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UNION 

lABEL 

A Proud Symbol 

There is at present slrong interest in the official Union Label of the Interna· 

lional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and frequent inqui ries concerning 

it are received, By use and promotion of the 'BEW Union Label we have been 

able to stabilize employment for our members where it has been widely 

applied. 

At the present lime the ISEW is issuing Union labels at a rale of many 

millions per year. Electrical construction materials which our electrical contractors 

require are available with an ISEW Union Label. Wi re, cable, conduit, 

fittings, contlol equipment and fixtures-the lBEW makes them 311, under fai r, 

Union Label conditions. 

The lSEW Union Label is the most potent single lorce we have today lor 

organizing new members and improving their wages and working conditions. 

These improvements are quickly roflected in the general wage level throughout 

our economy, and thus work, indirectly, toward the benefit of all working 

people. 

A Union Label attached to a product signals to the world that the item has 

been manufactured with the highest standards of workmanship. under !>Afe 

and sanitary conditions of employment, and at fair wages and reasonable 

working hours. The Label is a symbol wh ich guarantees that the articte was 

produced by free labor, working under democratic industrial terms and using 

materials of good quality. 

Like the "sterling " stamp on line silver, the Union Label is the mark of 

excellence testifying to the meritorious workmanship and materials which 

have gone into making a high-qua1ily product. 

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INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS 

1125-151h St. N.W. 

Washington, D. C. 20005

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD 

OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS 

JOURNAL' JUNE' 78 

CHARLES H. PILLARD, Editor 

Volume 77, No. 6 June, 1978 

FEI=ITLI~ES 

1978 Construction Conference 3 

IBEW Well Represented at 1978 Building and 

Construction Trades Department Conference 6 

Annual Meeting of President's Committee on 

Employment of Handicapped 10 

AFL·CIQ luncheon Honors National and State 

Contest Winners 11 

DEPA~TIVIENTS 

lbeiii 

Editorial Comment 2 

Handyman's Corner 9 

With the Ladies 12 

Safety Tips 14 

Research and Education-The Importance of the 

Ju ne, 1978, Consumer Price Indexes 16 

Local Lines 

Death Claims 

ollll COVEll 

Summer in the Rocky 

Mountains is beautifully 

portrayed on t his month's 

Journal front cover. Stories 

inside include coverage of the 

1978 ISEW Construction 

Conference and the 1978 

Building Trades AFL·CIQ 

Legislative Conference, both 

held m Washington, D.C. 

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EXEClITIVE 

OFFICE liS 

CHARLES H. PILLARD 

Intern,lIo,,,1 Pres/d.nl 

"25 ISlh 81.. N.W. 

Wnhlnglon, O,C. 20005 

RALPH A. LEIO OH 

IMeM,lIon" SecrOllry 

1125 15th st.. N,W. 

Withington, D.C. 20005 

HARRV VAN AR SDALE, JR. 

IM,mlllon,1 T,,,,,,(., 

158·" Jawel Avenue 

Flulhlng. N.Y. "365 

VICE PRESIOEIIITS 

Flrsl OI,'rle1. K. O. ROSE 

Suita .01 

45 Sh.ppard Ave. E .. , 

Wil lowdalll. On1.,lo M2N 5V, 

Second Ollulet, JOH N E. FLY NN 

126 OffiCI PI.lI Building 

220 Forbes Road 

B"ln,,", ~ .... chul enl 02184 

Third Ol , ule!, J OH N J. !IAlIRY 

222 M.m"onec~ Avenue 

Whlill PI.lnl. H.w York 10605 

Fourth Ol.trlet, 8 . O. WILLIAM SON 

7110 Rndlng Rg.d 

"mb"llwn E •• eullve Bldg. 

Sull. II 

Clnelnnall. Ohio 45231 

Filth OI",lcl, DAN H. WATERS 

No. 2 MIlrOpl .. OrivI 

Suhe 113 

Birmingham, AI • • 35209 

SlxlII OI.lrlel, T. I!'. MALONE 

Cemme,e, Piau Threl, Sullt 570 

2015 Spring ROld 

Olk Brook, IIl1nol, 60521 

Seventh Ol,'rlet, RAYMOND Q . DUKE 

2701 Avanu. E, Eut 

Sulla 412 

Arlinglen, Tun 76011 

Eighth OI."lel, 

LAWREN CE C. FARNAN 

SUlill 264C 

2460 Wut 261h Ave 

Denver, Colo'ido 80211 

Ninth PI.Ule1. W. l . VINSON 

1700 Sculh EI Cimino Aetl 

Borel Squart, Suitl 301 

Sin MllllO. C.ll1ornll 114(02 

r,nlh Ol slrlel, ANDREW M. RIPP 

O'H ... Olllell Building 1. S\llIlI 400 

10400 W. Higgins R08d 

Rosemonl, 1I IInoil 60018 

ElevGnlh Ol$lrlet, JACK F. MOORE 

300 South Jallar.on. Sulle 300 

Sprlnol ield, M l lIo~rl 65806 

TwelHh Oilirici. M. A. WILLIAM S 

Frlnklln Building. $ylte 516 

ChBlllnoogs, TeMlin. 37411 

IIIITERNI'ITlolIIRL 

EXECllTIVE colllllclL 

WESLEY I. TAYLOR 

Chelrm.n 

E.e cuHvl Wnt, Suit. 207 

2421 ProdueHon OrivI 

IndIBnapoll •. Indlln. 46241 

FI .. I OI.lrlel, RALPH HALLORAN 

c/o Loe,l 13&, IBEW 

506 COllege Av.n~1 

Elmira. N.w YOrk 14001 

Second Olslrict, 

JA MES F. MULLONEY 

152 Cllnlon Slraet 

Mlrlbo,o, M .. uch~sel1' 01752 

T~lrd OI.lIle' l HOWARD D. GiEORGE 

38381 Berksh ,a Hili. orl~e 

Willoughby. Ohio 44094 

Fourth OISlrle!. HARR Y BEXLEY 

SOl P~III.m SI" S,W. 

A"8nll, Oeorgle 30312 

FUlh OI.IIlel, ROBERT MI SSEY 

58SO EIIZlblllh AVI. 

51. Loul •. Missouri 831 10 

Slxlh OIlirlet. THOMAS H. PU RSLEY 

4523 Av.nUI P'II 

Gllvlllon. T.u. 77liSO 

Sevanlh OI.lIlcl. 8 . R. McCA NN 

530 Conn. Co. t. Blvd. 

Plea .. nt HIli. C.lllo,"l. 04523 

Elghlh Dllnlct, H. H. FULTON 

134 South Herold Sireat 

T~und.r Bly. Onllrlo. Clnsds

An Honest and Reasonable [a use 

• As Ihis issue of the Journal is going to press, the 

United Slates Senate is beginning rlelihcrations on the 

Labor Reform Bill S. 2467. Hardly in the hi story of the 

Senate has one piece of labor legislation received so 

much attention inside and outside the halls of Congress. 

JU51 because the bill concerns a work er's right to ask 

for more protection under the law of the land, a law that 

was passed by Congress more than 42 years ago, a great 

furor has been created by the business lobby and the 

cXlrcmc right·wlOg coalition in the Senate. Huge sums of 

money have been spent on buying hysterical rhetoric to 

keep the general public misinformed and unaware of the 

rcal issues concerning the labor reform bi ll. 

The IBEW, along with all of labor, has worked long 

and hard on this vital piece of proposed legislation to 

present the facts clearly to the American people. Our 

cau!>c I!> onc of jU lIticc for illI wOlking people ill th is 

nation. It is an honest and reasonabl e cause. We sincerely 

hope that as you receive this issue of the JOIlTllof, labor 

law reform will have been approved in the U. S. Senate. 

H victory is ou rs, much credit must be given to you, the 

local union member, who wrote his or her senators, 

telephoned them, or personally met with these legislators. 

What is also important for union members to realize 

in Ihis battle for labor law reform is thai the anti·union 

hate groups are not going to SlOp wilh just labor law 

reform. Some of Ihe newest anti·labor groups on the 

political scene arc doing all they can to force their issues 

out front and bury meaningful issues under an avalanche 

of propaganda and double·talk. Their objective is 10 take 

over Congress. This is Ihe exaCllactic we have been 

witnessi ng in the fight for labor law reform. 

AFL·CIO COPE reports that this new breed of right· 

wing anti·union leaders and organizations is much more 

politically astute, ambitious and able than any previous 

right-wing movement. They literally have a mountain of 

money-25 million dollars worth for political purposes 

this yea r alone. And there is no doubt that Ihey are 

organized and capable of throwing all kinds of valuable 

campaign support behind the candidates who spout their 

lines. 

The st rategy of Ihis new right wing is clear-to push 

the real issues out of sight and to appeal to voters on 

the basis of emotions. You may even have rece ived some 

of their mailings already or read their advertisements. 

They will twist the facts or not usc any at all. You will 

not hear them talking aboul mulli·national corporations 

whose policies ship Ihousands of American jobs nversea'\, 

or of a decent nalional health ca re program, or the issue 

of good hou sing withi n the reach of average Americans, 

or the most basic of all issues-jobs. 

Even though this anti-worker chorus is already in full 

swing for the 1978 elections, union members can make 

a difference. We can be heard. I firmly believe that IDEW 

members and olher union members across Ihis land will 

go to the ballot boxes this November and show the 

right-wi ngers we are a lot smarter th an they lakc us for 

when we turn them and their candidates thumbs down. 

Eve ry member of Ihis Drotherhood should be registered 

to vote. Have you joined IBEW-COPE through the 

campaign your local un ion is now conducting? 

We all have a great responsi bility thi .. l ove mber, not 

on ly fo r ourselves, but for our famil ies, and fu ture 

gene rations. We must vote for reason, juslice, and basic 

human rights. On such principles the labor movement 

wall rOlHld\!J. ha~ glown. and will grow in the fUlllre. 

2 I IIEW Joumol

A view of the dais showing International Vice Presidents and lEe members listening to International President Pittard deliver his 

remarks at the 1978 Construction Department Conference 

1978 IBEW CONSTRUCTION 

CONFERENCE 

• The IDEW Construction and Maintenance 

Department Conference was held 

at the Hyatt Regency HOlel in Washinglon, 

D. C., on April 19, 1978. The meeting 

was chaired by J. M. " Kim" Parker, 

Director, Construction and Maintenance 

Department. Approximately 550 delegates 

and guests to the nation's capital were 

welcomed to Washington by Wade H. 

Sheriff, J r., business manager, LOC,ll 26, 

Washington, D. C. 

International Presi dent Charles 1-1 . Pil 

lard was givcn II ~ tanding ov,lIioll when 

International President Charles H. Pillard 

spoke to the delegates on a wide range of 

vital issues confronting the !SEW 

construction locals. 

Introduced by Director Parker. and after 

voicing his si ncere appreciation of thank~ 

to the delegates for thcir Iremendous 

ovation. President Pillard introduced the 

International officers, Vice Presidents. 

and International Executive Council 

members who wcre present. Also introduced 

were International Secretary 

Emeritm Joseph D. Keenan and Administrative 

A~ sis lanl to the Internntional 

Presiden t Marcus Lortis. 

In hi ~ rcm!Hks to the dele gate~ President 

Pillard reported on the high rille of 

International Secretary Ralph A. Lelgon 

reported to the delegates on the '1arious 

activities of his office and the 1978 COPE 

ca mpaign . 

unemploymenl Ihal sl ill exi!,ls in the construction 

industry all across Ihe cOllntry, 

and noted that vcry few IDEW inside 

and olltside loca l unions were able to 

clllim filII employment in their jurisdiction. 

He also called attention to the 

overall hij,lh unemployment rale thaI 

i~ plaguinj,l the nation and said that every 

IIJ EW branch is suffering from the bad 

effects of cuthacks llnd layoffs due 10 the 

economic rcce ~s ion under which the country 

is still sulTering. President Pillard 

clliled upon the delegates to I3ke the responsibility 

as union leaders to keep the 

members of their local unions in formed of 

orgnnized labor s goals and actions to turn 

the economy of the countfy in the right 

direction so the construction induslry 

lind every other industry can relUrn to a 

normal economic and stable condition. He 

urged them to meet with their congressmen, 

senators, gov.!rnors. stale legislators, 

and other political and community leaders 

in order to enlist their aid to help 

bring SUC1:ess to organized labors programs 

to re,lch the goal of a full employment 

economy. 

In a straight from the shoulder talk , 

President Pillard was very emphatic in 

his rem arks on Ihe obligations of local 

lillion leaders to fulfill the purposes, responsibility, 

and function of the IBEW 

to the members of the Brotherhood. He 

reminded the delegates that "Organizing 

is still the number one priority in the 

tO EW." Presiden t Pillard lold Ihe delegutes 

thnt now is the lime to lay the 

JUlie, 1978 I 3

J. "Kim" Parker, Director of the IBEW 

Construction Department, chaired the 

COllferer~ce. 

Wade Shenff, bUSiness manager of local 

26, Washmgton, D.C., IS shown welcoming 

the delegates to Ihe nallon's taplIat. 

groundwork and form ulate pla ns th at can 

be put into successful operations so the 

jurisdiction of thc IBEW can be protected 

and so new fields coming into the electricelectronic 

industry will afford job opportunitie

Another olleralt IIlew of tile delegates as they listen a!lentillely to the remarks of President Pillard dUring the Conference. 

Shown at the Conference are the officers and delegates from 

Local 26, Washington, D.C 

Leltto right. are Local 12 BUSiness Manager Bob Grinstead: 

a friend of labor m Colorado runnmg lor Congress, state 

Senator Ray Kogolisek; International Representatille Ted 

Moseley, International President Charles H. P,lIard: and 

Eighth District Vice President Larry Farnan. 

At the podium, shown delillering hiS 

remarks to the delegates, IS PreSident 

Pillard. To hiS left seated are 

International Secretary Emeritus Joseph D 

Keenan and Internat ional Secretary 

Ralph A Lelgon. 

June, 1978 I 5

IBEW Well Represented 

At 1978 Building and 

Construction Trades Department 

National Conference 

• The IBEW was well represented at 

thc 1978 AFL-CIO Building and Construction 

Trades Dcpanmenl alional 

Legislat ion Conference held in Washing. 

ton, O. C .. on April 17. 18 and 19. Led 

by International President Charles H. 

Pillard. the IBEW delegation was parI 

of over three Ihous3 nd building tradesmen 

who ca me from all across Ihc na· 

tion to push thc passage of Ihe labor law 

reform bill and other legislation Important 

to thc workers in Ihe o rganized 

construction industry_ 

Du ri ng thc sessions and workshops ~u b · 

je

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES 

DEPARTMENT - An - CIO 

A AFl·CIO President George Meany Is 

:;;hown addressing the dclcg3tCS to the 

1978 National Conference of the Building 

and Construction Trades Department. 

Seated are the General Presidents of the 

Department's aftlhated unions. 

International President Charles H. Pillard 

is seated sixth from the right. 

Shown during a break In the Conference 

are, lett to right, 5i)(th District Vice 

President Tom Malone, President Pillard, 

Seventh District Vice President Ray Duke, 

and Al Soudan, business manager of 

local 134. 

Nuclear Stabilization Agreement Announced At White 

House Press Conference by President Carter 

Hailed by President Carter, a new national labor agreement covering nuclear power plant construction has been 

negotiated between the building trades unions and Bechtel Power, Ebasco, Stone and Webster, and United Engi· 

neering. The agreement is deslsned to sanerate lobs and to help decrease the nation's dependence on foreign 

oil Im ports. Seated t hi rd from the left Is President Pillard. 

JUn_ , 1911 I 7

These photographs show some of the 

IBEW officers, 1.0. staff, and members 

who were delegates to the Building Trades 

National Conference. The local union 

business managers and officers also 

represented various building trades 

councils across the country.

Your Blue Haven 

• It's a waterfall! It's 11 fish pond! It's 

a fountain! Here's a way 10 bring a nature 

retreat into everyone's life, If you're 

always longing to get away from the city 

to the soot hing sounds of the babbling 

brook (but would rather nOI fight the 

traffic every weekend to do it), here's a 

way to bring the great outdoors 10 your 

doorsteps. 

Our complete do-it ·YOllrself plans tell 

you how to save some real money by 

building your own 3-in-1 conversation 

piece. Step·by-step pictures and instructions 

guide yOll all the way, from digging 

to final coal. Tbe pond pictured here 

measures 4 feet by 16 feet and holds 300 

gallons of water. However, you CRn make 

it any size you want. Guidelines for filter· 

ing and draining the pond arc in the 

instructions. A list of the tools you will 

need for the project is also included. 

To obtain the easy-to-follow instructions 

for creating our :: S08 waterfall· 

fishpond· fountain, send $3 .S0 (includes 

l SI class postage & handling) by check or 

money order to Steve Ellingson, c/o: 

IBEW Journal l'allern Dept. 

P.O. Box 2383 

Van Nuys, California 91409 

READ ALL ABOUT IT! Our lOO·page 

book , PAn'ERNS FOR BETrER L1 V. 

l NG, pictures more than 500 simple 

woodworking & handicraft project s .. , 

$1.50 (includes postage). 

IN A LANDMAR K DECISION, TH E U. S. SUPREME COURT 

BAR S HIGHER PENSION COSTS FOR WOMEN THAN MEN 

• On April 25, 1978, the Supreme Court of the United States 

ruled that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power had 

violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by requiring its 

female employees to make larger contributions to its pension 

fund than its male employees in order to receive the same retire· 

ment benefits. The Court noted that this successful suit was 

brought by five individual employees and by "the individuals" 

union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 

Union No. 18, The decision al ready has been hailed as a land· 

mark in securing equal employment right s for women. Loca l 18 

filed the original EEOC charge, in 1973, on behalf of these 

municipal utility employees. 

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers-Pension and Death Benefit Payment Report 

IBEW PENSION (LECTRICAL WORKERS' NATIONAL ELECTRICAL 

BENEFIT ruND BENEFtT ASSOCIATION BENEFIT ruND 

NUMBER ADMITTED TO PENSION LAST MONTH 510 317 

TOTAL NUMBER ON PENSION 65,969 14.039 

TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST MONTH 1 3,663.513.91 1 1.709.693.44 

TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST 11 MONTHS $41.917.536.14 117.716,147.13 

DEATII BENEFITS PAID LAST MONTH 1 IB1.975.58 1 934.585.00 

DEATH BENEFITS PAID LAST 11 MONTHS 1 1.513.643.15 17.104,705.05 

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Jun_, 1978 f 9

Annual Meeting of the President's Committee 

On Employment of the Handicapped 

• The annual meeting of Ihe President's 

Committee on Employment of the 

Handicapped was held on May 4-5, 1978. 

in Washington. D.C., at the Washington 

H llloll HOlel. AllcnJetl oy ro.:pu::.CillatiyC$ 

of business, labor, government, and ... '

AFL-CIOLuncheon Honors National 

And State Contest Winners 

International President Charles H. Pillard, a Vice President of the AFL·CIO. Is 

pictured as the official host of a special luncheon sponsored by the AFL·CIO, which 

honored high school sludents who were first place winners in state research 

projects of the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped 

One of the state winners IS pictured 

recelvmg the award presented by 

President's Committee Chairman Haro:d 

Russell, fight, and Committee Vice 

Cha irman Charles H. Pillard. 

