1972-12 December IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

International Executive Council
member Ralph " Dulch" I iallofan
extended greeting:. to the delegates
and spoke bricfly on his dUlies as a
council member. I EC Secretary
GCUlge P. Pallcrson exprc~sed thc
importance of having all union
people throughout the world work·
ing togcther to improvc their standards
of In'lI1g.
Followi ng the luncheon recess,
the film entitled, "Convcntion-
1970;' was shown. Rubin Levin.
Editor of tobor, then g,lve a brief
report on the goals of Ihi, news·
paper. I Ie solicited the support of all
loe,lis in striving for II 100 per cen t
subscription quota, which entitles
them to the special discount rate.
Thomas Van Arsdale, Business
Manager. Loe:ll 3, New York City,
spoke about the diversified activities
in which he participates :lIld related
the diflicuhies lIIuJ demand!. of his
oltlce, which arc necessary to pHr
tect the local's jurhdictioll. I Ie assured
the delegates that he has
always rec ..·ivcd full cooperation
from the many railroad locab in the
metropolitan :Irea.
Jame, E. YOSt. President of the
Ra ilway Fmployce~' Dep,IT[lllcnt,
AFL-CIO, ga\c an address on
progress now being made with respect
to the finalizing of the sick
leave agreement. Pre,ident Yosl
brought the delegate:. up to date Oil
organizing activities. advising that
Ihe department is currently allempling
to organize emplo}ces of the
Auto-Train Corpor:Hion and the
Bay Area Rapid -I ran,it Sy~tcm
(DART) in San Frarlcil>Co. I-Ie as·
sured the dc!egates that everything
po\:.ible is being done by organized
labor to protect and retain lhe Rail·
road Retirement System; notwith­
~ ta nding publicized reports, ample
funds :t re available to administer the
plan for at least the next 16 years.
President Y o~t is confident Ihat
there is sunicient tillle to implement
necessary changes to improve the
plan and make it aClUarialiy sound.
I BEW Safety Director Charles
Tupper conveyed the importance of
safety and the delegates' responsi·
bility to sec that adequate safety
standards, ll'i prescribed by federal
laws. arc provided for railroad
lIIembers. He urged the locals to
promote safety cOlllmittees and
spoke on the Occupational Safety
and Health Act.
Intern ational Secretary Joseph D.
Keenan covcred the problems
orgllilizing continually in order
Ilwinwin a con:.tant mClI\ber.!>hip and
emphasized the e n ()rmou~ efforts
made by thc BrOlherhood in order
to inc r ea~1! its lIlernber:.hip. lie
hammered away at critical cvents
facing labor, pointing 10 the political
1
Pictured are tnternatlonal Treasurer Harry Van Arsdale, Jr.,
and International Vice President Frank T. Gladney.
2
Internationat Vice PreSident Frank T. Gladney. lelt. confers
With IEC Secretary George Patterson and International Secre·
tary Joseph D. Keenan.
3
More of the delegates to the Tenth District Progress Meet·
ing are pICtured.
4
International Vice President Gladney accepted this gift f rom i-••• ~~
the Canadian delegation. Lelt to right are IEC Secretary
George Patterson, General Chairman W. K. Redhead. In·
ternational Vice President Ghllllltl)'. General ChairmOln ViC
Clements, and International Representative Thivierge.
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