Admiral HARLLEE. Most of them are. I think there are about 94 ships out of service now as a result of the strike. Senator LAUSCHE. Among those 94, are there ships which were supposed to be carrying material to South Vietnam? Admiral HARLLEE. Senator Lausche, I do not know that, the answer to that. But I would hazard a guess that they are not. I don't know though. Senator LAUSCHE. Would you assume they are or they are not? Senator LAUSCHE. They are not? Admiral HARLLEE. I would assume that. But I don't know. Senator LAUSCHE. That is not the information I had. I understood we had ships that were on the verge of being loaded, and that when the strike occurred, foreign-flag ships had to be hired to carry the load. You are not familiar with that? Admiral HARLLEE. No; I am not. I do know a great deal of the material for Vietnam goes from the Pacific coast, of course. Senator LAUSCHE. Yes. How long has the strike been in progress? Admiral HARLLEE. Since the 16th of June. Senator LAUSCHE. Do you keep a record of the number of strikes that the merchant marine has suffered in, let's say, the last 10 years? Admiral HARLLEE. We do not. However, the Maritime Administration keeps such a record and it is available to us. Senator LAUSCHE. Do you recall what was the longest strike in duration that the merchant marine suffered? Admiral HARLLEE. I don't remember which was the longest. I believe it was in the neighborhood of about 70 to 80 days, Senator. Senator LAUSCHE. Would you prepare for the record a tabulation over the last decade of the strikes that took place in the merchant marine, the unions that were involved, and the extent that the transport in the merchant marine was shut down? Admiral HARLLEE. Yes, I will, Senator, but I would like to emphasize that the Department of Labor and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service are the parts of the Government with responsibilities for these matters and the Maritime Administration, which promotes the American merchant marine, is_the_maritime part of the Government which is primarily concerned. But at your request, I will prepare that. (The information requested above follows:) Summary of strikes and work stoppages, maritime industry, from 1945-64-Continued Year 103 sjobb400 Tank barge personnel, New Jersey refineries. Shipyard.. IAM.. Sept. 18 Longshore. ILA Nov. 16 1957 Harbor. UMD. Jan. 30 125 450 150 600 32,000 650 1,500 85 1,300 Merrill-Stevens Yard, Jacksonville. 50 app 1,800 Pittsburgh Steamship Co. (Great Lakes). Bethlehem Steel Repair Yards, New York. 4,000 45,000 1, 178 1,500 30 1,200 1,200 Atlantic and gulf ports.ne Tugs, harbor craft, port of New York. Bull Line piers and ships, New York. American Shipbuilding Yards, Toledo, Lorain, Buffalo. Craig Shipyard, Long Beach, Calif. 6, 100 See footnotes at end of table. |