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:%;; 7'; -v;.'''--^T-'.v'• •'45>" !?".•' v'-'^' '-^1-/'" •. ': :- srU PV^ident Paul Hall (center), who is also a vice president of the AFL-CtO. "} ^ riiS!^s©s¥pomtr dwfhfl the meet­ ing. Flanking him oh ife leftMMi®eenberg, president emeritus pi the N RetailsVVholesale andVDepahtiRiStfjr^ and on the right is Reter ^ Bommarito, president of the United Rubber, CorH, Linoleum and Plastic W. C. Tankers ; Workers of America, Both®ceertb©^ gommarito are also vice |residems^ vc-. • ^ SlU Also Scores Cleveland as Sole Test Center Obsolete Lifeboats. Drills Hit at Lakes CG Seminar Obsolete lifesaving equipment, un­ Jack Bluitt, SIU Detroit port agent told of Seamanship. manned ordinary household ladders GREAT LAKES the Log. "Under this new plan, they used for boarding ships, and the lack would have to pay expensive transporta­ Lifesaving Equipment tion and lodging costs." of proper lifeboat drills aboard Great Calling for a new concept in lifesav­ Brother Bluitt, Byron Kelley, SIU Lakes vessels were recently targeted for testing center on the Great Lakes where ing equipment aboard Lakes vessels, the Great Lakes area director for the in­ criticism by the SIU at a Great Lakes entry rated seamen could apply to up­ SIU pointed out that much of the equip­ land waters and Dave LeBarron, assist­ Coast Guard Marine Industry Seminar grade for able seaman, lifeboatman and ment is 30 to 40 years old. When a ship ant area director, attended the seminar held in Cleveland, Ohio on Mar. 2. ratings in the engine department. sinks on the Lakes, it goes down fast, The SIU also protested a Coast "People can now take the upgrading along with Bob Kalmus, vocational di­ Guard plan to make Cleveland the only exams in several different Lakes ports," rector at the Harry Lundeberg School Continued on Page 7 Tough Fight Ahead for Bill to Get New Locks & Dam 26 Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wisc.) stance, at the end of last year. Congres­ However, Ronald Schrader, execu­ simple loss of time. introduced earlier this month a bill to sional supporters of a smiliar bill were tive director of the National Committee Towing companies are losing cargoes clear the way for construction of a new forced to defer action on the measure on Locks and Dam 26, an ad hoc board and income as the delays force shippers Locks and Dam 26 two miles down­ when a controversial user charge amend­ of top labor and industry officials, said to move some cargoes by alternate ment was tacked on at the last minute. that despite opposition to the bill, his forms of transportation that cost three The bill's supporters did not want to committee was "mounting an intensive times more than water carriage, the okay the imposition of tolls on the new legislative campaign to obtain authori­ most economical of all modes of trans­ Alton facility since it would set a bad zation of a replacement lock at Alton" portation. precedent that could spread to the levy­ this year. This in turn is costing shippers more stream from the old facility at Alton, ing of tolls for use of any or all of the The Locks and Dam 26 project, money to move their cargoes, and it is 111. on the Mississippi River. 200 traditionally free dams built for which is badly needed to clear up a ultimately costing the American con­ navigational purposes on America's in­ serious bottleneck at the old outmoded sumer more money to buy these prod­ No specific date has been set for land waters. facility, has been delayed for several ucts. start of Senate hearings on the bill, but In addition, when the current (95th) years by court action initiated by the The delay in the start of the new they are expected to begin in late March Congress took office, the House Public railroads and environmental groups. Locks and Dam 26 project is also cost­ or early April. Works Committee indicated they did However, the barge tie-ups at the old ing hundreds of jobs for unemployed Recent events in Congress, however, not want to take up legislation regarding facility, a situation that can only get construction workers in the St. Louis, indicate that the fight for Senator Nel­ Locks and Dam 26 until sometime next worse as the new project continues to Mo. area, who might otherwise be on- son's bill will be a tough one. For in­ fall. be delayed, mean a lot more than a the-job at the new site.

tremely successful with our mergers because we planned them well and we timed them properly. With this in mind, I believe that the time is now right to begin the process Jl]© of merger with our brother unions on the West Coast—the Marine Cooks and Stewards, the Marine Firemen, Oiler and Watertenders Union and the Sailor's Union of the Pacific. However, because the West Coast unions are completely autonomous organizations, we have offered them the merger proposal individually, which means that their respective memberships would either accept or reject the merger proposal on an individual basis. By the same token, this membership would have the opportunity to accept or reject the mergers by virtue of a secret ballot. Now the question, why a merger with the West Coast? From our own point of view, a merger of any one or all of the West Coast Three Simple Events unions with our organization would immediately provide us with greater political, organizational and economic resources to do the increasingly complex job of representing the interests of our membership in all areas Made Big Difference of the maritime industry. Congress and the government. More simply, we as an organization for the betterment of American seamen will be in a Throughout the nearly 40-year history of our Union—years in which we stronger position to cope with the problems of today, tomorrow and far into made tremendous strides for the betterment of our members through strikes, the future. collective bargaining, organizing and politics—I have to single out three The merger, on the other hand, would give the West Coast unions— rather simple events that more than any one person or any one thing have organizations with good membership and good contracts but little chance made our Union the strong, unified organization it is today. for meaningful growth in their present situation—the opportunity to join I'm talking about the merger of the Atlantic distpct and Gulf district with an aggressive, expanding union with the desire and resources to make in 1940, just two years after we received our original charter from the the U.S. jmaritime industry a better, more competitive industry on a global International; the merger of the A&G district and the Great Lakes district basis, and an industry more capable of providing for the needs of its workers. in 1972, and the merger of the Inland Boatmen's Union and the A&G dis­ In other words, the merger of the MCS, SUP and MFOW with the SIU trict just last year. AGLIWD is a fine opportunity for them and a solid proposal for us through The initial merger of the Atlantic and Gulf districts I believe to be our which- the memberships of all respective unions would benefit. most important for a number of reasons, including the fact that this merger One more thing, I believe that a merger of the West Coast Unions with broke a tradition of separation among America's maritime labor unions. our organization is one step forward in a natural progression of mergers In addition, this first merger enabled us to avoid unnecessary jurisdictional among maritime unions that will inevitably lead to the day when there is disputes among ourselves, and most importantly, it enabled us both to pre­ only one union for unlicensed seamen in this country, and one union for pare for a future of rapid technological, educational and political changes licensed seamen. in the maritime industry, as well as to take these changes in stride and benefit For that matter, I believe that between now and the near future, all seg­ from them instead of being hurt by them. ments of the American labor movement will experience mergers of similar In regard to our more recent mergers with the Great Lakes district and unions with similar interests for the overall purpose of providing better repre­ the IBU with the A&G district, it is still much too soon to be able to see sentation and protection to their memberships. the benefits from a historical point of view, but I believe that these mergers Seafarers, however, should not get the impression that the merger of are working and will continue to work for this organization in much the maritime unions will take place overnight. In fact, before all the problems same way as our first merger by giving us the strength and foresight to are out of the way, it will take some time. meet the problems and challenges of the future. Regardless of the time, and for that matter regardless if any merger takes When you look at it closely, the only real problem with mergers is timing. place at all, the SIU as an organization representing the best interests of In other words, if the merging unions will not benefit equally from the American seamen will continue to move ahead as we have always done in merger, then the time is not right for the move. So far, we have been ex­ the past.

ocards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn. N.Y. 11232. Published monthly. Second Class postage paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. Vol. 39, No. 3, March, 1977. > y •

Page 2 Seafarers Log At American Shipper Forum Hall Stresses Need for Cargo Preference Law At an international forum on "Our other national fleets—the Russian fleet Future as an Island Nation," SIU Presi­ DEEP SEA carries about 50 percent of its foreign dent Paul Hall did not need a crystal trade—Hall pointed out that "no other ball when he told the audience that this major world power allows the carriage country's future depends on a strong Hall was a featured speaker at the of its trade to be so totallly controlled U.S.-flag merchant marine. two-day forum held by American Ship­ by foreign merchant fleets." The way to insure it, Hall explained per magazine at the New York Hilton. The argument that a U.S. cargo pro­ to some 500 representatives of the in­ Thomas Gleason, president of the In­ gram would destroy free trade is mean­ ternational shipping community gath­ ternational Longshoremen's Associa­ ingless because of widespread cargo ered at the Mar. 8 forum, is to support tion and like Hall a vice-president of policies already in effect. "To expect the fight for a U.S. cargo preference the AFL-CIO, was another strong voice the U.S. alone to operate as if free trade program. for labor at the forum and for cargo and not cargo reservation were the order preference legislation. of the day is to invite and encourage the Galvesfon U5PHS Hall urged the shipping community total destruction of the U.S.-flag mari­ not to oppose the oil preference legis­ time industry," Hall countered. Facilify to Move lation now before Congress by bringing pressure on the U.S. State Department Gleason Supports Cargo Preference The SIU has won a major battle in and other Government agencies. SIU President Paul Hall was a featured "1 have frank and profound anxie­ its long tight to preserve the Public "There is no justification for allow­ ties about the decline of the U.S. mer­ Health Service hospitals. As tihe Log speaker at the American Shipper ing the American merchant marine to forum on Mar. 8 in New York City. chant marine and the sharp rise of the went to press, it was learned that the carry only five percent of America's Soviet fleet," ILA President Gleason Department of Healdi Education foreign trade," he insisted. He explained they do ours." said. In his informal remarks following and Welfare finally agreed to trans­ that about 95 percent of our foreign A U.S. cargo preference program Hall's presentation, the 76-year-old fer the deteriorated USPHS hospital trade is carried on foreign vessels—half would not only stem the growth of flag- labor leader, a veteran of 62 years in the in Galveston to a modem facility at of that amount on flag-of-convenience of-convenience ships, but would allow longshoreman industry, left no doubt Nassap Bay, Tex. ships. the American maritime industry to en­ that the ILA would lend its strength to Further details on die move will "These fleets rob your people of jobs, joy the same guarantees practiced by the fight for cargo preference. be carried in the next issue of the deprive your treasuries of taxes and other nations. "We have to take a stand and wake Log. threaten your marine environment as Citing significant shares carried by up those people in Washington." AFL-CIO Drive Envisions Overhaul of the NLRB Act The AFL-CIO launched a major better balance in international trade, in­ fired while organizing , must wait years violations of the law. Employers, but campaign to guarantee workers a "fair creased housing construction, restric­ for legal restitution. not unions, now have the right to bring chance" to organize and bargain collec­ tions on imports and a wise energy Similarly, workers who organize a damage suits against unions in Federal tively, at their mid-winter Executive policy were part of the AFL-CIO's plant may be frustrated for years until court and to get preliminary injunc­ Council meeting, late last month. remedies for the nation's worst eco­ their employer is ordered by the courts tions. Part of the campaign will involve nomic slump since the Depression. to negotiate the first contract. 5, Clarify definition provisions of the overhauling the 42-year-old National In opening the drive for labor law To remedy the situation the AFL- law that have not given the NLRB and Labor Relations Act, commonly known reform, the Council pointed out that CIO recommends: the courts sufficient guidelines as to as the Wagner Act, in order to restore the Taft-Hartley and Landrum-Griflin 1. Expedite NLRB elections and pre­ Congressional intent. "equity to labor-management rela­ amendments, which were supposed to liminary injunctions for employer dis­ The Executive Council also declared tions." As a result of the strict Congres­ correct imbalances in Federal labor crimination against workers exercising support for President Carter's rejection sional limits on workers' organizing legislation, had created a situation their right to organize and for illegal of wage and price controls. But at a rights, management now holds the up­ where "employers violate the rights of refusals to bargain after such elections. press conference, AFL-CIO President per hand, the Council declared. workers with virtual impunity" just as 2. Repeal Section 14b which allows George Meany warned against the Ad­ The AFL-CIO will also seek full col­ they did before the Wagner Act was states to pass so-called "right-to-work" ministration's plan for prenotification lective bargaining rights for public em­ passed. laws that deprive workers of their right on wage and price increases as leading ployees and farm workers, the two According to the AFL-CIO state­ to decide whether or not they want a toward the same end. largest groups currently excluded from ment, workers no longer face employer union shop. "It would destroy collective bargain­ coverage under the National Labor Re­ goon squads armed with brass knuckles 3. Streamline NLRB procedures to ing if you are compelled to notify the lations Act. and billy clubs. Today's union busters reduce delays. To help this along, ex­ Federal Government" months in ad­ "wear business suits and carry attache pand the five-member Board to nine vance and "give them some responsibil­ Employment Proposals cases" and know how to use delaying members. ity for a settlement," he said, explaining tactics in the National Labor Relations 4. Give unions the same remedies that prenotification would destroy la­ A wide range of programs to elim­ Board so that workers who have been available to the employer for combating bor's flexibility at the bargaining table. inate unemployment were also pro­ posed at the Bal Harbour, Fla. meeting. The labor leaders called on Congress AFL-CIO Council Passes Maritime Resolutions and the President to pass a $30 billion The AFL-CIO Executive Coun­ related resolutions, along with hog. economic stimulus program that would We urge all SIU members to include public works, public service cil passed five resolutions that are other items of interest, can be read this supplement since it shows employment, special youth training of particular importance to all found in the special supplement on and job programs, and countercyclical maritime workers. the AFL-CIO Executive Council how the other AFL-CIO unions aid to state and local governments. A These five enei^y and maritime- meeting on pages 17-24 of this are supporting maritime workers.

Shipping Membership News INDEX Around Bait, harbor .. .Backpage Boatman Tackett Page 6 Overseas Chicago Page 5 Former scholarship Philip K Page 11 winner Page 10 Legislative News Brotherhood in Action .. .Page 31 Long Lines Pages 38-39 New pensioners .... Pages 29-31 Washington Activities .... Page 9 Lakes Picture Page 8 Ships' Committees Page 14 Final Departures .... Pages 32, 33 Cargo preference Inland Lines Page 6 Ships' Digests Page 25 hearings Page 5 At Sea-Ashore Page 15 Dispatchers' Reports: Special Features Tuna fishing Page 7 Great Lakes Page 27 AFL-CIO meeting . . .Pages 17-24 Oil pollution hearings Page 12 General News Deep Sea Page 13 Propeller Club, Navy Locks and Dam 26 Page 2 Shipper forum . Page 3 Inland Waters Page 12 League Page 28 Undermanned tankers .... Page 5 Seamen's Labor history .. Page 27 Union News AFL-CIO Council Training and Upgrading Articles of particular interest to Wilmington meeting ...... Page 4 meeting ...... Pages 3, 17-24 Seafarers participate in A' members in each area can be found President's Report Page 2 Jones Act Page 12 seniority upgrading . . .Page 35 on the following pages: Merger proposal Page 5 C. G. Lakes meeting Page 2 HLS courses and Deep Sea:3,5,12,13,14,15,25 Headquarters Notes Page 7 Calif, tanker regulations .. Page 12 application Pages 36-37 Inland Waters: 2,6, 11, Back Page Boatmen hold confab .... Page 11 National unemployment .. Page 9 GED graduates Page 37 Great Lakes: 2, 8,27

March, 1977 Pages Wilmington Seafarers Await Pipeline Start anticipation of the emergence of Long ral gas pipeline to shadow the oil pipeline. and if there is anything our economy needs more Beach, Calif, becoming a major shipping port SIU Representative Pat Marinelli, who chaired than these jobs, I don't know what it is." for Seafarers was the main topic of discussion as the meeting, talked about these issues and outlined Despite the controversy over the gas pipeline, SlU members from Los Angeles and the L.A. the legislative steps the SIU was taking to insure though, the Wilmington membership expressed County areas gathered in January for the regular an all-Alaska route for the gas pipeline rather than confidence in the Union's efforts to help insure the membership meeting in Wilmington, Calif. a proposed alternate route through Canada. all-Alaska route for the gas pipeline, as well as The reason for the anticipation, of course, is the In this regard, at a recent press conference in anxiously noting benefits the new oil pipeline will soon-to-be opened trans-Alaska oil pipeline which Washington, D.C., SIU President Paul Hall de­ provide West Coast Seafarers. will provide a definite boost to U.S. domestic ship­ nounced the proposed Canadian route for the gas Other topics discussed at the meeting were the ping on the West Coast. pipeline, stating that ''the all-Alaska line would Steward Department Recertification Program; This anticipation was heightened by the added provide750,000 man-years of American jobs with­ LNG/LPG training and the necessity for firefight- possibility of construction of a trans-Alaska natu­ out spending a cent of the taxpayers' money . . . ing training for all seamen. After the meeting, there was a job call at the Wilmington hall to crew up the new 80,000-ton SlU-contracted tanker Zapata Courier, the last of four sisterships launched at Todd Shipyards in San Pedro, Calif, in the past year.

Recertified Bosun Sal Sbrlglio, who later got the Prior to Wilmington membership meeting, Recertified Bosun Ben Mignano, left, squares away his 1977 bosun's job on the new tanker Zapata Courier, lis­ dues with SIU representative Pat Marinelli. tens to proceedings at membership meeting.

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Seafarer Mike Gunter, with pen in hand and With a trip to Las Vegas possibly in mind, four Seafarers enjoy a hand of cards while waiting for the mem­ thoughts of another place filling his mind, writes a bership meeting to begin. They are, from the left. Seafarers Robert Beckwith, Russell Mancin, Walter letter home tc his family. Lungren and Blewett Davis.

Seafarer Jimmy Ward makes an emphatic point Seafarers listen as SIU Rep. Pat Marinelli (not in photo) talks about the future of the port of Wilmington. about firefighting during Wilmington meeting.

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Hall Protests Undermanned A6LC Approves Merger Talk; West Coast Tankers West Coast Meeting Held Undermanned oil tankers on the dards inside U.S. waters. Hall ex­ The SIU A&G's proposal to con­ Watertenders: Henry Disley, presi­ West Coast were sharply attacked by plained. "The very act on the part of tinue discussions of a possible merger dent. SIU President Paul Hall at a Senate the U.S. Coast Guard in reducing with the three SIU Pacific District In February, the Executive Board Commerce Committee hearing on manning on board these ships is used aflSliate unions received unanimous of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and tanker accidents earlier this year. to pressure internationally for world­ approval by the membership in all Inland Waters District (AGLIWD) Hall singled out as a hazard the wide reduction of shipboard manning A&G ports where a quorum was pres­ presented the merger proposal to the three Standard Oil tankers that oper­ to the detriment of safe marine oper­ ent for the vote this month. three Pacific District unions. (See ate with a sealed engine room and no ations." The vote was taken at the regular story and text of proposal on page 5 unlicensed personnel on engine duty. "Taking advantage of USCG poli­ March membership meetings in the of the February 1977 Log.) He also criticized the Coast Guard cies, Standard Oil of California, Esso nine constitutional ports and at special In keeping with the autonomous for allowing the low manning scales of New Jersey and the rest are trying membership meetings held on Mar. 18 character of the SIUNA district on the tankers. to beat down international standards," in all other ports. unions, the AGLIWD offered the pro­ President Hall warned, ". .. If Hall continued. Also, preliminary discussions of the posal to each union individually for its something goes wrong with that pro­ Tremendous Effort Needed merger were held by the leadership of consideration. Acceptance or rejec­ pulsion plant, as recently happened, President Hall later said that this the four, presently autonomous unions tion of the proposal will be made in­ and you have no competent personnel elimination of the unlicensed engine of the SIUNA federation on Mar. 17- dividually. in the engine room, you can lose con­ department on the three Standard Oil 21 in Santa Rosa, Calif. The merger is being considered in trol of that vessel and you are gone. I tankers is a threat to the manning Representing the four unions at the order to expand job opportunities and wouldn't want to be a cook on that scales of all future U.S.-flag ships. meeting were: pclit'cal strength for all of the unions kind of ship, because you are all on He stated that the situation calls for For the SIU A&G District: Paul involved. It would also reduce their the same boat, as the saying goes." In a tremendous effort by all maritime Hall, president; Frank Drozak, exec­ individual administrative and operat­ giving in to Standard Oil's demands. unions if the manning scale is to be utive vice president; Steve Troy, San ing costs. Hall charged, the Coast Guard is changed. Without a concerted drive Francisco port agent, and Harvey When and if a joint merger state­ "playing with potential danger." by the maritime unions there may Mesford, Seattle port agent. ment is prepared by the leadership the Saving the cost of employing one, soon be no unlicensed engine person­ For the Sailors Union of the Pacific: membership of all merging unions will two or three people imperils the whole nel in the American-flag fleet, Hall Morris Weisberger, president/secre­ vote on it by secret ballot. effort to control tanker safety stan­ noted. tary-treasurer. To date the leadership of the MC&S For the Marine Cooks and Stew­ has accepted the merger proposal ards: Ed Turner, president, and all of while the leadership of the SUP and the MC&S port agents. MFOW has rejected it. Discussions Oil Company Charges on For the Marine Firemen, Oilers and on the matter are continuing. Cargo Preference Refuted Meet About Offshore Jobs In testimony before a U.S. Senate "The oil companies are leading the sub-committee. Transportation Insti­ attack against a national oil import tute President Herbert Brand refuted cargo policy," Brand told the Senate charges broyght by multinational oil Sub-Committee, "by wrapping them­ companies that cargo preference legis­ selves .la the mantle o! consuHser pro­ lation would considerably raise con­ tection." sumer prices and cause international These companies which guard their trade repercussions against the U.S. profits by using dangerous flag-of-con- TI is a Washington-based educational venience tankers are talking about and research organization representing higher consumer oil prices rather than 130 companies in the maritime industry. their own share of environmental legis­ In his Mar. 8 testimony before the lation, he explained. Sub-Committee on Merchant Marine, Higher safety standards and a cargo Brand "wholeheartedly endorsed" the policy may have some cost impact on S.682 and S.568 bills which would guar­ the consumer. "But we do not believe antee American-flag ships a significant that the U.S. public is unwilling to pay portion of U.S. oil trade and enact stiff a little more to preserve our waters and safety standards for tankers in U.S. our national security." coastal waters. The legislation will also prove its He testified a week earlier before the worth by creating jobs where they are House Merchant Marine and Fisheries most needed. Brand said. Carrying 30 Committee in support of similar policies percent of our oil imports on U.S.-flag contained in H.R. 1037. ships would mean about 134,000 man- Representatives of the eight international unions that signed the General years of work in shipyards and allied Presidents' Offshore Agreement for the West Coast met in full committee on industries—areas of high unemploy­ Feb. 14 in Bal Harbour, Fla. They reviewed the progress made under the West Assisfing Pumpman ment—and 5,000 shipboard jobs. This Coast pact and discussed a course of action for a similar East Coast arrange­ Difc' to new environmental would be about 12 percent of the total ment. The Presidents' Agreement insures offshore drilling jobs for American standards, many U.S.-flag tankers jobs needed to reach President Carter's union members. The meeting was attended by SIUNA President Paul Hall, who chaired the session, and by SIUNA Vice President Frank Drozak. will soon be installing line blind goal of reduc'ng unemployment to five valves in tbe pumprooms. The percent by 1980. purpose of the valves, which have The specter of .international retalia­ already been installed on some tion for the destruction of free trade that SIU Tanker Is Set for Valdex tankers, is to avoid oil pollution in the oil companies have raised against a the event of a leak in the sea suc­ national cargo policy is also unfounded. When the Alaska Oil Pipe­ The vessel was launched last tion. Brand stated. Two-thirds of our oil im­ line opens sometime this year, November from the National The pumpman, however, may ports would still be carried by foreign Steel Shipbuilding Yards in San flags. one of the new ships waiting require assistance in shifting the Moreover, other nations have en­ Diego, Calif. Her length is 894- valves when changing from cargo acted cargo reservation., measures for feet, breadth is 106-feet, and to ballast and vice-versa. When their own fleets—many above 30 per­ DEEP SEA when fully loaded she wiU have such assistance is provided to the cent. mi 49-foot draft. a pumpman by the watch on deck, "The idea that there is currently free at Yaldez, the pipeline's port of The cost of the four tankers, such work shall be considered trade in oil transportation is an ostrich­ routine, as defined in Article III, like refusal to accept the reality of the discharge, will be the SIU-con­ all 89,700 dwt, will be over Section 6 (C) of the Standard current world situation." tracted ST Overseas Chicago. $120 million. The ST Overseas Tanker Agreements states: The proposed legislation wisely links The first of four new tankers Ohio and the Overseas New "Men on watch may assist the environmental and cargo policies, buUt by the Maritime Overseas York are expected to be ready pifmpififln in piinq^rooms when ac- Brand pointed out. The Coast Guard Corp. to carry oil from the pipe­ by the end of this year. The can effectively enforce tanker safety cdmpaiyied by flie pumpman to standards only on American vessels. line) the Overseas Chicago is Overseas Washington wHl en­ iiihke changes, for handling cargo The only way to get the full benefit of expected to be ready for service ter the Alaska trade early in %id ballast) but not these laws is to increase the number of inJiiiy. 1978. J American-flag ships in our waters. Page 5 March,1977

MiiH Boatman David Tacketf; A Chip Oft the Old Blotk(ette) David Tackett was born to Lucille Thompson 29 years ago in the fine old river town of Cairo, 111., where the Ohio River meets the Mississippi. Today they live in another river town. Granite City, 111., near St. Louis, but their work often takes them past Cairo. Both Lucille and Dave work on SlU-contracted towboats, she as a cook and he as a deckhand and lead man. In the three years that this mother Philadelphia and son team have worked on the river, The ice has all melted now, but some SIU members in this port have become only twice have they found themselves celebrities because of last month's severe ice conditions. A local half-hour TV on the same boat together. How did this news program called "Eye On" was filmed on the SlU-contracted tug Neptune situation work out? of Independent Towing Company. The program, which showed the difficulties Brother Tackett rolls his eyes humor­ which tugmen experience working in ice, is reported to be aired on the nation­ ously and exclaims, "As if I hadn't had wide show "Sixty Minutes." enough of her cooking already!" Sister Thompson takes up the ball and re­ Detroit sponds with a laugh, "Do you think I halted navigation in many areas. "I was wasn't already tired of doing his laun­ on the Dan J. Hogan, breaking ice in SlU-contracted harbor tugs in all Great Lakes ports have begun fitting out dry and sewing on his buttons?" St. Louis Harbor," reports Dave. "A after their annual winter lay-up. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. will be Although not part of her duties as a TV station photographed us from a hel­ needing SIU Boatmen any day now for the river dredging project in Cleveland, towboat cook. Sister Thomson likes to icopter and we were on the news." and Construction Aggregates Corporation will be needing men for their Bay perform certain motherly tasks for her "We were tied up on the Ohio River City, Mich, job by the middle of April. crewmembers, whom she calls "my for 15 days," says Lucille. "The men boys." But don't all you boatmen try were busy breaking ice so we wouldn't Houston to flock to Lucille's boat—she's a relief get frozen in, but it wasn't all that dif­ cook for Orgulf Transport Company of ferent for me. My work goes on as G & H Towing Company expects deltvery next month of the newjug C. R. usual no matter what happens." Hayden, being built by Todd Shipyards of Galveston. The company has two Cincinnati, and she's liable to turn up additional tugs on order with Todd. on any one of their four lineboats. Brother Tackett and Sister Thomp­ Sister Thompson's work for Orgulf son both hope to continue working on St. Louis has taken her over most stretches of the the river. Tackett is planning to upgrade Ohio, Mississippi, and Illinois Rivers. himself through the Tankerman Train­ The main lock chamber at Locks and Dam 26 at Alton, 111. was closed 10 Brother Tackett, who has worked for ing Program at the Lundeberg School. hours per day for 19 days to allow for the repair of voids which had developed both Orgulf and American Commercial "I've heard a lot of good things about beneath the lock walls. Although the Upper Mississippi River was still closed Barge Line Company of Jeffersonville, that place, and I'm anxious to get for the winter and traffic in the area was light, a large backlog of tows waiting Ind., boasts a longer list of rivers, in­ there," he says. "I'm looking forward to lock through developed. At one time as many as 35 tows were waiting, with cluding the above three plus the White to that bigger paycheck, too," he adds. waiting times of three and four days not uncommon. The SIU has long advo­ River in Arkansas and the beautiful Lucille Thompson has no upgrading cated the replacement of this aging facility, and several bills authorizing its Cumberland which flows through Ten­ plans, but she is quite content in her replacement are currently before Congress. nessee and Kentucky. present situation. "I like working on the Both mother and son were working river," she says with a b:g smile. "The Norfolk on different boats and different rivers pay is good and there's always some­ this January when severe ice conditions thing happening out there." Barge traffic on the James River has been slowed down due to the ramming of the Harrison Drawbridge by a ship. It is uncertain how long the removal of the downed bridge, which poses a considerable navigation hazard, will take. In Any Seaferer or Boatman who When USPHS has refused to pick New Orleans is taken to a hospital other than lip the tab claiming j^y have ho The SlU-contracted Mississippi Queen, the 400-passenger overnight river- a USPHS facility for emergency record of the telephone call. How­ boat which was launched last year, is underway again after its winter lay-up. treatment, must notify the nearest ever, by using telegrams you will The beautiful new steamboat, which carries a crew of over 100, is currently USPHS hospital of his situation have permanent proof that you ac­ making weekly round-trip runs between New Orleans and Natchez, Miss. within 48 hours, and it Is suggested tually notified USPHS within the that the notification be made by prescribed period and at the same Jeffersonville, Ind. '^telegram. time you will eliminate any confu­ American Commercial Barge Line Company, an SlU-contracted company In the past, many of our mem­ sion dealing with phone caUs. located across the Ohio River from Louisville, Ky. will be crewing up a new If you have no recourse,^ though, 1800 hp. towboat, the Delmar Jaeger, some time next month. Also under con­ bers have made it a practice to hilt to use the phone, you should struction for ACBL are two 8400 hp. boats, the first of which is due out this notify USPHS by phone. Unfortu­ make it a point to get the name, June. The new boats will operate on the Western Rivers and the Gulf Intra- nately, whenit comes time to pay dtle and department of the person coastal Waterway. the bill, there have been cases vflio hahfUed your

