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Apri l, 1975
Volum e 74, No, 4
FEATURES
Mid·Winter AFL·CIO Departmental Meet ings
Focus on t he State of the Economy
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AFL·CIO Union·lndu stries Show
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Annual Statement of El ectri cal Workers
Benefit Association
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DEPARTMENTS
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Editorial Comment
Safety Tips
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Apprenticeship and Trai ning
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Handyman's Co rner
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Canadian Labour News
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With the Ladies
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Loca l lines
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Resea rch and Educa t ion-Unemployment
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Death Claims
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• It is early spring and so far little has been done either by the
Administration or Congress to relieve the economic recession that has gripped
the country. Inflation is still running rampant. Consumers continue to lose
real purchas ing power. High interest rates are still in effect. The energy crisis
continues. Federal cutbacks are still being advocated. Millions of people are
still without jobs, and the unemployment rate rises dai ly.
The really sad observation about the entire situation is there are no
indications of immediate or near future steps being taken by the political
leadership in Washington to bring about corrective measures to stop the
downward trend of the economy.
Today America is in an economic situation such that massive emergency
measures must be taken to halt the recession that is fast placing the country on
the bflnk of disaster.
Decisive action must be taken now to put Americans back to work. Layoffs
must cease. Purchasing power must be given back to the low and middle
income wage earners. Tax reliefs that are being proposed must provide for
substantial refunds to them also. The depressed housing industry along with all
of the construction industry needs to be relieved of the economic noose of
tight money and restrictive money supply policies that have put financing in
those industries out of step. In spite of the obvious need to stop the worsening
downward spiral of the economy, no real formula has yet been implemented
by the Administration or the leadership in Congress that will bring the country
back to its former economic level.
Once again the AFL·CIO has become "the people's lobby." Alarmed at the
slowness of the White House and Congress in failing to grasp the seriousness
of the situation and to take necessary actions that would restore public
confidence and turn the economy around, the AFl·CIO and all its affiliates are
imploring both the Administration and Congress not to use 1975 as a political
trial balloon for the 1976 presidential election. It is the responsibility of
both major parties to pull together for the benefit of our nation. Strong
leadership must be shown in Congress on both sides. If it takes bipartisan
politics to get this country on its feet again then that is what must be done.
Amertcans want action , not words.
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Focus on the State of
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United Si a ies eco nomy ca me in for a
close and in-depth exami nation at the
mid-winter mcctin!!s of the A FL-C IO
Executive Counc il~lnd Depa rtm ent s one
month ago in Bal Harbour. Florida.
In a series of poli cy st:ltcments
released by the A FL-C IO Ex ecuti ve
Counci l and olh er background
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AFL-CIO Building Trade s National Jobs Conferen ce Planned for April 2 1 in Washington , D.C.
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materials rclca~ell in departmcilial
meeting:>, and prc"~ cOllfercnce".
Congrc" and Ihe Admini\lralion
were urged to lUKe immediale action
10 pUI Americans baCK to \\orK
and bring a halt to Ihc d cepeni ng
recession in Ihi" nation.
The mid-wintcr mecting~ c:lrried
out the ,:!me Iheme presented at
:Itl enrlier emergency ecollomic
sum mit meeting of all A FL-C IO
amliatc ltni(Jll~ in \V;l "hingwll. D. C.
Thi') is a six-poi nl program which
includes among the major issucs:
lowered intcrcst rat c~ to ~l imtllatc
cmploymcnl inlhe c~l1l"t1'uct i on
industry. tax Hnt! unemplo)llIent
relier. the 1'cle;l,ill£ of held monies
for public CO!1,t fu ctioll progrnms,
reduecd foreign competition for
jobs. lind a jll,t ~{)llIlion 10 the oil
!.hortage problem.
Besides thc "\)' L-C IO E\eculivc
International PreSident
Charles H. Pillard
r epresentin g th e IBEW
10 his capacity as vice
president of several
AFL·CIO Departments
COlillci l meelings. the Building and
Comlruetion Tratl e~ Department .
Ihe Melu l r rade,> Department. the
~llaritil1lc rradc'> Department. and
the Unill1l Label anll Service Trade,
Dep,lrtmcnt helll mectings 10 worK
on ~pecilic problem" anll programs
in their ar~'a~ of interest nnd
concern. I he mEW was rcprc~clltcll
at all the<,c mcetings.
An important re'>lI ll of the midwinter meetings i~ that the ExecutiveCouncil nf Ihe AFL-C IO Building
rind COll~lruction Tradc~ DepHrtlllcnt
has ca lled :1 "cri~is" conference fur
April 2 1 in Wa~hillgt{)n. D. C. \CI
deal with the "m;l~sivc unemploylIIent" in the eomtruction indu\lry.
Departm cnt Prc<,idcllt Robert A.
Gf..'orgine report~ that nearly 3.000
represcntat ives of building and
cOIl<,truclion Irade~mell from :Ieross
thc nntion will attend.
Pu rpose of the Building and
Con"truetion Trades Department
"eri~i~ conference" will be to
dc\'elop an action program and
bring directly to thc attention of
Congress and the Exccutivc Branch
BUILDING TRADES
International President Pillard.
upper center, and other Building
Trades IInlon presidents are shown
In session during the AFL·CIO
Building and Construction Trades
Department Executive Council
meetings In Bal Harbour, FlOrida.
Department President Robert
Georgine Is pictured center right.
To his right Is BUilding Trades
Department General Counsel Louis
Sherman. Numerous sublects 01
importance to tile co nstruction industry
were discussed at the meetin gs.
METAL TRADES
The Executive Board of the Metal
Trades Department Is shown in
session at the r ecent mld·winter
AFL·CIO meet lOgs. Numerous
subject areas were discussed of
importance to affiliated Ullions m the
metal trades area and a resolution
was adopted calil ng for the
enactment of legislation to sever
ttle Bureau of Apprenticeship and
Training from the Manpower
Admlnlstnltlon and establish it as
an independent bureau. PreSiden t
Pillard Is shown second from the right.
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the 'lc."crit)' of the unem ployment
,il uU1ioll in Ihb. nation. and also to
ad\'bc huilding tradC\nlcn of
irnrnc<.!ialc step" they c;m lake to
im p rove their own situ ation in
terms of unemployment co mpcn<;alion, food ~t:lmp" ;l nd m ller
method .. of a iding the unemployed .
In thc opinion of Ihe ~~'\'c nl cc n
GI'Iwm1 Prc'iiucnts of [he International and National Union'! a ffiliat ed
\\jlh thc AFL-C IO Bu ilding and
COII\truClion Tr:1(/t>' Orparlmt'nt
the truc impact of Ihe ··crj .. i~"
"itUlllion in the construct ioll indu\tr)
b not fully known Itl thc general
public and to Congrc~ .. and the
Adrnini .. tration.
Unemployment figures fo r the
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to thc 'illurcc. The Bureau of Lahar
Statistic\ reports 15.84'1, but U. S.
Nt'WI' & World f? l:"ol'l magazillc
~uy\ 2Y'f-, Howcvcr, \Ollle area~ of
Ihe n.llion ha ve cun!olruction
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unemployment reaching 60t"f or
evcn higher. The ~pccitl l W;J ~hinglon
conf~'rt:nce has been plan ned 10
hit th e unemploymcnt heud on:
ma~i llg lhe nalion <tntilhc CUllgre~s
and (he Adm ini .. tra tion full y awarc
of all lile f'lets. advi~c const rucliim
un ion rH..:mber\ o n wha t immcdiate
hel p and aid arc at h;md, but mosl
irnpo rt :lIll. propo~c anti urge plans
and programs 10 pUI Americans
back 10 wmk. iv1any 1BEW
llll'mher~ reprc~enting local unions
from .. 11 acro!->s Ihe nation will be
attending Ihis !opeci;!! AFL-CIO
Buildinr Tra(l('~ "('ri . . i~·' conference
on April 2 1'il and al,.;, Ihe Con~ IrU C­
tion & Maintenance Conference
of the IIlEW on SalLmlay. April 19,
both in \\a~hingtun. D. C. Bulh nf
thc,e meeting~ .... ill be full) reported
II) lBE W members in an upcoming
i"lIe of the JOI/rI/a/.
During the rn irJ-""i nte r AFL·ClO
mceling' in Sal H;lrOOur. Fk)ridu,
the AFL-CiO c;llkti for basic
reform [lml ovcrlwuling of 11:IIiol1al
policie ... d ealing with laxes, cnergy
and interest rates to slow and stop
the "frightening spced" of the
eUl lell t C"CUl llIl lliI: c ri ~ i ~ ill the 11<1liol1 .
It "trc,~ed also the need fo r
thorough-going enforcement and
fO!!\I\\-lhrough on trade and
uccupa tional hea lth and ~a f cly
lcgi .. lation. It p re ~'cd C\1ngres~ for
:1 full scale in\'e~ligllli(l n of the
gn)\\i ng concentratio n of e(.'onomic
pnwcr in Am eril:a. A ~ e) faclor
in "'hringin g r":cessi(ln to the
American economy," accun.lillg lu
the A FL-CIO . has hccn the policie~
of the Federal R C"Cf\"C S)SICm
undcr the chairman,hip o f Dr.
Arthur Burns. A reform program
wa~ \pclJt:d (lui 10 bring the FRS
in!() line wilh "thc l1ecd~ of Ihc
Americlm people." 111 olher slate1ll!!1l1, tht' AFI -(' 10 calkd for
c'(ten<';on of Ihc VOling R ights Act.
cna;;l m:::nt of regi'.tr;lIion b) mail.
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Pictured In session IS the Executive
Board of the Maritime Trades
Department of the AFL·CIO which
consis ts of 44 national and
International unions. Subject areas
discussed at the mld·winter meeting
pictured above included U. S.
marine goals, legislation, America's
energy and economic problems,
apprenticeship, and other related
matters.
UNION LABEL AND
SERVICE DEPARTMENT
The UOion Label and Service
Trades Department also held its
Executive CounCil meetin g.
Interna ti onal Secretary Joseph D.
Keenan, pictured second from the
right, represented the IBEW.
wage, an overhaul of the welfare
system to prO' ide the needed
assistance 10 the gro" ing number
of poor and disadvantaged. and
programs which would pro\'ide
mortgage relief payments and
extended health in~urance for IhOSe
suffering unemployment.
The AFL-CIO Executive Council
called fo r both short-term and
permanent improvements in the
naljon·s unemployment in~urancc
prognlm. Immediate, shorl-Il'rnl
recomml!ndalions include:
• Extending un employment
compl!n~at i on bel1l!fil\. 10 job!ess
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Emergency Jobs & Unempto~ ment
A"loi"'tance Act of 1974. The SIOPgap leghlation expires at the end of
thi., ~ear. The cou ncil also said the
dur:ttion of these benefits should
be the same as the duration for
}oble.,~ "orkers covered by the
permanent program .
• Compensation for the waiting
\\eel.. required under the provi~ion
of most SllIle lllws. Benefits for
,h i.. week curren tly arc not paid.
• Improvement of the existing
benefit .. ,truct ure to allow two-thirds
of a \\orkcr·s former weekly wage,
up to a maximum weekly benefit
a n Hllll1i eq ual to 75 percent of Ihe
IBfW J" .. rn"l
Slate a\'erage wcd.l) wage.
• SuftitierH ~t:llTing of employment <,eeuri!) oHice, in ;lrc;I ... of
substantial unemplo) IllCTH In prt"IC~"~
claims without unduc dclay and
incoll\'enience 10 j()hk~\ workcrs.
The E. . ecuthl.' Council r,;:amrmed
the AFL-CIO\ \UPJlOrt for
f,;:dewlizution of the uncmplll)ment
in<,urancc program \\ith fu ll
protection of the job right-; and
employmcnt cond itions of all 'tate
employees who pr..::<,ently udlllini~lcr
the joblc ~s benefit\ program. II
made thesc reC(lmlllendution~ fm
permanent impf(Jllelllcnt of the
sy~te m :
Internationa l Repres en tatill e George J.
Knaly, nghl. representmg th e IBEW at
;:: the Maritime Department El(ecutille
~ Board meetmgs, Is pictured with
Maritime Trades Department President
Paul Hall.
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• Univcrsal coveragc of all wagc
and salary work en.
• A \~eekl} benefit standard
providing at Ical>tl\\o-thirds of a
worker's former \\.-eddy ellrning' up
to a maximum of <II lea .. t 75 percent
of thc SI:lIe average wed.l y wage.
• Uniform cl igibili ty and duration
sl;tnd:lrds. As :1 bure minimum .
c\ery jo bl ess worker wilh a record
of :W wee k<; of work sho uld be
emitled to a benefit duration of at
l ea~t 26 week<;.
• The cx i,ting triggcred ex tended
unclllplo~ ment eompcn<;ution
program ~hould be ab()li~hed :Uld
replaced with a 100 pen:"lIt ft.'derall~
linann:d c . . tended benefit program.
The program \\ould entitle all
joble..... \\orket' to
additional
~6-wccl. federal benefih period
when their regu la r .. tal..:: hellefi!s ar,;:
exh;lu"ted.
• Financing of the johles...
ill,urance program "hou ld he 0 11 u
finn and adcquate lax bu ..e. A, a
fiN <,tcp. the tnxabl c wage bll!>c
~h0u ld be fixcd at a level eq ual to
Ihe "tate anllu:,1 :Iverage \\age in
covered employment. Lale r it ~ h nLJld
b l , ra i~cd to a Icvcl equn l to Ihe
l:Ix'lblc wage ha~e u..ed to /inanee
the social securily program.
• The adcquucy of !>tate unemployment in ~ura n cc rcserve fund s
should be ,I<;<;ured by enact ment
of a minimum fedcr;!1 sw nd<lrd of
rese rvc adequacy IlllIt each statc
would be required to mect and
m:lintain .
• The protection of uncmployment cornpcm:t tioll ~ hould he
c'( tendcd to ncw enlranh into the
labor force ;lIId 10 forma \\orkers
attempting to re-entcr the labor
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lFl.CIO EKecutille Council, pictured in mid,wlnter session, acted upon a broad range
olicy resolu tions dealing With economic, tegislatlve, and socla t issues as well as trade
world affairs.
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OPERATION OF U.S.
COAST CUARD !tARD
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George J . Knaly, Director, GOI/ernment Employees Department. con·
gratutates Captain Robert A. Dum, commanding officer of the U. S.
Coast Guard Yard on his promotion to Rear Admiral, USCG, Left to
right are Vmce Andreone. preSident, Local 1383, Baltimore, Md., and
vice preSident. Baltimore Area Metal Trades Council; Brother Knaly:
Captain Robert A. Duin. and Arthur Wyble. president, Baltimore Area
Metal Trades CounCil, and preSident. IAMAW Lodge 807 .
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J. Knar y. Director of Government Employc('s D.:p,mmcnl. 1.0 .. and International R..:prc~c nlali vc Gil Hareman.
1.0. ~tafr. vhito.:d the U.S. CO:I~I
Guard Ynrd in Cmli~ BJ\ . J\lnryl:lnd.
Loe .. r J 3M3. B:'llimore. b one or
the fiye AFI ·CIO unions that male
up the Ibltimore Area r-.h:lal Tr:I.(.h'~
Council ( BAr-.ITC) (a charter affiliate). Th~ agreemcnt het"een the
BAlI-'ITC and the COll~t Gunrd Yard
in 1946 W:h the t1r~t union contract
ncgotiated hy the Coa't Guard.
At variou~ til11e~ in this Jounwl ,
readers h:tve heen given a hird·~.eye
view of the variou~ ind u ~t ri e~ and
ag ... nci e~ where memhers of the
IBEW wo rk .
At the time of this vi~jt Repre~entn ti ve Kl1aly e'!(tended to Captain
Robert A. Duin. commanding officer
of the Yard, conJ;ratuhllions on be·
half of Pre~ident "jllard and the
IBEW on hi<; promotion 10 Rear
Admiral, Uniled State~ Coa~t Guard.
While there, Brothers Knaly and
Bateman met with thc officers of
Local 1383 and the Ba ltimore ,\ rca
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Metal Trade~ Counci l.
This Yard i~ unique in that it i~
th..: only CO;\',t Guard ~hiphujlding
,lnd repair )Hrd in the country.
The CO:I't Gliard'~ htrge~t indusIfiill plant. the COll~t Guard Y:tnl :11
Curtis Bay. Mar}land. is ehargcd
\\.ith the following mission:
"To effect major repairs and modifications of all types of Coast Guard
v~\~ct~ (including hoats): to build all
t~ pc .. of CO:t .. ' Gtwrd boat,: 10 con~Inlct Coast (juurd vcsscl~ (up 10
350 feet in length) as rl.'quired: 10
mltnufacture Iho\e artides for Coa~t
GWlrd u~e which arc not relldil)' obtain;lole from commercial source~: to
pre~c rve. benh. and maintain dccommh\ioned Coa\1 Guard vc~~d~: 10
homcport culla.. for the Fifth Coa~t
Gunrd Di\trici IllUl ar..: IOC:l1ed in Ihe
Baflimore arc:!: to ~tore ,lnd i.....lle
,hore-based \parcs :lnd matl!rial~ for
hcadquarters di .. po~ilion: to furni\h
all needed ho\t 'upper! C\ueh a~
benhing. me\~ing. and morale servo
ice~} 10 Coa~t (iuard len ant unih at
the Yard: to perform or contract for
thc maintenance of the phy~ical pl an t:
10 plan. develop. and alter the facility
a~ m:.) he requirl.'d to accompli\h the
prc,..:nl and a~signed futur..: mi,<;ion~:
to provide medic;.1 and dent;11 \upport
to pcrrnan..:nt and tr;lI1~ient militM~
per'mnncl to the mu~imum e~tl.'nt JXl~­
sible: to operate :t civilian health unit
"ilh the accent on industrial heallh"
The Yard is quite capable of performing its mi!;~ion and operate\ ;l~
a \clf-\u,taining activit). While the
worlload v:trie~ with the time~. the
pre,enl level of industrial operation ..
is al)\)ut 525,000,000 ,I year. Ahout
1.000 civilian workcn. dra" n from
HII \ectiollS of Ilatlimor\.' and j" \ur·
rounding countie~. l·on~ti tut e Ihe primary worl force at Cllrti~ Bay . ., he\e
worker<;. cou pled with Ihe !I .. ~igned
milt1:lr)' complement of apprQ\,:imatcl~
225 who. "ilh their familie$. live in
the ,urrounding area. all contrihutc to
the local economy.
~lan:lgement of the Yard is under
the commanding ollieer. the indu\trial manager. and thc Ships In\"el1'
IOf) Control Point manager. ;1"i.,tl.'t.1
hy eight department heads and four
shop group managers. There arc 15
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propulsion sWitchboard for a lBO-foot
buoy tender major renovation. Left to
right are Richard Sialer and Bernte
Nelghoff, shop 31.
Left to right are the Coast Guard cu tt er.
small Coast Guard boat. and tramlng
barque Eag/e.
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industrial a nd o ne publlc wor"~ shops
in thc Yard.
From its modest beginning [IS a
<; mall hoatyard in 1899 , conshting of
36 :lcrcs of 1.111(\, four slllall huild ing"_ and 20 emplo yees. thc present
Yard has developed in to a moocrn
s hiphuilding. repai r. supply. and manufacturing facil ity of 112 acre,. 69
large ~hops and building~. and 1.000
employees. Careful management has
in~Llrcd expan<;ion of Ihc Yard to
meet service needs but no mar.... so
to avoid competition with prj\'3IC
indust ry.
As you travel about thc 112 acres
known as the Yard . you will lind ncw
buitding, going up as the old come
down. ncw cu tters and boats hcing
huilt. and \cssels of cvcry ~izc. shap.:.
and age undergoing needed rcpair<;
or alteralions.
Now under co n ~ tru clio n :I re the
160-fool hlloy t<!nders (~elr- prop..'lled
harge!> l. Th ~e new ships will he of a
!>ingle hull de~ i gn and will he lbed
for a variety of duties including Ihe
co n~tr\lction and maintcn:l!1ce of fix cd
aid~ to navigatio n in inhl!1d watcrs.
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Apr lt , 1975
Wor!,.men arc busil) engagcd in prefabricating Ihe hull structure of the
firM threc.
The Yard c,m construct mediu m<;ize <;t('e l ships up to 350 feet. Si nce
I ')64. five 157-foot buoy tende rs :illd
live 21 0-foot c ult Cf"'o have bccn constructed. plus several ot he r smaller
vesscl~.
Fo r man y years. thc Ylird W;IS
!"nown throughout the world for hcr
woodcn boats. But time marche~ on.
\\ith conversion to plastic and aluminum. The 41-foOI aluminum boat
wa!> thc Yard's fir,t venture into Ihe
1I111millli m small-boal construction
fi eld. "" Iodern aluminum welding t<!chniquc\ wcre utilized on thi~ protot)pc
boat.
The hull is con,trllcted of all aluminum in order to reducc the maintenan;;e co~tS which arc a~~o;; i ated
with slecl hulls. The dec khou<;c i<;
one-piece molded lihergl:l~s con<;1TUClion \\hich will contrihule grellll) to
red uced maintcn:mce COSt and time.
The 25-foot. e ight-inch motor cargo
boat<; arc the pride lind joy of thc
pla,tic wor!"ers. P roduction is d o ne
on a qua,i-produclion line basis. Pure
production line technique~ ha\'c been
modified to pro\'ide the flexihililY
nceded hecau~e of unplanned inputs
of production or repair ari~ing. from
une\pccled operational requirement\.
the rcl"tlvcl~ ,mall numher of boats
of each t~ pc built ,11 an\' one time.
and the dMnges required in protot~ pc
cOlhtTllction.
High on the drydo<:!" i\ one of 14
160-foOl huO\' tcnd.:r-. \\hich will
IIndergo major renovations to hring
theol up 10 looa\', ~tandard .. of op-.:rational c:lpahilil\ and improved
habitability for their (." rew~.
In addition. the CO;I\I Guard di~­
tricl~ on Ihe E'a~1 CO,I'I ,end ~on1{' of
their Cliller, to thc Yard for rep:lir
a\'aildbililic~. T he Coa\t Gllilrd's onlv
training harquc. Ih~ !:IIC/C. come~ I~
thc Yard in altern:lte year~ for her
annual overhaul. Thc grime. hamades. and corrosion of the past year<;
are rcmo\ed from her hlili. the cngine.. o\·crhallk-d. in~trulllen1s calibraled. ma~h and rigging. chcc!"ed.
and fin:tll) her hr;tlo~ and while paint
renewed to a gleaming ~heen. After
this rejuvenation. the E(II:/(> is relldy
10 ~et sail on .:-e again. 'ih{' carrie.. cadet~
frOIll the CO:lSI Guard Academ~ on
a two-and-one-half monlh Europc;m
cruisc. It is on this ~'fLIi~e Ihat the
cadels gct their fim la ~tc of sca duty.
t he hard \\or!. of rigging and selling
sail~. Ihe pleasure of good company.
and travel to fo reign por1S.
The Yard has an ;Ipprentice training prngrlllll. Through ~uc h a progr:ull
the Y,lrd i\ a'SUfcd of a cont inuing
flow of q ualified mcchanic<;. In the
va rio ll~ Y;trd s hop .. there an' a thollsand and one things Ihat must he:
done hefore a ship i~ completedprefabricllting. lamina ting hulls and
cabin~. winding arma ture,. repairing
genera lo r.. and motor~. overhlluling
c1ec t ronic~ and ordnllnce equipment,
machining shafts. etc.
The Ship" Invento ry Control I'lant
Centcr IS IC P ) is a fairly new facility
incorpor:lIcd into the Yard complex.
Ship SP3fC parb arc slored throughoul the entire countr) and controlled
b~ the S IC P. This includes all equipment that is used on Coa<;t Guard
\'es.~cls. You name it and s le p will
find it.
Th roughout Ihc Y;trd i, the "ca ndo" attitude that prevails wherever
modern machine!). adva nced methods. and expcrienced workers IInite
in a common cause. "Service to thc
Fleet." T his is the Coast Gu,lrd Yard.
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Retired Vice President
Jacobs Dies
'-chruar} 10. [975. Hc \\.lS :tppomtcu
lir-.l Vice Pre,idem of Inc lllh Di~­
Iriel 11) then-former [n[cmalion;11 P rc~­
Idel1l D. W. Tracy when Ihc D!qrin
\\(" created b} the action of thc 1')46
lnlcrn.llional Comcnrjon. He .... a~ ~uh­
"Cqucml} unarllmousl) ciec ted 10 !>cnc
in thaI omcc at the 1950. 1954. P)5g
und 1962 COllvcmions.
Horn on May 10. 1901 in 5[. l.oui"
Mi,~ouri. Br01hcr Jacobs was initialed
inlO Local Union I. 51. Loui~. j\'l i,~ouri
on June I. 1917. He was an active
llllil'lI member and served for man}
~~'ar, .1' prc,idcnl and then bu,inc\,
th~'
• T he Orotherhood WliS s;ldJcned tl)
learn of the death of Or01her Frank W,
J acob~, former Vice President of Ihe
II th Di~lric!. Brother Jacob~ who n:tired on J uly I. 1965 p.l,sed away on
man'I!l~'r of Lo.::.1 Union I . In No\cmhcr 11)43 thcn-International [lrc,i_
dent E. 1. Brown .tppointcd Brother
Jucob~ [0 the Inlcrnalion;.' <,t;tfT. Ill"
,crved Ihc IBEW \\ith dcdkalion and
IOFIIt) throu!:houl hi, di,lingui,hl'd
c:lrel!r a, " trade unionht.
He j~ ~urvj\'ed hy hi~ wife Irene and
threl' "on' who ;lfe :111 ml'mber~ of
Loc:l! Union f. Frank. J r.. Richard.
and j ack , f he IB EW will alw;I),' be
gratclul 10 Fnmk W, J ncob, for all hi~
year.. of d..::dicated l>l'f\·icc 10 the
Brothcrhood.
Director of Broadcasting and
Recording Department Dies
• T he Urotherhood IV!!., ~;\ddcncd b~
the dl'ath of Alben O. Hardy. Dirl'elor
of the UrO:lClclh ting :md Recording D~'­
p.lrllllClll. who pa'~cd a v. a~ TlIc .. da~,
Fl!bl'lHlry ! I. 1975 al Mar}!and Gener;L! H05pilal in B,Litimorl!. J'o l aryl.md
of comp l ic;\lion~ followin,g n ruptured
aneuri~1l1 Urother Hardy had ,cnl'd in
thl' l"lp:lCil} of an InternOltional Kl'prl!.,entotive in charge of the Broadca~lin!;
<L1\d Recording activilics of Ihe m EW
loince Scpll'nl!)cr 1951. He w:u born on
No\(~mbcr 20. 1915 in YoungslOwn.
Ohio and lVa~ inili<1ted inlo I oc,,1
Union 30. Clc\iCJand. Ohio in M,Lrch
19.19. and lalcr joined Loe;ll 1215.
Wa ~ hil1glon. O.c.
BrOlher I-I ard~ reccived a degrce
in commLlnications cngineering from
Ohio Stale Univer~ity and wa~ a member of I\merican Radio RcI.L~ League
and Ihe In,lilllte of Electrical and
EketrClIlic Engineer;. He al~o served
as a dekgalc 10 thc International
S":cfet:lriat of Entcrt,linl1lcnt T rade
Union' .md ;h \ic.'\! pre,idcm of till!
Inte r-American I eder.llion of Enlertaiumcnt WorJ..c ....,
Brother H.lrdy wa" an active chic
.md communit) worker in the Crofton,
J'o lar}l.md ChIC A!>SOci:IIJon and repre<;ented Anne Arundel Count) Counci l
on Ihc GO\ernmcnlal I'olic} Advi~ory
Commillee of 1\lrtrylilllti.
r hl! m EW will alway" be gralefnllo
Ihc mClllor)' of "AI" H:mly for his
worl.. .1IId dedication 10 Ihe IJ rothl!rhood. Brolhcr Hanly i, 'lin ived h) hi~
v.if .... l\'\:trtha. two son,. Fr...d and John.
two d;Hl£htcr~. Su~an W.L!ch anti
Pri-.;illa Friedman. and fhe gr:mdchildrcn.
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safety tips
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OSHA Requirements on First Aid
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~o ur
\,orkplace mec! the OSI-IA rcquin' men '.'! for n per"oll or pe rsons !Idt.'Imined 10 render first aid? The case briefed l.elo\\ \, ill /11.'1,) ~o u clarir~,
rhi!. nllilier-FIIII lex I 011 case is lnllil:.ble frolll Ihe Inl('mll iional OUice Safely
tlu:Jjcl~
O CI)llrllllc l1l.
SOl/fa Fe T rtlil Tmlll/JOn COIII1)(/11.1' v. Secrelllry 0/ L tllior OS HA-
RC Ond.er No. 33 J Violation by
employer
29 CFR S 19 10.15 1
(b). which reads:
" In the absence of an infirmary,
clinic. or ho'>piral in ncar proximity 10 (he wor~placc which i~
IN:U for lf~alJllCnl of all injured
or
employee... a
pcr~on
or
pcrson~
shall be adcquatdy traineu !O
render fir.1 "id. Fir-! :.id .,unplies
approved by the con,ultin,l! phy .. idan .. hall bl! rcadi!) <1\ :.il;lblc:'
Mor;In, ell'liTman.
and Vim
N;lIlIee. commis~ioner. ruled in
favor of the employer b~ ... a~ ing
" We find the stand,lrd to be unrca~onilble
for b ... ing vllgue."
Cleary. cornrni\~ioner. dis~ented.
T he United States COti rt o[ Appeals. T enth Ci rcuil. rc: No. 7410.t9. Petcr 1. iJrelli/(lII. efe. v.
OCCllpatiOllflf
Safl'l)'
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Re l'it'lI' COII/II/inim" l'l (If., reven,ed
decision.
In hi" comment. Circuit J udg,"
Brei telhtein mentioned that " T he
phra,c 'ncar pro:<imity' is rcdund arH but c m ph a~ib':s the dc ... irability of prompt assisUlnce when
injury occu~. Any "peei/ic (klineation wou ld pre~ent a my riad of
complications. A worL-place can
be either an urban or a rural
area. Gl"Ographical di'itance differs from tTavel dht;mce. Travcl
lime depcnd~ on tramc and
weather. The injury rate is related to size of the work fo rce
;md the ,wt ure of the work done.
No for ...c;bt can be nHlde of the
incidence of injuric\ which requirc~ imm.:di:llc aid.
T he standard furt her... the objectives of the Act. The ~tate m e nl
in 29 CF R S 19 10. I ( b ) tha t the
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standards arc 'national conselhUS
standards or e~t:lblished Federal
standard,' i~ nOI conte~ted on this
appeal. T he Constitution docs
nOi requirc irnpo"ible "undurds.
VI/ilell Sftlll'\ v. Petrillo, 332 U.S.
I. 7-8.
Th.: Commi~~i(ln mude rl{) effort
to appl} the ~tandarJ \(I the facts
of the proc~eding befn,.e it. 111stead it consider~d the problem
<\1, an ;Ib~tr:lcti(lll of which it did
1101 approve. A ~land:lrd de~igned
10 proteci workcn; b~ prO\ j~ioll
for prompt treatment of injurie~
requir~s ncxibility ralher thon
~pecilicity. 1 he ,wndard furlh"TS
the i11le11l of the Act by recogniz.ing ';} common :-ocial duty'. go\'erned by the 'real,onable n1:ln'
concept. Thi~ tcst has b':Cll ap·
plied by the Comm i"sion in regard to othe r sW lldard ... In light
of Ihe fact pre~ented b) the reco rd. Ihe appl icat io n of the ~ta!l(l·
ard was reil\Onable. We decline
to consider h)l)ot hcz iClll ~ituatjolh
where the result might be othe rwl~e."
The company in this ca,,, has
m-cr 170 employees at ils height
handling terminal in Kama, Cil~.
Kan\lI'i. The workplace i~ npcr:lIed 24 hours a day o n a thr"e<,hift basi~. The cmploycc~ arc
engaged in the handling of
freight and rdated act i vitie~. 'Jo
PC"OIl adequately trained in rir ... t
,rid is prO\·idcd at the workplace.
The facilities available 10 emplo~ ... e~ requiring medical a .. ~i'l­
ance arc Ihe following with the
di.,tancc and optimum tra\eJ
lillle given as to each:
Providence Ilospital miles amI 7 Illin utes
M argaret's lIospita l-4
and 10 minutes
n"thany H ('\~pital--4. 1
and 10 mi nutes
A clinic open S A. M. to 5
5.5 days ;1 wecl.:-2
and .t minu tes.
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In ,.ddition there is :tv••ilable an
3111bulancc service driven by personnel trained in firM aid Ihal
could reach the work-pluec in four
minutes under optim um condilion... rhe limes given would be
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substantia lly incrciI\cd by ;uhcr'l'
tram: or wcather condition ... In
the period 1968-7 1 employee, at
the workplace 'iU!!olaincd 117 reported \vork-related injuric... In
.. cfioliS ;lccidents cliusing \c\ en..
bkcding. or brcm h stoppage fir"'l
aid, to be c lTcc ti n~. mu.. t be :Idmini . . tcrcd \\ithin Ihree I11rnutc,.
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Job Safety: Worldwide Problem
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job
:.afcl~
sland"rds is a worldwide
problem. Charles I I. Tupper. I BEW
Din.'Ctor of SafclY. report' (1Il hi,
return from a fh'c-day conference
:11 Manila in the Ph ilippine..... The
confcrenc<! v. a!'o called to re\ iev. jon
!>afel) and heahh problems of \\orks
in the electrical and electronk, illdu,trie' of sc\en P;u.:ific n ;ltion~,
Eighteen trade un ion, from Australi a , Japan, Kore.. , Mulay,ia,
Philippine" Singapore, and the USA
National Safety Congress
Manila safety seminar discussed by
Charles H. Tupper, ISEW Di rector of
Safely, and Dave Mcleish, President,
Electnca l Trades Unions of Austr2lli a,
NSW BranCh.
p3r1kipatcd. According to T unper,
country reporl<, di~cln,ed Ihal those
countries reprc!'oented tl\ed man~ of
LSA. Boiler-. Codes. A '\lSI Stand,m.h. AST\1 Swnd:mJs. etc .. \\ hieh
formed a common ba~e for discuc;sian purpoc;es.
The \1 nnila Confen.:nce \\3":
SIX)fhOred by Ihe A~ian Am.:=rican
Frec Labor hl\tiIlHC. Bec;idcs the
IIWW. U.S. participant:- included
IUE. the Stcel\\orker'i. a nd the
lAM .
Members of Local 1379. Davenport, la. r eceivmg Award of Merit at the 1974
Nat ional Safety Congress labor Conference. left t o righ t are Warren An gerer,
local 1379 president; Roy Christensen, chai rman, labor Conference; Bob Frilz,
l oca l 13 79 sa fety chairman; Ray Ward, local 1379 sa fety commi tteeman; and
Charles H. Tupper. s2l fety director, 1.0.
Th c delegatc" voted 10 work
Ihrough Ihe IMF ~ Regi(lIlaJ Co nfe rence. which meet' in Tokyo n"::XI
Octobe r for more efTcctivc safelY
and hl!alt h programs for electrical
:1Ilt! clecl ronic~ workers.
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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers-Pension and Death Benefit Payment Report
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IBEW P[NSION
BENEfIl FUND
AOMlnEO TO PENSION LAST MONTH
NUMBER ON PENSION
PENSION PAYMENTS LAST MONTH
PENSION PAYMENTS LAST 12 MONTHS
BENEfITS PAID LAST MONTH
BENEFITS PAlO LAST 12 MONTHS
Ap ril . 1915
669
57.850
13.132.3186 1
136.471.790.30
I 188.79675
I 2.193,179.57
H£CTRtCAl WORKERS
BENEfIT ASSOCIATION
NATIONAl EUCTRICAl
BENEFIT FU NO
294
I 64) ,515.17
I 6.399.90162
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FINAL NOTICE
Questions and Answers
on liiving S2 to [OPE
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Soon, now, )ou'll be ,I,~~J by your Joc,, ] union COPE commillce 10
conlrihillc S2 10 COPE. Ihc A I-I -C IO Commiltee on Political I dll~.'lJon. in
1975. ' ·ollol'.ing are '>Orne quc\lions Ih;l\ Illight (Onle [0 ~our minI] \\1'0('11
)OU'(' d\I.(\/. ,.long \\ilh Ihe .m,l'.er) "1.'\1 lil.e )00 [0 l'onsidtr.
Your question: "or .:r)ing oul loud. didn'] }'OU jlhl .. ~l FIle
Our an s we r: Th,It"S righl. lind "c'lI
year, 100. anll the year (,fler Ihal. We
Only in Ih:.1 \(01)' cOIn we gcl ,ullki.'nl
inlerc,\\ ;mll )ollr f,ulIil} \ "~I the lOp
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)(';'r~
he _.,ling you for 52 for (01'1 111'\1
a~k YOli for '52 for COPI' CHI") )('OIr.
fUn,h IU help candidlllc~ \\ho pU[ YOllr
of lh~ li\1.
Your quest ion: BUI thcrc\ nothing going on POlitic;llI) Ihc\C tl.I)~. hrft
thi~
:In ofl-)C'\r"
Our anSwer: I here's no 'Iu.-h Ihing ,1.<. ,Ill "01")<.);1(' in JlOlilil'~. I hcre IHI."
no t>renrhch. I'ollli~\ i~ Ihe lifchlood of our nalion. Ilecled orlicilll\ :lrc gomg
10 have 10 he Ihe one~ 10 come !() grip, "ith the lerrillie problcm~ of rc~e"iOll.
joblc,~ne~,. inn,llion and the ellCfgy emergency-not to mention belief he,lith
care an.1 hou'lng anu <.)ULH,"tIOn :Illd a \lhole flood of other i''>Uh Ih,Lt mu,1
IJe confrOnleu. I hrough poliric~, 'IllU poolilici,ms. n'ilional deci~ion~ ,ue Ol.!deand ,III "orl.l."r\ ,md Iheir families h:l\e a tremeOllou, sral.e in "h'll the",
deci.<.ion\ :Ire.
Your question: Sure, tlln )uu're Ihe only guys m;ll.ing an) noisc ,.1>0111 il
;If... n'\ you"
Our ans wer: Don't I.id )our'clf. The foil., on the other ~idc of the f'Olitical
fence_I he foll.\ "ho \\,1ll1 pulilic~ 10 prOleCI the rkh and poo\lcrful ,Ind
couldn't t.lre Ie" 'lbout the poor aOll Ihe "e .• I... or :lOOUi \lorl.ing roeopltthe} 're into polilics )65 da).'. a )ear. e\ery lear. ~y're alre,uJy collecting
vast sum~ for anti·\lorl.er CandldJte~' u,!." in 1976. The) 're !:otng 'II ir harder
Ihan e'er bc:f\Jre. beC,iU'I-C they're \liJI lic)"ed ofT over lhe had nc.HillS Ihc}
100)" al rhe poll.. in 1974 (lh.lnl.,. lllcidenlally. 10 COI'F\ efforts :Ind the fur.d\
you <lnd olher union members contribuled 10 it I:,st )ear),
The Trustees of t he IBEW
local 8 Retirement Plan have
adopted rules and regulations
to forfei t any unclaimed termi·
nation benefits. If you
1. worked in the jurisdic,
tion of Local 8 between
May, 1967 and June.
1973: and
2. received no benefits
from its Retirement
Plan;
you may be entitled t o certain
termination benefits. To obtain
these benefits you must can
tact the administ rato r in writ·
ing within 30 days, or any
benefits will be forfeited and
cancelled. To determine if you
are ent itled to any benefits and
to ma ke applicat ion for the
benefits. write
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Mr. Curtis Schick,
Administrator
18EW 8 Reti rement
Plan
P.O, Box 2888
Kenwood Station
Toledo, Ohio 43606
Thi s is the Final Notice. Benefits not applied for within 30
days will be forfeited and can·
celled.
Your quest ion: So ",h,ll\ '"lh a hig dcal :lho\lI 1976? To me ;1 1001..\ lil.e
just :tnolhcr ele,·tion )I'ar.
w.- think
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election ~·e.'r i, an imJlQrtanl one. he<':(IIl'-C \lhat
potilic:~ prodllce~ i~ importunl. Nc~t ),c;lr is no e~cepllon. We h,I\e :0 101 of
good friemJ~ in Ihe U.S. c.:ongress \lho go 10 hat for \lor)"ing [lCOpJc on
critic;,] i,sue •. We're going to have 10 go .11! oul 10 help reelect Ihem. On
lOp of th:' I, 1976 i~ 11 presidential year. G ivcn the hislory of recellt yCHr.~, and
some of Ihe rre~idenli,d lied_ions made. wouldn', }OU agree th;o, ele.ring :,
fricndly, pr().\lorl.er I' re\ident mlL)"es 1976 somelhing differenl from ";U_I
anOlher el~~lion year'!"
Our answer:
j'ITri'
Your que5tion: OI.,IY, I' m cominee"'. Hut jU~1 "hal Ihe hed.. i~ COPE.
any\\a)"!
Oor answer: CO PE is Ihe polilic;11 educalion und polilicl,l action ann of our
un ion ;tml the ,\I-L-C IO. CO I' E \lorl.s to elecl candidales ",ho'lI prOlecl Ihe
gai ns \lc'~e m,lde lind Iry 10 e'rand on them Ihrough people·helpln¥ legi,lation
li)"e h",,,lth ~curity and job'Cre"lin!; progr-InIS and OIher la\l\ Ihal "ill help
male life a lillie bellI."( for ",orle~ and Iheir families. COPF need) your help
so Ihal it can help friendl} (andid,Hes, It's Ih,1I )imple.
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If you IHt\e olher 4ue'>lion,. ,lireCI them 10 your local IIniun COPE eommiliCI:, or 10 us :.1 Ihe Jnlcrnallona J Union,
Meanllml', though. if our ,LI\,"ers m;ll.e \eno;c 10 YOII. gi~c 52 10 (OPE.
I\he n you're :1.I.C.1. T herl'" no hc:tter "11) 10 pili 51 to \lor)" for you.
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IBEW J ourn<>1
apptenticeship
& ttaining
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CODE '75
• The
]97<;
National
I
kctri~'al
Codc conlain~ more import;J111 chang..:~
Ihan any prc\iou~ re'ision and Ihc
Code "il] be adopted U1 ~our arc;)
\O(m, Failur.:: 10 IIndcr~tand Ihcse
ch,lnges could result in ...:riOlh and
e\pcn~h-c mistakes In thc \\ork ~Oll
perform.
To in\urc the oPporfllnil} for each
\\ircnlnn to prepare himself. ~our
J ATC j~ olll'ring ,I Ihree.night. thr .... l· -
h\\lIr-pcr-night Code ~cminilr on th..:
197.'1 Code d/(/II~'f'l WI/),. Th..: !>cmin;lr
\\ill he an audiO-I'i)Lm! pre'cnl;Ltion
utiliZing a Code C\pert ;IS a moJcrator.
and ~ou \\111 rcecile a book containing
illu\lr.lllOl1:. of Ihc important ch;Jng.:..
in Ihc Codc.
I he -.eminar \\ ill offer an opportuniI~ \() learn b} Jjl,icning. ".Itching.
ami ;1,l..ing qucstiom. There \\ ill he
no hom .... \\orl,.
;lOJ
110 [C!!tI S. Lpon
\\ill rl!c..:i\..: ~O~!r hWlna
"m Ihc i!hiu~' trl'!1I
cOlcr in Ihi, i\~III!) ul'mOlhlraling
~(lur .-omp:tcl1cc in r..:lalioll iI' Ih.:
1975 Code.
p!l!ti~ln.
('I!C
\011
iIIu~tration
("011111":1 ~our JATC
onic..: :lI1U enroll
or
nO\I
!o~':ll
\\ ..:~r
un inn
)our
hlilion proudh.
.:om-
handYlnan's cotnet
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It's All Done With Paper!
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• No. they'rc not embroideries.
Thesc wallh3nging~ werc crealed by
an exciting new c ra ft that'\ really
quite old but cnjo)ing a big revival.
AI.,o knOI\ n as paper filigree. quilling lIas origin.lIcd in the I Sth celltur~ in Europe. It wa,> developed 10
a high an form by Italian nun .. 1\ ho
II r:tpped mimature paper scroll .. (or
quills) around the bare tip'> of
fe'Hher quills, achieving an cmbroider}-likc cJu:llity in their designs. Ouilling ~oon became Ihe rage
To obtain all 10 palt~·rn.., in our
O uilling lmtruclion Guide i'\o. 555,
send $1.15 b) ca<;h. ched. or money
order to:
Ste\'e Elling'>Dll
[B EW Juumal Pattern D.:=pt.
P.O. Bo\ 2383
Van -"':uY'i. Calirornia 91-W9
Ne\\! Our Patterns for Better Uling
boo).. pk-turing OI'cr 500 llood\\ork~
ing and handicraft projects for your
leisure limc ... $1.00 (add ::!5c for
postage) .
in France and England. replacing
'"
I
embroidcry in IX)pularit) (thc same
l:lcy 10velil1e ... ~ hut 50 much less
work!).
Today. ready-mad e quilling paJ>l'r
i~ :I\ailablc in most eraft ~ hop..,. You
~illlpl }' curve the paper 5trjp~ imo
the tle,ired sh:tpcs by u'>ing COlllillon
hoU',>chold items. For in"t:lnce. a
loche curl is formed by pulling quilling paper o\'er a sci<;<;or blade.
Tighler curls arc made b) tightening
the paper around a sm:lll paint
bru~h h:tndle, pcncils or whal-have~
you. Our inst ructio llll l guide inAp til , 1975
31ST ANNUAL IBEW
BOWLING TOURNAMENT
eludes scores of '·ho\\+lo'· pk'lures
\Iith d ... tailed step-h)-step in<;truclions Ihat even !'>uggeq c(llor
scheme.... Al w included are 10 full~ize patterns for quilling project~.
Ih ... of I\hich arc .. ho\\n here I\ilh
:l ... lre ... .., \far) Frann of NBC's "Da~,
Of Our Li\cs" series. Other de~igns
are ·'Weeds n' Seeds." a wheat design and cven an owl.
To Be Held In
lansing, Michigan
on
May 30th, 31st & June 1st
1975
All Information Available
at l ocal 665
5205 S. Pennsylvania Avenue,
l ansing, Michigan 48910
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Canadian Unions Seek Major Revamping of Can ada Pension Plan
• Joe Morri~. prc~idcnl of [he
Canadian Labour Congress. announced
the eLC will actively c:unp;lign for
significant improvcmcnt~ to Ihe Canada and QueOcc I' cn~ion 1)lal1\, Mr.
Morris mode Ihe ,mnOtJllCCnll.'nl in
revealing the [975 theme for the Congrc~s "Citizcn~hip 1\'lomh:- ,I tradi-
tional etC activit y aim..:d :11 fo\tcring
social advlUlccmcllI in Cuwda. "This
yellr we arc aftcr 'lUI adequate pen~ion-75 percent of wagc~ al age
60 years:" Mr. Morri\ said.
"The campaign
wa~
uClually
launched in February of 1974 when
unions .... erc cncour<lgcd 10 c'lablbh
commillcc~ 10 examine cxi\ling pension pro[(X:[ion. ~lUdy the need, for
improvcmcnh amI 1I"i~[ in .1 broad
...'tIucation program [0 rail} public
~upporl for .. uch jmprovcmcnl~:' he
said. "Cilizen~hip Month in.luguratcd
the second phasc of the c;ullpaign. Our
efforts "cre directed to\\ard prcs.'iuring the government .. to ch;U1ge the
Canada and Quebec Ilension PI;In~ so
Ihal ;111 Clllladian~ might look for-
"ard to an adequale pcn~iCln in their
rctir.:-ment )car..··
Thc eLC prc,ident continued.
'Trade unioni~..... h;lvc tr;lditionally
been concem.:-d "hout the <.OCial .H1d
financial prob1cm~ of C;lIlada\ older
re~idents. In far too many C:IS':-, {Ju r
~enior citizen~ arc living al :1 bare
subsistence levcl. Many of them
thought they " ould be ahle to retire
"ith an adequ;\tc pension ;tnd then
found 0111 too late Ih:H they were
wrong."
In 1970. only 39.2 percenl of Ihe
Canadian "orl..force v.ere covered hy
pri' .. te pension plans. -I he changing
n.. lure of the count ry'~ lahour marl..et
mcans Ihal many workcf'i chang... Iheir
jobs cwry five or six YC;(I'''\ during
their career. Many of the ..c job
changc~ take place before th ... employce is entitled to ve"ling righl" in
hi~ pension. meaning that he lo,c\ the
benefit of emplo}er eontrihution, to
the plan on h1\ bch;llf, ;\ 1-.0. the
worker'~ ne .. t employer Illa} he ... nrolled in a dilfer ... nt sch ... me o r in no
plan ;It all. It has bc-cn estimated thai
only fOllr to 10 percent of private
pen,ion plan contributors recdv ... full
p"'n"ion henefih wh ... n the}' relir ....
1\lr. Murris said the Canadian
Llhour Congre<;<; campaign will rail)
the Canadian trade union movement
and Canadians gcner:llly around a
program of pressu re on the governmenh to m;lke Canada and Quebec
PCrI,ion Pilm benefil" available :11 age
60 by 1981 and 10 increa~ ... Ihe
amount of pension benefits by 2.5 percent per }eJr urltil Ihey r.:-ach 75 percent of "'Ige\ in 1996. The C t C is
al'>() recommending Ih;1\ Canada and
Qucbec P... n.. ion Plan contributions be
b;l'ed 00 ;1 worker's full salary and
not jmt on the present 'mJ~imtim
le.lr!> pen~ionablc earnings' ,)"'cm.
T hi\ "ould eliminate the CUTTent inequit:lble situation in which lov.er
income e"rne,", pay a larger propurlion of their income for co\'crage than
peoplc at Ihe top of Ihe wag ... \caic.
F:lcts in SUPI)orl of The Resolution- 'A n Adc(IIHlt e Jlellsioll75 % of Wages ~l t Age 60 Years'
F /\ (."T I
From thc pre~cnt Hvailahle information more Ihan ~b.:ty
pcrcenl (60"'0) of "orkers in Canluja have no private
pension plan coverage and therefore are relying upon Old
Age P en~ion plm Canada " en,ion "1.111.
of the 2.1122.336 pcDOn\ now cO"ered approxim .. tcly
fifty per ccnl (50'"b) are puhlic cmployees working for
the federal. provincial. municip:11 governments and crown
corporations.
Scvent).cighl percent f711<1) of the total members arc
covered bl c:ol//riblllory pension plans and twenty-two
percent (22%) ;Irc covercd by IIQII-('UlIlribll/Qry pcn~ion
plans. Employec~ contriblilions to private pen~ion phll1~
vary from fi'>e percent (5"C) to lie\en percellt (7<11 of
Iheir wages.
Emplo)ers arc e.~pected to make approximately equal
contribution~ on Ihe employee,' heh;t1f. The va ..1 majorit y
of these plans arc ba)Cd on retirement al age 65.
It is eslimated that thc a~~ts of the private pension
plans arc wdl over cighteen billion dollars and illcrc:t~ing
a t a rate in cxcc~~ of one billion dollars pcr year.
Present informalion s ugge~t~ Ihat a conside rable number
of pension investments have been Ihreatc ned by the colla pse of the slock market.
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There i~ liuk. if ;IIlY. flexihility in Ihe private pen,ion
plan' and few ... mployec~ stay long enough al on ... par·
titular place of employment 10 earn a filII pemion. II is
estim,lled th:1I only four percent (4 f '(.) to ten percellt
( 1(Vi-) of pen)ion) ;lfe collected.
FACT 2
For 1974 a recipient of Canada Pension Plan plu~ Old
Age Pen)ion v.ould deceive approximately two hundn.:d
and tv.ent)-fhe dollar) ($225.00) per month.
FACT 3
AClll!lrial figures u,ed by private insurance comp;lnics
have ~tJggested that ;1 tv.l!lve percent (1::!'lI) Jomt con·
trihution ba~cd on wage, and salaries can provide for a
pemion of ~e\enty percent (70q) of average wages for
thirt y-live (J5) yean of service. Two percent (2%) per
}C.lf for each \ear of \ervice.
-I he 1:t!e~1 :lIllcndments 10 the Ca nada Pension I'I;1n now
provide th:11 workers ell n com mence collecting their pen·
~ion a t age 65 withou t regard to carni ngs but when
tlEW
Journot
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drawing pen<;ions will be prc\'cnlcd from making any
further contributions to the plan.
In lieu of a pension workc,", c:ln conti nue to conl rib UI C
on their earnings to age seventy (70) }cars thereby providing for a higher pension.
Originally the Canada Pcn~ion Plan had a maximum
,
pensionable ('arnings of five thousand do!lar~ (S5.(}()1I) for
1966 and 1967 10 be fol!o~cd by rcar!) incrca~c~ ba~cd
on p~nsjo n index calculated on the average wages with ;L
limitat ion.
Inn'llion pJa}cd havoc wi th the ma>.:imulll. T he rc~ult
h [hat the following rales now :.ppl}':
197.l-~ I l\ximum Yearly Pcn<;jonablc Earn ing\ l MYP E)
-$5.600
1974-!\']aximum Yearly Pensionable Eilmings (rvI YPE)
-rai\cd to S6.60()
1975-M:txirnum Ycariy Pensionable Earnings (MVI'E)
- raised to $7.400
\laximum Yearly Pensionable Earning~ (MY PE) .... ill
be in:.:rca~cd by twelve point five percent (12.5<C) per
~eJr umil it i~ equal 10 the industrial compo\itc average
earning~ \\hich are suggested will be rea~hed in 1980 or
19K!. The indusnial composite averagc earning" are c:\pected to be in excc<;s of S 13.000 per ycar hy that time.
Tne industrial composite averagc earnings for the pa<;t
fh·c (5) )e.Lrs arc as folio", .. :
1970
S
1971
$
1972
$
1973
$
1974 will be in ex.cess of $
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6,594
7. 157
7,759
8,328
9,500
FA CT 5
Tne pro?o<;al of.m escalation of two point th'c per cent
C!.5 r ,) ~ .... arl) increase at pension rates will :t<;sbt in the
proU'cliulI oj f'n'selll pdl·ffll' ,,/(/11.\. and provide for a
tran~ilion period for workers to adjust 10 a national wage
related p::-mion p:an.
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YEAR
AGE
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
19 78
197 9
1980
1981
65
65
65
65
64
63
62
61
60
%
OF PEN SION
17.5%
20.0%
22.5%
25.0%
27.5%
3 0 .0 %
32 .5%
3 5.0%
37.5%
MAXIMUM YEARLY
PENSIONABLE
EARNINGS (MYPE)
$ 5,600
$ 6.600
$ 7,400
$ 8,325
$ 9 ,3 6 5
$ 10 ,53 5
$ 1l ,85 1
$13,332
$13, 998
The proposal of an escalation of two point five percent
continue lI ntil they reach seventy-fi ve percent (75'7c) in
the )ear 1996.
I'cnsion bcncfifils are calculated by a\'eraging over a tenyear period.
The benefits paid fro m the plalb arc in total paid from
the monics co' leeted and in addition the go ... emmen! charges
the total ad ministration cosh ag:linsl the funds.
Another ~crious inadCtjuacy in this method of raising
the funds i~ that it allows the capital intenshe industrif..'s
to e-cap<! paying their fair share of taXL'S for the social
sc~urit} programmes.
The labour imensi"e indll~trie~ which ;Ife often the most
nurginal indu\trie<; afe competitively penalized by thi~
~ystem.
Correction, of the<iC discrcp.tncie<; can he made by onethird contributio:) from con~olidated revenue allowing the
governm!!nt tl) usc taxing power to provide a fairer ~y~tem
of paying the cost of social security benefits.
FACT 7
At the present time there i<; an advisory committee conof ~i~teen (16) pcr~O!lS who review from timc to
time the operat ion of the act. the state of the investment
funds and thc adequacy of the benefits.
·'AJvi.of}' Committee-As pro,·idcd in the legislation. an
Advisory Commiilec of 16 pcf'iOns rcpresenting employcn,
emp'oyees. self-employed pef'ions and the public v.as f"Stab·
IisheJ in 1967. T hi, Committee reviews. from time to Wile,
the opcratiO.l of the Act. the ~tate of the 1!1\cstmcnt F und,
and the ade4uaey of cove:age and benefits. The Committee
reports on il~ acthitie\ 10 the ~ l inister of National He;llth
and Welfarc".
At the present lime only two (2) of the committee members are from organiZed I:loour. T here should be an equal
numher of cmplo)"ees and employers on the advisory COI11millee and their function~ hc more than atldsory bUI ul~o
administrative a~ these funds arc direct funds from elllployees and employers.
~isling
I~ACT
Special \C'ited groups ill the communit), \uch as insurance companies, manufacturers' associations. boards of trade.
employer organizations and others will raise the old urgllm;:nts that were raised at the lime of introdUCTion of Workmen's Compensation, Old Age Pension. hospital in~urance.
medicare, Unemployment Insurance, elc. Where i\ the
money coming from 10 pay thc bcnefil\?- Ihc) Solid. Can
Canada afford it? We will be priced OUt of the world market, ele. Such q uestions afC often diflieu!! to ;lnswer
because the qu ....st ions arc predicated on today's fac ts and
figures while the future is :Ifl unkno wn ilnd often ignored.
The a nswer lies in the nationul increase of the ......orking
rorce-the national incr;:a<;e in wages and .satarie<;- the
increase in taxation return~ plus the millions of dollars at
present being e:lf-marked (or priv.\Ie pension plan~--co l lce­
tively suggests thaI Canada can atTord a national wage
related pension plan based on 5C\"j~my-fi\e per cent (75 % )
of earnings.
TOf U W"U !:ROSS NU IO IUL INDIVI DUal t OR'OUT IO N TO TAL INCON(
ANII SALU IES
PRODLcr
INCONE TU INCO M£ TAX
TU ES
FACT 6
The prescnt financing of Canada's soci;11 security is most
retrogressive. The levies or toxes are bas..--d only on Ihal
portion of earnings of workef'i on which the bl:-nefits arc
base<L The employer.> are asscs~'(] only on that p:lTt of their
p:I)roll equal to the contribution of the wor kef\. T his tends
10 inc rease a pe rcentage of thc lax of the lo wer paid worker
while allo wing the higher salaries to proportionately reduce.
Ap. iI , 1975
8
b,lIlon
$ 84 blUIOII $ 7 6 billion $3
,II
1970
$4'
1971
$48.5 blUIOf\
$ 92 bilhon $ 8.8 billion $2.6 bilhon $1 1.8 bIllion
1972
$5l.6 b,lhon
$102 billioll $10.0 billion $2.6 billlOf\ $Il.l billion
1973
$60.2 bilhon
$11 9 billion $12.1 billion S3.2 bllhon $15.7 billion
19"
projected
bilhon
bllhon
$190 billion
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,.itll tile ladies
The Plain People
• If )011 c\\:-r want [0 go h,Ie\., "coup:c of cl'n[uri~', in lime. \ I'll Lanca!!l ler ("(lunll , I'cIHls\lv,mi,l. Then',
in clOM! pro~lIlIil) t~ city life a n,1
modern indlhlr~. the Alllhh pl.'oplc
1ll'lIlag;,: \0 li\'e lind worl.. nearly the
.,,1 mc way thc) did ~O(J ~c;lr, ago.
You \\111 'l'C hllr,c-Jrawl1 hllggics
fO,ld!>. plow~ pullclt b}
on mo,lern
hor'tCs. one-mom )chool
hou,c~. \\,lll.'f
\\heels operating along cree!.. .. _ ~1l;1ci()lI~ farm, lind fafm hou,.: ... hill ~0l1
won', ~cc tdcpholK' \1f ..:lccuic wires
funning into Ihc\c horne .. , nor \dJl
}Oll '>Cc Ihe Ami,h riding in .1\11\)Illobile .. ,
These gelltle po.:opl.: ,hun publicil).
mind their own 11lI,inc,~. and len,1
(heir pro)pi.'roU\ farm .. , followin g the
course of t heir flllCI'\[Ors dOlI n Ihmllgh
Ihe ages.
The Amish tak their naml.' from
Jacoh Amman. a ~knn()nitC hi,hop
who. in 1693. torm.:d :t m.)fe "fllmla!11cntali~tic" ,.:t among Ih..: 1'0110\\ cr,
(If th..: MennOnite church. tir~t fo rm e.]
in 15:!5 in S\\il/erl:m.1.
This panicuhlr group 01 ~lcnnonile,
eame to America :lrounJ Ihe lu rn of
the li<:lh centur) when William !'enn.
h.:aring of th..:ir J1'Cr~ecution. invited
them hi \Cl1lc here. Th.:} Iir~1 ,el1le.1
helv,.c~n tl)<.' SIl~qu..:hann'l and Schuyllill ri wN in the rolling hill\ (.f I~.:nn­
,ylv:. nia. T Oll:.)". communj l lc~ of
,\m hh ar~' <;cutler..:~l throughom ,,1Ille
:!:! slale~ and ("ut1;lIb.
The Ami,h :If': a )'imple people.
sometime, c.rlk,1 the "plain po.:opk:·
\\ ho live b) the Bihk. interpreling it\
le\t literllll\. I he Bible \l'r,e. ''Come
0111 from ':lInong them :11111 be }C
,CPMHIt::' i, r ... a~on enollgh f,lf Ihem w
he clllnni . . h. :JJld their pl :.in ure" \ep.Irale\ them even more-Ihe heankd
men in bl:lcl ~lIil~ an.t hrOad hl"c)..
hat,: Ihe women in hl.lek ,ha\\I,. hlad:
honnet~. ;1111.1 long hl:Kl <In:\,,,\. F\cll
the c1"ldren afC .Ire\:.('d like miniatllrt:~ of Iheir parem,.
nil' r\mi,h dl' Ill)! hdil'\e in
modem m.u;hiner) or .In) other
modcrn con\enience~. ' 1he) do nOI
11,<.: cO~llleti(;s. j..:wdry. \\all paper.
or ('urt;lil1". ;Ind Ihey d(, lIot ~1l1(Jle.
eVo.'n thllligh their principal c:I .. h crop
i, IOh,.CCIl. r"I-.c.1 in Ihdr fertile liel.1 ...
"'\Ie\erthdc .. ~, the) .Ire a happ ) pc.l_
pk. \\llh lir..: celltering around Ih <:
home. "I ht: \IOlllen lire c\cellenl coo~,
"nu Ill) 'peclal Ill..:al b complclc lInle'",
il include, Ihe Ir,luilional "CVl·n ,\\cet
and \elen .. om di .. h c~. III :td.1llion 10
Ihc II1llin coune. In 1111l! .. r tlllll'. th ..
litehcn i~ Ihc onl) room that i.. Ill'al~·d.
<;() III the evcning. Ihe child r..:n pia}
g,llIIe\ whde mot hcr .. cw~. hool, rug,.
or Iluih~. :Uld Ltt he r h ()f((:n found
remling the Bihle or ,tlm.llmc. or dozing on Ihe li,,;ht:n couch.
QIII of th.: litehen comc nUIllCfPU~
~in,l, of PIC' :ulli Vartl)U~ lm.1, of
C<tnne,1 foud \\ hkh. alon g \\ illt fre,h
homegrown vcgct "h:e, in SUlllmcr. Ihe
t\mi,h f:lmily s.:lIs al the F:lt"Iller\
.\ I arlet il.!. 1 :lIlca~ler.
The r\1Il1~h are In .. hIMriOIl~ an ..1
Ilork from .. unri~e 10 'undo.... n. r;ti,ing
pollliry. milling cows. Iltld r;li .. in!;
the grain thaI is fed to the lil·c\lo.)c\....
The tohaCCo crop inl'oll'c~ Ihe coopcr.
alion uf the \\hol..: fumil) during
1110,1 of the )ear, a~ (he ~eeJ i, ~­
kctcu and ,t:! III 1:llc \I intcr, Ihe ~~'~',I-
h.!.. h :Ire 'te,tlned ami ~own in April •
,Inll Ihe you ng pl;rnh arc Ir,m'pbnrcd
10 Ih.: ficlds in ~Ia) . During the 'IIm111 ... r months Ihc fi.:ld~ nHl~t he CMCfilII)' pIO\\cd. hilfr"owcd. ,In..! rolled.
In 1:.1..: Augu,t the crop i, hllrl ... ~t.:d
.rnd hung in a ,pecilll ~he,t. :l1ll! in
Dcct:mhcr ic i, (.Ilen co the harn
eell:1r. \\here famll) mcmhch prcp •• rc
ch..: ur} ICll ve~ for t he IllHrkc!.
1 hc Aml,h h:l\e l'lrge f;llnilic ... ,0
lh~'("e afC lI~;tIl~ en.lugh h.rnd, 10 hcll)
{'n Ihc farm. But Ihe size of Ihe
('Imi l ~. c~peciall) one in "hich Ihcr.:
.tre :I numher 01 -.oilS. I)rt:~... nts a proh.
ICIll thc .. e J:.~,. It is the ClI!>tOIll of tit ...
Aml,h famil} 10 giw a M)n .. farm
Ilhen he nwrrics. hilt lIilh eitk)
,pre.lding into Ih.: country~ide Ilwr..:
rapldl~ :I~ time goc, on. good farm
1;lml i~ growing ~cafce. 'I his 11O''''~ a
real thrcat for the Al11i~h. for If '*
~O\llig couph:: lilli"
1110l-C from the
c(.mmliniIY the} Illll}' eventual!) hrca~
ti.·~ with their tradition :Ind rl'iigJOn.
Another proh1.:m of the Ami,h
,!c.II, \\i lh public eJuClllion. Th c~ h .... _
li~'\c elgh( ~e.lr, of Ihe Ihree "R," III
(heir onc-room -.chool hOIl,c, i\
CI('nl for Iheir )Ollng'lel"\. 101" Ihe
Blhle ~a)~. ".
. th..: I\i~dom 01 thc
\h,rld i\ rooli,hne~, with (lod:' low.
Ihe) do not \\1111t Ihdr childrcn hr"::lt..jng Ihe I\mish tradition h} hcitll!
c\p<l,eJ 10 cleclnc Ilghb. inside 1~lik".
