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LONDON—Australia has clearly emerged as the ships because Australia, too, was involved in the Vietnam sians certainly recognize what the oceans have to offer, latest country to feel the growing threat of Soviet maritime War. both militarily and economically, and they are going expansion. Much concern has been expressed in recent With no action taken on their application for member after it tooth and nail." months over the inroads made by the Russian merchant ship, and aware of the dissatisfaction of European import When asked how the growing Soviet maritime fleet fleet in Australian shipping through a rate war in which ers with the rising price of wool, Australia's chief export, affects the balance of power, Moorer replied that ". . . it the Kremlin has been underbidding the regular shippers the Soviets began offering rate reductions and rebates of gives the Soviet more national power with which they can by as much as 30 percent. up to 30 percent on shipping rates. support their world-wide policies from both a commercial W. R. Russell, Chairman of the Australian Confer At the same time the Russians began to ship their own and military sense, and for that matter, in a political ence Lines, warned at a press briefing here this month wool imports from Australia in Soviet bottoms instead sense, too." that ". . . head-on clashes between the merchant navies of of in the Australian-European Conference ships that had Pointing out that the Russian merchant fleet now ranks eastern bloc countries and those of the western world must formerly carried them and cited a loophole clause in their an impressive seventh in the world, he emphasized: "1 follow if their ships pursue in other areas the policy they agreement with Conference carriersTo justify the new mean they are using it not only for commercial purposes, have adopted in the Australian trade." practice. but also to establish a presence and bring to bear certain The Australian Conference Lines is a group comprising In his statement. Lord Geddes declared he had found influence in various areas of the world. In addition to 19 shipping companies of eight nationalities—mainly Brit ". . . evidence of a noncommercial activity of the Soviet that, it is undoubtedly an effective intelligence weapon in ish and Norwegian—which agrees on uniform rates and merchant marine on many trade routes." His theory seems the sense they have an opportunity to observe world-wide. shipping schedules that do not conflict and whose members borne out by the fact that the two major British container "In wartime, of course, it always has a military potential, carry much of the wool exported from Australia. consortia. Overseas Containers Limited and Associated not only for carrying cargo but also for carrying troops," Russian denials were in reply to a statement issued Container Transportation, have considered it advisable to the Admiral continued. by Lord Geddes, President of the Chamber of Shipping of begin a nine-vessel service from Tilbury to the Australian Citing the vital importance to the nation of building continent using specially constructed cellular container new ships for a balanced Navy, revitalizing the merchant the United Kingdom, in which he called attention to a ships of up to 27,000 tons. growing . . ."threat to British shipping with the appearance marine to a position of strength and modernity, and im of a large Russian fleet." A 'Cold War Navy' proving shipbuilding and ship repair facilities, Moorer stated: u Earlier this year the Russians applied for membership Agreeing with Lord Geddes on his estimate of the Soviet in the Europe-Australia Shipping Conference—which they merchant marine is Admiral Thomas Moorer, U.S. Chief "If we fail to do any of these, it will be tantamount to abandoning sea power as an essential element of our total are now underbidding—and at the time made clear they of Naval Operations, who believes that the Soviets "look upon their merchant marine as a cold-war Navy." national power." would operate in the Australian market, membership or Testifying before the Special Subcommittee on Sea While expanding rapidly on both commercial and naval no membership. Ships to be used would be those homeward Power of the House Armed Services Committee hearings maritime fronts, reports continue to come in of the grow bound to the U.S.S.R. after discharging military cargo in last month. Admiral Moorer reached gloomy conclusions ing Soviet Mediterranean naval fleet. U.S. Sixth Fleet North Vietnam, and which must return around the Cape which were echoed by Representative Gubser (R-Cal.) and Atlantic Alliance observers have reported seventeen o£ Good Hope rather than through the Suez Canal. who, from the testimony, detected "... a shifting of the additions to Russian naval strength in the Mediterranean" This fact, plus the underbidding on cargoes, caused a balance of sea power from the United States to the in recent weeks, bringing the number to 60 naval units, political furor in Australia in which prominent Australians Soviet Union." necessitating NATO to institute a new air watch for called for closing Australian ports to all Communist-bloc In his testimony. Admiral Moorer declared: "The Rus closer observation of Soviet naval activity. Ten Additional Seafarer Oldtimers A Future Seafarer Added to Roster of SfU Pensioners The names of ten Seafarers have been added to the SIU's continually growing pension roster. The latest men to end their seagoing careers are: Angel Valdes, Benito Gardoza, Joseph Costa, Arthur Thompson, Alex Anagnostou, Earley Joyner, Robert Kennedy, Peter Garvin, Fauntleroy Rommel and Roman Viloria. ^ Joseph Costa sailed as a deck Brother Kennedy's last ship was " Angel Valdes joined the Un hand. He was born in Spain and the Producer. He joined the ion in the Port of Philadelphia. is now a resident of Norfolk, Union in Philadelphia in 1941. A long-time member of the stew- where he lives with his wife Mary. Peter Garvin sailed as a cook Brother Costa joined the Union and baker. Joining the Union in in that port and was last employed New York, he is a resident of by the McAllister Brothers. Baltimore. Brother Garvin was Arthur Thompson sailed as AB. born in South Carolina. His last uember of the SIU since 1938, ship was the Calmar. Fauntleroy Rommel joined the Union in Elberta, Mich. A na tive of Clare, Mich., he lives in Frankfort. He was last employed Gardoza by the Ann Arbor Rail Road and ard department, he was born in held a fireman's rating. Florida and now is a resident of Roman Viloria sailed as cook New Orleans. and joined the Union in New Or His last ship was the Alcoa leans. A Seafarer for 30 years, his last vessel was the Penn Trans Garvin Rommel port. Brother Viloria was born in he joined the Union in the Port the Philippine Islands and is a of New York. He lives in Jersey resident of New Orleans with his City, N.J., and is a native of New wife, Ethel. Earley Joyner lives in Balti York City. His last vessel was the Chatham. more, where he joined the Union. A native of Wilson, North Caro^ lina. Brother Joyner sailed as 1 Costa bosun and his last ship was the Whitehall. Master. During World War II he served in the Army. Benito Gardoza joined the SIU ^ittiiSCTiqN Viloria ,^|TOPEC.^I Alex Anagnostou sailed as fire man and oiler. A native of Greece, he now makes his home in New York City. Brother Anag nostou last sailed on the Robin (^Anagnostou Kennedy Hood. He joined the Union in iij.iHe Port of New York. He is the Port of New York in 1943. a'ti^tiye of the Philippine Islands. Robert Kennedy s^iM as AJ8. Seafarer William Perrl.dge, who sails as AB, brings four-year-old A chief steward, his last vessel A native of Philadelphia, he is son William, Jr., to N.Y. headquarters to see shipping ^oard. Brother was the Steel Rover. now a resident . of Camden, N. J. PerricTge is from New York and joined SIU here. Son seems impressed. November, 22, 1968 LQf Page Three
Upgrades To AB Under New Administration Needs of US-Flag Menhant Marine May Receive Long A waited Boost WASHINGTON—When Richard M. Nixon moves into the White House next January, the Ex ecutive reigns of our government will shift into the hands of the GOP. If policies set forth in the Republican Party platform are to be realized, and statements made by the President-elect as a can didate are to be carried out in ^ ance. Certainly, the Republican considerably enhanced by the de practice, the future could be presidential victory carried with parture of Alan S. Boyd, one of somewhat brighter for the mari it very little change in the Con the Johnson Administration's most time industry. gress, both houses of which re outspoken foes of maritime, as Speaking to a Seattle audience main firmly under the control of Secretary of Transportation. last September 25, Nixon took no the Democrats.. The extent of co tice of the United States-flag fleet's Also open to appointment by operation between the new Presi the incoming administration will numerical insufficiency and its dent and the Congress cannot yet "dramatically unbalanced" state, be that of the head of the Mari be accurately predicted. Neither time Adhiinistration—a post including a "glaring deficiency" in can the effect that continued bulk carriers. which has for three and a half high federal expenditures on al years been kept by President "We must have more control ready committed programs will Johnson under an acting chief, over the movement of our own have on other goals, including James W. Gulick. cargoes not only for competitive those of maritime. reasons, but also because of the Two incumbent Republican Terrance Lassila (right) receives his AB's endorsement from port contribution our ships can make Congressional Changes members of the House Maritime agent Jackie Hall in the Duluth hall, recently. Brother Lassila joined to our balance of payments," Nix The Senate Commerce Commit and Fisheries Committee will the SlU in Detroit and now sails for the Reiss Steamship Company. on declared at that time. tee's subcommittee on merchant likely have more to say in the new He promised a new policy aim marine has lost one valuable mem administration, if only because ed at achieving a "higher level of ber in the defeat of Senator Dan their party affiliation may gain co-ordination between naval and iel B. Brewster (D-Md.), a good the ear of the chief executive. Mackerel ^Dumping' In Calif. merchant shipbuilding and > sert- friend of maritime, but remains These are Representatives William ed that "until such time as Ameri otherwise unchanged. In the S. Mailliard (R-Calif.) and Thomas can yards can be independently •House, the Merchant Marine and M. Felly (R-Wash.). Scored by SlUNA Affiliates competitive, I recognize that . . . Fisheries Committee lost Repre The SlU and the AFL-CIO subsidies are necessary ... to sentative John G. Dow (D-N.Y.), Maritime Trades Department and TERMINAL ISLAND, Calif.—^West Coast cannery workers, build ships and deliver them to but is also otherwise intact. The the overwhelming majority of fishermen and boat owners, have joined together to protest Japanese operators at competitive world two chairmen. Senator Warren maritime labor and industry, is "dumping" of Pacific mackerel onto the U.S. domestic market at prices." G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) and Rep poised for the big push on all prices far below actual produc resentative Edward A. Garmatz measures to re' jild the fleet, in tion costs. More American Cargoes (D-Md.) can be counted as con cluding the key forerunner of Japan Might Buy tinuing strong allies in the fight such a program—the passage of SIUNA Vice President Steve Nixon advocated raising the for a strong U.S.-flag fleet, but current 5.6-percent share of the an independent MARAD bill. The Edney, president of the United their influence on the new admin bill is ready, and so are the key Cannery and Industrial Workers US CaaaeJ Tuna movement of American cargoes istration will have to be seen. by U.S.-flag ships to 30 percent. leeislators. It remains to be seen of the Pacific, and Steve Hoin- TOKYO—^The Tokyo Canned whether the new administration sky, secretary-business agent for Tuna Sales Company's recent Also called for during his cam Spearheaded by a concerted paign pronouncements were an drive of maritime labor and indus will live up to its campaign pro the SIUNA-affiliated Seine and price increase on canned tuna in nouncements on the subject and Line Fishermen's Union of San "immediate re-evaluation" of the try and concerned legislators, the brine may soon force Japanese whether 1969 will be the year Pedro, have filed formal protests firms to buy U.S. packed tuna for government's operating subsidy last Congress passed a bill to cre against the dumping with the fed program and assistance to the un- ate the Maritime Administration in which the American merchant resale under their own labels. marine will begin its long overdue eral government. "The dumping, subsidized segment of the fleet, in as an independent agency only to Many Japanese exporters claim comeback as the world's leading if not checked, will completely cluding the tramp-bulk carriers have it killed by a pocket veto that the 50 cent per case price maritime nation. destroy the domestic industry, hike on 7 oz. cans packed 48 to a and Great Lakes operators. Fur when the "present administration which is already depressed and case, definitely makes it more ad ther "modernization and develop apparently remained firm to its fighting to survive. The serious vantageous to buy the U.S. packed ment of our existing port facilities" stand for inclusion of MARAD ness of this matter has caused the product. was also promised by the incom in the Department of Transporta industry here to unite in concerted Japanese exporters have usually ing Chief Executive. tion. Big New Tankers action to protect the jobs of its relied totally upon their own Statements made during a po Nixon has not yet come out members," said Edney. domestic tuna fleet and fishermen litical campaign can only be eval for or against an independent Want Sea Depth, He also added that contacts are for the tuna they pack for export. uated through eventual perform MARAD, but its cause could be being made nationwide to