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COPIF.IJ FIIOM THE CULLEf 'TIONS IN THE CENTER FOR AMERiCAN HISTOK THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS a t a h s t im EcxSNFggN^l PUBLISHED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT - EXXON COMPANY, U.S.A. Volume 15, Number 10 May 21,1973 Jones Is First Unlicensed Man To Complete 40 Years Cleveland A. Jones, the only un licensed man in the fleet with 40 years of company service, was honored by Marine Department representatives at a special lun cheon in Houston on May 11. His shipmates on board the Exxon Philadelphia, where he is chef, previously congratulated him for his four decades of service. "Never in the history of our Ma rine Department has an unlicensed employee achieved 40 years of service," General Manager Em mett A. Humble told the group at tending the luncheon. "It is prob ably a safe bet that this is the only case on record in the United States Maritime Industry where a seaman worked for the same employer for such a long time. Cleveland has probably served more than II/2 million meals during his 40 years. Perhaps the number is closer to two million when we consider the extra people in port and additional personnel aboard, such as armed guard personnel carried during World War II," Mr. Humble said. In recalling his earlier days, Mr. Jones said: "I joined the fleet over my mother's tears. I was only 15. I knew I was too young to go to work for the company, but on my application blank I upped my age to 16 and was hired. I think I was employed because of the good record that my Daddy had with the company. He had been in the Stewards Department aboard com pany ships since 1919. I remember going up the gangway of my first (See JONES, continued on page 4) Humble Accepts VP Post At Esso Exploration Inc. New Marine Department General Manager Named The following announcements were made at Fleet News presstime: E. A. Humble, General Manager, Marine Department, has accepted a position as Executive Vice President of Esso Exploration Inc. 0. R. Menton has been appointed General Manager of the Marine Department, replacing Mr. Humble. Mr. Menton is currently serving as Fuel Products Operations Manager in the Refining Department. The above assignments are effective June 1. A more detailed article, with pictures, will be run in the next issue of Fleet News. 2nd Mate Albert R. Galik Is Now Lawyer Albert R. Galik, a former 2nd Mate in the fleet, is now Albert R. Galik, Lawyer. He has accepted a position with the Labor Law Sec tion in the company's Pelham, New York, office. "I first became interested in the field of law while a student at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point," Mr. Galik said. "I enrolled in four law courses at the academy, enough to give me a feel for the profession. During my senior year, although com mitted to a three-year seagoing career, I completed the Law School Aptitude Tests in case I might desire to return to law school." Mr. Galik was graduated from `Exxon Miami' Sold On May 14, the Exxon Miami was sold at Freeport, Bahamas, to the Sabine Towing and Trans portation Company, Inc. Her regu lar crew remained on board and sailed the vessel to Mobile, Ala bama, where the new owners will put her into dry dock for repairs and then return her to service. Kings Point in June, 1968, with honors. He joined the Marine De partment, sailing as 3rd Mate in the Exxon Florence and later serv ing in the Exxon New Orleans and the Exxon Houston. After he com pleted his first paid leave he ac cepted a temporary shoreside as signment as Transportation Allo cator in the Baytown Branch Of fice. While on this assignment he met a special girl and after a tour at sea, he married her. "Immedi ately afterwards, I was offered another temporary assignment ashore, this one in Operations in the Houston Office." After three months here, Mr. Galik again packed his seabag and set sail in the Exxon New Orleans and then the Exxon San Francisco. "Although I enjoyed sailing and was aware of opportunities ashore in the Marine Department, I still wanted to study law. Being a na tive of New Jersey, I applied for and was accepted at Rutgers University School of Law. Rather than close out my seagoing career, (See GALIK, page 3) f P EXX-MOR-007251 The MIS-Adventures of J-StyAlB\fP#ONE Mc FRACTURE ^5 3 X 1u u Watch For This Postcard On June 1, one of our Deck, Engine, or Radio Officers, or Chief Stewards on paid leave will dial a toll free long distance telephone number located in Houston, thereby inaugurating a new and, we hope, a more convenient way of obtaining assignment information. About ten days prior to June 1, he would have received a postcard, as shown above, which when opened displayed a time and date to call