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Page 6 Seafarers Log gory, the Union can begin bringing in new members, which in turn will enable % the SIU to maintain a good, cyclical balance of young, middle-aged and older Headq uarters members. This is an essential formula for any strong organization to maintain. However, the SIU cannot and will not force its members to upgrade if they don't want to. The only thing we can do is to continuously provide you with the opportunity to upgrade at the Lundeberg School, and encourage you to ^otes take advantage of the programs by actually going to the School and partici­ pating. by SIU Executive Vice President There is no good excuse for not upgrading because the School provides comprehensive programs for all ratings in both the deep sea and inland water Frank Drozak areas. For SIU Boatmen, the School has upgrading courses leading to ratings as able-seaman, tankerman, mate, radar observer, first class pilot, original tow- boat operator, master, and assistant or chief diesel engineer. For SIU members, especially those who are shipping in the entry ratings, In the deep sea area for deck department members, the School provides up­ the key to higher pay, wider job opportunities and increased job security is grading courses for able-seaman, deck maintenance, quartermaster, lifeboat- upgrading through the wide range of educational programs available to all SIU man and LNG/LPG training. For engine department members, there are members at the Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point, Md. courses for FOWT, QMED-any rating, welding, pumpman and advanced I single out our entry rated members in particular when talking about up­ pumpman, automation, diesel engine, refrigerated container mechanic and grading, because it is they who have both the most to gain by increasing their LNP/LPG training. skills, as well as the farthest to go before reaching the top rated jobs of their For the steward department, of course, the School is revamping the entire respective shipboard departments. steward department curriculum. Our entry rated members who still have not I also single out our entry rated members because the opportunity for them decided which department they will make their permanent domain, should take quickly getting a job in a higher rating after they complete a specific program a very close look at the steward department. There are many fine career op­ at the Lundeberg School is greater now than it has been for a number of years. portunities to be found in the steward department, which I consider as im­ In fact, because of the SIU's aggressive organizing programs to increase job portant, and sometimes even more important, than any other on board ship. opportunities for this membership, there is a definite need today for more able- The bottom line here is simply that the opportunities to upgrade are avail­ seamen, oilers, and rated men in general in the steward department. able to all SIU members of all ages sailing in all capacities on the Great Lakes, When you look at it closely, the SIU's upgrading programs are of mutual inland waters or oceans. benefit to both the Union and the members themselves. As noted before, the The courses are all provided free-of-charge to the membership, including member benefits from upgrading in the way of better pay, better job oppor­ free room and board at the School. The only tab you have to pick up is trans­ tunities and increased job and financial security for the future. portation to and from the School. The Union, on the other hand, benefits from these programs because the There are great benefits to be derived from participating in the SIU's pro­ more SIU members who upgrade their skills, the easier it is for the Union to grams for all concerned. As the old saying goes, though, you can lead a horse meet its manpower commitments to its contracted operators. In addition, as to water, but you can't make him drinic. In other words, the opportunities are each SIU member upgrades his skills and moves out of the entry-rated cate­ there for you. Brothers, but it's up to you to take advantage of them.

Drozak Asks for 'Rotionor Tuna Industry Regulation Frank Drozak, executive vice-presi­ Service established a porpoise mortal­ tion to tuna fishing operations, as the merce Juanita Kreps to authorize trans­ dent of the SIU, has warned Congress ity quota of 59,050 for the U.S. tuna only vessels left at sea are outside the fer of their vessels to foreign registry. that unless the Marine Mammal Pro­ fleet for 1977, which is nearly 20,000 control of the Act." A spokesman for the group said that tection Act is amended to provide for less than last year's quota and 37,000 Vice-President Drozak also pointed "the whole fleet wants to go foreign; rational regulation of the tuna industry, less than the expected quota for this out that while the Marine Mammal Act, that's its only chance of survival unless "U.S. tuna vessels and canneries may be year. which was enacted to protect porpoise Congress acts quickly in liberalizing the forced out of the U.S. causing the na­ With the announcement of what U.S. and other marine mammals, has suc­ 1972 Marine Mammal Act." tion to lose an important food industry tunamen call an "unrealistically low" ceeded in driving U.S. tuna boats from He added, "the fleet has little to show and the thousands of jobs it produces porpoise quota for 1977, the U.S. the seas, "the entire foreign fleet is at for three months of trying to cooperate at sea and on shore." yellowfin tuna fleet of 130 purse seiners sea taking tuna by methods which the and reach a reasonable agreement with Drozak, accompanied by Steve Ed- headed home to San Diego and San U.S. fleet is prohibited from using." the Government, except some $40 mil­ ney, president of the SIUNA-affiliated Pedro, Calif, with their American flags lion in losses, including about 20,000 United Cannery Workers Union, lev­ at half mast. Want to Go Foreign tons of tuna since Jan. 1." eled the warning during testimony Mar. Referring to the predicament of the Ironically, while Drozak was testify­ So far, 17 vessels have actually ap­ 2 at hearings before the House Sub­ now idle U.S. tuna fleet, Drozak charged ing at the Subcommittee hearings, a plied for authorization to go foreign committee on Fisheries, Wildlife Con­ that "it should be clear that by forcing group of management representatives under flags of Panama, Mexico, Dutch servation and Environment in Wash­ the U.S. tuna fleet into port, the Marine from the American tunamen's associa­ Curaco and several other South Ameri­ ington, D.C. Mammal Act has attained exactly the tion were petitioning Secretary of Com­ can countries. His testimony came just a few days opposite goal it was designed to achieve after the National Marine and Fisheries by causing a virtual absence of regula­ Obsolete Lifeboats Continued from Page 2 not carry deck watches although these vessels are bigger than the older vessels, and in few cases have any lifesaving and require as much if not more mainte­ devices been launched. nance work to be performed. Reinstat­ The age of the lifeboat equipment is ing the deck watch was recommended. a factor as well as the design, the SIU representatives said. Capsule type life­ Protested Manning Scale boats that are self-launching and weatherproof were discussed during the The Union also protested the Coast safety workshop. Guard manning certificates for newer During the meeting and later in a vessels that call for only one watch- letter to the chief of the Lakes Coast standing engineer. Guard Marine Safety Division, the SIU Fire and lifeboat drills on the Lakes asked that gangways and safety nets are often lax, the Union charged, and similar to those used aboard deep sea often ships' logs may reflect that a drill vessels be required on Great Lakes was performed when in fact it wasn't. ships. Three of our members were killed Strict verification procedures were re­ in 1976 in' ladder-boarding accidents. quested and strict penalties for opera­ Part of the problem, according to the tors who fail to require fire and lifeboat Union, is that ladders are left unattended drills. because of the reduction in unlicensed Most of the day-long seminar was SIU Executive Vice-President Frank Drozak, left, and Steve Edney, president manning. spent discussing LORAN-C, civil pen­ of the SIUNA-affiliated United Cannery Workers Union, sit side-by-side dur­ In a statement submitted to the Coast alty assessment procedures on oil spills, ing hearings conducted by the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife Guard after the meeting, the SIU noted and documentation procedures. The Conservation and Environment. Drozak told the committee that unless the that vessels built pursuant to provisions safety workshop was held because it Marine Mammal Act was amended, the U.S. tuna industry, including canneries, of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 do was specifically requested by the SIU. would be lost to foreign countries. The Lakes Picture Fraiikffirt The car ferry M/V Viking was laid up Feb. 19 due to severe weather condi­ tions. When she arrived in Frankfort, an inspection showed that the bearings in the reduction gear were burned out. Repairs were slated for completion by the end of March when the ship will sail again. Hiiffalo Business is slow in the port of Buffalo because the ice is still solid in the harbor. However the SlU oHice there reports that the heavy snow accumulation from January and February has almost melted without any flooding. Only one vessel laid up in Buffalo this winter, the S.S. Consumers Power (Boland and Cornelius). Six of the elderly seamen in the area recently put in for their pensions. Diilath Seafarers were among the hundreds of union members who demonstrated The Coast Guard Station North Superior in Grand Marais, Minn, will soon outside J. P. Stevens headquarters in New York City recently. reopen on a full-time basis. The station is a search and rescue and boating safety facility on Lake Superior, 40 miles from the Canadian border. It was closed in 1973 as part of federal cost cutting measures, but was reopened for the 1974 Labor Launches Nationwide boating season because of local public interest. It had been operated on week­ ends and holidays since that time by the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Boycott of J.P, Stevens St. Lawreiiee Seaway The Amalgamated Clothing and Tex­ cale. Peanuts, Yves St. Laurent and Heavy ice conditions will delay the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, tile Workers Union (ACTWU), backed Angelo Donghia. possibly until Apr. 13. Canadian and U.S. Seaway officials announced in March by the pledge of AFL-CIO chief George Hiding under other brand names are that they could not predict when the ice would break up and therefore could Meany's "complete, total all-out sup­ such J. P. Stevens non-union made not establish a firm opening date. Special ice bulletins will be issued to user port," launched a massive drive to ask products as Contender and Merry- associations on a weekly basis until the Seaway is reopened. U.S. consumers not to buy J. P. Stevens weather carpets, Forstmann blankets A new book that might be of interest to some of our members is Jaques Co. textile products. and draperies and Fruit of the Loom, LesStrang's Seaway. Billed as "the untold story of North America's Fourth As a sidelight on Mar. 1, while Big Mama, Finesse, Hip-Lets and Spirit Seacoast," the book tells the story of the St. Lawrence Seavvay, from the polit­ Stevens stockholders were at their an­ hosiery. The purpose of the nationwide boy­ ical battles that were fought in order to build it to the problems of winter naviga­ nual meeting inside, hundreds of union, tion. Also included are discussions of the port facilities along the Seaway and cott is to put collective bargaining pres­ religious and civil rights picketers sure on the non-union firm which the the technology used to move ships through the system, as well as a selection of mounted a boycott demonstration out­ AFL-CIO considers to be the No. I over three hundred photographs. It was published by the Superior Publishing side the company's New York corpo­ violator of the Taft-Hartley Act. Company's Salisbury Press and costs $19.95. rate headquarters protesting the firm's Since 1963, the Textile Workers union busting, civil rights violations and IN'troit Union has been trying to organize the lack of social justice for their minority Engine crews have been called for the end of March to fit out several of the J. P. Stevens mills. (The Textile Work­ American Steamship Co. vessels: S.S. Sharon, S.S. John J. Boland, M/V employees. ers Union and the Amalgamated Cloth­ Buffalo, M/V Roger Kyes, S.S. John T. Hutchinson, S.S. Joseph Young, S.S. Since 34 percent of the company's ing Workers Union recently merged.) Detroit Edison, and S.S. Adam E. Cornelius. Galley and deck crews will soon $1-billion plus in sales came from the Only 10 percent of the 700,000 follow the black gang on board. The M/V Richard Reiss is already running. American buying public in 1975, the Southern textile workers are organized. The Cement Transit Co.'s M/V Medusa Challenger and five ships from the trade union movement requests con­ Their wages are 31 percent (a more Huron Cement Co. are also fitting out at the end of March. They are the S.S. sumers not to purchase, among other than $63 a week wage gap) below the E.M. Eord, the J.B. Ford, the S.S. Iglehart, the M/V Townsend and the S.T. things, Utica, Mohawk, Fruit of the U.S. factory worker pay average. Crapo. Loom and Tastemaker sheets, pillow­ The NLRB has charged J. P. Stevens When the M/V Belle River crews up in August, the SIU will be manning it cases,. blankets, shower curtains and with a "massive, multi-state campaign" with a chief electrician—a first in SIU Lakes history. The new 1000-ft. self- towels; Simtex table linen, and Taste- to deny its employes the right to or­ unloading ore-carrier is the latest addition to the American Steamship Co.'s maker and Gulistan carpets. ganize. Great Lakes fleet. Other sheets, pillowcases and towels In 94 NLRB cases, Stevens has been At a Feb. 28 executive committee meeting in Detroit, the Great Lakes Task on the don't buy list have a Fine Arts fined $L5-million for 289 illegal fir­ Force noted that the number of U.S.-flag ships serving the Great Lakes foreign label and brand names such as Beauti- ings. trade and the U.S./Canada trade was continuously declining. Although there was enough foreign trade out of the Great Lakes to support 813 foreign vessel calls in 1977, there were only two U.S.-flag companies who made 10 sailings. The Federal operating subsidy is not sufficient, they said, and recommended an increased operating and construction subsidy for U.S.-flag operators in the Great Lakes foreign trade. The executive committee also decided to study the present cargo preference laws to see if they discourage the routing of traflic through the Great Lakes. Freight rate discrimination against Great Lakes ports added to the problem, they noted. At the meeting, the committee recommended that the Federal Maritime Commission establish a Great Lakes District Office so that the "fourth sea- coast" could achieve parity with the other three coastal regions of the U.S. Labor unions and port authorities in Canada and the U.S. belong to the Great Lakes Task Force whose goal is to stimulate the economic and environ­ mental development of the region through suggesting legislative and other solutions to the area's problems. Saiilt Marie Giant LlOO-ft. carriers may soon be sailing on the Great Lakes. In February the Army Corps of Engineers announced it would allow 1,100 ft. vessels to use the Poe Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. At least two of the 1,000-footers now under construction were designed to be lengthened to 1,100 feet if the regulations concerning the Poe Lock were changed, but it is not yet known whether these vessels will be built to the longer specifications. The Poe Lock —1,200 ft. long, 110 ft. wide and 32 ft. deep—was built to accommodate 1,000 ft. long vessels. Skipper,.... About That New Guy ....

Pages Seafarers Log CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET House and Senate committees and subcommittees are preparing their reports to the Budget Committee and estimating the effect each committee's legislation will have on the Fiscal Year 1978 Federal budget. Estimates were due Mar. 15. House and Senate Budget Committee conferees have recently agreed on a revised budget for Fiscal Year 1977 (which ends Sept. 30) which includes $1.4 billion more than President Carter proposed to create jobs. The unemployment rate in January was 7.3 percent and is expected to rise sharply and temporarily for February because of the large number of layoffs caused by natural gas shortages and cold weather. Congress had to revise the 1977 budget adopted last September to provide for spending increases and tax cuts designed to boost economic growth and lower unemployment.

ETHICS CODE FOR THE HOUSE The House of Representatives has passed a resolution for a new strict code of ethics for congressmen which would clamp down on the use of slush funds, outside sources of income, and franking privileges. The Commission on Admin­ ^ CARGO PREFERENCE—TOP PRIORITY istrative Review, chaired by Rep. David R. Obey (D-Wisc.) recommended the ^ Chairman John Murphy (D-N.Y.) opened hearings in the Merchant Marine plan last month. It includes jail terms and fines for willful violations. « and Fisheries Committee on cargo preference bills Mar. 1 with a strong state- The new code will: ment of commitment. [See related stories on pages 3 and 5 of this Log.] Al­ 1. Require full disclosure of income, gifts, holdings, etc. though the bills are new, testimony has been given in earlier sessions of Congress 2. Limit the amount of gifts from any individual or organization to $100 on cargo preference. Murphy made the point that President Carter is on record per year 3. m as favoring a strong U.S. cargo policy. Limit outside sources of earned income, including honoraria for speeches, ^ AA similar• 1^ — lbbill a 11 aMaxaa^^^passed both housesLa a a aa aa of Congress, but was vetoed by President to $8,625 per year 4. Prohibit lame duck travel S-* Ford; in December 1974. Two bills have been introduced in the Senate, one by Senator Ernest Hollings 5. Outlaw the use of leftover campaign funds to run offices, and instead, ||(D-S.C.)S and another by Senator Warren Magnuson (D-Wash.), whose Com- increase office expense accounts by $5,000 per member 6. merce Committee (renamed Commerce, Science and Transportation under Limit franking to six mass mailings per year and prohibit mailings 60 days before an election S- reorganization) are holding hearings on the Senate side. In recent hearings on oil spills in the Senate Commerce Committee, SIU S^ President Paul Hall linked the spills with use of runaway flags and foreign sea- OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF ^ men, and urged that Congress take action to establish new policy. The OCS Ad Hoc Committee is continuing hearings on oil and gas manage- k s COMMERCE COMMITTEE GAINS IN ment policy for the outer continental .shelf. Rep. John Murphy, speaking at the Maritime Trades Department Executive Ni ^ SENATE REORGANIZATION Board meeting, stated that his amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Act m ^ In the realignment of committee jurisdiction, passed overwhelmingly by the will require that any vessel, rig or platform used in exploration, development W ^ Senate, the Commerce Committee has been renamed Committee on Commerce, or production of oil or gas on the shelf be manned by Americans. O ^ Science and Transportation and given an expanded role. DEEP SEABED MINING . ^ ^ Senate Resolution 4, prepared by the Select Committee (chaired by Sen. Adlai ^Stevenson (D-III.) proposed restructuring the cominittee system so that work The Subcommittee on Oceanography of the Merchant Marine and Fisheriesi ^ 1^ and responsibility can be distributed equally among all committees and all Committee3mmittee will hear testimony in March on a bill to promote development of W -' members. hard minerals in the deep seabed. The Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee was merged into the new S^ Commerce Committee, which also gets referral of all bills relating to interstate ^ commerce, transportation, regulation of interstate common carriers, merchant . ^ marine and navigation, marine and ocean transportation (including deepwater « ports). Coast Guard, inland waterways, communications, regulation of con- ^ sumer products and services, Panama Canal, fisheries, outer continental shelf, coastal zone management, ocean weather and atmosphere, and sports. ' Energy and minerals legislation will be consolidated into a new Energy and Sk Natural Resources Committee, and environmental matters will be given to the ' Environment andnnd PublicPubl''^ Worksw/i^rVc Committee. The number ofnf committeespnmmittpoQ was reduced from 31 to 25. Unanimous endorsement of S. Res. 4 by the Rules Committee provided an k important boost for the measure on the floor. It is the first time since 1947 that ^ the Senate has been reorganized. SPAD is the union's separate segregated political fund. It solicits and accepts only voluntary contributions. It engages in political activities and makes con­ tributions to candidates. A member may voluntarily contribute as he sees fit or make no contribution without fear of reprisal. February Unemployment Rate Seafarers are urged to contribute to SPAD. It is the way to have your voice heard and to keep your union effective in the fight for legislation to protect the security of every Seafarer and his family. Climbs to 7.5% From 7.3% A copy of our report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is WASHINGTON, D.C. — The na­ Last month 225,000 workers available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, tion's unemployment rate in February (210,000 laid off due to energy short­ D.C. climbed to 7.5 percent of the labor ages) lost their jobs bringing the total force from 7.3 percent in January, re­ number of unemployed in the*. UnitedI ported the U.S. Labor Department, as States to 7,183,000. Under Meany's high joblessness continued to beset '"true" count it would be nearer 10-mil- thtice to Meters On Protetkun America's economy. lion unemployed. However, AFL-CIO President When throwing In for work dur­ section 7 of the SIU Shipph^ Jobless rates for fulltime adult work­ George Meany reiterated that these lat­ Rules: ers rose from 6.7 percent to 6.9 percent ing a job call at any SIU Hiring est U.S. Bureau of Labor jobless statis­ during the month of February while the Ifall, members must produce the '^Within each class of seniority tics show that "the economy remains in unemployed rate for blacks increased following: rating in every Department, prioi> the same sad shape it was a year ago from 12.5 percent to 13.1 percent. The ity for entry rating jobs shall be this time." jobless rate for black teenagers jumped • membership certificate given to all seamen who possess Meany again observed that the AFL- from 36.1 percent to 37.2 percent. Lifeboatman endorsement by the • registration card CIO's realistic appraisal of unemploy­ United States Coast Guard. The ment put February's jobless rate at a '.'America must have an immediate • clinic card stimulus program that will put the na­ Seafarers Appeals Board may true 10.3 percent of the country's work­ • seaman's papers force. That number counts in workers tion on the road to full ;:nployment waive the preceding sentence on involuntary part-time schedules and full production," Meany declared. when, in the sole judgment of the (1.3-million) and "discouraged" work­ "America needs 50,000 new jobs a In addition, when assigning a Board, undue hardship will result ers who have stopped looking for em­ week just to stand still and an additional |ob the dispatcher will comply or extenuating circumstences war­ ployment. The Federal bureau doesn't 25,000 new jobs a week to make a dent with the following Section 5, Sub­ rant such waiver." count them in their figures. in the unemployment rate." March, 1977 Pages

a Undercover Norfolk D.A. Guides Cops Fence Front Ex-SIU Scholarship Winner Makes the Headlines In late January, former SIU scholar­ ship winner Tofnmy Miller made the headlines in his hometown of Norfolk, Va. He had been working for a year as an undercover legal adviser to a police phony fence operation set up to catch local thieves in the act of selling their stolen goods. On Jan. 15, when the "front" opera­ tion closed down, Miller was presenting the cases to a Virginia grand jury while the police were busy rounding up the suspects. Among the goods recovered at the police "Action Auction" storefront were tow trucks and Lincoln sedans, not to mention $15-million in counterfeit cashier's checks. enjoyed the historic atmosphere," he As a result of the operation, crimes said. "In the tradition of Jefferson, there are being solved up and down the East was freedom of thought there and we Coast. were treated like gentlemen." Miller's job as an assistant Norfolk He added, "I always intended to go Commonwealth attorney (state prosecu­ to college, but as the oldest of four chil­ I—" tor) was to make sure the fence opera­ dren, the scholarship made it easier.** tion was run within the guidelines of the At first, Miller thought he wanted to FormerV law so that the criminal indictments be a chemist, but he soon discovered would stick. In particular, he spent that law seemed more interesting. After weeks studying the legal problem of Tommy Miller college, he enrolled in the College of scholarships entrapment. Entrapment means a de­ William and Mary Law School and fendant was tricked into committing a the hawser and harbor tugs in Norfolk. graduated in June 1973. crime by the police and it is grounds for Although he was glad to be written Miller had discovered his interest in winners— an acquittal. up in the Log, Miller said nothing about law enforcement while working as po­ He also visited the "fence" site to ad­ his undercover job. He stalled for lice officer in Virginia Beach, Va. dur­ j Seafarers, Boatmen and their vise the undercover officers and help months before sending us a picture, ing the summers of 1971 and 1972. He j dependents who are former SIU identify "customers". So that former de­ since he was afraid it would blow his took all the criminal and law procedures j scholarship winners—let us know fendants wouldn't recognize him from cover. Finally the clippings from the courses offered at William and Mary j what you are doing. Write The court, he grew a beard. Norfolk paper and the picture of and then landed his job with the state. t LogjSeafarersIntemationalUnion, The Log first heard of Miller's Tommy Miller with his beard-disguise "Working as a prosecutor is fascinat­ ^ 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. achievements as a lawyer from SIU arrived. ing," he said, "because of what you can ^ 11232. Make sure to include an member Dave "Scrap Iron" Jones (AB Miller won the four-year SIU scholar­ do for society and because you are a • address, and phone number if pos- from Norfolk) who works with Miller's ship in 1966 and attended the Univer­ trial lawyer. Being in the courtroom is ? sible, so that we can contact you father, Capt. Elmer Miller, on the tugs. sity of Virginia at Charlottesville, which the most interesting and difficult aspect ?^or an interview. Young Miller also spent one summer on was founded by Thomas Jefferson. "1 of being a lawyer."