seek the Not Cuts In Crew support of the entire domestic fish New SlU Tanker Launched ing industry in securing a halt to PHILADELPHIA—The bigger the mackerel dumping. they come, the cheaper the cost, is Report on Survey the conclusion of a recent naval architectural and engineering According to the Bureau of study conducted to determine the Commercial Fisheries, the Japan ultimate practical limits on the External Trade Organization has size of tankers to be constructed published a report on the results in the future. And the crew com of its survey of the canned mack pliment would not be altered. erel market in the U.S. Directed toward vessels of the The survey reveals that the 500,000 deadweight-ton class and principal consumer market for larger, the study found that chan canned "wet fish" is in the south- nel and ocean depth pose the only em United States, and that the limits on how large a tanker can demand for the product will con be. It also found that offshore tinue at the present level. The cargo-handling facilities will not report adds that the Japanese are hold back the building of larger hopeful the U.S. market will prove tankers since they can readily to be a good outlet for their cope with the requirements of big canned ^mackerel. vessels. During the period between De The report, prepared by the cember, 1966 and early 1967, ac University of Michigan and pre cording to U.S. government sented before the Philadelphia sec figures, the U.S. imported a total tion of the Society of Naval Ar of 645,000 cases of canned mack chitects last month, found that, erel. These figures reflect only a for various reasons, ship construc small part of the total mackerel tion costs per ton dropped as the import. vessel became larger. The focal point of the Japanese- Fuel and maintenance costs also conducted market survey was were found to drop as the ship's Atlanta, Georgia, but consumers Latest addition to fleet of SlU-contracted Bulk Transport, was 37,250-ton tanker S. T. Williamette, recently size increased, according to the in several northern cities, such as launched, at Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows Point shipyards. 'Named for Oregon's Willamette River, vessel report, while crew requirements Philadelphia, were also contacted. is first of two of this class constructed for Bulk Transport. The vessel has a cruising range of 12,000 miles. remained stable. , • {• 1 V •«. 'u 'n v-' Page Four SEAFAnEltS LOG IVovembcr 22, 1)68 MARAD Stops War Risk Insurance Joining The Pension List On Oldest of Runaway-Flag Vessels WASHINGTON—Interim War Risk Insurance will no longer be made available to runaway- flag tankers or reefers, owned or controlled by U.S. citizens and registered under Panamanian, Hon- duran or Liberian flags, if the vessels are over 25 years old, the Maritime Administration announced this month. can allegedly be called into serv The only exception will be 25 years of age which are other ice by this country in the event wise eligible for War Risk In for tankers modified or jumbo- of a national emergency. surance, the acting Maritime Ad ized by adding a new forebody The War Risk Insurance was ministrator claimed, constitute within the past ten years. Such ves originally made available to vessels only a small percentage of the sels, according to James W. Gul- in this category only until they total vessels of these types avail ick„ acting maritime administra reached twenty years of age. Since able for mobilization requirements tor, will be eligible for the 1960, however, the age require and would not substantially affect insurance until such time as the ment had been liberalized. In 1962 U.S. ability to meet these require oldest section of the ship is 30 and 1963 tankers in the T2 class, ments. years old. , or equivalents, and reefer vessels War risk insurance is provided were made eligible for the insur by the government in order to ance for an indefinite peeriod be Rve fhag Firms bridge the gap between the time yond 20 years. In 1964 jumboized commercial war risk insurance T2 tankers and equivalents were ceases to provide adequate cover granted eligibility for an indefinite ChargedSyCovt age and 30 days after the out period beyond 25 years. break of war involving the major The new restricted age limits SIU Patrolman Herman Troxclair presents a pension check to Angel powers. for the insurance eligibility were WithPrkeFixing Valdes at New Orleans hall. Brother Valdes joined the Union in Runaway ships registered in Li- established in view of the fact Philadelphia and sailed in the steward department. He last sailed NEW YORK—A federal grand 'beria, Panama or Honduras are that siiips in excess of 25 years of on Alcoa Master. Born in Florida, he now lives in New Orleans. jury has charged 15 Dutch, Ger covered by U.S. Government In age may be in terminal stages of man, American and British firms terim War Risk Insurance because obsolescence and thus not opera they are considered by the Navy tionally sound to perform reliable with violating U.S. antitrust laws and the Defense Department to service in the interest of national through an international conspir Republican Thrust Thwarted be under "effective" control of the defense, Gulick declared. The run acy to raise the prices and monop United States. This means they away flag tankers and reefers over olize sales of two widely-used drugs. In Attempt to Capture House The indictments, sought this WASHINGTON—America's voters, from Maine to Hawaii, month by the Justice Department, Effort Sparked By SfU fishermen also accused the combine of con smashed the hopes of the Republican Party for major gains in spiring to defraud the U.S. govern the House. When the 91st. Congress con Ups fl/lilitary's Purchase of Seafood ment on purchases from federal to control the House—and had stockpiles. venes in January, Democrats BOSTON—Through the efforts of SIUNA Vice President James confidently expected to at least The drugs are quinine and will have a 243-192 majority— come close to that figure. D. Ackert, and Acting President Michael P. Orlando of the Atlantic quinidine, both products of the only four less than their present Democrats did much better Fishermen's Union, U.S. military personnel will consume well over bark of South America's cinchona margin. than any pre-election survey had a half-million more pounds of ^ They will elect the Speaker of their "protein food purchases and tree. Quinine is used to treat ma indicated by winning most of the fish next year than in 1968. laria and other diseases; quinidine the House, fill all committee close ones—those House contests menus with a view toward bring chairmanships and name a major Alarmed by the fact that the ing them in line with the military is used in treating many heart ail- rated "toss-ups." They also held total military consumption of sea ment.s. ity of the members of each legis on to a few seats Republicans were fish purchases of the past." lative committee. food was less in 1967 than in "The American fishing industry U.S. firms named in the indict strongly favored to pick up. 1966, and that there was strong ment are the Rexall Drug and Conservatives of both parties In all, Republicans won nine is finding itself faced with the ad will continue to outnumber lib indication that fish purchases were verse effects of ever-increasing Chemical Co., Mead, Johnson and House districts previously held by Co., and R. W. Greeff and Co., erals in the House. But the con-" dropping still lower in 1968, Ack imports of fresh fish'filets and Democrats, but lost five of their an importing firm. servative coalition will not be ert wrote to Representative Wil portions at the same time as gov own congressional seats in return. liam H. Bates, (R-Mass.), pointing One count of the indictment significantly stronger. The impor ernment purchases of seafoods tant House Education & Labor out the seriousness of the situa continue to decline," the Congress dealt with the sale by competitive A complete listing of the new bidding of more than 13.8 million Committee remains firmly liberal. tion and the hardships it would man wrote. House of Representatives will ounces of cinchona products from A Republican President will have bring to the American fishing in "While efforts continue to ob U.S. .stockpiles. The indictment to deal with Democratic congres be found on page 8. dustry. tain control over the influx of for said the companies agreed not to sional leaders to get action on his Bates contacted the Master eign products, a check with the compete with the Netherlands firm legislative program. The GOP would have had to Menu Board of the Armed Serv Defense Supply Agency discloses of Nedchem in the bidding. After That's not the way the GOP win at least nine seats in the East ices and urged that they reappraise that all branches of the military Nedchem made its purchases, the had planned it. to come close to a House major service bought only 26,825,000 drugs allegedly were divided Republicans went into the elec ity. They ended up with a net pounds of fish during the first nine among the defendant companies. tion needing a pickup of 30 seats gain of only one. months of the current fiscal year, They hoped to add a couple of SEAFARERS-I^LOG compared to 31,835,000 pounds seats in the Midwest to their al in the same period a year ago." :Nov. 22, 1968 Vol. XXX, No. 24 ready heavy congressional major Valuable Contribution ' ity from that region. Instead, Official Fubllcatidn of the Nixon Assured Cooperation Seafarers International Union Asserting that whatever increase Democrats made a net gain of of North America, might be effected in the "purchase one. AtlanUc, Gulf, Lakes ; of Americatueaught andprocessed In the West, GOP hopes of and Inland Waters ISstrict, fish filets and portions will be 6y AFL-CIO Pres. lAeany widespread pickups were again AFL-CIO greatly -appreipiated," Bates told Executive Board WASHINGT6N — AFL-CIO President George Meany has i thwarted, -except for the capture PAUL HALL, President each of the military services: assured President-Elect Richard M. Nixon "of the cooperation of New Mexico's two House seats. CAL TANNER EARL SHEPARO "We cannot allow this impor The South proved safe for in Exec. Vice-Prea. of organized labor," in the "great American tradition" of back Vice-President tant domestic producer of food to cumbents—including several lib . AL KERR . LINDSEY WILLIAMS ing the President. Sec.-Treae. Vice-President be eliminated, yet fishing vessel To Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Meany reaffirmed eral Democrats in hard re-election AL TANNER ROBERT MATTHEWS owners in Gloucester and New fights and four conservative Re Vice-President V ice-Presiden t the trade union movement's great regard for him, wiring "you Bedford, Massachusetts are so dis staged a magnificent fight and it has been our honor to have publicans facing strong opposition. Director of Publications couraged that they fear they may The two GOP pickups—one each MIKE POLLACK been among your supporters." Editor have no choice but to go out of In a statement accompanying the wires, the AFL-CIO presi in North Carolina and Virginia— HARRY WITTSCHEN business. Therefore, I believe that dent pointed up labor's complete involvement in the campaign, were in districts without an incum Assistant Editors PETER WEISS your consideration of this matter declaring "we believe that our efforts contributed to the massive bent congressman on theiiallot. WILL KARP could lead to a valuable contribu rejection of the George Wallace campaign of hate as well as to The Republicans did not pick ' 4 BILL MOORE tion to the renewal of hope for up threatened Democratic seats Staff Photographer the election of liberal candidates of both parties to both houses ANTHONY ANSALDI these fishermen." of Congress." in California, Connecticut, Flor Following a July meeting of The job facing the nation now, Meany said, is to "move ida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Poblished biweekly at 810 Rhode Island Avenue their Menu Board, the services ad Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, N.E., Washington, D. C. 20018 by the Seafar- forward" to solve the problems of the cities, poverty, educa ers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes vised Congressman Bates that they tion, health care and all the rest. "We intend to keep fighting New York, Pennsylvania and and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 673 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, N.V. 11232. Tel. were unable to increase the num for those goals," he said, and "we are awaiting the details of Washington. HYaclnth 9-6600. Second class postage paid ber. of seafood servings beyond at Wasblngtons, D. C. the programs to solve these problems that President-Elect Nixon Basically, the House that will POSTMASTER'S ATTEHTIOM: Form 3579 57 for the calendar year 1968, but promised during his campaign." legislate during the first two years cards should be sent to Seafarers International a total of 58 servings have been Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland To the "thousands of trade union volunteers," Meany sent of the Nixon Administration is Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue, programed for 1969. very much like the House that 8r,pqkiyn, N.y. 11232. , his personal thanks, noting "they have contributed much to the nc- That one extra meal will require . grea'tildemocratiC'process of this country . . . and have helped served during the last two years about 656,250 more pounds of make .America.'better.''f' of President Johnson's Adminis fish. tration. i November 22, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five 'S. •0 Nixon Leadership Mandate Dulled by Razor-Tbin Victory WASHINGTON—Richard taken five southern states for a. M. Nixon, the choice of the total of 45. i American voters to be their 37th The presidential election was President, emerged from the one of the closest in the nation's fi 1968 election with a leadership history and Nixon'Sr majority was not established until mid-morning / mandate clouded by the razor- thin margin of his victory and the of the day after Election Day when the last remaining precincts in 4 failure of his party to achieve con trol of Congress. Illinois gave him the state and put Nixon won the election with the him over the top in electoral votes. support of about 43 percent of Illinois, in fact, told the story the electorate, relying heavily on of the election. Most observers rural and suburban areas. He put had conceded it well in advance together an Electoral College ma as firmly in Nixon's camp just as jority of 302, largely in the same two months ago they had given southern, midwestern and western Humphrey little chance of coming states that had formed the base close to victory. of his strength in capturing the But support for the Vice Presi Republican nomination. dent took a strong upward surge But the GOP fell far short of in the latter stages of the cam National unity after the nation had made its choice at the polls on November 5 was sym paign, and became evident as re its goals in the legislative branch bolized by the post-election meeting of the Democratic candidates, Vice President Hubert Hum turns were counted in such key as it posted a net gain of only phrey and Senator Edmund Muskie, of Maine, with President-Elect Richard Nixon in Florida, four House seats and five Senate states as Illinois, Ohio, New Jer seats. sey and California—all of which a new term, organized labor was bearer only to lose to John F. ship vacuum and began to build Thus Nixon, when he takes the Nixon forces had counted on. the first major group in Hum Kennedy in an election almost as for a new presidential drive. office next Jan. 20, will be the All four finally went to the Re publican by narrow margins, but phrey's corner. In the months that close as this one. He campaigned cooly and con first man in 120 years to assume followed, he methodically built the presidency while confronted a swing of one or two to Hum Two years later, Nixon was fidently, keying his appeal to a phrey could have produced an support among disparate elements dealt a staggering setback by the call for "new leadership" and with a Congress firmly in the of the Democratic Party to win hands of the opposition party. He Electoral Colle
