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We keep moving to the Far East.Direct routes...independent rates.

Direct service to the Far East cansave you money. So can independentrates. Orient Overseas Line has both.

Check our sailing schedulesbetween Japan, Taiwan, Korea, thePhilippines, Hong Kong, otherFar East areas and the principal portsof the North Atlantic, South Atlantic,U.S. Gulf and Pacific Coast.

You’ll find our fleet of breakbulk

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lIND HEW ORLEilHSD rect to the Far East every week.Now Seatrain’s expanding container-ship service unites Gulf port shipperswith Continental Europe and the FarEast through a closer and more con-venient service.

Seatrain sails from Houston/NewOrleans direct to Rotterdam, Bremer-haven, Felixstowe and Le Havre fort-nightly. And on to 24 other Europeanports via connecting Seatrain service.

Every 7 days, a special Seatraincontainer train departs from the Gulffor the West Coast, where your ship-ment meets our modern, fast express

Direct toships for service to Japan and the FarEast.

It’s the fastest container trip thereis to Japan. Because ours istruly a di-rect U.S. Gulf service. Nearly twice asfast as any service through the Pan-ama Canal.

And a single through bill of ladingdoes it.

Either way, Seatrain’s Texas-size40 foot containers cut loading andunloading costs.

Either way, there’s no chassisshortage.

Europe every fortn ght.Either way, Seatrain service works

like clockwork. Because your goodsare traveling on part of an integratedglobal transportation system, de-signed to keep shipments moving atmaximum speed, minimum cost.

To get on board Seatrain’s newOrient and Occident Expresses out ofHouston and New Orleans, contactyour nearest Seatrain office today.

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SEATRAIN LINKS THE FOLLOWING PORTS ON DIRECT CALL BASIS OR BY INTERCONNECTING WITH ITS OWN VESSELS. Atlantic Service: Aarhus, Amsterdam, Antwerp,Belfast, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Bremen, Bremerhaven, Copenhagen, Dublin, Felixstowe, Gdynia, Gothenburg, Greenock, Hamburg, Helsingborg, Helsinki, Le Havre, Lenin-grad, Lisbon, Liverpool, Malmo, Norrkoping, Odense, Oporto, Oslo, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Zeebrugge. Caribbean Service: Kingston, Mayaguez, Montego Bay, Ponce, Port-au-Prince, San Juan, Santo Domingo, Virgin Islands. Pacific Service: Guam, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Kobe, Kwajalein, Nagoya, Osaka, Shimizo, Taiwan, Tokyo, Yokohama.

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Serving ihe Gulf Coast Since 1880

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Volume 16

Port CommissionersAnd Staff

FENTRESS BRACEWELL, Chairman

R. H. PRUETT, CommissionerW. D. HADEN, II, CommissionerE. JACK WALTON, CommissionerJAMES W. FONTENO, CommissionerGEORGE W. ALTVATER, Executive DirectorC. E. BULLOCK,

Deputy Port Director--OperationsRICHARD P. LEACH, Deputy Port Director--

Engineering and PlanningMILTON K. ECKERT, CounselMICHAEL SCORCIO, Assistant to

Executive DirectorVAUGHN M. BRYANT, Director o/

International RelationsHENRY S. BONNEY, International

Relations RepresentativeHENRY M. BROADNAX, Director o/

Trade DevelopmentC. A. ROUSSER, JR., Western Sales ManagerHUME A. HENDERSON, Midwestern

Sales ManagerWILLIAM H. LAWl)ER, JR., District

Sales RepresentativeJ. K. HENDERSON, ControllerK. P. RODEN, Manager, Grain ElevatorWALLACE J. STAGNER, Manager, Storage

WarehousesNORMAN E. HUENI, Acting Chie] EngineerALTON B. LANDRY, Personnel Manager and

World Trade Building ManagerJ. R. CURTIS,

Terminal Manager--North SideW. D. DUNNAHOE,

Terminal Manager South SideR. J. SH1ROSKY, Superintendent,

Bulk Materials Handling PlantL. T. FRITSCH, Purchasing AgentC. L. SHUPTRINE, Chie] Security OfficerA. J. M. VAN DE VEN

Maintenance SuperintendentLouis F. BRowN, JR., Chie[, Fire Protection

and Traffic Control OfficerC. G. SEAMAN, Superintendent, Sa/ety and

EfficiencyV. D. WILLIAMS, Administrative AssistantLLOYD GREGORY, Director o] ln]ormationS. G. FULLERTON, County AuditorNEW YORK SALES OFFICE25 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 10004

Telephone: (212) 269-7747EDWARD P. MOORE, Eastern Sales ManagerFRANK WARD, District Sales ManagerEXECUTIVE OFFICE

1519 Capitol Avenue, Houston, Texas 77002P. O. Box 2562, Houston, Texas 77001

Telephone: (713) 225-0671TERMINAL OFFICE

Telephone (713) 672-8221

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NOVEMBER 1972 No. 10

CONTENTSPropeller Club’s Largest Convention Meets Here ......................... 8

Project Homerun Returns War Goods .................................. 10

Houston Consular Corps Has Ten New Members ......................... 11

The Houston Port Bureau Reports ...................................... 14

He’s Manager For Bruce Duncan Co ..................................... 15

Minneapolis And Chicago Shippers Are Entertained ...................... 16

Statistics For The Port of Houston ..................................... 18

Snap Out Directory ..................................................... 19

Sailing Schedule For General Cargo Ships ............................... 36

THE COVER

Sea-Land has increased its service to the Port of Houston with the addition ofthe new SL-18 class ships which go direct to the United Kingdom and NorthernEurope. The SL-181, which carries 733 of the 40-foot containers, was in portrecently and this interesting picture was taken from high atop the Public GrainElevator. Please see October issue of the Port of Houston Magazine for more in-formation on this new service and its new vessels.

