critics of this move may ask, "What's vessels built before and during World all this fuss about, for just a few War I which proved to be easy targets. meager benefits, a flag, and a head­ In both these and the newly built stone in some military cemetery?'· Its Liberty ships of the American Victory ultimate meaning is much more than Fleet, the U.S. merchant marine hauled that. It is the final acknowledgement everything from guns, planes, tanks, of the merchant seamen's brave and and ambulances to fuel oil, gasoline, tireless contributions to the Allied vic­ stoves for Iceland, powdered eggs and tory of World War II. Having lost over milk for British and Russian chilcjren 5,600 lives in the conflict, theirs is to medicine, games and mail for the probably the most valiant chapter writ­ fighting men in every outpost of de­ ten in the history of warfare at sea. mocracy in the world. Even before the U.S. had officially In order to protect themselves from entered the war, American ships were the prowling Nazi U-boats, Allied sup­ taking a beating out at sea, during ply ships traveled in convoys, aver­ which time the Neutrality Act of 1939 aging 25 ships. The merchant ships, was in force. The German U-boats in addition to having Navy gunnery were taking a terrible toll of unarmed crews onboard, were protected by four U.S. merchant ships in the Atlantic. Navy corvettes and two destroyer es­ President Roosevelt, in declaring that corts which patrolled several miles the nation was dealing with modem outside the main group. The typical pirates who destroyed defenseless ships convoy included mostly cargo ships without warning, convinced Congress carrying raw materials, tanks, planes, in October 1941 to repeal anicle 6 of equipment and ammunitiion, seven the Neutrality Act which banned the tankers and maybe two troop ships. arming of U.S. merchant vessels. And When the war was over, Admiral Karl so began the merchant marine' s total Donitz (head of the German submarine Rt~(lil··h>.r

March 1988ILOGI11 JUSTICE FOR SEAMEN East and South Africa during the war. (Continued from Page 11.) Arthur entered the SIU late in the war and saw little action. Mario's first took him to Antwerp, Belgium when Liberty ship duty was aboard the S.S. King of the convoys ... the Battle of the Bulge began on Dec. Abraham Baldwin in 1942 as a wiper 16, 1944, his 18th birthday. His convoy and oiler. This time period marked the Hied triumph in the Atlantic had to depend on the men who was right in the middle of ' 'buzz bomb most treacherous in terms of U.S. determined how all the ships, planes and technology could best alley,'' and they had the German V-1 merchant vessels sunk by the enemy. A be organized and utilized. Problems arose due to the widely rockets landing all around them. Haul­ He served aboard a number of other divergent ways in which the British and the Americans traditionally ran ing "blockbuster" bombs to Bristol, Liberty ships, transporting ammuni­ their navies. This lack of coordination had caused a number of convoy England, bringing hundreds of Ger­ tion, bombs, and troops, and worked disasters in 1942. So deeply concerned were Roosevelt and Churchill man POW's back to the States, towing his way up to able seaman and bosun. about this that they called a full-dress conference in Washington of their disabled troop ships and a coal freighter Mario decried the pitiful level (in terms military chiefs in 1943. There, proposals were rejected for a unified Allied which had caught fire-" Ski" went of number of ships) to which our antisubmarine command, and instead was set up three co-equal com­ through it all with a professionalism merchant marine has shrunk and com­ mands: American, British and Canadian-each running its own show, forged under fire. pared it with the poor state of readi­ Albert Coles had actually been ness the U.S. was at right before using its own procedures. aboard a Liberty ship at the time it World War II. "We could put more The formula was the brainchild of Admiral Ernest J. King, commander­ was sunk. The S.S. Benjamin Harri­ seamen to work today, simply by up­ in-chief of the U.S. Navy. By clearly delineating spheres of responsibility, son had left Norfolk in 1943 andjoined keeping the old ships in the reserve/ Admiral King's solution markedly improved relations within the Allied up with a large 36-ship convoy out of mothball fleet. If a war would come camp. New York on the North African route now, there is no way our merchant King himself, soon after the D.C. conference, set up a curious entity through to the Mediterranean. She was marine could meet the demand for which he named the Tenth Fleet. It was a fleet which never went to sea: loaded with munitions, food, machin­ service." it had no ships, only shore-based sailors and comparatively few officers, ery and a deck load of tanks and All the veterans to whom we talked among whom was King as commander. trucks, and carried a merchant crew expressed bitterness towards a gov­ The Tenth Fleet's purpose was to transform the American antisubmarine of 43 men and a Navy Armed Guard ernment which refused to recognize effort into a paragon of efficiency by deciding convoy routes, allocating of 29. As a 19-year-old on his very their wartime service for all of 43 first trip, Albert tasted the bitter dregs years. "Too little, too late" seemed escort groups, serving as a clearinghouse for U-boat information and of the war early on, when his ship was to be the feelings expressed by these correlating antisubmarine research and materiel development. torpedoed on the evening of March 16 brave seamen who, we must not for­ Admiral King's flagship was the S. Y. Dauntless which is now docked about 150 miles northeast of the Azores. get, also served our Armed Forces at the SHLSS marina in Piney Point. Much of this high level planning The ship was struck in #5 hold on the during the Korean and Vietnam con­ for the sea war of 1942-45 was done aboard this vessel at her berth in starboard side. Later, luckily, two other flicts. the Washington Navy Yard, and during cruises on the Potomac River torpedoes missed. After the first hit, President Roosevelt compared ''the and the Chesapeake Bay. a number of crew abandoned ship by beleaguered men of the merchant ma­ jumping overboard. Albert remembers rine" with our soldiers, sailors and them getting off two lifeboats. In the pilots. They carried out "a vital part confusion, the #4 lifeboat flipped over in this global war.'' America now says while being lowered, throwing its oc­ "thank you" to our veteran merchant cupants into the sea. Albert was among seamen who risked their lives for free­ the 69 survivors, 66 of whom were dom and democracy. picked up by one of the faster ships in the convoy-the S.S. Alan A. Dale­ which ]anded in Oran, Algeria on March _,,.-..,-.-.,. J J • u J J .J ..-..... v..-. 24. Having been shipped back home on an Army transport, Albert was given 30 days leave and, unperturbed, he shipped back out on another mis­ sion. His wartime service earned him three medals; the Merchant Marine Combat medal, the Atlantic Warzone medal, and the Mediterranean War­ zone medal. Both Mario Carrasco and Arthur Stamp from the colledion of veteran Gilliland worked the waters around seaman Bierney Kazmierski

S.S. WILLIAM MOULTRIE­ one of Ou Liberty Ship, Emergency Cargo Vessel

t was a rough ''baptism by and after the battle the Moultrie fire" that greeted the S.S. Wil­ reached port with her cargo intact. I liam Moultrie on her maiden A grateful nation recognized the voyage to Murmansk, Russia. The heroism of the men of the Moultrie Liberty ship, operated by Seas by presenting them with a unit Shipping Co., with an SIU crew citation, making the ship for all aboard, was part of a large convoy time one of the merchant marine' s that came under nearly constant gallery of "Gallant Ships." attack for a week in September 1942. The SIU remembers those who gave their lives during World War With her guns blazing and her II with a set of bronze tablets crew constantly on watch, the located in the entrance lobby of Moultrie accounted for eight en­ the Paul Hall Library. The names emy planes downed and scored hits of the individual seamen are in­ on a dozen more. In addition, on scribed there along with a tribute the last day of battle, an enemy from their union brothers. These submarine launched four torpe­ men helped to man the nation's does at Moultrie. Skillful gunning cargo carriers long before there exploded one of the torpedoes in were guns and convoys to protect the water and the three others sank them. They were inspired by that Wall display in the Paul Hall Maritime Museum at Piney Point honoring the S.S. William out of sight. sense of patriotism and p~de of Moultrie. Through the days of constant profession which has character­ attack, her crew labored to protect ized the maritime industry and its what the Navy stated was "a val­ merchant seamen time and again uable cargo for an allied nation,'' throughout the nation's history.

12 I LOG I March 1988 SHLSS course oraduates

Advanced Refrigeration Class Upgrader Lifeboat Class Left to Right: Eric Malzkuhn (Instructor), B. Hutching, J. Left to Right: Jon P. Dillon, Sam Johnson, Keith Blowers, Welding Class Orr, Howard Evans, Carson Jordan, Perry Boyd, Jan Tom Hocking, Jino Robles, Robert Petko, Ben Cusic Left to Right: John Beaushaw, Mike Weaver, Ken Glaser, Thompson, Clayton Everett, David Dinan. (Instructor). Mike Keogh, Kirk D. Bushell, Bill Foley (Instructor).

Trainee Lifeboat Class #423 First rnw Left to Right: Ronnie Fore, David Gibson, Norbert Young, Enrique Sanabria, Edwin Noel Casiano Jr., Michael Penkwitz, Greyson C. Brantley. · 1~ . Second row: Gary W. Gillette, William Dixon, Raul Iglesias, Donald 0. Routly, Recertified Stewards Troy Fleming, Kevin Cooper, Kenneth Whitfield, Derek Varnado, Johnny Carroll. Kneeling Left to Right: George Pino, Nazareth Battle, R.G. Connolly; Second row Third row: Ben Cusic (Instructor), Reginald Cuffee, Kevin Jackson, Horace L. L. to R.: Leonard Lelonek, Pedro J. Laboy, Earl Gray, Sr.; Third row L. to R.: Cooper Jr., Dennis K. Clay, Karl M. Friedrich. George White Jr., Raymond L. Jones, Ivan Zuluaga, Ruben Padilla.