El, ATU members will be whisking you from employer disputes when all other means, in­ station to station. cluding strikes, have failed. The ATU adopted The functioning of any transit system in­ this policy—the first international union to do volves a myriad of duties in addition to op­ so—when it drafted its first constitution at its erating the vehicles, and Amalgamated mem­ first convention in 1892. bers do them all; from selling you your ticket The union has been responsible for dra­ to loading your bags, from maintaining the matic accomplishments in transit-related legis­ vehicle in safe operating order to keeping it lation, such as the Vestibule Acts which man­ clean, from handling clerical duties to acting dated that companies enclose the vestibules as hostess, from conducting tours to ensuring of their vehicles to shield the drivers from the on-time service, we work to make sure you elements. The ATU has supported "exact fare" have a safe, pleasant trip. programs on most major transit systems to These ATU members are in fact the chief cut down on incidents of robbery and Injury, "public relations" and "sales" people for the and its has backed inclusion in current mass transit industry. They are the people the pub­ urban transit law of guarantees to employees' lic meets on a day-to-day basis, and the extra collective bargaining rights. effort of a ticket seller, the courtesy of a bag­ Recently, the ATU has been lobbying for gage handler or the friendly hello of a bus "no fare" urban transit systems, arguing that ATU: driver make impressions the public does not transportation be considered a public service forget. for all citizens and be financed much as police job responsibility is important to ATU work­ and fire departments are. The idea, tried ex­ ers—they are entrusted with your safety each perimentally in several U.S. and Canadian We keep cities, is aimed at increasing transit ridership, time you board a bus or subway, as well as with your children's safety, since many ATU cutting automobile traffic and thus saving members drive the "big yellow buses" that energy, reducing congestion, and in other you moving carry kids to school. Safety is the pride of ways rejuvenating our cities atid making them ATU members, and their records prove it. more livable. The ATU was originally chartered as the Why does the ATU stand up for programs Business, pleasure, across the country or Amalgamated Association of Street Railway like these that benefit everyone? Because, across town. Celling you from here to there Employees of America, which held its first after all, we're not only union members, we're safely and conveniently by commercial bus or convention September 15, 1892. Those were citizens too! subway is the job of the 150,000 members of the days when the horses that pulled the the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU). trolleys worked four hour days and the men The ATU represents virtually all employees who drove them worked 18 hours. "After all," of Greyhound Lines in the U.S. and Canada, management argued, "Horses cost money." as well as many Trailways employees. Most The tasks before the union were formidable, major urban bus systems in both countries but years of dedication and perseverance a feature are staffed by members of the ATU. have, meant substantial progress for ATU If you ride San Francisco's ultra-modern Bay members in fair working conditions, collec­ Area Rapid Transit (BART), Washington, D.C.'s tive bargaining and legislation. sleek Metro rail system, Toronto's famous Since the union's inception, it has espoused subway system, or even Chicago's venerable arbitration as a means of settling employee-

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Representing Port Arthur. Tex. at the conference were, seated (I. to r.): Lowell Broxson; Cleo Benoit; W. W. Potts; Clifford Bodin; Charles Chisolm, and Pat Thomas, Jr. Standing (I. to t.) are: Gerry Knapp; Andy Clingan; Anthony Primeaux; Don Anderson, who is an SlU representative, and Pat Thomas, Sr. From the Port of Houston came, (I. to r): Andy Johnson; SIU Representative Broxson, Benoit, Potts, Bodin and Knapp are holding SPAD receipts. Joe Sacco; Edward Touchette, and Alven Russ. Twenty-one SIU Boatmen from seven for improved hospitalization and welfare towing companies attended an historic and pension benefits. educational conference at the Harry In addition, tbey unanimously urged, Lundeberg School from Mar. 11 through "Our Contract Department to negotiate, Mar. 19. as soon as possible, the necessary contribu­ These members, as well as their Union tion [from the coinpaniesj to provide a representatives from each port, SIU Vice vacation plan for our brothers employed President Paul Drozak and Inland Coordi­ in our contracted coinpanies." nator Chuck Mollard, met to discuss the The conference participants expressed educational benefits offered at HLS, the their complete approval of the educational benefits and responsibilities of the mem­ programs at Hl.S and they adopted a bership in the SIU and the economics of resolution which encouraged their brothers the domestic shipping industry. in the towing industry to upgrade their The delegates also made proposals for skills at the school and to take an even bargaining goals in the upcoming contract more active role in promoting it. This res­ negotiations with Gulf Canal Lines, Dixie olution also strongly endorsed the Vessel Carriers, Inland Tugs—Canal Division, Operator Management and Safety Pro­ Sahine Canal and Sabine Harbor, Marine gram. It states that all wheelhovtse men Fueling, Sladc Towing, and National in the Gulf should be encouraged to at­ Marine. The contract, which will be based tend this program. on these proposed goals, will become the foundation for industry-wide standardiza­ More Educational Conferences tion of collective bargaining agreements between the SIU and its contracted com­ The delegates completed their work panies. with a recommendation that stated their The conference opened with an official Boatmen and Union representatives from New Orleans were, (I. to r.) James appreciation for the opportunity to learn welcome to the delegates from HLS Pres­ Wilson; Gerald Rhoades; Roldin Dinet; Pat Wilkinson; Stanley Zeagler, SIU about their Union and industry and noted ident Hazel Brown and Vice President representative; Roy Diehl; Fred Nation, and John Butcher. that, "We recommend that the Union and Mike Sacco. During the conference, the the Harry Lundeberg School review and study the possibility of establishing fur­ delegates toured the HLS facilities and ob­ The final proposals for contract goals seminars were Stan Zeagler of the port of ther educational conferences so that more served the training and educational pro­ were presented by the delegates them.sclves New Orleans, Mike Sacco, Gerry Brown of our brothers from all areas have this grams which are available for Boatmen. and they reflected the hours the partici­ of the port of Mobile, Don Anderson from same opportunity to learn more about They also visited the HLS Valley Lee farm pants had .spent working to meet the needs Port Arthur, Joe Sacco of Houston, and the conditions which so greatly affect their and the Seafarers Alcoholic Rehabilitation Mike Worley from St. Louis. of the membership and learning about the Center. SIU and the industry. These proposals lives." The delegates also spent a full day in As the Boatmen left the conference, were adopted unanimously by the dele­ Much of the Boatmen's time at the Washington, D.C., where they visited the many of them expressed the conviction gates. school was spent in educational seminars Transportation Institute, the Maritime that their work on the contract and the There was complete accord among which covered SIU history, the Constitu­ Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, and conference itself would not have been pos­ the Boatmen that standardized main tion, pension and welfare, vacations, the the U.S. Congress. During this visit, the sible without the increased .strength and agreements for licensed and unlicensed SIU hiring hall and shipping rules, and the conference participants learned how legis­ unity which resulted from the merger of personnel were essential to protect the economics of the towing industry. lation can affect job security and how the the IBU and the SIU. Paul Drozak also members' job security and negotiated con­ These seminars were conducted by in­ SIU and the industry work to protect do­ noted that, "What we have accomplished ditions of employment. They recom­ dustry experts and the Union officials, mestic shipping. here is not only for ourselves but also for mended the adoption of the proposed pro­ who held discussion sessions and answered At the conclusion of this educational those who come after us." the delegates' questions. program, the delegates divided themselves visions in these agreements. Among the SIU officials who conducted into committees to study the current con­ The delegates also endorsed resolutions Boatman Pat Thomas, Sr., of Marine tracts between their Union and the towing which covered the specific needs of Boat­ Fueling added, "We have really done our companies. They evaluated these contracts men in various segments of the industry best for the rest of the membership at according to what they had learned about such as harbor personnel, shoreside bunk- home." And Boatman Andy Clingan the SIU and the towing industry and ac­ ermen and tankermcn, and offshore Boat­ stated, "Our Contract Department has our cording to the needs and concerns of their men. Among the areas the.sc proposals full confidence and 100 percent support fellow SIU members. They also studied covered were overtime, penalty time, in the upcoming negotiations. We have the recommendations of the SIU Contract hours of work, and work responsibilities. learned what unity means at this confer­ Committee. The delegates also agreed on the need ence." Kew Tug, Philip K Joins C & H Fleet

The SlU-contracted G & H Towing The new 3,200 hp. Philip will be Company of Houston is the largest har­ joined next month by an identical new bor tug company on the U.S. Gulf tug to be called the C. R. Hay den. Two Coast, and it is still growing. more tugs in the same category are cur­ Counting the recently launched Phil­ in the offshore lightering of large rently under construction at Todd Ship­ ip K, G & H operates 26 tugs in the tankers. yards in Galveston. Texas ports of Houston, Galveston, In addition to 26 harbor tugs, G & H Like many other SlU-contracted in­ Texas City, Freeport, and Corpus operates one full-time deep sea tug, the land companies, G & H Towing plans Christ!. The principal business of these Mania. The Mania makes very long to continue expanding and upgrading its Boatman Bob Willis (left) and SIU boats is ship-docking, but all have the runs to such places as Israel and Vene­ fleet. This is good news to SIU inland Representative Mike Worley came capacity to operate offshore. They zuela, towing either cargo or tank boatmen, because it means more jobs from the Port of St. Louis. sometimes tow offshore oil rigs or assist barges. and greater job security.

March, 1977 Page 11 Lessen Oil Spills—Enact Cargo Preference Law The best way.to protect America's aboard American-flag ships. manner which best protects the marine as well as tax dollars for the Treasury, marine environment from catastrophic Liberian vessels do not have to com­ environment." both men said. And shipping American oil spills is to use American-flag ships ply with U.S. Coast Guard safety or Both Moody and Herbert Brand, would save money because of the re­ "that operate under stringent U.S. maintenance standards, he said in ex­ president of the Transportation Insti­ duction in costly oil spills. standards for vessel design, construc­ plaining the high accident rate. The tute, a Washington-based maritime in­ Brand and Moody both denounced tion, operation and crew training," O. MTD administrator added that approx­ dustry research organization, spoke to the "myth" of free trade that prevents William Moody, Jr. administrator of imately 85 percent of all maritime acci­ the claims of the multinational oil com­ the U.S. from imposing cargo prefer­ the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ dents are caused by human error and panies that cargo preference and strict ence legislation although other nations ment told the Senate in March. And the that crews on flag-of-convenience ships transportation safety standards would such as Japan and the Arab countries best way to guarantee the use of Ameri­ are often incompetent since the owners lead to higher consumer prices. "In reserve percentages of cargo for their can-flag ships is through cargo prefer­ pay low wages and can. only attract 1973, the cost of oil transportation national flag fleets. "I can only answer ence legislation, according to Moody sailors who are poorly educated and plunged, yet the consumer price of oil that if we are setting the example, every­ and other witnesses. poorly trained. rose substantially," Brand recalled. body else seems to be laughing while They spoke at hearings on legislation In contrast Moody pointed out that "Pricing decisions in an integrated, they go merrily along imposing cargo linking environmental protection to "the crews on American vessels have multi-layered, multi-national oil com­ preferences of their own," Brand said. cargo preference measures which began undergone rigorous training and must pany ... are basically a mysterious In a letter to Congressman Mario Mar. 8 and were held by the Subcom­ meet U.S. Government licensing re­ bookkeeping process. Transportation Biaggi, chairman of the House Sub­ mittee on Merchant Marine of the Sen­ quirements." has been used to shelter earnings from committee on Coast Guard and Navi­ ate Committee on Commerce, Science "We support legislation that would petroleum production, refining and dis­ gation of the Committee on Merchant and Transportation. extend American standards and re­ tribution." Marine and Fisheries, SIU President Moody noted that 40 percent of quirements to all vessels entering Finally, Brand stated, "the major in­ Paul Hall outlined similar arguments in American oil imports carried aboard United States waters," Moody declared fluence on market price is the price set support of parallel legislation in the flag-6f-convenience vessels such as the but added that experience has shown by the OPEC countries." House. He also asked the Subcommit­ Argo Merchant, Sansinena, Oswego this is not enough. He agreed with the tee to examine ways to protect the ma­ Peace and Olympic Games—Liberian solution proposed by Senator Warren Provide Employment rine environment from foreign-flag registry ships that spilled millions of G. Magnuson (D-Wash). "By increas­ lightering operations. Hall suggested gallons of oil into U.S. waters during ing the share of oil cargoes carried by Ship construction and employment that the smaller vessels used to carry the past few months. Only four percent U.S. vessels, we can be assured that oil aboard the vessels would provide em­ the oil into U.S. ports should be under of our oil imports are transported tankers are manned and operated in a ployment for thousands of Americans the American flag. Latest Request for Jones Act Waiver Denied; Others Were Given Treasury Secretary Michael Blumen- U.S. tanker barge might be available to flag LNG tankers. However, 16 are Marine Committee, also protested the thal told 10 gas distributing companies, transport the propane and that the being built. waivers. In a letter to Blumenthal he at the end of February, that they could waiver was not necessary to the nation's When the first waiver was granted to said that although the Treasury Depart­ not use foreign-flag vessels to bring defense. the Columbia Gas System, Inc. to ship ment had notified his congressional liquified petroleum gas (LPG) from Earlier in February, the Treasury LNG from Alaska to Massachusetts on committee of the Columbia Gas waiver Houston, Tex. to the Northeast. The Department granted four different a Liberian-registry vessel, SIU President application, three more waivers were companies had sought a waiver of the Jones Act waivers to companies ship­ Paul Hall announced that although the granted after that "without any prior Jones Act which requires that U.S. ships ping liquid natural gas (LNG) and LPG Union opposed all waivers of the Jones notification to the committee or discus­ be used to transport cargo between U.S. to Eastern ports. In the four cases the Act, it realized that there was a real sion." He objected to any possible ports. Defense Department said that the fuel emergency need for fuel in the North­ moves that undermine the Jones Act. The utilities wanted to use three Nor­ shortage caused by the severe winter east. He added that the SIU would As a result of the waivers. Murphy wegian carriers, for one trip each, to would curtail production in many in­ watch for possible moves by energy has proposed a bill (HR 1063) that supply their gas customers in New York, dustries supporting the Department of companies to get around the ban on for­ would require public comment at least Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Maine, Defense mobilization base. eign ships under the guise of energy 60 days before the planned effective New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Also, the Government said no Amer­ emergencies. date of a waiver. As of mid-March, Connecticut. In denying the Jones Act ican ships were available to carry the Rep. John J. Murphy (D-N.Y.), the there were no further waiver applica­ waiver, Blumenthal explained that a cargo. At present, there are no U.S.- new chairman of the House Merchant tions pending. Proposed California Tanker Regulations Could Hurt the State Stiff regulations and penalties under spill, you probably couldn't find anyone quirements that all oil lightered in U.S. Lawrence also urged support for consideration by the California State to penalize," he predicted. waters be put into U.S. ships. He also cargo preference legislation now before Legislature for oil and gas tankers stressed that the Coast Guard must en­ Congress to increase the number of would backfire against the State's best Lightering Requirements force safe lightering procedures. U.S.-flag oil tankers. "This is the most interests, a spokesman for the Transpor­ Lawrence, who testified along with Lightering in nearby offshore waters effective step the nation can take to cut tation Institute (TI) warned. about 20 shipping and oil industry rep­ now goes on between foreign ships and down on the number of foreign flag-of- William Lawrence, Pacific Coast resentatives, said that the California is "virtually uncontrolled," he com­ convenience vessels in our coastal manager for Tl, a Washington-based Legislature should demand Federal re- plained. waters." educational and research organization, told a California Senate committee on Feb. 1 that its proposed safety stan­ dards and pollution liability law for tankers entering State waters should be left to the Federal Government. "A proliferation of state laws would cause confusion and only American ves­ sels could be forced to comply with the law," he said. Controlling American tankers alone would not solve the pollution problem, Lawrence explained. Large penalties proposed against shipowners who cause oil spills would "only drive out respon­ sible U.S. operators and leave the field to foreign companies such as the oper­ ator of the Argo Merchant," the flag-of- convenience ship that broke up off Mas­ sachusetts in December. "In case of a PINEY PORT ARTHCIR PUERTO RIVER ROUGE ST. LOUIS TAMPA TOTAL ALL POiil^.,,......

Page 12 Seafarers Log PRESIDENT Paul Hall SECRETARY-TREASURER Joe DiGiorgio EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Frank Drozak VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Cal Tanner Paul Drozak HEADQUARTERS 675 4 Ave., Bklyn. 11232 (212) HY 9-6600 ALPENA, Mich 800 N. 2 Ave. 49707 (517) EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, Md. 1216 E. Baltimore St. 21202 (301) EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 215 Essex St. 02111 (617) 482-4716 BUFFALO, N.Y 290 Franklin St. 14202 (716) TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, 111.. .9383 S. Ewing Ave. 60617 (312) SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio FEB. 1-28,1977 "TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED ""REGISTERED ON BEACH 1290 Old River Rd. 44113 All Groups All Groups All Groups (216) MA 1-5450 Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Class C DETROIT, Mich. Port DECK DEPARTMENT 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. 48218 (313) VI3-4741 Boston 6 2 0 11 13 0 3 2 0 New York DULUTH, Minn 2014 W. 3 St. 55806 73 7 8 77 30 6 136 12 7 Khiladelphia 9 2 0 (218) RA 2-4110 4 6 0 24 3 0 Baltimore 22 1 1 9 2 0 53 5 2 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box D Norfolk 14 5 0 18 4 0 21 5 2 415 Main St. 49635 Tampa 1 0 11 3 0 15 1 0 (616) 352-4441 Mobile 2 0 10 2 0 46 5 0 New Orleans 66 10 0 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. 77011 35 10 0 136 17 0 Jacksonville 32 0 4 41 8 4 47 0 0 (713) WA 8-3207 San Francisco 31 0 0 22 8 0 65 2 1 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Wilmington 9 2 0 9 2 0 17 5 0 3315 Liberty St. 32206 Seattle 27 3 0 23 2 0 75 3 0 (904) 353-0987 Puerto Rico 2 0 2 3 0 18 5 0 Houston 5 7 84 12 10 129 6 2 JERSEY CITY, NJ. Piney Point 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 99 Montsomery St. 07302 Yokohama 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 (201) HE 5-9424 Totals 408 42 20 356 112 20 787 71 14 MOBILE, Ala IS. Lawrence St. 36602 Port ENGINE DEPARTMENT (205) HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La. Boston 4 2 0 3 4 0 1 1 0 630 Jackson Ave. 70130 New York 6 3 64 13 I lio 21 6 Philadelphia 11 1 0 5 6 0 16 4 0 (504) 529-7546 Baltimore 17 3 1 9 1 0 39 6 1 NORFOLK, Va 115 3 St. 23510 Norfolk . 3 0 14 8 0 23 4 0 (804) 622-1892 Tampa . . 8 0 0 4 3 0 13 1 0 PADUCAH, Ky 225 S. 7 St. 42001 Mobile 3 0 11 2 0 36 5 0 New Orleans 58 9 0 25 0 (502)443-2493 11 132 14 0 Jacksonville 15 3 0 26 7 0 39 2 0 PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. .2604 S. 4 St. 19148 San Francisco 30 5 1 13 7 0 70 10 1 (215) DE 6-3818 Wilmington 13 3 0 7 0 0 24 6 0 PINEY POINT, Md. Seattle 16 8 0 17 7 1 37 13 0 Puerto Rico 7 0 0 4 2 0 St. Mary's County 20674 16 2 0 Houston 61 9 3 44 23 5 89 7 4 (301) 994-0010 Piney F'oint .' 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 534 9 Ave. 77640 Yokohama 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 (713) 983-1679 Totals 329 56 8 248 97 7 647 97 12 SAN FRANCISCO, CaUf. Port STEWARD DEPARTMENT 1311 Mission St. 94103 (415) 626-6793 Boston 5 0 0 6 3 0 1 1 0 New York 27 3 1 39 32 0 53 5 1 SANTURCE, P. R. 1313 Fernandez Juncos, Philadelphia 5 0 0 3 1 0 11 0 0 Stop 20 00909 Baltimore 8 1 0 6 2 0 18 2 0 (809) 724-284i» Norfolk 9 1 0 11 5 0 18 1 0 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 1 Ave. 98121 Tampa 1 0 0 5 1 1 5 0 0 (206) MA 3-4334 Mobile 12 0 0 7 1 0 26 1 0 New Orleans 35 0 0 32 9 0 67 3 0 ST. LOUIS, Mo.. .4581 Gravois Ave. 63116 Jacksonville 18 0 0 18 10 1 27 0 0 (314) 752-6500 San Francisco 24 1 0 17 13 1 41 1 0 TAMPA, Fla. . 2610 W. Kennedy Blvd. 33609 Wilmington 5 1 0 3 0 0 14 1 0 (813) 870-1601 Seattle 12 2 0 19 6 1 19 6 0 Puerto Rico 2 0 0 6 2 0 10 1 0 TOLEDO, Ohio 935 Summit St. 43604 Houston 28 0 1 30 10 5 53 1 3 (419) 248-3691 Piney Point 0 2 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 WILMINGTON, Calif. Yokohama 0 0 if 1 0 0 0 0 0 510 N. Broad St. 90744 Totals 191 11 2 203 110 9 363 23 4 (213) 549-4000 Port ENTRY DEPARTMENT YOKOHAMA, Japan. . P.O. Box 429 Yokohama Port P.O. 5-6 Nihon Ohdori Boston 3 10 1 3 4 7 Naka-Ku 231-91 New York 26 47 28 47 81 87 Philadelphia 16 0 201-7935 5 12 26 0 Baltimore . 10 17 3 33 45 10 Norfolk 13 18 0 16 22 2 Shipping at SIU A&G deep sea Tampa 8 1 4 7 1 Mobile 5 13 1 18 27 1 ports dropped off slightly from the New Orleans 36 31 1 65 65 1 previous month's figures by about Jacksonville 8 20 2 16 21 2 San Francisco 19 26 2 40 36 2 100 jobs. Overall, though, ship­ Wilmington 5 1 6 12 3 ping remained good at most ports Seattle 11 17 6 21 26 7 Puerto Rico 8 5 1 14 12 1 last month as 1,162 Seafarers— Houston 23 43 17 38 52 39 807 of them full book members— Piney Point 0 21 0 0 0 0 Yokohama 1 2 0 1 2 0 shipped from SIU halls around the Totals 173 299 64 0 0 0 334 438 163 country. In addition, there remained Totals All Departments . 1,101 408 94 807 319 36 2,131 629 193 a need for men to ship in certain *"Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. rated capacities such as able-sea- **"Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. man. midL 19ZZ Page 13 Zapata Ranger Committee Aricebo Commiftee SlU patrolman Teddy Babkowski (right) talks over Union business with the Recertified Bosun Herminio Pacheco (seated left) sfnip's chairman of the Ship's Committee of the SS Zapata Ranger (Zapata Bulk) of (seated I. to r.): SS Aricebo (Puerto Rico Marine) is with the Ship's Committee of (seated Deck Delegate Elvin Hermanson; Engine Delegate Raleigh G. Minix, and right) Steward Delegate E. Albarra, and (standing I. to r.): Deck Delegate Steward Delegate L. Vidal. Standing (I. to r.) are; QMED Robert Benson, and R. Molina, and Engine Delegate R. Scotti. The ship paid off at Erie Basin, Recertified Bosun Clarence E. Owens, ship's chairman. The vessel paid off Brooklyn, N.Y. at Stapleton Anchorage, S.I., N.Y. Transindiana Committee Long Lines Committee

Looking over the SlU Surgical, Pension and Welfare Digest (left) is Chief Steward W. J. Fitch, secretary-reporter of the SS Transindiana (Seatrain) with the rest of the Ship's Committee of (I. to r.): Recertified Bosun Lancelot At a San Diego, Calif, payoff is the Ship's Committee of the OS Long Lines Rodrigues, ship's chairman, holding the Log; Deck Delegate N. B. Osman; (Transoceanic Cable) of (I. to r.): Chief Steward Ira Brown, secretary-reporter; Educational Director Blanton Jackson, and Steward Delegate Jose Cubano. Steward Delegate Ralph Trotman; Recertified Bosun Herb Libby, ship's chair­ The ship paid off on Mar. 4 at Weehawken, N.J. man; Engine Delegate Pat Fox, and Deck Delegate Steve Sloneski. John Penn Committee Mount Navigator Committee

The Ship's Committee and another member of the crew of the SS John Penn Early last month the SS Mount Navigator (Mount Shipping) paid off at Staple- (Waterman) take time out from a payoff at Pier 7, Brooklyn, N.Y. to pose for ton Anchorage, S.I., N.Y. where her Ship's Committee had their photos taken the Log photographer. They are (I. to r.): Messman Ed Fisher; Chief Steward before the shipboard meeting. They are (I. to r.): Recertified Bosun Maurice Art Rudnicki, secretary-reporter; Steward Delegate Ernie Hoitt; Deck Dele­ Olson, ship's chairman; Steward Delegate Joseph Gross; Engine Delegate gate Calvin Stevens, and Recertified Bosun Don Chestnut, ship's chairman. A. Gega, and Deck Delegate John Kelley.

Page 14 Seafarers Log La Marque^ Tex. names. We passed cold drinks as refreshments down to the boat and kept them in slow tow until the pilot boat came alongside with our pilot. Because Celebrating their golden 50th wedding anniversary last month were Mr. and of having to enter the Vridi Canal at full speed we turned the pleasure craft Mrs. George Black at a party given for them by their son, Henry C. Thomas, over to the pilot's launch which towed the boat inside the lagoon." daughter, Mary T. Keith and their nephew, Harold V. Hudson, and seven grandchildren at Texas City, Tex. Tnland Boatman Black is a retiree of the G & H Towing Co. of the port of SS Sam Houston Galveston. He and the missus got a congratulatory surprise telegram from Reported to have gone aground in the Suez Canal in the middle of this Alabama Gov. George Wallace as they once were Mobile residents. For 38 month, was the 32,269 gross ton LASH SS Sam Houston (Waterman). Aided years they have lived here and in Galveston. by Canal tugs, she was refloated and sailed to Port Said the same day. SSMerrimac The crew and officers of the SS Merrimac (Ogden Marine) were cited by the Washington, D.C. Coast Guard last month for their part in rescuing two men and a woman from Seafarers and any Americans traveling abroad can buy bargains overseas and death off a sinking 52-foot fishing smack near midnight in rough seas in the bring them home by using the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), dead of winter 450 miles off the coast of Florida. according to the U.S. Bureau of Customs. It lets U.S. residents bring in duty In a telegram to the ship, USCG Capt. C. F. Juechter, action commander free many common household items from over 130 countries in most of Cen­ Atlantic, said: tral and South America, Caribbean, Africa, India, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, "I wish to express my appreciation for the assistance rendered to the fishing Taiwan and Israel. vessel Rampant on 24 Jan. '77. In diverting from your course to evacaute the On the list are 2,700 items such as appliances, chinaware, furs, furniture, three people aboard the Rampant and aiding in their transfer to the USCGC jewelry, leather goods, perfume, silverware, skis, wood carvings and gold coins, Evergreen, your vessel exemplified the time-honored tradition of professional medals and bullion. mariners." For purchases over $250, you'll need a certificate of origin. Describing the rescue at sea. Chief Steward A. R. "Tutti" Raio reports that "At 22:30 (Jan. 23) AB Stephen J. Argar, while on watch, saw a light, then SS Delta Paraguay a red flare and told the mate. Off our starboard beam we kept a bearing on the light, then we steered to the sinking vessel Rampant—a 52-footer. In a letter to the Log last month. Chief Mate E. E. Jordan of the SS Delta They were 450 miles from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., out of fuel and drifting Paraguay (Delta Line) wrote: for 24 hours in rough seas. They thought they were goners, until they saw us. "It is my pleasure to commend the steward department of the SS Delta They were heading for Portugal and Spain. But the crew got them aboard safely Paraguay for an excellent performance of duty. The steward, Wilbert J. Miles and gave them food and care. has shown conscientious foresight in ordering food, planning menus and over­ "We dropped them off on the Coast Guard cutter Evergreen at 8:15 a.m. seeing preparation and service. The cooks, Floyd Peavy, chief cook; Joseph C. Bush, cook and baker and Juan Melendez, 3rd cook, are showing each day in Bermuda." they know how to cook. (My thanks to Delta Steamship Lines for the ingredi­ SS Delta Bras// ents.) The food and service is the best I have seen in many a year. Two men, a woman and a 5-year-old girl drifting out to sea in a small, dis­ "Indeed the friendly cooperation from the master through all the depart­ abled boat were saved from watery graves last month when the crew and ments is insuring that Voyage No. 42 will be among my pleasant memories. officers of the SS Delta Brasil (Delta Line) spotted them more than two miles " 'She's a feeder'." southeast of the Vridi Canal entrance to the West African port of Abidjan on the Ivory Coast. SS Erna Elizabeth, Transeastern, Achilles, Overseas Joyce, At this location marked on the charts as the "bottomless pit" depths range Ulla, Aleutian, Vivian, Zapata Patriot, Ranger over 200 fathoms—too deep for big or small vessels to drop the hook. And and Bradford Island visibility was poor because of a haze from dust-laden winds blowing from the northeast off the African desert obscuring the stricken pleasure craft from These 10 SlU-contracted tankers will carry grain in April to the Soviet shore. With her motor out, the small boat had been drifting seaward for two Union's Black Sea ports from Gulf ports. They, plus four other ships, will haul hours before the rescue ship enroute to the pilot station dropped them a line. 479,000 long tons of heavy grains during the month, the largest amount carried The skipper of the Delta Brasil, Capt. J. L. Cox said: "As we neared the by U.S. vessels since November 1975. The rest of the year, U.S. ships will boat I could see the occupants, two men, a woman and a 5 or 6-year-old girl, carry almost 3.4-million tons of American grain to Russia. During the first waving constantly and this was followed by their firing red rockets. I stopped four months of 1977, the total amount of grain carried to the U.S.S.R. by U.S. the ship and had a line holding them safely alongside in 20 minutes. flag-ships will exceed the amount carried in the same period of 1976 by 200,000 "One of the men climbed the pilot ladder to our deck and gave me their tons.

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I acknowledge and understand that SPAD is a separate segregated fund established and administered by my Union to engage in political activities and to make contributions and expenditures for candidates seeking political office and solicits and accepts only voluntary contributions, and I have the right to refuse to make any contribution without fear of reprisal. I may contribute such amount as I may volun­ tarily determine and I herewith contribute the sum of $ . This contribution constitutes my voluntary act and 1 am to to receive a copy of this receipt showing the amount of my contribution. A copy of SPAD's report is filed with the Federal Election Commission and is available for purchase from the Federal Election Commission, Washington, D.C.

