Q - . TUESDAY. JULY 9. 1963 MEDFOBP MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON . '
Labor Bispute Claimed Cause of Savammiah's Failure
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Bv JOSEPH D. HUTNYAN
" United Preii International
Four years ago proud and
jubilant speeehmakers hailed
the dawn of atomic sea travel
and then watched the sleek
nose of the nuclear ship Sa
vannah splash into the Dela
ware river.
Today, memories of the
launching cause embarrass
ment for some and others get
fighting mad.
The $82 million Savannah
the world's first nuclear
powered merchant ship - was
f ianced by the federal govern
ment as a shiny symbol of
U.S. ingenuity in using the
atom for peace.
At this moment the queen
of sea-going commerce should
be cruising to ports of t h e
world. Instead, she lies silent
ly in her Galveston, Texas,
berth, her graceful bow nudg
ed against a pier, the waves
gently lapping at her gleam
ing white paint.
Contract to Reaction
This scene of repose Is In
sharp contrast to the reaction
one gets when the Savannah's
name is mentioned in govern
ment and maritime circles.
She still is strongly defend
ed by many as a dream ship.
But others denounce her as
a freak of maritime engineer
ing.
Secretary of Commerce Lu
ther H. Hodges is among those
who have strong convictions
on the subject. He claims the
ship would really be the queen
of the seas today If it weren't
for the "defiant attitude" of
the vessel's 29 reactor engi
neers who are embroiled in
a labor dispute.
Unable To Sail
The Savannah was unable
to sail in May because of the
conflict. This so incensed
Hodges that he cancelled the
States Marine Line - the pri
vate carrier hired by the
Commerce department to op
erate the Savannah.
The secretary now Is shop
ping around for someone else
to take over.
Critics of the Savannah
project claim the labor dis
pute was merely the culmina
tion of a series of blunders
that started shortly after the
ship's keel was laid.
It has been denounced as
an engineering monstrosity
which carries equipment loo
old fashioned and impracti
cal for an atomic ship. A se
ries of mechanical problems
that cropped up during the
30,000 miles she logged before
ending up in Galveston is
cited as proof of this.
System Starts Leak
During one trial run, the
Savannah's gyro stabilizer
went awry, causing the vessel
to roll excessively. On anoth
er occasion the reactor's con
trol rod drive system began
leaking hydraulic oil.
While on its maiden voyage
from Yorktown, Va., to Sa
vannah, Ga., the ship's reactor
conked out.
This - the critics claim -was
the fruit of bad planning
and engineering.
Government officials reply
snappishly with one word:
"Nonsense!"
"She's a fine modern ship,
and she is accomplishing just
what we had hoped,!' one of'
ficial said.
No Serious Problems
He said none of the me
chanical problems has been
serious and that the test runs
were held for the very pur
pose of uncovering flaws.
This official stressed that
the Savannah was designed
as an experimental ship to
prove that a nuclear power
plant could be used to propel
a conventional merchant ship,
largely stocked with stand
ard equipment.
"It was not supposed to be
some strange creature that
came out of the sky some
where," he added bitingly.
Government spokesmen al
so said that each aspect of
the Savannah's design was ap
proved by the U. S. Coast
Guard 'and by the American
Bureau of Shipping a pri
vate ship rating organization.
Was Built To Prove
They argue that the ship
was built to prove that a ves
sel of this kind could win
public acceptance and no
ted that six foreign ports
agreed to admit the Savannah.
The ship's defenders also
said the Savannah was con
ceived as a shipping research
project for studying just the
type of personnel problems
that immobilized her.
"We basically proverf the
things we set out to accom
plish," one official said, "ex
cept in the labor -management
area."
When will the Savannah
sail again?
Hodges said she would be
in port from four to six
months while a new team of
engineers is being trained.
Some think this is conserva
tive; that it may take a year
or more.
Combination Vessel
The Savannah was launched
at Camden, N.J., July 21,
1959. She is a combination
passenger - cargo vessel capa
ble of carrying 60 passengers
and 9,400 tons of freight at
a speed of more than 20 knots
The ship can operate for
3'2 years on a single fuel
loading.
It is regarded as ironic that
when the big breakdown
came it was a human failure
rather than mechanical.
Even the cause of this is
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had a question.
. Dr. K. Duane Hurley of
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Hurley's question of the
"vicious circle" brought to
life, at an opportune moment,
a problem that had 1 been
plaguing small (under 1,000
students) colleges for years.
It spurred an interest in big
business three representa
tives rose to support him
and Hurley went on to round
up heads of other colleges
similarly troubled and estab
lish a pioneer group that be
came known as the Council
for the Advancement of
Small Colleges (CASC). Hur
ley became its first president.
Now, 64 private liberal
arts colleges (averaging 500
students) are members in 28
stales. More than 40 CASC
colleges have been helped to
accreditation and corpora
tions, foundations and pri
vate individuals throughout
the country have given more
than $700,000 to the asso
ciation.
"I'm gratified and amazed,"
said Hurley.
Previously, he said, the
real value of small colleges
found few sympathetic ears.
We are a society ena
mored of bigness, greatness
md prestige, ho said here.
Too many students look for
a college on the basis of big
ness." Or on the fact that Dad
was a graduate.
"Young people should be
looking out for educational
opportunities! not necessar
ily on the value of 'name
brands'," Hurley said.