College Program Students Marine Electrical Maints. Class Left to Right: John Thompson, Tim Fitzgerald, Michael Presser, Jeffrey McPherson, First row Left to Right: Charles Pomraning, Gregorio Madera, David Veldkamp; Brian Krus. Second row: Ronald Lawrence (Canadian), Timothy Van Pelt.

Canadian Chief Cooks Canadian Able Seaman First row Left to Right: Lucette Lanleigne, Linda Brunet, Dya Letchuk, Darlene Crocker; First row Left to Right: Pierre Rousseau, Harvey Irmscher, Percy Ford, Doug Duffield, Second row L. to R.: Siobhan McDowall, Charles Dupuis, Guy Tardif, John Daley, Themistokli Protoulis; Second row L. to R.: Gilles Andre, Ron Alto, Gerard Walker, Gloria Nardilli, Bertram Dyal. Dan Scott, George La Roche, Gary McVannel.

March 1988ILOGI13 1988 Upgrading Engine Upgrading Courses Check-In Completion Course Schedule Course Date Date QMED Aprll 4 June 23 •Seal/ft Operations & Malnt. July 5 July 15 Programs Geared to Improve Job Skills Weld Ing Aprll 18 May 13 And Promote U.S. Maritime Industry •Seal/ft Operations & Malnt. May 16 May27 April - June 1988 Dlesel Engine Technology Aprll 18 May 27 • Sealift Operations & Msint. May30 June 10 Electro-Hydraullc Systems May9 June 17 The following is the current course schedule for April 1988 - June 1988 • Sealift Operations & Maint. June 20 July 1 at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Hydraullca June 6 July 1 For the membership's convenience, the course schedule is separated into • Seallft Operations & Maint. July 5 July 15 six categories: Deck Department courses; Engine Department courses; Third Asst. Engineer & Original Second Open4Rded (Contact Admissions Steward Department courses; Adult Education courses; All Department Asst. Engineer Steam or Motor Office for Starting Date) courses and Recertification Programs. Inland Boatmen and deep sea Seafarers who are preparing to upgrade *All students In the Engine Department wlll have 2 weeks of Seallft are advised to enroll for class ~ early ~ pcmible. Although every effort will Famlllarlzatlon at the end of their regular course. be made to fill the requests of the members, the classes are limited in size - so sign up early. The course schedule may change to reflect the membership's needs and the needs of the industry. Recertification Programs SIU Representatives in all ports will assist members in filling out the Check-In Completion application. Course Date Date Steward Recertification July 5 August 1 December 7 Deck Upgrading Courses November 2 Check-In Completion Bosuns Recertification April 25 June 6 Course Date Date September 26 October 7 Able Seaman Open-ended (Contact Admissions Office for starting date)* First Class Piiot (Organized self study) Open-ended (Contact Admissions Office tor stanlng date) Adult Education Courses Radar April4 April 15 Check·ln Completion Radar Refresher/Renewal Open-ended, 3 days (Contact Course Date Date Admissions Office for starting date.) For students who wish to apply for the GED, ESL, or ABE classes in 1988, Radar Recertification Open-ended, 1 day {Contact the courses will be six weeks In length and offered on the following dates: Admissions Office for starting date) High School Equlvalency (GED) May 2 June 13 Third Mate & Original Second Mate Aprll 18 June 24 July 5 August 15 Lifeboat April4 April15 August 29 October 1O May 2 May 13 October 31 December 12 May30 June10 Adult Basic Education (ABE) & May 2 June 10 June 27 July 1 English as a second Language (ESL) July 5 August 13 Seallft Operations Maint. Open-ended {Contact Admissions & August 29 October 7 Office for starting date) October 31 December 10 LNG - Self Study Safety Course (This course Is not offered as a separate course, but may be The Developmental Studies Class (DVS) will be offered one week prior to taken while attending any of the some of the upgrading classes. · regularly scheduled courses.) Developmental Studies (DVS) Apn111 Apn11s *Upon completion of course must take Seallft Operations It Maintenance. (Offered prior to the Third Mate & Original Second Mates Course)

ABE/ESL Lifeboat Preparation Course June 6 June 24 Steward Upgrading Courses This Three week course is an Introduction to Lifeboat and is designed to Check-In Completion help seafarers prepare themselves for the regular Lifeboat course which is Course Date Date scheduled immediately after this course. This class will benefit those Assistant Cook Open-ended (Contact Admissions Office seafarers who have difficulty reading, seafarers whose first language is not for starting date)* English, and seafarers who have been out of school for a long time. Cook and Baker Open-ended (Contact Admissions Office for starting date)* Chief Cook Open-ended (Contact Admissions Office for starting date)* College Programs Scheduled fo~ 1988 Chief Steward Open-ended (Contact Admissions Office Check-In Completion for starting date)* Course Date Date Associates in Arts or Certificate Program May 23 July 15 *All students in the Steward Program will have 2 weeks of Seallf& August 8 September 30 familiarization at the end of their regular course. October 17 December 9

14 I LOG I March 1988 ......

Seafare rs Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship Upgrading Application

Name Date of Birth (Last) (first) (Middle) Mo./Day/Year

Address (Street)

Telephone (City) (State) (Zip Code) (Area Code)

Deep Sea Member 0 Inland Waters Member O Lakes Member 0 Pacific O

If the following imformation is not filled out completely your application will not be processed.

Social Security# ------Book # _____ Seniority_____ Department _____

Veteran of U.S. Armed Forces D Yes O No Home Port ______Endorsement(s) or License(s) Now Held ______

Are you a graduate of the SHLSS Trainee Program: D Yes No D (if yes, fill in below)

Trainee Program: From ______to Last grade of schooling completed _____ (dates attended)

Have you attended any SHLSS Upgrading Courses: D Yes No D (if yes, fill in below) Course(s) Taken ______

Do you hold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: D Yes No D Firefighting: o Yes No o CPR: D Yes No D

Date Available for Training ______Primary Language Spoken ______

I Am Interested in the Following Course(s) Checked Below or Indicated Here if Not Listed

DECK ENGINE STEWARD D FOWT 0 AB/S.allft D Assistant Cook Utility D Towboat Operator Inland D QMED-Any Rating 0 Cook and Baker o ca1aat1a1 Navigation D Variable Speed DC Drive Systems o Chief Cook D Master lns.,.cted Towing Vessel (Marine Electronics) D Chief Steward o 1st Class Piiot (organized self study) D Marine Electrical Maintenance D Towboat Inland Cook D Third Mate D Pumproom Maintenance & Operation 0 Radar Observer Unlimited D Automation D Refrigeration Systems Maintenance COLLEGE PROGRAM ALL DEPARTMENTS 6 Operations . D Associates In Arts Degree o Diesel Engine Technology D Certificate Programs 0 Weldlng O Assistant Engineer/Chief Engineer o llfeboatman (Must be taken with another Un Inspected Motor Vessel course) D Orglnal 3rd/2nd Assistant Engineer ADULT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Steam or Motor 0 Adult Basic Education (ABE) 0 Refrigerated Containers No transportation will be paid Advanced Maintenance D High School Equivalency unless you present original 0 Hydraulics Program (GED) receipts and successfully D Electro-Hydraulic Systems 0 Developmental Studies (DVS) complete the course. D English as a Second Language (ESL) D ABE/ESL Lifeboat Preparation

With this application COPIES of your discharges must be submitted showing sufficient time to qualify yourself for the course(s) requested. You must also submit a COPY of the first page of your union book indicating your department and seniority, as well as, a COPY of your clinic card. The Admissions Office WILL NOT schedule until this is received. VESSEL RATING HELD DATE SHIPPED DATE OF DISCHARGE

