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EDITORIAL 

COMMENT 

AFL-CIO 

PRESENTS 

PLATFORM 

On behalf of ItS affiliates, the AFL 

CIO has presented platform proposals 

to the 1984 Dcmocrallc and Republican 

Party National Conventions. The 

platform expresses the AFL-CIO's 

concerns on jobs, international trade, 

monetary policies, mterest rates, labor 

law enforcement, social needs, foreign 

policics, defense and other national 

needs. The following arc excerpts taken 

from the AFL-CIO's platform proposals. 

After three years of favoritism of 

the few at the expense of the many, 

American workers arc looking for the 

redress of multiple gn evances. The 

AFL-CIO, with 14 million members 

m 96 national orgaruzatlons and 50,000 

local umons, IS the most inclUSive 

cross section of the American populauon 

that ClUStS. Its members live In 

every commumty and work at every 

trade and occupation. It IS to that 

world of work that the current administration 

has done ItS worst damage 

since II tOok charge. Despite more 

than a yea r of rccovery In the bUSiness 

world, recovery IS nOt even In Sight 

for the 8.5 million who arc stili unemployed. 

For those sull holdmg a 

lob, average real wages arc 3.5 percent 

lower than they were four years ago. 

The future for most of our children IS 

gnm. To reach full employment by 

1990, defined as 3 percent joblessness, 

thiS COUntry will have to generate 20 

million more iobs. If Jobs arc created 

at a rate no greater than that of the 

last seven years, the shortfall will be 

7.5 million Jobs. As for youngsters 

who have been forced to abandon the 

dream of higher education, thiS 

admirustration proposes to throw them 

on that depressed Job market at less 

than the mmimum wage. We believe 

the platforms of both major partlcs 

must also be concerned with the plight 

of the poor, working and non-working, 

who have been written off and deprived 

of the help and encou ragement 

of their government for the past 3.5 

years. In early 198 1 when the Reagan 

Administration's budget and tax proposals 

were unveiled, the AFL-CIO 

immediately responded that they posed 

a "high-nsk gamble" with the hves 

of the Amentan people. That analYSIS 

grew from pnnclples deeply held by 

Amencan workers and their unions. 

The labor movement has always opposed 

the belief that plimg more bcnefits 

on bUSiness and on the wealthy 

will allow enough to " trickle down" 

to satisfy America's working men and 

women. The conservative economic 

and political thinking em bo

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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD 

OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS 

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JOURNAL • AUGUST • 1984 

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Volume 83, No. 8 

FEI1TLiI1ES 

CHARLES H. PILLARD , Editor 

Second District Progress Meellng 

32nd Annual Broadcasting and Recording 

Conference 

Vice President Barry Honored 

Support ISEW Members "Calt and Buy Union" 

International Executive CounCI' Meeting Mmutes 

Mandale for President 

DEPAI1TIVIENTS 

Editorial Comment 

Research and Educallon Department 

Safety Tips 

Local Lines 

In Memoriam 

Reftections 

ON OUR COVEA-Summer In the 

Grand TetonsNabOnal Park, WyomIng. 

Is pictured on this month's Iront cover 

01 partICUlar importance In this Journal 

Is a SIOf'Y on page 7 emphasizing the 

need to buy AT&T CommumcatlOflS 

and thus suppor1 our ISEW Brothers 

and SIsters 

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SECOND DISTRICT 

PROGRESS MEETING 

HELD IN HARTFORD, 

CONNECTICUT 

The Second Distnct Progress 

Meeting was held on Ma y 29, 30 and 

31 , 1984, In Hartford, Connecti cut. 

Vice PrCSldl.!nt John E. Flynn chai red 

the General Session; and, {01l0\.,, 111& 

hiS remarks on the progress made III 

the Second District, as well 3S a 

report on the orgamZlIlg endeavors 

111 the Second District, Vice PresIdent 

Flynn Introduced the following 

speakers: International Treasurer 

Thomas Van Arsdale; International 

Executive Council Secretary lames 

Mulla ney; IntcmatJonal Executive 

Council Chairman Wesley Taylor, 

John O 'Malley, director, New England 

RegiOn AFl-C10; John ,. Dnscull, 

prc~Ic.JCl1l , Connecticut Slate 

AFt-ClO; and Richard Egan, labor 

director, e llY of Hope N3t1onal Labur 

Counci l. The remarks of each 

speaker were attentively it slened to 

by the delegates as they receIved the 

very useful mformatlon. 

lntematlonal Secretary Leigon then 

took the podtum and gave an in Spir 

Ing and enlightening speech on na 

u onal politiCS. He spoke on the part 

al1 of labor must pla y In helping Fritz 

Mondale achieve the presidency and 

also the need to elect those senators 

and congressmen who have proven 

\'. ting records as friends of labor. 

Secretary Leigon could not have better 

stated the cnse, and the delegates 

evidenced their pleasure and concur· 

renee with Secretary Lcigon's remarks 

by affordmg him a standmg 

uvatiuli. 

During the General SeSSion, the 

delegates also viewed the thought· 

provoking and Illtcresting film 

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Second Dlstricl International Vee President John 

E. Flynn, who chaired the Second District Prog· 

ress Meeting. is shown delivenng his remarks 

to the delegates. 

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" Amenca's Vamshmg Power." Al so . 

a videotape was presented on the 

AJ-L·ClU and ItS affi ltated untons' 

endorsement of Walter F. Mondale 

as the Democratic Party candidate 

for president in the November elec· • 

lions and Included an introduction 

by Inte rnational PreS ide nt Charles 

Pillard. 

The second day was devoted to 

workshops conducted for the Utility, 

Telephone, Manufacturing, Se rvice 

and Construction Branches. The 

workshops were chaired by Ihc In · 

ternattonal Representalives who 

service lhe local UllIons in the var'

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Shown registering delegates are International Representatives Kata 

Mulvey and Richard Monahan 

A partial view 01 the delegates who sllended the Second District Progress 

Meelir)Q 

A partial view 01 the delegates who aUended the Second District Progress 

Mee\lng 

Pictured are some of the Construction Branch delegates 

Pictured are some 01 the Construction Branch delegates 

PictUled are some ollhe Telephone Branch delegates 

Shown during a coHee break are some of the Manuladunng delegates 

to the meeting 

Several delegates ale shown Viewing President Pillard's videotaped 

message on the candidacy 01 Walter F. Mondale. 

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Shown at the Annual ISEW Broadcasling and Recording Department 

Conference are. left to fight. International Representative Reggie Gilliam 

and Department Director Jack Kain. The Conference was chaire

These two pictures show partial views 01 the delegates who aUended the 32nd Annual IBEW BroadcaSlnlQ and Recording Depanmenl Conference 

which was held In Boston, Massachusens 

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Left to fight are LU 292 delegales Charles Berger and John Slaberz and 

LU 715 BUSiness Manager Walter Clare 

Left 10 nghl are LU 1228 goest MIke Goldberg, president, NABET, LU 

18: LU 1228 BuSIness Manager Ken Aanagan; and LU 1228 PreSIdent 

Harvey Moms 

Left 10 righ t are Internallonet Representative Jon Gardner and LU 58 

delegates Noel Mullen and Joe Boyles 

Left 10 nohl are LU 45 Asslslant BUSIness ManagOf Paut Wagner and LU 

4 BuSiness Manager John Mondeflo 

• Shown in a full·dress Uniform 01 a 

BriUSh Colonial Infantryman Is 

Ed Docks, member of Local 1228, 

and his son, laft, Ihey did a fine .lob 

as tour gUIdes of the local historic 

areas 

Delegates are shown as they toured the newly remodeled WCVB Studios. 

IBEW JOURNAL I AUGUST 1984 I 5

32nd ANNUAL BROADCASTING 

AND RECORDING CONFERENCE 

(Continued from page 4) 

etc. A built-JO motorized shutter provides 

greatly Improved slow-motion 

and slop-action quality. Mr. Gaydos 

informed us that plans 3fC under way 

for prodUCing an EFP-typc camera In 

the ncar future. 

The balance of Thursday afternoon 

was spent dlscussmg new cqulpmcOl 

shown at the NAB thiS year, progress 

IcpOll on new technology III the In 

dU5try and on safety ~ tudlcS being 

conducted on non-ionizing RF radw· 

lion levels by the EPA and others. 

On Fndo y mommg host Local 112~ 

provided buses for a de legate tour of 

WCVB-TV's facilities In Needham, 

and for the families a tour of Min 

uteman National Historic site In the 

Lexington-Concord area where Local 

Uni on 1228 member E. D. Dooks, III 

period costume, acted as host, fol 

lowed by a hosted luncheon III the 

area. 

The WCVij·TV MetromedHl property 

IS JUSt completing a 4.S- lllllllon 

expansion and renovatIOn of liS fa 

CIlities. In the large new studio :J. 

demon~tratlo n of thl' mOlUllzcd 

lighting grids and the computerized 

hghtlllg Control system was given. 

Sma ller groups were conducted 

through other an'a.:; of the station 

which IIlciuded the Art Department 

Ouantel Palllt Box and stili-store 

demonstration, one of the dual master 

control switchlllg and speCialeffects 

rooms, the muillple cameracomrol 

and camera-maintenance facility. 

the CMX- I IIl ch edltlllg SUite 

and the renovated news room areas. 

The groups w(,r(, guided and Ill' 

structed by Dave Fo lsom, chief engineer; 

JIIll Gilbert , superVisor, Dick 

Ober, supervi sor; IBEW technicians 

Jerry Milot, Tony Coleman and JackIe 

Klass; and Chief Steward Bill Freewa 

ld . The tour wa s followed by a 

local lInion-hosted IUllcheon at a 

nearby restaurant. 

The afternoon dI 5,11"'''ons were 

devoted to Broadcast Department 

sUbICCtS. Director K:lIn covcred FCC 

regulatory action on operator li censing 

ruling. pending status of the 7- 

7-7 fule, progress in LPTV and AM 

stereo, bills on the CommullIcallon 

Act pcndlllg In Congress and the 

COUrt ruling on home videotaping. 

Reggie Gilliam rerml/., r! on

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Support IBEW Members 

"CALL AND BUY UNION" 

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Dunng the next two years you will 

be asked to make a choice which 

could have a significant impact on 

the jobs of thousands of your working 

Brothers and Sisters. The divestiture 

of lhe Bell System has forever changed 

the telecommunications industry in 

the United States. Americans are 

now required or wi ll be required to 

make choices rega rding telephone 

service and telecommunications 

.. equipment which they have not previously 

had co make. 

Consumers nationwide WI I! be 

asked to choose between a number 

of competing long-distance telephone 

carriers. The starting poilll 

was Charleston, West Virginia, where 

I> customers we re reqUiTed to select a 

carrier by July 15. In C harleston the 

long-distance carriers se t up sales 

booths on city streets and shopping 

mails, scnt thousands of pieces of 

direct mail, badgered potential subscribers 

over the phone and blanketed 

TV and radio waves with ads. 

... It will be the same all across the 

United States as the discounters 

. which are non-union try to grab a 

share of the market. It is a once-in 

.,- li fctimc opportunity, so these nonunion 

carriers are throwlOg caution 

and profit marglOs to the wmds 10 

. their effort to capture some of the 

S40-billion annual long-distance 

' 

market. 

You may think these firms

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MONDALE'S RECORD STRONG 

ON KEY WORKER ISSUES 

Edlton Nole: 

As this month 's issue of the Journal goes to 

• press, Democratic presidential candidate 

Wafter F. Mondale has just announced thaI 

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New Yaft Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro 

is his choice 10 be his running mate in the 

November presidential election race. Representallve 

Ferraro , who is serving her third 

1 term In Congress, is the first woman ever to 

.. be named to a major polilical party licket. 

Her COPE lIoting record is excellent. 

A deciSIVe factor 10 organized labor S SUPl>Ort 

of Waller F. Mondale"s bid for the DemocratiC 

presldenttal nomination was hiS firmness In 

taking pOSitIOns on bedrock Issues thaI affect 

• the quality of hfe for working people and their 

families 

The AFL -CIO and Its afllhates, before endorsing 

Mondale, looked closely at hiS policies, 

examining not only what he has said, but also 

what he has done-and at hiS speCIfiC Ideas 

for the future of the nation under hiS leadership 

• What labor found was a candidate With a 

Slrong allegiance to the goals of working people-and 

With a record of public service to 

back It up 

The AFL-CIO's analYSIS of Mondale's record 

brings him into sharp contrast With PreSident 

Reagan-both In philosophy and in actJOn-on 

the issues that deeply concern workers and 

their lamllies. 

The agenda ranges Irom the Critical need to 

rebuild the nation's Industnal base to Ihe economiC 

health of both CIIleS and farmlands , the 

fading dream of home ownership, the affordability 

of health care and education , a safe 

workplace , a clean and healthy environment 

and protection from the economiC havoc wreaked 

' by plant closings. 

The damage already done to the Quality of 

life in America under the Reagan Admlnlstratlon-and 

the prospect of more of the same If 

Reagan has a second term-led to the AFL 

CIO·s early endorsemem of Mondale as a proven 

ally of workers who shares thelf view of Amer· 

Ica 's luture needs. 

One threat 10 that luture IS the erosion of 

the nallOn's ··infrastructure"-roads. bridges. 

water supply and waste treatment systems , 

railroads and other public facilities 

The Afl-CIO supports programs and lundlng 

to gel the rebuilding eHort started qUickly In 

both urban and rural areas 

The Reagan Admlfllstratlon , however, has 

anacked and cut the federal programs to do 

the job, guning a range 01 community development, 

economic development and enVIron· 

mental programs and the agencies that once 

administered them. In their place , PreSident 

Reagan proposes "enterprise rones " which 

translate mto big tax giveaways to busmess . 

takeaways of wage and lob protections lor 

workers and fewer publiC services for communities. 

In contrast, Mondale strongly supports programs 

to restore the infrastructure along With 

urban and rural programs aimed at rebUlldmg 

the nation's strong economic base . 

The AFl-CIO also backs a comprehenSive 

national transportation policy that would msure 

the system's strength and the contmued aval" 

ability of all forms 01 transportation to clllzens, 

business and industry, and both urban and 

rural communitieS. 

The Reagan AdminlstrallOn has slashed funding 

for transportation programs. ignored the 

chaos created by deregulation and mounted an 

aClJve campaign to destroy salety standards 

and other protections for transportatIOn work· 

ers. 

Mondale, In comparison, has pledged strong 

government support 01 programs to rebUild the 

transportallon system . 

Many workers and thelf commuflltles have 

already lelt the devastallng losses of jobs, 

mcome, stabilrty and publiC resources that come 

from corporate or government deCISions to 

close or relocate plants 

The Afl-CIO supports passage of plant cfos· 

109 laws reqUiTIng both pnvate and publiC 

employers to recogntze thelf responSibilitieS to 

workers and their commuOilles before they shut 

down. 

Mondale is already on record on the Issue 

While he was a US senator, he sponsored 

plant clOSing legislation that paralleled reforms 

sought by labor. 

Mondale·s record also IS clear on occupa- 

1I0nai safety and health. Throughout hiS career. 

he has been labo(s solid ally In seekmg workplace 

protecllOn; and he has pledged to continue 

that alliance 

Beyond the workplace , the future IS clouded 

for many workers and their lamilies by the skyhigh 

interest rates produced by Reagan poliCies . 

These rates have put home ownership beyond 

the reach of many middle-income Americans 

And many jobless workers have suffered or 

laced mortgage foreclosure and the loss of 

their hOmes 

For the elderfy, mlOofllJes, and lOW-income 

people, the Reagan Admlfllstrallon·s hOUSing 

budget cuts mean that not enough shelter IS 

being bUilt to meet their needs. 

The AFl·C IO has called for credit controls to 

help keep mortgage rates down, relief from 

mortgage foreclosures for the lobless, and 

government aSSistance In bUilding hOUSing for 

the net11y 

In hiS poliCIes, Mondate stresses the link 

between the Reagan budget dehc.ts and Interest 

rates and their Impact on home ownersh1p and 

on construction employment . He proposes con· 

trolling the dellcit through genuine tax reforms 

and a more moderate growth in defense spend 

Ing 

The Afl-CtO and Walter Mondale also agree 

that the raging Inllatlon In health care costs 

Jeopardizes the ability of many Americans to 

pay for heallh services lor themselves and thel' 

families. 

An upward explOSion In premiums for pnvate 

heallh Insura nce plans has prompted employers 

to demand takeaways to tTlm costs. And millions 

of jobless workers have lost coverage lor 

themselves and their families 

The Reagan Admlfllstratlon ·s budget cuts 

have added 10 the cnsis by reducmg health 

services for the elderly, the poor and other 

disadvantaged Americans: and the AdmlnlstralIOn 

is eyeing even deeper cuts in the Medicare 

system. 

The admln.strallOn 's " blame-lhe-vlctlm ·· 

answer to high health Insurance premIums IS 

a plan to tax workers on the benellts they 

receive. 

Mondale, In contrast, actively supports cost 

contamment legislatIon to slow the Increases 

In hospital costs and doctors' fees He has 

offered a program to prevent the collapse of 

the Met1icare system Without hurtmg beneflclanes, 

and he IS on record in support of comprehensive 

national health insurance. 

Today, workers are also worned about the 

health of the nallOn·s et1ucational system 

Among the Challenges Ihe system faces are 

the need for hIgher educational and teaching 

standards, access to education for every student, 

more classrooms and essentIal courses, 

and adequate teacher salaTles 

While aft educaliOn costs are gomg up. the 

price of higher education is particula rly straining 

many family budgets . 

The Reagan Adminlstrallon has gutted federal 

education programs, mcludlng sharp restnclIOns 

on student aid 

As a program . Reagan offers only tUitIon tax 

credits to reduce the cost of private school 

education al the expense 01 public schools 

Mondate sees eye to eye With organized tabor 

on the need for a federal role to restore and 

strengthen student aid programs and insule 

that schools have the faCIlitIes. funds and staff 

needed to teach. He also backs a program to 

provide scholarships to attract talenterl students 

Into teaching Mondate IS on record opposing 

tUItIon tax credits while favonng measures to 

assure that private as wen as publiC school 

students share in a variety of other federal 

programs. 

IBEW JOURNAlf AUGUST 1984 I 13

~ deparbnent of Researc 

and Education 

-' 

• 

The Housing Predicament 

The state of the housing IIldustry 

in the United States traditionally 

foretells the state of the economy. 

Because of the dependent relationship 

between housing and 3 wide 

range of auxili ary industries, the condition 

of the housing indus try at any 

given time strongly affects the rest 

of the economy. The ripple effect 

from a weak housing industry quickly 

reduces demand for durable goods 

such as carpeting; furniture; and re 

frigeratOrs, ranges, freezers, televi 

sion se ts, and other home appliances. 

It also adversely impacts industries 

supplying such basic building materials 

as electrical wiring, bri ck, cement, 

lumber, roofing, and other 

equipment and industries engaged in 

the const ruction of sewers, roads, 

schools, stores, utili ties, etc. 

The housing industry, aided by an 

Improving domestic autOmobile 

manufacturing mdustry and a some· 

what·lower imerest rate, was s lowly 

leading the econom), out of a deep 

recession. Housing StartS were up III 

1983, and residential construct ion 

was mainly responsible fo r the in · 

crease in the va lue of to tal co nstruc· 

tion put in plaee that year. That old 

bugaboo, high interest rates, was sull 

hanging in there, however, and now, 

the nightmare has worsened. lmcresl 

rates are ri sing further, and the hous· 

ing industry is reeling. 

Interest Rates 

During the past year, hom e mon ° 

gage rates had declined, but far less 

than the prime rate, the lower rate 

that banks charge for loans to their 

best commerc ial cus to mers. The 

prime rate has a bearing on the rates 

that banks charge on many other 

loans, especially on loans to md]v]d· 

uals and medium· and small·size 

businesses. The prime rate has grown 

to the 12.5·to· 13 percent range, as of 

late June, 1984. Following SUit, 30· 

year, fixed·rate mortgages fo r 30·da y 

delivery have climbed from a post · 

recession low of 12.5 percent to 14.88 

14 I ISEW JOURNAL! AUGUST 1984 

percem , whde VA rates have now 

reached 14 percent. The Ve terans 

AriTninistr

other recent ncgal1ve indicators as a 

drop in the production of construction 

supplies, a drop in the price of 

lumber, a drop in the number of 

potential customers looking at builders' 

model homes, and a drop in new 

.,. home sales clearly point to a slowdown 

in housing StartS and money 

invested In building new homes. 

Builders, after all, tcnd to be morc 

cautious about starting new can· 

structton when Interest rates climb. 

They fear that the bottom Will drop 

J out of the hOUSing market again. 

The prospects for future houslI1g 

activity 10 1984 and 1985, therefo re, 

don't look good. Interest rates arc 

expected to increase marginally this 

year and substantially next year. Af· 

" teT the presidential election, h OllSII1 /oj 

starts could plunge. 

Housing Stans 

It has generally been accepted that 

the annual rate of housing st:ITtS 

~ needed In the Umted States to pro 

Vide for new households and to replace 

old housing IS 2.2-mllhon. That 

numbe r has not been attained. In 

1978, when mortgage interest rates 

we re at .1n average rate of 9.5 pe rcent, 

·0 

, 

I 

'. 

hOUSing starts reached a record high 

of two-millio n. As interest ratcs rose 

in 1979, housing starts dropped back 

to 1.7-million; and by thc time the 

rates reached an average of 1 S. 7 percent 

in 1982, the numbe r of housing 

starts plummeted to 1,062,200. 