Will Pi^blic Be Protected? Consumer Product Safety Agency Buffalo USPHS Extends Coverage for Outpatients In Hassle Over Public Disclosures BUFFALO, N. Y.—Seafarers in the Buffalo area are advised WASHINGTON—Will homeowners be informed about the hazards of household products found that the United States Public Health Service Outpatient Clinic here is extending service to merchant seamen for a period up to to be dangerous? Or will the agency set up to protect the consumer conceal such facts because pub 180 days following their most recent sea service. The previous lic disclosure is liable to upset the manufacturer? grace period following sea service was 90 days. The extension is This question seems to be up ^ consumers can protect them Also, the amount of consumer provided for in a new ruling from the Public Health Service di in the air. And the safety of the selves," Pertschuck explained. protection remaining — if "Chair vision of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and people seems to be in the same The obligation of the commis man Elkind's clarnp on public remains in effect through April 30, 1969. place—at least at this moment— sion, according to Pertschuck is to disclosure is to prevail in a pro Conditions which must be met by applicants are: because of mixed emotions evi work with the producer of a gram of manufacturer testing— • There must be documentary evidence that the Seafarer had denced by a panel charged with dangerous item so as to recall or was not touched upon. a vital function. at least 60 days service aboard a registered vessel of the U.S. repair it. At the same time, the A study of more than 200 •The shipping company or the Union must furnish documen The trouble lies within the responsibility is there to warn the seven-man National Commission household items is under way and tary evidence that the Seafarer applied for a job within 60 days public about items already in the the commission has until Decem immediately following his last sea service. This should also state on Product Safety which can't possession of the consumer. seem to agree on when the public ber, 1969, to complete its report. that no employment was available from the time he applied for A case which illustrated how treatment. should be told about products his guidelines would be applied It is to be hoped that by that found to be dangerous for general was defended by Elkind, who in time manufacturers of faulty prod • The patient's record should contain documentation to sub use. dicated that the manufacturer ucts will be required to identify stantiate the 90 days extention of the 90-day grace period. Set up by an act of the ninetieth himself would do most of the themselves and discuss the facts. Congress, the commission's job is testing. He offered no explanation, to identify household products however, as to how the manufac which endanger the American turer could be trusted to judge the consumer's health or safety. It safety of a product he had already has the authority to act to bring thought well enough of to release New LORAN Navigational System about correction of hazards which publicly. are uncovered as a result of its in At any rate, in at least one case vestigations. the manufacturer voluntarily with Allows Exact Location Fix in Gulf Facts Kept Secret drew his product, Elkind claimed. WASHINGTON—Flicks of three switches activated a new Coast Guard navigational system in The commission chairman, He seemed little concerned that its the Gulf of Mexico early this month which enables mariners to determine their exact location at sea Arnold B. Elkind, a New York only fault, apparently, was that its use resulted in the consumer ac regardless of weather conditions, and without being dependent on land masses as visual references. lawyer, said there was general In simultaneous ceremonies agreement ar^ong commission quiring a third degree burn. The at Port Isabel, Galveston in members that information con chairman also carefully declined cerning products found hazardous, to name either the manufacturer Texas and at Grand Isle, La., and voluntarily withdrawn from or the product involved—thereby the Coast Guard put into opera the market by their manufacturers, leaving its withdrawal less in the tion a $2 million LORAN (Long would riot be released. public interest than in the realm Range Aid to Navigation) network "We would misuse the tnist and of private company protection which it claims will take much confidence manufacturers have with Elkind's willing cooperation. of the guesswork out of naviga placed in us if the information Under questioning by a news tion in the area it serves. were publicized," Elkind declared man at the meeting—as to whether The Coast Guard's Eighth Dis to a meeting of about 200 con the Freedom of Information Act trict commander. Rear Admiral sumers, industry representatives didn't require the release of the RosS P. Bullard, described the and members of the press at a information to the public—Elkind system as a ". . . revolution in meeting here in the auditorium hedged that the information was navigation for the Gulf of Mex of the Museum of History and in the form of inter-agency ico." Technology. "We do not want memos and, as such, was exempt "Mariners who use it," he said, manufacturers to look at us with from disclosure under the Act. "will be able to pinpoint their lo an attitude of fear." No questions were asked as to cations without visual reference. These two rooms of electronic equipment, valued at more than Whether they are out of sight of A different viewpoint was ex whether this meant that any infor $430,000, are part of the Coast Guard LORAN transmitting station land, or if it's overcast, if the pressed by Mike Pertschuck, a mation which the commission facilities at Grand Isle, La. This installation, and two similar ones at the commission member and counsel deemed it inadvisable to release compass is broken, regardless of winds and currents . . . LORAN cities of Galveston and Port Isabel, Texas, went on the air November 1 to the Senate Commerce Commit could not be put on inter-agency to bring all-weather, precision navigation to the entire Gulf of Mexico. tee. He said the power to publi memos and thus be automatically will give them a fast and accurate cize lay with the commission and exempt from public disclosure. position fix." In obtaining this position fix, tude and longitude, or relative jacent pairs. Thus, in the Gulf of should be used immediately when Nor, for that matter, was there the navigator refers to an elec bearings. Mexico LORAN chain there are a "serious hazard was uncovered." any query as to why only one tronic grid that LORAN has The concept of LORAN is not four pairs of stations: "^\^^en our information indi case of voluntary withdrawal of placed over the entire Gulf of new—it has been in use since Port Isabel and Galveston, Gal cates a serious hazard exists in a product had so far resulted from Mexico, and finds where two lines World War II—but this Gulf sys veston and Grand Isle, Grand Isle a product already sold and in the the testing procedures which were cross on the LORAN chart. tem is the first built to serve the and Cape San Bias, and Cape San home, the commission will make supposedly to be made voluntarily needs of commerce rather than Bias and Venice. the fact known publicly so the by the manufacturers. Replaces Old Methods defense. For each pair a straight line Until now, navigation in the The new system incorporates (called the base line) can be drawn Gulf of Mexico has been limited to two existing stations at Cape San through the two stations. At this celestial fixes, dead reckoning, Bias and Venice, Fla. These .sta base line all the LORAN lines COPE-Endorsed Candidates radar, radio beacons, and depth tions were originally built and op are perpendicular and from there soundings. There were numerous erated by the Air Force and date they extend out over the Gulf in drawbacks 4o these methods, and from the late 1940s. With a third long sweeping curves through va-. Victorious In Most Contests they all depended on the individ station at Biloxi, Miss., they rious arcs. Because the base line between Galveston and Port Isa WASHINGTON—Nearly six out of every 10 candidates en ual skill of the navigator. In addi formed a LORAN chain that pro vided good coverage only in the bel, as an example,, is at consid dorsed by the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education for the tion, celestial fixes required clear weather, and radar needed a land eastern Gulf of Mexico. By the erable angle to the base line be 91st Congress were victorious, an analysis of the new Congress mass within its range to be effec time signals from that chain tween Grand Isle and Galveston, disclosed. ^ of 62 percent in the 1962 congres tive. reached the western Gulf they the LORAN lines of position from Of the 353 candidates endors sional elections. The principle of the new were no longer usable for position the two pairs cross hatch the Gulf ed by COPE for the House and COPE endorsements are made LORAN network is based on the fixes. in a distorted grid pattern. The Senate 201, or 57 percent, won at the state and congressional dis length of time it takes for a radio The station at Biloxi was closed same is true of the other pairs. their contests. In the 1966 congres trict levels by state AFL-CIO signal to travel from transmitter down Nov. 1 when the new Grand Chief beneficiaries of the sys sional elections only about 53 per groups. The endorsements are to receiver. Signals transmitted Isle facility began transmitting. tem, according to the Coast cent of COPE-endorsed candidates based primarily on the records or simultaneously from two different The move was made to integrate Guard, will be commercial fisher won at the polls. the espoused programs of the can points will take different lengths the old chain and the new one, men in the Gulf, who can reduce Including candidates for the didates in terms of a wide number of time to travel to a third receiv giving better coverage throughout fuel costs because of the shorter governorships running with COPE of economic, welfare and labor ing point, and in effect act as a the entire Gulf. running time gained by pinpoint endo;-sement, the winning percent issues. triangulation system for the navi Transmitting stations operate in navigation. age came to 56, a bit higher than In the 1968 campaign COPE gator. pairs. Each pair produces the two Another advantage will be the the 55 percent victories scored in endorsed 326 House candidates When he obtains these elapsed- signals that are needed to get one shortened running time required the comparable 1960 election. of whom 186 were recorded as time readings, the navigator then line of position reading. Pairs are for the Coast Guard to carry out In 1964 in the Johnson land- winners. Fifteen of the 27 Senate compares them to LORAN charts further arranged in chains of three its rescue missions, a time factor slide,'^COPE-backed candidates set candidates won election and six which hdVe been, over-printed on or more stations..When the chain that can spell the difference be a record high victory margin of 67 of the 17 endorsed ^bernatorial tdfi of f