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March 1988 I LOG I 15 We've also had contact with the Dukakis campaign and have been in­ Area Vice Presidents' Report volved in numerous statewide elec­ tions. Many of our members were being closely with such regionally based or­ Paul Hall, the late president of this harassed and even attacked. One of ganizations as the Great Lakes Task Union, said it best when he said, our members was murdered. Force on important long-term projects "Politics is Porkchops." For seamen, The new hall will be in a relatively to help the maritime industry up here. there can be no true job security with­ crime-free area. More important, it is We have been monitoring an interim out grassroots action. within easy access of the Jersey docks congressional report: the Great Lakes and is on the PATH line. Connecting Channels and Harbor The Brooklyn hall has been my Study, which was completed by the East Coast home for nearly 30 years. It will be Detroit District of the U.S. Army Corps by V.P. Leon Hall hard to leave. of Engineers in 1985. But we have to think about the The interim report recommended safety of our membership. The new that a large replacement lock be con­ have been involved in the maritime hall will be cheaper to run, which structed in the North Canal at the St. I industry for nearly 50 years now, means that we will have more re­ Mary's Falls Canal in Sault Ste. Marie, and rarely have I seen it in such a sources to spend on membership serv­ Mich. on the site of the existing Davis state of turmoil. ices. and Sabin locks. The report is under In every port along the East Coasi, review at the Office of Chief Engineers tug and barge workers have to battle in Washington, D.C. West Coast an anti-labor bias in the NLRB. They The Soo locks are a vital link in the by V. P. George McCartney are not alone: this is a trend that affects shipments of iron ore, coal, grain and all transportation workers. other bulk commodities between Lake HE maritime industry is one of Workers at Eastern Airlines are Superior and the rest of the Great Tthe most competitive in the world. gearing up for a possible strike some­ Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Naviga­ Rivalries are a daily fact of our exist­ time this summer. This administration tion System. Any administration se­ ence. Behind the colorlul sea stories, has allowed Frank Lorenzo to strip rious about improving the economy of the graceful pictures of historic ships that once-proud carrier of its most the Great Lakes region would have to and the romantic allure of the ocean lucrative assets. Things have become come up with a plan to renovate these is a dog-eat-dog world that knows only so bad that people are afraid to fly locks. one thing: the bottom line. Eastern. It's the kind of industry where Maritime companies like SONAT Great Lakes by V.P. Mike Sacco American companies can wax poetic Marine pioneered this kind of behavior about patriotism and democracy, and years earlier when they stripped the ne of maritime's great pleasures then reflag their vessels overseas in lucrative Green fleet (IOT) of its most Ois fit-out on the Great Lakes. dictatorships like Panama to avoid lucrative contracts, equipment and It's a gradual process. Winter starts paying American taxes or meeting workers. We in the maritime industry to recede; the ice begins to melt. Pretty American wage and safety standards. make a mistake when we view our­ soon, our members are scraping, And it's also the kind of industry selves as some isolated industry. What painting and doing all sorts of things where long-standing relationships can happens to seamen soon happens to to get the Great Lakes fleet ready for evaporate overnight if there's a chance workers in other sectors of the Amer­ action. to make a quick buck: witness this ican economy. So far, 17 vessels have already been Union's experiences with SONAT Under the old rules of the game, fitted-out. That includes four vessels Gulf Coast Marine. pre-deregulation and pre-Reagan, con­ owned by American Steamship Com­ by V.P. Joe Sarco After U.S. Lines filed for bank­ sumers did not have to worry if their pany, one by Medusa Cement and one ruptcy last year, the surviving Amer­ plane would reach its final destination by Inland Lakes Management. HIPPING in the Gulf has re­ ican-flag companies wasted no time in in one piece. Tug and barge workers In its own way, fit-out is a beautiful Sbounded a bit from last year. There bidding for that company's 12 econ­ did not have to worry about their sight. Instead of flowers and trees has been an across-the-board improve­ ships. Sea-Land, an SIU-contracted pension rights and safety. coming back to life after a long win­ ment in all segments of the maritime company, recently was awarded those This is no longer the case. ter's sleep, you have a resurrection of industry. vessels. As a result, it became the There is a new spirit in this country. the basic components of America's SIU members have garnered a share largest surviving American-flag car­ After seven years of bashing Wash­ mighty industrial machine'. ships, of this new work, thanks to the military rier, and our members gained 144 new ington D.C., people are beginning to dredging equipment, skilled maritime contracts we have been able to pick jobs. realize that the federal government can workers. up. In addition, we have been working Even in its most stable periods, play a useful role in protecting the The only sad thing about this year's hard to maintain the work that we maritime is boom and bust. This, too, common good. fit-out is the state of the Great Lakes already have. has a way of exacerbating differences. Regulation is not necessarily a bad fleet: there has been a large decline in Our contract with Crescent Ship When you know that cold times are thing. Timely government action can the number of American-flag vessels Docking is set to expire in April. We ahead, then it's hard not to look out make quite a difference. up here. Less than 3 percent of the will be meeting with the company in for number one. We in the SIU are working on a commerce carried between Canada and a few weeks to iron out a new contract. Not all· of the beefs and rivalries grassroots level to protect the interests the United States is carried on Amer­ Corpus Christi has been chosen as have produced bad results. Our own of our members. As I reported in my ican-flag vessels. the home port for the Navy battleship Union, the A&G District, was born column, SIUNA Vice President Jack Part of the decline of the American­ Lexington. One of our companies, out of the rivalry that existed between Caffey is working through the New flag merchant marine can be tied to a G&H Ship Docking, helped dock the the Sailors Union of the Pacific and York State Fed to develop state pro­ general deterioration of the St. Law­ battleship when it reached port. the National Maritime Union. The SUP grams for retired workers. The pur­ rence Seaway and the various locks We have been actively involved in was an AFL union, the NMU a CIO pose of this is to take up some of the and channels up here. The Reagan Super Tuesday. Texas is one of the one. slack left by cuts in the federal budget. administration has tried to tie any most valued prizes: whoever wins here In many of our early organizing The SIU has done some revolution­ improvements in the infrastructure up has a good shot at gaining the nomi­ beefs, we had to go head-on against ary work in this area. Any retired here to the imposition of user fees. nation. the NMU. This was true in the forties member who qualifies can move to the But we in the SIU have argued that Two candidates for the Democratic with Isthmian and it continued Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of this would make the Great Lakes mar­ nomination spoke at our Union hall. throughout the fifties with the Amer­ Seamanship. In New York, where rents itime industry less competitive. Thanks to the active involvement of ican Coal and other such beefs. can reach $1,000 a month for a studio The SIU has been working with our this Union, SIU members had a chance Yet despite their intense rivalries, apartment, this is an important benefit. allies on Capitol Hill to do something to meet Richard Gephardt and Jesse the major maritime unions often were Make no mistake about it: life can about the decline of this vital industry. Jackson. able to overcome their differences and become hell for an older person, es­ On March 17, we will be attending a We received substantial media cov­ work towards a common goal. The pecially in New York where drugs and special meeting of the Commission on erage. CBS News correspondant Les­ most outstanding example of this came crime are a daily part of life. Merchant Marine and Defense, where lie Stahl was at our Union hall, and in 1959 when SIU President Paul Hall This is behind our decision to relo­ Dr. Alan Cameron, the executive di­ so were other major t. v. reporters. and NMU President Joe Curran estab­ cate our Brooklyn hall to Jersey City. rector of the group, will discuss how Both Jackson and Gephardt talked lished the International Maritime We are scheduled to move there before the commission's findings and rec­ about the failure of the Reagan admin­ Workers Union in order to sign up the end of this year. ommendations relate specifically to istration to fashion a coherent policy workers onboard flag-of-convenience The Brooklyn hall was only three the Great Lakes maritime industry. on trade. Both were dynamic; both ships. blocks away from a methadone clinic. In addition, we have been working were well-informed. (Continued on Page 21.)

16 I LOG I March 1988 Safeguard Your Shipping Rights

.J;:j \ , '1 ~ /" .J ... ~-J'_J.-=:::. .D- - O SAFEGUARD your rights and the shipping rights of all SIU T members, there are certain requirements that must be followed. These requirements are spelled out in the Shipping Rules, and they are there so that the rights of all members will be protected and furthered fairly and impartially.

DUES Your current quarter Union dues must be paid at the time you register. RELIEF JOBS/REGISTERING When you are relieved, you must re-register for your job within 48 hours by reporting to the SIU Union hall. RELIEF JOBS/CONTACT WITH UNION It is your respon­ sibility to keep in contact with the Port Agent at the port in which you are registered. RELIEF JOBS/SHIPPING It is your responsibility to claim your job from the hiring hall shipping board no later than one day before the ship's scheduled arrival.

KNOW YOUR RIGHT KNOW YOUR RIGHTS KNOW YOUR RIGHTS Fl ANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA· Atlantic. Gulf. Lakes and Inland Waters District makes TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in specific provision for safeguarding the membership's all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this money and Union finances. The constitution requires a constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its con­ detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt­ months, which are to be submitted to the membership by ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee hy any methods such as dealing with charges. trials. etc., of rank and file members, elected by the membership, as well as all other details. then the member so affected makes examination each quarter of the finances of the should immediately notify headquarters. Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda­ EQUAL RIGHTS. All members are guaranteed equal tions. Member!> of this committee may make dissenting rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic. the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered employers. Consequently. no member may be discrimi­ in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund nated against because of race, creed, color. sex and na­ agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees tional or geographic origin. If any .. memher feels that he is in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union denied the equal right to which he is entitled. he should and management representatives and their alternates. All notify Union headquarters. expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made 11111111m11lft1111111n1111111111111111n1111111n11111un1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION only upon approval hy a majority of the trustees. All trust -SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro­ patrolman or other Union offbal. in your opinion. fails fund financial records are available at the headquarters of ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ­ to protect your contract rights properly, contact the the various trust funds. ing, but not limited to, furthering the political, social and nearest SIU port agent. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior­ economic interests of maritime workers, the preservation ity are protected exclusively hy the contracts between the EDITORIAL POLICY - THE LOG. The Log has and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with Union and the employers. Get to know your shipping traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving improved employment opportunities for seamen and rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available the political purposes of any individual in the Union, boatmen and the advancement of trade union concepts. in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation officer or memher. It has also refrained from publishing In connection with such objects. SPAD supports and of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contracts between the Union and the employers, notify membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed contributions are voluntary. No contrihution may be the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail. return re­ by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings solicited or received because of force. joh discrimination, ceipt requested. T.he proper address for this is: in all constitutional ports. The responsihility for Log financial reprisal. or threat of such conduct. or as a con­ Angus "Red" Campbell policy is vested in an editorial hoard which consists of dition of membership in the Union or of employment. If Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board a contribution is made by reason of the above improper 5201 Auth Way and Britannia Way may delegate. from among its ranks. one individual to conduct. notify the Seafarers Union or SPAD hy certified Prince Georges County carry out this responsibility. mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation Camp Springs, Md. 20746 and appropriate action and refund. if involuntary. Sup­ Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid port SPAD to protect and further your economic, poli­ you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an tical and social interests. aml. American trade union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circum­ concepts. stances should any member pay any money for any reason CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avail­ unless he is given such receipt. ln the event anyone If at any time a member feels that any of the above rights have able in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages attempts to require any such payment be made without been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of and conditions under which you work and live aboard supplying a receipt. or if a member is required to make a ~ to Union records or infonnation, he should immediately notify your ship or boat. Know your contract rights, as well as payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he SIU President Frank Drozak at Headquarters by certified mail, your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper should not have heen required to make such payment. this return receipt requested. The ad~ is 5201 Autb Way and Britannia sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU should immediately he reported to Union headquarters. Way, Prince Georges County, Camp Springs, Md. 20746.