Mongage rates fell to 12.5 percent 

in the summer of 1983; and in that 

year, housing starts rose to !. 7-mi/ 

lion. Although housing starts were 

strong ea rl y In 1984, they like ly will 

drop off dunng the second half of the 

year, primanly because of the n sing 

interest rates. Houslllg sta rts in 

1984 could total 1.8- mllilon, carried 

only by the strong early shOWing; 

1985 start s could be as low as 1.57· 

million. 

Price of Hous ing 

In Ma y of thiS year, ncw ho me 

constructton dropped by 10.5 pe r 

ce nt, and sales of new, slngle·famlly 

homes fell for the third consecutive 

month. The IOventory of unsold 

homes reached ItS highest level since 

September, 1982. With mortgage m 

terest rates rising, the prtce of housing 

conttnues to ri se. The average 

sales pnce has now reached SIOI ,OOO. 

REVISED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE 

AND CLERICAL WORKERS 

UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE 

SOURCE: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LASOR, BUREAU OF LASOR STATISTICS 

REFERENCE SASE, U.S. AVERAGE 1967 • 100 

MAY 

,- 

. 1984 

Ap~.el 

A1I 11. ma 

Tranapo,- 

Month 

• 

Y ••• Combined Houalng Upkeep I.llon 

May 

April 

March 

February 

January 

December 

November 

Oc1ober 

May 

May 

May 

May 

May 

1984 305.4 301.2 325.2 197.7 

1984 304.1 302.3 322.7 198.2 

1984 303.3 302 1 322.9 1980 

1984 3033 302 1 3242 195 4 

1984 302.7 299.4 324.7 195.3 

1983 301.5 294.0 324.2 1981 

1983 301.4 292. 6 324 5 199 7 

1983 301.3 292. 9 3252 199 8 

1983 296.3 296.6 321 .3 195.3 

1982 286.5 

1981 269.1 

1980 245.1 

1979 214.3 

3146 

311.9 

3089 

307.7 

307.9 

308 2 

308 2 

3069 

297.5 

Medical 

Cere 

375.0 

373.2 

372.6 

371 .3 

367.5 

364.3 

362 9 

360 9 

352.1 

NOTE The Consumer Pnce IfIde)' lor aI nerr. 1I'ICfea.sed 1 3 onOe~ poonlS dunng tile '-5t month Of 0 4">0 

ThoI equalled an annual .ate oIn:reaM 01 4 "" (0 4 '" 12) The ~_ durng tile put year 'Oo1l5 

9 1 iI\doe)' poontS. Of 3 " 

Percenl I'lCrease Detween two datU II calcul

SJlFETY TIPS 

for you and your family 

• 

AM I HAVING A HEART ATTACK? 

You can survive :I heart attack if )'OU 

know the S)' lI1plOms :lIld gel help ill time! 

A woman brought her elderly mother 

to Newton-Wellesley Hospital III Newton, 

Massachusetts, because she had been 

vomi tlllg. Dr. Charlotte Ych, a

LOCflL LII\IES 

Heroes 

I ~ 

I 

l 

I';ellllfd, If II ,,, riSh! , art L(lc.J I, 51. Laui ~, ,\I II., 

mtmb .. ~ Ilank Vfiuc", I)on StoppclnuJ\11 and 

.... 11m M fi~ . at Ih ~ ;Ir olthr incident. (Not ~ ho ... n 

it Arc ,"UfM " ) 

Reelected 

local J. Ntw ' ·o.k. N, Y .• 8u ,inr~s "'hnagrl and 

hU rlnOliunal T.u,,, ..,. Thonu\ Vl n A .. dll ~, Idl, 

and I' .t sid.", Groljt. SC IlIl Ck, , •., cunjtratlllalr each 

oth •• " fIOn Ih.ir ' U lrC lion ", l ocal J's jt.n. nl 

offi n n , 

whIch w~) , .."flcJ and punched bt-Iure he LlI )he 

emeled ' he poll, AitcI !cavlIlg Ih .. booth ~n I 

vOled"' sral ..... a' aftlllcd to Ihe" onnm calJ) 

A (OnStant lIow of Votea slrumeJ Ihfn~, wu the Cc.Hcr 

III (I'mlln. hustle and bustle hllm J 00 a m to 

6 00 P m ...·hen Ihe vOle COllnl wn .eco•.I...1 and 

the ~OI'ns machmCJ "",err ItKked m ca.e ",y 

d,~,eranelu ""'elt e1armed 

A, c.rly mOll11nS'1 Illtht ... hen the fi " t ~otell 

Weir admllled, Iht wook ~ccornph$hed by 1"~SI 

dent Gcorg~ Schock and hIS cnmmLlt .. e wos ...·ell 

m rYulcnct Voltnjt ml(hlnu ...·e.e III pl~cc ludy 

10 Iccold Ihe daY'l VOle, the vOllng ~Ie. wu 

b",htly ..,hied and tablu wllh Ihe galleys wllh 

the nlmu of every eh"ble votel In loo:;al J were 

Jel "I' lind m~nned by d,vls.onal ~ommllle .. mcn 

beh VOle. had to r.e~cnl h" r a.d op unIon CIIJ, 

Sho ..·o in Ihis piClult lie, .op lOW, left 10 ,;, hl, 

[rlwald fi, ont, IA TC m' mbel, and apPle"lic" 

larry f o ...·I .. r, Dan \'lIolelo. John O·Rou.k" Tim 

Don( ..·.n, Dnid T uhnn. I)on CII ..·.on. Rich Dro· 

u mle. l rs Ni"u\i"i and Kei.h S".'el. Secolld ro w, 

leil 10 riSbl, alt Tommit lonn, Larry IIti). , B,un 

Bach,el, ,\\ ike 8ilJak , Patricia Smllh, ,\\onl Gu, 

Ri ch Farah. lohn Garland anrl l;m ,"" eKn iShl. 801- 

tom l OW, Iell ' 0 ri8h., lIt apPlen.ice Cctald 

Thomp~on wilh IATC l1l r l11hl ~ Ralph 11,,11 and 

Tom McClu.r, Hu . I" t~~ Rrp.nrnta.i~t Rich Ihm· 

btl,tr. ,ATe membel lack McKnnl. DA S A","I' 

~nt Chief Sandra BIOOkl, SFECA Eneu, h e ,\\In 

I,,, Burltll Didl.!on, Communi. , Collr,t 

Ch~nctlloill iluy Iisu and IATC mr mbel Rob,,, 

,\\IIOOn. Th, o c e a~ion wa ~ lilt . ppr t nlkt jtra dllarion 

of Local 6. Sa" Fr. "cisco, Cal. 

'I" ~ . '\!' . \ is '~~~ " ,,; . '. 

I .. I II .' 

. 

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The Ipprcnlicu ~ hll wlI In Ihi ~ pict"r~ arr, .op ,uw, ~ 

loll ' 11 .i, hl, Ke vi n JiuShu, Rob, !! AllfO, Ron C) 

Goldman, Eu,tn« [ Ii .. h en, Alan Nul, h ndra ~ 

lolchit, Te,unft ,\\eGuire and Ed Fi,oor. Second 

10"', Ifh 10 lilth., 1ft Bob OO)'lt, lim Fillpatrick, ...J 

lobll All en, .... illl. m .... 1I!on, Ri ch Rrnink. lim ~ 

Gib~ o n , loe '\\olin.. land 11m R,.,n. In Iht bOllom II: 

row, Id. 10 ri, hl • • rt IATC mrmbtls Ralph M. § 

Bdl and Tom ,\\CC III'f, 1I ,, ~ inus RrprUenlalive • 

Richard A. IIlInbrrlU, lATe menl~' lack Mf ' ~ 

I(rnn~ , OAS Au i".nl Cbid Sandra BIOOh, SFtCA W 

heell';"e '\\. na~r r Balliell Dichon, Community ~ 

Collt,e Cbanullol lI il"f Illu and IA TC member 

Robt n Ma,on". 17

Local Graduales Two 

Apprenlice Classes 

LU. 611,0&"). SAN fRANCISCO, CAL- The San 

rrancl!;co loml Arpr~nllc.!h,p and TIJlmng CommIllet 

Wis plOud 10 host Ihe 1983 AI'prcnllcc5hlp 

Comrlellon Ceremonies DLnner·Oancc, hddn ,he 

Faumont HOl el In San frnnclSco. Two d assel 

completed Ihelr app. en[IcuIIlP '0 1983 wllh a total 

of 41 aprlfnllCCII 

fllAN'J! E GU">l, B '" f.5 

Award 

Thi5 p k lur~ s how ~ Slt,n,d AI C ianla. p.Utnl;nl 

the loul 17, Dctroit, Mich., SaltlY A"'I.d 10 Suiot 

Sltwud Joc Ignagi 01 the Cranc and Elc"IIO. 

Di~i5ion I'IT 3.10,000 hou •• without ~ It",-,ime 

.~cidrlll . 

Retiree 

AI Ih Duke O'Marl Rfti.emtnl Puty 1ft, leh In 

ri ghI, Jot Douhut, llarlan, Duke O'Mara , Bus;· 

nu~ M ln'~~r PCIU McManu'j and lrUtHt M. 

Adam~ , S"v;n Planning, Dt:. 

Classes Resume in Fall ; 

Work Piclure Still Slow 

l.U. 17 [o&u), DETROIT, ,\\lCII.-Local 17 h~. 

In , he lu. 10 yeals suffered some 01 Iht mosl 

dtv;u,a.mgse,back$ .ha.1 dall' uy any local union 

hn 1II Ihe (OUnlfY. bUI we ha-'e wenhtred Ihe 

S' Orm We hav!! lEcn our BrOlheu lose Iht'lr hnmr~ 

los "'e do, 

We WIsh 10 express .he gUUludc 01 .ht' cnllre 

BIOlherhuod for all OUI~.andlng ~ak l y achlnemenl 

10 the CI~ne Jnd Elev~lor DIVISIOn ollhe Dtlloll 

Ed,son Cunll'.ny Theil falll~"" safe.y ,(curd, 

wllh 330,000 ho"'" lUI 211 membN~ wlthou. a losl' 

lime 101"'y, dcs~.vcs mOle Ihan mer;t OUt newcs. 

C,ane and Elevalo, ~teward, Al Ciam ••, r,(scllled 

.hc S~fety hwud 10 one of our s

1- 

land', fit$( lady IIu5 year the ~ta t e 01 Maryland 

IJ uleb .~un l: Ihe J50th annJV~lu,y 01 '11 f(lundlnl 

alone of Ihe o,,~,"al I J ,,,lnnle~, .nd. aprlof'l' 

I,dy. tht ,veol wu hosted II Ihe Mukllteon 

TUCIn whIch d'IC~ !>ark '" Ihe ~eu 1140. The 

purpOse of these CC I ~mOn1U wu to Icknowlcd,llc 

Ihe I:oy,. nor's active SUl'ptJn of the tu.J~ union 

movement LA Ma/yland and 10 show 'rt:tI~1 lp 

p,cclluon fOI hll .ccompl,shmentS on ~hall of 

worlnnl\ men anJ women In the lun Th,~ alb .. 

WIS .lIanced and coo.don"td as I COOPCUII\'C 

cnduvol In conlunCIIQn wllh the pohuc.1 aClion 

plog ram 0/ Ihe Balumore BUlldmg .nd ConslIuc, 

lion Tude, ,.-.th .nmance from oul [BEW COPE 

hod 

The pn, of the council now 

Kn'e on the Maryland Apprenllceshlp and T,am 

lOll C

in 

" < 

~_ 

CPR 

SYU~ U If, 

" 

N. Y., punitt mouth·tOo 

mouth rnuscilal;on and CPR on Irain;ng manne· 

quin during the rutotly complcltd filS! aid da)~ 

conducltd by tI'Ir I" TC of Loul 43. 

ploblem and ... ,11 COnllnUe 10 do 50, If you h~ye 

aoy questions On you. rcgisulllun 5laulS, call the 

alRet. ThIS is another area Ihal due,v,,! OUI full 

Involvement. and we can't afford IQ ~ complacent 

Buy unIOn. huy Amellcanl 

S"MU~L C 1l ...... IIH, rs 

Pins Awarded ; 

Work Scene Bleak 

L U. " 6 (i,c&cm), SEATTLE, WASH. C .c', B '" 

Local PAC Successful; 

Code Classes Scheduled 

L U . .a8 ji&rt5j, PORTLAND, ORE.-LocJl .as's 

Polllical Action Commlllce, PAC 48, has secn 

~o",~ lIut~blc succus from 115 rccent cfforrs IR ,he 

May O re gon pnmanes. Our PAC endmsed 24 un 

dldates in 51ale leg"latiye laecs, and 21 we,e 

eleClcd In one ,aCe OUI candld~ , e tr~,l~d hy 18 

vOle~ on ciecllan IIlghl bUI led hy 25 aher the 

~h3"n.ee hallots ...·ere counled Flom luch a close 

,ace as Ih'$, we un sec , he Import~ncc of OUI 

SUppoll fm the candlda.es. Wh o say, a tIngle vo,e 

... dOe~II ' 1 .."unll 

1'01 thIS sp"ng" plimanc$ PAC 48 urplllzcd 

20 eyenlng meellngs for mcmbe,s , odon~le thei. labor 

to hell' wllh rlllllJc~ 1 nU"IIl~ ~ lor ~alld ldnC$. The 

work Jnyol~ed mo~ tl y lahelinR. "n~c1o p e stulfin&. 

$tallng caJnr~lgn hler~turc ~nd sartIn!! 11 1010 

pretJnns 10 U.-c OIl rna.1,ng COSIS. On ... ghl mplS 

51 PAC "oluntcers wOlked on 82.(X)() pl«CS of 

camr~lgn hlculu.e, The uIlma,cd uymgs 10 the 

cand,d~lu w~, $3,100 total, or S400 fM an even",g's 

work for each candidate 

I'AC 48 .... i!! be organtzmg mailings thIS bll III 

help cand,daleSln the Ken,,"] elecllons in NO"em 

be r Wllh ,he cont",ued suppurt of our members. 

PAC 48 ha, rlans 10 expand 11$ mllhng' 10 Illclude 

some congreuional d,smcts, III a.MlllOn 10 Ihe 

leg,slallye ra ~cs. Our dfoTls c~n m~h ~ dllk'ence, 

conllCIPAC 48 10 yo!unteer In, a ma.lIng thIS lall 

Unlortunately, Ihc ...·olk plClUIC In L()Cal 48's 

Iun$diction conllnucs to bc 1'001, wah nut much 

wOlk In StJ:hl At Ihe Ilme thIS ~ruc1e was .uh· 

mUI"d in m,d IUne, LO(;al 411 bad ~boUI 490 con· 

structlon members On Book II Ih,s 15 ncarl y Ihc 

h'ghe" we have e"el had The connCCllon bet ...·cen 

Ihe Rupn administration's f1sc~1 poIICIC5, high 

InlerUI ,ales and lack 01 conStrUCllon wotk should 

hc ohnous We can rio ~o melh",g aOOUI thIS. We 

urge youl surrofl for W~1t C I Mondale lor ple$ldent 

He has Nen tndo.$td by the ISE.W Jod AF l ·CIO. 

and h~ IS a fllend of labor 

Mtlfo lOlllt ApprCnllcuh,p and Trallllllg Com 

m1lt~e took In J50 arphcallonl III Ap,,1 10. app,cntlce 

IIlSlde ...."emen The Committee IIlter· 

VIewed the applicants and seleclcd 035. There arc 

no il1b5 )U51 yel 101 Ihese new app rentices. They 

wdl be pu, 10 wo.k os , he need allse5, wllh a fI,sl 

te. m dau 5Iaftln!\. hopefully, In September 

Metro IsuhcduhngduUS$llrtlng In Seplember 

10 meetlh" new conll""".r;~d ..,.1I10n ,cqu"ement 

10 rene ...· an Oregon clrcillcal llcens~ An e.,dtl 

houl code reYlew class coyellng Ihe mOSI .eCent 

changes In Ihe Na'ional Elccll1cal Code WIll he 

,cqullcd ' 0 rCnt'w .n tlcttllc.1 hccn.e In 198.1 

Contact Dan Faddl> Or Ken F, y al MellO 10 SIKIl 

op 

IU51 a .('mInde' aboUI Loc1148's Summel PICniC 

1115 scheduled lor Septcmbel J. labo, D~y, at Blue 

Lake Pa,k Labo. DIY has be"n procblmed Soh 

dal1ly Day by the OreKon AFL·CiO, and labor 

o' g.nizallons ate bemS 3sked tU hold thcll annual 

picniCS an Ihis da)·. Be sUle ' 0 ma.k Ihis one on 

your calenda, lor a good , ime y.slIlng wllh u11l0n 

members and an cducallon.1 polllleal r.Uy 

Life Savers 

1111 llTT ~"'N. P 5 

Locll 51, Sp.;ng6dd, 111., members Oonald Hes$., 

,'t\arv;n RobiMon and Tony Usn.;, ltll to lighl, 

arc I!lEW lilt Suin, A ... ·ard Itcipienu fmplayed 

by Cfnlfal Illinois Ughl Company in SpIingli..Jd. 

Ill. 

Five Members Receive 

Life Saving Awards 

L. U. 5 1 (u, u,I,ea.yll ...,bj, SPRINGfiELD, ILL. 

F,ye mcmbe'5 of lBEW Loc~1 51 have recently been 

aWal dcd lBEW life Savlllg Awards. On behalf of 

the B,o,hcu alld SiSters, We extend our conglalu 

lalloru and gla,"ude The fi,·c a.e u follo .... s 

Brolhels Don~ld J Hesse, f>\Jn'm 0 Roblllson. 

Tony LJ L.,o/l ...·ho ~re ~mployed by Ccn .. ~1 

IIl1r"", lllthl C"mpany III Sr"nsficld, and lamu 

r W"Rh. and Cary 1._ McMullen, trnpl rd III 1946 and ~ga.n In 1948. Hc 

be~amc preSident .n 11150 and h~ld tha, ofllc( unl11 

19(,2. He dcclll1cd 10 run fo, office the follow'"l1 

eJecrlon bOl I(> 1966 '~ n and wa < elecled 10 ,he

Father·Son Team 

,.....-- ---. 

Shown in this picturt , lth to ri Jllt. art Tom Bud~. , 

bus;nu, manage. \fo lme. p,uidul, of Lonl 58, 

Oteroi" Mich.; Bob Ru shford, reMion m~mber 

Ilormtr pru;dcnt)1 Mike Hogan, pr esident; and Rill 

K ,,~hfo rd , usiSI"nl ad ".i niSI ralll'. Eltet .iul Work· 

rn In Sll lann fund {form .. p.u idtnt'. 

Graduates 

Sho ....·n at Ihf ApPlenlicp.hip COmpl~l illn l>innel 

of Lonl 59, D.lIas, TH., .r!, Ironl row, Iffl 10 

.ighl, Guy NicholJ, Rand y Slagle, lohn Abbo!!. 

Joey Shrlton, Ricky Davis, Chitin Fleeman, LUI)" 

Good, Cia) ton \h.",;ck, RU Uf.JJ MaUio, Robert 

Wilks, Tr rry "''l"nne, Randy Richlldson and Gary 

Oub; sHond lOW, Ie/11o fi ght. Train;ng Direelol 

A.C. McAlt'f, Kathy Ihmill. Roy Hicks, Craig 

lirin, Muk lonts, TUf Y Ca rd. Mushall Ellis, Kill 

8u.lel. Dnid TUrnel anJ Leon Crutch6eld, back 

lOW, If II to . ighl , Eddie B. yanl, Roben Shine, 

Richard McPeck. Larr)" Wilc o~.un, Randy lIarris, 

F .. nk Mortno. Ki nl Ko)arin, Au~ir lou, Rich .. d 

Forrman .nd Tra~is K~o""'n . 

Dula, who Iiso wu rrt$enred Ihe Lawlcnce /ltarlm 

"w~Td and. check fOI $150 by Ihe Naltonal 

Eiceillul Contratlon " 'SOC"IIOn 

8y the time .bat you ate Icad,ng Ih" article, " 

WIll be t,me 10 S t~rt Ihmklng ~bout ioumeym~n 

llllOmg classes fOI the I~II 1/ you arc In.crested 

III sIgmn,l: up lor I'IO/tlammable Controllers, Ad· 

vaneed COOl', IIt OIOI Con tr ol~, 01 Cable Splicing 

clHses, please gJve the Apprcntlcuhlp and TralO· 

lOt Olfice a call. 

A C. Me Arn, P S 

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The OU1Sianding Apprelllice of Local 60, So n An 

Ionia, T ex., Is Mi charl Cunningham, shown herr 

"'ith his 10Hly wi"- 

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~h to light ill Lhis picture I,f Ralph WOfSsner, 

Bob " Admi,a'" Nelson, Ca,'ol Cardona, Kuhy 

Knapp. Tom Thiboduu and llarry BalMI ..·o.king 

II tht C h')'~ lf' Su"ing lob. 

presidency IIoh serve"! un numerous comm !tt~ csJ 

an d dunnll hIS tenUIt, benefits ~\lc h u the Hulth 

and Welfare I'roglam, PenSion pbn and Holiday 

and Vatauon Plan became put of local 58 

8tll was Inlualed mto localS" In 1941 and has 

37 yc ... s II. the !DEW Ht .ec(wcu hiS 35yta, PI" 

In 1983 . He was PIC ~ ld e nt from 1975 II' 1977. In 

1977 he wu appolntcd ~SS'"t~ nl admumHalu, of 

the Elcet/lnl Workers InsUlanee Fund, where he 

$tlil SCI\"U uxby Conl: r ~lUlu".In~ 10 Bob Jnd B,II 

fOI a fine famtly ellon on be hJlf 01 L oc~1 S8 

CenelJJ MOlors announced IhJI the dosed pbnl 

11 Pontiac Morors ....·,11 be reopened, anJ Temotlcl ,n): 

willukc place on Ihe bu,IJing' ~d, ac cnl 

Our new tOntr~C I was vOled on In lone, $0 when 

the r tsult~ a.e final , I Will pus along the pUlleo 

la .. 

