1972-06 June IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

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Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada

EXEC UTIVE OFFICE RS 

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VICE PRESIDENTS 

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editotial cOlnlnent 

• With the notion's two mojor politicol parties havi ng 

conventions in the next two months all the top headlines in the 

newspapers will be geared to covering the candidates campaigns 

and their efforts to win the votes of the people. Foremost in 

our minds, as members of organized lobor, should be the 

importance of the vote, specifically your vote and every other 

labor vote. 

When attention is co iled to the necessity of hoving union men 

and women at the poll s on e lec tion day voting for friends of 

the working people, it is indeed a most serious plea. 

A look bock over the record tells us whot happens when a 

mojority of our citizens do not vote. Reactionary coalitions somehow 

get their people out and easily defeot good solid liberal candidates 

and when this happens organized labor is usually the loser. 

If there is a light vote thi s coming election, it will be a set-back 

for liberal forces, and this really hurts labor. ¥Ie don't think 

it will happen in 1972. We believe our people have been alerted 

and that they know what is going on and what the issues are. 

They will be registered to vote, and they will turn out the vote 

when the time comes. It is the obligation and responsibility of 

everyone who is e ligible to vote for the protectors of the laws and 

principles which we believe to be right, to choose persons to keep 

our nation a free nation. 

The electorate should be comprised of all the people and not 

just a few who select men and women to govern our whole lives. 

Every time citizens default on their vote, the end result is that 

the wrong politicians get elected and all the good legisl ation is 

laid aside and then labor's fight for social and economic gains 

becomes most difficult. 

The trade union movement has been called on before to show 

its strength and unity when the chips are down. There is no reason 

not to be lieve that through united efforts the majority of trade 

unionists will get out the vote in Nove mber. I urge all tBEW 

members to resist vigorously any attempts to toke away from us 

any of the gains we hove fought for so hard down through the 

years. We must be ever alert and constantly vigilant as to what 

is going on in the political field and work for the continuation of 

electing our friends and defeating our enemies. This is done at 

the polls on election doy, and I would hope that organized lobar 

is going to be proud of its record when that day comes.

IBEW Local 453 Wins Lily-Cup Election 

• AI a Nnlional Lahor R dalion~ 

Board election conducted on \ I:lrch 

16th. Ih..: ..:mph»)'cc.. of the Lil} 

Tulip Cup Corporation. I)i\i.,ion llf 

Owcn

IBEW Construction ConfE 

• Organizing. trade union ..:duea· 

tion. and beller training programs 

w..:r..: h..:a\'ily crnpha,izo.:!d in Ih..: re· 

marks of Into.:!rnnltOlwl J)rl!\ident 

('hnrle, II. Pillard to 475 ddegal":, 

attending Ihe 1972 I uEW CI)I1- 

\(ruction ConfCrClll:C hdu III Wa\h· 

inglun. D. C'. on April 151h. I nh.:r· 

national Sec rdary JlN:ph D. Kee· 

nnn. in a stirring mc\\agc, strc"cd 

the importance of elccting the 

pro\cn friend., of o rgani/cd labor. 

,tnd gelling members of Ihe Brotherhood 

;tnt! their ramilie!; 10 regi\ter 

and vale. 

I he conference was e;llle(j 10 order 

by Director J. M. "Kim" Parker, 

and BrOlher Thomas B. Noone, 

Business Manager. Local Union 26. 

W:lshington, D.C., \\clcorned thc 

dclcgalc~ 10 our "mion's capital. The 

ddcgillc .. \100

ence in Wasnington, D.C. 

still exist and ,;rid they 111(1)1 Ix corrected 

011 both Ihe roc:l1 and Intefnational 

leveh in order for Ihe 

IBFW 10 n,'main ;1 uniun power in 

the wn"truction indu\lry in [he 

United SI.lles. 

Strongly ~Irc"mg: the jlllrlledj,ll..: 

nc.:d for organi/ing the 'Iualrfi..::d 

clcClrkial1~ Ihal arc Ill!! organi/cu. 