The Port of Houston MagazineTED SUMERLIN, Editor

Published monthly by the Port of Houston Authority, the PORT OF HOUSTONMagazine is distributed free to maritime, industrial and transportation inter-ests in the United States and foreign countries. This publication is not copy-righted and permission is given for the reproduction or use of any originalmaterial, provided credit is given to the Port of Houston. Additional informa-tion, extra copies or advertising rates may be obtained by writing the POnT OFHOUSTON Magazine, 3901 Westheimer, Houston, Texas 77027.

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Propeller Club’s Largest ConventionStudies Merchant Marine Progress

More than 700 delegates from Propeller Clubs and otherinterested groups all over the United States took a long,hard look at the American Merchant Marine during a four-day convention in Houston early last month and came awaywiih high hopes and confidence.

At what was the biggest National Propeller Club Con-vention and American Merchant Marine Con[erenee everheht, this 46th edition featured such speakers as FederalMaritime Commission Chairman Helen Delich Bentley, Secre-tary of Labor James D. Hodgson and Texas Senator John G.Tower, along with a host of others, including presidents andboard chairmen and other leaders in the maritime industry.

The theme of the gathering was "Full Ahead for Positive

Progress" and the speakers expressed the view that the Mer-chant Marine Act of 1970 was beginning to make progressand that prospects for the U.S. Merchant Marine due to morecooperative labor attitudes, advanced technology in sophisiti-cared ship-building, as well as rising costs in foreign yards tomake them more equitable with American production, hadcombined to form a more sanguine outlook for the future.

It was not all work by any means, however, as the dele-gates and their wives enjoyed a hula-luau, a Texas ranchbarbecue and various other fun gatherings. Scenes on thesepages are of some of the functions--luncheons, receptions,parties, presentations anti just plain speech-making. Identifi-cation, unless other~ise noted, is frmn left to right.

Erik F. Johnsen, president of the Central Gulf Steamship Line of NewOrleans and chairman of the American Merchant Marine Conference, con-fers at the opening luncheon session with Propeller Club National PresidentArthur E. Farr and U.S. Senator (R) from Texas, John G. Tower, who wasthe principal speaker.

Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson was the subject of newsmen’senquiries and television cameras at a news conference prior to making theluncheon address on the last day of the convention.

Jasper S. Baker, second from left, is the newly-elected president of theNational Propeller Club. He is a vice president of the United Fruit Co. inWashington, D.C. AI Filiatrault, left, was re-elected national secretary.Others are Vice Admiral Paul E. Trimble, USCG (Ret.), of Cleveland, Ohio,first vice president, and Capt. Alfred R. Philbrick, Jr., executive officer ofthe Texas Maritime Academy in Galveston, re-elected national vice pres-ident for student ports. Not in the photo are George J. Gmelch of SanFrancisco, second vice president, and Albert B. Wenzell, third vice president.

Sessions at all the meetings were well attended as speakers discussedthe problems and prospects of the American Merchant Marine, as witness theabove photograph. The convention hall was decked with the flags forPropeller Clubs from ports around the nation.

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At the Port of Houston opening luncheon National President Farr pre-sides while at far left at the head table is Fentress Bracewell, chairmanof the Houston Port Commission. Other Houston Commissioners, seatedat the lower table are, beginning with W. D. Haden, II, second from left,James Fonteno, R. H. Pruett and E. Jack Walton. At far left is Vice AdmiralPaul E. Trimble, elected first vice president of the National Propeller Club.At the head table in white suit is Sydney Wire, local Propeller Club Pres-ident and at Mr. Farr’s immediate left is George W. Altvater, executivedirector of the Port of Houston and General Chairman of the Convention.Next to him is Senator John G. Tower {R) of Texas, who spoke.

Convention General Chairman George W. AItvater, right, spoke at thePresident’s reception the final night, thanking delegates for making this thebiggest Propeller Club National Convention ever, and presenting outgoingpresident Arthur Farr with a plaque of appreciation.

Western garb was the mode of dress at the Texas barbecue, rodeo andhoe-down held at the Valley Lodge Ranch some forty miles west of Houstonon the banks of the Brazos River.

Maritime hero Charles E. Hill, second from left, boatswain an theSS MADAKET who received a Certificate of Commendation for braveryfrom the U.S. Maritime Administration during the convention, is shownwith, from left, The Rev. Sam Duree, executive director of the HoustonInternational Seamen’s Center; Mrs. Jean Ann Montgomery, Miss Trans-portation of Houston who was elected to the same title nation-wide, andSydney Wire, president of the Propeller Club of the Port of Houston, thehost Port.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon R. Waddell, Texas Industrial and Marine SupplyCo., along with National Propeller Club President Arthur Farr, Port ofHouston Propeller Club President Sydney Wire and Mrs. Wire and ClintonE. Wells, member of the Board of Governors of the Propeller Club of thePort of Houston are decked with leis at the opening Texas Luau party.

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Luncheons were welt-attended and here in background George W.Altvater, Convention General Chairman, congratulates Texas SenatorJohn G. Tower after his opening address to the Convention.

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War [;nodsMore than $7 million worth of Viet-

nam war goods was brought back to theUnited States through the Port of Hous-ton last month and a ceremony to ob-serve the occasion was held at the Port’sCity Dock 17.

