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MAY, 1969

Choose a Brandy with Age--but a Port with Vitality

When you select a brandy you know that agelends distinction, flavor and bouquet. When youselect a port, however, you use a different yard-stick: It must be modern in every way, handle cargoefficiently and carefully, and it must have out-standing steamship service to and from every portof the free world. Whether you are importing brandy

or exporting a refinery, the Port of Houston meas-ures up on your business yardstick.

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MAY, 1969 3

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Santa Fe’s

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now becomes

International Sales Department

Export-import is one of the pioneer services of the Santa Fe.

Our direct routes to California and Gulf Ports, also to the

St. Lawrence Seaway as well as gateways to Mexico, make

our railroad an important carrier of foreign traffic.

Now foreign trade has new meaning. More countries are

competing for world commerce. New transportation methods

are being applied, like containers, faster ships, quicker dis-

patch through modern port facilities; all coordinated to rapid

rail service.

New ideas are being developed to land bridge the U.S.A.

via Santa Fe to link the Orient and Europe with a faster

traffic route.

Santa Fe is active in all areas of world trade and we are

moving from the traditional export-import operation to estab-

lish an International Sales Department as a part of our Traffic

Organization.

This change will apply our staff, experienced in foreign

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merce with its many developments in routings, intermodal

containers, pricing, sales and service.

If you have freight to ship or receive from a foreign market,

or if you are planning to expand in world trade, let Santa Fe

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B. J. CARLIN, Manager-International Sales

E. M. LEONARD, District Manager-International SalesCHICAG0. ILL. 6060480 East Jackson Blvd.Phone: 427-4900 (Area 312)

H. J. DeSOIZA, District Manager-International SalesNEW YORK, N.Y. 10017330 Madison Ave.Phone: 661-6161 (Area 212)

6. K. McLAIN, District Manager-International SalesHOUSTON, TEX. 77002Houston Club Bldg.Phone: 228-6441 (Area 713)

S. A. BRIGHAM, Jr., District Manager-International SalesT. W. PETERSON, Representative-International SalesR.A. MORTON, Representative-International Sales

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MAY, 1969 5

SERVICESFnOM HOUSTONand otherGulf portsINDIA SERVICE

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PORT OF][IOUSTON

Volume 11

Official PublicationOf the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District

MAY, 1969 No. 5

Directory OfPort Commissioners

And StaffFOR THE

Navigation DistrictHOWARD TELLEPSEN, ChairmanR. H. PRUETT, CommissionerE. H. HENDERSON, CommissionerW. D. HADEN, II, CommissionerFENTRESS BRACEWELL, Commissioner

J. P. TURNER, Executive DirectorGEORGE W. ALTVATER, Deputy DirectorC. E. BULLOCK, Director o/ Port OperationsJ. L. LOCKETT, JR., CounselHENRY n. BROADNAX, General Sales ManagerS. B. BRUCE, County AuditorVAUGHN n. BRYANT, Director o/International

RelationsLLOYD GREGORY, Director of ln/ormationRICHARD P. LEACH,

Director o~ Engineering & PlanningJOHN ROIiFR’I SPOI,LI\. Chic/ EngiueerJ. R. CURTIS, 7"erminal ManagerK. P. RODEN,

Manager o] Grain ElevatorWo Jo STAGNER, Manager, Storage WarehousesRICHARV J. SHIROSKY, Superintendent,

Bulk Materials Handling PlantJ. K. HENDERSON, ControllerL. T. FRITSCIt, Purchasing AgentA. B. LANDRY, Personnel Manager and

World Trade Building ManagerC. L. SHUPTRINE, Chle/Security O~icerW. E. REDMON, Maintenance SuperintendentT. E. WHATLEY, Administrative AssistantV. D. WILLIAMS, Administrative Assistant

SALES OFFICES

EDWARD P. MOORE, New York DistrictSales Manager

FRANK WARD, Assistant25 Broadway, New York, New York

HuME A. HENDERSON, Chicago DistrictSales Manager401 E. Prospect, Mount Prospect, Illinois