I'rc,>idcnl rillard mad ... 1\ \\!r) ,-kar 

thai if the nrg.uli/ing \\;1' not done 

by the local un ion .... Ihe \ kc Prc\idcnt~ 

and Ink'rtlational \)rgani/ing 

,[at!":. wuuld CIlil1e inhr the jllri ... diclion 

a! arc:,\ and organi/!.' the unurgalli/eli 

dcctrical .... orkc(\. " It j" 

ridiculou\ fm I UF\\ Illl'lI1hcf'l h) 

sec k Cll1plo)1ll1.!1l1 :,\\ :I} fmlll tHIIllC 

\\!wn \u much COIl ... lrlU;liull \\01'1.. of 

all '}PCS i:. beio!! dlln~' b) !lun-union 

d ..:clril"ritrl\ 111 the 1\)(";11 union\ juri\ 

diction,"" Pre\iJcnt Pill OI rd ~ai J , and 

he :11'0 l'lIlpha,i/ed Ihe need for illlprodn!,! 

Ihe job rl'lallul1\ "ith our 

~'Illplo)cr\, ~lUrril\r untili' juh~. \\il" 

cat 'tri~c~" and IInne~c"ary juri,dictiunal 

di'pUIC' which I11ml be curbed 

if IBeW m('mher~ mc to hu\c the 

~ecurit} o(\\orl.. 0pp0rlUnilie\. I)r ....\; 

dent Pilla rd ga\\.' Ihc uckg;!!e, a 

rundlmn on [he Con\[rucli{lJ1 Indu\ 

II") Stabili/a[ion COll1mittee and Ihe 

func[ioJ1~ 

of the else: "ho the 

prc~ent exi,ting t:(lnf u ~i\lI1' 

thaI keep 

tIll' 1':1) Boaru from ruling fairly for 

the \\orker. of Ihi, country. 

Pre,iuent PillanJ '1)O ~ e about Ihe 

nccu for aOirmati\c atliun in sakI)" 

l"dutation of Ill'" rn('ml.x·r~ in ba,ic 

Irauc unionism. and re-educating the 

older mCll1ber~ in order to keep Ihe 

unit) and \lfCtlglh the Brotherhoud 

mm jXl"C"l"'. Pre,idl'nl Pilla rd COtlcludl'd 

hi, tal~ h) l'\.p rc, .. ing confidem: 

.... in the comtruetion branch 

0111

Far left: Director J. M. "Kim" Parker 

chaired the conference and reported on 

the activities of the jurisdict ions' 

committees. 

Left: Busmess Manager Thomas B. 

Noone. Local 26, Washington. D. C. 

warmly welcomed the delegates to the 

Natlon's capitaL 

protected lind add itional restrictive 

labor legislations must be defeated 

and in order to do so. friends of 

org;lIlized labor must be elected to 

Congress. 

In the afternoon session Brother 

Parker and the other directors on 

the 1.0. staff reported on the activitics 

and operations of the departments 

al the 1.0. headquarters building 

in W:lshington. 

On Sunday morning several hundred 

of the delegates \ isited the new 

I13 EW headquarters and were able 

to see the beautiful interior of the 

onices \~ here the work of servicing 

the local unions b now being done 

mueh more efficiently b ... cause of the 

new equipment and space. Brother 

"Kim" I'arker and his "'osistants 

prepared a \\etl-b:llanccd and infOrmati\ 

c agenda, and the delegates 

as a whole cxpre!>scd satisfaction 

\\ ith the confer ... nce. 

The delegates gave President Pillard a tremendous ovation as he approached the podium to speak on important matters 

pertammg t o the IBEW. 

The agenda was well prepared and surveys and instructive pamphlets were in the delegates' kits. These delegates are shown 

studying some of the inlormational materials. 

• 

IUW Jou.nol

These shols of Ihe delegales show Ihe concern and 

atlentiveness and the serious interest that were taken 

in Ihe conference. Third pholo down, on Ihe righl .... 

shows Sixth District Vice President T. E. Malone, ~/~.:$ \ 

second from right, with delegates from his district. 

Over·all, Ihe conference was Ihe best held and 

attendance very good. 

