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74 ;t The Journal of ELECTRICAL WORKERS and Operators Shg, SHORT STORIES Menmbers light the old pipe and breathe a yarn or two a WORK a PLAY o hilself to its var;ius chnlites, for better -'_- or worse. ,-- it was iacking 10 minutes to five , / .'cluk, when the jobs are Iusually called. /li ll a Istrained eagerness prevailed ill /I the erom. Th viy atmosplhe re was tens. /,f Pcl Steve rigains, s4.'t id at ith next table with expectation. Mn had their eyes fixed ii in the union' s slaious, smokev-filled as- on the office door iii wa ehrId waiting. I semhl.Iy room, overheard tile conversation. l Finally the door opoed and a clerk camn. HIe knew both of his fellow ilem.bers par- out with the lilst of jobs. There were a iripating in it. lie also knew Ilarry Col- few, and Steve( headll his iaie animong Tree-Breathed Raccoons ins, the object of their disluite,. those called. A man of fewi words . himsel f, he liked By J*AMES ALTIC, L. . No. .- hOs ie vas ushered, with the other men, to listen to conv.rsations of others; to into the bulsiless manager's ofice. Ton, R. FERGUSON'S story about the hear both sides iii any argument andi Henderson ,a busy executive, ,was ccu watch keeping time in ilfe gills then, after efficiently weighing in his pied at his desk. No sooner did he antswe M of , a I trout ... I a, for , a y... year pooit ipulied So the minl.d pro and eon, form his own pinion. one of the two phones, whem the other cork. If I did not know that the ieorilng However, havinrg been ot of work a mo rang. In the brief period between River country is so full of ticks, I would month, it was Iat lural for ihat un.easy calls, he usually interviewed men to hb think his tale hlard to believe. feeling to creep ill and play havoc with sent out on jobs. Well, here's another yam. .L G, Schmidi his other'ise cheerful disposition, amd "Bello, Steve!'" he addrssi and I were spending a week on Ben he was hinm more with or less inclined o listoen Io a fiendly smile, as soilon as his turn Watts' farm near Milton. Pike County, 'knocks" direted against the union ofli .came, FI've been looking over the records III., hunting rabbits and quail. Or the isl in ehargoe of distributing jobs. of your past employment night of the thiLd dy we were playing "I don't came anid whai I found you say," the oice Illat you d pinchle when DBen''s collie dog baiked. of the first mliuI get "ucl i bU a break late.. eakcr drifted to lhinm. in- Now, L have a job on hand that requiire We dashed outside and found lie had an terrupting his glum thoughts. "I still a special skill. It'll be a long stretch. ii opossum, which we bagged. This sug- maintain that there is too iceh faor you can make the grade. Do you think gested a 'coon hunt. Our host called itism in giving out jobs. There seems to yu canl do it?"' neighbor and invited him to bring his be a clique that gets all the work" 'coon dog and go for a chase. We shook "Aw, fiddlestieks!" Could the he do orthe it? speakers Steve turned over in out three 'possumns the first hour, Then angry retort caine his mind to the him, "an various you point complicated jobs he the old dog hit a trail and we sat down out had the handled men ill in ie his days. clique Yet, you despite are raving to wait. IlI about a half hour we heal abouit? his I'll bet years my of last skilled dollar training, you can't he was nol of the him bark again. We found him at tite foot If you know-it were all in type tha to boast office about for it one nday. of a squatty tree, the few limbs of wihich you'd realize what a gigantic task it is '"I certainly shall try my best, Mr. afforded no hiding place. No raccoons! to distribute lenderson, jobs to and make ry good." II o satisf) We cussed the dog for a liar! By the everybody!"' "Very wvell, then, Steve," Tom len- light of my flashlight I notield the tree T'his remark dir.i.u t rerilrded Ste,ve him a;,-thinking. with open admira- seemed to move then, I spotted a crack There's somethiri tin. }{ere to this was buinress a man who that was sure to about 15 feet up ta¢i was oliciniig and the average man of the ilanlk aI.d file make good. Ill manners, his very behavilr speak closing slowly. 'be tree was so full of cannot see. for him. After Yet, unlike ll, he som, releted, the 'coons that every time they breathed the i.nion does Il, cre'ate conditioms in the of tli.s. ladsm ha..k in the awaiting room. crack opened and closed. We got IS 'c.ois trade. When ,he dies t1e not work act slacken, as if he is it a genius is who out of that tree! virtually impossible to give everyone elidi do everything. "You'll see Miss what few jobs are conming in. Kingsley. She'll give you all tile details. lie glanced at the low roews of tables anid good luck to you!' Day-Room Philosophy where men of varlios ages were seated. Steve left he (flice wilh I feeling of By A. D. HAtLAM i GICK L. iU. ol. fl-s either engrossed ill discussions or play- xu taition. It was not only the jIl, that img games. Mlost of them, he knew. were. made him hlappy. lie learned it bit of dny- lUT. I'm trying to tell you," the like himself, heais of families and some room philosophy trolay that will pov KS.e. ..... ,ll extremeily agitated, were out of work a much ]onge, period ha.i.dy to him il the future. lie learned "1 saw Harry Colins leave the lthan himself. A picture flashel in his that one could not get anlywhere by act business manager's oliee with