March 1988ILOGI 17 Cape Ducato Participates in Team Spirit 88 by Bob Borden, PAO, MSCPAC sultants around to train American ship engineers on the intricacies of the Inactive for almost two years while foreign-built diesel engines that power laid up at a berth in Los Angeles, the the vessels. Among the nine ships M/V Cape Ducato was broken out of Barber manages for Marad, there are the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) in three different classes of vessels-and late February to participate in the even within a class, the ships are annual Team Spirit exercise staged in unique. Korea. Among other objectives, the ''The people at Barber are very good exercise stresses the U. S. commit­ at this," says Capt. Shaw. "They've ment to the defense of the Republic built up a team that has really brought of South Korea against external our engineers up to speed on all as­ aggression. pects of the ships. There's something Sealift has traditionally played a to be said about the people who, de­ strong role in Team Spirit since the spite ship differences and short time­ exercise first began in 1976, and sev­ frames, manage to get the vessel eral MSC ships will participate in the ready." event this year. The Cape Ducato, How ready the ships crew will be The MN Cape Ducato on berth at Terminal Island, Los Angeles, for her initial loadout though, is the only ship from the RRF of Team Spirit 88 cargo. in the future worries McMonagle. De­ to be tested in Team Spirit 88. For the spite all the training his company of­ past 21 months, the 680-foot vessel to maintain nine RO/RO ships in the The company also gives more re­ fers, he says it's hard to keep a steady hasn't left the harbor in Los Angeles. RRF. In most cases, the two members sponsibility to the crew to run the corps of knowledgeable officers for She's sat idle at her berth, sealed off of the maintenance teams that are ship. The navigator, for example, or­ the ships because RRF ships are used and dehumidified to minimize deteri­ assigned to each of the nine Marad ders all charts and publications for his so seldom. oration. Under a contract with the ships will be part of the ship's crew job. The third mate is responsible for "We've been lucky in the past," he Maritime Administration, Barber Ship when the vessels are broken out for ordering all medical supplies and safety says. "We can't always guarantee, Management, lnc.-the former oper­ exercises. equipment. though, that we'll be able to keep ator of the Cape Ducato--has had a "They know the ship and they'll be "We back the master and chief en­ experienced persons sailing aboard two-man maintenance team go aboard responsible for subsequent operations gineer in the decisions they make and these ships. There's a shortage of the ship five days a week to make of the vessel," says Barber's opera­ the actions they take,'' says Mc­ qualified diesel engineers in this coun­ daily rounds, check the dehumidifying tions manager, Kevin P. McMonagle. Monagle. "We support them as much try. We 're trying our best to keep our

equipment1 and assist government reg­ ''The officers are experienced with as they support us in the office. The American crews trained and we've ulatory bodies with inspections. But these particular ships and their knowl­ whole operation is a team effort to done a good job so far. I just hope we daily checks on idle won't necessarily edge is invaluable when the ships are give Military Sealift Command a sat­ can keep them in the future." guarantee that they are ready to go on brought into service for Military Sea­ isfactory product they can use.'' [Note: the unlicensed crew aboard short notice. lift Command.'' Barber also keeps a number of con- this ship are SIU members.] "That"s why I was amazed we got the Cape Ducato going so well," said the master of the ship, Capt. Charles Profile of a Mariner: T. Shaw, after the vessel returned from a successful 24-hour sea trial. ''Two years of inactivity for a ship Lorenzo Ligon can be harmful. A modem ship is a If you're an MSCPAC storekeeper I'm home for a while, I start thinking very complicated piece of machinery. and you like a challenge, Lorenzo about the sea. I guess I just love it. I It" s unusual if you can even get a ship Ligon thinks you'd probably love the like the idea than I can get away." underway in five days when it hasn't USNS Higgins. "This is a great ship Initially a utilityman with MSCPAC been used for such a long period of to be on for someone in supply,'' says for two years, Ligon made the transfer time." the yeoman-storekeeper. "We've had to YN-SK in 1982, then served a one­ Not only was the Cape Ducato set to start from scratch to build up our year tour aboard the supply ship USNS to sail after five days; she was also own supply system. It seems like Spica. "I think all YN-SKs should fully crewed and loaded with subsist­ everyone on the ship has their special spend some time on that ship," says ence items and spare parts for her 75- supply needs right now.'' Ligon. "Spica's supply department is day role with the Team Spirit exercise. Born and raised in Mobile, Ala., completely Navy, so it's an enlight­ The ship easily took on her initial Ligon was a political science major at ening experience. We worked side-by­ Team Spirit cargo of 250 trucks, trac­ Grambling College in Louisiana for side with the Navy supply people. I tors, tankers and containers the day three years before he left school to had to think like a Navy storekeeper, before she set sail on her Pacific voy­ enlist in the Navy in 1972. He spent not as an MSC storekeeper.'' age. the next six years in the Navy as a Aboard the Higgins, Ligon is to­ Lorenzo Ligon, yeoman/storekeeper ''It was like a circus when we broke ship's serviceman aboard a fleet oiler, gether with supply personnel he worked her out,'' said Capt. Shaw, a veteran an ammunition ship and a cruiser. with before aboard other MSCPAC keepers will want to be on this ship in of several exercises with Military Sea­ "It was a love-hate relationship when ships. "I've been with the supply of­ the future.'' lift Command. "The ship was crawling I was in the Navy," recalls Ligon, ficer about a year now and that's been As far as his own future is con­ with shipyard workers unsealing the now 36. "Looking back, though, I a great experience. The group of guys cerned, Ligon has mixed feelings. He vessel. We were trying to get dishes really enjoyed it. It was a ball. I made I'm with now have all been together wants to keep sailing, but he also washed so we could eat our first meal. six back-to-back Mediterranean cruises before. You need a strong team on wants to go back to college for one It was a madhouse but we got the ship in the six years I was in the Navy." these ships and we all get along with year to complete his undergraduate out on time. We always do it on time." It was the sea life and travel that each other and work together well.'' degree. With a little bit of help from their eventually led Ligon to MSCPAC. And the ship itself? "I enjoy it. It's "It's a confusing situation, I know," friends, of course. In this case, the Now, sometimes to his regret, he can't better than anything else we have in said Ligon, trying to put his thoughts friend is the ship's agent for Marad, break the habit of going to sea. "I the fleet right now," says Ligon. "I in order. ''I guess something will work Barber Ship Management, Inc., of New wish I could get it out of my blood think it's going to be a good ship to out. I just don't want to go through York. Barber has a contract with Marad but I can't," he admits. "Even when ride. And I believe a lot of store- life saying, 'I wish I would have'."

18 I LOG I March 1988 MSCPAC Shore Staffers Go to Sea

by Bob Borden, PAO, MSCPAC who wanted the shore staff to learn first-hand what it's like to work aboard For a few days in January, 11 a ship at sea. "Sometimes, the people MSCPAC shore personnel got a taste ashore doing the detailing of mariners oflife at sea when they rode the USNS to ships are not familiar with the jobs Mercy from Oakland to Portland, Ore., those mariners will be doing aboard where the ship is undergoing a 71-day vessels," said Hosey after the Mercy yard period at Northwest Marine Iron was berthed in Portland. "It's impor­ Works. The group departed the vessel tant that they see the consequence of with wobbly legs but firm convictions their actions.'' that the brief voyage will help them During a tour of the Mercy's engi­ do their shore jobs better. neering spaces, First Assistant Engi­ "Everyone aboard ship has been neer Joe Watts led the group on a courteous, helpful and nice," said Rita watch route that is normally followed McNally of the comptroller's office, by a junior third engineer. Climbing who, like most of her fellow workers, up and down stairways over a wide AB Bob Escue was at the helm when MSCPAC staff personnel took a tour of the USNS had never been to sea. "Now that area, the shore group visited only three Mercy's bridge. we've seen how the other half lives, of the six service areas that are checked "If an unlicensed engineer isn't pre­ last. "Every time an MSCPAC ship it's easier to understand their prob­ by the junior engineer before they pared to do what we just went through, goes up and down the West Coast, we lems and frustrations.'' stopped to catch their breath. There I wouldn't send the person to this should try to include some shore staff "The trip's given me some insights was a lesson to be learned here and ship." on the trip," he suggested. "When on what is required to properly man Watts told the visitors what it was. As the last of the 11 shore personnel they get out of their environment and the positions aboard ship," said Tony ''A man can be fit for duty,'' he departed his ship, Capt. Hosey hoped see us in ours, the experience will help said slowly, ''but not fit for duty aboard Haro, head of the MSCPAC marine their brief voyage wouldn't be their them support the fleet much better.'' placement and receiving branch ...You this ship. When you're on watch, can't help but be impressed with the you've got to be able to climb normal quality of seamanship, ship handling ladders and vertical ladders. You can't and support services we've seen on fake your way out of this job." USNS Regulus To Return in May the Mercy." Linda Jones, a personnel staffing The idea of sending supply, comp­ assistant who places unlicensed engi­ troller and personnel department em­ neers aboard MSCPAC ships, got the ployees aboard the Mercy on her coastal message. "The stairs and ladders on voyage to Portland originated with the the Mercy are difficult to climb," said ship's master, Capt. Richard Hosey, Jones, relaxing in the crew's lounge. Tolliver Is a Vet-At Last

A military truck is hoisted aboard the USNS Regulus during Team Spirit loading activities at Tacoma, Wash. The Regulus is one of two Fast Sealift ships crewed by SIU members to participate in the annual exercise staged in Korea. The ships will return to the United States in May to discharge Team Spirit cargo before heading back to the East and Gulf coasts.