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• Five hundred ninctY·lhrlo!c 

I BEW member" were delegates to 

the 14th Annual Regional tililY 

Conference' hdd lor the ~cond, 

Fourth. Scvemh :lnd Ninth Dj,lricis 

in H ou~ton, Texas. February 161h 

IlSlh; for the Fifth. Eighth. J lIil :tnd 

12th Districb in Kansa!. City. \lissouri. 

Fcbruar) 23rd-25th: and for 

the Third and Sixth District.!. in St. 

I)aul. f!. linncsible deficit of 40-billion 

,11 the end of 1971 . On Ihe legi ... lalive 

front, few bills were passed to 

~nefit the working people during 

197 1 and the impact of Presidential 

appoinlrnenh to the NLR B and the 

court!> h:l\'C had a detrimental cffcct 

on the lrade labor lTlo\'('menl. Turn 

IIlg to the application of wage-price 

controls, Director Rapanoni slated 

that labor ... upportcd economic 1>1:1- 

bllization legi~lation bUI Ihal labor's 

biggest quarrel j .. with the inequities 

under the program where there arc 

no controls on profits, dividends, inlerest, 

stoek options. etc. Under the 

Economic Stabilization Act, labor

Leading off the conference at Kansas City, 

Missouri, are (left to right) Director 01 

Utllity Operations Richard R. Rapattoni; 

Robert K. Garrity, International Vice Presl· 

dent. EleYenth District; Ralph A. Lelgon, 

IEC member, Seventh District: Harry Bexley, 

IEC member, Fourth District: and 

Thomas H. Pursley, IEC member, SiKth 

District. 

ha\ la~en Ihe brunt of contrnh thu\ 

far. 

In the arca of safety. he rcpollcd 

on Ihe !:olep~ la!..cn in the pa'l )car 

to ~trenglhen the application of th,,: 

Oc~.'upational Safety and He .. lth Act 

(OSHA). Director Rapattoni .. ef\ed 

on the subcommittec o n Subpart V, 

PO\~er Tr;ulsl1li!:osion and Dislribu· 

tlOIl. thc rcport of which \~ ill b.: 

publi~hed .. hortly. H ~' cmphasized 

Ihal ;my rcal bcnefit .. llcriled from 

OS HA will depend on Ihc etroT! Ihe 

local unions place on the impurtance 

of ilclive S,tkly \ommillee

MINNESOTA 

Director of UtlHty Operations, Richard R. Rapattoni, shown at the opening of the 

Utility Conference at St. PaUl, Minnesota, attended by delegates from the Third 

and Sixth Districts. On the right is International President Charles H. Pillard, who 

addressed the delegates. On the left IS International Representative Vincent A. 

O'Reilly, Utility Operations Department, International Office. 

the new con"lruclion cxpcnditur.: by 

all U.S. indu,try. 

He wenl on to say that all this 

service and con~ t r U Clion has il~ 

price lag. In Ihe fir!.! nine months 

of 1971. 75 investor-owned utilities 

received rate increases tOlaling $593- 

million. The lolal Cosl of cO:II for 

utilities in 197 1 \\:IS -',78-bill ion, 

a 2lot l:ler cenl incrc:ISc over 1970. 

T he indu!>lr)' paid only S2.94-bilJion 

for wages and salariclo. 

As \0 the public power and fur;] 1 

electrification arca, Di rec tor Rapatloni 

stated Ilw l Ihh. same type of cxpiJllsion 

is taki ng plnec. T he REAs 

,l ll licip:IIC a 33 per cent growth in 

their locn'icc areas in the IIcxt five 

years. 

I n the arca of the merging of 

local union'>, Directo r Ra pattoni reported 

on the progress made by a 

number of System Councils and 

local unions. Small, uneconomical. 

and incffl'cti\'c local union .. :lr.: an 

expense the members just carlnot 

.. rrord, he s;.id. 

He al

I. On the platform at the St. Paul 

Conference are (left to right) Jack F. 

Moore, Fifth District International E)lee' 

utlve Council member; Harry J. WII· 

Iiams, Third District IEC member; 

George P. Patterson, Eighth District IEC 

member; International Representative 

Vinr.p.nt A O'Reilly: Director of Utility 

Operations Richard R. Rapattoni; and 

(at the podium) Thomas E. Malone, In· 

ternatlonal Vice President, Sixth D,S' 

trict. 

