AMO CELEBRATES 50 YEARS

	`1949: The Brotherhood Of Marine Engineers Is Formed`
	`Organizing Victories Mark Early Years For BME`
	`1952: BME Lays Foundation For Member Benefits`
	`BME Defies Skeptics With Democracy, Organizing, Contracts`
	`1953: SIUNA Grants BME Autonomy`
	`The Early Years: New Union Elects First Administration`
	`AFL Recognizes BME As A Stable Force In Maritime Labor`
	`First-Ever Ship Officers' Pension Plan Was Among BME's Benefit Triumphs`
	`AFL-CIO Merger Unifies American Labor`
	`1956: BME Backs MMP On Tanker Pact`
	`1957: Ray McKay, President Of BME`
	`1957: BME, MEBA Agree On Merger`
	`1958: BME, MEBA Members OK Merger`
	`1959: BME, MEBA Agree On Lasting Merger`
	`1959: National MEBA Ratifies BME, 101 Link`
	`1960: The Reorganization Of National MEBA`