:J"IOnI<lIIC healing. elc. in lhe IlIVlkrn
..d,Ol'l. Frequcntl}' Ihe)' arc in trouhle
wi lh Ihe law over the mallcr ot educalion. hut Ihe~ ~I and their ground ;Ind
the children retllam in Ihe Iluk rc,1
~chool hou.'>C.
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iii I te aspoon linger
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cup da.k molasses
I" cup mil.
III 'h ~~;~p[:;c:::cnr·:;~ ingrcdicnl~. Cui jI121~;:hc~;t:i:l:o:it~P~;I:If)
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hlender
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iii o r
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mo knives. Comhine rno l a,~cs and mill and ueld, m ixing \.Iuh a lnifc ..
keel) mixtu re light. Sprcild in a fJ-inch .. h}-!O.inch grcas..:d pan lInu iii
iii
to 4t minutes. Serve hot .... ,Ih lemon ,auce (recipe below),
i~i ~J',)rin"lc)apPlcs
over Ihe top. Bake in a moJcr:lIcly hot oven (400" F., ili.i
mportion,.
Yicld~
10
l!
iii
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Ullin .. Sallce
iiim 'I
ill '.t,
n
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cup waler
JUice o f one lemon
C"P corn syrup
I tablespoon bulle r
III
~)rup lind cool.. o\cr 10" ;;:
thc minutcs, add S:lh. lemon ::1
Combine cornstarch lind "aler. AJd corn
l:j ~a.m\! until mi'turc starh 10 boil. Boil
mJUice. anll bullcr. Sur unlll "ell blendeJ.
III , "
1;/
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~ew 8'1111'11 .. It
,:: 2 tablespoons COrnil.,ch
",. 'rt ,
~. c~:'s:: 7e:~:~x~:d
m1 eM.
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beaten
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teaspoon sail
n . Com~\nc
~hortcn!nKhtI1JI t;IOla\.~cs ami I~mon extract. AJJ cKg :II~I n
un tl nllxture
en,
and SI lIr} ingredients and ad . j1j
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IS
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Chill dough until firm enough 10 roll. Roll about I ",-mch thick. cut. :UlJ ...
~,j h:ll..c on :1 grcased cool.. ..: 'hcet at .\75 " F. 12 to 15 minutes. ~ I al..es ii1
jj the dOlcn t\\o-anJ-onc-half-lnch cool..ies.
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cups silted !lour
4 teaspoons bak,ng powder
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teaspoon lemon
mol:I~'c~. Ad~ :::~":~III:~'
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:t:;P:til blendcd. Si ft
logether dry ingredlcnt~. and "lIll to fir~t mi,tun: alternalel) wl1h Ih\! iii
i:i mill... in which the ~oda hfl' been di~\oh'L-d. Add lemon e' lr;lct and :.:
I!I ~~;~;I!\.~~~~~l\h:o t~~~I~::::~~~I~I~I~~~~~~u~:'t~il~~es~I~:~n~I;lke in
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hot o\cn
Iii
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and cool.. tlntil the t:lpioc;! becomc~ Iran~p:'rent, Ihen :Idd thc
So1!t. an,1 butter "hieh h:l\c becn ~tlrrcd together. Pour into a
l~i hullcrcd b:t king di\ h. adll cold mill.. withotlt \tirring. Bakc in modern te
iii O\en (350 0 F.) about onc hour. Ser\c cold wit h whipped cre:II11. ChOI)ped
~jj dates may be adtkll to th is if de~ircd. Thi~ ma l..es one q ua n of pudding.
n molasses.
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Children play games, just as other
children do. but thcy do not have the
commercial 10}s thc chi ld of today
ha~; ho"e\'er. the girls do have roller
sl..ates and the boys pIa)' corner~11I
with a hard-rubber ball. The bo}'s also
enjo} hunting and fishing. and cngage
in \Hc,tlmg and IUg.of.",ar.
When a girl i, of marriageable age.
the fnmil} tiC' ;1 hllll! how on the g,lte,
~ignif) II1g thai a young man ma} comc
cOurting. A }Olmg ~wain is ghen a
hachelor's huggy (lin open. t",o-Scllter
rig)- wmethlllg hc's looked forwllrd
to for )e"r~-:tnd he hi~ girl go riding
on Sunday. HI! i~ clean-shaven and
doe~ nOI grow a hcarll until nftcr he
marries. at which time he trades in
hiS buggy for one .... ,Ih a top.
Fr\!quently the rccreation of the
Ami~h is the end result of a utilttarian
project. I he Amish <lrc kno"'n for
hc1ping each Olhcr. r..:fusing help from
the olllsille "orlJ (Ihey do not even
accept soci .. 1 security al 65, e'>en
though Ihe) nmst p:ty into it). So,
if 11 neighbor's farm burns down. in
no time the re~t of the Amish communi ty b M:heduling a barn raiSing.
designell to buill! a barn in a stngle
day. Earl)' on the morning of the
r:tising the men gather to erect the
l imbers. sidillg. Iloon ng. and roofmuch of the tin ish work re mains after
they le'l\c. Iltlt I1Mn r:llsing is not
consIdered "orl.. III thc !fue sense of
the word. as 1\ gl\es the men a chanc\!
to get togcther. The men frequently
play jol..t!!; on one anot her. such as
nailing someone's hat to a high bealll
of thc Ixlrn. :lIld ,It noon t hc) cnjo)
a SUlllptuou~ feast. prepared by Ihe
family With t he new barn.
The monthly public sale is also
turncd in to n..'creation for the entire
fumi l). for thc} a!l end it as a soci:! 1
affa ir cven If the) do not intend 10
buy any of th\! w:l res tha t arc auctioned off. -I he sail! provides a ch;mee
for the A llli~h to visit cach othcr.
whik t he childH'n are often found
pla)'lIIg g:lllles.
/\!t hough religio n plays an c,trem!!!} large part III t he li\'cs of the
Amish. the} do nOI havc church buildHlg~. In~tc:uJ thc) tal..c turns holdlllg
t he services in t heir homes. which ar\!
built 1.0 thaI the doors separatmg
rooms on Ih\! first floor can be- opened
10
accommOO;!le about 90 Illen,
~olllen. ;tnd childrcn. '" ho sit on
benche.. for the thrc\!-hour sen Ice.
T he church orticia ls arc selccted by
101 lmd do not h:l\e :.pecial educalion.
All thc A m i~h ask is that thcy ;Ire
;llIo" ed to carr)' 011 thei r traditiona l
way of life. living as t heir ,U1cesto rs
did hu nd reds of yea rs ago.
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local 3 Members
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' ocal J member<; joincll lO.ilh other memo
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of
r r:. dc~
the B lIildi"~ and COlhlru~lion
Counl"il :11 :I mammOlh r"lIy
Dc.:cmht'r 14 . 1914. in nn .. /fO!'1 10
,polli~h l
the IInfair l'Onll'aCt llll,u,ling proccdllrc~ of
the Gcncr,d Scni,·c~ AdJl1ini~lr;lljon. "he
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G'iA j, ;; govern men t ;Igenl.'} Ih:. 1 :JJminis.
leT' ove r fOUf nlJiion lIoll:lrs ;. }C,Lf in fcd.
j
cr,,1 funds. T he demon'triliion of 40,000
huild ing [r3dc~mcn. held in fronl of Ihe
Federal Building in Nc" Yorl.. Cit)'. prot':'I ....1 ,["anting of gOlcrnmcn! joh~ 10 'L1hs!.md nnl conlraClOr,. who [all.' wJvant,lge
of the \\cal..nc,~,-!~ in Ihe D,!\ j,·/l al'on Act
10 I,wi ll windfall prolits "hill.' under" lIltin g
the ' I anda rd~ lIon oy lInion \Il)r~er\ over
the year\. The\e eontr,H:turs ;' ]..0 ... nhunee
f)fofits by c.xploiling \\orlcrs \I ho .to not
h"ve Ihe f)roteelion of a lion:. fide union.
I)uring :I tillle of inn,llion. reec"ion. anu
,kpres,iOIl. broughl :,hom b) e.\orl·ut,lIlt
mlcrC'1 r:llei. irrc'f'On~ihle gr:"11 \fc,Ii,.
unconscionahle f)rOfilS for oil comf).tnie,.
lax-favored im l'Clrh from low-\\ <lg~' l'OUlltric~
o f the wo r·llI. I;omrouu<ied by (orrurlion on
every level of government ClLh illg a lu" of
confidence in OUf el..-~ t eU oflki"h, l oo.::,1 3
fecl~ thaI :. full-~ ..·alC" j,lle~ l ig:llion ,hould
he ':\LInche,1 10 tl..-term ine \\h) the ( .enef;.1
S"nice~ Admini,lr;t[ion con,bu~ntl) :1llhere~
10 Ihe I'Clliq of f;lIori[i-m to\\anl unf .• ir
~Oll1 r aClOrs.
With ullemrloyment in the huildill!;
trade, at 2{) f)ercenl. ;ony "gen~) thai f)ut~
more "or kers Oll t of joh, Ihruugh l'OITll pt
rractin:~ nllht he ,hJf)J!<;'1. We :tn: g,llhcring
information on the opcnuion of Ihe ( , SA
a nd would "f)f)reci;ole he;.ring of an) unfair
practkes cncOlllllered h) ollr ~i.ler to<;al~.
TIt OMI!> V":>I t\[I.~I)\LI" 11.;\1 .
Co rrec tion
III th.:: letter of I.00.:a l 17 . D~troit,
"hid) af)pcarCll on f):I!;': II> in ihc " :m:h.
1975 )0/",,,,/. the lasl f)aragr .. ph reH d.
" We ar.: opposed 10 a full eighl hour,
~'ork :I day. . :' II ~houlu halc re •• d.
"We llr" II()/ W"w"" to :, filII l'ight
hours \lork a d"y .. :'
Reporte r Gives Details Of
Annual Golf Tourn ey
1., 11. 26,
W"S III ;'It.GTON.
U.C - lhc
ann uHI cleclrical illllu~lr} golf tOllrne} \liIl
he held on M ay 3, 1975. :11 10:00 ".~I. at
the Wa shin£tonia n Coun!r)' Club in MOn!-
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Services Adminrstra t lon.
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1ioi.~~'~~~~~ShOWing
J!0rm'ry COIln!y. 'Jar}l:'l nll. For direclion,.
e;,11 yOllr h."ine~s olliee. rllere Ilill he a
II,,}, uf golf. t-ccr. di nn er, pri/~". tlill. :lnd
fellO\l,hip for ,,rl. r he erllry fe.· j, SI(J per
pJ,.}er. and ,'a, h pl:!}er will h.,l e to P.I} hi,
olln green and ~':I rt fees :.t Ihc I' to Shop.
Re,erv.uiOlh ;ore lillliled, llnd Ihe .:ut-oll
d:l:e for f)articip,IIlH is Af)ril 19. Ched,~ for
the "ntr} fee, nHhl be m~ d t:" 0111 10 "Elcctrk.,1 Ind .hu·) Golf O llling" and mailed 10
Brot h"r Will iam K. Be,wers, 1714 Crall'
ford D rilc. Rock ville. tl laryl:tnd 20851 .
For additional infornl;! li\}n. }'Oll may ,on·
tact Brother lIill .• t 424-7941. In Ihe p.'''\.
thi, outing h.I\ "1\",),, been great. II ith to!'
of laugh,: -.0 ,ign up no\\ ami ,'ome join
in lhc fun.
1 IIQllld tile 10 ,h.lre -.ome good infor·
mation l.tlkh came to m} nllenlion. and
,olll(:.hint: 1 \10111.1 lile 10 '>CC morc of.
Rotwrt frlll:uld and Brother Did. Harmon
Ilerc ill, tl"llnlCllw l in gelling ,ome of the
member, of Ihe \V.dter T rlll:llld O rg.lIlil:l·
tiun (1<) mell on a S.. tun.la}. 1I11d 2u the
nnt) to "or~ in " fehanilit .• lion hou\!,: in
Ihe D .,triet or Columbia to help Illt h the
f)roh lem~ of lhe inner cil}. M'IIl} th,lIl l ~ 10
the,c men for Ih('ir eoni ri billion to thi,
f)roject. '1 hi~ is nOI thc fir~t time Rohcrt
I heir 5Upport.
I'riliand ha~ he~ d c d I1p ami fllnd~d thit)PC of o~r;.tion. ;u1I1 I ~tlO\\ il IltHl't he
lhl' 1:,,[.
In cla,in.!,!. Brother,. III"} J "'} h.> ..11 )011
"hacl ers and ,turfer,: ' "Sce ~'l on th,' linh
on ,\lay J, and good Iud [0 all~"
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Children of Local 35
Members Enjoy Party
1..11. 35. IIAKTFO ltf). CO" ....'. Il lhinew
\1. ln,.ger Roher! " ' urra)'s Chrhtn1.l~ f).ln)'
for ~hildren of the mcmhcr~ \I"~ held on
De.:emhC"r 12. " I emhcr~ anu Iheir Ilile" :"
".-II ,1\ the chilure n. "cre enter!"'ne.! h)
lh<' nmgici"n. S,IIII:, Ct.II~ I\a~ pl,.)e.1 b) :,
...... me\\),,11 ~hagg}·h.lired (c('rt.linl) nOI /Ii,
IJ" n! I Nit:~ Bon;.d i('\.
Santa nOI only ill'luired of Ih e more th:1II
Notice to Press Secretaries
Articles and phot og raphs 01 Christ mas
and New Year' s celebrat ions will not be
printed after th e May issue.
tUW Jo ..,no l
Children's Par'y
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begun 10 roll; let's keep It rolling by backing )our union a nd alx)\c all parlicirali ng
in Ihe~c funclions.
The pMI tl'oO wceh h"'e 1>=11 ~ulJ. ,,0:1.
and rnl!iC'rable for !lOme of the bo)s I'oall..ing
an informational picl.el line al I'arl..ing
Gamsc job m NCI< Ifril:lin. bUI elcr)bod)
has pitched in and wl.cn a siu nd on SlOppm!; Ihc open shop conlr:IClor. 1 don'l
1..110" if thc poor "orl. sil ualion i ~ causing
all of lhi~ IIclion bUI Ihc "holc loe;,1 <.ccms
10 he ""l..ing up 10 Ihc threat of 111\: ope n
shop.
So lill next month bc~1 "i)hc~ for a
bria::htcr \'ollrl.. pklllr!"
01 "IS C ... I III u. 1'.5.
MIke Bouchard of Loul 35, Hart ford. Conn. and
his fam ily vlsl11 S"lIa a' OK.mlMi. lNIr1y.
ISO chi lllr.::n \lhlll cach \-Hlnted for Chris!'
ma,. but prc~cnlcd ellch wilh a Sift. Some
of Ihe 8rolhcr~ and their
"'lot'
\lcre. ,"cry
hal'll") 10 hc'ilr S:loIa lell the ~ids Ihe)' could
ha,·c ,mylhinj.! lhe)' "'ishell. )incc it had
been a good )("1(. Icc cream. cale. soda.
.. and toffee IO.trc dc~ourcd, lind evtr)OliC
had a great lime.
' iel Bonad ics h:u be!;'n appointed by Ihe
go,-crnor as a rcprcsenl:llh'c of labor 10 Ihe
nine-member St,,'e Apprentice,hip Council
10 serve lInlil J une 30. 1977. Congnllula~
.... lions (rom all of
U~.
N 'Lk.
I and "II lhe IIIcmhcrs of Loe:,1 35 olrer
our deepest s)mp:Hhy 10 retired
Brolller
Lou DiNicol:l. y,h(N' "ife. 111:11:.'0. reee llll )'
~ pa\sed :twa y.
Our eredi' un ion. (';lpilOl City 1-.::d.::r:11
Credil Union. h;ld o,er 300 mcmtx-r, ll' of
JanUlU). LeI',!> "II join. amI ):el lhe mcmher_ ship up 10 100 percent.
Unlil ne\1 monlh. BrOlher,. hC;llth.
"e:l1th. and union.
NICK 1'0111'110. I'.S.
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Area Work Just About
Sl o ppe d , Says Sc ribe
1- 11. 37. Nt\\ IIIUTA I",. COi'N._Wcll.
I if }OU arc rC;l\ly for 11 P,,[(.:: of h;ld nc" '.
I'll }!cl ,.Iarled .
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The I>orl.. in our :are;, hu~ ill-t :loout
~Iopped. but from 1;\\1 month\ :Irlick, from
other IOC:;II~ I<C life not ;, Ionc. I he I> hole
country sec Ill' 10 be goin/? do"n Inc IUhc
~:Ind no onc h doin~ mu.: h 10 'lOp it. r hcre
secms 10 be a slight chance 10 come OUI of
• Ihi~ recession in Ihe nC:lr future if some of
our loe:,] conlruclor, "ill t.id o n the projfo cct~ coming OUI for bid.
I regrel 10 inform all Ihe Hrolhel":ll of Ihc
pa~~in£ nf 01 lnn£timr mrmho'r "rothl'r "' rn
O Halinran pa,~d :1" :1)' )llnUM) 30. 1975.
... Brother Olhll:lran I>llS initiaicil on !'.Iovcrn·
Ap,lI . t 9 7 5
Mourned
ber 12. 1950 and rel ired on Dce~mbcr I.
1973. IIc was a loyal and active member
"ho "ill be greally mi~ by all.
On I 'cbruary 2 the COm,cc:ti<:UI Uuilding
Trnde~ Conncil held a r.llly :11 the BU'ihnel1
in lI urlford. The h;, 11 I<a~ p:lckcd \lilh
h,lrd·hal, of all trades but through Ihc V,I~I
mob I am proud 10 S1I) the m EW emblem
stood 0111 on the majority of hard- hat'. We
had good representalion from ;111 the IH l-'W
loeab in thc stale. Not to he a bra~~:If\ •
hUI a~ ,mall a~ Loc;1I 37 i~. \Ie had a
good 'ho\lin!; ourselvl',.. Thi, \I:IS :1 rally
not to he mis~d hy an}onc "ho cares
;ll'Oul IIIrnin~ Ihe nO\l of contrarl, <11>.1)
from the open ,t\l)]'I~ and bacl.. 10 Ihe union
shops where Ihcy belong. T h;, b:1I1 h"s jU\t
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Local .1.
d .... II. vf I).olhe,
pused aw .. )'
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R a~mond
G,
N.Y. mo ... n Ihe
who
~n'emme,.
In f'bnoary.
Buff alo Local 41 Mourns
Busi ness Ma nager Schle mmer
1.. (/. -&1. m ' F I:ALO. 'i.V.- BrOlher K:,)mond G . Slhlcmmer. 62. u pronlllH.·nt labor
leadcr In Ihe I~U lf;tlo ..rca (·OI1)lnl(.:llon
indlhl f). died til hi, home in Ocpel>. Nc\'o
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Address CHANGED?
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Brothers. we want you
to have your JOURNAL! When you have
a chango of address,
please let us know. Be
sure to incl ude your
old address and please
don'l forget to liII in
l. U. and Card No.
Th is information wi ll
be helpful in checking
and keeping our records straight.
t If you haifa cha nged
FORMER LOCAL UNION NUMOEn •••••• • •.•••• • •• .• • .
I lo cal unions, we must
I halfe numbers of both.
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International Brotherhood of ~Ie ctri cal Workers
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11 25 15th Street, N.W., Washlnlton, D. C. 2DOO5 ,,/
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NAME • ••.••••• . •••••. • •• • •• • •• • •••••• • •••• • •• • • • • • :
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CARD NO .••••............. , .•............ • .• . .• . • •
(II unknown _ chec~ WI!h LOCI! Union)
OLD ADDRESS ...•. . . . •.•...•••••••••••••• •••••• •• •
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Golden Agers Honored
member of Ihe I'ngi necring Soi.·i<'l} of Buff:tlo.
BrOlher Schleml11er \~n s a 1':\\1 G rand in
S,' lurn Lodl;C \)22. 11\01'. :. m cmlx-r of
Gol den Rule I(chd.;.h Lod~c l-l \ and of
Chri-Iophcr G. l'Ox ,\I asoni(.' Lodgc 1021 ,
F& I\ ,\I .
Be,idc:s hi, wif.:. IIc:ll rke. h.. h ,urLi,cd
b) 1\.10 dalllihlch. H or.: ne.: .md ,\I h. John
Vr.-el.1l1d . and ,I ~on. George.
Loca l 41 h a, IO~1 a life,li leall rr alld he
\.IiII be Sfc:lIl) l11is..cd.
,\III flOLRNI II . RI CI , n.M.
Members at Work
I,.ocal 41, Butfal o. N.Y. hono red lis Golde" A!le.s
at th e Executive Inn In Chee k! owga, N.Y.: here.
lefl 10 , Ight. ..... Raymond Ball (SO yea",,).
George Grand,., (SO yea.s), Edw'n Scheuerle.
(SO yeal"$). Howard HOrn (SO yeaB). and Ed ward
Han5en 160 y .."rs),
.2.
B'Olhe.,s Sagan a nd G~ndron of Local
Han·
Conn. working On Plone.er Cable.vlsion
fOrd.
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Pic tured he re. lell to right,
AssiS l ant Busl.
nesS Manllge. Wilbur Hoff man: Mrs . Hansen and
Brother Edward HAnso n di s pl~ymB silver t r ay
from loca l: a nd P,<I$ldent Jos!!ph Cannizzar".
~we'.
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Ulilil} I in.::~ Comlruclion COmp;,n) h.l~
11I0l'cd inlO the WC'lfield. \1.",,, ,·hU\elb
"r~a. allli Ih;11 Ir;,n~tni"ion joh ,hould b<:
goi ng Il el! hy th " lillie Ihi~ artie! ... come ..
0111. 1-1.111 ever, thcre i, llv ,ign o f '111) distribut ion \.IOf~ ,0 fur.
:'-lrgoti:llion~ .Ife under \\,,1' :11 Ihe V;llIe)
C"blc Vi,ion propcnic, ..•m l 1 110 hope Ihal
I ran r'::l'Orl " f" \(II.lhle ,;Olli raci in the
ne\1 i~~tlC of the JOItrI/(//.
rhe fol k, on Ih c ['ion,'cr C:ll'okl i,jon "
I'r"flCrlic, report Ihlll \Lor~ h prolgre\,ingnicely and I 0111 CI:, ,,~on ""~ ~ind cllou!; h
10 \end :1 few rhOlO~ of .. ome of ttw tlW!11bers ... or ~ing 011 Iheir .• nlenn.1 ,~HLp.
Worl h,,' slo\.led ,-on,idaabt} in Ihe Irec
bll~ine" in \\.-c'lern 1\l .1'~"ehu .. Clh. Ilh.::re
we h;He :1 101 of Broth.::r, "or~ing for
A,plundh r rr.:. We hope il I\ill r,'Hlrn 10 ..
full e lllpl o~ lllel1l h} 'f!fin~ .
Th,.I'~ ,Ill for Ihi .. mOl1lh. lie American
-buy Am erk:H1.
J \~H" D. FII.\ ~III., I' .S.
anlenna.
Honored 10' ",any yoars 0 1 service. 10 the. mEW
We. r" Ih.ee me.mbe.rs of Local 59, DaliBs. Te. x. J
$e.~n here_ teft to "ghl. In The fo.eg.ound, R G.
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Davis. 50 ye.~rs: B. W. Baldwin, 61 yearS; Bnd
M. B Y"ung. 64 y~ar$; bah",d Ihem. le ll 10 ~
righ t. ar~ Brolhe. Car l Templcmcyer. Assistant
Ous;"en M anall~r AI Hoo ker. and Business ~
ManaEe r Jamas Foreman.
Pensioner Geo.s" Grand;" holds dtalion and
SO'YOM pin luSI rece,ved Irom Ass,stan t Busi_
ness Mllnllge. W Ilbur H ollman, 51'm<l,n8 beside
him.
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I.,U• ..f2, 11 ,\I rJ"F() I(I). CONN.- \\,- fin;,l!y ..
gOI a co uple of job, ro lling. 11tH 1" 0 olbcrs
do~d uf!. '>0 .11 Ihi~ \Irilin!; "r hal(, nOI
had Inllch o f ,I decre;IW in our unl'mpJO)mel1l prohlem.
~
Gr;lnilC SC,thro h,1' fini'he d up on [he
.. ' ~nmCIII"J loh ror ( ,I in Pill ~lh:l d . :ml!
Long Service
Tl>is v,ew sl>ows The
Y Ol'k on Fchlll;,ry I, 1')75 Follo\ling ;l
length} illnc,~. A Burr:llo n:lli\' ~. hI' gr,u.lllaled from
Emer,on
Vocation,,! Hi gh
School ami then t>.:g"n his elec tric,,1 e:lrecr
;u Bechlt'ht'm SI~.:l Coml',my.
A~'lhc in org,lni/ell 1;lhor :lfT.l irs for
moro: Ih,ln :!I )O:'lr •. hc ..cncd .IS h usinc:ss
man,lger of 1 0<:;11 ..f 1 for ,i" lin\! onc- h:llf
~·(:';In. and a, an ;1,~i'l:lnl hu,in~~' m.magcr
for 16 ycar~ plior 10 Ih.lt. 110: :11\0 'c rved
H~ 'C\:I'CIHry uf Ih o: J uinl Flcelrical I\pprcnliccshi[l Co mmill CC :md :" recOI'liing ~ccre1;lry o f Ihe IhllMin y I radc' Coundl of Burf:llo :md Vicinil). A I' I -C10.
It.! helll Ih,' IXhlllon of <,Cwml ,ice
prc,idcnl and c \ eculi,( bo:.r,1 memOcr of
Ihe nu/falo !'on Council. I\I.l rilimc: Tradc:s
Dep:lrlmc:nl (AFL-C IO). I\":t' ,) member of
Ihe A ~L-C I O Council of Bulf;110 and :\
Unemployment Rema ins
Same, Reporter Says
0,
b"<I.!!e On GE e.pertmen lal
Preside nt Resigns;
Locals Amalgamat e
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1.. 11. 59. I)A I.I .,\ S. 'I EX._ lir01he r Roher!
G;IIl,ly re,igneJ U~ pre,idem o f '-0.:,,1 ~'-J al
Ihe I-cbru:tf)' local IllIion IIlCelin!!. rh e
E\.::nllhe Boar\! lIlol'ed Vke I're,iliem
Roherl il iad. JI'. 10 pre'i \l..:m .1Il.! aJl-~
poinled Hrot hcr Jo hn A,hCl'oft 10 fill Ihc
une~flir.::\1 Icrlll of Il nllhu il iad ... \ice
prc,idenc} .
The hil; ne\.l~ in Ihis ,Irea i~ the "olalg;tlll.uioll of Lo..:,," 5'1 .lIld 3~g. On J. lnu- I
:lr) I , 1975, LOCHI 33)( of Dl:n''iOn. l e\." I
\\,I~ :tmal gam.lled inlo Lo<";\1 59 of D:lII.".
Te~:ls by Internalional \Ike I' rc~i delll Ra )- ..
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.IEW Jou . n.,1
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mo nd Duke and is now I..nown as one local
-Local 59, Dallas.
Local 338 lIoas the ~econd+()lde:st ch:trtered local in the scventh ,ice presidential
district o f the IB EW. The local lIoas chartered December 8, 1902 and nourished for
m:my ~ears. In Ihe joining of the two locnl
unions. so me 90 nlembeJ"'l of Loc31 338
became members of Local 59.
Jamcs Foreman. business Illan:.ger of
Local 59. is now responsible for Ihe entire
-, nrea. Il rother ForemlUl h;ls appointed
Brother Al Hoolcr a~ as~iq;U1t hu,iness
manager for the 3re:!. a~ Local 59 "ill be
keeping an office open in the Sherm;Jn·
])enl<;on :!rea. Brother / Iooler ha~ long hcen
acti\'e in the JB FW. He -.cr.ed Loc;,] 338
on the Exanlining Hoard. E.\ecuthe IJo>ud.
as presiden!. and had h«n Ihe bUloiness
m:mager since luly of 1970.
The Sherman· Denison 3fea has an ongoing joint apprenticeshifl f1rogram "ith 12
.. apprentices in training. Ahhough thi, program moves o,er und~r the jllrhdiction of
lhe ]):!Ilas Joint Apprenticeship Comminee.
the 3f1prenticeship comrnittee in ShermanDenbon wil l continu~' to conduct the
Ilpprenticeship progr3m al the Gra)..on
J unior College In Sherman "ith Brother
Ned Estes as the inl>tructor. No\,. by the
.. efforts of all the IB FW members "orling
IOgether, the WEW c;m continue to rnow
forward in the l'orth I e'\as lIrea.
AI a recent allo.trd~ party. i-'Xal 338
... (nollo Local 59) h"d three \ery outstanding
<llloards to make. Brother R. G. I)"\i,,
r~eived a 50-)ear "IIoUnl. Brother \1. It
Young receh ..d a tH-)ear a~ .. rd. and
BrOlher H. W. 1l;)ld~in rccei,ed a 67·);:ar
11",,,rd. All the,;: Brothers "ere aCli\e In
their l()I;al union. Brother 1);l\h W,LS prc~i­
dent for 19 )e;lh. Brother Young \\-:., pres·
ident for 2 I )'e'Lrs. and Brother H;IIJ .... in
W;LS busLOes~ mcrn,Ll;er for man)' )·ears.
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R. I' . O·RII I ,. I'.S,
gler came in contae( lIoilh an energized circuit and fell aerCN a transformer. Brother
O"horn remo.'C'd him and applied mout h·
to-mouth rcsLlscitation until norm:ll breathing relUrned. For this heroic deed Brother
Osborn lIoas a .. arded the FEI rC'')uscit:Hion
3\1ard. At our Illst mee ting Brother Osborn
W;IS presented the IB EW Life·S;\\ing
A"ard.
Recently the trLl'.tees of the he"l [h and
" .. Ifare in"urance \\oere in~trumentaJ in getling :t number of needed ch,mge~ in the
ho\pital in,ur;mce. These changes were
necucd :m.J hopefully they can continue 10
upgrade [he insurance from time to time.
Empioy('es of Ihe City of Homton
r('ceived II pa)' rai!>C recently and have
promis'! of another raise in the ne:'lr fu .ure.
Should this happen. lIoith their fringe benC"
fh~. th~) lIoill b~ up to p:!r lIoilh other crafts
in thi" arca.
'1 he emplo)ees of II L& P are m.. l..ing
plath to open Iheir eont ract in May for
\\-;lg;: negOtlallons. Mecllllgs are being
ptonned to lIoorl.. up proposdls to pre~ent 10
the comp,ln),.
Th~ E\ccUlive Board h:IS been del>ignalw
:1~ th.; committee to revise our hyla" s. T he
tirst meeting was hel d recently and il is
hoped that very shorlly a complete revision
C.LlI be preSCllled to the membership for
;lflprO\iJl.
Local 66 federal crcdit union ~holloed a
!>te:Ldy increase in bolh membership a nd
,1~'iCI~ during 197·t \\ e 1001.. forllodrd to a
much greater increase once pa)roll deduction ~t .. rts for employees of /-1L&P Compan)'.
We invite )'ou to drop 11) ou r new home
if you should be in our "i-:inil). Unlil ne~t
lime. see )'OU al local union meeting~ or in
the credit union-preferably bot h.
S-\ MMII. WIl I(, UT. !'.s.
Negotiating Committee
Local 66 Moves
• To New Building
I_ U. 66. IIOl'STON, ·I": X.-'io. I dId nOI
make a miSlake in gh'ing lOU our locauon.
..., We afe now hcre at our new building,
having mo\w to 4345 Allen Genoa Road.
I'"sadena, TU<ls.. !'"cking. labeling. and
moving lin accLlmul:l1ion of 50 )cars of records was no ellsy task. We hope: to ha\e all
records sorted oul and be back to normal
operation soon. After we are sellied in our
ncw home pla ns .... i11 he m3de to hol d open
.. house.
ConstrUClion \lork is slill slo" with quile
lL few members on the heneh :LI th is lime.
I-Io"e'er. Busine5li Manager r. H . Sledge
hal> contacted other crafts here and they
have olTered .... ork to our members when
worl is avail:.hle. This pa,,' .. eel a fello of
_ our members lIoere sent out :15 iron lIoork·
ers.. T hIS should help ca~ the unemplo)·
ment and \Ie arc very grateful for their
help.
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BrOlher W. W. Osborn from this Io..::al
.... as recently honored by the Harris Count}
Chapter of the American Trauma Society
for saving the life of another mernber on
~ Sat urday. June 8, 1973. Brot her T. D. Sin·
Ap,;t, 1975
The N ~gollallng Com m tttee membe .... o f l o<;ai
68. Denver, Colo., le ft 10 .Ight , a , e Don l uce.o.
Tom B.... rsm3 and Ray Ci.bo. Not shown .fe
10<;31 P,pident Senny Fetdman and Bu..'''ess
Manage. Robe rt Leg'''o.
Negotiations for New
Contract Conc lud ed
L. U_ 611. DE;\ \'E R. COLO.-MO'OI of Ihe
1."0nveTSiuion here in 68's junlotliction IS
,Ibou! our recently concluded negol iations
for a 11C1Io contmct-a tOlal package of
S I. 20 over a one-yea r pericxl. T he COntrac·
tors covered under the asrecmenl will now
be holding b;lcl an additional day o f
w,lges. We on the labor ~ide gained the
addi tion of the .. ording. IIo here a co ntnietor
could not reject an aflplican t for emplo)'ment unle,~ s:aid emplo)ee had pre\iously
worked for said Contractor. T he "ording
for the tool li~ t has been changed to what
it was before the chan~'C of last negoliations. When an enlployec is terminated by
an employer, h~ ~hllll be furnished a termi·
nation slip. rh~...e :Ire Ihe b3sic- eh'lllges.
For more infortn:Ltion. loo~ for lour agree·
menl: it .. hould b~ in the mail about the
~;Im~ lime thaI thl" is in the JllllrIl(I/.
A lip of the loc;J1 union', hard·hat to our
Negoli:Lting Comrnillce for a job "ell done
in these difficult tirn;:~. We gained some
thingl>.. and I gll~~' ..orne of Ihe membenhip
.. ould ~I) "e lo\t too. hut Ihat is \I hat the
lIoord "neil-0ti,HC" i, alt ahout. At the mcet·
inll all of thi~ 110,1, pre'oCnted and ,'oted on,
and much lIoa~ '>aid for and :Igaimt our tool
list. L1St )e:Lr. it lIoas the maxirnum :lOd
minimum. Thi~ )'ear il lIoili be had to ju,'
minimum. Some of the Brothers present felt
Ih:1I we had 10'" not gained, :lOd that all o f
it ",;1\ in vain. To this "e would have 10
5..1Y, nothin8 is lost: if nOlhing else lIoe
1e:lrne d that as 11 tOOl Ji\t it wai imrrac!i·
cal. and thai our r11ernber~hifl could not, or
"ould nol. :Iecept it :I" suc h. Might be that
it should be rc'r..ed. and then at a later
lime again tr) ;Ind negoliate it 10 rcad
m:l _\imum a~ lIoell ;... minirnum.
Our local union lurned anOlher page of
its )OUn~ histoT) :n the I:L~1 month'~ local
union meeling. \) ;J constru.:tion ulllon.
our first female apprentice lIoireman. or
should I ":1) IIolrepcf<;()n. lIoas ol1ligal<:d. Too
b;Ld allend:Lnl'e 1LI thb mecting .. as the lea~t
in the p;lst fello month,. No lIorry. I"m su re
it \lill happen ag .. in. PI:ln no" on attendlllg
:1 11 of th<' union mcetings: they 3re 111/
import:!nl.
Worl here in the !km'er ar;:a ha~ con·
ti nued to ~lo" dO\'II. IL' more .. ml more of
the jobs here h,I\e finished up. \lith fe\\oer
st:lrts th,1O in pre,iou~ }e:LrS. Some of our
ml'mber, h,l,e h ..d to tra~el. We 3re thank·
ful that ther had ..ornefl"'ce to go. :lnd
lIoere able to lIoorl.. .. hen they arrhed.
Ntu nlOnlh our electric:LI federal credit
union lIoili be holding it,) annual dinner
meeling... ith rClJOns from all the officen.
follo\led 11) Ihe eleclion of offi cers. Should
be .. re31 Good turnout. as :,)lIoays..
Signing ofr for thi, month; see )ou at the
local union meetings.
JOliN M . 11I., RK I 111., P.S.
Waste Treatment Plant
Employs Local 70 Members
L.lI. 70, WASIH;\GTO;\ . D.C.- The 11:Iek
River W,,)tc Water T re:Ltment !'lanl located
in B.. himOl"c. l\lar)land's Middle Rher §ce.
lion is in fulls .. ing.
T he o ld Sub~t,Llion i~ being replaced b)" a
nello .. r, more modern f.. dlil),. Truland Corporation is the gener:11 contractor.
Let"~ ;LII tr} " liuie harder to allCnd our
rellularl) schoouled monlhl} union meetinss.
CIiAIl U s II. $c1ll:IDT. J R.. I'.S.
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Treatm ent
Plant
A Pllrli,,' vrew of Ihe old and new sub$lll , ions.
R i('harJ Sh~frcr. Kar l Sioll. Ve ruon Washingcon. JO'\cp h Nova k. :lnU Jud. Carter;
mo tof\\>inders C liffo rd 0 1.::.'>011. R o~~ Shofner, a nd Gregg Flin t ; Ol nd rm.l io, T V, a nd
ap pli:lrlcc me n Dav id COline ami ~ I i k e
La mbc!'t. I hclie \ c co ngrallli:l1 ions :Ire !;efla ill ly in ortl er anti [ hope wc sec eH'r>'onc
in Ihe group of graJu:.tion cerc m oni~~ :I
fc" }C;Jr~ hen.:c. aml Oll~o at all the union
m,'ctinjp Ocl"'een no" :lnu Ihen.
Bcginni ng in J:lrlu;Jry thc Joint Appren·
li.:e,lIi" T r:tining Commillcc ;},I"ple.1 Ih ..
IBrw tr;.imng program for rc,iJenli,11
1\ ire men. I he progr~1ll "ill he din.',·le" h}
:r J \ I ( ,ullcornmillee amI I:HI~hl h\ in~ide
lIirell1:1Il Daniel ~ I illcr. 11 .on,hl~ of a
'"O')e:lr !.!oul",e from Ihe Inlern.llion;,1
T r,.ining Commillc~. 'Ihieh "ill len .. h hasie
clc!;lrica l .Ind ,",.>llc ~n o"'cdge nc~c"ary 10
"ire one- ;rnd I\lo-famil) dllclling,. It is
horeJ Ihnl Ihe rrogr;rm "iJl prolide "ire,
mCn ~;tp,rble of ghing 11I110n ihops :l
ue linite edgl' o\er ~nmll non-union orera·
tion, lIilh I.hkh "e mu~ 1 f;ompt:h.' in thi~
hr:lnf;h of OUI" "orlo
An inlerC\ling ,i.lc·nOle: Ihe re~iJenli.ll
pr,)~n,"l h,,, go ne !.!ocdul:'Jliomrl. hal ing
Ihe fir,' "om.ln in Ihe 10..:11. It) III} lno\\ I·
eug,' . enlered rn " eO!hln'~tiun 11':linll1S pro·
gra m. Qu itc po"ihl> III.' IliII ,oun 11.1'"
IIirClIonH.'n ," I\ell a . . lIiremen'!
DOIl'1 fOJ"~cI Ihe '11m mer pi~ni.',
uI01l<.. ' . S. H illi III. [•. ~.
ThaI
mcan~
,(lvi ng :lnd \\ho can "'1'1' :II
infhulon T:lte? !'I iosl of our public
e mplo}ec mcm ben volu illari ly 10led 10
com~ under Social $ceurity ..0 :1) to gh e
Ihemwh'es a combineJ liV<'ilblc re t irement
inCOllll'.
W ll~hinglon Sia le ci tizens "Olet! dOlI n :In
;.·wc"ive rai\>!! the state Icgbl:uor, I'oted for
Ihcm'>Clvc,. l\I ayb.! Ihh J'IC'hion pro".)",! is
thc Iq:i,IUlor",' II .• y of selling b;tel:1I u~,
WOll1kr "hal Ihc) 1Ii11 propo,e for Iho .... in
prj, .• ,e induSlr)?
1\ )Irilc fund for our loe,11 i~ nOl, .. real·
il~·. It II," pa)",cd by thc memilcNhip ami
"pprole,1 n} Ihe Intern:l1 ion:rl Omee I'lte in
1')74 ,I1IU b nOli ill effect. Sugge,'iun~ for
nlk, ~olcrning the fun d :trc beillg 'cn! in
hr melllher~ ;.11.1 :t cllmm ittee appoint.:J hy
Ih c prc'Iden t lI'ill go IIl"er "II of Ih~ "rJ;S~-­
lion~ :tnd It,e Ihcm \0 arril"c al a re!;ummel1l1ation to Ih.;: £\ccutivc Board ....n 0;,,1<:
nile, for the ~Iri l.. e fund.
ST \ S llo\\, '( 1'.5.
[oo:!)" ,
Local 80 Faces
Half of the !lew
~Ialron
Is
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~omplele<l.
Local 76 Initiates
Nin et ee n Apprentices
1,. 11. 7(;. TI\CO:\ I A . WA S II ._ \I Ih~ p,,~[
t"o union m~c t in~, " COIIiI of 19 "ppr~n­
Ikc~ h.lv(,' t:ll..e n the pkd~(,' "ml b.!en inili.11C'd inlO the Bro[hcr hOOll. I he ne" B ro[h~
,'r, arc in~ide "iremen AII:ln lIerg. Fred
I·uhrnloln. John Hernundo. rcrr~ Lcc_
Ch:lrle~ Papiez. (harks P.I ~ic . W i1Ii"m
ReiSinscr, T om R iker, " i ~ c S;lrllkrs,
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Negotiations Arc
Proceeding r Scribe Says
1..1 . 77, S E Arn . E. W'\SII .- 'cgoti,lIion,
fur nos arc proceeding ror ;IJI ,If ollr
nH.'mbcrs e\{:ert Ihe Ccmral W:hhing[on
I' UD, "ml Wa,hinglon l'l,hlll' ['oller
SlIrply Sys[cm. rho,e n 1Cl1lhcr~ arc j,\oinj,\
inlo Ihe I:}, t yc;rr uf :. lhrce-yc:,r contract.
It provi.!c' fOf 11 I:o,'-of-living iru;rc'''l' phh
an impro'em,'nI f:lCtor of 2.73',. rhe
f;o,'-ol-living in,"(e,,"" from NOHml>cr 15,
1')73 10 l'-o~elllh;:r 15. 1\174 CHne 10
12.56',. T he 1\'0 combim:u cqu.. " 15.29'.:1.IH.I IIill hrillS their InO', journqm:rn
~;.Ie lip 10 $1I.n:" pr.:r hour. r h" .....:, 'e :JllIl
pereent,lJ;C illere.l..., IIill undouhledl) pIa) a
p"rl ill S-Clling the "':,11.' for ot her COlllra<:[~.
P ugct Sollnu I' ollcr & I iJ;hl (omp;II1)'
membe l·~ nrc in Ihe I:I~I ye;rr of .1 I\lO->l:ar
ClI nlr:ICI which i, ope n for Ilage, oilly. r he
rl'~1 of Ihc ncgotialion, ,lr~ "ide open .
In Ihe PH'I. t:" ins in 1.lhor henefil, "ere
pain~I"li!1gly m:gOli:ul'd inlu "lIr cOmr:.ch
wilh :r ....curl' feding Ih;!t \)11,,' :1 henefh
":0:'" e't:rhlisheJ il ":. ~ un ,.c~epIClI r"rl of
;til fulure ;rgrl:"<!menh :md III' rould ~'lInn'n­
tnlle on impro~ement) in Ol her ;trl';l\. '1h"l
is no longer Irue. M:rmlgement i", no"
c\Jrnillg up c:u;:h )'ear II ilh profJ(,,:rh that
IIOltl.! wipe UUI irnprovemCnh in (\llr hC!lefir. Ih;,1 hall' I"len rears 10 ;rcquire, J ig hlin!; 1ll1111:1~CmClll Joe,n', ,ccrn 11) be c nough:
11 011 \Ie I11I1, t al~o li~ h l our (11'11 ",la[C kgi,I:iturc '" Ilcll.
[I i~ prnpo,ing :r ~Ialell idc pen'ion for
"all pllhlic employce"," to be comhineJ \I ilh
So.:i., 1 SecurilY 10 lim il Ih~ ,unounl of pt.'n~iOll ,. pcr..on coulJ receive. feg;rrulc"
of
hl>" milch Ihey ,hould have feC'ei\-cd from
e,ll'h pc rhion indh'jdually. NUll ad:r} " no
one i~ going to retire on one pension and
Jile de.:c nt ly uIlI,',s he h,l~ ouhide income.
!
11-0. Norfolk. VB. member J ames '·Slrm"
Durham. ~enter, receives check from Bu$rneu
ManoRer G, E. leBch , as Assl$l"nl Bustneu
Ma!lap;er w. R. S~kU I!loks !In Slim received
los r t ime WAIJU ' or l i m e s[>6nl on vDluntary
chu rch work 10 Hooduras.
LOCIII
Out-Of-Wo rk list Grows
As Jobs Finish Up
1..1'. 80. NORFOI.K, \" \ .- T hl' ouHlflIor~ lisl ttl Ihc h:,11 i~ gfU"ing .hl~· 10 I.• d
of lIor~. A, Ihe jolls are fini~hcd, Ihere jusl
'lfI~n·t O[h,'r, 10 ,end the Brolh,'r, to. Wh"
~ nOIl' ho.)l1 lonll [his "ill 1:*,1'1 One of 0\lf
joul'ne}l11cn. Ilho II:" n::<:~ n ll~' l.dJ olf.
nlmc imu Ihe union ollieI.' IIca ring [I W IN
bU lI on. l ie ~;rid , " W [N doesn'l nre.lfl .\\ hir
Infl a tion Now!' My comp:my i~ 1.,}in); off
reople :Ind WI N mcans. 'Who i, ne\t?'"
..... eguliation~ rtr.. slill under \lrI~. hOI and
healy. Whether Ihey go to C<)ttncil j, )1'1
to he '>Cen, We all hope for Ihe
for
our Ij rOlherhoor.!. -10 SCI the be,L \Ie hale
10 be Ihe bc~l .
t\ ~·.)uplc of month~ ago. I wrote :, p;rragr;'fll1 ,)II Brolhcr .I :tmc~ "Slim" I) llrh.'Ill.
IIhu g"'~ uf hi\ lime a l1 d mO I1 C} to );0 to
Hond ,ll·n, to he ll' tho~c pe<)plc rebuild their
~chool,
,1I1{1 c h urc he"
Well.
Jl rother
D urham came b:IC I.: and ".IS \11'11 rel'ci~C'J
by hi, 10c;.1 union Bro thers :It our 1:."
IInioll nll..... litlg. Slim D urham "as pre...:ntcJ
a ..:heel.. h~ B u,ines~ M :III:lgcr U . I , I ea.-h,
IIhich cO\'cred his l os~ of li m e in 1I,'gc~
IIhile he II!!) in H ond uras. BrOlher Durhalll
":,, \Cry appreci:lt il'e of the !.!hccl. hm
eH'n morc for Ihe kilO" Ic\lge Ihat Ihl.'.
Ix','
IBEW Journol
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Local 80 Faces
Shawn lind Stuart (or IS il Sluart and St>awnrJ.
sons of Brolt>er Ind Mrs. Glen St>eppard ... ,sil
w,tt> Santi.
Brolh:!r Ray Meyers \\as appointed by
President JilcL HieL) 10 ser'"e on Ihe !>afel),
commilttt.
Should you be interested in playing sofl'
h;111 for [he local [c;om. gh: Ilill Bruff)' a
call or call the union oflicc. ' me lo:al
union and the credi, union \Ii I spomor thc
learn.
Did VOII Know: I'rai,c. like peanuls. i~
somclhing people never gel cnoLl!;h of. (,ive
.. lillk ,told peoplc \'oill go oul ot th.ir lIily
10 get more.
Word to Ihe WI..e: '"God commend::th
his lo,"e lo""rd U". in Ih'll. \'ohile \Ie \lcrc
YCI sin ncr). Chd" died for u,:· I Romans
5:8}
J. D . HOLi O~W .... JII .. I' "\
New Press Secretary
Writes fr om Local 84
l,. U. 8.... \TtA ,"fA. G ,\ .- I lIould
me
10
inlroduce my..elf 'l~ the n~" pre,s secrewry
of Loc .. III-I--R. L Griffin.
Our I \cclIti\e BO,lrd memher) arc J. R.
Holme'. r. W. Wdl"-r. C. R. lI ill. A. U.
Ayers. C. E. Boatri/!hl. J. 1\'1 I-I Ol.il11;lI1,
Hnd L. F ]>;lrtridg.:.
Our new pre,iJcnt i, B. V. ltailcy: Ollr
trea~urer. R. G. Llnham: recording se.:re·
I:uy. A. C. J)eloa~'h: :lIId blhines) m;Lnager,
Clyde Connor.
We \lill begin negotiating a nC\I contr-ICI
shonly in hope of haying a ne\l agreement
by Jul) I. In the momhs ahe .. d. as a 101 of
Ib start ncgotialins nell comr<lC[", remem·
ber thai we arc Broth(' .... in Ihe IIJ EW: a nd
'I.e can be no stronger [han our v.eakesl
mcmber. So Sland together. and 'I.e will be
sirong.
R. L. GRil'l ,''', 1'.5.
Ut ilities Co mpa ny to Go
Ah ead With Nuclear Plan t
L I I. '10, NEW 1-11\ VEN. CO :-.lK- Norlh·
ea,t Utilities Company. a nlllior u..cr of our
s!r,"ie., h~re in the Loe:LI 90 :trea t.!uring
th:: P"sl 10 years. \liIl go aheat.! Ililh the
COI"II"IICI10n of its third nuclear pol\er
faci ,ily al Mi,lstone Point in W;tte rfort.!.
CO:1n~iicUi. r hb unit has 11«n in doubl
for -.orne time.
Slone and Wc"~ter i~ the prim:.r) con·
tr;lctor for the project. and curre",l) there
;0(1.' I S men on Ihe job site.
M,ln) meellngs. formal and informal.
h,,\1.' heen h::ld II ilh bolh Northc;l\t tmt.!
S.onc <Lnt.! WebSler [0 ;o~'lIrc bolh p;orties
th,1I Local 90 is genuinely mter<',[~d in a
good. )OImu \lorking relation,hip \I ilh the
nmtractor and Ih~ user; the meeting, Ilere
simil"f to the ones we have had on Ihe pre·
vio\l~ 1\10 project' herc.
The amount of ... ork anticipated in Ihe
;trc.' I> somell hal less than \I hat \11.""1.' h;td
in lhe p'bl. bill ...e ;trc re;lwnably confident
lhat nell developm::nlS in the econom) \lilI
pro\idc Ihe stimuli neeessar) for "dt.!itional
con~truction.
i\cgotmtions are in progress and there is
c"er)' indication that the Council \liII al:\Olln
Memb e rs At Work
Tt>e presence of Santa Claus and lOIS 01 good
I food made for" successf,,1 ct>ild.cn's party.
, membershi p amI the officers \lanlet.! [0
~har~ .... il h him [he joy in helping a neigh·
7 boring coumry. Brother Durham told the
Bro[hers [0 "Ihank GOlI for America and 10
be IhanHul for \I hat you h,Lve. Afler
sceing hoy, those people lin~. onc woulJ
""j.'ppredale Ihe'it' United Slates." At [he time
Slim volun[ecret.! to go to 1I 0ndur:l~ for hh
Bap[ist church. the npcn..es \lere to toe all
his responsibility. bLLl as he rem .. rLet.! to the
• Brothers. HThe Lord proyides for those \lho
trust in Him. The union p:Lid my lost
• wages anu the church paid the airline
e:<pcn'iC. Isn't that great-you just can't
""Out·giye God! Amen:'
The children's Christmas parly lias held
'On December IS for a ll the f .. milie, of
Local 80. As always. it was :L jolly eyenl
'with pli:nty of toys and many good things
to cat. Oh. yes. Santa gOt an earful. 100.
Thanh 10 thc Ladies All"\iliary for such a
trcal for the kid~. 35 well as the oldies!
- Say. .I O\'erheard tVoO apprenlices t31l..ing.
One \las telling the other ( ... ho y,as plan·
• ning to gel married soon) thai 3 honeymoon is the vacalion a man tllkes before
' going 10 \lork for a nC\l bo~s. Is that true.
girls'!
Welcome to our neweSI member of Local
80. Tim Woodington said Ihe " 1 dos" at the
'last meeting.
Local !Xl. New H" .. en. Conn. members a .... working on • power plant "pproachtnl! completion in
New Have n. Some 01 Ihe wore"'en empto~d there. titSl row. le i. to "ght, are R. o..Cap"o, S.
V;sconle. F. Noble. J. Sypniewski. "nd C. C"lIoway: second
row. O. Johnson. Paul Demon. F.
Damn. J McCurry. St., T. Momssey. l. Corra.o. F. Rawden. P. Milinson. J. I'.lves. D. F'I~8e."ld.
and Paul Pania.
"
April , 1975
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be !;a llei,l upon to nlnle a J e!;biun in the
:Irea of ":Iges.
The loca l b prep:lri ng for jt~ :11\1111:11 .Iinne r-dan!;e to be hclll April 19. D on:lld 1'.ln:Igro~~i is chairm:m of thi~ "omJcrful .:olCn!.
OLtr sporb progntm. throllJ;h the dTorh
of Bill Fillgcralll. i~ offering :t 1.lriely of
,lcti"l1ks for th e ~porhmen,
OLtr be,1 II ishe~ ,Ire c~tcndcd 10 Brot hef
Jo)eph ·' Knobby·· W:tlsh. Kn ohh~. an
..,,,tremely popul'lr ,m,1 r... ,peeted m,·mlx·r of
OUf org:m ization. IliIl undergo 'Ltrger}
,h"rsly.
Our wmpathy goc~ out 10 th,' f.llnilie, of
William NeumY"r :lnd Fred L)nn. "Ito
p'I,:,;.'d :Iway rcc~ nt i y.
Dt t It 1','NM,J"'~~I. I~, M .
Active Retirees
JIm Henry is the preSIdent of the newly formed
Re tI rees Club of Local 98, Ph itadelphla, Pa,
Int ernational ~irector o f Spedal Services H arold
Ta l e congralul~ l n reti r ees On t heir new organ·
iut1on,
of Local 98
Flourish as Active G roup
Re t ir ees
1•. l t, 9X. 1'l llt Al)m ,I'III A. S'i\._ Wh..,n
o ne thin ks of the ngcd. onc i, inclined to
put them iruo :1 "eparalc eln". of hum an
being, ;os Ihough they \lere a people tlp'lrl.
/\nd. in a sensc. tht'y arc :1 people ap;lrt.
,.
M:iIly arc relired. o ne way o r lmother: they
usuall y havc mOI'e lime on th eir h:md s than
do mo,t of Iilo...: Mill engaged in the daily
grind. They ha l e accnmulliled \\iM/om. Ihe
re)uh of a 10llg life fnll of e\p<'rienees. ;md
Ihey h.I\'e acquired n ccrt;lin lok ralion. the
hane,1 of nlllily }ear, given 10 Ir}in!; ,Inti
('Iilin!;. ;W(\ :11;ain tryin!; .1I111 .ue..·,·eding.
rh e qu:,litie, Ihe,e people po~~e,~ sholllJ
.on1ln[le 10 enrkh the comnwnil)' .
W it h Ihc\'c ~entimcn" in mind. Business
i\ 1,m"ser UCllr) Fum"r.1 prel:oiled upon
Pre,idcm Tom Lml!3n 10 lli"'\1'~ Ihe \\,IStC
of ignoring the talent~ .,nJ need) or our
I'CI"} Ulln relitee, "nJ \l'nlOr dli7.en, Idlh
tl1<.' I·,e,,·ulivc Iloard. Convill~ed of il~ ublig'llions 101\"rd~ Ihew nlcrnhcr,. Ihe E,eclIIhe Board IIIl"niIllOIJ.ly pl,leeJ l>i:for... the
gener.11 memher.hip ;' r~"omrnend:nion to
enroll our 243 retircc~ 1I1tO the National
Council of &'nior Cilizem, \lilh Ihe 10<.\,1
union a ...... lImiut! :1 11 co~" for dlle~. initi,,tions, rnal;ll/.mc,. ct.:. The I'llr'll<ll1l l'Ole
from Ihe rnclllncr, hip 1\iI' ;II"J unanimOIl'.
Pre,idenl rom Lmg;w Ihen :Ippoinlcd
BrOfher Jim Ik nr}. p~n,ion memh~r. a~
l·hairm,m of Ihe Local tJl! Relire,·, Cluh.
rhe 98 R ~liree, Club heg:m to J1ouri,h
:L1mO,l im llledi:llel} "il h I'cqu.',[' for m,·m·
bcnhil) and olhcr perlinenl inform,llion.
Ch<lirm:1Il Jim H ~ltr}' ,pole .,\ "II Ihe union
m<'~ting, On Ihe 1,lrioll' -.(:nict, l".lil.lbk
10 all "enior dli1.elh ,lI1il IIr!;ed fhe )Olln1;l·r
metl1ber~ 10 e;trr) thc)C lIIe~~;lI;~~ 10 thdr
p;t rent). rdllile,. ,md (rien.h.
The 1t ~lirce, Cluh e,cnlti,dl) h..' \,1 1I
group meetinl; omd nominilied and Ck'·h.:d
Ihe follo\linl; ollker,: pl'e)idenl. J im I·h- nry :
\ice rrc~i,lcnt . John Wcnri,,·h: ,caemr)Ire:l~urcr. Fr'lol G:hll:tro: I'~eellthc Bu.lrd
~cd lJ:mf. Frunl 1I 01l0ran. I r,ml :.I c,'I11!;cr. S.Hll ['O,IOLl .. Iod Joe 5igmoml. '1 hI')'
:onnoun~'ed nlCetinl; datc~ :Illd lI1eml>i:r,hip
qllalin!;alioLl~. And no" Ihe) II ~"e 011 their
Ilay.
Al Iheir IhirJ mcetinl; on Dcccmb<'r 10.
1974. Brot hcr H arold TalC. ))ircclo~ of
Sp.:cial Scr\i~e~ for the III EW. rre"'ll1ed to
Ihe Loc"l tJK H..·tiree, C lu b ,_ ehnrtcr in the
;-.;ration;!1 COllocil of Senior Citizen,. M r.
Fr;tn~ Coyk. !;h;,irm:l.1I of the l'h ilaJelphia
AF L-CiO Se ni or Cilizcns Council. "c!tomc.1 Ihe \III Reliree, Club Ih an ;lmlLlle
of Ihe /\t-L-C IO S~nior Cilileo~ Coundl.
\ t Ihe eh.trler pre~ent'Hlon. JJlI,ines~
M.lOl'l;er li en!")" Forn<LnI ;m,1 ,' re,ident
Tom 1"'lOl;ao made brkf .;ongnll ul alOry
~peC<.·he~ Ilml nOled th,II (lur 1\\0 01.1.',1
lIIell1l>.:r, II-CI'(, in attcmlance. hOlh \I (l )ellr.
ollJ. ami Ool h ,I ill lull o f nrc: Fred DnlCT
:ind Bill Vidal.
T he c1uh·~ rre~idcnt. Jim
H enrr,
rcminded one and :111 th,ll to he eligihle lor
mcmbcr,hip onc nHI,1 he ~~ )'c:lr~ of ,Ige
lind :, l.oc:.1 9K 1ll<'lllhcr. or \\i fc or lIi,lolV
of II Local 9K member. Me elings arc heM
in Ih e union hall on the second ru ~"I.I Y of
n 'ery fllomh al 10:30 ,' .M. I{d re,hmcnl~
.1re ....'rled i!nmeJ illtel) follO\l;nl; the meetin!!,.
I-R I]) J . (0.'11'"10 ..... f> .5.
Local 103 Celebrat es
Its 75th Anniversary
L.U. 10J. 1I0STON. MASS.- In Ih~ ) ... "r
1900, Local 103 of ll OSIOn, M aSs.lc hu'>Cl1S
Handbilling
•
Membe r s "' l ocal 103. Boston, Mass. have been
h andblllm8 Cumberland Farms slores re~"nUy
H ere Business M;lInager Dic k KellIher , Bus;nen
Agent Jack M ark. Ironworker Na te Reed. Ray
Carr.gan, Challe s Kenney. P~ul Murphy. and AI
Dwyer and hIS son PlHllclpale in Weymou th.
"
At a second store In Q uincy, left to "''''' " .''. "
Bill Wa lker. Buslneu Manager Dick
and PreSident LeO Monahan.
•
H andbiJling s t ore In Quincy. 11011 10 right. a,e ~
Jim Clark, Business Agent Leo Duffy. C;'''C k
Monahan, and Geo rge Kuers.
r~cei\eJ
a charIer from :l young orb.ln;,,,lion nilnled the Intern:Hion<l1 IJ rmherllL)Oll
of EIectricl1 W()l" k cr~_lh"l ":1' 75 )e:rrs
:lGO, on JIIIlL!:lr} 25.
I hi\ locnl wa~ founded by :l h'lIldful of ..,..
loyal. r.Iedi!;ated metllbc .. ~ nOI l no\\oint: \\hal
Ihe (ollo"in!! )e!lr~ \lould yield for Ihem
and the member, \h:.\ woulll (011011. Thc..c
men had" dr canl-" drcam of :r \I<)rld of . ...
lighl. II ill! man Hlrning ni ghl irllO <1, 1) and
a I;rc'll nc" pOll cr. e\c!;lricity. ca.ing Ihc
b._d-I"orealillt! lOil of m illioll ~ uf po.'op!c .
l"hey dreallled of a union. a hrothcrhood_
IIhi!'""h \\ould bi nd together the \Iorler, \\ 110
h;lI1d!crJ the trenlcndou~. Itll~,Omc fur!;c of
electrical ro"er. Thi ~ brothcrhOO<.l "ould
lea~h
them how 10 hilrne ~s clcClridly ~
',Ifely. give them protection. aod ..ce Ih'Ll
th ey \lere rairi)' Pllid for thei r Vil,,1 wor l .
Our pionccn, did \I·cll. T he un ion IIhieh
Ihey founded i) Ihe biggest ,",eetTical coo· ..
tlEW Journal
stl'uction union in New Eng lan d, and Ihe
be,t.
r hrough the dforl ~ of th e mem bers we
now enjoy :I first-class health :md wdfare
plan. :. pen,ion plan !>ccond to none. and
v;.riOlh oth er fllJllls. Whal else could a
Ilorking man ,,~k for'?
.,
L<x:al Itll is planning a Di:lI11ond J uhilce
celebra tion. This gill:. event will be hcld :u
thc H yne, Memorial Audito rillm. Il.os\on,
on May 10. 011 that evelling lie plan 10
, ~:l llJtc our pioneers aud membe rs of our
I ' grl':lt org:lIlil.ation.
Local 103 has been piekeling O"IIlY nonunion job ~ites--mO'>t recently :lIId presently
al VilHlen Square in $,,:.mpscott. This
picket line has been up for a cOllple of
month~ ,tnd i, "imed at a non-union electric:.1 contrOlclor lIorking in :, shopping mall
which is predomina nlly union. BeC:lU.e of
ollr high number of unemployeu Brothers.
Bu,im."ss M .. nager Kelliher is u,ing a
~)'tcm II hereby the Ilnemployed Brolher
" doe~ the ricketing and the Brother who is
c:lllcd and is "urking may reimburse Ihe
unempluyed Brother for doing hi~ picket
duty. Thi~ sy~tcm is lI'or~ing 111'11 and I
• feel the bll,inc,s manager's uepa!'1ment
_hould be commended for t~~ing this
..clion.
Are there cnough hou~? Thi~ weeken d I
a~_isled the business nwnager'S ucpilrlmei1\
and the building tn.dc~ in their clrOrt 10
hlmdbi ll. on a sta tewide ba\is. Ihe facI that
Cumberland FI.rm,. although charging
l . cxce"ive pr ices for its food. is u~ing nonunion \\or~men at subst:mdaru 1I;lge, to
build ils di ~tribution II:Hehousc in Westhol'O. Massachusctts. We were on the ridet
.. Jille on S:.turday and Sunday. hnuHry II!
~nd
19. Loca l lO3 covered store, in
Quincy. Wermouth. and Winthrop. Those
IIho were there 10 help (1 bope I didn'[
!lli,~ anyone) lIere B u~ine,~ Manager Did
Kelliher; his agenb. Die" Monahl.n. Jae"
· Mar~. Leo D ulfy. !tnd Joe Nigro; Pre,idenl
Leo r-. lo1li.h"n: Vice I'rcsiden! Jad THylor:
• Ru" Sheehan: Chuc~ r-. lonahan; Jim CI:lrl\:
Joe Hogan: D ie~ Scnieder: Walter l.ac ~:
• Cli nton Mosha: rom Curran: Willi:111l
r-. lolincau\; Ray Curran: Charles ,",en'lcy:
Nathan
Reed:
Ray
C:trrign:,";
I';wl
Murphy; Gcorge h.ueh; and Al Dllyer :Illd
.... hh '>On.
"Vigilance is eternal." Thi~ statemcnt i~
- so Irue. Each lInd ewry one of I" JI/II.\/
realize IIh:1\ is happening. Whue he5t do
.. \\e find out? At tend your IInion lllecting,lhat'~ IIhere it's al. That's where yo u get
• you r inrorlll~tion ,lIId the ch.lllce to e\pre5S
~our liew,. I'll ~ec >ou there.
OUT fimmci"l SI:.;rc lary. Jack O· Brkn. is
recuperating nicl:ly from hh recent illnes,
• I.nd I expect he lIill be b:le~ "I "or~ IIh~'n
th i. article goes to press.
Btu WAI KI ~ . I'.S.
Children 's Party
~~
110. SI. p",,,t.
enjoyed 14th ",nn".t Christ·
mas p"'r1y tn De<:ember. He.e. waitins lor Ih a
lest ivilics to begin .• re some of the 1.200 who
auended.
i
,.