Junk mail before medical equipment and concerned with the lives of Seafarers and When seamen, and others, find that they service? others, is being slowly starved. The bulk have to wait in long lines; that clinic ap Soil conservation before nurses and tech of the impact hasn't been felt—^yet. pointments, will be spread out over longer nicians? Faced with the Budget Bureau's overall and longer periods, they may slowly be Perhaps the above is too starkly drawn, directive—issued last July 1—to fill only come discouraged and look for help else but there is mounting evidence that the one out of two job vacancies, the Post where or—^worse yet, put off treatment. economy drive of the 90th Congress had Office Department's boss, Postmaster Gen This must not be allowed to happen. a tough time wrestling with priorities—^with eral W. Marvin Watson, told Congress in There is no reason why the USPHS results that portend disaster. no uncertain terms: "Cut and people won't should not continue to be tops in medical The now adjourned Congress demanded get their mail. We must drastically curtail care, equipment and personnel. Our society —and got—a high price-tag for going along services." is dealing with human lives here—not junk with President Johnson's program for a Afraid of repercussions from the ptiblic mail; not soil. Priorities are certainly lop 10-percent income tax hike. This was that —and, especially the big mailers—the Con sided when such interests take preference the administration agree to a $6 bilRon-cut gress promptly passed a law freeing the and should be re-examined. in spending by government agencies and on Post Office from the job freeze. What might the situation be like a year government programs. Similarly, the Senate took action to ex from now? If there is a move on, as has Result? An agency like the United States empt $1 billion in farm price support pay been declared by some, to eventually phase Public Health Service, which is directly ments from the $180 billion ceiling on out the USPHS, something must be done Federal spending. Also released from the quickly to preserve the traditional function budgetary and personnel cutback order of these institutions or they will inevitably was the Soil Conservation Service. At the deteriorate. same time, however, the Senate cut an Once before, in 1965, a virulent attack estimated total of $500 million from Fed was launched on the USPHS when the De eral funds to states which extend the Medic partment of Health, Education and Welfare aid program to persons not on the relief threatened to close down seven of its hos rolls. Apparently health is considered ex pitals and transfer patients to Veteran Ad pendable. And make no mistake about it— ministration facilities. The hospitals in the pinch will be felt. volved at that time were at Boston, Nor The United States Public Health Service folk, Savannah, Galveston, Memphis, Chi first began with the recognition of the cago and Detroit. special health needs of seamen. It dates The SI UNA testified before the Appro back—in one form or other—to 1789 and priations subcommittee, and the House is the oldest medical program in the United Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, States. Today, it operates a total of ten which were conducting hearings on the hos general, hospitals, a leprosy hospital, 28 pital closings. The Union then strongly op separate out-patient clinics and 124 other posed the direct curtailment of services, out-patient clinics in other hospitals. It and continues to oppose indirect curtail has been a pioiieer in preventive medicine ment by attrition, on the basis that VA and is outstanding in its provision of medi facilities are inadequate for the most basic cal facilities, offering quality care to Civil USPHS functions, let alone the more com The USPHS hospital in Staten Island, N.Y., is clean and modern inside Service employees, seamen. Coast Guard prehensive facilities which were planned for and out. Federal cutbacks threaten this, and other hospitals like it. personnel. Army dependents and American them. Indians. All this comes under the direct sur veillance of the Surgeon General of the U.S., William H. Stewart The medical equipment available in the USPHS hospitals stacks up well against most hospitals in the U.S. It is also inter esting to note that the cost of a day's care in Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., is $85. At the USPHS hospital in Staten Island, only a stone's throw away, it is $45 per day. Services in these USPHS hospitals, and in the many clinics, are excellently staffed and maintained. But the economy squeeze prevents the updating of equipment. In an age of advances in medicine and medical research, the need for innovations, such as intensive care units for coronary cases and much costly diagnostic equipment, are still regarded as frills—because of constant low Seafarer Thomas J. Connell, budgeting. But such "frills" save lives. Deck Dept. enjoys smoke Wide aisles and a clean ward make hospitalization as pleasant as possible There is, besides, a chronic staff shortage for patients at Staten Island Hospital, one of the finest in the U.S. in such high-turnover categories as nurses, in ward while recuperating. technicians, and dietary experts. Here, the With the help of the Commissioned Offi filling of vacancies is difficult enough even cers Association of the USPHS and the with adequate funding. But now, under the American Legion—both of which joined in directive of Congress, vacancies are or the fight—the move was beaten back at that dered to be kept unfilled. Personnel will time. A SIUNA-backed bill introduced by be cut—^from file clerks, to technicians, to Representative Jacob H. Gilbert (D.-N.Y.) nurses and beyond. was the vehicle used to win that phase of Put simply, this metms that an inadequate the continuing fight. situation will become increasingly more in A typical call by the American Medical adequate. Association, also in 1965, for the end to Put in terms of human impact, it means hospital and medical care for seamen in that a seaman who comes into a USPHS USPHS hospitals was also defeated by a 11 hospital—^with a hernia, for example—^will vigorous protest of the SIUNA. soon have to wait three months for care In a report to President Johnson in 1967, instead of a week. While emergencies will the National Advisory Commission on continue to receive prompt attention, treat Health Manpower declared that there is ment of all elective-type conditions will a "crisis" in American health care. The gradually be eliminated. Wards, with an President, at that time declared that there They're on the ball! Recreation time finds Seafarer Kenneth Beverly of increasing lack of. adequate personnel and , was a need for action to rescue the USPHS Engine Department shooting pool as tv/o fellow patients in hospital look on. equipment,'will have to be clos^. One by before it's too late. one. .<• .1 .Hn The time for action is now. to ...i IVoVeriiber' 22, 1968 • I Page TeA » .'i SEMrMRSyRS. La(? > MTD Great Lakes Conference Maps Rescue of Fleet DETROIT—Measures to rescue American shipping on the Great Lakes, seen to be on a dangerous course and heading for disaster, were America discussed here last month by some 200 delegates of 12 Port Councils at the Great Lakes Conference of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De partment. Representatives of 38 international unions participated. SIU President Paul Hall, who is also pre.sident of the MTD, pointed out that most merchant marine ve.ssels plying the Great Lakes today are more than 40 years old and have just about outlived their usefulness in terms of efficiency and safety. "The American merchant marine has slippe 1 to a minor position in World shipping since World War II," Hall no,"d He called for an im mediate American shipbuilding program as a major contribution toward solving some of the problems which exist. The SIU president also discussed water pollution and the development of lake ports and added that "legislation and government action will be proposed on these var ious issues." Ed Kraft, Vice Pres. Detroit MTD Port Coun Peter M. McGavin (left), MTD Exec. Secretary-Treasurer Peter McGavin, MTD executive secretary-treasurer, traced the in trades views with (l-r): Pres. Amos Stewart of Detroit cil (left) chatted with Gene Muskie, brother dustry's decline since World War II, when this nation's fleet was the of Senator Edmund Muskie, and Pres. Ber MTD Port Council. John Schreier, AFL-CIO Regional largest in the world. McGavin fold the 200 MTD delegates that U.S. nard Puchalski of Chicago Port Council.' Director, and Fred Farnen, Detroit MTD Sec.-Treas. ships carry less than seven percent of the world's cargo, even though it is the greatest trading nation in the world. "The U.S. is not even in the top ten nations in tonnage shipped and ranks 16th as a shipbuilding nation," he observed, and emphasized also that top priority must be given to construction of docking facilities in Detroit. Chicago and other Great Lakes ports as well. McGavin re called that the U.S. merchant fleet experienced its greatest strength and growth in the 1936 to 1950 period—a period during which the country boasted an independent Maritime Administration. Listening to Rep. VV'illiam Addina his own observation on the grim picture. Representative John Ford are (l-r): Don Bens- Dingell (D-Mich.) outlined some legislative lifelines he is urging Con man, Exec. Sec.-Treas., gress to throw to the maritime industry. A member of the House Mer Cleveland MTD Port chant Marine and Fisheries Committee, the Dearborn legislator has Council: John Yarmola, advocated tax relief and subsidies to shippers and a continuing effort MTD Great Lakes co-or-' to help revive American shipping on the Great Lakes. dinator: Ford; Rep. John "Since 1955 our Lakes fleet has decreased by 130 vessels," Dingell Dingell, Stewart & rarnen. observed. "Today we have fewer than 250 ships." He stressed also that the inland fleet "is even more obsolete than the American ocean going fleet. About 45 percent of the Lakes fleet was built before 1915." ; Other speakers at the day long conference included Detroit's Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, Michigan Attorney General Frank J. Kelley and Representatives Martha Griffiths, Democrat of Detroit County and Wil liam Ford, Democrat of Wayne County.
le^Cr; |k Inictiid yVateri^ plstrlct November 1 to November 14, 1968 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Boston 1 2 1 1 2 11 4 New York 33 43 44 35 12 180 114 Philadelphia 10 7 3 4 4 22 16 Baltimore 34 19 26 11 8 77 42 Norfolk ;. 5 4 1 2 3 30 28 Jacksonville 20 12 16 10 10 11 6 Tampa 9 2 3 2 0 9 7 Applauding remarks of Frank Kelly, Michigan Attorney General, are: Mobile 17 22 0 7 0 63 22 left to right: Johnny Williams, Secretary-Treasurer, Wayne County T jw Orleans 23 30 13 20 3 103 110 Houston 51 27 24 22 17 61 65 AFL-CIO; John Yarmola; Bernard Puchalski and Pete McGavin. Wilmington 27 25 28 26 16 34 1 San Francisco ... 34 50 36 52 31 64 16 Seattle 19 21 22 17 16 41 10 MARAD Places Six More Vessels 283 264 217 209 122 706 441 ENGINE DEPARTMENT On North Vietnam, Cuba Blacklists TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED SGISTERED on BEACH All Groups All Groups All Groups WASHINGTON—Four more ships have been added to the Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B North Vietnam blacklist and two placed on the Cuba blacklist, Boston ,. 0 3 1 3 1 6 2 the Maritime Administration announced this month. At the same New York '. 33 46 34 44 20 110 138 time two Finnish vessels were ^ Philadelphia 6 5 3 6 1 15 14 flag ships Dolphin of 3,550 tons, Baltimore 21 16 11 18 6 46 40 removed from the Cuba list. 21 and Johnny of 9,689 tons. Norfolk 4 6 1 3 0 17 Jacksonville 13 18 6 14 7 10 13 The MARAD report for Oc Two Polish-flag ships—the Tampa 6 1 2 4 2 6 6 tober brings the number of ships Mickiewic at 4,344 tons, and the Mobile 21 15 0 8 3 39 22 Szymanowski of 9,023 tons—as New Orleans ..... 19 21 10 20 6 70 98 blacklisted for calling at North 60 66 Vietnamese ports to 58 vessels of well as British-flag Court Harwell, Houston 20 21 17 21 11 Wilmington 7 18 8 24 20 17 1 398,891,tons. For Cuba the total 7,133 tons, and Somali vessel San Francisco ... 44 63 32 54 47 50 12 is 188^ ships of 1,344,557 tons, Yvonne of 8,997 tons, were the Seattle 19 19 7 15 19 16 11 a drop of three vessels from the additions to the North Vietnamese Totals 213 252 132 234 143 462 444 •1. last report for that country. blacklist. - STEWARD DEPARTMENT A The Maritime Administration MARAD reported that the own ers of the two Finnish-flag vessels TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED REGISTERED on BEACH maintains shipping records of Free All GroupB World and Polish carriers to de removed from the Cuba list—the All Groups All Groups Port Class A Class B Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B termine which vessels have traded 3,576-ton Isomeri and the 11,631- 1 0 1 5 1 at Cuban and North Vietnamese ton tanker Sword—had agreed to Boston 2 3 keep all ships under their control New York 21 14 29 17 25 116, 64 ports, and those that have done Philadelphia 7 2 2 4 7 18 14 so are placed on MARAD's black away from Cuba. In all, carriers Baltimore 27 17 10 11 13 70 26 controlling 937 ships have prom lists for these countries. This Norfolk 7 9 1 0 1 18 28 ised to keep all of their vessels out Jacksonville ..... 6 6 7 7 15 8 5 means that these carriers are no of Cuban ports in return for hav Tampa ^. 4 3 2 2 3 8 3 longer eligible to carry U.S. Gov Mobile 22 10 2 3 3 51 19 ing 122 ships removed from the New Orleans 23 16 10 14 2 97 71 ernment-generated cargoes until blacklist by MARAD since its in their owners pledge to keep their Houston 17 22 17 8 11 59 40 ception. Wilmington 5 22 9 14 13 19 0 ships from these,two areas. C9fnpilatip^ San,Francisco ... 36 59 34 65 33 40 29 , h. - :T . SedC#': jp 17''''^ i 10 18- 7. 4 i: 28 6 $]• The two ves^ls added,to the: the ninety-pecond, fpvision of, Totats-H H nr 194"•! 