JOHN R. WEILER, Houston DistrictSales Manager

C. A. ROUSSER, JR.,District Sales Representative1519 Capitol Avenue, Houston, Texas

EXECUTIVE OFFICES1519 Capitol Avenue at Crawford Street

Telephone CApitol 5-0671P. O. Box 2562, Houston, Texas 77001

Contents

Back To Work! .................................................. 8

Ranking Japanese Trade Mission Talks Business ................... 10

Foreign Naval Officers Tour Port ...................................... 12

French Warship Cre wls Entertained ................................ 14

Meet William E. Walker of Delta Lines .............................. 15

The Houston Port Bureau Reports ................................... 16

Consular Corps Attends Texas Barbecue ............................... 17

Belgian Maritime Cadets Visit Houston ................................. 18

Scene At The World Trade Club ...................................... 19

Houston Steamship Agents .......................................... 29

Sailing Schedule of General Cargo Ships ............................... 30

Port of Houston Shipping Directory .................................... 32

THE COVER

Cargo was moving in and out of the Port of Houston at a record clip whenthe 102-day I.L.A. strike ended. For some action pictures of the docks see Page 8.

The Port o/Houston Magazine

TED SUMERLIN, Editor

Published monthly by the Harris County Houston Ship Channel Naviga-tion District, the PORT OF HOUSTON Magazine is distributed free to maritime,industrial and transportation interests in the United States and foreign coun-tries. This publication is not copyrighted and permission is given for the re-production or use of any original material, provided credit is given to thePort of Houston. Additional information, extra copies of the magazine oradvertising rates may be obtained by writing the PORT OF HOUSTON Magazine,1401 South Post Oak, Houston, Texas 77027.

MAY, 1969 7

The longest and costliest strike of the International Longshoremen’s Associationin the history of the Port of Houston ended April 2, after 102 days of inactivity.All West Gulf ports, from Lake Charles to Brownsville, were completely closed down,except for a few cargoes of military and relief supplies. The effect of the strike wasfeh in business and agriculture throughout the "heartland" of the United States.When the strike ended all wharves at the Port of Houston were filled and 24 shipswere anchored at Bolivar Roads waiting for a berth. Despite the tremendous back-log of cargo, rail and truck transportation and outstanding warehousing made itpossible to nmve the merchandise in and out with a minimum of tieup, as can beseen from this colh’ction of action pictures.

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Bagged rice for export is loaded at a fast cllp.

Trucks were lined up to take cargo in an orderly manner.

Imported tires are guided into an open area.

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Muscle as well as machinery was required with some cargoes.

Eager longshoremen worked to keep cargoes moving.

MAY, 1969 9

Ranking Japanese Trade Mission Talks Businessil was composed of leading members ofthe nation’s business community andheaded by Masao Anzai, president of thegiant Showa l)enko chemical comph’x.

This was the third such mission sent

A high-level Japanese Economic Mis-sion visiied Houston for four days lastmonth on the firsl stop of a tour of lead-ing cities of the Southern United States.Organized bv the Japanese Government.

to the United States by Japan over thelast three years, the first one visitingthe Pacific Coast in 1966 and the secondthe Midwest in 1967. From Houston themission went to Austin, Dallas, Okla-homa City, New Orleans, Atlanta andMiami hcfore proceeding to Washing-ton and New York for conferences withgovernment and Japanese trade organ-ization officials.

Pnrpose of the visit to the South wasto promote goodwill and understandingbetween Japan and the United States.particularly the Southern States whichare both leading customers and leadingsuppliers of Japan. Japan, for example,is the leading trading partner of boththe Ports of Houston and New Orleans.

In 1968 sales to Japan from the. l 1-state Southern area amounted Io morethan $~70 million, or about 20 per centof all U.S. exports to the Far East. Of

Howard Tellepsen, chairman of the HarrisCounty Houston Ship Channel Navigation Districtand one of Houston’s official hosts for the Jap-anese Economic Mission, greets Mission PresidentMasao Anzai at the airport upon arrival. BehindMr. Anzai are Toyosaburo Taniguchl and KojiShindo, deputy chairmen of the Mission.

Miss Yukako Ohta, daughter of Consul GeneralArao Ohta, presents a bouquet of red carnationsto Chairman Anzai, who is flanked by ConsulGeneral Ohta and Congressman Bob Eckhardtof the 8th Congressional District of Texas.