Large Crowd of Child ren
-En joys December Party
• L. U. 110, ST. l' AtJl~ ~1I"'''' .- Loc .. 1 rIO
he ld its 14th annuI.l Pre,ident Gus E. IIris,. IlHIn Chrbtmas p:tny on December I~ in
Slelll Hall in SI. Paul. T he parly. naml:d
for the grand o ld OJa n II ho lias LoI:al 110
president for ~9 ye:trs. was allellded by
,.about 1.200 ch ildren and grandc hildren of
• Ap ril, 1975
service lInd I pl:rsonally don 'l think thl:
public lIilI be "illing to accept Ihi~ when it
happens. Some ~oh1\ion. arc needed to the
inlbtian problem i.S I\ell i'S the problem of
flnancin!; new COn\trlletion.
,\ com plelion ceremon), "as h~ld for the
joumey ml.n linemen \'h o h:I\'1: completed
sati~factorily their aPrrenticeship training
through the AJI\' I C. It hets been •. hout five
ye,lrs since lie hille honored OUf )Ollllg
journc) mall linemen, so some of them hll\e
been journeyman linemen for ,ome time.
' I he young men co mpleting the program
lIre Wayne 1.. Breller. l' r,lIl~ W. Bubon,
Bruce B uc~nl:r. Wesley Carr, D:tnny Craig,
Gary Curtis. John David. Marvin Dolph.
Ron $. Gib)Qn, J. Dcnnb Ihderlie. Gary
II c~tef, John bmes, Edward Lattinll."r, William J. Lchr. William R. Little. J ame~ W.
M aulding. Mike McDonald. Dondl M oseley. r-. larJ... Pazell, Larry Riehl.nl\, W.
D wain Rigli. l-1 enry Schaf.::r. and I homas
V,m Clc:we.
We lire proud to welcome A. n. B,Hlmgannl."r intO Loc:11 III a~ an honorary
member. A. B. h:\s \PCnt more limc in the
industry than any of U~ call remcmber. We
IIhh to e\tend our cOllgr:llldatiolls to the
"Godfathcr."
$rt:'n K CRONK. P.S.
Supe rdo me
Pict".ed here. woth SOme assist",nIS. ",re par1y
comm iUen members: te ft to righl. Brothers Adair
Marvin. Tom Kegtey. Joe O"'be. Stelle 5teI1't6,..ebl.
Denny H a'l~ell. Tag Hinrichs. 51 .. " S",yre. Jim
C"""'''. Geo.ge Fahey. Rcn Doll.ieh ",nd At
Kelley. Danny. son of Brother Georg, Fahey.
hOlds sig".
aecomp~nying adu1t~.
M an~ ger J llme~ Curran sefved
of cc!'emonic~ of an entcl'lain-
members. an d
B usine,~
:" nlilstcr
men! rroj,lram Ihat included local TV per,ona lily Casey the Cop, canoon movies.
group \infl.illg. eonte~ts. :lIld prize drallings.
S~nw CI:lll, ( IJ ruther $t:1II Sayre, Sr.)
made a ,petial trip from the North Pole
I re[irenlcnt) to :I]'!pear. and he lingrred
Aler the party for cons ultations. Each child
Wi., lihera lly "Ipplied lIith Crader Jacks
,md oall()(J1l<. "nd each received a eandy,lIld toy-filled ~toc ~ i ng .
The ~id~. as '1\11111. h~d H greill tillle; SO
did tl1e adults presenl. Than~ s go to the
pi.rty comminec, the :.s,htant hu~ine~ Ill:m·
;lgl."rs. :llld the Local 1111 ofJice staff for
their h"rd wor~ iltlU planllin),l .
JOII:-.' Mutl I I~ . I' .S.
Work Remains Slow;
Membe rs Traveling
I.. U. I I I. DEi' \'ER, COI.O.-Work in ollr
:.re;! remains sloll with a great ll1l1nbcr of
"ur members find ins it n'::Cl:s5ary to leal'l:
thc :lfea to find \\orL
We apprec iate the h.::lp that ha ~ bcl"n
c.\tl:ndcd these member, by other loc:tI~.
So f:IT. the utility cOlllp:lni~s in this area
ha\'e not had the large-scale la~'offs Ih:11
~mc of the companies in the E:lst have
e\ p.::rienced; however. our con~!ruction
people have re:lIly felt Ihe effect of projl'CtS
heing del:lyed or shut dOlln. Th i ~ situation
call not go on for nny length of time withO l1\ having a n efrect on the re liability o f
(ured
Local 130 Members
Enjoy Mardi Gras
L U. 130, :"oIEW OIU . EM~I$. I.A.- Tue..d:lY.
Febru" ry II lie cc1eh r:.ll."d M:.nJi (irl'S. :\
holid"y ill Ollf jllri~dicti(ln Ilhcn II I.' ob~cP..e
""at T Il..sday" befure the sokmll 40 day,
of Lent. The merrimen t or Ma rdi Gr:ts
hTings to n.ind jll~[ one of the mlllly usc~
of the LOlli,ian!! Dome Stadium.
For the p,,,t tllO and one h.. lf ycars.
member~ of Loe .. 1 130 ,md ">Ome ITa"cling
Brother) havc IHbored to bring ~hout the
complelion of the 1:lrge~t covered huilding
in thl." lIorld. the LOlli~i:'Il" Supl:Tdome. The
job i~ nOli reOlehing the fina l stages. an d the
] 1. 1'. t'oley Company has 175 men
employed doing the main li!;hling and
po"er. J ohn">On Service has II men on the
job. :Inu the Ad-A rt of J efferson ha, l.S
men "or~ing o n !he scorehoard s. Seaboard
E1cctrk has three men inSt:llling parking
meterins equip'llent.
Spal:e limililtions do not ~lIow me 10
describe adequately the unli m ill:u pos)ibilitics of thi s grand ~lruclllrc, but I will s:ty
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Superciome Work
Graduation
MOlor con trol comp!ction cC rl ific"te,
\lere [\\\ ardcd to joorncymen D. Calc, G .
ColemJ.n. A. Frey, Ronald Guy er. T .
Horan. G. " icrce. G . Rh an, J . Sanders. and
G. \\illi am§.
"II R'tl' R. Gil L, JR., 1'.5,
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Work Scenes
The ... or. pu'"ng c ..... o f Ih .. H. p, Foley Com·
IMny ,ncludH G. Clot;. F. Cou'et, A. Fern.rode:,
J. Man8Iar.eh",., J. Buckl, B. Gemmeli, and
lo.emln W. Dup",nl;S.
POClu.ed he ••••• Ihe f'l •• du.hna apprenhces 01
Loc.1
H.'''sbur&.
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P•.
Membtl •• of Local '.6. Deca tur. IIllnoll •• e
wo,k,,,. on lhe new S8·m,llIon w~te. l.eMmen!
pl~nt "e/ll Ru's bridge.
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=--= 11 !<'-rn
Ins talling cable Iray on Ihe m a", level I •• F.
Moiunl, r . Dlnlels. and J . B.un<).
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Some 0 1 thOle membe.s, kn ....long, I
are J,m Btumm,l\. BIll Bu.cha.d.
Toth; '1lndH'g .re Dtonn;s Ya",er. Del S,gmon,
and Robe'l D,"le •.
(The seo ..,boll,d erew ,ncludes J
Gray. C. Beilin. ,.. BOSl ic l<, P.
Palu,e" ...
Ba ragon.,
Kill.,"_
and
there is nothi ng like il :In)"ncrc. and il i~
.... .:1 1 "orlh 11 ,i ~it. if )00 CH'r lie! 10 Ihi~
arca. II h." ~cn dc~rit>eJ h) tM I SU
School of Fn\i ronmcnta! o.:,igncr. •• ~ " 'he
nWhl u" ,h]e publk building ,'\l'r uc)igncu
in th e history of lI);tn.!' ~H10'"
Y" u..;(;, P S.
Harrisbu rg Loca l 143
Honors Graduates
1..11, 143, 1M IUUsnCKG. I'A .- On I chw'
ary 7 I ,oc<l l 14J had the honor uf '>Ccing 2~
;lpprcntkc~ gr.tdu;l\c. -, he !:>,lIlquet ",I~ held
:It Ihe I'enn I-Iarris M Olor Inn .Lnd \\:I ~ .1
hUi:e ~ucce,s. Gue~1 ,pc •• l rr. included
ma~ler
ccrcmon ie~ "red Woe rner of
Penn-D el·Jer .... ) chapler of N I'C/\ : li.:orSc
DeI.ons. derul) 'iC<.:rctHry. l'':nn,)I\.lI1i:,
l)er:Orllllcnl of L..llor :lIhl ' ndll,try: John
,\I :.Wm:y. Penn,yh,Lni" Bureau of Appre n·
lice~hip and T n. ining; Th ird D i,tricl l ruern:llion:ll
R.:prescnlali\c Jo .... ph Sp: lrl ~:
or
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•• " M • . • "d M rs. HlI<ry P"ltoH; M.s.
Pel.off hal be." Local 143', o ffice secrela.y for
16 yea.s. SllInd,nl!. 0" I.,fl, Is her so n. Kennelh .
One 01 Ih., g .ad ua les. end Glenn Scha effer. JATC
1'IO,nmg di,e;:lor.
Sea led
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M.
Local 1-'3 1~ II'iinc-~~ M,m,loGer George S.Islc:
Local 36 1 nu ~ine" M,m,lgcr "'frtll II., rr}:
,Ind Glenn Sch"rfftr. lrain ins director. II,IT'
rj,burg Electricians JATC.
Amon g the ho nored \\eT': 1\10 gr;"lIl,'lc,
from l..ocal 3ft!. \.eh;[ no n. Penn,},.,Lnia.
,II1d nim: journe}m~n \\ho compleled Ihe
mOlor eonlrol c l a)~.
r he Local 143 gradU:ile~ lire I . W. Bed·
r,,:ld. W. lIouc rbusc h. K. F C hllll",j}. M .
DeS'lIlIo. M . K . h.llon. 1-. M . Gingrich. R.
C. H ~mlin. G. L 1I :t"lilh. D. G . H er_h.
D . O. lI ofrm:lI1. 1-1 . M . lI oudc.,hell. K . .1\ .
Inlricri. J. D . " e",.1I1I1 . II . ,. Koon,. Jr .. G .
A. P,llleN>n. K . U . " elrofT. A . K. Poor·
nl.ln. Jr .. G. L " 01ter. S L. Singleton. S
L Sp;Ihr. S. E. Trump. ~nd 1(, /I. . W right:
from I.ocal _161. 1 . Bal lor and J . " r;' l11er.
Gl enn
Sch;[elfc-r.
lraming
Jireclor.
,lf1l10llm;cd Ihnl lhc cia" lI~erage for fOllr
ye;I" of sc hoolinl; \Ill' OJ:! pe rce nt. (J erald
I'orler W;l~ lOp m:m in Ihe cIa""\'. \\ ilh a
fOllr'rcar :,\'eragc of 97 percenl.
," downlown Dec atu ••
Local 146 Members Work
On Wa ter Treatment Facility
L U, '46, I> ECATI ' H.. IU .•- H;.tfidJ Lice·· ,
Irk i_ Ihl' CO n! r:KlOr (.'mploying 1I1Cl11 lwh uf
Local 1",6 o n the ci ty". nCII \I,tler Irc .• I·
men! f.Kilit) nea r Rca'S bridgc. Dee,IIlI".
eillhl·million-JDI\;.r \I;tler lrC,tlm,'nl pl.ml
,hoo.JlJ be: complet ed early Ihi~ sprinG. Thc
gencrJ.1 .:onlractor on the proje.:t. Cl:'hor
Con"rtldion Corpor.' lion. ,lid nOI meci the
hnllM)' l. 1975 c:>olc ndcd deadlin e, an,1 I •
nndr r~t:II1,1 lhey :tfe 11Q\\ \\orling IIn,ler ;1
S3{)() pcn;dlY per day. Lasl Oclolx r Ihl' .::ity
(lnJ Ccbor agreed 10 a Il l ·day e\lcn.ion of
the con tm cl bccall'IC of bad \\eath er ;tnd '!
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IUW Jo ul no l
s.tril.e~. Ihus rc,ulting in Ihe Janu:uy
deadl ine. Electric;)II)' '['!Collins. OUT BrOl hers
on the project reporl Ihi, h~\ been a vcr)'
good job and has gone \\ell ..ince Ihe Sian.
I have includ~d a picHire ~ho\\ing the
new Flora office buildillJ,; being constructed
in do\\ntown Dec,dur. If )'011 remember.
this project W:I~ \upposcd [0 h,ne Slarted in
,
April
of
1972.
hUl
finall)
gOl. off
Ih~
ground I"st ~\lmmcr and is progre5~ing \\cll
at [hb time. Guarantee Eleclric of 51. Louis
is the declrical contractor and llrolh~r
John Cain of Local 1 i~ supervising Ihe joll
for Guarantee. Srolher I.es Bush and
apprentice Jay Dunn are Local J.t6 memo
ber, \\orling on (h~ project. Guarantee also
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ha~
!igh!ing comraCIS on sc\cral of Ihe
schooh under cOlhlruclion in Dec:l1ur.
II ,eerns :IS though l"m al"3)'i saying
Ihanls 10 Local 193 for something or
olher. AI Ihis lime I \\Ollid li~c 10 ex lend "
per\onal "Ih:,"k you" 10 Ga)' :lnd Shep for
finding me ;t job. I am pre,enlly .... orking
for Egizii Eleclric on the new omce of Sec·
relary of I' uhlic InslrUClion huilding III
Springfield. The new ~ix·slory huilding is
10lally enclosed and healed. (L real nicc )ab.
A~ide from a re\l sore :lOd ;.ching mu~clc.
Ih,lI haven'l been ulilized for fi~e yea l'~.
evcr)lhinS h going rea1 \11'11.
R csp~cl your Ir:lde-respeci eleclricity-it
pro,ides LI> \lilh a de.:enl Ii-lng :Ind Ihe
joys of life. BUI add to our dai ly loil and
labor a little carelessness. a link horsepl .. y.
or a liule lack of concern and il f;:tn provide u~ \lith .. n un\l''"ted c.lrly rCliremf;nI!
Worl safely, and ~ha re in Ihe brothcrhood
,:&( our ne.~1 meet;ng.
JI RRY "' 0 1.111 1 R, P.S.
Fun for th e
cess. Chairmen of the committee \lere
Brothers Ronald Melone and Tom Donlay.
Our annUill Christmas party on DeeI'mb:r 19 served :1 double hmclion: it "as a
holiday celebration and also honored our
gradu:uing apprentice~ of th~ paSt ~hool
year. A"ards \\c're presell!ed to the gr:ulu·
,uing Brothers by B u!>ine~s Manager
HO\lard E. Schier. Jr .. I're~id~nt Thomas
Mi ~i:lgna, und Ron:lld 1'\agel. apprentice
tr"ining imlruc!Of. 1he apprentices .... ith the
highe~1 fourth ·year a\erag~s "ere Andrew
Mc Kenna. Robe rt Borghi. J.tmes Mc·
Corm.lc~. and Alphonse l)iLandro. The)'
received complete tool lit~ donated by
NI'CA contr:IClors Libe ny Ell"ctric. E:lstern
Stales Electric. E. C. Ern,t. Inc .. and IJurnCIl Electric. I'II-enly· five ot her ;tpprcnliccs
recei"ed ;I\.. ard~ for achie'ins high :.t\erages
in the p;tst year.
I'hc Illl'mbcrs th:lllk Ihe Christm as party
commil1ee for an enjoyable limc :tg..m Ihis
)car. Committeemen \\ere chairman Dan
Solleder. Len M ar~h:tll. Ronald Nagel. R u~­
~~1I Solleder, Llrry E. Casey. and Sal
KENNI.TIl T . N\GLL,
New Wiremen
Schenectady. N.Y
res'den"al woremen, p,ctured here w,th unot
p,esident Don Menni!l o and instruc to r OC!n,.,is
Riller,
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Local 164 Holds Party,
Honors Graduates
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JERSEY C IT\'. N .J.-On
December 15 Local 16-1 held it~ fir)1 children', Chri~lm:.~ party. and the turnoUl .... a~
o'·er\\helming. The kids had a .... onderful
tim e: they had ref reshment, :tnd gift. from
• that famous .isitor .... ho comes JI Christ·
mus, Santa (Jim Coyle) Cllw~, "ho d id :t
fi ne job in making it an enjoyable day. We
all thanl the member'" and Iheir \lh'es \lho
,. spell! m:IOY hOUh \0 make the day a sue'
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Youngsters
lun were Mrs, Ronald Nagel. the down; Domin.
ick Della Fave. M,ckey Moone; Sue and Donna
Coyle. the et~,,; Jim Rider. Donatd Duck; Joe
Castrianni. Santa's hetl'er; Ed Werner, Smo~ey:
J,m Coyle, Santa Claus: and M,ss R,der, M,nn,e
Mouse.
Retirees
local Pres.dent Van Do.n, Intern~t;onal Repre
sentallve Minckler, and Business Manager Funk
aU auended the ceremOn,es.
Ceremonies Held For
New Residential Wiremen
I..l!. 166. SCIIE'ECfAIn'. N.Y.- In
<klOber. gradu.. lion cen:.moniC$ \lere held
:11 Ihe Viling Rest,mrant for the follo .... ing
re~idenli;LI \liremen \lho \UC1:e~,full) com·
pleled the t .... o-year residenti:tl training
course; D:tvid 'klfance. Kent IJrust. Herbert Crandall, Jr.. Mark DcnnebOlum.
Patrick DiLcva. Roy Keough . Joseph LigSelt, John O'I\I :llIey, Leon I'ooler, T imolby
April , 1975
I'ooler. Benjamin Vas.i, .. nd I'aul Whilehead. Our sincere congr"t ulation\, '~rOlher..
for a job ""1'11 done. International R ~pre·
sentOlti,'e Allen Mincl.ler \la~ on hand 10
present Ihe diplomas and spcal on the
future role of the re~identi.11 \liremun.
Aho in allend:,"ce \lerc loc.. 1 union I're5ident Charles Van Dorn : Bu,ine.s t- h "'Olger
Don:lld Funl : E,ecuth'c Board President
Lynn Blad\\ood: "ctef C_ "cr,ico. fcpre·
sent:uive from the Ne .... Vorl State Department of Labor. J AC m~ml'!ers Charle~
Mango. Arl Stevens. Fr"n~ 5:111 Soucie, and
Larry Graham: Donald I\Icnnillo. eh;lirm:,"
of the re~idenlii\l unit: instructor Dennis
Rillcr. \lho did a heck of ,I jol'!: lind yOUl's
truly.
011 December 15. the retiree. ch,h held
its annual Chri~lIn:ts party "hich [
allended, :lnd ..s u~ual it .... ,,) a huge ~uc­
ce~ .. "ilh :I great number :mentling. I'rc~i­
denl r hoJlla~ Pent" :lnd Secretary I'hi 'omen;! Oll>'cr conduned lhe pany a~ they do
their mee1inss: perfectly ..... ilh )Om<'lhing of
inlerC~1 for e'':T} one.
We .. re s:\d 10 report the palO,ing of
relired Brothers Frank R Mu mon. Sr, "nd
Alfred Pinlerlon. Thi~ lor;;l] \lish ..... 10
e\pr("~ sincere ~ympathy 10 the families of
bolh our past 8rothers.
The .... ork picture h .·ery slo\l "ith noth·
ing big coming oul III Ihe ncar future. Keep
the faith. Brolher"'; things ha'e 10 get
bencr.
RO...: ... LO J . GAGSO"', 1'.5,
Local 175 Aga in
Expands Education Program
L U. 175. CII A'n ANOOGA. ·n : NN.-Qur
local is once :tgain e:l:panding ils educalion;tl progrll m for its membcrs. Agreement
has been reached bet"" Cl:n the contractors
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Local 177 Doings
New Home
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... Ih~ new h~ of loc~1 I n:.,
,:,;,.",.~~,.,',"';''''T~nn.
:tnd our loc;I L <111,1 1'1:1I1~ :ire no\\. hcilll;
fina]il,.e.1 for :. ~u[ll!ni\or Ir:lillin~ COllr-c.
SubJech cUlaed ,, ~ Ih ... progr:un. ~oll,IuC lcU
by Ih t"" (h;lll,HlOO~.' ~1.Ht"" Technk,1 1 Coml11unil y ColI ... ~... induu... " I'rindple, of
\uP'l' r\'hiun.~ "Jo" \klhexk" " Hum ,1Il Relalio,,,," "Col11munil'''lion~:' ;mJ " Indu.lrial
S,l rel)" ami \ c.:iJem I're\enlion:' \lcm ber.
"mplo)(d ,I. foro.'m~n or " ... nel·,,1 furemen
I, hu ~Oml'lele Ih ... mur ..... I,ill r.....·chc lin
.IddllionHI ~u" ~r hUll!". r he kU Ll lh of Iht
~uu r' ... i, I llI hou r •. and il "i ll a,'~ommo­
,1.ue ~n Inember... C"nili:;II\:. "ill N:
;I ... arJCl.1 10 Iho-.o.· "ho cOlllpl.:le Ihe o.:our~.
Th e ("hall,lnoog,\ J \ I (' r ........ nl]) CIIlplo~cd o ne of our linc rncmber~ a, Ir,lining di f(':lOr. H is name? IClirh I inl'. of
co"'.....·! Ily Ihe lI i1 y. R:rI"h j, ,'oin~ ,I line
joh.
A "Oll1mill ee i" .11 IllIrl. <II Ihi, \lri lin J,:
mAin!! "re",]I";Ilion. for Ihc dcdk .. lion of
o ll r new huil ding. Wilh Ih" hell' of Ihi~
commillee. I' re.idl· m Doll B" I. er ... ilI 111" 1. ...
Ihl\ (I memor;It-ll' CU·Il!.
Wo rl. ill our ,Irea h \10'" ing .10'" n .... IIh
Ihe e,(eplion of '1 \ ,\ 1I(lrk, for ... hkh lIe
.1I·e gr:llerll1.
II I HI< 1'1 Nr- INfdO ..... 1'.5.
Parties, Presentations Of
Trophies Highlight News
L.lI. 177. J \ C ":SO'\' II .U :. Fl. \ .- 0 0.'"cmher \\," quill,' ;I 1II0l1lh for I" ,II 11)(,,,1
177. W.: h"d .1,"0.'1,11 "arlic,. ;Iml " rm: ..... n·
11t1 ion o f lrop hie, to Ihe ill ~i de ami ouhide
;tpprellike. uf Ih~ )COlr. 1\1 ollr Dcccmlll:r
17 m e~linJ,;. Irophie~ 'Ienl 10 II rtJIhe r
ReJ,;gie I \mn j\lho II,', menlione,l in .In
"arlier " I oc;ll Line," anick .1\ oUhl.mJing
.I pprenli~e o f Ihe J .I.;),.wn".me .110.'.' huildin!:
Ir,,,le,) :md BrOlher I d Young. IIltO ".1>
hOll()reJ .r. lh~ OUhWII,lilt1l (lpprel11ic" in
Ihe line tliYi~i"ll. Ou r Ih;ollk, .Ind Dc,1
"hhe, 10 Ihc'>C fin~ }oung gen ll e men.
Ikrl' in Ga le" " ) Cily ",1,' ha'e t...:l'n Icry
forlu nal e Ih.11 our 1I0rl. ~ilu"lion h.l~ bec n
good. I herc .11'1,' ., fell IJ rOlheh OUI of
1I0rl. :11 "r('>CIlI. hili Ih ... oUllook i\ nOi ;I ~
Ji~m .. 1 ... il ., in Ihe re,1 of Ihe ~ounlr)".
~c of our job, .,r.: ~oming 10 ,I dO-.c".
hUi some ,mall \\orl. i, gellinl; ' I;.rll.'d.
r hruI. gh the dforh of Ihe IOClll .111\1 lhc
conlra Clor~. "c h.I\e heell ;rblc 10 1"Cl'Ol'Cr
quil l,' 11 hil of ,m.oIl "orl.. rh o.' J,;illlll1tic
Sc"rli (,,!:Ilo!: Ccnler h.. , opencJ, II hich
mean) Ih nl ..... '·eral iJ rolhl.'N ... iII be: ,'oming
back 10 Ihe h:.11 10 go OUI o nce llg,lin.
O n Dcecmber 1-1 \\0.' held our ,ccunJ
,\nllll:11 rctired melllbcr~ dinner. Th e g;lla
I~rolher Al Monlb'Olllery llnJ Ilrolh~ r l-brry
H ileman. who drc~>ed in theil' cloll II ",ii'
and ~,Ilte oul balloons Iliid enlell,lincd tlt e
.-rOIl,r of over 600. ":ids ~Ollnj,l "n.1 <It.l
cnjo}cd thc day. 011 o.."Ccmhcr 211 Ihe ttell
Jim, ... \\", held: ;1 ~ooJ h,lnti ,,1.I}eJ .:ur·
rC11i IUne •. ,lI1d [he c\·cniIlS \\." 11'0.',,1.
I in.llly. on D~ce mt-e r .\1. IIC h.ld our
;l nllll,11 ~ C\\ YC:lr\ I IC d"n.: .... '1 h... h.mJ
pl.'}cd .1 11 I.IIJ(I ~ IIf mlhlL ,Ie,;!;ned III
pk"", "~ery on~ . The com mille'" 1'1"' p"reJ
ami .Clltcd line fOOo.1. vue .. l, IIC"", ill,jje,1,
,tIlu .111 donal ions I\Cnl 10 Ihc 1t.lo.:,II", ,Ii,·
Ir..." fUII,I. Clos<: 10 6110 .III ... mk,1 an,1 h",1 ~
lt lim ....
In do-ins I \\anl 10 Ih,m l. II rolhl'l (Ie\C
I oll'land. our prc~ldenl. a nd hi, '''HI~ lIif....
(:11',,1 tprc,idenl "f \llIf W"men\ AII,ili:or) I.
Il ho,<, IImiring ..rforh II1mk all Ihl' ,,:11"11.:.
\0 .uc..... ,,(u1.
Th... ,'o mll1illee ml' lIlho,'f\
re'pmhib1c (or ~lIe h II gre.11 Jon lI e re
Brolh ... r UIIll;tr 111".;),. .lIld hi, \lif.... ' .mq:
II fIllh,,!" ""e n Cormel Hnd hi, \\ ife. \\ ;ond,,:
Urolhl'r SI-ln Lour.:c}·: BrOlher R Oil ... \1'
cod. M r~. M . , 'in')On: .l lId ,,1\ Ihe <llher
lint B rolh"r~ "ho helped 0111. II " ..mIJ he
IInf.l ir nOI 10 Ih;lIlk I1I"ine", \ 1HrI,IS'" lIi ll
llrmlllllcr and hi, ""i'lnill •. Johll Y,\)"h rolll; h unJ E. II. " B III~'h" t,off. ,Ind ,,11k.:
,1.I(fer, AgfK'~ JU\l il'~, ] utlene I h·rt1ing".I~·.
:1111.1 \\ ilm.1 J OSle-r.
W. G . ""'ll" VIIIII. ]'.5.
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111. J K ksonv,Ue. fie Bus'neu M ~na.er
B,II Bromme,. Clnte,. p,esents tro phies 10 oul·
standing ,nSld e apll. e nlice Rlali e Exum. lell.
e nd outslandi"l1 ou tside apprenll<=o Edward
Young, "8M.
Brother Au"'e Ke&ebltin. center, IIdd.""us I.·
l irees ~s Sus,nen M lln~&e , Btommet. I"n. e nd
M, s. I<egebeon look on.
Man Affected Most
By Economy , Scribe Says
W o rking
L. U. 11J3, S I'RJ"C,Flt:I.I>. 11.1.. _ r h.: ecunomi,l, ,Ir... ":linlln~ II ~ Ioolll } pi~III1'e \\ ilh
in ll.llion ")(),uing. inlel'e~ t mlC\ jon h,,,,,jng
in jlMli.;ul<lrl rem;tinint: high. , horl.Ige, COIIlinuint: ( .... hi ch III.' ..an·r under,t.mJ), .,nJ
;0"",, dlrt1ini ~hin g bC"C.IU<;(' of Ih e un.;en.,inly
of th .. emire eeonOIl!~. A~ lI,uar. il '<'em,
hI I,,' Ihe "orl. in),! ""'" Ilh" i. ",ailkill!;
n... ll) uf hi, h"nl '\\I)n !,!;,in, in thh 1II,·rr)·
~o·rolln ll .
Thue clowns for lhe d~y. B, othe, s
min ~nd AI Montgomery •• ntef1~In
Chflstmas party.
.Itf"lr \I,IS a hll ~e 'lIce...". l( o.'l ir... J melll~rs
prc,idenl. ,\lIggie "-tgcl1o.:in. rr~'>C"nleJ rin'
III all ..... lircJ II1tllll1o.:r,. I n l erlainm~nl II."
Ilro\iJ ... d b~ ;0 grOllp called Ihe "-orn "-oh,
~r •. ,\ .illg-Illunj,l of (hri,tm.h ~:.rol, ;lnd
u film on relir.:d Ileupic \IeI'': ilil pan of .1
gr~;11 Ilfl trnoon, and "~re clljll)·".1 h) ,)1\'1
I.~t) in :luembl1~':.
On I)e.::embcr 21. S,ml .• •,"0.1 hi~ 11.'"1.=
h(Ned our (11I1I1Ial children'. Chri,lm,",
p.ln~. Food. good ~p irih . lm,1 gift~ "cre in
:Ibllndnnce. 511111,\ had 1"0 grt;ll hclper'.
II " '" unr..ir Ih,'1 Ihe h""ne" !'Copk in
Ihi, ..oumry .Irt :IlIv\\ t d lu ('onlrol pri~c~,
inlere.1 r;ole\. foreign imports. )oh or p,' rlu ni lie •. ;tIl l! Ihe emire economic "rU':lur...
of our li~c, "ilholll :lllollil1g Ih .11 1e.,,1 .1
,;o\l·uf-1iling :ldjU)lmclII 10 I. ...... p lIilhin
gUII.IIIII \If Ihe mo n-r roll .. prke I·j'e,. \1
011.: tIm e. your l'o.egOli,,\il1g CIlIll111illee\
.·;Ime h<lel. from Ihe harg:linirlg Illhle \\ ilh ,I
,'o\l-uf·li, ing inerc;o'>l,' pili, ~ f'C1~"111"1i" (If
in,·re.I"': 10 imrro,c hll}ing po ... cr.... hi,·h i..
Ih... hig faclor in eonlinuing "fu,pcroll'
lime •. We \\orl.ing people nlll~1 "onlinlle I<)
IlrOnl<)le .Ind improve Ihe rig hl . \If "I~r}'
\\o, I. inl; man lind \10111.111 in Ih" SI\·.ll
eomlll} of OUh. and \Ie mll,1 n,lI lei
.... her,ilie~ imp-cde our progfe\ ...
I hIt ,"""er 10 Ihe prohlcm \lill lie, in
polili,· ... rut1C II :h Ihe} are: ICI', Ir~ IV de,11I
rolili~ .. up i">} elecling hone" ,1110.1 inleJligenl
fe,leral lind .1<lle rcpre-.cm.l li \c\ IIho ,Ire
frien tll} 10 ollr C:lll~e. :tnt! rellllli illl; lhtl...:
I\lh) .Ire nOI . reg;tf(lIc .. ~ uf p.ll"1 } ufl1lr.lti Oll .
\\'ell. I hope yOIl gOI .. omelhing unl 01
Ih;, "nidc. I' lca..e do yotlr ...1I.lrc It} .,lIcn.!·
ing }Ollr ne\! union metunt:. It "II d.·pend,
on ~ou ,
fooh HM,1 1 V. 51111'111 HI), I' .S.
IIEW Jou.no '
,
,
Wo rking
Local 212 Group
Enjoys Party
L. U. 2 12, CINC INNAT I. O IIlO- The I'ensioneers Cl ub of Local 2 12 held i1 ) 'I hank sgiving ",trly 011 NOllcrnbc ,' 20 at rroll cy
Tavern.
loc"a1 212 I'.a~ rcprc-.el1lcd h)' I're,idenl
Fred LOl.e. A ~\i'I;HlI Bu,inc" Manager Jim
Gerk e. Vice I' rc,ldcnl Joe I\Icnis. Execu tive
DO~Tfj ~c(rclary I{ ,Llph Grieme. and F \CClllive Boan.! rnernh.:rs George Huber. Joe
Ober. :H1d EdWilld M . Schllliu.
Due 10 Ihe elforts of the carnrnill ee
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everyone had II Good lime. A buffet lunch
wa~
served. li nd m:.ny door prize, \lCfC
I\lc hl1yrc. F rll n~ Kelly. John Revi!. and
MalHlger Frnnk Mor<lno.
A bylll" eh:lIlge suomilled by Treasu rer
Doug Ikrgc.wn and RecordinG Seeret"fY
Tom 5t'hlatl. to increase our lIues a sse~~­
lI1ellt to 2'~ of Q UI' weekly pily wns pOStponed 10 a I;,ter d:lte.
Bu,ine'>S M.umger Franl Momno ;lIld his
finance eommit'ee beliel'c the :Il lIrm to be a
bit premature. r h~y ha ve tn~ c n the view
Ihal olLr e'tcnlled unem ployment nnd men
.... orking OILI of our :,rea h!tl'c e;w.)('d a
steady dr<lin on our loe;,l\ finances. BUI.
hopefully. Ihing, l-ill ~tan (In 1111 up,wing
this year.
Jos n'lI L. G I(11 IN tI ' o. 1'.5.
BL,~i ne ss
g;"(>I1. A fc\\ of th e men e njoyed pl;.),ing
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Pen sion eers
cards. \~hilc th e .... Ollle ll pluyed hin go.
T he re Wll, nearly 100 perce nt allendance.
wilh only it few )id; or Olll -of·\o" n members mi~,ing.
We hope \0 have more of Ihe~ affairs in
yeMS 10 come.
G 11<.\' I. •• S,WN • . 1'.5.
Retirees Honored
Retired Members Feted
By Local 223
L.U. 2B. IIROC KTQN. /l l ASS.- Local
223 hclt.! iI, annual retired l11el11ber~ nIgh!.
In :,lIcnd;.nce werc nine of our 17 rctired
Illcnlhcr,. E<lch mcmbcr "ceeive,j a IWCnty·
dollnr ( hrislm;" !lift from Local 223. Afler
Ihe meelins wa, adjourned. refre~hmenls
Ilcre ,cn'ed in Ihe lower lwll.
T he ;lI1nu;,1 (hri~lmu~ p;,rJy W:l~ held
Sunday. December 15 HI Ollr loca l union
hall. /l1:, ny Ih,ln~~ 10 Arthur Good and his
commiuce for cnlercaimns nearly 20(J chilo
drcn.
Brother ['hi! Ski ll ings' falher. Mihon.
n:lurned again to p0rlrHY S;ulla. ilrolher
" B u~ler" /l anna n. drcv.ed :1, nn elf. ;",isted
Sanl.I in caroli ng and ~eepinG the demislS
in I'lymo uth (ounly happy hy ~ eeping th e
~iJ \' momhs full of e:lIllly ;U1d other good·
ies.
Afle l' ' he gifl' were p;I\,cd OUI. Ihe chilo
dren "djouflled to Ihe lower hall lind demol·
i<hcd JaJ'j;c qUllnt itie~ of ~(XI II. icc crcam.
and p.I,lries h.,);ed by Ihe loc"l II I'Olhc'rs'
" ile,.
Serling on Ihc Chrislllla' eommilLee were
Brothcl"j Art Good. Joe DaSilva. Joe Sir·
toli , Bob McG ee, Gcno C;,povi. Bill
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Ap rit, 1915
Loca l 224 Antic ipates
Spring, Better Tim es
1..11. :n t NEW mmFO IU>.
1\1;\SS.- Wcll.
lhat till1e of rea r approaches which every·
one enjoys- 'pring. lIfter n cold win ter. The
1I:,rlller :.ir al .... ays seems 10 brighten many
faces. We all look forllard to that, and also
beILer timn, Many of ollr I::0vc rnnl cn t lead·
ers say " I." ure in a rece"ion. bill when
you're not lIork ing and bill, ;I re 1I10ullling
up. that is a depression. no nmller how )'OU
loo~ at il. We ~incerely hope goo..l times
will bri!;hten the ,miles o n fllce~ thj ~ sprin!;.
H;, ts o lT 10 our hc;lIth and wel fare eOI11millec for o;ceuring " nell in~ur:ull'e com·
pany to take e;lfe of our progranl. rh e pre·
vious eomp,lIlY decided to up our costs so
the cOllll11iLtee found :,nothcr II illing to
endorse our progr:ml. Th ou':'nd~ of dollars
.... ere ~a\ed. '1his dOC~I\'1 Ilht happen; a lot
of lIo rk !;oe~ into thi, kind of action.
Many of our BrOthers ta~e all this for
gr;lI1ted. Oil behalf of th ose "ho don 'I, I
suy. "Good job, felloll~!"
'1he wor~ ~illlation in our area i~ I'ery
poor; likc everyone else, \I e arc looking for
beller days.
,"or tho~e II ho h!lven't heard, Business
M;mill:!er (,t'Or~c: Cln.. k 1I,1~ honored
l'resi t! cm
l' ill;II'd,
who
recenlly
hy
:, ppointed him to th~ bourd of the Council
on Indu~lri!. 1 R clalion~. II i, un impornllll
po,ition; representation for Ihi~ area has
been a long time com ing. Colt!;ratulutions,
George.
1'1) 1\11 TI\lIl<.. 1'.5.
all
aARl<. l o;QS. P $,
Brother Woods of Local 237
Wins Life-Sav ing Award
L. U. 237, N1M-:AR,\
F /\U~"J.
N,Y.-At
our December meeting. ll ro ther An Woods
lIa~
presentcd h i~ Ifl EW Ufe·Savinl::
AW:lrd. Art i, the third Loc:ll 237 member
to receive thb :Iward during Ihe paSI seven
years. A bOHt carryinll II fmher lind his son
cap,ized in Ihe rou!;h ~lIirli n S wfLtc r~ of the
10ller Nial,:;,r" RiVer. Art mflnuged to
fc'\Cue the boy; thc clTurh it) <,:, IC the
father \lere futile . As the accident occurred
on th e C;LL Htdian ,ide of the river. An alsu
reccived :111 :'".Lrd from the C:IIl;UJiUll gOY'
erllmell!.
Wh ~n Ihe new year began here, (IlmOSI u
qu a rter of thc local members were ou, of
y, or~ . It doc,n't loo~ liS if Ihings will
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Award
jny~ io; very bad. and Mlme m"nth~ there
i_n', e\'c n a quorum. Let's try 10 all ... nd:
e\'en if Ihere is ..omelhing )OU don', like.
lei iT be \.. no\\ n-thing~ ~';ln ,11\\,1), ~
improved.
Sec }OU :11 the n... " union meeling Ilhiro!
ThurSl.I.')'I.
J \'U ~ TI RRI 1111111\ 1' .5.
l ocal 246 Holds 19th
Annual Dinne r-Dance
Pic tured here. lelt to ri,hl. III loc:at
Nia,I " F"II •• NY. aus,ne.. MllnaKe. 1.1,11
son; .ecipient o f IB[W li fe SII~"" AWII.d Art
Woods; and P re.ldent J.<:k Kennedy of loc:al
L.U. 246. s n : Un E,, \ II.U " UIl IO-On
Ikeembcr 7. our 101.:,,1 held iI, l'Jlh .tnnuJI
dinner·d.lnee al Ihe "' ni~hl" "f (olumhu,
11:111 in Wei non. We\, \ irgini.l. ,\fh~' ,'o.;\".
lail, ,lnJ dinner. Brolher Dc\\cy ;\ k ... . I).
pre,idenl of LocOlI 1-1(, ;tIld lOa_Im.I\la fllr
237.
Co urse
Dinner-Dance
SOme al II., journey .... " 01 loc:al 231 wllo
atte"ded Ihe ""tlc CO"lrol cou'" a,e O,ck Wol·
cotto OICk W"ne'. Rudy T"ncl"att,. RiCh AlUo,
nucci. JOhn Fusel. A,,,,e Littlewood. J ... John
WI,ner. B,II Moon. and Ja. Such,
Pro feuor Sloneham. I" pJl", ~I". is Irylng 10
find au , why ... eryOne In Ihe picture Is "and·
1"6 on his head; Sam Capone. O,ck Werner.
and O'ck Walcott "e au,sl,'"
Ihe
e\e n in~.
inlrod uct.''' Ih ... di,lingubh ....J
on Ihe dah. The~ "ere P re~id~'nl of
Sleubcm'ille Cily Council :Ind M rll- Pelcr J.
\I ~C:llTcrl). M ayor of Weirlon. \ \0... ,1 \ ir"
gini,1 ;lnd M r~. M ichael A noochid. 11",i·
lie" ;\1.w<lgcr ~n d M n.. Kennelh (j .I"".. r.
I o.;al 146 Pre,idem and Mrs. Ik"C)
\k ....ly. St.u... Represcnlatilc and Mr~.
\nhur 8o\\c". SIJI.: SenJlor ","..I \ I r,.
Doug!."
'rpleg.Jle. Rncrend am' \lr_.
Kuhc'rt li cnthurn. Jlld 'pc:ei.11 YUC<oh fur Ihe
c't.'nmJ;. Imern;llional Rerre'oCmal;'e ,m,1
M". (jeol'lIe ChJpPic. IJrolhcr (h . ,ppk
_puLe of hi, " .......,..i"lion "ilh LOI.""I ~.ln ,,",I
C'lended be,1 \\bhc_ froll1 lhe Intern .• li,ln.11
om".... We e\prC" our dc"'p<,t Ih.,"I.. .. It)
BrOlher ,mIl ~ ' r . Ch.lpple for ;U1 ... n.JinJ,:.
I're,idenl DClley "\c "' ay Ihen ;111.11,1.·.1
wnkc pin~. \\hieh \\I;.'r ... pre,enle.! h) hiler·
n.I,iOtHll K... pre\enl,lli...... C h'IPPic. ;\Iemh.:r,
rcc.:i"iny 1U·) ... ar pins "erc llrOlht.'r ... Kino
1I.11I;"lel. J:lm~') " ergu,on. Arthllr lI uhin·
.\ler. bJ\\,ml "'endlior,l.l. "nd Jll,eph
Yuh:t~, Thow receiving 1S'Y~;lr pilh II ... r.:
Rohert Fnwll, J:ul1e_ ll imd . . ,nd Rubell
J onc~. Receiving JIl· )cai" pirh "t.'rc I e_lie
('ro" ,md Ku",cll EIl'ell,
t\ );.lin Ihb )ear \\c h;,d 1"0 h,m.J, pl.,).
ing. Ihe Run \I ,trCOnl Or... hc_lrJ .md ,he
rud group Od)'"e).
An adJed Ileal Ihi~ le"r ",I~:I ,ing·,dong
of ('hrhlnM\ e;lrob 10 help gel in") Ih ...
(hri'lma~ ,piri!.
rtJ lil.e III IhJltl. Ihe dinrn:r'oJncc ..:ommince fur Ihe joh il ..lId. 1 he ,·Olllmlllc.:
,'on_i_led of llrolher-. Gu, "' irl;ml>iti~.
Illlrr) "Orler. j:tmes Truax, be\.. I n..... ll,
I-r"n\.. Jehl.L De"e) MeK;.y. J .ll11e, (lin·
ningham. and R ;l) Llsh.
Once J!;Jin .... c ;trc ..ad 10 r... port Itt..:
p,l"ing of ,I rdlo\\ IJ rOlhcl of Loc,,1 ~~n.
On J,,"u;lT) n. Clarenec W. ScOll p.,,,,.:,1
ilue,,~
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Twenly·ll~e·year
membe .. are Brother. Robert
Ensell Ind Robert Jones.
a.e J ames W. Fe'IIUSO<l.
• and Edward Kendz;o •• k,.
Sialic cont.ol Is se.iou. business 10 Arnofd
Lilliewood. Sr. .nd A.nold UWewoocf. Jr , bUI
Rudy Trine,,,a,,1 and RICh A"lanucci Ihl,," It's
fun.
im pr!) ...t.' for :,
pe rcelll
Allend :mec
mee lings and
.11 ninc
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while: ultemp lu}ll1t.'nl 'Ii,nd,
in our ltrCli.
:11 Ihe ,I"'" ,If0 for ... men·s
Alhledc Aswc:iafion\ mcet·
Members a f t he (Iinne. (I 1I"ce Gammi ll ee shown w,th oft,c..S. le ll to riahl. are B<Ol herl Gus
KlrlanS,lIs. Presldenl Oewey McKay. B.other HI.ry Po.,er, Buslnell Manlge . Kenneth W Olue •.
In le."at,ona l Representative Gea.se C""pple. and B,othe.s Frank Je l s ~l . R a~moltd Llsh. J lmes
T,uI". James Cu"n, nghlm. and Jilek [n.. lI.
rSEW Jo", 'no l
,
:I\Iolly. BrOl her ScOIl \loll ' 65 )ca f) of :lge
and \Ioas II 33 - ~e ll r me mber of Ihe IBEW.
He \Io as ini tial ed into the IB EW on December 6, 1941 lind too k li n early re ti rement in
I-'ebruary, 1973. We c ;\tend our smeere condo!cnees 10 the fami ly of our d ecea~d
Brother.
R"'''MO:' O W. L,slt , I'.S.
Tying In
Awards
S hown .. fter complehon o f . II t lng a nd tym g In
o f m .. in 5- KV $wllc hae a.. I. " 10 . Ig ht . .re
Ch lls Ma rclllnte . Gen e Ke hoe , Rudy " R()<;h es!e ,"
Brown. Ray Sh a w, a nd gene r.. 1 lorem .. n Ji m
Bren n an .
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f ,n .. llzlng Ire_In 01 one 01 s ......1 mo lO, con
Hoi I:ent.,,, 10. !he HVAC system, le f! to "8"1,
.... ChriS Marclan le. R.y
and Rudy
Brown.
Edw. rd Sw,d ers ki. W,lh.m Robe ,,,. BUSIness
Man aa e r Oon Kennedy. p"tSiden t C. rl K.aeme r,
S •.. • nd J o hn Dll ou;e
Dinn er-Dance Held;
Awards Presented
L U , 269, TIU~ "~I'ON . N ..I .- T he Ced;I T
Garden Restauranl " II~ th e ,~ene rece nll )'
1 o ( Lo,'a! 269's annu:r) dinn er-lI nnee for :111
' ... rt\e mb cn, invilell 1,:uc, h . lllld Iheir ladie\.
The afh ir " a~ helll 01\ Sa hl rdu} e'~ l1I ng.
NO"emi'oe r Ill, 1'.174.
P nli~ m ll ~t I"oc he" pe.1 on Vice I're~iue!lt
John Cun n m~hnm. the chu irm;1Il of Ihe
even!. a mi hi, 1ll0" ;,b1e assi,t ~n" F ina ncial S.:-I.'reta r)" f ra nci, B. M.lrci.lnlc. Harold
,·'tlrney- GoMe. :lIld Le~ter "' rae mer. for
their I:florts in pUlling logl: ther a \'I:ry
cnjo):It>1e I:' eninl! r he cui~ine ",I~ ~upcrb
and tht mid-C'cning entertainmenl of profe,\ion.11 eomeu;;m I reddie I(om.m \\.1\ a
rdre\hini! dep:IT1tIrc from Ih(' rij;or~ of 100
m uch ,J"nl:inl! :lnJ lil'l;llion. Mlhi.: for d.lIleing \10;" prmi.leJ b) the bij; t>OInu M1unt.! of
the lI ~ n n} Sn)'Jcr orchl:,tr.l anu fm II lij;hl
101,,;h o( rod...mll "arm-up c\t'r~;'>C,. the
F feclrk).
., h~ commi;ICC al,o blenJ ed inlt) Ihe proj;nlm the pre'~nt"ti()n of all" I'U, to OUI
10ng-~llHl dinll meml"ocr\. Bu,inc" M ,rn~l!er
DOn Jo.: cn ncJ) .11111 I'rt'\ident Cll rl .... raemer.
Sr. did r h ~ hono r ~ lind e\lcn(lc,1 Ihe follo\ling nwn rd); 30-},ear Ilalche'! -- John DiLouie. WlIli,llIt Roberts, li nd Fdll Ol rd
l
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Aplll, 1975
Power Unit
I
l oca l 269. Tre nto n. N.J . Bu slne.. M ~nlile . Oon
Ke nn edy cong, a ll,l li les Prnide nl Ca rt Krum er.
S •. on re ce iv .... g h i, 35· y.B r p in , wh llll Sec , e t.ry
Haro ld " Ba rney" Gobl e enjoys t he occ:asoon.
Som. 0 1 those honored , I. ft 10 "p.h1. Inc lude
se r"ed .since il~ ince ptio n in 1967 a nd have
been instrum enl:11 in giving it Ihe strength
it enJOYS toda y. BrOl h'! r Bill Oro" seTl'ed
IU its fiT'i1 lmd onl y chairman lint.! curre ntl y
servt~ liS J
membe r o f the E;\amini ns
Boa rd Afll:r sc\ cral years' lenure. they
decided 10 /".I~S up reelee lion as o fficers but
" ill cont inue to <;e" 1: a\ llell>e. pa rl icipaling members. Repladng tht' m a n: Brothers
D lc ~
/l offman. dectet.! chairman. Sam
Catl:raniccJa. -.ec relary. ant.! ne" ly eleeteu
member. Bob r.tl7.a. Rou ndi ng OUI the
Commillec arc Urolhl:T$ " r;l n Marcianle.
Ireasu rer. O ic ~ Wells. and J im Brennan.
A l IhRTOU SO, P.S.
Sh'.....
S\IoirJer,l.i: H-yea r pins-J ohn Baldauf.
H,lroft.! Goblt'. Carl Kraemer. Sr_ and John
MImi: 30-}'ear pi n ~ Rarney 1I.lTrt'II.I. John
Dil.ouic. WiJliam R obert~. :Int.! Fdll;r ru
Sllider,l.i: .2.'1')-0;:'" pins- Rkh:lTd ReJ)!>Cr.
J r,. Thoma~ IIrell mln. h ,1. " Princeion"
Coo~r. Rich;lrd OiLouil.'. Char!c\ Ec~c:rr .
I.e\ter Kr,l elller. ;Ind William Phdan: ;lIld
.20·yea r pilh-S;llll Lopre~ti and " ugcne
Mard;'"t c.
A, reported ill prev io,,'i nnic!c\. th e wor ~
, ililarion i ~ slil! b,ld \lith no re tid ,een in
Ihl' il11!11 edi;lh.' future. T he rolls t) f Ihe
un emrloyed eo ntirwc to , " cll Hlld it
nrr C,lfS it II ill he every bi l o f mid, untm er
hdore th e I\or k load be gi n ~ 10 in trea~c.
Wh :1I Ihe "' imer of 197."i-U. holt" i\. li t thi,
poi nt in lime. guc~~work al h.::~1.
Ehe" h<' re on Ihj\ page " ppe:lr t\lO piclurc\ !.I ~ en al T re nton Stale College. T re ntu n. 'l ~" JerliCy. of the ne" 'l mlen! COIIImunl!) ccmer no" nearinl! completion. '11"oc
l.>e"n Elcclrie Compa ny o f " ;(I('r..on i~ the
clctlrical tontr.letor ;lnu thl: jot> i, heinl!
h.lnrJled by Brother J im IITcnn,lII. general
foreman. T he "or~ for.:-~ i, no" ,Io"n 10
Ihl: men. Incluu;lIg 'i('eonu t>,lnana Chr;~
\I ,nd:ln!!!. T houj;h the job i, "lndinl! uo"n
fa,l. II rothc:r II renn.1II "'1)-, there i, ,till ,In
;lppJ"edablc: amount of fin i,hing up 10 he
t.!ooe .•lnc.! he- feci, that i'oec;ouo,c c;l~h O];1n
h,l' h;ld \Jr,ily u/"l'rience, all e~~cled
completion d.n~, "ill t>e met.
W e "olild li~e to la ke the nrrorlun il} 10
thlln ~ Brothers Will i;un (, ro" :tml John
(1II11"n~h am. '-CT\ing :I, ch.lirmlln :ltId ,ecre l,lI) rcsp-ceti vcly. of the loc:ll\ ,i~ ~ COI11millee. v. ho hal'e deeidc<.l 10 , le I' d cm n 1"
o flkers for th e comin!; yen r. ]lolh were li CIt
o nl y origina l fo und c r ~ of th e fun d bllt huvc
M.mben 0 1 loc.1 270. O,k RIdge. Tfl>n . •eun"y ifl$li1t1ed thIS 1.4 10 KVA power unit In
an O,k Rrdp N .. hon .. ' laborillOry eKpe "m.n t.1
"g th. t somul .. l., Ihe he .. t 0 1 nuc l.... r luet e le.... nts. E.ch condUIt in this pnolo nouses th ...
150,000 MCM Inlereonnectlna cells_ Shown I.om
lelt .re Ve rnon Rober1s. M. V. Cla.k, S. M.
" ... shoo".. J... .nd W. Z. HU"'t. employ", 0 '
Rusl Ena' n"".,na Comp.ny. con n ,ueliO<"l I:on
I,.cto. for the job.
Work Not 'Booming.'
But Stable, Says Scribe
L. U. 270. OAK I(lOGE. TF.NN.- G ree t_
(ro l11 th e Alo mi c Cit y. With the c ncr~y
cri,; ~ :In u Ihe cl cr-incrcn, ing eo~t 01 !i,·illl!.
it urI' '';''' ItUI! Ihe ycar ,Ihe:ld \liII not b e
lIIl ea,} olle for m Il o r~ i n g people. To Ihi ~
rro in t. IIC o f Loca l .2iO h,lI'e ocen 1110re
flH lll n " l~ lha n m~ny in ol her are:ls ;IS far as
el11rlO)l11ent I' I:oncerncd. 1h in!;~ lire by no
mC. IIl' hool1\in~. bUI lITe m,ln:'!,!ing !O ho ld
fairJ} ,Iable
We h;IIe h"d m:lny e;lIh from uncm/" Io)w IJ rother\ Ihroughout the nlUnlf)'
"hour Ihe !lucle.lr brl:edcr re3etor job "hkh
h.I' /">cCIi W "Iuel} publicized. r hi, job has
not ncl!un. anu lie" h.1\1: no ide.1 " hen con,!rUCllon "ill b~gin, r hi) informa tion might
,.IIe )OU :, telephone call , If .Iml \Iohcn rhe
jot. doc, !,lei ,1arh." 1. "I: hope to be ahle 10
emplo) m;,") IJ rol hc~
\\ c .Ire h.lpp} to report Ih,lI on~e again
lie lIue "t>le 10 Sl:nd ched\ .11 ChTl,tm.ls
10 "ido", of de~e:.<;('t.! Loe,, 1 .270 mcmi'oers.
I h,mh to Iht generous .0IltrihUlion~ of Ihl.'
membel .. hip. 'ole -.em c h l:c~' o f $-1.'1 10 e3eh
of 4 ~ "it.!oll~. Brother C. II . MeO .. ni,, 1 II
v.n' ;11,::un chlll rl1l nn of th e " ido\l's fund
(;0 I11I11ittee.
l "~!llS A. C Url' , 1'.5.
in j,\~
33
bers Chc,>ler L;jl\rence :lIld 1{<L)mond Nur.:e.
B u~illt''>s ,\-I :I1\"I;Cr W illiam Waller. Sr.
rrc"'nled sef\·ice rin,> to Don Orhll'in for
25 ycar,>: ..... rnie Willbm-.on for :!t) )c,lf~:
Keith Etherington for IU )ear..: ;md
I-Itleher Wh ile for JO )(';.1"".
Dinner-Dance
I k'<l1 SItU I II ...
I'.s.
Retiring
Local 281. Ande.,on.
dlnn,,' d.n"e In Oecember. He"
wives enloy gGOd buffet.
B,olhe, Ma"",n Moh'" of Locil
aPOlis. WIll .eli,e .lIe. ,e",I,,& "nce
Man ..... to CItIzen. Telephone chaIrman.
FIn/lnCI.t SI",et.ry W""e C.rpenler .nd hi'
wlfl. Robyn.
PaSI PreSIdent
Thelm •.
W,lh.m
Wlln
.nd
h..
••
Awards
WI le.
j:.rollr in 19.\7. He ha~ aho scne.! on Iheir
nCj:OliUling. labor ma l1 agcmcll1, .m.! ):riC\'
:mee eonHnillecs. He hilS b;:~n ,to OUI,t.IIlLIing m~mbcr of Locl,l 292, \lho IhrOlI):h
the )e,I" h;IS been Ihe had, ron.: of th.'
\1 .1111..;.110 rc-lephone unit. We "i~h 10 ....lhllC
\1 .LI"\ on hi~ man) )C;tf.) of -.eni,'c anu
\11'11 hlln .lIld his fine \life. LLKiIIl'. Ih~ 1-.:,1
in Iheir rClIl\'men t )C"~.
loc;11 :!Y2 rcccnll) ,..,.lr.k,1 Rol>cll ~il­
-..:Ih :IIlLI Ju-.eph K).III Ihe Juinl I ndll'lr~1 0\.,11 292 ~fely 31,<"J,. E.L~h m.m \1,1'
1I1~lrllnl\:nl;l1 in lkI,ing :L life b) month-Illmouth rC~II!oCit.\lion. BOlh men h ... c 1.ll..cn
thc t1r,t-~id cour..<: orr~r.·t.1 Ihcm h) Ih..lOurnc)mal1 illlpro\~m~nl ,I..ill d.lv,..:•. 111.1'1..1l""'lhlc II) Ihe Join t InJu\tr) 110;11.1. 1 h~
I)I'C of aClion I,. ~en II) Ih~,~ )Ounj,: IIl.;n
,hO\l\ Ihe nCl..:! for continuing Ihe lir .. l-aid
,OI1"'~. Anoul 6:1 pcn.::~nl of ;.11 1.0,'.11 2Y~'~
\\ITCllMn h.I\~ COlnpICI~U •• n<l 1'."....'"11 Ihi~
l·OU,",e.
Afler;1 lil~-da) ~!ri~o: Iho: :\l.li,·o Ikuil1!,:
IthlrlltnClI1\ COI11I';my .lI1d I 01,\11 L nion :!Y2
,,'\lIed fur a one-year conlr;L"! !,"Iilin): for
\1;'gC hilc' of Illl percenl a,- n.. rorl~,1 n)
lI u\ine,\ M:.n .• g.:r Ger"ld I . li mier I h~
eunlr.lli \1,1' nel,!othlleu b) 1',Iul '-uurl.l1l.
"u'me,,- repre-.cnl.,ti\c of 1.01:;11 2'):!..
1,',,:,,1 ~92', annu:,1 Chri,lm.I' p.ll"1\ \I,L~
hel\! Del'emller 10. 1'.17.\ al Ihe \linllC.lroh~
AI"liIOflUIlI. A rer.:ord i\lrnoui ot .llmo'l
YOC) Ill~mncr~ ,hol,~d up fOl ~oo.t fcllu"~hlp .IIIU .L he.. rl) IlInr.:h. \1 .111) Ih.ln~, 10
our r.:ommiltee memlle". J •• d
I.)<>,~h.
lI.un;.ll,t tl elm~. Joe .... oprL. 0,111 \k{.lIIne".
II Mr), I·cle..... Jcrr) Therrian. Llrl 1."lor.
Ron Schroeder. O\lcn St-hki,man, ,md J,)hn
Wtlh.II1h. for a job \11.'11 done.
A re.;-ent deci~ion ".Is h"n,!c,J lltll\ n n}
Ih~ Council 01\ InuUSlri;!1 ReI.L liolh implemcnllng " re5idcntial Ilgrccmcnt for Ihe
elllire juri~liction of 1 IX;!1 l'mon :!'):!..
0\\ I " SOli I h" \'. I'.:".
ce.emOny"-;~~:';-::~
,.
..
"
Party Pictures
al aw"rd.
nght. a,,, Robe" W,ll •. ch."man 01
I/l I, ty
commIttee and buslnllSS ,ep,esenl.llve; 81,111·
neSS Manage r Ge,ald E. Butle,: Robc,! SrI$c!h;
Joseph Ryan : H.",y 8ell. b...,lnus manal'''.
Local 949. AUStin. M1n".: a"d Owen SchIOI"
man. p,.,.id~nl 01 loc.1 292.
•
~--
Local 281 Holds
Annual Dinne r-Dance
L.U. 2KI , A'D": RSON, l 'U,_Our "nnll;ll
iJinner-d:tnCe Voa§ held in l)cl'crnher •• 1 the
Voilure .\0 lind II Club. I hI.' l·ommUICC.
M ike tb j:icn.. l..i, Willie C"rJl'\!nler. Dennis
ScOIi. Frnie Shicl.!~. ,L1I\1 10m Gnl)" arc all
10 be congratLLl;I\ed for Iheir tine M:icr.:lion
of food, entermmrnen1. :lI1d door prile~.
Special llue,>ls \It're Will iulil Wrin. p,.~t
prc'>l(icnt ;Ind rCtirl":! m ember: M a)or
Robert L. Roc l.. ; and lJo:ml of Worb memo
B .....
,n"..S
Stockton.
Gerald E.
Malitia.
Brother Marvin Moh ns
Will Retire
L U. 2112, :\11 1''1'': ,\1'01.15 , 1\11:-''1.-1\1:11)bto C i lil.cn~ 1clephone chairm.m Mm-vin
,' Iohns is retiring Aflril 3. M:lrll h.I ' ~cn'e<J
:IS chairman since Iht: orgllni7.1I110n of Ihe
29". HIbbing. Minn. membe. AI 802eu·
viC:h IS • lalented 8roth". who should n"ve.
be out 01 lOb; I>e .s a """ne~mal\ w"em~n Ind
leade' of I .... Sundowners. whO played al ,eeeni
Ch"~tma, Plrty.
,
Work Holding Up;
Mining Projects Set
\II:'\" ._WOI·I.. i .. ..
Ih ... \linter
:Lnd the gre:!1 ~no,,~ th;lt fell in
northern M inne.olli. The line cre\ls \lorled
very hllnl cver)' day 10 get their \lurk done . ..
LI I.
29.\.
hol,l llI~
monlh~
IIIKIHI'G .
up vcry "ell. de~rlt~
18EW Jou'nol
Party Pictures
inform:.tion. contact our ~ecretlLr) a t the
union o ffi ce.
Brot he r Do nald Felten and his wi fe. of
H ibbi ng. :Ire the prou d p.. re1llS of :1 b:lby
boy. Douglas William. li e .. rrh·ed J:i null ry
3.
Brother Brad ley I-I;on$on and hi, Ilife. of
Benlidji. ~·l i nn esot: •. II-ckomcd :1 b;lby gir l
in D~ccmbef. All of us lit Loclli 294 exte-nd
congralUl,Ltions 10 both Brothe-rs :lnd their
familie,.
l'"niripate in all )our local actiVities.
esp..-ci;llI) monthly meeting., Lel's :tll Ihink
union :Lnd buy union.
E. LI RoY UUUl. P.5.
Local 295 Joins In
Mourning for Brothe r Petty
At Work
Membe,s of Local
ing on 30-Sl0r)l fTFst
,I
left 10 light. are ,ob
foreman tJolly Allen. BusIT'Iess Manager W. G_
Denton, fo,eman Wa yne SonTag. general lore,
man Eddie Moore. and foreman Henry Nabholtz.
L. l ', 295. LIlTI. E RO CK, ,\RK.- Jt is
After the Slate of \ linnc'oOta p;lsscd the
Taconite Amendment in 191W over 5600
ne"
minin~
projects \lerc
Durin; thl" coming decade.
5740 million \\ill he U'>l."U for c\p;msion of
million
In
: ;.nnaunted.
_I;\collih.: plants in nonhcrn Minne"ota.
Our "e,goti;llion) .... ilI ~t:H1 oflicia1J} nC~1
• month bet\\cen NEe., amI our local. We
hope "n early ,ll1fument .... iIl he reached.
Brothers. nOI\ thai III.' ,ITe "or ~ ing in
OLiT jurisdiction I Ilouid II~c LO tal..c this
opponunily 10 promote mC!llbcr~hip in our
dc,uh benefit pl'ln. ,\It Loc;,l 29 4 IllcmbeN
-are eligible. T he pl.1n mean, lhal if a
member pas:.cs ;\llay, the \\idow or other
bcncfkiary will reeeil'c the equivalent of
55.00 for each member enrolled in the
• p],ln. It is gfe;ul} :lpprcci:lll::d by bcncfki;,r·
ics in their lillie of need,
Note Article X I. Section 4(d) of our
b)'hty,s. You send in your 5.00 assessment
" within 30 days of notification. For fl1 rt her
,~
Ap,II, 1975
y,ith mueh personal sorrow Ihat I re-port
Ihe death of Brother W . IJ. " Herl" Pelly.
IJ rother I'ell),. II ho had only recently
retired frolll his uUlies of Internationa l Vice
Presiuent of the 12th Di\trict of the IHEW,
y,a\ inilbted into the 18FW on January 8.
1919. Ben I'euy y,a~ one of the pioneer
kadeh of the IllEW. He dL"dicatcd himself
and hi, rc~urce~ to the lICnice o f the
members of the mFW. H i;; reconi of 10)alt) :md "ork in bringing ahout a beller
"OJ) of life cau..cd him to be personally
rcspon~ible for m:ln}' of Iho .... traditions
.:lnd ide;.~ that y,e hold ~ de;lr today. On
beh;Llf of the mern~T\ and oniCCTli of Ihis
local union. I III~h to c,tend our "anneSI
pr.t)t't-. and condolenccs to the family of
our uecc3.>Cd friend lmd Brother.
Sen~ra l )e;lh ;I~O Senator Kerr of Ollahom" lLI1I.I Sen.IIOr M.:Clelian of /\rkansas
spon'SOrcd legislation to .:on)tru':l a system
of loch and dams y,hieh y,ouM ~'hangc the
mudd) ;Ind unpredictable Arlan'>ll~ Ri\'Cr
into ;1 dtally imrorlanl part of our n:llion'S
in l;II\U \\;lter\\.I}~. l udll} millions of Ions
of r"y, material and fini~hed product:) 3re
:)hipped up and uoy,n the ~aU!iful Arl.an~~ RI\er channel ;mnuall) and this h3s
helped 10 stimulate the economk delelopmenl of the territories ;llon8 the Tiler from
T uha. Ollahoma through southC:hl Arl.anSIS. IIht"rc il join~ Ihe \l issi~sippi Ri\er. In
incre;l\eng number) maJOr corporations h:!\e
begun to IOC:"le manuf;ICiuring f.leililies in
our :lre.L. y, hich in \Urn h:l\ provided
employmen t for our citizens and hOlS furIher ,Iimul"ted our cconom~. Our great
nation b (,ICed by a pos~ib]e depre~5ion of
la,t proportion~ and uncmplo)'menl i~ con·
tinllou~l) re:lChing ne\\ all·time hi{i:h~ acro~\
our CUUnlry. but Iha n)..~ to ~ome of the
OCno.'fici;11 )ide elrcct~ of the Arl.an~.IS R i~er
nalig;llion :»)Mem. our member-. ha\'e
enjo)cd the good fortune of c,\ pcriencing a
minimum amount of temporary unemployment.