193 ,143' 152 131 ./ 537 1 306 Cuba blacklist are the Cypriot- lists'.' ' i Z-: .lii -irrij rember 22, 196ft SEAFARE^RS^ laO Page Eleven ieafarer Thanks LOG eight months to find out that [For Recent Story they have these ships supposedly under control? If this is the way Peruvian Trip on Hospital Ship Hope I To the Editor: they operate, how long would I feel that I must write a few it take—let's say we were in a lines of appreciation for the fine national emergency—to locate writeup in the September 27 those ships, to marshal them Warmly Recalled by Seafarer Milton issue of the LOG. I gave a copy under orders, to get them to to each of my seven grandchil- carry the strategic cargoes that Seafarer Peter Milton, who has been sailing since 1942, recalls a 1962 voyage aboard the hospital might be required of them? I dren and they think it's great. ship Hope as one of the most unusual and satisfying experiences of his life. It was, he said from his I would like to thank the Un It seems to me the whole home in Sa , Francisco, "a voyage that probably spread more good will for America than many of ion so much for all the things idea of "effective control" as the projects the Government f used by the Navy brass in re it has done for me in the past spends a large amount of money Trujillo, with a population of tend to the medical problems of ferring to runaway-flag ships is years. I would like to say I have on." around 25,000. Milton remembers his own department in his capac always thought it a lucky man a lot of malarkey. Perhaps it is that it was a primitive area, and ity as steward delegate. "Crew a smoke screen used to conveni The hospital ship was spon who's a member of the SIU. sored by the People-to-People • the people were for the most men got sick from time to time part quite poor and employed Through the years, I have given ently overlook the fact that the Health Founda and other problems would come mainly by the sugar industry. Al so little and received so much. only real control possible—just tion, a private, up. I guess I spent more time as though they now have modern delegate than I did on my job." When I call all of you Brothers as the SIU and other opponents non-profit foun equipment, the refineries at that I feel proud to be called a of this questionable system have dation, that made The Hope treated some 40,000 time had no machinery, a major patients during its stay and by Brother by you. maintained all along—is that its maiden trip reason for the poverty in the area. the time the vessel left the coun Please thank for me whoever over American-flag ships, reg to Indonesia in wrote this story about me. I try, thousands of Peruvians were istered in the U.S., manned by 1960. The trip Generous Crew would especially like to thank on hand to see them off. American crews, and facing up made to Peru by The crew aboard the Hope the Union officers here in Bal Brother Milton Because the area was remote, timore for their concern and all squarely to U.S. safety stand consisted of 47 men in the stew entertainment facilities were limit ards. And—what is most impor Milton was the ship's sec ard department and about 100 of the help they have gladly ond. ed, said Milton. For relaxation, tant—operating at all times "di He sailed Seafarers overall, Milton said. In given me while I was in the in the steward department and the men would go mostly to local hospital and at all times. I think rectly under regulations and addition, the hospital ship's medi facilities and utilize the ship's rec served as department delegate on cal staff numbered 25 doctors we have the best patrolmen and directives of the United States," the trip. "We left from San Fran reational area. agents and welfare workers as the LOG story put it. and 35 nurses. The crew members cisco and spent some nine months of the Hope were always ready Brother Milton was born in there are. Let us hope the new Admin in Peru," he recalled. "When we New York City in September of I did not want to retire from and willing to lend a helping hand istration in Washington will first got there, we were greeted by when needed. "At Christmas time, l9l6, but he moved to Maryland the sea, but the doctors at the realize the importance of a a number of 'Yankee Go Home' when he was very young. His Marine Hospital thought it best they donated $1,500 to buy pres strong and effective American signs, but by the time we left, first trip to sea was as waiter on after the third heart attack. I ents for the children," Milton re merchant marine and will set they were all gone," Milton, a called. "In addition to that most the Swedish passenger ship cannot praise the hospital here member of the SIU Pacific Dis Kungsholm in 1942. Following a too much for they have the best about the task of rebuilding the of the men volunteered their serv trict, said. ices as blood donors whenever an trip to Alaska, Brother Milton doctors and nurses in the world, fleet and replacing the 20-year- caught the Robert Lucas, carrying The ship was unable to tie up emergency arose." as far as I am concerned. In old and older ships that make ammunition to Guadacanal in up most of our tonnage now. at a dock because of heavy sea addition, I wish to thank you swells common to the area, so The Seafarers stood ready at September of 1943. When the for giving us as fine a paper as And v'hen we get another they had to drop anchor some night, while the Peruvian Army vessel entered the war zone it the LOG, which I have read independent MARAD bill distance out and patients from were the primary donors of blood came under heavy fire, surviving during the day. and received all over the world. through this next Congress—as the nearby communities were 27 waves of attacking Japanese Now that T am beached. 1 I am confident we will—let's brought to the ship by ii g. Mil In addition to treating those fighters, mostly at night. "It took sure do appreciate having it here also hope that the new Presi ton rec: ".^d. "The tughoais were who were ill, a major job of ten days for us to unload our at home. I wish the LOG editor dent will sign it promptly as the on duty 24 hours a day and the Hope was the training of i a- ammo from that ship," he said. and personnel the best of every means of creating a realistic ap brought patients aboard about tive doctors and nurses. Mi! 3n Many Ribbons thing. Thanking you again for proach to the long neglected up every fifteen minutes—day and said. "I was always impressed by your wonderful writeup. grading of our maritime indus the dedication of the ship's doc This was the first of many am night." munition runs that Milton has Sincerely, try. The nearest town was Sala- tors and nurses. I have always Benjamin Gary, John De Tirsis been glad I had the opportunity made, a fact of which he is justly verry, with a population of some proud. 2,500 people and it served as to sail on that ship." ' ^ "I've hauled ammunition in V the port for the larger city of Brother Milton also had to at- three wars and have five Mer ' Praises Union Seafarers Widow chant Marine and three Army ' Upgrading Aid Thanks The SIU ribbons," he said. He is entitled / To the Editor: to wear Merchant Marine ribbons To the Editon FINAL DEPARTUItES for Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterran My wife and I would like to I would like to express my ean. Combat and Vietnam, plus ' take this opportunity to thank Army ribbons for Korean Army the SIU and the Associated appreciation to the SIU Wel Albert Weems, 64: Seafarer Daniel Roes, 46: Heart disease fare Fund for the check I re Occupation, Asiatic Pacific and Maritime Officers Union for all Weems died on October 3, in claimed the life of Brother Roes, ceived so promptly following the World War II Victory ribbon. their help during my schooling Houston. At the October 1, in In addition he also received a , period. the recent death of my hus time of death, he North Bergen, band, Charles, and for the certificate for continuous service A married man, with a fam- was on an SIU N. J. Employed kindness extended to us by his pension. Born in by the New York from the Maritime Commission • ily and home to maintain, finds for World War II. His most recent it very difficult financially to Union Brothers. Columbus, Geor Central Railroad, " go full time to school. The sub- The money will help me see gia, he made his he joined the Un ship, the Barnard Victory out of , sistence provided by the unions our 13-year-old son through home in Hous- ion in New York. San Francisco carried ammo to . enabled us to carry through school. His father and I always ton. Brother Born in New Jer Vietnam. . during the training time. shared the wish that he get a Weems joined the sey, Brother Roes During the Second World War, Receiving my second mate's good education. Thank you Union in Savan held a deckhand's Seafarer Milton also served with ' license was a dream come true again. nah, and sailed as an AB. His rating. During World War, he the Auxiliary Police, Military Sincerely, after sailing as bosun for 24 last vessel had been the Seafarer served in the Army. Surviving is Police and the California State Mrs. Gladys Favrean in 1966. He had served in the his mother, Mrs. Louise Roes, years. Guard during a brief period Army prior to joining the SIU. of North Bergen. The funeral was Sincerely, ashore. He went back to sea for Henry Bilde, B 371 — 4^ — Burial services were held at the held in that city. San Jacinto Memorial Park Ceme good in 1947, however. In J's Sunken Lakes Ship tery in Houston. 4^ spare time, he enjoys the theatre, Recalled by Seafarer foreign movies and the opera. Charles Bush, 68: Brother Bush To the Editon died on October 28, at USPHS I am writing you this short Juan RivaduUa, 45: Brother Hospital in San letter in memory of those who livadulla died on October 24, at Francisco. He /Hov/ Effective died when the Carl J. Bradley the USPHS Hos was a native of sank in the cold North Lake pital in Baltimore. New York and 'Is Late 'Control'? Michigan waters on November He was a mem had lived in San Bill Gumsey .To the Editon 18, 1958. ber of the deck Francisco. Broth Please contact your sister, Betty department and er Bush sailed in I was interested to read your A total of 33 lives were lost Vitelli, at 578 Woodbine Avenue, on this tragic occasion ten years sailed as an AB. the deck depart Toronto, Ontario. Very urgent in item, "Navy Declares 'Effec- His last vessel ment as AB and .tive Control' Over 423 Runa ago. Two crewmembers were reference to Mother. was the Charles he joined the SIU way-flag Vessels" referring to rescued. in the Port of New York. His • Liberian, Panamanian and Hon- I am a fireman on the A.K.A., ton. A native of 4, duran registered ships. a motor vessel of the Ann Arbor Spain, Brother last ship was the Carroll Victory. John G. Newman ' But the date of so-called "ef Railroad Company, Frankfort, Jivadulla had made his home in At the time of death, he was on fective control" announced by Michigan. Baltimore, the same port in which an SIU pension. Surviving is his Please contact your sister, Mrs.,,i, ^ the Navy was March 31. 1968. Sincerely, he joined the Union. Rivadqfla widow, Mrs. Chie Biish. Burial Mary E. Harrigan, at 144-25 33rd ,This is November. What hap Michael O'Rourke was buried in the Sacred Hi^it services were held in Rolling Hills Avenue, Flushing, N. Y. 11354, , pened? Does it take the Navy Arcadia, Michigan Cemetery in Baltimore. Cemetery, San Pablo, Calif. as soon as you possibly can. Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG ^ November 22, 1968 Bam Vi€tory Seafarers All Safe 1 Following Collision in Saigon River On the Puerto Rico Run "What appeared to be a routine cruise down the snake-like Saigon River on the Barre Victory (Delta) might well have ended in disaster for the 31 SIU men aboard," Ship's Delegate Luke Ciam- The Sea-Land Freighter Detroit paid-off boli wrote recently from Saigon. Seafarer Ciamboli, a 21-year SIU veteran who sails in the engine recently in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, department, described the ship's after a trip to Puerto Rico—a frequent close call when they collided port of call for this and other Sea-Land with another American - flag ship, the Garden City. There vessels, A LOG photographer took in were no injuries. the pay-off. The Seafarers reported "We had sailed from the Cat Lai ammunition anchorage, with routine trip with no serious problems. a back load of 2,000 tons of am munition for Oppama, Japan," he writes. "As the vessel was making the last turn of the river, we spotted the other ship, a C-2 type vessel, coming right for our number three hatch- port side. "Our cargo of ammo was di vided between number three and number four hatch," Ciamboli continued. Because the SlU-con- tracted ship was almost clear of the river, some of the Seafarers were in the outside port passage way. As the Garden City ap proached, Jiamboli shouted for everyone to go through the house to the starboard side and hold on. A smashed lifeboat on the deck of the Barre Victory is part of the damage inflicted on the ship when she collided with another Training Pays Off American-flag vessel, during a recent trip on Saigcn River, Viet Nam. Showing their training for such situations, the men quickly and The possibility of electrical fires of railing, four feet by 30 feet of orderly ran to starboard. They was prevented by the "quick boat deck, 65 feet of bulwark, got there none too soon, for the thinking" of chief electrician Ray the entire connecting frame of Garden City had already started mond Regaldo, who ran below passageway from the main deck to make her turn. Instead of and cut off all switches to the port to the boat deck and the two life SIU Rep. E. B. McAuley and" ramming out number three hatch side. All wiring had been torn off, boats and davits, which were un Charles Martinussen talk" as it appeared it would, Ciamboli he said. repairable. over details of voyage. explained, the ship's bow "cut Ciamboli said wiper Ed Bal- Had the Garden City not been into our bulwark at number four lance, the Chief Engineer, and filled to only one-third of her hatch and the hull slammed into hin self checked various rooms cargo capacity, her bow might our House." ana foc'sles for damage while the have cut into number four hatch The other ship had two barges second engineer went to the en of the SIU ship where the ammu across its number five hatch gine room to check the bilges nition cargo was stored, Ciam which extended over the side and hull. Damage was slight and boli noted. about ten feet. These barges tore from then on, things went along The Barre Victory has since off both the Barre Victory's port smoothly. arrived at her destination in Ja lifeboats and davits and pushed The Barre Victory arrived at pan and it is expected that the the vessel onto the river bank. Vung Tau where representatives vessel will undergo repairs at the Voices could be heard from from MSTS and Maritime Com Yokohama shipyard probably for the other vessel, reported Brother mission came aboard and quickly about two weeks, before return Ciamboli, "But we never received estimated damage at over $150,- ing to San Francisco for payoff. John Her'momdo, who sailed word from them. All hands on the 000. Ciamboli reported damage Brother Ciamboli, a native of as OS, discusses trip with E. Barre Victory pulled out fire hoses to the Delta Steamship Company West Orange, New Jersey, joined B. McAuJey and D. Goldberg. to wash away leaking gasoline. vessel was an estimated 105 feet the Union in New York City.