Alertness is the K_ey to Vessel Safety

II. More than 6,000 American mer­ to congressmen and senators seeking Tolliver with his seaman's papers: the long wait is over. chant seamen died during the war, and their assistance to recognize the con­ their casualty rate is believed to equal tributions of World War II mariners by Bob Borden, PAO, MSCPAC tending a maritime school on Catalina that of the Marine Corps. There were while both men served aboard USNS Island off the coast of Southern Cali­ about 200,000 U.S. merchant mariners Taluga several years ago. It was a It's been a long wait-more than 40 fornia, he headed for the Pacific war during World War II and most of them struggle to achieve the recognition but years-but Theodore Tolliver is finally theatre aboard a converted tanker. By came under the control of the War Tolliver was pleased when the recent going to be recognized for his U. S. the time the war ended two years later. Shipping Administration, which in ef­ decision by the Secretary of the Air merchant marine service during World Tolliver had served aboard merchant fect nationalized America's merchant Force was announced. War II. When the Secretary of the Air ships that were hunted by submarines, fleet. Merchant mariners were dis­ Force recently signed a document ap­ shelled by surface warships and at­ patched to combat zones where they •'I doubt if there are that many proving World War II merchant mar­ tacked by ,enemy airplanes. fired weapons and gathered intelli­ mariners who are still around today iners for Veterans Administration ben­ ''So many of the fellows I went to gence. Yet, despite their impressive who will benefit from this,'' said Tol­ efits, Tolliver, an able seaman with sea with gave up their lives aboard the record during the war, they were not liver. "It's too late for me to enjoy MSCPAC, learned he was eligible to merchant ships," recalled Tolliver, 61. treated as servicemen. When the con­ most of the benefits the veterans re­ receive a discharge certificate from "The merchant ships were the back­ flict ended, the civilian mariners were ceived. But for most of us, all we the Armed Foces and any benefits he bone of the supply effort to win the not entitled to any postwar benefits wanted was the recognition due us for deserved by virtue of his maritime war war. The people who served on them given to those who served in the armed the service we performed for our coun­ service. deserve their overdue recognition.'' forces. try. I'm not bitter. I'm actually pleased Tolliver was 16 when he joined the Merchant ships and their vital cargo In his files, Tolliver has copies of it finally happened. ljust wish it didn't merchant marine in 1943. After at- were prize targets during World War letters he and a former shipmate wrote have to take 40 years to do it."

March 1988/LOG/19 gate William Cribbs. Everything is running bered ... It is always nice for a trip to end, smoothly with no beefs or disputed OT. whether good or bad." A motion was made Bosun McCollom spoke to the members to put pictures of the final departures and about the advantages of taking courses at retired brothers and sisters back in the Piney Point to upgrade their QMED status. LOG. "You can remember faces, but not He also suggested taking the sea.lift training the names." since "that is where the jobs are going to LNG ARIES (Energy Transportation time, but the ship will not be cleared until be." As more and more ships leave the Corp.), January 24-Chairman Robert LNG TAURUS (Energy Transportation the investigation has been completed. A industry, other military ships are coming Schwarz, Secretary Doyle E. Cornelius, Corp.), January 24--Chairman Robert J. monetary collection is being taken from the in. Brother Velandra reports that several Educational Director Paul Olson, Deck Del­ Callahan, Secretary Robert H. Forshee, officers and the crew. It will be mailed to good men are leaving for vacation after egate Eugene Bousson, Engine Delegate Deck Delegate Robbyson H. Suy, Engine Gomez's widow in memory of a shipmate this trip and expressed the hope that they Delegate Kevin W. Conklin, Steward Del­ Brenda Murray-Dye, Steward Delegate and fellow seaman. will return. "Brother Alicea in the steward Henry Daniels. No beefs or disputed OT egate Francis Ostendarp. No beefs or department will be hard to replace." Capt. E. reported. There is $250.11 in the ship's disputed OT reported. There is $955 in the OVERSEAS HARRIETTE (Maritime T. Brown came down and gave a talk to fund. The chairman discussed the impor­ ship's fund. Capt. Sjokvist addressed the Overseas Corp.), January 24-Chairman the members on the proposed new food membership in order to explain the new tance of upgrading at Piney Point and of Leon T. Jekot, Secretary E. Hoitt, Deck plan Sea-Land is starting. A newsletter will contributing to SPAD. On Jan. 24, Capt. W-4 forms. The captain is getting off this Delegate John Roe, Engine Delegate Wal­ be sent to all Sea-Land Ships, keeping Daniel Spence conducted services for Joel trip and took this opportunity to thank the ter Fey, Steward Delegate Gregory Keene. them informed about the situations as they K. Lodor, a former OS. Brother Lodor SIU crew for their efficient and professional No beefs or disputed OT reported. Minutes arise. "Mr. E. Young states he has not served onboard the from May work. He was given a hearty round of LNG Aries of the last meeting (Dec. 13, 1987) were seen such a happy ship as this in a long 1982 to Nov. 1982. At the request of his applause. The bosun then went over the read and accepted without any alterations. time. His belly smiles all the time, and the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lodor of Mary­ new contract and expressed his appreci­ The chairman announced a possible lay­ key word in all departments is cooperation. land, his ashes were committed to the sea. ation for the efforts that went into it on the up, but said that no details were as yet Let's keep things going as they are and A vote of thanks was given to the steward part of the Union officers. He also stressed available. He also noted that there is no bring Brother Young back again." Next department for a job well done this voyage. definite section in the new contract about port: Port Everglades, Fla. the importance of contributing to SPAD and to the benefits of upgrading your skills awaiting transit. The Overseas Harriette at Piney Point. A sincere vote of thanks COURIER (Ocean Carriers), February awaited transit for three days with no shore SPIRIT OF TEXAS (Sea.hawk Man­ was given to the steward department for 14-Chairman A. Pinkham, Secretary A. leave. There was launch service on a agement), February 5-Chairman Bert the excellent food and the homey feeling Spingat, Educational Director W. Hescip, regular basis to all other ships in the vicinity, Hanback, Secretary Paul Stubblefield. Some during the holidays. Next port: Bontang, Deck Delegate Joseph Mercier, Engine but none for the Harriette. The secretary disputed OT was reported in both the deck Indonesia. Delegate Terrance Reed, Steward Dele­ has all Union forms available at this time and engine departments. A message was gate Jerome Jordan. No beefs or disputed OT. Everything is running smoothly aboard ULTRASEA (American Maritime the Courier. Members would still like infor­ Trans.), January 25-Chairman Robert R. mation on war zone bonuses. This vessel Newby, Secretary E. Hagger. Some dis­ is on a run from Kuwait to pick up oil to puted OT was reported in all three de­ refuel our Navy ships. It was the first partments pertaining to the Martin Luther American tanker with a full American crew King holiday. There is $74 in the ship's to pass through the Persian Gulf since the fund. A new VCR was purchased with war started in that area. "Everybody is money from the fund. The chairman said hoping that we will go on another run for it was a very good trip. The educational a change." A vote of thanks was given to director advised all eligible members to the steward department for a job well done. upgrade their skills at Piney Point. A motion was made and seconded that employees GUS DARNELL (Ocean Carriers), be sent home at company expense when January 2-Chairman William Lough, Sec­ there is a death in their immediate family. retary James Price, Education Director Also requested for the crew was a new ice Ross Hardy. No beefs or disputed OT. This box for the messhall. A vote of thanks was is voyage 30-31-32 for the Gus Darnell, given to the steward for "the best of food and payoff will be in Bahrain upon arrival. and the holiday spread, and for the birthday The bosun thanked the steward depart­ party and birthday cakes." ment for a job well done. He advised The S.S. Marymar, one ofsix converted c.4 class troopships of the SIU-contracted Calmar members not to let jobs hang on the board Steamship Co., is seen here as she completed sea trials on the Chesapeake Bay in the late just because a ship is not going where you 1940s. Calmar is gone, and so are ratings such as carpenter, watertender, evaporator want to go. "A job is a job, pay is pay." maintenance, deck maintenance and plumber. He also stressed the importance of donat­ Official ships minutes also were received ing to SPAD. The bosun said it was a and has offered to help fill them out for sent to Houston requesting a patrolman from the following vessels: good, safe trip to Antarctica and back to any member in need of assistance. It was for the payoff to answer additional items RANGER Bahrain-a very interesting voyage. "In the requested that the LOG go back to includ­ regarding overtime and work performed by BEAVER STATE 1st LT. J. LUMMUS SEA-LAND ECONOMY Persian Gulf we saw the Bahrain and ing photographs in its "final departures" the deck department. A vote of thanks was section. Most seamen recognize another given to the steward department for a job INGER SEA-LAND ENDURANCE United States Navy go into action. we MATEJ KOCAIC SEA-LAND EXPRESS don't get a. war bonus, but we do get seaman by face, not always by name. well done. "Other than rain, sun, rain, sun OVERSEAS CHICAGO SEA-LAND PACIFIC hazardous duty pay of $4 a day per war. Another request made was that members and other conditions, the trip was not too PANAMA SEA-LAND PRODUCER We went all over southeastern Australia. be compensated for extra work done on awfully bad. Good harmony and coopera­ PONCE STUYVESANT Several of us rented cars and even an watch, other than their regular duties. tion existed among the crew for the entire PFC EUGENE A. OBREGON USNS ASSERTIVE airplaM, and we were all well received. Members would also like to have the Union trip. It was definitely a trip to be remem· PVT HARRY FISHER Antarctica was a place we'll never forget. look into the matter of the crew's TV Going through the packed ice was awe­ antenna or lack thereof. Chief Cook Terry some. We did get around somewhat, but White commends the crew for being so nobody made it to the South Pole, unfor­ cooperative. And a vote of thanks was tunately. The trip home was in heavy seas. given to the steward department for a job Monthly We lost our foremast in the furious fifties. well done "even though the department is The captain made a video of the trip, and running short." all hands will get a copy of a memorable Membership M~etings trip." SEA·LAND TRADER (Sea-Land Serv­ Deep Sea ice), January 1~hairman Anthony J. Lakes, Inland OMI MISSOURI (OMI Corp.), January Palino, Secretary James A. Jones, Edu­ Port Date Waters 31-Chairman Carl Francum, Secretary cational Director Dan Kinghorn. There is Jonathan White, Engine Delegate C. Jef­ $350 in the ship's treasury. The chairman Piney Point ...... Monday, April 4 ...... 10:30 a.m. noted that the Sea-Land Trader is sup­ ferson, Steward Delegate David Bond. No New York ...... Tuesday, April 5 ...... 10:30 a.m. beefs or disputed OT in the deck and posed to be automated, "but it is not, yet." Philadelphia ...... Wednesday, April 6 ...... 10:30 a.m. steward departments. In the engine de­ While the number of crewmembers is right partment, however, it appears that the for an automated ship, there are some Baltimore ...... Thursday, April 7 ...... 10:30 a.m. engineers are doing QMED's work at night problems. There is no refrigerator/freezer, Norfolk ...... Thursday, April 7 ...... 10:30 a.m. without asking the QMEDs if they wanted only one coffee maker for two messhalls, Jacksonville ...... Thursday, April 7 ...... 10:30 a.m. no VCR for the crew and not enough keys to work overtime. QMEDs were advised to Algonac ...... Friday, April 8 ...... 10:30 a.m. write down the times that work is being onboard for the lounge and messhalls. A Houston ...... Monday, April 11 ...... 10:30 a.m. done by the engineers, and this will be microwave oven and meat slicer are needed given to the patrolman at payoff. Some as well. There were also some problems New Orleans ...... Tuesday, April 12 ...... 10:30 a.m. members of the crew suggested that the regarding the lack of stores following a Mobile ...... Wednesday, April 13 ...... 10:30 a.m. pension increase each year or that an brief lay-up. It was believed that the food San Francisco ...... Thursday, April 14 ...... 10:30 a.m. annual cost of living adjustment be added. in the cafeteria in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where Wilmington ...... ,c ••• Monday, April 18 ...... 10: 30 a. m. Next port: Tampa, Fla. the crew had to eat while in port, was not up to Western standards. And members Seattle ...... Friday, April 22 ...... 10:30a.m. OVERSEAS ALASKA (Maritime had to pay for their own food with their San Juan ...... Thursday, April 7 ...... 10:30 a.m. Overseas), February 21-Chairman John own money. A vote of praise was given to St. Louis ...... Friday, April 15 ...... 10:30 a.m. Furr, Secretary Carl Woodward. No beefs the steward department. Next port: Long Honolulu ...... Thursday, April 14 ...... 10:30 a.m. Beach, Calif. or disputed OT reported. A sad note: Ray­ Duluth ...... Wednesday, April 13 ...... 10:30 a.m. mondo Gomez, DEU, was lost at sea while Jersey City ...... Wednesday, April 20 ...... 10:30 a.m. working on deck. A search continued all SEA-LAND VENTURE (Sea-Land Serv­ day but was futile. The captain stated that ice), January 31-Chairman John Mc­ New Bedford ...... Tuesday, April 19 ...... 10:30 a.m. an investigation will be conducted upon Collom, Secretary David W. Velandra, Deck arrival in port. Payoff will also occur at that Delegate Tommy Joe Pell, Engine Dele-