inward WATS phone number 1-800-231-6071, as shown below. Each postcard address label is produced by a computer program and a cor responding line is produced on a system operating log for the call-in date which will be maintained by the Fleet Manning Office. Because the personnel in this office will know the date and time each employee may be expected to call, every effort will be made to have an assign ment set up at the time the call is received. Old Stumbleprone was merrily clippity-clopping his way down the gangway recently, trying to knock about 15 or 20 seconds off the time that he usually took to get ashore, when his happy whistle turned to a yelp of pain. "I swear that I heard bones cracking and saw stars shooting through my head," he said later. What happened was that dear old Stumbleprone missed a step and brought all his weight down on his left foot, which hit the next riser at an angle. The pain was sickening and it seemed an eternity from the time several of his ship mates got him to a cab until the cab reached the doctor's office. As it turned out, no bones were broken, but he suffered a mighty bad ankle sprain. It was just a case where Stumble prone was in such a hurry to get ashore that he forget to play it safe while going down the gangway. He would have made it o.k. if he had just watched his step, turned his body sideways so that his feet got maximum tread on the steps, and let his hand trail slightly behind him along the rail. Ii I--\ Page 2 Exxon Fleet News EXX-MOR-007252 COPIED F/iO M THE COLLECTIONS IN THE CENTER FOR AM ER IC AN H1STOR THE UNIVERSITY HP t p y a c a t a i i c t i u | GALIK, continued from page 1 | I raised my license to 2nd Mate in May, 1970, and was assigned to the Exxon Philadelphia when she was put in service the following month. I later obtained an educa tional leave of absence and en tered law school. With my savings from the two years sailing and my wife's earnings, we managed quite comfortably during the first year at school. "It was a relief to know that there was a position available dur ing the summer inter session when I again sailed as 2nd Mate in the Exxon Philadelphia. Having pur chased the books for my next se mester's courses, I used the free time at sea to read and outline them. This made my semester at school the easiest of them all, and the savings from the three months at sea didn't hurt either." During his second year at law school, Mr. Galik inquired as to possible Marine Department shore assignments that could offer him an opportunity to incorporate his marine and legal backgrounds. "To my surprise, the Marine De partment came up with something for me. They again brought me to the Houston Office and put me to work reviewing state and federal water and air pollution laws and legislation to determine their ap plicability to Marine Department operations. It was during this job that Captain Sydney Wire intro duced me to the General Counsel and Assistant General Counsel of the company's Law Department. Prior to departing Houston, I was interviewed by several members of the Law Department." About a month ago, Mr. Galik was offered the position in the Labor Law Section at Pelham. "My decision to join the legal staff of Exxon rather than go somewhere else was motivated by the outstanding relationship that I had with personnel in the Marine Department. They not only helped me during my employment, but they also encouraged me to fur ther my education. I have a great feeling of appreciation in dealing Albert R. Galik, right, discusses new duties at Pelham with David J. Mahoney, Jr., attorney in the Labor Law Department of Exxon Company, U.S.A. with a large company whose man agement people take time to show concern for an individual," Mr. Galik said. While in law school at Rutgers, Mr. Galik ranked near the top of his class. He was active in the International Law Society, con centrating his efforts in the area of ocean law; he was selected as the student commentator on a panel discussing Marine Environ mental Problems at the regional meeting of the American Society of International Law; and he was selected to the team representing Rutgers in the Jessup International Moot Court Competition. In addi tion, he was employed part time by the New York admiralty law firm of Hill, Rivkins, Warburton, McGowan & Carey. "That's the story up until now," Mr. Galik said. "While in the Labor Law Section at Pelham, which also does environmental work, I'd like to get maximum exposure to the specific areas dealt with by this office and then appraise what move would be best for me to make in the future." AB Gels Chopper Ride To Hospital When Robert A. Fagerstrom suf fered an appendicitis attack re cently, he not only got his first helicopter ride, but he was also the subject