Vaughn M. Bryant, director of international re-lations for the Port of Houston, aboard the SAMHOUSTON with Mission Leaders Masashi Isano,president of Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Kobe;Kenichiro Komai, president of Hitachi, Ltd., andIwao Iwanaga, president of Mitsui Petrochemicals.At right is Kolchi Ueda, Consul of Japan in Hous-ton.

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Plants Cherry Trees and Tours Port of Houstonlhis, Texas accounted for more than$200 milli(m and was the leading statein the Japanese trade.

While here the gr¢)up met will| lead-ing Houston I,usincss execulivcs for face-t,)-face discussions and exchanges of~i(,~s and ideas, and also addross(’dth(,msehcs I() larg(’t" groups at hmcheons,receptions and other mectinos.

In a(|dili(m to th(,ir tour thearea.including lhe l)ort. Ship Chann(,l indus-trial (’(mq)h’x and the Manned Space-(.raft C(’ntcr. Chairman Anzai and |]iss,’v(’n f(,llow m,,mbers lm’s(’ntvd s()mesixly (’h(’rl’y [I’C(’s to the Cih of Hot>-ton. v, hi(’h x~cre planl(,d in l;arks about111,.’ (’hr.

In ,&usiin the gl’Otlp also pr(’sell[(’d

(’hetty tr(’(’s h) lh(’ capital city. ~(’r(",,_,iv(,n a hm(’hcon I,’, (.o~(,rnor ])r(,shmSmith. (’ngag~’d in (~is(’ussions with c(’~)-nomi(’s and Imsinoss profi,ss()rs of tI.’[ ni~m’shx .f Texas amt ~,(’t’¢" extoll(led

the courtesies of J)oth houses of the Statel~egislature then in session.

Besides the eight leaders under Mr.Anzai. the Mission was composed of sixadxisors Io the eight h’aders and 15 as-

sistants, to comprise a total dclegati(m,in all, of 29 memhcrs. Arrangements forthe rl’(’xas-()klah(m]a programs made by Hon. Arao ()hta, consul gen-eral of Japan in Houston, and his staff.

Houston Mayor Louie Welch and ChoirmanAnzai spade in dirt around one of the 60 cherrytrees presented by the Mission, this one amongthose planted in Sam Houston Park, downtown,where many famous old homes of early Houstonhave been preserved.

Deputy Director George W. Altvater of the Portof Houston was host aboard the SAM HOUSTONfor a trip down the Ship Channel and is shownhere with Deputy Chairman Shindo, ChairmanAnzai, Consul General Ohta and Deputy Chair-man Tanlguchi, chairman of the board of ToyoboCo.

...............R. O. Davies of Strachan Shipping Co., agents

for Mitsui-O.S.K. Lines, of which Mission DeputyChairman Shindo is Board Chairman, is shownhere with Mission leaders Somei Iwata, presidentof Noritake Co., and Yutaka Egashira, presidentof Chisso Corp. At left is Mitsuhiko Nakano ofMitsui-O.S.K. Lines in Tokyo, a mission assistant.

MAY, 1969 11

Foreign Naval OfficersTour Port of Houston

T~.enlv-six high-ranking naval officers from as many coun-tri~’s xisi~ted ltouston and the’ Manned Spacecraft Center re-cently and while here t<mr,’d the Ship Channel ahoard theNaxi,.zatiml I)istricl’s inspecliotl vessel SAM t/OUST():\’.

The otlicers were’ sltld~’llls at the special command c,’mrseof the [ .S. Na~al l)¢,f~’ns~" College at Newport, l{hode Island.(;uests al~oartl the 5A:’I] IlOl’STO:~,’. also. ~.~vrc several Hous-hm con’~uls ~’ho had countrymen in Ihe group~ all~( Naviga-lion I)islricl oIllcials ~’r~’ hosts.

I.ocaJ ;,llTang{’nletlls fol Ihe group of oMcers ~ere madeby lhe Na~al Ih,ser~e Training C~’ntm. Caplain John AIInmncommanding, l,ieuh’nanl Peh’r ],atItant. iNN. of the NavalTrainino [nit at llice [-uiversil~. was projccl otlicer.