20 I LOG I March 1988 And after the Marine Cooks and sailed with the Army Transport Serv­ of issues were discussed that needed Stewards were ousted from the CIO ice and the Naval Transport Service. resolution. Vice Presidents for being dominated by the Communist Of course, there are certain proce­ On Feb. 5, 1988, a meeting with Party, the SIU-AGLIWD supported dures that must be accomplished be­ management was scheduled with Fleet (Continued from Page 16.) the SUP' s drive to sign the MCS as fore gaining veterans• status and they Superintendent Walter Jaffee to dis­ an SIUNA affiliate. Harry Lundeberg are outlined on page three of the LOG cuss and resolve complaints that had Much has been made of the personal and Ed Turner led the drive for the (February 1988). been voiced at the meeting with FPS rivalries of the various maritime SIUNA, and the MCS was restored The reason for this article is to alert on Jan. 13. heads-Joe Curran vs. Paul Hall, Harry to democratic control. MSCPAC marine personnel who qual­ In attendance at the meeting were Lundeberg vs. Harry Bridges. But ify for veterans' benefits and note that SIU Representative Raleigh G. Minix, behind most of these rivalries lay one it will make a difference where your Asst. SIU Fleet Representative Toes thing: job security for their members. employment with MSCPAC is con­ Moala, who furnished valuable input The rivalry between Harry Lunde­ cerned. Whether or not all veterans' regarding fleet morale and on-site bert and Harry Bridges was legendary. benefits will be accorded is not yet working conditions, and SIU Repre­ Yet in a sense, much of the bad feeling known, but they could include (I) 5- sentative Roy "Buck" Mercer. The between the two was a result of con­ point veterans preference, (2) Reten­ meeting was constructive and all com­ flicting jurisdictional claims between tion rights, (3) Tenure group, (4) Med­ plaints were discussed and resolved. seamen and longshoremen. ical care, (5) Guaranteed home loans, Management has already made a major The rivalry between longshoremen (6) Burial benefit, and the protection improvement to the parking area which and deckhands dates back more than of the Merit Systems Protection Board is much appreciated by the crew. 100 years. There were countless dis­ (MSPB). putes over which group of workers Of particular importance is the fact FMC Chief Appointed had jurisidiction over the loading and that those who do qualify will be unloading of cargo. Edward J. Philbin was appointed Government Services entitled to the services of the MSPB. There were even divisions among acting chairman of the Federal Mari­ by V.P. Buck Mercer This means that under the appeal pro­ deckhands who sailed onboard time Commission last month. Philbin cedure an adverse action would be schooners and steamships. While the ERCHANT seamen who plied replaces Edward V. Hickey who died heard by the MSPB rather than the SUP dates its existence to 1885, it M their trade during World War II in January. same agency that brought the adverse didn't take its modern name until 1892, and were fortunate enough to have Philbin, an FMC commissioner, pre­ action. when the Coast Seamen's Union and lived through the rigors of that conflict, viously held the post of Deputy As­ the Steamshipmen's Union merged into have finally and at long last been On Jan. 13, 1988, a meeting with sistant Secretary for Reserve Affairs one organization. Technological ad­ granted veterans' status. Fleet Preservation Servicers (FPS) was at the Department of Defense. He also vances and the demise of the schooner Not only does this apply to com­ held on site at the Reserve Fleet at was a law professor at San Diego State vessel rendered their differences moot. mercial sailors but also to those who Suisun Bay, Calif., at which a number University. Early maritime unions were created along regional and craft lines. Increas­ ingly, however, jurisdictional disputes ------Deaths------in the maritime industry have arisen The SIU has been notified of the Charles Connell Laurence Mays between licensed and unlicensed sea­ deaths of the following members and David Donovan Lowell M. Moody men. pensioners. Paul Dunbar Edward Murphy In the '50s and early '60s, for ex­ Leroy V. Hansen Juan Wilfredo Pagan ample, the NMU created the Broth­ Chester Anti Thomas Joynes Leslie E. Roberts erhood of Marine Officers. The SIU­ Ladislas Baldonade Randy Kusminski Tito Ross AGLIWD supported the MM&P and Edward Brown Laurence McCullough John Smith National-MEBA in their dispute against Harry Burton James McLamore Fred 0. Sullins the NMU. Our members even walked Leslie Bryant Jr. Carlos artinez Ted Wilkosh Roger Coleman Clarence Maudrie Edward J. Wright picket lines on their behalf. The maritime industry is a little like the Middle East: today's friend may be tomorrow's enemy. During the ou Missing Important Mail? Vietnam War, the SIU and District 1 were at loggerheads over an appren­ We want to make sure that you receive your If you are getting more than one copy of the tice engineer's rating that District 1 wanted to have placed onboard their copy of the LOG each month and other important LOG delivered to you, if you have changed your vessels. We forced Delta to have these mail such as W-2 Forms, Union Mail and Welfare address, or if your name or address is misprinted ratings removed; in the process, we Bulletins. To accomplish this, please use the or incomplete, please fill in the special address protected the job security of our key address form on this page to update your home form printed on this page and send it to: personnel in the engine room, mainly address. the QMEDs. SIU & UIW of N.A. Still, no matter how intricate or Your home address is your permanent address, Address Correction Department byzantine relations between the var­ and this is where all official Union documents, 5201 Auth Way ious maritime organizations may get, W-2 Forms, and the LOG will be mailed. Camp Springs, Maryland 20746-9971 it is impossible to write a history about the industry without mentioning them --~------~------~------all. There would .be no Harry Lunde­ HOME ADDRESS PLEASE PRINT Date: ______berg without Harry Bridges, and no Paul Hall without Joe Curran. The SIU-AGLIWD, for example, Social Security No. owes its existence to the generous support that SUP officials like Harry Lundeberg and Morris Weisberger gave Phone No. ( us during our early years. West Coast Your Full Name Area Code seamen like Bill Armstrong, Ed Turner, Joe Goren and Whitey Seacrest hit the bricks in many of our most important Street Apt. or Box# City State ZIP beefs. Turner, who headed the Marine O SIU D UIW D Pensioner Other------Cooks and Stewards, even engineered Book Number a merger between his organization and the A&G District. UIW Place of Employment------Of course the help was always re­ ciprocal. In October 1950, when the West This will be my permanent address for all official Union mailings. This address should remain In the Union file unless otherwise changed by me personally. Coast Longshoremen' s union launched an attack against the Sailor's Union of the Pacific, the SIU-AGLIWD stood (Signed)------behind the SUP 100 percent. ------~