Seafarer William Trice, right, gets a SPAD receipt from SID Signature of Solicitor Representative Pete Loleas at Union Headquarters this Port Solicitor's No. 1977 month. Brother Trice, who took a baker's job on the SS Man­ hattan, is helping to make the entire U.S. merchant marine stronger by donating to SPAD. His money will assist in pass­ ing favorable maritime legislation in Congress. Deposit in the SlU Blood Bank— It's Your Life

March, 1977 Page 15 Cargo Preference, Not Free Trade, Is the Answer Using the rallying cry — "free on U.S.-flag ships. American-owned' can tell other countries to upgrade ments. Shipyards which are located trade," the United States is working runaway-flag ships will be no help, their merchant marine and we in areas of chronic high unemploy­ its way down to the bottom of the because with their foreign registry support legislation enacting strict ment would be busy again. There heap as a zero-rate shipping power. and foreign crews, they are unre­ standards for all vessels entering would be jobs for American mer­ By the midl980's, the U.S. merchant liable. American waters. But jwlicing these chant seamen. fleet may have almost no cargo to If we take a close look at the con­ standards would cost millions. To sum it up, cargo preference carry at all. cept of "free trade" we find that the In contrast, cargo preference leg­ makes good sense whether you look Many of our trading partners are only thing "free" about it is the tax- islation would cost little while it at the economic impact, the effect on encouraging or imposing cargo pref­ free profits made by the giant oil would benefit the U.S. economy by U.S. international relations and na­ erence requirements to insure that companies who operate these flag- generating jobs, tax dollars, and by tional security, or the environmental their imports and exports are carried of-convenience ships and who are improving America's balance of pay­ results. on their own national-flag ships. the main opponents of cargo prefer­ Japan, France, Saudi Arabia, other ence legislation. By registering their Arab nations, and Russia are among vessels in Liberia, Panama or Hon­ them. Meanwhile, anyone and every­ duras, these companies can escape one can carry American cargo, in­ U.S. taxes, U.S. wages, and U.S. cluding the worst Liberian and Pan­ safety standards for crew training amanian rust buckets which thanked and vessel construction — standards us by spilling millions of gallons of that are among the world's highest. oil in our waters this past winter. That is why runaway-flag ships In terms of national security, the can so easily undercut the legitimate "free trade" concept is dangerous. U.S. fleet. And that is why these run­ Just wait until the next Arab oil boy­ down vessels with their underpaid cott when the Arabs or other nations and therefore underqualified crews who depend on Arab oil, control the are costing Americans so much in tanker trade. Even if we manage to terms of polluted waters. find an oil shipment somewhere, we The only way to keep our shore­ will have no tanker to carry it on lines from becoming wastelands cov­ unless we preserve and strengthen ered with oil is to require that 30 the U.S. tanker fleet by requiring that percent of our oil imports be carried 30 percent of our oil imports arrive on American-flag ships. Sure, you THE CHARL£S W MORCAW Letters to the Siiiiil. HISTORIC PRESERVATION Editor

Clad He's a Captain Again March, 1977 Official Publication of the Seafarers International Union of Vol. 39, No. 3 North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO (Brother Leslie Collier, originally promoted to Captain under provisions of Executive Board the SIU contract in 1974, was demoted without cause on Sept. 6, 1976 by the Paul Hall company, Interocean Transport Co. (Mariner Towing), and was transferred President from the company's Gulf to Atlantic fleet. The SIU took the case to arbitration Frank Drozak Joe DiOiorgio Cal Tanner and won. As a result, Brother Collier was reinstated as senior captain of the Executive Vice President Secretary-Treasurer Vice President tug Voyager with full back pay and seniority. See page 2 February 1977 Log). Earl Shepard Lindsay Williams Paul Drozak Vice President Vice President Vice President My family and I wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to ourunion for the excellent support, cooperation, representation and faith that was extended in the recent grievance filed in my behalf, which resulted in an arbitration award Marietta Homayonpour 389 that was completely favorable in our behalf. Editor-in-Chief We would particularly like to thank Philadelphia Port Agent John Fay for James Gannon his many untiring efforts in my behalf which added to his already heavy work­ Managing Editor load. We also would like to thank Union Attorney Dennis Cole for his ex­ Ray Bourdius Ruth Shereff Marcia Reiss Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Assistant Editor cellent preparation and presentation. Frank Cianciotti Dennis Lundy We greatly appreciate the many affidavits presented in my behalf by our Chief Photographer Associate Photographer Brothers. These were very important in my defense. Throughout this traumatic Marie Kosciusko George J. Vana experience, it has been a constant comfort to receive the continued support Administrative Assistant Production/Art Director Published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters and good wishes of our union Brothers. District, AFL-CIO, 575 ."^ourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. Tel. 499 S600. Second class postage The grievance procedure is one of the many beneficial articles of our con­ paid at Brooklyn, N.Y. tract negotiated in behalf of the membership by the union. All members should be thankful of the foresight shown by a strong union that truly has the welfare of its members in mind at all times. My faith and confidence in Our union has been justified beyond mere words. We Need Your Latesf Address Hopefully all unorganized seamen will soon see the need to be represented by the Seafarers International Union of North America as the job protection we The SIU needs your latest address so that we can maintain an up-to-date enjoy under a strong und unified union is without parallel. mailing list end can be sure that important correspondence gets to you at your home. So please fill out the address form below and mail it to StU Welfare Fraternally, Plan, 275 - 20th St.. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215. Leslie Collier, III Coinjock, N.C. SIU Soc.Sec, No. ...,. V .,,..,... .,. . ^... vf

A Note of Thanks • Name ...... , . i ...... ».. Print Last Name First Name f^jjddle Initial As a new pensioner, I wish to thank the SIU and all my SIU Brothers for all the benefits and for such a fine organization as the Seafarers International Address ...... ,...... T . Union. I am also grateful for being able to get an engineer's license through the Print Number and Street City,: State Code SIU-MEBA School of Marine Engineering. I'll miss the seafaring life and all my Union Brothers. Good sailing to all. Fraternally ' Date of Birth". T...... : ; ... ?! :!? " " ' . _ . Mo.7 Day/Year .. ^ James Stewart, retired Mobile, Ala. Page 16 Seafarers Log Special Supplement SEAFARERS LOG OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO

At Midwinter Meeting AFL-CIO Exetufive Council Passes Vital Maritime and Energy Resolutions

The way the AFL-CIO sees it, the health of the American merchant marine is one of the nation's critical needs. At its annual midwinter meeting held in Bal Harbour, Fla. late last month and early this month, the AFL-CIO Executive Council passed five maritime-related statements as part of its broad program designed to insure the vitality of the American economy. [All five are reprinted in full in­ side this special supplement on the six-day meeting.] The statements tackle maritime problems ranging from increasing Soviet-fleet competition to a danger­ ous proposal to export Alaskan oil. The Council urged Government ac­ tion to stop these trends and asked strong support for three other pro­ posals that would boost the Ameri­ can merchant marine and the na­ Gathering together for the needs of American labor are the 35 members of the AFL-CIO Executive Council. Led by Presi­ tional economy. They are: dent George Meany, the group gathered for their six-day midwinter meeting in Ba! Harbour, Fla. at the end of February. An all-Alaska gas pipeline route would guarantee U.S.-flag ships the past ten years has allowed our the Council maintained, to stimu­ • A comprehensive national a certain percentage of the na­ merchant fleet to deteriorate and pri­ late a resurgence of our maritime energy policy that would re­ tion's oil trade. vate commercial shipowners cannot strength. duce America's dependence on American-flag ships are "losing hope to keep up with Russian mari­ Oppose Alaskan Oil Export foreign oil, and ground," the Council warned, in time advances promoted by a state The oil companies are currently • Passage of the Energy Trans­ comparison with Soviet competition. monopoly. working against essential maritime portation Security Act that "Congressional indifference" over The U.S. Government must act. Continued on Page 24

Executive Council Members of the AFL-CIO Below is a list of the 35 members of the AFL-CIO Executive James T. Housewright, President, Retail Clerks International Asso­ Council. ciation 19. George Hardy, President, Service Employees International Union 1. George Meany, President, AFL-CIO AFL-CIO 2. LaneKirkland, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO 20. A1H. Chesser, President, United Transportation Union 3. Paul Hall, President, Seafarers International Union of North America 21. Martin J. Ward, President, United Association of Journeymen and 4. I. W. Abel, President, United Steelworkers of America Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United 5. Hunter P. Wharton, President Emeritus, International Union of States and Canada Operating Engineers 22. William Sidell, President, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and 6. Paul Jennings, President, International Union of Electrical, Radio Joiners of America and Machine Workers 23. Murray H. Finley, P-'^^'dcnt, Amalgamated Clothing and Textile 7. Max Greenberg, President Emeritus, Retail, Wholesale and Depart­ Workers Union ment Store Union 24. Joseph P. Tonelli, President, United Paperworkers International 8. John H. Lyons, President, International Association of Bridge, Struc­ Union tural and Ornamental Iron Workers 25. Albert Shanker, President, American Federation of Teachers 9. A. F. Grospiron, President, Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers 26. So^; .]'.etin. Executive Vice President, Amalgamated Clothing and International Union Textile Workers Union 10. Matthew Guinan, President, Transport Workers Union of America 27. C. L. Dellums, President, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 11. C. L. Dennis, Former President, Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and 28. Francis S. Filbey, President, American Postal Workers Union, AFL- Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes CIO 12. Peter Bommarito, President, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and 29. Glenn E. Watts, President, Communications Workers of America Plastic Workers of America 30. Sol C. Chaikin, President and Secretary-Treasurer, International 13. Thomas W. Gleason, President, International Longshoremen's As­ Ladies' Garment Workers Union sociation, AFL-CIO 31. Hal C. Davis, President, American Federation of Musicians 14. Frederick O'Neal, President, Associated Actors and Artists of 32. Edward T. Hanley, General President, Hotel and Restaurant Em­ America ployees' and Bartenders' International Union 15. Floyd E. Smith, President, International Association of Machinists 33. Angelo Fosco, President, Laborers' International Union of North and Aerospace Workers America 16. Jerry Wuirf, President, American Federation of State, County and 34. Charles H. Pillard, President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Municipal Employees Workers 17. S. Frank Raftery, President, International Brotherhood of Painters 35. William H. McClennan, President, International Association of Fire I and Allied Trades Fighters I Healthy American Merchant Marine Supported permitted our merchant fleet to de­ pected to be brought into service by outstrips the forces of the United Statement by the teriorate, worn-out vessels were not 1980.2 States in numbers of craft. AFI.-CIO Executive Council replaced, while the cross-trading na­ Today, in comparison with our The American Merchant Marine tions, particularly within the East­ Soviet competition, we are losing is confronted with a situation in on ern-bloc countries, took advantage ground. In the past decade, the So­ which Western shipping interests The American Merchant Marine of the situation to wrest a greater viet merchant marine has doubled in face a competitor which is unique in portion of the maritime market and size to 17.8 million deadweight tons, size, power and political strength, February 23,1977 to launch larger and more efficient while the U.S. fleet declined slightly based on a state monopoly with re­ Bal Harbour, Fla. vessels. to 14.9 million.^ By 1980, the Soviets gard to its own trade and dominance The Soviet government controlled project increasing their fleet to 22-23 in bi-lateral trades. It is futile to as­ The Soviet drive for dominance of merchant fleet, openly employed to million deadweight tons.'* Unless our sume that commercially operating the seas at the expense of the com­ further national as well as economic maritime strength is rebuilt and re­ private shipowners are in a position mercial health and military posture goals, also provides direct support conditioned through modernization to cope with such an opponent. of all the nations of the free world for Soviet military activities. While and new construction, it will no The Executive Council calls for is a matter of grave concern. there is no denying the Soviet Mer­ longer be able to serve as a major the leadership of this nation to take A healthy U.S. flag merchant fleet chant Fleet access to commercial sea force in our international trade and action to guarantee an ocean trans­ is crucial to the vitality of our na­ lanes, we cannot acquiesce in their to support our naval forces in time portation capability sufficient to tional economy. Yet, we have seen a use of a merchant fleet to crowd out of need. serve this nation's defense needs in decline of American-flag participa­ American flag shipping from the The Soviet Union requires access time of a national emergency; ade­ tion in U.S. ocean-borne foreign American market. At present, the to the seas in order to protect and quate to serve U.S. ocean transporta­ trade to the alarming extent of 30% Soviet Merchant Marine has garn­ further her interests, many of which tion needs in the interest of the na­ since I960.' These were the years ered 7% of all U.S. ocean-borne for­ are in direct conflict with the West. tional economy and equal to the task when advancing technology in the eign commerce. Within the next three She will continue to seek advantage of maintaining the U.S.-flag presence maritime industry, marked by the years, the Federal Maritime Com­ from Western decline around the in the oceans of the world as an in­ growth of containerization and other mission predicts that the Soviets will world through two of her most useful strument of United States interna­ forms of automation took their toll double their share of the trade, instruments of policy: Her merchant tional political policy. on U.S. participation in the fierce reaching 15% or better. In addition, and fishing fleets. The build-up of 'Business Week, October 4, 1976 East-West competition for cargo. the Soviets now operate 52 ships in the Soviet Merchant Marine directly -BusinessWeek, October 4. 1976 The proliferation of foreign-flag ves­ 3Forbes, May 1, 1976 the U.S. trade and have 47 larger follows the fast and massive expan­ '•Soviet Naval Developments: Capability sels and congressional indifference ships under construction that are ex­ sion of the Soviet Navy which already and Context, page 101 Urge Administration to Approve Trans-Alaska Cas Pipeline in the lower 48 states. Of the three cation and liquefication facilities as support will be made by the Presi­ Statement by the only one would be entirely under well as a fleet of liquid natural gas dent later this year. The President's AFL-CIO Executive Council U.S. control. This is the Trans- vessels to carry the gas to the U.S. decision will then be forwarded to on Alaska gas route. The line would West Coast. The other two lines both Congress for it to approve or dis­ largely parallel the Alaska oil line involve gas pipelines across Canada. approve. Alaska Pipeline Route across Alaska and would involve the The decision on which of these Of the three proposed routes, the February 25,1977 construction of a complex of gasifi­ three lines the Administration will Trans-Alaska line will provide the maximum job benefits in Alaska as Bal Harbour, Fla. well as in the lower 48 states, particu­ The nation's need for new energy larly during the construction in U.S. supplies has been compounded by yards of the fleet of LNG vessels the effects of the harsh weather con­ needed to carry the gas. The line ditions which have raised the de­ would employ over 44,000 construc­ mand for fuel supplies to unprece­ tion, trade and shipyard workers dur­ dented levels. The dual effects of the ing the peak construction phase. In cold winter in the U.S. east and mid­ addition the Alaska gas line, because west, coupled with the drought on it would use many of the facilities the West Coast, have produced eco­ built for the Alaska oil pipeline, nomic chaos that has affected the could be constructed sooner than the nation's vital industries and many two competing routes across Canada. homes. As important as the employment In the early months of this year benefits are, however, the need to hundreds of thousands of American obtain secure supplies of gas for the workers have been temporarily and lower 48 states as soon as possible in many cases permanently thrown to meet the present shortage clearly out of work because of the lack of transcends all other considerations. adequate energy supplies, particu­ On this basis also the Trans-Alaska larly natural gas. In the West the con­ line is clearly superior. has not only caused tinuing drought Therefore, the AFL-CIO urges the economic problems but threatens the Administration to approve the Trans- supply of cheap hydroelectric power Alaska gas route in order to assure which is the basis for the operation the expedited availability of the se­ of many industries in the West. cure new gas supplies that will in­ These problems have heightened crease U.S. energy self-reliance. and dramatized the immediate need for additional energy sources, of which natural gas is in the shortest supply. One of the most immediately available new sources of energy for the U.S. are the huge reserves of nat­ ural gas available on the North Slope of Alaska. The production of this gas would make a major contribution towards the nation's efl'orts to be­ come more self-reliant in its energy supplies. There are three proposals now be­ Participating in the AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education meeting during ing considered by the Administration the six-day Executive Council confab are President George Meany, left, and for moving Alaska gas to consumers COPE Director Al Barkan. Page 18 Seafarers Log Council Backs Energy Transportation Security Act In the statement reprinted be­ cussion and debate already a matter siderably strengthening protection men. Despite these facts, the bill was low, item No. 3 is of particular of public record, we believe it should for all federal workers against coer­ the victim of another Ford veto. We importance to maritime workers. be possible for the Congress to act cion, intimidation and other abuses. urge the Congress to pass this legis­ expeditiously on each matter, pass Nevertheless Mr. Ford vetoed the lation without delay. Statement by the the necessary legislation and move bill. Now the Congress should re- 4. Strip Mining Protection. This on to new business. AFL-CIO Executive CouncU adopt the bill without delay. measure was passed by the 93rd and The measures of particular con­ "i. The Energy Transportation Se­ 94th Congresses and was vetoed on cern to workers are: curity Act. This job-creating mari­ twice by President Ford because of 1. Situs Picketing. This measure Unfinished Legislative Business time bill required that a percentage business and utility company opposi­ would grant building trades workers of imported oil be transported in tion. It sets necessary minimum fed­ February 22,1977 equal picketing rights with all other American vessels. This measure, vi­ eral standards for state strip min­ Bal Harbour, Fla. organized workers. The 94th Con­ tal to America's energy independence ing reclamation statutes to protect gress passed this bill after being as­ program, would decrease domestic against environmental devastation sured that President Ford would sign During the last two years, the Con­ reliance on foreign vessels, provide caused by the strip mining of coal, it. But, for political reasons, Mr. new environmental standards to help gress passed four major bills of ex­ badly needed to meet the nation's Ford broke his word and vetoed the avoid pollution disasters such as treme importance to the labor move­ energy needs. It deserves prompt bill. Simple justice calls for enact­ those recently caused by "runaway" ment. All were vetoed by President passage. ment of the Equal Treatment of flag ships operated by the energy car­ ^ord. These measures are the unfinished Craft and Industrial Workers Bill. tel. This measure would encourage legislative business of the past, need Each of these measures has been 2. Hatch Act Reform. Govern­ private investment in the construc­ immediate attention and prompt en­ introduced in the new Congress. ment workers are now denied politi­ tion of vessels built in American actment. We urge President Carter to Since extensive hearings were held cal rights accorded all other citizens. shipyards by American workers to be sign each as soon as they reach the on each measure, with complete dis­ The Congress passed a measure con­ operated by American merchant sea­ White House. Marshall Presents Administration's Goals to AFL-CIO Leaders

in photo at left, Labor Secretary Ray Marshall, standing, outlines the Administration's goals before the AFL-CIO Executive Council at the opening session of their midwinter conference. Listening, left to right are: AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Lane Kirkland, and Federation President George Meany . After the session, Marshall received greetings from SlU President Paul Hall who is also an AFL-CIO Vice-President. Nation Needs Comprehensive Energy Program

Statement by the energy problem. It is not a substitute ing steadily in recent years. that in mind, we have noted below AFL-CIO Executive Council for a comprehensive energy policy, Such steps as the 94th Congress some of the elements that we feel are and if this is all that would be done, and the past Administration took essential to the development of a on this nation still would not have an were timid and hesitant. They treated sound program. Energy energy policy worthy of the name. the energy matter gingerly as if it CONSERVATION In the more than three years since were a fragile thing that would shat­ Conservation is the cornerstone February 25,1977 the Arab oil embargo little has been ter if directly confronted. The time upon which this nation must build its Bal Harbour, Fla. done to resolve the energy problem. is long past for complacency and energy policy. While the natural gas crisis of this inaction. The AFL-CIO endorses the Ad­ winter dramatized the issue, it was Development of energy sufficient Per capita consumption of energy ministration's plan to consolidate not unexpected. Yet, the Congress to meet the country's needs is one of in this country is twice as much as energy activities into a single depart­ and the Nixon-Ford Administration the most serious domestic problems in such countries as Switzerland, ment that would absorb the Energy did little to meet a situation that facing America in the years ahead. Sweden, West Germany — all of Research and Development Admin­ could readily have been foreseen. How America copes with the situa­ whom have a standard of living and istration and the Federal Energy Ad­ America is much more vulnerable tion will have an overwhelming effect quality of life comparable to that en­ ministration and also the energy today to an oil embrago than it was on the nation's economic well-being. joyed by Americans. functions now a part of the Interior in 1973. The nation's dependence on The AFL-CIO has long urged the and other departments. Such a re­ foreign oil has increased. In addition, government to take decisive action. Conservation does not mean a structuring is badly needed and imports from the Arab countries are This is not a time for muddling diminishing in the quality of life. It would provide a better and more three times more than they were prior through. We urge the President to does not mean less automobile driv­ efficient mechanism for creating and to the embargo. Meanwhile, domes­ set in motion a comprehensive energy ing. It does not mean cold, drafty, implementing energy policy. tic production of oil, despite higher program that will move the nation uncomfortable homes. It does not Clearly, this would not solve the prices for new oil, has been declin­ on the road to energy security. With Continued on Page 22

March, 1977 Page 19 striking a characteristic pose (left) is Federation president George Meany listening to James T. Housewright, Stressing a point (right) Glenn E. Watts, president of the Communication Workers of America, talks with head of the Retail Clerks International Association. S. Frank Raftery, chief of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. SlUNA President Paul Hall (left) and ILA President Thomas Gleason, are both AFL-CIO vice presidents. !m ing in Bal Harbour/ Mapped

In a jovial mood are Joseph P. Tonelli (left), leader of the United Paperworkers International Union and Martin At a break, Federation vice presidents Sol Stetin(left), Exec-vice president of theClothing and Textile Workers, J. Ward, president of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada. and the union's president, Murray H. Finley (center), talk it over with Ladies Garment Workers President Sol C. Chaikin.

Reds catcher Johnny Bench (right) tnanks labor for its support of the No Greater Love organization drive George Meany gets a chuckle from the press at a news conference after a session of the. AFL-CIO Executive William Sidell (right), head of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners ot America talks shop with which he leads to help children of servicemen killed or missing in Southeast Asia. At left are Lane Kirkland, Council. S. Frank Raftery, president of the International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades. Raftery, Meany, NGL's chairwoman Carmella LaSpada and AFL-CIO Vice-President John H. Lyons. Page 20 Page 21

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Nation Needs Comprehensive Energy Program

Continued jrom Page 19 Continued development of the United States on imported oil raises has been declining steadily. The liquid metal fast breeder reactor pro­ economic as well as national security same would be true for natural gas mean less usage of home appliances. gram must be pursued. This is essen­ problems. Prior to the Arab oil em­ unless the producers, as initial gov­ It does mean using energy effici­ tial to the nation's long-term energy bargo of 1973, the nation was im­ ernment studies indicate, are sitting ently. It means the manufacture of needs. porting less than six million barrels on their wells waiting for natural gas automobiles that get more mileage Development of oil and gas re­ of oil per day. In 1976 imports gen­ prices to be deregulated. If this is so, per gallon of gasoline, the retrofit­ serves on the U.S. outer continental erally averaged more than seven mil­ it constitutes the same kind of black­ ting of existing homes and buildings shelf provides an excellent opportu­ lion barrels per day and in January, mail indulged in by the Arab oil that drastically reduce energy con­ nity for the United States to increase producers. sumption, the designing and building 1977, averaged over eight million domestic oil and gas production. De­ We urge a complete and thorough of home appliances that use only barrels per day. Of those imports, the velopment of new offshore areas Arab countries furnished less than a investigation of the natural gas pro­ small quantities of energy. could reduce U.S. oil imports by 10- ducers to determine whether the As an example, if all of the cars million barrels daily, prior to the em­ 15 percent in 1980 and 10-30 per­ natural gas shortage is real or con­ on the road were to get twice as bargo. Today they export close to cent in 1985-1990. three million barrels per day to the trived by the producers to benefit much mileage as the current average At the same time, America must themselves at the expense of the na­ of 14 miles per gallon of gas, the United States. direct its efforts toward developing tional interest. nation would save more than three such other sources of energy as solar, As a result, the nation is now more It is intolerable that a nation so million barrels of oil per day. This geothermal, biomass, shale oil, coal vulnerable to an oil embargo than dependent on energy is ignorant of exceeds the nation's oil imports from liquefaction and gasification. These in 1973. It is more vulnerable to the the basic facts needed to make intel­ the Arab countries. energy sources will be neither cheap price that OPEC sets for its oil. That ligent analyses and critical decisions. Nor does conservation mean no nor be developed overnight. price may well determine America's Such data as is available is incom­ growth. We hold no brief for those level of economic activity and the pushing conservation as part of a It is clear that private industry, plete and unreliable because in the by itself, cannot develop the energy rate of inflation. Early in this decade, past the natural gas companies have no-growth philosophy. Growth in the sources required by this country. It oil imports that cost the nation $3.5 economy and conservation of energy been unwilling to provide complete is for that reason that the AFL-CIO billion, now cost the nation more can, and must, go hand-in-hand. and detailed information with regard urges the establishment of a massive than $35 billion annually. Adoption of tough and stringent to their reserves and other facets of 5 year $100 billion program to help Much rhetoric has flowed; but lit­ conservation measures could reduce their operations. The investigative achieve energy security for the tle action has followed. the nation's energy consumption body should be empowered with the United States through direct loans, To cope with this issue, oil im­ growth rate from 4 percent to well right to subpoena such records as loan guarantees and other financial ports should be taken out of private under 2 percent. are needed to get to the bottom of assistance to private industry and While conservation is essential it hands and placed in the hands of the this question. public bodies unable to secure pri­ will not, by itself, solve the energy government. The government should In any case, decontrol of oil and vate capital. the amount of oil to be problem. determine gas prices would place an intolerable As we envision it, that program imported, negotiate its price with burden on the American consumer NEW SUPPLIES would concern itself with projects for the individual oil producing coun­ and we are unalterably opposed. The nation needs new and addi­ conserving energy as well as projects tries and provide for its allocation. tional supplies of energy. Oil and for developing new and additional Private companies have no power to DIVESTURE natural gas are declining resources. supplies of energy. Under that pro- deal with the oil producing countries. The American public is at the While iVo single source of energy rep­ grani, ilr- .y.igemittcnt would also be They accept whatever terms are mercy of the giant oil monopolies resents the ultimate fuel, it is clear empowered to launch projects of its made by these countries and pass on whose complete control of petrole­ that coal and nu'?jSar power are the own patterned after the TVA con­ the additional costs to the consum­ um, from well-head to marketing, ones upon which this nation must cept. ers and, in the process, probably represents an incredible influence rely in the immediate future. make more money than they ever over the nation's well being. IMPORTS The United States holds about 450 did before. Clearly the oil companies are pur­ The increasing dependence of the billion tons of coal reserves—esti­ On the other hand, the United suing only their self-interest. They mated at about one-fifth to one-half States has bargaining power with the have not suffered from the energy of the world's coal deposits. This is OPEC nations that no private com­ crisis. In fact, they have prospered more than 700 times the nation's an­ pany could ever hope to achieve. while the country suffered. nual usage of about 600 million tons. At the same time, the nation must We urge Congress to enact legis­ As reported by Forbes Magazine this accelerate the establishment of an oil lation to break-up the oil monopolies reserve is "ten times as much energy stockpile that will give America a so that the companies may no longer as is contained in Saudi Arabia's oil measure of protection against any fu­ produce as well as refine, transport and 2.6 times as much as is available ture oil embargo and enhance its and market petroleum. from the entire world's supply of oil." bargaining power. Not satisfied with their monopo­ Nuclear power, by the end of this listic control of oil, these companies century, is expected to grow from PRICES are stretching their tentacles into 2% of current total energy supply Continued regulation of oil and competing sources of energy. Al­ to over 20%. In terms of today's natural gas prices is essential to the ready, they have secured a major energy picture, this is the equivalent economic well-being of this nation. position in the coal industry and are of about 7 million barrels of oil per A Library of Congress study es­ reaching into other energy fields. day—about the same as imports in timated deregulation of natural gas Clearly, this is not in the national 1976. prices would increase consumer costs interest and will hamper the devel­ Coal has been under attack by en­ "by $5.4 billion annually in the first opment of alternative sources of vironmentalists and nuclear energy year and by $17.7 billion annually energy. is the target of a well-organized drive in the fifth to seventh year. Decon­ The AFL-CIO urges the Congress trol of oil prices would have an even to ban its use. The basis of that cam­ to enact legislation to prohibit a greater impact in the first year. To­ paign is that nuclear energy is not company from owning competing .safe. We do not agree with that as­ gether, the effect would be as devas­ sources of energy. tating as the four-fold increase in oil sessment. The record of safety in the prices imposed by OPEC following nuclear industry is among the best in all industry. the oil embargo. There is no free-market price for Every effort must be made to ac­ oil. It is an arbitrary price imposed celerate, the development of coal and by the OPEC cartel—about $13 per nuclear power while protecting the barrel—which bears no relation to environment and maintaining strin­ the 18 cents a barrel produetion cost gent safety and health standards. in the Arab countries. All other en­ Meanwhile, facilities to provide en­ ergy prices relate to the price of oil. riched uranium should be expanded The argument that uncontrolled and the procedures for licensing of prices provide incentives for greater nuclear facilities should be expedited AFL-CIO President George Meany production is groundless. Domestic to eliminate costly and unnecessary makes a point at an Executive Coun­ production of oil, despite skyrocket­ delays. cil session. ing prices for newly discovered oil.