of a newspaper article. "Bob had been complaining from time to time about a little stomach trouble, but he didn't think that it was anything serious," reports Captain Robert J. Boxwell, master in the Exxon Philadelphia where Mr. Fagerstrom is AB--or was. "It wasn't long before we suspicioned that he had appendicitis so we radioed the Coast Guard in Portsmouth, Virginia, to send a helicopter. We were about 25 miles Northeast of Cape Hatteras when the chopper arrived, picked Bob up, and flew him to the hospital at Elizabeth City, North Carolina," Captain Boxwell said. "We later heard that he was operated on and was in satisfactory condition. It was sure a tough way to get a helicopter ride and get your name in the newspaper (the VirginiaPilot published at Norfolk), but we're glad Bob is o.k." Fagerstrom on way to hospital. May 21, 1973 Page 3 t EXX-MOR-007253 COPIED FROM THE O J lX E rriO N S IN THE CENTER FOR AM ERICAN Hl.STOR THF. UNIVERSITY n P T P Y A C a t a i i c t i m I (JONES, continued from page 1) | ship, the John Worthington, in New York. It was on November 25, 1930, when my Daddy, Henry Jones, and I were assigned to the same ship. I followed him up the gangway. He was Chief Cook. We sailed together and were practi cally inseparable. He taught me all about cooking and I sort of fol lowed him around every chance I got--including one time when he and I went ashore and we both missed our ship." Both Cleveland and his Dad served through the war together. ``The angels must have been watching over Cleveland and Henry. They both came through without a scratch. Perhaps all the angel food cakes they baked had something to do with it," Mr. Humble said. ``I remember December 1, 1945. That's when my Dad left his last vessel, the Fred W. Weller, for vacation and retirement. I followed him down the gangway thinking then that 26 years was a long time to work, but I decided to equal it. I passed the 26 year mark in 1959. Dad died in 1960. I de cided to stay on and try for 30. Then I headed for 40--and here I am. Mr. Hodges (Port Steward D. A. Hodges) offered to promote me to Chief Steward several times during my career, but I like my present job and want to keep it," Mr. Jones said. The veteran chef has announced his plans to retire on April 1, 1974. "I have a 14-year-old son and he wants me to spend more time with him, which I want to do. My brother, my son and I will continue to live in a house that we own in Mt. Vernon, New York. I plan to get back into church work. I used to be an altar boy. I want my son to be active in church and when he is old enough, I want him to go to college. He doesn't know what kind of work he wants to fol low yet, but if he wants to go to sea for Exxon, I won't try to dis courage him. It is a great com pany." Port Steward DeWitt A. Hodges admires tie bar presented to Chef Cleveland A. Jones who has 40 years of company service. Mr. Hodges, who also recently com pleted 40 years, received a similar tie bar when he was honored earlier in the month by Marine Department personnel. DeWitt A. Hodges Completes 40 Years Port Steward DeWitt A. Hodges is now a member of a small elite group of Marine Department em ployees whose ranks are getting thinner with each passing year. He completed 40 years of ser vice on March 12. Only six other shore-based employees in the de partment, including those in branch offices, have 40 years or more with the company (see box). In the oceangoing and inland waterways fleets, only two em ployees have over four decades of service. Cleveland A. Jones, Chef in the Exxon Philadelphia, completed 40 years on December 18, 1972, and Willis S. Cannon, Tugboat Captain in the New York (Continued on next page) Page 4 Exxon Fleet News L EXX-MOR-007254 Branch, completed 43 years on June 23, 1972. Mr. Hodges' career in the de partment began on November 12, 1932, when in the depths of eco nomic depression he left the red clay of Brinson, Georgia, and joined the SS Dean Emery at Sa vannah, Georgia. "I was hungry at the time so I elected to fill a vacancy in the Stewards Department in order to be close to the food supply," he said. The pay in those days was $45 per month. What he didn't know at the time was that the Port Steward had adopted a feed ing system comparable to that of Sing Sing prison. "A messman didn't get any more to eat than any other crew member," Mr. Hodges recalled. "But I noticed that Cooks had the first opportu nity to sample the menu so ! set my sights on becoming a Cook." His eagerness to reach this goal is reflected by the fact that he took correspondence courses in baking, cooking, and butchering to help prepare himself for ad vancement. And for a while, he even got up at 4 o'clock in the morning to light the big coal stove in the C. J. Barkdull for