1984-01 January IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

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llode He hu fhe e nthuSlutu; IU pport 01 fhe AFL
CIO and ,n cen tr~l bodIes 10. Ihe eumlnt prni
dential flec ti on come Novcmbtr 6, 1984,
Wr despe.;rely need a un!vcual comp.ehenslve
nauonal InsUrince provarn, like chll wh.ch h.,
p.onn luceu,£ul .n Canada. Enlland .nd many
OIhc. counl"U Ihal take (ate of IhclI cUi:en from
the c.~dle III Ihe Ir~"c Then the •.., would nOI be
any .eflecllon. on the elderly ~nd Ihe needy who
have bten de nred. ".·monlh c05l·of.l,vmg hold
back of Soci.1 .sccurtty money, whIle lenllOn and
congr essman vOle Ihem$clvu a hdlY rille
Theopcnml.emarh of Walle. Mondalc Wat hI '
harpy leehnl Ih'l Lceh Walesa had won Ihe Nobel
Pnze fOI hll Solldanry In Ihe face of eonfllCUIlI
h"mltll~lInn We proudly applauded a fI&hlln~
fellow cleclllcian ,n Poland
II Presidenl Rcal'ln II leeleeled, " Will mun
four yeall 01 hardship fOI Ihe cldelly and I,bo,
We cannOt let II h.ppen 'Ialn. upeelilly fOI Ihole
dIsplaced walke" who hive bun hun by lObo"
and a.e 100eed 10 aequlle ne'" Iklll, at leu pay
Oul futule P'Clldent Mondale hu the anSwe.
,obs-full Employmenl bw wnh ,eelh In II 10
aJJu,e useful lob. 10. all who Wlm 10 "'o,k,
Tt"d_Conlen l law to ,equlle celtaln pomon
of U S.·made pall. In fo.e'ln made produel', iIOld
he,e, fall trade beneflunl U S WOlken and p,od
uels as much .1.1 uadinl J"I"nelt,
StlSle InduJftlu-C'nh p.ovam 10 reV.ve de
chmnl bUlc InduJlllu ID wh.eh nallon'Sluenllh,
mllhon5 of JObs depend,
EJu~"'l/oll-Sh"'rly I"erene Icdefll lId 10 up
gr.de public Ichooll, eollele "duel liOn 1000n gUl,
anleU 10 quahfled ch.ldren wo.ken and n~edy,
Humtln RJlhu-Iqualllshu fOI wom"n, mmo,
IIIU m .11 .1.11'"11 of ou, economic and pohueal
hf",
TaJru-Tu law chanlu 10 make Co'poUlluni
and wullhy mdlvlduals pay Ihell f.1I Ih"e. U
wOlktn II .... V~ hnr
Qutl/lfy of Ltfe-Sleppo:d up hoU)ml plollams,
h'&h"'ay .nd bm1le ,epalfs. modflntUIIOn and
ellenJlon of tran!ipo,ullon SYSlemJ, U,onle, ell
"I,onmen,,1 ptO,eellons,
It IS up 10 UI 10 PUI thl) C'UI leader m Ihe While
Hou§c, hll IIUM II ma,chm~ on Lei·, all march
wnh hIm ploudly
Le,", all h"lp 10 cICCI Mondalc lUI our "C...
ptulden, lou, m",,"hl
Retirees Tour
Power Plant
RETIREES CLUB OF LU. II, SAN FRA NCISCO,
CAL ISENIOR SITE5\--A croup 01 OUI ,C!lIet'S
wenl on a tnur of Ihe PacIfic Ca!l and Elccllle
ComranY'1 new powe, pbol In S.n franCISCo Flul
we were liken 10 • room .nd bllefed on whal we
were aboUI 10 Itt-the ""Icr, pumpmg. and dl1
mbuuon of Ihe condense, unlls. Wllel, in Ih,)
ca§c, 15 from ,hc bay, which II uhy Aitcl Ihe
IIUm 15 eondeMcd, It IS '''lufIl"d 10 the bl)'
Ahr, hl1rflnl. we llarlcd the 10UI flUI ~IOP .... ,
I lencrllOI Untl, dnven by IWO P,att III. Whuney
lei e"I'nu, one on each "de: of Ihe lene,alo, The
unil de"elo,,1 ISO megaw.tlJ II I !,OOOV I~I 10 a
d.5 InbuIl0" n an,lormel Ihat III turn SlepS up 10
IIS,ooo V·J phue II IS a slIndby unll Ihat tin be
.ulom.llully lurned on aWly from Ihe &taUon, In
Case the local load III San Func'KO lieU 100 h'lIh
The ,et enlllllCJ 'un on. hl,hl de,scl Olilrom tanks
nu. by
We then loured the ove, head yard and ,wtlchlng
unlll on our way 10 the Jleam pl.nt The ~Ium
genefuinll unll Is 10 $101 '($ high, and has. sleam
Iurbm" unll, d,,, t,.."lta be" 'g (Ired either by ,U