Page 22 Seafarers Log Export of Alaskan on Opposed by Executive Council Statement by the creasing vulnerability to Arab oil these facilities was needed. The oil The oil companies will drop their AFL-CIO Executive Council embargoes. Now the oil companies companies have failed to respond to proposal to export Alaskan oil and that were aided by this legislation that need. They have not begun an will begin the needed refinery, pipe­ on have proposed that the Alaskan oil adequate expansion of these facilities line and tanker construction when— Export of Alaskan Oil be exported to Japan. nor have they made plans to do so. and until—it is clear to them that That proposal would reverse this The oil companies have failed to Americans wilh not allow this Sacri­ February 25,1977 country's policy of increasing its se­ respond to the need for refining, fice of national interest for oil com­ Bal Harbour, Fla. curity by reducing dependence on pipeline and tanker construction be­ pany profits. imported oil. cause of their desire to add an addi­ We urge the Administration and Congress passed the Alaska pipe­ The argument that refinery, pipe­ tional profit on each barrel by selling the Congress to stand firmly against line legislation just over three years line and tanker capacity are not ade­ the oil to Japan, even though they any proposal to export Alaskan oil. ago because construction of the pipe­ quate to deliver the oil to U.S. mar­ will receive very large and assured That oil is needed by the United line would enable Alaskan oil to kets is no excuse. It has been clear profits if they sell the oil inside the States to reduce the nation's depend­ reduce America's dangerously in­ for some time that an expansion of U.S. ence on foreign oil. Support Boycotts of Ringling Bros. Circus^ Bancroft Co.

Among the 48 resolutions passed by the AFL-CIO Executive Coun­ Statement by the tions. Since 1971 Bancroft has ffa- grantly and repeatedly violated the cil at its mid-winter meeting were two supporting recent boycotts by AFL-CIO Executive Council member unions. Because the AFL-CIO has asked that all trade union law with the result that only a third members support these boycotts, we have reprinted the two statements on of those who voted in 1971 remained on the payroll when the strike began. below. Support of Boycott of forum to make a series of uncon­ The company refused even to go V Statement by the Bancroft Manufacturing scionable demands. To avoid a dead­ to the bargaining table until 1976, AFL-CIO Executive Council lock the AFM offered a short term Company when the NLRB General Counsel on contract to cover this season that February 23,1977 threatened contempt proceedings. Since Bancroft has spurned every would have met many of the circus' Bal Harbour, Fla. Support of concerns. Ringling Brothers turned effort by the union to negotiate a fair Ringling Brothers-Barnum and down that eminently reasonable pro­ contract and continues to threaten Bailey Circus Boycott posal. On July 1, 1971, employees of to replace striking employees, the the Bancroft Manufacturing Com­ United Brotherhood of Carpenters February 28,1977 Then, on the ground that no con­ pany of McComb and Magnolia, has begun a nationwide boycott of Bal Harbour, Fla. tract had been signed, Ringling Mississippi, voted in a National La­ aluminum doors, sashes and other Brothers, following a classic union- Over the years union musicians bor Relations Board election to be extruded aluminum home-building busting technique, entered into an represented by the American Feder­ represented by the United Brother­ products manufactured by Bancroft arrangement with a group known as ation of Musicians and its locals have hood of Carpenters and Joiners. Manfacturing Company. Cas-Pet, an avowed bitter enemy of provided the music at performances After waiting for 51/2 years for The AFL-CIO Executive Council the AFM, to provide music at circus Bancroft to obey the law and nego­ wholeheartedly endorses the efforts of the Ringling Brothers-Barnum and performances. Bailey Circus. Some of these musi­ tiate a just and fair agreement or for of the Carpenters Union to achieve cians traveled with the circus, others To protect its members the AFM the NLRB to enforce the law, 500 justice for the workers involved. We were engaged locally. has called a consumer boycott of all production and maintenance workers support the boycott, urge all mem­ In 1976 Ringling Brothers pro­ circus performances at which music at the company's Magnolia plant bers of AFL-CIO unions to refuse posed to the AFM that a nationwide is provided by Cas-Pet. The AFL- went out on strike on January 16, to buy the products of Bancroft Man­ contract be negotiated. The stated CIO supports this boycott, urges all 1977. ufacturing and call upon the labor reason was to replace the differing members of AFL-CIO unions to re­ Bancroft's mistreatment of its em­ press and the Union Label and Serv­ local arrangements at each stop with fuse to buy tickets to circus perform­ ployees and its disregard of their ice Trades Department, AFL-CIO, a standard contract. The AFM se­ ances at which music is provided by basic rights were amply documented to publicize the strike and boycott cured the necessary authority to enter Cas-Pet and calls upon the labor last April before the House Subcom­ against the Bancroft Manufacturing into such negotiation and exercised press and the Union Label and Serv­ mittee on Labor-Management Rela­ Company. that authority in good faith. Ring­ ice Trades Department, AFL-CIO, to ling Brothers, however, used the new publicize the boycott. Hails Labor's Fight for Rights

"In my country a working man has no right to protest," Vladimir Bukovsky, During the midwinter meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Council held late last the exiled Soviet dissident, told the AFL-CIO Executive Council at its mid­ month and early this month in Bal. Harbour, Fla., two vice presidents of the winter conference in Bal Harbour, Fla. Bukovsky, flanked by AFL-CIO Secre­ Federation get a chance to discuss some matters of mutual concern. On the tary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland, left, and President George lyieany, urged the left is George Hardy, president of the Service Employees International Union. American labor movement to continue its long-standing fight for international On the right is I. W. Abel, president of the United Steelworkers of America. human rights.

Page 23 March, 1977 SEAFARERS LOG March, 1977 OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF. LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Council Serves Notice: Safe and Healthful Workplace a Must Because the Occupational procedures, poorly-drafted regula­ law than understanding of what it is federal government agencies. The Safety and Health Act is so im­ tions, unnecessary delays and at­ designed to do. government can and must set the ex­ portant for maritime workers as tempts to politicize OSHA have We urge President Carter to re­ ample for private employers in the well as all American workers, we undermined the law's effectiveness. scind Executive Order 11821, re­ area of job safety and health. are reprinting in full the resolution There has been no more persistent newed by former President Ford in The labor movement will continue its efforts in Congress for adequate passed by the AFL-CIO Execu­ and consistent critic of the adminis­ a secretive, eleventh-hour attempt to tration and enforcement of OSHA repay his business supporters in the funding and staffing for OSHA and tive Council on this issue. than the labor movement. Our aim, election. This order, which requires the Toxic Substances Control Act of Statement by the however, is to make a good law work so-called "inflationary impact" state­ 1976, which is administered by the AFL-CIO Executive Council through proper administration. ments on OSHA standards, places a Environmental Protection Agency We are encouraged by President dollar value on the lives of workers and will provide additional safe­ on Carter's many statements of support and has blocked development of oc­ guards for workers exposed to toxic Occupational Safety and Health for this law, and commend his rec­ cupational health standards. chemicals. ommendations that OSHA regula­ We also urge him to require the And we serve notice: The labor February 28,1977 tions be drafted in clear, understand­ Secretary of Labor to enforce the oc­ movement shall not rest until every Bal Harbour, Fla. able language. Nothing is more cupational safety and health guide­ American worker enjoys a safe and The trade union movement fought essential to public support of this lines in Section 19 of the law for all healthful workplace. long and hard for passage of a strong occupational safety and health law to stop the suffering and death in America's workplaces. We will not permit destruction of the Occupa­ tional Safety and Health Act by right-wing zealots and employers who place profits ahead of human lives. We find repugnant the contention that an employer has a constitutional right to kill or maim workers. Plac­ ing property rights ahead of human rights is contrary to the spirit of America. Since its enactment in 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health Act has been the target of some in Con­ gress who seek to curry political favor with reactionary business and right wing groups. These political opportunities have repeatedly tried to emasculate or destroy OSHA through distortion, propaganda and lies. The failure of the past two admin­ istrations to properly administer and enforce the law has added fuel to Two AFL-CIO Veeps confer during the meeting: 0. L. Dennis, left, of the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and the fire. Inadequate budgets, short Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees and Floyd E. Smith of the International Asso­ staffing, misordered priorities, sloppy ciation of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. AFL-CIO Executive Council Passes Vital Maritime and Energy Resolutions Continued from Page 17 Two other routes across Canada the amount of oil from Arab coun- foreign vessels, such as the runaway have been proposed, but could not tires that it did prior to the embargo. flag ships that caused so much pollu­ expansion through a proposal to ex­ be built as soon as the trans-Alaska To prevent increasing politically tion disaster in our coastal waters port Alaskan oil to Japan. Their gas pipeline which would use many dangerous dependence on foreign oil over the past months. Moreover, it argument—that refinery, pipeline of the existing oil pipeline facilities the Council recommended a compre­ would be a shot in the arm for Amer­ and tanker capacity are inadequate there. This route is the best solution hensive national energy policy, in­ ican shipbuilding and maritime labor. to deliver the oil to U.S. markets— for America's dangerous natural gas cluding: conservation, development The other three Acts endorsed by ignores the "nation's increasingly shortage, the Council stated. of new supplies, government control the Council were: Situs Picketing, dangerous vulnerability to Arab oil The natural gas crisis last winter of imports and prices, and break-up which would grant building trades embargoes," the Council pointed out. and the Arab oil embargo of 1973- of oil monopolies. workers equal picketing rights with "The Administration and Con­ 74 were dramatic indications of all other organized workers; Reform Pass Cargo Preference gress must stand firm against this America's need for an effective of the Hatch Act to grant Govern­ proposal which would sacrifice the energy program. Passage of the Energy Transporta­ ment workers their full political national interest for oil company tion Security Act would be another rights; and Strip Mining Protection, profits." An Energy Policy major step toward America's energy which would protect against environ­ The AFL-CIO endorsed the Ad­ independence. Under this Act, one mental devastation caused by the All-Alaska Gas Line ministration's plan to consolidate all of four supported by the Council as strip mining of coal. America's energy self-reliance is Government energy agencies and ac­ "extremely important to the labor All four acts were vetoed by Presi­ also dependent upon quick delivery tivities, but stressed that this effort movement," a guaranteed percentage dent Ford. The Council called them of Alaskan gas, which the Council would be meaningless without "an of imported oil would be carried in "unfinished legislative business of explained could be achieved by an energy policy worthy of the name." U.S.-flag ships. the past" and urged quick approval all-Alaska pipeline route. America now imports three times It would decrease our reliance on by the new Administration. Page 24 Seafarers Log OAKLAND (Sea-Land Service Inc.), OVERSEAS TRAVELER (Mari­ January 22—Chairman, Recertified time Overseas Corp.), January 2— Bosun J. San Filippo; Secretary C. Chairman, Recertified Bosun A. Hovde; Johnson; Educational Director L. Kart- Secretary J. Hoggie. Secretary reports: tunen; Engine Delegate R. Bracamont; "Lost chief mate on December 22 Steward Delegate John Kavanagh. around 9:15. He was washed over the Some disputed OT in deck and steward side. Everyone felt very bad about it. department. $2.30 in ship's fund. Chair­ Stayed all day long trying to see if he man passed out forms for the steward could be found. It was due to all the upgrading school to everyone in the rough weather we had that day. One steward department and advised all great wave was all that it took. It was members to take advantage of this pro­ lucky the Captain was not washed over gram. A vote of thanks to the steward as well because both of them were department for a job well done. standing together one second and the next second the chief mate was gone." ELIZABETHPORT(Sea-Land Serv­ ice Inc.), January 9—Chairman, Re­ ERNA ELIZABETH (Hudson Wa­ MERRIMAC (Ogden Marine Inc.), certified Bosun Orla K. E. Ipsen; Sec­ terways Corp.), January 16—Chair­ January 30 — Chairman, Recertified Official ship's minutes were alsc retary George W. Gibbons; Educational man, Recertified Bosun B. Browning; Bosun John Pierce; Secretary A. R. received from the following vessels: Director Peter K. Shaughnessy. $136 in Secretary Rothschild; Deck Delegate Raio; Educational Director G. W. Hal- ship's fund. $210 in movie fund. No BAYAMON Burton Owen. Some disputed OT in ler. No disputed OT. Report to the Sea­ disputed OT. Chairman held a safety SEA-LAND COMMERCE deck department. Chairman reports farers Log: "We picked up three people meeting and the repairs that are needed NECHES that there are four new crewmembers from the sinking vessel Rampant. They are being worked on. Discussed the im­ ARECIBO from Piney Point aboard and they are are all doing well. We picked them up portance of donating to SPAD. Secre­ MOUNT NAVIGATOR shaping up very well. Held a discussion 450 miles from Fort Lauderdale, Fla. tary reported that the ship came in on VIRGO on the alcoholic program and agreed and dropped them off at Bermuda." Christmas morning and the men were SEA-LAND PRODUCER that it is a very good program. A vote Next port Philadelphia, Pa. very happy to be home with their fam­ THOMAS JEFFERSON of thanks to the steward department for ilies. A vote of thanks to the steward OGDEN CHAMPION a job well done. INGER (Reynolds Metals Co.)— department. Next port Panama Canal. DELTA PARAGUAY January 30 — Chairman, Recertified COVE COMMUNICATOR CHARLESTON (Sea-Land Service Bosun Hans S. Lee; Secretary Duke OVERSEAS VALDEZ (Maritime GALLOWAY Inc.), January 2—Chairman, Recerti­ Hall; Educational Director Theodore Overseas Corp.), January 30—Chair­ AMERICAN EXPLORER fied Bosun J. Beye; Secretary W. Selt­ Martinez; Engine Delegate Barney Hi- man, Recertified Bosun William Smith; SAN FRANCISCO zer; Educational Director C. W. Welsh. reen. $9 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Secretary J. Mojica; Educational Direc­ BRADFORD ISLAND $7 in ship's fund. No disputed OT. Chairman received and passed out the tor D. White. No disputed OT. Report WALTER RICE Chairman held a discussion on the new steward department applications to the Seafarers Log: "A vote of thanks POINT JULIE Steward Department Recertification for recertification. Urged all members was given to the crew for the coopera­ AFOUNDIRA program and urged all members who to take advantage of this program. Ad­ tion to all three departments. A vote of OVERSEAS ARCTIC are eligible to apply. Observed one min­ vised that a member who has a recerti­ thanks to the steward department." Ob­ FORT HOSKINS v ute of silence in memory of our de­ fication, a firefighting certificate and a served one minute of silence in memory RESOURCE lifeboat ticket has far better job oppor­ parted brothers. Next port Elizabeth. of our departed brothers. SAM HOUSTON tunities. Discussed the importance of TAMPA TRANSINDIANA (Hudson Water­ donating to SPAD. To really know PITTSBURGH ways Corp.), January 23—Chairman what is going on in the Union read the BORINQUEN (Puerto Rico Marine ANCHORAGE Recertified Bosun H. B. Walters; Sec­ Seafarers Log from front to back. A Mgt. Inc.), January 16—Chairman, OVERSEAS VIVIAN retary W. J. Fitch. $14.83 in ships fund. vote of thanks to the steward depart­ Recertified Bosun Calixto L. Gonzales; ROSE CITY No disputed OT. The ship's chairman ment for a job well done. Secretary Kaznowsky; Educational Di­ ROBERT TOOMBS will take up the possibility of having a rector Pantoia; Engine Delegate Fran- OVERSEAS JOYCE telephone put right aboard ship when in ULTRASEA (Apex Marine Corp.), eisco Sarmento; Steward Delegate Peter JACKSONVILLE port so the crew can call direct to the January 2 — Chairman, Recertified Siems, $46 in ship's fund. No disputed PONCE DE LEON gangway watch in regards to the sailing Bosun W. E. Showers; Secretary T. OT. Chairman held a discussion on the MOUNT WASHINGTON time as it is changed so often and you Kirby; Educational Director E. Colby; alcoholic rehabilitation program. A MONTICELLO VICTORY can never get the right answer from the Deck Delegate H. Frierson; Engine vote of thanks to the steward depart­ GOLDEN DOLPHIN outside forces. Report to the Seafarers Delegate R. Makarewicz; Steward Dele­ ment for a job well done. JAMES Log: "Thanks to the Log for its efforts gate R. Long. $16 in ship's fund. No OVERSEAS VALDEZ in keeping us posted in all maritime disputed OT. Chairman discussed the SEA-LAND ECONOMY (Sea-Land PISCES news." Observed one minute of silence importance of donating to SPAD. A Service Inc.), January 30—Chairman, BEAVER STATE in memory of our departed brothers. vote of thanks to the steward depart­ Recertified Bosun L. V. Myrex; Secre­ WACOSTA Next port Gitmo. ment. Report to the Seafarers Log: tary L. Nicholas; Educational Director OGDEN CHALLENGER "Best wishes to the entire staff and a H. DuHadaway; Deck Delegate D. J. PENN OVERSEAS ULLA (Maritime Over­ Happy New Year. Keep up the good Yannuzzi; Engine Delegate R. L. ARTHUR MIDDLETON seas Corp.), January 9 — Chairman, work in '77." Thompkin; Steward Delegate H. Jones, OVERSEAS ALICE Jr. Chairman reports that the trip so Recertified Bosun L. R. Smith; Secre­ MASSACHUSETTS (Interocean COLUMBIA far has been a smooth operation with tary W. H. Deskins. No disputed OT. Mgt. Corp.), January 16—Chairman, SEA-LAND VENTURE no beefs reported. He called for safety Chairman held a talk on the alcoholic Recertified Bosun J. L. Bourgeois; Sec­ PANAMA suggestions and repairs and would ap­ center at Piney Point. Also distributed retary W. Lovett; Educational Director AMERICAN HERITAGE preciate cooperation from all members application blanks for upgrading in the D. Orsini; Deck Delegate Thomas COUNCIL GROVE to keep this ship under continuous -J, steward department and help was given Reading; Steward Delegate William A. SEA-LAND MC LEAN smooth sailing conditions. Chief Stew­ in explaining the requirements of entry Daly. Chairman reported that baker GUAYAMA ard introduced the new upgrading ap­ • 3^ to the upgrading and recertification pro­ Henry N. Milton passed away during BOSTON plication forms with emphasis on taking gram. Observed one minute of silence layover in Kharg Island, Iran. A tele­ LONG BEACH advantage of this opportunity for a in memory of our departed brothers. gram was sent to the Union to notify BALTIMORE •. higher rating. Offered congratulations » A''.. '. them about Brother Milton and a collec­ ROBERT E. LEE on the choice of Brother Don Collins ULTRASEA OGDEN WABASMI (Ogden Marine tion was made for flowers to be sent to and Brother H. Hasting to serve on this LOS ANGELES Inc.), January 9—Chairman, Recerti­ his funeral. A vote of thanks to the committee. Presented to the meeting SUSQUEHANNA fied Bosun J. Delgado; Secretary H. steward on handling holiday meals pamphlets received from headquarters DEL SOL •• Hastings; Educational Director A. Rat- alone in the galley. It was a job well and explained the highlights and edu­ CAROLINA kovick; Deck Delegate R. Florcs; En­ done. Observed one minute of silence cational value that will benefit all mem­ WACOSTA gine Delegate J. Graydon; Steward in memory of our departed brothers. bers. All .material was posted on the ZAPATA RANGER Delegate O. Rios. No disputed OP. bulletin board. Next port Rotterdam. EXCHANGE Chairman discussed the importance of JEFFERSON DAVIS (Waterman PUERTO RICO donating to SPAD. Secretary's Report: Steamship Corp.), January 23—Chair­ CARTER BRAXTON "I had the honor of being on the stew­ man, Recertified Bosun George Annis; MOBILE (Sea-Land Service Inc.), SAN PEDRO ard department recertification commit­ Secretary F. Hagger; Educational Di­ January 4—Chairman, Recertified Bo­ SAN JUAN tee. In my 32 years of going to sea, 1 rector R. Tyler; Deck Delegate Richard sun A. Waters; Secretary Taylor. Chair­ COASTAL CALIFORNIA think this is the most needed of all our J. Maley; Stevv'ard Delegate Leonardo man reported that New Year's Eve was MOHAWK programs to come forth from our train­ Manca. Some disputed OT in steward spent in Inchon, Korea and a good time EAGLE VOYAGER department. Received Seafarers Logs was had by those who wanted if you ing school. We have to make the stew­ MOUNT EXPLORER i and forms for upgrading in steward de­ could stand the cold. Everyone is ready ard department more rewarding and VANTAGE DEFENDER attractive. As you will note in the la.st partment while in Djibouti. Chairman for a good year ahead. Report to the OVERSEAS ALEUTIAN Seafarers Log there were 17 upgraders held a discussion on the importance of Seafarers Log: "Hope all of you in New all in the deck and engine departments. donating to SPAD. Next port New Or­ York office have a Happy and Prosper­ SEA-LAND MARKET The program was discussed at length." leans. ous New Year."

March, 1977 Page 25 NOTICE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS OF THE SEAFARERS VACATION PLAN Beginning in 1977 and continuing in future years, all Participants in the Plan SEAFARERS VACATION FUND will be provided a Summary Annual Report, together with other materials in order NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS to keep you informed about the financial status of the Plan. ^ This Summary Annual Report covers the year ended December 31, 1975. (See YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1975 statements of assets and liabilities attached.) — SEAFARERS VACATION PLAN Vacation Pay SUMMARY ANNUAL REPORT ^ KI J The Trustees have established a vacation beneht program payable according DECEMBER 31, 1975 to category of employment. Based on 365 days of covered employment, the pro- gram provides for vacation benefits to be paid as follows, effective with the in- BEGINNING END OF creased contribution rates: OF YEAR YEAR $2,200.00 to eligibles in Group I (Formerly $1,400.00) ASSETS 1,800.00 to eligibles in Group II (Formerly $1,200.00) Cash $2,659,625.48 $4,348,935.00 1,400.00 to eligibles in Group III (Formerly $1,000.00) Receivables 2,335,369.71 2,308,037.62 Effective October 1, 1915, employees whose employers are obligated to make General Investments 243,729.57 231,549.07 contributions to the Plan at the required rate on the date application for benefits Buildings and Other is made, and who have at least 90 days of covered employment subsequent to Depreciable Properties 19,060.61 18,581.16 October 1, 1975, shall receive an additional benefit of $350.00 for 365 days of TOTAL ASSETS employment. CURRENT VALUE ... $5,257,785.37 $6,907,102.85 Boatswain's who have successfully completed the Recertification Program Total Assets Book Value ...... $5,260,785.37 $6,909,952.85 conducted at the Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship receive an additional . vacation benefit of $50.00 per quarter, for a total of $200.00 per annum. I TARIIITIFS addition to the foregoing, the Trustees provide a bonus to be paid only to those employees aboard Great Lakes vessels who complete the lay-up of their Payables (Includes Accrued vessels and who complete at least 90 days of covered employment, including such Vacation Benefits) $2,612,133.12 $3,493,090.09 lay-up time as follows: Other Liabilities .. 688,228.19 1,010,890.86 $175.00 for Group I employees TOTAL LIABILITIES $3,300,361.31 $4,503,980.95 150.00 for Group II employees NET ASSETS $1,957,424.06 $2,403,121.90 50.00 for Group III employees

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS Reserve for Anticipated Obligations FOR PLAN YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1975 In accordance with previously established practice, the Trustees have restricted the use of the Plan's surplus funds to meet ensuing years' anticipated obligations INCOME under the Plan. Cash Contributions $8,077,915.46 Earnings From Investments 198,149.57 Other Income 17,556.57 NOTICE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS OF THE TOTAL INCOME $8,293,621.60 SEAFARERS VACATION PLAN

EXPENSES Plan participants may obtain copies of the more detailed annual report for a Benefit Payments $6,773,300.03 reasonable charge, or may inspect it at the Plan Office without charge. The latest Payroll Taxes on Vacation Benefits 509,752.06 full annual report includes a list of the assets held for investment and all other Other Administrative Expenses 529,203.04 relevant financial information. To obtain a copy of the annual report, write to the TOTAL EXPENSES $7,812,255.13 Administrator asking for what you want. The Administrator will state the charge for specific documents so that you can find out the cost before ordering. The full NET INCOME 481,366.47 report can be examined at the Plan Office during normal business hours. Unrealized Appreciation of Assets If you seek additional information write to: and Adjustment of Prior Years Expenses (35,668.63) Net Increase In Assets 445,697.84 Administrator Net Assets At Beginning of Year 1,957,424.06 Seafarers Vacation Plan Net Assets At End Of Year $2,403,121.9"0 275 20th Street Brooklyn, New York 11215 ITF Reps Meet in Bal Harbour MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS' SCHEDULE Deep Sea Port Date Lakes, Inland Waters New York Apr. 4 2:30 p.m 7: Philadelphia Apr. 5 2:30p.m 7: Baltimore Apr. 6 2:30 p.m 7: Norfolk Apr. 7 9:30 a.m 7: Jacksonville Apr. 7 2:00 p.m Detroit Apr. 8 2:30 p.m Houston Apr. 11 ..._. 2:30 p.m 7: New Orleans Apr. 12 2:30 p.m Mobile Apr. 13 2:30 p.m San Francisco Apr. 14 2:30 p.m Wilmington Apr. 18 i 2:30 p.m. Seattle Apr. 22 2:30 p.m. Piney Point ., Apr. 9 10:30 a.m. San Juan Apr. 7 2:30 p.m. Representatives of some of the U.S. affiliates of the International Transport Columbus Apr. 16 — 1:00 p.m. Workers Federation, a worldwide organization of transportation workers' labor Chicago Apr. 12 — unions, discuss some of the issues the U.S delegation will bring up at the next Port Arthur Apr. 12 — general meeting to be held in Dublin, Ireland in July. SlUNA officials at the Buffalo Apr. 13 — meeting, which took place in Bal Harbour, Fla. last month, included SlU Presi­ St. Louis Apr. 15 2:30 p.m. dent Paul Hall and Vice President Bull Shepard (seated at head of table). One Cleveland ...... Apr. 14 — of the main issues discussed was the problems created on the high seas by Liberian, Panamanian and other flag-of-convenience vessels. Jersey City Apr. 11 ...... —