The goods, which arrived on the S/SAMERICAN CORSAIR, a Lykes Bros.Steamship Co., Inc. chartered ship, werepart of more than $62.5 million in wargoods returned from the Vietnam con-flict to date under a two-year-old pro-gram called Project Homerun which istied to the wind-down of military ac-tivities in Southeast Asia.

The idea behind Project Homerun isto return military equipment and sup-plies to tile U.S. for civilian use andtraining. In many previous wars equip-ment was often scrapped or left to rust.One large item, for example, a hugeearth scraper, will be used to trainheavy equipment operators at TexasA&M University.

The 140-piece Sam Houston HighSchool Band played at the ceremonies,attended by Port, city and countyofficials and high echelon members ofthe U.S. Departments of Defense, andHealth, Education and Welfare, whichwere under the direction of Arthur F.Sampson, head of the General ServicesAdministration.

The shipment through the Port ofHouston was the largest in dollar valueand volume of five such shipments backto the U.S. thus far in the HomerunProject. The goods, ranging from base-balls to body armor and from Monopolysets to weed cutters and thermometers,were donated, after screening, for do-mestic use in Federal agencies, schools,hospitals and other eligible state andlocal agencies through the Departmentof Health, Education and Welfare. Theonly cost to recipients was that of ship-ping.

Troop 750 of the Houston Area Boy Scouts were color guard as the Sam Houston band playedthe National Anthem. On the platform for the Port of Houston were Commission Chairman FentressBracewe]l, Commissioner W. D. Haden, II, and Port Executive Director George W. Altvater. TheReverend Sam Duree, executive director of the Houston International Seamen’s Center, deliveredthe invocation.

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Dignitaries including Congressman William R. Archer; Asslstant Secretary Rodney H. Brady of theDepartment of Health, Education and Welfare; Assistant Secretary of Defense Barry J. Shillito, andActing Administrator Arthur F. Sampson of the General Services Administration arrived aboard thePort of Houston’s inspection vessel SAM HOUSTON for the ceremonies.

The Sam Houston High School band, replete with baton twirlers, kept a large crowd entertainedprior to the unloading ceremonies of the Project Home Run materiel.

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HOUSTON CONSULAR CORPSHAS TEN NEW MEMBERS

NicaraguaNicaragua’s new Consul General in

Houston, the Hon. Rodolfo Garcia Medal,is a native of the City of Jinotepe in theDepartment of Carazo, Nicaragua, andarrived here several months ago to re-place the Hon. Antonio J. Refiazco.

Consul General Garcia studied in theChristian Brothers College of Nicaragua

Secretary General, and subsequently be-coming executive director of all WesternGalilee settlements.

He was liaison officer between theU.S. troops and Palestine’s Jewish popu-lation during WW II and later was ac-tive in Aliya Bet, the secret emigrationof survivors to Israel.

In 1946 he was the Jewish Agency’srepresentative in Australia and New Zea-

Degree of Master of Comparative Lawfrom Southern Methodist University inDallas, obtained in 1959.

Dr. Westerburg studied philosophy,economics and law at the Universities ofMainz, Freiburg and Bonn in Germany,taking his degree of Doctor of Juris-prudence from the School of Law of thelatter institution.

Admitted to the German Bar in 1961,

RODOLFO GARCIA MEDAL

and continued his secondary studies inthe Ramirez Goyena Institute, both lo-cated in the capital city of Managua. Helater was graduated with his law degreefrom Nicaragua Eastern University inthe City of Granada.

In his early career, Consul GeneralGarcla was named Judge of the CivilDistrict for eight years and later wasPublic Registrar of Lands for four years.His jurisdiction as Consul General ofNicaragua extends throughout the Stateof Texas.

IsraelThe Honorable Ehud Lador, long ac-

tive in Jewish education and the emigra-tion to, and founding of, Israel, is thatcountry’s new Consul General in Hous-ton.

Born in Leipzig, Germany, Ladorsettled in Israel in 1938. He was founderof the Kibbutz Matzuba in Western Gali-lee, later becoming the community’s

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EHUD LADOR

land where he served until 1949, return-ing then to his kibbutz. From 1958until 1961 he was Chief Emissary of theIsraeli Kibbutz Movement in the UnitedStates, after which he returned oncemore to his kibbutz for the next sixyears.

Lador joined his country’s Ministry ofForeign Affairs in 1967 and was namedConsul for Midwest Cultural Affairs outof the Chicago Consulate General.

Only recently named Consul Generalfor the Southwest in Houston, with juris-diction over Texas, Louisiana and Okla-hJna, Lador is accompanied by his wife,Chaya. They have three children, all inIsrael. Two are married and the youngestserves in the Israeli Army.

GermanyGermany’s new acting consul general

in Houston, Dr. Werner Westerburg, withjurisdiction for the States of Texas, 0kla-homa and New Mexico, is no strangerto the Lone Star State since he holds a

DR. W. WESTERBURG

he entered the German Foreign Servicethe same year, serving as attache to theGerman Representation to the CommonMarket in 1962 and 1963 in Brussels,Belgium. He returned to Bonn for thefollowing three years, serving in the legaland protocol offices of the Foreign Ser-vice there.

From 1966-1969 he served as SecondSecretary-economics to the German Em-bassy in Islambad, Pakistan, and thenas First Secretary and Counselor to theGerman Embassy in Paris from 1969until his present assignment in Houston.

Married, Dr. Westerburg and his wife,Elke, have two young daughters.