Our pleke. Iones have lumcd a couple of ,obs 

Ifuund The pickel! dcse,,·c a hlg pat on the back 

101 gcttHlg uS Ih,l ba(liy needed work I'lease 

.emember to pIckel wheo II 'S you. IUro, il benefilS 

all 01 uS 

Don'l 10fgN 10 campatgn 10' Mr Mondale and 

Ihe Democ. allc Pany-ll's a m~Ll er of su ,vlv~I' 

I'kast plan 10 allend Lhe local ptcn,c on Augusl 

4, 1984. ThiS ycal IS su re I

60-Year Member 

Shown iJ lh~ p.utnla, ion of I 60-yu. pin to 

Hnman SWlyne, Iflt, by Joe C. Eppu~on , !",mt. 

businfU manager of Lonl 66, UOIl51"", Tn. 

to attend 

A 6O'rn! pm was g,ven to Hermln Swayne. 

Forme. bUSiness mln~geJ of local 66 101 16 years. 

foe C. Epperson, aftN . ccc,vlIIg his 50·yeal pm, 

mad" ,h'l presemall .. n 10 Helman and thcn g.:IVf 

QUI III the other mcmb.:'$I"" I''''S, Congr~!UI~lions, 

Herman. and to ,II Ihc olhe. ''''''llL"nl$. I 

Un't hdp bUI thmk of them whc" , know Ihey 

ne Ihc ont! respons.ble 101 makmg the conditions 

we have In Ilus local belle. for uS younge. mem o 

bers. Sume ul th"~c Bouthen .n sull ac\!v~ l!1 

1I1l10n .flairs and a. e rcsponsihle 10. seem!: thn! 

the rulu ue uphdd by some of OUI younger 

members who ue not as educated In ullIon pro· 

cedures 

Th~ "DnUNCIlOn work SIIUQIlOn hen II b,J ,nd 

Ihe hnure d""sn't look tOO p,omlsong Thelt arc 

about 50 hK;d hands on Book One ,nd qultt a kw 

113vc1ers 

We ~.e proud 10 repon Ihal Ihe Houston Lighting 

& !lowe. Com p~ny (Onillel has be"n r~lIfl

l oe,,] I!O JUSt une of It) oldut ",,"kLnIt Immlwr! 

In lun.:, B.othe. 1\ W Pfft: lI.othf' I'~tt;::. AI thf 

'ef of 81, h,d ~rrh.:d fa, ICllltmtnl throuRh l,,1 

L St Lou". '\\1'501.111, ",htle he had been "'urkm, 

10. many ~ean up and unlll hlsdnth He had becn 

.tll.ed lor t"'O months and had nOl even .eccI\·cd 

hIs lirsl .elircmcnt (heck" hIs duth We to loc.1 

80 ex tend 10 h.J bmily 01.1. deepes' condolcncrs. 

Ind mly Cod be CIOK to th .. m 10 Ihell lime 01 

SOIfO'" 

Swcdlstl Provrrb '·Sha. .. d lOY'S double lOY, and 

Jha ... d SOIlUW IJ lull t-orru", " COIlIt.atulattunJ 10 

Apr.enuee Randy Bufflneron Ind h.J ""I.. ",ho 

bt

to Bm Walker over Gcorge I. Holland, Ir ., v.ct 

pres,dent Went 10 Paul I. Ward ovcr Ted Mahcl, 

lecordmg secretary went 10 Chuck Monahn over 

Ken Nadeau, Ananclal secretary went to lohn I 

Farrell Iwe r D"k Kelliher, lohn O'Oonnell reulned 

.h~ ""~MjLel '5 ]'>Osmon runn.ng unnpposed Qnd 

lack Tarlol held nn as bUSiness managel Over lim 

Wallace Our new Execulive B(),;Lrd members arc 

Blothel! Donn I, BellY, RIll Horan, RIchIe Gam 

bmo, Frank Nigro, Richard Leary and W']Ii~m 

Cleary The Exammlng Board mcmbcu a.c Brnth· 

ers WlllyGnffln, Ir., Marty A.kens, BLiI McI.neaux, 

Malty O'Connelllnd J.m Smith Locallnl w,ll be 

sendmg loe Nlgm, joe Gambino, Donn I Ik:rry, 

Paul I. Ward, loe Sheehan, lohn I. Farrell and l,," 

Purcell, Jr., tn Ihe IBEW Convenllon, al the Stalt 

COnven!>nn locil 100 w,ll be r@prCiec>ted by Pa ul 

I. Ward, leo Pu rcell, Jr., Joe Nigro and Joe Sheehan 

On luly 10 at our legular meeting nur new officels 

wele ,worn In, 

On behalf of Ihe members of local IOJ, I would 

like 10 thank all of the candidates, as well as Ihe 

many members who go. mvolved 10 Ihe campaigns 

Now with the decllon, behind us, we mUSt 

harne" the WISdom and energy of OUI members 

an d direct il lowald Ihe obsucles our local unIOn 

will be challenged With as we move tOtO the futur~ 

rrom wh,t [can set, the hattIe to protect the gains 

thai olgaOlzed labor has achIeved for all wOlktO!!. 

men and women w,ll never cnd. The.efore, Ihe 

load on the shoulders of local 100's membersh,p 

'5 hu~. BUII'm cellatO OU r membersh,p can handle 

il. I'm eC rlatO beUU" l ocallOJ, Without queStiOn, 

hu Ihe highesl pe rcentage of union ICllv,SIS to 

the lilate AFL-CIO and possibly m the entitc AFl' 

CIO, Local 103 must help Iud the W~Y tn uvly 

unite all of OUt BlOlhus and Sisiers 10 the trade 

union mo\'emcnl .1 we hope to be successful in 

clU$l"ng th~ Qn~d< .• from Ihe anli·worker anti ~nll' 

Umon forces thaI we w.ll face 10 Ihe years 10 come, 

h .s imperalLve for neh and every one of uS 10 

take $Orne umc and th.nk .bout the sClLousnns 

of these allicks. Also we should Iry and imagine 

whal our futures will be hke II we lail to mcet the 

challenge. There are many ways and many prn· 

grams Ihat OUI local can IOslltute 10 combat Ihe 

non·uOlOn, open·shop employer, bUI we mUSI im· 

plement Ihese suateg.es logether. We "Innol ClI' 

peet the few elected officials of OUI local union 10 

ha"" all the answers It I~ nur jnb as rank·and·Hle 

members 10 us,S! Ihe officers 01 our local un.on 

and, il necessary, 10 duect them as to which 

programs are 10 OUI best IntC rCSIS, Th.s IS why we 

have UntOn meelingsl Next lime you have a hee 

momenl, kick around somc ,deas in your head and 

PUI them on Ihe Ooor al Vul UILl"" nleetings for 

d,sonJ 

wLlh Tampa Electric Company. If nOI, the s.g. 

WIll eOl>l;nuc next mOl>lh. 

We are having ~ difAcult lime 10 OUr negoualLons 

With Puhhc Gas. It seems Ihey fcc!, wuh the cold 

wealher behind us, thele 's no need 10 negouare 

lallly ...."h local l OB or Ihell employeu, Wr Ire 

now usrng a federal medlllOr 10 nrgotrauon, and 

hne Aled cha.ges aga"'!1 the company wnh Ihe 

Natronal l abor ReI""ons Boud, PublIC Gas has 

t~ken Ihe po,"'on thaI Ihey've moved 3S fal li 

Ihcy intend to move, We arc, Iherefore. al an 

impasse and leel the company .s atlempung 10 

break us by forCing a sUlke. We fcel we must 

conunue to do what .5 necessary In lC50lve these 

nrgnuauons tl al all poSSible. If we can't do so, 

Public Gas olAc13b should rcallu Ih.t the cold 

wUlhcr w.lI .eIUrn, and we are fUst pa\Lcnt enough 

10 wait thll !ong if we must 

Earh er I mentroned Ibe NlRB, I would like 10 

elabolile a hllle on Iheil poslIlon eoncernmg 

orgamzed Jabor ..., most of you probably know, 

labor i$ h ... ing a very hud time gelling a f .. !l r shake 

Irom any government agency Ihes~ days, and IhlS 

",eludes the NlRB h.s .lmosl ,mpou.blc 10 w,n 

• cemAtallon elecllon because the NlRB aHows 

employen 10 vlo[ne Ihe bw With no worry 01 

leplIlIls, and Il 'sgelling worse. The "labor Bnard" 

would be more app r oplI~ldy called tbe "Big Busi 

ness Board" nowadays Funher, II docsn'l bt:neflt 

us 10 appcal any deciSIon 01 the labor board 10 the 

Supreme Coun any longer cllhel I hope al! 01 you 

in labo. are .,urc 01 ",'hal the hlghut COUll Ln Ihe 

land has done to I.bor reccnlly, It .s $cary 

The only I"cnd. we sr~m to have ale OUlSelvU 

Thul IS why we must work loge,he. 10 O,'CrCOme 

Ihe anll union cHm al~ IhaL rlleva,)s 10 our gleat 

country beeausc of ,his admlOlitr31ion To Over 

~011'e Ihesc problems we must gCI ,nvolved .n 

polnlcs Rc~gan 's adlmOlstrallOn has completely 

destroyed the value of the NLRB tODlgan.zed labor 

Ihrough hiS appOintments; and If he 15 leelecled, 

he w.1I ha>,e foUl mOle appoLnlmentS 10 the Supreme 

COUll. h IS obvIOUS we can't afford four 

mOle yens wnh Reagan to of Ace. We mU51 gCt III 

OUI members leglstered to Vale, and Ihen we muSt 

be sure they show up al the polls in Novembcl. In 

domg thIS, we WIll be hclpmK no one bu! ourselves. 

Let 's bt:~t Reaganl 

1108 BtNeTtI., P.S 

Retiree 

r'nid~nl lerry, righI, i5 shown p.uudng Frank 

Pellt ""i lh an appredalion plaqut honoring his 32 

ftar. in IBEW !.ueal Ill, Ofn\'(f, Colo, 

Bruther Pelle ufl a few wo.ds after rtceivin8 his 

plaquf. 

Local Tree Trimmers 

Prepare to Strike 

LU, I I I (o& u), DENVER, COlO.-SlIlke plepa· 

.allons have been made, App roxlmalely 1:' umon 

tree IIlmmers in Denver, Gr~nd lunclion, Alamosa, 

and Chey~nne h~ve voted 10 Strike ag~inSI four 

tree-trimming companies Slgnalory to local 1 II. 

The tree trimmers, ba~ed III Deliver, work U.· 

elusively on crew5dearmg trees from utl1ilypo,,'er 

lmu Employees vOied Ma y 24 to sinke Asplundh 

Tree Expert Company, Kent, OhlO I Nelson Tree 

Company, Dayton, Ohio, and Wnghl Tree Service, 

WC5t Du Momes, Inwa The dispute between the 

union Ircc trimmers and the lour companies Cen' 

ters on the rcJusal of the employers 10 assume Iny 

pall 01 Ihe COSI 01 reCent large healrh ltISuranCe 

mcreascs leVied on companIes ~nd employecs, 

SinCe May, 1983 10 the present, the health 10' 

sUranee C.tlTler, lINECO, has .ncreased Its IOSU.· 

ance ratcs SB8 per month, :.:. ctnu pe r hour, per 

employee. The em"loyees ate w,[lrng to absorb Ihe 

past melcases by Ihemselvcs, but Ihey wanl n' 

suranccs from the tom panICS that Ihey will share 

Ihe "~L uf fuLuTe Increues, wh.ch mclud~5 ~n 

anlLe.pated S40·PI:' month, 2:'·eenu·per·hour In· 

creue OUI january, 

The lice compames ha\'e not only refused 10 

share the heavy Increnes of Ihe pUt, but are 

rtlc"ing shiHn~ the coSt of future mtrcascs or 

even openlOg Ihe COntrael nCllt January to discuss 

antic. paled mcreues, The \l tc companies ar ~ beins 

asked to p.ck up tht anlLelpalCd Increase next 

January of 2:' cenu pe r hOUI , the employees w.]! 

ab"'lrb the SS·cents·pel·hoUI mcreue stnce 1983 

'1lee Illmmers received an 8.2 pCICent w ~&c 

tncrease m May, 1982 and a 42 percent wage 

InCrUSe In May, 19S.l The hca!th msutance e01l 

.n 1983 and 1984, howcver, effectively Cui the 

wage lalse to an average of 2.6 pcrcenl for tWO 

yea" Th~ n,mpanlr.5 have olfered a " 4 percen t 

~ I 

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wage mtluu Ih'li yCI I, bUlloulIlcyman !llll\mCI~ 

""ould aC lually receIve less In w.ge~ . wah the 

.. " iK, Ihan they did In Ij)S2 II they mU~1 ,bwlb. 

S4Q'pc'1 monlh hcallh In,ura nce 1n( ' USC: nUl Ian 

.," 

The oo(·ye

emlS, Impl o~~mtnI 5 In tht DtntalVlan, .11oU bolh 

b.asie ~nd mllor , tryteu , I reVISed Life Insuranet 

Plan lor employees hIred after lul y I, 1984, and 10 

be offered as ~n optwn 10 eUnent employec', 

Penston phn tm proyements, an tmplO,,hchad 

Brcnner. l,m CUU51110, R~nd~lJ Clestolka. Dcrr"k 

C1-~.neekl. Larry Domb, o.mald freel. Ir , Ntd 

F,u.bum, Leroy Corden, Ir" Dantel H llr~k , Robo:rt 

Hud,on, Richard Huc~l , R[chard C. Humphley, 

POllick 1!.1I, Tlmuthy Klwka, Ronald Ke.elhut, 

KlIk l>bckhng, Thomas NallY, Mtchael Orl[e"", 

Pa\llck RIchard" Carey Schloemer, Din W Sones, 

Wesley SII(el, K"k Taylor, Mlebael Van Arkd, 

Koben Vorcis and VIIICCllt Wdltmln. Harold 

Campbell. Ir , ..'as named Apprenllce 01 the Year 

for 19H2, ~nd Larry Doroh took Ihal huoor III 1 ~SJ 

Eycrybody's finally 10Pl"'d out Now you. school· 

m, rully SI~n~ , guys Remember ho ... · well I 

tre~ted you when I gCI OUI lin you. lob 

Further, congllt' to the guys on the other elld 

of the spectrum IIlOth., R~y R,nk handed out 55, 

and SO-yur pm~ II the last meeunll· Fifty Ov.· 

year plR ~ ,",'er ... a ... ·arded 10 Ken Clawson and Bacil 

Dick, IIId Paul Rhode and W~lkel A/yen got Ihe" 

50·yea, PIns. A couple 01 Ihcse "uys wOlked 10. 

one Contractor longe. than mO$1 uf the reS I of us 

b~'·e been al,,·~. fonurullely, Ihese guys hl'·c slo ... ·cd 

do""n II', embltrraS5"'1I 10 be outwo.ked by a 7!i· 

ye~ l · old BIOlhN lIopefully, ...·e can follo .... ,., th~~ 

!ellas' IOOlstcl'S They "'·cre oul Ihere ",·hen lob 

condll1ons were no mOre than ~ IIIIIlOr and saefl' 

Ilced quilt a lot 10 IIIY~ us thc wagc, and Mndlls 

that ...·c hi,· ... loday. Thank you, IIrothe.s; you left 

us a hellu,·a lel\."cy I hope we ue up 10 Ihe 

challen,e 

Kudos are also cncnd,·d 10 OUI Man ol lhe Year, 

Mlk~ Dnnnhn. A pasl president and Executive 

lIoard member. MIke has also St'ryed 10 the ncgo· 

Il~tron. and as deJega.e 10 Ihe [nlfln~lIonal Con 

v~n"on MIke and hiS brolher Mark lour U5t5tanl 

bUSIness man~ge.1 ba'·c earned on the If~dlllnn of 

theu dad, th~ latc Wayne Donoho Wa yn~ had 

many y~aTl of Sel"ICe rn rhe local belor~ h[s 

untimely dealh, and h" son, have pIcked up where 

he left off Kcep up Ih~ good work MIke, you a.e 

an 11151'"allon 10 us atl 

Alrer what seemed ltke yealS of no deaths among 

UU I local Brothers. we havc suddenly had many 

more than OUt , hale. ! am ud 10 report th~, I ~Stl"l 

IIII~hncr , lohn SfIC.hO$kl, W[lbur March, Raylul 

C ../Ath frank Machu!." Howard N[vens, lames 

[Xardorif, Clarence Towne and Gene W a l1~ce haye 

died since our laSt article I would hke IU extcnd 

Ihe sympalhies 01 the cnllle local to these mtn's 

fauul,e. W. WIll truly In[SI ,h~m 

Now 10 the buslOen of Ihe uptomm, deellon 

I am surc we ha.·c all made up our mInds whu w ... 

a[t gotng IU VOte lor in NU"ember, We nOw have 

twO dUlles The mosl [mpOIl~nl is tu gel uu t and 

ra~t that "Ole 00 ElectIOn D~y But ano.hel dillY ~ 

IS to leS

ofllce w"houl any Or pOSllIOn m Junc's elecwlIl 

T h ~ results of the ciectlOn of [Jrccullve Ho~ r d 

offlcers ami cuuncll delegates arc nOI au,bble II 

Ih,s lime 

BrOlher loc Egan, after 35 yea rs of dcd,cned 

~Crvlce 10 l ocal 165, has dec,ded 10 call 11 quil! 

and uke the euy life from now on Brother Egan's 

lecord shows a long hS I of UOLon and labor SerVICe, 

Brother loc w ~s a SIC wa rd m locals 368, 381 anJ 

371 befo re he wu clccled 10 Ihe Eucu"ve Board 

fo r local 165 He served on the Ikurd from 1966 

unlll 1915, Ihe laSI Ihree yurs uf whIch he wu 

cha"m~n. In 1975 he was dccled .ecOIdmg·flun· 

Clal seclelary ol lhc unum, a poSH,!)n he held un" l 

luly nf Ih,s yeu when he r ~lLrcd Dun ng Ihe last 

yeu, Blolhel Joc EIC"n had Some setbacks", h,s 

hcahh bUI Ihc /Cood lord SaW III 10 ~et h,m free 

agam 10 good health Cood luck In.:. and Cod blcss 

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lA"RIN1L', A'i~T _ I',S 

Unionist Rebuts Attacks 

On Labor 

LU. 117 (i&o), IACKSONVILLE, fLA.-In IhlS 

Issue, 1 would like to shale .... Llh you some thoughls 

of MI. jlm Valgas, president of the Amcllcan Posul 

Wor kers Umon of jac k,on"IHe. Mr. Va rg.s WlOtC 

• leLle r 10 Ihe d,u)r 01 Ih~ Florida TImes UnlOll 

which was pubhshed on lune 10, 1984, in whIch 

he usailed column,st lames I K,lpatnck and car 

\Ooms. Ed Camble for whal he c.lled II'OSS mlSlepresent"" 

nns of ... hat un,ons and w.! M COAt>, P S 

L U. 180 {illlo), VALLE IO, CAL.-At pr~ss \Lm~, 

we arc sull cxpeILencm,L!; 20 percem unempluy 

ment Hopefully by t h~ lime IhlS 's pubt..hed thaI 

figu rc w,jl be reduced 

Address CHANGED? 

Brothers and SIsters, we 

want you to have your 

JOURNAL! When you 

have a change of ad· 

dress, please let us 

know. Be sure to in· 

clude you r old address 

and please don't forget 

to filt in l. U. and Card 

No. This information wlH 

be helpful in checkIng 

and keepIng our records 

straIght. 

NAME 

NEW ADDRESS , ••.••••••••••• ,., .. ,"", •........• 

en, 

Zip Cod. 

PRESENT LOCAL UNION NO .•.•.•.. . .. , .. ,',., •••• • • 

CARD NO. 

PENSION MEMBER 

OLD ADDRESS 

tn un ~ no .. n - c~ec ~ .. I I ~ Loe, l UnIon) 

If you halle changed 

FORMER LOCAL UNION NUMBER 

1oc.1 unIon., we mud 

h .... numbe,. of both. Mail h· Circu lation Departmeat 

IntenatiouJ Bratberhaad " Elettrical W.Iters 

112S 15t11 Strut, It.W., WashinrtOll, D. C. 20DDS 

~ ________________________________ ___ _ _ _ _ t 27 

o 

Zip Code

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The .... nnuall'lcmc will be h~ld on 5eJn~mbel 8, 

1984, at lake Solano fr om JO 00 a m ulml dark 

Plns~ pbn to

11: 

. 

forw;t.d under the Ril l"] [mp,oHnI"m r..." ,tm 

and IS progressm, ur,d!,. Loul 206 w,lI h.,'., 10 

lobi under 5Upc,vmon In "'UltrA M"rlt;J.n~ Ihl! 

yca. IV" arc ~lIti InCu rrl nll mlny problcm~ due ,c::, 

IlIer~ arc ~ I", of ,11"'&5 ,hal h~pJ>Cn~' a mtCllnjr: 

ciecl1on . ,,,II, '!lntract, n"m",allnn~. c"mmLII~u 

and duc!t-""CI},h"'il: IIn r 'IIIl11l Illal Y"11 ~lIuuld 

be (nnterned abuUl Ik Ihe.el 

Members Receive 

30-Year Pins 

eLL'" II "'R"'~"I, P .. 