Lf. Col. John Cox, USMC, of the Naval Defense College staff, at left, isshown here with Capt. Misao Matsui of the Maritime Self-Defense Force ofJapan; Commander Hector Caba~as, Uruguayan Navy, and Commander

Fernando Salas of Spain.

The consuls of Colombia and Argentina chat with their countrymen here.From left, Jaime L6pez-Reyes, Consul General of Colombia; CommanderJaime Tortes of the Colombian Navy; Capt. Jos~ Alvarez of the ArgentineNavy, and Argentine Consul Alejandro Caride.

Standing by the Texas flag, at half mast in tribute to the late PresidentEisenhower, are, from left, Commander Henry Vondette of Canada; ProfessorClyde Sargent of the Naval Defense College staff; James Henderson, con-troller of the Navigation District; Commander Norman King of the British

Royal Navy, and Commander Sombat Kongyai of the Royal Thailand Navy.

Venezuela and Korea joined together in this photo with, from left, CaptainAIfredo Bel[o of the Venezuelan Navy, Consul General Reinaldo Leandroof Venezuela, Korean Navy Captain Chong-Ho Yi and Korean Consul Gen-eral Kwang Soo Ahn.

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Vincent Will:ams, left, executive assistant of the Navigation District, shown ...........here under tke American fla~ with Commander Berhanu Tesfaye of the Im-perial Ethiopian Navy; Captain William F. Chaires, USN, of the NavalDefense College, and Commander Osvaldo Fourzan of the Mexican Navy.

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Thorlief Jorgensen, Consul of Norway in Houston, is shown here withCaptain Torbjorn Johannessen of the Royal Norwegian Navy. At left isCol. Teddy Natanegera of the Indonesian Navy and at right CommanderOdessefs Kapetos of the Royal Hellenic Navy with, appropriately, the Greekmerchant vessel OLYMPIC PRIDE in the background.

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On the afterdeck of the SAM HOUSTON with an incoming freighterlooming in the background are, from left, Commander N. H. Chi, SouthVietnamese Navy; Commander Irfan Tinaz of the Turkish Navy; CommanderGeraldo Guimaraes, Brazilian Navy; Commander Thomas Lukas, USN, of theNaval Defense College, and Larry Wahlberg, data processing manager ofthe Navigation District.

Captain Philip Koelch, USNR, center, representing the Navy League, isshown with, from left, Captain S. M. Ahmed of Pakistan; Commander Geof-frey Loosli of the Royal Australian Navy; Commander Ahmed Madani, Im-perial Iranian Navy, and Captain E. H. Potter, USN, commandant of theNaval ROTC at Rice University.

The former Consul of Denmark, now retired, Bernhard Daugbierg (in bowtie) is shown here with, from left, Captain Frederick Ulbricht, USN, of theNaval Defense College; Captain Ho-Chien Liu of the Republic of China;Chinese Vice Consul John Y. H. Chu, and Captain Klous Hecht of the FederalGerman Navy.

MAY, 1969 13

FRENCH WARSHIP CREW IS ENTERTAINEDThe sleek, 338 foot. 1750 ton French

destroyer escort VICTOR SCIIOEL-CIIER visited the Port of Houslon lustmonth with a comph’menl of 1l officersand 151 pelty officers and sailors as partof the annual training cruise of the hcli-coph’r ship JE/INNE I)’ARC, xddch sheaccompanied. The JEANNE D’ARC,u’ilh her II officers, 118 ensigns and617 p(!lly officers and sailors, berthed at(;alvrshm.

On hand to greet the French vesselsupon their arrival were French Ambas-sador Charles Luct’t and Rear AdndralNicolas Houot. French Naval Attache,who ttew down from \X ashington for theoccasion.

Welcoming r(’r*’m(mies for the V1C-TOR SCIlOELCIIER at Houslon in-cluded a band from the Milbv HighSchool and wrrr hra&’d hv I:rrnch Con-

sul (;forges MacClenahan and CaptainJohn Alhnan, [SN. commanding the_Naval l{eserve Training Center here who~as in charge of arrangements.