Yvonne Marie Lyons, bom Waliis Kathline Rodrigues, born Nancy Charlea Henley, born June 24, 1968, to Seafarer and October 9, 1968, to Seafarer and August 26, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Francis G. Lyons, Brimley, Mrs. Lancelot Rodrigues, Ponce, Mrs. Charles Alfred Henley, An Michigan. Puerto Rico. dalusia, Ala. <1> J. Guilles helps prepare a Anita Amel Robinson, born Sharon Ann May, born October Stephen Warhola, born October July 16, 1968, to Seafarer and 4, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. 17, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. heisrty lunch. A chief cook, Mrs. Vincent D. Robinson, North George E. May, Brentwood, N.Y. Paul Warhola, Middle Village, Sullies joined SIU in 1955. East, Maryland. N.Y.
Andrea Weaver, born August Maria Vazquez, born Septem Javelyn Harrington, bom July 18, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. ber 21, 1968, to Seafarer and 27, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. i Lloyd L. Weaver, New Orleans, Mrs. Heriberto Vazquez, Hatillo, James P. Harrington, Corona, Puerto Rico. La. N.Y. <1> \1> Timothy Hoiston, bom Septem Janet Ayala, born September Adria Gniilory, bom September ber 10, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. 10, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. 27, 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles S. Hoiston, Louisville, Ramon Ayala, Bronx, N. Y. Jerry W. Guillory, Port Arthur, ' Kentucky. Texas. ——
'eteran Seafarer Urges Son feU "T"" " \ \ lO Follow 'Good Life' at Sea Thirty-odd years ago, it would probably have been unheard Roy Evans, ship's delegate on the Bessemer Victory (South Atlantic Caribbean Lines, Inc.), re ' of. Why, indeed, would a merchant seaman in those hard times ports that Seafarers thought Captain Joseph Thannisch is "one of the very best. We all agree, he can't want to see his son follow in his own footsteps? As a matter of be beat. If you don't think so, just throw in your card sometime and make one of the best voy fact, he might have more likely ages ever." Eugene Blanchard, ^ put his foot down and forbidden the Harry Lundeberg School of Meeting Secretary Gary Mc- there was $29 in the ship's fund. Seamanship. John G., who will meeting chairman, reported that it. Almost anything else offered Donoiigh reports from the Steel Movies were rented for $213.75, be 17 in February, says he is very the ship was on the Vietnam Worker (Isth with $200 borrowed from. the a better chance for a youngster anxious to attend the school and run and after a stop in Balboa, than the early drudgery of life at mian) that John Captain for this purpose. It will make a go of it. the crew will pay off at a port T. Carnes of the be repaid by the Seafarers. The sea. Today, however, things are which is yet to different. Sailing Since 1935 deck department remiiining $13.75 was taken from be chosen. "The was elected ship's the ship's fund, leaving it with a The senior Murphy has been ship is a good delegate. Roy balance of $15.25. Department sailing since 1935, when he put feeder, had a fine Theiss, meeting delegates elected were Brother out to sea at the age of 15. "Those crew and is clean chairman, wrote Crowley from the deck, John were tough times," he recalled. "I in every respect," that treasurer Kim, engine department, and started out at $1 a week and had Blanchard writes. Reuben Crowley Hugo Fuentes, steward depart Carnes to bring my own 'bread and Brother Evans reported that ment. No beefs were reported. breakfast.' At that time a straw and the steward mattress was known as a 'donkey's Blanchard department re breakfast.' ceived a vote of "I've had a full life on the sea," thanks for the job well done. the older Murphy said. "I've Meeting Secretary A. Rogers sailed on double topsail schooners wrote that Steward W. E. Harper out of Dublin and Lisbon. Once, and chief cook A, W. Hutcherson Seafarer John F. Murphy and son, during the war, I missed a ship— have done a top-notch job. Broth John G., on visit to LOG office. the schooner Cymric. Someone er Harper stated that the crew up there must be looking out for made this "one of the most pleas One of the unique advantages the Seafarer enjoys is the fact John F. Murphy, AB, a 47- me, because that ship was lost ant voyages in 45 years of sailing his profession makes the whole world his market-place. His ( 7 year-old Seafarer, brought his 16- with all hands on that trip and i the seas." Several Seafarers said travels give him a wide choice of countries in which to purchase year-old son, John G., into the never heard from again." they are anxious for another voy items that interest him—and cameras often fall into this category. LOG office recently and an- John F. has been a member of age to Vietnam for "another visit 'nounced he wanted his boy to SlU since 1943, when he joined with V. C. Charlie in Cat Lai." It is well, however, to know what to look for in a camera as well follow the sea as he had. He in the Port of San Francisco. He as where to buy it. was quite proud of it. lives in Staten Island, N.Y. with Those who think buying a camera overseas is cheaper than in "It's a good life today," the his wife, Theresa and eight chil America are correct. However, make sure you have proof from the father said. "1 want him to learn dren, six girls and two boys. Meeting Chairman E. Lasoya dealer that a firm in the U. S. will honor your guarantee. Unless you the trade from the ground up. "It was the Union which made reported from the Steel Architect are truly an expert, stick to brands known in the United States. There is plenty of room for ad family life possible," he states. (Isthmian) that There are, of course, restrictions on the cameras you may bring vancement for the boy, too. I "And it has been a good life for ship's delegate into this country. We have listed 16 of the better-known names on the think he'll make it." all of us down through the years. Frank Camara restricted list. These trademarks are registered by U. S. companies with The Murphys have put in an I know that my boy will find it a has been asked to the Bureau of Customs and cameras or binoculars hearing them will application for the youngster at good career today." act as treasurer. he stopped by customs. Brother Camara In order to avoid unnecessary embarrassment or difficulty with cus Secretary, Paul Knox, Jr. Brother R. L. told his fellow Smith was elected to serve as ship's Seafarers that the toms, it is advisable to keep this list in mind. Among the other restricted delegate. Some disputed OT in engine trade names registered with customs are Ansco, Asahi Pentax, Bronica, DIGEST department. -- ship's treasury contains $48.50. Canon, Fotorite, Leica, Mamiya, Minolta, Nikon, Pentax, Rexo, Rollei, OBERLIN VICTORY (Steamship Serv Soligor, Takumar, Topcon and Weston. ice), October 22—Chairman, A. C. May; Steward delegate of SIU Secretary, E. F. Borodenko. Brother A. C. Javina Fernandez reported that Remember that you must pay customs duty on any value over $100 May was elected to serve as ship's dele gate. There was no disputed OT and no the chief cook was injured and of all items brought hack. Be honest, it isn't worth the trouble not to he. beefs were reported by department dele Customs will also determine the duty you pay on equipment purchased gates. unable to work. W. Benish, meet ing secretary, wrote' that crew- by mail. MEETINGS RALEIGH (Crest Overseas Shipping), members were requested to be sure When you are abroad, you think of Germany and Japan as having Octqber 4—Chairman, R. Schaefer; Secre tary, M. Vigo. Motion was made to see to leave keys to the foc'sles behind the best in photographic equipment. Hong Kong comes into your mind the patrolman regarding repairs which for the new men when they leave for low cost, right? Wrong. Contrary to popular belief, cameras in DEL VALLE (Delta), NovemlK'i- 3— were not done when ship was in port. Chairman. P. L. Bei-tiaume; Secretary, Vote of thanks to the steward depart the vessel. After a good trip carry Hong Kong are more expensive than they are in Japan, although R. Mosey. No beefs and no disputed OT ment for the good food, good service and were reported by department delcBate.s. cleanliness. ing lumber intercoastal, the vessel German equipfnent is frequently cheaper in Hong Kong than in Ger headed for Portsmouth, Rhode many. Japan also has a far greater selection of lenses and other accesso LONG LINES (Isthmian), November STEEL ARCHITECT (Isthmian). No Island and Philadelphia. ries—plus more up-to-date equipment than can he found in Hong Kong. 3—Chairman, Dick Grant; Secretary, vember 7—Chairman. E Lasoya : Secre Leon T. Jekot. Some disputed OT in deck tary, w. Benish. $48.50 in ship's fund. No word of caution. If you wish to send a camera home by mail department. No beefs were reported by beefs and no disputed OT reported by <1> department delegates. Vote of thanks to department delegates. from Japan, hear in mind that no camera may he shipped out of that the steward department for the good food country, according to a Japanese Government ruling, unless repair and service. Meeting Chairman John Dicker- CONNECTICUT (Oriental Exporters), service and warranty are guaranteed abroad. Most American firms rep October 21—Chairman, Tom Ballard ; Sec son reports from the Platte (Platte retary, H. Speanis. $19.25 in ship's fund. resenting Japanese companies will not issue such a guarantee, so you BURBANK VICTORY (A. L. Bur- Brother James W. Parker was elected to Exporter's, Inc.), bank), October 30 — Chairman, K. serve as ship's delegate. may not he able to ship the camera at all. Roberts; Secretary, A1 Hirsch. Some dis that the Captain puted OT in deck and engine depart and chief engineer When buying a camera it is also wise to stay away from airport ments. No beefs were reported. PLATTE (Platte Exporters), Novem have been notified shops. They usually have a limited supply of accessories and the equip ber 9—Chairman, John F. Dickerson ; BURBANK VICTORY (A. L. Bur- Secretary, Albin Samoska. No beefs were about the accident ment is frequently older than later models available almost anywhere bank), October Chairman, Al Hirsch; reported by department delegates. which caused oil else. No warning should be necessary on buying equipment from side to leak into the walk peddlers, the out-of-the-way shops located on some hack street, fresh water sup or the guy who pops Up with a $100 piece of equipment he'll gladly Editor, ply. The tanks sell to you for $20 or so. SEAFARERS LOG, Dickerson will be cleaned Some American photographic houses will ask a service charge to 675 Fourth Ave., and fixed when honor the guarantee or warranty on foreign-bought cameras. The fee Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 the vessel reaches Holland, Broth is usually less than $10, hut some U.S. firms have become alarmed er Dickerson reported. Alhin Sa at the number of cameras being imported in large quantities by trading 1 would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my moska, meeting clerk, writes that companies. So, to insure that your overseas warranty will he honored, name on your mailing list. (Pr;„f information) no beefs were reported by the de always make certain you have a sales slip from the foreign dealer and partment delegates. The pay-off the factory warranty card. Otherwise the service charge may wind up in is scheduled for Philadelphia. Mail the $25 bracket. NAME and LOG'S are arriving regularly In the long run, buying in person is always preferable to buying and things have been running' through the mail—which brings us hack to Germany and Japan. STREET ADDRESS smoothly. Germany once had a big lead in technical excellence while Japan frequently turned out inferior merchandise. Now, however, the CITY STATE. ZIP. Japanese are at least the equals of the Germans with many technicians from Germany now working in Japan. "Made in Japan" used to mean TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If yoo are an old subscriber and have a change cheap in both quality and price; now it has come to mean one of the of address, please give your former address below: WRITE best. One reason why a camera costs more in the U. S. than it does ADDRESS abroad is the high costs to the U. S. importing firm. After the cameras arrive from Japan, the importing company must individually inspect each one to make sure it is in top condition. The U. S. firm aiY STATE aP also must charge more to cover the costs of its repair and service departments, sales promotion and advertising. IVovcniber 22, 1968 . Page Fourteen SEAFAKE,R\ ipG
AMERICAN VICTORY (Huds n Wa terways), October 5—Chairman. W. Dar- ley: Secretary, L. Calderon. No beefs and no disputed OT reported.
