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Seattle Harbor

Ports Of Seattle And Tacoma Will Host 54th Annual Convention Of

The Propeller Club Of The U.S.

This year's 54th Annual Con- vention of The Propeller Club of the United States, and the con- current 1980 American Merchant

Marine Conference, will take place on October 8-10. The host Pro- peller Club Ports for the event will be Seattle and Tacoma, but all sessions will be held in Seat- tle's Washington Plaza Hotel.

General Co-chairmen for the

Convention are Richard D. Ford, executive director of the Port of

Seattle, and Richard Dale Smith, executive director of the Port of

Tacoma. Deputy Chairmen are

John P. Sullivan, attorney, Bogle & Gates, Seattle; and Hugh Wild, senior director, Port of Tacoma.

Chairman of the American Mer- chant Marine Conference is Sid- ney D. Campbell, chairman of the board, Foss/Dillingham, Seattle;

Jasper Baker will serve as Vice

Chairman. Carl R. Meurk, vice president of Todd-Pacific, is Con- ference Deputy Chairman.

In addition to the agenda listed in the Calendar of Events, there will be a pre-convention golf tour- nament on October 6 at the Rain- ier Golf & Country Club, and an early arrivals reception in Seat- tle's Space Needle on October 7.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS—

PROPELLER CLUB 1980 CONVENTION AND CONFERENCE

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8 9:30 a.m.

Convene Convention

Presiding, Richard D. Ford, General

Convention Co-chairman

Welcome: The Honorable Charles Royer,

Mayor, Seattle

Michael Benett, President, Propeller Club of Seattle

Richard Dale Smith, President, Propeller

Club of Tacoma

Capt. William V. Figari, President, The

Propeller Club of the United States 9:45 a.m.

First Convention Business Meeting

Presiding, Capt. William V. Figari, National

President 10:30 a.m.

Conference Opens

Presiding, Sidney D. Campbell, Conference

Chairman

Opening Speaker: The Honorable Dixy Lee

Ray, Governor, State of Washington 11:30 a.m.

Luncheon Reception 12:00 noon

Port of Seattle and Tacoma Luncheon

Presiding, Richard D. Ford, Executive Director,

Port of Seattle

Introduction, Richard Dashbach, Chairman,

Federal Maritime Commission, Washington,

D.C.

Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Warren G.

Magnuson, Chairman, Committee on Ap- propriations, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 2:00 p.m.

First Conference Session:

Presiding, Sidney D. Campbell, Conference

Chairman 2:00-3:15 p.m.

Conference Panel "The U.S. Merchant Marine—Shadow or

Substance?"

Moderator: Robert L. Leggett, President,

Joint Maritime Congress, Washington, D.C.

Panelists:

Management — W.J. Amoss Jr., President,

Lykes SS

Labor—(Panelist to be announced)

The Jones Act — The Honorable Peter N.

Teige, Commissioner, Federal Maritime

Commission

Student Port Member — (to be announced) 3:30-4:45 p.m.

Conference Panel "American Seapower—Shadow or Substance?"

Moderator: John J. Spitler, President, Navy

League of the U.S., Washington, D.C.

Panelists: "Shipbuilding Requirements for a Viable

Fleet" — C. Larry French, President,

National Steel & Shipbuilding Co.,

San Diego, Calif. "Our Merchant Fleet — A Strategic Power in

Seapower" — James T. Crowley, Senior

VP, Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. "The Challenge to United States Seapower"

Russell D. Hale, Counsel, Subcommittee on

Seapower & Strategic & Critical Materials,

U.S. House of Representatives, Washington,

D:C. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

National President's Reception (calendar continues on page 48)

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