a joh slip imlaginatin of war-time balirraks where int ;,i a grouch, always looking for iflle in his hand. A nd he's Ionly b[nt oUt of sohli rs Congegatecd await.lug ordels who get "'better breaks." lie raliied that work three days! Why . . fram superior ollieers. In a way, he ra o1u mnust possess somethillr nmore tkiial "Oh, yeah? Well. I happen to know, smied, we are alI soldiers in the hattie his luiion card to be eapalle of holding Wise Guy, that .larry was sent on an flield of industry. And, as in every wa, i job; that lthere are certain jobs that assignment to hielp line up the boys of them must r be s casualties. omne The loval rqlire more than averaget aeg skill, n.l.turall the B. & J. shop." The other voice was soldier never e oplnnains whiic going ei .i. ating .so.e of these would be sareasti¢. with a slight drawl in it. "You through Endless discomifort and hardship. alftsnmin who, nvertheless. think tileir and your infernal grumbling! You al- Somehow (his thought comforted him: skill is nconparable. And, above all, h ways shoot off your windbag crying about it is easier to bear the burden when egaiiied his self-coldlece, feelilng err jobs, when you know darn well they are one considers he is an important cog in tian he would measure up to any diffiult scarce at this tihe of the yar." the industry's wheel anmd itlit adjust problnl that nmight come his way
FEBRUARY, 1940 2%dh STAYS owan a/ Ow, CARTOONIST Harrie S. Goodwin -beloved Goody-draws last work for Journal. Dies January 11 Oil the Ilrst time iill mlaly y:tar, a funiijar fiaimt oe i ssisg from the paes o'f the fOTllKNAL Oif is uloth. Remitdrs w ill look ill vi for Goo]y's cartoon. Onil Jaluary II G(ody's sketchboik was sueililnly clsed by the hand of Iht I)aik Aigiil. Thus a 1,other vet- ,rlI is issirlg flrom the ranilks. Anthi lung s Cittio ... i is aIlId .L Haiie S. G(oodin. if , I No. 103, Boston, Maiss, hadar an ,. B. E W. carll in his pockeit filre hie vas old e,,lolgh to vote Ard he remained faithful io the Brothlerhool as lnhg as he lived, Iii a iersonI wiay he Ienjoyed a widle aequimatnlee in his ,own all ither Boston locals, anld also ,'ilh ilhe officia L B. E. W. fiamily at Washimfigton. llilgh his cartoeos ill the JOURNAI, he reached friendly hard to 103's mctinl financill sec.tal I. The hlIoI.al'., ciords will .shov li lllil I.. .. )th(,' pif fices he filled aId s..i.iile he 'rfprnulld.I It ,holld t UI o ed he, r that (G iold y w;Ia no bradl-aid-biter ii'ctlt'ii Ia. i li in longer ,lktd at tile tIrat It:, all iislihi Icitrical \oikerL, Ilis taleit atti ki]I bai I"n, hin a P La tpla, chliT of vonll tioal tnl'ting alt {ie C(ihIstt}l Hi ghk School,. Y et he tin aiI.iI rl1(1 ilo hi liiO, Is II an idjl). hundreds of iiiuh.l.l.d. Goody was initiatdi illn I. U. No 96, of Woreesler, Nlss,., in tilhe year 1903 lie was th'n 18 yerls old, Iliis card ililiber was 16909. Flion here he itan.sf 'id to Boston, Locnl No. 103; thenc, foir a time, to L. U. No. 588, of Lowell, Mass. In IO916i he clie back agin o L. U. No. 103. li.cr his card remained till the time of his hntlh 24 years. A aun levited to the interest of lablior cann.ot .e. linI illi one local so long without hierning uill iiltegril lit'L f it At the time of his death ie was L. i. No. SINCE MEIORY OF MAN We had to look bltck thtough rlinlly volumes of the JOURNAL Op Er..L.er 1Au.. WORKEtRS 10 find a time when GCoody's crthoo]ns Wee ij oLt t.li aring iii its pages. His cartoons have be(!n c ontributed rugllaul, y for . o.... than 25 yais. No., let's riot pretend that Gtlpdy was a highly poiished cotmlercial tIlkst. Like most cal- It..aiit.s, hI concentrated or. ,eseithaJ a1l idea in, IL Iramatic way rtther tha, on the suhtIeties of art. B3eig so closl to the anlk ard file of electrical workrs. 71 hi, grnius lay in his graphic presentation of their thought. His worker type' are not slick or polished. Just ordinary eveiy-day guys illn oeralls that (lon't fi! well. Goody could di'vW a handsome per son or a go.d portrait when he wisher to, however. In some of his political ear toons he achived very good likenessea Recently the ,lcretary of Assistant Atloticy Generl Thrurmall inold wvroe in requesting the ori/inal of Goody's carloon which aplleared in tilhe I)eelnbe JOURN Al in order tlhat her bssm ijght add it to his gallery of his own poTtrails. The thlught conveyed in the eal tooi was nol flalttring, flat tih likem.nss was excellent. l)uiJng the years 192 arid 1932, Goods acted as press se.eptry for L. F. N' 103, hut his attitude se,,emn' to be thal in his devor((ll tel'est to his 1l e : i l anl( to thile nlariaile h would report th, news if no oe . Ilse was w iliagm In qerlve apparently hit, rega.'ded himself as only a pinch-hitter in the 1post, anld ls sooln as another able e ilabha.didtle was Goodiy sltepiei out of the press se"ritair job. DEVOTION T1O UNION His devotin I.o the Blotherhood alli to Local No. 103 "as also inaiifested ii his as.itltle( to the icail's trade schooi !Goody was oll o(f the guiding spirits iil the establishienlt of this sehold and- a, . insiriictoir inl its clast si inior uIe mielnirs have the opllrtuvnity to keep uip to date ill advluel e id hases of the trade. Shortly after the stablishient of the c:hool, hs ph A. Slattely, L I. U. Ni 103's press secretary, wrote ill the Jolli NAL of April, 1937: Ill tile Mlarch isslu of the WOIIIR. (Cil tl Inied on [igo! ilOBi
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