Page 26 Seafarers Log Pages from the History of the American Seamen's Labor Movement The turbulent early days of the sea- Meanwhile the merry war goes on, mens labor movement is chronicled in and brawls and fights are numerous. It stories gathered front old newspaper is to the credit of the harbor police that files by the Seafarers Historical Re­ the toughest of the masters are sup­ search Department. This story is from pressed summarily whenever they are the San Francisco Call of Oct. 17,1894. found using bulldozing methods. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1894. Water-Front Notes. SAILOR'S WAGES On account of the fog on the bay yesterday morning the steamer Oregon, sailing for Portland, came to anchor off They Cause Trouble on Goat Island in order to wait until the fog should lift. When it did and an at­ the Water Front. tempt was made to raise the anchor it was found that it had fouled with the HOT WORDS AND telegraph cable. It was 12:30 o'clock HARD BLOWS before the anchor was finally got loose and the steamer could proceed on her way. The Police Are Called Upon to Interfere There are some hard characters seen and Pacific street on Saturday night. At around the water front now, engaged, this place many sailors who are shipped Captain Luttrell of the bark Helen according to the police, in shipping men at the consulate office are found. About W. Almy is ill and will not return with MRS. WILSON AND HER PISTOL at low rates on deep-water vessels forty drunken seamen presumably led his vessel. He intends to spend five whenever they can. As some of the out­ by Lyons visited the place last Saturday months in Southern California. Sea Captains Willing to Take Cheap going vessels are chartered very low it night, and vowed all manner of threats The steamer St. Paul arrived from Men—Busy Times at the British is quite an object with the captains to against the place. Mrs. Wilson, who was Guaymas, Mexico, yesterday with an in charge, is not a woman to be easily unusually heavy cargo of merchandise Consul's Office. get men as cheaply as possible. It is on this account that the boarding-masters intimidated though, and drawing out a and tropical productions. engaged in that line meet with consid­ pistol she faced the men, and threatened News was received here yesterday to "When Greek meets Greek, then erable success. Among others who are the first one that entered the place. the effect that the French bark Duch- comes the tug of war," said a certain seen around is "Tommy" Lyons, an old- Cowed by the sight of the weapon and esse, bound from Dunkirk for Oregon, reputable poet once upon a time, and time character, who has just completed the flash of the desperate woman's eyes had arrived at Buenos Ayres partially ever since then it has been popularly a term in San Quentin. Three years ago the crowd withdrew. disabled, the result of a struggle with supposed that dire indeed is the struggle Lyons with three other men was caught Mrs. Wilson recognized several of the an Atlantic storm. which follows the coming together of on the Barbary Coast endeavoring to men in the crowd and yesterday swore At a meeting of the Harbor Com­ two natives of Hellas. force their way into a lodging-house out warrants for their arrest. Three were missioners yesterday bills amounting to But in the light of the developments room, where a sailor who had money taken into custody. $6,756.50 were audited and ordered of the past few days on the water front, was known to be sleeping off the effect At the office of the British Consul the paid. the tug of war would pale into insignifi­ of a debauch. Lyons' companion was excitement over the shipment of men The steamer Gaelic sailed for the cance in comparison with the desperate "sent up" for ten years and Tommy got continues. Throngs of boarding-masters Orient yesterday. Among the passen­ melees which follow the meeting of non­ three years. He is now around trying to and deep-water sailors are around the gers were the six Baptist missionaries union and union sailors and rival board­ ship men at the old rate, and it was re­ place from morning until late in the who arrived here last Sundav morning. ing-house masters. ported yesterday that he had secured afternoon. The party consists of Dr.Thompson and Broken heads, rainbow lined eyes and the contract for supplying the large Bri­ A crew for the British ship McMillan wife of Viobe, Miss Clagget, Miss Ro­ battered countenances are more nu­ tish ship Somali with a crew. was secured yesterday from the Ship­ man, Miss Wilson and Miss Barlow. merous now along the bilgy byways of The enterprising Lyons is supposed owners' Association. Several more ships The last named goes out for the first the docks than ever before. In fact one to be the man who caused a row in are expecting to get crews from the time. The others have labored in Tokyo, of the fraternity who does not sport a Wilson's boarding-house at Sansome association. to which city they now return. countenance that bears some sign of a melee or an arm supported in a sling is looked upon as one who takes but Great LalieiS little interest in his business. The trouble is all about sailors' wages, 'TOTAt REGlStEftEb TOTAL SHIPPED **REGISTEREP ON BEACH not only those of the deep-water men, 1-28^1977 AH Groups All Groups . All Groups but those of the seamen who sail in the Class A Class B Class C Class A Class S Class C Class A Class B Class CvyS coasting vessels. DECK DEPARTMENT Among the coasters the union men •"Alpena want $30 a month, and the Ship-owners' Buffalo:'^ Association will not give more than Cleveland $25. During the past six or eight days . 0: several vessels have gone out with non­ uulutn - • union crews on board, notwithstanding 0 13 the union men have tried their very best to prevent them from being shipped. The harbor police force has had its Alpena hands full to prevent bloody riots at the Buffalo sailing of these vessels, so high did Clevolantl; . > Detroit ; feeling run between the men. The union Duluth .... .vv--.':..•.'v.-.'.O • . . ;0.. , U v. men felt that they were getting the worst Frankfort 0 0 - Chicago of the deal in the shipments, and were Totals naturally indignant at seeing their places supplied by outside men. STEWARD DEPARTMENT One of these rows occurred yester­ Alpena T . 0 . ly-'y::; 0 • r 0 " day morning in front of 42 Steuart 0 0 0 2 1 0 Street, where the Ship-owners' Associ­ 0 .0 4 - - , 0 0 5 0 0 ation was trying to put a crew on board i Duluth 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. Q. •;.^:Frankfort • • fv 0 0 0 0 1 1 . the steamer Elwell at the reduced rate. i Chicago ;. 0 0 0 Every effort was being made by the Totals 6 I union men to induce the non union men to remain on shore. Hot words and Alpena I' 2 9 ^-.-2 some blows were exchanged, and then Buffalo . 1 0 1 3 0 1 a detachment of officers arrived from Cleveland ...... 4 4 3 5 6 6 the North Harbor station and affairs Detroit ..,.;. ; , - .. • 19 6 9 38 20 19 Duluth . . y y". ....>'• ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 became more quiet. At the request of Frankfort ...... 0 1 1 2 2 2 Captain Ryder of the Elwell, which is Chicago ; y 6 0 1 3 0 0 lying at the seawall. Captain Dunleavy Totals . y.. .. V i... 34 18 16 53 37 30 sent a couple of officers to guard the Totals All Departments " ^ 5 80 22 18 33 129 49 33 vessel until she sailed. At other points *"Total Registered" means ths number of ^ actually registered for shipping at the port last month. along the front rows are of everyday : **"Registered on the Beach" means the total hUttiber of men registered at the port at the end of last month. occurrence.

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Propeller Club and Navy League: They Help Foster Strong U.S. Merchant Marine This is the ninth in a series of articles ivhich the Seafarers Log is puhiishing to explain how various organizations affect the jobs and job se­ curity of Seafarers. A lot of people still harbor the romantic impres­ sion of an American merchant fleet dominated by tramp steamers visiting exotic ports, and U.S. seamen, donned in peacoats and stocking caps, drinking in smoke-filled bars and honky tonks reminiscent of a scene from a Humphrey Bogart flick. Well, movie producers and advertising people for Old Spice might think it criminal to topple such wonderful fantasies, but there are two in­ fluential maritime organizations trying their best to deal with the real merchant marine world. These organizations are the Propeller Club of the United States and the Navy League of the United States, both of which have extensive and diverse memberships as well as a network of port committees and councils throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, Europe and the Far East. Although the two organizations have different memberships, different methods of operation and often times different priorities, they both strive to achieve the same basic goal of a stronger America at sea. For instance, the Propeller Club is made up primarily of management people of U.S. maritime companies from shi'^building outfits to ship i t. :| owners and ship operators. Many SlU-contracted SIU President Paul Hall speaks at Seapower symposium jointly sponsored by the Navy League and the deep sea, inland water and Great Lakes compa­ National Maritime Council. nies are Propeller Club members. stance, one issue receiving the Propeller Club's pates in their activities whenever possible. By its own defintion, the main objective of the support at their 1975 conference in Fort Lauder­ The activities of these organizations also proves Propeller Club is "to promote, further and support dale, Fla. was cargo preference for U.S. ships. that the SIU is not alone in its fight for a better an American merchant marine, including ship­ life for its members and the goal of a better, more yards and other allied industries, adequate to meet Navy League competitive U.S. merchant fleet. the requirements of national security and eco­ The Propeller Club and the Navy League may The Navy League, on the other hand, considers nomic welfare of the United States," as well as not sound as romantic as smoke-filled honky tonks to "aid the development of river. Great Lakes and itself totally an educational organization. The Navy League is non-profit, and despite its military and Boggie movies, but they're a whole lot more harbor improvements." practical. The Propeller Club goes about trying to achieve .sounding name, its membership is limited to civil­ these goals through some lobbying efforts in Con­ ians and retired members of the Armed services. gress, but more often than not, by trying to bring A number of SIU officials are members of, and the message of the maritime industry's problems participate in this organization's activities. and needs to the media and general public through By their own definition, the Navy League is an sponsoring luncheons and other affairs in port- "educational organization dedicated to the sup­ eities around the country. port of the services which contribute to the na­ The SIU cooperates with the Propeller Club in tion's seapower . . . and committed to developing its efforts, and participates fully at the organiza­ public understanding of the importance of the seas tions aff '•s. SIU President Paul Hall, Executive to the well being of the nation and to providing Vice-President Frank Drozak and other Union Of­ assistance to the maritime forces which will en­ ficials are frequent speakers at Propeller Club hance their efficiency." luncheons and dinners One of the Navy League's most ambitious ac­ In addition, the Propeller Club conducts an tivities is its Seminar Program, which most recently annual conference at which policy and legislative has dealt with the growth of Soviet maritime goals are outlined for the coming year. For in- strength. Whereas the Propeller Club concentrates mainly Participating in a Propeller Club function in October on the problems of the private merchant sector, of 1974 is SIU New York Port Agent George Mc­ the Navy League is more oriented toward the Cartney, left, and Chuck Connors of the ILA. problems of the Coast Guard, the Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy itself. However, the Navy League makes it clear in all its literature, includ­ ing its monthly magazine. Sea Power, that the League realizes "our country's need for a modern fleet of merchant ships that can compete effici­ ently and profitably with those of any other coun­ try of the world." It's difficult to gauge the impact of these or­ ganizations on the general public and in Congress. But with respective memberships of 12,000 for the Propeller Club, and 37,000 for the Navy League, and still growing, it would be safe to say that they are having a measure of success at get­ ting the word out on the importance of the U.S. merchant marine to the economy and security of During a Propeller Club dinner in New York City, some labor officials get together. From the left are: the U.S. SIU- New York Port Agent George McCartney: After receiving an award from the Navy League on The most important thing, though, is that these Morris Weisberger, president/secretary-treasurer Apr. 23, SIU President Paul Hall, left, shakes organizations do have extensive and aggressive of the Sailors Union of the Pacific; AFL-CIO Secre­ hands with Secretary of the Navy William Midden- programs aimed at fostering a better U.S. mari­ tary-Treasurer Lane Kirkland, and ILA President dorf. time industry, and for that reason, the SIU partici­ Ted Gleason. Page 28 Seafarers Log John H. Roskamp, 65, joined the Evald Kamm, 65, joined the SIU Union in the port of Seattle in 1957 in the port of New York in 1950 sail­ sailing as a cook. Brother Roskamp ing as a bosun. Brother Kamm sailed sailed 27 years. He was born in Vic­ 42 years, was on the picket line in toria, British Columbia, Canada and the 1961 N.Y. Harbor strike and the is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Seafarer 1965 District Council 37 beef and Roskamp is a resident of Seattle. upgraded to AB and quartermaster at the HLSS, Piney Point, Md. in 1972. He was born in Estonia, and Restituto G. Gimpaya, 66, joined is a naturalized U.S. citizen. Seafarer Samuel F. Rusk, 63, joined the the SIU in 1938 in the port of New Kamm is a resident of Astoria, Union in the port of Philadelphia in York and sailed as a chief cook. Queens, N.Y. 1961 sailing as a cook. Brother Rusk Brother Gimpaya sailed 47 years and was born in Gloucester, N.J. and is was on the picket line in the Robin Joseph "Frankie" Keelan, 65, a resident there. Line strike in 1962. He was born in joined the SIU in 1949 in the port the Philippine Islands and is a resi- of Mobile sailing as a bosun. Brother ! dent of New York City. Keelan sailed 29 years, received a 1960 Union Personal Safety Award Benjamin F. Gordy, 61, joined the for sailing aboard an accident-free SIU in 1940 in the port of Norfolk ship, the SS Raphael Semmes and James W. Sanders, 67, joined the sailing as a bosun. Brother Gordy picked up a second mate's license Union in 1938 in the port of New when he attended the Deck Officers was born in North Carolina and is a York sailing as a chief steward. resident of Baltimore. Training Program in 1968. He was Brother Sanders sailed 46 years born in Philadelphia and is a resi­ with the Isthmian Line. He walked dent of Tampa. the picketline in the 1961 N.Y. Har­ bor strike. Born in Charleston, S.C., Casey Jones Lang, 65, joined the" he is a resident of St. Albans, SIU in the port of Philadelphia in Sago C. Hanks, 61, joined the SIU Queens, N.Y. 1962 sailing as an oiler. Brother in 1948 in the port of Mobile sailing Lang was born in Florida and is a as a chief electrician. Brother Hanks resident of Jacksonville. Jeff M. Skinner, 61, joined the sailed 31 years. He was born in Union in 1938 in the port of Mobile Frisco City, Ala. and is a resident of sailing as a bosun. Brother Skinner Gainestown, Ala. sailed 37 years. He was born in Till­ man, S.C. and is a resident of Theo­ Harry W. Lapham, 65, joined the dore, Ala. SIU in the port of Frankfort, Mich, Charles A. Herban, 65, joined the in 1953 sailing as a fireman-water- SIU in the port of Elberta, Mich, in tender. Brother Lapham was born in 1953 sailing as a cook. Brother Her­ Detroit and is a resident of Elberta, Mich. James Stuart, 68, joined the Union ban sailed 38 years. He was born in in 1949 in the port of New York sail­ Frankfort, Mich, and is a resident of ing as an AB. Brother Stuart sailed Beulah, Mich. 43 years and rode an American Coal Co. vessel in the 1957 beef. He was born in Massachusetts and is a resi­ Joseph C. Lewallen, 59, joined the dent of New Orleans. Brown Huszar, 63, joined the SIU SIU in 1947 in the port of New York •£. in 1944 in the port of New Orleans sailing as a bosun. Brother Lewallen sailing as a chief steward. Brother graduated from the Union's Deck Of­ Huszar sailed 39 years. He was born ficers Training Program at the HLSS I in Hungary and is a resident of in 1968 with a third mate's license. Wilbert Wentling, 58, joined the Holden, La. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army in Union in 1943 in the port of Balti­ World War II. Born in North Caro­ more sailing as a chief cook. Brother lina, he is a resident of Asheboro, Wentling sailed 33 years. He was N.C. born in Palmyra, Pa. and is a resi­ Jo.scph R. Hubert, 69, joined the dent there. SIU in the port of New York in 1964 Arthur B. Little, 61, joined the sailing as a chief electrician. Brother SIU in the port of Elberta, Mich, Hubert is a veteran of the U.S. Navy sailing as an AB. Brother Little was in World War II. He was born in born in Michigan and is a resident of Savannah, Ga. and is a resident of Frankfort, Mich. Edward G. Morales, 63, joined Port Orchard, Wash. the Union in the port of New York in 1952 sailing as a fireman-water- tender. Brother Morales sailed 27 Recertified Bosun Raymond J. years and is a veteran of the U.S. Knoles, 51, joined the SIU in the Robert G. Long, 57, joined the Army in World War II. He was born port of New York in 1951. Brother SIU in 1944 in the port of Norfolk in Havi, Kohala, Hawaii and is a Knoles sailed 32 years. He is a World sailing as a chief steward for the resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. War II veteran of the U.S. Navy. Mississippi Shipping Co. Brother Born in California, he is a resident S Long was born in North Carolina and of Hement, Calif. I is a resident of Gretna, La.

Sam E. Dyer, 66, joined the Union in the port of Detroit in 1957 sailing Eustaquio Kuilan, 67, joined the as an oiler for the Great Lakes SIU in the port of San Juan, P.R. in Genaro A. Lopez, 65, joined the Dredge and Dock Co. from 1975 to 1959 sailing as a wiper. Brother SIU in 1940 in the port of New 1976 and for Dunbar and Sullivan Kuilan was born in Toa Baja, P.R. Orleans sailing as a fireman-water- from 1955 to 1960. Brother Dyer is and is a resident of Catano, P.R. tender. Brother Lopez was born in a veteran of the U.S. Army in World Puerto Rico and is a resident of Vega War II. Born in Binghamton, N.Y., Alta, P.R. he is a resident of Essexville, Mich.

Edmond J. Gagne, 65, joined the Philip F. Korol, 53, joined the SIU Union in 1949 in the port of Alpena, Robert E. McCIuskey, 68, joined in the port of Baltimore in 1959 sail­ the SIU in the port of New Orleans Mich, sailing as a bosun. Brother ing as a chief electrician. Brother Gagne sailed 38 years. He was born ill 1955 sailing as a fireman-watcr- Korol sailed 33 years. He is a veteran tender. Brother McCIuskey sailed in Canada, is a U.S. naturalized citi­ of the post-World War II U.S. Army. zen and is a resident of Englewood, 29 years. He is a vett .m of the U.S. A native of New York City, he is a Army Cavalry before World War 11. Fla. resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. A Michigan native, he is a resident of Bay St. Louis, Miss.

March, 1977 Page 29 WOliam Aufry, Jr., 45, joined the Ross F. Lyle, 62, joined the SIU SIU in the port of Mobile in 1958 in the port of New York in 1953 and and sailed as a chief steward. Brother sailed as a chief electrician. Brother Autry attended the Andrew Furuseth Lyle was born in Alabama and is a Training School in Mobile that year. resident of Romayor, Tex. He is a veteran of the post-World War II U.S. Army. Born in Alabama, he is a resident of Baton Rouge, La. Robert O. McDonald, 65, joined Octavius Coleman, 67, joined the the SIU in 1947 in the port of New Waldo H. Banks, 60, joined the SIU in the port of New York in 1955 York and sailed as a bosun. Brother SIU in 1946 in the port of Baltimore sailing as a chief cook. Brother Cole­ McDonald sailed 46 years. He was and sailed as a bosun. Brother Banks man sailed 30 years and was on the born in Missouri and is a resident of sailed 33 years. He was born in picket line in the 1962 Robin Line Redding, Calif. Grand Cayman, British West Indies strike. He is a veteran of the U.S. and is a resident of Miami, Fla. Navy in World War II. A native of Baydon, Va., he is a resident of Haskell L. McLaughlin, 65, joined Orange, N.J. the SIU in the port of Tampa in Edwin W. Bartol, Jr., 59, joined 1964. He has sailed 21 years. Brother Moses Crosby, 77, joined the SIU the SIU in the port of Baltimore in McLaughlin helped to organize the in the port of New York in 1964 1958 sailing as a carpenter and Blue Stack Towing Co. and attended sailing as a cook. Brother Crosby OMED. Brother Bartol sailed 25 a Union conference in Piney Point, was born in Mississippi and is a resi­ years and upgraded at the Harry Md. He was born in Roatan, Hon­ dent of Seattle. Lundeberg School of Seamanship in duras and is a naturalized U.S. citi­ 1968. He is a veteran of the U.S. zen. Seafarer McLaughlin is a resi­ Army in World War II. A native of dent of Tampa. Baltimore, he is a resident of New York City. Francisco Melquiades, 71, joined Ronald J. Garrecht, 67, joined the the SIU in the port of San Francisco Alonzo Bcftis, 65, joined the SIU SIU in the port of Wilmington in in 1957 sailing as a cook. Brother in 1946 in the port of Philadelphia 1965 and sailed as a chief electrician. Melquiades sailed 48 years. He was sailing as a chief steward. Brother Brother Garrecht sailed 14 years. born in Guinan Samar, P.I. and is a Bettis sailed 33 years and also rode He was born in Yakima, Wash, and resident of San Francisco. on the Bull Line. He was born in is a resident of Bandon, Ore. Alabama and is a resident of Mobile,

Pedro J. Garcia, 65, joined the Harry Monahan, 48, joined the Henry J. Benton, 61, joined the SIU in 1943 in the port of New York SIU in 1946 in the port of New York SIU in the port of Chicago in 1950 sailing as a bosun. Brother Garcia sailing as an AB. Brother Monahan sailing as a fireman-watertender for walked the picket line in the 1965 walked the picket line in the 1961 10 years on the SS Milwaukee Clip­ District Council 37 beef. He was N.Y. Harbor strike, attended the per (Wisconsin-Michigan Steamship born in Puerto Rico and is a resident Deck Officers Training Program in Co.). Brother Benton sailed 33 years of Brooklyn, N.Y. 1968 and worked on the Sea-Land on the Great Lakes. His wife, Grace, shoregang at Port Elizabeth, N.J. an SIU member, also sailed on the SS Born in Jersey City, N.J., he is a Milwaukee Clipper as a cabin maid. Orlando R. Frezza, 66, joined the resident there. Born in Ferry, Mich., he is a resident SIU in the port of New York in 1959 of North Muskegon, Mich. and sailed as a chief steward. Brother Ramon Morales, 65, joined the Frezza was born in Southbridge, SIU in 1941 in the port of New York Mass. and is a resident of New Bed­ Alton R. Booth, 54, joined the sailing as a bosun. Brother Morales ford, Mass. SIU in 1942 in the port of New sailed 41 years, was on the picket line Orleans sailing as a chief steward. ^ in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor strike and Brother Booth sailed 36 years and worked on the Sea-Land shoregang during the Vietnam War in 1969. He Andrew Forls, 63, joined the SIU in Puerto Rico. He is a veteran of was born in Doyle, La. and is a resi­ in the port of Detroit in 1960 sailing the U.S. Army in World War 11. A dent of Tickfaw, La. as a conveyorman for 37 years. native of Caborojo, P.R., he is a Brother Foris was born in Ashland, resident of Las Lomas Rio Piedras, Wise, where he is a resident. P.R. Liberto B. Cage, 72, joined the SIU in the port of Seattle in 1966 Marvin E. Mullins, 53, joined the sailing as a cook. Brother Caga is a SIU in the port of Seattle in 1955 veteran of the U.S. Navy in World Jack Gardner, 66, joined the SIU sailing as an AB. Brother Mullins War II. He was born in the Philip­ in the port of New York in 1955 sail­ was a ship's delegate. He is a veteran pines and is a resident of Seattle. ing as a chief cook. Brother Gardner of the U.S. Navy in World War 11. sailed 30 years. He was born in A native of Conroe, Tex., he is a Greenville, N.C. and is a resident of resident of Seattle. Baltimore. Vincent Capitano, 65, joined the Recertified Bosun Ervin D. SIU in 194! in the port of New York "Curley" Moyd, 57, joined the SIU sailing as an AB. Brother Capitano Clyde Fields, 71, joined the SIU in the port of Mobile in 1951. Brother was on the-picket line in the Greater in the port of Norfolk in 1956 sailing Moyd was also a member of the N.Y. Harbor strike in 1961. He was as a fireman-watcrtender. Brother Union's affiliated United Industrial born in Italy and is a resident of Fields sailed 25 years. He was born Workers Union of North America Bayonne, N.J. in Illinois and is a resident of New Orleans. and a patrolman in the ports of New York and Mobile. He graduated from Peter Choplinski joined the SIU the Bosuns Recertification Program in the port of Boston in 1951 sailing in January 1974. Seafarer Moyd Harold J. McDonnell, 69, joined joined the U.S. Navy at the age of as an OS. Brother Choplinski rode the SIU in the port of Duluth, Minn, the Robin Line and walked the picket 14 and rose to the rank of chief in 1966 sailing as a lireman-water- bosuns mate at age of 22. Born in line in the 1961 N.Y. Harbor strike. tender. Brother McDonnell was born He is a veteran of the pre-World Prichard, Ala., he is a resident of in Aitkin, Minn, and is a resident of Fairhope, Ala. where he is a gentle­ War II U.S. Army. Seafarer Chop­ Duluth. linski is a resident of Lynn, Mass. man farmer. Edward R. MastriannI, 55, joined John P. Cox, 57, joined the SIU the SIU in the port of New York George W. Murrill, 72, joined the in the port of New York in 1952 in 1960 sailing as a fireman-water­ SIU in 1949 in the port of Mobile sailing as a cook. Brother Cox sailed tender. Brother Mastrianni sailed 26 sailing as a fireman-watertender. 33 years. He is a veteran of the U.S. years. He is a veteran of the post- Brother Murrill sailed 32 year:; and Army in World War II. Born in World War II U.S. Air Force. Born attended the HLSS for upgrading. He Florida, he is a resident of Seattle. in Brooklyn, N.Y., he is a resident was born in Biloxi, Miss, and is a there. resident of Mobile.