BrazilHeading up the Consulate of Brazil,

the Port of Houston’s third largest trad-ing partner, is the Honorable NartoLanza, whose consular responsibilitiesinclude the States of Texas, Oklahoma,New Mexico, Kansas and Colorado.

Consul Lanza, whose rise through the

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sular representative to Houston in 1920.Consul Meade, then a small child, re-

members going to school in Houstonwhen Mexico’s consular offices weretransferred from Galveston at that time.

He finished high school in Phila-

Zone, was assistant export manager forAustenal Laboratories, Inc., in NewYork, assisted in his father’s business inEcuador and entered private business.

From 1950-1954 he was again in NewYork City as chief of the department ofmanifests for Grandcolombiana Steam-ship Company and, the following year,the Collector of Customs in Quito. Hereturned to private business in 1955. In1963 he was named personnel directorfor Ingenio San Carlos, Ecuador’s largestsugar industry.

Undertaking his first consular mission,

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consular ranks has been steady andrapid, holds a B.A. Degree in Law andSocial Sciences and a Masters Degree inInternational Law, both Suma CumLaude, from the University of Brazil inRio de Janeiro.

He also was graduated Suma CumLaude from the Rio Branco ForeignService Institute as well as having takenpost-graduate studies there.

Named Consul-third class in 1959, hewas assigned in 1961 as the third secre-tary to the Brazilian Embassy in BuenosAires, Argentina, and promoted the sameyear for merit to Second Secretary. Thiswas followed by a three-year stint asSecond Secretary in the Brazilian Em-bassy in Washington, D.C. beginning in1964. He was named head of the Politi-cal Department of the Brazilian Embassyin 1967 and the same year promoted toFirst Secretary, again for merit.

In 1969-1971 he was assigned asdeputy of the head of the River PlateBasin and Chile Desk and in 1971 wasmade head of the River Plate BasinTreaty Division in Brazil’s Ministry ofForeign Affairs, which position he helduntil his recent assignment as Consulfor Brazil in Houston.

Throughout his career in foreign af-fairs for his country, Consul Lanza hasserved as head, or as a member, ofmany Brazilian Delegations in variousprojects.

MexicoThe new Mexican Consul in Houston,

Hon. Ramon Meade, has more than athird of a century of foreign service forhis country behind him and is mostproud that he follows in the footsteps ofhis father, who was Mexico’s first con-

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delphia and later furthered his educa-tion in Mexico and held various postsin the Mexican government from 1937to 1951. In 1951 he was made touristdelegate for his country in San Antonio,until transferred to Chicago in the samecapacity in 1957.

In 1962 he came to Houston as Chan-cellor of the Mexican Consulate and waspromoted to Vice Consul and Consulduring his stay through 1969. He thenserved from that time at the Los AngelesConsulate General until 1971 when hereturned to the Consulate General inSan Antonio.

A native of Mexico City, ConsulMeade is married and has three chil-dren, one girl and two boys. His sonsare graduates of Texas A&M University.

The Mexican Consulate, located at503 World Trade Building, Texas Ave-nue, is responsible for Harris Countyand 26 surrounding counties in Texas.

EcuadorThe Honorable Luis Loor, Ecuador’s

new consul in Houston, has a strongbackground in exporting/importing inboth the United States and his nativecountry.

Born and schooled in Quito, Ecuador,Consul Loor also attended six years ofmilitary school, took extensive coursesin business management and received hisdegree in business administration fromBrooklyn College in New York.

From 1940 through 1950 he workedfor the U.S. Army in the Panama Canal

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he and his wife and two of their chil-dren, 11 and 16, came to Houston inApril. Consul Loor also has two oldersons, one in Quito and another studyingin Spain.

Ecuador’s Consulate, located at 1135Americana Building, has jurisdictionover Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

JapanJapan’s new vice consul at its Con-

sulate General in Houston is the youngand personable Nobuyoshi Watanabe,assigned to his first consular post.

The 24-year-old Watanabe was bornin Yokohama where he attended Ka-nagawa Prefectural C & T High Schoolunder a scholarship from the City ofYokohama and Aoyama Gakuin Uni-versity, from which he received hisBachelor of Arts Degree.

Following his formal schooling hejoined Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs where he has worked as a Researchand Analysis Department official sinceJuly, 1967.

He was assigned to Houston’s Con-sulate General and named vice consul,both in June of this year. He serves un-

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der Consul General Mitsutaro Kataoka.The Japanese Consulate Genral, lo-

cated at 505 First City National BankBuilding, has responsibilities for theStates of Texas and Oklahoma.

LebanonA new consulate was established in

Jouston recently and the HonorableAlphonse G. Zwan has been named Hon-orary Consul to head up Lebanon’s firstmission ill Texas.

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Consul Zwan, named by the Govern-ment of tile Republic of Lebanon, withits capital in Beirut, is the owner ofZ-The-World Travel Agency, Inc. ofHouston and has located the HoustonLebanese Consulate at 507 Chamber ofCommerce Building on Main Street.

A graduate of St. Michael’s HighSchool in Crowley, Louisiana, Zwan latertook his Bachelor of Business Adminis-tration Degree Iron1 the University of

Houston with majors in economics andgeneral business.

He also attended the University ofHouston Law School and took post-graduate special project courses in labormanagement: a business relations prac-tical study.

The new honorary Lebanese Consulatehas jurisdiction over Southern Texas andthe State of Louisiana with full consularservices offered in visas, documentation,information and special assistance toLebanese nationals.

Married, Consul Zwan and his wife,the former Rose Campbell of Tyler,Texas, have two sons.