the 2nd Cook, who, in turn, gave him bak ing lessons. On November 20, 1934, Mr. Hodges became 2nd Cook in this vessel, and in less than a year, while serving in the John Worthington, he was pro moted to Chief Cook and then to Chief Steward. In 1940, he came ashore as food inspector and delivery clerk at Bayonne where he worked his way up to the position of Senior Assistant Port Steward. In June, 1944, he accepted a loan assign ment to the War Shipping Admin istration in Washington and was sent to the Panama Canal Zone to set up a stockpile to store all vessels transiting the Panama Canal for the Pacific war zone, and to see that these vessels were properly stored, provisioned, and dispatched without delay. When the war ended, he returned to the company as Senior Assistant Port Steward and served until Septem ber, 1952, when he was named Port Steward in New York. He transferred to Houston in this ca pacity in 1961. In addition to developing one of the best Stewards Departments of any shipping company, Mr. Hodges over the years has made a number of other noteworthy contributions. For example, he was largely instrumental in help ing organize the Esso Tankermen's Association, the first inde pendent unlicensed union in the fleet. He has been a member of the Port Stewards Association of New York for some 20 years. In addition to Mr. Hodges, other Marine Department shore-based employees who have 40 or more years of service are: Albert J. Reining, Chartering Co ordinator, Houston, 45 years on January 19, 1973. Frederick F. Newton, Senior As sistant Port Engineer, Bayonne, 43 years on August 7, 1972. Amund Gelland, Senior Trans portation Allocator, Bayonne, 41 years on July 1, 1972. Thomas J. McTaggart, Port Engi neer, Houston, 41 years on March 23, 1973. John B. Ireland, Repair Inspector, Houston, 40 years on January 8. 1973. Arthur W. Mueller, Voyage Ana lyst, Houston, 41 years on February 22, 1973. Only three other employees will round out four decades of service by the end of this year. Sydney Wire, Assistant General Manager, completes 40 years on July 7; Paul J. McEwan, Fleet Manning Super visor, Houston, gets his 40 year emblem on August 20; and Howard W. Ball, Senior Transportation Allo cator, Bayonne, receives his 40 year emblem on September 30. $400 Million Refinery Expansion Program Announced A $400 million expansion pro gram to increase refining capacity by 350,000 barrels per day has been announced for three com pany refineries, all regular ports of call for vessels in the Exxon Fleet. Involved in the expansion are Baytown Refinery and Baton Rouge Refinery on the Gulf Coast, and Bayway Refinery at Linden, New Jersey. In announcing the program on May 15, M. A. Wright, chairman and chief executive officer, Exxon Company, U.S.A., said that the expansion will increase the com pany's total refining capacity from its present level of 1,150,000 bar rels daily to more than 1,500,000 barrels per day. Investments in supporting facilities--such as pipelines, tankers, and industry offshore terminals--could increase potential capital commitments to a significantly higher level. The largest part of the expan sion will be a major project to in crease capacity by 250,000 barrels of crude a day at the company's Baytown (Texas) Refinery. Bay town Refinery's present capacity is 350,000 barrels daily. These new facilities estimated for completion EXXON FLEET NEWS is published every other Monday for active and retired em ployees of the Marine Department, Exxon Company, U.S.A. (a division of Exxon Cor poration); Emmett A. Humble, general manager; Sydney Wire, assistant general manager. GENE LEGLER............................................. Editor by late 1976, will be able to pro cess either domestic or foreign high-sulfur crude oil, and will pro duce low-sulfur residual fuel oil, low-sulfur heating oil, diesel fuel, gasoline, and jet fuel. In addition to the new facilities at Baytown, Mr. Wright announced that Exxon USA is also develop ing plans to increase the capacity of existing units at Baytown Re finery and at the company's Baton Rouge Refinery in Louisiana and Bayway Refinery in New Jersey. In total, these smaller projects could increase the company's overall refining capacity by an additional 100,000 barrels of crude (See REFINERY, page 6) May 21, 1973 Page 5 ] REFINERY EXPANSION .................... oil a day. Desulfurization facilities to permit refining increased vol umes of high-sulfur crude in both new and existing capacity also are included in these projects. Some of this additional capacity will be available by late 1974. Mr. Wright pointed out that fa cilities will be installed to meet all local, state, and federal air and water quality standards and that ...................... continued from page 5 | all plans are contingent upon re ceiving proper environmental and other necessary permits. The chief executive stated that the current and expected shortage of refining capacity in the U. S. creates a need to bring the facili ties on stream promptly. These expansions, he said, will help in crease the nation's self-sufficiency in refined products. More About Refinery Expansion Program The announcement of the com pany's refinery expansion program gives rise to several questions of interest to the fleet. Exxon Fleet News has obtained answers to the following anticipated ques tions from various company man agers. Q) Where will the additional crude required by these refiner ies come from? A) Most of it will come from foreign sources. Q) What if foreign crude ship ments are stopped? A) This is certainly a potential problem. The President's recent Energy Message pointed out the need to encourage additional do mestic production and refining capacity as rapidly as possible. Nevertheless, the ability of the U.S. refining industry to operate at maximum capacity will depend on the availability of foreign crude. The new facilities at Bay town refinery, where the great est expansion will take place, will be capable of processing either domestic or foreign crude. Q) Assuming that ample sup plies of foreign oil are available for use at Baytown, won't the rate of expansion there still de pend upon the construction of a deep sea terminal off the Texas Coast in order to get the foreign crude into port for processing? A) No, but such a terminal would certainly help alleviate a problem that will become more difficult, not only for Baytown, but for other Gulf Coast refineries as well. In light of the increasing demand for oil importation, Exxon USA believes that the most eco nomical and environmentally-safe way to bring foreign oil to the U.S. is by very large tankers--some where in the 250,000-ton class or over. These tankers will require from 80 to 100 feet of water. Very few existing terminals on the U.S. East Coast or on the Gulf of Mex ico can handle even a 75,000-ton tanker. The U.S. has no ports ca pable of handling tankers over 100,000 tons without lightering. So as refining capacity increases, the need for deep sea terminals becomes more critical. Q) Is Exxon doing anything to encourage the construction of such terminals? A) Exxon, working through in dustry and individual contacts with governmental agencies and officials, has participated in every serious industry study of U.S. deepwater terminals which has been proposed. Most recently, the company has become a mem ber of SEADOCK, Inc., a group of 12 major oil companies orga nized to study and design a deep water terminal off the Texas Coast. Another organization is LOOP, Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, formed by 14 companies, includ ing Exxon Pipe Line Company, to build a similar terminal off the Louisiana Coast. Approvals from various state and federal govern ment agencies must still be ob tained. Q) Will expansion at Baytown make it the largest refinery in the U.S., or in the world? A) A number of companies are considering expansion of their re fineries. Thus, it is difficult to de termine at this time whether Bay town will be the largest U.S. re finery. The expansion projected for Baytown will raise its capacity to more than 600,000 barrels per day, which will make it the largest Exxon USA refinery, and possibly the largest in the U.S. it will cer tainly be one of the largest in the world. Q) How will the expansion of the three company refineries af fect the Marine Department? A) No significant affect on Ma rine is anticipated since most of the crude will come from foreign sources and a considerable vol ume of the products will be con sumed relatively close to the re fineries. Some increased tanker movements of products from Gulf to East Coast terminals could oc cur, depending upon the outcome of pipeline studies. Also, some increases in inland waterway shipments are possible. Beats Her Own Record On April 19, the Exxon San Francisco left Baytown with 558, 136 barrels of clean products--a new record for the ship. On May 14, she beat this record by 1,739 barrels when she left Baytown with some 559,875 barrels of refined products for discharge at Everett Terminal. Transfers Announced Edmund A. Merriam, Transpor tation Allocator at Boston, and Harvey C. Nielsen, Transportation Allocator at Port Everglades, will transfer to the New York Branch Office at Bayonne where they will be involved in agency work. Their assignments become effective June 1. Equity Portfolio Unit Value $12.43 The Thrift Fund Trustee has advised that the value of each unit in the Equity Portfolio as of the last business day in April 1973 is $12.43. Page 6 Exxon Fleet News