2. Robert S,entz (left), Chairman. Sys· 

tern Council U·18, IS greeted by In· 

ternatlonal Representatives Avery T. 

Neseth (center) and Paul R. Shoop 

(right). both frOIll Utility Operations, 

International Office. 

3, Applaudmg at the St. Paul Confer· 

ence are (left to fight) James T. lock· 

WOOd. PrOfiident of Local 1459, EV

TEXAS 

On the head platform at the Houston Conference are ( left to right) H. B. Blankenship. 

International Vice President. Fourth District; Raymond G. Duke. Interna· 

t.onal Vice Pres.dent Seventh D.st rlct: R.chard R. Rapattoni. Director of Utility 

Operations; International Representative Vincent A. O'Rellly; Harry J. Williams, 

International Executive Council member. Third District; Ralph A. Leigon, IEC memo 

ber, Sevent h Dist rict; Thomas H. Pursley, IEC member, Sixth Dist rict; and James 

F. Mulloney, IEC member. Second District. 

price level and Ihal. jf the prcs..:nt 

unfair silUalion cOIlIinu

Norfolk Shipyard 

Employees Hold 

Protest Rally 

Above: AddresslnS a rally of federal employees of the Norfolk Naval 

Sh,pyard I' Stephe.) Wlnt~head, President. IBEW local 7J4. Norfolk, 

Va. At the left. IS John Grmer. PresIdent, AmerIcan Federation 01 

Government Employees; on the (ISht. HuSh Bunch, President. Tide' 

water VIrSmla Metal Tl ades Council. 

Above rish!: Geolse J. Knaly, Director of Government Operations. 

IBEW International Office. and ChaIrman. Government Employees 

Council, directs hIS remarks 10 the delegates, 

IBEW delegates at the rally . 

• Murc l]WI] 500 federal CIllploycc~. 

members of AFL-CIO 

uniuns 1I1lilialcd wilh the Tidc\\utcr 

Virginia Federal Emplo)cc Metal 

Trades Council. Ihl! American Fcd 

L'ral ion of Government Fmployccs, 

and the !\mcric:1Il Federatiun of 

Technical Engineers. holding three 

ccrtilicatiom at Ill[' Norfolk ':tval 

Ship)ard. Norfolk, Virginia. held 

a prolest meeting at the Staller Hil 

Ion Iiolc! in W:!shingtull, D.C.. on 

March 91h. 

The purpo"C of the rally was 10 

seck redress of ~ric\ ance" frolll Congrc" 

fl'garding the actions of Ihe 

... hipY;lrd\ director of industrial re 

IUlion1l :md to seck the :lssi.,lancc 

of the n;!tional :lIld intcrn;ltional 

11l1io11'\ "nected by ~arnc. 

'I he I HEW has three unions affil 

iated wilh (he I lde\\;\(er Virginia 

M~(al Trades Council-Local!> -l03 

nnd 734, Norfolk, and Local 2280, 

Jun" 1972 

PorNllOllth, Virginia. Loc:l1 734 

P r~'sidcnt Stcphcn Whitehead clwircd 

Ih~ meeting aml gU\C

p\r\t ot 

Brotherhood 

\n f.\cbon 

Dear Sir & Brother Pillard : 

I wou ld like t o say a t ew words aboul OUT 

Brotherhood. On Dec. 20, 1971 my fami l y and I 

were victims or tire, our home was destr oyed , 

Over the past year, work has been bad in our 

area, and I had been working out of town. I had 

just returned t o ~ area when the fire happened 

Wel l I would like to say what my Ce1low 

brothers havo done (or myself and my famIly. I 

had been working out or Local 8 at Monroe, 

Mich. The brothers on the job were ( r om all 

over the eountry, They took up a collection tor 

us. People we don't Rvan know helped us out. 

Our sialer Local 557 took up collections and 

helped us . 

The members DC my Local 948 came out and 

helped lear the house down and lAve clothes and 

money to us and Christ mas presents to my 

children. 

1 .ould deeply appreciate if you could place 

an article in our Journal about our fine 

brotherhood . We received mail from allover the 

country. 