SenegalThe President-Emeritus o f Prairie

View A. and ?,I. College, Dr. EdwardBertram Evans, who has devoted hisentire life to education and world better-ment, is the new honorary consul of theAfrican nation of Senegal.

Dr. Evans did his undergraduate andgraduate work at Iowa State Universityin bacteriology, agricuhure and veteri-nary medicine. He also received an hon-orary Doctor of Science Degree from

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that institution in 1956.After serving as an officer in the first

World War in the U.S. Army MedicalCorps, he began teaching in 1918 atPrairie View College, steadily workinghis way up academically until he wasnamed President of the college in 1946,a position he held until named President-Emeritus in 1967.

He is the recipient of numerousawards in educational, civic, govern-mental and business fields as well asholder of many offices in education,sports and consulting areas. In 1944.-45he established the School of VeterinaryMedicine at Tuskegee Institute in Ala-

bama and later served as consultant andadvisor to the United Nations.

In 1969 he visited 10 African nationsin a study under the Economic Commis-sion for Africa and was only recentlyappointed the Honorary Consul of Sene-gal, which was one of the nations in-volved in his study.

Dr. Evans’ home and consular officesare located in Prairie View, north ofHouston.

MalawiThe Honorary Consul for the African

Republic of Malawi is a native Hous-tonian who, as an engineer, has traveledall over the world and was named to hisconsular post at the express request ofHis Exccllenev Dr. H. Kamuza Banda,President of Malawi.

M. F. WARD

M. F. Ward headed up a study teamon a pulp and paper mill in Malawi in1967 and had several personal interviewswith President Banda which eventuallyresulted in his present consular post.

He is sales manager for Brown & RootConstruction Company in charge of allengineering and construction except forthe marine and utilities sections. Thisincludes pulp and paper (his specialty),petrochemical, chemical, refinery andallied heavy industries.

A Navy veteran of World War II andof the Korean War, he took his engi-neering degree from the University ofHouston between the two conflicts.

During his engineering and construc-tion work over the last 20 years he hasvisited and/or lived in many countriesof every continent, including a 31~-yearstint in Egypt.

Consul Ward and his wife of 26 yearshave three sons, one a graduate of theUniversity of Texas, another in the U.S.Air Force in Thailand and a 14-year-oldson at home.

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ICC, IN APPROVING RAIL RATE INCREASE,orders existing port relationships con-tinued: In an extensive decision servedOctober 4, the Interstate Commerce Commis-sion approved, with certain exceptions andhold downs, a general increase in railfreight rates. In its order, the Commissionordered that railroads are required toprotect and maintain all established portrelationships. The Bureau had urged therailroads and the Commission to do justthat. Increases applicable on export-importtraffic will be the same as applicable ondomestic traffic, except in cases involvingport relationships. No increases will beapplied on export-import movements in con-tainers or trailers. A summary of theincreases approved by the Commission isshown below:

Within the West -- 5%Within the South -- 4%Within the East -- 6%Between Territories -- 6%

The increases published in Ex Parte 281-B,became effective October 23, 1972, insofaras non-recyclable materials are concerned.A later effective date will be observedon increases in rates on recyclable ma-terials. In its analysis of the new tariff,the Bureau found numerous instances whereincreases from the West to the South werelower than the increases applicable withinthe West. The Bureau urged the Commissionto correct these problems as soon as pos-sible to prevent any prejudice to Houstonand Freeport.

ICC SUSPENDS CHANGE IN CERTAIN TEXASGRAIN RATES: Acting on petitions filed bythe Bureau and others, the Interstate Com-merce Commission has suspended, under I&S8782, Texas railroads’ publication ofconversion of shipside grain rates to anon-shipside basis at certain Texas ports.In its petition, the Bureau pointed outthat if the protested matter were allowedto become effective, Houston and Freeportwould be at a disadvantage to certain otherTexas ports, notably Corpus Christi. Theprotested publication contemplated theconversion of certain shipside grain ratesin TLFB Tariff 61 to a non-shipside basis.

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REDUCED AT&SF GRAIN RATES SUSPENDED,despite Bureau’s efforts: Reduced grainrates published by the AT&SF from certainKansas, Missouri and Nebraska origins toHouston and other Texas ports, were sus-pended by the Interstate Commerce Commis-sion. The Bureau supported the AT&SF publi-cation and filed a reply to protests forsuspension and investigation. The proceed-ing has been designated as I&S 8792.

BUREAU, PORT FILE STATEMENTS in export-import rate investigation, involving GreatLakes ports: The Bureau and the Port, onSeptember 27, filed extensive statements inEx Parte 270 (Sub.-No. 1B), general export-import rate investigation involving GreatLakes ports and other port ranges. Thestatements point out that in many in-stances, Great Lakes ports have an advan-tage over Houston now, and any downwardadjustment in Great Lakes rates would in-crease their advantage over Houston. Thestatements also point out the inequitiesexisting between West and East Gulf ports:

RAILROADS APPROVE EXPORT FREE TIME REDUC-TION PROPOSAL: The nations’ railroads haveapproved a joint proposal calling for areduction in export free time. Included inthe proposal is a reduction from five (5)days to four (4) days free time on generalcargo and a reduction from seven (7) daysto six (6) days free time on grain. Rail-road executives have had this proposalunder consideration since June 8, 1972,date of the public hearing. A Bureau repre-sentative attended the hearing and sub-mitted an extensive written statement inopposition. Bureau opposition will con-tinue.

SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD HELD HEARINGOCTOBER 3, on proposal to assess chargefor positioning of empty containers: TheSouthwestern Freight Bureau held a publichearing October 3, 1972, in St. Louis onan application to assess a charge of 22~per mile for movement, minimum charge $i00,of an empty intermodal container eitherprior to or subsequent to a movement bywater. A Bureau representative attended thehearing in opposition to the proposal.

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

Meet Howa,.d C B,.addy, Jr.

He’s Maaaqer FurBrac,e llun~a. Eu.

By LLOYD GREGORY

Information Director

HOWARD C. BRADDY, JR., Houston manager of Bruce Duncan

Co., Inc., foreign freight forwarders and custom brokers,is a handsome gentleman with curly, red hair, and sharp blueeyes.

He is just the kind of guy you’d figure would enlist at age17 in Uncle Sam’s Navy, and serve four years on a destroyerout of Norfolk.

On October ]5, Mr. Braddy celebrated the second anni-versary of his managership here. His office is 608 PetroleumBuilding.

Bruce Duncan started his company in 1948 at Los Angeles.The company has added offices at San Franeiseo, San Diego,Houston, Chicago, New York, Miami, and San Ysidro, Cali-fornia.

Mr. Braddy commented: "Mr. Duncan runs a tight ship, butworks so hard himself he is an inspiring boss. We have ordersto call him at his home any time of the night, should we feelthe call imperative."

Mr. Braddy was born in Port Arthur, and was graduatedfrom high school there. After his Navy service, he attended theUniversity of Texas one year, and then took a job as messengerfor Bruce Duncan.

The Port of Houston Magazine got this boost from Mr.Braddy: "Robert Fisher Ltd. of London saw the Bruce Duncanad in the Port of Houston Magazine, and corresponded withme. I am happy the London firm has consigned quite a bit ofeargo through our company."

Mr. Braddy anticipates tile Port of Houston will be handlingan ever-greater eontainer business, and is happy the Port ofHouston Authority is planning expansion of container facilities.

On November 6, 1965, Mr. Braddy married a Canadian,Miss Sally Dominato. Two pretty girls with unusual nameshave blessed this marriage: Shanna, 5; Alyson, 2.

The Braddvs live at 550 West Troy.

NOVEMBER, 1972

HOWARD C. BRADDY, JR.

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The Trade Development Department of the Port of HoustonAuthority entertained shippers and other friends of the Portrecently in Minneapolis and in Chicago. Hosts were Henry M.Broadnax, director of trade development, and Hume A. Hend-erson, midwestern sales manager of the Port of HoustonAuthority. Photographs on this page are of the reception andluncheon in Minneapolis and on the next page are fromChicago. Identificatiom unless otherwise note(], is from leftto right.

Minneapolis And ChicagoShippers Are Entertained

Frank D’Aquila, of Frank D’Aquila Co.; Don Jacobson and WilliamDeWinter of Peavey Corporation; William O’Meara, International Multifoods;and Donald Gillis and John Ebert, both of the United States Departmentof Agriculture, all of Minneapolis.

Dell Lindgren and George Wetherill, both of Northrup, King & Co., andHoward Clausen of Wellens & Co., all of Minneapolis.

Marcos Irazarry, Minneapolis World Trading Co.; Larry Arent andJoseph Burns of the United States Department of Agriculture and RogerCarlos, Space Center, Inc.

Steve Elmore and Vincent Burns, both of Pillsbury Mills in Minneapolisand Gordon Foster, Fleischman’s Malting Co., Minneapolis.

Don Lemm and Ed Boyle of I. S. Joseph Co. in Minneapolis; W. A.Clinton, Premium Co. of America and John Vanderhave of Northrup,King & Co., Minneapolis.

Howard Clausen of Wellens & Co.; Marie l"ownsell, U.S. Department ofAgriculture in Minneapolis and Hume A. Henderson, midwest sales man-ager of the Port of Houston Authority.

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Henry M. Broadnax, right, director of trade development of the Port ofHouston Authority, is shown with Margaret Blair and Grace Smith, both ofInternational Minerals & Chemical Co.

Claud Davenport of Lykes Bros. S.S. Co., Inc.; Maurlce Middleton ofAmerican International Oil Co. and Rod Whene of the Tri-Coast ShippingCo. are shown at the Chicago reception.

Robert Henderson of J. I. Case Co. of Racine, Wis.; Hume A. Henderson,Midwestern Sales Manager of the Port of Houston Authority and Carl Strommanager of the Delta Steamship Line’s Chicago office.

Peter Mahoney and Timothy Parker of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.,with Ed Weichers of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Railroad.

From left to right at the Chicago reception-luncheon are Clem Nausedaof Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Thomas Street of Midwest Shipping Agencies,Inc.; David Tierney of the Rock Island Lines and Walter Ambron ofAMACO Chemical Ca.

Ed Sewall of the Southern Pacific Lines with Virginia Peper of theNational Wax Co. Chicago offices.

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Robert Henderson of J. I. Case Co. of Racine, Wis.; Tricia Morrisan ofMarubeni-lida (America) Inc., and Earl Kantenwein of Kerr Steamship Co.in Chicago.

NOVEMBER, 1972

Vernon D. Matson of Bemis, Inc.; Anthony Brent with Wilson-Sinclair Co.and Ed Kuecker of the Kuecker Steamship Services, Inc.

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STATISTICSThe following statistics on imports and exports through the Port of Houston were

derived from the U.S. Bureau of Census data. Individuals and companies desiringcommodity data may obtain more detailed information from the World TradeLibrary at the Port of Houston.