• The Employment of the H andicapped 

luncheon is an annual e\en! sponsored 

by the AFL-CIO. It has been held 

in Washington, D.C.. fo r approximately 

I S years. 

The purpose of the luncheon is to assist 

the President's COIll/lliuc~ on the Employment 

of the Handicapped by honoring 

high school studenlS who placed first 

in research projects Ihat wcre spon~ored 

in their respective st:lICS by varioll~ Governor's 

Committee on Employmenl of the 

Handicapped. 

The high school stlldents who arc firsl 

place winners in their ~tate contests liTe 

llwlmlcd an expense paid trip to Wa~hingron, 

D.C .. at the time of the annual meet. 

illS of the President's Committee on Em· 

ployment of the Handicapped. The e'( 

penses for the trip to Washington. D .C.. 

aTe comributed by the Slate Labor COlin' 

cils. 

On the day following Ihe luncheon. 

the high school students arc provided 

With a SIgh tseeing blls tOllr of the major 

monuments of Washington. The tour .... ill 

be sponsored by Ihe AFL·CIO and chaperons 

will be 00 the busses. 

The presiding host for Ihc luncheon 

this year was 10tern:lIional Pn:

WITI-I yl-iE LI=IDIES 

Jogging for Fun and Health 

• The first siream of sunlight enters your 

window. Reluctantly throwing off the 

warm protection of covers, you're up. 

Quickly dressed a groggy body stretches 

and bends. eyes asking to close ag:!in. T he 

door opens, fecI hitting pavement. left 

righi, left right. Rhythm develops, lungs 

breath deep, eyes open bright, hearl 

pounds harri er, muscles ask for protection 

from thc chilled morning ai r. The system 

responds with small beads of sweal , com· 

fOri sets in-you've hit siride. Alone in 

your quest for fitness and health )'ou're 

running. 

BUI you're not alone! Rather, you have 

joined five million other Americ:l ns who 

have incorportlted Ihe joy of running 

inlO their daily lives. What is it Ihal so 

many people find pleasurable in a sporl 

which upon first observation looks immensely 

boring, non-compelitive. and 

with the dodging of cars and dogs. downright 

dangerous? The answer is simple. 

It is purely personal and independent. It 

is probably the only sport with no rules. 

no time tables. no panicular playing surface, 

no competition. and almost no gear. 

It extends to all seasons, know ~ no social 

class or age group and best of !lit is com· 

pletely free. Good points. no doubt, for 

the thrifty, but there must ~ somcthing 

more to it. And, indeed there is. 

Most runnen will admit to laking lip 

the sport as a means to firm up and trim 

down. Yet. those who Slick with it afler 

the physical changes have been accom· 

plished nlO for a to tal fee ling of wellbeing. 

In our socicty which preaches 

sports participation for youth and observation 

for adults (leaving women out of 

the sermon altogether) and stheduh:s Ollr 

lives to the point where organized sporn 

arc practically impossible. running makes 

sense, as it ca n be done at any time day 

or night, for as many minutes as can be 

spared. 

As in all of lifc's pursuits, effort must 

be eltened in order to ~eome accomplished 

and proficient. When one begins 

to run stiff joints will fight back, soft 

muscles will ache. the heart and lungs 

won't allow more than a jog around the 

block. All of these physical signs witl tclt 

you what shape you are in and within 

only a few weeks will disappear as you 

tone up muscles which have not becn 

used since childhood. Taking it slow and 

easy is the ~st way to stick with the 

program and to avoid injury. Of course, 

as with any eltercise program a doctor 

should first be consulted before you begin 

What is needed to run in the way of 

equipment you will find tucked in a 

drawer of your dresser. The rule for running 

clnthc~ i\ "the less the beller.'· Old 

loose-fitting shorts and a T -shirt a re adequate 

for all but the winter months when 

longer pants and a warm sweater covered 

with a nylon parka, mittens. and a hat 

arc recommended. The only investment 

you need make is in a good pair of running 

shoes. Nylon is recommended a~ 

shoes made of this need not be broken in. 

For tbe beginner. the greatest deterrent 

to running is the weather. Those clear 

spring and crisp autumn days are all too 

few thus the ones that fall between must 

be handled with ca re. During the Slimmer 

in periods of extreme heat, running is 

best done in the early morning. Because 

the body operates within a narrow tem· 

perature range, high heat forces every 

mechanism. blood ves~cI :md sweat 

gl:lIld into operation to maintain the 

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Delicious Salads 

2 pounds C."otl, .Uced e.auwl .. 

I " ... IU 0 ... 10", choPIMd flne'y 

1 fibs

SJ:lFETY TIPS 

for you and your family 

OCCUPATIONAL 

SAFETY 

AND 

HEALTH 

REVIEW 

COMMISSION 

THE REVIEW COMMISSION 

• The Occ upati onal Safct)' and Health 

Review Commission is an independent 

agency of the U.S. Government. It is 

not connected in any way with the Department 

of Labor or the Occupational 

SafclY and H (!allh Administration 

(OSHA). There arc three Commission 

members who arc appointed by the 

President of the United States for sixyea 

r terms and some Cony-four Administrative 

Law Judges who have career 

tenure. The Jurlges hold hearings and 

decide co nl c~ts arising under the Occupational 

Safety and Health Act of 

1970. The Judges' decisions are reviewed 

and the Commission members 

have the authority to change those decisions. 

THE ROLE OF THE 

REVIEW COMMISSION 

Cases that come before the Commission 

begin with an inspection conducted 

by OSHA, an agency of the 

( 

United States Department of Labor. 

When the OSHA inspector finds 

what is believed to be a violation of 

the Act, OS HA will notify the employe r 

in writing of the nature of the alleged 

\iolation and Ihe period of time OSHA 

deems reasonable fo r its correction. 

This document is called a Citat ion. The 

period of time Slated in the C itation 

fo r thc correction of the a lleged violation 

is called the Abatement Period. 

The Act requires that the employe r immediately 

post a copy of the Citation in 

a pl ace where affected employees will 

have notice of it. 

OSHA is required to notify the employer 

in writing of the penalty, if any, 

proposed to be assessed for each violation 

it has alleged. Presently the Proposed 

Penalty is stated in the Citation, 

but it may be stated in a separate document. 

In either case, the employer must 

be notitird of the Proposed Penalty by 

ce rtified mail. 

If, within fifteen working days of rceeipt 

of the Proposed Penalty (Mondays 

through Fridays, excluding Federal 

holidays), the cited employe r docs 

not contest the Citation or Proposed 

Penalty. and the affected employees or 

thei r authorized representative (union) 

do not contest the proposed abatement 

period, the C itation and Proposed Penalty 

become thc'final order of the Commi 

ssion and not subject to review by 

any court or agency. 

HOW THE UNION EMPLOYEE 

CONTESTS AN OSHA ACTION 

An affected employee through the 

union may fil e a Nolil.:c uf Cuntest chal 

lenging th e reasonableness of the period 

of time given to the cmployer for correcting 

a hazardous condition. This 

must be done within 15 working days 

of the employe r's posting of the Citation. 

ELECTION OF PARTY STATUS 

BY EMPLOYEES 

tn cases started by the empluyer receiving 

a citation, aflected employees, 

through thei r union, have a right to be- 

1. I IIEW Journal

come parties to any ConllTli .. ~jo n pro ~ 

ceeding at any time before the hearing 

begi ns. After that time. only for good 

cause will the Commi~ .. ion or the Judge 

allow election of party statll~. To become 

a party, affected employees 

through their union Tl1U~t flIe with the 

Commission a Statement of Intent to 

Participate or a Statement of I)o')ition 

wh ich tells the affected employee ..' 

position about the is~ues. If tl/t're is a 

IlIIioll, t/ie emlJloyees /lilly fll/pear ollly 

,IIroll,?" the /illioll. A copy of the state~ 

ment mu~t be \er\"ed on all other parties. 

All the above, slightly edited for 

union members, lIrC ex tracted from a 

26 page pamphlet which is an explana~ 

lion of how proceedings arc conducted 

in the Occupalional Safety and Health 

Re\ iew Commi~~ion. The pamphlet is 

publi~hed :IS a guide to assist in ready 

application of the Review Commis· 

~ion's Rules of Procedure. 

Copies of the Commission's Rules of 

Procedure may be obtained by writing 

to: 

Offiee of In formation, Oceup:llional 

Safety and Heahh Review Commi~sion 

1825 "K" Street. N.W. 

Washington. D.C. 2000(; 

They are also publhhed in part 2200 

of Title 29. Code of Fcderal R eg. ula~ 

tions. 

IU EW l'OtiCY ON T ilE I' ROCESS 

ING OF OSHA VIOLATIONS, 

NOTICE OF CONTEST. O l{ TilE 

SEEKI i'\G OF PARTY STATUS, RE· 

QUIRES SAME TO n E nONE 

T HROUGH A n: ES I'Ec n vE MEl\I· 

HER'S LOCAL UN ION_ 

ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES 

That a.,l:>e .. tmi~ (scarring of the 

lungs). mcsothelioma (a rare ca ncer o f 

the lining of the chest and abdomen). o r 

RIGHTS WHEN PARTY STATUS IS ELECTED 

BY EMPLOYEES THROUGH TH EIR UNION 

When party status is elected certain rights are assured. They are: 

(a) The right to the service of all pleadings (papers filed with the 

Judge or Ihe Review Commission) that are liled by other parties; 

(b) The right to present witnesses and evidence; 

(c) The right to cross-e)(amine witnesses called by other parties; 

(d) The right to object to evidence sought to be introduced by other 

parties; 

(e) The right to make oral argument belore the Administrative l aw 

Judge; 

(I) The right to present written argumenls: 

(g) The right to participate in any settlement negotiations: 

(h) The right to receive a copy of the Judge's decision; 

(i) The right to petition the lull Commission to review the Judge's 

decision: 

(j) The right to appeal the Commission's decision to an appropriate 

Court of Appeals. 

cancer of the lung or digestive tract 

can affect workers from all crafts doing 

shipyard work is emphasized in a rc· 

cent Metal Trades Newsleller. 

The Newsletter comments on this 

moS! hazardous threat to workers as 

follows: 

"A problem of growing concern to 

the labor movement and to socie ty at 

l:Irgc is the e)(posure of workers 10 potentially 

dangerous or even fata l ha 7.~ 

ards on the job. Hazardous situations 

combine with pollutants and to:tic sub~ 

stances to make maoy job sites into 

potential threats \0 health and life. 

Responding to the greal need for 

more e:o:haustive research and treat~ 

ment of occupational disease, the 

Metal Trades Deparlmenl look a 

primary role in the founding of the 

Western Inst itu te of Occupational/Environmental 

Sciences, a non·profit re· 

search and ed uca ti onal institute com· 

po

DEPARTIVIEI\IT OF 

RESEAJ:lCIot J:lND 

EDLJCRTIOI\I 

• 5enonally 1I(\1 .. 51I1d 

Sources: Bureau 01 Economic I'Inalysls. 

U.S. Department 01 Commll.clI 

Board of Governors, Federal Rn"rve System 

BlS. U.S. Department of Laba. 

The Importance of the June, 1978, 

Consumer Price Indexes 

G,,,, 

National 

Product 

($ Billions) 

Industrial 

Production 

Index 

(1967-ICNJ) 

Total 

Unemployment 

Rale 

ECONOMY IN 

1,992.9 

139.5 

1.961.8 1.810.8 

139.3 133.6 

6.2 6.6 7.4 

• The Department of R CSCllTCh and Ed 

ucalion. in the February, 1978. issue of 

the /BEIV JOI/mol, called the attention of 

311 IBEW members [0 the facl that the 

new Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) 10 

be published by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BlS), U.S. Department of 

Labor. might require cont ract adjust. 

mcnts in those collective bargaining 

agreements which conlain escalator 

clauses lied 10 the CPI. In this article. we 

arc calling the attention of our members 

10 the conversion factor to be prepArr.d 

and provided by BLS, which will be 

based upon Ihe difference between the unrevised 

and Ihe revised epts for June. 

1918. 

Three Indexes 

For the period. January, 1978, through 

and including June. I!nK, BLS has been 

publishing three CPts; namely, (I) the 

Unrevised Consumer Price Index for 

Urban Wage and Clerical Workers. (2) 

the Revised Consumer Price l ndex for 

Urban WHge and Clerical Workers, and 

(3) the Consumer Price Index for All 

Urban Consumers. 

The present "unrcvi.)I,!J·' CPI was designed 

to measure price changes for 

urban wnge and clerical workers, who 

comprise approximately 40 percent of 

the population. Till') index reflccl~ expenditures 

based on the buying habits 

found in Ihe COllsumer Expenditure Survey 

for 1960-61. 

The new "revised" CPI has been designed 

10 update the " market basket" (a 

selection of goods and services that remain 

constant and in the same proportion, 

or weight, when purchased month 

after month) and the buying habits of 

urban wage and clerical workers. The 

revised index reflects expenditures based 

on the Consumer Expcndill1r.~ Survey Cor 

1972-73 and shows a smaller portion of 

expenses allocaled for food, clothing. and 

medical care, wilh a larger portion being 

Manlh 

March 

February 

January 

December 

November 

October 

September 

August 

July 

MARCH, 1978 

:lllocatcd for housi ng and transportation 

This index is considered to be II continuation 

of the present "unrevised" CPI. 

The "all-new" Consumer Price Index 

for all Urban Consumers is 3n expanded 

index th3t reflects the spending habits of 

retirees. the unemployed, the self-employed. 

lind man3gerial and professional 

workers. in adclirion 10 Ihe urban wage 

and salary workers included in the present 

Unrevised and Revised Consumer 

Price Indexes for Urban Wage and Clerical 

Workers. Ii is believed Ihal this exp:mrlrd 

coverOlgc is too broad and will 

110t accurately reflect the change in price 

of Ihe goods and services purchased by 

Ihose Americlln workers generall y cov· 

crcd by cost-of-li vi ng escalator clauses. 

T\\o Indexes ill Fulure 

Beginning wilh the August. 1978. publication 

of the July. 1978. figures, BLS 

will publish only IWO indexes. (J) the 

Revised Consumer Price Index for Urban 

Wage and Clerical Workers and (2) the 

UNREV\SED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE 

AND CLERICAL WORKERS 

UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE 

SOURCE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF lABOR BUREAU OF tABOR STATISTICS 

REfERENCE BASf, U.S. AVERAGE 1967 = 100 

Appa,el 

, 

" lI.m. l.an.po,- 

,-, Combined ,."" Housing Upkeep 10lian 

1978 1898 203 .6 199.5 158.4 1797 

1978 188.3 201.3 197.8 156.8 179A 

1978 186.9 198.2 196.7 155.9 179.3 

1977 186 1 196.3 195.7 158.2 178.8 

1977 185.4 195.6 194.6 158.5 178.7 

1977 184.5 194A 193.6 157.2 178.6 

1977 1840 194.5 192.7 156.2 178.5 

1977 183.3 195.2 191.4 154.8 178.9 

1977 IS:.! 6 194.6 190.5 153A 179.3 

Heal.h 

& Ree· 

.eo.ian 

181.9 

180.9 

179.6 

178.5 

177.9 

177.1 

176.1 

174.7 

174.1 

170.7 

March 

March 

Morch 

March 

March 

March 

1977 

1976 

1975 

1974 

1973 

1972 

178,} 

167.5 

157.8 

, 43 1 

1298 

1211.0 

188.6 185.5 151.7 1748 

Non· Co".ume. Prj,. lnd .. la. gil ilemi ;ncr.

MARCH, 1978 

REVISED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FO' URBAN WAG E 

AND CLERICAL WORKERS 

UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE 

SOUICE, u.s. OEPAITMENT OF LABOI WIEAU OF LABOI STATISTICS 

IEFEIENCE lASE, U.S. AVUAGE 1967 = 100 

Appo.el 

All It .... 

• 

T,on.pot. Med:

Research and Education 

('ontill/led 'rom page 17 

Thai is, mUl tiplying Ihc Revised C PI for 

Urbllll Wage and Clerical Workers by 

the con vcr~io n factor will yield :1 socalled 

"Unreviscd" CPJ for Urban Wage 

.md Clerical Wor"crs. Agu;n, it is imporlant 

to remember that the unrcvi~d 

el'l value oht:lIncd by Ih is method will 

always be based al subsequent points in 

lime on thc rcl:uionship that existed between 

the twO indexes for the month of 

June. 1978. 

Selecting I'roper Index 

Deciding which index- Ihc Revised 

CPI for Urban Wage and Clerica l Workers 

or the so-called "unrcvised" CPIwould 

be advantageous for usc in calculating 

cost-or-livi ng clause adjustm ents 

will be dependent upon Ihc relative levels 

of the ' ..... 0 indexes for June, 1978. If 

the Unrevised CPJ for Urban Wage nnd 

Clerical Workers for Junc. 1978. is at n 

higher level than the Revised CPI for 

Urban Wage and Clerical Workers for 

June. an advantage miglll be gained in 

future months by employing the conver· 

sion factor to convert [he revi.sed CPI to 

an unrevi§cd index. If thCR"C'Vised CPI 

for Urban Wagc and Clerical Workers 

fo r Junc. 1978. is at a higher level. j[ 

could prove henefidal 10 usc it and not 

employ the conversion faclor. I f both 

indexes arc equal in June, no conversion 

factor will be necessary; future adjust. 

ments would be based on the Revised 

CPI for Urban Wage and Clerical Work· 

m. 

Once the relationshi p bet ween the two 

indexes for June. 1978. is made known 

in July, users will be able to determine 

definitively which ~ itLiat ion best fits their 

need ~. 

Safety Tips 

cOIl/illlted from page 15 

were x-rayed: 50 percent were found 

to have abnormalities indicating lung 

disease. At Marc Island Shipyard in 

Vallejo, California, 359 members o f all 

crafts were It-rayed; of that number, 

59 percent showed abnormalities. 