I .ould like to thank all the brothers, from 

all the locals, if they only knew how it .as 

appreciated, and .hat it meant to ~y family 

and myself , .hen you're down and out, to receive 

like .e did from brothers from allover 

the United States. It tells you 'hat a fine 

organization .e belong to, and .hat fine 

brothers .e have in it. 

Thank you, 

Clarence Paul Young 

Local 948 

Flint , Mich . 

I 

( 

nt Committee 

Joint labOr M a na::r~gh t , 8usinesS 

Co.Chairman Fr~ 'ans Union, Local No. 

Manager, Electrl CI county, NeW York 

SOl . westch: s t~~ representing Man· 

and George ra .th cerebral palsy 

ement pOse WI . ppearing on 

apog ster chi\dren prior to ~ ew York Cere- 

, 21st Greater ,-,., 

January s on WOR-' v , 

bral Palsy Te\ ~th:s Wri g,ht's IIfth Tele· 

Channel 9. ThIS HiS leadership rol~ 

thon a ppea r a n c~ . Chairman inspi red 

Committee . {m 

as l abor . ntributjons ro 

$ 41 000.00 '" co . eel labor forces 

. \ 's organlt 

Westches er \ N 501 raised 

h' h loea o. 

~ l~ '~~O . OO 

--":""':! 

in pledges. 

• 

. nt W. \/a.. came to 

local 425, Fa ' r~o th'er and Mrs. J. R 

the aid of ro t thei r home and 

Peters. ~hO I~Se ThiS picture of 

possessions In a Irta'ken at the party 

the couple waS \ the couple get 

members held. to h ~ ~he picture was 

on their fee . ther Charles T. 

submitted by 8ro of Local 425. 

McGee. presS Secretary

applenticeship 

& tlaining 

Is Your JATC In Compliance With Revised Title 29, CFR, Part 30? 

• To he ill compfi(lIIa has a djf· 

fere nt ml!:H1ing at diffcrcllt limes 

and unckr dirkn'nl ("in'lIlmla lltl'\ 

Lei lIS di,cu~~ the mailer u,ing I\ql 

arbitrary dale,_ ;.,,101) 

r. 1972. and 

September ,. 1972. ,lI1d a"ullling 

certain condi[iorl\. 

( I.) M ay 1, 1 ~72- l fthc J ATC 

has :'CIl\ to the ilpprl.'IHicc!lhip reprc 

~cnla[i\'c (f.:lkral !lA" or ~tnlc 

SAC) rc\j.,ctl Standard .. (National 

JAT C Grl,.'CIl Hoo\.., for cxarnpld.:I 

\\rittcn Sckclion Pruccdun.: ("'II(,:h 

:IS prepared 11) Ihe NJA I C), and :, 

wriucn Anirmalivc "clinn Plan 

(plan \\riucn oy NJA rc is all you 

need). and Ihe J I-\ TC has rccci\l,:d 

approv..:d (ur acc1.!plcd) copil,.·s of 

theM! three documcllh. ~ou arc O .K. 

at ,hi, time. Or if )(111 haH: nol ocen 

told thut ),(1IIf three docull1ent~ a rc 

not nppron:d. you arc O.K. fo r the 

prcscnt time. 

In the e\ent )our J AT C ha~ been 

told that )\Hlr docuJlIl'nh e:mllot he 

a pproved, let the NJAT(' IlfHee 

know, giving lkwil,. along wi th 

copies of your letter and their ktler. 

Do this immediatel): time has run 

OU{, If ~ou arc told yOll I11 IJ ~t ~igll 

(','r1;lin stah'ml'nt~ or pap('r~. do not 

'ign them but sl'nd us a COP). in· 

eluding all corrcspondence about 

thl' mailer. 

( I r.) September r. r 97:!-Let u~ 

a~~lIll1e that the BAT regi~tercu 

y() ur Grt'cn Book Swnuanh anu 

appro\cd the Sekction Procellure 

and A1lirmmih' Action Plan (tho~e 

pr..:parcd b~ the NJATC). A\ ~Oll 

did nut Sl't goals. the BAT 'l'l I() 

rer cent (your juri!.dietion ha' a 10 

per cent minorilY) ;1'> a goal fllr )nll 

It) n:ach on thl' appr(,lItice intillc 

for thi, )car's cia"'>. If the JAT(' 

decide ... on 40 Ill'" apprenlice ... th;n 

\\Quld he four minorities. 