Als. on hart(1 were Swedish ConsulGeneral. Tore Hot’gstedt. Dean of theConsular Corps, and repr(’s(~n/alivesfr.m llw City, ])ok’t, Chamber of Com-merce, lnslitule of lnh’rnalional Educa-tion. Junior Chamber of Comnwrce,[ S(). Naxy l,t’aguc and olher gr(~ui)s.

His Excellency Charles Lucet, center, ambassa-dor of France to the United States, was greetedat the airport upon his arrival with Rear AdmiralNicolas Houot, French Naval Attache, for the visitto Houston and Galveston of the French Navalvessels JEANNE D’ARC and VICTOR SCHOELCHER.From left to right are Hon. Georges MacClenahan,France’s Consul General in Houston; AdmiralHauot; Commodore Andr6 Gelinet of the JEANNED’ARC; Ambassador Lucet; Captain John AIIman,USN, commanding Naval Reserve Training Center,Houston, and Mark Hepler, representing MayorLoule Welch.

Captain AIIman salutes the quarterdeck as heleads the welcoming delegation aboard the VIC-TOR SCHOELCHER.

Robert Plyler of the Junior Chamber of Com-merce presents a plaque of the Houston TurningBasin to Captain Brac de la Perriere, commandingthe VICTOR SCHOELCHER, honoring her maidenvoyage to Houston. At right is CommodoreGelinet.

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Another In A Series Men Who Make The Port of Houston Hum

Meet

tt,e’s/Assistant V.P.Ill ll,elta Lines

By LLOYD GREGORY

Information Director

B I1.1, \\:AI:KEI{. assistant ~ice president of the l)eha Line,learned cargo-soli(’itin,_, the hard ~ay:

\\q,aring out shoe lealher pounding the sidewalks of portcities in tills country and in SO!lib America!

Mr. Walker. whose office here is at 1300 Texas Aw’nue. inNovmnlH,r last year celebrated t/is 25th anniversary withI)eha I,inc. ~dlich March 21. 1969, was 50 years old.

I)eha. headquartered in New Orleans, serves !tie East Coastof Soutii America. and the West Coast of Africa. Oil fieldmaellinery, pelro-ch(’mieals, and food-stufl’s are among majorcxporl items; coffee is the big thing in imports.

Continental Trailways of Dallas last year bought Delia Line.Holiday hms of America now owns both companies. Therehas heen no change in nlanagement or operation of Delta15ne, presided over hv the colorful, aggressiw~ Captain J. W.Clark. who was named head man when he was only 39.

Modernizing its tteet, l)elta recently added five DELTACLASS freighters, built by lngalls at Pascagoula, Miss.

The I)ELTA CLASS is a muhi-hatch freighter, with thebridge on the how, thus providing more room for cargo. Onmany freighlers, Ihe bridge is mid-ship.

Hefty, good-natured Bill Walker was horn Nov. 24, 1923.in New Orleans. He was the catcher on a state championshipbasehall team a! Alce6 Fortier high school in New Orleans.It’s too bad Bill wasn’t as big then as he is now. His sizecertainly would have discouraged hase rtmners trying to pre-~enI him from guarding home plate.

I Editor’s note: Howard Polh’t, and Billy Costa, well known1o Houslon Buff fans, are Houstonians who preceded Walkeras baseball players at Aloe6 Fortier. Pollet was a star southpawon Eddie Dyer’s 19.16 world champion St. Louis Cards.)

Mr. Walker’s first job with Delta was secretary to John S.Timlin. traffic manager. He worked overtime to learn all hecould about the business. His first sales joh was contactingthe trade west of the Mississippi. For two and one half yearshe was stationed in Sao Paulo, Brazil. and visited all the EastCoasl porls of South America.

l"or two years, Bill was in the New York City sales office.mad was promoted to assistant manager of that office. In 1966,he was named assistant vice president and later moved toHouston Sept. 6. 1966.

Bill is impressed hv the friendly attilude of the people ofHouston people in all walks of life.

Mr. and Mrs. Walker. the former Miss Mary Frances Kline,li~e in Wilehester West. They were married in Atlanta,Georgia.