LU. lJO \' ,o,..,f,.m,u,,·$.marl, 'ICTOJl IA, R,C ... 

As a I,,]]ow up 10 ,II.. M~~ '''''''wI. Ihf 1,,11I)""'g 

l'lCal 2.10 n'embe. s ,ceclvcd lhe" .10 yeal p ll1~ 

They a,e Pftt' Karpel, Illk l~""C, /lalfY lIcd 

nc~ell, Cu.d,c Ells, Inhn G"ld,mg, Tn'" Kcy~, I'l'l~ 

illidge, Calli $IU.II, LJllY ~wcc"'t, lohn naln"n, 

F •• nk IIrand5urlle" W""~~n~ ~Iocrzn Gemg .. 

Clles, An I~nkc. C n Walke" MIke p,,>c::n Ea,ley, trUSu,er R.ehard Hunsakcl. Ex 

eCUILH Board. lJITY Arnnwn. TelfY Bernllard. 

ChJrlu CJ.oell. Ronald Pottebaum. lIILol flu,h, 

k,eha,d Ry,u. LxamlDL11jr: Boa,d. Cord"n Bur .. n: 

I)un Kessle, and M~"L11 Sull 

I would ILke 10 lake Ihls 0Prortunny 10 thank 

Ille followln/t OU'IlO"'" olfietn lor Iheu COt'I"'U 

I10n and ~f~'C" 10 our IlICal unIon I'rc\.dcnt 

R,cll~.d Ry'lJ, Tre~$u.e. leny lI~glcy, E1IttulI~e 

Soa.d mcmlM:n lauy Hcn"c,~ey, Gary t: r ~ unemployed, work ,. rICkln,!; up Casle. 

[Je'"'' Company W~\ Ihe successful low b.dde, 

on .he neW Ca'lIlll .efinery planl, .... h"h w,1I lIelp 

,,,n,,derJbly If IhLll1:S COntlnuC' jr:01nll OUf " 'ay, we 

.h.. uld havc III~ I>c::" lear that ,,·,,·,'e lIad III Ille 

IJ" R.C' 

Work Still Good; 

New Members Welcomed 

L U, 2H [I), NIAGARA FAllS, N,Y._The local 

... ",11. rltlUre IS ..,II gnod Evc' I'nne I. wo rk.n, and 

'hul

~h,p. Tom addd Ihal In o.del for Ihe union 

\uJelsh,p 10 be dleclL ve, Ihe lesponse lrom our 

fie ld r ~ pr csent ~ t! v cs is mand3101Y." 

A . cnlallve ag.ccmen l was rcached bClween 

Loc~l 1H 'lOd Ihe Tokdo Ed!wn ("om p ~ny. This 

i. a three·yur .greement wuh only basu: wages 

Ind meal allowances open in Ihe thlld yu. ,"OUI 

Negot iating Commntee spent apPlo.'mntiy II. 

months in prepa.mg and balplnmg connat;:1 a.\I· 

tin. Recognition .~ III O"!N In r their pe r SeY~ l tn(e 

and unending dt"Yolion Pete Gramza, Powel Sys· 

lem.; Bill Baley, FtKsd MainlenanCt, Fled Dnlu 

mann. Undcrground, DIck Welly, Fond 1 III C, 

Ray Z}'ChOWICZ, 1 &. C DaVIS Be,se, Harold Hums, 

Fn .. d Opuallnns; Brad Muon, Line, and lack 

ThoUIOI. WU lcrn DlslIlel 

11M ROBll\n, I' S 

lions, bUI, BTOlhel' Ind Sisle.s, you have to do 

youl p~1t also. Remembe •. ii's 10' Our own good 

as people Involved in l ~hor and the l.bOl mo,'emen! 

I also hope to have mOl~ ml"'IlUI"''' on our 

reolganizll1on of Ihe CouncIl and I

" 

L U. u s li.r ..,&u c.'1. M U ~ " EGO N, MI CII. 

• 

.. 

fur I )'ea. nuw ~nd occupIed by New I,'r~c)' lIt'll 

AnHlm JJ nr ~ l1ng cnmpkuon and "'mum III 11m 

~'n, dQl.td In ",II be occupred by drV I $ I On~ of 

"'em l Lynch 5

~wald cel!lfi c~u ~n,j 50 )'e~1 pm by BusIness I\bn 

'gel lames Shellel In the offiees of Loul 301. 

Blothrr Muchell was initiated IntO IBEW mem 

hl:nhll' on Augusl 1, 19.N, 10 LQ

- 

bIllions of doJbrs fOi UJt by the pnV~IC tectOI 

[nsltd he hn In"tuC'oJ thtdelle., by 100 Jl('lttnt 

He Ihtd h" own bud~ 1 director b«lUse the man 

1010.1 h,m thmg, that he d,do ', Wlnl 10 hear, and 

because ,he man dar~d III uy publicly , hal ,he 

Amenean government hu ~en nculy bankrupted 

by Re!"ubhClns 

Dunnlllh" p.e·.,t"cuoo Ru,~n 'Calltllelevumn 

_ dcb"c, Ru"an u.d. "If anyone In boo, hn lUclVallons 

aboul me, I remind thnn ,hn 10' run 

I WIS l'lIu,dc:nt of a labor unIOn" Ik meant Actor's 

EqUIt)'. 

One of h" Ilr~1 aCI S U r.ts,dtn, wu 10 deulo)' 

Ihe: Au Tufile Controllers union Tht Reapn 

Uc:liuucuon of PATCO wu Ihe helflRnml of Ihe 

dttlme of Amenean orpmzw labor !tupn ,hnwtl, Ions 

,ob 

EddIe Kaplan, OUI Eummlng BuIlJ member fOT 

over 16 )'UIS, deCided to IIkc .Ionc'oveldut rcst, 

due 10 health !Casons, he w.1I be ml~scd hy many 

8rOlhers and SIS/CIS m 349 Edd,e wu a dedluted 

BIIIlJ member We hopr ,&:ood hnlth lelurns to 

Edd.e !lInlClime 'DUn, and he Will rC ' ... Ul And ",!>.k 

In some carac1lY in OUI 10um }eIlS, bur .. e arc dOlllg 

well In Apnl. 1984 our unrmployment was 61 

!"Cr(ent .n O,dr COUnty. When Y()U ,tach an un 

employment IC"el bel"w 6 pClCent yo ... Ire Ipr",~chlOg 

1 ... 11 employmenl T h., Iclls 10 re~I"y 

.... c ha~e 10 Jel oU, wo.k luck from the non unran, 

thIS liso m e~ns all ISEW members muSI go out 

Ind !uppan 01,1 . boor UndldJle, Wa[cer Mnndale, 

Ind o ... r DcmocI~lIc Piny 

Wc had a blood dllve on lunc [6 and w.lI h.~c 

allUtltel unt later 10 lite Yf'1. IIc ~ blood dunor, get 

In much wllh " M! Blod" lohn K,ocrrcn, IOU ' 

1I["od B~nk JIICctOl 

Brotheu anJ SlJltll, be a pin 01 you,loeal union, 

come 10 the nlerllngs, attrnd regularl),. [am ..... 111· 

Inl: thll arllcle In hupn of fu ture bIg allendance 

[ WIll meet yo ... 1\ Ihe cud table In lhe b~ck .nd 

sh.ke YOUI hand 

Until nUl monlk, may God rrotrct and be w"h 

YO ... and your famIly 

CUAlllS E 'Ik.. n·' EUK)IT, V r P S 

Officers 

PIClUld Is Blolher Oo"'SIl! R, Batts, financial 

.urflllY of local )52, Lans;n&, Mich. 

Shown herc Is Blothcrl.ck A, Clingtr who IC r~ n 

a, IfUlou.cr of Local )52, 

Scribe Spotlights 

Treasurer, Financial Secretary 

L U. )52 ,... ). LANSING, ,'liICII._Brother DouCias 

R blU, age J5, IS Ihe linanctal.sccrellry of Local 

J52 He was betm In LanSing, MlChlpn, and 1\' i 

tended EUlern H.ch School Dou' has wo,ked for 

Ihe BoarJ 01 Wue •• nd Llghl lor 12 ycars and hn !i; 

been I memhcr of the lural lor 12 years, Prcscnlly :::> 

he worh ., .n cleClflc SYSICn" Orc ' ~I'" "C" ,t c) 

Elrclnc 5Y$lems Opcralloos Ioc:alo:d on Alpiu SlIecl, ;[ 

Lans.ng 110, hobb.es a. 1I11C1CSIS arc ,.rdemn, and 

land~ap1l11\. and he and hIS Wife Susan havc IWO ..J 

chIldren, GIC&' age 9, and Idlrty. ,!(e I They rUlde ~ 

In G rand Ledge, Mlchll(an 

1I1"lh.r lIatcs srrvcd Ih. local as 3 stCw" J at ~ 

Ihc Ott~w~ I'ow~ r Planl p"or 10 bt,ng elected , 

Ilnan~ta[ s~(rctary, and hIS philosophy 01 cllnccrns

!a. 

WI'~ ,ne.usu and bendlu we now f"l"Y llLlt of 

the,oodnusol Ihtn huns II Ihne Wt.e nu onIons 

If Ihty ~ns,,'e. uoth/ully, they "auld be ,ble 10 

,« ,,'hy We nttd IOlldatily now mo.t Ih~n CVCI 

and nu"p' 

.f ., NECA! and IO!itph R. Lamo.taul, businu. 

nllnlle., Local 15 • . 

way, R,chald It Coo.vlllr, DI",d "' Edvahon, 

M"k K. "'.phn 1.J~vld C GIIII.dte.,I'~ul CHallis. 

Robtn L Haslam. Cha.l" V Holll!!.e •. Dav.d "' 

I(lY. luhe K LeRoy. Gregory L Kellel. Kelly Ken 

nedy, Boyd Maulhan, 0 Kenl r.\au~han, COIY I" 

OIJen. lose"h It l'nk1O$, Sieve K 1'lIlman, Tony 

E Rclv., lett)'"' S.ory and 8.11 WunK 

SpeCIal Iw"d, "'cle I"'cn at Ihc Cllmplc"on 

Ce.tmonlu $]00 $lvm, bonds w~re plesen.ed 

'0 Challu I-Inlhuc. and Tony Relv. lor hlghcn 

~'Idc I'OIDI ~velll':n. $100 ~'~In,.i bond. wele 

I',uelllcd 10 R'chud CooIY.lle. Da".d Edvalson, 

I'aul lialll', Chilies 1I011"lel. D'v,d luy, GrOllc 

L.an~!o,s, fluyd Maughan, Kenl M.ulhan, Tony 

Itet~a and ICily Sloly 10. th(lIlou. years 01 perleel 

attendanct II .chool 

Ion WAlleiS. E.ghlh D""'CI Vtec .'Iu.denl. "'a' 

Ihe keynote lipuke. for Ihe rvenml Everyone 

prescnt seemed 10 enlOY Ihem~lvC$, and 10 add, 

It(ln 10 .h. ce.en,ony, a d~I'gh.ful "mnc. was 

HIved Con~lItu1auons to all .nd u~e .. lIy 10 ou. 

ne .. jomntyml'n 

TltO"-lM A BU\I N ...... U. PS 

Brother Grove Presents 

Life Saving Awards 

LU. )57 ' i ,o.u~l, !.AS VEGAS, NEV._B.olhcr 

hneman Dunald G,ove, "'Qlktn~ a. the Nevada 

Ten Slit for REECO, WIS worktng on 10" 01 • 

~u "fIOKdly dud 69,(I()().volt lIanliOlmel He lurned 

10 UCJl on • I~dd~r '" ge, down off Ihe tllnslmmet 

.nd ume 10 (IInIlCI wuh ~ 69,OOO·voll bu" bar 

and sholled 1\ '01101lnd tic wu ."gulled 10 a 

fireball .nd WIS hiown .n .he ~Iound FIve lI.he. 

a,o.hers wnlklOg "ca.by lushed 10 hll .Id and rut 

OUI Iht file At Ihn lime Dc)O'1 vu.1 ~'",s "'ell' 

ntP"\'e, he Wl$ dead Linemen \\'tl"am Watlen, 

Au,ust Schrllhal

Walkers 

Apprentices 

Service Award 

f , 

( 

Thl~ photo ,110"-' Iht IIlfmWts 01 Local J6), Nt ... 

City, N.Y., who p,luitip'lfd inlh. Ap,il 19, .9U, 

March 01 Dimu TumW.lk. 

Business Manager Is 

County Labor Chief 

l .U. 3ft] Il. u ,l,tm,n l~& tt"~ 1 1. NEW CIT Y, N. Y. 

Ap n1 29. 1984. was the Ma.~h of Dune. TcamWalk 

and again JIIEW Local 36J rncmhcI8 ShllWCl! thcu 

..... community ,upporl in ont 01 our _Hongc,1 (liuns 

yel It I' ,uulYIn!: 10 see Ihe pa'l1clf'allon 01 our 

app.e.mcn. bee.u~e II IS eflort, like Ihc~c Ihal 

help 10 budd. strong un\Un Th~nk, 10 all those 

who nme ou. The pho\O showl .hose who par 

IIclrateJ 

On M.y 6, tIJ~4, "'e hell! OUI HrM Annu~IIBLWI 

ARC P;mcake IlIeakb'I Wuh ,btlut ~OO pt!ople 

anendlnlt, 11 lurneJ oul 10 be a huge luccen A 

lOb wel] done 10 Ch.llle Iteyna. whool~nl:ed Ihe 

hlcakla51 and \0 Ihe mcn In Ihe kllchen 

Bu"nen Manal':e' Cosmo E Dam lam wa~ ap 

POInted 10 the pOIlIIon of COmmlUIOnel 01 bbol 

of RocklanJ County He was ,,,'oln In In thIS 

po'lllon on r.hy 9. 1984 

Ou, softball Itam .1 once 1&'ln out Ihele try,n, 

to pro\'( they alt ~lIn younl': Thll yeu they Ole 

p]aYIn& In Hl ghtaml M,lt, ond .ft UndC I I new 

co.>chm, &tali COnSl5Un, 01 TImothy Riley ,nJ 

Thomas Sc:hla!fo We ale hOf'lng lor anolhe. wm 

. mn, scawn 

We mil hal'c some IIIEW f,ve C •• nJ Club IlCkets 

,val]ab]e Plu.$< pu.chue one .od hdp m,ke thIS 

Club. luceen Pk.~ attend OUI loc.I umon's 

meeungs 1I0pe you had a nle sum mel 

MU,;lIAU OIM[ .......... A'H I'

m;nage l ·flnanclaI5~crc!ary, deserves c.cdilio. OUI 

sound flnanclal J>05ll1on wblcb .lIows us tb" 

ben~llt Tbanks, Mc.le, f,om all olusl 

... 150 new wu th~ offlcial implemenlatHm of OUI 

new no·coS! G.oup Legal Benefll Plan. The Plan 

.1I0ws unlimited flru·contaCt legal dvice Ibrough 

Ihe local's counsd. Th,s "mcmber'·only" benefll, 

combmed wnb the previously announccd due, 

reductIOn, dellve.s a one'IWO punch 10 prospective 

members, shOWing clearly Ihe bencflu of prog.es 

"ve unionism 

OUf pruent nC~OllallonJ 'or the Ncnda Power 

Clcncal Conttact have been uue battles and con 

unut al Ih,s lime. Publ" outcry has lorccd ulII,lles 

to M.r&JilO harder wltb .hell people In order to 

COOtinuc lneteasinlJ; I'.oflts. We o ... ·e a 101 O. ~.at 

itude 10 OUI Ncgol1allng CommIttee lor the sltug 

cit they Jhuulder In our behalf 

Layoffs conllnue at a spDladlc pace on Ihe Cenlel 

pr~ny , but nOlhlnl of Ihe magnitude s~en callier 

In Ihe yeu Most pleeanous IS the position of 

opelalOU due 10 the pOSSible ,elocation of penon· 

nel OUI of the uu by'" T&T ... nother dcregulallOn 

wh.mmy' 

Remembel- support COPE-only Ihrough 

brotherhood and unHV can vlcto.y be won, 

WALT P"VLOWS!!:!, I'S 

Members 

Some of the Brot hers 01 ).MIl 398, Charluton, 

S.C., atr s hown 1\ the dis trict mePtinK in Wa1tu_ 

boro. 

,'I1r ~ . ... nd"", C. Smith, 

lilt fonne. "'manda F I)'~ 

Bendeuon. 

Bride 

Nominations Hetd; 

Steward School Possibte 

L.U. ) 98 (U), CH ... RLESTON, S.C.- Hello alJ;Im, 

Brolhers and SiSter!. from Loul J98 10 Sou.h 

CURhn. ThiS month we have a little newS 10 pass 

on to you 

;Ii Noml"aU005 for l()Cal umOn offlce.s, Executive 

Boald membe.s, and the IBEW Convention delegate 

~ were .ecclved and aecepled on May 71n Charleston 

=> al thc IIIEW hall; on May" 10 Waitelbom al Ihe 

(!) "'mencan LegIOn POSt 93 hall, and on May 9 10 

~ Denmark ~I thc Fllcmao's Hut The nomlOIIIOn5 

wNC presldenl, C E, Brownlee, ,'Ice flreslde"t, T L. 

I Scribe Denounces 

~ Subminimum Wage 

LU. ' SOl l u ,t m&.u ~l, JOHNSTOWN, PA.-A ~cry 

.mponan. 'lUlit is cUllently making news that 

could wdl .dwcrnly affcci OUI chIldren and dILl 

d.en yet 10 come If we IrC 10 $lOp the adm,n,!ullion 

hom changing current klllslallon on Ih,s 

.. luue, we will have to 5~ak up and be heard 

I The Issue., a submInimum wage for youth Fast 

fo'lOd .ntilurant cham, wan, Ihls a, well u many 

,"d\lslnc~. The curr~nt adm,msuatton wInl1 II, 

Libel. Seclctl., Donuvan wanls.t and Senall' r...bor 

CQmmmcc Chairman Halch "'arIlS" Employcn 

would be allowed 10 pay ...·orkc.s l,Indc. Ille 20 only 

75 rcrcent of the minImum wage. This dcAnl1dy 

IS .1olt.1oonu Ihe purpose of ,hee flu Llbm Sunduds 

r+ ACI , and the rl1ntlrlc 01 equal P'lY for (qual wQlk 

Many h:d hu~mcu leadeu would tuhSlIlUIC 

.eenagers In lobs .... helt older worhrs recelVt 

minImum w~lIe DUllnll ptnods of poor e,onom"~~5 

lilke b~ek In IheJ(h1. ch,ldren "'ould be busy 

",·ork.ng ,nd nOI ,ece.vlnl tdutallons The curr cnl 

mInimum W'8C of SJ.lS ~n hour Isn't a good ratt 

f conllderlng CUllent P"CCS and InICrCSI raIn We 

... mU51 all 511 back and retlecI on why we needed 10 

~el child labor b"", r used 10 bellln w"h E)mlLn~ 

lawl alre~dy allow employers 10 slart studcnlS al 

85 I"'ICenl of the mllllmum wage In :afl" school 

lObs and summel empltlymenl I urgc you 10 wllte 

you. rcp.tscnrallves .n Cong.cu and havc Ihem 

oppose Ihll Issue If "'c don 'I, " may JCally Come 

b.1ck 10 h,unl us LeI', nOI mlke Ihe youlh 01 our 

counrry IUbSlanlb.d 8'g bus,nUs hu a b.1d .ecord 

., when II comn 10 abulln'; II , bbo.c.,. 

' On Ihe lo

We ue emering the last phase of the summer 

season and vacallon ttme. Salclyon the lob is what 

keeps all of us around so Ihat we ".. n enloy thaI 

rreciou5 lime wllh our bmilles. Somellmes we 

Neome 50 involved wllh oLir llme off Ihn we 

lenc safety behmd let's keep safety numher one 

'0 that we Wtl! remcmher tlte good lime! Instead 

of tht hd 

Ro( .. ~11 KLAERN[R. pS 

Business Manager, 

President Retire 

L_U. 508 (i&.o), SAVANNA " , GA.-In tht month 

of July, due 10 tetircment, 508 lost tWO of its 

OutS13ndm8 luden Durmg their years in office, 

Local 508 and the area labor movement dvaneed 

Nyond any expectation and IS loday recngmzed as 

one of the outstanding locals 11\ the Brothclhood. 