The J AT C doc, mall) Ihing, to 

reach minorilic" "0 Ihat they arl' informed 

about opporl un iti..:s. T he 

J ATC follows Ihe Sekction Procedure. 

and four or more minoritie!> 

arc ,elected. h ne. no problem. 

But, perhaps. on I} one or t\\O 

minorities \\ere ~clccll'd. Ihen Ihe 

BAT reprc of ~Iurdy con~lruclion. 

you can cr .... lt ... Ih.I!', ,ure 10 1Il,Ile T ho'>C hOl,looling \\ he ..." 'lfe there for 

"bedtime!" ;Ill irrC'I-.tlhle call 10 Ihe lool .. olll} ... lhe !led aClually rc .. t\ on 

)oung 'CL In Lici. oncc lOU PUI it in 

;1 \trong fr.lllIe. T he trrc~ ;Ire c.l,il) 

Ih;11 hcdrooill. \UII 111;1) h;llo.:: erc;lt ... d ;1 

1Il.lde fro m ~Icral I .. )cr.. of pl~I\OOt I . 

built-in h;lh)~iller! 

II lools for allihe \\orld IIlc a 

rounded "lIh .. lile. Paint Ihe car \11th 

~lccl 

r:lcing car. and )OU can 1lI;ll': it M a fe" enamel coals of ~our child\ 

authentic as )011 "ant. J II\I .Idd falorile hrighl color ,md ~ou'\I! ~Ol a 

10llcho.::~ Illo.:: lin Amcriclln nug and me;Hl-looling candid at.: for ;m} r;lcccro~scd·chec 

l er f1:lg dcc;II~. 'I he,e. 10- "a),. 

gcthcr lIilh producl d ... c;l1, (for fUl'l 

a d di l hc~, eIC.), C:1Il he ohlaincd ~t 

mll n)' lIuto P ll rt ~ , torl!s. The plun III 

d udl'S a big puinted numtx:r on the 

sides lll1d fronl of Ihl! car. The 111111- 

tr e,~ i~ S l ~ nd a r d size. 

So. gcll1lclIlcn (and I~dic~) ... ~1:lrl 

)our cnginc~ .lnd rail) for a rC:1 1 tun 

project. T o order the !ledmohilc paltern 

Nu mber 502 . .send S:!.OO by currency. 

ch ... ck. or money oruer 10: 

Steve Et ll n~son 

Electrical Workers' Journat Pattern Dept. 

P. O. BOlt 2383 

Van Nuys, Calif. 91409 

"

II 

• Within the framework of Ihe 

Brotherhood exists a elub \\ hose 

membership is very exclusive , consist 

ing solely of IBEW Brothers and 

Sisters who have SlIved the lives of 

fellow human beings. often \.,.hile 

risking their O\\n 1i\'cs and. ~ometimes. 

evcn at thc loss of their own 

lives. The following accounts brieny 

tell thc stories of how 58 per .. ons 

gained membership in the lBEW 

Life-Sa\'ers Club. \\ho')C ranks h:l\C 

now been swelled to 465. 

Jackie D. Francisco 

Local 2. St. Louis 

On July D, 1970. Jack Hufty 

was pari of a line crew. preparing 

to cut dead-end in Ihe outside phase 

of a 7.2-KV energized line. using 

hal \tic~s. BrOlher Huft)'s right 

hook apparentl) cut out. causing 

him to throw up hi~ right :Irrn, 

which brushed either the metal end 

of the hot stid or the phase. burning 

the back of hi .. right hand and 

ann and thc top of his right fool. 

Therc was a ball of fire. and Hufty 

~llImrl{'cI over in his belt, unconsciou 

... J ackie D. Francisco ~\\ung 

around the pole and began 

mouth-to-mouth rcsu~citation. bringing 

Hu rty bad to consciousness. 

Before Hufty could be lowered to 

the ground, he lost consciousness 

again. Brother Francisco applied 

mouth-to-mouth resuscitlltion a sceond 

timc. again bringing Huft)' to 

consciousness. Then, Huft), was 

lowcred to the ground and was 

taken to the hospitnl. 