0' 011 by I. bUrnell The bollcl II unusual as II "
susp"nded by larlle .od$ and eyn from lIeel be"mJ
ThIS allo ... , fm (Xp.nflon and CI)nrraC II On SlUm
rreuure Ii 1,800 poundl pe' .quuc Inch
The tu.b'ne w.n~ at J,600 RPM Ihrough hl8h
~nd low Unill on lurh,ne In a direel dllvt II) the
geneillo, Thll sene,alOr devdopJ 210 me~~Watl5
'1 10,000 "oln, J rhue We Irfl the lI~neraIO ' Ind
procceded to Ihe cont rol SlaliOn whr'e everylh"'g
IS monnored 10' "lb' IlIon, boIler troublu, ele. Tn
the glOlIp, Ihlf waf. very CJfClUng IOu'
The above Wat w"" cn by VICt P'Clldcnl Harry
Wehl
At this time w~ h ~ .~ ,;omc ud news 10 .epon
One of our ol1 glnal m~mbers of the SenlO. SIxes,
Re"e Cagne, passed away laSt month He was ou,
fI ,sl s«rctary·trCUU,Cf. H ~ and hl$ ...,fe, Agou,
helJl«l Itl m.ke OU r Chrj51mu ~nd Ladle.' OIY 10
suecuslul We WIll all mIn a lui IIle"d and
BrOlher
Retirees Hear
Interesting Speaker
RETI REES Of L.U. II, LOS ANGELES, CAL­
ApIOPIl' 10 October 12, Columbul D.y, on which
our monthly mrmbt:rshlp meelIDg feJl, we had t
"cry mlere",lD, speakel, MI BIll Mar. He spake
01 hl5 u~lIencu as III ROTC membe, when In
h,sh school, hll nll"'~ m WUI POmt, and of hi.
acu"e dUlY III World War I! as a B29 1"11101 ,n Ihe
Soulh PaelAc . He saw dUlh .od dutr\lcllon flul
hand He ullrn.cd I". tIJ ~"U "I(len 10' coml"g
OUI of Ihese upellenccs unSCllhed, Ind lold how
proud he "'ai, and IS, to have had the opponu""y
of servlnl OUI veal counlry_lh" conltnenl Ih;t
Columbus d,scovc, ed 111 1492 MI Ma,.'. wo,d.
of 'OSP'IIIIOn mad" uS fccl how ImpanaOI 11 1$ {OI
us, and fo, row,,, lenerallons, Ihal we (onunue to
wo.k lowud keep'''11 our cnunny, and Ihe wo.ld,
from eomptcle annlh,bllnn AVID wr mU~llhank
S'lIe, leanne Colhel, pro"am challpeI$O", fo. be,
lOltJlshl ID anlngIDIl fo, M, Ma,. 10 come belole
UI 00 such ao h'$lonul date
BIOlher p,tJldenl Ralph !.a.k"l conducted I con
CISC busID"'s agenda afle, whlcb w" had Ihe
rlusu,e of hUllnl hom B,Olhel Barry Meyen of
Local I I He ",/olmed U5 of Ihe p. eseRI StaIU$ of
ou, hlld·carned beneflt5, for a urn" the tlealrh
Ind Welfare P'DI.am, "·c.e In lcopardy Because
aJl of ul Ih,nulhoUI the nallon leI Our stale ."d
IWe,al ,ep.",entaltv", kno ... Ihal ,h"l0( benefl ..
"'e Iu"e earned, and are now lawi. arc nOl 10 be
IImpeled wllh, scven oul of 10 bills we.c passcd
Th,s laue, ",Io, mallon wu leponed m the last
O,",S,",C Ncw$lellcl Sevelal of OUr ,ewed mem
be" devole many hour' 01 rc search and wOlk
lell"'l1 uu. the lIe ..... I,," .. ,. fu, wl"dl .... e th.lnk
them Orhel membe,s Can also I've themsclvCl an
arplausc fo, W/lunll 10 Ihell scnaton and Con
I'euman. lell"'llhem be ''''are of ou. n«dl
Many of ou, memberi arc 1 .. 11 vaelltonml We
lie Imuou$ly .walllnl,h(1I relurn wllh p,eluru
and desc"pl1on' of what they IIW Ind lumed
lke.lI$( 01 these alnem«s Ou r .ne"dance wasn't
.. I,eal U u1ual but "·e arc happy to !epoll Ih ..
• oumbe. of ne ... IBEW rClueCl have IOmed ou ,
club Wc ,,·ekome Ihem and lemmd evtryon" Ih.t
we meel , he second Wednesday 01 every month,
ycal round
HII'PY Ncw Year'
Retirees Pay Tribute
To Deceased Members
ASSOCIATION OF RETIREES, WIV ES, AND
WIUUW ~ Uf LU, ~ II , Dt"fROfT, MI CII.-SlIlec
November, 1971 , ,he AssocI~tIOn of RCliltcl, WIVCI,
Ind WIdow, of Local S8 hu lemembered Ihe
dec"ased BIOIhel5 a"d S,ne'$ 01 lIu r O'gall1UBOn
JIl ~dd,,,o.), "t h~ve r~,d Inbule ro o,her pcnl'O"
e'l "I l