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I had previously agreed with all of you that Bill Steinberg ran ARA like a Dictator HOWEVER what is left out is

did he sell out to the shipowners? Did he and his son negotiate good contracts, high pay, pensions,

vacations, medical plan, etc? GMDSS did get me out of the Radio Room but the Steinbergs got me into the

engine room and not walking down the gangway for the last time. Think, think, think, did any of you stay in 

ARA, are any getting pensions? I heard no talk of keeping ARA alive, only that GMDSS was a killer so you

may as well divy up the treasury and walk off the ships as what happened to most all the ships in the world.

Meanwhile my pension which I am still getting allowed me to take a shot at being a Congressman and save 

the country from outsourcing including the Merchant Marine and building a Rust Belt.

Stanley

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From: D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1...@arrl.net>
To: Radio Officers Google Group <radio-o...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Thu, May 26, 2022 2:36 pm
Subject: [Radio Officers, &c] Rae Echols, ARA-TIME Director - a man of integrity - and other Union Patriots

There have been people - two I know personally - who have been fired for refusing to bend to either radio officer union officials from whom they received an ultimatum to "pass all the students who paid the tuition" regardless if they were qualified by successful examination on the subject matter, or by USCG overlords and others. One was Rae Echols, the other was Richard Monjure.

One of those persons is no longer with us, a true hero who refused to bend to Trade Union threats and coercion (American Radio Association) corruption, Rae Echols. (photo below.) Rae refused to pass a union brother who repeatedly failed the final examinations of his class despite everyone else passing. The union brother according to Rae displayed an inability to understand fundamental knowledge needed for the execution of his duties of radio officer, especially the certification that he was attempting to qualify for.

We DO have very loyal and patriotic brothers among us.  I salute the two of you, and I remember our brother Rae Echols for his courage to say "NO" loudly to then ARA President William "Screw 'em" Schuman.

Photo of Rae Echols (b. 1941, d. 2016), W7FFF: 

Photo of Rae

These men dedicated their lives to freedom and the end of union corruption.  They fight with the weapon of truth.

This photo was taken after the 2nd meeting with the U.S. Congress Committee on Union Corruption.

On the far left is probably the Pro-Democracy Group's attorney, then there are: Kenneth G Welch; John Schalestock; Jan Leja; (the man in the khaki pants is UNKNOWN); Jeff Hutchinson; Name UNKNOWN but he was Radio Officer on Matson's flagship, "SS R J Peiffer" and finally Walter Shultz. 

If anyone can supply the names of those I cannot remember, let me know. 

This is an example of the Union corruption that Rae and others like Jan Leja, John Shalestock, and others found themselves against. R/O Jan Leja said "graft and corruption prevalent in this union, a trade union where its members are treated as serfs, and union money used as a personal bank account of the officials."

From: https://web.archive.org/web/20110204144724/https://commdocs.house.gov/committees/edu/hedcew5-140.000/hedcew5-140.htm

Ruddy Radio Electronics Officer Defense Fund: Ruddy was a deceased radio operator who left the union approximately $500,000-$600,000 to defend a change in Federal law for the elimination of the radio operator on merchant ships. The membership at the union meetings demanded an accounting of funds spent. The officials refused to open the books. Furthermore, a $1,000 assessment was placed on the membership for the Radio Electronics Officers Defense Fund. The declarative statement by the ARA leadership was "you will not be allowed to sail unless you pay $1,000 to us." I recognized this to be extortion. The explicit threat was "you don't pay us, no job." Moreover, other statements by the leadership implied successful ownership of one U.S. Senator through use of money and power. They became very bold about this.

I will be forever grateful to Rae and the above defenders of union democracy and people who take a stand against the racketeers that were so common in organized unions.  They may have lost their court case, but Captain Tim Brown won his and it started a "clean out" of the corruption in the maritime unions.

73

DR

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The beautiful picture didn't come through.

By the way, Stanley, do you know what happened to the half million dollars that one of the members left to try to keep our jobs?

That's a lot of money, these men in the photo went to Washington, DC to demand answers, do they know where the money went?

I'm all for keeping jobs, but I'm for accountability too.

73

DR

This photo was taken after the 2nd meeting with the U.S. Congress Committee on Union Corruption.

On the far left is probably the Pro-Democracy Group's attorney, then there are: Kenneth G Welch; John Schalestock; Jan Leja; (the man in the khaki pants is UNKNOWN); Jeff Hutchinson; Name UNKNOWN but he was Radio Officer on Matson's flagship, "SS R J Peiffer" and finally Walter Shultz. 

If anyone can supply the names of those I cannot remember, let me know. 

This is an example of the Union corruption that Rae and others like Jan Leja, John Shalestock, and others found themselves against. R/O Jan Leja said "graft and corruption prevalent in this union, a trade union where its members are treated as serfs, and union money used as a personal bank account of the officials."

From: https://web.archive.org/web/20110204144724/https://commdocs.house.gov/committees/edu/hedcew5-140.000/hedcew5-140.htm

Ruddy Radio Electronics Officer Defense Fund: Ruddy was a deceased radio operator who left the union approximately $500,000-$600,000 to defend a change in Federal law for the elimination of the radio operator on merchant ships. The membership at the union meetings demanded an accounting of funds spent. The officials refused to open the books. Furthermore, a $1,000 assessment was placed on the membership for the Radio Electronics Officers Defense Fund. The declarative statement by the ARA leadership was "you will not be allowed to sail unless you pay $1,000 to us." I recognized this to be extortion. The explicit threat was "you don't pay us, no job." Moreover, other statements by the leadership implied successful ownership of one U.S. Senator through use of money and power. They became very bold about this.

I will be forever grateful to Rae and the above defenders of union democracy and people who take a stand against the racketeers that were so common in organized unions.  They may have lost their court case, but Captain Tim Brown won his and it started a "clean out" of the corruption in the maritime unions.

73

DR

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D.R.

Sorry, I don't know everything, do you know what happened to it?

Maybe it was spent legitimately?

Stan

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