Many of these workers may contract 

asbeslosis (scarring of the lungs), mesothelioma 

(a rare cancer of the lining o f 

the chest and abdomen), or cancer of 

the lung or digestive Iract. 

The AFL·CIO Metal Tradcs Dcpartmclll 

lakes Ihese facts extremely 

seriously. It has taken the lead in for- 

400 Asbestos Workers Win 

$20 Million Damage Suit 

More than 400 workers who were 

exposed to asbestos dust during their 

employment at a Tyler, T exas, plant 

have been awarded a total of $20 mil· 

mation of the WIOES, and there are 

preliminary plans being made for a 

si milar institute on th e East Coast. A 

large-scale x-ray program will be cOntpl 

eted soon at the West Coast localion; 

cooperating in Ihis venture will be the 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration 

(OSHA) and the National 

Inst itute for Occupational Safety and 

Health (N IOSH). 

The Metal Trades Department asks 

the ~lIrpnr t :lnd a~~i.~tancc of all il.~ affiliates 

in this rea listic effort 10 curb 

and cut off occupational disease. Infor· 

mation on these programs is available 

from the Metal Trades Department, 

AFL-CIO, MI 5 16th Street, N.W" 

Washington, DC 20006." 

to keep the workplace safe. A number 

of British and South African raw mal 

er i al.~ s uppliers were also named as 

defendants. along with former pl ant 

owner North American Asbestos. 

Officials of the T exas Chest Foundation. 

in charge of a diagnostic program 

--.. 

ECONOMIC/COLLECTIVE 

_------ 

BARGAINING TERMS 

Ceiling- A provision in a cosl·ol·living adjusl· 

menl clause which sels the maximum amount 

01 adjustment wh ich Ihe clause may yield. 

Escalator clause- A provis ion in a contract 

providing for periodic adjustments in wages 

to keep pace with changes in the CPI or 

other measures of living costs. 

F1oor- A provision in a cost·of·ljying adjust· 

ment clause providing thai a decline in the 

CPI shall not fesul t in a reduction in wage 

rates. 

I' I " EW Jou rnol 

lion in damages in an out-of-court seltlement. 

The agreement concluded the 

largest personal injury lawsui t ever 

filed against the U.S. government; the 

wOlkers originally asked $)00 mi llion. 

The suit was fil ed more than four 

years ago against Pittsburg Plate G lass 

Co. and Corning Glassware, co-owners 

of the plant which closed in 1972. The 

government was sued because Ihe 

workers a lleged it had a responsibility 

for the planfs former employees, said 

that affected workers will experience 

the worst problems some 15 to 30 

years after exposure; the Foundation 

said as many as 300 of the 1,000 

fo rme r employees of the plant could 

die of cancer. 

The federal government agreed to 

pay $5.75 million as its share of the 

award. The rest will be shared by the 

other defendants.

LDC~L LII\IES 

Election Scheduled 

For June 

I .. U. I, sr. LO UIS. (\10.-As I'm wfltinl thl5 

anick. ~1I0w is sun on tile ,.ootld here in 51. 

1.c>!'11 ~ II liCCms . 3Ihe. prcmaWR 10 be thinkma 

of lhe ele

Queen of Parade 

Mbi Canit "1 ~ "laaoos, d .... b!~ of 11.,,1_ M ..• 

-au , .,. i\ldl .. u, Loa! n . o.'rok. !'Ilk .... 

nlK1M'4 at 0-•• lOt I. 81. ' alm"'1 D., parHe 

........ \«'" .. U ... i\I.w of (oiL 

f loat 

Mud Slide 

OlStributlon Sc.:llon Ind equipment with drivers 

and operator"li from 1M Genenl ScnoicH Seclioo 

wcre n.rlhcd to Ihe •• n to help the transmission 

crews .... d 10 It'" bu;Idinl shoo-fly lines. 

The e,e"'·, worked ',ound-thc:-cloek plIlI;nl the 

COndUClOl1 i ... Irlyelers. rilling, and bratina the 

lO,,·er and tl)''"' 10 build Ihe fIOle hnt'$. Meanwhile. 

hea,·y lIin' and winds continued 10 buffet 

the ~'CI .... d !hc lower footinl$ kept Ilidini 

do"'·nh,ll in oppcK;te drr«tions. After fiye da" of 

numelOUI he.olC lets and '·cl)' stre ... uou. Ind 

frustralln" workinll conditiollS. the tOW1:r flnnlly 

colla~d. FO'lu ... at~ly. p.inr 10 the eolbpse, the 

lines "'elc dc·cnerll;lCd. During most o f the 

preYlOU1 period these lines "'"cre en-cr8lud and 

","erl[! Upe.blllli at full capacity. Unforlunately. 

the shoo-fly hnc. wuc not yet completed beCIUse 

of e~trcme eomplr,allons: like ullcmely SWlmpy 

condmons. ma-t dlItlrni "'·as hand diUinl and 

hellC"orncl\ u""bk of carr)"nl tbe loads ",-ere 

una'~II3bk TlY Cllifornia Ai. Natronal GUild 

re-ponded to the eme'renc)' ",·,th a Llllnook and 

t ~ luard Clew "'o,ked lirelessly to help our 

membc.s ,cl thc pOle line inslalled. 

rhe lines ...·cle 1M won thereafter Dnd IC, 

cnergi1.ed, I.ocal U IS ext.emely proud of our 

mcmbcr"li Rnd Iheir responsiveness to Ihis emergcncy. 

O~er 100 1111 W members from two divisions 

pelformed in the true tradition of the 

B.otherhood. Dnd performed ,,·cll lbove and beyond 

the c.n of duty All over Southern C.Ii· 

forn;a. on all our p.oprrlW:s, I8EW member. 

served In "mIl., c. paCltles. bul to my knowledge 

Ihis was the b'llest sin!lJe mishap. I wanl to 

th.nlt Ilrothcr Jclty Glenn for the phOIOlllPtw 

sho .... n he'l\! 

pan .... 

A ... ,_. ~ '"" of ,." hit. 

The wolk pICture Ioob '"

60 Years 

8rOl~u Olio JOIIR",n, 

nllrt •• f Local H, 

0 ..""., Nthr .. rtroIM], 

rt«h·t d hh ti5 'Jtllr " h •. 

Exclusive Club 

Solidarity March 

J - 

65 Years 

8roti.rr I I .. ,d II" ..... h 

• (,5,)u, .. em"". f 

l ocal U . 

1916. lie ~'~1T1C ch~"fN'1I III 1928 bill he be,JII 

10 In,~l III 1929 so hr 1«I,Md ~~ th~lImall 

F lam 1929 and fm ~.rr.l )r~r\ he .... ol~rd tOl 

Ne", berry I lrtlrk t.om SL. Lou", "ilill, a Ihraler 

III Alr"n, OhK). and HUlk •. 1'.IIII.yhanLa 

Hrmhel 01-" "a\ r.clrcled pre~"knL of Lhe 

loe;11 in 1944 and .c•• rd ,n Ih" "fI"Ke unlll 19~~. 

lie then Knrd a. ~II r,C"CulI'e 8o.ard fM'ntxr 

f"r K '·cral )ca', aflrr Lh~t lie ha~ fond memo 

orie~ of allrndlll, Inle.nallonal C"nvenlloll~ III 

San r ranti~o III 1946. III M,lmi III 1 9~0, Ifill III 

Chic.go in 1 9~ 4 

Recallin, W~ uf Ihe I~r,., ,ob- hi: "ul~ed 

on In Ihl~ DIU, 0110 IT1Cn l~d ",o.k,n, on lhe 

M.rlon 8om~1 !'lanl Ih.1L ......, hUlli duron, WOlld 

Wa, II and Ih.no uni" L1f Ih. NOflh Omaha 

!'ower Planl 

0110 ~ald he: "J> luc~y .nd ~'.' 1('llIy hUl l 

' .• ry badly dUll", hi. "orl.:ln, yu,",. II. tI,tI. nf 

course. ~I -orne ,horb and ()tIC lime "'J~ 

~n oeked do .. n .. hrn he lO\Khed lhe n-.e of a 

5OQ. DC meIer )l)CkrL One Ihlnll ouo menlloned 

ab

ound Auto Madiinim, Locll 2S9, in their 

bailIe asainst open shop at a collec tion of King 

County 81,1tO dealers. Many Drothers of thi5 local 

h:lve donatcd thc ir Sa(l,lrdaYl 10 pickel I,aiml 

tM!.e scabs, April I _ :as the dlle of the Solidarity 

Ma,dI, which IIlrtc.:! III our pal tin, lot. went 

th,OI,Ip, lown Iround sevenl lCa b dealcl"J, and 

ended up lhal ucning I t I fund-raisin, bated 

buns benefit. The e,'elll wa\ In ol,lmantlm, suctl!u. 

Hnpe 10 !lee un end to thi5 §OOn. 

Wo,lt m all UOllS 15 holdm, up ".. eLI. We 3'C 

starling ,eno".lion of Sealtlc's elC'C1ric tr~nsil 

"YOlcm. Talk more .boul that nUL month. 

8 y the time this . rticle 1'1115 Ihc prns. thc eleclion 

for all I,Iniun officers in Local 46 '1'.11 be 

coming up_ 10 all 1.o

Ar Work 

B ... I~n Joloo I'onllo_ ...... JM M ~ "' ••• '" of 

Loo;:aI ... I~ ...... c. .. ~ . ork l ....... 11 .... no" .r 

II. ~ le l ~pl>o .. Mildl .. Job fw ~· I .cIIlbH~ OU M_. 

Changes Sought in Electrical 

license and Permit Law 

I .. U. 611. UhNVt:W. COI.O. The "OI\;: p ... lu.(' 

here in tbe Denver area IliII 15 in I ,lump, wilh 

clo!.e to II hundled of o ur membe.~hip slill 

sIlned ill on the boob. let', ho~ tbDI wilh the 

\WI' " r sprinB. lht buildin. boom .... ill be fell 

by our unemployed nH:mbc-", 

Dunn, llie paS! month, one Ihin. that IS \lilt 

to affeccl the ""olL here In our IlftlHlicl,on H~ 

"'ell as the olher local unions .... ithin t~ Siale 

of Colorado is the paJIDJ;C\ by the State lIou:s.e 

of IClLislalion for ,h~ngcs on Ih Colorado DC':I,, 

cal Siale Liceno;oo lind I'e,mil LI" Whclt' the law 

prc"ious had a r:llio of one to one conccrnm. 

apprcnhCe$ or Hainee tHlC perKIns, by Action 

of the lImtndmenl~ u now shows no ratio. 

Maldng II pos~ible for. lead mBn type OllC'ta. 

lIOn .. ith no limu u to how m~ny 1tain«ll or 

appren,,~s ~an wook under one licensed journeyman. 

Pt e~iuu'ly a p~~"na ~cu'e of 7~ l)('tCell1 ...... 

required in orde. for an applicanl 10 Oblain a 

licenst-. That "1I~ amended 10 make Ihe p~s.;nl 

scooe 70 ~rcenl. Kepresenlallon by licensed 

journeym~n type pe.~on, ""3S ~I at 11"0, That 

"~5 cllan8ed 10 provide for only one jou.neyman 

I)'pe nlC"m))(,. of llle boMd. The JUU'I>C)mdn type 

member of the S.ate Electrical Iloard who ... ~s 

replace,1 WIll be dom 50 with a builder of 'e5identi,l 

buildinas. not an clecl!;c;an. not an 

electrical conlra~tor. Ch.lnlt's III the IIl~pce l ion 

of an eleclrical inslallalion .... e.e aho made 

Where an IIlspcClIon ha. been cnlled for. and no 

m~peclI"n h:15 !J.l'en made .... uh,n Ihe .... orking 

days. lhe jOb Ihall proceed and sc.vke Plovided 

Wbere the Jaw now slales thal "SUl1e EJe~lrlca l 

In'I'«IO.S ha>'e the .illht to inll'ce and ea.eloS 10 

all public: and p.ivate premises du.in, .usonable 

"o.king hou.s. and 10 all privale premi'>fl "hcre 

permil, h~.e tleen applIed fo ••" W,l;:e Itle ,,"().d~ 

private p.em;.,.e,. from the fl.)! ran and add 

.... he.e permIts ha'e bl"Cn applied fo •. l eaving lhe: 

door open. "hen I honw:u"IlI" bUIld. u. remodel, 

No ~.mu No lIl.pccllon 'ilale [lcc..,,;'c bought your COPE 

tidels yet" The next lime you Knd in your 

unIOn dues why not encl

~,\Cn til help a Brother In need We In the IOC:ill 

.... h Ilobhy I)unn a ,perdy IttOlelY. Brotller 

I)unn " manicd and the father of tWO ~mall 

"hilJrtn Conl,,!>ullon •• rc 'Iill ~Inl ft«iYrd by 

lhe kKal lind IIIe 1.ldle> Au,",IIlry 

Quole hom lhe old journtyman, "Tell I'M, and 

I'll fOI~et, "ho'" me, and I may rcmcn'MI Ilul 

In~nllr. me, lin d I'll underMund," 

.• herc u' e 'I ill hish hope 

!\I'm'lIer Genc Lee.h. Mayor Davl~ of 1' 001tel. and ,,·c "'Iih 

Ihe m a 'JI«dy rttOl'ery, 

Sa)" don'l fo.~c . "dc;u old " op" on Father'S 

O d)', I CI h nn know you loye hi m wll h 1 can.1 

or u 111ft We all h~c 10 M rcmc m~red on Ihc-e 

sp«;pl d ay •. fo. Gonny Smith, public rtl .. · 

lion~ sialt membel for McDonald., 10 he OUi 

"!)Kial gUe.,1 IJ U~Ule'o' t. l lInll~' Gordon Ru-chcr 

and lS5",ant DICk M.lchell provided Ihe 'I'orils 

COl Ihe altau .. h""h "'ere enjoyed by III Iholot 

Ihal atlcn.le,1 Til flC'lI month. take cI.e 

RK:H~.O W \h,CIHI L. I'S 

Conve ntion Delegates Chosen; 

Tragedy Averted 

I .. U. 90. Nt:W " A"EN. CONN.-AI I recenl 

meetlna of Ihe membership. Go.Jon, and Herman lJ aelic'1 

Local 95 in Negotiations; 

New Contract Signed 

I.,U. 95, JDI'I.IN. MO.- l ocal 93 "ar.eol nCil-0· 

tllllO ro$ for Our new cont nOC L as Ou r p'r.!lCn l 

conllact n plfcs May 31, 197a. G.eat Ihoullht 

mu" M , .ven w w'tcs due 10 rh e rose of p.icr, 

In eycry day n« d): however. definite inclcmK i .• 

lICeded in ou r ffl nllt' M nefi.s, especially lhe health

and .... elfare.. as 1M COlli of medical upen5tS is 

skyrod,NinC. 

Our local IKenlly ~i~n(d a ne ..' (OnlraCI with 

AmerX:Jn nAlures. Inc_. I'hu~ I"~ re.pr~nt IMir 

~kclrical mllnl~nallCe ~mplo)'ee~ 

W~ 1''"''': .addencd recenlly by the 1""5 of our 

)'oung Illolhe., Sle'e Vltu,hn, Brolher Sle'e died 

of cancer aflcr aboul 11 ~~~·month illllC'\3O. lIe 

Ie!! his I'-ife and 11"0 youn, dllu,hlers as wtll as 

the bioI hers ~nd four S'~ler\. SI(,-( C~mc hum a 

family of Clc

l 

Our Strike Fund is cl

who ha'e " ·rillen T«(i"crJ replit's f,om our rtp· 

rrsenl.'ion in Wuhin;lon ""h promi-.n ro 1001.: 

dttper ,1'1'0 Ihe mailer and hopefully cl~ rhr 

Ioopho~ t11","; in lhe> Ta~ Reduclion Act 

or 197' IhrouJh whieh larse eompanin, i r .. 

Duqunne lichl Comrany. slip .'IIh arparrnt ca~_ 

Our COPE dme "'ill be in prolre» by lhe 

lime thl~ artIcle aocs 10 prinl I u'cr:: all mc:m 

~~ 10 spend Ihrir two buch for COPE nOI 

bec.:lU..e they Ire Mini pestered Icain. bUI Wllh 

the Lno ... ledlle that Ihi~ monty WIll be u!!Cd 10 

htlp labor (you), 1I 0Vl~ By bllnK'"K 10 our 

attenlion con.rC'\~mcn and !!Cnatol' 10 be elected 

(or "ho Ilrtady Rre in office) "ho indicare com· 

paMion for Ihe pHlht of Ihe ... or~inl m" n Ind 

wanl 10 make Ihinls happen ' 0 benefit him 

CO!'E is nol r(

SI~llOn. The tide is dLie for comrlelion on May 6 

of Ihls ycat. Eto~h year Manion rlaftS to matc 

addnlons to Ihe part, and by lloin, 10 they will 

be e.catin, wodl for t.o.cal ISO. 

The fourth picture was subm/llcd 10 me by a 

feHow Il rolher. and is se:lf-c~planatory. Anyone 

of you ",ho Wishes to lOubmil a riclU~, whet,""r 

humorous 01 not. please feel free 10 do so. 

Tht 1918 cor E tickell hove betn on ule 

"nee MafQ U ." MI....:N.-Husincss 

Mana,er Rty RlDJ; rcandy held lIMo ICCOnd 

I nnllal $tc'lll"tds trainina meetin, I I OtoIJC'S in 

Fridley. The turnout was u eeHe nt, with I IIDOSl 

28 I II EW Jau", .. 1

On Jobs 

Sft_ of 11M .allJ' 1M_ of a..al n,. J OUd, III .. 

................ 011 Ib~ . ~ .. Lo .. " ,. P'u " Ittl 10 . lalli. 

_ I ~ ...... I for ....... MOf t' . chlo . .. , No o Bbllo , , .. "". 

.. an Mih t· ... 11I" • • I.t .. CU'U, MOJ Fad ... ~ r ~ .. a.d 

I'~ .. I t: _I"II, Chuck St lM>4r. ond DOH Mule.k ll . 

TIw . .... ..·o rkln ... 0 ' " . ,......"","'.. UdO of 1M 

Lo .....' )oil. Idl 10 n l bl , .. t Phil nU"tMn. Ih ,. 

\'''''''1. M .... ,. ," .. ..,MI.. J l., Vtllll .m~, ( .. '''Inn A. nk 

"'In., D • • ,. e •• do ... Roy Bh~ k. R .... ShU .. ". 