March 1988 I LOG I 21 CL -Company/Lakes l -Lakes Directory of Ports NP -Non PrioritY Dispatchers Report for Great Lakes Frank Drozak, President FEB. 1-29, 1988 "TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED **REGISTERED ON BEACH Joe DiGiorgio, Secretary All Groups All Groups All Groups Leon Hall, Vice President Class CL Class L Class NP Class CL Class L Class NP Class CL Class L Class NP Angus "Red" Campbell, Vice President Port DECK DEPARTMENT Mike Sacco, Vice President Algonac ...... 0 16 0 0 0 0 35 2 Joe Sacco, Vice President George McCartney, Vice President Port ENGINE DEPARTMENT Roy A. Mercer, Vice President Algonac ...... 0 6 0 0 0 27 0 Steve Edney, Vice President Port STEWARD DEPARTMENT Algonac ...... 0 5 0 0 0 0 10 HEADQUARTERS Port ENTRY DEPARTMENT 5201 Auth Way Algonac ...... 0 15 6 0 0 0 0 49 8 Camp Springs, Md. 20746 Totals All Departments ...... 0 42 9 0 0 0 121 11 (301) 899-0675 *"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. **"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. ALGONAC, Mich. 520 St. Clair River Dr. 48001 (313) 794-4988 BALTIMORE, Md. 1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202 (301 ) 327-4900 Dispatchers Report for Deep Sea CLEVELAND, Ohio FEBRUARY 1-29, 1988 5443 Ridge Rd. 44129 *TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED **REGISTERED ON BEACH (216) 845-1100 All Groups All Groups Tr~ All Groups Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Class C Relies Class A Class B Class C DULUTH, Minn. 705 Medical Arts Building 55802 Port DECK DEPARTMENT (218) 722-4110 New York ...... 37 8 2 34 8 2 10 91 15 2 Philadelphia ...... 3 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 1 Baltimore ...... 7 7 0 3 2 0 1 11 9 0 HONOLULU, Hawaii Norfolk ...... 6 6 3 9 8 4 2 22 7 2 636 Cooke St. 96813 Mobile ...... 4 3 4 9 2 2 1 7 6 5 New Orleans ...... 34 8 6 30 9 5 12 69 8 2 (808) 523-5434 Jacksonville ...... 17 10 3 15 6 3 4 56 16 4 San Francisco ...... 36 10 11 20 6 9 11 63 14 10 HOUSTON, Tex. Wilmington ...... 22 10 2 20 5 7 6 31 11 4 1221 Pierce St. 77002 Seattle ...... 31 7 3 29 4 1 6 62 8 5 Puerto Rico ...... 12 1 0 12 2 0 2 29 1 0 (713) 659-5152 Honolulu ...... 6 8 7 7 6 4 12 6 10 7 Houston ...... •.... 23 5 2 31 6 1 2 56 4 1 JACKSO VILLE, Fla. St. Louis ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3315 Liberty St. 32206 Piney Point ...... 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 1 Totals ...... 239 86 45 223 67 39 71 505 113 44 (904) 353-0987 Port ENGINE DEPARTMENT JERSEY CITY, N.J. New York ...... 24 5 0 28 5 1 7 49 6 , 99 Montgomery St. 07302 Philadelphia ...... 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 Baltimore ...... 6 1 0 3 2 0 0 11 1 0 (201) 435-9424 Norfolk ...... 4 3 1 4 4 1 2 9 7 0 Mobile ...... 8 2 0 3 1 0 0 9 3 0 MOBILE, Ala. New Orleans ...... 17 5 1 23 7 1 1 48 11 2 1640 Dauphin Island Pkwy. 36605 Jacksonville ...... 15 2 0 18 4 0 0 35 10 2 (205) 478-0916 San Francisco ...... 19 6 6 16 4 4 5 35 8 5 Wilmington ...... 13 3 1 11 5 2 2 18 6 2 Seattle ...... 21 5 2 13 4 0 3 42 6 2 NEW BEDFORD, Mass. Puerto Rico ...... 6 1 0 4 1 0 0 13 2 0 50 Union St. 02740 Honolulu ...... 4 13 11 5 7 11 8 5 14 8 (617) 997-5404 Houston ...... 15 3 2 19 5 1 1 32 2 1 St. Louis ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pinet Point ...... 6 3 0 4 2 0 0 3 6 1 NEW ORLEA S, La. Tota s ...... 159 52 26 151 51 21 29 311 82 26 630 Jackson Ave. 70130 Pon STEWARD DEPARTMENT (504) 529-7546 New York ...... 19 5 1 14 3 1 7 33 9 0 Philadelphia ...... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 NEW YORK, N.Y. Baltimore ...... 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 4 3 0 675 4 Ave., Brooklyn 11232 Norfolk ...... 1 1 1 4 0 1 2 3 1 2 (718) 499-6600 Mobile ...... 10 0 0 7 1 0 0 7 0 0 New Orleans ...... 15 4 1 9 1 2 2 35 3 0 Jacksonville ...... 8 3 0 10 2 0 3 18 8 0 NORFOLK, Va. San Francisco ...... 42 6 3 25 4 3 6 81 10 3 115 Third St. 23510 Wilmington ...... 12 1 1 4 1 1 4 22 2 0 Seattle ...... 19 7 0 16 3 0 5 36 8 0 (804) 622-1892 Puerto Rico ...... 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 0 1 Honolulu ...... 5 21 19 9 12 13 88 6 33 22 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Houston ...... 9 2 0 8 0 1 2 20 4 0 . 2604 S. 4 St. 19148 St. Louis ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Piney Point ...... 2 6 1 2 5 4 0 0 7 0 (215) 336-3818 Totals ...... 146 58 28 113 32 26 123 272 88 29 PINEY POINT, Md. Port ENTRY DEPARTMENT St. Mary's County 20674 New York ...... 18 13 3 10 11 3 0 47 30 12 Philadelphia ...... 0 4 2 1 1 1 0 4 8 2 (301) 994-0010 Baltimore ...... 2 7 1 0 5 0 0 3 7 2 Norfolk ...... 4 4 2 1 4 2 0 9 11 5 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. Mobile ...... 3 4 2 1 4 0 0 4 9 8 350 Fremont St. 94105 New Orleans ...... 8 4 20 7 9 11 0 32 24 31 Jacksonville ...... 3 9 5 6 5 4 0 9 14 6 (415) 543-5855 San Francisco ...... 22 10 19 8 3 13 0 68 26 33 Wilmington ...... 15 7 5 7 7 1 0 21 18 11 SANTURCE, P.R. Seattle ...... 10 13 3 12 6 1 0 38 24 8 1057 Fernandez Juncos St. Puerto Rico ...... 8 4 0 10 4 0 0 19 6 0 Honolulu ...... 3 72 150 2 63 100 0 7 82 178 Stop 16 00907 Houston ...... 6 8 1 7 3 1 0 18 15 5 (809) 725-6960 St. Louis ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Piney Point ...... 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 1 SEATTLE, Wash. Totals ...... 102 164 214 72 127 137 0 279 280 302 2505 1 Ave. 98121 (206) 441-1960 Totals All Departments ...... 646 360 313 559 277 223 223 1,367 563 401 *"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month . ST. LOUIS, Mo. **"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month . 4581 Gravois Ave. 63116 (314) 752-6500 Shipping in the month of February was down from the month of January. A total of 1,282 jobs were WILMINGTON, Calif. shipped on SIU-contracted deep sea vessels. Of the 1,282 jobs shipped, 559 jobs or about 44 percent were 510 N. Broad Ave. 90744 taken by "A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "C" seniority people. A total of 223 trip relief (213) 549-4000 jobs were shipped. Since the trip relief program began on April 1, 1982, a total of 7,022 jobs have been shipped.