MAY, 1969 15

WITH THE APPOINTMENT of an additionalman, the top-level postions in PresidentNixon’s Department of Transportation havebeen filled. The make-up of the DOT top-level postions are:

Secretary--John A. VolpeUnder Secretary--James M. BeggsDeputy Under Secretary--Charles D. BakerAssistant Secretary for Urban Systems and

Environment--James D’Orma BramanAssistant Secretary for Policy and Inter-

national Affairs--Dr. Paul CheringtonAssistant Secretary for Public Affairs--

Walter L. MazanFederal Highway Administrator--Francis C.

TurnerFederal Aviation Administrator--John H.

ShafferUrban Mass Transportation Administrator--

Carlos C. VillarrealFederal Railroad Administrator--Reginald

N. WhitmanAssistant Secretary for Research and

Technology--Secor D. Browne

. . .

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, inEx Parte No. MC-77, has proposed a rulewhich would prohibit a motor carrier fromfiling a tariff which would restrict, inany way, the availability to the shippingpublic of less than the full serviceauthorized by the Commission in that car-riers certificate of convenience and neces-sity or registration. The Commission statedin the notice: "Common carriers by motorvehicle are a public institution upon whichthe general public must depend for ade-quate, economical, and efficient transpor-tation. They are engaged in what hasalways been regarded as a public calling,and by reason of that fact they are subjectto specific legal obligations. They must,according to their abilities, serve all whoseek their services, and serve them equallyand fairly. They may not pick and choose.This Commission’s regulatory powers overmotor common carriers under the InterstateCommerce Act are designed to enforce thesebasic obligations comprehensively andstrictly. Motor common carrier authorityto serve, imports a corresponding duty andobligation to serve."

The Commission further stated that it had

recently become aware of certain tariffpublications which actually constitutelimitation of the service offered by acarrier holding a certificate which con-tains no restrictions as to the size ormeasurement of shipments which may be han-dled under that certificated authority.This has been accomplished by the motorcarriers by: publication of rules statingit would not accept shipments of less thana certain size or weight; another exampleis by publishing an item in the tariffthat certain points on the motor carrier’sline will be served only on shipments of--pounds or more and other carriershave published requirements that chargeson all small size shipments be based upona stated minimum weight. The Commissionfelt that the above restrictions actuallyconstitute an embargo upon that particularclass of traffic and that written em-bargoes, which may only be temporary innature, had not been issued by the carriersimposing such restrictions. No oral hear-ings are scheduled at the present time andwritten statements of facts, views andarguments are to be filed with the Com-mission during the month of May, 1969.

, . .THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION can-

celled the public hearing set for April 21,on I&S Docket 8454, (Soybeans, Mid-west to Chicago and Gulf Ports, for Export)and the proceeding was re-assigned forhandling under modified procedure. The fil-ing and service of pleadings of the pro-testants as to statements of facts andargument are to be filed 30 days from theservice date of the Commission’s order(April 3, 1969) and respondents and sup-porting parties shall file their rebuttalstatements and argument I0 days thereafter.The case involved the publication of re-duced rail export rates on soybeans at thesame level as had previously been publishedon corn. The Commission originally con-cluded to suspend the rates, but upon re-consideration allowed the rates to becomeeffective, but to conduct an investigationas to the effect of these rates on theCommission’s outstanding orders in theCorpus Christi grain cases. Mr. W. E.Fincher of the Houston Fort Bureau has beenactive in the defense proceedings.

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Jos~ Trabanino, Jr., Consul General of El Salvador and a former Deanof the Consular Corps, presents former Brenham Mayor and Mrs. ReeseLockett with a colorful, handmade "hamaca" (hammock) from his countryfor their ranch home.

Consu/ar Corps Enterta/nedAt Iexas-Style Barbecue

Houston’s Consular Corps is ore’ o[ lhe largest of any oilyin the country, with representatives here from forly nations.It is a close-knit, active ~roup wilh smeral social affairs an-nually, but none to which members look forward more lhauto the annual Texas barbecue given hy the ncighhoring oilyof Brenham.

Every year the mayor and city officials of this picturesqueand historic community in thv rolling country just ~cst ofthe Brazos River some 60 miles from Houston. invite tu~,mhvrsof the Consular Corps and their families 1o a ranch ]mrhccue,and this vear was no exception.