CITADEL VICTORY (Waterman), Oc tober 27—Chairman, C. Walker; Secre tary, Esco Satchfield. No beefs or dis puted OT reported by department. Vo'e of thanks was extended to the steward Siisiis. department for the good food and NOT BUY service. SIU-AGLIWD Meetings Kayscr-Roth Hosiery Co. Inc. Baltimore Luggage Co. New Orleans. Dec. 10—2:30 p.m. ALCOA MASTER (Alcoa), October Women's Hosiery I.ady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart 25—Chairman. C. M. Knight: Secretary, DIRECTORYofi Mobile Dec. 11—2:30 p.m. John S. Ruse. Very pleasant voyage with Schiapareli, Kayser, Phoenix, Starlite luggage no beefs and no disputed OT reported. Mojud, Supp-hose, Sapphire, UNION HALLS Wilmington .. Dec. 16—2:00 p.m. Starflite luggage Bachelor Girl, Fascination. San Francisco Dec. 18—2:00 p.m. Seattle Dec. 20—2:00 p.m. SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), Men's Hosiery & Underwear (International Leather Goods, November 1—Chairman, Charles W. Jor Plastics and Novelty Workers New York ... Dec. 2—2:30 p.m. dan : Secretary, John W. Parker. Ship's Esquire Socks, Bachelors' delegate reported that everything is run Friends, Supp-hose, Union) SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes Philadelphia . Dec. 3—2:30 p.m. ning smoothly. Vote of thanks to each Baltimore .. . Dec. 4—2:30 p.m. department for helping to clean up the Supp-hose Undertvear, Slendo ^ & Inland Waters ship after leaving the shipyard. Children's Products Detroit Dec 13—2:30 p.m. Kayser, Fruit of the Loom White Furniture Co. Inland Boatmen's Union Houston .... Dec. 9—2:30 p.m. YELLOWSTONE (Oriental Exporters), Mojud. (United Furniture Workers of October 25—Chairman, Paul Arthofer; United Industrial Workers United Industrial Workers Secretary, W. H. Simmons. Ship's dele Slippers America) gate reported that it was a fine voyage Jiflies. Mercnrr New Orleans. Dec. 10—7:00 p.m. with good seamen, no logs, no beefs PRESIDENT Mobile Dec. 1' -7:00 p.m. and no disputed OT. Discussion held (Textile Workers Union of Paul Hall regarding retirement plan for eligible .\merica") New York .. Dec. z—7:00 p.m. men. Vote of thanks was extended to the i Gypsum Wallboard, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT steward department for a job well done, i Philadelphia.. Dec. 3—7:00 p.m. \l* American Gypsum Co. Cal Tanntr Baltimore ,.. Dec. 4—7:00 p.m. Stitzel-Weller Distilleries (United Cement Lime and VICE PRESIDENTS ^Houston ... Dec. 9—7:00 p.m. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), October "Old Fitzgerald," "Old EBt" Earl Shapard Llndiay Wllliami 19—Chairman, Roy S. Theiss; Secretary, Gypsum Workers International) Al Tanner Robert Matthewj Gary A. McDonough. Brother John T. "Cabin StUI," W. L. Weller Great Lakes SIU Meetings Cames was elected to serve as ship's SECRETARY-TREASURER delegate. $15.25 in ship's fund. No beefs Bourbon whiskeys Al Kerr Detroit Dec. 2—2:00 p.m. and no disputed OT. (Distillery Workers) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. HEADQUARTERS $75 4th Ave., Bklyn. Alpena Dec. 2—7:00 p.m. (212) HY 9-MOO Buffalo Dec. . 2—7:00 p.m. Camels, Winston, Tempo, ALPENA. MIeh 127 River St. CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities Brandon, Cavalier and Salem (517) EL 4-3&li Chicago Dec. . 2—7:00 p.m. Service), November 3 — Chairman, F. Kingsport Press Duluth Dec. . 2—7:00 p.m. Schandl; Secretary, N. Tatar. No beefs "World Book," <'ChiIdcnift" cigarettes BALTIMORE, Md 121$ E. Belttmore St. were reported by department delegates. (301) EA 7-4900 Frankfort ... Dec. . 2—7:00 p.m. Discussion was held regarding pension (Printing Pressmen) (Tobacco Workers International BOSTON, MBM $$3 Atlantic Avanue plan. Vote of thanks was extended to ($17) Rl 2-0140 the steward department for a job well (Typographers, Bookbinders) Union) Great Lakes Tug and done. 'BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Wathlngton St. Dredge Re^on (Machinists, Stereotypers) ^ SIU (71$) TL 3-9259 IBU (71$) TL 3-9259 Chicago Dec. 10—7:30 p.m. CHICAGO, III 9311 Ewing Ave. Comet Rice Mills Co. products SIU (312) SA 1-0733 t Sault St. Marie Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. (International Union of United IBU (312) ES 5-9570 Dec. 12—7:30 p.m. CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. ISth St. Work Shoes ... Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft - (21$) MA 1-5450 Buffalo Dec. 11—7:30 p.m. Of SIU Sentry, Cedar Chest, Drinks and Distillery Workers) DETROIT, Mich 10225 W. Jaflerion Ave. Duluth Dec. 13—7:30 p.m. Statler (313) VI 3-4741 Cleveland ... Dec. 13—7:30 p.m. DULUTH, Minn 312 W. 2nd St. Men's Shoes . . . 4/ (2IB) RA 2-4110 Toledo Dec. 13—7:30 p.m. Jarman, Johnson & Pioneer Flour Mill FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 2B7 Detroit Dec. 9—7:30 p.m. 415 Main St. Milwaukee . . Dec. 9—7:30 p.m. Murphy, Crestworth, (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, ($1$) EL 7-2441 MEETINGS HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. (Hoot and Shoe Workers' Union) Soft Drink and Distillery Workers (713) WA 0-3207 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union JACKSONVILLE. Fla Pearl St. SEATRAIN OHIO (Hudson Water Local 110, San Antonio, Texas (904) EL 3-0987 New Orleans. Dec. 10—5:00p.m. ways), November 2—Chairman, J. John ^J> son ; Secretary, J. E. Higgins. Disputed Boren Clay Products Co. JERSEY CITY, N.J 99 Montgomery St. Mobile Dec. 11—5:00 p.m. OT regarding delayed sailing to be — — (201) HE 5-9424 Philadelphia . . Dec. 3—5:00 p.m. brought to the attention of the patrol (United Brick and Clay Workers) MOBILE, Ala I South Lawrence St. man. Vote of thanks to the steward de Giumarra Grapes (205) HE 2-1754 Baltimore (licensed and un partment .for a job well done. ^ (United Farm Workers) NEW ORLEANS, La $30 Jackion Ave. licensed) .. Dec. 4—5:00 p.m. (504) 529-754$ "HIS" brand men's clothes Norfolk .... Dec. 5—5:00 p.m. \|> NORFOLK, Va. 115 3rd St. OVERSEAS TRAVELER (Maritime Kaynce Boyswear, Judy Bond (703) $22-1892 Houston .... Dec. 9—5:00 p.m. Overseas), November 2—Chairman, Ivar PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2$04 S. 4th St. Anderson; Secretary, Henry C. McCul- blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Magic Chef Pan Pacific Division Railway Marine Region lough. Vote of thanks to the ship's dele (2IS) OE $-3818 gate, Brother Ivar Anderson, and to the Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman (Stove, Furnace and Allied PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 Seventh St. Philadelphia entire steward department, for a job well SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., 350 Freemen! St. done. Discussion held regarding pension (Amalgamated Clothing Workers Appliance Workers (415) DO 2-4401 Dec. 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. plan. of America) International Union) SANTURCE, P.R 1313 Fernandez Ju'ncoi Stop 20 Baltimore 724-2848 Dec. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. f DETROIT (Sea-Land Service), October SEAnLE, Waih 2505 Firzt Avenue 3—Chaiman, A. Lipari; Secretary, Victor (20$) MA 3-4334 *Norfo!k M. Perez. Discussion held regarding in Jamestown Sterling Corp. Tennessee Packers crease in wages, particularly for non- (United Furniture Workers) ST. LOUIS, Mo 805 Del Mar Dec. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. rated men. Few hours disputed OT in Reelfoot Packing (314) CE 1-1434 deck department. Frosty Morn TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison St. Jersey City (813) 229-2788 Dec. 9—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Brothers and SeweD Suits, Valleydale Packers WILMINGTON, Calif., 450 Seaside Ave. BESSEMER VICTORY (South Atlantic- Wing Shirts Terminal Island, Calif. t Meeting held at Labor Temple, Sault Caribbean), November 3—Chairman, Eu (Amalgamated Meat Cutters and (813) 832-7285 Ste. Marie, Mich. gene Blanchard; Secretary, A. Rogers. (Amalgamated Clothing Workers Butcher Workmen of North YOKOHAMA, Japan. . Iseya BIdg., Room 801 • Meeting held at Labor Temple, New No beefs and no disputed OT were re 1-2 Kalgan-Dori-Nakaku port News. ported. Vote of thanks to the entire of America) America) 2014971 Ext. 281 t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. steward department for a job well done. Special vote of thanks to the chief cook Brother A. W. Hutcherson, and chief steward. Brother W. E. Harper. A vote of thanks to Brother Roy Evans for the fine job as ship's delegate. The entire crew was thanked for making this a pleasant voyage.