TIl,- dOll-ntOIl n I lllle Rod sl.yline has
heJ;lIll to show oh\ioll) ~ign\ of the economic progre~ of our stale. In Ihe earl)'
196(k this city's fir~t sl.)!lCr;opcr. the T Oiler
huiluin!,:. lIa~ compleled. Th e trend Ila) )el
and t\IO new !;ian l ollice buillii n!!,. the
Union N"tlon;11 B" nl building :UlU Ihe
Wort hen IJa nk building. lIere completed in
the l:tte 1960s. NumeroU5 international cor·
poration~ hal'e localed hO lels :md rnetropolitan·siz.e mote ls in thi ) area to complement
Piclu red he,e. firsT rvw. lell 10 "«hI. • re Don
Mu,ph,ee. M'ke Lucy. Jlme5 Hunte.. ROSe,
Siewart. Ind Lloyd l~nch; 5econd 'ow. Henry
Nabholtz. Aicha,d Shelton, J. B. Evall, Olan
Clmmack. Ind Oick Mellon.
==0-
S4:en he,e. trtsl 'ow. tel! 10 rrghl. I.e Hank
P,zan. Cam Copellnd. Ted LegIt!. Gtenn Ma)l.
and Ve".,e, Shaw; second row. Wayne $Onlag.
Jerry McK,nney, John Moore. Philhp 6u,nell.
Roy Godfre~. and Edd,e Moore.
row. left 10 ,ighl. aTe
~
::::~:~:,,~:~~,,~'.:,'~m:'::ler.lecond
00011.' row.
Tanner.
8il1y
$1011.
8. f .
Allan.
EII.5. and
Ihe recently completed conl'cntion center
and the 1ll0q recent addition to
our ~ ~ } line i, the ney, First N3Iion:LI Ban~
Iluilding, It i~ing 30 stories al the nort heast
corner of Uroody,a) ;uld Capilol Avenue,
Ihe F ir~1 National l1 an ~ building enjo~' ) Ihe
di )tinclion of being the Inlles! building in
eomple.~.
(:ulllillll<'d UII I/(I/:I' 38
3S
-El:ONOM Y INDICATORS
depaltlnellt
of Resealch alld
Edllcatioll
Indle.tor
•
I{cfcrring
III
Ihe
1<l1':~1
ullcmplu}
ment figur~·!>. ('COfgC :'Ik,lIl~. I' r~',i
dent of the \I I -CiO. '>..Lid. "1 he,,:
ligurc~ ~pdl u;tgcd)
for Amcric'lIl
f'Hllili~'\o
and di,,,,tcr for rhe \ll1uj!';<l1l
th:11. ullle"
imlllediately.
the johlc!>, rat.: j, li\"cI~ 10 climh hl
':CI111(111)'," H e \Iurrl<.'d
remedial ~ICp' arc (<I ken
10 perc':l1l h} .luI) . the figure 111;11 h.l~
;11\0 h"en projected h~ \nhuf M.
Okun. fo rm a ch,linnan of Ihc COli II'
dl of Fcon(lmic Adl i)'H.., rhe ,u.lmin;\I,.lIioll. which h<ld !>aid Ih.11 IIIlCIllplo~mcnl would go II(' higher Ih'lII R.5
perccnt thi, ycar. a·....:r:lging X. I pacelli for Ihc ycnr ami 7.9 percent nc\1
\c'lr. nOI\ eonccde~ that Ihc johlc~~
r.tle may lOp l't.~ pereem III 1<)75.
Unemplo) menl rcached Ihc X.2 perccnl Ic\cI in hnU,IT}. Up.1 pl'rcenl:lge
point from Ihe 7.:! ligur.' tlf f)~'cem­
her. 1974. It \\11' the highe'l unelllploymenl r;lte ,ince 1941 ,111<.1 Illeanl
Ihat 7.5 million Americal" \\erc OUI
of .... orl... the highe'l numher <If uncmplo)cd pCf',(ln, !oincc 19·Hl. I hc February ra te of unemplo) ment fl·m.lino.:J
Ihe same.
-I he Departmcnt of L;thor h.1\ reported Ih:11. in J.lI1u:lry. I:! malor
labor :Irea, wero.: :I.ttli'd 10 Ihe "\uh~1:ln li :1 1
uno.:mpl<l)mcIlI··
c:llcgor)'.
hringll1 g to 67 the 10lal numher of
~uch ,!Tcas. J4 alxHc a ~c;lr .Igo :IIlJ
the higllL~t t01,11 'Illce (klOlx·r. 1961.
rhe Jepartlllcnl define) )uch ;111 Me.1
:I~ om: \\ ilh n johlc" r:tte of ,i, percenl o r morc. di,counling ,e:l\ollal
f:tClor~. with Ihi, rate c"pcctcd 10 contillltc for at ic;"t t .... o more month).
t\hout 150 .lre.l~ :trc r.lled each
month. Fchnmry ligmc," for thb (':I\Cgor) are not }0.: 1 .. \'ailahlo.:.
L'lbor Fur"", AIf«:I('d
All major lahm forcc groups h:t\c
been atTo.:clcd hy Ihe ri., e in unemploymenl, hut Inc impact ha~ ho.:en felt the
mo~t by hIlle-collar Ilorkcr~. ;I~ m()~1
job c\ltb.!cl..!'> h.l\e OCClITfeJ in lhe
m:lIl11fac\1lring .\IId con~ l nn:lil'n m ,
l.ill)tries. In 1.... 0 month,· time. from
Deccmber, 1974. 10 Fehruary. 1975,
Ihe rate of unemployment c hanged
from 4,1 to 4.5 percent for I,hile,
Unemploy'
menl
Unemploy.
,.
U"tmrno y ,
menl n Mon·
"'ocl ..
,i",,
..:"lIar \\orl-.cr •. from 7.1 II) 7.7 per·
cent for 'ervicc \\\lfl..e"', from :!.J III
lO pcn:cnt for farm .... orl..el"o .•tlld
from 9.J 10 10.9 p..:rcent for hiliI.'·
nll1ar \\orl-.o.:r\, \mong hhll'-el,II,lr
\\Or";:r5. the chang..: \\:1' from .'':'1) III
11.0 percenl in mallilfacluring .111,1
lmlll 1~.9 III 1~ .9 percent in c,ll1'truelion.
·1 he prim.lr\ fe;IWII.) for incre.I'>Cll
jl,blc!'>'lle" in m:mllraclllring and cnll'Iruetion ;Ifo.: Ileal-. rel.lil ,uk,. :u,;:comp;lni..--J hy .1 dccline in imhl'lri'll
()f(krl>. ;Hld the pmhlllg..--d ,lump ill
hOIl,ing ' Iarh. :Ic..:nmp<lnied h) Ihe
morc rcecnl dcdin..-- in nonre'ld~' nll;tl
CHn~lrtlcli(\lI.
M :Ill\lf:Il.·llIrin~ l'iclllfC
i'-onfarm p.l) roll, .... ere do .... n fM
Ihe fOllnh 'Ir;light month in Fcbrll.lr~.
:1m!. ;1,) in the pro.:\'iou~ threc n1<lnll",
Ihc lale,t drop 1\':1.) concelllral,'J in
manufacturing, .... here the con .... ewhc
monthly rcJuction~ hrought p.l) fllib
!(l .1 three-}e..r 101\' of 18.3 million
elllp lo ~ l'e'.
'1he f;lc!(Jry worl-. .... eel..
dropped O.:! Ilf :tn hOllt bct .... ecn Decemher .lIld J:llw:lr) to 39.:! houh
anll t)A of :tIl hour heh\cen JHnU;lr\
.1111.1 Fcbruary to ]X.!-I hour,. 'ea..onally adjll~l ed. and 1\';1, I ,(, hour~ belol\'
a \ea r ago.
fhe nurnho.:r (If pa) roll joh' in
lll,uHlfaeluring declincd by appm,i.
matcl} 700.000 hel .... een the founn
q uartc r of 1973 :lIld the fourth qu,lr·
Io.:r of 197~ ..... ilh the jobless Ll\e fnr
manuraclliring .... orkcN for Ihe '.II11e
po.:riod rbing from 4.2 10 7A p..-reent.
U) Decemher. it h'lI.I reachl.'d s'9 per.:ent :lnd Ihen ,oared 10 10.5 in ) .111u.try and 11.0 in February. A }e.lf
;Igo. thc unemplO)lllenl r:lI..- in IIMnuf.Kluring .... ;1\ 5.2 percent.
Cuu,fnu:liun Furte
Con~lruclion job~
J.nuary
February
1975
1975
1974
•
ToUI
...." 1 In
Conttoucl,Gn
Unemployment
February
declincd 'Ico.:ply
during Iho.: last fou r months of 1974.
.Imounting 10 onl)' 3.9 million in the
fourth 4u;lrtcr. dropping in J:lml;lrr
1(1 3.8 million. and dropping .:\.:n
t urther III FchruHr) 10 .1.6 million.
"I he ullemplo}mCnl ra Il.' fo r eon,lruelinn .... o rker~ rose from IU~ perc~' nt in
8.2%
8.2%
5.2%
15.9%
15.0%
82%
11.0%
10.5%
52%
Ihc fourth qll.trl.:r of 197] 10 1_~.7
p~'rcent in Ihe Il'tlflh quarto.:r I,f 197-1
In J)~'Cemb.:r. llJ7-1. unemph')mo.:nl
in ""ln~ truction .IIllUtlnled In I~,I) JlI.·rcelli: h) huu;,r). II had reaeh..--d I ~
pl.'rcl'nt: h} Fehlll<lry. 15.9 pen':l'lll
I he Burc;1U of 1.lhor SI.lli'lic,. 1:>"',
p.lflmenl of 1 ;111lIr. :m noullced Ih;1I
M!N,OOO pcr\On, n.:gi'ler~-d ;1' eon,lruclion .... orl..c!' \\ere unemplu}o.:d III
I~ehru:lrr·
I he :t\l.'rag.: .....'el-.I} hUUh ,If .... orl.. in
.;:on'l ruclion. nol ,e(I\On<lU) ;1\1,\1,10.:\1.
dmppc.1 from 16.X in Dccemlx'r 10
~~.4 In j ,Il11Hlf\ to ~5.J in I l'hruan
The ..... a'0I1;111) .tdju'led figure liropped
frum '7.5 in [)cecmbo.:r II' '7 I in
J;U1I1.lr} to Jt..6 10 rehruaf\ "er<lg~
""1."0.:1-.1) l'arning' Jropped Irom S!59.J-l
in DI.'Ccmbcr hI ~:!50.6.l in J.lllIlar~ hI
'):!4IJ.:!2 in I-ehruar). in ,pito.: of Ihe
incrca,e in :llerage hourly cMlling'frum <;;7.05 10 '\7.0K in J:tIllHlr) ;lIlll
"'7.06 in re hru;tr\-rctlccling Ihe drop
in Ih..: alera!;e number 01 h,'ur,
\\orl-.cd PCI' \\ccl-.
J
Tolal EmpIO.\ll)cnl
'l ul:11 ci, ili.1Il emplo) lllel1! fell h\
("'0.0011 from Ilccemhcr w J.lIlllaf}
and hy anlJ1her 535.000 in Fchrll:tf} .
Ihe fift h ,uaiglH do.:c1inc. lu a "":<1",111all ) :I(JjlbteJ 1(4.0 million p;.·r\Dn,.
rh rcc-founh, tlf Ih al dl.'Creao;c occurred among ,1(.11111 men. hUI all
demographic grouJ>~ h;l\e been .dfeclo.:d hy thc .. Io .... do .... n in hiring. 10,I.I}. Ihc jol.l le, .. rale, for au ult men.
:.dul! ..... oml.'lI. :lIld )oung worl-.er~ arc
,uh,tantiall) higher Ihan Ihc) .... ere in
laIC ]lJ7] lind carl) 1<)74.
Commi~~ioner 01 L;.bor SW ll\lic,
J uitu, Shill-.i" reponed 10 th..-- Joinl
Lconomic Commiul."o.: of Congre"
thai. of 172 mdu)lrie, ,urll.'}e<t. !-If,
pcrcclII sho .... o.:d red\lction~ in empl{)~­
me nl III Ihc four-month period follnlling Ihc emplo) ment peak reached in
October. 1')74. He added Ihal. in
Nuv('mher. December. and Janu:ln .
emplo) menl JroPI>cJ in more than i~
percenl of Ihe IIlJu~tries.
In :llId itioli to lo ..... er cl1lplO)menl
and increllsc.1 1(1)'011\. Ihere has heel!
:t feduction in hours worked. resulting
!lEW
Jou,nal
\
•
•
m a steady Jecr.::iSC in IOlal 1111111hours. Thi ~ decline. coupled", Ith the
higher cost of li ving. ha\ IO"'CTCd th e
purchasing I>o\\er of American "od.l'r~.
U l1 c ml'l o~
rII l' nt CCJm pclI,aliun
L)epart ment (If 1 aoor St:l ti"ic,
,h,)" Iha1. during [h ... ,......... 1-. ending
CONSUMER PRICE INDE X- UNITED STATES AVERAGE
~
Source: U.S. De portment of labor Bureau of la bor Stotistics
REVISED INDEX SERIES-Refe rence Bose, U.S . Averoge 1967
100
Indu Dole
Monlh_Veo.
r
•
l ebruar~ S. mor.: than 5.9 million
p<r..ons \\ ere recei' IIlg ,ollie form of
unemplo}llu.:nl IIl,ura ncc hene/it ... :m
inCTl'lhC of 2 17,lK){) over th e p rcI'ioll'
\1l'CI-.. '1 hc ullc l1lplo}l1lc nt r:lIc fllr
Ih.)'e cOlcrc,1 h } ,1<lIC IlllcmplO) I1ICllt
ill,urullce mOlcd up fmlll 7.4 to 7.fi
pcn~en1 during Ihc ,amc \\ecl-.. Sllll1l'
,I.ill·' ;Imen,lcu their uncmpl,'llllcnt
Jo n.
1975
Dec .
Nov .
Oct.
Sept.
Aug.
July
\97.4
19 74
1974
1974
197.4
1974
Jon.
1974
Apporel
'"
•
Up~e.p
\70.9
Hou,i"9
16\ 2
\39 ..
T,on.po,.
lolion
\432
169.7
167.8
166.1
165.0
162 .8
160.5
159.9
\58.3
156.7
154.9
152 .8
150.9
\41 .9
\.4 2.4
141.1
139.9
138 . 1
135.3
143 .5
143.4
142.9
142.2
141 .3
14 0.6
I"m.
Comb,ned
,.0<
\56.1
155.4
154 .3
153 .0
151.7
149.9
148.0
H... II~
&
~e(
'eotion
\489
147.5
146.3
\45 .2
144 .0
142 .6
141 .6
139.7
153.7
142 .2
128 .8
128 . 1
133.7
127.7
1973
123 .2
1972
1 19 . 2
1971
, 13.3
1970
106.7
1969
NOH , Con.u",e, P,ice Indeo 10' oU ... "'. in ... o.ed .7 Inde. Po,nh d""ng Ille po,l monlll,
0' O.S%. Thil equolled on onnuot ... Ie o. iM.eo.e o. 6% 112 X .5%1. Tile inueo ••
in CPI during the po.1 yec. woo 16.4 poinh 0. 11.7%.
Pe"enl0ge in( •• a.e belween Iwo dale. ;, colc .. la'ed by ,uolrocling 'he Ind .. N .. ",
be. '0' ' h, lodle' dale hom Ihot ' or .hl 1011, dole. ond by dividlng th.. ,e.ull 01
Ihe inde. n.. ",oer 'or Ihe eo.lle. dote, Ih,n mulllpt1,ng o~ 100.
HAMPLE, for Ihe period o. Jan...ory, 197~ 10 Jan .. a.y. 1975, 156.1
1397
16.• Inde .
117
100
11.7%.
Poin": 16.~ divided by 139J
Jo n.
Jon.
Jon.
Jon.
Jon.
r
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX-CANADIAN AVERAGE
Source: Slatistics Conado
Consumer Price Indell and Main Com ponen ls 11961
•
•
,
Ind,.. Date
Month-Yeo.
Jon.
Oec.
Nov .
Oct.
Sept.
Aug.
1975
1974
1974
1974
1974
1974
."
lIe",.
Comoined
176 .6
175 .8
17" . 1
172 .2
170.6
169.6
T'o~.po' ·
'00<
Hou.ing
Clothing
lotion
202 .3
174 .6
173 .5
172 .0
170 .8
169 .2
168 .0
1578
158 .2
157 .2
156 .3
155.0
153.3
1587
157.7
157. 1
153..4
153.7
153 .3
201.6
198 .8
196.3
193.6
192 .8
100)
Hlollh & Rec,eo
Pe"onol lion ond
Co,.
teeding
179.3
178.7
177.6
175..4
173.0
172.04
Jon .
Jon.
Jon .
Jon.
Jon.
'or
=
•
166.3
165 .6
164.3
162.9
161 .0
1974
157.6 17.4 .0
158.4 14.4.8 1.435 161 .8 1.49.0
144 .5
1973
136.7
1972
130 .3
1971
128.2
1970
122.6
1969
NOTE , Canado', Con ... ",., P,ice Ind.. '0' all Ite",. inc,eo.od .8 lnd.. Poin" du,ing the
lo.t mon,h, or 5%. T/oi. equeU,d on onnuot .ole 01 ;"",eo,," 01 6'*' 112 X 15). lh.
inereo.e d.. ,;nll til. po.' yea. -"0. 19 pOin". 0' I'. I %.
Pe.ce"loge ;,,« ..... belween Iwo dot •• I. ,al(uIOI.d by .ubl,o<l,nll tile Inde. "u",b."
'0' lhe earlie. dale ',om 11001
'h, lole. dolt ond dividing Ihe ,e.ult by Ille indc.
n.. ",be, 10< Ille .."rie' dole, Ihen mullip'yinll by 100.
EXAMPlE, for rh. pe,iod 01 Jonuo.y, 197~ 10 Jonuory. 1915, 116.6 - 157.6
19 poln":
12.1%.
divided by 157.6 - .111 X 100
Jon.
,.
166.7
Ap,lI ,
1915
in,ur.oncc IJ\\" in 1974 10 pro, ide increa,eJ Ocnclih. ",hile others extend ...',>.!
co, ... r.lge Th.: AFL-CIO. howcvcr. ha,
pointed out [h:1I mO~1 of Ihe SI:lIe
Icgi\hllllTl.'\ \l.hic h mCI durin g 1974
faikd ILl improvc covcragc and hClleli h 01 Ihl.' uncmployment co mpen~ ~I­
lilm progriull. ·1 he aid provided h} ]1
,';lIe, 1,lil~ 10 mcel [h ... polen} lc\cl.
I h" <(j "'I.lle~. "uerlo Rico. and Ihe
J) 1~lri'l ,~t C"lumhi.1 .Ir.: nOlI ohli~.lll·U ii' p.I' e"enued hendi[') CLO I
IIn.kr the IInl.'mplo} n1('nl ill\UfOlllee
pr,)~r;tnl. "hidl rl'qllire~ Ih ... grant ing
" I lip III .111 .Iduilional 13 wed..\ llf
III'rm.d IIllo.:mplm l1l ... nl c(lmpcn~ali()11
h~'lldih lil .U1\ 1.lid-otT "'orl-.cr who
l'\h"U~h hi~ ""'II: :!CI "'ecl-.s of OcIlClih l:nu ..'r Iho.: I mergcnC) Joh' ;md
l nl'mptll~ ml.'ru A"i ~t.mcc A ct 01
I'.IH. 1)[>I.·,,:i.11 L nerllplo}m ... nl A'~I'I­
.1I1000e I '\UA I i\ provided ,I~ tcmporar}
~·,I\l"r.lge r,l per,ull\ nm previou~l}
t.:,l\o.:reu h~ llllCmplo)IllCnl insur<tnc ... ,
" 'r po.:r\(lll~ .... ho h:l\e c\ha u ~[cd regul.lr .mu ledcr.d-,I,1I1! Ell progr<tnl\.
I ,1 \H·e l.~ l.f .lddition,,1 ex[cnded henelir, ;ITo.: pnn iucu by Ihe Emergen"
cOlllilUlI.'l/ 011 f'WW 7()
ECONOMIC/COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING TERMS
---..
--~
labor fOlce -Comprised of civilian em ·
ployees, the unemployed. and those 11\ the
armed forces. The "civlhan labor fOlce" is
made up of all CIVIlians classified as em·
plored or unemployed (does not Include
personal housekeepers. students. long
term physically and mentally ill, rehrees.
the elderly. the voluntarily idle, etc.).
Seasonal adjustments-Statistical modlfica·
tlons to compensate for fluctuations III
a lime ser.es wh ich re<:ur more or less
regularly each year These fluctuahons
are often so sllong that they distort underlYlIIg changes 11\ economic data and
lend to obscure developlIIg trends, so
lhey are removed for purposes of eco·
nomiC analYSIS and the series is then
said 10 be seasonally adjusted.
Unemployed persons-Clvilians who ale un
employed but available for and achve1r
seeklllg work (by registerlllg With thell
union or profeSSional orgamzahons,
reglslellng al public or pllvate emptoy·
ment ofhces, meeltng With prospective
employers, chedlllg With fnends 01 lela·
lives. plaCing or answellllg advertise·
ments. or wltllng lellers of apphc.ahon)
ale ....·alhng to be .ecalled to jobs Irom
which Ihey had been tald off, or are
wa.llng to leport to new jobs Within 30
days.
11
cOIl/illl/eli from fIlIt.:f' JJ
Ar l anSliS. The ge neral contractor on Ihi~
20·mi llio n tol> h th e I'idins· nond Com·
p:~ n)', ~ nd our menl!>ers enlplo)ed II) Ihe IK . Ele'lric and l'agLin !,let'lric Comjlnnic~
arc doing Ihc eleclrical in'lallation. l !cetTi·
cal ener!:) for 'hi~ 10lal el~tri.: huiiJinl,l h
furni~hed b) a 20,000·anlp.. "ttlholt. 3·
phase scnice, Therc arc more Ih,lIl 71Wl.01l0
squ"re f«1 of om~c ,p.H.·C "n.,! ,~ l11uhl"lJcd
parling garabc "1111 parling \pate fOi 61::
aUlOmobilc~. WI(' arc proud of "nd ..-\Iend
congratulations to our memher, IIhu h.I\e
"orked as journeymen. ;,ppI..-nli~e,. joh
~le\'.Md,. foremen. ;,ml gener,,' fon."m~'n on
these jobs. Thcy ha,e done a J;ood IUh of
repre>e:nting them)Cl\c~. Ihcir
Illuon.
and Ihe IHEW.
I~rothl('rs T ulsa Uurgin. Ihll) Coun". J.lll
Ju,licc. Elmer Dnllner, to:" l linnc •. lI ur·
schel Clemen". Uohb) Gore. I-ranl s':hod...
lind Le~l e r T homa\on arc on Ihl." .. icl lIml
injurell Ii,!. lind we "hh thcm "" l."cd) ;II1d
complcle recoved:s.
11 appen r$ 10 me tlWI I' re.,idenl l ord h.ls
turned out 10 he ;111 Ed .,cl.
Llom H.. L,r-..clI. A~~1. B. \! .
It",.,'
is Ihe 50-50 lIIonl hl), Dbabled Memher,
Benefil fund drH\'.IIl!!. in \,hich "II C.1Il p"rliciplltc.
F Ie'lion~ for Ihe variou~ oRke, in Ihe
local al\' 10 bt held thb )c.lr. Nomirmtion\
:lfe 10 be held al the s~ond nleetinl!- in
\la} and the nominees \lill h:I\e 10 he certified rrior to heins nominated. I he clc!';,
tion "ill be held on the da} of Ihe fir)t
meelinl1 in June.
John Rice "on Ihe loc:.1 309 HO\llmJ,;
lourn"mcnt held December IS. 1974
On }\pril S. 1975. thc Red Cro,\ \lill t>c
"I the IOC':II union hall :1!!ain, Ir)ing to hclp
Ihe lo~.11 gel inlO the hlood h;jn\'" Arl'l'l)\i·
I1MICI) I~O pinb of blood lire needed 10
qu,.lif) Ihe local for a )C;Ir in Ihe t>looJ
banl . ci here \lell: 85 pinb dOll;lIw III
December. 1974. Friend~ and retllhC\ \';,111
~I\C in bch,M o f Ihe locul.
JOliN 1'. LOIII'l.f1S, I'.S.
ment N:ncfits. and Inan)' others.
I Iti~ i~ a I1rca t slep for\lard for our
local. il~ members. :lIld our ,ommunily.
JAM . ~ R. COO t.. . I'.S.
Retirees Get-Together
Coun selors
Work Situation Holding
In Local 308
L. U. 308. ST. 1't-: ....mSUl lI(G. FI. ,\ . -A s
of thi~ "rilinl1, Ihe worl SilU<llioll ho]"h Ihc
.)ame in Ihis area. We h.nc h;i\1 \Omc of
our O\HI members OUi of \lorl. for quite
wille time. The hard lime\ h:IH nOl onl)
affecled our membel'l hUI .. 1..0 '-Omc of the
eleclrical eonlracto:~ in Ihe :lrc:l. '>Omc h:l\c
~one hanJ"rupl and othas :Iren', ,,\ ",Ible
a~ Ihc) 1Oo0uid liJ"c 10 he.
The Florid:1 I'o\'.e( Corpor"lion. \lhich
u~es costly Vene/uchln oil for' II~ 1:el1er:ltll1l1
pl:mb. ha\ met "lIh e.:onomil: Irouhle ,md
slo\lcd dOlln lt~ eOn\uuclion on Ihe '''lind
unit of Ihe Anelote II: h'cr plant I h" h",
h:u.l" Ilre,,1 efrC(;t on our "orl. p"ltilC.
On Ihe brighlcr ,ide. ho"c\Cr. our ",.IC:'·
liontnl1" membcr~ on thc !>en .. h ;HI' enjo)ing a ocaut iful I "Irid:, winter' A, unc
mcmncr ~nid. "11 .,vinl1 to put up \Iith
nncmplo) menl :mll ~ho""c!ing .,noll 111 the
same time 1I'0uid be ;U'I /011 much'"
1.A1l1n' W. IhM" I'.S.
Members Turn Out For
Air Force Base Picket
1.. 11. 309. COI.I.li'S VII.I.E. 11.1.. BU\Illc\"
Mllnager Mi\"e I-;m~1 reported Ihal he h:l\
h:ld ~plendid ,oopol.'f:llion in ~Ihnj: up 'IIlU
maint:lining picl.elS ,II Scott Air I' orce
I~~. Uellc\ilIe, lIIinoh. It ~nh thill il
gencral ,0nlr.letOr \'.ho gl"e hi~ lOoord Ihal
he "ould nOI ug:un hire a n-on·A I·I~.(' I O
electrical conlr'Klor hu\ hired" non· \1. 1.C IO contraClor from I et>,lIlon. IIImoi" I he
I1cner,,1 conlractor I~ from I d!!emorll. 111i·
nois ,lIld has a conlraCI :H ScOll \IT I-- orc~'
lIa'>C.
f\t Ihe li rsl mceting in Janwlr). tanh of
Ih.,nJ"s :lIld appr~cinllon from "i,.lhkd
memher~ "ere fe,lIl The r"nu for d" •• hlcd
members ag.lln "~nt o\Cr Ihe previou-,-,
)ear'~ domllions. We surcl) \I,~h to th:lIl \"
the ent crtainmenl comm ittee for the "lIfiou~
projec ts in bthalf of the fu nd. One project
"
"on
'ece,ves
from BU5inen ;.~."" ..'" , •.;,,~.,,;,
and P,es,den, Gene MarShall as .e'Ofees
lilly Latf)' Kau and P,esld.,Il' Ted Rees I
Local 310. Utica.
• I p,oud 0 1 Iwo .;;;;;;;;;;;
wllo have complelod n union eounselinH COIHU.
Russ Wilil/,ms. le fl. lind O.,nny Jones looh over
mMorill1 Ihey ""II u511 In wo, hlng wllh n,embe,.
J
j
Two Graduate From Union
Counselor Training Course
1 .\ .3 10. ( rn CA. N. ".- I'rt'~ident Ch..rll'\
Carl I~ pleased to llnnoun,e Ih,'1 11:11',><,11
\\illi.1I1h. me"."r and t~\1 in"pc<.tor. Hn,1
Denni" J one~. hol·Slid linelll,lII on Ihe
proper!) of Niagam Moh:mJ" I'O\'.~I Cor·
pomlion. rttellll) gradu;.ted from Ihe IInion
!';otln'oClor training 'our.)\:. I hi\ COIII'>C .... ,,\
~ponsorcd by the communil} ~n"c\ lom·
millce of the Ccntr.11 Ne" , url I.,oor
Cound!. AFL-CiO.
11:11" ,md Dc:nn) "ill lIorl \lillt nlem·
he..,;. lItli\'e and relircd. and thc'r fUllUlic,
in Oneid:•. /·lerkinlCr, :ind M ;ld"on Coun·
lic\ 10 provide informal ion on communit}
\Cnkc, a":liI:1bk 10 them. :tnd direel Ihcm
10 Ill(," proper servitt IIhen Ihere i, :t need
Some progr:lIll~ Ihey " ill be co_erin; liTe
heallh care scnice). progTllllls and ~eniee~
for Ihe retired and ;Iging. famil) ,enice,.
referru l scn 'ke for :l1c:oholbm. lInCll1plo)·
Retired Brothers
G et Together
1.. 1'.313. "EST ,',\1,\1 n EA{"II . 1-"1 .. \ ._
-I hi\ )t;i( here in I"lorida Chri~IIII." \1,,\
e~pe.;i.ll1) be.unifu!. .1\ the "cal her ",II ...0
ple-""'lrtl. On SalunJ:I). December 1-1 the
relired Brolhers or our local hcld their
"nnu,,1 meeting :lnd Chn~ln"'s I1ct-t0I1t1hcr.
The Women\ Au\ili.lr) pro,ided a line
Inc.,I, ,lIld elich rehrec recei~ed :, nicc
'1~..onl1lCnl uf cheese a~ a presem. 1 110 ~n·
)ear pirh \'.erc prc'\Cnled, onc 10 Brolhcr
Vic Sim!,,>on and one in memory or
IJrolhcr Hen Tre~cou, tleli\ered 10 hi~
.... 1(11)11 IhclI~\:1 ni~e lillie -'-'lOry connected
"ith Ihe f:1C1 .h.11 BrOlher Vic was able 10
:Hienu Ihe llalhering. Vic \las inviled 10
colne from M;,ralhon, H orida "hich is
aoolll ISO miles a\\a). but replied thaI he
IBEW Jo ... ngl
\\ as unable 10 hec;wsc of Ihc long. hard
drive on narrow bridges from the Ke)-s.
The HrOlhers of J:!J fell 0;0 h.!!..!J) aboul
r
Ihis [hal Ihc) decided 10 eh:trlcr a plane
,mti o;we Ll rOlhl'T J;ld, Cra\\fonJ 11) dOl'.n
and piel. Vic up so Ih,tt he CQuid he PMI
of the hhlOr;c o<:c;hion ...\II Ihc BrOlhCh
:, n<.l retired Brothers '" ani 10 Ihank J:ld
:ml[
Il rolh~I'
IIO\lard
1.;lnd
I\\ho
Cra\lll \lcnt 10 Ihe Wa,hinglOn D islrict.
Their .... ~pcni!>C in uOion malic .... "'ill be
>OI'd) mi~scd. t\t the ,arne IIllle. "'e \lelcome their rcp la cemenl~, Jay Sh.llfer ,m.1
Clrl I le.ler, \\110 wilt pro\'c 10 he "orlh}
IVP Rose
,lddilion~.
W"I I I It H . YOCL \1 1'.5.
\\elll
Graduates
alon!,; for Ihc riue) for.1 joh IH'II done. 11 \
things like' [hi. that m.llc 1..0 .: •• 1 .1:!3 and
Ihc IIl I' W Ihc finC' orgalliz.'lion~ Ihal thc)
are.
h !iCcms that "ith e,er} .article laId} I
report Ih,' p:lssin[: of .Ion,her fine
mU~1
Brother or
f
l
,.
'\\0 •• mti
Ihc " Inle
j,
true .1[:;I;n.
W ilhin the P:hl 11'00 month, \Ie h.LH~ IO!>\
thre... more B rolhc~; Anure" J. Smith.
George A. Vaill,ml. :tnu mO'>l recentl}
Ferris 'I hOnll",on. who
pa~..ed ;I'''I}
on Ja n-
lIary 211.
I he \\orl. picllIre i~ ,liII on a rapid
\lecline. ,lith no .. nd in ~iJ;hl.
Unlil the ne ,~1 lime, Brolh.::n. walch
\\hcre ~'Otl sp.-nd }our pcnni.:-or ,hould I
..ay doll"B. ,t~ pcnni{"~ \\on'l bu~ mlll'h
an}lllore!
L! 0 ' IRI) F.
I" •• b., P.S.
I).,
Seniority Clause
Remains Inviolate
•
,
,
Ll'. J27, 1)0\ t: R. NJ.- The g<>oJ ne\\~ i,
Ihat Ihe '\'cniorily c1:tU'" in our ,0nlr;,":1
n::nMins inli ol:lI(.' despite an .,ftempt h} the
Equ;11 l-mploYIll{"nt O prortunit} Cornilliv
~ion to defeal ils pllrpo,e.
L,t ~1 year. Jc r-ey CClllr.,] I-'o\l,-r & Li!,:hl
Com pan} fell lhe nece~~ity of I.,}ing otl
almo~1 4(10 .. mplo}«~. A (Ner.,1 di\lricl
..-Ollrl order requir{"d il 10 I:\} olf cmplo}ces in ,I \la} thai ;,,'oide(l a reduelion of
ne\lly hircd minor;ti"".
The comp,ln~ obl;t;neJ a ,I.I} of the
court order ,lnd 1;li<.l olr on Ih .. h,l~i~ of
rever .... ,emorl!} ;'~ r"<juircd in Ihe IInion
COIllf:lCt.
A rec.·nt ruhng of the U_S. T hinl Cin:llil
Court of Appc;tI,. in Phil:ulelphj ... IIphcl<.l
Ih;,1 Je..:i-ion 10 I,, } off \!J11plo}e .. , on Ihe
h",;<; of leasl ,~niOfity. '1 he COlirl rukd Ih,11
Ihi, pr;ll'lic{" did nOI liol;,te Ih<! right, of
minoril} group, .tnd II omen. It " not
ln owJl al Ihi, linlt:' II helh"r an .'l're.,1 to
the Supreme ("ourt of Ih .. L-nil{"d :::'Iate,
\lill he made h} II> .. l'ili! ri.\!hh gr.ILlP'>
In~ohed.
•
,.
•
r her.., ha~e bel-n olher ca'-C_. ,ul'h a~ Ihi,
one. in th{" re.::ent J"l--I!>I. \lhi.:h r .. ~ulted in
,imitJr ruljng~ b) Ihe COllrt~. '1he finding'
clear!) demon-lr;I": Ilwl Ihere i, nu di~­
o;rimlll.ltion implied or int .. nd~d in Ih~
\lording of Ihe ..eniority c1:w ......
O ne \lon del1; hUll m.l!I) tim,·~ thi\ h,llI1c
Ilill hal'e 10 he fough1 in Ihe ':01l1'1~ :llTO\S
Ihe land.
Ou r ,'j~lor)'. though comforting. j, S0111e",hat null ified by Ihe gloomy drCUIll~Ulnces
"hieh broughl i. ,tOOIIl - tiUlI h Ihe laynlT
o f many of our " rothe .... and Sisle",. No
consolalion is deri\l,~<.1 from Ihe kno"'ledge
th:u la}olTs arc an inerea,ingl) .::ommon
occurrence in I h~..e Irying times.
A s ;1 re~u l l of Ihe recenl ],,)ofr ami Ihe
humping which follo\l{"d, Ihe local 10,,1 1\10
E.><eculi\c Bo,m.l members. '\li 1c~ Abbott
",cOl to the Booll1on D istricl and Dicl.
Ap.iI , 1915
Intern"L,on.1 V1Ce P,esid~nl Ken Ros~
shown
add'eu,ng" meet ing ot Loc:al 353. To.onto. Onto
Some 1.200 membe,s we.e in allendance.
At Meeting
m~mbt!. 01
Ih~se
I"uehl
h~.e.
lell
10
rlghl. Ironl '0"', "re John M~se.ly "nd Tom
How •• d; second 'OW, T,m 8~m"eh. M1Ch.el
Sleck_ Broth~. D.vldson, R,,,k Stubbs. "nd Den'5 Sheede •.
Local 347 Able To
Employ Travele rs
Ll". J47, D ES \10"·":""i.
h:t~
1" .-
10..,,] '47
cnjo} e.] .. ~riO(l of pro,~rit) unequa lled in Ihe hi~lOr)' of our I.x:al. and ha,
b.... cn ahle 10 provide job~ for -.eler,1I
hun.lred Ir,,,elers in Ihe 1""1 ...::\~r.11
",onlh,. But hl.~ ,III good Ihing'. Ihe cr" of
pro'r>eriU h dr.i\\!nJ,1 r"pidly 10 ,I do",.
:md Ile'lI he h:tel. to normal hI Iil.' limo!
Ihi' Jrli.::1c ;Irpcar<..
.
""hough Ihe ()e~ M oin{"~ "re:1 enjo}o!d ,I
~o"'r;lr'lIild~ mild ,md Or>en \linler, Ihe
old grOllndhoe; doubfeao"cd ," Ihe olher
d,I} . .mJ in~h:;1<1 of spring-lil.t: \1{";Llil.'r \I\!
gOI ..cler:tl inl'hc\ of ,no\\ an\1 UTO Icmper:tILlre~. So halh Ihe \lorl. and th .. FehrLlar) IIl·,lIher \I~rc bacl. 10 normal for 1011,1.
IILI,ine~, i, hr;,1. for our L1nion r .. pr{"",nl;lIi,.·,. ,,~ il i. on,:e '1J;:tin the ""a~on for
opellln!? ;(r;reClllCllh for ctmn!,:e,. I oc;ll 347
repr,'~nh '>CH'r;d br.. nehc, of Ih{" trad{" . .,0
h", .,MII 1110 dozen "'::pJr;lIe IInit ~ ,Ln,1
,Igr\!emenh 10 pro.::e". One of Iho'>t L1ml,
cmhr.lCe~ Ihe l orl DoJJ,1{". lOll" lIirem{"n
.md i, ;lhl} reprc$Cnted h) A ...,,,taut Il u,in..." \I,mager \ \ ,LTTen R. William,.
-I he ])e~ \I oine~ Blllldmg '] r,ltl{", LOLincil
i, ., .. Iild} .-n!,:.I!;cd in mainlaining juri""'i.::lion •• nd hJ~ 1;II.en r:tT1 in monlhl) ,t.lle\\ide meeting:' of 1:Iu,il1l.'" repr""t:ntlllilc~ in
th;(1 r"1(.1<J.
FMII) II. l'oIIIM'. I' .S.
IVP Rose Addresses
Local 353 Meeting
L.l . J5J. 1'OMo:-.--ro, O'\"r.- lnlernJlion •• 1
\ke I'rc~idcnl Ken Mose. memhcr of l oc;L1
35_'. ;Iddre~"..d ,I re.::{"nl meeling of Locil
353 . !JrOlher MO'oc f"ced hl~ Iir_1 declion
for Intnn:t tion;LI Vie{" ]>r,,~iJcnl of D i~lri..:t
One ••1 [he K;t n<;:,s Cil) Conlenl ioo, \l hi.::h
he lion \\itholll ,my .>CriOLIS oppo~jlion .
Fes tive Group
of_~~:::~;~:1:~:~?~
,. "OIlv.,,;,,1
eroup
ered
lOBe,"e.
d"mAg
lell
10 "f'nl. "re pens,on
...1'10
wu prlf1'enled w,th"
Yell. pm I
ye.,s
"80' Sieve Wul".; pensioner Joe Godden....ho
...., pre~nled ... ,th 1'1,1 5O-year p,n lour ye,,"
aBO; and Gord fmn. son·,n·I"", of 8,0lher
Nuth' nd: Sland.ng: BrOthers MO •• ly HUBhes.
[tn,e S.... II. W.I" Jac.es. Bill f"rquha ••• nd
ad [ H" ,dy.
He h." bl'ell erilicized b)" :1 ,m~lI ,'Iemenl_ ,in,.. hi, cIccI ion, for hi~ re:lclion 10
\lh"l ,('"t'm. 10 man~ of m as ho-.ti1e ;l(liun
h} Ih{" C;,n"di,tn Lul-oour Congre'<S. ,\] O~I
inl{"fO"Iion.11 IInion~ in ("anada arc amri.,led
\lilh Ihe ( I C. \lhich. al ils laSI con'·cntion.
laid JO\l.n nJI{"" aimed at go\Crnin~ II",
,)p.-r"IIon
of tnlcroation;!1
"nion~
in
Can,I\I.I, rhi, ,troused Ihe- reSClltmcnt uf
CIII,tdian rcprt...::nl"ti"ts of Ihest tlniOM,
m,]ny of \loom rctalial"d by laking action
10 '101' raymenl of per eapil:I from Iheir
f{"spectilc organil:t lions 10 Ihe C LC.
"
At the aforementioned meeting. Brother
Rose ex plai ned t he sta nd he hus ta l.en in
this d is pute. an d a lt houg h the mEW has
not ~ t oppcd pay ment o f pe r e;lpita 10 the
C t C ent ire ly. the lUnoun l h:IS bee n reduced
considerably. Th is act ion wa~ tal.en lIfler
consultation wit h represenl:llhes of IBEW
loclil unions ill Canadll at Huions times
and pl:Kes.
Follo",ing the explanlltKm of the situalion ;I motion of conMence in Vice Presi·
i,lem Rose "':b mo\·cd. !.Ccondell. and CIIT'
tied ;llmO!.t unanimously.
W. 1·,\ItQUII\II, F.s.
Racers
year member Joh" C. Boll. former busineS!
lJusi"ess
Man:lger
Cilluscn
Iha nl.ed the dinner-darn:e commmee-Frank
Lo nl:1ssaro. Michael Creed. IIml 51ele Schein-for a jon "ell uonc.
Also hOllorc.1 was 1.(II:al 3511'5 Gal
Friday. Mr,. JOM:ph K :tr:,~. ~no"'n 10 all IU
M:ll'. for her IS )'ears of Ul1tiring -.ervice to
Ihe m:ml:>c,..,hip. and 10 former "u\iness
\t anager John C . Boll and lhe prescnl
officer!>. We ;III hore thl~ ,,~~ialion "ill
conlinue for 15 )cars more!
On !'Iehalf of our IOClll, I puhlkl) would
lil.e 10 Ihani.. Brolher Willi:.01 Morg.m. Voho
(eceml) suhmlllcd his re"lgn;lIion as II
member of Ihe h{eCUli~c lio"r.l. for hi~
i,lcl·oted :l!1l1 unliring service 10 I.oc:ll ]58.
lie ~ened "ilh tli~tinc l ion for nMn) )1.'.,,..,
a~ II " o<lrd member. and u, ~ice ch:,irm.1Il
and chairmal1 of lhe Bo.,rd II rOlher \ Iorgan') abscnn' "ill be nOIKe.1 h) nl1. Good
h.cl.. lIill. III )our future eru!t-alor\. ,LIlt!
once :I,I:.lin. Ih;lIl~s from :1 grlllcful 1(X·a1.
[ ~ ;1I1~onc from J511 intel'c\leJ in forming
a 00" ling IcaJ,;Llc'! Brolher l)cnni~ 1· lorcn·
line ~urc is!
S rI.11. R. SllIIIN, [{.S.
Honored
mana~er.
Membe.s or LOI;al 375. Allentown, Pa. racenlly
we.e p.esenled Setvice pin,. T hlrty. ~ ea. 'e~'p·
,en\$. n.red, !ell to "8hl • • re Ralph S~hell~.
President Lee He,l. and Ed Oelt~; back 'ow '
Walter Smllh. Cad Meye . ,- Joseph Zelle ••• nd
Wltme. Sn.w.
,
Me mbe r Mourned;
Pro posals Submitted
Local 357 P,oud Of
Racing Member$:
l..U. J 57. I.,\S VEGAS. NEV.-Thi~ loc;LI
j, \eT) proud of sevCTal of our member.
",ho compete in rilcing. Jim Sander~n \\;L'
the Ct;lig ROad Speedwu), chompion ill
1972 and 1974. Be missed the ch:lmpion~hip in 197:\ b) III poi nts. J im has \lcen
driving for ~i~ ye<lr5. His rather. Fdg"r
$:II1,lcl')On. abo a me mbe r of Loca l 357. i,
hh 1l1cchanic. Other 357 membcr~ inlcl'c~led
in r:lcing lire Kenny Boardnmn. ehet EI),
John Haverla nd. lind Tim Perry.
r he "orl. situ.uion here in Vel:.I\ i~ ~till
ler) poor :lIld. lit this writing. it dOC:~ll't
1001. a, if Ihinl:' ",ill be improling for
nlan} monlh~. M:ln) of our member... hale
fou nd II n~'CCssitr) to get worl. 0111 of 0111
jurisdicl ion. LeI'S hope thing~ hr~·.,1. lei )'
J. D . 511\111', P.S.
Annual Dinner·Dance
Enjoyed By Local 35B
Ll_ J 58. I'ENTII AI\IIIOY. " .J.-Our
annual dinner-d:mce ",a~ held al Ihe Sc\~n
Arches Reslauranl on Febru.lr) 7. Ihe
eocl.tllil hour. dinner, an,j d.lndn~ "er~
cnjo)cd h) all . Music 1013.'> provide<1 ") Ihe
CHrouscls. under Ihe lc:.dershi p of Hr01her
Thoma~ Alcarno of Loc:lI 1158. Ne"<lr~.
Ne", JcrM:Y.
\ icc P re~ident Chm,je l und an,j lIu\ine"
M:." .. ger le Roy II. Cla usen pr(-.ented cer·
II licllles lmd pillS 10 50' yeM meml:>c,-.,
Mich:.el Frill, Joh n Fo frich. ;.OI[ Ahc
Wic nSlei". :md a cerlificMe lind pin 10 60-
1•. 1'. 36-1. IUX· KFORI>. IU ..-Thc em'
plo)ees of Reil1el EleclTIc "ho lire "OTI.·
ing .It Ihe ~Ieel mill in Su:riinl: de<w:r>l;
a p,,1 on Ihe b,lci. for their rccent ,how of
brolherhood. When W.. rren (,l,TWkl.. a
longlime member of our loe.. 1 <LIlU an
cmplo)tt of Rcitzcl Elel;lrk. p:I\;.cd :1",Ly
IlIIc\pccledJ) t,sl Decemh-er. the crCII .11
Ihe mill 1001. it upon them~el\e" 10 r:ll\c
o'er $1.000 for his family Mo-.l of Ihe
men donated their P:lY for 'tOllIe o\'ertime
Ihal had been "'or"ed. :,nd Ihe contmctor
eoopcr:tled b)' h,mdling the bool. \\orl., -I he
efrurts of all involved nrc 10 be com·
mct\\lcd.
J' roro~al~ for our new o;;Ollll'lICI nCl:oli;llion, we re I n ~ en nl Ihe rq;ular union meetilll: in January. rh e p rc~e ll l conlra~ t II ill
e\pire on Muy ) 1 o f Ihis ye;lr. We hope
our member5 wil] give the Negoli.llinl:
Committee :1 101 of solid propo)i\ls th:lt e:1I1
be seriou\ly con)idcred by the conlructan.
If any of lOU h:lve a n"","onh), hem
)OU "'auld lil.e 10 see reported ill Ihe ),,"r"II{ or rn our local newsleller. plc:ll>C conlaCI )oLlr area Fxcclrlive Il-oal'u mcmber.
li e "ill gel Ihe inform:' lion 10 Inc :ond I
"ill llpprecia1L:: Ihe help, '1he loc:11 new ~Iel­
IeI' ",ill de;ll ",ilh family ne"'~ :h \\e ll 11\
10.:;,1 union business. \0 I ho('O." lOU ladle~
"ill 001 hesitate to inform us of things that
arc inlere~ling to lOu.
R()(i[R W_ JOtl'SOS,
j
Tw.nl~."V'
)'ill' recipients. se:>1ed. left 10 flsht.
I.e J,m W" .. t. Alex Kal.dy. BUSiness Manag ••
Andy KubIk. Stln tey Pa.ks. Harvey Rinke, •• nd
Bob Coulter: SI.ndinll: John Wo.on,ak. John
Gaumer. Lou VI'IIO. John Tok.r. Geo.ge uttun.
AI S.chmln. Henry Sen.ller. John Ohl •• nd AI
Hlldemen.
I
'j
Twenty ~elr 'Kipien l$ nllted. ' e'l 10 "Shl .••e
Ned Aetnsmilh. J im BU<nhauser. Oon&ld Keim.
end Bob C"nninSh.m: 5tandlng: Russ Redlern.
Ed P •• ~s. and Di~k Follz.
,'.s.
Membe rs Honored;
Work Scene Good
1..11. 375. AI.U: ....·TO\\N. I'A .-Thi~ P:l~t
J"mmry. :,1 Ihe rCl:ular monthly union
meeling. members or t oc;,1 )75 '" nil 20 10
5() )e:lfl of ""rviee I~ere 1O".Lnk,J ..... niee
phh. Brother 1I0ward l..conanl I\IIS presented ",jlh a 50')'ear pin. II rother R:,)mond Staubl, Sr. a 45-ycar pin, :Lnd
Left 10 ",hI •• e Howlt,d Leona.d, 5O-y.a. ,ec'P'
lent: Repre.enl",Ve Joseph Zeller; R.. ymond
Sioubt. Sr .• 4S-yur rKlpienl: and Charlu K. ops.
35'Yllr .eclplent.
IflEW
Journol
•
,
,
•
•
Brot her
C harl es Krorm a 35·y<',ir pin.
L('Qn:lnJ allil Stoubl arc enjoying
the fruils of retirement.
B rolhcr~
I' rc~el\ling
Zeller. who i~
Work Site
Kids Enjoy Party
Ihe rins \\,:1, 1]1"0[hcr J o~cJlh
:t member of Ihl.' I'cnn,y1v:l-
ni;1 Slale Legis!:!lure. Il roll1<'r Zeller. Oil
behalf of Ihc members of Lo"al J7."i. I:ongralulalc,J all the rcdpicnl~ ,lIld lhanled
them for their fin..: ~cr\'kc.
Also :11 the Illccling Brother Jim WII!"[
annOUJ1CCu his ,"cl ircmcn\ frum [he tradc.
We cungralu lal c Jim amI \\bh him conli nlieu ~IICCC" and good health.
;\s is not Ihe ~':l'<': in 111<hl part, of Ihe
coumry. worl in [he Allenlo,", n arell' j,
good. All of 0111' mCl1lhcr~ ;11"1.' \lurking HI
Ihb time und the oluloo). for lhe ,ummer i,
Ilood. I n fact. ull<'mploymcl1[ in general in
Ihe Lehigh V,dley arca is b<,loI' the
nalional a~crage.
Il y Ihe lime ~'UII read Ihi~ Ictter, F .l~ler
Ilill Ix: IIpOIl 11\. ba'o<'t>all "nd Ihe 11'0111
season "ill he l1e:lr. and Ih"l be:llllifllJ
,e;I'UI1 of Ihe }t':lr. "prillg. \Iill be bl.'gin!ling.
Let lh :111 hope Ih"l Ollr COllutry :l11d
economy II ill ;lbo ~how ~ign~ of mOl'ing
forll :Inl ag;<ill, '0 Ihal many of ollr Bl"olhel"' in Ihe J B I" W II ho ar.; 1101 Ilorking call
:lg:lin pili Iheir \lillcd lalcnh 10 gootl u~c.
1~lfllllIlJ J. Gill B. 1'.$.
This shows the deterioratton 01 Canpdy s
tton in~t311aUon nO. 3, whi ch cmploy s member.;
of Local 398. Charles ton, S.C.
Decembe r Party a First
For Norristown Local
L. U. 3110. NOIUUSTOW N. I' ,\.-On Dc·
,'cmbcr 1.1 I1h:mher,. Iheir Ilil,:,. ,md ~·hil"
drcil :tllende<1 Ihe fir'l LIlcal 3iH.l lhri'l"
m:h parly al Ih~ local hall. TIH) hundred
forty o f Ihe ..f.IJ I\ho a!lcuded Ilerc mcm·
1>1:,.,. childrcu.
T he p:u'ly bt'Y,In wilh l";lrlOon films
\\hic-h wel·C follQI\cJ hy a magidan \-110
my~tificd the :wdicnl"c "ith a l':lri<:IY of
Irid~. He ,'OUlin!!ed 10 W!"\e :l~ m,hler of
ecrel11onic~, :lnd lit 3;JO I' ,M . lOO~ the l' hil"
drcn 10 Ihe jl;trkiuy 101 to greel the Jolly
Old M an in red. who arrived in :. hor~c·
dra'" n c:uTiagc, lIl·companietl h}' '~\'er:d
D i,ney ch:tl·neler~. Sam:l and hh helpcrs
.-in·lIlated th1"oll!lh the ,rO\\(I I.dking to Ihe
children. 'I he y then \li'lrihuted !lifIS, Elery"
one enjoyed i,'e cream. ca~e, ,(Jd~, pn.'lzeb.
antl potato c hip,.
·r hi, ,",a~ uur 1lJl.'.d'~ fir,l '\ldl .:elehr:\liull
of Chri,tlnas, an,1 I'e hope 10 m:l~c it an
,IIIIHI:d .Ilrair, Su if ~lI UUI' member, ron"
linlle 10 atlcnd our monthl y mccting, :1Il\1
'>lIp pun th e loc:iI. it can h~ done,
I he \lt1iccr~ uf our 10~':11 1I0l11II li~~ to
thank Ih", ,omlllitlee ulclllhcrs amI th";r
\I'll'" for Irw finc program they :uTallgeJ,
the bcnutifl il ly decoralcd hall, ,lIld gifl~
\l'rappCI! ilnd taJ;gcd for $:ll1t:1 10 pre'~111 10
Ihe chi ldren,
\Ve hopc to ~ee :11 1 our l1lembcr~ at ollr
l"egll1:11' mccling" held 011 the fourth Tue,·
day of each m011lh.
H. R(llil RT O·CO~ ", "M. I'.S.
Local 398 Scribe Reports
On District Meetings
L.u. 3911. C II AlttESTON. S.C.- Hello
from Ch:lrll.')ton, Wallcrboro, and ,\ i~en,
Soulh Carolina.
April , 1915
Some of the 8rothclfS hallc lunch at CanDdys
Sl ation,
Of
enloyed
I I
party
These three .cenes show a magician,
.nd
Senta'5 Disney he tpers who untert~in"d the
youn!ls te rs for an afternoon,
i
I \11(, ,Ihlc tu :Illcnd hoth dbtrict meCIing, in De'~mher, Wenl 10 W :IIt~rhoro 011
the 12th :1n\1 Ai~cn on the 19th, Ollr I ,w:11
3911 Ike pl"c,h1cnl. D:1I1 Thomp,on. con·
.t1l,' led Ihe Wal1erhoro mcctin!l. ' 1 hcre \\:1,
:I lighl
IIII"I1U\11. All propO~:tI, lh.'1 lIerc
\l)lc,1 011 al Ih e Ch:ll k,lon l11eetill!l ''''I"e
:.1,0 \Ilted on ill W:dl crhuro :IIlJ pa,,!!u,
On the II :,}, 10 Aik~n I ~Ioppcd I'<} lhe
(iln,III), pU\ln 'I:ltion and \j~ited I,illt iI
fCII uf lite loc.li Il l"Olher, cmplo)ed therc.
I h,' ,hop 'kll"ard. David \v rco, g:\le 111~ ;1
tuu r uf 11<). J builer.
AI Ill<' Ai~en l11~eling, in the IOU I· h.dl
(\Ihi,·h 1 noticed i~ for ,al.-). Ihe ;'lIel];l·
:111<·e 11.1' hal11p~red hy heav} pr<'eipil.lli<)ll.
I"hi, \I a, my fir'l ,hann' to attend Ihe
!!lCClin;; in Aikcn ,im;e hein!l Ilppoint"d
prc" 'eerCI:lry, .\11,1 to meel ~olne of Ihe
local Brothcl"' in Ihi, arca of uur jnri,dic"
tion , I hlul th c ptc:"UfC of IllCelin!l Brolhers
fwnl tile Ai~en ga o;; tleparlln enl. Slel'e(1~
("I·cd 11 ).11·0, Nurth A ll gn~la Eketl'ic $cf\'kc. t\ih'n lille \1cpartmclll. and Urqllhnn
'I:Ililln. AI,o mel jlhl"retircd Broth<'r Il a~"
h'll Chapma n.
Il l"inc,~ 1\l al1<lgcr C. E. Bro\\nlce, ]' i!wn"
d,d S~a<'t:try F. E. M ~ K cI11ie , Jntcrn:llional
P,c tu,ed here are .Oma Bro th e.s involved in
d,scuss,on at Aiken. S.C, dlst.lct meellflB.
"
Represe nt ative J . R. Burlmsc. and Brot her
LIlackb urn co ndu cted the bu_ine,s meetinl;.
A ll the proposals that \\e rc voted and
passed in Charleston and Wlilterboro wcrc
voted in herc li S "'el1. T he vOling \\as as
follows: on the proposal concerning the
prOCUring of an outside bu~iness agell1Charleston 16-4. Walterboro 10·0. !lIld
Aiken 11-0. Tow l vote "a.. 17-4 in favor.
On the propos;. 1 of sending t\\O l'cprc~enw'
tives to the utility conference in Louisville.
KcnlUdy in February .lIld .. nch olher conferences throughout Ihe yellr-CharleslOn
15 ·5. Wallerboro IO-U. and Ai~en 11 -0.
Total VOle Wll~ 36-5 in f;lvor. On Ihe proposal of new mcmbcrs--C harieMoll 19- 1.
Wnlterboro 10-0. and Ailen [1-0. Total
vOle was 40- 1.
Our condolences go 10 the family and
friends of R . E. BeS>oinser. Ilho pas'iCd
away on November 13. 1974. IJrOlher IJes~inger wa~ a journeyman lineman al Denmilr k dislribUlion.
South C:lrolil1ll Ell.'clric and Ga~ Company senior vice president, V. C. Summer.
prcsc nted an "Edisto Elcctrk In)litute S,1fety
Achiel'ement Award" to n. A. H:lgood stalion. in Ch;lrle~ton. in recognition thai the
plan I surpa5,ed a million man-hour~ II ilhOUi sustaining it lo,t-l irnc illjllr)·. Also. e:lch
cmrloyee received a gifl of a ",,111.'1. T hiny
loc,,1 Brothers are employed ;" Ihe plant.
W. C. Reilly i~ Ihe ste\\;trd.
,\ problcm in some of our \\orl areas i~
th.lt Ihe free -rides and scabs are removing
Ihe union nnlice, from bullelin boards. elc.
"lid/ or "riling nbhorrenl nnd obnoxiou ~
jes\'i .mel n:mark~ on them :IOOllt Ihe locnl
;lI1d ih members.
Doc~ one ,"Oie count? You het il docs.
I ile the mOl ion from a Slone dropped in a
pond. one vote in an election Cltn ripple OUi
lind ou t :Ind out.
FII1.UI;RICK L. SMITH. 1'.5.
Members at Work
work at
i.::~:;~;;;::~.:~;~~
isconsole
gener.1at foreman
y ,..d
Dover ToAt.... n$hip
center.
"
•
,
Local405 's Work Sce ne
Not Encouraging
Work Situation Remains
Same , Scribe Reports
L. U_ 400. AS II U"Y rAKK. N.J .-Our
lIorl ~itllalion remains the ~~. me; we :Ire
jll,t anom holding our own.
AI Ihis lime we wou ld like 10 give a vote
of Ihanks 10 our financial secrelary. Wes
Morrj,. and our tre:lsurer. J ohn J ervi~. \\ho
.Gil'c so much or the-ir frte lime 10 our
uee ..h.
I look a lillie ride wilh Business Agent
J·r:m k VnnDII~~n yeslcrdily :lIld got some
infornwlion Qn II few of the fell' jobs in
progr~ss ;11 pre\cnl.
The Dover Township La\\' Enforcemenl
Ccnler. .... hleh i~ also a bomb ~heher. contain~ a gym. computer room. pistol r"nge.
20 jail cells. courlroom. phOIO lab. fin!:erprint department. civil defen,e f.. dlilies.
and comnlLJI\ications for fire. poli~c. and
civil defense. T he electric:11 coniractor is
Ned E1cctrit.
' I he Ocean County sc"enage trcatment
plant i~ composed of 35 :Icre~ of tanks and
equipment; there :Lrc 12 bllilding.~ and 15
tan~s in all. This planl will be fully compllter-operared. Wh en completed it will
require Ihree lIIen 10 opernle il. Due 10 Ihe
1:ld of sleel cond uit. Ihe plllni is bdng
piped I\ilh I'VC. T he e1cclrk:11 contractor
i~ J arv is Electric.
T he Mnnc heslcr TOllnshi p high ~chool i~
I .S-million·dollar project. 11 \\'ill include
t\\O foc>I ball field~. 1\\0 softball fields. a
soccer field. fennis courts. :l baseball field. a
track, n field-hockey field, :1 gym \\ilh si.o;
ba5kelb~1l \:ourb. mOlorized bleachers and
\I all. cicCI ric scorebollrd. au ditorium. Hnd
an ail-ciCCI ric kitchen with olltdoor eatillS
fncililie~ in conjlln~tioll with a courbe in
family living. Thb school lIiII be lorally
electric ;l11d has •• 5.000-;lmpere ~e, vil;e
u~ing II four-inch conduits for this purpo.c. The elcclrical conlraCtor is Kross
Electric.
Did YOII ll1o\I that Pal Rampino once
lion .1 med:.1 for downhill skiing againSI
Ihe clock in ;1 compelilion :1I Mount Sno" '!
Adv ice 10 legislator~: ,,:art paying ;llIenlion 10 Ihe much-needed ro!lief for our
senior Cilil.l:m : thdr nllmbers arc growing
and SO are their votes1
J OIl 1\'1. Bo,\, 1'.5.
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Picl ured
he ...general
le ft to foreman
righl. BreRon G:i::,~,,:;~:
Les
Slcllens.
SIeve Eckmpn at print luble of
School.
L.U. 405. ClmA I( I{AI'IOS, IA .-Cedar
Rapid, hn't gener;.ting a great deal of news
:11 Ihb lime. nUl let's hang right in there
and u'C thi~ means 10 ~;ly hi to all.
Local 405 hll~ scveral members on the
road or .mnspl.lIlted el<.ewhere at Ihe present lime. Comments On the jobs. etc.
prompt Ihe idea that it would be inleresling
to hear from Ihese dbphlc ed Brothcr~. nnd
IISC this report :,s .111 opportunity to :ullplify
ne\\~y nOIC .. from thelll. Lei us hear from
you.
Our I\ork situation is not th e 1110\1
encouraginp. There :Ire )'()me men o n Ihe
bench and there prob;lbly will be more
before thins~ gel beller. Walerloo tlnd Des
Moines locals have been of help 10 our
people so far. for which Blisilless Manager
Chuck Swore expresses Ihe th!lnk ~ :Jnd
appreci:uion of all.
The local hll~ SCI up a new code study
cJas,. through the J ATC program. on the
1975 N31ional Code. Thi ~ is a IO-period
course ;l1ld i, proving 10 he highly bcneficial. The National Code has chnnged so
much Ihat many of us. e~pecially thc older
hand\. find Ihat .... e don't know the Code at
nil any more. We would highly recommend
such II ,Iudy for all itrolhers who may
h31'e the opportunity to p:lrticipate in one.
Our neSOli:llions will he coming up again
thi, ~pring. and il could be lhe chance for
projccting some nc\\' (Lnd posilive ide:ls. At
least it ,ure appears thai our officers arc
thinking "posith'e" and progressively.
Ne\! monlh ..... e \\ill hal'e a report on
some SO-ye3r award,. ~o don't go away.
J OIl~ R. K t ~O, 1'.5.
Work Situation Poor;
Baseball Banquet Held
Slewe Eckman and Geo'ge Comber bend conduit
al Manches ' er School.
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silualion :It Ihh limc nUl on ly looks bad.
il i, b:ul. At thi~ writing Ihere are l!7 men
on Ihe bench: 47 men are workins in the
are;. and Ihe balance are employed in some
of Ihe surrounding locals and other parts of
Ihe counlry, including Alaska. I hope by
IB EW Jou,no l
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J,Hne, D . B:rrlO. Brei O. I ~\IUOII. M id!.r,·1
R itl. Jetf S. S..:e. W illi:11l1 Sh alTrQI1. ;. nu
(jicil Benner.
f he ";J~h:rll h,II1(jIJe!. \t'O'I,on,::d h)
merllOCh uf I o<:.d 41 4. \\~, held in honor
of Ihe 11'.1111 mernh,' r, .If Ihe Ch:lrt:,'r, .rn,1
Ihe I l.:dro,.
'1 he Ch:lrgcr\. lII:tII.lgc,1 h) Bill O.I~ ­
""l"l. (,'";,I1IC through Ililh II 1(\·4 ,~wr,1 Ihi,
}e.lr. I he I,';,m \\.1\ n31l1ed Ihe ml),1 'llOlI,m.lllli~c in Ih,' 1(';oIlUC: al ....... Ihe II'.UII ..:.Ip·
IIIr ... u Ihrec 11,'';'1111'" "h,rrn"ioll,hir, III I.... 1.1,1
Baseball Banquet
fil e ) ,':1r'.