Former Mayor Recse I,ockelt slart~,d the custom nearly adozen w’ars ago on his ranch. When l)r. W. F. Hasskarl he-came mayor, he (!Olllilluod l]l(~ C/lS[Olll and asked [{antherLockett lo organize the show each w’ar. Score’s on this pageshow lhe 1969 resuhs.

Enjoying the barbecue were these Latin American consular representa-tives, from left foreground clockwise: Mrs. Carlos Castro, wife of the ConsulGeneral of Costa Rica; Dr. Alejandro Arguello, Consul of Nicaragua; LuisCastro; Dr. Martin Cattoni, Consul of Paraguay; Consul General Castro,and Ren6 Becerra, Consul General of Honduras. In background is JorgeBenz6quen, Consul General of Peru.

Brenham City Manager C. J. Blum smiles happily with Arao Ohta, ConsulGeneral of Japan, and his daughter, Miss Yukako Ohta. At left is Mrs.Hallie Tucker of Houston.

Mayor W. F. Hasskarl, right, was this year’s official host and is shownhere with Miss Cecilia Arguello of Nicaragua, left, and Mrs. Jorge Benz6-quen, wife of the Consul General of Peru. In background is Bernhard Daug-bjerg, former Danish Consul, now retired and a Brenham rancher who teamedwith former Mayor tockett several years ago to start the barbecue tradition.

David Esterson, vice consul (information) of Great Britain is shown herewith his wife, Linda, and their children, Pamela and Robin. Other Corpsmembers are busy with the barbecue in the background, and at left isMrs. Vaughn M. Bryant, wife of the director of international relations a!the Port of Houston.

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Belgian Maritime Cadets Visit Houston

When tilt" 12.000 ton !dwt) Belgian bulk carrier EEKLOarrNed at tlne Port of Houston docks in early April to dis-charge thousands of tons of steel at the end of the hmgshore-men’s strike, she had spent more than six weeks "on the hook"off Galveston at Bolivar I/oads.

Aboard she had 22 Belgian Maritime Academy cadets mak-ing lheir annual training cruise as part of their course ofstudies to become officers in Belgium’s Merelmnt Marine._Needless to say, after lhe lwo-weeks’ trip across and six weeksriding a! anchor waiting to enter port. they were ready forsome activity.

TIne Housion International Seamen’s Center and line Min-istry to the Port of Houston provided just that, and tlne youngcadets were entertained with trips to town. an informal juke-

box dance at the Seamen’s Center and a trip to the famousSanta Gertrudis Ranch of Houstonian Gus Wortham.

The eadets were aeeomi)anied on their cruise by a chaplain,a plnysician to look out for their physical well-being and astaff of professors to gixe them lectures, not only in thingsmaritime but in lfistory, geography and language, as well.Eight of the group were Flemings, speaking tint, Flemishtonque st) much like Dutch, while Ille remainder were Frenct>speaking Walloons, but in Belgium most people are hi-lingualand manv know the third language of Englisln.

Since this was the EEKLO’s first ~isit to Houston. the shipalso was given special hospitalily with the presentation of almn(tsonw plaque sin)wing an aerial view of tim Turning Basinof the Port oil Houston. giwm jointly bv the Na~igalion Dis-trier and the Houston Junior Chamber’of Commerce.

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The Rev. Taft Lyon, pastor of the Trinity Presbyterian Church and choir-man of the ministry to the Port of Houston, dressed in western garb, greetsthe cadets as they board the bus provided by the Norwegian Seamen’sHouse to make the trip.

At the ranch the cadets were fascinated when they saw a sure’nuff cow-boy. This is "Buzz" Jacoby, son of W. L. Jacoby, manager of the WorthamRanch, posing with the cadets on his quarter horse.

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The splendid Santa Gertrudis bulls were admired by the cadets, wholater toured the vast ranch area to see the entire herd of Santa Gertrudiscattle.

Captain Andre Georges of the EEKLO proudly displays the maiden voyageplaque with, from left, Hon. Herman Matsaert, Consul General of Belgiu,m;Louis Schullen, chief engineer of the EEKLO; Clyde Perrer, vice presidentof the Junior Chamber of Commerce, who made the presentation; AlbertH. Liedts, president of the Houston International Seamen’s Center, and theEEKLO’s chief officer, Ralph Lambrecht.