BuSlOcss Managel Mtchael J Counthan and Pres 

,dent Waller M Cra ..... ford, Sr., eombmed, have 

conmbu.ed 82 yea.s 10 many areas of the labo. 

movcment_ 

Whe n M,ehael1 Coumhan took olflce m 1948, 

Ihe local WII fla. broke, cau5mg sal,"C! 10 be 

volumallly CUt There ..... as no local umon pensIOn 

or health ~nd ..... elfare Today .he local.s flnancLally 

sccule and IS saId 10 have Ihe best IIc~hh and 

weJfate and PensIOn I'lans 11\ Ihe Fifth District 

and ,~ con51dered one of Ihe leadll\g locals io Ihe 

Southeast The fol1owlI\g .eeo.ds WIll speak For 

thue mcn 

M'ke Coumhan was initiated ", M~y of 19311, 

elected busll\us managelll\ 194B and has hdd thIS 

office 101 36 years. He hold!l a maStCT elecUlclan's 

hcense 11\ Chatham County, Geolg'a, served as 

plelldent of the Gcorgu State Electrical WOIkels 

hom 1962. served five months 15 preSident 01 .he 

GeorgIa State AFL-ClO, was rUSt D,stll.-t " icc 

pluident 01 the Georg,a State AFL-CIO and exec· 

utive v,ce preSident of the Georg.a Stale AFl·CIO 

for 15 years Mr Counihan has !).,en plesldent ot 

the Savannah 8ULld1l\g Tudu Couocll fu r over 20 

years, a delegate 10 the Savannab Twles and Labor 

Assembly for over 30 y .. us and a member of the 

Savannah 10lnt AprrenllCtshlp and TTaimng Com· 

mmce lor ovel 30 years 

Honors given to Busme5s Manager Counihan are 

"1959 Labor Man of the Yur, Fllst Congreulonal 

DlItnct," and 10 1960, " Man of Ihe Year," so 

named by the Georgia Tude Unton CounCIl of 

Hl~udrul. An Ekclflcal De pallment was named 

III h,s honol at Ihe Amal School In Israel In 1978 

the M J. Coumhan Award was estabhshed to be 

presented to the out5undlOg app. enlLee of each 

gr.duaung class 101 achIevements dunng a foo r 

yur apprenueeshlp 

MI_ Coumhan has been heutenant colond a,dedc 

-camp, governol'. staff, lor GovernOi S Ernest 

Vandivet from 1959 through 1962 and Governol 

11mmy Carte. from 1971 th. nugh 1975. 8usmcss 

Manager COUnihan IS I IIfellme member of the 

Fust Volunteer Reg,ment of Georg,a, [ne., and 

fo rmel member of the 118th FIeld Artillery, Batlery 

E, Irish lasper Greens Mr Counihan holds memo 

beuhlp m the H,bernlan So

Th~ ~ lr r tr lciaM ell l onl !iS I, Sa nla Ro ~a, C.I" 

makinl a U rr ~r ae OWR art, "11m Ide eo ,i,he, 

rUr, Pac Our, Tim Wlln" \ irkit \\ hilfho.n, Sandy 

and lonnif E.-i" f.llm I ~f, .0 ril hl, 

ironl, art AI Pauon, Bod Oll'il, M i k ~ Throdora, 

L1o)'d Itoppe .nd Superinltnd rnl Ibrold Phillip!, 

Power Plant 

"Thr world', prtllirM powrr pfan l" brin, buill by 

ehr C.liforni. Drparlmrn' of Wat .. and Rr'IIUr{r\, 

sevc.~1 of ehc~t n~wsleu thank Ihe membe.s lor Ihe kond cum 

menl\ a""OI tt,,, column We dOl our be.t .nJ .. ,II 

try 10 keer It ,nt "mall"e and entclI,onlnl'; UnlOl 

Ihe nC11 ne .. ~lcttn .ttend YLlu. on.on meelOnr:s 

.nd WP P" II I-OUI 1(0,.1 UnIOn 

And)' Cu~o, [allon Lac",l J67 Ed Troy and AI 

Cllu Icplcscnted 1

I ~I "odo~m"h'".,""" 

How", ....."o.. .. 

~ thl, I"uauon Be sU re thlt you inti your bmlly 

• ;1ft ' ''/l:llltl('1I to Vale, ind liD to the poll, every 

lime throe II an elccllon ;Ind VOle ..... nd VOle for 

the candld~le who bellCves In bUlt human dll\.flllY 

of all peorle, 110 \ IUSI Iht light of thOle who hve 

and who wanl mOrC U Ihe t'XPt'nsc of those who 

don'l hne .... nd If you have lIoublc In decldmg 

.. which cand"b\u WIll best ,cp•..,cnt you as a 

.. orklnll pc"jOn, don '( hUl1 au~ 10 ca ll you. clecled 

I,InlOn olA elals 10. Ihe c~ nd"blC " fH>SlUon On 

151ue5 .ffectlng )'ou. Also, the endorsed candidates 

by the Cenual Labor Council, AFlOQ, have been 

K !Cened cartfully a5 III theH pOIIl,,,.1 philosophy 

and Ire alway, 1100f Ihe membe:uhlp would do thell 

dUly ~I obhpled memh.'" uf Ihe IBEIY II you cue 

len cnou,:h 10 \·nt~ then keep ~OU I g"pes and 

nr'ntuns 10 you"~11 The.e ate 100 many people 

who led I hallu~t paying thclI monlhly dues makel 

Ihcm rhglble fur all the bendlt~ a local unllHl 

I>l f c l ~ "'1 any ute, fur yUIJ who Jle Inlc.e~tcd, ..... e 

ull" our cun/:rJtlJl ~lI uno 10 JlJ thuad.unncr, Club mee.sevcry 

thud Fllday 01 the month ... 1,., all membcn ul Ihe 

IHEW arc welcome 10 come d"wn and )oon L~I " 

sec lOme of our oul uhlale Brulher$ ,et down 

here and partiCI pate Included to Ihe monlhly 

meellnlt~ alC a ddiClou~ ca.ly mornlO, b,ukl.SI, 

Cntcrummenl, ~peelal !:U(515 and helpful hints 

Ihat ""II benefil e~eryone Officers 01 thIS p,em 

,'OUS dub Include 8.othel! ' ,mmy W,lliam. as 

presIdent, rohn Wolfe as nec rlt" dent, Mall y 

MannlOlt u ( hallman 01 Ihe hecu\lve Boa.d. and 

members uf Ihe heeullve Baard lIarold Washbutn. 

5Jndy BcJeh. ltm "bmn and R~-d Ande.son BUHher 

1Y,lham, tells me Ihlt Included 10 the nut few 

month, ue In award ce rcmony for members wllh 

over 25 yea.,ol membe.shlpand a health eduUllOn 

P' 0lt.am that "'III help memheu la ke n . e 01 themselves 

by pwpe. exe.clse and d.el 

I ",ould Itke 10 put OU t a personal requtst lu all 

01 nu . mcmbers I am cu rrently wUlkln ~ un a 

IC I~p boo k Ihal wtll ~uvt r Ihe membershIp and 

loundln,ll uf Local 6 ~O IInC~ II first adopted .IS 

chille. I nerd rholo,llur hs, documents and any 

olhe. Items IhJI WIll brrnjt b~(k nt)Julgle meml> 

IIe$IU the mem"""h,p The book WIll cover cventl 

Ih,. occurred In Ihe pasl u well u the p,e&en t 

Clm.ence of Local 640, If you have anylhlng thai 

I mlghl U5e, please add.e$! n 10 ·· I'rtss Secretary" 

and ma,l It 10 .he hall 

Well, that aoout "'.ap' II up fur anul htr monlh 

Unlll nUl munlh lei', all ,hlOk brmhcrhood 

RAT I '''L~SKT, I'S 

Scribe Urges 

Self-Examination 

L. U. 611 lu), LITTLE ROC K, ... ltl\,_ '" IIlbllCi I 

u a m p l ~ of K II eummallon 15 Ihe leachmg aooul 

,emoYmjl: Ih~ beam (~ long plcce 1>1 heavy umber) 

Imm I>u r OWn eye iO ... c can sec clearly how IU 

.rmo~r the mote lcomr~ I" ble .0 a ~ pec k 01 w.", 

dusI1 from oul b. other'1 cye. Usually .... e enltl tnlU 

Illmt of selleuminallon In Occtmbocr and makt 

re!OI UIIOns lor Ihe new ycar I ""lte~e we ~hould 

pucllee II on I mure frequent baSIS looUt ncr~thmg 

thai hu In effcCl on our It~e$. both here and 

hercaft~r 

SlOce thIS IIllcle I~ nUl f". a srlntual puhht~lIon 

let us eons.der lOme IhlOJ:J Ihat h.-'e an efien on 

our hves here Pohllct, 1m eumplt. b.ve a bllt 

mOuence on OUI h~CI Do "'e bte"me mformed 

abc:Ju l Ihe candIdates and Ihe" a,,"udes on InuC$ 

thaI are Import~nt lu uS as wOlkmg men aod 

women l Huw aboul Iht vOlln, record, of Iho" 

~hcady In officer "'n old sa~ lng IS, "The bad 

offiC Ials arc dec ted by the ,r.nod untun membcu 

"'ho lorgol 10 Yore I wnuld add Ihat some good 

offic.als and Inends of labor luse thell vlAcu for 

Ihe same rusan .. hen the Inu on,oo !:rours ra'let 

Ihcm 10' ddeat 

Our r r Cll ld~nt !rum Ill/l') to 1':1119 WIll Itkelv 

apPOint a malOIllV of the mcmbersl>! ,he Sup.cme 

COUll 1>1 the United 'ilatts lusllCcs of ,he Sup.eme 

C"U II regularl y se. ye 20 or ml>le )'eau The ne~t 

p. esldent ""Ill 'Pl'otn! I tOU II Ihal w,lIlCr~e well 

mto the 21S! cenlulY If II IS RUgan, hIS InUuencc 

v·ll1li,·t long after he .. dead E~er }' lhln g II thang 

lOt. not only Ihr COUll, bUlthe ","mid " ehanl\lnjt 

... It Ielau"nshlr S. ,ncludlng boor and mlna!:~ 

men!, are III lIaMlllon Ind euntenllon In ,he end 

dl5put~5 come nenlu~lJy II> the Supreme COUll 

Do we wan! Ru,r.an lu choose Ihose ",·ho wtll make 

the Anal d eel~lI>n/ The appOlnlmenl ul Donald 

OoISOn as UJIJI~nt tec.cIJryolbbc:Jr wudeSCllbed 

by some as "USlllntn!: I lo~ to gu~rd the chICken 

coop." "'s cha llman 01 the Nallonal La bc:Jr Rela 

lions liN rd. he leU, a COnltreutOnal o .·e r ~llth l 

heanng Ihat the NLR8 now has Ihe laigeSl backlog 

01 casu In the agen~y', h,SIO.)· Mc ~nwhl l e. untOn 

ICp.urnta,,~cs e~ r' e~, Inlense frustratron with 

NLRO 's dela~ 5, malnralnlng Ihal the 8oud·s "u 

IIemcly sluw dCClJIOn maklllg" has leduced Ihr 

Taft "'CI'S gua'Jntce 01 rcp.uenlatlon II,IIhl5 III a 

" bughlng mallr. 'aecmd,ng 10 BN ... ,s Unron La 

bot RrpcII! 

Remembt:r P ... TCOI I have SCr n a cupy uf Ih~ 

leltel CandIdate RcagJn "" Ole ask,nlt (1)1 Ihtu 

suPPort, aeknowled,llln, the ll probleml and pltd, 

Ing hIS IoU ppoll ,f eleeted IYc know ,he . Clult 

US ... TCO CSllmates Ihe unsu(c~sslul SUlke WIll 

Cull US lupaycll mmc than SJ b,llmn, whld 

lOcludes IIalOlO': for Ihe SInkers' .tplaeemenlO, 

the fedrral ,:o~Clnme nl 'S polenual hllgauun COStS 

IIllhe ~p~als ploceu hUI 109 COnI rollen ' pCt I t Ions 

10 •• e'n5t~lement, ClC Afte. dUIIl>ymg Ihe unlun_ 

10 my oplOlon. he eOllld have let .he traIned all 

nilfie e"ntrollel5 lelurn ' 0 .helf lObs. saYlIl!: u. 

mllhons 10 nlmmg eo~1S 

1I0w about Klf.nalmnillon III ourscl,·cs II unmn 

membersl Do we vl>lunree. 10 ier~e on eomml! 

tcesl 00 "'e a\lend ,he qoartcrly tnformallon meel 

IO,S and the monthly bu'nnus mtelln, when 

po$s,blel Do we ttudy the worklO!! agreement 1 

BrOlhcu and StlltlS, be warned, don 't let hl5l01}' 

r!'peat ,ud! wllh 'UpeCl 10 the laool mOYe menl 

... nOlcd bU51nen lead" oncc saId, " "'n ,n5lltUIIon 

may spread luell uve •• he cnllle world and employ 

a hund.ed Ihlluund rcorle. bUllhe uelage pcrson 

wtll Il>rm hIS ludKmeOl of II through hIS Cl>ntaet 

with one mdlvldual II that p.;lSOn " rudc 0 1 

,neffiClent_ 1\ w.ll like a 101 !If kmdncsi and 

efficlCney 10 OYcreome I bad ImpresSIOn [very 

mcmbc,o. of an OIg.101Ullon, who, on any capacity, !1 

eomcs 10 conlaCI with the pubhe, " • $aluman, ~. 

and the Impress",n he m~kClIS an advcrl1semen l_ 

good Or bad ,. ~ 

BoB Mo

I would hke W m",nllon .h", lucal'. Trap Shoollng 

Tum II was fo.med by Bro.hers C.ry Mmmonl, 

w"~man ~pr r "nllce, and Rod Ward, Wl/emln The 

Tum rallrCrrat"'. in .he Olin L",a~", n",l}' luCIdlY 

mlhl for a le.m of II w«k1. By .h", 11m", thl$ 

Itllde mak"" r''''55, .h", ItI.I;ue ,houl.! tit wOlIn" 

. 0 I tlO'lt Th" ..... h" ra,u" rll~ On .h", T"'am 

tltsld" Bltul,.r, Sammun, ~nd Wa.d were Bro.hers 

linIn McM~h()n ROll 0 Dell and Chnl Smllh 

Thon who~.t mltres.cd In 1""lInll,hc lum, rYen 

If you ale already aCllve In rhe lca;;uc Iyou Olin 

Brurhcu ""11111 h~~e a lum I dnn'l know ~boUI, 

bu, mo.e .bout ,hal Incl ), 6hould tonuel Cary 

Sammon, or Rod Wa.d oeX' y"'''' lnd mcruSlJ slindsal IIX WIOS, 

IWO ItKHS hlla5, you'.e all "ghl 

... 11 "lIhl I nt'vel 5,ud I ..'a•• Illeury ,;enulS I 

m.tr mluakt'5. spdlrng mmakn n~clilly fLul 

Brmh"r Bill Downey, now Brolher O."e Mchen 

tlcre II n, Oav ..-my apnlnglu. ln nOI McG,veu, 

11 IS Mclvcu In . h", Iutulc. "Uny 10 exerelle .. bll 

more onv ..'lignlon before I assume I knuw ev"'ry 

ont", name In Ihe local Excuse me"'e'" 

I have been wnlln~ Ih,s column no ...· since 

November, 1983, I hne enl

CI", ""'''' Com,,,y,, "OW" ,h, nm ,h.K 

01 m~nLlf;lCILlnl\' Honty .... tll connol J'~ncll Th.s 

IJ. new ventule fOllhe comrm)" and rroducuon 

and quality of Ihlt lit'" product arc dOlnSllCal 

MR KLllY, I'S 

" ... 

Hrre it another photo 01 the Hon ey we ll control 

plod. 

Travelers 

.... lIclr Iff u,mt Loca168J mcn,bU5 who "t working 

On MiI!s,on .. PQWU 51.llnn Unit No. 3: Mike Sloan, 

Lrr Moo.e, Jo r Clld .. ~ U , JOt Wall , Lauy Burn', 

M. arl Y RIlC hus, 8i11 Burns and lohn 8ro"'n. Also 

wOlkinl at ""muonc Uf Loul 68J m"n~n lim 

Gloyd.1kacon ,\\ceILl", (d FilZpatrid,. Bob ShMu, 

Glfll Robe.u , loe' "';llhl, lim Kuli ~. La"y DOt.· 

urn. Tt d Glui and lohn GbSi. 

0 Local Conducts Graduation 

Banquet, Election 

L U. 681 II&cm ), COLUMBUS, OIllO- WIIII '-CIY 

hl~h uncmrioymcnt In OU t 111flsd,cuun, mill)' of 

"U' (1lcmbctS arc tr~vcl1llg around the tuum.), 

piYlnlllhcu tr~de In tht I, .... ,d'cllon (If Olher IIlEW 

Joc~ls Tht Local flU members wu.kln, on Ihe 

I ,\1Ill,lonc Nuclur Po .... cr Slalloo h~.-c ~,kt.! me 

t to conny thell "alllude to the memb

hll III Lhc'h.nd~ ~h l~ 10 wOlk, we ....,.h ~ll the 

"hinds" uOlblc I' ""III I Vtr)' speed)' lecu~cry 

II loob hke 'h""nJlle Inll ~ ollr Clnd,dlle 

to n.ln '~lnU ", RU&-III In Novcm~r No ... 

Wlhc' MonJoile mol), hJ"c lome thtolS &010, fu, 

h'm ,h.l )'OU might nUl hke, we III run Into Ih" 

problem from lime LO lime The b'I'S!U" IS, tan 

he help )'OU, lJ I WOrltIO); mAn, m~kf ynul ~ l l ndal\l 

of IIv"'l beltCI llhink hli llool lecord proves hc 

e.n and w.1I It would ,ule be glUI If all "I Ilbtll 

'" ulJ "ay 10lclhel ;IIod pUI IhlS mm O"tl Ihe lUI' 

anJ "urv \It Reagan Ih'5 Novemhcl We un If we 

wolnl t" f,JJlv enough 

8uy "'rI1CII~Jn buv unlUn, buy COPE 

Roo'l[v G~[lM, l' ~ 

Students 

Piclurcd are Ihe jllUrnt ,m. o Mottll Conllol 

File Alarm C II~~u IIf LOCiI 716, lI oun on, Tn: • 

.... h 10 lighl lie In ~ ,," e lnl t H O " "lIoml n, li ne 

IIIf1i5, Ra ymond llickt)', Bllln lonu, Di n Polin" 

S' m \ 'iQu, loli.n TOflu. Ton), E" n gcl i ~ lI , E,,· 

elcu Malk, ""ill McCulchin, Ron ROlhmln, In· 

~ IIO C IOI Wlyne Dennl1, PCle ,\1U"; ~, Tell. Sub\t n , 

Eddie Rowland Ind Pcny Wh ootrn, 

Anniversary 

50· Year Member 

Brolhc l llalold C. "r),der, I membel 01 Lou1 1U , 

FI, W,yne, Ind., i ~ shown with his So-VUI Mem· 

buship Packel, which hf .eccind 11 his homt 10 

Fl ulida, .. hr le he hu Ii.·ed since his IfliitmU I in 

1'58. 

Graduates 

J 

Pictured IIC Ihe ",embtl'S nl Ihe 8ul lin;nl Com· 

min te ntlolilling wi lh Robinso" TnnJformel 

CompaQ,. Lell 10 lighl nt lohn GilbcfI , ,'hu hl 

Pllkel, Ni la " U IOn Ind 80bbit DeBc ll c. 

Bargaining Begins With 

Robinson Transformer Co. 

L U, 702 ! 1 ,o, u ,uow ,tm , ru, tl b,~ pl , l kun l, W. 

FRAN"FORT, ILL.-Locil 702 ha5 opened nelo' 

ILaUUM wllh Robinson T ran~lormc l Compan)' of 

Robinson, IIhno,s, 00 uur ,hlld labor agrcemtnl 

Imct orgolmzlng Ihe compan)' In 1978 Rubmson 

Tlinsformci 15 I subSldlll)' 01 Tuosformtr Min 

ubctulefS Inc, of Ch,cI~.l1hoOls The)', 100, arc 

It("CHOled b)' Ihe IBEW The plaOI emJlloyslbout 

70WOlkc,S, al rleHoll1l have Icturned from 11)'011 

The IUll5lormen manufacluled a le u$ed Jlllm~lIlr 

In Ihe commumcatlon ~nd elecnonic mdu~IIY 

Tht Ba lg~lnmg Comml11ee COn5'~U 01 M~I~hl 

ParkC I. 10hn e,lb.." N,I" Prulon anJ D,vld 

McNeely 

Many Classes Offered 

At JATC Center 

OAVLO Mc NulY, P ~ 

LU. 7 Ioli,l.em,ruatsp'1, IfO USTO~ . T l X,-Thu 

moolh I would ilke 10 lell ""eryone lboul Ihe 

eonlloumg eduCollloo COUI~ olleled 10 tourne),· 

mcn at OUI IATC T,~'olng Centcr AhhOU&h clnSl't 

al~ "ul t..:.ng held du"n!!: the summer, ther do 

ollel i9 cou rses lanllln8 1,0m mOil" conllul, the· 

ory, cude and fi,e Ib,m all Ihe wa)' 10 f1b.., OpllCJ 

An)'one m lele51ed m In)' of the above courses 01 

wanll a full couue aVlllahlHtr I,,, (:.In c.OOlaCI Ihe 

Tllining Ceolel T hese COUISt!S alc uffered 00 10 

on so\n, baSil dU ling Ihe school 'lUI, rcqulllng a 

mm.mum 01 12 people 10 51gn UJ! bdolc .I clu, 

cao be ~1~lIc d 

Thc l'>by p"rna"tS are hl:I:al unIon Wllh over 5~ )'ca'i m the 

On"o L " Dud" Burns Ind \' iol ••• nior inl Bud', 

r rl i r~mcnl ho m Ihe IBEW. The)' " 'ill feltb .. le 

Ihtir 6Slh wedding anniHnary in AugusI, 

18[W Omlo ,t 8.1 .nd hll "'!Ie v,oltl II 82, ~nd 

thty art entoymg hIS lellIemenl In New WI"c.ly, 

TeXIS 

S,nce our Ian oIIlIcle, II II m)' ICIltl 10 ,nlorm 

you Ihal Ihe loUowmg memhcll fUssed ~".~ y 

W,lhe R "DlCk EllIS, W 1\ Bryanl, Charles F 

T unic, II , E W " Rtd" l'elgu50n, C E " 1\,11 " \\'11 

son and CM Goohby I'llyers Ind Iyml'uhr ale 

e:llended 10 Ihell famillell", Ihe)' Will be mln.,J 

by Ihtn l"enoJs m Loui 716 

Until ne:ll lime, hopt 10 sec III 01 you al the 

ne.1 umOn meellng 

fOilS D Mum, I'll 

Scribe Reports 

Election Results 

L U. 121 Ii,o,em,m atsp'!, FT, LA UDERDALE, 

FLA.-AI our geneul mccllng on lune 4, elecllons 

Were hdoJ n,l.' .nult, ale ~! 101lllWI- r' es . d~nt, 

lun 011, Ylce p,eSldenl, 80b Mendenhall, f1naoclll 

sec.clny, n.ln,uffl Itcoldmg Hcre"ry treasulcl 

Clare Frosr, businell manl&el. lamn A, Weldon, 

becouvc nilaN, ClyoJc Cu,,, I,., M,k., Chfton, 

Bob NIchols, HallY lIa)'tI Ind Ie/f Manning, b 

amming Doald, C.rlo O,Bon, Bub Hendm, Tllry 

Baker, " m D",ham and Duu& Wmg, delcg~les 10 

Ihe IBEW ConHnl!on, limn A Weldon, Clll Ii 

WUUI, lohn L Someu and lohn R Ranken, Iltel 

naln 10 IBEW Connnllon, RI)' Arm~lIon" Ray 

Flach. Bob Mendenh.1I .nd 11 lackson 'Will hive 

.hf 'Clulu; of Ihe lun (l/f elrtllon 1m pl~,dcm and 

finanna! secrCU.y .n 01.11 nUl alllclc I would Itke 

III lake IhlS opronunlly 10 congralulatc III our 

oillcels on Ihel! decl10ns 

OOllns.dc Un" nrr.",'.I",nslrc uode, "'IY, Ind 

hOJIClull), nUl month I will h~"e a pll1glCU leroll 

We ha\'( IWO membe" who hl~e been placed on 

the dIsabled hSI Thc)'lIc W,II,am W " Red ' HIli 

,uulncyman wllem.o lod eCOt/:'" C ROU$$05, 

loulneyman hnenun 

I "'ould like 10 e .. ~nd II0f ~ymr~lhy 10 Ihe 

Sho wn in lhit pinure, lelr to righi, lit g .. dullu 

Peny !rtil1rr, III, Donald Cook and T )' C"bb of 

tocal 156, 1)'),lOn. htach, Fla. 