..... .,01 I),,, . !.:nfl, aatI \\ 01, J:o-.. 

Ed !'arro.. ud Bule" M.\lauJ. Or' ............·o .~ I ... 

, . .......... 1 ...' .... ~ , . 0 \h, ..... 1. JIHifl " all. 

:.lalled and m;linUincd This IS be!>l done by 

pror~,on31s-",·t should, w. can, and .... will 

be those ,lIofession3Is. 

Thi. pro~1 10 c:o:pand lhe: JA TC r~C1hucs 

w,1I nOl only ,mprov. apP'cnlic< 1,:lInin&, but 

also pro, ide "d~ancc:d IO'Hncyman uamln; in 

dec!ro,,;". m~lrumcnlalion. w.hJin~. and cable 

spliCIng. n.e:;e progmn,s will ~"r~nd our per 

~n31 abilit," IS "'ell as SHenllth~n our local by 

supplYIn~ p,ores~lonally Itame,! wOlker, 

I hope we can III see thIS proj~ct ~cunre 

bct ,n th ... ncar fUI"'C, for II 'S IIuly pa~ t due, 

0", ~ympathy ,oes OUI 10 lhe fam,ly of one 

of our 10

ume It tak" 10 build, 50 ~ should shirl urly 

bdore the $evere need a riscs and there ale none. 

Il ow~v er, consrruetion lime fo r nu clea r flOwer 

pl~nt s is brcomin, shorter due to inc reased 

knowlt d&e and iJr:ill in buildin, them, lmon, 

othc,,1 IhinJ,i. 

Remembrr, IooL and _ if '" hll you buy h~ 5 

the union bbt!. 

WnllAM n II A(,I., I''i 

Illinois Sleet Storm 

'78 a Bear 

LI . t9), SI'KINCI' If.I. U, III.. A m ..... l M"t,,· 

nnll ~ d/lvH~tatin. ,Iut storm struck nur ICo 

Iraphieal aru Ihe afternoon of March 24 Ind 

cQrltlnU\'d Ih.ou'" M:/otch :!'1. 1918. Spronllield. 

hck50n .. ille, and Lincoln ",ere our lar,eS! lowns 

damaled almost beyond imlamalion. I was 

awul.:encd by the shrill cracklinl of our hard 

maple Irees brinl broken like loothpick! by the 

wei"'l and ... nuh of the 1· and 2·inch accumu· 

lauon of skel and ~. Blocks of weaker ... ood, 

lIip·hne poles, tlubbomly pvc 'Nay 10 lhe Ions 

of ice thai becJme Ille mnlel If Ihc IWO foren. 

Our lown of SprJnallcid .... ould h.,·c betn a ,oud 

location 10 Rim a strange Ind weird movie of 

I losl world. Decalur, Champailn. ont.! many 

other «nlral stile towns ... ere als.o heavily dam· 

ated by the 1« ilorm of '18. 

Loc.I Hill w,~ h es to Illanl: our eilY line, cable, 

sumlalion. di~1'1 cher. rrooble, and meier cle ...' 

for all of the dedicated lime alld perS()IIDI s.:\C· 

fllice o f the many 10111 Ind danaerou$ hours 

ill testorin& our cUizens of Sl'llng./idd 10 a nor· 

mal lilualion. We als.o o ... e • dtbl of IflIlilude 

to Ihe mlny line crew, selll in by N. G. Gilben, 

ASl"llInt.!h, West Central, Commonwealth Edison, 

C ily of Carlyl~, and our own membel'$ workillil 

for L E. Myers. It is April 2, 1978 and ,"'e are 

ne:uly 90 pcrwnt baek 10 normal on a ttm· 

por;ary hook·up basis. The full unpact and 

sea" of Ihis SIOm'! ... iII be wilh us a Ionl time. 

I Ihlnk our elecHical workers have demonsrrated 

lhelr coumllt and detcrmination 10 ovcrcome 

Dny Dnd all obslacles ill keepinl Ihe Hlhls and 

power uf Uur ~uunl'y eVe, 'Iv....]nl for Ille benc 

III of manl:ind. So far Ihl$ has been accomplished 

""ilhoul a s.illalC serious accident. I have had 

many individual. Ihanl: you, men, for )lour profes."onalism 

in IUlorin, rheir IiCrvicn r or somc 

rd\olI diJ.ailer liCems 10 brilll !'COrle tott,iK'r 

and I hope .... e all remember Ihi' ' ol'le'hcln~' 

for years 10 come 

Our nomillilion of offietrs probably will have 

octn made by Ihe lime you receive Ihis I Qlmlu/ 

Ind I urgc each Dnd nuy member 10 txercio;t, 

your basic n,hl to vote, and be !lurc 10 vOle 

JUI'lC 16, 1918 for the c;rrnd,dlllH o f YOUI el\mce. 

Wo have our ou\$ldc utililY Ind motOf shop 

.. reements all compleled and arc aboul 10 COli· 

clude ollr IOUlld, rnidenrial, ftn d wi~man'~ 

DIr«menIS. We hope 10 end up with !, II lood 

M:\l lements. 

Our picnic il June 10, 1911 at the Slale F air· 

arounds and lhe allnual Chrislmas dam:;e is 

D«emMr 9. 1"11 III the K C. Club, SPllnllield. 

The picnic chairmen ale Mike Sullivan, Rid. 

StrAsbaulh alld the Dance Commin«men lie 

Jerre Sto .... ers IRd Bill Seel:er_ ror )lour pleasure 

I \lend both. 

Our old buildinl is sold and the )1«1 is IiCr 

on lhe found8tions w,lh occupancy by ~plembcl 

1. 1971. 

Have a mcc and sale vlcation. S« you at our 

neAl relular meel ..." 

MUIII \ 'ill! ~'" an, P" 

Dice to Roll Soon In 

Atlantic City 

l ~ tJ, 110, ATI.ANTIC crr\', N'J.-I\ looh IIle 

thc lOund of tho ocean or Iho noIse of lhe 

pilcons will nol he the only sounds heald this 

wmmer in Atlanlic Cily. Those dice I spoke 

30 I tlEW JOII,not 

aboul t ... o """III lis alo arc finally loing 10 roll. 

Th~ comp~ny Dnd the local re3ched II settle. 

ment wil h lhe lIew Lin~m~n·. Allllrend ce~ h ip 

l' roLtrpm. Many 10111 hours br\Jllllhl ~bo ut I very 

IGOd selllelllClI\. Those who ...-orled hlrd on il 

W~IC P, ~"j.knl T ...", K",,,,,II. B .... IIIC>5 Man,"",' 

Charles Arnold, Record'nl ~crellry Much 

t-h50 lI, Ed lIand, Gerald hytnes, and hcl: 

8il1crs: also Ed Kitchie Dnd Jim Dudley until 

Ihey became ill 

PrHidcnl Tom Kirucll and hiS lovely wife. 

IIclen, SpCnl Iwo w«1.:s in lIa\l'aii. Tom had. 

11,10apich. ant.! 

lIerberl Millman. 

The folLowlna hudllne and arllc1e a.e fruon 

Ihe CNW New. and "'onhy of reprint: 

" Employcc AJs.iSII IICC PrOJ11llm Offers Hell' to 

F;lmil ic1 with Ploblems." 

"The North Wntem's Employee Assistance 

Prol,am Is encourlllinl empluYee>' fllrllilin ., 

... ell IS cmployltn 10 U§C tho EA' .... hen help is 

nr:c:rIcd fo r alcohol, drul, .nd emotional or 

finnncial diffrcuhiu. Employcu or their families 

can I;Ct ill touch with Ihe D ivi~ion Commillce 

or Ihe EA P manaaer, John A Silemore II 312· 

• 54·6416 ill ChiuIO." 

Koy I Co," I'" 

Work Scene in Local 224 

Remains Same-Terrible 

I .. I !, U oi, Nt, W BEI)FOWn, 'IASS.- lIeU", 

B' Olh~",! \\1Ial iJ Ihal smrnae-lookina: or:lnae 

ball UP in .he ..ky? And ,,1'111 i, .hal funny 

odor outdoolS~ Ah, yr..! They tell me IIID. it', 

the !iun and a thrnl c:Jlled fre)h air. Afler the 

... mler Ih31 .... e ha~e lost uvc"enced. I'd almo~t 

forlOilell Mosl of us li!ilened to ... eather re· 

ports rhis wimer from SOH;IUed ""calher "",i, 

~rds," I recall fcbruary 6 ... ell. The .... Izards pre· 

dklet.! "panly dOlldy--

Rumur h:u II Ihut he plan. tu blly II courtlinlilctl 

l~nniJ outfit to ,0 with his ,loves. Purpl~ shorlS, 

,r«n shin, plaid snnters, and paisley "p. The 

Iheory is that if yll can'l beat 'em. blind 'em. 

Election of officers is coming up soon. Bes. 

wi, hes to a ll candidates. My wife caSIS her vote 

for Doris (our local's terrific secretary) for busi. 

ness manage r. She lays women are better ora., 

nizers. Will $O meo ne gel Ihis "lihhie" broad off 

my back? 

KOD HT A. SMACACl':. P.S. 

Mourn ed 

Service Awards 

On Job 

8 rolill'r Joh 1£. lIe"",iI. a m~ .. btr 0# Local 119, 

Vorli:, r .., "~o .ft'oU,. dlt'd, Is .... 0 ...... lib " " .. lfe. 

Scribe Tells About 

Frank Electric Work 

L. LI, 229. ' OHK . I'A.-hank Electric Corpora. 

tion 11lnnufucturer_ of custom cont ro l panels, ha. 

been ~ member of Oll r bargaining unit for ycurs 

I hfOu~h Ihe c1furt~ of Brother Al lin Bailey, I 

w.,~ able Iu IIC

The Northwest P~"\!I & t" whk:h is a romf\lrx 

of intero • .rler .ltt .. t ided 

hr. 1"ltIab IBI.., Ih. ked pial •• II lItk ...,... lterl 10 

.111"1 , .... R ~" " ",,,1.. 1 Robert G_I.... J. I). 

Pit.u. f_ r. .... lrk Bolli IltH .. 1 ._....; v •• hl 

S. I ....". cit ....... of Ilro 11_ • .., !)irftt...., eel' 

tta! D,_if.; ' .... 1 ...,w: ""... Inl Rifko.tl1 Rllloll 

Rlc"a,d..... fOfIM. SeC ... I ..., 

01 Com_ut, "'~ 

Rillon Rklr ... ~ . .... ,..._, SUNil" M lI.t I'1UJ 

J ..... " Inon". 

S~ ...... lne Grolon .11011 for Ihe r ... 1 Ih •• 1M 1M 

.. · .. e. 0' lite Tlta ..... RIHr '''0' lau ....... S .. lp·, oom· 

pu, MalHI, '" IIle .. l\on 10 honor of lilt hlslork 

n.nl. 

Submarine Named 

USS Groton 

1..11, 261, GKOTON, CONN. " IIi aboul IlIne··; 

'· 1 ne ver IhOUlhl il "ould happcn.~ TheK are 

the comments thl weir heard In 19B .... iltn Ihe 

Navy ~""ou"ced thai 11 "ollld name the ne"'elIt 

of it ~ faSI-a u ack . ubml.riIlCi in hOllor of Ihe 

··SUblnllr ;lIe capitol of Ihe world ..· GIO\OO. Con· 

ntXlicut. For the people o f Local 261, and the 

men Dnd .. omen of Ih e Elect/lc !loat. Ih ls nol 

only ",,,ani Wnlinllous ... ork. but that a lll tle 

bIt of C>'lra cnftsman,hlp would ha'·e 10 be pu t 

illto th,s ~ essoe l . no! bec~uw Ihe boss on the pb 

reqlUfcd II. but be ;Il-\.IU,""'\I. "peed ;111" th., "'~ICI" u f the 

Than~ RIver. On« in Ihe WOlter Illiboats from 

lhe Ekcl.w;:-~t moved Ihi$ vessel to 1\01, wet 

dock area for Ihe fina l phase of her con,truclion. 

T he official in~igni8 i ~ normally chosen from 

. lc EkCtric-8(n,t. Ind Ihe people of I.oc:al 261 

wi'l go I lonl In spiril. nOI be

DOll Wal,h, Ed ufkll),. J,m Frell(h, Dallll), 

FI)nn. Tom O·Collnor. Jot Papp. J'm Krlltllltr, 

Sam Ca.arinl(~h.a ~IId number I and 2 h,ILen. 

Ed Laurtnde3u and Tom Maon ~ banin, "ell 

Of p:mlculul nOle " the dIu •• bein, uell·i>td 

b), OU r ''''0 rep lc~ntali'e IUn\~ on area 

bo"'ling I,,~gut,. Local 269 ~ponMl4.-ems to he ",OIlly lacl.ing above all else is 

psyche on 11>( P:OIt of ou. pla)crli. He ,,'cnt on 

10 say Ih:ll !x("auo,e of .hi, Ihe m"jo."y hue 

embarked on thell own plOl=r"m~ employing 

e""}lhml: frnm l,an\IXndcnlal meditahon to 

Ihlowing dM" al p;clure< nf I ,,,,~I 1O!., "mnn 

ha'l. lie "JS happy 10 fu"her ",f.",,, e"mmlll"" 

Iha. H rothe.~ Dick lIofimJn nn.J RJY Sh~" ... ere 

""0 ""ed~l'Omt ;11 ~n elfurl '" curb mnc. ~"'l"\. 

,ions. Lo.d only I;no"" ., h~, 10 be ,1le~~1 Ihan 

• cplaclng bell' c]u ..... 

For Ihose ".reI local. ,,110 ,,·,11 10m u. un 

Ihe 10lh, "e I'rOfnte AFL.CIO Na. 

lional Boy,olt Ii,,: 

Amcrican BLlildlMg5. Irn:., melal buildmas; 

Bartlell·Collins Company. g1a~ware; COOrli 

Brcwery, btcr; Charles Manufacturing Company, 

furnilure; Croft Melals, Inc., home bui]din, 

producn: Oa l.Te~ Optical Co.. pttSCriplion 

,lasses, Conl1l

Progress Meeting 

A.k ...... c. . .... _ D .~hl ... ) .... I. l bo .. " .. ~w" I1 "" 

Arl. ...... ...... ...... ~rilr;.,a . " ' 0 1 ..... " .. 10"" T~ a,- 

....... H . ... y v." Ar: 

m!!lit Ulrr111C ri,hl-win, anli·un;on conservaJi,·c-s 

(who plf~(" h III~in~ 1 the .vils nf Ilnioni~m and 

eOlUlantly condemn working I't'Ople for joining 

10£C:lher ;n an effort 10 impro'·. our meager 

Ui$lence while polishing thd, o ... n righltous 

shining armor) are aecu~ d of acceplina fabulous 

IUIlIS of mo)ney secletly m ..:urn f", Ihen pa. 

licipalion in th. $hcnanigJns o f Parl Sounds 

familia r. dJX~n'l il~ A~ "sua!. one code of rondllct 

lor worklna people and 3 .pecial br:l.nd of 

imnmnHy fo , Ihcn'~h'es. 

Pres,dent Royce Sle"'~'1 .s asklnl for ,·olunlrers 

lu u",,'~1 in 11o~ 1.1 •• lUi", and Ihe chorts 

~ct~'l 'y 10 hale Ihe annual picnic Ihis summer. 

If you are inle~~led in hdpin •. W nlOCI 

Bmlher Siewart. 

The ...·orlo: piclure conlinues 10 improve and ..... e 

beloeve Ihis bvorablc Ittnd will conlinue Ih.o,,£h 

OUI Ihe summer monlhs. 

The ridi,"ulolls con:sc:. vali"e masle,·~131·e aU i 

lude, wh,ch dominales Ihe ult ra-eonsen3l1ve K' 

menl uf onr $OC.ely lUd;oy. b'in~~ to nHnd Ihe 

need 10 repeat a SIJICmenl made m:tny y(:trs ~,o 

by a greal Ame ncan 'Ialesman. Thomas }etlerwn. 

He Ioaid, '·The ma).S of mankon" has nOI 

been born "'Ih ~"ddlc~ on the'r b'Kh. 1101 a 

favored few (born) 10 ride Ih(m .. 

I 'OYU It 1 ","WH. Ass I n M. 

50 Years 

Brnlht. II,,", E. R,lnk 01 Lor. 1 304, ToPt~ ., K.n • ., 

tent .. , .. as I>~~n' . d hh 50.)· • .,. pi ... nd .... 0 11 bJ 

I nl~r n "lonai R ~pr "'''Qt . IJ.. Soon W-.I. I. h. and 

8 u ;.l n ~., M anll&n C I ~ n ~:. I'UI .. 

50-Year Member Honored; 

Construction Work Good 

I .• l '. 304. "l"OI'FKA, "A l"S.~ 1"h( lonl .... a' 

honored 10 have BrOlher Harry E.. B,ink I llend 

our union meelinl on March II, 1\178, 10 r«eive 

his SO-ytar pin from Ibe ISEW. I ntern~ l iona l 

Rcprc~Ol u;'es Seoll WOIKI made II>c: p.(Sfntalion 

10 Smiller Urlnk " rnlller Rrink ",a.~ inilialed 

1010 Local 53 as a lineman and 10'15 employed 

al Fon Leavenworth, Kan5:l5, al IhDI 

Illnt. He transferred his Cl'l,d 10 Local 304 in Ihe 

'4~ Ind wenl 10 "'olk ror Ih. Cily of OIlJWa, 

Kanys. wo rkin&: Ihe re unlil bis relir.menl on 

July I. 11I6S. BrOlh(r Bri nk gave a b.ief reporl 

of union hislory I11d staled Ib ol be would be 

ba~ k for h is H·yn, pm. 

The local JATC seleeled Doyle Ocmp61u as 

the oulslandina apprenlice li neman 01 Kansas 

lor 1\118 10 ' ~IIIQ( proud o f, 

Bob Boyl. and Ric h Carder 3.e co 

n folher~ 

cllaumen (01 our 1i .... 1 picnic for members Bnd 

11\(0" lamilocs_ It ....,n be held Jun( III, II the 

St-. Pet(1 Ind Paul picnic ~rounds. 

I.(leal l01 I~ saddened by tht d.alh of Brolhe", 

I.c. \le"hman, Vernon Geor!!., Prenli, I\I . FHi~h , 

Jack l le .... cllyn. and put BusincloS MJn3~e, 

Gcoflle I uca_ W. oner om Iympalhy 10 bolh 

Ihei, f:,m'hc~ and f.iend, 

l ' I "I'ARO DAIII!. p

At Meeting 

Prt .dd~nl A ... "ld St~mll . Lt ... 1 J 11. lI ~nll .. ~t"n. W. 

v •.• n ih m«!!". 10 ordo •. 