22 I LOG I March 1988 We had. a tough go, the NMU was breathing down our neck, making it hard for any seaman not belonging to their union. You could look for a. dumping if caught by their beef squad leaving or returning to their ship. We were losing men every day. Some quit sailing but the majority went over to the NMU. We were still using our ISU books, but we knew we had to have a Letters name to give us a little recognition. We got together with the Longshoremen in New Orleans and asked them to let us call our Union To The the ILA. They agreed and this took some of the pressure off us. Our Brothers on the East Coast were holding their own, and things were looking better when we got the word that if we could raise the Bditor money, Harry Lundeberg and the SUP would get us a charter. Years later when I was a New York patrolman I was sent to Washington with John Hawk, the secretary treasurer. In the hotel dining room on the morning we were leaving to return to New York, I asked Harry, "When you agreed to get the SIU a charter, did you honestly believe • • • The Injustice Was a Rational that handful of seamen with their few ships could raise the money?" " His answer and I quote, "There never was a doubt in my mind that Crime ..." bunch of guys like these who were fighting for their livelihood would Recently veterans rights were approved for the merchant marine of fail." World War II, and I wish to commend the SIU, the greatest union on It was hard, and as I look back today I wonder what kept the men earth, for the long fight against opposition like the American Legion. fighting when it was so easy to just walk into any NMU hall, throw Few Americans have knowledge of our role in the war. The injustice your ISU book on the counter and get a NMU work permit. was a national crime against American seamen who were 100 percent But they hung on. AB the ships paid off, the men were asked to give volunteers. In 1942 and 1943 our Navy was limited and we sailed what they could afford, wasn't a hell of a. lot with the wages $72.50 many times without an escort. We slept with our clothes on never and $62.60 and under. But at last that day arrived after being ISU, ILA knowing when we would be torpeodoed. On every ship we were (which was never officially recognized) and the Eastern & Gulf Sailors assigned to a gun station. Association, we had a union and a charter. One ship I will never forget is the SIU Liberty ship the Paul Now we had to start organizing. There were a lot of good men who Hamilton. I bid for a job on that ship in the New York hall in 1944, helped to get the charter, but it seemed that they were forgotten when but lost out. I was in the same convoy with the Paul Hamilton off the officials were sent to administer our new union. Algiers on April 20, 1944. Men were sent from the West Coast to run the ports. Men some of us The record should show that the SS Paul Hamilton suffered the had never heard of. Like M. Biggs who was sent to New Orleans as worst disaster of any merchant ship in World War IL An ammunition representative. He signed the first agreement with Delta Line and ship with 604 American troops aboard, plus a merchant crew and a Waterman and one hell of a job he did. The overtime agreement called Naval armed guard, the Paul Hamilton was sunk by a German plane. for the overtime to start one hour after the seaman was called night or There were no survivors. The bombs touched 01! the ammunition it day. Watches could be broken on arrival and set one hour before wa.a carrying. sa.ili.ng. There was a lot of other clauses that were all for the company. I Viewed thls sad event while aboard the SB Joshua, Ba.rtlett. OUr When some of us beefed and asked Biggs why our aggreement was so starbo d guns fired at the German pla.n.e which sank the Paul much different than the SUP, he said, ''You see the SIU is a three amilton. But a British gunboat, the Colombo, running near our stern department union so we had to give some things in some of the brought it down. departments to get some things in other departments." Now I could My point in bringing this up is that our sm brothers who went not see where that made sense and told him so. He lasted one year in down with the ship were at their assigned gun stations. Remember the New Orleans, never went back to the coast, went to Florida, got in the American Legion called our men draft dodgers, when most of their real estate business. members had to be drafted and escorted to ca.mp. The shipping rules were all in favor of the mother union. The SUP President Franklin D. Roosevelt said "Damn the torpedoes" because had the same shipping rights in our hall as we did, but we did not he knew the real men would deliver. have this right on their ships. If a job wasn't taken on the third call Due to inJuries aboard ship, I had to retire in 1955, costing me an SIU man could take it, but had to get off at the end of the voyage or thouaanas of dollars 1n medical bills. The VA hospital is now a payoff. blessing. AB you stated in your report, in 1944 Paul Hall came along. And Peter Salvo things started to change. Any man who worked for Paul will tell you McKeesport, Pa. he lived every day for the SID. Many a night the lights burned late on Book #24342 Beaver Street. There would be a memo on the Patrolman's Board on the ,, third floor at least three times a week. All patrolmen not on a payoff "Cal Tanner and I Were Shipmates • • • remained after the hall closed for a meeting. As you stated, Paul I have read with great interest the articles in the LOG about the organized a close-knit team and seamen who you named would have beginning of the SIU and its progress. Being a charter member, I followed him anywhere, over a cliff if he had asked. You said it mildly; would naturally want to know one's opinion on the history of our they would have followed him to hell if needed. The reason Paul had union. the respect of the men who went down the line with him was that he Leaving the Navy I joined the ISU. would never ask a man to do something he wouldn't do. He couldn't Cal Tanner and I were shipmates on an old Hog Island Delta Line stand excuses for something that should have been done, and expected ship when the ISU went under. Cal left for Tampa, I stayed in New the elected officials to see that the SIU came first and every seaman Orleans. got first class representation. Delta Lines and Waterman Steam Ship Companies assured us that as Fraternally yours, long as we could crew their ships, they would recognize us and their L.S. Johnny Johnston contract with the ISU. Brandon, 118 IT1$ DUMB •• GET ~ELP! KICK THE DRU6 HABIT/ CONTACT YOUR PORT AGENT OR YOUR UNION. IF YOU SNIFF /T. .. IF YOU SMOKE IT ••• IF YOU 5H007 IT •• ~

March 1988 I LOG I 23 We had a tough go, the NMU was breathing down our neck, making it hard for any seaman not belonging to their union. You could look for a dumping if caught by their beef squad leaving or returning to their ship. We were losing men every day. Some quit sailing but the majority went over to the NMU. We were still using our ISU books, but we knew we had to have a ·Letters name to give us a little recognition. We got together With the Longshoremen in New Orleans and asked them to let us call our Union To The the ILA. They agreed and this took some of the pressure off us. Our Brothers on the East Coast were holding their own, and things were looking better when we got the word that if we could raise the Editor money, Harcy Lundeberg and the SUP would get us a charter. Years later when I was a New York patrolman I was sent to Washington with John Hawk, the secretary treasurer. In the hotel dining room on the morning we were leaving to return to New York, I asked Harcy, "When you agreed to get the SIU a charter, did you honestly believe • • • The Injustice Was a National that handful of seamen with their few ships could raise the money?" " His answer a.nd I quote, "There never was a doubt in my mind that Crime ..." bunch of guys like these who were fighting for their livelihood would Recently veterans rights were approved for the merchant marine of fail." World War II, and I wish to commend the SIU, the greatest union on It was hard, and as I look back today I wonder what kept the men earth, for the long fight against opposition like the American Legion. fighting when it was so easy to just walk into any NMU hall, throw Few Americans have knowledge of our role in the war. The injustice your !SU book on the counter and get a NMU work permit. was a national crime against American seamen who were 100 percent But they hung on. As the ships paid off, the men were asked to give volunteers. In 1942 and 1943 our Navy was limited a.nd we sailed what they could afford, wasn't a hell of a lot with the wages $72.50 many times without an escort. We slept with our clothes on never and $52.50 and under. But at last that day arrived after being ISU, ILA knowing when we would be torpeodoed. On evecy ship we were (which was never officially recognized) and the Eastern & Gulf Sailors assigned to a gun station. Association, we had a union and a charter. One ship I Will never forget is the SIU Liberty ship the Paul Now we had to start organizing. There were a lot of good men who Hamilton. I bid for a job on that ship in the New York hall in 1944, helped to get the charter, but it seemed that they were forgotten when but lost out. I was in the same convoy With the Paul Hamilton off the officials were sent to administer our new union. Algiers on April 20, 1944. Men were sent from the West Coast to run the ports. Men some of us The record should show that the SS Paul Hamilton suffered the had never heard of. Like M. Biggs who was sent to New Orleans as worst disaster of any meroha.nt ship in World War IL An ammunition representative. He signed the first agreement with Delta Line and ship with 504 American troops aboard, plus a merchant crew and a Waterman and one hell of a job he did. The overtime agreement called Naval armed guard, the Paul Hamilton was sunk by a German plane. for the overtime to start one hour a.tter the seaman was called night or There were no survivors. The bombs touched o"ff the ammunition it day. Watches could be broken on arrival and set one hour before wa.a carrying. sailing. There was a lot of other clauses that were all for the company. I Viewed this sad event while aboard the SS Joshua Ba.rtlett. Our When some of us beefed and asked Biggs why our aggreement was so starboard guns fired at the German plane which sank the Paul much different than the SUP, he said, "You see the SIU is a three amilton. But a British gunboat, the Colombo, running near our stern department union so we had to give some things in some of the brought it down. departments to get some things in other departments." Now I could My point in bringing this up is that our SIU brothers who went not see where that made sense and told him so. He lasted one year in down With the ship were at their assigned gun stations. Remember the New Orleans, never went back to the coast, went to Florida, got in the American Legion called our men draft dodgers, when most of their rea.l estate business. members had to be drafted and escorted to camp. The shipping rules were all in favor of the mother union. The SUP President Franklin D. Roosevelt said "Damn the torpedoes" because had the same shipping rights in our hall as we did, but we did not he knew the real men would deliver. have this right on their ships. If a job wasn't taken on the third call to inJuries aboard ship, I had to retire in 1955, costing me an SID man could take it, but had to get off at the end of the voyage or thousands of dollars in medical bills. The VA hospital is now a payoff. blessing. AB you stated in your report, in 1944 Paul Hall came along. And Peter Salvo things started to change. Any man who worked for Paul Will tell you McKeesport, Pa. he lived every day for the SID. Many a night the lights burned late on Book #24342 Beaver Street. There would be a memo on the Patrolmen's Board on the third floor at least three times a week. All patrolmen not on a payoff "Cal Tanner and I Were Shipmates • • • remained after the hall closed for a meeting. As you stated, Paul I have read with great interest the articles in the LOG about the organized a close-knit team and seamen who you named would have beg1nn1ng of the SID and its progress. Being a charter member, I followed him anywhere, over a cliff if he had asked. You said it mildly; would naturally want to know one's opinion on the histocy of our they would have followed him to hell if needed. The reason Paul had union. the respect of the men who went down the line with him was that he Leaving the Navy I joined the ISU. would never ask a man to do something he wouldn't do. He couldn't Cal Tanner and I were shipmates on an old Hog Island Delta Line stand excuses for something that should have been done, and expected ship when the ISU went under. Cal lefi for Tampa, I stayed in New the elected officials to see that the SIU came first and evecy seaman Orleans. got first class representation. Delta Lines and Waterman Steam Ship Companies assured us that as Fraternally yours, long as we could crew their ships, they would recognize us and their L.S. Johnny Johnston contract with the ISU. Brandon, MS IT1$ DUMB •• GET ~ELP! K CKTHE ORU6 HABIT/ CONTACT YOUR PORT AGENT OR YOUR UNION. IF YOU SNIFF /T. .. II=' YOU S'MOKE IT ... IF YOU 5H007 IT •••

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