H ~I~ , Id l 10 iI, ht , lIe MUle. of Clremonf.- All 

Ih ... e~, Olin Cook Ind Don Morg,n, 

Ind Inend.s 01 Blotber Anlhon), r Cr.15' 

l~m,l)' 

lourneym.n wucmln who reeentiy puK1llway 

M,atAH FOMTl.'I P 5 

Apprentices Graduate; 

Annual Picnic Held 

L U, 156!1,0&u" 1M VTONA BEA CII , FlA,_FIVC 

~pprenllen wele I\raduatcd Ihis yeal OUI LU'" 

jl. 1 ~lullllons go 10 Glolla Anderson, T)' Cobb, Oon 

Cook, I'eny MIliC I, III, aod Sohb)' Plquen e Thfr 

OUl5landlll/: Apr ,cnllce Award wem 10 I'clry MIliC I, 

III, I pla"ue ."oJ 5250 Runnrr,uJl Don Cook Ie' 

celvcd SIOO Abscnl at Ihe May 15 eelcmon),. due 

10 IUneu. "'cle CIon. Ind Bobby. 5pt'elll conltflu 

10 eloll~ 101 bemg Ihe li lst /emile 10 endule Ihe 

IpPlenllcnh'Jl Jlrogum and II.dullf In ·'lo1lrne),' 

min I usc Ihe lelm "Iourneyman'· m a ltenellC 

Sfnse only ... qUick glance b)' aoyone IUdlly 

cslahllshe. there IS no wa)' Gloll. could hi:< mis, '" 

lahn lor .nythlnl ,cicIJ cd to wllh "m.n" In Ihe 

mle' 

Our Anno.1 I'ICnlC "'as held IJlam at Clmp 

Wmona on May 26 Onlyabnul 200 mcmbell and 

dependtnu WC le In .lIendance OUt 10 uvcle rlln 

and WllloJ III .od .boUI Ihe area, many IIsumed 

the pICniC would hc"W.shed OUI SUI lOch was nOI 

1

lhf elSe and I good lime wn h~J by "II there 

AI you .11 know, ... e h~vc Moen "ylng 10 srllthc 

IBEW bUlldm& on 1I,,,lgcwood Avenue On lone 4, 

the ulc "'U flnaJ,:cd raclS and fl,u.cs .... ·Ill he 

reporled 1.\1:. 

Brolhers, ] know ~ lllhal5ccnl5 IU be ,unSlstently 

menuoned he re hefore arc IlImp Ih~. we as mem 

Mil hue 10 "«PI and adapt 10, 10 "Y tomamtam 

tht work and the conlllCIDIS we hue Make no 

mlslake about II. the o/fice.! and )~c,al commit 

In memMn of Ih., loul Ill"C hUI nne, two-pili 

~l keep the employment ... c hne and try 10 

.educe the number of uncmrluycd W,lh ,,·hat 

conSldeutlons that have been gIven the cantu.:· 

ton, Ih., scnbe thinks II IS abuut !lfOt lor some 

polltlYC Icauhs. I hope the conLtatl

Annual Picnic 

Held in June 

L U. 86 1 (i&o), LA KE CHARLES, LA.-We extend 

ou, condolcnce$ 10 the hmlh~s u( Bwthe., HorAce 

r Young and W H "Bill" I' lcwitt, who pused away 

recently. We also "",sh all OUI sick Brothers and 

Sisters ;I speedy 1"G"cry 

Our Annual Barbecue was hdd Saturday, June 

2, al the Bunon MeIDullal A,cn~ , ~nd, "cal lime 

was had by .11 whoancnded. There were Iurbecued 

pork Ind chIcken Ind many, many side dIshes of 

.... "OU5 Ihings 10 Cal Vanous games were held for 

the chIldren, meludm, lhe ptgchasc Twcmy small 

pIg. were lu",cd lOMe 1(>1 the v.nous age group. 

to catch Each dILld .... ·ho caught. pIg became the 

owner 01 that pIg and could lake II hOllle o. sell II 

al Ihe .UCllon which was hdd lollowu'l& the cbase 

Thclt wu also a hOlSuhoc· pHchmg contcSl for 

"dull. lO"d bingo fo.;all 

By the time thIS arlld~ I~achcs you, polmc5 ,nd 

polmc.arlS "",11 be In full $wmg, so get out and gN 

behmd your choIce of candIdates and ..... ork hard 

for hIm 01 her. You arc Iurc to CnlOY the wOlk, 

and YOUI cand,date w,lI be gbd 10 h,ve your help. 

Whcn a Irt.:' gets so bIg and '1$ loliage 50 dense 

that the lIo""e15 beneath il arc strugghng lor sur· 

Ylval, then 11'5 time 10 , emove the tree 

Scribe Reports On 

Election Resulls 

MARTIN TRO~ , P S 

LU. 915 liAml), TA,'rtPA, f LA ,-The mun.!' ... f 

lune b,,)u~t about lomc changes In nU l local UntOn 

oHieeu Th.i decl10n has been rather lo",,·keyed 

compared to paS! ones, In spIle of lour contenders 

for the busllIcss manaIlN', olfice. 

Because many of our llrolhc.s ale on Ihe road al 

th.s t"nc, ...·c had l iS absentee votes out of .p. 

proxlm.tely 660 ellg.blc vOlen. Elccllon ..... as held 

In Tamp. In our general assembly hill on Harney 

ROld Polls we re o~n at 8 00 a m and dosed at 

6:00 p m T""o hundred and l""cmy·t""O votcd in 

pelson Lesler Rob.e rlS was election ludge and wit 

ass,sted by t""n lellers, Cary Palsons and Robert 

Schulel Also asSISIHI~ ""as altern.te teller Mike 

Tonry and Ihl1sborough County Elecliun Offlcl.l 

Howald Duncan. 

Th~ rcsults are Ihe follo""Lng lor the pnmary 

decllon •. pres.dent Ind imernational delegate, 

Tim McMurry, Vt ce presldcm, runoff betwccn Kcvin 

Ranks and Jimmy McKendrce, rcco rdLng secrelary, 

Pat Berry, trUSurCl, runoff b.etwten Dav,d D ..""dy 

and JesK Ha.lls, bUSIness manager·flnanc .. l Stt· 

rClary and Internat,onal Con"~ml on delCgalC, run· 

off bel""cen CelTY Cam Ind Gary ~hll , Excculive 

Bo.rd l Hill 5bo l ou~ COUnty), Bob Sadler and B,lly 

Tew, E~e cuI IH Board (Hardee, Hlsh'lnds, Polk 

and DcSolo COl1nti~I J, 11m Bowman and 11m Ph,l 

lip., Execul1ye Board (Ch.rlottc, Lee, Manatee, 

Sarnota and Collins Cuuntlcs!, Clenn Deemer and 

Ed Payne, Exe~ul1ve Board at Iarlie, Carl Tuckc rl 

Exammmg Board, Denms FIeld, Alan Lane and Al 

Lyons, and hl1ernauonal ConvenlLon dckgatc, Bob 

Killer 

Fmal results WIll be m nexl atUck 

so. KAISU. P" 

Local Holds Election, 

Code Classes 

L. U, 932 (1&(1, c o os SA Y, OR£.- This momh IS 

election time for the local W,th SO many of nur 

m~mbelS on the road and very Icw workmg 1\ 

home, 11 ""Ill he an almOSI unammuu'! ball"t fOt 

our 11)t'

Honored 

Shown in tht group tllEW LIlt SI";ng "wild 

n lemony, IfI, 10 ' Igh . , are Larry Lenhardt, plul. 

drnl 01 local 96S, Mldho", WI)., Ea.1 flood, Llny 

Lirdh, l.Iuy s.:ouh and Mit harl " Mitk" Kcwhlu, 

bu.in .... IlInland finanfial ucrrlUY of Lon196S. 

Retiree 

Sho" 'n II th .. ((Iitemrnl P"')'. Idl 10 right , • • r 

Mli. Ulun Villart and B.ot he. Ca.1 \'ilbu. 

m"'~lnl\ the hne lIuek there blr, ~~,d h,' wuuld 

scc If he lOuld Inch It from til .. po,"mn h~ wa, 

SCI up In Lan y Kouke ualled up the pole and wu 

belled oil by the telcphone cabk ....·hen Ihne wa' 

an ale Juwn U~C I h,s head, ~nJ whell dIC, IInh 

oturl'ed lie lonked Jown lind Od~ and keep Ihe mune)" 

Thmk about II 

1",11 ha"e mnre nUl momh 

SAW}II M R(l~I""""", I ~ I' \ 

Pictu.ed i, BrOlhel [". 

lent " Rd" E'll., 

membtl 01 Lonl \l86, 

Norwalk, Ohio, w;,h Iht 

,\tinh Gilloway A .... ani, 

wblch be .eeei~ed 10' 

oUlillnd in, ~e"i(t 10 

Ihe union , upon Ih .. 0(. 

u~ i on of hh re.i' f· 

menl . 

Honored 

Brother Eagle Retires 

Aher 23 Years 

L.U. 986 (t), NOR WALK, OIllO-On Ih ur .... ay. 

MlyJI, the D1 .e".emenl w,ll 

'nvolve m~n~ "honey do' r.Ol«15 MCaOK hl~ 

lo~dy w,fe M"&llel al)(l .ellle" On the ~me day 

IlIO.h ..... Ea,lc wu ~lloO p.ncnl~d Ihe loc.I·, 

MInh Callow.y A .....,d whIch was es, abhsheJ III 

honol of SI~ t e l MUlh Galloway who gavc m~ny 

yea •• uf d~vot~d , outsl andll1 ~ ~erV1Ce!O thlsloul 

The M'rth Galloway Aw~.d Wd~ ~",abhshcd w 

rccog",u loc.l mtmb"rl .... hn 1I~"c ou,"~n " lIlg 

Kf\',eC ,0 ,he union N." IInlr d,d 8101he. Eagle 

,,~e 2J yurs of luyal.y'O the un,on, he aIM> selved 

~I vallOUS limn U ~ uew~ . d. unn ch,ef 5lew"d 

I.Inll chl"mln, [UCU!!\( Hoa," memM •. ElltCU 

IIV~ Boar" , h. llman In" as a mtmMI of senral 

Ncgol1.lm, Commlllcc, It ha'li becn my d'MIIlel 

pleasure ,0 havc been ~ brolhel mcn,bo: r III Ih" 

Ulllon w"h 'II..,, " Eagle 

I L A ....... AH, 8\\ 

Scribe Says, "Be A 

Union Believer" 

LU. 988 (1.1 1, SIIlI\. EY. MONT, '>'nee 1 am a "nlllll 

o//lce. , II Jecm, u Ihoul\h eVCTyone 1 t.lk ...."h 

h .. en~ I ... my ne,y wm" a' ,I .. hat I ,",'.5 .... ylll~ 

w~s Ihe olficlal oron,n "I ,he IB[W u apr"l\'c" 

by P,e5ldent PIllard hcn "".1oOn.llllend5 look I'" 

me I". Ihe "unl(>O', po"""n And.s Ihey walk 

a ..·.y. I gel the leellnr; ,h~, my label, .. hen mr 

".'cn n.me " not uscd. ,~ "Ihal un,on .. dlul 

A" malleI 01 tat!, bcll1K I~bdcd a "ulllon •• d,c~l· 

bothcrs mc I much prckr ' " be bhded a "union 

belt ..."cr " 

Of (.OU' K. ,he lonc 01 "",~e uf Ihe 5peakel r;'"u 

a 101 "f mnnllll \0 Ihc wo.d ......'col .., hUI ba"call~ 

,he word hu • nep""( eficCl on mo" penple'~ 

Ih,nklll~ I ,uen ,hiS 15 the b.~I' 101 my dl~l,ke 01 

bclll~ called. "omon " ",ul The 'ermlllolollY 

'mpa,,~ • nell""'c Wne 10 d"e:05SlOn. of 1.1>

.' 

I 

" 

.... 

AI~o shown II Ih~ 3nnlUi pa n y p.Utnl;ns Ihe 

Loldu VI,tu /twud '01 lOp apprentlff lineman 

for ''.ISla.' Blolhu Rloh 1I0H Ind BlOlhrr Sam 

/tun;n, rht aWl,d wlnnu.1Srr Inlde In tht IIh)', 

" 84, lourt/ol, pholl>~ ~ "bmillfd by P.us Stt,tury 

Wa yne N. dt De ll r y.! 

Scribe Honors Deeds 

Of Mine Organizer 

L U. "S l ; ,o, nb ' '' ~&~pll, BATON RO UG ..., LA. 

few mcmbcr~ In the IIIEW know Mlchacil.'\'(Mb 

Mr Llvod~ W~J liken by h,s Maker on March .iI, 

1984, al Ihe aKt of 96 In "'hy. 1984, rhe I she, of 

IhlS I\cntkman WCIC I.ken !O I she, the luJI"w 

Monument, wh.ch IS sltulted wen of Jn tcrsu\c 

2.'i, aboul 14 m.]u nonh 01 Trlnldad, Co l or~do 

Th,s IS the SIte of the mfamous Ludlow Muutrc, 

nal one of the many duk chaptelS In the lon~ 

led")115 march u~nenecd by Ihe men, worn,," 

Ind ch.ld,en who Cln be c.cdud wllh .he ~~.m.u~1 

success of .he I~bol mo~~men. 

On M'JI.embe. r 13, ]9]1. a VOup of , ... ktnA 

fOmen u. ur' .ent coluny whcrc .hcy hvcd wllh 

.h~1I WI~CS aOl! chrldrcn, .111:1 bern!; dn~en from 

.hc hou5e5 owned by .he mmrnA company A. 

]0 10 a m on APfl120, I 1114, m~chrne ,un5. rn the 

hands 01 mrnrn, comr,ny seculllY gUlrds, wme 

who "'cre members (>1 th~ sta.c m.htla, we.c .utned 

on .he Ihm~y .ents, klllrn, pu)'m, ch,ld.en, women 

who "'er~ hanlm, clo.hes ;lod • I~w mmen.-16 

men women anJ ch,ldlen all tOAe.her' In .he 

umed tipun, .ha. Inllnw,,1 ,"me mrne ~uud$ 

... elc kIlled O.h~1 ~U!krnl: mrnel1 ... ere lound 

btally shot or buten '0 du.h, and Klme IUS' 

d.sarpt'Ilcd 

l,vud, Wil ... un"m urjl;'",zc. ~nd led .he mem 

be.rsol Ihe Unr.cd Mme WUl~~'~ '" u nku '1'1111' 

.hc mrnm~ cumJ!ilI1!C5, The mmln~ comJ!any ga"e 

I.S guards o.dcrs 10 ~hoo. M. llvuda on sl~h •. and 

100 . h,s rc"Un .h., man walked by OIghtlu leerUI. 

members fOI h,s uOlon On one rn.:CiSlon M. llvuda 

wu eaugh. by mlmnl: tompany ,u"ds Ind be.'len 

~o badly .har he c.awled all m,h •• 0 .neh Walsenburg. 

Ih.ee mllu .wayl ThIs ,emleman I,.el 

le,,'cd as a Unlud Mine Worke .. Ylee r,uldent, 

and In the u.ly I'HOs WU rill ,n r.h"le 01 I 

CIVIlian Consc.vallon Corr~ r.olCtt west of IXn' 

'" .'.I. JIohchad l.vuda WI) born In YUf!us!aY1iI nn 

OClobe.r 22, IllS?, Ind came to Ihl' eoontry althe 

lie of] 7 IIf lolned .he UMW rn Bolt~. MOIlI.n, 

H~ ume to Colo, ado rn 1910. E.pt yurt ago he 

and hts wtle Kathelrne mo.-cd .0 New O,lcan! .0 

be. nnr .hell .iaUp.CI Ind ,!:randchtldlfo. and .h.5 

tl ... hc.t hIS .'bk~. clltcd hIm '0 h., Rn.1 home 

Thinks 10 Bmlhcl Wtlbu. L Rllthff for .he 

.bove Brother R."hh '5 a reuled IBEW membe.r 

who ... as Inltlatcd In local 8" ... tlanta, CeOlf!,a, 

In M'ptembe, 1926 ThLl Blolhc.'s c~.d hu .ulcd 

In Local 446. Monloc.louI5lIOil, Loe,,1 J211. Shleyc· 

poll, lou,!il.n,. Local 861, Lake Cha rl c~, Loum· 

ani Lrn.:al 1 9~ Sh'C'o'eporr, LOUISIana, .nd lrn.:.1 

J57. las Veps. Nevada I only hop.: hUI ! nrc" 

• 0 mee. and .alk 10 lit Lllcnlleman, lor htl dlop.e. 

IIH' hc re rn 8uon 1I.0ullc 

Th" may '(line It I !iUlrrr5C'0 .hosc ul you who 

hue duclled Ihe r"nelrles of those ... ho came 

belolc you when you .h1Ok .ha. Ronald RUllan 

w.1I be: a shoo·1O Thc battle hnes have be.cn d.awn, 

.nd Ronlld',luek 51111 has a long IIme.o hold oul. 

The Democ.atS lie ,vthelln, therr ConStltllenC ICS 

Onlom, mrnOlltlu tnd Ihe flderiy, and .he ReJ!lIh· 

heans arc g(lrn~ .101 to doOl lookIng 101 Rugan 

sympalhlze", Cabmel olflceu , 'poll' IIllS and 

4B enle.uineu wJ\l hdJ! In Ihe "Rugan R(Jondop" 

If,\lr Rl~pn·, luck h old~ OUI h 10'.11 be. back_ 

bUI ,ItCI .... "~cmbe. r ~II hell ",,11 b,uk loosc Ind 

5howcI dO"'n uron u§! Solid 111(11"1111 hom .hose: 

who a.e h01l101 because (II RnllanOtnltl w,1I put 

M. Mond ~I, m nfflcr 

ThIS'5 .he lecord of blnk b ,III'CI ~.nCe 11171. In 

1971 SIX bank, faIled, 191/1 ,cyen, 1979. 10lthe 

samc 10' 1911O Ind 19811, 1"'"1. "2, and ,n 198J. 

' 8' CUllen.ly m 198' J.J banh hIVe faIled .nd 

tire rDic 1045 675 J..onlu on Ihe r, obl~m hul Yel 

thc shIp of ltate SIlt. on, It I. a d'$UICI w'lILnl: 

10 h'ppt'n \Ir Ru"n must be. Knl back .ored person· 

all y by Chuck Mc.'Ii11fn, local 1106, M'son, Mich., 

Elfcu.;ye BOlld memM' out 01 the Ad.ian U,d •. 

Then kids had I "ear . ime this ,'CI' Ind did I 

srul job 01 bowling. Our coogratula.ion!i. 

Honored ,. 

8.0lbf r Bernard YUun" Ifft. of Local 1116, Tucson, 

A.il., i, shuwn re ce;Yin& a commendalion Ind 

awa.d from Execu.h'e Dinero. Ed Puku 01 United 

Wa y on behalf of labo. and .he United Way. Con 

I .Itulation., Brrnie! 

Pension Talks Be~ i n ; 

WBKB Talks Continue 

LU_ 1106 1 ,"clI~ l, MASON, ,\'Il e li.- Pens.on b .. · 

,ltalnml was scheduled 10 Star! wi.h CTCM on 

lone IJ In LansIng The present ag.ecm(n. expilcd 

In luly The Ulllon III' jI;ainmg Commillec WIll

~ COn)lbl of Busmcn Man~Kc r Oall Mo. rl), As~'sunl 

BU5mus M a lla l' ~J Camille Stout, Prc).denl Shell 

Aspey ~nd ExecUIIYC Hua rd m" m bc' AI Pal mer 

Su,"cY$ we.e scn! ou t In the local's newsleller and 

were ' '''(''Lved back In the offi ce fo r tUC III delCI 

mm.n): rflorulc~of the mcmb..·.shtp 101 ha.gmLnlnS 

We thank those who tllllk the nme IU rc~pllnd 

The firM umt ouunft of the yea. "'as III All'cn~ 

on func 12 Th,. ~nnual rHenie I~ ullcd a Steak 

fry becaus.c! you bIL ng and cook yUill own mea. 