Executive Board 

E .. ~ullu 8 0 .... d m. ml>rr_ a", To .., TI ..." ~ r . e h.i .... 

.......: 11 .. 1" bon, O ... Mr en..",n .... ' nTf 011111''"', 

Vic. a..fm .." Om •• Spn .., and S«~ary Dou" 

I'll Ion. 

New Jobs St~rt; 

Local in Negotiations 

L.U. JI7,IlUNTlNGTON, W. VA.-The wcalher 

h&5 finally changed for Ihe beller and many of 

the jobs we were an!idpalinll haye finally started. 

A nCW ( .. nlran has been awarded on Ihe new 

coal liquirlCation plant at Callcnsbura, Kenludy, 

and many of our commercial iobs have started. 

The good wealher hDS al5(l hcl~d lhe hne work 

and II should be 10lnil siron. by mid-wmmer. 

Our Negol;Dli"1 Commiuce h~s been working 

hard fOI Ihe past few months to lei us a good 

contract. and the ,Mulls should bt kno"'o !;OOn. 

We ~nl representall"'" to the st~tc Iegis]ati-'e 

se5sion.'i in both Kenlucky .nd W~I Virginia. 

We ha'e IWO members ",ho h"e taken lirsl 

aid clln-es and ale now quali/ied as Instructors. 

1bey are planninll dasses for members in the 

ncar fulure. 

The good ...·(~'-her 

h:b aM helped our retired 

II rol~" to SI'I! ha"nJ Ihe mtttinp a&am; so, 

m~)'br "'1' eun &et ;.ome In'orma.ion and ricturcs 

of I~ e>cnIS, 

C UllI$ II ~MIUO", PS. 

Local 325 Wins Award for 100 

Percent COPE Participation 

L.V, J15, BJN G IIA~l'rO N. N.Y.-Once again 

Locul 325 has recei>cd an Dward for ]00 per· 

cent COI'E parlicip8lion. We are very proud 10 

lecei"", this Bward. ]1 shows thaI our Brothers 

here re31r~e Ihe Im parlance of polilkal contribution. 

e~pecinn)' now when Ihe trade union 

mOyelTl(:nl is belllg auacked on all hOlliS. II i5 

very important for us 10 clect and back people 

who are s),mparhCli(' 10 0\11 caustS. Wilhout 

lhese people rcpre~nllng us laws will be passed 

thaI will destro)' our unions. A 101 of you ... ill 

$3y no. bul righl now Ihele is a strong lobby 

in Wa~hington tryinl 10 de~uoy Ihe I abor Reform 

Ac •. Th~ same people have d ....."o)·ed the 

silus pidellng Ilready, So ~uppon lhe COPE 

drive in our local, II could mean lour job. 

Negolialinl has sl~rted in our local for I new 

agret'menl. The Negollahn, Committee consists of 

BrOlher Geor,e Slaven, II rOlher Jam~ Keough, 

IIrmher John Knal'P. and BrNhe. Dab Brown. We 

ha"e tonlidcnce thm !hese men will get !he bes! 

pos,ible con!rJct for us al . hi~ lime. Good luck! 

Bao;.eball h~. 't~rled once Ilgain Dnd anyone 

illle.ested U1 playmg may conlKct II rother I'aul 

]'o"'ell. Also anyone ,ntcrested in checrins, check 

the prtss for Ihe schedule weekly. T he players 

would like \0 ~e us thcre, 

Work in Ihe nreu is still holding. We haye a 

few men on the bench. We Bre hoping (or things 

tu pi~k uP. but Ihe outlook here is very bleak. 

Sec YOIl at Ihe union meeting, Ihe Ihin.l Monday 

of rhc month Those who cure will be there. 

Local 326 Signs 

Contract 

ROKEn SMO' INS\.. V. " .5. 

I .. U. 3Z6. LAWHENCE, MASS.-The COntract 

is signed. Some membel5 100t Ind $Oflle memben 

gained. There Ire mixed opinio", concerning the 

losSl.'S and ,ains. It brin,S 10 mind lhe dlYS of 

lhe Romaos. Whelher 01 nOl you enjoy Ihe almes 

is relati"e 10 your role in the Collossc:um. Spectators 

in the comfort and u fel)' of the 51ands 

Ihink il is areal sport. Ho_ver. th,* in the 

arena f/IICe a ~riotJ$ loss and have a d ifferent 

opinion of the glmet. To delermine if the 

lames are fair. like lhe opinion of . hos,c in the 

arena. Thcy arc dOS('r 10 lhe lio",' leeth. " is 

Ihey who understand Ihe SiluDl ion. The contraet 

is good or bad depend;n, on whelher )ou're in 

Ihe stands or in the arenl. 

John McCann and Sheila Dinah)" meter read. 

el5 in North Andovel, were recenlty married. 

Prior to lhe hnppy event Ihey were honored II 

II. prenuptial parly held al Velel1ln! of ForeiJ!.rl 

Wars Hall. People who worked 10 make Ihe party 

a SlIccess were Ray Oolan. Dob Nicholson, Arien 

O·l oughlin. Joe Twome),. and Bob Deluca. We 

all wish John and Shcila mHny yeofll of happi. 

ness togelher. 

John t IOO[)CI, a meter reader in Nonh Andover. 

was awarded a new job at Wilder Stalion 

in Vermont. The new job necessitates a moye. so 

his friends lalhered in Veterans of Foreiln Wal5 

11311 in North Andover to bid him farewell. lI i5 

cheerful disposition and oplimislc oullook will 

be sorely missed in Norlh "'ndover. On'y Ihose 

",ho Wfle very e]ose 10 John ",ill fully rea lize 

lhe va]uable person Vermonl ha, aBined. Good 

luck in Iheir new home to John. his wife Bonnie. 

and Iheif d~u,hte, 

Sal~h 

IhvMo,..n G l'onlN. I'S. 

Le cal 340 in Negotiations; 

Election in Offing 

I •. l '. )40. SACHA\It:NTO, CA I..- Two meelinBS 

on nelotialions hIVe been held 15 Ihi, leuer 

loes to pros. l.efs hope that by the lime Ihis 

is read. we will h,,·c had I lalisfactory seu]emen!. 

We .... 11 b~ votlA, in June for Ihe members 

nominated to attend the International Conven· 

lion to be held In Oclober in AII~ntic: CiIY, 

New Jersey. Nominalions Ire to be made in May. 

Five 8rOlhen will be represenlinl Loeal 340 at 

the Conyent;on. 

Our Local 340 Pension Pl nn, which was SIarted 

in 1967, has a lotal o f t28 benefits beina pDid 

OUI. The proposed pension :ncru$C. to be pai d 

from Ihe December wDle packa,e into each 

member's individual account, is lIill pendinl. 

With the hiah COSl of medical aervK:cI, we can 

expeCI a subslanlial increase in Ihe health and 

wdhre payments. The eurrenl eoverDIC will 

expire this summer. 

The Local 340 Golf Club repons &DOd lurn· 

OUiS al Ihe lournaments already held this year. 

Indical;o", are lhill we have some real pro 

ma'erial OUI on Ihe Ireeosl 

Anolher falher son team was started in our 

local. with Brothe. John ErfUllh's son. Bob. 

taking the ODlh at 111

Credit Union 

Dinner-Do nce 

of moncy to light organil.ed labor, Some yC'·y 

prominenl nam" appear on the \isl of contribu· 

tOh. 

Lacking .... ea1l hy bcnctaclor" orpn,ud labor 

mUSt de""nd on 3 respons.e from a I·try la r,e 

percentage uf il ~ ",nstiluenls. Mr. Klein gave 

a vh'id illustration of why we. a5 union memo 

bcrs, should conlribule wha t we can to help 

combal Ihe "Righi Win, t.fDch;fIC: · The COPE 

Comm;llCC. operaled by .he At"t ·CIO, is work. 

rng. hard in Ihi, fight. 101 , KIl'in ur,cd each of 

u~ 10 ~onlribllie .... h31 we can and ubo to r(· 

n1em~r 10 ",,,Ie 10 our cun):,c,'cs 10 vOle 

:I~;"n~1 UI"on>"'~ h'"' Ihat " ould bcncfil th" 

working cia,s. 

101 3» m~ihng operalio n ~ are wormrne every 

day 10 creale fear and h o~"hly 10WJld unIOns. 

Many Pl'ople "ho lack ~ no ... ledge of Ihe aoals 

of labor u",ons arc easy prey to Ihe latltC1 em· 

ployed by Ihese: nllht wing Ilruups. A few ~e n a· 

(or$ have evcn Jorned Ihe cause and allow thdl 

name, 10 be plattd 01 Ihe bOllom of very eondemmnl 

newskllers. Olle" Ihese lellers of p.opa. 

ganda are prinled on Ihe se nalor'S Lclle rheads 

and ma,led under Iheir po\l~1 pri"i"'l:l'~ ThiS 

"It,ghl Wing Machinc" is bc:corning more orga· 

ni/.ed every ye"r. and according 10 one of Ihe 

ma in king pins. R'chard Vicki"Y. Ihty are ClI' 

pandinl Ihe operation Ihis year wilh an e"en 

lart"'r hud,e!. Tbc~ people hue D lar,e list of 

perWII) ilble and wlllrn, 10 eonlrobule la'l!e ~"m5 

I.t f. (0 rI~h' .'t Mih ",h"Ion, .'. .. a .... L ...., .llI1. 

l'loon; •. " .1•. : Cho

We ue also in \\tlon. nons .... ith Arizona 

Public Service Company for those classifications 

th ~ t .... iIl be operallnr; and m~mtaminr; the Palo 

Vude Nuclear G ene r ~unr; Station in WintersbUrg. 

Ari£O na. just .... est of Pluxnix. The Company 

is presently inte r ~iewi n ll for 50me positions 

at the planl. There ar e three units no .... under 

construction and an additional n.'o units propO§ed_ 

Unit 1 is scheduled for operatKm in 

1982, Unit 2 in 11184 .• nd UftI1 3 in 11186. 

If the additional IWO propoKd un,ts are approved 

and completed. Ih'$ .m make Ihe Palo 

Verde Nuclear Gtncraun, Stauon the larp:sl 

of us lund m operalion and .... ill provide Arizona 

.... ith lS percent of ils electrical enerl)' nttds, 

producil\& 6.HO,OOO kilowalts. 

During Ihe peak conSlruetion period. app ro~ma 

teiy ),400 craft people will be employed al 

tile ~ile and when eompleled wi ll require appro 

~' malcly 400 emp loy~s for tile operation 

and maintenance program. 

The general contractor on the prOjeCt is Bechlei 

Engineerinl and we are very pleased that 

they were awarded Ille iob over Bro"'n and Root. 

as we ha\'c all $Cen 100 eSi 

offw:c is !ilrll IH6 CoJle~e Avenul'. Slevcns 

PornL Wiso.:on~in, and IIIe le~phor>e number IS 

(71S) 34126116. J,m Ahles IS rhe bu~'ness mana~a. 

Rob Williams hIS ,.";'0111, and Oon R a~ 

m,,,-en rile prcsident T he mcellnjl.' are still Ihe 

fi.\1 Thursday of the monlh. It\ Ihe where tll~1 

h.< 1I0t us Slumped' 

Our la~1 mttling "·3' fairly pe~ceful A, 3n 

ind,..rdu31 II da"'ned on me how much of a 

m).iad of rhrnes occur at once here and lhe 

abihl)' lhe busines!i offICe musr h~ve iuSI 10 cope. 

IRl'member COPF~ everyond 6 rn be admired. 

Tile b",in

eVent. To my kno .... led~. this is the fir~ t ume 

this has ever been done. 10 cood lock. Hank. 

Ind thanh for the palty! 

COn,lalL.l,hon. Mm! to.p"y letil(lfH:nt to Rllph 

Redmond, " HoI'P'" Ed"allh. ~ Roy Slallman, 

""on" R(ynoldl Rody VoC(I, JIm Qo~n. and 

"Salce" 1I 11r!l~. 

Old you know tha, th, followlnll "ortin, ITlC'm· 

belli of our loc.1 hold ("onlta"ol'$ licen!OeS: ~ROY 

McGee. Ron J It~n. Jim Caldwell, .nd Mike 

SkcvaklS? 

0,,1 you Lnnw thll Brolhen BIll Rutledf{e .nd 

Nate Lnlo... .re ~ianed·up conlra"o" in our 

tcrritory? 

Did you how Ihll )oon, Gene McL •• cn and 

hi. ",fe lake onlO lheir home .n undelptioikJed 

chIld from lhe New York Frnh A,r Fun.J for 

fOOl weeki roery )lImmer. and haor done 'o(l 

for Ihe rast five ynrt? 

Well. our local now h.s an Alhklic CommIU~. 

huded by GeorJC tilenn. We e~PKI to ha.e y 

league enrolled wftball leam this summer A 

bo .... ling 1(3m i~ planned for Ihis fall A ,101f 

leam i~ another pros~el. Any of our members 

whu .,e Inleruled thould conlact Hrolh,r GeOt llC 

in rcgard 10 allY of lhcle local.~ponsorcd . ports. 

Good luck 10 our Atllietit Committee and con· 

grntulations to George Glenn for gettinll ;t roll· 

ine. W~ hn .., never hud an organlled spar" 

prOllram in our local and I know .... c hoe many 

qualified Ithle·CI. !IO sign UP. fello".,. and give us 

your 5U&JCSllonsl 

JOE M 80~. 

Wor~ Scene Remains Good; 

local in Negotiations 

I'" 

I..U. 405. Ct:nAR RAI'II)S. IA.-The worL \ilu, 

ation ("ontlnlle! to be 800d in our local's Juris· 

diction, ~nd we Ire slill rnjoyinc full employment 

for our members wllile be'"tI Bbl", Iv lind em· 

plO)menl for a fe'" Irnvding Brolhers. PredictiolH 

for 11M: ",,"re Iool equally brighl. 

We hue ~tllted neloliahnll new eontrlct Ind 

by Ihe tome Ih;, is In plinl in June. ho~fllily "twill 

hIVe rt-ltChed an Igr«menl ",ith the tontrac· 

Ion. The eontrltl neJOtlatinl will be inklelt· 

ing 10 fol1o", thIS yur ,in« lhe situatIOn has 

"hanled f,om Pfeviou~ yell". In prrvious yean 

we had a no i trike ',rcernenl "'here wace "~re. 

in'-oloed and if • $ClIlemc:nl couldn', bc ,u~hed 

locally 11M: C IR would render. decision. Lorll 

40S voted allinst kOina 10 Council this yur 

thooah. !IO the local Ind contractors wm have 

to .eacll nn QKrcement on Iheir own. Hopefully, 

n fair nnd e1luliftble setllcmenl can be reached. 

June should be an inlereSlin8 month for nn· 

other I'tll.O" lX'~nu~ It is election of officer.' l'mc 

IIKnin. May the ~I n~n win and lemember. "'c 

arc III II rOlhcl'$_ 

Also in June. our new (!Cllslon plan "ill be· 

come etr~live wllh a minImum of }sO hon ... 

,,"ded 10 qualify, 

Louis !-entun hl\ eno-tn 10 hlnl! up hi. loob 

and rcurr Good luck 10 you, lou"-. and h.ve I 

'ont ;IIn,1 cnlO)'1ble fCI"emcnt 

We had. chanar on our Apprenlicnhip Com· 

miller Ih" monlh BrOthel Walt Jones milllt'd 

hIS $Cal on the Comm,lItt and his positron "a' 

filled by Brother JIm Hatehellk.. I'm .urr Jim 

will do hill ~t and. Wall, we ap!'fecille tilt' 

wotk you've done in the pMI. 

Yes. the ne~t few month, ,hollid really be 

mterntinll. -,'0 1I,0Ihe". attend YOllr mUlin" and 

yllll can lIt't[l make Ihe dcdsiom 

HnNrf F CLU~. I'S 

Travelers W orlinq In 

l ocal 415 Jurisdiction 

I_ LI. -l15. u n ·:, ~~ NN~". \\, n . \\01h ne,,,I,a 

tlons cominl 10 In end. I ur~ aU Ihe mcmben 

10 att end the union meellllp and hell' 1,15 rlt,fy 

an lareemenL we eln all live with. 

31 I tlJEW Jou ..... l 

"fh~ 

Crew 

tl.d,b.d, ..... !tI GO~ n .... _M .. 01 I .• n l 

• ." Oo

Retirement Trophy 

,........., 

Awardee 

Welding Closs 

TtoP~ 1 ... ~.rH 10 " Ro .~" O~ .,. ","n .. nol . , ... 

oM 1~an II) Ills '~Uo .. "OnuS. 

.. lt o,",~ ' ••''''' •• e . ..." ,.... II. II ..... iH

udy lakin; th eir places in lhe hiper social ~nd 

("ullunl Siraia or $OCicl),. Many of them I rt: 

doctor$, lawyers., tuebers, en&ino:crs., scientists, 

ell'. Soores of eues ea.n be cited loday about \he 

..,If'prlna of QUI members as they pr~ d upward 

In I oonslam ln lelleelU31 iml'ru~c:u~nl of their 

10lS. 

Now on the Olher side of the coin, in 65 

years, there were also .jl~n';e improvement. 

,n the technolol..:al aspc:c1S of QUI' trade. I fUm 

~ "'Ut,1e onc-c:i.cu.t tnoe and lUbe irKlalhnion. 

10 today'. mus,,'c requirements In our indusnial 

and oommerci:1I complexes, IMlt: h;15 been In 

"llInen'iC improvement o f OV1!r JOOO pcr~nl . 

Statistics show Ih81 since 1910 Ihe> electrical 

energy OUlrllU hn, doubled every 10 years. Starn 

and factories today rej"ire Jar,t: Irandormel 

banks, with b\15 duct ceder. to salisfy thcir 

need .. Inslc:ld of a 110-'011 \Cr\ice. "-e h~,e 

tbrtt-pha!;C. four· ... irc 120.108 or 270,480 S)'.· 

terns, 1:omblning. !iaht and powtr. Instead of a 

16 CP carbon filament lamps, or Ku"i rcneaors, 

11'8 hnt nuortsCtnt fi~tures, liahtina: tbe .. ork 

and ulo areas with iunliahl brilliancy. Instnd 

of a faclol')' full of bells and pulleys., nch m;i· 

chin8 has a molOr wired leparllely. And 10 on 

and on atl infi"itu"" eonlinue the social Dnd 

lechnoloaicaJ changes, runnin, hand in hand, 

lik8 Iwo tracks of the rnilroad, toward Ihe 2151 

Cenlul')'. 