, Laneur". , P"., pre.
an 8wa ' (I fa. Oul$\IOndinc
buebl'll lor m;lny years.
",;;,.;';1 ~nd
a banquet 1
0' rha
1110 [Iec r.os.
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Shown are the b8Hbait winners. Front 'Ow,
lell to rlgh l. a . e Ih,ny Kenoy, Tom W.. nnc ••
Jesse Mello"jf8 ' (mOl ' spo,tsmanli.1I playe,),
M,ke Gohn, Oob Wilson, lind SIeve looS: mid.
die ,ow; Bob Helin. Mickey Hen (m05' ~Ill"abl"
playe.). Glen C8UlIa"a,. RIIY Yarnoll, and Pal
Ch alfan t; bad ,ow: Bil l Oakwood, Ray lone.
and Dave Ch. lfant.
Area Work Not Good,
Reporter Says
429. NAS II\' II.U:. '1"1-:" .... . ' I he
,illlillion in our area ;11 Ihi, lill .... i,
nO! le i) ~ood. We ;Jr,' loo~ing rOT' il 1\)
pid lip hy Ihc lill1~ Ihi, :1I·lic l... i, )''';I1I,·\!.
W .. h[lI'c .1 I1l1mher uf Ihe 1l l"ulhcr, UII Ihe
1'0.,,1 "I Ihi, lillle 'U Ih:wk, 10 ,Ill Ihe ,i'!<'1
1,>-:.11, II hll cmplu}' OItr J1l<'mh .. r~,
We .Ife lo~illg une of Ih,' h""1 :",i,I.II11
hlt,ine" m:lIlagel'" I.o(."al 4~<) h.I' cler h:l<1.
OIU" lo~, may not h.,o •.rWj!.I'lh.,(' ,I I"".
he.· .. II'e Brulh"r B. J . Co nk} h!!, Jefl I" III
hc':\lIlle lh~ .... ECA ,'h"pl,'r m.III.I!!,,, r for
unr ;'("1'.1. Hrll!l1l'r Conky h.. , ;[ ':011"1.1111
,!rhc "hUIlI him II hich I feel" ill hdr ,ml"
C"tlUl r.I,'lur, in J;cllinj!. Ilmr,' "or~. Ilhldl
lIilI in IUrn hdp 4:!9 h) ne;olilll= IllUI,'
empl"ynwnl for our member,. If II rOlhcr
C.mk) .:.111 ,Iir .111,1 'Iinwlale Ihc COIIII.lc10', Ih,' II:,) he h'" our IlIcnlDer .. hip "urin!!,
Ihe lime hc ,encd 1h. then hi, 1o" Ilill
h.llc heen 1«)rIh il 10 o\(r 1,1(.'111.
I he .!1iendanl·C ;It ollr mcCllllj!.' h;"
in.:I ... ,,,.....1 wniC. bill I ,liIl .1111 .. li\,'PfWilll\·,1
... hen 1 \Co.' "nIply ~h;tir~ in Ihc h;111.
,\It,'n,l.ln,e ,hould he ric~lI1g up "ilh ,[\
m.lIl} pt'u llle 0\11 of \\or~ (I~ Ihl'r" (If'e Ill!l\'.
L"lwl1) Ihe h:III j, full \\h"11 0111' m~I1lN.·!,
.m:: HOI \\or~ing. riley 011"1 f ...el Ihlll if
thc~ arc "orkin!;. Ihere i~ 110 IIccd 10 cume.
I hi, i, nlll '0. fcIlOl's. ,() l'om~ on
twlp ~lIpporl your union.
Ol!f miwd bOll'lin ll 1e:' IlIlC is .Iill rollinb
1.. 11.
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In 1'J 74. Wh'n Illemncr, lIf Ih,' (h:"g ... r,
1"':1111 ,1:111,'.1 in Ihe .11I·'I;or 11.IIIl ..... 1 r,',,)I\1
10 dal ... .
M id ... ) H ... " II." ride,) ." m,hj I.,hmhie pl.l) ... r. J ... "e Mellinger \\;J~ nllmnl fllr
OIlI'I:ltllling ,pun,m al"hip !lml ch.rl a,·I,'r.
r h ... 1' 1.:,·lru, filli,he,1 \\ilh l ' 111-5 I·ce ..ml
-,ce<>n.l in Iheir le!!!!lIe: I1citha leanl h.I'
c~a ,'ome in k" Ihan \Cco ll d.
A, lo ~ ens of aJlpre~ialion Ihe I lcclm,
l'tI'c,cnlnl 10 Jil1l DOlih. mHO:Ig"'!". ;, "'1 uf
l'tOu~ellll, 110,) 10 Ibll'h Mi llrl·. . I,,"I,lnl
1l1;IIl.Iger. !Ill !I,hlr,,},.
An IIII.rnl "a, prc,enle.! III li en "h.lllh
by L.)o>al 4 14 Youlh A~lilily I' n>llram. for
olll~I.lrl(ling eonlrihUl;OIl 10 }ullTh I>.lwh.,11
for m.lfI~ ),'ar,. lI en.:1O cmployee uf ).tCA.
" ),re,idcill "f Ihe Iii,.. \\, Ic:'gile ;111,1 h,I'
done ,".:11 :I gUlIlI jut> h~ h.I' nC\\'I' hn'n
oPI"O,,·d. I ncar 4 14 m,·m"" .. , ,.I} Ih;[n~,.
I kll.
I herc II ill "" a familiar face nlt"lIlg ."
1 1 .lrr~ II .. " !!OC, ;nlO r~liremcnl, 11 .'lr) h:I'
",rH'') Ihc 101:.11 for m.ln) ~C"I' III 1:lri.. lll,
l·ar:lI;ili,". I he me m N'r, of 1 ,,,':,1 4 14 I.i,h
}Oll J11,,)o.IIIIC~ ,111,1 good he.lllh. II ,IIT).
I [)"q ,\1 I r .... I'.:S.
Ih<' lime rhi, i, in prinl. ,111 lh ... fello\\) \\ho
"i\h 10 \\orl.. at home ,lr.: al1le \0 do w.
1\1 prc".;nl Joe Ii a ll j, on th ... jllh ;0' t...cI·
l()gS'~ fur ":011<';II1IP: :01,,). Rmh.::rf"rd h
insw lling rhe
tOO-percent
Kcllog~',
1~·lllI'Or.lry.
Ulliun
,oll:
So Clr \\e h.l\<.'
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"';llinS Iho,"
C<)rnnHl..c"
T he Fulton gcneratinll ,1.lliull 'Iill '\\:elll'
10 relllllin II dar~ uneer!:lilll~. 1 here lire
some ~nlllil jol" ,wniIlG: perh:,p~ Ihey \\i ll
he lp II~ ,1i,le Ih rolillh.
Sh: 111'\\ a p pr'emice, .... cr..: ,\IOrn in ami
welco mcd 10 Ihe mernhcr~hiJl. T hey lire
Ap.lI. 197 5
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1110111,:. anu "'Ille of Ihe 1Il1!!e memher, of
Ihe 1.... lm' .Ire coming 0111 on Ihe ~horl end
of Ihe .,·or~ wi lh Ih ... ir lIi\e~ oilldoinb
Ihcm
\lhen Cunningham ~ml J ohnny
1I,,,~in ,mJ m~,elf arc going [0 10le :ll1a;,,,1
Ih ... I<Oll1l'n h"ing .Ible 10 0011'1 nC\II;m ....
I h~ 1 ,r.lie, t\ II\iliary ha, sel ih metling,
on Ihe fir,1 r u,'~d.IY of el'er)' momh ;01 Ih~
1,)••• 1 ulli"n h.11I al 7:(1() I' M I hc \1I~il­
i.lll ..·.111 he .1 hig I"'el It;) our 10(\11 in
m,lIl)
11.1),," '0 if your \\ife .1",,\ 110)1
" ... I"ni!. th ... n IIfj!.C her 10 join :II1U ,11l\'nu Ih\·
nlc"'linil'·
\\\. .• r~ 'lilI haling o...er :lflcr I.... meeling' .1Il,1 Ih,' .·ol1ler';lI;OIl i\ gr ... at. ,0 romc
Hn,1 p.I"li,'ipale al Ihe mee lings Hnl! Ih,'11
"111"\ Ih ... gOOlt fello\\~hip ;.flcr"";lr,h. YOII
m,l~ ,ce ;11' 01<1 friend or m:l~e :, n"'l1
fri\'nJ. hill !lhove !I II IX' an HCli"" lintOn
IIwmlw r hJ \ho\\in!!, an inlere~1 in ~<)lIr
ulliun .dr.lir. hoth on Ihe job and otT.
\1 th,- pl"''<'111 limc. Ihe lOCal IIniun ,1 1111
I d~n lkld 1 Ie,·tric Company arc ~JlOI",)rillg
IIIl' " 1 1c,·trici:HI uf ill e )le:u'" cunle,l. /\11
flll'mhrr, ,.111 p.trlicip"lc in Ihi, conIC,I. hili
Ihe rl·,pOn'l' '" (!lr h ll' hcen I'er) r.m.
" 1':, ni,·ir.Hc" i, Ihc \Iord fur all cmlc.",';"
RIJ"s II L·I)~)I\. 1'.5.
Local 433 Honors
Retiring Brother
I .l . 43.\. '''GUS. n .A.- ' rClir... mcnt
,,;ort} II;" j!.iI,·n J!I(lImry 17 fur 1I1"11I,'f
\t illOn C ~'OIl: hi, relirelllcnl II;" dT"':lhc
J .,nu.,q I Oll'r 1~5 [l'Cr"m, lI ... r... m
,111"·nu.",,.•· 10 honor Brother ScOIl "~Oll~:'
... he', ~lll)lln 10 hi, fricnd\. i, ["eeolering
fwm r ..·.'·nl hc,r1lh problem' ;11\.1 h f..-dinS
.,lmn'l up lu p:,r .Ig.. in. Il l' N!IMn I\ur~ing
lOr I h,· ill.l I'o\\er Curpor;llion in J allll;try,
I'J~<J. ,).,ninl,: .11 Ihe Barto\\ pl:111I alI{I IMer
mo,iu),! 10 Ih.· Cry~I:t1 Jot i'er planl. Scolly
II." cmplO)CII ;1' ;[ me~h.lfIie prior 10 his
illn,'". an,1 1'1.11\, 10 ,wy in Ihe Cr~'I"1
R ilct .Ir..... fur Ihc immcdiale fmllr ... to eonlium' hi ~ r.·,·ulcry.
BrOlher W illi:"n J uh,,~. J r.. ';~r1ified
"...r,kr 1lll'.-h'"1ic at Cry-rul R iver. II ;I~
'I rid.·" lIilh :, he:lf"1 .ltlll~ ~ (Ill J llnllary 9.
\1 Ihr. \11·ili"l,:. Bruther lohll' j. reCQlcrinll
at lh., Inll'rne,", l-I o~pital.
-\1 lh~ b nll''''>' b meeling a 1110lion \1."
1II.llk .",,1 ,·!trrie" to cr .... l1e ;, eOlliraCI pro1,,},.,1 ,',,,muiIlC,,, 10 r ... vicw, IIi.ell". anti Cllit
.111 .;nnLr;I.:1 propo~;,k Ih~11 hrillS t1wm 10
Ihe 11)...<1 1l000r for :t ,ule. '1he .Ie~ ... ple,j
),"Jr,,,,,,I, lIilI he ..elll 10 S},C ... m COlln.-il 10
h,- illdl,,[cd in negoli:llion pro)'O"I1. / \ 11
rc,,,m, h.llinj,' ..·"nlr;o~1 rrojlOl>:.I" arc ;,,~ed
IU ."nl;od BrOlher Jim Kr:.i~er :,1 ("r"tal
Jot I\CI IInil "
\II Brolher, .Ife remindcd Ih:I' 1I0rnin;llion ur ollker, II ill t.ll.:e plac... :II Ihe Mil)'
1l1 ...... lrng. \ olinll lIill I:I~C pl;lcc in J Ulie :Ind
\l'.rlinj!. "r lie" Uflit.'Cf' III J llly. Revi ... " Ihe
r~\ i,cu h~ I... , ~ for procedure, cun,'crnlnll
Ih ... ;,h..)\e .·, ... nt ...
I hlun J. LUi.. I'.S.
Rec reational Activitie s
Committ ee Formed
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~41 . SANTA ,\ N'\. C A I..-AI Ihe
h :hrll;[ry m"'eling wc formed :, rccre"liun,,1
:ll'lhilk~ com mil tee. T his eo mmille,' \\ill
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aw:mpt to initimc a :.oft ball tournament 011
th e Wesl COIl'1. It will :11;,0 nffa llge n
monthly IIctivity for the membe r, aud their
wives to p<lrticipllte in. Som~ of the most
lil..ely ideas a.t this time (Ire \olle)ball. golf.
card ganles. hinGo. ami uip, to local sporting e\-enb. We ha\c hopt, th,lI thi~ weia\
intemction IIIiII strenglhen the local OInd the
Brot herhood.
The mild "inter ( ruining mo,tly on
weelend~) ha ~ h_lped cuo;e the burdell that
Ihe unst:lble economy lllld the housing
money ~ hortal:e h;.L\ e pl.lled on U~. If Ihe
\\o(':uher hold~ Ihi~ \\oay. the damage \lill
not be u, gre:lt as anticip;.Lted.
rh e follo\ling member, in the area
plIsS\!d away during 1974: ' · rank N. I'orier.
Ja nuary 27: EU\lin /{ . Andenon. I' ebrm,ry
2U: MillOl· W. Pridemore. I·cbrllllry 23:
IV:l n C;lIupbell. February 2(,: /( . R. lI iuckIe)'. March 20: J . M. All..in~. April 12:
Donalu B Murse. Sr.. April 15; Forre~t J.
i'ripp. M:I) 6: Eno Wiilll!.!. June 26:
Anhllr M . Lununl..er. J ul) 6: R:llrh U.
Wil,on. Octoher 17: DOllgl:" W. ti rin\te:Hl.
Novemher 2: Ralph I{ . Ralldel. D.::cember
5; amI F~ere ll F . Sumner. Decemher 12.
T heloC men ,ub-,crib~d to the ideals IInu
practice5 th.lt ha\"e directly unprO't'd the
Ih·ing ,tanuMiJ of uniOIl members anJ illdi·
rectly imprO\ed Ih ... ~tl.n d'irds of :111 ",orl..ing people. rhC\e men :Ife gone out their
helief in the practice of brOtherhood "ill
rem"in throush the lives they touched.
RIC"IIMU) A . WALKUt. I'.S.
Hopes Brighter For
Work, Says Scribe
~~J . /IIO,\,"I'GO!lllmv. AtA .-The
pictu re 1001.., u~ if il might be gelling
hCller. We are looking on Ihe brighl \ide
ao<l hoping for the he,.I. All jobs in our
•Ifi,·a ;Ire holdlllg their UIII". and \Ie ha~e
sc\eral snMl1 Joh~ ~jarllng.
Well. \Ie ure f.ldng llnother electioll
ye"r. ;IIlU from the \oob of things "'e will
have s:veral c;lndidatc, for the local onkes.
Ollr bigge,! C(J n C~fTl i\ Ihe be,1 intere,1 uf
the local. Tu nil c;Uldi d:lle~ runnmg for an
uffice. I \.IY. "Work to beller )·our Brot her.
OJ nOI b:ld,tnh or I..nod )·our opponen t.
Remember thllt he i, )UUr Bmther:·
Af ler the election I\e coulu have a beUer
Brotherhood. Remember COl nJidates. that a
~tro"gcr Brolherhood depend, on )OU. If
)OU arc not ,I enndid.lle. 110 nOI lei your""lf
b.: innllen~e\1 10 \Ole for .1 man becallse
)ollr friend . .... ,1111 ) OU 10_ I i~lcn 10 :.11 Ihe
cllndiu;ue\. nJ.lI..~ lip )·our '-'\In mind. :md
then 'ote_ Af ..cr .... e ele~1 uur om,i.lh. leI
11\ ~upporl Ih;lll_ After .111 ..... e are all
BrOlherl in ;' grc.lt orl:ani/"lion.
Remt'111her.• he oOlly 1\ the bo<., of the
local union. 1\ hiJg~r ood) i,.1 bigger bO'>s,
;,0 come to Ihe m.:eling,.
Work Scenes
workIng on' ••• " ••• ~";C:'"'! ~'~'!?~'
righ t. are Oeral
. Jr..
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RebblC. and Jerry lee. All are
Union [le"I,," 01 Bailie Creek.
Union [Iec:lric memt.. ... also WOrked on Spring.
'"ew Tower. a low-renl unit lor Ihe e'~rly In
8 ~ttl. Creek.
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1_ 11. 4~S, II AT!'tE <;IU·: I<: I\. i\11 ("11. T ime i~ ncaring I<hen our courliry cele·
brates its 200lh ),ear of e~islenee a~ n
nation. Had. in I77S Antericans \lcre fight·
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These members. also Unton Etectric employee ••
are workIng on ',brary addItion II KIllogg Com.
munity College; lell 10 ri.llhl . lo remln J ...y
Atbnlhl. BIll Barney. and Burke Barn_by.
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Employment Scene And
Economy Look Good
I' \ rRICK I . (){)ROLC,II. I'.S.
Bicentennial Prompts
Assessment By Scribe
findi ng thern,elves \lilh01l1 jobs.
' he construction inuustry is u~ll!llly one
of the fi r~ t 10 feel Ihe pinch \lhen the eco n·
omy hegins \Io\ling up. After Ihe economy
s\lings up .... :.rd. eonstruclion is usually Ihe
last 10 get in full s",in!,:.
\\e are being asled 10 s:.\e energy lmd
not ~pend. So. people go fewer p'ace~ and
spend le~~ mone). Then \I hen people are
not buyinG (.";.Ir,. :oppli"nce\. lInd homes. the
factoricl producing thc\e items cill b:lck
emplo)·ment lmd so Ihe b,,11 bcgin\ 10 roll
10111 ,Iru unemplo) ment.
It b true that e\er) )e~r cannot toe a
record )e~r .... lIh so m"n) million ("<I,", ,old
and so Imtn)' millions ,p~nt on Ihi~ or th.ll.
IJut the thina; Ihal h;l, maue thb counlry
greal i, the f:le. thlll it h.I' had a ("o n ~tll nt
fllle of gro\O,lh ovcr the )'enr~. Some )e"rs
"'ere good nl1 d some not '>0 good_ I hh
~Ollnlr) h.I' ~epl movillJ; ahe:ld for 21lt)
)·ear~ through Ihe good time~ and the bOld
lime~ :md it will I..eep J;oing on. Our people
lire going to have to h:lve u;lliol1al leader·
~hip and II program tol'ard .. :1 definite gOll1
uf ~ol\"ing ollr pre~sing inlct"n,,1 problcnh in
tloi, counlry toda}.
The enl'iron nu:l11ltlbIS and the indu~trinl·
iSh are going 10 ha~e to \lorl.. logelhcf 10
lei progress roll "long and 'Iii! Ill'lint.lin the
beauty of Ollr 1:.mJ. rni~ i, 1101 ;.Ln eaw
tllmg 10 do "hen n:IItIn.1 re~urees h;l\e to
be ~t ripped from the lal1d.
Members or Loc:.1 44!i can unile to fo rm
:1 soliu fronl 10 l.uend membership me:lings and "orl.. 10\lard~ eombaling Ihe 10'\\
or \lorl.. .0 1I0n·union eonlpanie\ in our
aru. We hope "'orl.. in our area .... ill pro,ide men in ollr local a year of full
emplo),menl.
A job doc, nol onl) prolide a man with
mone.ary .. dues bUI aho moral Vllllle~.
~ueh a~ dignit y. -.elf·respect. tlnd a ch:.llenge
to do hi~ be~t to provide II 1i~ing for hun·
)elf and hi~ f"mil)·.
UMM\, NI\\MAt-.I'.5.
8,other Gordon
shown at 8atUe
ing for Iheir inuependenee :11111 dOllying hut·
lets. Now in 1975. 200 )'ea!"lo 11IIer, we lire
bein~ :1~l..ed to bile the bullet. Our eco·
nomic ,itulltion is poillt ing tOward record
uoc mployme nt.
Mlln ~
Americans
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I•. U. ~~9 . I'OCATEI. LO, mA.-Greetings
rrom ~no\o'bourKI Idaho. While Ihe "'1.'.lther
Contmues to tille a IUrn for the \lor.')('. Ihe
employ mCllt piclurl.' :md gencnil economy
of the "re" conlin ue§ to look ¥ood. rhe
il1cre;l\ing dl'mand for phosphor\l~ ha~
!ll~cn ;1 ~t ' 0 Ihe area economy \lith
se~er~1 e:\pa nsion projects in or around Ihe
Soda Springs area. i nsiue wiremen from
'SEW Journol
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Pocatello Me mbers
Retiree
Urolher Kelly ImlnY happ)' )'ears of relire·
ment ..IIld Ihalll ed him for Ihe 23 years he
h,lI.1 wniribliled 10 Ihe Brotherhood :tnd
for Ihe fine job he had done fo r Ihe BrOlh.
erhood ,I~ IllIcm.ltional R epre~ n HlIi"'e.
J ACK F . MOOIU;, B.1\ 1.
60-Year Pin
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The M,ssourl State Confer.nc. o f :;;;;;;;;:;;
Workers hosted • retlrem.nt p"ly
national Repruenlat' .... (Imer C. Kelly. LeI!
right ate Pres,dent of the Miuour; Siale Confe ••
enee ,,' Eleelflcal Wor~e" Jaek F. Moore. Inl ...
nalionBI (~eutlVe Counc" Chairman Rex F.ans.
way. rel lfee Elmer C. KIlIy. Inllrroat.on,,1 RIpresentat;ve Harold Daker. and Inlerroational V,ee
President Tom Molone.
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A"":~g~·~~,,i~f;i.~~~:l'?
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NJ. on ,Is 60th
'Kenta',,,e G.an t Tale. I
membe. Jotln G,IUs
Local 456 Celebrate s
Its 60th Annive rsary
left to right a,e Ru ',aMway. Tom Malone,
J ack F. MOOre, Dorothy Kelly, and (Ime ' Kelly.
I.. l . 456. 'En IIl(l', S\\ IC "' . .... .J..-On
5.11IIrJ.r). J.IIlIl"r} 2~ 1.01:31 ~56 c.. kt-r;i1ed
its OOlh dnni\l~p,.rr} "ilh ;1 dinner.d.lnce.
Th.:- ~ala atr;lir "d' held al Ihe Ram:td.1 Inn
in Ea~1 Hnll1~"i,'l
\\ e cnjo)td .In t\ening of fine foo.!.
good enltrt.unmen!. ~nd the ~p"echc, "'ere
I..ept to ..I nltnimllm. The highlighl of the
t\Cnin~
the (lre'>Cn!ation b) In .... rn.I.
lion,II R"PH''>Cn!:lli'e GrOlnt f:lte of .1 60~",lf pin to IJrulher J ohn Gillis. Brother
Gillh, retirtd. h Ihe onl) f;h:lfler m.. mher
"ho h:I' maintained continuOII~ memt-er-hip
in Ihe IHI \\ .
GlIe,h inclll<Icd 11 ~Iir«l Brother.;: §t'\.
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Skyhook heHeopter SGts It power pole.
l()(:al 4019 :.",1 tr.. wling II rOIIl~n from ~lIr.
hX;lb <Ire "orling al one ~Ui:1l
,',lpa'''lon tu rrentl) 1,lling pl,lce for Agri.
cultural Proollcb Corpor;uion in Soda
Springs. With en,ironment.rl impact )tudie~
IInd.'r wa). "0.: hop( ;111 fuum: pho,phoru5
pl,mt~ no ... under ,tIlLI) .,:.n I>\: •.Jo,lIl1ctcd
",i,1l cr.rfbnmn,hip .10\' Ihrou~h the u...: of
union l'lhor.
MUli ng Ihe c, .. r.irKrc;"ing J"III,ln<I for
electricilY. memhcr~ of Loc,,1 449 :Ire
,flo"'n ....:tllng Ihe hllj!(: l'O"e( pok, ... hieh
lic Ihe ne", I) ,·on,lru,·h.'J Jmt IJ ri dgcr
jXlIIU plan I ,II I(ocl Spring,. \\ )oming
"ilh Ihe Bor:11l ~u~t.llioll I'h .. KOO.plus
po"'er poles• ..ome "eij!hlOG ." mu~h as
6.600 pound,. m.l l e lip., ,),tell1 "hkh "'ill
tr:msporl 34.'i.OOO 'Oll~ 10 cnerl;>"nccJing
areas. A hUGe 56 I helicopler (,lyhool..)
1>CIS lhe lI1:l,~ivc po"cr pok~ elen In ,trong
£ml y Idaho winds.
JII~t one Ihoughl_H, nlOn: .10,1 more
B rOlher~ he;..1 lowlIrd th e uncmploymenl
lines. those of ." wilh fob~ \\o,lld .to Ilell
to bu y AIIII'rit'llll, •• nl' help PLiI AllIl'rk:ms
baek 10 work!
TIll) C. J I NSI N, I'.S.
Attention
Press Secretaries
roundin~
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April. 1975
Elme. C. Kelly and wife, Dorothy.
Beuuse of a lack of space in the
Journal, " Local Lines" letters must
Brother Kelly H o nore d
At Retirement Party
L U. 453. SI'R INGFI": I. D. 1\IO.-On $;, t.
UNa),. J ,tnLlary I I. 19H. thl.' \l l'>"Ouri Siale
Confer('n.;'c uf 1 I..elrical Worl .. r~ hO'iIC d a
retiremenl (I;ort) for Hml'r C. Kelly ,Ind his
"ife. Dorolhy. ho;I.. Moore. pre,idenl of the
M i~o;ouri Slat... Conferen.:.: of I kClrk,11
Worl..ets.•Icled a~ ma~ler of ~eremonic, .111<1
prese'lied BrOlher Kell) "ilh a bo:allliful
"riSI"~h:h on beh.,lf of Ihe M"<'ouri SI.,I.:
EII.'.;'lric"I \Vo rleTS. '1 hey abo pf"'>Cnled
DorOlhr lIilh a ~'lIt j!:I;I)) canhter.
We "ere pri\-ile!led 10 h:tve IlrOlhcr J{ e~
Fran,",,). Intern,llional Fl(eemi,c COlLn.:il
Ch;tirman .•111<1 Brother '10111 Malone. Inler.
o'lIion,,1 Vkc I' re~i dcnl from Ihe Si"h Di,·
trict. Iherc 10 hon or Brother Kell y. ., here
lIerll app roxim nlcly 126 pcopl~ in .,lIeml·
ane.: frolll o\,.. r th e st:L le.
T he Mi '~lIri Sl:I te Conference IIbhe,1
not exceed one and one· half pages
(45 lines), double·spaced. In the fu ·
ture any portion of a letter over one
and one·half pages will be deleted.
Thank you for your cooperation.
31ST ANNUAL IBEW
BOWLING TOURNAMENT
To Be Held In
l ansing. Michigan
011
May 30, 3 1. and June 1
1975
All Information Available
at Loca l 665
5205 S. Pennsylvania Avenue,
lansing, Michigan 48910
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60th Anniversary
Pjc l ll~d h ••• a, ann,y.rut)' celeb.atlon, le ft 10 , Igh l . fi,SI row, ",. W,ll ,am G. Morns. J r .• Ed wIn
Hols worth. [use ne B. Re ill ey, Henry ["Ielha,dl, Joh n D. Gill,s, J ~eph J. Schultz. Joseph F.
"' •• chi IlO, Mic h ael Was.. ,man, and Elm." Gibwn: second ro w, C h arlu Me. k, J I.ko M IUe •• Slephen
N'8Y. Sr .• J osep h O,loc k, J ames 8. 801" ••• Olnlel Gl lhs. An"lo Mi, oell , end M,,.hael S.geilly.
enll I'>ido,",s of de parted BrOlhl'rs; bu\ine"
l11al1.Ist" f rom o u r ~hlt'r local~ in l\C"
J ('r~~ and I'cllns)i\';Im<l; SC .... (!J I'ed.. h.un.
secrel:.r)' of the Middlcsc\ Count) lI uildins
T ra,le~; J arn:~ CI:mq. superinu,:n(knl of
r.c hooh of Midd1c\cx <.ounl); Ch;,rle~ ~I:tr·
ci:lntc. "n.'~ldcnl of AF t -erO: :m,1 Juhn
111'0"11. ~erc[:lry· t reaslircr of the '\;c"
Jc:rwy \1:111' A I-I-CIO.
Congratlll<llion\ 10 chairm:m D.mie]
\ Ielln and hi~ commiucc for ,m ':\l.:lIem
evenmg.
N ew Office rs
Larry An!!le, l ice pre_ident;
J;lmes Santroel . finnnciJI M:CI'f:I.lr),: Joe
\lorton. trca\urer; Hill S.lmp1c~. reconling
'oCc:rct;lt); urr) Coo". F":c('Iuile Hoard
lh:lirman: and J ml MorlOn. J U11 " aff). S"m
Chrhtian. and Don At " in'>On. I X<'cutive
Board memberS.
t oe,,1 466 h:l ~ ocen deep l) sadJ ened
during the pa)t )e;lr by the 10s-\ of \0 of
our oMer IllCmbers. T he) wert true union
men \\ho helped gCl Ihc condition~ \\c h.. vc
totby. We \\ill mi>:> l-riln1.. ScI). lIarq
De.H1. Lee /l olme~. Doc lI urc hcII. Oc"e)
WI[h. Orlando Spino~i. Smith Jad,\on. Karl
Calvert. John CunnifT. nnd Hugh Culli~.
~on. pre~ident;
W tt II'!'M II .
S\~lI't
I \, R.S.
Illustrious Potentate
Presldenl Tomm~ Th ompson of le,c.1 466.
CllarluIOf1. W. Va .. left. is Showf1 w,th OUS'f1ess
Maf1.8Gr O. B. SCOI1. roShl, af1d pa~ 1 p,u,def1t
F.&d S,mpson. B.Olh,. S,mpson inslall&d Ihe
new off,ce.s.
Local 474 Broth ers
En joy G et -Tog ether
The newt)' ,tec ted oHlce ... af Local 466
Officers Elected;
Members Mourn ed
-166. CIIM(Lt;sro:"', \\. \ ' \ . -The
fo tlo" ing "ere clecteJ to sene ollr loe •• 1 as
officers for the next three )ears: Ix ll It
ScOIl , busincss 111:l1lllge r; To mmy T hom pI •. U,
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I_U. -17... ;l1I-:' II' IIIS, 1 1·:"'I\'._We hl.'ld
our :Innll;ll ( hri,tmas p<trt)' on December
1-1. and il \\.1 \lell :llu:rnled b) Ihe memo
bership. I'\er)one h"t! plenl) 10 e"l and
drin". and brotherhoooJ and rricnd~hip o\erno\\ed b) the file o·cloc1.. clo)ina; time. '1 he
man) Brother) \\ ho hc1pciJ pre pare aniJ
sene Ihe food did nn c}icdlenl job,
We are eJi lre mely proud o f Brolher
AiJolph Richter. \\ ho recei\ed his jj·)e:lr
IU EW scr\i~e pin recen tly.
At this \lriling a ll members are "or"ins.
and a fe\\ Ira\eler. lt~ \\e l1. \Vor~ seems
slo". but ~t"b1e. lind is due to la"e un
up\\.trd ,"inl; later in Ihe )ear. The nt"
do\\nlown mall h:ts been approved. I ihcn}la nd i~ to be built. lInu the nlU5eUm i\ to
he e.\ rMmtcd. We hupe Ih.1t mllch-neede.1
hOlel, wilt bo:: huilt do\,ntow n nea r tho:: eon\cmion cenler lIflcr Ihe 1I1i11] gets SI:lrted.
Ilo)pil;11 comlTllclion h.ls been giltn tOP
priorit), here during Inc paSI severn1 )eIlTS,
l..;I't )car MelhOoJI\1 lloo;pital built a ne\\
s;J1dlile 1!0\pit;11 III South Mcmphi\, I hi)
)c.lr SI. Joseph'\ lIell hospi tal is due to
oJ'ICn in E<tsl M emphi~. lIlid SI. J ude's adJition is un der con~lrlletion do\\nlo\\n. ,\
l:irgc ;ldJition 10 Ihe Cil)' of r. l cmph i~ /l ospi!;11 i, aho under c()n,ideratioll.
Wilh Ihe eCOllom) .Ind work silUatioll~ :l'
they are n.,li!)Il\\I'tc, now is the lime to
remember 10 btl) American-buy union!
hNlre :I II our fU lure, "ilh )our purch.l\ing
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G. M. SrAOE, JM., I'.S.
Members Busy After
Heavy Snowfall
I
L. U. -11(3, TA CO\", . W/\ S II.-Our ho~
for a IIhile Chrhlmas \\ere once Jg;lin
spoiled b} our usu." rain. T he d:l)' .Ifler
Chri,lm:t\. ho\\e\er. \Ie gOI lI1I Ihe \\hlle
SlUff Un}One could a.,~ for and more. Ahollt
12 10 18 in~hC"o of ,now fell I huNI,I)'
nighl. )e([ing Ihe \ llIge for a full bu~y
\\eelen\1 ahe;H.I. Sno\l·ladl.'n trees "nd
br;Jnehe~ popped "nd .. ra~hed through the
olerhe.ld ~)Slel1l Ii~e a bull in a ~hina
clo\et~ A" ning~ :md iJed eo\ering5 colInp'>Cd under Ihe ~Ir"ill. tearing hou'>C senicc~ 0111 of the 1\.llh ;!lId I\eatherhc"d\ ,111\1
bre"Ung \\oooJen pin\ on Cr(»'511rm\. nOI 10
men lion ;telll.llly bre.l~ing some polc~ and
cnhS;1rm\.
I he b.lllie \I"~ on. \lilh some 600.000
CII\IOmer, 0111 of lighl\ during milch of Ihe
"ee"en,l. l-rOIll I hur..,j,I) night on cn':\\5
\\or~('d around the clod for liS 101lI! [1\
)I·hour ,h i ft~. We h;ld the as\i~tance of
three cre\\~ from l ocal 125. Portland.
Oregon IIniJ another lhree cre"s (rolll 10<.::11
17. ~c;l1tlc. \V:.\hin~IOn (Seilttlc (il)
Lighl}. r here \\.I~ !I I'f:al lIir of leam\\or~
an d ~·ooper;uion. Our 1hanks for ;1 joh \\ell
done go OUI 10 our Brolhers of toe;11 17
:alld l~j!
' eedle\~ to S,IY. \lilhout Ihe con~'un'
emph,I'>;' on s"fel)- m ollr indu~lr)'. \\e
\\ou[,III'1 h.I\(' survlH'd Ihe I,ee~end \\ilhout
seriOIl\ .njllri('~ or c.I~Ih\llie~ to ;In) lIlemhcf
or 1111 \\ or a ~Inl:lle eu_,mlller. , eoullln't
C\l.'n ~UC\, "I Ihe man·hOllrs in.oh ell. hut I
\\o uhl im;lgl1le il IS ..onle sort of record
(~arcl)-\\i\C).
all:ttncd IInder Ihe wor~l
illl .•gin.lh1e conuiliol1'.
B) carl) \ lond,IY morning 1110,1 service
" •• \ rc,lored :Illd c rew~ once ag"in hea;;'"
norm.,1 \\or~ order.!. J hh did n'l J:I~I long,
ho\\eler. On I uesd"y. J"nuary 7. ;I \\mdstom1 hit lhe area ;tnd a repeal of Ihe long.
\\hue \\edent! heg:m By Frida). nlO\t
$er.iee \\.IS r.:stored and \\t! v.ere bae" 10 a
\\eleonle routi ne. I th in" the em plo)ees of
Tacom" City Lill ht, :os \\e ll as tho~e from
Ihe Wnler Dcp"Ut11en l \\ ho as~ istcd u~
j
j
18EW Jou. na l
J
Lif e-S aver
lI uri ng Inc cri~I~. lIcscr\l! .1 I1Il1l'h·lIc~cr.ell
P;II on Ihe bad. fo r :l job ~e ll 1I01le.
JII'I II nOll' 10 men Tion thrll on h :t-ru.lry
I. 1975 we gOI our cO~I·of· ' i\i n g a.ljll~l­
me nl of JZ .6"~. bringing journql1l;m 51;.111,'
10 8..17 per hour. It,llIoling Voa~ compleled
on Ihe frinse bentlih rl,lcl.age .md
.Ipprovtd. r ll go InlO STealer .lel,til JOOIII
Ihn' ne'«( monlh.
JI" DII,(,~, I'.S.
1I~ro" ;. Ii\(' ~.,pal.'iIOr han l.. Hrother Fol·
dcn\ IllIiel. ;telion~ pre \ cnled Bill from
rel'eh in!; .el<:l"e i n j u rie~ ;tnd possible death.
1111\ i~ Ihc
U fl:·S •• vj ns A~;, rll fOT
1.()o..11 ~29 .md "c're ~<:r) proud of Brolher
' ·olden.
10 Itt..- _"ring of 1974 I.oeal ~29 ~a, on
Slri~1! for Ihree nlonlh\. Our ~age K;tle h.t~
imprOlCli "ilh Ihe ne~ lIJ1.reement lind fh of
\pTiI J. 1975 jollrnqnlen ~iII be 1111.l.ill1;
Sit I\~ •• n hour. A\ of O':lOber J. 197~ Ihe
r .• le ~ ill toe S'J.H. allii continuc ;LI Ih .• ' r .• le
unlil the .IJ1.'CemCnl uplrn March 31.
197", I hl\ neVo ".Ige ~Iill doc\ nOI gj\ ... u~
p.lril~ ~lIh Ihe "rUlinee of Alberla. \\hi~h
\Ie h.lIl hopeJ for.
Ii,...,
N ew Journ e ym en
G.
B,Olt.., Bill Mc Kay. Locill 52'9. Saskatoon. Su ....
I, . _ n p,esentlng It.. IBEW uf. SillII"I AWII.d
10 8,01Ioe, len Folden.
iJ LlI( I U,
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Career Day
Banq uet
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The new journeymen of lOC:ill 488. Sfldleporl.
Conn .• leI! to fl8hl. flnli row. Ire Robert Kelder.
John Ochwal. Thoma. Miklos. Kh~ fr .CUk. Pal·
riCk C~rroll. and Willi/Om Mc Mellon; ucond row.
Jftmu Gillerl". Th omai Rlsan. Chrl. Co,leones.
R,chard Wills. /O"d l"s l ru<:to. Rich.rd He.llhy.
Apprentice Program Wraps
Up Anot her Good Year
roo
L t!. ~ IIII. IIIU UC,E I' O lfl'. ( ·O'\N. The
:lpprc"lice program of Local -IICII h", cml cd
;' ''Olhcr ~lIn:cs,rlll )'ear. Our JOl·;.I\ pro·
~r"m is Ihe olJc_I m NeVo LIIgl.md. I if I}
.• pprelllices completc.1 Ihc progr;.m limier
lhe i"5 lruclion of II rolhcr~ I homl" Spor·
lini. R ichanJ K... llc}. Rohl:rl ( ,nl111 ...... und
John O·Neal. I he :, ppremic ... , ho::1.1 ,m
annual Slag rl;lrl) 10 celen!"alc .• ,u"·e,,flll
...:hool }e<lr.
AlIl'nd }Ollr Iu.:al meeting,!
1'111 k I·. CIRMOII. I'.s.
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l oc,,1 S.O. Canton. Ohio. In coniuncllon wilh Ihe
N(CA Chapillr. p~.lIc'pated In C.enshll'" JunIor
H'glo 5<.1000. CI.ea. O,y. Show" IS .ppre"lice
aruce Nllbo.s. One 01 the Pa fl lelp8n".
Local 540 Participates
In Career Day
Lt'.
Annual Antler Contests
Held in San Antonio
T......
1•. 1'. 500. S \ '\ \ "1'0 '10 . I .. X._·I he
.IIInU,LI .lIlller l·on",·,,, ~Cle held •• 1 the
1';l sl~idc an d South.i.te (Iun •. I he \\ inncr~
frOIll Ea\bilk ~ne ;" folloVo'· nnhi points.
South Zone-Alnerl l !:Lho Vouh II; nlO':>I
poU1I~. ~onh lone
J.lole, ' Ieulh Voilh Ii;
OMrO\\e,1 ~pre.1\1 L,.Vorence R..... 1. ~.~-;
pOirlicip;o(ioo pri/c. Albert ' lIh .• t.I.L A" a
,ide nole. Don •• M Greer. \\ho h .• , :1 h •• h.t
of mOiling hh Je ... r hlind :Iround. " •• , llhcn
••n old hiC)·dc 10 mount hi~ hlilill on .lIId
peddle around Ihe p.L~lun."':S .
Soulhside Cluh h:,d \1\ .... ,h ~U1l1en
induding Archie 1'01101. and H. C ( ,{)(I(len.
ReceiVIng p;l(\klr;ouo n rTiI\.'\ ~ ere b el.
Cro~. 1\1 f' •• till.a. John lI ipf'C'rt. Dennh
H ahy. and ClifT Newm.lIl .
M :. loken of thl:iT :lpprCd.llion. Ihe
Svuthside Cluh presented J ohn Spr... ns \\ ilh
;1 pl:u.jue for demonSlr;lIi ng hI' ;.n.ll1) th ,\
chef for Ihc
19 )\.' •• r~. ConJ,:r;llIIt.llion,r
A nd ~ ee p o n cool. in·.
Rool M KI II M'II M. I'.S.
Availability of Jobs
Decreases Consid erably
p;".
April . 1915
photos show rnember5 a"d th.lr ... ,we.
Ihemselwes .1 110.. ChflSlmllS b,nquel.
.nJO~Inl
LI . 519. SASh: \Too;'\ . S \OS .... Our
IlorL. ,jlLl.'lion for Ihe ,"'51 ~i\ month, o.)f
I'.P-I ~.n ler) j,!ood. ~jth fe\\ ntembcl"i
uocmplo)eJ. HOVoc\er. Ih". <lI.lil.ltoilil} of
j.)", h,,, d~nc;"c.1 con,id ... r;lhl} "ltd} •.!nd
'II! Jo h;ol ~' quile ;1 fe~ membch unem·
rlo)i.'lI .11 prc"cnt.
I 0..·,,1 .~~9 mcmber, ;on<.l litle,,, ell;o)e<l
.Inother ~lIcee'i,ful Christm." pari) in
NOH·m"""r. Appro\irnately 11~ peo"le "cre
in .,""nd,ln.:e. One of Ihe h.J1.hlighl' of Ihe
... \ening "." Ihe pre,enl;Iuon of 1"0
.'''.lflh. r he 197J Appr<:mice,hi" A\\lOrd
~ •• ~ prc_enreJ 10 Brother I' ll Fel.l.lhl. ;0
memt....r of our unil :! in l' rin~e .'\ Ihcn.
IJ rolher Len Folllen II <IS Ihc redl'i!.'nl of
Ihe IU r w Ufe,S;I\ing A"arJ. Ilhi,'h ll;OS
"rl.'...:nl<·.1 hy IJ rolher Bill M ~ K .• y. II rOlh!.'r
'I !.' K:,y ~a, ~or l. i ll g at Com;neo pol:o~h
min~ " h ~ n he 10_1 his balance an d fe ll
S~6 . C \ "ro~. 01110-1 00..,1 ~~n
p"rll,il'laIC.1 in ("rc,hhuI\ J unior !J illh
s.:hlkJl C. •• reer D"y. ~JlOnM)red 0) Ihe
Llnlon l:rto.ln 1..e'lgUC on October 15. 197-1.
JUllrne\m •• n Dino M!hc KennarJ .mJ
;lpprcnli.:e Konerl Smith of our C;ollion
ho.)tllC'tuIIII opcr.llion\ l·ommineC'. lItong "ilh
.Irrrellll,e IInKI.' .... :otoor~ "nJ IJu"ne'>S
\I.on.,ger S•• muel C Willi .. m~. p,orlidp.lleJ
in ( ...... er D.,} in ronjunclion "ith the 10l:al
~ I (" \ eh .• pler. 1\1 ;011) que~lion' pcrl:linin,g
IU Ih.· •• JI<lnl"Se, of the eleelrical in.lu'l~
~i.'rl.' "O\~t'rC'd for \(\er.. 1 hundred junior
hi,h ",ho)o.)l 'lUlIt'nl~.
Ihi~ ".1\ Ihe '>I:cond such program I Oi:al
~4t1 r .• ni.:ip.ll ... J in .Iunng the pa~1 }C;Ir.
nil I WII I I U1', I 'S.
Two Local 557 Brothers
Leave for Alaska
1..1 . 557. S \(;1:,\,.\ W, M I C II .-A~ Ilori.. i,
\cr) ~IOII in \JUT IOrelO. 1,,"0 of our local
" ,olher.. 1001 .• 011 Jim i\l1:),er. new to
.'nchor,.~e. 1\1.1'1.:1 on (,hri~lmas D •• ). Sol
\J e>er. Iheir (',Ihl.'r. ~.Iill Ihey ~crc about
7(Jlh on .• ~ ... Imll Ii" o r 400. H e saiJ the
\,'<lic " .• ' .InoUI S I I. The wort.. ~ ilI be on
cum!'! totlil,lin!:, OT pump Sill lio ns on Ihe
ripl.'llllc.
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Retiree
Apprentices of the Year
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1914.
Brolher John Watt erau I. a retired memba r 0 1
Local 557. Sallnaw. MIch.
Tom e:ll1ed ho me 10 lell his girl he
dOl:\II'[ mind [he 15-belo""·1.ero temperalure.
I al .... ays henrd Ihal eold we ather IIlfeeled
Ihe mind. rom nn d J im ~ll id Ihere wi ll be
nn orienla[ion s~~sioll ufter their ~en d ·ou t
AI Ihe 5C~\ion Ihey .... iII lellTn about cold
"ealher suni~al. I~pe of clolhes 10 ""Cllr.
amI M) on. r he) IJlU)\ also ;0.:1 physicals.
I he Fret' /'''',1.' some\ime ago .'i'lid the
pipeline projeel \\-oul d co~t $6 billion. llild
cover ~omc 79tl milcs. '1he pipe itsclf b 10
be 411 inche ... in diameter. r he project I., 10
be compleled 0) the middlc of 19t1O
ilrolher Dale Wall~ and hiS ""Ife h'l~c
jll,t l'ompleled \h"ir far ""C\lcrn tour, D.lle
""orl..cd out of ]Jen\C( l ocal 6)( from
AUJ:!lh\ until No.'ell1bcr. r hen he .,nd hi,
.... ife .... cnt ofr to California to 1001.. for
... or l... The) ~penl Chri"'lnm~ "ith h" .,i\ler.
"here hl~ p.,rent~ ;oined Ihem. Ihq h.l\e
jll)1 returned to S,lgiml"" D.lle·~ n:roll i..,
[h,1I he .... orked on IhITerelll pTl.lje~·h. Il i~
only regrel is Ihlll whilc In ..,li eomHr). he
neve r gOI 10 ~li ... ilh "Ihe'" I' residen l.
AI our 1.1\1 meeling. I 1,IIled .... illl our
rei ired Il rOlher. John Wallerlm, John fir..,1
"enl [0 worl.. in janu"r). I.,.:!t for I) .... ighl
D.:I.mey o n lhe Con~umel"'. rroj!:1:1 in \1 11wlllllee. II rOl h: r J oh u h a~ been II 10" tI
me ill her for 26 years. li e relll'e,1 f,om
1..oc;1 1 557 Ihree years "1:0. l it; "",1\ .' fOTl:'
man for Td·Cil). Sin". and Green 1'!t\·lri\'.
II h nm in m lereSI.., eon~i<'1 of hunlinJ:! and
fi, hing of a ll I)pe$. II I.' lmd hi., ""Ife.
Lucille. have heen nu, rried 4 4 )e;H',. '1 hey
hale one: )On. Roher!. "ho h iI ,dlool
leaC"h ~r in 5":;1";1'" IJ rolher John IiLe, hi,
g;,rden. ....hile lucille prefer. tr,I\eling
.lero~s Ihe: country on Irip~. Be'>l "",hl."~
from )Ollf loc;11. John!
Congr.lt ulRlions 10 o ur ne:"
,,:lIIl1d
il1sl;llIer. Brot her D;m Smllh D.111 IIorl..s
ror T ronic.\ S}~lenlS of h ee];md.
(11ti 1'111.1' ,5,
No Progress Announced
On Champion Mill Expansion
I..V_ 55H . SlI t:t'l-·I EtO. t\ 1.t\ .-!\~ uf Ihis
",riling. "e nrc ~[ill un.lille 10 ililnounee .m}
furl her progre'-s on Ihe Champion r"per
mill e:>.p.m,ion ne;lr Courtl:md. A];,b;lm,l.
We fcl l Oil OI1C lime Ih.11 \\1.' \\ould lno" if
Ihis COlllr:,el Iloui d be lei fair b~ Del:em·
ber. 1974. For ~ome rca,on. unl l1o .... n \0
Ollr o md nls, Ihis dccbion is be inG PO~I-
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Olln Oarlin8 and Mike
Appre nlice of Ihe Year Awa rd for 1973. S.aled
ara LInda Card,ner, Frances Oa.lm8. 3nd BB'.
bl'. Go rham.
Local 567 Salutes
New Journ ey men
I_I ' . .511'. " ORTI••\;\'I). ME. -The annual
apprenticeship grad uation ba nquet II as
hel d ;11 Ihe Yan l ee Squire RC:; I:wrant. On·r
100 nppre nlice\. "il·es. an d glle,ls allended.
Gue~1 speaker~ were Robert Regan. Ir:.;ning director. J cx:al 103. Boston. M assachustllS: Donald E.IIOn. United SlalC5 Bureau
of Apprentice~hip Tmining; :001.1 J ohn D)cr.
dITeCIOr of Maine SI:lle Apprenlice)hlp
Coundl. I' residen l Ed .... Md We!.:h m.,de Ih~
opening slale m enl lll1d inlroduced gue,1
spc:;,kC'r\.
lJ u~ine\s Manager John J. Jo)ee pre·
senled the OUISllInding Appren[ice A .....lflh
10 D :1I1 Darling. Mike Gorham. and RIl.'l..
Gardner.
A"urds were given this )ear to Ihe
apprenliccs' "'i~es for [heir underSI"nding.
"i'l(lom. und eonlinuing help given 10 Ihe
;tpprentiee) in Ihe completion of Ihe rcialed
co"ne~.
Fronl
a ... th. IIPp'enlices 0 1 Ihe yn •• 1973
Back row are Robert Resan. kaynot.
$peakerl John Joyce. ' nl.,rnal,onal Rep,e'.n'a
t,ve. Second D'SI"C!; and Edwa.d Walch. b"sl·
ness manager .
row
lind 1974.
poned. There :,re some good ~igns. ho",elcr.
[h,11 indil:ale Ihal orllalll7ed ];,oor i, 1ll.I),inJ:!
'\Dille hcadlla) in acquiring IIIIS conlm,1 I
,UII referring 10 Ihe large layolr~ :lnd e\.,cuallUII of he;wy equlrlllcni "y Ilro.... n ~nd
Koot. ]'herc j, ~pccII];I[io n Ih.11 Ihe COlli'
p"n) i\ ph,lsing oul ih current ~onlr"CI
.... ith Ihe C hampion i':' pcr Company. Ollr
informalion h Ih.,1 Hro"n und Kool h Ihe
only IInfair COlllrHCIor under con,,,ICI';IIIOn
fur Ihe lIew CO lltr:ICt: Ihe Olher conlraClor i,
II lollnl B rothe r~. IIhic h opcrule\ bUlh opcn
ami closed sho/,_ l-or1un:J.lcl~ for liS lhe)
o/';;'r:lle do<.t:d ~hop in our "rea.
Our Brolhe" Itt [he lI unlwil1(' unit.
under the lendcr~hill of 1I 1'01h~r Il o,eo
Morgan, have pul logelher a committec 10
com""1 Ihe non-union forces Ih:'1 pl.IJ;I1C
Ihal area. I hh m~:IOS Ih .• t Ih~) will h.III' 10
1.I),e 011 cil}' hall. Org.1017.1'd 1;loor ha~ t.ll..en
a ..el·ere be.lling in Ih:Ol "re". S~ler.'1 l;or!;e
cOJl1/,anih Joc:ltcd in Ihill arc;1 ha\e been
IOltl nOI 10 U~ union lahor: cOlhe4"etllly
our union C011lr..clOrs arc nol e\en Jtl~o\\ed
10 bid on Ihese projecls. So. Brothcr,. lel\
JII get b::hind Ilrolh!r MorJ:!"n ,Ind lhe
lIun[~Iille unil ,Ind gill: Ihem all the ~IIP­
pori Ih:-} necJ ;t11l1 :I,l fur. Beliele you
m: ..... e necd to help [,II "e po"ihl) ,an in
Ih" III1J.rt;Jlinl:.
\\eli. lh:ol\ .,t>om all Ihe ne .... , I h~\e for
no": md)be II) the lime thi, re.l,he, III~
"re,\ .... e "ill :11 !c;l.SI lno\\ .... hne .... e ,1.'111.1
"ilh the Ch:OJnpion conl , ad. So. ulllil IIc:>.1
IIJII~. rcmcllltJ..:r 10 be l' strong ~lIppurtel' of
brOlher hood rlO d unioni~lll. 50ee yOIl a[ Ihe
neXI IInion nleeling.
C It\1t ll.S E . Al l '"(o\"OJ R. I' .S.
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Jo hn 1. Joyce. bllsine,s manager. I ceul
567. h:ls been ;Ippoinled to lhe Second D i,Iric l slalf of John I' . FI)nn. I nl~'rnalionul
Vice I'rc)idenr. eITL'Clile Jnnll;tr) I. 1975.
., he F\ecu\tle itoMd of l ocal 567 h.l~
appointed I'd",II'd Welch ," ne .... hu~inc",
nmnu!:er efrec l l~e J.lnuar) I. ni75. Olhe r
appomlmenls :Ire J:lme~ Devine. J r. and
Mlluriee Ra)nauJ. to replace Brolher Jo)ee
on health and .... elf'lre and 1,lealion 1.'0111mil1ee~. respcclilel).
C.lrl Ol~en h," been appoinled adminisIrl1l0r of Ihe lI e., lth and \Velf"re h md.
repl,lcing Warren Conb..... ho h.I' re:ired.
I "ould lilc_ at Ihis lime. \\arren. to
e\pre\\ from .111 IllCmbeT.l. of 5(07 a Icr)
stn..:ere Ihanl.. )011 and :1 "cil done fur "II
Ihe )c.tr, of ~r\lce 10 lllemtJ..:r~ and Ihelr
f'lIll i!ie..,.
Memhcrs of ! oc;tI S67 1110urn Ihe
untimel) de,llh~ of Brolher.. UI"rence Peif·
fer, Cra~lon Churchill .•lIId Fred ma),e.
On hehalf of Ihe local. I would Hc 10
Ili,h Il rolher~ Wl. rren Cobb lind Lecm;lll
I' luce II lung lll1d Iwp p) retirement.
RON,I LI) I LBI " U. I'.S.
Broth er Bryan Mourn ed;
ABC Moves into Oklahoma
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1.. 11. 584. -I I LSt\. OKLA .- Members of
the loe,,1 \\ere grelll !} \llJdened by Ihe
,udJclI dealh (Jf relired IlrOlhcr ,\ nhur
.. \ rt"' II r):ln on I ebruar) 5, 1975. IJrmher
An "urLed all oler Ihe countl) "til ~pcnl
milch of Ihe lillie worling tlUI of Local 5~,
Detr."I. M ieh'IlJn hefore reliring 10 ·Iul..,a.
li e ":1' :llwa)~ re~dy 10 [lill ~hop "ilh ;In)
memJ1.cr. li e opcned [he h'lli eler) 1II0rninG. :Ind il ju,1 "ill nOI be the same nl).!
'lCelllll him .lOd lallinll .... ilh hilll. An "ill
be Jlli"ed b) all.
AIl( h"s n~'w 11100cd into Ol];,hol!la and
1'111-;1_ I\IIC ') Ir~lns lu gel lelli)lalll!i1
/,.,,\Cd 10 aId il in il\ fight again'l unlonj,m Lel'~ nOI lei il get slartC\1, It is out 10
d"~lro) all union~, We mU~1 .... orl lu¥cther
til m.llc ..,ure Ihal "I.' eonlrol the "orl In
our r~\pccli\c I"cah. and do Ollr j<lh III
\ueh :, fa, ll ion Ilhll Ihe ClI"I<lmer will nOi
1",1111 :U1~()n e olh"r Ihan IJn iun cmfls duing
ih .... url. We. Ihc union I1lcmbe",. lire Ihc
hc~[-I"lined er'lfl~lIIen in [he ..... orld. and by
18EW
Je,,'nc')
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o"nding together we can ami will d efeal
A BC.
The local", credit union h.. l\I jl~ ;mnulll
,harcholdcrs b:l u<jue\ o n Februnry 14. It
,
"as attended hy Ol'cr l.OOO rncmhcr~ ami
their f;tmilies. Bingo wa~ played :md SSOO
in c a ~ h prize, Y,;I ~ given HW",}. Sit,;ng, ;tnd
to;t"S are at an :,II -lime high. The c redit
m:magcr. Neal l od d. i~ doing " GOQ(I job.
Worl: remains ~t:lhlc :11 I hj~ [ime, and
hopefully it \\jll SIlly [hBl 111L} for the
fm ure.
Thollghl- A goo,1 Brolller \lilt I'i.:l )'OU
up. not ~nocl ) 011 tl\)',',n.
I I ,IWII) 1' \ " \ 111 , I'.S.
Parry
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appoinled by Ihe pre~iuenl ;IIlU "i ll he
goi nl,l full ~"i nl; in Fehruary. We hope for
an early Sl'l1 lement-befoTe the olu ngTeemtnl eXpire,.
1\ piece of land h;1 5 been purch:I'c.! on
~le rill;lle RO;ld hy Local 51!6 Building Corporation. We ;HI.· hoping 10 h:lle Ihe build·
ing ereeled on Ihe ,ite h} April. l~n7.
\Ihich is our golden a n ni\'ers;lry.
Once again Ollr emen:linmenl commi!tee
had a ,ucces)ful Chri,tm;l\ P;lrly. "jlh O\\'r
JClO memtlC'rs and Iheir \liH'~ in allelulance.
B··OIher Daryl Crozier ;!nd hi~ I';fe \lere
the ludy "inners of the m,lin door prize, a
minI.. )toic which was dom'led hy !-t , E,
Ferguson Electric lid. I would IIl..t to 1;ll..e
Ihis 0Pporlunily to Ih;mk Ihe eleclrkal con·
Ir"ClOrs and \lholesalers for \lun:'li ng O\l.'T
S~.OOO "orlh of door prize ...
On heh;,lf of Ihe memher'hip of Loc;,l
5RI). I congraluble BrOlher William Wa r·
cho\\. \\ho h", heen ;Ippoimed 10 Ihe Inl ern:llion;d slalf for Ihe F irSI Di,tric!. li e will
illdeed ~ an ;h,CI 10 11ll' BrOlher, of Ihe
ami Iry 10 prO lect yourself at :III times.
Wilh )our help. "e hope 10 be num lx-r one
and le aden of :I good heallh and safe lY
progr:llll.
It \\ill he E:, ~ ter lime hy th e ti me this is
read. '>0 I-/:lPPy Easter from all Ihe officers
of Ihi~ loe,11 ;lnd my<;clf.
Wurl.. and pl:l Y .s.il fely: we<lr rour h:lnl
h.I" and ......,fel} goggles. Re safe. nOI ,orry!
ANTHON" COVIELLO. 1'.5.
Ar Parry
F ir~1 D i~lrk!.
We mourn the demh of IIrothel' Will iam
Whillder. Ilho ,lied :j~~idellt:tlly un J anl!',f} ~2, 1975.
WI) NI' LIIIlIII\l. I',S.
At the Christmas party
Onl. Brother Daryl CrOZIer'"':;; " ;
first prize. a mink 5101e ,
Ferguson Electric Ud.
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Busi ne ss Manaee r Tom MOffatt addreues Ihll
memben' and 8U1I51& ill th e an"".1 Christ mas
party.
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Some o f the members and th e., W1VH enjoying
themselvu a l Ille parly.
Loc al 58b H as Full
Employme nt
L. U. 586. O I TA W A, ONT.- AI Ihi) lime I
a m hnp py 10 report Ihat our loc;11 ha s full
e mplo ymenl, wilh the fUlll re loo kin g good.
The Negotiating COlll mittee haS been
April , 1915
Local 589 Mourns Passing
Of Three Brothers
LU. 5119. J A\ It\ ICA. N. \ ' .- l hi' h, I' hecn
" \ery \a J ;tnu trying pcriOo.I fur our local.
In Ihc pa,t I~ d"y~ \Ie IW lle 10_1 thr~e of
Ollr memhers. BrOlher<; W. Zmac7yn~l..i ;LIId
It. Cool.. ~1I.cumlx-d 10 hc.,rt all:H:~' "hile
all Ihe joh. and BrOlher 1';'1 Ruggerio ,,:t~
killed in a freal.. aUlO :tcc:ident "'hilc repair·
in!! h i~ C;'f. We e~tend our deepc,1 ,ymp'"
th} 10 Ihe members of their f"mille,.
On Ihe ph" ~idc, il i, good IU I..nO\' Ihal
Ill' h,IIC :, fC\I good. f:tSJ-Ihinl..ing el)-\\ OI' I.. ·
er, around u~ I\Ilh 'lOme knowled ge of fir,1
;lid. Immedialcly "fler BrOlher 7m:ll·l} n,~i
fell he wa, a u enuel.i 10 hy Ihe folio" ing
II rother, "ho 'almini'h.'rcJ life·,a,in!,: lech·
ni(jUl'S: 10e Lill7;zi. Steve 5I,'\\l1ioy. John
Nolon. Jad ~I iccio. Ton y BllOl1aea,,,, nnd
Joe '\nl onucci (:1 ~ar repninll,ln). '1' 011 ditl
:l \Iomkrful joh. fello\\,. Hlhl ,'e all lh:tn~
}ULI, We :Jho thank Ihe Ne\l Yorl.. Cil}
Fi re <In,1 Police Department memher, \Iho
relicled you f"lio"s.
.... e\l ;\dditions to ollr ~i(; 1.. li' l inelll,le
Brot hers S"l G recco ami He n rid-, I' hilip~.
We :til hope ;111,1 pray th at ~Oll \lill halt
Sreed) and hc;.llhy reeo'aies.
In "Im{)'\t ,,11 of th:: dep"nnlCnl, \Ie \lill
h;.'e our hig h;",lc wilh Ihe carrier un Ihe
i"ue of he:tlth :lnJ ,,,feIY. and ;" }(HII
chairm;111 I peaonally cannot IInder~l:tml
\\hy ollr members :Ire threatcned \lilh
in_"horl.iin31ion everylime he:tlth :tnll "Jrel)
me;"ures :tn.' brollghl 10 the :tltcnlion of
Iheir immediate slipefl'i<;or... We \I;mt a
n,'eonl. nOl onl} for oun.e!>e) hUI the c;lr·
rier ihrlf. 10 , ho\\ all othcr r"ilroad~ Ih:ll
Ihh i, Ihe be,1 damned r,dlro"d in Ihe
,:ollmry. ;.s far as he ••llh :lIld s"fety. hili it
look ... li~e a one·\\,,)' ~lreellO u~,
AI Ih,' pre~el11 lime OS H!\ Joc~ nut
eOI'er us. '" \Ie come IInder ,Ul1e 11\1 nCt'·
~hip. In due lime "e nrc hoping 10 g('!
Ihing, c hangel.i under proper Il'gblnlion. [n
Ih e meantime, plense, fe llows. \\ol"k ,~ fely
Groth., Ca rl Schlelh, p,esiden t. 595 Retirees
Club o f Oakland. Ca l, and hrs wif" a'e shown
enjoyine (he Club's Chrislmas d,nne'.
Work Situation in Local
595 P,.tty Good
1.. 11. 595. OAKLANO . CAL.- The \\Ofl;.
.. ill"llion in ollr local ha, Ix:en prell} l;ooJ
Ihrotl~holll Ihe "inlcr. Ahhough re,id~nti;tl
<':OI1 ... lrllllion h ,Io\\n con~iderahly." comhi1I,IIion of :. mi1t.l winler ;mo eomlll~rcia[
ami in\llI~tri;t1 Ilork h:.~ kept unemplolmem
in (llI r 10.:;.1 1X'lo\1 II hat it has I>(,en in Ihe
P;"( f(:11 Icar,.
We cungr"IIIL,te Ihe following "pprcmice,
\\hu hal<' '"l'CI'ssfuily completed Iheir
f()ll r·~c .. r
:tpprcn1iee~hip
program
and
p""e\! Ihe in .. ide journeyman e.\aminalion:
D.,lid (ole. V:II DeM,Cul<lC. Ll oyd lI a\ll..·
,n,on. SICle John .. on. !-tobert Martin,
RoIn") ,\k(, r"gur. Nathan l{a wh, ;lIld Rltd)
'i;IIldlCl.
I hl' (ollu\ling 11,)5 wrillen hy Brulher
(he,ler Il .,~er, pre" secretary and r: \ceu·
lite Bo.lnl Illemi"ter of Local 595 I~ Clir,'e,
( IlIh:
\\lil h an ""Iile memhership of 70. Ihe
Reliree, Cluh is progressing very nicely.
Unller Ihe ahlt" ;LIld I;denled leader,hip of
I're ... ident L.ft Sch1clh. the Exeeuli1c
BO.lhl. h..rll·llor~i nl,l commillees. ,md Oll r
1Il<kf;t1i~"hlc l;ulie~ \Ie have had IWO hi!,!.hly
\lle,'4'"ful Keno lours. :t lour of Ihe \line
eunntf}. \ V"lenline'~ D:, y parly. :t harlx-.:ue .••nJ nl.lr1) olher :telivities. eulmin:tling
in Our ,,·cond alllllJ:L1 Chri~lnl:ts parI} on
D,',<,mhcr II, 1'J74. r hi~ alfair at Ih:: EIe·
1;;l1It I " fmer K e~I:,u ranl lIas ,,!tended by
Ol<.:r lin Illcmller~ l,nd guests.