JULY 1972 FOREIGN TRADE CARGO MOVEMENT THRU THE PORT OF HOUSTONBY COUNTRY OR AREA OF ORIGIN OR DESTINATION

Country

IMPORTS INTO HOUSTON EXPORTS FROM HOUSTON

Liner Tramp Tanker Total Tons $ Value Liner Tramp Tanker Total Tons $ Value

CanadaMexicoGuatemalaEl SalvadorHondurasNicaraguaCosta RicaPanamaHaitiDominican RepublicCaribbean AreaNorth America Subtotal

.0 121,607.8 .0 121,607.8 1,505,435 .0 126.7 .0 126.7 157,705802.3 23,684.0 51,374.2 75,860.5 1,514,708 29.5 41,400.3 .0 41,429.8 2,371,6506.6 384.2 .0 390.8 337,959 464.9 .0 2,108.4 2,573.3 393,633¯ 0 33.8 .0 33.8 27,262 2~693.2 33.4 .0 2,726.6 352,735392.6 422.7 .0 815.3 425,377 151.4 .0 .0 151.4 57,1676.2 .0 .0 6.2 12,472 346.1 .0 1,650.0 1,996.1 126,63813.8 .8 .0 14.6 13,729 627.3 4,437.9 .0 5~065.2 492,218.0 .0 5,084.5 5,084.5 60,000 211.0 .0 739.6 950.6 377,276.0 .0 .0 .0 -- .0 35.5 .0 35.5 19,000¯ 0 .0 .0 .0 -- 560.5 172.0 .0 732.5 460,67610.8 349.3 16,689.5 17,049.6 1,084,130 1,814.8 2,466.5 774.1 5,055.4 6,504,7221,232.3 146,482.6 73,148.2 220,863.1 $4,981,072 6,898.7 48,672.3 5,272.1 60,843.1 $11,313,420

ColombiaVenezuelaGuayana &. SurinamEcuadorPeruBoliviaChileBrazilParaguayUruguayArgenti naSouth America Subtotal

2,110.5 .0 1,907.3 4,017.8 1,334,938 1,937.6 52.7 1,485.2 3,475.5 1,714,6261,099.4 .0 84,807.4 85,906.8 2,272,156 5,511.0 365.3 5,737.7 11,614.0 6,948,0049.4 .0 .0 9.4 1,734 216.8 2,545.1 .0 2,761.9 302,423114.7 175.7 .0 290.4 725,753 390.2 2,226.7 440.0 3,056.9 1,083,710990.0 5.6 .0 995.6 598,085 59.5 .0 1,144.5 1,204.0 365,973.1 .0 .0 .1 453 50.0 .0 .0 50.0 122,653.0 .0 .0 .0 -- 603.2 4,628.3 1,981.0 7,212.5 2,931,4993,486.3 22.1 .0 3,508.4 789,567 7,025.4 104,254.0 35,033.0 146~312.4 10,422,299.0 .0 .0 .0 -- 5.8 .0 .0 5.8 16,608.0 .0 .0 .0 -- 83.4 23,523.8 .0 23,607.2 1,267,1994,336.5 .0 .0 4,336.5 664,123 5,728.0 .0 8,143.3 13,871.3 3,223,86712~146.9 203.4 86,714.7 99,065.0 $6,386,809 21,610.9 137,595.9 53,964.7 213,171.5 $28,398,861

Iceland .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 5.6 .0 .0 5.6 1,206Sweden 2,975.5 1.2 .0 2,976.7 3,039,896 333.2 .0 .0 333.2 272,835Norway 436.3 .0 .0 436.3 815,805 659.3 .0 .0 659.3 1,648,942Finland 633.5 4,481.8 .0 5,115.3 1,223,249 126.6 .0 .0 126.6 35,284Den mark 393.1 35.6 .0 428.7 387,772 90.5 .0 .0 90.5 82,868United Kingdom 4,900.0 26,052.7 1,664.6 32,617.3 5,262,191 5,610.2 40,220.3 7,362.3 53,192.8 7,299,307Ireland 42.9 6.0 .0 48.9 84,564 76.0 .0 .0 76.0 190,347Netherlands 748.9 296.9 31,617.7 32,663.5 1,815,396 2,935.5 27,753.0 22,206.3 52,894.8 10,770,883Belgi u m 14,748.8 5,857.1 .0 20,605.9 5,816,099 2,549.4 .0 3,998.7 6,548.1 1,504,403France 7,382.4 2,702.8 .0 10,085.2 4,461,207 1,958.2 5,670.2 .0 7,628.4 1,770,667West Germany 6,382.0 3,285.1 80.1 9,747.2 11,554,284 3,519.0 37.0 4,834.8 8,390.8 2,467,933Austria 119.6 .2 .0 119.8 227,847 96.6 .0 .0 96.6 227,943Czechoslovakia 601.2 1,380.4 .0 1,981.6 221,626 1,936.1 .0 345.9 2,282.0 1,238,510Switzerland 156.5 15.2 .0 171.7 619,524 668.7 .0 .0 668.7 194,472Spain 2,323.9 730.8 .0 3,054.7 1,529,119 589.1 .0 2,508.0 3,097.1 456,134Portugal 597.6 .0 .0 597.6 192,008 986.3 24,640.0 .0 25,626.3 1,562,050Italy 2,287.5 1,888.4 2,936.7 7,112.6 3,427,562 6,456.1 .0 4,675.5 11,131.6 1,083,155Yugoslavia 998.7 .0 .0 998.7 156,679 267.0 .0 2,312.9 2,579.9 456,327Greece 48.2 .0 .0 48.2 10,371 377.0 15.8 .0 392.8 291,928Turkey .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 1,432.7 .0 5,895.9 7,328.6 1,039,280East Europe 353.2 2,037.8 .0 2,391.0 308,640 1,930.8 4,072.0 .0 6,002.8 5,031,850Other Europe .4 19.8 .0 20.2 3,897 5,380.8 .0 .0 5,380.8 341,779Europe Subtotal 46,130.2 48,791.8 36,299.1 131,221.1 $41,157,736 37,984.7 102,408.3 54,140.3 194,533.3 $37,968,109