LUI yeAr wmwnc eyen .h"wed up Willi half oj a 

hmdquonc. of f.o:en YCm~nn 

Nc~m,"lIons wllh the newly mg,m,;"d .d"" 

,lUll .rJIIOn In Alrcn. I'C sull gOl!1~ nn "'''In D.e/ln·bJ

I rat Eut Sytacu!U: Fuemen's FIeld (loomIS Field) 

and wIll ~ PUI on by Smokey's Catenns Servlcc 

RCPOIII uc that Smokey pUll on a sood bake, so 

we are hopm, 10 ,el • ,nor! au,ndanr.r from Ihe 

membershIp 

On Arlll 7 a TI.ffk SII'ul Tralnin, Cou, 1I

~ .,,"'"" 0" 't:1n!! the ch,d 'H·.... a.d 11 C,~" 

ImJ, r al(~lld a ,""nlhl}, S~ ! ~IY Cummtllee meet 

tIlJ:. Ib \'\n~ [\c,·~, heel! ", 11sk tu ~llend Ihelt 

rnnnthlI mC"lIn);" I Un "nly 1\1) hy wha, I ,e~d In 

r~"'}f" ~"J by ",,,.d ul tnuu,h ltom r~orlc on the 

r,~k SalC'l C"mm.It~( It ...."ul.I 'c"m II! mt tha, 

,he), Ue un ,h,' "Ji:h, 1I~~k lht w ~)' I ,~t II, Ihe 

PU,pO)~ ()I the ~~kty Cmnmllle,' 1> In IOv(,u,lta,c 

~nd 'er()rt ~~ t\ ("" acc,L1ellt. ",hi "'IUIlC' ~n(1 W 

Hnd 'he c~u'e ,,) ,he ace.L1,,,,. not '" pb~~ I>I~me 

but I .. nuke , c~"tnmelld~""ns '" th~ C""'r~n" "n 

1"

Anniversary 

Award 

Retiree 

Pk,urrd art Bro, htt Don Cnutns, Lou' 1J61, 

Chic~IO . I II., and hi. wilt Pa' , who ttleb.a •.,d . hti. 

18.h ..,tddinl annh·t rnry on ' unt , . 

Party 

Shown arr .hr IBE" ur .... ld5 •• Ih' h.d 1" 0101 

Co mpanY'l Clndand CUlln,; and t!nllnr Pbnt~ 

. fe .. i .. in, th ad K ~ •• I .. Award from Thr Salval;on 

Arm y 1011he;I cUtIIllln the 1981 C hl;~tmas Food 

Dr;.". From left 10 .I, hl alf Donnn Dow, Ron 

Smith, Rot· ,\\il • • ; Ind IDe l.ol 01 l ocal U71, 

CI,,· .. bnd, Ohio. 

plo~ .. e~ 

Mil!)' Kdly plntnred 10 ChId SlCwlld Roy 

Mllell and Slew"d, 10C' Lilt, Ron Smith and Dun 

can Dow, Ih( Red K"IlI" Aw ~ ,d ,n leto&nlllOn oi 

Ih"" j(cncmll5 ~c r v,ce III Ihe comlnunll y Ihroullh 

The SaIYatlon A.my Ch Il S llll ~' dloll dOling Ihe 

]983 holrday ieUOn 

Th,s," IUSI one rumple ollhe lClV1Ces Iha. Ihe 

!In... rd~ In Loul un tiC dOln, In Iherr com 

mUnl1lC5 

l.ocal 146 1, ",_ok".n, III., P.esidenl Sieve Kr' 

nuie, I;,hl, co n&luul.1C1 :rt. T'flo. on hi, 30 

)'UU 01 "r~;rr al lou"on III. 

Press Secretary 

Thts ... I.t .omt or tht Bunts "'ho attended tht 

ft,i, trntnt p.ny on Malch )0, Idt to . i~hl .. t 

Gu.," Mud, ,ohn Vrhonky, C, Dolan, Lou Rich, 

Loul 1l67 Yin JI,tsidrn' lohn Qunly. ltw Kn nt, 

' Of Simkin., e harln Oowdl., and Don ,"th,ln,. 

The AUl\u~1 7 mttung of Sysu:m Counc,l U 25 

will be held al CECa, LQI(O%O, illinOIS Rerrennllng 

Loul1J67 .... 11 be I'lC5.dcnl Alito Younll. 

V,ce "fuld... n, lohn Ounly. alld lI .mh~,~ lIob 

!k.,lalk R"h.,d Ruhas, Cabe f.gunoa ,am,e 

Hrbc •. 11m Evan. and " m Riordan 

Con,'~lubuunl to Iht 10U"w,o" who alC: cdc 

bUllne company anmVtrUIlU ... IIh JO )un 

hnrman .\pcc,al. Overhead Oc: p;utment, Geuo,!: ... 

Reed, .... UI\U51 26, 195 ~ , and eleCUlcat mechaniC, 

SlIbnauon Ikranmcnl, Edward Hoth5, AlIglI'126, 

]954 

A specral Happy Wedding Anru vcnary wl5h I' 

ulcndcd 10 Brother Oon Clrstcn, and hI, WIfe 

Pn, who cdrb.alcd IhcII 281h ~nnl"c,uIY on lune 

9 BUI w.ahu 10 Ihe happy courte 

In dOSing, rcmrmhr. 10 rah Ihe lime 10 Ihlnk 

II IS Ihe !.Oulce of POWel, take Ihe lime to wo.k, 

II IS Ihe rllCe of succus, lah the lime 10 play. II 

" Ihe Seercl of ptrpclual youth , lak.e the lime 10 

M I"endty. " I, the road 10 happlnus 'T.t nUl 

monlh 

Jl.K·U R uu~, P S 

Local Stewards Receive 

Red Kettl e Award 

L.U. u n (c l1l,nH,rcs,bo,. u&rtb), CLEVELAN D, 

OIUO-Local IJ77 lI'IembclJ, In conlunCllon wilh 

i olhel employees wo. kll1& al Ihe Clc"climd ford 

MOIOI Comrany's Casnn!: and Enpne Nann, pa.' 

I- tlCI~IW 111 ~ Food Dnvc 10. Ihe ncedy dUlln!: Ihe 

'" 1983 Chftslmu SUSOD On March 21 , 1984 Paul 

~ M Kell y,Dlv,S,onaICommandClol l hclNolvlllon 

:::: A.Il'lY, Ind hll' stall Came 1010 Ihe Clevellnd FOld 

Plants 10 thank Ihe employees 10. Ihc lood Ihey 

..J COnUlbOICd 10 Ihe needy 

3: A leuci o/commendallon was!:,ven 10 Ihe IBEW 

... fOld emrloycn 1,0m Thc Sal"'lion ArmYlhankll1K 

;(: Ihem 101 theil ,uppon _nd p;alnClrallon ,n Ihe 

~ Food Olive Ihal neued OVCl $1 6,000 worth of food 

poss,bk II s p ~"allo~~ from Ihe mcrnb~ l s of l ocal 

1461, In m~mO ll am, g~s 10 Ihe fam,ly 01 lohn 

Bu::ull and the brtuly of T Canu ell 

Eu .... I'III~'NS, I'.S 

Scribe Writes To 

Relocated Members 

LU. 1410 \c m&' u l"I, KEAR NY, N. I._Th,s amele 

IS lu"t1y fOl Ihe Mnefil of all of 0111 memMr, 

who hne relocaled 10 oth~ I AT&T Technology 

lobs and alJO to 0111 mem!J

n~",'r. 10 umllolhlljt mc,hul cu,u Llkc""SC.lhe 

Jdmm'~lrJII"n', d~,m Ih~1 Ihl' ch~ng~ ,5 lIeets 

~a r )' '0 I'wdut" muney '0 heir h~IJnce ,he hudget 

mIsses thc POIII' h's '''''C IhJI we need 10 fcdu cc 

Ihe ledcul Ildk" hd",e ,\ b .. nkrupu Ihe economy 

BUI lei', t..;, IJrr ~boUI " f>.bklll,lt. qu~r

Th. "'W h .. ,h". m'mb", h", " ,,,.h,,,,,, 

rlmOln, for offict, and ont of OU I members from 

Ketchikan hu .Iw HIed_ wonder/ill! ,~ Tlle ... na 

LJ funnm, lor Ihe Senatt, C rt/: Quku, 10. House 

D,Ufle! Il. and Danny Rtpuky ",.I he was SOing 

10 Ale 10' H OUK OUtnct 14, from KClch,kan, we 

have Wayne ThompMln Wha, do you Ih.nk lowe. 

48, how about ill If we un-you , ... nl And th" IS 

what ii'S 1I00n, 10 like. If the pollUCIlnS .te somg 

10 hdp " ,un" Ihe COUnlfY, then leI's be lOme of 

,hose pohtlclans 

Lo .., Provn, " 5 

Union Busy With Merger; 

Nominations Held 

. L U. 1567 (u', WEST NYA CK, N. Y.-Oul unIOn 

has been \'C , y busy w'lh dlc upcoming mergef 

RighI now the peopk on the PIOP(IIY 01 Olangc 

and Rocklond UUhllU arC ,cprucmcd by Ih,te 

local unIOnS 

The bylaws 10. the new umon WCIC r~ "cd on 

May 14, ] 984 Since thu ume we hue had rhe 

nommation 0/ 01f\cU5, and we USt ou, b'llon by 

mall t,c,twcen lune JO .nd luly 18 fo' l oul 1561 

th'l will Ix a Illst fO I ... , vOlln~ by mall 

Live bettc, wu,k ... nlon 

Scribe Writes About 

Members' Activities 

L U. 1!J19\i!ll.o), AUGUSTA, GA._[n an dlort to 

&-Jin somccxpc» ...,e fO{ !iC've,al crew 8.othell th.ough 

th.s medl ... m. I have asked their tenlatlve plan, 

rdatlve to s ... mme. vacation, and pelloth of 'pnc 

I1me Ind he.ew"h a.e thell md,v,d ... a[ .e

56 

We .... ould lIke to take the opponunlly to thank 

aU the hflpeTJ who made the event. hu~e ,uccu~ 

Specl~lthankJ to photopaphel Brothel Ken MOYf r 

~nd to Eaue, Bunny Oonn~ Murray, daughter of 

Siste, Eduh Mu rray, fOI a job wdl done 

G1Jol)YS WUtl'llCItI, P S 

Scribe Notes Reagan 

Administration's Problems 

LU. 1908 lu), COCOA, FLA.-Due 10 being al 

Turkey Pomt Plant lOT m05t of Aplil amI .. U of 

Ma y, I d,dn't hne an alllclc m lUI month's 

lOl.l,tl(J/ 

WhIle ,omg through my back inues of the AiL· 

C/O News, I found many articles about what Ihe 

Rfa,an IdmmUUiUOO Isdom, 10 hUfllhe wo,km, 

cbu In thl' country. At; mOil of you know he hn 

511ckrothe NLRlI wllh an!1·wmh, rIo hll"ne\.~ 

.ppomlen ThIs 15 ill,cady naruna to lhow, U 

mosl ot the rccent deel510n5 hne ,one agatn51the 

wo.ke. Many of Ihne have ~en reverul.of ea.her 

dceISlon ...... hen Ihe Boild WIS madeupof lmpalllal 

m("mt....~ Nn .... anorhe. laellC 15 hem, uled, delaym, 

deCISIon. for even. lon,el pertod of lime 

Reagin has nen dcbyed appoint 109 I Cene r~1 

Couosell and now Ihll he hu, the penon l' con' 

sidered bolh mexpcncnced and pro·hu~me)5 

In thc Labor Dcputrnenl thIll" ale nOI much 

better Only Ihe court5 have stopped the ,Ullin, 

of Ihe DaVIS Bacon ACI and the allOWing of home· 

work The Labor Departmenl hn ,.Iso allempled 

to weaken Ihe child labor]aws. chan,e Ihe Selvlce 

Comract ACI .nd IS pu,hms for a sub mInImum 

wage for tcenlgen Suffs hue been CUI 49 !'Crcen. 

10 lob IUm,", and employmenl plo,rams, 2J per 

eem In OSHA and 2l pereeol 10 Ihe enforcemenl 

of labor standard •. The only mcreas(S have come 

IR the cIlIninalmveSli,ll311on dcpartmcnt and Iud· 

11 011 10 look lOlO umon aCliv;IIU 

The Rcpubhcan·conuolled Senile It holdlRlI: up 

Ihe biokruptcy refolm law thit paned the lIouS(, 

100.1 " once igam Ifymg 10 amend Ihe lIohbs ACI 

10 make plekel hne \"Iolence on Ihe \'Iall of I linton 

member a federal offenS( 

Can IIntOns hold off Ihue lypC5 01 illlCkl lor 

four male yraul Can we as workrrs ma.nta,n the 

!itandlld of hVing we have ach,ued Ihrollsh unton 

ne,ollated con lTa", and fed seCUle .n ou, lnln If 

we lose our unions! I doubl 1\ ~lnce day one Ihe 

\'I1C$ent .dmlmsu illon hu tiled to wukcn ou' 

un.ons, eilhN admm.strallvely or thlOugh b.lls 

mtroduced IR Ihe Senate Granted, thele a,e orhel 

,uuu IRvolved when camng youl ballol, but to 

me, my w'ge), benefits, worklP' conthttons .nd 

lob srcurny arc al Ihe lOp of Ihe hSI When r VOte 

In November, I'll remember Whal PrC5ldent Rugan 

has med 10 do 10 unloos .nd IhcII member,. If 

you ile nO! reSluered 10 VOlt. I urse you to Sel 

rCll5lered now, ,f YOII.re rcglSlfrcd, I U'lI:e YOIIIO 

VOle IR November 

Hope to ~ee YOIl at Ihe hall on Augusl Ij II 8 00 

,m 

Local Hosts Gall 

Tournament. Clambake 

LU. 208 >& [e m), S VRA CU~E, N.V,-On luly 14, 

198>&, Locil loa" parllClpalCd In the IOlh Annual 

IBEW Coif Tournamem In West Monrot:, New 

Yo.k AI50 palllc'pallng IR Ihe Tourney WClC Louis 

79 and 1484 ThIS \'ur Locil lOIN wa, thc 

hosl local of IhlS annual event 

Hlnelwadcls Glove, m Nonh SYlltu~e. "'e ... 

York . .... ,11 be Ihe snr 01 Local 2084'. Annual 

Clambake Wnh plemy of food Ind dnok for III. a 

1004 IUlnOUI "(JIp«I(d 

AI I reCent monthly mcclln" Sandy Ahhoif of 

Ihe SClew Machine oeputmenl of Crouse lhnds 

Company wu sworn In u Local 1084'. newnt 

member of the Eucullve Bond laming Sandy on 

Ihe Boud ale hm Chlppcrncld, T.m O'CIIIOII, 

Sam f iumara, LIZ o'\'IS, Keilh Bamn, rohn Kohansk 

• • nd DOllS Wallace 

'Ol iN M FILAPUI ... " S 

Retirees 

Rflired B'Olher lohn Di manrl, of 1.lI

. Protest 

Shown are m t ,uhrs 01 L,,~al 2166, fu'd".ic' on , 

N.B., ill I,o.u of ,hf Lrghia''''r Bu ildin.ll til h .d· 

",k lon, N. II •. during ,hr "'I ,' ) pro,,, ... 

Raising Money 

Ernit Whitr 01 f.ed r .i ~ IO" Un;, hdp, 6ghl M .S. 

wilh hi ~ 8own ~ in .hf FI~dt.i c ron Mati un "'ay 

~ : 11 .nd 12. 

Unity 

Sho"'n, leF, 10 righi, alf Booktl CUI: , p.esiden., 

Loul 22 17, G. T. OUS), p.u idfll', loul 2171, 

~ Lynchburg, \' •. j and Roy Kults, bo. inn, manas e' 

of Loul 4 />7 . 

Pinu.fd hUf, Idl 10 .ighl , I .e Bookr. CUI, Ru,' 

"un.. lI ill C,u~r , R. L, fifkeul, lIilly Tom lin, 

Crne TUlpin and K. T. Ca.wi1t. 

m~nllU pU'lIn ~omc moncy on Inc alrutly ~, ...,,:J 

prOleCIS and on Ihc schetlulcd p I O,CCI~ afOund Iht 

PfOVLnCC Ha vrng an un~rnploymenl u .e ul mo.e 

. h ~ n 80 p e , c~"1 ,n 001 Incal, we ~ f C lurerng .he 

~uvcrnmcnr rn nan lhe sch"ols. pltS"!!' ~nd ho. 

p"als Iha, ,hey plOm,scJ Ut do. m, Ihe last elcc· 

ltonS 

Du"ng M~y. IlIlN OUI 10.:,,1 w.~ Invulved In 

'''' S 1 n~ money lor .hat .c.nble d l sea~,· ul mulllrie 

sderos.s. AJJ un us Wel t sell,ng /l owe," I", .he 

dUease, and We Clme up with SI,129. Cunglatu 

la llons to . 11 mcmbcn who pa l',elpued III I h ~1 

lund L.ke Ihe ad ~ys, IBEW 1166 hel" . 8,hl 1\1 S 

TIll next trme, d"vr un·full y 

Luc C" .. s~t, P.S 

Three Locals JOin 

Forces to Survive 

L. U. 1 171 1" ",1, U ('.( IIIIUIle; , VA.- n"'I~ " a 

defint.r WI):~ "I unt.y ... "h'n the .h,e... IBEW lo,~!\ 

h(f~ In L)-nthl>ol~ Th, nUkns "I Loy~ l!'111 Leple~u t"ll~l\ed SI'iO ~nd dunated " Itl 

M" Plan) tiC br;;"" matlc jOl Ihe U!"'Omtnll . a~" 

fm "I \ when ...... cumb,ne 100c,,~ with ,be 11m'" 

m~n'~ A."ICI.uun !II ,."r mm ... y ~I . he '~JlUU~ 

'd c. !J J~k, I II 'e ~ h",,,, hJ,tI ",.. J 

~hr",1 "I .hem. hown\"! ....-lIh Ih. memb" I,h,p' 

suppou Ihey Can ~ccClmpl,sh much Attend Y"'" 

unll "'c'·llng'. a,k 4" .... w"'s .nd, al>I\"c an. h."" 

f .. uh '" ~"o. COmln"l(t Iht)· alt ... 'n.ktn~lor l"u' 

CtHl' .... I'rrOl_' I'~ 

Two Picn iCS In 

August, September 

L. u. 2121 Ilp So !! I. MIOI>Ll:.TO:'ll , ,~' A SS.-The 10 

ul's hm,ly I',eme w,lI Ix hdtl nn Augu~. 26 ~I 

Cmub,c l~kr til S~lcm, Ne ... Ha mp,hue. A )mot 

l:a,burJ Will havall.hk 1m'" I! moo,I.DO r·m T h,' 

.m"SClncnt "tlci ... ,11 bo: up ..." "I uS hom n'M'" 

unit I II 00 P m ThIS I~ all ucclknl Upportunlly 

101 ~ rk~\Jn, iummel

ehlnt nemed co bll mto hne The 100II, Iht mUSIc 

.nd, 01051 Imporlantiy. the p,escncc of many lonl 

MIY,ee memben made for an atmosphele of nos 

Cllpa and remlnlsccnccs. We alt looklnl forwaed 

10 nUl ytal'l alb" ta,l;e lly 

By Ihc tlmc Ihll aruclc appeau In Ihe Journal. 

we will once apm hue drawn a Wlnncr 101 our 

51,000 $Cholarsh,p. The scholus hlp proYldes higher 

educallon for. son 01 daughttl 01 our .CIIVe or 

reliled membell Hopciully we will be able 10 

InC lene .he dollar amounl beforc too much longer. 

OUI local. as OIhelS In New England. " slIlI 

letllnl the ImplCI 01 the diYCJlilure 01 1984 It 

appelrs thai wc have lc~td on "Spice Mounl.in" 

Ilnce lanu.,y wilh ,II of the ch.nln Iha. IIC 

OCCUlun .. It If pl.,n 10 ~e .hl! Ihe umon and liS 

membeu w,ll be to.dy Icsled onl ,he nUl lew 

rcaf1 '0 leliln Iheu hard·tamed beneflu won .1 

tbe coll«IIYe balplnlnl IIblu OVC' 'he rca.s 

M.n.gemem I) uklnl a hllde. hnc .nd • lirme. 

sund on luun Ihl! we.e hlldly Ilanecd I! yells 

alO D'$Clplonc wuhln the loc.1 " .1 an all nme 

hllh 10' UIIOUI .cuons. w me wQnhwhllc. wme 

"" Some 01 our membe.s have been awa. ded SIPI'. 

wb,,;;h " die ~~lVlIy'" fur SU l rl'lch,e",~1 1, \~oLl\e 

PIOIeClion Plan Ind i, an enly reticement Inten 

liyc Many mO lt of OUI membeu lie ,eekinl SII'P 

Wc Icd II I. about lime Ihc Company announced 

III pohcy In replds tu .h,s p.ol,am !IO that we 

n"'r leI on with our d,y·lo·d.y ,obi wllhou( 

walllni for the "Cold",o Handshake .• 

On I no.e of "dnus. Loc.1 1313 utendI lIS 

I,nce.ut .ympllhl"" .0 ow Imeinallonal Vice 

P.u,dent lohn E. flyno 00 Ihe Ion 01 hi. Wile 

Vupnll VU11011 WIS a IQyelr lady. p

w.sh.s to l~~d IIJrl ~nd Mondal~ 10 Ih~" rO.llce"ve 

po litIcal demise Wh y, fo r rClLlons unknown, don't 

H.all and Monda!t cxto! the demc"'. of the reV' 

crtnd, 01 which WI.' know how much he bvor~ the 

murderous I'LO and thell CIUle With enlbracmK 

LIS Icade r m public He hn asslulted ~nd abu$ed 

~ race of people as " II Ynl lu" and the CILY they 

live In 1I " Hymictown " Funhc'lnK Ih., In5ult he 

dem~nd5 thell ,upport wllh an apoloKY The ' ev 

.. eIend should IC lud hIS Blblc and denounce hlJ 

Incndshlp wILh Muslim ludel Fallakhan Th.s.s 

,ncon511.enl wllh a man of .he doth, nor d~. II 

fi l In wllh one who keep' rrcaehmll: .boUI CIVIl 

"ghls. 