FINANCIAL REPORTS. The conetitation of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any oifieial SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Hudson Water Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no ways), October 2§—Chairman, John Ed- I money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given dins ; Secretary, John S. Burke. Ship's three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made delegate reported that everything is Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is running smoothly so far with no beefs. A given an ^cial receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make vote of thanks was extended to the en TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic. Gulf. Lakes and Inland such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. gine department fo: repairing all heads Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of vamus trust and scuppers. fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. montb in the SEhLFARESlS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this y All expenditures and disbursements of trust fun^ are made only ui»n approwl constitution so as to familiarise themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any ROBIN KIRK (Moore-Mc Cor mack), by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the memba or officer is attempting to derive you of any constitutional right or obli .V November 3—Chairman, Malcolm Woods ; headquarters of the various trust funds. gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other Secretary, William Nesta. No major is SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively uctails, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. sues or disputed OT reported. by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know jrour shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If yra RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in fits have always been encouraged to continue their union setivitiee, ineluding attend the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet TRANSHATTERAS (Hudson Water Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in- ways), October 27—Chairman, Albert J. eluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers eannot take Van Dyke; Secretary, Charles Musca- Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-etanding Union pol rella. Ship's delegate reported that the 17 Battery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. disputed OT will be clarified by patrol Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and man. Discussion held regarding mail serv writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. ice. Crew would like the Union to check as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution this with Company. Vote of thanks to CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU 1MH»- and in the contracts which the Union baa negotiated with the employers. Conse Brother Robert Williams, crew messman, contracts specify the wages end conditions under which you work and live abo^ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, eoior, and Brother James Milligan, baker, for ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he ia denied the equal rights a job well done. on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SlU^troIman to which he is entitled, he should notify headquartera. or other Union offleial, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rii^ts prop SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the baeic ri^ta of erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and politleal objectives whieh will ecrve the best interesto of themselves, their famUies and tiieir Union. To achieve theee NORTHWESTERN VICTORY. October EDITORIAL POLICY—8BAPABERS LOG. The LOO has tradithmaUy refninfl from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individnal in the objMtivee, the Seafarers Politleal Activity Donation was established. Donations to 13—Chairman, 0. Butch Wright; Secre SPAD are entirely voluntary and cooatitnte the funds throuidi whieh Icgialattve and tary, Charles Swain. Ship's delegate re Union, ofiScer or member. It has also •_ Tained from imblishing armies daonad ported that it was a nice trip with few harmful to the Union or ita collective membership. This estabUsbsd policy has bM political activities are conducted ita tlie benefit of the membership and the Union. minor beefs. Special vote of thanks was reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings In all ecmsa^ If at any time a Seafarer feds that aiv «f ^ above righte have been vMated. extended to the chief cook. Brother Paul tional porta. The rceponaibili^ for LOG poli«7 is vetted in an-editorial hoard whteh er ttat he baa been dtnlsd hta censUUUonai right of accem to Union reeerda or in- Dowling, for the fine food he turned out conslata of the ESzeeutive Board of the Union. The Bxeeutlv* Board may delegate, formatien, be shenU immadtetely natify SIU Preridcnt Paal Hall at bandqnarters by this trip. from among Ua ranka, one individual to carry out thla responaiblUty. omtificd maU. retnm receipt regntrtid. yembcr 2i2, 1968 sU^yp/RFRV VOG 'ace Fifteen
Once back at Cape Cod, the Mayflower did not pro ceed directly to Plymouth Harbor, but sent a small shallop to seek out the safe landing place—now almost immemorialized as Plymouth Rock—which has since been moved to another location and substantially chipped down from its former size by generations of tourists and curiosity-seekers and souvenir hunters. The Pilgrims' small reconnaissance ship met with the same tribulations encountered by the Mayflower during the trans-Atlantic voyage. Beset by storms, rough seas, an Indian attack along the way, and unfamiliarity with the tides and currents, it very nearly was lost. Crewed by seven seasoned hands under John Clarke, mate of the Mayflower, and accompanied by ten Pilgrims, the frail vessel bucked cold, easterly winds in mid-winter weather in which "spray froze on their clothes and made them many times like coats of iron." Rigged with a jib and mainsail, and fitted with oars, the shallop battled rain, snow and rough seas, and re ported encountering a "no'easter" so violent that "the sail fell overboard in a very grown sea, so as they had like to have been cast away." First Arrivals Shipwrecked After three days -of this, finally struggling through t-..! breakers, the first sailors and Pilgrims to actually set foot on shore where the new colony was to be located were in fact shipwrecked on the beach—^their records use the term ^'castaway"—and their trek was ended. After recovering from the arduous trip, the re connaissance party sounded the harbor, found it to be of satisfactory depth, and returned to the Mayflower . with the good news. "HEN THfi SKIPPEli of the historic Mayflower return to England. In fact, the Pilgrims held an Forty-nine years after this historic landing, the fiirst ^brought the Pilgrim Fathers safely through storm- emergency meeting with Jones and his officers to let attacks on the reputation of Captain Jones began, and tossed seas to Plymouth Harbor on November 21, it be known that they would prefer to return to England were picked up by succeeding historians who took these ,.jl^20, he probably little imagined that in later years he than face what appeared to be inevitable disaster. allegations for fact—assuming that the Mayflower's ' would be maligned by their offspring as a piratical ad- However, Captain Jone§ prevailed in his determina Captain Jones was the infamous Captain Jones whose nturw and bribe-taker who sold , out their interests tion to continue westward, and assured the Pilgrims criminal activities were already well-known. Other r hjs own perspnal gain, thatJepairs could be made. With seamanlike ingenuity, historians then embroidered on these lurid accounts, fjjj it, took well over two hundred years for historians a large jack—fortunately brought along from Holland— not bothering to check original sources. - jljjPj^qlear his name, and conclude that Captain Jones' wrs blocked under the sagging beam,'and the opened The first of the detractors, ironically, was Nathaniel 'jffirnished image resulted from mistaken identity, the seams were caulked as best as possible under existing Morton, the nephew of William Bradford, first governor '^^.cal villain being another sea captain of almost the circumstances. The Mayflower then continued on its of the Plymouth Colony and its best-known historian. ^^^jime name. charted course. ; Bradford's own journal, "Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620- „ Captain Christopher Jones, commissioned to com 1647," contains' an entry that provides a clue to the mand the Mayflower on its perilous crossing to the mistaken identity that later sparked the attack on ^^ew. World, was accused, almost five decades later, of Captain Jones' reputation. j(aking a bribe from the Dutch for steering the Pilgrims In 1622, two years after the Majdlower's arrival, a New .Yorkv-their original destination, be ship called Discovery anchored in Plymouth Harbor. cause the Dutch feared-Competition to their owh lucra- Bradford recorded the event as follows: "Behold now, •; .4ve fur-trading posts located along the Hudson River. another providence of God. A ship comes into the In addition, other $ources identified Jones as a free harbor, one Captain Jones being chief therein. They booter who, in the years after his alleged Mayflower were set out by some merchants to discover all the sell-out, raided coastal settlements to seize furs and harbors between this and Virginia, and the shoals of kidnap Indians to be sold as slaves. Cape Cod, and to trade along the coast where they These accusations, made by the descendants of the could." •Very Pilgrims that Captain Jones had guided safely to This ship was commanded by one Captain Thomas new hope on America's shores, were put forth despite Jones, and the distinguished historian Samuel Eliot documentary eyewitness accounts which should have Morison notes with understatement that this Captain made the charges groundless. Jones "got into trouble both with his employers and To begin with, just why the Dutch would,- have with the Council for New England by taking furs wanted the Pilgrims diverted from New York is not forcibly and trying to kidnap Indians." at all clear. Prior to the crossing, the New Nether It seems ridiculous to think that William Bradford lands Company—a Dutch-based organization with ex- would lightly refer to a man who had brought the tensive'holdings on and around jthe Hudson—^had been Pilgrims safely to the New World only as "one Captain negotiating with the Pilgrims, then living in Leyden, Jones" and make no further reference to him had this Holland, for a voyage of settlement to the New World. Captain Jones truly been the previous skipper of the To this end, the New Netherlands Company had pe Mayflower, whose name was captain Christopher Jones. titioned the Prince of Orange, a member of the Dutch However, because many documents of the time omitted nobility, to "allow and encourage" these Pilgrims to first names, the reputation of an able and valiant sea emigrate to New York. With Mayflower 11, built in I960, as backdrop, Ply captain was mistakenly blackened. mouth residents re-enact 1621 Thanbgiving. First The name of the Mayflower skipper has since been British Offer Better Mayflower returned to England before Festival. restored to its rightfully honored place in American The Pilgrims broke off negotiations with the Dutch history. In the last analysis, the worst oomplaint still re only when Thomas Weston of London proposed a Troubles, Not Over corded against him is Bradford's personal note in his better offer—one that would allow the Pilgrims to 'Their troubles far from over, the voyagers continued own journal in which he expresses bitter resentment that preserve their English heritage for their children by to meet perilous gales during which "not a stitch of can hfs beer ration was cut off by Captain Jones when the sailing to the New World under the British flag. vas could be spread for days on end," and they were Mayflower's supply ran low. Secondly, actual recorded events during the May "hove to under bare poles." flower crossing make it difficult to support the idea Now, at a further point during the^ cro^ the that its skipper was intent on diverting the Pilgrims record is again clear that Captain Jones " the from their intended destination at New York. Indeed, directives of the Pilgrims in landing them 'u ymouth " had the master persisted in heading for New York, the Harbour, rather than deliberately diverting them from , ship and its occupants might well have been lost to New York. history, and the course of events Very different for the When the Mayflower at last came in sight of Cape eventual development of the Massachusetts colony and Cod, the Pilgrims held another conference and, acr - the history of colonial seafaring itself. cording; to accounts, "after some deliberation among ' It was not an easy crossing for the Mayflower. Qn- themselves and the master, of the ship," decided for thc-spot accounts tell of the heavy seas and smashing unexplained reasons to head southward to the Hudson gales that were encountered by the already-old vessel,- River. This met no objection from Captain Jones, and A typical crisis occurred in the raid-.Ajlanfic when,- he proceeded to set course for New York, yielding to the punishment of continual Storms, the Later that same day, however, when the ship was fnain' bearri amidships ga.ve way, causing the upper caught up in the breakers of the menacing Pollock • works to leak badly, and the seams opened wide enough Rip Shoals, Whose dangers are well-known to Ip reiease their caulking. it was the Pilgrims themselves who decided to returp Tf Captain Jones had really intended to divert the to Cape Cod Harbor, It is fecprded; that in^; doihg I TOgrims fi:pjth; Ne^ York, here was his perfect qpppr- ; : Ihey •jirr .wcxtty sifi Yo , J 'WWf^tl Mainsf modern New ^pr-k Cifyi skyline. ,0- . idnky to^^clarOaih^ ship unsafe! reverse coursepand •?: -danger^ '.AT. ,V ?!i1hei!^>i^shfp-re-enacfed original voyage hhder sail, Vol. XXX No. ^ SEAFARERS#LOG OFFiCIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION > ATLANTiC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT > AFL-CI
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INCE its inception on Janua^ 6, 1959, the SIU Blood Bank has provided the means to save lives in so many emergencies that it has S become one of the Seafarers' most precious benefits—a priceless one when needed. The growing realization by Seafarers of the importance of donating their blood so that the vital fluid remains in reserve for use if they—or any member of their families—^require transfusions is increasingly appar ent. Membership in the SIU Gallon Club—a special group of Seafarers who have given eight pints or more—is expanding and latest figures show that Seafarers have contributed an overall total of 7,542 pints of blood since 1959. The SIU's medical director. Dr. Joseph Logue, originated the idea Seafarer Clifford Emanuel, right, receives gallon-club honor pin from of the Gallon Club and has set a tentative goal of at least 50 members. Dr. Joseph Logue, SIU medical director. Brother Emanuel is the fifth As a token of appreciation for their outstanding contribution to this vital Seafarer to join this distinguished group for donating eight pints of blood. cause, each Seafarer who donates eight pints of blood will receive a specially designed lapel pin which reads "Gallon Club Award—Seafarers Blood Bank." The pin is in three colors, with the SIU wheel engraved in the center. Five Seafarers have already qualified for membership in the Gallon Club. They are: Dr. Logue is considering possible additional recognition for those who exceed the Gallon Club quota as the program continues. He points out Arthur Sankovidt 18.pints donated that four men are already on their second or third gallon. Alvin Carpenter . 17 pints donated The vital service made possible by these, as well as all other blood Andrea Pesce ... 12 pints donated donations is of great importance to Seafarers. Any Seafarer, or member Torsten Lnndkvist 12 pints donated of a Seafarer's family who requires blood transfusions can draw, through Clifford Emannd 8 pints donated his local hospital, against the credits built up in the Union's blood bank. Several others are also well on their way to earning this honor. Near- Prompt delivery of the lifesaving fluid is insured—^without any cost what ing the gallon mark are: soever. A total of nearly 7,000 pints have been provided in emergencies since the Bank's inception. Arffinr Elliott ...... 7 pints donated (1 pint to go) A continual supply, in whatever quantity needed, can be assured only Edward Going 7 pints donated (1 pint to go) so long as Seafarers and their families continue to replenish it. Any, Charles Johnston ...... 7 pints donqted (1 pint to go) SIU member, or member of his family who wishes to donate blood in Phillip Erck 6 pints donated (2 pints to go) New York can do so by arranging with the SIU Brooklyn clinic. In David Manzanet ...... '.... 6 pints doimted (2 pints' to go) ^ : other SIU ports, appointments can be arranged through the port agent. "•'r :
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