I ran 47.9 .0 .0 47.9 100,081 2,045.9 222.4 .0 2,268.3 2,407,491Israel 445.5 .0 .0 445.5 550,994 681.3 .0 4,918.0 5,599.3 446,092Arabia &, Persian Gulf 90.7 .0 .0 90.7 182,539 13,503.8 429.6 .0 13,933.4 9,842,607Other Near East .7 .0 .0 .7 1,500 1,627.3 7.8 .0 1,635.1 1,085,046I nd ia 2,473.8 .0 .0 2,473.8 1,054,959 6,426.0 5,511.5 830.9 12,768.4 1,849,050Pa kista n 395.5 .0 .0 395.5 176,464 519.5 .0 1,461.6 1,981.1 459,447Bangladesh .0 .0 .0 .0 -- 25.0 .0 .0 25.0 42,000Thailand 250.5 .1 .0 250.6 51,677 735.8 .0 7,695.7 8,431.5 739,183South Vietnam 9.0 .0 .0 9.0 10,603 8,919.6 .0 .0 8,919.6 1,644,357Malaysia 636.1 6,415.0 1.7 7,052.8 647,070 456.6 4.9 2,165.8 2,627.3 284,656Singapore 103.5 134.0 .0 237.5 124,479 2,656.3 1,067.9 .0 3,724.2 3,833,983Indonesia 322.0 .0 .0 322.0 148,410 4,145.5 5,769.6 727.8 10,642.9 2,736,435Philippines 1,244.5 .0 .0 1,244.5 238,202 2,572.7 .0 3,039.2 5,611.9 2,301,804Korea Repu bl ic 1,299.7 .0 .0 1,299.7 851,091 3,306.9 31,945.6 28,748.4 64,000.9 8,446,689Hong Kong 421.7 19.0 .0 440.7 546,410 103.0 .0 .0 103.0 48,425Republic of China 1,934.9 232.0 .0 2,166.9 897,148 1,101.7 .0 692.8 1,794.5 753,763Japan 29,106.8 37,920.0 2,654.4 69,681.2 23,988,498 9,245.9 202,166.7 1,314.8 212,727.4 16,338,680Other S. &. S.E. Asia 122.9 .3 .0 123.2 96,885 205.4 .3 .0 205.7 113,265All Ot her Asia 45.2 .0 .0 45.2 53,912 114.7 .0 .0 114.7 14,832Asia Subtotal 38,950.9 44,720.4 2,656.1 86,327.4 $29,720,922 58,392.9 247,126.3 51,595.0 357,114.2 $53,387,805

AustraliaNew ZealandPacific IslandsAustralia-Oceania Subtotal

.0 3,433.9 .0 3,433.9 540,593 4,265.0 786.3 5,844.7 10,896.0 2~407,266.0 .0 .0 .0 -- .2 .0 1,860.6 1,860.8 156,014.0 .0 .0 .0 -- 6.8 .0 .0 6.8 3,074.0 3,433.9 .0 3,433.9 $540,593 4,272.0 786.3 7,705.3 12,763.6 $2,566,354

LibyaEgyptOther North AfricaIvory CoastGhanaNigeriaLiberiaAngolaOther West AfricaZaireEthiopiaKenya 8= TanzaniaMozambiqueRepublic South AfricaAll Other AfricaAfrica Subtotal

.0 .0 .0 .0 -- 1,136.7 .0 .0 1,136.7 1,228,654.0 .0 .0 .0 -- 421.6 .0 5,312.0 5,733.6 1,917,62078.4 .0 .0 78.4 22,355 1,288.8 30,352.0 3,198.8 34,839.6 3,419,2651,127.6 .0 .0 1,127.6 869,587 1,802.8 .0 .0 1,802.8 188,51047.8 .0 .0 47.8 6,575 2,354.4 .0 .0 2,354.4 500,3569.0 .0 .0 9.0 40,870 560.3 25,052.4 .0 26,612.7 2,249,005.0 .0 .0 .0 -- 534.5 .0 .0 534.5 157,3291,167.1 .0 .0 1,167.1 935,342 267.5 .0 .O 267.5 174,235121.1 .0 .0 121.1 103,517 1,191.6 .0 .0 1,191.6 491,805490.4 .0 .0 490.4 345,977 312.1 .0 .0 312.1 153,5523,333.5 .0 .0 3,333.5 2,702,955 98.6 .0 .0 98.6 39,4111,152.6 .0 .0 1,152.6 817,714 1,113.8 .0 .0 1,113.8 253,552.3 .0 .0 .3 549 85.6 .0 .0 85.6 62,401940.6 .0 .0 940.6 207,813 13,014.9 .0 2,095.7 15,110.6 3,725,9733,662.8 .0 .0 3,652.8 2,793,651 1,324.7 .0 .0 1,324.7 475,44712,131.2 .0 .0 12,131.2 $8,846,905 25,507.9 56,404.4 10,606.5 92,518.8 $15,037,115

Port of Houston Totals

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110,591.5 243,632.1 198,818.1 553,041.7 $91,634,037 154,667.1 592,993.5 183,283.9 930,944.5 $148,671,664

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