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Recent guests at the World Trade Club were the master of the M/VJALARASHMI, Captain J. J. Mathias, his wife and son Kevin. The vessel,owned by the Sclndia Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., of Bombay, India,is represented in Houston by Biehl & Company.

Heading the recent visit of a group of Arab diplomats to Houston forbusiness talks was His Excellency, Rashad Mourad, center right, Arab LeagueAmbassador to the United States. Shown here in the World Trade Club,with Ambassador Mourad, are Stran-Steel Corporation officials JuliusSkaaren, vice president-International Region; John Reigle, president; Am-bassador Mourad; and J. W. Cliff, vice presldent-Sales.

Otto de Paoli, center, representative of the Peruvian State Line (Com-pafila Peruana de Vapores), was in Houston recently to confer with J. M.Cook, of J. M. Cook Company, Inc., new agent for the Peruvian Line inHouston, Galveston and Freeport, and J. E. Barr, president of InternationalMaritime Agencies, Inc., of New Orleans, Gulf agent for the maritime firm.They are shown in the World Trade Club.

Belgian Consul General Herman Matsaert, right, and some of his staffintroduced the Consulate General’s new Chancellor to the World Trade Clublast month upon her arrival from Brussels. Shown, appropriately, in frontof a huge mural of the Brussels Town Square are, from left, Clive Allen,Trade Commissioner; Miss Gabrielle Coppens, secretary; the new Chancellor,Hiss Christian Eeckhaut, and Consul General Matsaert.

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Eric Chou, center left, was the featured speaker at the monthly luncheonmeeting of the World Trade Club. Chou, a Chinese journalist unre-servedly sympathetic to the Red Chinese cause for many years, defected tothe West in 1961 after a decade of disillusionment. Shown here, from theleft, are Dr. Henry Chen, professor of economics at the University of Hous-ton; Chou; Bing Wu, a business leader in the Houston Chinese community;and Chinese Consul General T. K. Chu.

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Belgian AgencyIs CelebratingFiftieth Year

The year 1969 is an imporlant onein Belgium as it marks the fiftieth anni-versary of the estal)lishment of the famedAgence Maritime lnternationale whichtoday exerts such a great impact on thetransport agencies and tile economy ofthe nation.

From the begining A.M.I. was em-poucred with the agency in Antwerp ofseveral foreign shipping lines and lodayit aels as agent for no less than 17 differ-ent shipping companies whose regularlines are serving all commercial currentssupplying Antwerp and its hinterland.

A.M.I. attends to lhe intricate dutiesof a shitJping agent for the benefit ofthe vessels of these lines, handling sail-ing. customs clearance, cargo canvass-ing, freight collection and a myriad o[other services dealing wilh all operalionsineuml)cnt upon a vessel calling at port.

Its cuslomers can dispose of the mostup-to-dale terminals situated in the heartof the busy Port of Antwerp, with more

The M/V BREUGHEL of the Compa]nle Maritime Beige (Belgian Line), one of the 17 shipping com-

panies for which the A.M.I. acts as agent, is shown moored at the giant A.M.I.-C.M.B. passenger andcargo terminal in Antwerp. The BREUGHEL visited Houston on her maiden voyage and for severalyears was in the Gulf trade, but recently has been converted into a full conta:ner ship for the NorthAtlantic trade. The passenger terminal is one of the most famous in Europe.

than 2.5 miles of docks with wide apronsand a complete range of lifting equip-ment o[ every type moving about on railas well as road-trailers, together withspacious warehouses and transit sheds.There art, also marshaliing areas andtwo gantry cranes for handling therapidly growing container traffic:.

In addition to acling as ship’s agent,A.M.I. offers forwarding services with

correspondenls in principal Belgian andforeign cities. It offers an air freightdepartment as well as a European trafficdepartment which organizes surfacetransports (road, rail and waterways)within the limits of lhe conlinent. A.M.I.also maintains and operates travelagency services as well as having ()per-aled an insurance deparlment right fromils founding.

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