(1l er SIOO 1111" nii,ed hy a rame of 1\10
he;Hl1ifll! pieer, of jewelry, handcraflell unJ
IIOI1:.lell h~' lalenled member St;wlcy
W;1I1I1.'r. O llr meetings on the ~econd
I rid;,y uf each monlh al 12:30 P.M. :11
191~ (, ro\e Sireel arc ane nd ed hy :tbolll 50
percenl of Ihe memhcrship al nl! lime,. We
hill',' man)' programs of inlereSI plalllied for
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1975. and promise thut you will enjoy
them. Officers for 1975 (Ire r~~t president,
Walter Wetzel: presidcnt. Earl Schlet h; vil:e
president. Rube n Mlly; '>ecrehLry. W:lOda
Sl;hlel h; tre:lsurer. Oilrun.l Fo.\. rh~ t\ecu·
live Hoard memhers lire Mundie Ev:lOs.
A lfred Geyer. MllUrice ll oo~·er. s,.m Minardi. Chester Haler. and Swnley Wllnner.
We thanl Brother (hester Haler for ,ubmiuing the account on the Retirees Clut>.
.l tM SlAv(', !'.S.
partnef\ in \.I h;1I should he a prod uctive
«ol1 omy. We hll"e a tremelldOU5 responsi.
bilit)' to our citizens. We mU'.t see Ihlll
prosperily kno"s no bounds. We III l1st proIIIOle trade a!>ro:ld. Energy research. development, lind conserv:ltion IIIl1st be: promoted c~en If it ililol-es sacrifice. This
"orld of ah"lIl!:tncc co"n eliminale much
nU.\oCry. 1_1hor ha) Ihc c;Jpacily 10 do ils
p,lrt.
Our pen,ion pl.Ln\ are hcconling inadeqlwle hecau't of infl:uion. OUT hopes of
eurhing inflalion arc faltering. We need
inno":ltive pl:Ln~ 10 upsmde pcn,,;ons. and
Ihey IIIUSI :It le;l~t keep up .... ilh infl.llion3fY
Ireml\. It j~ unfair that our oh!'limeh 1I0W
on pen,ion h,l\e to li~e at Ihe po'erty
Ie'el I len if it means 'i:lcrif1cc~. let us '\Cd.
10 irnpro'e our pen~ion plan~.
Local 6 11 .... ill gre;Illy mi~~ the !>Cfvie:!s
of our btlo>ed laic I\rolher William (iray.
(;01.1 hie" hi~ f'Llnily ..... ho , hould find con~ol: tl ion in II tll', good "orks.
A IIII NO C. GARC IO\. ]>.S.
On Jobs
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Local 605 Selects
Negoti ating Committee
L. O_ 60S. JA(· Kgo .... , ;\IIS"i._ We recenlly
selected a comminee to handle proposals
and negotiations ... tth Nt ( \. "hich ;ll;rcement co~er:s ouhiJc. line. nnd \u!l<;lation
work wit hm our Juri\1.licIIOIi. '1he c,,~tl1lg
agreement expire~ 1I.I:oy)1. 1975.
Tho'C se!ccle\1 for the comrllittee are
Ne:.1 Crawford. Rohcrt DOllllld. lind Devon
J ohn~n. wi th Rayford Si,trlinJ. a ~ Ihe
alternate.
T he eommil1cemen lire to he high l) commended for having been '\elccted. We Ihinl
their "ork is cut oul for Ihem. Ilo"c\,c(. it
is ollr furthcr thoughl th:11 cach lind el'cry
one of them is ,utlidenl 10 Ihe t;l\k, ahe;ld.
And in Ihe fin:,l IInllly,is..... e Ihink they .... iII
cOllle throllGh .... lIh Ihe very hesl f"O\\ible
re~lIlts for tho~e th~y repre\Cl1I.
Now for :1 ,ad nOle, Wc h:lle lost
anOlher belmed Brother to Ihal land from
"hich no If.nc:ter return,_ BrOlher Eolrl
Hendrixson p,,\!oCt! away .1 reawnahly short
lime ago. li e ..... IS ;1 pa~1 pre'lil.lenl of lhe
local. He scfl'ed on the F'(ecllu\e 11o.lrl.l
for many long ycar~. lice I'rC\ldcnl ..eH'(jil
years. anu "II~ Ihen eI.::cled pre~itlcnt.
which office he held until. for re,,,ons of
he .. lth. he took .. n e.lrly retircment.
We UO nOI hl' \':: Ihe ..... onl~ 10 de\Cribe
the feeling~ of our memhership for this
B roth~r. I-lc IV.. S "I"IIY' rC;Iuy to put his
shoulUcr to Ihe .... heel "hen neede\1. And
"hen il came to vi\ilillg nnd aidinglhe sick
;lIId need y. he ";. ~ Ol1e of ollr \'ery hl'st.
An u 11 0 ..... m:,), God blcs.. hl\ Jll;I1lY fricn d ~
and loved ones "here."er Ihe), mil)' hl'. We
shall al ..... ays cherbh hi, me mory.
J. W.
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Reporter Sees Role
For labor in Conference
1..11. 611. A LIIUQUEItQm:. "".'I.-Or811nized l!lbor by 1111 mean, "hould h;II'e input
in Ihe World Food Conference. I he \\orling people o f the Uniled Sl:tte~ hale a
greal stake in the IImOUnl\ of fOOl! bought
by our gO\'emmenl 10 dl~lnbute to Ihe
..... ol'id·s needy. Our aim ,hould t'C 10 usc
food for peace as nwch a\ "nr equipment.
In many case, pe:lce could hoe m:unlained.
and trade IlIId culturlll c\change~ enh:lOced
if "e "ould hdp Ihe needy 10 hceome prodllclhe hy uur etrorh 10 upgrmle nHln l ind.
Thi" c:ln be accompli, h ~d. Countrie~ HI ..... ar
should be under re~triclion in ollr d"tribution of food. We h,tve fou nd tha i Ihe ui,tribillion o f food in Indochiml h:l\ hecorne
food for ...... r. U~ ..... :' rlonh u-.c food 10 ge n·
erate curre ncy.
Go"e rn ment, business. IUld Inbor lire
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Work Very Slow In
Local 613 Jurisdiction
L.U. fill, ATLt\''Tt\, GA.-Well now! A
new Rcpuhlican presidenl amI \ict' prcsidcnt. a Democt:llic ICIO-proof COl\gre~~. a
new ye;lf, rlll1;O"a~ inflation. ,m,1 \k)'Ioclel·
ing unemrlo}lIlcnt.
Wh.11 no". W",hinglQn" Do "e get pusiIile ;IClion or ~ullcmale" 'ou h... (' 1.... 0
roath 10 folio" . W;\,e ~our ;Ifm, and \hout
31 e ...:h other or ghe the ." merican people
a pcNU\e planned COliN:' 10 hring Ihl~
counlry h;\ck 10 pro'JX'rily.
Worl is ~ery ,low in Ihi, jllri~\liclion.
M;t1Iy of our mcmbers :Ire ~l1\ployed in
Olher local~ and 10 tho..e loc;ll, ;1 Icry
~trong Ihanl you.
Ue.:au~~ of Ihe prc\Cnt economic comlition the oflicer\ of Local 613 fed it would
he lIIo,t in;lppfopri:'le to hale a mong;!g,'
hurning .:erelllony III thi~ lime. I-Io"elcr. l,l
Ihe I"!opcr hme a 1"11111 .... 111 he pt'hclIled 10
the !I1enlrn:r,hip for :1 "Ole.
Our 101:;,1 h:t~ h;!d II hl{)(l\1 o:mk for ~ev­
el'al yenrs. r hi, of COliise i, :1 mo\t "orlh\.Ihile proj~el fur any j;rOllp. We ha\C
reached the poinl .... here "e lIIu\1 have
more donors or end Ihe progr:ll1l. Gh'ing a
pint of blood t;lke, l es~ than 30 minUies
;10..1 1\ IIbsohnely pain1e\~. Whlll hel1er gifl
th'llI )'OUr blood'l
VlkG Il. F. Nl \1 .. 1'.5.
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Members Const ruct Units
At G enerating Station
Shown In Ihese lour pho.os .re m.mbe ....
local 605. Jac kson. MISS. and some I•• veler.
on jobs.
t .U. 654. CJl ESn: R, I'A.- Some of the • •
mcmber\ of Local 654 "ere rt~ponsible for
the )lIccc,\ful conslruction of unils 3 lIOO 4
ll\ Ihe l' htl;ldelphia Flcclric Company'S ~
Eddy~lUne
gCl1erating ~t,ltiol1. Thi~ job
afforded un c\Cellerl1 orporHlIlity for !loth
j
the general tOlllr;odor. Uniled " IIGineer~ &
Con'lrliclor~. Inc .. lind loc"l 654 to demJ
OI1~trale
"h;lt c"n be "ccomplisheu by
•
1I1l10n contr;lelor~ 'llid org:llli7.ed larot.
Unl1 3. genera(ins 400.000 kilowaus."1IS
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piliced on the til1e in commercial Operalion d
Iluri ng the full of 1!J74. Unit 4 is presently
ISEW JO UlAol
On th e Job
Christmas Party
r
in nn nl.l\:ulCcd ~tllgc of COIl1J')II.'IIOII :mJ
\\il! won provi,k nn i"Jdirioll:il .Jon,nUI) ~il­
•
owall' of flOlI'er. BOlh of Ilw,1.'
On Ho spital Job
!;I'nCf;l!Urs
A Icene 01 Ihe recent Cll ristmn
afC driven hy lhrcc-~ I:ll:cd lurhll1e" o[l<!r:ltin.,: 1I1llier 1)1.'10 /"I")lIIUI, per ''lUilre inch.
I he ,team j, prlXluccd by 11'0 uil-l1rcd hoilcr, "hidl hent the '[1.';1111 to a[lrm~irt1alcly
1)55 ,lc lln.'c~ III I'l'cpar;.lion 10 .Id'e the turhine" '· YI.TY effort hal !>cell made in Ihe
GTE Sylvania Job
Goes Non -Union
"ilh the IHIC,1 lc'!;hllillIlC' l'Cing arphcll to
leer ,1("clu,rl:l." inlo the ;llt!lu'l'hl'rC :11 a
minimum . r he nul.' I:aw~ <Ire c.\VCllc.J flom
a .!5Y·fool-I,11I '1:11.'1.. "fler p,,,,ina; throuSh
1','ccipir"lUf', \ fel\ other
,IUli,rical filch ,110\1 Ihlll o\er
I.l;'io.noo feCI (:!36.it mikq of cal-Ie \lere
dl'clrO'lalic
,
in,I;.lIe<l. nc;.rly ouc million ~.,II(JIl~ of fuel
\lilt tic CO INlIlw,t dai ly. ;LIlt! OHf t 6.~C)(J.OOO
J;"lIou, per hOllr of ~oolin~ ""Icr ;ore
pllmped IhrOUllh e;lch comlcll,ong IIl1il.
Credil i~ dilC 10 Ihc follo\linll indhidllah
for Ihe irnporlanl palt- Ihc) pla}cll in Ihi~
project: Mr. J. J. 1I 1,,,ler. \\Im ";0' Ul1ilCd
" ngineer, jlI'ojeel engineel. Hlld ~ l l'. D. M .
Ball k,lon. elccll'icHI '"f'CI·inten,klll. '1he
Ilcner:.i forel11an for l.ocHI 6 ~ 4 \\ a, BrOlher
lierald D. Smilh. Sr .. \\ho lliid 1l.,ine,1 in\':. I·
lIahle c\[lcricllc,' on II nit~ I .m,1 ~. Scc·
ol1<l·,hifl gellcra l f()I·... mall \I:" BnHlwr John
1'. B",cclli and . 1:1,1 I-ul nOI Ie:,,!, Ollr job
'1""":,r,1 11:1' II rolh"r '1'0111 Icllel'. \Iho did
.m OUI,I:IIHling jill! of rnainlnininll .. gOOl.[
"orkin~ I·cl.llioll,hip hetllcc n Ih e eon tr.IClor
ami Ihc locn l 1U1Ion.
I hi ~ projeci 11;1, I-egun in So:plemher,
1971 ;IIlII ;,1 ih pc;,)... cll1plo}'c,1 "III mellll>er, of Ihe I II I W. Loc;,1 6.'1-1 i, 1o\1';,ldul 10
iI, ,i,iling Bmlhzr, for Ihelf fine performance and OIl I'I.lnuing c:ll1"hililll:, ", Jour·
n... ymen. Our hl"illc~s 111:'I1:1gCf. II rOlh ... r
H ugh 0\1 . Snail. Sr.. h;., perfOnl1<'d " Icry
c"pahle jail .Ind h,l\l Ihe opportunity 10
rneel BrOlher, from all ol'cr Ihi . . ""I COII IIIr) of o ll r....
II \\n~ Ill)' plc:, ~ul'e to h.OIc pl:l}ed :0
... nmll pMI in the con,lruetion of thi, projeCI ami 10 hale ",)(ICialed lIilh Iht fin~
men [ mel. [' 01' Ihe ple,, ~UI'c of Iho,;;: II ho
arc rcading Ihi~. do YOll relllemhcr [ ,.;onk
" 1l ~n;lI\.""
Co,I:on/O. Joe "'ill.lrCrvom·'
Il udd y. Re.l~ " I~i~h t - hand man" Il amiiton,
amI. I~,I hUI nOI IC:I';I, Ihose l11idni~hl <.'I'es,
Tommy :lnt! Vi nce'!
G OImoN R . " A NtJ'{" , \ NI) I K,ON,
April , 1\17S
!'.S.
L.L1_ 6611. \\ ,\TEI{ II UHY. CO",r.. .-·, hi,
ollr member, :lfe fllced with ~rollin~
innJlion .,ml "n incre1l'>C in unempl o} men t,
To .,dd 10 Oll r dbcomenlmenL the ( ,'1 E
S}h.oni.1 ju'" in W"terlOIlIl 1111) :llIar.!e.! I.,
(irc) Ill·,·trk (oOlp(.ny. n non·uni o n eke·
Irk.,1 cont f,";IOr. \1 our membehhip mect jng of Den·nlh.:r 'J. 1'J74 Ihe folloll Inll re~­
olntion II ... un,lfIimously :odoptcd:
W I/ U ti \s : ( ,I'E Sylvania. Inc .. m.lflu·
("~llIfl'r~ of dcetric~1 lIpp lial1ee ... radiO'>.
Idc,i,iull ..... ,'. ~lId nI~ny other ilcnI).
i ~ nUll eOIl, trueling a m;mu(:octurin g
r1.mt in the I lld."tri~1 Park at W .• lef1011 n. <. onncclicut .. nu
\\, 11 1' ~ I ",\ :
(j I F S)·lvanil'. inlCI1.ts 11.1
l-u(I,1 Ihi, Itlf~'" rn:llwfllcluring "I"nl 011
.on open·,hup h",b. IIhieh Il\e~n, Ihi'
pl(l111 II ill he con,tructcd lI'ilh complCte
,Ii're~.,rd III Ihc II:,ges an.! condiliOIl~
e_I"hh,hcd hy organized labor. :tlld
\\' J II'IH ·\S : I I\(' eleCtrical co ntl';,CI for lhis
plan I
hccn H\\antcd to (,rc) I' icc·
Irie. h, ..· .. :, 110n'lInion clcctl'kal con·
Ir.I ..·!o!' IIh(J~e cillployccs rcceive II.I);C';
.,n\1 \\\ll'~ under tonditjon~ fnr 111.'1011'
Iho,," e~lahli,hed in the conrrl'Ch 01
1 \>1;.,1 (,(,11. IIl1 \V nn d
\ \ HI KI \~ 1helc i\ lillie douht Ih;ol C,I'F
')~h.l!lI., " .,hle 10 "'uild 1111' pllllli
1x'<.'.",~ 111.1n) Illcmhcrs o( org.lIlllcd
t.t>or I-u~ (, rI Syl\~lIia producls. ;In.!
\\ H I KI \~ I hc \CriOlls cconomit proh·
1<'Ill, Ih.,t IIC lire ,,11 f;lccd .. ith loU,.y
poinl 0111 ICI} ,il'idly lhal lie 1lI11\! ,,11
1I(Jf~ tOj!et hcr 10 nmint;,in ollr hnrd
fOIl~hl fUI II "gc", and tondition ....
TI ll KI l OK I Ill:. IT KESOLVFD: I h.• l
th e memhcr~ of lhis local union
inform .• ml nlH~e :,\\'are 10 Iheir fUlllilic ~. friend ~. amI fellow co-\\or~CN
Ih .• 1 1-) I-u}in~ ('TE Sylvanill produc b,
IhC)' l,re ... u'engthcnin,!!: Ihe pmitiun of
lhe nun-union nllli open·,hop opcrn·
lor" "ml
BC IT I U RIIl E R ~ESO LVED : T hnl (I
copy of this reso lut io n be sen t 10 all
/li b \\' Im'lIls, a ll A FL-CIO Slnlc labor
\~imer
.k,iSIl lind l'on,mu:lion of the lxIilcr, to
",fcguOIn.l Ihe \lII"lily of our elll ironment.
imcrc~ling
p8r l ~.
Member. of loc,,1 660. Wa le.bury. Conn . lIre
employed on 1he Sharon H05pila l lOb. louis
Panoa', and Dick Cleaveland are "hown wor king
on Ihe EM bellld. The job con1ractor I. Cyber.
netlcs.
h,,,
Kne,hng. IoU to "ghl. are
Oe Sfardlns. Jimm~ Cerrozzo.
Conroy. lI nd Frank Beran; 5landlnl:
Scov,lle. Tom Hayes. Howard Slurges. I<, .. ny JOlln.
son. Dick Ch~"veland. and lou,. Pan,.tl.
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councils. and a ll AFlrC IO state build·
ing and cOnstruction trades cou ncils in
New Englund and liiso :t copy to GT E
Syllla nia. Inc.
We h:llle al 'lO run ;Ids in o ll r local ne\\s·
pil pers asking for support from \\ orklOg
people in this ~t r u gg1c a nd \Ie ~hal\ con·
tin ue to do eller)"th ing in ou r legal !"O\\er
to lurn the Syh an ia job union.
Our local was ).;.ddened by the: death of
our Brot her. F red I';,rl.s. li e \las initiated
into Local 660 011 Decemhcr 2. I 94!1. Fred
was actille in thc : .rrair~ of ou r loeal. '\Crll'
.ng ;I ~ pension I ru~t ee from 1966 10 IY74.
I-Ie aho se n ed ollr Joe,,1 11\ \ice president
from 1969 to 197 1. We \\i ll mi\s Ihis good
" rolher.
I-k" .. ... 1J1,1l,\-':. ".5.
Mourne d
A Present
oides l lilli ng member al our 60th all ni"e:r,ary t-anque l in 1970. Jo hn lIa~ :l1":lys
••eli'·e "lid young .. I he;ort. belying his II I
y~ars. He \li1Il-oe missed hy all .
IJrother It lt'hurd "Sl.eeter" Wolter "U\
slruck do\\n in th e prime o f hi~ life laM
Jul y. also by cancer. Sl.eel ",a~ :1 lop- notch
mechanic and I.no"' " throughom Ihis area
;IS a high-voltaGe cat-Ie ~pltcer. HIS ~ I.: irr :II
"'iping lead joi n t~ II :IS sh:tred hy only a fcw
men in ollr tra de. Lue:11 66!1 ~ulfered a
great loss ""itll his p:tSSlOg. BrOlher Wolter
"' as 37.
Last )'ear ubo saw the pa'>Si ng of Ihree
members from the l.ognnsporl Local 109
that merged "'ith l..afa)'elle. Brolher George
Sav:lge. lIell-known a mi li ked b) all Ih~
membershIp. p;. ~SC'd a"':IY in 1974. We 11111
,,11 mis, G eOrge.
Duh McCool lIorl.ed in l..ogan~port ilnd
Lafa)elle for many )lellfS. He "'ns :In
import;tnt figure in the old Log:llliport
loca l. Brother McCool pa<.sed a"ay l;1~1
y.':.r after a long ill ness.
Brother John Eldridge. a membc:r of Ihi~
loe,,\. was J,. i1Ied on the joh "'hile "'orl.ing
III a G ary slcel mill. Our loe:\1 ha~ su rfered
Ihe loss of fi\e gootl me n !hi~ past yeflr.
Our hearlfelt 'Ylllp.lthy goes Ollt 10 the ir
families and lo\cd ones.
1'o"-n IJROOl..S. I' .5.
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Here is Lans ;ng', Art .c.,"'~
0,;;;;"Local 665) of Ihe wasle
If Ulment pilOn!
presenti ng lo , eman Don M oone~ "',Ih a Ihermos
bottle a t Ch,istmas " me.
Lansing Local Has 60
Brothers on the Benc h
L.lI, 665. L,\NSI'iG. "Kit-As o f th"
\lrit ing ( h ·bruaryJ. \I e haH' about 60
im ido \liremen o n the heneh. So far II
Iloc~ n' l
look espet'illlly gootl for Ihe
slim mer ellher. r here: are: ~Iirr quile a few
o f our IJ rotheh on Ihe ruad; some are
Ilow n in ·l eJ(h no"'.
"I he race for hu,inel>s nUInuger is ~t:lTIinG
to \\ ••rm lip :llready. l hc office of businc~~
m•• nage r hll~ alII a) .. secmed 10 me 10 be :1
prelly Ih:lOkle" loh. hut I"m i!1,.d somehody
1I:lnl\ it. While I' m o n Ihe ~ u bjcc l. thl:
,!~~i\t anl bu\i ne~s rnamli!er nOI only has \0
p1c:;!',e Ihe me n hul the "u~iness m:tnaser
al,o.
lJy the W:ly. SOllie of )1011 Im,elers OUI
th ere \l ho hUlle ever "'orl.ed for or ",ilh
f n.ncis Oberlin m ight Me to drop him a
line. I-Ie h:IS \-Ice n retired for ;tbout fhe
)le:or~ and hns heen in [11111 0111 of ho,pilals
lalely. I-Ie prohnhly would n't e,en m ind
hearing lies " bollt the big jobs you"1: heen
on. His add re:s) IS 2227 Kobin)On. L .. n~mll.
~ltc h ill:tn 4H91O.
0 111 0 111 RI ts. 1'.5.
Local 668 Mourns
Passing of Members
I.. U. Mi8. 1,t\!' A YI-,T fl-:. 1i"' 1>_-l n Ihe
summer o f lasl ye:lr, uur loe:11 losl 1"'0
ad mired member., Retired BrOlher J ohn
Ellel succum bc:tJ to Cil ncer. Reliri ng in
196 1. Brolher El1et wus honored as our
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Activities
.r
"'ork at Ihe climalic 1;lbor:llory renov:ll ion
al Eglin Air Force Basc. The laboratory
",ill opcrule "I lempcr;Lwres rtlllwing from
-68 10 -8~ degrel:S f ahrenheit. ' I he hulfmillion,doll:!r c\ct'trical contract wor J,. cd
1110 erell' of men :II it' peal.. T he orisinul
facility", ... built in Ihe carly '4(k, ;Ind
Brother I . E. Brc",cr ~r"cd part of h i~
apprent icc,hip on Ihi, jvb. St:ly on Ihe jub.
UrOlhcr Il rCllcr! And leep hiddinG Ihe
"orl I"cr here, Kcnned} ElectriC of
Mobile!
Local 676 W elcomes
Contractors at G et·Tog ether
L. U. 676. l' I~ "S \ CO I, ,\ . "'I .A.- On J un,,·
aTY 30 Loe:ol 676 ",elcomed its t'Olllr:IClor5
al an informJI get-Iogc:lhcf. We had coffee.
cold drinl.s. find Cil""·. :tnd "'e talked. '1 he
mceting II-a\ held for the purpose of beller·
ing relalion, ;lIId d i~u~~int: ",a}":> Ihill "'c
C;iO a"bl eJch Ol her in controlling the
lIorl. in our juli.diction. B u~iness M:II1:1ger
(,cn Jernig.lIl. l' re~ldc.,t J . W. Gregory. :lIId
I re,'~lIrer Tommy It lline~ rep reM'nled the
local :11 thc meeling.
Many and vUfied SllbjeCI~ t'ame lip for
di..cu'lSion in Ihe cour;.e of lhe evening. hul
Ihe bC~1 indic;llion of 10I:lel he rnl'~s 10 tornc
frolll the meeting is thol Ihe contractors lire
now considering 5C:lling up a eOlllmOIl hid
ollite where e.leh could recd \'e joh COSI
)heets from \\hich to lIork up a bid priee
for each job. If they do t hi~ it '" ill me.1II
Ihat Ihl:)" "'ill be:. able 10 bid 1II0re "'orl.: III
le~s co~! 10 each of Ihem. and i! \liIJ mea n
more lIorl.: for U~.
It's cold here In I-lorida. especially if you
On the Job
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Shown
wor ~ ln8
....eh. Ohio.
On Cen t,.! Plasl tc'S
Traffic . Pla nt Units Have
First La yoff in Ye ars
I•. U. 6811. \l A;"<:SFI f;U ) . OHIO-The traf·
fic un it and planl un it of Uniled T elep hone
of Ohio in t. l u n~fi e ld halle jllsl cxperienced
IIEW Jo u rna l
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their first layotf in many years. d llC 10 the
present economic ,hunp. The trallie unit
New Members
losl ni ne opcr:llor~. wilh the plan! IInit
losi ng one in'lalkr repairman and 1WO cen-
tral oflicc equipment maintenance men. It b
ho(l(!d tho'i: o ff will be b;ld to worl soun.
In the pa'[ month, ~cl'crlll ...,:ir,'men twvc
been referre'!
UUI:
however. there arc
~ti!l
man}' on the olil-of-worl.. H,1.
We arc t1w,1 gnlldul to the I<)(:al, who
tWI'C provided \Ior!.. fOl' OiIT mcmbcr~.
J I AltOl1) EUE
R~Oll:. 1'.5.
NLRB Hands Down Favorable
f, ,Decision for Local 696
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L U. 6\16. IU·;I.L,\lIm. O IIlO- T he Natiunal t Hour Kclali t)ll' BOlin] ,)f Wa,h ingtun. D,C'. h,,~ \)rlkI'Cll Ohio I' o"cr Cornplin y (" ..'C'IW tlnfai\ lahor pra ..-t kc, ag;lin,t
II rOlhas J :u'ry ( . r.::cnc [1m) Juc Campbt:ll.
<111'.1 u!f~r them fIlII rein't:llcmem and rcimbur,cmcllt fur Im,e"
r he Bo,lnJ b in
,Igrecment with an admini,tralil'e law
judgc's lkt'i,ion al Sleub..' nl'illr, Ohio, that
fOl lnd Ohio l' uI\er vi"I:lt;:(I Ihe a,;t by lIi,l'harging Ihc~c II rO lher~ in Ih.:: economic
'Irile of 1973, Once :Ig;lin Ohio Pt)wcr Iw .,
appea led lhi, ruling 1<1 Ihe J' cdernl Courl',
thHlknging Ihe Ilu:ll"ll', judgmcnt, alld Ihe
waiting J;amc go.:, un,
Il rulh.:r, Gary 1'<}Ilk :1I1d Fred H ulT wcre
Ihi, year's ,0":;:<1 :1~livitic, ~om m i!leemen
wht) arr:lIlgcd for Ihe thildl'en'~ Chri\lma~
party an,! th e holiday lInnee 011 Decemher
21. fur Ihe nwnher s lind Iheir lI'ivc~ .
The children\ pany I\:h held in the
aftcriw()n al Ihe YI'.'ICI\ in Slcubl'lwille.
r hac I'<'I'C rrc,cnh frvm S:IIII:1, :llId lunth
wa, ,erved, 'I he dal1 ~e "II, held al Ihc K
of C Hall in M ing". Ohiu. Our good
fricnd, of Ihc Utilitic~ Wurlns Union uf
Amcrk,1 were it1\'iled, MI I,k \\;" provided
by lhe CI""~()I'er' Group,
AI the reJ;u lnr meeting Oil Octobcr, 1')74,
Ihe membn, IIllanillHlI"ly :lc~crtcd 5i,lcr
Donna l erry. melcr re:lder frum Stcubenvillc, intu ,II II' rncmher~hip, Thi~ i~ a Iir~1
fOl' Local 69(" Wcln)mc IV lhc Bl'Other11<>0,1. Si~ler,
Don'l furgcl -" tt cn,! Illcl'llngs cvcry
fourlh Frid ay al 7:3U 1' ..\1. al Ihe ,\ meric:m
Lcgi,'1l Hall 111 Stcubenville,
Thue second·yea r &pp,entices were inducted Into LOCl\1 697 in OClober, Pic t ured here, f ron! row,
lcll 10 ri8h ~ , Me W,lliam Phelps, Ronald BrowlI, Roland Luebker, Ancll Schillmg, Jr" P&~ri c k Bailey,
Robert BOdley, Oll"er King, Timo ~ hy Collins, WIlliam KOHl, Dennis Gould, and Andre w Ko " ach ,
direcior 01 l\pp ' enliceship Ira lnlng: s ecolld row, In~truc~or Warren Engstrom, John Runion, Donnls
PI!1erSOIl, Scott Thompson, 0110 Shrall~I, Jr .. R, Ch D.d Rohrer, Oa,,;d Pelerson, Lynn [nglomann,
DBVld Cooper, Paul B.own and Keith AShley,
6."i-lane St,lrull~1 11 lane~ in Menillvilk, ami
LOClll 697 IliJl att n~ ho,1. At Ihi, 1011rnamen I '\C \lin be louking for spun,m, fur
lh.:: ne~1 few }e:lr" I-lope we have a good
IUll1ouI: ,)lIr committee h bu~ y gelling
CI l'r) thillg re,uly,
Nid Vla,i('h. our hlood b;lIlk ch:lirmnn,
h:" Ihe 1975 blood bnnk progralll .ct for
JllllC I~ and July 12,
CHARI I;S 0, W I! soro-:, I',S,
Members At Work
Welcomud lmo Local 697, Galy and Hammond,
lod ., were Ihese JOU rlleymen: left 10 rig ht, Boyd
Bultman, Kennelh Harrison, How ard Eckert,
ArnOld COal(lS , Johll Brelall. and Johll Cr.ven,
Some LOCBI 697 members aod gueS ~ 5 88 t ho"d
;II the old,t imors nighl held las t Oclober,
Members 01 local 700, Ft , Smith, Ark , are pIc·
tured ~I "a"ous job SIIU, At work On AOl:e.5
Hospl~ a l for Fagan Company, left to rietH, first
row, are E.. I Estes, Tab Conon, Wy& t ~ B.ady,
"od Mike Greogy: second .ow, Olen Dixon, R~ y·
mond G'3yman, Johll Chast&ln, Ron ShO. t, Gary
Pe,son, Je.ry Ca' te., .nd Dwight Smith,
relire,1 <}11 a dhabi lily pen,ion, <lIU! Ul'Ulhcr
CiWI'Ie, 1\1<.: Chlre loo l an c"rl~' I'ctircmcllt
pell,illn <m }:mu,lIT I,
Sin~c O~lubcr fOllr more mcmbcr, of our
10\.',, 1 ha\e "<l~~cd away, Brothcr Rn y Llldd y
pa"cli :l\lay Nowmbcr 10 "hile llll a
crui,e Iu !'IICl'\O Rico, Bruthcr I'null
Hlr g,', al l<l< our o!de~l member, ~llccmnocd
011 r hrrn~"l:il'i nl: day , Joc Zielnkiewkl died
on Del'cmber 5, :111<1 (ier,dd Eikcnh:Il'Y on
DCl'e mhl'r 20, QUI' ,incere ~Ylllr"lhy 1:OC~ to
Iheir famillc' find friend_,
I lIuk, a_ if con,lruction wlJrl will he
,1,)\\ Iwre IlIlIil ahmll J llne; :Ifter Ihat \Ie
)huuld be ,,~ay for n whill",
'I he lirsl Im!iana IB E W bO\I[ing \O llrnamen I "ill be hcld I'.l ay 17- IS al Ihe new
Member s working On Welch Grape Juice Job for
Campbell Harris Company, le n to .Iah l. Bre AI
Hart, Danny Clark tloc31 286, W a ~ e.loo, la.)
Freddy Fal~tel\d, Jim Highl, Je rry Pope, Bob
Stewa rt . and Roy Haskel (LoC&1 276, Corpus
Christl, Tc~ ,) ,
D OMINIC " I MI.TI"O, [' ,5,
Local 697 Gains
• Many New Membe rs
h L U. 697, G ,\I~" ANU
11 ,\ ,\1 .\ 10"';1),
IND.- 'I hi ~ i, in pari a continuation of
.. our lasl article "bout our old-limcr~ night
meeling la, I Ot'lobe!' 2 1, In ;lIJdition 10
l,. Ih",e mcnti,)tled prcvi(lu~ly, "c ini tiale,l ~i;l;
jouI'nc} men an d 2 1 arrrCn!icc~, II'ho~c piclurc~ lire _hown \/I ilh thi, arlicle,
Sin~e O~' I <Jb.::r 2 1 lIe halc added sel'e n
., more mClnbcr~ to OUI' loe,,1. On November
5 Brulher J amc~ L. Whitc tran,fcrrcd his
member,hip I,) I (1C:l1 (,97, Brothers Lonnlc
I'"rlcr. J-t ,,), SlId1nnll~, nml Art I indl>cf!lh
were ini ti:lle,1 on NOI'cmber IH, and Bl'Olhcrs Stmlley Bal', J-tkhanl r-ol ycr. ,U1d I'mil
Britt "cre inili;Lteu on Dcce m b-cr 16, Wel, come 10 the 1-o(:al ()')7. Brolhers,
i' On Octub-cr I BrO lher M arvin M uc ~ w a y
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April , 1975
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Retires
Conaleo Machines
700 Members
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At Can alca
~n)'.
' he men in t heu plct ur •• , members of Local
702, West Frank fort. III. work 8\ Canaleo, form.rly ConsolodMed Aluml ... "", Company. Her. Is
Brother James H ampton, • 10.1\ t ruck d"wer.
R..by Clcove. ope.ate. a machine.
Three-Fourths of Work Force
At Conaleo Laid Off
I..U. 702. WEST FHANKFORT. 11.1.. fhi!> lIlonth') l"iclUrC' ""ere talcn :11 Conateo, formerl) Comolillalcd Aluminum
Coml":m). locah:d at M urph)l>boro. IIhnois.
Conaleo normall)
cmp lo)~ :looUI
I U pro-
uuction ami mainlCrHlIWC WOr kef) .... ho li fe
nh,:rnbcr, uf Loc:iI 702. T he soft markel for
c~ l rlh.lc d aluminu m bu ild ing IHWllCh an d
electrical tonduil h:l~ caused la)'otf or
ncarly three-fourths or the .... orl. force at
IhlS "riling. Look for the union lalld on
all conduit Ihal )011 in,[!!11 a nd il .... iII help
),our ullion BrOlher, in mnnur;u;:[uring tu
recciH' :1 full paycheel .
Brother Herb ~ lIl1er ;lnd I Olllended Ihe
Inler·Union Gas Wor~er, Conference. J:IIIU'
ary 29. 30, ;lIId J I. in Atlanta. Georgia.
1975 uppear~ 10 be II bJe:,k ~ear for S:l~
worlers across the coUnlr) :I~ the big oil
eompanieo. CUI prodllction and a~ume II
public·be-dllmned auilude in their effort\ 10
name their 0" n price. We heard report.:. of
utilities allempting to ~horteu l on consumer
SIIfelY in an effort to reduce operating CO~li.
If Ihi~ ~houl d happen in your area. }ou
n!:ly prole)t by "ri ling }our ~Iale Public
Service CO lllmb~i uner or regulator) Olbenq.
Your job may depend on it!
Brother Gary BUller reporb the neon
,ibn agreement has beell M'IIJed and our
locar~ " ire men no" hl1\C an opcratmg pen\Ion plan.
Brolher Don Keith reporls negolililions
arc progressing :1\ J'.I &. A EIC1;trie I'uwer
Co·op.
,\1 '0 in negotiations nrc the ph)'sicnl :md
cleric:11 agreemenls III M h~ouri Utilitic,.
We arc still tl"ailing the arbitralion ded·
,ion on the II hnois I'o"er Compan) ""ge
di,pUle.
DHm McNI.Lu" I'.S.
Chicago Local 713
Goes to Arbitration
I .. U. 713, ( 1lI CAGO. II. I..- AI Ihi, writ·
inb Ihe one contr:tcl ~till 10 be ncgoli;,ted is
"ilh Ihc Chicago Tran~il Authoril} IC I AJ.
In the lasl month. lJ u)in~) Mlm,LgeT
lI arr) We:l\er and Ihe omce ~laff h:.'e h:ld
an o\erlo:ld of gric\'tillecs and arbllrutmn
ca.s,e, stemming from contracl \ioIUliou,
and la)'off procedures. Arbitration C:1..c,
that arc eilher pending or h:I\'e Ix:cn heurd
IH"C been "ilh the (j '1 E Automatic J'leclrie Compauy. Bally M:muf:lcturinJ!, C.!rporalion. Inlern.,tional Telephone (IT 1'). and
Willium~ Electronics.
II is becoming more appl,rent cadi da~
thaI companies. b«ausc o f thc cconomic
~i t ualion . arc bccomiug more adamant in
dcaling ,\ ith grievunces; so therefure in
many c:I'es it become~ neces~ary 10 proceed
10 llrhilflltion to protect our members'
right~.
As c\cr)one knows. arhitration
cases. "ilh lebal lind arbitr..tor fcc,. arc
\er) e'pen,ive. but "e will continue to go
\0 :Irllilr:ltlon. "hen neccs)ar}'. to protect
cach nnd e\ery member bdonbiny to Local
713.
E"cr) one is loo~ins fOf":lnl 10 an
impro\ed "or~ picturc so Ih:,1 the people
~tiH on la)'olf "ill be rccalled,
On thc hrightcr ~ide, Busineu Managcr
lIarr} \\ea\-er lind the office ,1"Ir "i,h Ihe
folio"ing mcmbcr) "ho ha'c ro:ccntl)
relircd mJn) happy year:!;: MItTie S:tutsherr). ( ,ertrudc I homa~. /';ml:1 Me)er. :II1d
T iml I'ri,tia fmm Ihe G J E AUtnllllltic Electric Curnp:H1); W:Llter Stand and Gertie
M ullin~ from 1I.llIy ~ l anur:.clUring Compan): :lnd S:llly IJunc[,on :lIld Mar) M:lcit"
frOIll WilliulIls FlectTonics. Inc.
Until nc.'1 1111)l1 l h .
h)lt~ J. C\1I1I1Gt to. P.S.
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Local716's Christmas
Party Best Yet
1.. 11. 716, 1I0USTON, TEX.- A. you read
Ihi~ artielc. "c'lI be ~\cral month, il1to the
ne" )car and milch of Ihe informtllion con·
I.Lincd hcrein "ill pTob:tbty h:l\C been long
fOTg(JtCo!U b) mllny of )oU \\ho parlieipatell
in some of il. 1I0\O,e\'er. for tho->c "ho
dilln·, participale. II ",ill be ne" ~. and fur
Iho-.c \\ho dill il •• ill pcrh:lj)\ hring 10
mind ,ome plen,ur:tbtc momenl~ ~pen'
d llrin~ the hulidny ,ea,on.
During thi, ~elh/)n. ollr local 'lI1ion ha'
il~ I.. rge,t re)lhitieS of the }e<lr. our Chri~l­
mOl' part) fur Ihe lids. our Chrillmas
dance. :II1d O1Jr New Y~ar'~ dancc.
Thi, ~car', Chri,tma~ pari) "a~ one of
our be,!. Much IIf the credit for thb goe,
to our cnlo:rttlinment commillee con~illing
of local l're\l,lenl Allen Cuul... As)i, tanl
Hmine" Manager Jim my MeKnighl. and
EXecIHI'c Hoard member I' nul Bt)urrou~.
A~ 'hU"1. the J !ldies AU)lilitLry IlllS hctd
re,po:m.,iblc fur dC':lJration of the IIx::l1
union hall (or all three funellon~. :tnd a~
lJ~ual. did a ,cry fine job. J.ast. but not
lea~t. I ~hould thanl.. Brolher 1.um E\ans
for hi\ role :I) San'" C lau~. II rot her EV:ln)
clime through like a champ on each and
IIEW Jo ... nol
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Holiday Activitie s
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(I,ot~&r
001'1 Sumt>c , lil'l 1$
5~Owl'I
h, WOI'I at tn, N,w 'rut's dance.
with the TV
C'\(T) pump ,ioh f(H' 100\ thJ[ he r~'\:ei\Cd
from ,urnI' 250 ur mure children.
Our Chrhtnl.I' all,) Nc\\ Y~ar\ dances
Ilere Ihe I:lr~c't Clel' IHid in chI' P:I~1 IS or
20 yc.tr~. Appro~lmalely 400 pcr..ons
.mended Ihe Chri,lm:l\ dllnce an d oler 500
'lnended the ;-./ew Ye:ll\ d.tncc. I(c ~ro.'ll:obly
,ome per,om "ere un;I"le 10 be \(';l!cd
Ne\\ Y e:lr·~. • 1' "I' iu~t tiM ran 0111 of
dmir, :tnd 1,1"11.",.
\ Il,It:ll of uvcr l2U .IUM prill" "ere
~i'cn a"a~ ;at Ihe I"", dHnce ... T he'\C gift ~
r:lnl!l'd all the ""I) (rum a C,I'oC of hecr hl
thrC'e t.-ieli"on \{'h. I ",uul.l lile 10 thHnl
Ihe (,II1"",ing ~unlr;Il':I"r' .... hu dunat ..d IlIc..e
tine I!ifh. r he) ,Ire ,\, f,lllu",,: A,lam~
I Ic"lri.:. Amerk"ll r ledri ... Ameku FIo.'!:[ril·. 11', Eleclric. Ilcll;tire Elc.:lric. IJ iddtc
I:: k':lri.:. IJrilain Indu_lne ... Britain I ketric.
Di;lmum' FkClric. I IC'~lric:11 Sen icc ... Electrical S)'tem,. IJedro I inc,. hlll,t f)ili~iun
I . K. Cu,n'1\.II:l. l i..chh'lch & Moorc. H,l
rtc':lrk. 11')\\:lr,1 1'. I· olcy. h l\\lcr Ekctric.
GClI rlc .. lrk. Il nl'l'ille Flcclric. ,",ul/".:h·
b:!ch (,)mp:!n). 1 :lle Eric uf I C~;I,. Lord
II«Irk. ' l:lcPheN.ln Ficctric. Mea/ell
Enlcrpri,e,. Mtlo.lrum I Itclrie. \! elhln I'lecIric. -":ia~ Electric. "lIrm!cy I: teclrie. Pfeifler
I k':lrk. " o"ell Slephen-un, H.u,o;cl1 FI«Iril". Sol:mll Eleclric. '1e.\u, Eleclrical ClIn·
ITlIl·lur,. rheri.,t l:Ieo.'tri.:. Wi, mer ,11'10.1
Ilcder. Harper Woo.1. Wholt l'Ieclrk.
Arthur Cnrpor:otiun. I ICclric;.1 Sign D i,)ll:l\'. '"u..cr 'con o;,jl1-n. R:linOO..... 'e')n.
'khukr "1'10.1 \VolIll. A and n ConcrCle
Coring. Amlin Vi.h,:u Dc,ign,. Carpenter
C on,tru ..·liOI}. F pic I n'1r·Ull1enl~. W. T .
Gr:lnt . )-) ule, Inc .. Il ou,!;," C,'mmuni,"Iliun,. McC;tne-S"n.lud,. I :If\ n roauc:t~l ing.
TV ShQp. ~"tion~1 IJ i-.cuit Cum!).tn}.
[thy 1. Jel Manuf:lclllring. Wrill-ht Lil1-hl.
Anhcuo;cr-Bu'>Ch. <;pa" (jl:l'~. \\.'e'I'"l(hQII .....'.
Camcldn In1l'l. und {il)l.)dye;lf.
R. I H. \WIlI RM", !'.S.
Annual Picnic
Lout 728. Fort l8uderd8t •• Fla. held 8 picnic
'e<:,"lly. H,,, Day, Tu.ne •• Jr. Is h'lplllS soak
up Ihe suds al Ihe p;cni~ .
A YOUltybloU f.llme
III progress al 11.. 8n l'lUIII
pocn.c
/
Wor~
Continues to Be
Slow in Fort Laud erdale
L V. 7211. FORT 1.,\ U m-:K IMI.E. FI.A .Nut n1ll..-l\ ne .... hI rcpun Ihi, munlh. Wurl
cont inue, t ~l he ,10\\. \,illl nul mu.:h relief
011 Ihe horilon. A, of Ihi, \\rilinll- Ihe re :ore
oler 100 men on Ihe hcnch and it', been
thaI ":1\ for OHr;1 mQnth.
' Inll> .)f our cunl,:lctur, :Ire ",,,rling
fou r-.I;I) "ecJ.,~ 10 Ill.,lc "hat lillie Ihe)'
hale I;],\. 'iome of .jUr lu.::.1 ll rolhch h:I\1;'
hit Ihe r""d r.1I" ,u~h e~uli!: place, :"
C;"pcr. ,\ ~.lminJ;: AI:"l:t; '1c'" Or1c:ms.
Loui,i.ln.l; ;md I.,mp .•. "'Orio.l.l. If }OU ;Ire
con'I,lering doin l! Ihe ,allle .•1 c,,11 11.1 Ihe
lu.:~t IIlIl ;II"':> pi:lllninll hI gu lu "doro;: }"U
G" I"" good idc:t. Wha t yuu hc:u'", frum
.... "ne'me i,n'l ,,1\\:1)' Ihe .... :1) it i...
\l ore ":HI n1;'\\'. '1 he 1:1,1 \""i"n of the
kgi ..1:o\llre ch:onged the pre,cnl 1:1\\ requiring th.lt Ihe ")lrcI,liling ""11:1''' he p,lio.l on
,Ill ...:h.l<,,1 con,lrtldlun. '1hc "pre\;liting
",uge" i_ mll'l lime, Ihe union 11,,!,!e. T hi,
,ILl ,lirh Ihe r..d"oll 1.1 .... requiring the )lTl'',oiling \\"1'C ....., ill" Jeil"1. ~inl'''' Ihe "1'1'1,'1nl~nt, non-union l'onlrattor. ilrc "id,ling
.l!I} ..l!Id ;111 ~1••:hU\)1 ...... rl. 10 he h"d. It.)"
"'lui) Ihh .... m hurt u, rem.tin, lu be o;ccn.
On lh.:> good nc", (rOO'll. the ;llIm);]1 picnic
~t 'I -Y P,lrl 1\;1' :1 rml\jn~ 'llCl'e"". Th.:
Ap ,U. 1975
(I'Olh •• JIm Sell,loll is showil dudllB Ih' .,eand
pol. Meme.
\Iot-'lllIef \\.1, ho,-:,lllliful :lnt.! 1'101 IOn h",- The
(,.111<,1. h•• r·h-.;ue rib .... chiclen. h<ll ,In!,......
,,1.lIlil '\llh )llcnl) uf beer. "'ere .. uper". II
,rem_,,1 .... Ihoullh for Ihe fil"!il lime in a
fell 1,'.lf' Ihe true spiri! of brothe.h.)tKl
prel:ttIc.1. l et'_ leep ilthal ":I)'.
I..... RY (01'1'01 ,. !'.S.
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Re porter Evaluat es
Energy Crisis
L U. 75'. I)A " T ON A IIE,\ CII . I' LA .- At
Ihh time. I am si tlin ~ here :11 m) I.ikhen
lable. \o'ondering \o' hal in Ihe \O, orld I ca n
IHite for the monl h of April ;I~ Llr a, Ihe
;Iclivil ies uf Local 736 in recen t Ileeb.
T here hn ~ not been mu ch in Ihe II:I} uf
reportable ne w~. So. in Ih:ll I'e~pect. I lIill
concentrate on my Oli n ob,er\;ttloIiS of varimh thinw..
1'0 Slart out "'ilh. I ",ould Iil.e to mention a fe .. of our member.; IIho arc rellular
allen de r'S o f the l{)I;al\ union meetings. but
.... h()'e nallle~ hnve not appe:lred in .1Il} of
my prelious lIrtieles in the Jmlrlwl. I I.now
th:11 I lIill prob:.bly mi,s sume Ilf }Ilu. bUI
there is nil ,liGht in tend ed :md if you Ice
me I.no.. aholll II. I .. ill mlll.e ~ure Ihal
}OU are mentioned in a fUlllre issue. 1 he
members' names lire :IS folio",: Cllri
Brugha mmer. I-ntnl. I'umph rey. Itill l-I e,I\'encr. nob I u ..... T om LOll. Jerry Faireloth.
( i:lry Alderm:lIl. and Jim We~tbcrry. The~e
:Inll the m:!n) Ihat I mi\sed :In: 10 be commended for gooo broth erhood.
The energ) r;:ri~is is at :t ~tand\tltl a t thi\
"'riting. as fur a, a ;)tJlutiun i, concerned.
I' rc~idenl I'on! II :lI1 t\ 11.1 place a big ta;c un
ga\oline .. hldl I\ould onh hurt the worl.ing
eI:",. Congre" h more favunlhle to"ard
rationing. I hi, lIould be mllre equitable fur
a ll leveh of irK(Jm~ . Whal the IWO pl;lI1~
bot! uo"n 10 i~. IIho OIlC\ Ihe falcats Ihe
Giant Furnace
MembefS 01 local 762. Ashu.buill. Ohio wOfked
I.s, yea . On II gi"n , e'ec'de lerro .noys lu.n_
.ee. He.e floyd Wll hams. gene , at fo,eman for
NOrthwes, Elec" ,,;. makes nOl8110n5
be led
InlO t he compU le. 10. checkln. oul l u.n.ce
Ope'"lion.
'0
nl\)~I?
\ome of our Orolher, hale gone to
\la, I.:I to 'iCd worl.. 'hey aTe finding it
ImlJ;h ~Icudi ng /no pun inlendeo l 10 ge l on
thc pipeline
It ~ee nh thai Ihere i~ q ui le
:t \\;tiling li\t :11 pr~ent.
We h:lI·e. and h:lI'e Iwd. q1l11C a few of
uur Urolhef\ worl.lnll OUI of this loc:lJ's
jurhdiction ftlr \.Orne Itme no" I f an)' of
}UU felloll~ 1\llUld lil.e tn wflte to me "\ 10
"here you nrc. and "hal )'011 nrc ouing.
llrite in r;:lIre IIf the l{)I;al union\ office. :lnd
I lIiJI get Ihe inform:ltion 111 :r fulure arlicIe. That I,. if r Hm ~till wurl.ing In the
area. Thin g~ oon'l 1001. very good al this
poinl. Anr"'a}. wmeone "ill PICI. il up. if
I dlln·l.
We have jtht gOI Stlme bad news concernin ~
Urnlher " ' ei Furnier. He hl\~
enlered a canler dinic due 11.1 a malignanC)
in his necl gl,tnds. My information IS
~letchy a~ III the ~er iOll'ne's of hi, condi lion. I lno" Ih;It :111 of u~ hope anu pr:ly
Ihat Mel \0,111 f~'\:\I'er from Ih i". Our concern h " it h h" I;Imriy ah.o.
AI Turner. ~r .. \\ho ":I' un cIer;: tricnl
contrar;:lor in t-.l· W Sm)'rn:1 un til 1960. uled
ree.;>nll), at 110 re;trs of :rge. li e " as a i M> :1
memher of ' 1>1::11 756. nnd had becn IIIl
elcctrical in,pcctor fur the ci ty of New
Sm}rn:r unltl hi~ relireme", a )ear allo. We
olTcr our sin,ere con dulence~ to h i~ family
and loved ')11,....
l OUIS I-I£OGIC'OC K. P.S.
Slewa,d Robert H.,kabu. po,ms
correction on com pule, print .
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ci.cttld
o
Larry Town s la nds before consote thai conl.ols
hIgh yoll • • e .nd IImperage on new IUllliKe.
l.rr~ .nd his P'Irtne. worked wilh Un ,on C•• btde
engineers on Ihis compute. system.
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Work Scene Very Bad
In Phoenix Local 769
L.U_ 769. 1'1I0.: ;-.I IX. ARIZ.-Grectings
rrom Loc,,1 769. )OU all I ~u pposc I flllght
as "ell tdl the Iruth nnd echo alt the "I her
loc(lb; in Ihe counlr),. We ure practk"JI}
oul of the line con,tructiun bu~in~'s here in
A ri;.:ona. I ju' l signe.1 in :1\ No. 124 un the
lineman\ boo k. Uopc ,pri n g~ elernHI. huwever. :tnd we hop ... 10 be bad in Ihe (Jlu '
harncS10 one of Ihe\(' da)'s berure 100 lung.
hopefully before unemplo)ment compcn~­
lion run~ out.
I thinl. Ih:11 ",hal we need mOI,l is a
reduction in the prillle intere~t rales :llong
with some co ntro l of Ihe " ederal Reserve
BanI. by Cu ngreloS.
I realile Iha t no pre~s M!cr ... l:rr}· clln Sill isfar;:torilr please cler)une in hh local union:
hO"e'er. I "ould lil.e to ~hl. an)one "ho
gocs to the effort tu wrile a o bp:lr:lging
letter to lIIe to be at least 111:111 enough 10
si~n his n:t me. It b ralhcr cO"lIrdly tu se nd
un~igned letters.
If any of yuu II rol her~ in other local '
unions int eno 10 come Ihis wa y any lime
soon. forget il-----calf before )OU come and
beliele ",hilt Ihe man tell" }OU. Reali}. \o,e
ha'e :1 fell very smnlJ jobs goi ng. wllh
ma}be 10 percent uf our men worl.mg. It's
rou~h!
Loc al 76 2 Mem bers
Work on Giant Furnace
' hU, " 2. A.,'II'\B l 'I"A. O IIlO- \\'hal is
believed to he the I:trlle~1. mo~t modern
cIectric ferru alhl}' furn;!ce in the world
was r;:ompleted lit the end of 1974 :11 Ihe
Union C:trbide pbnt in A ~ htabula.
About 2.'i lead er~ of govern menl. busi·
ne~s. and industry tuureu the planl ano SlIW
firsl hand the magniwde uf IIJ.c ne~ furn:tr;:e; the} lie\\oo the air and "'aler pollution :Ibalement equipment. cumpuler conlrol
cenlef' th:.t direct Ihe handling of raw
nmt er;;II \. the uper:llion of the furn:l ce. :lnd
':Illlple, t:l~en from Ihe rurn:tr.:e. 1\11 integr:tleo fneililie, :Ire cornputer cuntrtJlled.
North"c\1 Ell'clric Cump;UJ~ of A,hl:l- ..
bula and '1e"cu Cumpany of Da}Wn. Ohio
"ere the 1"1.1 eleclrical contfaetoh. Duane
Bear;:h \\;1\ r;enef:11 f"remnn fur Ihe Nellco
Cump:mr. an d un der him three crews
wurled on thl' lIalcr-cooled bu"" :1\ Iheir
prime conlraCI. IJili Price II :IS superintend~n t for Nurthlle~1 Flectric. Ibrult! W:tller •
and I-Io)d WilIi:lm\ Ilere general furemen.
ano Rot>t-rl Ih rl.ablh "';I. ~ tc";Hd. 1he jub
at it~ PC"1. emp lo)ed MIme !M electricians.
Our than~ ~ 10 :111 the Imllding It mlhefll
who helped u~ uul durin!; con~ t ruclion of
thh large furnace.
Close,,! ~'ircuil lelelhion II-:I ~ inSI:llleu :II
different poinh of the furnace 100 it" upera·
hon can be seen ill Ihe Clllliputer room.
Ju lio l'ereJ:. man;lger of Ihc A,hl:toub
planl. pmnled out ttl vi,it ing official\ that
the project had been up fur gran, Hmung
all thc Union Carbide ferru alluy p!:tnt\ in
th e r;:ountry. but tlwt A,hl:lbul;t 11:1,
~elec t ed b«nLl~e uf its bood rcl:.llon, lIilh
labor and the co mnlUn il) lind becau~e Ihc
planl h;l.~ a l"a») done II ~ouU job.
ROB. Mr J. II IM~"'"US. I'.S.
Tony G,,,nnelt was in chal&e of insla1Ung .nd
wmng many auch COm pUle. pllnels.
We mourn the recenl pHs~ing of Brothers:
Eltlifonso "Little AI " Ch:,vel" in a 1110torcycle II ccidcnt: T hurma n Dunca n from a
heart auaclo.: Howard Shelton due 10 all onthe-job accioent in Loe;11 77'~ jurisdiciion.
J . I-II"'NK 1'1 \COC~. I' .S.
Ilf W JO.ll no l
56th Anniversary
At The Racetrack
local 773 . Windsor. Onto celeb rated its 56th annive rsary recently. Shown here is the head table
at the banquet.
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Int e,national Vice President Ken Rose p resents
si lve r goblets to Business Man"lIe r Nei l Mc l eon.
Local 773 C elebrates
Its 56t h Year
" L.V. 773, WINDSOR, ONT.-Hello aga in
from the motor eilY. We recen tl y had Ihe
pleasure of cdebrating our 561h anni\'er~ary
in the world's large~t electrical union, Ihe
IB E\V. To mark the occasion an annivero;.ary
banquet was held at the Caboto Club ,,,,d
,m ended by over 500 members ami gue~ts.
Local 773 banquets hal'e always been (. big
• success, and this year's was no e}(ccplion.
The brightly decor aled oonquet room. complemented by the most allraet;"" 'Iomen in
Ap,;I , 1975
Canada, started the evening off right.
In the tradition of a good old Canadian get· together. many guests were invited.
Heading the list were Fir~t Dhlrict Vice
l'r(!5ident Ken R~e and hi~ IOlely wife. We
were (liso plea",,'d to hale International
Reprcsentatil'e:, John Mcl nni~ (lnd Ken
Woods in 'IHendanee. i1 h(ls alway~ been
our policy to inlile our sister local from
acro~s border in Det roit. and Ihis year
Busine ~s ~ 1 ;lIlager Jack Jones and Blisiness
Ag!." nt Hart Hendrks represen ted Local 58
in Detroit. lIu,iness M anager Rick Wa~h ·
es ki of sister Local 911 repre~nled Ihat
\Vind~or utility local. Adding 10 the pleasure of the evening were the anlics of Fra·
71er Collins. bm,iness manal!.er of Local
530. Sarnia. and the good frie~ndship o f Bev
D uMaresq. bu~ine~s manager of lOCal 120,
l ondon. Many retirees were presenl, including Local 773 memocr and former First
District Vice I' residcnt John Ra} mon d.
Gu esl speakers of the evening were
Roger Larochelle, president of the W ind:.or
Electrical ContnlCtors A,sociation. inl ernational Vice President Ken R o~e, (illd Inlernational
Rep rese ntati ve John
Mcinnis.
Robert Eb binghou~e. chairman of the E<;scx
and Kent JATC, presented diplomas to the
grad uating apprentices of 1974. llrOlhen
Neil McLean and John Mcin nis pres.:nted
scrolls and seni!."e pins.
An ad ded feature at this year's ba nq ue t
was the showing of photographs of our
local'~ hi ~tory, including scenes of Local
773 mem bers on man y job~ and union
ae livities over the past 56 ycars of lBEW
growt h.
A highlight of the evening occurred at 12
midni ght when Vice Pre~ident Ro!oC and his
wife prCS{'med a pair of silver goblets on
behalf of Local 7i3 to --:eil and Frances
Mc l ean in honour or their 281h wedding
anniversary.
Loc(ll 773 banquets hal'c alWay'S bee n
fa rnam for the number and quali ty of door
prizes; Ihis year we had over 40 and Ihey
were second lu none. The music of the
Ch"s mate~ su rel y mll ~ t htlve been enjoya·
ble, for never at any of our banquets have
I noliced so many people dancing and
having such a good time.
The ~haring of old memories, Ihe nmewing of old acquainta nces. the good food.
fun. and dan!."ing will slIrely pla!."e Local
77 J"s 56th anni\'er~ary in thc ((lOb wit h
our finest.
DoUG Ry "N, I'RI'S.
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ptoyed at Ihe Monticello Raceway. He re "re
W"lI La,e. le n, and Lew H endrick~on, shown tn
th e switch gear rOOm.
Repre sen tat ive
supenn tendent Ken Feldman,
functions of d,scotheque room.
who
des.cri~s
Scribe Reports on Racetrack,
Membe rs' Jobs There
L V. K06. ELLENVILLE. N.V._"The y're
off' i'i the sholt l of 14.000 voices blended
into o ne as harness T:lcing begins at Mon ticello Raec,,·ay. located in our jtlrisdiclio n.
T he members o f 806 operate. service, and
maintain all ekctronie equipment they
de~igned, engineered, and installed in Ihe
color TV.lideo tape room. the sound room,
and the $100,000 Big Brothers Discot heque
Room.
The elee tri<;:al eq uipment. from the
swilch·gear room, the single light in closets,
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Ihe ma'ishe fiel d noodlighlcr-\I hich bring
dn} light 10 cvenins lLClivilies--to 21 I V
ca mer:l~ lind 180 TV receivi nll 5C1~. i, opcrHIed. ~crvicc d. und muintlLined by our members-,LIl e~eept the belling npp'LflIlU'.
T here arc 1\10 c1~d·circuil TV (HIner:!'
hx:u~cd :at all lime<. on Ihe Irael.. dunng
e;lch race. Ille Cllmera~ Ir.ln,mit 10 r~cil'­
Ing '>Ch in Ihe computer calcula!!ng nlo"m.
grand~l:lnd, lobb} , :md to Ihe C
I V-Iii-leo
liI/'C room. \lhere each Iran\mi.,ion i\ recorded ~inlUltaneou)l>, \lilh Ihe ,lnnoun~c­
men I of the nice, Ihe po~iliom nf C-.dl
hor,e 10 the tinhh line Ih rough Ihe ,,,und
fIlom. onlo Ihe Ihe video 13roe ol<Llhinl·,.
An eleClronie limer in Ihe !oHund r,ll1m
lliH~' oftkial running time of eler} ra ..e
In II close race 10 d('Cide \linnc~ tlr 10
·eel.. di....-:rep;lncie\. judlle<; can rc-run Ihe
lidel1 lape,. All lidco 1,lpc' arc required b}
b\1 10 be ,afeguunlcd for one )e:Lr 'II Ihal
Ihl', may bc rel'rcwed upon rcque"l b} Ihe
New Yor~ SI:.le Il arne" Racing Cummi,,i,m. Al Ihe euneltl'.inn of each race Ihere
i~ 1In clap,e of nne mrmLle for Ihe complII·
e~ in Ihe ca],;ul:oting room 10 determine Ih.:
IImOlinh 10 be p'li,1 b) the c:"hicI'" til Ihe
Ilioning clientele. I he omcial numerieul
rL:">ulh arc immediald} ,)n,hmnll.·;llly
ulignl'd in fron! of 'he "IV eamcr:I' on,1 arein,l, mll} ~een on Ihe reccil'inS ~el~.
-I he Big Bnllher, DI'>Colheque Ruom i~ a
Ihealer \li lhin (j night club. II ha, ciu'ed·
cireuil infrared I V-pruieeli"n (:1menh 10
eoml'Cn'\ale for Ihe •..oft decor lind !iSh",
Ihereb) beller enabling Ihe Iran.mL"ion uf
an e,ccllent image to Ihe fiR rcceh ing ,el'
in the room. A membcr of our lu.. al I' Ihe
di\(: joc]"C)·. lind Ihcre ilre a~commoJiI­
lion, fur palron, 10 enjoy the evening \\ilh
enlcrtainmenl IIf IIlII,ie from recllnk l"pC"
a hit of chitchat. mild refrt',h menh-and,
el'er)('nc i, on c:.ndid ~amera.
Thc equipment i~ c:1 pable of e,hihilinS
all m:ljor ~port evenl, from pl;oee, Ihr,.ugh0111 the COllnlr) 10 all rcceiving ,el~ al Ihe
I ra~]" on the ell.I'ocd· 1 V \),Icm. I he c],lhnr;!le .upe~truelurc :md :111 r:. cilith.·' ,,' \I1.nlieello Raeeway \lere :.ccnmpl"heJ after
man)' )ear~ of pl:lOn!ng. ;In ac hielemcnl f,'r
Sullil":HI CUULlly Ilud IlIIT local union.
I he d .... lrieal cmllr:IClOr , .. rvking Ih'"
Ir:lc~ i, BroadwllY t.l11inlcn"n~e em!',,,:.liun of Long "Ianu Cit)" ' cw Yor]". :IIlU j,
repre\enled b)' Brother h.ennelh I eldm:1Il
of ollr local. \I r. I etln Grcenhcrg. pre-ident aod gener:ll manager I)f MUlllieell"
R.Ke\lay. rcrenll) i"ued Ihi, 'Iatemenl
'·l he membc,.., of l ,oc:.1 XO/'i ;ore Ihe {:rc"1C,I hunch of men 10 wllr~ \lilh. I he) :m!
Ihe b;ldbnne of nur indu~lry. I h:II'e f'Hmd
Ihe'" men sincere. ]"nl}\I ledge:Jhlc. em~ienl.
:1nd coopcrali\e. and h:.\e Ihe high ..... 1
regard for thcm. II prole-. Ihal I:Lh,"r and
man:lgement can \lorl.. It'selher a, a harp)
fl.mily 10 achie\'e ii' {:oal." The \I"nl;~cllu
R:l(e\l;!)" honor, 1111 ton,trueliHn tr;l,tl-">
I\lLCe a )"ear.
When journe)inil in :IIlI'lher juri,dil-'Ii,m I
lim I'roud 10 s;,y. " I I)'(il from 1\)\; .. 1 1!(l6'·
Lou DUtll"l K. 1'.3.
Local 817 Officer
Moves Up to Council
t .u.
8 17. N": W YOKI\: . N." . Local 817
hllS gOOl-l news. Anolher local unker ha~
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movcd up 10 Ihe S)'~ l em Council. Brother
T om Ol<) er became a~~ht:mt gcncrul eh:lirmall un h nuary I.