Page 30 Seafarers Log Philip C. Gibson, 66, joined the Harlan R. Peters, 65, joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in SIU in 1939 in the port of Baltimore 1957 sailing as a deckhand for the sailing as a cook. Brother Peters Baker-Whiteley Towing Co. from "i r sailed 41 years. He was born in Ala­ 1969 to 1976. Brother Gibson was bama and is a resident of Tampa. also a member of the Sailors Union PINSIONIRS of the Pacific (SUP). He was born in Massachusetts and is a resident of Baltimore. Robert L. Lackey, 63, joined the Joseph Buczynski, Jr., 60, joined Union in the port of Sault Ste. Marie, Blain S. Rowe, 62, joined the the Union in the port of New York Mich, in 1961 and sailed as a lead Union in the port of Philadelphia in in 1960 sailing as a deckhand and deckhand for the Merritt, Chapman 1957 sailing as a eaptain for the Al­ bridgeman for the N.Y. Dock Rail­ and Seott Co. from 1951 to 1974, lied Towing Co. from 1974 to 1977 way Co. in Brooklyn, N.Y. from the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. from and as a mate for the Carolina Tow­ 1943 to 1977. Brother Buczynski is 1949 to 1950 and for the Dunbar & ing Co. from 1963 to 1973, the Ex­ a veteran of the U.S. Army in World Sullivan Co. from 1974 to 1977. press Marine Inc. from 1973 to 1974, War ir. He was born in Brooklyn Brother Lackey was born in Chip- for Southern Carriers in 1963 and for and is a resident of Ozone Park, paw County, Mich, and is a resident .V the Norfolk Dredging Co. from 1960 Queens, N.Y. of Sanford, Fla. to 1963. Brother Rowe sailed 25 years. He was born in South Creek, Manning Moore, 62, joined the Lorenzo P. Kimball, 66, joined the N.C. and is a resident of Lowland, Union in the port of Baltimore in Union in the port of Norfolk in 1964 N.C. 1951 sailing as a eaptain for the sailing as a captain for the Penn Cen­ Guillcrmo C. Reyes, 54, chief Harbor Towing Co. from 1940 to tral Railroad from 1937 to 1977. cook on the SS Mayagiiez (Sea-Land) 1977 on the tugs William E. Voyce Brother Kimball was born in New­ when she was captured by Cambod­ and J. Edgar Steiggerswald. Brother ark, Ohio and is a resident of Miles, ians in May 1975, joined the SIU Moore was born in Georgetown, S.C. Va. in the port of New York in 1953. and is a resident of Baltimore. Brother Reyes is a veteran of the Edward F. Perry, 62, joined the U.S. Army in World War II. He was Victor R. Fiume, 62, joined the Union in the port of Chieago in 1961 born in the Philippines and is a resi­ Union in the port of New York in sailing as an AB for the Great Lakes dent of San Francisco. 1960 sailing as a mate on the tug Towing Co. from 1955 to 1977 and Harrisburg for the Penn Central for the Great Lakes Dredee and Beltran B. Pino, 56, joined the Railroad from 1939 to 1976. Brother Dock Co. from 1950 to 1955. Brother SIU in 1943 in the port of Galveston Fiume was born in Jersey City, N.J. Perry is a World War 11 veteran of sailing as an AB. Brother Pino sailed and is a resident of Eatontown, N.J. the U.S. Army. He is a resident of 34 years. He was born in Venezuela Bartolo C. Colon, 66, joined the Winter Park, Fla. and is a resident of New Orleans. Union in the port of Norfolk in 1967 sailing as an engineer for the Steuart Fred S. Woolf, 67, joined the Petroleum Transportation Co. from Union in the port of Duluth in 1965 1956 to 1977 and for the Harbor sailing as a lireman-watertender for Towing Co. from 1950 to 1955. the Reiss Sleaniship Co. Brother Andrew Rebrik, 04, joined the Brother Colon was born in Puerto Woolf sailed 39 years. He was born SIU in 1947 in the port of Detroit Rieo and is a resident of North Port, in Pennsylvania and is a resident of sailing as an AB for the Wyandotte Venice, Fla. St. Marys, Pa. Transportation Co. for 25 years, the Reiss Steamship Co. for four years Garland L. Hogge, 64, joined the John F. Scanlon, 65, joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in and for the Pringle Transportation Union in the port of Buffalo, N.Y. in Co. for three years. All told, he sailed 1957 sailing as a captain for the 1957 sailing as a deckhand and oiler Baker-Whiteley Towing Co. Brother 35 years on the Great Lakes. Brother for the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Rebrik was born in Pennsylvania and Hogge was born in Samos Point, Va. Co. from 1957 to 1959 and for Mer- and is a resident of Lutherville, Md. is a resident of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. ritte, Chapman and Scott from 1959 where he intends to take care of his to 1977. Brother Scanlon was born house and yard and play some golf. in Buffalo and is a resident there. Albert J. Gros, 61, joined the Bernard "Bernie" Schwartz, 43, Union in the port of New Orleans in Frank Ocasio, 68, joined the SIU joined the SIU in the port of San 1955 sailing as a captain for the,New in the port of Tampa in 1972 sailing Francisco in 1955 sailing as an AB. Orleans-Gulf Towing Co. from 1954 as an AB. Brother Ocasio is a veteran He served as ship's delegate. Brother to 1977. Brother Gros is a veteran of the U.S. Army Infantry in World Schwartz is a veteran of the post- of the U.S. Army in World War 11. War II. He was born in Puerto Rico World War II U.S. Navy. He was He was born in Ludervine-Larose, and is a resident of Tampa. born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and is a resi­ La. and is a resident of Harvey, La. dent of Stamford, Conn.

efforts in overcoming his illness. is the basis for the success of the SIU Clearly, the basis for our Union's suc­ in so many other area.s—group action cessful alcoholic rehabilitation program for our collective and individual benefit.

I YBH5 Brotherhood m Actk>n I Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center I am interested in attending a six-week program at the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Center. I understand that all my medical and counseling For the alcoholic who has faced the cials in his port who will assist him in records will be kept strictly confidential, and that they will not be kept truth about his condition and who really entering our treatment program. wants to stop drinking, one of the most The program itself is located in Val­ anywhere except at The Center. important factors in a successful recov­ ley Lee, Md at the Seafarers Alcoholic ery is group support for his effort. This Rehabilitation Center, which is spon­ Name . Book No. fact accounts for the great success of sored by the Seafarers Welfare Plan. programs such as Alcoholic's Anony­ Here, the brother finds a trained stafi' I mous, where recovering alcoholics en­ to help him and fellow Seafarers who I I courage one another in their resolve to are also recovering from alcoholism. j Address I stop drinking. All of these people work together to (Street or RFD) (City) (State) (Zip) j In the SIU, we have established a strengthen the brother's resolve not to I program of group support dedicated to drink, to assure him that he is not alone I Telephone No helping our alcoholic brothers to re­ in his efforts, arid to help him rebuild I cover. This program is succeeding and a sound body and healthy attitudes. Mail to: THE CENTER will continue to succeed because it in­ Upon leaving the Center, the Sea­ Star Route Box 153-A volves the efforts of every member of farer returns to his family, friends and Valley Lee, Md. 20692 the SIU. his Union brothers. He finds .support The alcoholic Seafarer first receives there, too—support for his decision not or call, 24 hours-a-day, (301) 994-0010 help and support from the Union offi- to drink. He finds respect, also, for his

March, 1977 Page 31 John V. A. Mer- I Bjorn Elverun, 57, Walter Ballon, Jr., rifield, 24, died in died on Mar. 1. Bro­ 52, died of natural Philadelphia, Pa. on ther Elverun joined causes aboard the SS Jan. 6. Brother Mer- the SIU in the port of Overseas Alaska rifield joined the SIU Baltimore in 1951 (Maritime Overseas) in the port of New sailing as a fireman- in Karachi, Pakistan York in 1971 follow­ watertender. He had on Dec. 19. Brother ing his graduation ' sailed on Swedish Ballou joined the SIU from the HLSS that ships and was a for­ in the port of Lake Charles, La. in 1959 year. He was a veteran of the U.S. mer member of the Norweigan Sea- sailing as a wiper. He sailed 25 years. Navy. Seafarer Merrifield was born in mens Union. Seafarer Elverun was a Seafarer Ballou was a veteran of the Pensioner Percy J. Philadelphia and was a resident there. veteran of the Finnish Army in the U.S. Army in World War II. A native Libby, 82, passed Burial was in the New Cathedral Ceme­ 1939-40 frontline action, and was a of Wavelry, Va., he was a resident of away from cancer in tery, Philadelphia, Surviving are his wounded veteran of the Norwegian Lake Charles. Cremation took place. Abita Spiings, La. on parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. and Army and Navy in 1940-1. He was a Surviving is his widow, Helen. Feb. 8. Brother Zita Merrifield of Philadelphia. U.S. Army ski instructor in Montana Libby joined the in 1942-3. Born in Eiker, Norway, he WiUiam O. Saw­ Union in the port of Pensioner William was a resident of Houston. Surviving yer, 34, succumbed New Orleans sailing are his widow, Melitta of Villarica, topenumonia in Nor­ as a bosun. He sailed J. "the Professor" McKay, 88, passed Chile, and his daughter, Elisabeth of folk's USPHS Hospi­ with the Delta Line. Seafarer Libby was away in New Orleans Temuco, Chile, tal after his car went veteran of the U.S. Army in World a on Feb. 11. Brother off the road in Vir­ War 1. A native of Portland, Me., he McKay joined the WiUiam L. Long, ginia Beach, Va. on was a resident of Abita Springs. Burial Union in 1941 in the 72, passed away in Nov. 28. Brother was in Abita Springs Cemetery. Surviv­ the Baltimore USPHS Sawyer joined the ing is his widow, Iris. port of Miami, Fla. sailing as a BR util­ Hospital on Dec. 31. SIU in the port of New York and sailed ity. He sailed 61 years and rode the Brother Long joined as an AB. He had sailed eight years. Robert L. Harwell, Alcoa Line and the American Coal Co. the SIU in the port Seafarer Sawyer was a veteran of the 57, died of arterio- run in 1915. Seafarer McKay was a of Baltimore sailing U.S. Army in the Vietnam War. A na­ scleriosis in Balti­ veteran of the U.S. Navy in World War as an AB and sailed tive of Elizabeth City, N.C., he was a more City, Md. on I. He was also known as an expert in 28 years. He was a resident of Chesapeake, Va. Burial was Feb. 5. Brother Har­ repairing jewelry. Surviving are a bro­ veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard. Sea­ in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk. well joined the SIU ther, Peter of San Antonio, Tex.; two farer Long was born in Baltimore and Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. in the port of Balti­ sisters, Mrs. Frances V. Bernota of Port was a resident of Laurel Springs, N.C. David and Lucy Sawyer of West Chesa­ more in 1952 sailing St. Lucy, Fla. and Mrs. Rose M. Surviving are his widow, Seleucia, and as an OS. He sailed peake, Va., and a brother, William D. Bowler of Arlington, Mass., and a two brothers. Otto and Robert,both of Sawyer. 31 years. Seafarer Harwell was a Army nephew, E. H. Williams of Portland, Richmond, Va. veteran of World War II. Born in North Ore. Pensioner Joseph Carolina, he was a resident of Balti­ Pensioner William more. Interment was in Mount Carmel A. Shea, 75, died of Pensioner James T. Briggs, 72, was cancer of the bladder Cemetery, Baltimore. Surviving are his found dead of heart widow, Evelyn; his mother, Ella, and a H. Banners, 60, was in the Maryland Gen­ accidentally choked disease at home in eral Hospital, Balti­ sister, Mrs. Everette (Beatrice) H. Car­ Houston on Jan. 22. penter, both of Lincolnton, N.C. to death under a trac­ more on Nov. 28. tor he was operating Brother Briggs joined Brother Shea joined at his home in Indi- the Union in the port the Union in 1949 in OltoW.Hanke,39, , anapolis, Ind. on I 1 Baltimore in 1958 the port of Philadel­ died on Nov. 9. Bro­ Feb. 3. Brother Han- I 1 sailing as an AB. He phia sailing as a chief steward. He sailed ther Hanke joined ners joined the Union served as ship's delegate. He sailed 54 30 years and attended Pensioners Con­ the SIU in the port in 1939 in the port of New Orleans years and also sailed as a 2nd mate. ference No. 8 at Piney Point in 1970. of San Francisco in sailing as a chief electrician. He rode Seafarer Briggs was born in Auburn, Seafarer Shea was born in Pennsylvania 1969 and sailed as an the Bull Line, worked for the Construc­ N.Y. Burial was in Forest Park Lawn- and was a resident of Baltimore. Inter­ AB. He was a vete­ tion Aggregates Corp. and was in Da dale Cemetery, Houston. Surviving are ment was in Holy Rosary Cemetery, ran of the U.S. Naval Nang Harbor, Vietnam when the Viet his widow, Irene; a sister, Mrs. Ray Baltimore County. Surviving are his Reserve and attended Cong attacked in 1968. Seafarer Han- (Mabel) Harding of Rocks, Md., and a widow, Helen, and a son, Norman San Francisco Junior College and Do- ners was born in Alabama. Burial was niece, Mrs. Dorothy H. Jameson of James Shea. bies School of the Merchant Marine. in Millville Cemetery, Panama City, Waldorf, Md. Seafarer Hanke was born in San Fran­ Fla. Surviving are his widow, Goldie; Albert H. Powers, cisco and was a resident of Dayton, Nev. a daughter. Star Lee and his mother Pensioner Dewey 43, died of a heart Nora of Panama City. M. Saxon, Sr., 59, attack in Waranem Surviving is his mother, Helen of San died of lung failure Francisco. Hospital, Sault Ste. in the New Orleans Marie, Mich, on July Alfred Saffo, 41, Pensioner Phile- USPHS Hospital on mondus M. Matthys, 15. Brother Powers died of lung failure '• 'w/ Jan. 1. Brother Saxon joined the SIU in the 69, passed away in a, J joined the Union in at sea aboard the port of Detroit in SS Delta Mexico Ghent, Belgium on 1938 in the port of Oct. 12. Brother 1967 sailing as an (Delta Line) off Mon­ Mobile and sailed as AB. He sailed 24 years for the Pringle rovia, Liberia on Feb. Matthys joined the a bosun. He sailed 42 years. Born in Union in 1942 in the Transit Co. and the Erie Sand Co. Sea­ 5. Brother Saffo Alabama, he was a resident of Mobile. port of New York farer Powers was a Piney Point welding joined the SIU in the Burial was in Pine Crest Cemetery, Mo­ upgrader in 1975. He was a veteran of I sailing as a fireman- bile. Surviving are his widow, Anna port of New York in the U.S. Air Force after World War 11. watertender. He was on the picket line Marie; eight sons, Michael, Carl, 1968 sailing in the steward department. Born in Cleveland, he was a resident in the 1965 District Council 37 beef. Dewey, Jr., Jefferey, Ronald, Joseph, He was born in Mobile, where he was Surviving are his widow, Catherine; a there. Interment was in the West Park a resident. Interment was in Mobile. Lawrence and Leslie; two daughters, brother, Emile of Ghent; an uncle and Mrs. Marion (Marie Elaine) Milne and Cemetery, Cleveland. Surviving are Surviving are his widow, Irene; a son, three sons. Seafarer Thomas A. Powers aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles (Johanna) Linda; a sister-ift-law, Mrs. Joseph D. Fred, and two daughters, Velda and de Wilde of Brooklyn, N.Y., and a of Cleveland, Albert, Jr. and Patrick; Cassandra. Saxon; two nephews. Van Allan and nephew, Roger Wychuyse of Ghent. Richard Saxon, and a niece, Rita a daughter, Victoria; his parents, Mr. Saxon, all of Mobile. and Mrs. Albert H. Powers, Sr. of Parma, Ohio, and a sister, Mrs. Marie Pensioner Ben Al­ William J. Mon- E. Wonko, also of Parma. len, 68, passed away gan, 53, died on Jan. Joseph D. Saxon, of natural causes in I. Brother Mongan 49, died in the Ma­ Beekman Downtown joined the Union in rine Basin Hospital Pensioner Sei^io Hospital, N.Y.C., on the port of Detroit in for Sailors, Odessa, G. Rivera, 66, died Feb. 13. Brother Al­ 1968 sailing as an U.S.S.R. on Nov. 25. on Mar. 5. Brother len joined the Union AB for the Kinsman Brother Saxon joined I Rivera joined the in 1943 in the port of Marine Transit Co. the SIU in 1944 in Union in 1939 in the Boston sailing as a He sailed 19 years. the port of Mobile I port of New York chief electrician. He sailed 36 years and Seafarer Mongan was a veteran of the and sailed as a bosun. and sailed as a bosun. was on the picket line in the 1961 N.Y. U.S. Navy in World War II. A native He was born in Mobile and was a resi­ iHe sailed 39 years, Harbor strike. Seafarer Allen was born of Pennsylvania, he was a resident of dent there. Interment was in Mobile. I rode with the Bull in the Philippines and was a naturalized Newark, Ohio, Surviving are his widow, Surviving are his widow, Christine; two Line and walked the picket line in the U.S. citizen. He was a resident of New Elsie; a stepson, Jeffery Zimmerman; sons. Van Allan and Richard; a daugh­ 1961 Greater N.Y. Harbor strike. A York City. Burial was in Rosedale a brother, Fred, of Niagra Falls, N.Y.; ter, Rita; his mother, Katie; a sister-in- native of Puerto Rico, he was a resident Cemetery, Linden, N.J. Surviving is his and a sister, Mrs. Harriet M. Cairns of law, Mrs. Dewey M. Saxon, Sr.; eight of Brooklyn, N.Y. Surviving is his widow ae. Newark. nephews and two nieces, all of Mobile. widow, Luisa. Page 32 Seafarers Log Constantino Rug- Pensioner Vincenle Charles R. Perrin, giero, 63, died of ' Y. Remolar, 79, died 77, passed away of a heart disease aboard of a heart attack in heart attack in Glou­ the SS Bradford Doctors Hospital,- cester, Mass. on Jan. Island (Interocean Manila, P.I. on Oct. 22. Brother Perrin Mgt.) in the Russian _ II. Brother Remolar joined the SIU in the port of Novorossiysk joined the Union in port of Boston in on Dec. 16. Brother U y 1941 in the port of 1955 sailing as a Ruggiero joined the I t Savannah sailing as a If TBBHI IT chief pumpman. He SIU in 1938 in the port of Boston sailing chief cook. He sailed 27 years. Born in sailed 37 years. Seafarer Perrin was a as a fireman-watertender. He sailed 36 Binalonan, the Philippines, he was a veteran of the post-World War I U.S. Pensioner Earl years. Born in Massachusetts, he was a resident of Makati Rizal, P.I. Burial was Navy. He also sailed as a first assistant Rayford, 70, passed resident of Revere, Mass. Burial was in in Touk Cemetery, Manila. Surviving engineer and machinist. Born in Co- away on Mar. 3. Revere. Surviving is his widow, Del- are his widow, Juliana; a daughter, Mil­ hoes, N.Y., he was a resident of Glou­ Brother Rayford phine. dred, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Rosa D. cester. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery, joined the Union in Faderoga of Manila. Gloucester. Surviving are his widow, the port of Mobile in Lydia; a son. Randy C. Perrin, Jr. of Eugene N. "Gene" 1956 sailing as an Henry N. Milton, Gloucester and a daughter, Mrs. Lo- Dore, 51, died on AB. He was born in 64, suffered a heart retfa L. Lopez of Boston. Feb. 28. Brother Dog River, Mobile attack aboard the SS Dore joined the SIU and was a resident there. Surviving are Massachusetts (In- Eugene N. Duncan, in 1945 in the port of his widow, Evelyn; a sister, Mrs. Ruby ocean Mgt.) and died 52, succumbed to Galveston sailing as Roberson, and a cousin. Elizabeth in the Kourosh Hos­ heart disease in New an AB. He sailed 36 Green, all of Mobile. years and was on the pital, Khorramshahr, Qrleans on Jan. 28. picket line in the i Iran on Dec. 27. Bro- Brother Duncan - ther Milton joined joined the SIU in the Garment Workers Union, ILA and Cit­ John P. Kleva, 47, ies Service (1946) beefs. Seafarer Dore the SIU in the port of New York in port of Baltimore in died on Mar. 2. was a veteran of the post-World War 1955 and sailed as a chief cook. He 1956 sailing as an Brother Kleva joined II U.S. Army. A native of New York, he walked the picket line in the 1962 AB. He sailed 29 years. Seafarer Duncan was a veteran the Union in the port was a resident of Seattle. Surviving are Robin Line strike. Born in Deerpark, of the U.S. Army in World War II, at­ of Philadelphia in his brother, Walter F. Doray of Okla­ Ala., he was a resident of East Elm- tended the University of Tennessee and 1967 sailing as a homa City, Okla., and a sister, Mrs. hurst, Queens, N.Y.C. Burial was in was a probation officer in the Tampa deckhand for the In­ Evelyn V. Smith of Pinellas Park, Fla. Flushing Cemetery, Queens. Surviving is his widow, Anita. Juvenile Court. Born in Tampa, he was terstate Qil Transpor­ a resident there. Surviving is his mother, tation Co. from 1967 Arthur F. Ohler, Francis J. Moran, Vcrn of Tampa. to 1977. He was a veteran of the post- J- 63, died in Houston Jr., 50, died in New World War II U.S. Navy. Born in Yugo­ on Jan. 24. Brother Orleans on Jan. 25 slavia, he was a resident of Blackwood, Ohler joined the SIU after being ill with Dennis G. Mealy, N.J. Boatman Kleva was a naturalized in the port of Nor­ pneumonia. Brother 20, was killed in an U.S. citizen. Surviving are his widow, folk in 1968 sailing Moran joined the automobile accident Vivian; a son, John, and three daugh­ as a fireman-water- SIU in the port of on Oct. 17. Brother ters, Vivian, Donna Marie and Ellen. tender. He sailed 16 San Francisco in Mealy joined the years and rode with 1969 sailing as a fire­ Union in 1974 fol­ Donald M. Henderson, 32, was found the Bull Line. Seafarer Ohler was born man-watertender. He sailed 12 years. lowing his graduation drowned in the Buffalo Bayou at in Danbury, Conn, and was a resident Seafarer Moran was a veteran of the from Piney Point in Parker's Cutoff, Houston on June 3. of Plainville, Conn. Surviving are his U.S. Army in World War II. Born in IBU Class 19. He Brother Henderson joined the Union widow, Kathleen, and two daughters, Dinquat, Ohio, he was a resident of sailed in the deck department for the in the port of Houston sailing as a tug y Louise and Carol of Plainville. Aberdeen, Wash. Surviving are two Inland Tugs Co. from 1974 to 1975. A captain and pilot for the Barge Harbor sons, James and Ralph; two. daughters, native of Illinois, he was a resident of Co. and the Western Towing Co. Born Pensioner Walter Rhonda and Barbara; his parents, Mr. Belleville, III. Surviving are his parents, in Houston, he was a resident there. T. Noel, 64, died of a and Mrs. James M. Moran, and a sister, Burial was in Forest Park Lawndale \ heart attack in the Mrs. Helen K. M. Cook of Aberdeen. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Mealy, Sr. of Belleville; a brother. Inland Boatmen Cemetery, Houston. Surviving are his Ideal Nursing Home, Christopher Mealy of Piney Point's widow, Shirley; a daughter, Teresa, and Mobile on Dec. 9. Pensioner Charles B. Nobles, Sr., 72, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Brother Noel joined Class 15, and an uncle, Kenneth Mealy died of a cerebral shock in Halifax of Mokane, Mo. Henderson. the Union in 1944 in Memorial Hospital, Roanoke Rapids, Ronald J. Lundy, 46, died of a heart the port of Mobile N.C. on Sept. 25. Brother Nobles joined attack in the Veterans Administration y sailing as a fireman- SIU pensioner the Union in the port of Norfolk in 1960 John P. "Jack" Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. on Dec. 1. watertender. He sailed 17 years. Sea­ as a tug mate and chief sailing first O'Connor, 74, died Brother Lundy joined the Union in the farer Noel was born in Mobile and was engineer for the R. H. Davis Towing of a cerebral throm­ port of St. Louis in 1973 sailing as a a resident there. Interment was in the Co. from 1948 to 1969. He was born bosis in the Veterans mate for the Sabine Towing and Trans­ Noel Cemetery, Mobile. Surviving are in Scranton, N.C. and was a resident of Administration Lake­ portation Co. from 1976 to 1977 and a brother, Benjamin, and a cousin, Roanoke Rapids. Burial was in Crest- side Hospital, Chi- as a pilot for the National Marine Serv­ George E. McCary, both of Mobile. view Memorial Cemetery, Roanoke icago, 111. on Jan. 17. ice Co. from 1971 to 1976. Boatman Rapids. Surviving are his widow, Cora [Brother O'Connor Lundy was a veteran of the U.S. Army Lee, and a son, Charles, Jr. of Hamp­ William F. Moss, joined the Union in the port of Chicago in World War II. A native of Coleman, ton, Va. Jr., 61, died on Dec. in 1963 sailing as a chief steward for 12 Mich., he was a resident of Wynne, Pensioner Joseph T. Peters, Jr., 72, 27. Brother Moss years with the Great Lakes Dredge and Ark. Interment was in Cogbill Ceme­ died of cancer in the Norfolk USPHS joined the SIU in the Dock Co., for eight years for the Fitz- tery, Wynne. Surviving are his widow, Hospital on Jan. 31. Brother Peters port of New York in simons and Connell Co.. for the Lake Becky Sue; two sons, Floyd of North joined the Union in the port of Norfolk 1960 sailing as a Sand Co. for five years, and for the Little Rock, Ark. and Michael; three in 1962 sailing as a captain for the wiper and cook. He Hanna Towing Co. He was a member daughters, Mary, Paula and Michel, and Marine Oil Service Corp. from 1962 to sailed 42 years and of the International Seamen's Union his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd D. 1969 and for the Sheridan Transporta­ was an aviation me­ from 1919 to 1954. Burial was in Cal­ Lundy. tion Co. from 1961 to 1962. He was Louis J. E. Lusson, 49, was drowned chanic in the U.S. Navy during World vary Cemetery, EvaiKMuPi,!!!. Surviving born in Matthews, Va. and was a resi­ War II. Seafarer Moss was born in is a daughter, Mrs. Jacqueline Nuccio in San jiian (P.R } Harbor when a loose dent of Norfolk. Interment was in Forest Somerset, Ky. and was a resident of of Chicago. tow line pitched him off the tug Sea Tampa, Fla. Surviving is his widow, Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk. Surviving is Racer on Dec. 17. Brother Lusson Minnie Lou; a son, William F. Moss his widow, Dell. joined the Union in the port of San III of Baltimore, and a sister, Mrs. Hal- Maylon B. Phelps, 37, died of a spine Juan sailing as an AB. He was born in lie O'Toole of Tampa. injury in Norfolk from an accidental Pensioner William H. Cannon, Jr., Ardmore, Pa. and was a resident of fall on a tug on Aug. 12. Brother Phelps 74, died of a heart attack in the Uni­ Bayamon, P.R. Burial was in the Na­ joined the Union in the port of Norfolk versity Hospital of Jacksonville, Fla. tional Cemetery of Puerto Rico. Sur­ Charles E. Moore, in 1972 sailing as an OS and mate for on Feb. 12. Brother Cannon joined the viving are his widow, Csi men; a son, 55, died on Sept. 28. the NBC Line from 1970 to 1976. He ' Union in the port of Norfolk sailing as Richard, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.' Brother Moore joined was born in Creswell, N.C. and was a a mate for the McAllister Brothers Tow­ Loui^i C. O. Lusson. the SIU in 1943 in resident of Norfolk. Burial was in Mt. ing Co. from 1955 to 1960 and as a the port of Norfolk Tabor Baptist Church Cemetery, Co­ captain for the Allied Towing Co. from Miguel A. Ruiz O'Neill died on Sept sailing as an AB and lumbia, N.C. Surviving are two sons, 1960 to 1972. He was born in Palatka, 30, 1974. Brother O'Neill joined the deck delegate. He Robert and Timothy; his parents, Mr. Fla. and was a resident of Jacksonville. Union in 1961 and last sailed as a sailed 30 years. A na­ and Mrs. Jordan L. Phelps of Creswell, Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery, QMED. He was a 1968 HLSS upgrader. tive of Butler, Tenn., and two brothers, Harrison of Ply­ Jacksonville. Surviving are his widow, Seafarer O'Neill was a resident of San- he was a resident of Falls Church, Va. mouth, N.C. and Manfred of Greenville, Pearl and two sons, Paul and William turce, P.R. Surviving is his widow, Surviving is his widow, Barbara. N.C. III, both of Virginia Beach, Va. Margarita. 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Personate Seafarers Welfare, Pension and Louis Ludemau Scott Every asks that you contact him or leave a message at 444 Seabreeze Vacation Plans Cash Benefits Paid Blvd., Daytona Beach, Fla. 32074, tel. (904) 253-1811. Jan. 27-Feb. 23,1977 Number Amount William Smith MONTH YEAR MONTH YEAR SEAFARERS WELFARE PLAN TO DATE TO DAI E 10 DATE TO DATE Mrs. Genevieve Mulvena asks that you contact her as soon as possible at ELIGIBLES 129 Magnolia Ave., Jersey City, N.J. Death 13 31 $ 38,000.00 $ 102,543.06 848.00 John "Sweetwater" Davis In Hospital Daily (2 $1.00 243 846 245.00 In Hospital Daily @ $3.00 93 607 279.00 1,821.00 Alan Borner asks that you contact Hospital & Hospital Extras 13 27 1,683.22 3,948.07 him at (914) 783-4914 in Monroe, N.Y. Surgical 2 5 149.00 383.00 Michael Howe Sickness & Accident @ $8.00 5,478 11,846 43,824.00 94,768.00 Special Equipment 3 7 ^,201.69 2,761.19 Cynthia Marcik asks that you con­ Optical 104 208 3,319.95 6,520.48 tact her at (203) 933-8587. Supplemental Medicare Premiums 62 71 1,882.10 2,319.40 William DeJesus Your daughter, Carmelita Calderon DEPENDENTS OF ELIGIBLES (DeJesus), asks that you contact her at Hospital & Hospital Extras 391 738 119,866.62 215,170.95 195 Steuben St, Apt. 5D, Staten Island, Doctors' Visits In Hospital 59 149 2,990.01 6,826.60 N.Y. 10304. Surgical 98 211 16,885.35 36,395.15 Pat Howley Maternity 18 41 5,685.00 13,034.00 Blood Transfusions 3 7 198.45 408.45 Chester and Sorella Kaiser ask that Optical 79 161 2,377.51 4,748.89 you contact them at 1012 Prospect Ave., Apt. 817, Cleveland, Ohio 44115. Larry Richardson PENSIONERS & DEPENDENTS Mont (Fingers) McNobb asks that Death 12 27 47,000.00 95,000.00 you contact him as soon as possible at Hospital & Hospital Extras 177 339 30,446.44 50,961.37 Doctors' Visits & Other Medical Expenses . . 98 Mason St., San Francisco, Calif. 92 197 5,556.63 9,323.47 Surgical 10 94102, tel. (415) 362-0326. 26 2,152.00 5,124.50 Optical 42 91 1,247.20 2,716.10 Robert Neuman Blood Transfusions 2 2 70.00 70.00 Your former professor at Ohio State Special Equipment 2 7 37.37 1,742.92 University, Glenii Patton, asks that you Dental 1 2 500.00 750.00 contact him at 8030 Broadway, Apt. Supplemental Medicare Premiums 2,123 2,157 16,050.30 18,486.60 203 F, San Antonio, Tex. 78209. Richard "Dick" Schaffer SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 14 19 7,850.60 9,423.83 Eddie Burke asks that you contact lOTALS him at 11003 Palatine Ave. N., Seattle, Wash. 98133, tel. (206) 362-7674. Total Seafarers Welfare Plan 9,134 17,822 349,497.44 626,095.03 Total Seafarers Pension Plan 2,661 2.674 672,514.83 687.518.46 John £dward Bertie Total Seafarers Vacation Plan 898 2,163 902,724.99 2,278,162.60 Your .son, John, Jr. asks that you Total Seafarers Welfare, Pension & Vacation 12,693 22,659 $1,924,737.26 $3,651,776.09 contact him in Mattewan,N.J., tel. (201) 566-7331. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS KNOW YOUR RIGHTS KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGA- Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes TIONS. Copies of the SIU constitution are available in specific provision for safeguarding the membership's all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this money and Union finances. The constitution requires a constitution .so as to familiarize themselves with its con­ detailed audit by Certified Public Accountants every three tents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempt­ months, which are to be submitted to the membership by ing to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation the Secretary-Treasurer. A quarterly finance committee by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., of rank and file members, elected by the membership, as well as all other details, then the member so affected makes examination each quarter of the finances of the should immediately notify headquarters. Union and reports fully their findings and recommenda­ EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal tions. Members of this committee may make dissenting rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These reports, specific recommendations and separate findings. rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discrimi­ in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund nated against because of race, creed, color, sex and na­ agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees tional or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is in charge of these funds shall equally consist of Union the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should and management representatives and their alternates. All or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect notify headquarters. expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATION only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust port agent. —SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregated fund. Its pro­ fund financial records are available at the headquarters of ceeds are used to further its objects and purposes includ­ the various trust funds. EDITORIAL POLICY — SEAFARERS LOG. The Log has iraditionally refrained from publishing any ar­ ing but not limited to furthering the political, social and SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and senior­ ticle serving the political purposes of any individual in economic interests of Seafarer seamen, the preservation ity are protected exclusively by the contracts between the the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from and furthering of the American Merchant Marine with Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its improved employment opportunities for seamen and the rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available collective membership. This established policy has been advancement of trade union concepts. In connection with in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, such objects, SPAD supports and contributes to political of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for candidates for elective office. All contributions are vol­ contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify Log policy is vested in an editorial board which consists untary. No contribution may be solicited or received the 5