Then is $till the fourth ,encnlion 10 be 

hurd from. I will not be around 10 .- ",hat 

.. onden Ihey .. ill acbic'le. But this much is "flain, 

lhat Ihe stock they spruns from. and the 

trUlhhOM Ihey ha'e been taushl 10 uphold, w.1I 

Dlwny~ serve Ihem in good Iteatl. In the yeaf 

of ?OOO, if Ihey Should bcllin to relrospeet and 

10 search for Ihe rools or histories of lheir an· 

ceslon, Ihey will " m find Ih8 old fnmed do

specially called mewn, of March 30, 1918, ... a~ 

• di$appointment 1$ fir 1$ Illendlm:t "'as ron 

«rntd. Ii is I sou), thin, .-hen the mcmbfrs Ife 

not concerroed enough lbout their conlrKI "'ith 

NECA 10 !>h01ll' up Ind heir lhe pro~h be· 

ing submilted. 

While I 1m lal;in, pol 'hol$ II the IIK'mber. 

ship, I may IS "'ell mention COPE. l1Ic lacl; 

of interesl shown 10 Ihe only po1i1K11 Irm Ihal 

.. -e hnc in labor slill Imllts me. And. Brothers. 

I hue heard 111 of Ihe I r,umenl$ liainSI COPE 

- Ihty don't hold "'aler. If the Brothel'S 1001; 

bal'l: at ... hat .. e have lost in Ihe polilical ballles 

and what lhey have contributed 10 COPE Ihey 

will I;now why. A I"'O-dollar conlribulion from 

I ""'mber will nOI break him, I'm sure, If any of 

the memben reading this hive nOI scnl bact 

the Clrds from the lIe.lth Ind Welfare Trust 

yel, please do. so that III rCl:or

~n t planli are completed, our local wuld be 

faced with h,ah unernploYlmnt, unless the proposed 

paper mill upansions o«ur. 

We rucived • leller fro m Walsh El«tric 

lilallna that ",hen our presenl alfot-me nt ex pires 

Ihey ",ll no Ion~r be Mlolialinl ... ith our 

loc.lll We're !.OrlY 10 lIOfl wa~ initialed 

mIl) l ocul 106 in 194' and depoo.iled hi'- I .a~e!er 

In t oclli ~" ,n 1952, Ill! "a) a pa)1 ollicer and 

... """1",,, Il( 110,' f.;(l/.Otla !inp Committte \lQth 

llrolhc" " C'I' 'e.y iKlIve in the umol1 and ",ill 

M m;~~d ~rr~lty hy everyone 

R ......·ndy. Ihe "ork oullooL ".' h,,~h!elWd 

e'en ""tho:r hr RClltIblrc S\o.'el It i,n'l offICial 

)el bul they '3Y they ar .. Jo,n,: to hu,ld 1"'0 

dec"", fu.n,",,,,, lind a "nle.inll planl Tilt· only 

d.a"h~C: Bro thers' ' tfeng th in unionism, 

They hllve 1101 COl1lllloi ned once. 

T he local's ciccI ion Is I hi~ June, be sUre to VOle. 

Allend your local Uilion mee tlnl!., I "ill be 

at mine 

1'1" WIIIC'lCU, p S. 

Pin Presentation 

Pini Preiented To 

20· and 25·Year Members 

L,U, 516, O'ITA\\ A, 01'0 • • AI ou. rcgub. 

nlC~I"', uf J ~n"~', 16, .978 uu. "",,,,be.~I,,., 

honoo.rd 00' !>emo. 'IoOthe" thai hue reached 

20 )CI'" or more In I Ql."al ~M6 

In\erna lOonBI Vl(:e 1"Cloidcnl Ke n Ro:.e appointed 

' n t CO'n~ lIun .1 Rep.eM:ntalive Jack Kcarney 

10 prcs.en l the I ~pc ' Ili n, [0 011' honot" cd UrOlhers, 

After Ihe meetinll clo~ d we ho d Bn old fashion 

AcHQl:elhi:r .t mlni!.c,nll on Ihe 1I0'ld old days 

Fishing Derby 

" h ll ~ r~d . eI .... "" ... r". Uds .. Io,.tiI , ~b , ltl. " 

r iel •• 

",ho:n ..",l ,,;a.~ ~1'k:III)' '" Ihe OIL,,"~ OOIU 

On J.nuary 21, 19111, Local 586 held lhe" 

secon:! annua' ~hlnll tkrby On behalf of lhe 

Brolhers "'ho aucntkd the de. by, a bll lhank 

yOu 10 tilt committee thaI worked long, hard 

hours 1ft ma kln' this uent II ,Ital ~lIceess. T hey 

~pc:nl all day 1 riday plo"'Ing a one·mlle: ci.cular 

rOlld on the .ce surface to enable Ihe Ii~her m e n 

to d ll vc 10 the Ii~ hi ns holes. They a l ~o spenl 

Ih nl day (i rilhll '" all the holu necesslf)' for Ihe 

evcnl, A pp,0~ 'n1 8 I t l y 200 BrOlhe rs a nd their 

fa m ih e~ p ~ rt ;cltla t c d in Ih is eonlcst of skill and 

IlIck. 

After Ihl' day was over, e' eryone re tl rc d 10 

an evemng of h!juld refr~hmenlS, a be.n 0 .." ... 1 v.;c p.esltknl, .... as our filSt. 

and fo/ a )mal1 loc.' out of about 1600 locak, 

,,·c are lus tly proud, 

In Ihe nUl Mile of the hmrna/, 1 hope' lU 

have ~mc c~lIemely good nc ..... o n u fely, RighI 

now. I don'l .... anl to Ilimp Ihe ~u n . bul we .... ill 

ha lll: much (asler proj!rr;ss on our complnlnls. 

0 111 'icction si~ for Ihe MTA pe nsio n Ir u been 

ilCn'cd bill no nuion a~ yet. Our Seclion si ~ for 

a rlCW wotk conllael "'ill be ~ r ye d October I, 

1918, .\0 we have a 101 to look for .... rd to no .... 

Hefore c!O\II'II, p word of caution 10 those 

"'OI);In~ where blue Rap mus t be used: be velY 

ca.dul becau\C under the new fe lulation, you 

and you alorIC can be wbJ«tcd 10 $1.000 fine 

for nc:~Ic:CI Work cardully al all limes. 

Apprentice Graduation 

Held . t Loc. 1 592 

AI'ITIIOSV COVII_llO, 1'.5 

I ~ U. Sill, " IN O . ANO, N.J.-The :,"1111;.1 app.en 

liceship ,radliaIJon donner Wm! held al OIIr IBEW 

kxal unron hall in Vineland, Ne ... Jcncy, on 

Janua.y 28, 1978 for II ne ... ;o..rneymen. II was 

~pon'oOfed by tI\I' Jomt ApprenllCeship and Train 

Ing Commlliee, The ne ... ,oU' rlCymen, olfKers of 

the local, InsnllClor

Graduation 

Silo .. , hu~ ," th~ .I.-.c1.aru .... 1I' ~i . lnIinin. dl,",1_ .. 'M .pp ..... tI."""I .. dl .... , .1 l.or.1 SIl, 

\'Iul . ..... NJ. Ltfr I •• Idol ...... X ..... rh Col ... ,. Mould l)olto, •• 110 ..... C •••. F'rank 1110Mb. c •• 1 

Xr .. rd~Il> •• II. 0110.10 ' Zohu X.'"'UI. Monald S ... tlh. C .... MIIlI.. A nd .~.. 8 ... ~.. . 1'1." .... , ' .M •• ' . 

• IMI J . ''' ~, C .... o • . MOB S ...... I. II _ ... ' ..... d. 

men eoursH offer~d by Ihe JATC In the c"er 

pow.na ~k-n And "'C do al'prrciale ,cry much the 

Inru'mnlion ... hldl he ha~ made a.ailable to u" 

J \\. Rlr~~r I I. I' 'j 

Attend Meetings and State 

Your Opinions, Says Scribe 

1 .. 11. flU, r ANAMA CITY, 1'1'\. II ,h,,~.rd be 

noted Ih ul harmony in mny local i. ne ~e.sa ry for 

it~ orderly ll.o" lh Only by Ihe m

Local b31 Sponsors 

Sio-Pitch Team 

I •. U. 63 1, N.;WRUIIC II. N.V.-Thc ~renni~1 

motion for Loc:al 6)1 10 ,ponsor a lum in the 

Newburgh 1lo-PIICh In&ue preceded the robm'. 

first chirp b)' t ...·o ...·ed:s. Of cou~ Ihe motion 

p3 §~ d. NOI onlY is thi., D line opportunil)' for 

"over·the·hiW' alhletes to clin. 10 • happ)' pin 

of their )'outh. it is ifnI public relalions for 

the uman. Our tum enjO)'1 cood coverlle in 

Ihe tv:W$paper. indudilll an occasional picture, 

and we oflen Iud of our PItcher Ihrowin, I 

~hutOul. He Ii Ihe one .... ho can hll tbc Sllitc 

tone wilh a Kven·fool Ire. ( I SUppOK thai 

5hould be 21S.36 crntimeters.) We .1'10 have I 

IU)' ... ho an hit the ball III melers and an· 

other ... ho can leI to fint I»K in five !o«ontb. 

That's 19 melers. 8 decimeters. (Thi' b simpler 

Ihan fed and inchn?) The final score in a 

practice ,ame wu ) 10 -2 eelliu~, 50 " m not 

even lUre if _ wort. 

Genin. b~clr. 10 publIC nlalions. Ihis is OM 

of orpniud l~bor'l 1\'t'aker areas. and il rull)' 

~ha u ldn't be. Union IllCn arc deepl)' involved 

in communll )' Illairs and the public i, Kldom 

aWlre of it. Lonl 6)1 hps aboul 200 journey' 

men, and withoul doina Iny reilellrch I I all, I 

can name amona our members IWO do«n vol· 

Unl~r finlTlcn. Includin. 1 .... 0 fire chich Mnd Ufte 

president of his eampany. I know of two more 

who arc very IClive in the ambulance corps and 

Ihe prnident of the Newburp Lions Club is 

a 631 electrician. One o f our members is MUlCr 

of a Masonic Lod~ and .... e boaSI I retiree 

who hu held every scouuna offiee up to diSlrict 

commissioner who slill ,ocs on oulin .. with 

Boy Scouts. (Okay, !IO BU I Milner usc, his 

truck camper now. but he hu earned Ihe privi· 

le ge.) This time of ycar, si&ns of life appear 

on Ihc l illie Lea-,uc fidd~ and at least ,i. of our 

people arc among IhoK prcparins for the Ka· 

son. Lalcr th is summer, Pop Warner football 

will be staning. Rnd without the return of union 

people. nOlhinll win happen. There nre surely 

o th er community ellorls where our membelS Ife 

~c t ive. but even this incomplele Iiltina ;. In 

oUl5landin, Iccomplishmenl for I local the sil.e 

af 631. If .... e Ire aveTllIC. just imasine the im· 

pacl of orgnnited labor on civic allairs from 

(035t 10 coa51. M uch of the public Ihinks we 

are o"erpaid goons who weRT hud hats. If \O'e 

wme the helmet after workin, hours, these Illi. 

tudes would hive 10 chan,e. 

CAli E. TlloI'IN. 5_, I'

Simeone. Chlrks R Simmons. hmcs A. Smhh. 

Frcdc: rid : D. Sny1k r. Rom.n G. 51.Uml&rl), W,I. 

Ii.m J. W. lker •• nd (;earae T hornll Zellcl$. 

D'ncin& ro Ihe n.usre of IIrothe r Chuck S,m· 

II'IOIIJ" Hand cooc:luded 11M: ewenrn. excepl for 

lhc encorC$. Eme,I"nment Commlll~ of fhother 

Wilmer " Butch" SWIft, leon.rd 1. MinnICk, 

Daniel L Minnick. Jr .• II, Lloyd Y.tts, Raymond 

P. Glfde:ner, Al ben Gaber, Jack ('onlln, lIu&h 

M. Snow, Sr., John Eastburn. Iknnr~ O. KillIan. 

and Larry Raker-tl ke • bow. 

T. FUNClS "Jr r r" II ~Nr H. I'.s. 

W ork Scene Slows Down; 

local in Negotiations 

L.U. 659. Mt:OfORU. OMt;.-ln th,~ a.CI. " 

SCC,," lIk.e spring his 1"lVcu-1I 11:3\' tem· 

porarily, 

Thints have finilly Jlo"'ed do .. n a hILle, L,ne· 

men are s.iII w.ili", for eeoIOl.1(1 I. 

Du"n, Ihl' (Ia

1.fK'aln .... e.e p,,:>enled 10 lhe (olloWInIl IIrolherl; 

Pal"ck O. Daiiey. Ro«rl W. Bodle-y. Jr., I'lul 

H. Il,o ..·n. ROnlld E. Bro ..·n. T.molhy J. Coliinl. 

Lynn A LII,elmln, Dennis 0 Gould. Oh"e. W 

Klnl. W,II,am A. Kottl. Roland A. I . ~bl;er. 

Dellm~ J, PllIe.son. DI.id O. Pelcr~. Willilm 

E. Phelp'. RIChard 8 Rohrer, John P Runion. 

Aned r Schllllnl, Jr, 0110 !lhrINal. J.. Ind 

50.011 "'I TomJKOn The lollo ..·lnl R rolhe.~ wer" 

unRblc 10 BlIend It>c banquel, bUI we.c 10 ,e· 

ec .. e ..... ~,d., Kellh 0 Ashley. D~ Yid A Cooper, 

Rnd Roherl Oiycn~. Jr, This yur', Ipprenlice of 

I h~ ~'nr .... ~, awarded 10 John P Runion Tht 

mw .. rd is prc~nted 10 Ihe apprtnlice ... 110 callieS 

It>c hllt>c'll 'l4holMIIC ucratt lor Ihe lou, yU", 

Tht banqutl ended .... ilh a few boun of danc· 

Inl Ind 'IOCial"in... ilh lhe Brolhe". All In 

'l1end~nce h~d a mOSI enjoyable eyeninl Con. 

IralulallOn\ 10 In of IhO\(: IlrOlhcr\ ,«ei~Inl 

(e.ullcale\. 

Wilh Ihe app.oach of ~ nl« "Cllhel Ind 

Ihe wmme, month, ahead. me "(Ilk In lhe l.eI 

h". Iheady incrused grcally. AU of the mcmben 

In our /ur",IIClion Ire employed and Ihe loe"' i, 

lookUlM for Bo .. t " ~"',.... ... 

• IIlp I .. III~ ... It of 1111_; .. 

Local 702 Holds Annual 

Credit Union Meeting 

1 •. 1I. 70Z. \\ t~--r I' H:A .... " ..' OMT. II I ~ 

'702 IIl EW I c.,]cII.1 C.~dil U",,,,,'~ .nuual n,cellO, 

..... 1\ held on Icbrllary '. ]978. al Ilell,n. I lIm",,~ 

Tre&\Uler Oary lIutln ~pO"ed Ihal lhe CredIt 

Union now ha~ O'o"CI SIOOO.CKlO In l»tb I nd 

ma

P rawdzik (retired ), John Gradijn of New 

OrLeaM, AI Ii.jny. Gene Buuerfidd, Bob Wund· 

lock of Menomonoe, WiKonsin, Bdl Zwil dCIII C .. llln 

fl. 1::111011. H •• r, IS Ihe loul

IIO(ln. Meanwhile. an we lei I, mOr(' lalk ~boUI 

mort fusibilily 5lUditS. 

Othe' .. o.k secm!. to be impro~inl loOme .... h.\. 

AnOlM. h'&1H~ It Su Ihnch Lakes should be 

&enlRa undtr '... y ~_ Also. there is tnt possi. 

b,IIIY of • l.rIC .t!'idcnlill Job, neilly 1.000 

homeJ, "anina !oO

~ide some work o'erload reser,'e and may be 

viewed as an ateumulalor. For burslJ of cncrlY 

of less Ihan a second's dUralion. up 10 5 i~ 

hOI:>epo",·tr may be c~pcnded." 

We have been compared wilh and/or placed 

in Ihe same: CDlegory as Ihe horse. Are we 

eap'able of pulling the weight load thai a horse 

does? Is e~eryone ~qllally born wilh Ihe strength 

or determrnation 10 conlCSI the strenglh of Ihe 

horse~ This is Fathers Day momh; do nOI 01- 

tel11l't 10 COler a cont est wilh Ihe ho rse and be 

a candidale, nOw or everl John Chamberl",n 

.... rOle. " I hnppen to believe Ihal Ihe environmenl 

is impollan! and IhM we mUSI find .... a)'$ uf 

~ haring Ihe earlh with Ihe calibou and Ihe bald 

eagle. Ihe lion and Ihe kangalOO. !lUI we ha" .., 

b¢el1 lahn for a lemble ride by idiols in Ihe 

name of such Ihing~ :u enviro",nemali~m, «01- 

Ogy, and eo n ~umel1~m. \\ rth Iherr 3nli·le~hno l ugy. 

anli·busillC'Ss b ias, Ihe fanali~ have oolnpollnded 

"",Orlages. and stopped capital in, e.lmenl~," 

To o llu adVice or oplOion. to olhen. one 

$hould ha'e had direct e~~riences rnolved. 

Nol Mr. Caller. lie has all his lenlades 111 a~ 

many countries Ihal an octopus can re ach and 

Ihen some mure. I [e hn ~ not resolved inn:u ion 

nor IInemplo~mcnt in his own COLintry. no r d oe~ 

he seem 10 wanl to, He did neilher in Georgia 

when he was governor. lie has stretched his 

supply line of Ihinkin~ and aClion. lh:!t Ihc 

llOOps. Mr. and M rs. U.S. Cili~en baek haOle. 

3re auacked each d~y by inRation and unem· 

ployment. There is no protection offered from 

the Commander·",·ChlCf. ",ho us a lacllCal polo, 

Ileian i$ $Uking footholds in foreign l and~: and 

for whal? llas Mr. Carter forgouen mililary 

history learroed al Ihe N.lval Academy? II ~s heforgouen 

Ihe histolY of the empires of Ihe 

Phoenicians, Romu n ~. Ol~d •. and others of 

ancien! hl,tury? ] Iow about olQdern hislory. 

where Ihe enemy spread ill supply linu 50 Ihin 

;1 could nul proteci the ~op \ c. 