Our Executive Hoard eleeled JO'>cpll
Kel1 ~ 10 the omce of pre~id~nl al our JlInll'
ary meeting. Ri eh'lTd Ll-lrnt-o,lrdL mmed up
to I'ice prc,idenl. and W. \ kClelian \la,
elected to Ihe I ,<"eutile Iklard
ConsnlllLlalion, 10 ali'
Iluo \\. EUI'<;HIIU,IR, JII, I·.S.
Alm ost Everyone Working
In Local 840
N.". Dmin!! Ihe
b;ld \linler m'lIllh~ each }e;lr. il ,ecm~ Ih'll
Iherc :.rc lIor~ ~ltJ\ldll\ln' III lhe ~on'tru~­
tion indu'lr~. Well, a, lhe ~;o)ing guc'.
Ihere i, ~ome {!ood ncw, :lnd ,ume had
ne\l~. We here III Lo<:n l K40 \\ere .Lt-ole lu
~cep .Llmo~1 Cler}OLle IIUL'~in]! during Ihe
winter. I a,1 )ellr at thi, lime III.' were Oil a
32-hollr lI'\lr~lled and IS or 20 lIlen Ilerc
on Ihe bench.
If all Ihe job<! arc 11.'1 io our nrea, it
loo]"~ '" if 1')15 lIiIl be II good year for
the ,0n.lrue l i~ln Irade~.
fo.OW for Ihe h;!d ne\l" \lhidl i~ Ihe rClot
of Ihc counlr}'. I will nOI ela""'''"le on Ihi,.
bul I :'1m sure el'cryone h,l\ hi, pc~unal
prohlcm \Iilh ..umc p.m of our economy
Our local I\:J~ '"udened hy Iho: I':" .. ing I\f
t\IO of il~ memhc,..,. Fr;onl; Kile. Jr.. -19. ;Ind
CL1rence rone~. 66. I r:m]" Ii\ed and
\lor]"ed in Ihe Auburn area m,I'o' of hi\
)'ca,..,. He became a member of Local I!-IO
\lhen Auburn merged with Genel:!. tie \las
a :!2-yo::.r member.
Clarcnee Tooc~ joined I. ucal IUO in
1936. Some of you mal remCnlner Ihal
Warner "Clancy'· Kai'er ~1:Ltted h" unroo
career wilh him al Ihe C;mamt:,i!!u.1 Velerans Ho-.pital. Hc \\'a~ an e.\cellenl nlLL\ici;IIl,
and played the drum, \lith ..c\cral Ineal
orche<;lra,.
The lOCal e\lend, ih ,)mr",lhl III Ihe rctalh'e, an d I"l't of friend, \.f Ihc'l' 1\10
dcte:l~ed II nllher\
WILl 1\\1 H. ull l)l K. I'.S.
I.. U_ 1140. G~_ " E \"A .
wurl.. Brolhcr Gcne Guidry i~ in Ihe h05.pilal for leSIS. and Brot her Alhe rt Connor I!>
t>:.cI. in Ihe hO'lpil OI with bae]" trouble.
li r(llhcr Jerry Well~ ~uffcred a brtJ~en fOOl •
on Ihe job nn d will be off for \omc lime.
Brother Flo)d ,\Illford'~ \lire is in Ihe ho<;1"11,,1 in ;.criOlh eondiliQII wilh he,lrt trouble:
\Ie arc hoping Ihal ~he \liII won recolcr
:lI1d cume home. Brolher Jame-. Pe.)plc-. ha,
beeo "Ir \lilh plcllrh). \I an) or our Brolh· ~
e", h,LIC been ill \lilh Ihe 1111. It i, hoped
th,11 Ih,"'" IIhu II:I\'e heen oul \lith il \lill "
,oon re(o\-ery, and Ihnl Ihose \lho h;L\e nOI
h.. d il will nOI {:et iI,
\ leller \I:I~ rcad from Hrulher Vidor
Bu"ic. I're<.idcnl uf Ihe Stote AI I ·C IO.
i,,~ioll Ihal our IU('":II el~'CI and 'end 10 the
,1,,11.' ton\enti{lf\ fUllr del..-gale, '1;1) 24
Ihrough \I a} 27. nw, . . elccted \lerc Ilr'\lheT\ Ibrlao I)uh.ln. Ahm Winfre). Jame<.
M. 1-<1\. an d A. C. ,\I or!!:!n. The rtlllo"mg
were elecled 11\ :LllemaIC~: BrO lheL, John
t.I OIII:Llb;ulo. J r .. Carler 100rd. "1;1)lle
Uuurq ll':. and Koberl B:llChclur.
In our Ithl " I oeal I ine~" 1'1' furgul to
menli'"1 Ih:1\ sum.: o f our mcmhe~ \lere . '
\llIr~ing in l oc;11 I lO, 'Jew Orle:\O, jllri~­
di~'llon. We \\ould li]"e 10 Ihan~ IJ rolher
\/t]" ", I mig and hh otlke~ fur hell'ing us
nlll in ollr lime of new. In the event Ihal
\Ie hale f;liled h I menlion any lOCH I un ion
in panitul:lr, I<e \lould Ii~e 10 Hg:lln
c\pr.... ~ Ollr ~ince re sralilude.
I\UOR\ 1\. PIl.\NIE. I·.S.
Instruction
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Wor k Situation Fair
In La~ e Charles Local
L.U. 116 1. 1. .\1\: 1-: C II \HII S. I \ . \1 our
la,1 rq:ular mceling held nn Ict-onlllr)' .1,
1915. B u,in~...' \Ian-.g.:r H,lrlan Dllhon
reporled Ihal Ihe wor~ ,illl;LliufI i, tlir and
Ih:ll <111 membcr~ \lho \1.101 It> \lor~ arc
wnr~ing. ·1 hi, b an imprmenlcnl o\cr la~t
monlh \lhen lIe had 4) men on Ihe Il00],,.
Brother hflle~ M. hl\ rerurl.:d Ihat Ihe
health ;ond \ldf'lre I'ommillee /l.Id ;1 meclin!! dUrin],! Januar\. tic 'aiiJ Ihc prt'\!r:lflI i~
in good condilion and Ihe ~:.rri ... r did nll'
as]" fur :In inerc;l\(! III CIlnlrit>mil)IJ"
Brother John Barril1eau, 1;31e :1 re['lOn <m
the local relirement plan. BlOlher Ahin
Winfre~ ga\c a reporl on Ihe J A I C. Bu,ine,~ \I .lnager lI "rl;1I1 Duhon re p"rteJ on
Ihe Cenlral Tr:l d e~ nnd I :Ibor (ouncil
meeling. II rolher Dulll'n I'll' ulmninmu~l~
reelected 10 head Ihe e.0"1 prosr:,m for
Ihe coming )C:lr.
Brolher Gerald "hillip~ i ~ \l ill ofr \\orl..
bul is progre~~in g f:lirl y \lell. II j, hopl'd
Ihal "Gerry" \\il1 soun be lible to relurn 10
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larry Helmsbera.'. lell. gaIn" Ihe walehfu' IJ\Ild·
anc. of ;nllrUl;!O' J,m R,d .. nou., local 813,
Kokomo. Ind.
Local in Negotiations;
Work Scene Is Terri ble
L.1f. loin , 1\:01\:0\10. I NI).~We nre ill the
I'fllCe" Llf nl.'{:ulmlilln~. a, of Ihi, wL"llinS. in
I ehrllar). :IIlY il III(I~, :'1' if \Ie Me limns
III go h' Ihe Council on Indu'lrial ReLltion~
10 ·,cllie Ihe rlll:ll i"uc or \lase~. "' u~omo
i~ Ihe IO\lC"iI·paid local in Indiana.
111
Apprcnlice school is jiM aboul ol'er now.
lind :. lot of our apl'renlices are h;lving a
IBEW Jou.n .. 1
50- Year Member
Instruction
Fo ..... r bus,ness manlll'" 01 Local 9]3. Jackson.
M,d•• Hank Foor. '''Bhl. p,esenls Brotll.. Watt
Gardr!er h,s p,n for 50 y"ars o f s"N"e to Ille
(BEW.
received their canis. Brolher Whilc ~e t lip a
program fur membe,,' "h'e,. and 'IJ f;lr :!9
ha\'c compleled Ihe fil"\l-aid (:tJIII'C. Con·
.gralU1:l lion ~ 10 all "ho h;lIe teCe iHd their
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ca rd~.
Apprentice ROOdy Mul~, lelt. ~nd loremln JIm
• SeOIi eumlne the blueprint for the elec:triClt
con.l ruc',on jOb tlley a'. completing
Kokomo
H,.II Sc:llool.
I'
rOlll;h ,ime geuing Iheir
orr~.
dlle 10 'he
lack ("If worl in Ollr juri':>l.lielion. Worl righl
no\\ i.. lerribk and it reOlily doc,n't lool
gOO<J for 'prinl,:. We hal'e al 1.'.1\1 (me-third
of our worLinll for(:e on Ihe benth.
Wh ile \\e :m: on the 5ubjcct of our
- apprentice.. I would lile h,) thllnl the
KoJ../Jmo rrilll/J/(' for a fllll-p<ll>e ;.rticl~ on
our "pprent icc~hip prognlm. Ja lc(j l\ulember 2-1.
AI ollr December meeling IH Ilae prolld
tu hOIHlr ('hud Garrison "ilh Ihe III1'W
Lift-S:I".ing Aw,.rd. Chud "lI~ un a job
when a power auger swung lIrOllnd and hil
" :1 ro:lI~J" worlcr (nol anulher ele,,'rici:m),
lnoeling him ullCon!tCiuu5. Dlle lu Chu(:l \
r quicl thinling li nd aC liuns a m:IO", life
~aled. ' -rom Ihe man saled :lnd Ihe lucal
union Ih.mks. Chuck.
D IS COU(.IIII" " S.
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Busine ss Manager Retires ;
Brother Gets 50-Yea r Pin
l.U. 933, JACKSON, l\I1 CII.- Bro lhel' II .
N . ··'·Innk " h l\)!", who had bcen the bu~ i ­
ne~s man ager for II! YC;lrs. decided 10
_oF s.:: mi.retire and did not run for rcelectlOn in
Ihe mO!>t reee ni (lc(:lion.
IJ rolhcr I'oor, before Icaving onke. had
the honor o f prf:lt,Cming Brother Walt Gardner hi 50-)ear pin. Afler tr)'ing. "llh no
.'iucce\~. 10 SCI Wa lt. 10 our annu,ll oJinrKr-dance Hanl made Ihe prescnt:llion at
Walt·~ home.
"l
our new bll\incss manager. I'. W. While,
hOis madc II eoncentr.llcoJ cffort 10 encollr)- age Loeill 933 members to cam :1 fiN':l id
card . We have a 10lai o f 34 membe r, who
have compleled Ihe Red Cross cOline a nd
I
April .
1975
Local 933 wi~he~ 10 thanl ~bter IlIe:.I~
Ihal arc prOliding wurl for ,ome I,f ollr
member~. \hulll 40 percem nf nur member-hip h on Ihe benth :,t Ihi~ "riting, and
\\Oe don'l e\jlCcl lhms' III get better hefore:
summer.
10"'" f'1lj"O\\Sj"I, R,S.
Work Very Slow In
Local 941 Area
FL.\ .-Wurl is
Icry ,10" 10 tJur area. a~ II i~ in many
:lrc'I'. ;lOd \\e ",ill e:~fl'Ct;t thin!;' 10 piel; up
all oler \\hen )OInity returns lu the bl"in~
<'cene.
l or man) of UIIT people 1975 i<, going 10
be a trial u f p;ll icn(:e an d financi:11 endurance. II will he h"w we. lhe 1111 W, hold
ullr ground again~1 the nmehele, of
bllre;lUcraq thm are (:horping u\ to our
~nee,. II "i ll be nur o" n aClion~ Ih:1I ~a\'e
liS again~1 Ihe greed, s.::1fi~hne5S. :lnd bu ngling_
II h;l' hecn obscf\ed by many Lno"ledge:Ihle pe......,n~ Ihul "e could price ou~ll'cs
out of Ihe hu,in .... \ in a"Lmg for pay
increa~_ Thh m:ly or ma) not be Irue.
depcndmg upon many lariablC';. When "e
o.::anOl)t depend upon ftlir pllrcha~ing
becll."e o f ramp;m!. uncontrolled pricegou!;ing. and Ihen Il,le the r,ll' for the
cOllntry\ "oc~, ,,0: wondcr.
Hull' can o llr f;lir con tr;tC I ,)r~ bid new
work for u ~ whe n Ihey dLl no l ~ n l)w fro m
day 10 day :Iboul matcri: tI ~ cmh? And
the,e ,arn e electrical wpplles :I(~ being
dcla)cd and fin:llly dam;lsed upon del ive ry
bccau,e of incompelcnt;c. When "C accep t
Ihew ~itual ions apal helital1). \\0: nol only
prOlcct Ihe perpelrators bul pul our Q ..... n
familles on Ihe firing line 10 be chopped
do"n.
r uc;.da)'. hnuary 14. "a~ a momen tous
oc(:asion at Ihe tounhouse in Brandenton,
H orida. Opponcnt5 and proponenh of the
in,I:llIatinn of :m oi l refi nery al I'or! ManaICC made the cont rover;ial issue, Many of
the otli cers lInd men of LLX:al 9-11 , Olher
L .U.
9~1.
IradC"onl\:n :md bthincs.,mcn. plus Ihe .,:amut
of politician" reporten, and photogfllpher,
"ere there.
Prot>"bl, the mos t ridiculous ar~umenl
again~l the r.. finer) was made by :1 freelance do--gooder \\hn argued thai Ihc :lrea
did nol need the ecnnomic )hOI·in·the-ilrm
that Ihc n:fim'lY \Hml.! hring. 1-11' intimlltcd
thaI mir,ltle, (rtlm W:"hington "c(>lIld po,~ibly ~ulvc Ihe ,Ireu\ fina nei.11 problem' in
two tu Ihl'c~ )C.II"."
If our mcmher, llil ano" thi, n'lIi"n
would lale :I' mu.h inlerc~t in 101,::11 eeunomil', .1' h." t"tcen ,h,,"n by ' uo.:;ll '.141.
maybe "e ,.mld help rClene the Ircml ,,0:
arc in in,tead ,If 1\:liling fur miracle' (wm
Wa"hingll>n.
Our dcepc,1 ') mpathy is e'lended 10
Bukh 'Id Cltd Iln Ihe pa~"nJ; of hi~
mOlher.
Bob Ad .. 01' ha\ been di,chargcd frum
the ho\pit'll uflcr .1 IIceL or ~o. I1 tlpcfully
elerYlhinJ; i, LI~U~.
S.. rely on the job " ~ ! ill and "ill ,tI\\:,}',
be a grc;.. (:c1I1<.:el'O to our people. II hn~
l'omc 10 nur llllel1tion tlwt in O1:m) Me",
o f thc bu,inc\, \afely h;h been givcn llilly
lip ~er\'icc. When ';Ifcl) is nol e n ror~cll hy
the people \.h" are respon5iblc fur it.
thing, cnn he \cry Un(:omforlablc for nil of
us.
WorL j, \1011' in our arca. a~ il i\ in
many area\. nnd "e "ill CXpecl Ihing\ 10
pid up ,,11 oler IIhl'n Slmily relurns \0 tho:
bll~ine\~ ,cene.
W. "HIL L" AOOlooS, 1'.5.
Honored
S \R \ 5TOA,
L~~~~:::~~
Brothe r
se~led. ""as
ship pon. SlIown
teft.. and J,m Whylf.
Retired Local 965
Brother Honored
L.V_ 965, I\1.\DlSON, WIS.- Retired
Brolher Leo Marlelod.:: was the honored
g u e~t ill Ihe October mcc ting o f th e !'ort tlg!!
unil. h ll nL Rndnn l, local uni on E ~eeu tive
"
lIo,lrd mcmber fro m thc Portas~ unit. and
llnit chair man o f the Portage unit Jim
Wh}le prf."le nled Leo wi lh a 50·)ear m EW
membership pin.
Leo "as initiated into Local 13:' in
1923 an d transferred I(l Local .130 in 1926.
In 193 1 Leo went fa rmi ng at Rh:e I." " e.
Wiscon~in and renmined on particip.Hing
"i[hdra"al until 1936 ~hen he joined
Local 965 a~ an emplo};:e of the Wi-cfln,in
I'ower <~ Light Company. Len retir;:d ffl)m
th;: pcr..i tion of c\cetri!.:'ll ,er\'icem:m in POftage on JlIne 30. 1966.
Local Union 965 joim with th~ P,'rlagc
unit ill wi,hing Leo Mandod-. go~'I.I he;llth
lind m:my happy rctirem.:'n! ye'lr~.
The landslide of new, ilem, frum Olh;:r
IInih of the 1("';11 uninn. :1\ :mtl":l[,>ateli
man) n)(1I1Ih, ~Igo by the local lI ll il'll policy
cnmminee. has nol de\eluped. I pre'lime
Ih,' ..... member~ arc bll'y icc Ii,hing or
,no"mo!>iling. or arc :mtidpating ;111 early
,pring ("i,hflll thinling) and lire gelling
golf and Ii-hing eqllipment inlo ,h;lp~. Nevenhe!,::\\. ,ugge,lion<; from the unit. loward
impr~l\'in!; <lUr new, eommunic;lli,'n dwnnel~ \\ill Ix greally appreci;lled. (Drop dead
kiter- \\ill be relllrned "p{l~lagc dlle" to Ihe
-ender.1
\ ,ummar)' of Iht commen" \If Ihe
member, of L\)Cal 9f)5 i, factual ;lntl 10 the
poinl. Pdee, and cu,h are !.:untltllling to
incre;l'e \\ hile Ihl.' l'ConOrll~ i, 'Iill in a
do\\nlllrn. rhe da~, .. head arc 1101 Ihe mo<;t
!,rOlni'ing. Would 'lOme Florida I\rolhers
li"e 10 lnllt.: the opporlllnil) I" ,unb"lhe
for a week for ~ood Wi,consin icc fhhing'!
JOI. Snw .... s. !'.S.
New Officers of Local 968
Take Office
L U. 96K. 1'/\ IUiE RsnUItG. \\ .\',\ .-Thc
ne" om~c" of Loc.. 1 ')6!:'- h;j\": ,,!t-e;llly
be~'n ,woln 11110 olfl~'e und arc pl'rfnrming
Iheir dutie,. The nc\\l) electe\[ Illlker, arc
Pre~idl'nl Jumc~ OOI'KlIl. Vice r rc~idcnl J .
I) . .. Win .... rh.)m!"on. Financial Secret"r}
;lllli illl,inc" l\1;lOilga Wi!li;,m \' . --!lill-~ I rc,. [re:Nlrcr Verncr Alc\:lnder. Rccunling S~~relar)' Bob Cool. F \eclllhl.' Ho,lrd
m..:'mbcr- hl.'d flower,. Chur!e, (iragg.
(arl GrifHn. and C. R. Brown. ;lOd I \nmining BIMrd mcmhcr .. H. W. Budk). ClayIOn W. ( iriflin. E. B. l~ill1e. /\. V. IllllC,
;lIld "Icd W":;lver. SineI.' Ihe elc~li,m. Bob
C..o!.. hu, re';gned u, rc~ording -enelilfY
;lIld runner ,caetar) G. 1 . Cunner \\ ill fill
\lUI Ihe lerm.
Hmlhrr !Ja .. le)' Brll. \\ho h:ul ,ened a~
prc,iJenl of LOl;nl 9f)!<: for IllHlly ) ears.
decided tu I " ~C " bre,,1.. fronl hi, m;IIlY
)'ear- uf unl.1O actiYilie~. The Brolher, :I' it
group commended Brother Bell for hi~
d.:\oll-o <;er\'ice to his locul union.
We I.'njo) Ihe klier, \". fccei",! from ollr
Ill..:mber.. whn arc lravcling "nd if [con
Ile:"'cr kcep' on invilinJ; the member, 10
\i,it him in California. we :,11 rna} ju,1
drop in ~()me l ime. Leon. \\e all hupe )('u'rc
enjoying every minUle of Ihe Ihing~ )ml
"rile about.
We receive.1 a nice letter :11'0 f"um
Bmlher IIi!! H:lmilllJn !lud "Spud" Gainer.
\V.: ill'e al",,,}) gli.d to he:u from :111 "f YOIl
,lOd gl;ld to hear YOll're {;el1ing alung \\ell.
At Chrblmn~ li me the IOC;ll ,!elhered
Chri' lm a~ b;j ~!..e t ~ 10 our re ti red members,
Ilhahled members. :tod wi do\\~ o f our
dccea,ed mcmbeN. AI Ihi~ bu~} lime of Ihe
)~;lr \\e would havo: lu\ed 10 get Ihe \\ hole
gilng !Ogcther un d d i~u~~ old lime, bul
lime mO\'e~ on Hnd the lea,t \\e can 110 is
wbh Ihe bc~t of luc" Hnd happine~, 10 all
our remaining Brothers, "ido"" and
Christmas Party
orph:lO~.
We all 1001.. fUf\\ilrd 10 our day (If reliremem bul, truthfully. I' m nfr:lid there i~ a
101 nf f~lIow\hip left unnOliced. 1l1e pasl
year quilc a few of OUT m~mber, :1I'e being
mi,>,cd on Ihe job :lIlt! ;It Ihe meeli1l1;" Sure
we ...·e mi,~ell you. ClHrnfd /-I urst. C. A.
I>,cl.ering. II. T. Cain. Rober! I\ulram. M.
F. O"en'. hcl.. ~ I anlcy. Wnlter Hardey. B.
F. Jone,. ;end D. 0 Jen!..s. You'fe 1974
relirc..:, but you·1t ,lI\\;IY' be mi"ed alllong
Ihe gang. I h'::,e ,Ire r.::gular. early. and dbabilit}' retirement>. and mlly God be \\ilh nil
of }<OU.
The pa~t )enr has tul..en il<; toll :unong
OUf Ilrothcr~. Brolher D:iVill T. Gorrell. Sr.
pa,,>ed away Iln May
1974: Brolher
1I 0I'I-:lr(l Clwl1ccy ('n Ocluber 5, 1974: and
(":lrI 1 ,milam on J;lOUar) .I. 1975. Many
memorable word~ could be ~rillen of these
Br\'lher~. btll to ,mn ;1 up \\e all mi~) Ihem
~ery much.
Wt: have guod il1\(:nlio05 or sending :l
brief monthly leller 10 Ihe lU1/1'I1II1 from
now on \\ith informaliol1 anll nc\\, of happcnil1:;s in Ihe 'lre;l of I,ocal 961(. Ihc Ohio
Vnlley. If Ihe member~ \\ill prt1\ide a,~iSI­
iln~e a~ 1\1 \\(lrlh\\hile inf~'rnmlion. O. B.
l~ichanl"m <Inti I wilt ,~.: Ihal Ihe new, lelIcr will be ,lv;lil"ble ,I, dl.',ir.::d. P icasI,'
(llIeot[ )'011' III/ion meeling,.
J "-'I~S "-. LO\[L! .. I'.S.
local 910. K~lso. longvi~w, Wuh. held its an·
nual Christmas Pi"ty. He'e are ~ome of Ihe
big .Ids. Presldant Noel Searcy, Russ Brenner,
Mrs. Bill Hart , Tom Brenner, and Denise Hlrt.
_
~
Local 970 Holds
Annual C hr istmas Party
I .. U. 970, KI~ I.SO-LO N G" I E W. W \ SII.We h.-ld our :lOnual (hri~tma .. p;lrl~ on
~:lIufda). Dec.::mlxr 21
F\er) )eur the
P:II I) gel\ bigger and bellc·f.
We had apprO'l:imalely 1i0 kid~ al fhis
year\ Plllty. and a lUI of big lilt~ \\ho
brou£hl Ihe lillie "id,. BC'oide~ Ihe I'le'>Cllls
e;ll'h une !>rt)lIght for hi\ lid... the 1\lCal had
1\\0 or three olher pre~enl) 10 "".I- lefto\'.::rs from donation~ 10 Ihe Tom Llrenllcr
I' und fUIllIll:!!;':: ,ak.
The locnl furni"hed Chri'lma~ ~I(II.;"ing~.
icc cre;rm. ['top. !.:ookie\. nnd (olTee for Ihe
big. I..id\. Jnhn Mo~~ did hi~ u~ual e'\l:elleOl
jub a .. $.'lnla Claus. The pk· tur~.., "ere In!..en
by Brother K. W. Bell.
D,II' j \C()lt~. I'.S.
Work Sce ne Pretty Good
In Pan ama City Are a
L. U. 100 1. 1',\ :"',\;' 1,\ ("[T\'. F1 , \ .-11 h;1S
been 'everal yl"U'\ 'Illee \\e sent ;1 letler to
Ihe latmwl, ..0 we \\ill r~port our liltesl
ne\\, and tf) 10 be more acti"e in the
fuwre.
Wnrl.. hot, been pretty g()(lol\ in our :lfea
fur Ih.:: p:"t 1\\0 )e;u·,- mo,\!y pulhllinn
conlrol worl ill Ihe IwO I"lper mill~ :111(1
une powcr plant. We aho hml Ihe Nuclear
Power Product'> ptunl \\ IIh Dlmcan !-Icelrie
Com pan) , \\ hich la~lcd aboul 10 months.
These are scenes of Santa Ctaus and the .Ids.
All our member, "110 hn\'e \\antcd 10 work ,
:lrc worl..ing :11 home. ulung wilh tr:lydcrs
occiI,ionally.
-We had b;ld news on Ihe line ~ide
recentl~. J' ur the fir>t lime in Gulr Puwer
Company hi~tur)'. it ga\c II non·uniun contractor Ihe elmtracl for 27 mile~ of tran~- ""
mi"ion linc.
In nllr la\{ eleClion of oflicer~ Ih.: foll()\\-'
illg Bruth":f~ "ere clecl.:d: b ille, E.
-- fl uddy" Cl.::\\i~, financi ;ll ,ecl'clary-bll,ine~ "
man:tger: Ch:;rlic Morri,. pre,id~nt: Charle~
S... weiL \ice prC'>idenl: I cddy Bland. Ireu,·
Ilrcr: :,nd L. F . B.,,1c)'. recording wCrI.' IIIf}.
F\eculivc I\":lrd member; arc J im Jenning~.
(,,,ley Gwaltney, DllUghl~ Gilbert. Elli, Jenning'. R. T. Hutchins. Roberl FemiC'. ;md '"
Bubby Church: and EXa rllining Board melllber" R:lOd:11I Lundy. SHm j ohn'-l)n. Carlton
18EW Jo u, nC/ 1
CommunilY \cr\ic~ eonlnt illec was ablc [0
pu rchn..c :molher y,hcelehair. and also help
~me of our Brolhers "ho ncedf"d ~pcciul
medical equipmenl. Any IIrolhcr in need of
,ueh eqllipment ~houtll contael Pre~iuent
Fi ~her. If il e:m be gOllen. he'lI gel il.
La,1 m,II1th's nI}\tery man \\a~ T.
Kumig;l,
We e,'end "i~hcs fur a speedy reco\Cr)
10 Ilwther M. (iallagher, "ho recently
under\lcnt \urgery.
God g;)\e man Iwo end" one to sit on
:1I1d une tu thinl. \l ilh. Sueee~s depend, on
which end ){)u u~e the mo~\.
Unlit n"t month. lcep "miling.
('1I\1t1 rs J . LOIIIIIII, J II., 1'.5.
Officers
.,
r
f.
I·
Shown a.e office •• 0 ' Local 1001. Plln~m. CII)" Fla. L.tt '0 rIght a.a Ex.cutive Soa.d
R. T. Hu tchins, Ellis Jennings. Dou81&1 GllbeM. Coley GWlltney. and J,m JennIngs.
Mlnalle.·Flnanclal Sec,e ta,y Jlme. [. "S"ddy" ClewIS. V,ce President Charles Sowell.
Cha.lle Morr;s. T.enurer Teddy Siand. [XlImlnin8 Soard membe.s Randa .. lundy. Sam
and Cerlton lovel!.
Andy J))' '''e~, lind Noel ("[,Irl., J r.
Mem bcn. of 1.0000:tl 1001 "cre ,HtJdened
hy .he feeent dell.h\ of re.ired member
~ UOf:,(:e Thornc. Sr.. "ho p:I\~cd 1t"lly on
No\cmhcr 26, 1974. :1111.1 Hro[her A. \Y.
" P;lPPY" Kemp. \Ioho p,,,..eu :t\lo,.y nn J;II1Uary II. 1975. The'e twu Urolher) :Irc ureply
mi,~eo.l by :,11 \Ioho I..ne\lo Ihem.
In OclObcr. for Ihe fir,t lime in )e:,r), "I.'
..igned our indlJ~lri:l1 (on.rael \Ioi.houl going
10 Ihe coundl. We gOI 80,' per Iwur. rai.ing our scale 10 $K.25, pith 30.: hc,lllh anu
\Iodfare.
We lire loolins fOf\lard 10 ollr fir" Pllrly
in :, number of yea". A commillee ." planning a fi,h-fry :1110.1 \Ie \\.-ill honor nllr member. \lilh badge of honur pin~ 111 Ihe parly_
CII\II LI.s O. CIlIS.NUI, 1'.5.
I·
I.
1.0\.:11.
~
r
l
Her. ts one of the man)' sc.eens .h.1 . " pull.d
up from Il"Ie pit and 1"I0ied down and Ic •• ped.
Mystery Man
Who is 11"1;$
Presldenl George FI,her. Loca l
' .nd, NY. ,nswers I quesllon al
many com .."ne. m •• hnS' over
presides.
Long Island Scribe
Gives News an d Views
I•. U, IO~9 , LO'G ISI.,\1'\ I), "'. \ ', I ir~1
of ;.11, 'ole thanl. the ItrOlher) \lho helped
\lilh [he o.lon:lliun~ f.,r Bruther 0reg
\l lCUrnll.el: of [he tmmporlaliun o.lep:lrtmen\. \Ve hope Brolher \lcCnrnl;Jl:l.. \Ioill be
"ell and ab!.: 10 relurn h, "urk ~oun
On behalf o f :1 11 Ihe friends :mu Brothers
uf II . R o~borg, I "oulo.l lilc 10 e~pre" ull r
deepe~ 1 ,)'mpilihy 11.1 hi~ fnmily.
" it true Ihl.t Ihe nur,e~ \\.- ho volunteered
Ihei r time for .he bluod bank h;lo.l 10 buy
April , 1975
Officer of Masons
....--- A Job
At Meeting
r
••
memben<
Suslnu.
p.lllden l
Jol"ln.on.
Iheir I."... n lunche~ in Ihe company cafcle,
ria'i I)"n't }Otl Ihinl.. Ih:II'~ earr}inj,l !lungs
" lillIe lou far?
rhe election of our union officer<; is upon
I" once again. and I hope Ihc fulluwing
"ill ;I,·t a~ a guide fur thc nomince~: Dcar
Luro.l, in the baltic ,hmugh life. I :,,1.. bill a
field th,,' b bir anu ;1 chance Ihat i~ equal
"ith ;,11 in ~Irife. If I "in. leI my (ode be
one of faith. \lllh honor held hil;h: and if I
~h()uld 10'>1:. let me ,tand by Ihe fOau anll
cheer a, the winner; 1;0 by.
We h,,\"o.' h"d a r:t,h uf :Icdden" lalely,
and \Unte o f Ihem \Iocre ..crimi<,: '0 let\
m;.le :.n c,tra elror! 10 male the n'~' of
Ihi' )eiIT accidenl·free.
Pre, ident Gcorge Fi\her informed th e
llI ~rllbcr~ hip at Ihe gellewl mecling Ihat ollr
J . Joswick, press secretary 01
I Ill'. [hnbelh, N.J .• shown h"re. was
... centl~ 1n"alled as the Wor.l"liplut Mesler of
R• ., t.n lodee 61 Free .nd Accepled Masons,
Members Retire; Scribe
Elected Officer in Masons
Lt', 11 3-'. ": U ZAIIETII , NJ.-Brulher
John W,III1, ;. sub~t:uion Ira'eling operalor.
\1.1> huntJreu at :1 retirement party held nl
the Uru,Lo.ly,a)" Inn. I'erlh Ambo}, New
l ersc) 011 l)ceember 27, 1974. John h:1U ,Ij
}car~ of ..er-iee wilh Ihe CtJmpan} <lnu \\[I~
;, ehMtcr memhcr of L«al 1134. Brother
Widt/; \\;1, prc'>Cnled \,i. h :I \\;ttch in~rihcd
'" I rolll )Ollr frienlls al 1'<"1 &G Co." :lI1o.l a
plllqllc III [he (onclu~illn of a Teall) li ne
l'ol"h.\I)1c rull',1 hcef dinner. II rolhcr Jllhn
I i~hal y,u~ ch;lirm;m (If Ihc commluee:
ul her cummiuec mcnll"ler~ \lere Dlln
,\lei can, loa,'ma'ter, Ru\\ lIiSJ:":ins. (jus
Oppel. ami hi Ri J;b).
IIlolhcr I L1gcnc Sie\scl also relireo.l in
Dcc"mlxr, 197-1. Brulher Gelle had :lIl;lined
31 )ear, "ilh Ihe eu mp;II1Y. He "as
cm plo)eo.l as a ~eniee dispatcher :md "a\
abo a chaner member uf Ihe loc:.1. T he
bc~[ of Illel 11.1 bolh of Ihe,e BrOlhen-. Mny
Ihcy ha\c lonl;, health), ano.l happy remement).
Bruther Philip MeVay "as gh'en n di,:"
bilily pensilJn in OclOber, 1974. Phil had
opcn-hc;lrt SLlrge!) perr"rmcd la~t summer
and I ,1m happy 10 report that he is o.loing
fine. IIc hll\ been a member of our 1«,,1
for 23 )ea"
It 1\ y,lIh greal honur am.I pride Ih"t 1
rcporl Ihal I hit,e been inSlalled a, the
Wur,hipful M:ls.er of Raritan Lodge 6 1,
h ce :UlU AC(ep'ed Mllsons. Peflh Amoo;,
Ncw Jer,c}. ' Inc installati un ceremony look
place on January 9, 1975. There were
.
Retirees Honored
Left to Tight arll Joe Rose. John Wetu. and
Bob Me ... tl.
:Ipprllximalely 200 members nml vi,ilur~
pre,enl. Brolher J uhn Colusardo of Ihi~
loc;11 "as in~tnlled as marshal. The loc;11
pre<;idem, Fd Ba~t, and his 10lely Ilife were
al'l> there. I wuuld m,e 10 ta~e this lillie to
than~ nil Ill)' co· .... or~ers who nUended nml
pr~~med me with the finc gifl.
See lOU at Ihe next union Illeetinl!.
EIlW"RO J. J051\1('1;. I'.S.
Local 1 141 Holds Annual
C redit Un ion Meeting
L.r '. 11-11 . OKI.I\ 110'\IA
e rn'. OKLI\._
O~I:,homa
City Loca l 1141 held it\ annua l
credit union llle<.:tinl,!: Friday ni~hl. h,n uary
24 ..... ith a great many member, and their
fumilie, in llllend:. ncc.
If yuu don·1 beillng to the credit union.
}"U are missing an e.\ cellem opportunit) 10
e;orn it higher rule of inlerest on your saving, :" well :.s a lower charge for inlerest
lln ~(Hlr loans. Tll join Ihe trcdit union lOU
simply IlHI5t fill Ollt an npplication al the
credit IInion onice :md purchase onc 5,00
!>III ins, share if lOU arc a membcr of Ihe
local IInion, Thi~ establishes your aCtOlint
tu \lhich you rnay ;,1.11.1 saling, or :Ipply for
:1 10;111. The neXt time moue) malll'fS arc
inlohed. Ihin~ of the adv:mtages (,f our
feder:.lly chartered and in .. ured crcdit
200 new members. We need you: let"s work
for our common cause,
Congratulations :.re in order for George
Allen, Lind .. Waldrop. Thelm:. Bord, :.nd
J ames J:tdson. \lho gn,dualed frmn Ihe
Memphis AFL·C IO L,bor Council".. tf;,illillg eoune in DeCember. The) recehed
Iheir certificales :lIul will be of "cnicc to
their fcllow \lorkers. Wllh unemplo)mCnl
gro .... ing. Ihese coumdor.i \lill he nnle 10
help the unforturl:ltc victims of la}olT .. find
the nid that is :I\'ailllblc to them and their
f:imiliC\.
December"~ plan~ f(lf ollr local tu prepare and dclher Chri~lm3~ ba"~l.'h h, needy
ramilie~ \las a gre:lt wcce's. Appw\lmalcly
S3.QUO worth of grocaics wa, di\trihutcd to
needy families, We thank ench onc who
h~lpo!d in Ihi~ "ol'th\lhile project.
I- ur !>Orne lime \Ie h:1I1:' hnd a r.:!>id ... ncy
suit \lhich stales. " lIereafter all p~r)Uns
employed solely by the City of Memphi~ or
any 'lf ils departmcnt', bureau" or cnmmis·
~il)n' ,hall be re<llIired to live in and main·
t;liu a residence \lithin Ihe bo"nd;,rie~ ()f the
Counl} of Shelb). a\ nUll dcfinl.'d or a~
!lillY he hereafter defined, ex.:.:pt th;1I the
IJuard of Cummi,~iuner' of the Cit}' of
Mcmphi, may exempt therefrum employees
in all)' divbion. depMlmcnt. or hure~Hl
\lho:.c dUlies as emplo)l"l.'s of ~ueh departmenh, burea,,~. ur conlll1issioilS require
them to perform \ef\ices for the city OUlsille of the lerritorial !imil~ Ihereof.'·
T he union·s 51tl nd W~IS Ihal ;1 11 MlGW
employces shuuld be ()(empl from Ihe pro·
lisions in Ihal i! deals with person,
emplo)ed solely by the Cit y of Me mphi, or
an) of il5 deparll11cnt ~, bureaus. or comm;,siun,. We arc none I)f these and \0 'hould
not be restricted Ily the requirement. A
r"lin~ and interprclatilll\ hy the chancellor
did nol end Ihe nmlll.'r a~ far :IS \Ie \lere
concerned. The union hns vOled 10 la~c this
mailer 10 the Stale ~upreme Courl.
D~, the year !97S find you ,nHl~ing~
YOII lnow you ,hOlildn'l be puffing hilt ~tilJ
arc? Well. if you gUll;, \lno\;e. ,leer clear
of Win)lun. Salem. Camcl. Vant.'!,!e. lind
Oon,1 cigarettcs ;.Ion{: ..... ith I'rince Albert.
Georg~ W;lshingtun, ;lnd Cnrter Ha!1 '1ll"~'
ing wi1acclls. Thc~c arc llOt union-malic, If
)011 !!ulla puff, at Ica)t p\lrcha,e unlon",<Ide product).
CIlUIII'i I(nll ROW, I',S.
Fifteen G raduates Honored
By Wilkes- Barre Local
t.l '. 1319. WII.K.-.s· n l\RnE. I'A.- It
hn~
been ,ome time )ince Lllcal 1]19 W';l) fl'P'
resented in "LtX:al I inc,." It seem, \\~' ha'l!
something of ionpurtance to repon eH'r)
couplc uf year) llnd 197.1 \las one I1f tho'>!!
)eal'>.
On Ik<:enlbcr 7. 1974 Ihe annual buffel·
d,\Oec ":IS u~cd to honor :,p prenl k~ gr:,du-
Graduation
,
unllm.
M :LllY !hanJ,;~ to our Ladie-;, Au\i1iar) ;md
;, '>pecial Ihml~S 10 Mr~, Gru)ce Ste\,ens
lmd her family fur "II !he twrd wor~ they
did Muund Chri.. tnm~ time. seein!! thai all
uf our members ..... ho arc sid or injured
recciled a \cry nice :llo.'oortmenl of food for
the huliday season.
Brother John J ewell . who recelltly suffered a hearl atHLck, has re,i~lIcd from the
apprenticeship committee. We :Ire vcry
..orr) to 1000e Brother Jewell's ~erl ice;; on
the eommiuee. We \lish him a 'peedy
reCl)\ery and hope by the time Ihis ;micle
is in prinl hc will be blltk al work.
,\lIention, Brolhers. }'our presence is
nl'Cded to help eonduel the bu~in~s of our
local union al Ihe first and third Frida}
nip.hl meelings elleh month. Brotherhood is
:,I ilc and \lell in Lac:.1 1141.
Jt)o.t MONnIT!! , P.S.
Pictured IIere, left to rllhl, are tile I,,,dual" and committeemen 0 1 Local ]319. Wilkes·Barre, Pa.:
f,onl row, Theodore Olenick, Jr, . Robe,t Owoiewski, Stephen Harriman, Duane Swantkowski, Robert
Urban, and Buslnen Manage , A. Ha.zlnskl; second .ow, Percy O'Neal, assistant directo' o f NEAT:
Eugene Lambe .... commit tee member; Jamu Bojonny; Robert Burlon: Keith Su tton: Ger31d Wh,te;
Chlltes Sli ' ~er. comm,nee member; and Thomas Kenney, dl'eClor 01 Nortlll&Stern Joint Apprent,ce.
ship and Training Commillee •
Memphis Local W elcomes
200 New Members
L.U. 1288, ~n: ~lI' IHS, T ENl\·.- We "elcome our many new membcr~ inlo lhe
local Ihis month, We gained apprO\imalel)'
"
At thll ceremonies we .. retirees HOwBrd Jones.
Clement Kisallu s. and Elml r NaSI. shown here
1,1\ 10 riglli.
The Apprentice COmml!!le membe .... lel1 to
righI, 8re T. Ke nnly, dlrecto' of NEAT: Business
ManalO ' A. Han:inskl ; EUlene umberl: Pr<lSI·
dint Cha,ln StIt~er; Percy O'Neal, asststan t
director: "00 K.. n W"t50n.
ISEW JDu,nal
0(
ates. 1'\\0 hund red peo ple "'erc presc nt al
• the affa ir and from ull reports a ll c njo~cd
Ihe re~ t h jIlt'S.
The affair "' as he ld :11 the HOII.'I Sterling.
Willn- U:lrre, ]'tnnsy h an;a and nine of the
15 graJO :lIe~ \lcre able 10 be pre....- nl "jlh
us.
I
The~
are
James
l!.ojonny,
Robert
8unon. Ra)mond Clielner. Robert D\\(J;c",,,l.i, Stephen l !arriman. Richard Grdln.
"' ThCodOre Olcnicl.. J r .. ThWllurc Son~;tila,
~
\I ichael Stotler. Keith SUllon. Duane
S....antl..owsLi. Robert .... Urban. Geral..! J.
While. Ja mes Wileo" aml Ra)moml T.
Yanu ICliu!.
/\I so
prc!>Cnl
al
the
ulh.ir
Wt'TC
four
membeN \lho rclireJ Ihi, pa~1 }car. They
~ are Elmer N:ht, Ambrose " anI.'. I-I o"ard
Jones. and Clement Ki'IIi1UI, $cT,ice pinS
were prc!>Ct11cd to Ihe af.ITclllcmiuneu. Alsu
20-, 25 ·, :1111.1 30'),C,IT [lin, werc IJillril1ulcd
to Iho~c melllh.:r~ pre'.:nl \\hu h:,d e;,rncd
Ihe m.
We Il uul d li ~ e 10 (1'<' the " Lnc: oI lines"
10 wekulllC ~" new (I1c !l1 l)(r~ of Loca l I l l 9
I' emplo}ces of Ihe foit<ming l·ompanic .. :
Verto CA'I V. Can Ion I dcphune Compan~,
5.!nice ri cclric CA I V, lind I ric ((,umy
Housing t\uthuril~. We \OoOl1 ld l i~e 10 than~
Imern;niolllil Represcnt:ttile, 1\1. N:tmad:ln.
1. Sor-elli, :Ind M. I' rice fur their eITorh
during the urg,tni/ing drilC~.
Worl\Ooio,e. the 1974 picturc y,;.~ nut Icr)
' good :lnd unfllrtunalcl)" the picture for the
)ear 1975 doc,n't Il)'I.Il much heller.
1)1111) BIIILY. ",5.
State Association Of
Electrical Workers Formed
U57, 110",01 l 1.1I. III.- l uclli
fir\1 ,Utte\Ootuc ,""mfcrem:.:, h.:1d al Ihe
• ,\ 13 Moana li uld la,t NU\l.'lI1o.:r. wuched
uff :. 'p'ril of unit) th;lt hure fruit fur the
... IIIl1jor unifieatiun of Ihe Ihree IIl I'\\ IO . . ;lb
here III Il!t y,:lii.
J Hmlllr~ 4, 1 97~ marled Ihe hirlh uf the
Ha\Ooaii 51:lIe As,ucill1iun uf l lecl rical
Wor ~ er~. hcld at thc fHIl1l)IIS W ai~i~i ~hcra­
ton Hotel. IllbW delcyat\" frum Il ul10llll ll
·l.oc;li., 1 1 ~ 6 . 12tlO, :.nd un (many comint,!
f~om Ihe "'"Nidc i,la nd,) \\crc prc,cl1!.
l ho<;c elc":led 10 1I I",()·~ear Icrlll are a,
fol loy,,: presidenl. I'r;mei, Kenned}. l ocal
1260 bU~lIle" m:l1lilgcr: lice pre,iuent. Juhn
H:IO. I.ocal 1357 hU~In(:'~ m,m:lger; and
1 ~ecrclar}·trca'ilrer. ll1:telle I u,ila"a. I oc;iI
• , I 186 bu,me~, mDn:ti!er. I ho<.e ddet,!,ue\
ch<bCn 10 Sl:r\C on Ihe I ~c"culile Iw,.rd are
.... as folJ()\Oo~: George 11lI1!. 10CiI1 1186 ,I:tff
member:
orm:tn Ah:lI"Il'lo. 1IX:lI I ::!6(1
,I:lff memhcr: anu Allen l'erlin~, I ')Cal
1351 prco,iucnl.
The prim,lry ot>)e>.:tiH or tlli\ ne .... org;lni·
lalion i, to pr,ldu,,:: a cohni\e and umfied
~IBI::.W htld). line Ih;11 \Ioill promote Ihe
malerial and IntelicclIMI \Ooe!fare for ;.1/
branche\ of the membcr<ihip. 10 \Ooor~ fOT
the enaClment of JcIlJ~lalion un all lelds of
gowrnmenl.
Recenll)·. 10e:.1 I U7 and Tekphune
Company per'lOnnci re:lehcd lind )it,!ned ;\
lung·pending Il 'ac male rnity .lrUla:l!.'. "he
• agreement ell tl1 l", the lIfrl~lcd 1I,)men from
three tn ,ix wed .. o f nled i~al dhil!>ilit) ben·
efits for mnlernil}· rclatcd cases, depending
L. .
I3S1'~
i. .
I
l
r
April , 1915
o n Ihe indilidu al classific:l1io ns, as outlined
in th e :Igreenle nt.
Three ~I ay,ai i a n Tele phone Compa ny
em plo)ee, are reI iring in "l arc h. S\Ooilehman
George Ca pkncr o f unit I 10:lhu) ..... as
emplo)ed h) Ihc Complln) on Decemher 9.
1946 and y,as initialed into Ihe union on
I\b rch 3. 1947. Si,u:r Emil) l\Ooala. ,\Oouehboard opo::ral0r from unil 4 I Kauai).
enlerw Ihe (omp.·m)" on Oclober 2~ . 1947
ami y,as initialed on March I, 1964. 1 cad·
erm,m lineman Alfred Kanoho. also of unit
4. joined the Company on September 26.
19J2 and \Ooa) initiated on April I. 19SJ.
All arc looling for\Ooard to a y,ell·earned
retirement. and from the IB EW Brother·
hood, lIe Ili~h Ihem a \Ooarm aloh;l.
GEORG E K . 5. I'R UI.I . I'.S.
Sc ribe Feels St at e Should
Have Hea ring Loss Law
1.,11, 1359, e I-l ICAGO, ILL,_AI our t\pr il
lI!lilln meeli ng I overh eard a fell Illen
"~prc~, conccrn olcr p,l rtiu i hcarinll I,,~~. I
'pu~c then and to ld o ( whlll Ihc c"lI1pany
~11t)llld do on fan motors an d pump~. Our
IOCll! uni"," docs not 11a\e a S'lUnu·lclcl
\Ooe norn1:ltJ) ta~e Iheir y,urd for
meIer.
uecihel leleb. They fi£ure prmiding earmufh and e<lr plug, PUI\ Ihcm m compli·
aoce lIilh Ihe OS HA law.
10 ~eep :ttJ Brolhers a\Ooare or IIhal can
I'C uonc. I furthered 01) reloeareh 10 the
Illinois ~ar~'I) and Heahh Act. and in their
puhJi.hed hool I could find nOlhing on
~.JUnu llb.llcment. I Ihen rC"Ceilct! a .:op) of
'!learing lo., Slalul("<; of the Unitctl Slate~
,tnt! C'n,td;•. "' reprinted from Ihe ,".ujll/wl
Slit'"',. \'· ..·r t>y Ihe ;o...Jlional S3fcl) Council. In Ihi, tOP} I found ;I SllrlC) of ~o
'Illle~. (an;.da. Pucrw Rico. and the Di,·
trld of (0Iumbi'I-53 In all \Ooere :t\led Ihi~
qu~"iun. " I, oceupaliunal hearing II", dllc
W ,mlllnucd nui,c e\po~l1re O\cr H pcliud
uf time recugniled :t~ eompen~;lhlc in )Ollr
jllri!>diclion?" l'urt}'lhree ~aid ye,: It) 'aid
no. In fi\e ' l ~tCS the employee mll\1 huvc
Wlal hC;lrinl;l Ims in one (Ir buth ellr,: pHr·
lial 1\)), i~ nOI eum pcl1, ated lind II lillui~ is
tine uf Ihe,e Ihe States. r here were olher
quc~li.lI1' a'~cd cach stale, which I w"n'l
go ;nlu.
Ulllc,~ IIC hn\e :1 mcmher tolnll) deaf in
onc ur h"th car" ,,,: as :t uniun h:tl·c 1l00hing 10 fit,!hl for ill thi, SI:l1e of lIJinoi,. T herc
] here i, no dou!>t Ih.1I Ihe trcnd of ("l(l'UP:I'
lional hc;tring lo,s i\ Oil Ihe ri,e, \I ore "nd
more \1,11.·, ;.re p"'iSing legt<,l;llion for compen~;I\lon. Our )1"le i~ ler)' 1,,( in !"",in1l
I,ll'., lhJt benefil Ihe \Ooor~in\: cla'~ of people
\Ooho ~utr(r indO~lrial h:l7.ard~ for lung and
rauhful ..cnic:e. If lahur did nUl perform,
Ihe) ,1\ leghl,ttoh could not lin:. US.
, he \1 I ·ClO pa~~ OUI CDI' I buo~~ ill
order tu put a pro-wor~ing cla~, of ~,ple
into office. We ,IS members 'iCenl to .,.;orr at
il lind refu">C 10 pa) just 1111) hu~l\ II)
(01' 1 . I thinl y,e all lIould Ii~e to ,ee a
pani,ll compen,able hearing IO'>~ 1:lw in lJIi·
noi~. a large inuustrial stalC a, il I'. If \Ooe
don'l get un Ihe COPE hand y,lIgun and
~tkl t,)geth..:r. it just could become 1110 I:.t(:
10 elen hale :t lIay to gel an) la\Oo' III !ale
care of the orguniud Ilor~iny chi" uf
p<:ople. I" m su re el..,rrone ~no""'~ whal it
II;lS Jile 10 I\or~ fur a Jilin!; in the }eUTS
"I
gone b). The ri gh t 10 org:lnize is not too
old. Big business is light ing li S a ll th e way.
' r1le money is in their hands. The unions
cannOI compete, money· wise, bu t we have
Ihe y,or~ers y,bo are the massc~ thai can
\er)' easily gh'e to COPE. COPE \OoiJl help
II' 10 ,et laws on our Sl31UICS 10 ge t us
eompcn~lion for our panial hearing lou.
GEORGE D L"GU. 1'.5.
Pekin Scribe Recognizes
Three Brothers
L. U. IJ6 1. I'EK I ~, ILL-Your reporter
would li~c 10 tale this opport unity to Sh'c
recot;nilion 10 Ihree BrOlhers of Local 1.16 1
"hI! htne eilher retired from the camp.my
"r gil en li p 3 po,ition in Ihe local union
becauw o f hetllth rea\.On~.
1'lITmcr luc:1I union I' rc~ i dc n ts Charles
G m',\\cillcr and t\rmnnd Ye rglcr ht"'c
t a~en e3rly rel ire ment . :!lld we a ll wi~h
thcm I~c ll . BOlh Armanu an d "Clwcl " !Hl~e
hecn active in loca l uniun :,!f:lirs alnlUsl
"nce Ihe local"s inceplion. Brolhcr (iross·
weHler ... ent on to hecome ~h:tirman of
Ihe S)slcm Coundl U·25. Brolher Yer~ler,
Ilho ~ucceeded him :I~ prl"ldem of I l)c:l1
1161. b.·gan hb first union dulie~ :IS chair·
nun "f the ":lfCI) tOI1Hlliuee. ,md \Ooenl on
to N..'eome ,hairman "f the I \C"Cutile
Uoard lind Ihen president.
I'rnbablr lhe oldC'ot elected offie<:r in
S)~tem Couocil U-1S. unlil he ~tcprocd
dUlln (or hcalth reawn->. y,a~ Don Zimmer·
m.ln. former treasurer of I 01,:,11 I ~6 I. \\ hen
C.)mmony,ealth hlison y,;I~ fir'l or,anizN
t>.td in Ih(' ear:) 19.J.(k il all 1><:1l"n In
l ocal 1.161. and Don 7immerman \00." one
IIf thc fir,' "ffieers ekcled.
Our ",Ier gener;.ting ~t;lli"n of I neal
I 1ft! j, celebrllting ils oUhlanding "CClllll'
pli"hmelll uf wor~inll a million 1Il'In·hnul"li
lIitlwut a di':lb1inll injury. T hi, h"pren, 10
he Ihe ,ecol1u lime Ihe men accompli'hed
Ihi, Hr) uillicult feal. Wc 3JJ conllfUtulale
Ihem.
I n do'inll thi~ reporter w(lUlli li~e to
nUl~e a ~'Hlllllent \In nmalglH1l(l1 i"l1. Bigger
duc~ 110t :.hll'y, I11ca n hClier. Sy'lcm CUlIlI'
cil U·25 doe, an \}u l st:U1din~ joh of colleelive barg:.ining. an d ih 1113kcup of ::!\J I"cal,
rel11;lin. re\pomi\e to it~ mcmbers.
F II.A"(1S 1'. IJRJI"'I~. 1'.5.
Business Manager Elected
To Cleveland Federation
L. U. U77, CI.E\'ELA~D. Oll lO-The
llleml1crs con8ra.lu1:ue I.ht\ine~ \I ;ln;l,er
(artllen Carpinelli ..... ho y,as eJected \Ice
pro::"dent of the Cle\eland AFL·( IO.
lItt1ther CarpmelJi h,t~ I>«n :I \er~ t.clile
Iraue unionht. bel!innin~ II' far I>:ld. a~
19~1 \Oohen he y,:h emplo}ed lI~ an in,pcc1m ;It the Lecte·NeliJie ("ompan). With his
inlere,1 in thc I:lbor nlO\ement. in 1~~6 he
w;.~ "ppoinled b) Ihe f"rmer !>u\ine,~ man·
ager, Peler J . Zic:lrelli. as a bu,ine\$ rcpre">Cl1l:1l1\e and organizer for I I)Cal U77.
I hrullt,!h hi~ eITorts in ort;:lniZlIli!. more
Ih:111 20 new 11111nufaetunng ph.nh y,c re
:Id.led to I utal 1377, which duubled Ihe
~i]e o f the memhcrshi p.
Brother Ctrpinelli has been c!ecleu as a
.,
Awards Dinner
Electea
and methods departmenl, on her prtllllotion
In an oUlo{)f-conllllet position in Ihe Mime
dcparlmenl, l'iJt was a member o f our
Fl(t'Cu\Jle lJo,lrd for !>elt"ral yelLn, IInti l the
tillle of her promoliun. A "oru to thc "i,e
would be. let's lecr Ihe company \ehictes
mOling and not parled in an ohlru,iv('
mann!!r so 11\ nol to r"i ... the Ire of the
Ll LCO consumer.
RICII~RD W. LA .... l. PS,
Thirty-Eight Jobs in Loca l
1385 May 8e Abol;she d
BUSiness Manager Ca,me" C.,plnelll 01 lou'
1317. ClflvelBnd, Ohio hU be,," .I.CI~ ,.ice
p .""denl 01 t he Clev"I,nd "FL-CIO.
BUSIness Manager R,cha.d Founlaln. Local 138 1,
HIck5wllle. N.... ,. cenl .... makes commflntt al
awa.dl d,nner. AI right II p.Hldenl P. Piraino.
dclcg~le
10 the International convcntions
con)Ccutively since 1958. Under former 11'1 Icrn(uion:,1 Prc~idcnl (;ordon " fecUlan, he
\\.,~ :Ippoinled to ..er\"C~ on the lnlernJljonal
l:'.\eCllli~c Council Rcporl Commiuce OIl the
International con\'cntion, and mO~1 recently
:11 the 30[h inlcroational ("nlcnlion. lie
.... a~ appoinlcd by Pre,idcnl Pillard to ~r\(:
on Ihe Hn:mce CommiHc('.
When former B lIsine~~ Manager 7icarclli
retired in 1972, the local r xC'Culilc Board
immediately appoimcd Brother C l rpinelli to
fill the laeanC)'. rccognllin~ lu, .. bility in
Ihe P(I~I and hi~ ~nov,Jcd!;c of Ihe ["boT
IIIUI·cmcnl.
BrOlher Carpinelli MellO .... ')r!. pro\ing
that the F~t'Cuthe IJ.oard had made the
right choice by immedi:ttd)" re\ie\\in~ the
membe rship and the fina ncia l ~truct tt re o f
th e loeal uni~Jn. Realizing the financia l
problem, Urot hcr Carpinelli initiated a ducs
inercll,e, which hnt! bec n at tempted pre·
villu,ly but \\ithuu t succe~~, but with his
dfons ;tnt! goi ng d irectly to the memhe r·
\ hip, he ;)(;:compli~ hed the due, inc rease,
whic h cnabled the 1<X:lllto mo\C forwllrd,
In 1973 Uruther Curpi nelli \\a~ appointed
to fill ~I _acancy a~ one o f the _iee pre~i .
dents o f the Clc\eJ:md AF L·CIO I·edrra·
lion o( La bor; :tbo In 1973. IJ rother Cnrpind li ra n for busine\\ managrr lll1d y,as
elected, In 1974 be ron for rc(.'lection a,
one of the \ice p re~idenb uf Ihe C1c\cland
AF L-CIO and "on b) a large margin,
In 1974 the linton membenhip, r~'\;ot:nil­
in& Ihe bu~i n~s m;m,l,er'~ ability pertaining
I() finances. had the byl~ws ch,mgcu to
combine Ihe oHice of bu~iness manager and
financial secrclal'}'. Again Brolher Carpin(.'lIi
pro\Cu 10 Ihe membership anu the L\t'Culile Board tha t Ihe choice W:b a Ilhe on(.',
an<1 at Ihe dose o f 1974 made the In,1 pa)men! o n Ihe local union ollie\' buil.ling.
informi ng th e mernber~hi p thai ih dd'i ";I~
paid o ff.
1Ii ~ plans for Ihc (ulure will "" h' clc"r
nil debts incurred by the local lIni~!Il, 10 ini·
liate a siewa rds lra ining school. an d w conlinue org:m izinG the tcrritor) he repro:..c:nts.
Ro ... M ill II, 1'.5,
.
Business Manaser Founlaln. 11ft. p.nen ll aWI,d_
10 oUllla"",ns steward. Oon Daley and Mary
... yr..
Execu t ive BOlrd member T. a"l1
an unidenlilied mem ber.
II .hown with
Outstanding Shop Stewards
Of 1974 Chosen
I~ U. 138 1. IIIC KSVlLl. t:. ~. V __Wel1. the
resullS are in. and Ihe mlhl oumandinc
male and female shop ~te\\;Hd, of 1974
hale been cho~n b) a hi-p:mi~lLn commit·
lec. The winner of the Joh n I';uricl Dal)
Memori;1 1 Aw:ord WlIS Don Ollie)" uf Ihe
1':lIcho(/:llC di, trici office of the clI~wmcr
rel alion, ueprtrtment. T he Ilinner o f the
F I~ie
i\le l' herson MCnloriul A",lrd Y,ll ~
Mary Ayres of Ihe h,r Roclay",y ui.,lric i
office or the CUStom\'( re l"lion\ ucpartmenl.
Congr:.llllations 10 Ihe'\C: ~upe rb shop
stewards. Congralulalions al,,) 10 I'at
Clancy of the inform!! lion, S)'Mem plnnning
•
l..ll. 1385. " 1.11 \ ..... ". N, V.-A~ this COlli'
1I111nicaiion i.. hcitt(/: l\Titlt"n, ncgoli,llions
,Ire currcntl) in progres~ with Ihc Ni"gara
Moh,l"l Po\\er (,orpuration and ~)-'Iem
Couneil U-I [ on Ihe \ubJ.·ct mailer of ,.)0
elimimllions or aho.lli\hing as the COntrany
prekr~ 10 lerm II, 1 .~1oI;:al DIfS ha" been
informed that llppft)~imatch 38 joh~ in uur
I<x:ul will be aholished. This figllre, however. b subject to change. Pro'>rcch fl,r the
flllilre tlo not appeal' 10 be \ery hrillhl. as ~.
mnnagCfIl\'m eUl1tinue~ its apparent don '1,h\'-iJ-danm altitude loy,ards the uniun and
Ihe labor agreemenl.
We arc being repreloCnled at Ihc-.c nell(Jlialion\ by Vice "reSldenl James Dunnelly
Ilnu chief ~tc"',lrd Donald 1(;lg.mc. AI'iO
Internalional
Rcpre-..:ntatile
J.lhn
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Md)ermoll, J r, h:h beett assigneu 10 y,ork
y,ith Ihe S)"siem ('(lundl during IheM:
vilall) importilnl di-.cU<'SIons,
h nnl figures halc nOI as )el heen compiled on the 'pcl;i:.1 Cllr[y rctirement offer
by Niagara Muh:lw!. I'oy,er Corpl.lr;L1ion. ~
But n quiel ~uT\lcy of our m.·mber\hip
shoy,s Ihat "ppro\JIll;Llcl> 10 out "f 13
membel'l elcclcu 10 ta~e the oplion (If earl)"
retirement. To Ihem \\e ",ish all Ihe \ery
bt-sl of lucl for 11 long and healthy relirement,
AI Ollr la,t regillar meclittg. conlracl pro·
1l<h:,I, "ere llcccpted h) F xeelllive HoMd
chuirman Pa t rid O' Ruurke. The~e prulHhnh wil l no" he ,crcened an d con,utidatcd
wilh Ihose frum ulher 1<X:1I 1 unioll' in Ihe
f a~tcrn Dhision before being for"anlt'd to ~
SySlcnl Couneil V- II for cOl1sidcnltiun.
We hale been noticing a fe\\ familia r ..
fnces beginning 10 ~how up lIt Ihe regular
monthly meelings Ihe pa~t few monlh,. We
eerllLinly hope Ihis Irend e;l1che~ on :mu
becomes habil·forming. Come Ott .IOlln and
brinll a frien d.
One faee thai "as \(IreJ)' mi"ed at Ihe .
}anuar) meeting "a., thai of I.oe,,[ n8S'~
pre,idem. K1I) LeleHc. "ho \\ll~ h(J~pilal·
izcd "ilh phlebitiS. Ra} is rurrentl) n·cu·
per.lhng al hom\' and e.\pect~ to be hacl al
Ihe helm soon.
J OII'" H . TROMAI'S. JR •• P.S,
Twe nty Laid Off First
W eek of th e New Year
I.,U. I-i02, 1' l rrSIl U I~CII. I''' ,-New~ of
a [,I) off h lllw;I),' dismayin!;. c'pecially
aruund Chri~ l m1l~ holidays. Well. thi' )car
II ~m1l11 1;1)'oir lYa~ held off unt il Ihe fint
"eel in January. T he new year s,'1W aOOm ..
20 workers laid off and told they J
wou ld be recil lled as soon as p<l,~ i ble. A I
J!lEW Jou , " o l
this writing I'm ~ure they a ll h:l\e becn
,. recalled .
,\ Iex Sakal and hi~ f:lmily .... ish to thonk
all tho-.e union mcmbcr~ lind official~ and
ma nage ment ..... ho ..... ere instrumental in
making it pa.sible for him to meet hb.
;tlmOll inlurmountJ.blc mwic;ll bilh of lasl
}'ear.
Many impro\ement~ ha\e b«n nmde
arOllnd our ","ork :.r(',I ~. A new .... ,,11 ","as
pul lip al o ld channel plaler and numbcr
~ one plaler, .... hich rel:lins .... hal hcat is
turned on. making .... orl more comfort;lble.
The r""I1;('<; of .... inlcr ure wme .... h;11 subdued in building I~ ~ .... hcn the doel.. door is
roow opened a ru~h of heal comC'l in al a
greal rlllC. maling it a lmo-.t impt)'o\ible 10
","or~ Ililh the docl door open. Thb .... Ib
brOllllhl ;lbom III grC;lt e\peno;e an d Ihe
worl.e .... in Ihal pro~imity .... hh to thank
\l ldl;md·Roo.~ for ,t .. concern of the work·
Condolo:nces .... ere olTcred ttl Mllrlha
Au:,"". 'Whose futher died, an d hI Stele
T aIlC;ifI. 'W hO'\C f:lther·in·I:lw died. I .... ;I~
~a dd ened by the ..lc;lth of Herh Scnull!S.
r .... u dn), before hc died I ~IO\II.I Ihere rC:ls,
~\lring hi m thlll hi, (lpen· heart .. urgery
'Would be fine. I II:I~ rooling for him. It is
regrel1uble Ihal I II'L' "I wrong in my pre·
dklion.