For yuur mformallon the 10llowmK wu ,ll.leaned 

Irom Ihe PUUJtif maga:me, "'1',,1 I. 19114 nlln,ll. of 

plt$,dcnl$ D .... lghl D. Elscnhowel -a man nf JV 

) crage ,ntdhgentc, not COUIl,ll.0UI, not hald work 

mg, bUI he knew ho .... 10 ,O'P"' connd"nce and 

had one oUISlamllnR assel luck, "11n,ll. I,cale of 

\-IOI ~ , I F KennedY- lnleillgent Ind .... dl edu 

catcd ....,Ih ~ .... ry sense ul hornLJr, h ~ d a falal"lIc 

view 01 life, he unden",od Ihe preslLlency .nd u'c" 

II lIS an mSllurnenl 01 n'I">na l lude r ~hlp .llh"u~h 

he was mOle caU\lO US than hll preWI\I day Irn~):e l 

rallng-8, R N,xon- h" pM~"",a ""~raced Ihe 

I presIdency ~nd Ih e nal"'II, he cund"cte" ~ ''''ili

voluntcel 101 the huemluon;al CouncIl 01 S .. ruOl 

CltUen5 

On ou. ~,ck hM we have ChilI Doyle, who" m 

the h05Plt~l . and Tom Mornney, who had qUlle a 

lon, $Ieg .. of ,lInt'U, I wish Ih .. m bolh ""~II and 

ho~ they w,lI bc al OUI nexl meeunt 

Sme .. Ihe lUI column was wrtuen, thel" hJve 

bccn many n .. w remen Flan S""ncu. Roben 

Cave. Dave 10hn50n, /1m Malone, Ed Lannm" 

Waher Mall, W,lliam Mun,cr. Paul Rlbuo, Robkmbcn Club 

of Local L 15 held II, monthl~ me~lIng on May 7, 

1984 Due 10 the sudden dcalh of the Club p'e,i· 

dCIII, BIVlhe. GeuI);c R. l e"~tn. h . on AprIl 10, 

]984, it became ncce55ary 10 RlItha! Club office 

vacanty by advanCing Vice Prc5ident Frank Tron· 

cah 10 Ihe of Ace of Club prcSldenl Club member 

A.lfred "AI" CI.rk WAS Ihen elected 10 be new VICt 

p.esldent of Ihe Club to All Ihc vacancy lefl by 

Troncah. The new p,c51dcnl and viCe prnident 

bolh took of Ace .mmedlltcly and plcslded al Ihll 

meclln,. Thus, a ,nod, conJl. uellycly plcas.nt 

p.ocedural tranSlllon nf both ofReu tran!plled, 

and .he Club can now hopefully mOVe on 10 fUlule 

aceomphshments I'leue olle. you. praye. ~ fo. all 

the Club mcmbe", bUI mOll npcclally 101 ofAce· 

holden of Ihc Club, Ihal they w,lI always Iry to 

promole honUly, fairness and IOICtrlly wllh ha.· 

mony for 10m 0110"" 

On Ap,,1 ]4. 198 ~ . membe" of Ihe Club hdol 

Ihell Cakc Bah and Ya,d Sale as prevIOusly planned 

It was I huge SUCCUS, IUSI as we antic,paled " 

would be It became ObYlOU5 Ihal there a'e some 

"noll "ra k~ · hakr.~" In .ht riuh, ~Lntt thc ~eve.al 

cakes broughl 10 Ihe sale IUS I did not lUI vcry 

long. The ploceeds from Ihe sale will be pl aced In 

funds fOI Ihe Club', SpeCial aClivllles and future 

prOlect!. All I{em) donatcd 10 Ihc salt and 1101 ,old 

{hal day Wele donaled to an O'gatllUllon Ihat helps 

olhers IU5 fortunate Ihan Item donotl_ 

May 7, ]984. a memollal serVice was held by 

Ih~ Reuled Members Club of Local 175. hono.,nll 

Ihe Club', d~ceued membe.s, namely. Brolhers 

;b W H. Ashmore, G D Clark, leiter Faulkner. George 

C7> R. Icnsen. ,. and lohn GIleS, the deceased Wlyes 

a.e 0'01'$ EmeSII1>b '"'CII Dodd, Mrs ,ames lLolaJ 

t;; G.enoll. Mrs. Giani (Robellal Malheny Ind Mrs 

:::) Robert (Ve.a K.' Hafflnglon P]ease nOlt th" M.s 

g Robcn !Vcra K.' Hamn,lon "Iended Ihe May 7, 

« 1984, memollal servlcc 10' deceased Club memo 

~ ~ ' s, bUI wu herself slnekcn by. he," all~c k and 

~ d.ed May] I, ]984 Her nam .. was added 10 Ihe 

II: deceased membe.s list by Ihe aUlhol of Ih .. (01 

~ 

~ 

w 

.. .m" 

The memollal sc.v.ce honollng the decused 

members of Ihe Rewed Membe.s Club of 175 wu 

a sacredly beaullful ccremony of . cmembraneCl, 

whe.elll Mrs Ed (Margie) Hlnk. rendered a softly 

played background of " Sweel Hou. of I'ra~e •. " 

60 whilt al preCISely the p I Op~' lime. M •• Robel! 

IAnnI McCord, .celled the lollow'ng word, of 

memoflal and trlbule: ' Death has entned .nlO our 

.anks. and we pause to pay tribute 10 our mem~fI 

who h~n' passed 10 (he Grul 6c:yond," 

The memon.1 setV\Ct dosed wllh a soft .cnds· 

lion of " How G.u. Thou An " 

The Rtured Membcfl Club of Local ] 75 held 

th~11 monlhly meelln, June 4, 1984. with. pro· 

,resslyely conSIlUell.-e membclsh.p Palllcrpallng 

In planlllnll luturc aCUVllles_ 

The Club held II,l; Annoal PICIIIC al EI5I lake 

Pa.k in Ihe cit~· of Challanooga from! I 30 a m 

I ... 3.30 p,m un Ma)· 16, 1984 A ",~e '"ue w., 

leponed by Ih05e a\tend,ng, ahhoollh there were 

stve.al mcmber~ unable 10 311cnd duc ,0 vaflous 

rcason, And CircumStances beyond l1.ell rndl\',dual 

controls. Thnc ~r t ~Iways these conditIOns. crr 

cumstances and probkms prevalenl "3th day III 

our Club whe.em seve •• lllld'Vldualmemben can· 

nOI allcnd mectlngs and lake aCtive parl ~ in Ihe 

Club aellVlIles and plcasu.ej of thell .curemenll 

(qual 10 othe. s. Much of {hc~( problems .d.. e 10 

a ...·Ide y~rielY of allmenlS mcludmg he .." allacks 

and olher hCJrt p.oblems, broken bones, siomach 

a,lmcnU, limlled healln, and vmoll. and «ene.al 

huhh brukdowns and mfirmlllcs anoc,aled wllh 

agm, processes, wllhoUI concernments of Ihose 

nOI ~truek by Ihese problems. It should be ad 

d.cssed by thon nol al p'CSCnt .eally affccted by 

Ihe problems today, ~cause 10mOffOW-OUI Ihere 

somewhe. e at a «,,'en lime and date- II may be 

you Ihal becomu Ihe Ylctim 

We llhe Club)sl,lt have several member~ needlll' 

your da,ly concernments and honestly SlOeere 

ptaye.s eYery day, among wh.ch arc Ihe 101l0wlII, 

H.Olhe. W R. Kelso and wlic, B.othN E E, " Red" 

McDalliel and wife Elsie, B.Olhe. L E Wilson and 

w,(c Ik~t,,~c. B.olhc. R,H. TUllier ~"J w,lf S.lly. 

Brolhel Homer Wynn and wrfc, and Iliolhel R G 

Matheny who ,USI reccnlly los! h,s w,fe 

Rccclved 3 lellCI d31ed May 1.3, 1984, f,oll' 

BrOlht. Cccll C. Pennmgton lnd ....,fe H.:d now 

livin,1O Clrlllon. NOllh Ca.olrna. near thell 'on 

and g.andchIldrcn. They send thell beSI ,egards 10 

members of ou' Remee's Club, CeCIl ~Iso ex· 

p. cssed IhcII kllld app.cciauons Ind en,o~m~nt$ 

of alllcln in the /ournal of IBEW 5ubmltted by 

thl ~ aUlhor III effons 10 help spread plcasanmu 

and news for olhe.s 10 enlOY and appreelale Thanks. 

fncnd5. 

Rec enllya .cmed mem~,f.om NashVIlle, Ten 

nes.ee. Loc~1 UnIOn 419. BrOlhe. lack D. CUllle 

and wlie, VI511cd au. l ocal 175 RelUed Mcmben 

Club facilmcs. They compllmenled OUI IIIce place 

Rxed fo. thc Rellred Mem~1$ Club Yu, 1I IS a 

IlIce place and eCflalllly appreciated by mosl of 

Ihose Ihat lake the lime 10 elllOY our Club and lei 

nthrlS likrw\.~ rlllny ," brlli"r .• W~ U~ Ihankful 

10 OUr younger member5 of Local 175, ou, elected 

offiCIals and apP

, Al the r~bru~ry mce!ln~ local l~lem PrcmJcm 

HIldebrant and nill "Arllly" Kuener pruenlcd a 

prO!:fJrn of slldel l.ken on a lUI" ove rseas lhfOUj\h 

England, France and Genna"), Ucr ... ccn camera 

ShOll they sampled the nllny fine OCt" of Ihne 

COUomC5 

For our "'hlch mCCtlll~ We woke up fO And a 

bhzurd and Lce, hU I )0 hearty souts showed up In 

'" hea. our gunt 51'1"111."" lohn Howald, hom the 

Beucr BU5mcss Bureau He m(l"med Ihe htany JO 

of Ihe many way. lhal we can "be uk"n" by 

unSClupulou$ com l'~nl U III' al~o mfunned UJ 01 

the many hanul busmc~. mgamz.lltm5 whIch arC 

.ccommended by Ihe 11118 Thl% I~ rmporunI In 

formation /01 our mcmbcn, an" We pia" to ask 

hIm 10 relurn 

The fc.tu,cd speaker at the Aplll iIlccung ...., 

. Will,am NI~hoUJ, Ylce prnldent of the Owens 

illinOIS Company, who wu c~plmed III Ca r~cu, 

Venezllel~, ~nd held h

Scribe Outlines 

Meeting 

RET IRIES CLUB Of L U. ''0, PHOENIX, ARIZ. 

OUt 10 dlnct' E m'55nl nUl Maleh and April 

brukiUIJ bUI ...·15 well enough 10 IlIcnd Olil M~y 

b . t,kI~51 FilS!, [ "" 15 sII.pJlud to &cr a vc ry large 

&adll~rm.r.. and ~tcondly. [noueed how many mem 

lieu lod fncnd' we rt talking and rt'mrll,sc1n,ltahnUI 

PUt evcnn. rtc. It remmded me of thc .,,·(~Ilcd 

g;lIhcl\n~ of thc dan" 

A mlnll" 01 51lem pli)"r! w., IJhs~rvcd for OUI 

,cc'mlly drpan...:! mcmbt:r, Perc Sh .. ~CI. whn ~"'cd 

OUI Club 1;lIth/ully In m~ny Ulrltllrle~ 

We had a bnd bUI mfo,mim'r t~lk"~ \11 llll"l! 

R"v,c,( r.o,dcn! of thc UnlUn !inLnIC\ and L .... n 

A}~,alh>n and n 15 my undcutlmhnl,har .... hcn 

,hCII luli quola 15 ruched. II ..-,lib. Ihc flul un/ron 

""lnl:' and l~n auocUIlon '0 rhc Unlled Statu 

I hopt I am corr .. ct, SCI any of YOLI ... ho wanr 10 

buy thalU kIndly '~I In lauch wlllloUI d~]ly Wllh 

NaIman Rudd ~I 266-4754 

Our ~nle ll~lnm~nr wlS f urnlsh~d by larl Ron 

and hll dancm)!: 1l,,15 of Sun Cur Is~nlnl curzcOII 

who ptrfalmed ~ v~liC l y of dance ~ I eps In ~ mllslcal 

backglound If ~Jllhe lad.e, could keep rhel ' kll\, 

elC ., nice U thtsc dancers, Ihey would SILl! hc~r 

thon wolf c~]]s " 

All members ~nd qu~hAed renonnel ~ook malnlalned by OUI htSlonan. 1.mel 

Cummlnlls The.e 'Iems WIll be cop,~ and Ie· 

Iurned 10 the owne., If .cquuled ThtS 5Crapbook 

.heady hH SOme InttoUtlnll. items Evelyone hopei 

you all had a harpy, pll)~rtruus, .nd healthy sum· 

m" 

Club Needs 

Press Secretary 

RETIR[(S CLUB Of L U.1S., DA YrO:'loA BEACH, 

FLA.-II', Jood 10 !.Ce 10 man.,. of OUt !Cu.ed 

members Lnle'UI~ In Ih" ReUlen Club I don't 

tu,"c any IOlo.m~\lon on lecenl acuv",~ 01 Ih~ 

Club Re.!ldlO, 10 Ihe South End .• he only ume 

rm usually In eOnl.e1 ""Ih ' ''IHed members IS II 

the unton mC(,1101I rerh~p~ one 01 the .e",,,d 

B.others would volunteel as the\l p,ess secretary 

and have mtHe comrlete COYCI~~~ of Club ICllvl 

lieS 

Wllh the lo~t~ . I h~v(' "I th~ (,.;Iub, ~ l1owmg IlUe 

01 , WI) ncepllon., \hl~ ."ibe has had th~ I)PI'U' 

tuolty IU "'mk "'nh nch lind cHry one I consldel 

thIS an honm and a r"v,I('J~ !Wme members 01 OUI 

local WIll nnel haye The IVCI.,,,, lime of uOIon 

sc,,'tce 01 the Club I~ ~rploXlm~tdy .lO YUls ] 

ho~ Ihe youn,er membe., 01 our local,.,.,llhem 

11\1 IVI DRIFIM 

Prayer for Our D('ccascd Members 

f ather /IJ /lea ven, we ask. YOII to b/e~\ all OUT Brothers and S,sters who have lefl rills world. SholV us, 

Lorc/, who make this prayer, how to extend a hand to aI/ who need II , so rhal when our tIme comes 

to lea ve tIllS earlh. we shall find Your hand lovingly extended to us. Amen. 

, 

EWBA Death Claims Paid in May. 1984 

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"'mOllnl 

Sumlml 

"fIla. 1II 

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tlem:I, M N 

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fo.llkli C 2,000 00 "'01 1111 lliff\t)'.J ~ 2.000 00 """ (12.) WOlrd. II A 2.000 00 

GoI"". ( l '00000 "" ." WI IIf1, W V 2,000 00 ~llIll 1'0' 111, P P 2.000 00 Pens (115) Brawn. L B 2,000 00 

, Kelt\' P 

•• 

'000 00 &, eel Jr, M L 2.000 00 """"1111 WOOCII J 0 2,000 00 PtOI (125) ~r ~'d H A 2,000 00 

~ . , S"",lm . lInOll"' 

, P'.SOI. J P '00000 

~, IIm~" , '" l 2.000 00 ""'s 112) HlggI"Y, ( C UlOO 00 Pens (125) pnor$Ol1, C ~ 2000 00 

eMe, J ... ,~ 

'000 00 Moo" . J 0 2,000 00 ",", 117) KniPP, 'II J 2,000 00 Pens (125) Aulflertora, L S 2.000 00 

, 

~rII ~ 'II '000 00 Phll IIPI, B II 2.00000 

•• """ P$I MOII"WI, C ... 2.000 00 Pens lUll) 5 .. 1, M '000 00 

, f,.oswoltll, 0 5 '000 00 

." 

Smlt" N 2,000 00 ,.." (211 Llllh, II A 2000 00 Pt!IS (1)0) S

"'" 

PIns (3·111 

Pans (J.ql 

Pens (3oIg) 

Pans (:1-19) 

Pn (3531 

Pans (359) 

Pens.(367) 

Pans (369) 

Pens 1369) 

Pans (386) 

PIlls (4:a) 

""" ((2'6 ) 

Pens ,4291 

Pens (m) 

Pens (4381 

Pans ("-III 

1'InI1«3) 

Pw.(U.j 

Pans (~J 

Pens (45.3) 

Pens '(55) 

f'aoI5 (455) 

Pans (456) 

PIns ,4M) 

Pens '(66) 

Pens (4m 

Pens 14m 

Pens (.t32) 

Pens ' (86) 

PeIII,49'1 

Ptns (4911 

Pens ,4991 

,-,(99) 

I'wIs (~) 

PIlls (!IOI) 

I'Ins (~) 

Pens (520) 

Pens (!>32) 

Pens (~I 

Pens (!>CO) 

Pens (5olO) 

Pens (~~) 

Pens (~I 

Pell$ ( 5 ~) 

PeM (561) 

Pens (561) 

Pens (~I 

Pens (!>69) 

I'Ins (51(1 

Pens (516) 

Pens (~I 

I'Ins (!.&II 

Pens (~I 

.... (~I 

"""'(!oM) 

I'ens 15M) 

Pens (WI 

Pens 1519) 

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HoSlf A J 

s.!IIO

REFLE 

T 

Michael, Our Son, The Graduate 

In our mind's eye 

We're watching the parade 

Of your life's fabric go by. 

Dad, in the forefront. Mom by his 

side, 

Brother and sisters close behind. 

The older genera tion is accounled 

for: 

Grandmas and gram pas, uncles and 

aunts, 

Neighbors, and coaches o f all 

sorts. 

All have hel ped mold you al home 

and in sparl s. 

Your friends are o f both gender. 

The girls, enjoyi ng a spot in your 

heart, since an age so lender. 

Your cousins and friends sharing a 

.. part 

In your boyhood capers. 

Life is an adventure~ 

You must have taken the best we 

had to give, 

Because today you stand confident. 

stalwart and eager 

looking ahead, desirous of all 

there is in life to live. 

Another, unseen by you. 

Is helping to shape you, in all that 

you do. 

The lord's task is daily 

Until you say "adieu." 

-. So go ahead, son, take life by the 

horns, 

Step ou t of the crowd and conquer 

the thorns. 

Walk tall, be proud, no need to be 

slow. 

Know Ihal you carry our love with 

yo u 

Wherever you go. 

Shirlt·y R " lhw ~ 1I C.br.1 

Wift of Mm.n,1 C ~hr~1 

loul '04, 8 .... ,.,n, M.~ S. 

Dawn 

Awake the day for soon will come 

the noontime heat and flowers 

will thirst beneath th e oven's 

blas t, while robins wait for 

fountain spray to soften earth'!i 

hard , crumpled face. 

Awake the day and sha re again Ihe 

cool sweet breath of dawn. 

Vlrsin;" BI.l ......... ,l' Moody 

Wofr nf a"ighl L Mood} 

t oc.14T2, K.nY5 City, Mo. 

The Re.lga n 

Once upon an ciccI ion dreary 

While we were unaware 

Came a reagan al our door 

To still all unions forevermore. 

Ghostly, grim and ancient reagan . 

Wretch, I cried. who has senl him 

Emerge an unhappy masler 

Who's only plan is sheer disaster. 

A reply so aptly spoken, 

The litle " union preSident " he 

once bore, 

'Tis no mystery, all wind and 

nothing morc. 

A.nd the reagan never fJilling. slill is 

silling. still is si lting 

Presently my soul grew stronger 

Union sir and madam, I Implore, 

let's pull together m '84 

Or quoth the reagan nevermore. 

Bu l Ihe reagan still beguiling 

All my soul into smiling. 

Because his eyes have all meaning 

Of a man that is dreaming. 

By Ihat heaven thaI bends above 

u,. 

By Ihal God we all adore, 

Unions stay forevermore. 

Th "I1l . ~ C;. M

LEARN IT • USE IT 

SAVE A LIFE 

1. DETERMINE IF 

VICTIM IS 

UNCONSCIOUS 

Tap or gently shake the 

victim's shoulder. Shout, 

"Are you O.K.l" If no 

response shoul " HELP!" 

(Someone nearby may be 

able to assist.) Do the AIR 

WAY step next. 

2. AIRWAY STEP 

Place one hand on the 

fo rehead and push fi rmly 

backward. place the olher 

hand under the neck near 

the base of the skull and 

lift genlly. Tip the head 

until the chin points 

straight up. This should 

open the airway. Place 

your ear ncar the victim 's 

mouth and nose. LOOK at 

the Ch

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