Page 34 Seafarers Log Ken Day Mike Dixon 12'A Seniority Upgraders Seafarer Ken Seafarer Mike Day, 21, started Dixon, 22, has been sailing in 1975 fol­ sailing with the SIU Stanley Knopp Mike Cresci lowing his gradua­ since graduating Seafarer Stanley Seafarer Mike tion from the Harry from the Lundeberg Knopp, 24, went Cresci, 25, gradu­ Lundeberg School School in 1973. through the Harry ated from the Harry of Seamanship in Brother Dixon ships Lundeberg School Lundeberg School , Piney Point, Md. A in the deck depart­ in 1973 when he in 1974 and began I* member of the en- ment as an AB, an first sailed. A mem­ shipping out in the •r? SI a-l iifi tij gine department, he endorsement he ber of the deck deck department. holds an FOWT endorsement. Brother earned at Piney Point. He also earned department, he up­ He upgraded to A B Day also received a lifeboat certificate his lifeboat certificate there and has fire­ graded to AB at the at the HLSS and at the HLSS and has completed his fire­ fighting training. Born in the port of school in 1976. He has lifeboat and fire- fighting training. He is a/lative and resi­ Baltimore, he lives there and ships out has lifeboat and fire fighting tickets. fighting tickets. Brother Cresci was born dent of the port of Jacksonville where of that port. Brother Knopp was born in the port of in San Diego,Calif, where he resides.He he ships. Baltimore where he lives and ships out. ships out of the port of Wilmington. Joe Anderson David Daley Seafarer Joe A n- Seafarer David derson, 18, one of Daley, 22, started the youngest to earn sailing with the an 'A' seniority book Union after finish­ in the SIU, started DEEP SEA ing the training pro­ sailing with the gram in Piney Point Union in 1975 after in 1971. He ships in he graduated from Ron Celious Scott Every the engine depart­ Piney Point. He sails Seafarer Ron Seafarer Scott Ev­ ment where he holds in the engine depart­ Celious, 22, first ery, 23, first went to a QMED endorse­ ment with an FOWT rating. Brother shipped out with the sea with the SIU in ment which he secured at the HLSS. He Anderson also has lifeboat and fire­ Union in 1974 when 1971, the year he also is qualified in lifeboat and firefight­ fighting tickets. He was born in Wash­ he graduated from graduated from ing skills. Brother Daley was born in the ington, D.C., lives in Lexington Park, Piney Point. He Piney Point. He port of New York where he lives and Md. and ships out of the ports of Nor­ works in the engine sails in the deck de­ from where he ships. folk and Baltimore. department where partment as an A B he holds an FOWT and has lifeboat and "y'A:, endorsement. firefighting tickets. Brother Celious also holds firefighting Brother Every was born and raised in and lifeboat tickets. He was born in the Daytona Beach, Fla. where he lives. He Warning to Seafarers port of New Orleans where he is a resi­ ships out of the port of New York. dent. He also ships out of that port city. Paul Grepo Bob Alien Seafarer Paul Young Seafarer Bob Al­ Grepo, 25, gradu­ y len, 22, has been ated from the HLSS shipping out with I 1971. He sails the SlU since grad­ \in the deck depart- uating from the jment. Brother and HLSS in 1974. A } Grepo has an AB member of the deck y endorsement and department, he sails lifeboat and fire- as an AB. Brother fighting certificates. Allen holds both He is a native of San Diego, Calif, and Old: lifeboat and firefighting certificates. He a resident there. Wilmington is his port was born, resides and ships out of the for shipping out. port of Mobile. Pedro Mena Drug Possession Means Bernard Blxenman Seafarer Pedro Seafarer Bernard Mena, 47, first Blxenman, 24, who shipped out with the was a graduate of SIU in 1957 when, the Harry Lunde­ he joined the Union. Loss of Seaman's Papers berg School in 1973, Last year he gradu- first sailed in the ^ ated from the cook If you are convicted of possession of any illegal dmg—heroin, barfoita- deck department ~ baker course at rates, speed, LSD, or even marijuana—the U.S. Coast Guard will revoke with the SlU that •i HLSS. And he your seaman papers, without app^, FOREVER. year. He sails as an HHi ! •i'l • H fiQg lifeboat That means that you lose for the rest of your life the right to make a AB. Brother Blxen­ and firefighting tickets. Brother Mena, living by the sea. man was born and raised in Chicago a native of San Juan, P.R., resides in Heights, 111. He ships out of the port of Jersey City, N.J. and ships out of the However, it doesn't quite end there even if you receive a suspended New York. port of New York. sentence. You may lose your right to vote, your right to hold public office or to own a gun. You also may lose the opportunity of ever becoming a doctor, dentist, certified public accountant, engineer, lawyer, architect, realtor, pharmacist, school teacher, or stockbroker. You may Jeopardize your right to hold a Job where you must be licensed or bonded and you may never be able to work for the city, the county, or the Federal government. It's a pretty tough rap, but that's exactly how it is and yon can't do any­ thing about it. The convicted drug user leaves a black marie on his reputation for the rest of his life. However, drugs can not only destroy your right to a good livelihood, it can destroy your life. Drug abuse presoits a serious threat to both your physical and mental health, and the personal safety of those around you. This is especially true aboard ship where clear min^ and quick reflexes are essential at all times Seventy-one cents of every dollar spent in shipping on American-flag vessels remains in this country, making a very substantial contribution to the national for the safe operation of the vessel. balance of payments and to the nation's economy. Don't let drugs destroy your natural right to a good, happy, productive Use U.S.-flag ships. It's good for the American maritime industry, the Ameri­ life. can shipper, and America. Stay drug free and steer a clear course.

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"/or a better job today, and job security tomorrow. 99 Still Some Spots 4 Complete Refrigeration Class Quartermaster In Diesel Course Course There are still some spots open in the Diesel Engine upgrading course set to Deck department members should be begin at the Lundeberg School on May aware that the Lundeberg School will 16, 1977. begin a Quartermaster Course Mar. 21, The course, which is open to all SIU 1977. The course includes instruction in engine department members, will provide the use of the magnetic and gyro compass, complete instruction on the principles and rules-of-the-road, knots and splices, fire- maintenance of diesel engines through fighting, emergency procedures, interna­ both classroom and on the-job training. tional codes and signals, bridge publica­ The course also includes instruction on tions and instruments, aids to navigation, diesel nomenclature; introduction to the a review of deck seamanship, as well as fuel, air, lubrication and exhaust sys­ instruction in radar, loran, fathometers tems and the use of various gauges, and weather, tides and currents. meters and instruments used on diesel Four Seafarers completed the Lundeberg School's Refrigeration course last To qualify for the course, which is engines, and more. month. They are from the left: Lloyd Shaw, William Slusser, Willis Miller, Bill two weeks in length, a member must hold If you are interested in taking the die­ Eglinton, course instructor, and Edmund Clayton. a U.S. Coast Guard endorsement as Able- sel course, fill out the upgrading appli­ Seaman Unlimited Any Waters. cation and mail it to the Lundeberg Other starting dates for the Quarter­ School as soon as possible to insure a seat FOWT master Course include June 13, Sent. 6 in the class. The course is four weeks in length and and Nov. 28, 1977. leads to endorsement as Fireman, Water- tender, and/or Oiler. Course Requirements: If you have QMED-—Any Rating a Wiper endorsement only, you Directory of All must: The course of instruction leading to • Be able to pass the prescribed physi­ Upgrading Courses certification as QMED—Any Rating is cal, including eyesight requirements ABLE SEAMAN (fight weeks in length and includes in- • Have six months seatime as Wiper, striH'tion leading to the Coa.st Guard en­ OR This course consists of classroom work dorsements which comprise this rating. Be a graduate of HLS at Pincy Point and practical training to include: basic Course Requirements: You must and have three months seatime as DEEPSEA, LAKES COURSES .seamanship, rides of the road, wheel com­ show evidence of six months seatime Wiper Deck Department mands, use of the magnetic compass, in at least one engine department • If you have an engine department • Able-seaman/1,2 Months/ J cargo handling, knots and .splices, block rating, and hold an endorsement as rating there are no requirements. and booms, firefighting and emergency Fireman/Watertender and Oiler. Waters procedures, basic first aid, and safety. Course is 12 weeks in length. Starting dates: April 14, July 7 and • Able-seaman, Unlimited Any ' Sept. 29. Waters Requirements: Starting tlate: June 13. • Lifeboatman • All eaudidales must be at least 19 years LNG/LPG of age. WELDING • Quartermaster • Must pass a physical examination, The course of instruction leading to Engine Department • Must have normal color vision. The course of instruction in basic weld­ certification as LNG/LPG crew consists • Fireman, Oiler, Watertendef ing consists of classroom and on-the-job • Must have, either with or without of basic chemistry, tank and ship con­ ; (FOWT) glasses, at least 20/20 vision in one eye, training inchiding practical training in struction, gasification, reliquefication • QMED—Any Rating electric arc welding and cutting; and oxy- and at least 20/40 in the other. The can­ procedures, inert gas and nitrogen sys­ • Advanced Pumpman Procedures didates who wear glasse.s, however, must acetylene brazing, welding and cutting. tems, instrunaentation, safety and fire- On completion of the course, an HLS Cer­ • Automation also be able to pass a test without glasses fighting, loading, unloading and trans­ • LNG-LPG ., s/.r » of at least 20/100 in each eye. tificate of Graduation will be awarded. porting LNG/LPG. Course Requirements: . • Refrigerated Containers • Must either have, or first complete, the Course Requirements: Engine • Engine department personnel must separate Lifeboat Course offered at the room personnel must hold QMED • Welder have 6 months seatime in an engine school. —Any Rating. Others, deck and • Diesel Engines room rating steward department personnel must • For Ahle-Seainan 12 Months Any • Deck and steward department per- hold a rating in their department. Steward Department Waters, you must have 12 months sea- sonel must hold a rating in their The normal length of the course is • Assistant Cook time or eight months seatime if an HLSS department. four (4) weeks. graduate. • Cook and Baker '• "v$'C • For Ahle-Seanian Tugs and Tow- Starting dates: April 4, Sept. 19. Starting dates: May 2, Nav. 28. • Chief Cook boats, you must have 18 months seatime, • Chief Steward or 12 months seatime if an HLSS grad­ 8 Upgrade to Able^Seaman uate. INLAND WATERS COURSES/ Starting dates: May 12, Aug. 4 and • Able-Seaman Oct. 27. • Pre-Towboat Operator • Original Towboat Operator LIFEBOATMAN • Master/Mate Uninspected ¥08^ / sels Not Over 300 Gross Tons • Upon Oceans The course of instruction is two weeks in length and leads to the Coast Guard • First Class Pilot endors<'ment of Lifeboatman. • Radar Observer Course Requirements; Must have • Pre-Engineer Diesel Engines 90

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License for Western Rivers, Inland Waters, Oceans Towboat Operator Courses Starting Soon Two of the most important courses of­ ator of uninspected motor vessels for the Requirements for this course are as on deck of a towing vessel. One year of fered to SIU Boatmen at the Harry designated areas. follows: this service must have included training Lundeberg School will be starting, one in The Western Rivers course starts • All candidates for 2nd class operator or duties in the wheelhouse. April and one in May. April 25 and the Inland Waters, must be at least 19 years of age and have • All candidates must have at least The courses are Original Towboat Oceans course begins May 23,1977. evidence of 18 months service on deck on three months service in each particular Operator for Western Rivers, and Orig­ Eligible boatmen should not hesitate to a towing vessel. This service must have geographical area for which appliction inal Towboat Operator for Inland Waters apply for the course because it gives you included training or duties in the wheel- for licensing is made. or Oceans not more than 200 miles off­ a chance to earn a license, which carries house. • *11 candidates must pass a physical shore. The course leads to Coast Guard along with it higher pay and increased • All candidates for 1st class operator exam given by a medical officer of the licensing as either 1st or 2nd class oper­ job security. must show evidence of three years service USPHS or a certified, physician. Seniority Upgrader and Recertified Bosun Get High School Diplomas Two more Seafarers, 23-year-old Kevin school diploma is a necessity. 1 found it more, Md., has been sailing with the SIU best ways for any person to receive an Brooke and 56-year-old Recertified Bosun difficult to get a job on shore without it." for 33 years. Brother Hodg<>s, who com­ education." Raymond Hodges, recently completed the He found out about the High School pleted the seventh grade before dropping Brothers Brooke and Hodges are just High School Equivalency Program at the Equivalency Program when he was a out of .school, .says that he learned of the two of hundreds of .Seafarers to earn a Harry Lundeberg .School and earned their trainee and decided to participate in this GED Program when he attended HLS for high school diploma through the GED high school diplomas. program since he only completed the the Bosun Recertification Program. "The Program at the Lundeberg School. This "A high school diploma is a valuable eighth grade. He enjoyed the classes be­ program is nice—really interesting," he program is open to all SIU members in asset to our lives," says Brother Brooke, cause "I received a lot of good private say.s, "and you receive a lot of individual good standing. If you are interested in a recent graduate of the HLS High School tutoring. The classes were small, which help from the teachers." obtaining more information about the Equivalency Program. He has been sail­ made for relaxed surroundings and I Seafarer Hodges adds that, "Every­ program, or if you would like to enroll in ing with the SIU for six years and gradu­ could learn more easily." body at the school was very helpful to me. it, contact your port agent, or write the ated from HLS as a trainee in 1971. He Seafarer Brooke feels that the teaching I would recommend this program to any following address: Academic Depart­ has since then returned for his fireman/ staff is a great asset to the success of the member who do(>sn't have a high school ment, Harry Lundeberg School, Piney oiler endorsement and for the 'A' Senior­ program. He plans to return for upgrad­ diploma because it is certainly one of the Point, Md. 20674. ity Upgrading Program. ing in the engine department in the future. Seafarer Brooke feels that "a high Seafarer Hodges, a resident of Balti- LUNDEBERG UPGRADING APPLICATION

Name Date of nirth_ SIU Gives 7 Scholarships to (l.a»t) (FirsI) Mo./Duy/Yfar Address Members, Dependents (Street) Telephone #. Another part of the SIU's total educa­ number of years, so you will only be com­ (City) (State) (Zip Codi;) (Area Cndc)> tional program for its members is the peting with other seamen with similar Deepsea Member Fl Inland Waters Member Q Lakes Member • Union's College Scholarships Fund. Each educational backgrounds. The awards are year the SIU awards five $10,000 four- granted in April of each year and the Book Number Seniority year scholarships, of which one is reserved deadline for the receipt of all applications for a Union member and four for depen­ is usually around April 1. Date Book Port Pre.sently dents of members. Eligibility requirements are as follows: Was Issued- Port I.ssued- Registered In_ s • Have not less than two years of ac­ Social Security #. Endorsement(s) Now HekL The Union also awards two $5,000 two- tual employment (three years for the par­ year scholarships reserved (exclusively for ent or guardian of dependents) on vessels members. The two-year scholarships offer of companies signatory to the .Seafarers various opportunities espcecially for the Piney Point Graduate: • Yes No • (if so, fill in below) Welfare Plan. member who plans to keep shipping. In Entry Program: From such a program you may develop a trade • Have one day of employment on a to. Endorsement(s) Received (Datca Attcnilcd) or skill which would improve your per­ ve.s.sel in the six-month period immedi­ formance aboard ship as well as helping ately preceding date of application. Upgrading Program: you obtain a better paying job when you are ashore. • Have 90 days of employment on a From. to Endorsement(s) Received ve.s.sel in the previous calendar year. (DutfH Atteiiili'd) The $10,000 scholarships may he used to pursue any field of study at any ac­ Pick up a .scholarship application now. credited college or university in the U.S. They are available for you and your de­ Do you bold a letter of completion for Lifeboat: • Yes • No; or its territories. pendents at tbe local Union hall or by Firefighting: • Yes • No In regard to our members, application writing to the .Seafarers W(>lfare Plan, requirements are geared for the man or College Scholarships, 275 20th St., Brook­ Dates Available for Training woman who has been out of school for a lyn, N.Y. 11215. (Refer to Directory for all course listings.) More Cooks Complete Courses I Am Interested in the Following (!our.se(s)

RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT TIME—(Show only amount needed to up­ grade in rating noted above or attach letter of service, whichever is applicable.) RATING DATE DATE OF VESSEL HELD SHIPPED DISCHARGE

SIGNATURE- DATE. RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION TO: LUNDEBERG UPGRADING CENTER, Recently, (I. to r.) Assistant Cook Richard Rodriguez; Towboat Cook Joseph O'Toole and Assistant Cooks Albert S. Campbell and Clare S. Crane got their PINEY POINT, MD. 20674 diplomas at the HLSS on completing the appropriate courses.

March, 1977 Page 37 i' Aboard C S Long Lines •- ^ •*': '' ••"•*•• ••

Above is a front view of Long Lines tied up at its home base in the port of San Diego, Calif. Note the caged, protruding bow of the cable-layer and two deck marker buoys on the starboard side.

Precious Cargo Discharged Into the Sea as

Throughout the history of man, or One might think this a strange expand the network of under-ocean dle the laying of a still later type of as long as men have employed the place for a valuable shipment to be telephone cables. Owned and oper­ ocean cable of much greater capacity. seas to transport goods, ships have discarded. Strange, until one con­ ated by the Transoceanic Cable Ship The SlU-contracted Long Lines is sailed in search of ports to discharge siders the nature of the cargo and the Company, Inc. (a subsidiary of a sleek 511 feet long, has a displace­ their merchandise. There is however uniqueness of the vessel that it is American Telephone & Telegraph), ment of 17,120 tons and a cruising one ship whose cargo will never see carried in. The cargo is, of course, she was the first ship specially de­ speed of 15 knots. When cable-laying a harbor or a warehouse, let alone a cable and the vessel none other than signed to lay new types of cable de­ operations are in full swing the total marketplace. Instead, it will be buried the cable ship Long Lines. veloped by Bell Telephone Labora­ crew numbers 96. Of these, 68 are in the murky depths of the ocean, not The C.S. Long Lines entered ser­ tories. Various modifications have unlicensed, including the 22-man by accident, but by design. vice in mid-1963 in order to help enabled the C.S. Long Lines to han­ steward department who all assist in 1

Chief Steward Ira Brown stands in the darkroom Cable OS George Baranona (left) looks on as Bo­ where X-rays of splices are made and examined to sun's Mate Harry Kaufman puts the last bolt In be sure catDle will withstand the thrashing of under­ scaffolding as they prepare to paint stack. water currents.

Above is a look at the main deck where cable is pulled from the storage tanks by specially designed linear cable engine at right. A pair of tractor-like treads grips the cable, moving it swiftly and evenly despite the Jerry Ray, steward utilityman swabs the deck out­ varying depths at which the cable is being laid. side of officer's focsles.

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The bow of the CS Long Lines (left) points to the sea. Crane-like apparatus at right is used to lower grappling hook which reaches for the end of a broken cable. In photo at right, crewmembers position hydraulic crane valve for overhaul. They are (I. to r.): First Asst. Engineer Vito Sottile; Eng. Utilitymen Kevin Cooper (cap) and Henry Lee; Recertified Bosun Herb Libby, and AB Steve Sloneski.

• 11nil 111 • 11 mil I • • 111 mi 111 I I• •• I1IIIIII 11 III I • • 11II\\it II • • i 111li^i i I Link to Worldwide Contmunirafions

I 11 fill I a iini 111 I nil 111 OOWWWflWroWOOWBtOOOOWWWWOWIWMWOMa^^ 111 I II 11 I iriii 1 1 iiili 11 upholding the Long Lines' reputa­ cable passes through specially de­ of the C.S. Long Lines is a functional record will be broken wlien work is tion as a 'good feeder*. signed electro-hydraulic machinery masterpiece, with all of her equip­ completed on a proposed cable link The C.S. Long Lines has the ca­ that controls the payout of the cable. ment handled ably by an experienced between San Luis Obispo, Calif, and pacity to carry up to 2,200 nautical The Long Lines' predecessors in­ SIU crew. Okinawa, a job that will take well miles of cable at one time (depending clude many famous ships. Foremost Testimony to her prowess in the over six months. on size and type of cable). The cable among these is the Great Eastern, field of telecommunications are the So, the next time you pick up your is stored in three main tanks: two, the ship which successfully laid the records she holds: (1) 17,000 miles telephone to dial some faraway hind, 55 feet in diameter, 32 feet high, and first trans-atlantic cable. However, of cable laid in a two-year period; keep in mind that the link which one, 42 feet in diameter, 32 feet high. no other ship has ever come close to (2) a single continuous cable of makes your call possible may well Ordinarily, cable is laid from the the Long Lines in productivity. From 3,665 miles laid between Makaha, have been put there by the cable ship stem of the ship at speeds up to eight her distinguished bow to the helicop­ Hawaii and Guam in 1975. The latter Long Lines. knots. On its way to the stem the ter pad at her stern, the working deck

These four Lundeberg School grads are a real asset to the Long Lines steward Seafarer Charles Shaw of the engine department hones the tools of his trade department. They are (I. to r.): BR Louis Vasquez; Pantryman Scott Braun; on lathe in ship's workshop. Utility Messman Fred Stack, and Pantryman Joe Evans.

Members of the engine department gathered in the mess hall for the photo above. In the front row (I. to r.) are; Wiper Anthony Powers and Eng. Utilitymen Here's a view of the trough-like stern of the CS Long Lines. Just above the Pat Fox and Kevin Cooper. In background arc (I. to r ): Oiler Joseph Billotto; main deck aft is an area sot aside as landing pad for helicopterb 'oecause it is Eng. Utility Charles Shaw; Wiper Ray Grace; Eng. Utility Henry Lee, and Wiper sometimes necessary for emergency deliveries of cable to be made while William Stewart. ship is far away from shore. March, 1977 Page 39 ..•ami— -

Hi SEAFARERS March, 1977 Official pubUcation mt the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION• AtUntic, CnU, Lakee and luUnd Waters DIstHct. AFL-CIO

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Baltimore inner harbor urban renewal combines new office buildings with renovated row houses and ship-museums at the piers. Between ship-docking jobs, ,the Fells Point waits at the Curtis Bay pier. Variety Makes the Job for Baltimore Ask any SIU Boatman in Balitmore Curtis Bay Towing, but boat work is This past winter, the worst in John- for mate Lou Lortz, who had his first Harbor what he likes best about the still a challenge, son's memory, was a special challenge experience breaking heavy ice. Once job and he will tell you, "variety". they had to bring supplies to a ship "There's something new every day; if anchored near Annapolis when a small i it's not the job, it's the weather," said launch couldn't get through. Tim Bailey, capt. of the Visitor (Har­ Chief Engineer Bill Davison noted bor Towing) as he went to pick up the that 15 to 20 ships were backed up one week waiting for frozen coal to be dyna­ barge Capt. John which was pump­ r"' ing fuel into the Allied Chemical ter­ mited to prepare it for loading, Davison minal. never leaves the water because he lives The March day was warm and sunny, on a house boat in Rock Creek^ " but he recalled heavy fog at other Brothers at Curtis Bay and Rafciw times when the tug had to be steered P; Whitely Towing specialize in docking with radar and compass and fog horns iv ships and watching soccer matches. echoed over the water. The Brothers Brother Leon Mach, Jr. a deckhand at at Harbor Towing are responsible for Curtis Bay, played the position of "out- bunkering ships in Baltimore Harbor, side right" on the University of Balti-. delivering fuel oil 'to industrial plants more National Championship Soccer along the Eastern Shore, and lightering team in 1975. His father Leon Mach ships off Annapolis anchorage. works as a mate on the Baker Whitely As far as Capt. Orville Johnson of tug /4mmcn. "Tell them at Headr the Hawkins Point is concerned, he has quarters we want an SIU soccer team," seen it all in his 35 years working with Brother hlach, Sr. declared.

On board the tug America (Baker Whitely), Patrolman Bob Pomerlane watches Mate Leon Mach sign a report. Deckhanc Bob Machlinski (I.) and Captain Charles Rogers (r.) look on.

Tankerman Dave McCormick works Tankerman Al Metheny hooks up his aboard the barge Capt. John Roe barge Capt. John Roe to the tug Visi­ SIU brothers (I, to r.): Joe Zoaks, John Zentz and E(i Pfrang work as mechanics (Harbor Towing). tor (both are Harbor Towing). in the Curtis Bay repair shop where tugs are fixed, right at the pier.