Un .... arrantcd Hl><.enlcei,m i~ nu lunger
tolcr:lted. a~ .... a.. demomlr:lted recently lit
old ch:Lnnel plater .... hc n a un iun mcm ber
.... :1\ lukl hb ~ervice" lIere nil 101l!;cr .... anted
on an o ll·again-ofT·ll!;uin b:l'>i~. 1 01) bad:
110\\urd \\ a~ a S"')II .... orl.er. Cu lvin
Andr.:\1~ is 0 11 crulche, a fl er ,ulredng
bLlrn~ on hi~ foot. 11,'1\ hope he rellLrns
"Xln. I'nu l Casper i~ t>ack Ii) .... ort.. lifter
cuUing h i ~ ri!;ht hand. Bill Gaul i, h;u:k
afler :In llppendeclomy. Nke to 'iCe J ean
Oo""";al t>;Lell()()~ing , lim (mtl very ..... dl.
Remember. \Ie 'W ill clcct our loc:.1 union
omciu l ~ this ~ear. I c\ u" be Inlelligent
abom Ihe elct:tiun. We II:Lnt omeer~ who
ha ve inlegrit ~ . \;I ~ t "n\lw·how, :1 11\1 much
e~perience.
J know Ih:11 during Ihe ~Iri k c a ll Ihoo;e
IIho lIere ~elli ng everythin g righl found out
Ihal it doesn't :l1'Wa )~ liNt.. oul thaI .... a~:
SlXJn Iheir lalt..s .... ere more comp romi,ing.
Thi~ lime, lei u~ be wi-.e.
STt PII~~'I II ~MSIIO""!>I.. •• I' S.
Electronic Foucault
Pendulum on Display
~ L U. I~I J, TOLt-: I>O, O IllO- llerc i~ a
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reminder 10 those .... ho are inlerco-ted: The
Eleclronic Foucault Pendulum project,
.... hich \las underlal.:n in September. 191]
by Urothers Harold Clin).: and 10hn Wal.
te rs ..... al brought to conclu~ion in Scptem·
bo:r, 1 97~ . This machine is now on tli,play
at th e Toledo Zoo Science Mus.cum. This
apPllr'.um prol e~ and mea\urcs Ihe earth's
rotation on il~ a.~i~. l venlually it .... i1I be on
di,piay in olher arca~.
John WalteT). who hud b:leI. surgery. got
oul of Ihe hospit:.1 ill\! before Chri.lmn~
an d i~ doing fine rt'Cuvering :1\ home.
Olis Hawkin, we nl inlo the ho\pit.LI o n
December 28 and is ~ Iirr undergoing leSh.
Ca lvi n Sloan WH~ taken from Dela\\are
Service Center 10 Flower Hospitu l enrly
SalLLrduy morning. J:LIluary 4.
Ap.lI , 1975
Brolher\ .... ho worked here ....·hom we are
unable 10 locMe; so plt'(.ue apply 10 Local
1426, tHEW. P.O. Box 1096. Grand For~ s.
North O;llOla S820 1 for vacalion applica·
ti on b l n n~s.
WfLUA\t COUCIUGIAN, 8.,,1.
Charitable Project
Building Committee
tMlnd 01 .endlng Ch.islmas cardS to each
othe., Ihe members 01 LOCal 1484. Syracuse.
N.V. pool Ihelr money and help ulllOr\unale chll,
dren in Ih" area. F.onl row. tett 10 .i.f!ht. Joe
W iec~orek looks on as Nlc.holas COllis. dorecIO •.
Onond8aa Anoclatlo n for Rel.rded. accepts
check t.om Worden Chambe.lain; Harold GUly
and JIm A.lrer5On also look on; back rOw Jim
Sulll..an. Be.nl. lam .. rs. Bill Weleketl. and Bill
Lulh ...
er~.
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Hel:Olcd wi,hes for a happy fifth wedding
arc e'lemied 10 Hnrvey /ln d
Cathkne Cedoz :lnd to Art lind Kale
VanTa"tl1. .... ho .... ere milrried 27 years un
Fo::bnmr)' 6.
On \ Iareh I. Victor 1'()5,l.arbie'Wicl. had
three )-ears wit h the guard derartment. He
is .... orlinjl: al Dela .... are Scf\ice Cenler.
On \l arch 29. Hill WihoTl had two }ca~
\lith Ihe guard deparlment. He i~ .... "rl.ing
al 0 :1\;" Ik~.
I-II RII,Y J. Cwo ... , 11.5.
anni\'e~ary
The buildIng commutee membe.s of local H26,
Grand Fo.ks, N .O.. lefl 10 .,&hl. M. Comeau,
L. Vanllh. N. GIllies. J. Lunak, and W. RY&8 ",e
sho...ng plans 10 Susiness Manlger WIlliam
Couchia·an.
Locat 1426's new building, shown he<e. Is 10caled al 1714 Nonh Washington S" U I, G.lnd
Fo.ks.
New Hall Dedica t ed;
Work Scene Very Good
L.U. 1~ :Z6.
membo::r~hip
C RA."O FORKS. N. I>.- T he
o f Lonl 1426 gOI 10lelher
.... ilh m:'ny fricnds on NOlember JO, 197~
10 dedicate its nt;!w uniun hall. We .... i\h 10
Ihank Ihc building COnltllLllee consi~hng of
" Iaurice Comeau, Leonard Yanish. NOrlal
Gilli". John L\lna~. and Wayne RYG& for
a job .... ell done.
Follo .... ing the open hou!iC al Ihe union
hall everyone .... enl o\"er to the Ramad;L Inn
to enjoy a dinner-dance: )pon'iOred by the
Local 1426 AIIl:iliary. Guest speake ........ cre
hflh Oi~lrict Il:.C member Jacl \loorc,
Inlcrnalional ReprescntalLle Ralph Malk.
an d Stale Fweralion of I.abor An -CIO
Wallace Doc~ler. pr;:o;idenl. We would like
to Ihank the Au.~i1i:tr) for a vcry cnjc,)allic
el'ening.
The .... ork situation in 1426 ha~ been
\'ery gll<Jll in I;omparhon .... ilh other local~.
and lie jusl hope it hold~ up Ihrough the
wimer,
We would like 10 re!!lind II ny lra l'clers
'Who worked in this area. if the y ha vc nOI
alre;,dy done so, 10 :,pply for Iheir vactl.lion
and holiday funds. There arc ;lbo IlIfWY
Christmas Card Proiect
Helps Unfortunate Children
LU. I ~g~ . SYRACUSE, i".V.-The Chrhl·
mas of 1963 \;lW Ihe birth 41f an ide" Ihat
~i nce prolided Ihousand\ o f dollar~ .... urth
of 1 0)~ III Ihe unforlunale child rcn in Ihe
SynLcu,c :Ire;o. AI Ihnl time. it lI:h an
cslablhhe ..1 Ir:ldili41n lital emplo)ees in the
SyraeLl'iC engllleenng dcp:lrtmenl ,ent
Chri~ln);l~ cnnls 10 e:leh olher. BrnLher
Worden Ch'llllberiain IhouGhl Ihal rather
than 'pend money on c"rd~ ..... hich .... otold
be rC;o11 nnd l o~~ed a .... ay. il 1I0uid be IIlLLch
bo:ller 10 pool Ih:11 money :II1d bring ( hrht·
m:.\ 10 the unfurtunale chi ld rc n in Ihc eomIllunil). Needlc~s 10 sa)" Ihe ide:, mu,h·
roomed :lIld over Ihe )e: ar~ the Io.x;al
e hildren'~ in'lit ulions h:L\'O:: receil"ed toys
and g:t lllc~ Ihal Ihey nornt:. ll y I;oultl nOI
a fford .
l ob year. Brother Ch:.ntbcrlain·s com·
millee ..... hieh i ~ a joinl IInion'man:lgeme nl
Icnlure. collected ol'cr $500. Of th is. $~OO
.... enl to Ihe Onondag" A~\.OCialion for Ihe
Retarded :lI1d :molher SI~1 in ~ports equipment .... a\ don:.led 10 Ilmere..1 Children')
Ccnter. Ctlngratula l ion~ 10 Worden's com·
mittee for the fine humanitarian job il ha)
done over the years.
In olher ne .. ~. our local. in conjunclion
.... ilh Local 79. has star1ed a monthly new~·
paper 10 ~cer our membership informed of
....hat'\ happening .... ilhin our jurisdiclional
area. Ah41. a SO·SO club .... a) formed and
monlhly rafl1~ .... iII be held wit h Ihree .... innel"'> per dr:, .... ing. Proceeds of the rame .... iII
be met! 10 defray joint e\pcnscs and func·
lions.
I recdled anolher lellcr from Paul Den·
ninglOn. lie repor ts that he is well and h:,s
heard from one o f his old friemh . a former
member of Local 79. He: allribut ..... his
leller 141 th e :Irtic le that we had in Ihe
November i~suc of Ihe }oi/mili. How about
hearing (rom some other relired mem bers?
R. I.. lh 'KNEs, V.I'.
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111\1:1)' served hrr u nion in :thle an d COn'
s.:ientiOU~ f:.,hion. Althuugh \\e ••re di,.lp·
pointed :11 Ihe I(N of \lIeh :. ui,lingui,hed
serva n t of the C:llhC lIr uniuni,n.. \lC
c'I[prc~s our confiden<;;c Ih,.1 Gertrude \liII
nol (1110'" Ihi' adver .. it) to I.eep her ftllm
relum ing elenw;oll) to Ihe Ihicl. of Ihe
battle.
The hig ' lllTY of 197~ (mm the [ (11;:,[
1505 poinl lIf lie\l ... ill n.: the fllrth~oming
negoliiltion, \lith Ihe R,.llh ....'n C.,mp,III) in
the month, Immedialel\ uheau. A, i, Ihe
poliq of Ihe curr ... nl ,.dmini,trali..n of
Local I~().~. (urm' IliIl n.: di'lrihlllcu lu the
memht.:r'hlp in (1I',kr IIt"1 I'li'Hllie, mH) be
properly c'I'lhii,lted II~ Ihe Nc!!,)[i;lling
Commillee led h) Bu,ine" \I;ln"!!Cr JUll
\l ullilney :lIlu Ilre-iueni \rI (}.i:>orn. [hi~
\lil1. uf C(1UI'e. be the f.. urlh cunlrad nei!0'
li:.lioll in \lhleh Ihe \Iullimc) leam ha'
Prell Sec..el",)' Henry M;on<;inl, LO<;Di 1505.
p'Htieip:.led "nd \Ie (r:lt1U) e,p..:!..t Ihat Ihe
Waltham, Man. IIPpears somewhat amuSid by ..
e'periem:e \lhich h'l' h~en "equired in the
quip he " ,n I'"~ procHS of t'lInc"b,ng.
preliou, h;trgHining clhHh I'ill ,ene Ihe
mcmheN uf our IUI;,II \leU.
II i'i Ihe feTlcnl hop.: .. f Ihc kader.hip Ilf
Executive Boord
Loc'll ISO~ Ihill the climale :It Ihc lime (If
negoli'lli~!n 1'i11 he fill,,!;.hle Itl our mcnlbeN· inlerC\I~, Such h;l~ nlll been thc ":'l~e
in (e..:enl Ic"r~. In 197-1. Ihe '""n '1\llIIini\tratioll imJlo~ed :I \tlla!l} un fair I';lge
freCLC on Augu'l 15. " h,He 1\1<1 "eel..,
prior 10 Ihe conlrael e\pirOlliun dale. In
1 97~ Ihe lue;.1 fuuml il,el( b;lrg'lininJ1. unuer
thc burdcn of ,I ~~.-; \I ••}!e J1.uideline \lhi~h
\I." hardl} rCali,lic in Icrm, of thc Inlla·
lionar}' bo::hali"r of the American cwnllm).
I\onclhelc". Ihe 10e:.1 h: ... ".'nlinllcJ 10
nCJ1.oli,lle Inrger p'lda!!e .. \lith e,lch "Ieee\'
~ilc effort and. come I\hal m'l~. Ihen' i\
e'er) e'rectali"n Ihlll Ihl' recurd I'ill ~'un'
The UK"I,". Board II"ens IIltlln\'YII11 .. , J"n
linue u nhrnl.en.
Mullaney dls.c:uUeI <;.u<;11I1 n"lUre 01 pendtrl8
P re,ident Art (}.horn ha\ ,1,l..ed mc to
,,"&Oll.lIons. R'S" I to left .r. Tony Del GtKO.
II\C Ihi<; ,p.. ,e 10 gite 1\1 .. pc!">un,,1 Ih.iIll., III
Rosemary Conslllnllne, flo ..,nce An::e ••. Mllr1"_
nil th()l,e II1Ctllher, Ilho halc J1.ilcn nn .. c!·
Bllrry. A!lce Walke., Ch~lrmll" Ken Melan&on.
Joe Sc, II,., 0111 Schuler, Bi ll Valile re. and
'hhl) of Ihem'ehc" :UIU Iheir lime in nrlicr
V'CII Chal,man Frank Cont ...
10 a~~lIrc thc \uecc<.,
Iheir union in Ihe
legl .. lalile. polilic:l!. :II1U ,,1\:1.11 prugram ..
\lhich 1 01:;)1 150~ ha .. ".ughl I" implcmcnl
-\lhelher Ihe union i.. "rg;lniLing ;\ pilnk.
or a mailing. or :t rail} , he Iruc 'l1cnglh
of uur IIniun i~ nOI in Ihe rel:.li'e h"miful
of officer,. bUI in the huge TlIIII.. and tiic .. f
our mcmbt.;r .. hip. A, Ih.: pre,idcn! h:I' lal..en
pain~ 10 emph" .. i/.e in Ihe p;[,I. <lur "m~c-r ..
alone c;on m'll..e o nl} 1\l.)(iC"ot ;tecumpli,h·
nlen": bill g,'e,,1 Ihill!!' ho,:cllme 1"l",ihlC'
I'ilh Ihe 'UpPOft of " I"\al and dedi.:;,led
member,hip. I herdore. if I,m h:"e heen
all1ung Ih",e 1>11<l h,l\e j;.ined in Ihe,e
enue:ilor... plc,l'><: rcmctllhcr Ih.11 lour cfforh
h.I\e not hc:c-n (1Ierh..>O~ed or unapprnl"IOO.
If ~Oll h,llC ntl\. Ihere \,ill he "n "ound·
Trell""" Jim )\"'oy lind FInancial Se".ela'Y
Oon La .."Y 110'. 0'0'11' ledge. "lte, IInnuat lOll
.lIlee of ('pp<lrlllnil} in the nwnlh .. \lhi~h
•• nment audIt Th •• dynamiC duo BOt A+ 10'
arc ttl Clime, \I •• ) \Ie \lcln.me )<.111 ahtl;lnP
record keeplnl_
' 011 "it! m.le. nceomp .. n) Illg lhl' art.~Ie.
'-I)me phllt".. IIf Ih io; hlCal' .. line, .. ~;,plllt'e~t
al their \101'1... Wilh Ihem i, ,I phillo uf
Gertrude Johnson Resigns
)uur, tnll~ 1"l..en h~ I' re,iu~nl O,tmrn 111m'
.. elf I e'lIInlll. of cou!">e. "peal. rur Ihe
As Recording Secretary
<llhel'>.
I I pc .....m,.lI) \luuld llot lI"jed if
I .. U. 1505, \\ AI.T II A \1 . \ 1 \SS. -'I he
)OU cut m)' rl1Clurc 0111 III ca .... ) m )uur
1.00ccr, of I uenl 1505 \\elC "Illi.km:u ill
""l1et. Al )our rellue,!. I mighl <'\en 'end
Jantlary by the nc"" thaI fluur h ... "I~h h,,,j
)"U m) l1"hy piclure, Ihe "ne 1'1\I~h ':'"IICI\
m,u.ie il imp<l"iblc fur Gerlrude J uhn"m Il'
nlC .\ he 1\\ ("1 UnphuI"geni~ Infant A\I:<nl.
eun li n uc in the p..:!rform.m ~c tIf h... r d ulie,
I Inn H <l~pII;\1. 1\1 .1),. 19\7.
:., reeord in~ ..ccrClar)" of I •..:al 15t)~. Ger·
Support CO ll i !!
trud e h:. ~ long bee n one of th ... mo<;1 dedi·
c;.led of I .oeal 1505 mC lll her. and h a~
Local J 505 Scribe
or
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Retires
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Shop $leWI,d W.lbur Darcy. loc.1 1583. P.lal~"
Fl •.• prn.nlS • r.l"emenl 8.1t 10 Brother PI ..1
Sm.th from Ihe crew In the blckg.oulld .re
l« G.bb.nl. Cart SlewI,d. w.de Hollo .... ' ... Ad
John P,neO\1.
Local 1583 Mourns
Death of Brother May
L.U. 15113. "\LATK \ . ':1. \ .-1 ul.',ll 1510
Ihe pa ..,inJ1. or Brolher
(;trl \1 .,1. ~ontrol nlum 1'f'Cratur and 26·
lear memhcr Ilf the 111 1 W. Br<llher \l a)
\la, \\el1 ti l..ed a nd re,pee ted b) :111 who
I..ncII ,wJ "url.ed "ilh him.
Allolher uld·limer. cic..trk,,1 <ll[er l'llU I
Smilh. relireJ in hnu:"")" ;Ind \1:1' pre·
'oCnled a ho,:;\uliful gulu pt.JoI.:l.et \lallh h)' Ihe
electric.11 dell'lrtmenl Ilrothcr. f"r hi, 26
}ear~ of ,erlke :m(1 rOI hi" IIn~c 1tj., h (len)'
lion III uniun lhlllC~ l" an I \ecillile B(I;'ud
Illemhcr for tll:.n) )e"r~. 1',1111 ",1\ ,,1'0
"'r) ll..the in our eredi l u nion und de.uh
bcndit ~ummiuce "pcml;tln,.
A nC\I memher. Ih\llher Horace Rohl1in ...
I'ill 'I .... mlle 1':1111', tIili n g tl uliCl>. W,·lcomc
'11'>0;.1'1.1. R llhhie~
We'\C h,III a hc~lIl1ful \\inler-a fe" cold
dllY" 111 the high\(k lind "J many WllI'lll
da}, in Ihe high 71k ;tnd 111\\ K\k I i.. hllla,:
i, gooU "HUllld he,e. Ihe "It:.~s Cupil;11 of
Ihc WorM:' .Ind the hunling i, lerrilk.
Come \i,il gct ....Ime \:\IlU in ).~l1r ,hoe\
:\Ild e.mle b,1(1.. a~ .. in .
J. ,I r ~ll~so~. J> Ml~.
\I'I~ "'1tl\lencJ h}
Employm ent Scene Very
Bad for Local 1654
L.l. 1 6 ~-I . Orr\\\ \. 0 1110
It \la, ;I
r'lIher t-1c.ll. (;hn~lm'l' Ihi, }C'lr for Ihe
IIlcmt-cr,. II' empl,') m~nl h,,.. be~n HI} 1111,1
f.,r Ihe pa .. 1 ,e\eral 1ll1'lIlh" r hi- \tICal nOlI ..
h'l' "ppru\ifllald~ lS pcl~enl of II, mem~r, <lui Il( \lorl... \lilh a nul_I, ... _nlU~h· ~
hrighter pi~lUre in ,i~hl for Ihe ncar fulul'e.
Ille 1,...lh c\cdillIl .. f officer, IIa" hrlJ
in DCl.'emher. \lilh ;til in~umhcnh hcmg
l·celeetc~1 10 o llieI.'. they prel'iuu .. ly hdd.
r hl: IInl) ..:hange I'a' llrulher RI~h;Hd
Bricl..n~r IIh .. 1'," elecleJ III the Ilca~Ul'er'~
office on pla~e of I huller "11111. \lho rellred
fr(,1II Ih.II ",,,,uion Ilrolher Slall held Ihe .,
poo.i\iull f•• r m;m~ lea!"> .IIU\ Ihc Iu.:al ha,
Ihc highe'l prai,e fur Ihi .. dcdic:.teu '~I \';lnl.
1If1lllu:r I inn .. I( ..,eng..rlen \Ill" .e~entl)
pre .. cnlctl Ihe lI~ F W I ifc· ... "Iing \\I,ml h~
P re" d Cll! h. ennclh L. J u nc..., he pre .. enl,,· <II
lion \1,1' m"de :.1 our regular m.mlhl}
meellllJ1. .m b nu;tr) 12. 1975. Brolhcr
RO'oenJ1."rlcn i~ Ihe fi",1 fIle m ber \Il Ihe 25·
IIEW Jou,nol
Local J 837 Scenes
Lile-Saver
I'
I'
I
r
~
Preslden! Kenneth L J onu. L<X:I' 165', Ott llWlI .
Ohio preun ' l In IBEW LI'Q-S.~lnB Award 10
Broth •• LlnU5 ROIenaarten. B'O\h ..
15 the '''I' mamb." In III"
Ronna_rte n
:Z5 · ~lhr
hilla.y of
Ihls local to be eWI.ded Ihl. hono r.
f
I·
. }car hj ~lOry of lhi ~ IOCHI III be (!\\!lrdc\t lhj ~
honor. Brot h,,:f RosCIlIl,ulcn hcc:mlc chlliblc
when he WII" ,un:c" ful in gi\mg IL rlifkial
rc~ pjr:lli'Jn III a I h rcc-~c:lr-old girl who
llpp"rcnlly h,It.! dro\\ncli in :\ loll' :11 Stur-
geon hll k
1973.
,
Sop hie E~ans, wile or Broth e r Ted Eyen., ftppll.
ance serviceman, Rochesler, is the new .e",e·
lary In Ihe o ffi ce 01 Local 1637. Portsmouth,
New Hampshire.
Ontario, Canada on Jlll y 14 .
..... " Llil
L. J 01'o 1 \.
,·111 ... ·1'.5.
Two Brothers Donate Two
Weeks to Mission Work
1.. • 1701 . OW":'' \SI,IORO. K\'._lI rolhcr
lame-. \\calle). ifC;"UTcr of I u(',11 1701.
and Urolhcr '"i.e li LJ~Lili. 1:1 nlcmbcr of our
JATC cum minec. ",ill he donutmll ',",,'0
\\ceh Ilf the ir time and t,Llcnh fur a mi~.
~io n y,or~ project m Burril l Buo m. liondl!'
• ra~, They ha\'c had their ,huh in prep:Ir:Ition for Ihe trip, a\ Jim let :1 BrotheT ~now
\\ho utfectionatel)' "apped him un the IIrm
th e olher night.
The pruject i~ lu comtruci II ,choot
builuin !:l in :1 ~ mHtI village ne:1I Heli/e, This
project i, being 'IXm~ore d by Ihe I {luiwille
Conference of Ihe UnileLl t.l ethodi,1
. Church,
:
The village Iw~ :1 pOIHllaliul\ of about
_ K()() pcuple lind i~ in a very re mole 1':lrt of
Honlhu'(I\, All IIf Ihe \\or~ Will be com·
1• p1clely \'olunlary, 'I he nmteri,!1 fllr this
Sl.: hool 1m, heen dun:!tcd by GriOin !'Iectrie
Cump;l ny uf O\\emboro. a contractor who
hn) been ~ign :tl ory to our IIgrecme nt for
v
CharlH Gunk Is sieward al gene,al conllruc.
tio n and maintenance.
I
~ man )
)1,':11'>.
Congrat ulation~.
Urothe ..... Wc .... ould like
• a full rcporl .... hen you relUrn. bco.:ll u'>C .... c
arc an~IOUS lu find OUI how )OU .... orL.
together. The.c Brother; art" father and
son·in-Iaw. rhi~ .... ri ter thinb he ~nOy,)
_h\) the tJoo,~ .... ill be.
Shown Is the graduat ins clan of s t ..... rd., The
51 ..... rds seSS,on w U conducted b~ the Bur .. u
of Labor Education. UniversIty 01 Maine.
Five Members Honored
For 25 Yea rs of Service
LV. 1921 , WA l S.:o:-o;o. O IIlO--Fi\ e
JOS t. PI{ K. Il ~H)1 S, 11..\ 1.
Two Maior Contracts To Be
Negot;ated by Local 1837
I_U. IBn, l'O H;TS \ lO u r ll, N .II ._ T .... o
major cont racts 1'0111 be neguli:lled wllh Ihe
locill in the firsl h:llf of Ihis )e:tr. r he con·
Ir,lct with Cenln,1 Maine Ilo ..... er Compan y
'will e.~ pire MlIY I, 1975. By virtue of o llke
the (ls,i":tnt bll~ i ness m:lnaj;ers will be dele·
.. g"te~ to Ihe NegotiatinG COllllllillee,
f
Ap,lI , 1975
Included are I'hil Pbee. Portland: Kobert
Bu rn~.
Le~i"lUn:
Stanley
Sobolcs~i,
Augu~ lu: and Walter l~kier. Waterville,
blch unit elected one additional deleg,Lle
plus one ahernnle for bolh deJeg:Ile<.. Unil
6 .... ill ~ repr~nleJ by Harry loy,ell; unit
7 .... ill be reprc..cnt«l b) Da\id ~\dam .. : unn
8 b} l:-d Fmcry: and unit 9 b)' " lecu!t\C
Bo.1rd member J :lmc-. R()ger~. The deri~;L1
pooplc "'tit be ,(ned h) lIelen Staplc-., I he
alternilte-. !Ire ~tt\el !-tImer. Alice I ;lhon.
Rubert Oodge, "nu H;\\I1 I ;tplante. liu,tn~,,\
" ,lO.l~er Ju",cph 'I\~'n y,ill be chi ... f n"'g...
!tiltOf- I he Cnmrlltllee ha~ met once ;Im.!
n;tmed St,'n Sulll.lk~~i ih chuirman ;lnu
lIelen ~1;lple'. ,ecreL!f)
'I he cuntr:tct y"th Public Scnke (urnp:,"> (If '" ",w lI;lIl1p,hir... \\ ill be led hy
lIu ~inc" I~ cpre'ent:ttile Wi lfred li mr. IIi,
ctlmlllillee include,
KOllleo
r remhLoy.
Berlin: ~I~n~ "I :trw. I anCIl'ter: Willi;un
T :tlTalio. I :twni:t: ( harle" Ga,~ck. ~CIlCI;tI
con'trtlClinll :tluJ mainlellllnce; Bern ie f e~.
r.k rinwd ,Iuth'n: I hOllla' Gu y, r.lmlChe,'
ter: V.: rn Kn cdHnli, f)ary: Robcr! W}man,
": eenc: I),tve IImlr.ml. Ruchc\tcr: ami \'il:e
Prc~i dent Uichar.1 W:trd. po\\cr 'I;oll\)n~,
D;,vc ~\ u,,",, ~tnd f)" H Boo.trom will ~cep
our reilue" informed thruugh Ihe '-1 I)c,,1
UnC'o" lelter~, Inlern:!ti<lOill -U epre~.;nl.,tile
Kiehllrd I' m) .... tll '<!T\ice both ~onlrad"
I he lI urC':m ILf I ;tbor Edul;alion IIr the
Uni\ef"\il)- of \I :tine h3~ recenlly l'umhtded
;!nOlher ,te.... ;trd, ....",ion. Direclor (hade-.
O'lear)'. John Ibn",n, and Willi:tm
\t urph) y,ero: the In\lructur'l. A"i,t;101
R u~inC'\, M;tn.Lger\ Roherts Burns ;tllu St,tnIt"y Sobllle'~1 u)O,lrdmatcd Ihe clrm1- '1IC\\,
ard\ y,hn :ll1ended hcfore. as .... ell :t, ncy,
,Icy,aru,. y,ere impre-...ed. The IOC-ill th;onh
Ihc..c mcmbe, ... y,ho gan' up Ihree ~,tlUr­
dn}, in il r,l.... fur Ihe good of Ihe union.
The '!:." IJn;u.1 approved hiring U.,Ocrt
Toy,-n, It, .LCIUiLf) for pen,iun pbn ~1U.loc,_
Mr, TO\\I" 1'011" empl!)c,1 [\\0 }cal'> :WI' It)'
former 5) .. Iem (nLOcil U-2J. The impT\lve·
menl~ gained Ih roullh hh athi ce al Iha!
timc were e\l;cllent.
Bu,ine" r.1:m:IGcf J(he ph Ni\on (epl/rled
on a ~ lIpplcmel1t 10 Ce ntral '\\;lil1e I'ml'C!'
conl nlct regar.tinj: Ihe CompUlllliun or OVC I'lime after 16 cuntinuuus hours, 1\1", Uc
linelllen y,ill retcivc the glovi ng premiuLll
o f 22 ccn" before reac hin g I/e. prUlidcd II
I/ e man " p re"~ nt un Ihe jub. 'I he lo<:al
ha~ recen tl ) y,lIn Iy,\) arbilration C3,e,. ont:
in Maine nnd one III New Ham[J'ihire.
DnE AU.U IS, I' S.
DH !": 8 05TII:O'I , 1'.5.
Assistan t Buslneu Manager Robe r' Burn., lell .
con8,aluI81.. Brother Leo Hac hey for hi, m any
yn tS o f union membentlhlp.
memo
beN. Viola Peebles, Annabelle H;t:\ cre,
Gene\ie\t: Geilgey. Nona J ohniOn. an d
Ethel W)<.c, y,ho ha\'c worked for the
Wau~on Manufact uring Company for 2S
years. \<ere honored recently. Eneh rocei\ed
a cONa~e. made by Sister " Iu rray. and a
~i h ('r
,l;ifl. 'f'h e compan y g.we (':,eh a
y,·"tch .
Our local negotiated a contract which
was :tcl;epted Jul y 26. In October lind
November. we renegoti mcd for " lore Wlt gCS,
with an equiluble :tdjllstmcn\ for th e tool
"
Honored
Award Recipient
Re tiree
,
AI the regular monthly meeting 01 Loca l 1974.
Omah •• Nebr .. an 1l!£W Li fe Sa~in8 Award waS
presented to Brother Hank A. Hend,i~. in lront
01 podium. left to .Ight are Vice President
Hattan " Wh,tey" Clark and PreSIdent Business
Manager Michael O. Quinlan.
wa~
l oca l 1921. Wauseon. Ohio members who
appea r In these pict ures were honored for halo"
Ing 25 yeal'S at t he Wauseon Manutacturing
Company. Here a re Viola ~blfl'. lell. and Anna·
bel Reve . e.
Genevieve Geit sey. left. and Nona Johnson,
aWllrded the highe'l honur !liven by
WEW, for Ihe ~:IVll1g uf a human life.
Local 197.1 P ..,'\ident Quinl:1O. represenling International I're,id~nl I'illard. pre.
scnted Brother lI endri..: Ihe ~'o\eled I BFW
life-Saving AII;lrd for hh rrumpt actions
thai \a\'cLl Ihe lifc of hi\ fellow wor\..er. R.
B. Sl'Iringcr.
On presenl:ltion of Ihc ;I\\;tnl. the rank
and filc in al1cnd;tOcC sa\e li lli'll a thunderou~ ~Ianding ovation.
II nnk addres.-.eti hl\ peers in nn t'motionfil led voicc, ~a>'ing Ihal he 11'''' luc l y Iu bt:
in Ihe rishl spot. Hnd if he h:ld Ihe opportunity 10 do it again. he lIould.
D Ot'OA I () M. Wll.C/ORIIo.. . P.S.
Scribe Expects Difficult
Year for Local 2 101
L lJ. 2 101. WATI~ lno\\ 'oJ. " . Y .-Thi~
}Cilr j, ob\iou~ly going 10 he :1 dillicul l
one. We here al Nt'rthland lnuw Ihnl
whellc\er m;lnagelllent t a l~, "h:,lel'cr ~Icp,
arc ncce,sary 10 maint"in PI'Ofil marJ:;in~.
"c II) emplo}'cc~ I\ill ,how endur:lOl:e qu:tti·
lies. llmJ be akrt and ready fur an> needed
efforh as "c ~lrugl;lc IhT(lUgh the economic
cri\i,.
We rnll~t lake lime to reflect un whnt ha,
gone h~--..cOmp;lre ulI"cl\'~, "ilh Ilhal we
were n ye:lr 11g0. Jl aw lIe H, inliilidllah
become more patient. more f{)r!liling. more
undcrsl:lnding. and le~~ l'filical of .)Iher,'?
Unlil neXI lime. God hles~ .
EVI:J. \N 1\1. T ANNIII , I'.S.
Ethel Wyn
and die and maimena nce deparlmcnh. T he
arc now OUI.
We have Ihree filII ~hifl~ a nd three rJarllime ~hifl' \Iorlms at Ihi, linlc. We arc
b;ICl on eighl hours rl dllY and rl 40·hour
\Ieel.
By Ihe lime Ihi~ article appear>, in Ihe
10111'11111. we hope and rr;,y lh:'1 our pl:lIlt
will nul be afrecled by the pour ec.l!lllnlY.
II LRt'Oli Fin. I'.S.
':(lntraCI~
Brothe r Hendrix Receives
IBEW life-Saving Award
L.V. 1974.0,\1;\ 111\ . Nt; lIn.- AI Ollr reglllar monlhly bll~iness mcellng he M D;.::cember 20 , 1974, Brother H:.nl A. Hendrh
OS
Ottawa Local Holds
Annual 'E' Board Meeting
L.1l. 222K, o·n ·,\ w,\. ONT.- T he
local
held it- "E" Buard meeting in OWlwa from
Novemb.:r 23 to 29, 1974. All IInih were
repre~nled- 1\l oncton. 1\ lol1lreal. 011:1": •.
Turon tn. Winnip<:g. Edmonton, V:lncou\'er.
lI alif:n, Newfoundland CNEWS. The fir~1
Ihree .Jay, I\e rc " ~voled 10 Imining. a, six
of Ihe lO·unil chairmen were newly elecled.
T hcw ~i~ chairmen .... ere from MOlllr;::l!.
Newfnundl:tnd. OU:II'1I. !\Ionclnn. Winnipeg. Hnd VancoU\('f.
On No"ember 26. the firSI d:I}' of the
aetua! !Ioard me~ting, Ihe chairmen were
ml .J I'e~,ed br mit weeia l gue". II rl'lher Ken
[{ u'c. Inlcrna liulml Vice I' rc~iden t of Ihe
H r:.! Dhlricl. IJ rQthcr R ~ explnined some
of Ihe problem, and history o f the prob-
Brother Fred WIcks, l ocal 2228. Ottaw.. Ont o
Is shown receiVIng a gIlt on the occaSIon of
his re t rremenl on Decembe r 27 from G, Windsor.•
unit 9 chairman, New foundland and Labrador.
lems. \Iilh the C Leo e\p<:cblly that of
autonomy (na!ionalhm :hpech).
The remuillder of the wed \lia\ dcvoled
10 reviewing and amending local policies.
ralifi(;,llion procedures. barllaining procedUres, and di~pule proccdures. T hc nC .~t ­
meeting will be held in G:rnlier, Ne\\foundI:tnd III M:I}" 1975.
~OI1
• • • •
e.~":culif iJu Local ~:!:!K a lenu
a,,~rnbl":e ,crni-annuclle il Ollawa. tlu
Lc Comilc
30 au :!9 nO\'cmbre 1974. rOUle~ le\ unites
Claienl n,'prc~entces. MonCion. Monlr":,II. ~
OUn"n. Toronlo. Winmpeg. Edmonton,
Vancoul'er. Halifax. Tcrr~ -Ne uI'e. C~EWS.
I.e, Irois premiers jours onl etc con"lcr/:, a
l'Cl1lr:lincmCIl! des 5ix nOll'ell(l\ prc~iden l s
d·Unile. l;'e\I-:\-dire, 1\I onlr":a1. Terre·Ncu~e.
01l3wa. Winnlp<:g. Moncltm el Vancouver.
~ I :m.li Ie :!6 nO\'cmbre nOlr~ invite ~
sp..:Cial. Ie confrere Kcn Rose. Vice
I' re\idcllI Inlern:uion,,1 dll Pre m ier Di~lrict
)'cst adre~\c nux prc)idcnb .ru nilc el )011 a
~ujet a ponc sur le~ connils e\ ain~i quc
I'hi~lurique
des COnnil, lIVCC la erc
~pCci~lcment )ur Ie )IIlel de i'aulonomic
ta~peel~ nnliun'Lli,mesJ.
Le comil": a cnSlIile conlinu": son 1111\';lil.
c·c,l-ii·dil·e. la rcvi~iun :rin,i que l e~
nmcmlcmenls /, clre apporlc, :lUX politiqllcs
lin loc:II. Ie, proccdurc, de rali1kation . •
ncgocialions et de di~pllle. 1..." prochnine
a,-.cmbh.'e dn Comite e\l'Culif :;urn lieu if.
(" lnLl~r. 'Jerre-Nellve au nwi, de mili 1975.
R. Clr.\MRO'i. !l.S.
'When Is a Fact Not A
Fact?' Qu eries Scribe
I .. U, 232 1. I\ II IlDI. ETON. I\ IASS.- When ..
i~ a fael nut :r fa~rl An'a~er: When YOII're
Llealing with Ncw Engl:md Telephone.
Fact: In announcing Ihe October la~'o fJ,
New England Telephone ~Inted publici)
Ihe\,(: \\ould be Ihe only la}'\)fT~ in th~ New
Ensland Telephone COmpllnY. Well. on
J:ulllilry 9. 1975 Ihc Company :rlld union
me l :II 11:30 A. M.. lind :ll 1:00 P.M. the ..
COOlp;lOY pre~enled Ihe bu,iness manager~
pr;.'!>ent a eopy (one COP)') of the pres~
relea,e "hich Imd been released 10 the
pre\~ :11 11:.10 I'.M. 1 his notified Ihe puhlic
uf Ihe layoff of 1.000 nun-management :mtl
75 ('?) m,tnugeme nl empIO}'ee5 effective
February I. 1975. T hat i, I\h}. Brolher,
nn d Sisters. rOil heard ,Ibout it firM from
IBew Journal
the 12:30 news lind not your local u nion~
in NE.
Remember how "e had to file in court in
order to gcl e:'lped ited arbitration with Ihe
Company 10 ~l l'aiGhlen OUI the October
re:lrran1;ement fia'oCo because the Company
represen lati\($ eQullln'l agree on the 1;10guage \uJ;J;e~ted b)' Ihe uninn and in our
new agreement" Well. in J:lOuary the reMrangemenl language "as almO~1 the ...,me a~
prop<NXi by the union in October. unly
no" th,~ language bear, Ihe name of ;, cerlain barg:llning eommmee ~hairm;ln fur Ihe
Company.
Thi .. "a, the ..ccond 1;I)uff in our pl"nt.
comlructiun and equipment departmenh. in
three month" I hope ;111 )'ou member
\\ho. in l·a-.e\ of emergen.:) (1) :!Od \lIher
lime,. "for the IIc("(l, or the blhine'>.!l:· h;l\e
put in all ~inll, of h,)ur, n{)l\ re;IIiJe ju\1
"h;1I Ihi, ClImp;lny thinl, of ih ··brealt·
:lIld·huller·· eruft~men Ilhen the "url ~1[lcls
ofr. There [Ire rumor, uf IUYllff, ahe:ld bul,
of cour,e. the Complmy ,;I}' 110. The union
hll~ fileu un unf:lir labor prll~tice Illth Ihe
N I RB H' II re .. uit uf Ihe company's llction~.
The follo\\ing IOl'lll membcf\ retired
I. recenlly:
AIi,e 10hn,un. M.lf!!ard I ewi~.
Marg:lfci " . Mile,. and John 1'. Mor:l~he,
WI' "hh them Ihe be,!.
};Kl K) Ie rerwrh thut unit 2 held its
o·
funehl)O on I ehruary II lit Ihe D:lnler-purt
Yachl (Iuh: ·lOO allended and had ;. 11re;1I
~ time. Committee mcmncrs lIere Mllfie
(jranlham. It elell DiOrio, J udy (jilli~,
J ame., Cote. lind Jad. Kyle,
AI Khoury repOTh thut unit I. [ Ollell
:1nd Lawrence. "ill hnl(1 II dinner·dance on
M:I)' 10. 1975 at J) ilJ urru's Re .. laur:101.
wilh "lime rin, "f ned \\.'ned fllmily ,1)"le.
Cod tllit., lIill hi: ffllm 6:_10 lu 7:JO. fo1lOlled by dinner lind then dancing unll l
1:00 A.~ I . '1 he C(I\t i, S(dO per per..un
lind include, Ihe la~ lind grllwities. T klcIs
lire alllilnh1e from your unit ollke" (In,1 III
the April unil meeting.
A poi nt or infllrmlllion for all 10cnl
mCmnef\. T here nrc fhe unit meelill1;S in
.. ollr luclil ellch munth, A, 1I member of
Loclil 2321 you may ntlcnd llny or :111 o f
Ihe!tt meeling'. (h lont.: :1, you hll\e yuur
eurrenl memhcr'hir Cllrd with )ot!. It has
come to ollr llttentlOn Ihat ,ome of ollr
rearranged memher~ nre unuer Ihe imprc,sion thut the) ellll nnl) :.Itend the meet in!!,
or Ihe unit the} lire in. I hi, i~ nm corr«t.
See your ,Ie";lr\l ,'r office,.., fnr the lime,
anu localions of the\(! unLl meetlllg.... We
.. hope 10 coee ) 011 Ihere,
ROil TIt!..lt. I'S.
i
..
Thirty.Two Employees
Laid Off in Local 2326
I..U. 1326, '\ I O~ 11'~. Ut:R , '\'"1'._The possibility of nnolher 1;I)off "ithin Ihe New
En/l:land Telephone Compuny. "how emplo)eC'i in plnnt, traffic. and llccQuntin/l: in
Vermont lire repr~'\\.'nled by LL~. did materia1·
izc effecti\e I-ehruary I in the plant uer"'"
men!. In ailihere were 1I little o~er 50 people
affccleu in Ihe ("llolling mHnner: 32
em plo)'et.'5 Illid uff; sil( cmpl()ee~ rear·
... ra!1!!ed 10 crllft j'Jb~ uu l,ide of Vermunt:
four clllployee~ rel.rl'lLnged to non-craft jobs
• o lil siuc u f Ihe ~ t :l l e; und there we re II! who
,
"
Aprit, 1975
wcre no ti fied they wou ld be 1;li(l off Fe bru·
ary I but "ere offered non-erafl jobs in
Vermont li nd tool them. For our people, of
eour\(!. Ihis in\'oll"ed disru pting \Onle of
them and their families, iL!HJ 10 most a
fedUclion in pay a~ ",ell.
BeClLu)e of the first layoff initi;lled in
O~"Jber, 1974 Ihe Coml,any ... a~ oruefcu to
e'p.!.Jile lLrhitrlltion in regard 10 it~ layoff
;md rc,lrran/l:cmem of foree\ pl:.o. The
union tUQl it 10 an imrartilll arbllnltor
Ixc;lLJ">(: the Company {lJ did not U'i(: the
proper nel ,rediled ,ef\-i<;c d;ltt',: ,2) uid
not !!ile proper notificalion: 0) trealed the
re;lrr;ln~emcnt of forces unu the 1:llUff :'l,
une ..... hen they ,houlu ha\'e treated Ihem
,epM'ltel}: H) did not pay e'pcn\C'\ for
the aff.x-tW ~'oplc "ho had to be rearr,JII~eu mlLII} mile, ll"ay. 10 li'l :I few. 50
far ;III Ih~ union has .-cen i~ uces,i"c tal."
Ik~ on the part of the Cumpany to dclny
the dccI,i.lO of Ihe arbitral or. Al t hi~ lI(il·
ing 1\1.' :.re looling fur n ucd,ion covering
phu,c I of thi .. ,:1'e ~horl l y: .lOU then "I'
I\ill he in troduceu to furl her \lclu}inS laC'
til', 11\ \\e nc~in pha\\.' II.
When the Company applied elell wor~e
di,criminMor), rille, Ihnn Iho!tt u,ed in Ihe
tirst IlI)ufT. the union .... a~ (orceu to file an
unfair laOOr chHrge a~ a re,L1lt uf the
\ccund la}off. \Ve hale nOI. :1\ }et. Iwd un
;m,ller 10 thb charge.
I he Company· here in Vermnnt "a~
gLlen 1I tempornr)' rate incrca'IC by Ihe
I' uhlie Service ijoaru. and hearing.-. on their
perllJllnCnl mcrea~e demand, \\iI! be
re,ume.1 ;11 a 1;lter 1I:1te: the I'uhlic Service
Ihmrd i, reque~ting of the m ;1 nre[l~ dl)wn
of their CO)t of scr~ice. "hich the) have
been reluclllllt to gile. I won der "hy? Bul
lie understHnd they are prepured 10 produce
it IIhen the hearings open.
Our B u,jnc,~ Representative in l([Imc.
Ruth Deininger. reports that her uerarlment
hll' not heen Hffccled with 1:I)uff. allhoUj:h
some of the om,es in the \Iate hale heen
pur on ,urphl~! AI-'<I. Ihat they ure millinG
1I lillie helldwa)' "ilh their flegotialion~ with
m:.n;ll,:cLIlcnt un II new " layoff find fecllit"
Hrticle in the Irflnic contract. Ri!!hl nuw Ihe
C.>mpl.ny hM in i l ~ hanus a compklC rmpo,.,1 ofrered 10 it by the ILniun. Their next
meeling \hou ld be quile intere~lin/l:'
Cm'l dn'>C I\ithout remindmg nil )011
unfllrtunate people of the heauliful ,noll'
,.:ene~ I<.e enjoy at Ihi, timt;' (If the )ear!
\11 the \\inler ~porh ,Ire at thdr pe;,l'
M ... IJIIIC[ L F OM'" M. J> S.
1975 Expected To Be
Good Year for Local 2330
L. l'. ZJJO, ST. JOII:""S. ~FI.O.-Worl.. in
Ihe pru\ince is be/l:inning 10 pk~ up lery
I<.ell :.ince the new )car came in, In J.IIIU(lry. Ht this wri1inll. IIC plHceJ quite (I few
men in the first couple of I<.ech. II loul~ al
thh time [I' if 1915 will be a good year for
emplo) menl. e~JlCcially if some u( Iht
I:.r!;er projects gel off the /:.roLinu. ,,,.:h as
the rfO)Xhed e\pan,ion uf the Oil I~efinery
HI ('mill: IJ ) (,h(lnce.
li u\ine,' MHnagcr JlId Iv(,ny Ilre,enleu a
plllque to '1err) Collins. e\eculive me mber.
un be half o f the L1ni t member~ in Corner
B L'ou ~ , for his ser~ i cc 10 th e Iu.:ul in 197.:1-
Unit I
Shown lI'e members 01 Local 2330. SI. John·s.
Nfld. lInlt 1. Standing. tatt to nghl. lI,a Te.ry
CoUlns. ptOllioc.lt neelltille member; Cary Ma.·
well. unl. ~Iee ehl".man: Jack Illany, b,,"neu
mllnaglf: lind Howa rd Doman. unit ,Ko.de,.
Ha"y Camp. unit chaIrman. is seated.
For Service
Telry Collins te ft . accepu a plaque for his
.erlllCe 10 Ihe tocat from B""ness Manage, Jac k
III.ny.
75. Terr)" hus heen a hard worker for the
union ol'cr the years. M y conGralUllltion~ 10
!)rolher Cullin,.
We lire pre'»!ntl y negolialinG an llt!reemenl fur the muintenance electrician, I'Jlh
lhe "ro\ineilll Refining Company al Come
I') Ch.ln.:e. Thh h being done in conjunction lIilh the Oil. Chcmic-:Il. [uu.l Atumic
Worler~ I\ho rcpre--cnt the operation, enu
of .he pl;lI1l. We are oplimi'lic: Ih:1I I<.e lIill
rC;Kh agreement ""ithoul any dillicult~. Tl<.u
IIf (llIr Hmlhen. IIho are regulan. on the
'e!;utmllng Comminee arc Neil Dro\'cr
,Ind Kene Dmler.
We h;lIe in 1975 fi\e other [Igreemenl~
10 negolL.lle. At prescnl we arc: lit "Q(l
putling together our pru~II~. It "ill he a
\ery hu,y year for Local :!J)O. \VI~h 115
luel. I' hat\ il for this month,
FRLO BOI<.OMll'o(i, 1'.5,
Council Enters Bargaining
With Telephone Company
SYS'I t~ '\ 1 COUNCIL T -3, ' IASON, ~ 1I C1 1.
--Sy,tern Couneil T -3 will be one of the
fi r'l nllljor IBEW organizll tion~ 10 en ter inID
h.lrg:Lining "ith a Genera l Telephone opcrllting COmpan). The uni on burgllinin/:.
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commiuee IS prcsently busy a t spedal meetings 10 get the union propoSlIJ:, formu lated.
Re:l1izing ttle importanCe of the upcoming
barga ining. the commillee has been working
closely with the help of the International
Oftlce. Sixth District Vice I' re~ident Malone.
IIml the General Telephone Countil of Ihe
I/J EW.
The do wnturn in the nntion's economy
will hnve a definite impact at Ih.:: h"rgllining
lah le Ihis y.::ar and will c:,] 1 fOl' addiliona l
effOrl and re, ponsihilit y on Ihe union Nego·
tiations COm millee. I.!arg:lining o,es~ion\ I\ill
commence on April 15. 1975. T he pn::sellt
agreemenl expires May 5, 1975.
A Iwo·year agreemenl with Alpena CableIhion at Alpena, Michig:tn lias ralified
unanimou~ly by the member~ on hn uary
8, 1975, I mprOlemenl~ lIere gained in the
(uner:11 lea~e: jury dillY: di~[lhjIiIY in,ur:tncc: ~Iando) pay, and W:lge increa~ of
approximately 9.5 <;;. Ihe firsl rear and 6.5 ""
Ihe o;econd rear. Firsl ycar\ Ilage~ Ilere
retroaelive to December 9. 1974.
MICIIAI!L A, Kll tl I . I'.S.
System Council T~ 6
Submits First Letter
SYSTE.\f COlJN CIL "1'·6_ TIli, b~'in,l! Ihe
fir,t artielc slIbmilled by Sy"telll Cuuncil
1'·6. lei tne bring the Sister, and BrOlher~
up to date.
System Council T·6 is compri,ed of II
IIIFW locals representing :Ippro.ximatel}
30.000 '::lIlplo)ees of the N.·" I ngl:lnu Tel·
ephone and T ekgr:lph COmp;ln}, :1 ~llb<idi·
aI)' uf the Bell S~~lem in Maine. M a~,aehu.
selh. New Hampshire. Rh oJc 1s1:lnd. lind
Vermont. T·6 was chartered i\l nrch. 1973
anu as Ihe T·6 bybw~ st:lle "\hall ha\'e
;.uthoril) on behalf of its local union. to
dc,,1 wilh the authorized repre,entHli\'es of
Ihe New Fn gland Telephone Company a\
the lIIlIhori7.ed agent of ,ueh local uniuns in
all I1Wlter~ pertain ing tu coliectil'c barQain·
ing," I"h;; T·6 bylaws flU on 10 StaIC. ::The
Objectives of this Counci l ~11lI1I be IU
:Ichic~c :1 gre:uer de{!rec of IInit~ and C{Mlr·
din:l1.::d IIctiun hctwcen the SCleral local
un ions in COIlCClil c bargaining Ilith the
etn plo)er:'
Eneh local h:b delegales to the Council
b,,~d on the numocr o f rIlembct~ and the
deparlmenl)-:Iecouming, pl:mt. Irallk-ils
mem\ler, an.' employed in. Ilu ,inc~s manng·
er; are nUlOmalically deleg:uc,. Presem ly
Ihe ('mincH h1l. :n dele{!alc•.
As I .... rite Ihis first article Ihe greillest
prt)hlem is an Octohcr plant department
I:.}off g<JICfned b ' rule, rn:,rmgi'lllem evi·
dentl y made lip as Ihe~' lIem aloug wilh
lill ie or no regard for the COimact "nd
\\hleh h:" resulled in II hilll1l) involved
arhitr:uiun ca,e.
th ere lIere ,ix separ:'IC bSlIes in this arbi·
Inltion ca..e: put brie fl y Ihe) nrc (t) lad,
,If propo:r nOlificatiun. (2) rdu\ing to provide tho: union with informatinn. 13) fail·
Lire to properly ean\:lS> ur p'ht, (4) impro'
per rea"ignmem of conlract \\orlo. ami Ihe
wurlo. of emplo}ecs subject to I:I)ofT. (5)
i'l1pnlper force rearrnngerncm lIith no
bumping a llo,,"ed, (6) improper computation ;ond application o f lhe 1erms of net
credited service and senio rit y of ~{\iec,
II 11:1' agreed items (I I, (2). and (Il)
wuuld be heard and re ~()h'ed fi rst then
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items (J), (4). and (5). It .I"pelln. at this
time the arbitrlllor is listening clo~ely to the
unions' position that management's benefit
committee docs nOI have 101:11 di5l;reliona ry
powers in all areas of seniorit). o r net
credited ,ervice. Mana{!emCnt b so shoolo.
Ihe y petitioned the IIrbilraWr to reopen
heuring, on i~sue 6 afler hriefs :H1d rept}
hdd, hud been subm itted. " rl.fe,\Or I·TlI!lIo.
Sander 11<I~ allowed IWO addi ti..,nal d ay~ of
hearing" with new brief, <llIc IHl I'ebru:rry
14. I'rofessur Sandc r h.. ~ n per,ollal corn·
mitll1elll coming up soon and hn~ indicilled
Ihal perhap~ anuther arbitralUr ,hmdd hea r
Ihe SO:C<lnu ~et of i~~ue~ J. 4.•tIld 5.
Management next launched into 1I ,.eeoml
ph:tse of the layoff on February I by e'llI·
ing thc then·plllnl hargaining committee
ehairl1\:JfI :11 5:00 " .M. on a !"ridll)' IIhen
lhe first rearran{!ement choices 1I00rc to ~tarl
at 9:00 A.M. Monday. Tallo. llbout a good·
faith relaliomhip with man:lgcmenl. <.::m
you imagine a management Ihut lIould sllY
il didn'l Io.noll' of the impending la)oIT in
time 10 du br!uer. Th i~ \econd rillbe hnd
:ill imp:le! 011 members Ilho had heen rear·
ranged i1\IO o thcr jobs on the fi"~t go l'O und
and rlliscd ,ubstalllial quesliun, kndi ng 10 a
chargc ag:rin,t the New Fngland ., elephone
Company ocfure Ihe N:ltion,tI l abor Rcla·
lion, Board :mu 10 ano lher :Irbitnlliun ca~e
un i"ue~ unresolved in the fi"l nrhilra1io n
elise or the charge beforc Ihe NL RII. It is
my opiniun that managenu.'nt leared into a
poorl) thuughl OUi and e~eell\r::d 1:I)oIT
II here J;round rules chang~'d hourly and
lIith a hnual disregard for the union and
its emplo) ce,.
T he tr:tftlt bargaining cOmnlillee o f Ihe
T·6 (ouncil i\ full} eng:lgcd lIilh ;IIl cffort
\0 n::b:Hg;lin contract 1:I}off languRllc. T his
elTon i~ hy mulllal agre ... ment \lith munnge·
menl n13dc at Ihe time of '74 haq;aining,
J .\\!t~ A. Mll L" " , CUR\1N.
Retired Members Hea r
NCSC Board Memb er
IU:Tl IH: D \ I E.\ IU EKS CLI ' I\ OF L U.
IOJ. 1I0STO;" . \ IASS.-At uur regular
monthl) meeting on J afllHl r) 16 lIe had a.
principal ~pcalo.e r David McSweene), former
bu~inc\s m:lnager of Mnchi nht loJge 311.
II05tOn AI·L·C IO: ch:lirnmn of I-Illme Care
ProgTillll. Area II : and t....,..rd l11emhcr al
large of the National Council of Senior
Citizen~. Inc.
Mr. Me!)IIL'Cney slrc'ised the increase in
medicare CO,t~ contemplatcd b) the rre;.cnt
Administration: Ihe preswr.· on unions to
give up wa);e increa,c requesl,: :tnd lhe
need for our group 10 ,)r,l!ani7.e ,tmel'o-ide
and tHl1i(>nally to proleci the intl'!'e,ts of
the e ltled y. particularly of uniun {!ruu ps
wh•• nm} ~ b)'pa.,sed by federa l grilnl~ ill
fill ur of Olhi'f groups.
Luncheon lias ~crved 10 the 75 members
in attend,lnce. i\'u ~ic "a~ pro,illed by the
ta pes and stereo amplifie rs of IIfOlher
Ralph BrOlin. to malo.e a delightful meeting.
l' re)idenl JdTrc~ Keating generalcd a dis·
eus\ion of health insurance: II h:11 we hale,
.... hat \\e lad. medic:He. part, A and B,
supplementary i n 'lIr~nee. pril:tlc plJn~, elc.
It WlI \ an informaljl'e di,,;;u-.sion :tnd I rL'C'
ommend it 10 OIher club., a~ a tor ie.
Local 103 is celebratitlJ; ih Dillmond
J ubilee thh yenr, lind chairmlln Bill 1·loran
W3S on hnnd to imite all retirees :lOd Iheir
lIi\'cs to the banquet to be held in M il) .
All Ihe o ld·timeh are aslo.ed to donate
mcmentO!> o f the trade, such as kno bs and
tube~, wood molding. old fu ses, etc" for an
e~hibit al the banquet.
At the neXt Illeetinll we pl;m 10 hRI'e Ihe
pre,ident of n legblati\'e council of older
Americans .. penlo. to us. We retirce~ haIr:- tu
beeollle a fo,,'e tu promote Ihe economic
into:re>IS of cluerly people.
hl'lR EY J. K"Irl Nr... PRI. S.
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Retired Members Of
Seattle Enjoy Meetin g
RETIRED l\lE\IIU':KS el l !" OF SEAT·
·Il.t:, W,\ SII.-Wedne"uay. J:lIlliary 8.
1975, was :I re,tful da~, ~lIpped in hcll'o-cen ~
of both rain and ~nnll, 'Ihough
there lIere forecasts of bolh nun and snow •
for ollr ml'eling dll~', lie made il Ihrough
the whole d:l) with onh SOllie \cr} light
driule and :I few ~auered >nowflalo.e"
I'rom I I :45 A,M, until one o'elod .... c
spent the time li~ting Ilith members ,I' Ihe}
:Irrived. and enjo}ed II delighlful lun~h
while wu(ching, wailing. and hoping fu r Ihe
:Irriva l of Ilthers. But Ihe furecll'l of had
weather and 'Olll~ illncS5 cut Ollr :H1i'lId:lIlcC
in half.
During Ihe meeting lie learned of the
pa~~ing ...,f Ihree members and of Ihe cumli·
tions uf 11l(l~e ill, whether il be beuer or t
wo~. I'm happy to report most of thmc
ill .... ere beuer and v.e WCTe informed .... e
could e~pcct James Su ll1l an al our next
meeting.
A leuer from Scn310r Henry M. J adson
to Arthur A. SlIeaney e~plajlling I\h) our
~ocinl ,eeurity rai~e lias de1:tyed unlil h oi),
I'J7S- we retched an II pcrctnl raise in
19 74-":1~ read 10 our membcrs. The Jcuer
wa~ \cr) thorough and we all under~laud ..
nOlI IIhy ollr T:!hc IliI! bc deht}ed unlil
Jul y,
Afler Ihe meeting we reSlIl)1cti our vi,it ·
ing unlil lIe jU~1 had to ~a)' our goudbyes
:Ind go home,
DAN IEL N. Cox, Sit .. I'.S.
period~
Un employment
(:(}l1Iillllt"ll/roltl {HlCI' 17
Unemplo}tllent
Compe nsat ion
Act
of
19H.
However. Male trust fun ds arc dwindlin\!. lind some ~tates have hud 1(\ borro w -to mect Iheir increasi ng unemployment bi'llelit obligations. l\'l eanwhik, the ..
number, o f unemployed incrcil~c ~teOldily.
and the average duratioll of ulle mplo yment now l;r~ts 11.7 w eck~. as ellmpared
to 10 week~ during most of 1974.
Ho w milc h longer .;:al1 thh ~i!tlation
e"i~l? Who:re lind when will it end '! When
will Congress and the :l dmini~l rntion
complete their hearings. propo~ah. and J,
rhetoric to e nact legislation thaI lIill re·
vive Ihe Ame rican econol11Y. 101l0:r intereSI rates to Ihe si.'I:-pcrcent Iclel en·
dorloCd b\ the AFL·CIO in order to o pen
up Ihe l{o using market. provide jobs for
the countless une mployed, a nd gra nt tax ..
relief to middle- ilnd low·income Ameri·
cans'! All Americans ilW:lit the answe rs.
IBEW Joutncrl
In memORIam
l·r:l}cr For Our O..'Ccascd Members
Ollr Father. as we ollce lignin arc aware of 'he challging SClUUIIS, SQ we lire (/I1'llfe of Ihe y ellrs of ollr /i1 'C'.I'
1}(lSsil/g. We kllOw as Hlre/)" (IS wimer c/ulI1ges 10 spring '''m olle clay we will join IlIo\'e Brothen (/lid SiSler~
II'ho Iwve tleparlt'lJ ,his ear/hly life. Help
come. Amell,
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U,'es here won" y of Thy
$1I11'{1I;Oll ill Ihlll
grealer life
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ANNUAL STATEMENT OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS BENEFIT ASSOCIATION
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III compl ia nce \\jlll the n!q ui rl'fllcnl!. of the Fr.lterllul Act of HlrioliS slales, we
lire publi ~ hill g he lm\' information contained in the allllil al slaicllICll1 nf Ihe Elcctrica l Workers !lendi! Assoc ia tion for Ihe )c:lr cllding Oecember 3 1, 1974 .
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As..~ETS
Of' Q PI<: R ,nONS 1974
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(an ,dian uO\'crnmcnl
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I X I'I'.NSES
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It C'oI"IC fur Li fe Ccrllficalh
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I read "Women's Lib."
H ere'~ my lInswer: It's a fib.
We don't WlInl to be a he:
At! we want is to be recog.nized
as iI she.
If we go to school anti learn the
trade the Slime as you,
Why shouldn't we get the wages,
and join the union too?
God made us wornell to be
helpmates,
NOt to stay home and bake a cake.
We're up every morning curly as
you,
Do ing o ur chores, and we're nevcr
through.
But thcre' ~ one thing we can
sayIn back o f e"ery great man there's
a lady do ing her job without
pay.
Gertie Wade
Wife of Bob Wide
Local 60. S.n AntoniO. Te •.
l ove
When all is gone that the eye can
sec,
And there is no warlll embrace \0
comfort me,
There abides these threeLove that needs 110 bounds;
Failh that lifts my reason up 10
God;
"{ope that raises my heart and
Ic~ld s lIle on,
Beyond the sunset, to the dawn.
Ann Otwell
Wife 01 William Otwell
LOc.lli !H7
Meridian, Mlului ppi
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Retirement means leisure. carefree
days -just for dozing in the ~ un .
Not doing a doggone thing
that should be done.
RClircmclll mean s s itting befo re
:1n o pe n fire, to asting your
loes No competition, no pressures,
no wo rries, no woes.
II means nOI having to get up
at any SCI time.
Or having to get to bed.
It means now you ha ve time
to relld all those many books
Yo u sho uld have re;ld .
It also me:lIls listening to the
crazy fonyi sh gruul>Things Ihey say, like
"My dear, ho w lucky you arc."
Scem~ like they call hardly wait 'til
time rolls round for their
retirement dllY.
But I'd trade all my leisurely,
carefr ee, tiresome, restless days
To get back in the harness to the
dog-eat-dog and the good. old
rat-racc ways.
Helene M. Boyd
AeUred member 01 Local 73
Spokane, Wnh.
Spring Norther
(To Virgi nia)
Lite in the evening, at dusk, it
came
Whist ling, roaring, blowing
thro ugh the trees.
T hen. suddenly. the huge drops of
April rain
Beat the windows and clung there
to freeze.
The tender vegetatio n was in
danger this Hight
From the shock o f the sudden
cold,
l3ut the plants wo uldn't give up
without a fight,
~'I other Earth wa~ urging them to
be bold.
God meant people to be as
braveT o face life, have cour3ge without
shame.
Most precious is the ti me that we
save
When we measure up, without
placing the hllllne.
Lovc one anot her is His t'ommllnd
each day,
As we travel down the rOlld of
life .
" it won'l be ea~y:' 10 each other
we ,a} The triah, Ihe tribul;uions, Ih e
st rik,
The mo rn ing d:IWIIS, at! bright
o nce mo re ;
The day bcgin~ with cheer.
The lovc1y plant~ again lift their
heads,
And all the joy we seck is ncar.
Joe Cartee
Wife 01 Nathan H. Cartee
Local 479, Buumont. Te •.
What 's Wro ng with the World ?
Peopk say they want loveBu t they hate their enemies.
People ~a y they want pe<leeBut they fight wars.
People say they want JifeBut they kill others.
People say they want truthBut th('y lie to each other.
I)eop[e say they don't want
drugs But they ~el1 sleeping pills.
People say that it's wrong to
~teal-
Butlhey don't return another's
prope rty.
What's wro ng with this wo rld?
We have to go back in time
And love o ur neighbors;
Be frienuly ;Ind hclp them;
Be ho nest and nOt hurt them .
We h;lve to love each person
J ust as much as we love ou rselves.
SallY J. Bartl.tt.
Oluglll •• of Bruce W. Bartlett.
Lo"t 876, Gr.nd Aapids. Mich.
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Around machinery, watch out for the
HANDTRAPS
SHEARING
The shear type of machi ne
can chop a finger or hand
right off. Form work habits
that will keep your fi ngers
safe. On many jobs, for instance, it's safer to push
work Into a machine with the
fist.
Do it the
Safe Way '
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IN-RUNNING NIP
The In-running nip is a grabber thai can mess up your
fingers and hands. Wherever
there are inward-turning rolls,
gears, a chain and sprocket,
a belt and pulley, or any ot,her
combination that can nip or
grab and pull in, there's danger of serious injury.
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ROTATING
A machine with a rotating or
spinning molion requires speciat care. This could be a
toothed, spiked or jagged
edge like a rotary saw that
can cui inlo hands, or it may
be a drill that can twist right
through a hand, or wind up a
sleeve or your hair. Or it may
have irregu lar projections
that can come around and
strike fingers and hands hard
enough to break bones.
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SMASHING
A fou rth type of hand hazard
is the smashing acUon. You
should have plenty of respect
lor presses that can form a
chunk of steel into a useful
item in one smashing blow.
Mele".1
10'
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nfel~
~ter
cOme . Irom Ihe Netlonal S".'y
Coune ,1
AN IBEW MONTHLY SAFETY REMINDER