Scventy-five-yoar-o Id Sa
lem, which counts among its
graduates two former gover
nors 01 West Virginia, four
U. S.' senators and two past
presidents of the National
Education Association (NEA),
is typical or. more than loo
other small, non tax-supported
liberal arts and science
colleges across the country
unemmas rtemain
Salem now Is accredited
(by the North Central Asso
ciation of Colleges and Secon
dary Schools) but many of the
old dilemmas still remain for
It and dozens of other of these
little but Important institu
tions. Costs are rising. There's a
shortage of Ph.D's. Small col
leges are still crossed off the
prospective student's list in
favor of big "name" schools.
The "selling points" of a
small college? They are more
flexible, there's less red tape,
costs are relatively low
(CASC colleges average $1,
200 per year), and, added
Hurley, the small college
seems to meet the demand
of Industry socking people
with liberal arts background
"who can take their own
training."
Hurley pointed out that
unlike most hie st'hnnM sn.
I leni, and a good many other
- small colleges, admits to its
j student body one per cent
who ordinarily would not be
eligible.
I "If on a test some students
i show aptitude and if their
recommendation are sound,
I we admit them,'' he said.
j "We suffer from some peo-
(ic woo say mat anyone can
: go to balem. But some of
j those students - those who
goofed off or who never got
their fort off the ground or
might be drop-outs from big
; schools - turn out to be our
best students
Slight Injuries
Reported in Two
Auto Accidents
Two area residents were
slightly injured about 12:25
a.m. Sunday when two cars
collided head-on near the in
tersection of Crater Lake
highway and North Pacific
highway, according to Med
ford city police.
Officers said the two, Bruce
Eugene Jones, 8, Yoncolla,
and Samuel George Morris,
19, Jacksonville, did not re
quire first aid.
Drivers Involved were Al
bert Eugene Kenneth Junes.
33, Yoncolla, and Freddie Lee
Pierce, 21, of 1080 Stewart
ave. Officers cited Jones for
driving the wrong way on a
one-way street, and arrested
him on a charge of being
drunk in public.
In the only other vehicle
accident In Medford Sunday,
a car driven by Tommy Jerry
Bumstead, 26, of 1134 Court
st., hit a guide wire suDrtorl-
lng a power pole near the
entrance to an alley between
Kcnnet and Ohio sts. The ve
hicle also knocked down a
fence owned by lone Marlon
Cornell, 322 Kcnnet St., be
fore coming to a stop, accord
ing to police reports. No ci
tations were issued.
A power pole near the In
tersection of North Central
ave. and Beatty st. received
minor damage when it was
struck about 9:57 p.m. Satur
day by a vehicle operated by
Jimmie Lee Wilson, 18, Shady
Cove, police reported. No in
juries were reported and no
citations were issued, officers
said.
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a subject of bitter wrangling
The Savannah had been
plagued with labor problems
for some time but the situa
tion pecame serious only aft
er an arbitration award which
tied the wage scale of the en
gineers to those of the deck
officers.
Refused to Accept
The engineers refused to ac
cept this. The government was
sympathetic to their argu
ments but wanted them to con
tinue operating the Savannah
while the award was being
appealed.
They refused and, just be
fore the vessel was due to
sail last May 7, the engineers
began shutting down her re
actors.
Hodges charged that this
was unjustified. A short time
later, he cancelled the con
tract with Slates Marine Line.
"(The) . . . action was un
questionably taken as a means
of harrassment, forcing the
deck officers and other crew
personnel to leave their quar
ters aboard the ship and find
quarters ashore," the secre
tary said.
Should Have Been Happy
He suggested that the en
gineers should have been hap
py to comply with the govern
ment request to stay on their
jobs, and even hinted it was
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their patriotic duty. He also
noted that the engineers had
been trained by the govern
ment and that a majority
were under 30 years of age
and were receiving from $14,
000 to $22,000 a year.
The Maritime tngineers
Beneficial association the
union representing the engi
neers lashed back. It claim
ed its members were being
made the scapegoat for a proj
ect that collapsed because of
its own inefficiency.
In their own defense, some
of the engineers claimed their
salaries seemed high but ac
tually reflected long hours of
overtime work, and many
seven-day weeks.
They also voiced disillusion
ment with their training.
Some said they had taken pay
cuts by leaving other jobs to
join the Savannah staff.
Will Lie at Berth
Meanwhile, the Savannah
will continue to lie at her Gal
veston berth until training of
a new crew is completed and
a new firm can be found to
operate her.
The government has just
contracted with the designer
of the ship's power plant,
Babcock & Wilcox company,
Lynchburg, Va., to train a
new crew. The same firm
trained the original crew.
The new crewmen will take
part of their lengthy training
aboard the Savannah at Gal
veston. Babcock & Wilcox had
no estimate on how long it
would take to get the men
ready to take over the, ship
but the implication was it
would be quite a while.
An Atomic Energy commis
sion three-man safety board
said there is no threat to the
public from the nuclear re-1 be taken to assure an "ade-
actor. It said the ship proved """s y.-..
in its sea trials that it can
be operated "without undue
risk."
But the board said the key
to complete safety lies with
the crew, not the technical
safeguards. It pointed out that
the crew was subject to turn
over and said all steps should
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