We Krc nO( advo(~line i",'a l inni ~ m . We ore 

askil\!: Ihe !'resident 10 save the do nar: il is 

I;oi ng down Ihe drain ns i5 Ihe nnllon due to 

a man who pries into other people's troubles. 

Mr. Carter. resolve YOllr troubles al home before 

concerninl; yourself ""ilh olhel'!l. Mr. Carler. 

our nation ";s Ihe ccntt'r of Ihe world; sllllt 

here. ""here we are now. Where dse? PurchDStng 

po",'er i$ neccssary, but it cannol boy peace of 

mind. Slart here uml "e can CO anywhere." 

The Organized 3nd Confedel'3ted Stales of the 

United Stales of America should be foremosl 

in your he",1. so",. and mond. l 'r e~ldenl Caller 

I nil I) Lltll"t~. I'," 

Headquarters Offices 

Destroyed by Fire 

L. U_ (1 27, N~: W I\JI:I'" N J .-On Ea,lcr Stmllda~. 

March 2S, fire S .... ~pl through ollr headquarter! 

building in Cnnblll')'. 3nd by Ihe lime 11 w~. 

brooght under oontro\. Ihe o flkcs "'e occopied 

.... ere lotalty gutted. 

11M: fire apparenlly had been smoltkr;ng for 

som~ tim~ before a p~~~ml: OlOIO"'It sa'" Ihe 

smoke and some flames DI 6-10 nom. and lUrTlCd 

,n an alarm. The Cranbury Fire Depallmcnt le 

~ p on ded and, afler considerable effon. brought 

the firc IIndn contrul 

I'resident Perry was noti/ied of the cat.l.trophc 

at 1:10 3_m. and he immcdiat~ly called Sccrelnty 

T reasurer Ca~y and Vice Pre.idenl Johnson, 1111 

of .... hom .... ent to the s b~ ~n otliee Ctju'pmem ,ul'pher_ 

FOrlurulrly, Ihere "'a~ no nrc ddmll,e 10 Ihe 

eompUler, although It Ml flered )Ollle smoke and 

waler damage. and it i. hoped w~ wtll have il 

bac~ on line won. 

AI >u, on 1II0nday, Ne w Jersey Ikll ' \alled 

the job of in.'tollnlion of l)Crmaneni lelephone 

IIClvi. e lhe bamboo 

removed from roeal the parkmg 101. T hiS cleanup 

pru/CCI "III ,mp'ove lhe loot. of I ~C hall. 

President John " lI tl! 10hn" 1I ~" i1I e llu~ and Vice 

I' r",id~nl Jimmy IJl.lck bolh underwent ~ur&e r~ 

Jw".. 1979 I 49

ecenlly and are back with us. Wek:ome back 

Brothers.. 

Consrltulalion! Ire in order 10 Ihe foliowing 

BrOlhers in their appointments: lbrlan Duhon 

COPE chairman. Jimmy Rlack-.llcma te to the 

Pension l'lan. J,mmy Peeplu.-allernate 10 Ihe 

Heallh and WeUare I'lan, and Johnny Montll· 

bano--reJi§trar 

Brother T. C. Lambrigh t hn applied for di§a· 

bility retirement. Robert J Ganl1-lpprentice and 

Lnvell A. Wall-maintenance Ind o~rations 

-.,:re oblisated Wtlcome to our 11mb. Brothers.. 

Brothen. ;r you don'l have your PIC Card 

yel, piuse ~t il now ThIs money i§ used 10 

fi,hl anti·labor qi§lation $lIch ~ " RishHn. 

Work" for Ins. One: or IWO cents a day won·t 

hUrl anyone: I nd that i§ III Ihat is needed if 

everyone helps. We ",·m then hve 1M money 10 

fighl with, If we don'l meet in Ihe hne for PIC 

Cards a nd donation~ we will meet in lhe unem· 

ployment lincs $OOnet Ihan you think. We 

didn't set where we are without donations and 

a struggle. so don'l leI up now. Contmue Ihe 

struggle our fathers SIanI'd and maybe. jus, 

m:lyhe. our sons woO'1 bmve as hud a Slruute 

IS they are presently destined to have. 

We had II. di~linguished JI"e~t I I our monlhly 

meeting lonight, April 1. 1978. Brother Danny 

Mclean. asSIstant busine'lll manaller from Local 

1~47. Anchorage. Alaska, was visiting in uke 

Charles. He th~nked the Brothers who went 10 

Alaska 10 work on the AIa~ka PIPeline. He 

praised the membeuhip for being lnod union 

memt.ers and Rood craflS_n. lie urged them 

10 continue along those lil1l'5 to anure a place 

on top. Brother Gib Smith made a presenlation 

of a mounted alligator fOOl 10 Brother M,lean 

from "rother lIoss Perron. Brolher R. E. Cae 

prai~d Rrother Mclean for his help wilh donalion.\ 

to the Electri,al Aid Fund .nd Brother 

McLean re,eiw.d • standinl ovation from the 

members for his help. The El«:lTical Aid Fund 

r«:eived almosl 17.000 from Brothers workina in 

the Alaska Irea. 

~1A1T1I'I T~ov. p.s 

Mourned 

Business Manager Killed 

In Accident 

" .,10 N ...... Lonl 1M 

Sinn CII,.. la., basl_ 

m.n ........ 1oo .... 

d etfrM1lled .. hiltwo 

,I

Friends and Workers 

. - 

Stewards Training 

111_",," of Lonl I'll. oS. FnKI_, Cal. ..... 11Ij! 

Ini~ ............t. III 0'" of lloe ....,..., ..., 

_ 

010 ... Lri'l 10 rid.t .~ lIob fhlbll. Rod Coif .... 

Rkk " ~ r li~r. Rob ... O1t.'l. Do. 

Sehools and seminars are held 1$ o fren IS oor 

loc. 1 can afford in Los Angeles. Anaheim, San 

Francisco, Reno. PQrtland, and Seattle, Our dues 

I.re used for many villI needs of me ORTT such 

II "billilion cases. laW)'C",.,;, 

Executive Board 

mcetinr;s, I nd general n.mning cxpcn$C$ of the 

locil ""t ste .... rd5· kaming di.telly benefits our 

membe,.,; more than any of me Olbers by helping 

us become more p.ofessional "'hen handline the 

grieya~ of OIl r members, 

Tbe union sle"'atd is the "ery backbone or 

Local 1011. 

RICK MEYu, P.s . 

Scholars 

Ch a.I ~,. " J. Paul (;~ U ,." ""nuil ltl, 

Thaf1 pfeUy ~o()d 

Hunk mg. We can pay 

pass a"'ay riaht Qn the job and nOI ever CQllcCI' 

Th i~ convinces me lhat none of yQU ~ive a damn 

about the high uncmplo)'lll('nt fi,ure_ 

M r. I'residenl, mvolement Qf Tatt.llarlley "'J~ 

bad enouVo, btll lhe Ihrur of ulma: lwa,. food 

slampS' M y oh my. I don't believe you had your 

"min ling cap~ Qn Are you trYUlg til' tell the 

workine man that he $hould Sign I contract reo 

gardless Qf the hurt Qr the eood1 Prior Ill' J Qhn 

L. u,,·is,. CQ;l.1 mmers .nd their familje,§ 50Uifeled 

a mi§Crable life, You .nd mCKt o f lhe counlry 

know this. Company $hacks. cinder

Nine Graduate To 

Journeyman 

L. U. 1070, MARQL£TU:. MICII.-In January. 

nme I()(al apprentiClell "'ere c!cval"or:an. 

I'm ""re Brother Pursley ... ilI long '~membcr 

Ih .... Tuc~n IIl p--1Ie had a toothache . -hile her~ 

Inj I Ioc:al UniOn SC(C.etary (no not ou' ~.e· 

tary) kne ... a ckntlSl that "·o.Jld take care of 

" rothe, Pur..lcy.

Dick Steu~r and Frank Dellarabiorlf; co·chaired 

the e"~n l and did a reany greal Job. 

A mL~'s cap .... as a .... arded 10 Joy Eltringham 

in special ceremonies held al Cedar Crest CoIkge. 

Alknto .... n, Pennsylvania. Joy is the daughler 

of M r. and Mn. Robert Ehringham. Bob is tl>e 

vice prc~ident of our local. 

No .... that we hal~ all rectil'ed OUr contract 

raise of Ihe second year of OUI Ihrec-ychr p3Cl. 

if you have any left aflel lhe COlli of living. 

health iMuranee. and I fe .... Olher odds and ends 

eal it UP. see if yoo can mu.le< a buck or t .... o for 

,.as 10 ¥ct to OUI nc:>.t unIon mrtlln,.. 

Eo"uoJ JOS"ICIo,. P.S 

Sbltt Ro~ 

Local Winners 

Rom .... I_al 1207, lad husb .... ka,.. 

*studtnl uppa, t m Put ~burgh, 

Penn

..,use wIll be l Iven on r.bl ~ h I. 1979 Bnd on 

Ma"h I. 1980. An Idd"1()lI11 loul Ilerb\tru~tlt'n,," IIC'er ml» a 

chance '0 lei a "kiter 10 lhe edilor" in their 

local paper. a note 10 Ihelr ronlre:nman e~pr~ 

sinl tllell views. to Itand up Ut "hear;ngs H 

and 

$pout thclr misinfotma.ion. and 10 band together 

to carry signs at cvery advantaJleouJ oppotlunlry. 

W ~ huc all "eM'r.! the '~)'IfI". 'the squeaky 

wh~cl Icts the ,rcllse" Well. I'm afraid 1118, is 

... hal·, harpenrnl wllh the Irne conSltuction busi. 

ncs. "lIhl now. The an.; e~crylhrnL the dooms· 

d~y~t~. and I'm ritht.lo--wnrlr fW"ll'1e ate makIng 

nloOSl of Ihe norse. We ~n n chanlt tha i simply 

by IClting more involved individually. Check 

OUt representative'. VOt;nl record; if he dOtlin't 

"Ole righ,. leI him know thul he was voted in 

and he can be voted out; attend and speak I' 

hUtlnlS Ihat rrul)' rel ..,c 10 your contrnued em. 

ploymenl or unemploymcm (or yelrs 10 come. 

Rl,hl now Loeal 1249's work picture is "cat 

wllh Ihe ?6S K V line ,oinl. bUI Ihere are VOUl'S 

Irying .0 malre it .he lUI one .. lIowed 10 be 

buill. If we don'l coumerllct Ihc etTorl' of Ihese 

people !llhl nnw •• here ;$ always the possibilily 

that .he .... ork picture III the futu re ""ill be ju~t 

as II .... ~, in Ih" 100 rCCfnt pUI . 

I...cl's aU start r"hl now and m.:r.ke a special 

effon 10 lei Ihe reprt'Knlativ~ OU' of lhe srale 

as ,,'CII IS fedc .. 1 IOVtrnmcnl Ihal 11li1S1 on a 

nG-11O"lh policy for our counlry, and eet reprc· 

senlaU'" III Ihat rcp.esenl the ,deab of or13' 

nrzed 13bor \\.-nh the IIlhl people, maybe ..... e 

t3n ,CI "d o f the Sla'e Environmenlal Qualit)' 

Kev!C'w ACI in ill prCKnl fotT!! ~nd 

make fiU •• 

Ihat ... 'e ate ne,'e r burdcned ..... ith a riJlht.te-WOlk 

law. l eI's prot~t our Irvclrhood Wnrk safely; 

Uuy union; riphl ob5'tU~uonl~t~! 

fl,fuHn I I" ,n"'. I'S 

Local Gets Record 

NLRB Aw .. d 

L.U. 1253. AUGUSTA. Mt:'-In one of Ihc 

laracSI settlemenu ID New England. Ih" NLR8 

awarded lO

into place in front of OUt Salisbury shop. Some 

p ic t u r~ should be available by ~XI month. 

Local 1307. again this ytar, will be in joint 

partici pation with Local 24 al lhe annual Union 

Label Show held in Salisbury on April 29. 1978. 

We art also pl.oning 10 hold. Shop SICward 

Tr:ainin; Seminar sometime in the first part of 

M ~y. This hll$ pro''tn 10 be helpful to our 

slc ...·ards in the pasl. 

Our "High VoltaIC' Dill" in the Maryland 

General Assembly has ~d lhe llouse of 

Delegates Ind is on lIS '",y to the Senile. 

UnforlunllCly il has been cut up Ind walered 

do",n to ~ point ...·hone it darYl'1 ICC1)fTIpli!.h 

.... hal .... e ",ere afler We hive klr~d • Jot by 

-. 

this experience Ind are bopeJul ~ can eel mote 

nut yelr. You can believe we will keep try;n, 

until ""'t cln ICI somelhin, beller tbn ""e hue 

AI our upl .. membership meetin, in March 

we iC("epted three new members: Elias Clrmine:. 

Jr" Palricia Karp3vagc. and Kevan Gaines. 

Vntil nelll time: Be union. buy union 

E. D S.ARKS. JR. P S 

100 Percent Medical 

Coverage for Members 

L V. 1367. CIIICA GO. II . I~- With m"c" e", 

thusiasm. we all welcome summer. which officially 

ber:ins on June 21. On Sunday. June 18. 

fathers. crnnd(llhers. and favorite uncles au 

honored on Falhers Day. Wishinl • special 

hap!>y Fatheu D1Y 10 all. 

News from the Executive Board : On March 

22. Brother Carl Peterson. c"airman. announced 

the acceptnnce of Brother Rich~rd Rub'\5. 3$ a 

new member of the E~ecutive Board of l.oc:1l 

1367, rcprestntinc C"iC3go South, overhead. 

The company and MBA teprescnlltives came 

to an agreement in March for a 100 perccnl 

medical cover1llC' plan for hospilalinlion and 

acddent only for the ~mergenC)' room with no 

deductible. Thi. i5 really a long-awaited plan. 

and Our sincere conllratllhtions and :"anu 10 

the comrany and MBA tepre

Membership Ratifies 

New Contract 

L U. IlU. K"' .TI'10IU~ . Mil. COnl.acl n ~IIi

impro'ement in our .est period pro"ision, which 

1$ a carry o.·er from last year·, con03CI. 

/iIOfher5 SIeve T ra~ler and Gary llak ~nson are 

back 10 work aft er being off on illness, Brothers 

Walter Scz)'lgiclskie and Robert Noten, have been 

named to fill vacancies on Ihe E~e culive Board. 

I rnlize that il has b«n ~ lone time sinCC' 

articles concelOing our local ha'e appeared in 

Ihe ) ou",ol. !>O I am goinll 10 Ify and continue 

them at least on 3 bi,momhly basis. I .. ill try and 

keep YOll informed on such thini.~ a~ prnmOlion, 

accidents, dealhs, li nd other happtninss within 

the local If anyone has anything they "ould 

like PUI into the ) ou"",1 please contact me. Due 

10 publishing dates, articles apPl'3r a monlh aftN 

they 3re "·rillen. B)' tht' li~ you read th .. 

~umme, .. ill be hC"e so have a nicC' vacation 

PAUtO; M('CRAD>, PS. 

Retiree Walsh Feted 

At Stag Party 

I_l'. 1.460. JOI lET, II I _~hmc. \\ :l1'h. a charter 

member. has rClircd fmm the Jollct O,uhead 

Deparlment. Ill' wJ< a crew kader A

position, both in money and benefits, thM we 

are now, Keep up the good work," Fraternally 

yourS, (signed) Glenn E. Brocrsma. 

We recently had a m~eting in Clifton, New 

J ersey, for OUr members in AmTote Systems in 

regards to their contract ne~otiadnns. The members 

in attendance were: Manny Pappas. J eff 

lang, Robert Bmle. Tony Liguori, Chester 

Klut\.:owslr:i, James Klutkowski. Don Duggan. 

Robbie Wright. Fred Mittel. Larry Murray 

(AmTme Co.). Ronald Dowd. Eugene Morozov, 

John Kurowski, Randy Rieder. Pete Yasus, O . G . 

Mummert. John P. Skalocky. James E. Schwi7.er. 

G ena Gennarclli. B. J. Maier. Rich~rd lIunl. 

Edward J. Soulhard. Sr., Thomas J. Rohatsch, 

John Aita, Mauhcw J. Martinez. Jim MarkicwiC7, 

R. W. Lu cngene and D ian F. Guthrie. 

DtON F. GUTlftE. 11.1\1. I'Rt ~ 

Scribe Gives Example 

For Pride in Union 

I .. U. 1505. WALTIIAM. I\IA5S.- Thi' writer ha. 

oflen been struck by the ca~ua!. even naive way 

in which most members of labor unions accept 

the exislence of those I'nions. Relatively few 

appear to possess a reasonable understanding of 

the drama and trauma of labor hislory. Perhaps 

if Ihe ordeals of Ihe early union or~anizcr

Members 

I 

something I st,ll find difficult to deseri~ . To 

me also the "S" in JBEW ,s somethinll very, 

very special and Local 1739 in particular. 

H en~ my in.'oh'ement in VHiou$ capaeities 

since then, I admit I do not aJwa)"J see eye to 

eye with my Brothers on VI.IOUS eommilters. 

)lo.... ever, rather tha n ...... orkin& ofr' ~ rommitlmem 

I find it has &rown. I've found myself 

working with proud deernl men ... ho §lInd up 

for lheir convicllom. I respeet them and work,n& 

""ilh Ihem is indeed '" plnsu... IS "'-ell IS • 

ehallenge. 

BILt. C .... SON. p..s 

Mourned 

for sla nd inll behind him. and givins him the 

nceded help and confidence. He ,150 wants to 

Ihank I II Ihe locals which supported lots. lie 

would pUl$ue .... isdom in order to IAveStigate 

fJCls. and princip'es of reality and of human 

nllure and eonduct. This borden alon& the line 

of philosophy. 

Harry was a good member of ou, Local I R4~ 

and worked at this plant 2S yean. II,s make.up 

was that of a friendly per50n wilh a smile for 

evcryone, His pr~ n~ ClnnOI be matched and 

his absence ...·ilI be relt for iIOnle lime. 

Sincere condolences Ire extended to h,s fam,ly 

and friendi.. especially those of the !tree" lAg 

Inspee.ion Department 410_ 

Brolher Albert A. Burger reI ired Fcbruary I. 

1918. He W3S • member of our main,enance ercw 

OcPI_ 882. 

The membe~'p ",i~ht-s much .. n;o)mcnt dUfln, 

his yea~ of .et".. d hfe 

~baY L CAYTON. p..s 

Nomination and Election 

Of Officers in the News 

L.U. 19.57, EAST BtITU : M. PA.- Local ]\151. 

Mlgne~, Ine., Easl Butier. Pennsylvan, ... hIS 

rome to (he end of anOlhe. thr~e ye~rs. fOr 

it5 officrrs. 

We .... ish to eAtend OUr thark~ for a JOb weI! 

done to all Ihe OU!goinl officers. The membership 

knows they "'enl Ih'OU8h a very difficult and 

trying time the past thre~ years. espe"ally dUf,na 

Ou r negotialions. wh ich involved a Ihree month 

strike. 1I0we"er Ihey did manage to come up w,th 

a contract that satisfied the majority of Ihe memo 

bers. In order 10 do that they had to re(Ufn tn 

Ihe bargain'ng lable three different time,. 

Bob Polinsky our past pf~ident also wanlS to 

5end his Ihanks to aU Ihc officen and membership 

l.o

lour new a pprenl i~e5 have bRn aeupled InIO 

Tool and O~ "i3l.'in, (2) and "Ia~hll1e Mepa" 

Machinlsi (2) apprenlicnh'j"K. O a~e Ua ker and 

Pat Iladley. formerly of the screw machll1e de· 

paflment. ha.·e be,un 8.000·hour apprenlic~hlps 

In the Tool Makin, lkpanmenl Thne m.:n 

h ••·e already become qUlle popular wnh theIr 

Brolbers Ind h3~e demo~traled a kttn dtilre 

10 karn. 

The olher 1"0 aprrenllC~hlpS In lilt MachIne' 

Repair Shop hl~e bttn IV.alded 10 Tom Mel lly 

(from SClew machIne) and Terry OtShl1lC' (from 

boiler hou,",,) Con".Iulallons 10 III 11M.- IIC'W 

app.entlces, and muc:h ~UCCf''' In Ihe" fUlu.e 

endeavors 

M lCtlAEL W S[ ...... NI. p.s 

New Scribe Requests News 

Items from Members 

LU. 111.5. SANTA ANA . CAl" -A nOIlCC to 

all memben: Len .nlly become u pnn of QUI 

IB£W JrHlmul! All you hllVe 10 do i, $end your 

news items 10 Lynn MontuYll. 26 10 Uu ylor Ci.tle. 

Aparlmenl 102, Annhcinl. Culifomi" 92801. 

Try to have your ilelll~ 10 her by Ihe Wlh of 

each month 10 make Ihe followlIllI Jc"cQ llll month's 

issue. 

Thank you fm yOllr CO\>pC,ulioll ill Illi~ m~lIer. 

LVNN MONTOYA. P.S. 

CommiHee Members 

Review Benefits 

L.U. 21P, SUK E\ ' EPOMT, I A, On Malch 8. 

1918, ela~ were Ileld fo. tile !kndit Com· 

mitttt o f Local21U Tilt II commIttee member

tried to clear the b~by'5 throat and turned him 

upside down but thil didn't work, lie then plied 

opcn the child's moulh ~n d held hi! tongue out 

enablina the baby to brcalhe alain, Cood "'ork, 

Jolmt 

Martin F it/ll~lflCk, bu~iflC'I.§ Dgent, attended 

a general CO!'E Confercnce in Iloslon on 

March 22 &nator Mcintyre, Dcnlocral from 

New lIampshire ".I~ Ihe mlun spcaLcr. AU dele· 

Ilat~ had the oppoflumty 10 'JlCaL ... nh the 

Senator afln the Ilfe~nu"lIon. 

Buslncss ManDie. Thoma, Cnanaugli attended 

thc r~eculI'e CouncIl mcelln& of Ihe ,,"ew 

Hamp§hIJe St~tc I..bor CouncIl, AFL·CIO hcld 

In Manche'tcr on MD.cli 21. Amonll items di!.· 

cus§ed was thc imrcndlng rilht to· .. o.L lellislauon 

for .... Iiich New IbmpC thaI .illht. 

In c1~mg, our tkepcst s)ml'alhlCS arc e~' 

tende"! to the famIly o f deceJ§ed Brother StJnlcy 

Wright of Somer\"onh, Nc ... lIamP!ihire 

Until next ntonth 

Ot t~E M LuoNn, I'S 

United Way 

S8i _ \I....", M L~" IJll, M ldlltrf_. M ....... 

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Local Is Proud Of 

Un ited Way Drive 

I_. U, 2J21, ,\111)1)1 fTON. MASS. 11 ha' been 

some lime ~lnce we h3\·e contributed an ."iele 

10 Ihe ' HF.W JQI!fIl(l/, toO let', act reacquainted 

Our offlCer~ are bu~me~s manager. John Nicolini, 

and l55il13nl busin~ mDnager~, Patrkio Hl inn, 

hd Clement, and Tom Con ... ay. They repre§eRi 

O'·er 1,900 emplo)·cu of New En,lond Telephone 

Company m 54 ... orl. locations in nonhca~t 

MO\\ilehu\CUs. 

We a.e not d''iSIOn,ID' to Olhe, loca! unions in 

Ih~1 ..·c 100 taLc l.ul p.ide In our United Way 

Drile and the II'ncrosity of Qur members, Our 

stew3rd~ Dfll to be cQmmended fo. Iheir etrorts 

in wlieitin, I'ledll's_ Wc're pleased to repOll thaI 

Lool 2321's 10131 conuibution by It~ melllbe.s 

nearly ~urpa~~d S",OOO 

Keeently "e had I ~ QPpOrlUnuy to ~ fo, 

QUn.c"C'I Ihal the Un,ted Way is Inti«d worklns. 

You probably rend or Iic3Id about tlie dnastat. 

ing soo ....)to.m .. hich hll us on f ebruary 6 and 

7. Co'-unor DukaLI$ decla.ed Qur commonlties 

in 3 itll-Ie 'If cmer,cncy, In a 'cry ~hort t"nc, the 

Americ,.n Ked Cross . .. hich is a United \\ oy 

Agency, "ent into aClion ~nd "rovlded new 

clothe, ~nd other ~~,i,t"nce 

1 3" yeRr !done we hod O~e, 200 members call 

the L1nlOn onice III need of ;I,tlcrent serVIces prO' 

vldcd by Ihe Unilcd Way, We referred the m to 

the labor re ,JreS(: nt UIJvu !II Unhed Way, John 

M Ll lIcn Dnd !'ro nk Pdoli, They in tu rn channe led 

oor membe rs to the proper age ncy. Each call .... as 

followed up nnd Ihe rc~ ul l! were gratifyi ng, 

MAH Y BUl!;1 l ON, Ex. Il l), 

Union Goes to AAA 

With Two Problems 

I.,l '. 2J16, MO' n't'UFU, VT.- l 11ere "·ere 

two m~ior ;li/rercnees Ihal Ihe Union and the 

Company "erc nut uhle to resolve: at the dis. 

eus\ion fl

aet it done. Remember that. union is made up 

of people like you and me and it is only as 

ftroni ., we want it to be. See you at the ne~ t 

union meeling. 

D AV ID FORBUS, I'.S. 

Company and Union 

Relations at a Peak 

L.U. lll " AL8t:MAIU. E, N,C,-Loc:QI I're.i(!ent 

Tom Keener commenled " Relations with the 

company and lhe union are the be,l in a long 

ti me. Grievances are at a minimum. No one b 

havinll any great p roblem. it just looks good." 

Th~ is a considerable ch.n~e from November 

when fe-elillg!! betwttn Federal Pacific Eltttnc 

and Local 2n, were at a very disturb'!li low 

and ,rio!vances were very hilh and friclion between 

Ihe company and union members was very 

heated. We are plCIlKd to ha"" it nlm anti 

peattful 'pin. 

Our thanks to Mr. IIan$ Mas.scy, D'SI"CI 

Representative, for his help Rnd support thrDullh 

some of our mo re difficul t dan. He was always 

there when ""e needed him during our COlltrp,1 

!IC,otiatiom. J USI lasl week. he look time off 

from his bosy schedule to tome dowlI for a 

JPCCial meeting of all union steward5 for a 

learning session. 

M r. MII55eY has really been a bl,. htlp and ..-e 

wish to thank him for his help. 

Our thanks go to Mr. MannlC Cubbage fOJ hi~ 

hel p during the absence of our president. T,nt 

Keener. I Ie was a great help Plld BS.'Ct 10 our 

local. 

JAI"HIT EP II D, P.S. 

Presid ent Attends COPE 

And Manufacturing Meetings 

I .. U, 1]71, IWSt:VII.U :, CAI_-I'residenl fuler 

recently attended the rellular Elec trical Manufadu"nM 

Cou ncil 111 ~ting from April 10-13. 

On April IS. he attended the m EW's COPE 

Conference held ill San Fruncisco at the Sheraton 

Hotel. COPE has endorsed J~rry Il ro wII as the 

Governor for allother term of office. 

A motion to chall~ Article VI of the bylaW'< 

(which deals with salaries) was suhmiued at the 

April ~ling of the membel'"$hlp. This new b)'lhw 

would .:ompeMate the olflOerl. board members. 

nnd shop stewards for union ,",Ott done on the .. 

own time. Currently 110 salariM; are paid UeeJlI 

whe n there is lost time from wort. whereupon 

thoe officer. steward. etc., receives his s1andard 

hourly rate for the lime 10S1. 

In May we will have nominations for pre~i · 

dellt, vice president, trea.,uru, recording secre· 

tary, financial secretary, E~eaItive Board members, 

and a de legate to Ihe 31st Imernatlonal 

Convention of ID EW. In June we " 'ilI vote fOi 

these offices Ind dclcllate~ 

AI our MMC (Material Management Center) 

1M word "safety" is URd quite frequently lDlely 

ThiJ yur the goal is "no lost·time injuries." Th it 

is well worth Mriving for. l>On't le t a light 

sc hedule or a pushy supervisor compel you to 

usc ullsl1fc shortculs. 11' .. /like l,lOllglt .·htWCCJ 

JUS t drivinll to ,",ork, so lcf~ do our jobs safety. 

RooE. [1I... Jss. P.S. 

Members Attend Picnic: 

Election Held 

NOR111 I-' LOIW)A CIIAI'Tt:R LO CAL .), RE· 

TIRI-; I-:S ASSOC IATION-Our members aUended 

a pIcnic sponsored by the 1oc II I branch of the 

Af L-CIO of Wesl 1':11", Ucuth. It was held II 

the picnic IIrQund. of Locul 323. The wcatller 

was deUlhtful. Ihe barbeque of ehitken and IIbs 

Qf bttf wU delicious. 

Candidate for Governor, 8 0b S h e~in. perKInally 

Ilrttted ~veryone a< he lIenerou~ly d .. hed out the 

62 I tliEW Journot 

cole tlaw. We all had • m05t enjoyable day 

meetinl people from the IIJI'W local DS well u 

Ihe people who sponwrcd thc pIcnic. 

We had our elcctio n and all incumbents were 

elected for another year. Our IIIst~ltntton of 

officers will take place Bt Ihe Boca Teeca Inn, 

floca RBton, where m luncheon wilt be scHed. 

We continue to write 10 our scnators, the reo 

SPOIlSC5 arc nebulous about Inbor and al thIS 

wrilinl a commltlte is beinl formed to "isit 

the local offices of the senators, IIIcludinll a mem· 

ber from the local 01f1Cef3 from the AFL--CIO. 

Ilop",g will nOI help to pan the Labor Reform 

l.aw. lelling off ~QLlr bUll Bnd writinl tellers will. 

Father-Son 

])AVIn B LANC. [1 .5. 

Silo ... an C .... rtle McL .... _I ....... lois liO. Elmcr, 

TIle ptaoto "lOS ... bmltt .... h' th t R Hlr~H Club 01 

Loul 'I. Ihlll".lo, N.V. 

53 Members Attend 

Retirees Commemorate 

Mt,'-.REES C'.UB Ot-' I..U. 41 , 8 UH ' AI.O, 

N.Y.-Due 10 bad weather in January, we were 

forced to cancel our metllnl. However, "e held 

our February meetinl and had 53 members in 

attendunce. For the fir~t time, "'c ran OUI of 

food, but were able to leI more. Let's keep up 

tile 80ud turnout al all meetings. After all. thu t hi 

what the club is for. to let aU members in~o l ved. 

We held 0111 Match meetinll on the 14th. Ihd 

a turllout of 43 members, plus one new member. 

We WQuld lite 10 see new pensIoners JOIII. Any 

!DEW pensioners who are in thIS area neetl only 

show they are on pemion fr()ffl Ihe IBEW. and " 'e 

will wel.:on1C them into our club. 

We held OUr nut meeting 011 Apli] II. 1978. 

and hod good ,"endan~e. T wo visitors a1:so attended 

from Local 237, Joe Sedila and from 

Local 41. Ed Wal l. 

We held 1I0minatioll$ for officers "nd Ihere 

was no opposition to the line of oflicefll. lIow. 

ever, there 3re nine mcmbers running for the 

E~ecutive 8oard. Eie

II\II'JIEIVIDRIJ:lM 

Prayer for Our Deceased Members 

Our Fflther, who (Ir/ ill lIetlVell, grant thai those melll/Jers whose names (lfC fistrt/ below alld who J'f}l'1I1 

their lives honorably fwd humbly on ,his Emili /IIay find peace ami el emaf happillc,rs with YOII , Gram com 

/orl ami a;l/ to those Ihey left behind atlll wlro 1II0lirn their (learly departed Brothers (lIId Sisters, mothers, 

Imllers, ami ehildrell, 

Grall/ that we wllo remain here all Eor,h may five 9 11( fives according /0 yOllr commQlulmcms. so ,hal Olle 

day we, too, may be lilli/eli with them alld wilh yOIl . A men. 

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SI-lO~T cl~cLlITS 

The Mecha nic 

There was one gentlcman. n mechanic 

";IS he. 

With a comp:mionalc style, :lnyonc 

could sec, 

T hai his gifl of giving came straight 

from hi~ hearl 

Although cars he repaired sometimes 

would not ~Iarl. 

He wa~ shon in staHlTe but tall in 

charm: 

H ad not one vice :lnd nC\'N thought 

to h:arm 

Any living thi ng nlong with life itself. 

Happiness 10 him lVa~ hcnlth, not 

wcallh. 

Well loved hy h i~ fumiry, h i~ wi fe he 

called Fluff. 

And three children to each he would 

shower morc than enough 

Wit h gifr~ purchascd from hi~ favorite 

store. 

Many hours he would ~pcnd here to 

ex plore 

And fi nally chomc Ihc right Iype of 

present; 

For Ihi~ was his hohhy and it kept 

him plcn'>:!nl. 

He loved hOl:i ng and foot hall yet all 

sports were his scene; 

The family pooch. I addie. and 

sp:lghell i were keen 

In h i~ eyes. hUI hi~ f::vorile now i~ :In 

addilion: 

H i~ first gmndchild, :l hrui~ed named 

b son. 

Slill h i~ fi rsl love W:l~ Ihal of hi~ car: 

Repairing those of his friend~some 

from :lfar. 

U~ed and abmed. ~ome friend\ would 

begui le; 

Yet in relurn he a~ked for nothing 

more Ihan a ~mile . 

His name is hd. and it fil~ him well: 

A Ja cl..·of·all · trade~ he is. ,-ou can 

lell 

By his hard working hand~ hut nOI by 

his face. 

For his age is well hidden because 

o f hi~ grace. 

He may he a mechanic but 10 me he is 

more 

Because he live~ closcr Ihan Ihe boy 

ne11 door. 

T he reason for I h i~ make~ me r:llher 

glad. 

You sec. this meeh:mie happens 10 be 

my Dad. 

J udy Olnorf,lo 

Daullhter 01 J.ek Olno.frlo 

Loe. 1 1497. Wuth. rly, P •. 

My Father 

It's 100" he climhs down from his 

truck. 

looks tired and worried, down on 

his luck. 

Scrapes mild from his boolS, climbs 

into his e:lr 

For hi~ journey home, 300 miles 

100 far. 

Praying Ihere will be work for Ihe next 

IWO or three day~. 

To be able 10 draw :lnolher week's 

pay. 

He's got bil1~ piling up :lIld :l fami ly to 

feed, 

T hinking of them he increa\e~ his 

speed. 

He has to work hard in the mud and 

the clay. 

Never cnding. day :lfler d:lY, 

This m:ln's gOI somelhing Ihe riche~ t 

man couldn't huy, 

Irs there with him alwa~'s, deep 

down inside. 

Sl udy his face among wrink1c~ and dirl 

Not quite vi~ihle. hut a ~malt tnlce, 

Irs love for hi~ family down in hi~ 

heart. 

Somelhing 10 hold onlO, when 

evcrything cl~e fal1~ apart. 

Ir ll he Ihere until Ihe day he die~, 

Through all Ihe hard~hir~ and Ihe 

hlackest of ~kie~. 

T his man. he'), my falher, I'm proud 

to say. 

wouldn'tlrade him for Ihe world, 

no price Ihe r ie h c~t mall could 

pay. 

P .me l ~ s t .. n s 

O.uJllh ler of Le roy Jon .. 

Loeal 317. Hunllnllt on, W. Va. 

Our Dad 

It ~tartcd in the ye:lr of 1945, 

When our great dad wa~ ~Iill alh·e. 

He climhed hi~ first pole 

Somewhere in the vicinity of 

Maedoa!' 

Although he I..new the great ri~k, 

f-Ie continued climhing IIntil he wa~ 

put 10 rCSI. 

Although he wa~:I gre:lt lineman ns 

we all know, 

He always came home to 1I~ to hold. 

For we should know' he~1. 

~I ay God let {'IlIr F:llher 

Have :I very pe:u:cful rc~1. 

Tina Sullivan 

Jan Dolua l 

Da ushter and 10" 01 J ohn B. Dol u al 

(Decened) 

Loeal 659. "". dlord. 0 ... 

An Expression 

I wish J could cxpres~ 10 my children 

How much their daddy means to me. 

How his laughter reaches within my 

heart 

And sets my spirit free! 

Of all his thoughtful ge~tures, 

Coming S

a 

summer 

A summer spent swimming o r boating 

can be a great joy for all the members 

o f a family, that is if so und safety 

practices are always kept in mind and 

practiced. Parents should have their 

chi ldren learn how to swim. Check the 

Red Cro ss, the YM CA, Boys and Girls 

Clu bs, the Scouting movement, etc. for 

organized swimming classes. It could 

save the ir lives. Make certain that your 

children, if th ey are around pie rs, o n 

docks, on boa ts, or near olher bodies of 

WOl le r, are wearing U. S. Coast Guard 

approved life vests. Have a safe summer 

this year and every year. 

AN IBEW SAFETY REMINDER FOR OUR MEMBERS

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