Jim Oave)' 

Local 17. Dct roit 

While wor~ing as part of a crew 

in stalling a thrce-phalic eapacitol 011 

the afternoon of June II , 1971. 

Jim Oa\ey heard an arc. He looked 

abovc him on the pole, \\here R. 

I'allen was working, and saw an 

arc come out of I'allen's left foreann 

and fire at his I ~ ft fool. Brother 

Davey immediatel), climbed up towards 

Pallen. noticed he was clear 

of the energi'led C

glablx:d a lOpe and lall tu hdp the 

boys. who had been submcrged for 

approximately Ihe minutes about 

J 5 feet frOIll ~ h o r e. Brother Fletcher 

sv.am out twice. bringing each boy 

and himself back to shore by means 

of th e rope. The boys were black 

from lack of oxygen. but thc crew 

members applied :Hlll lift and 

mouth-to-mouth rc~usc itati on and 

had them breathing again by the 

tillle the ambulance arrived. 

Two orher m (,lI1 h (' r ~ of I flC"'al "5 

havc \\on II1 EW Lifc-S:lving 

Awards. 

.Iohn Slllecy 

Gell{' WahlstrtJlIl 

Loe:11 57. Sa lt Luke C ily 

Journc} mall linemen John Eldredge 

was worLing 011 the cent cr 

swilch of a three-phase s\\itch rack 

on May 22. 1970. He rC lllo\'cd the 

jumper from his ~w it eh. loosened 

the station !;rotJnd . and v.as immediatel) 

Lnocl..cd uncolI')(;ioll$. Apprentiec 

linemen John Stacc} and 

Gene Wah lstrom moved o\er to the 

center switch. Stacey I.. noeked the 

jumper frOIll Eldredge's tHlnd . ;In d 

Wahlstrom a .... isted, On the ground , 

as they prepared to administer 

mouth - to - mouth rc .. uscitation, 

" 

Brother Eldredge regained CO IIsc 

iousness. 

Local 57 has lIine Olher members 

v.ho arc Iifc-slI\crs. 

F. C. Gilliam 

Loclil 8.J, Allan!:l. Ga. 

Inadvertently. whi le. l oo~e nin g a 

"jew-claw" stick 0 11 the afternoon 

of March 2-1-. 197 1. Donald I.. 

Bickers' left hand conweted the 

melal head of the slieL . and an arc 

was ('~'a hli s hc " . F. C. Gilliam immediately 

pulled BieLers from the 

arc and s!;Irteu mouth-IQ-mo uth resuscitation. 

With the aid of apprentice 

lincm:m L. C:UlIlOI1. Brot hcr 

Gilliam lo\\ered BieL ers 10 the 

ground . Bickers \\3S re\i\ed before 

reaching the ground. but he was 

1:lkcl1 to the hospital. \\herc hc was 

treated for severe burns and faced 

the possible amputation of part or 

his lefl indc\[ finger. 

George 8rud;: 

Walter Gahriel 

local 98. "hilaclclilhia 

Un the 1Il0ming of November r 9, 

197 1, James Morri" wa~ drilling 

hol es in the top of a lighting pan el. 

in prepar:Hion for pu nchin g holes 

for conduits. In the COUl"llC of per- 

Elijah J. Pryor, local 1377, 

Cleveland. OhiO. rescued a 

baby who had been overcome 

by smoke In a burnmg IIparl· 

ment. 

forming this job. Brother Morris got 

across a cable carr) ing 277 \'olts 

and ground. His instant moans notified 

George BrucL and Walter 

Gabriel. \\ ho were working nearby. 

that Brot her Morris was in trouble. 

They ran o\er to as~is t him. 

promptly kicking th e short ladder 

he was on from under hi m, drop 

Jling Morri.. 10 th r nnnr. Bruck 

went for help. :rs Gabriel forced 

Morris' mou th open and pu lled out 

Morris' tongue. which he was in lite 

act of swa llowin g. Oruck returned. 

saw Morris' color ch:rn ging to bili c. 

and immed iately applied moulh-tomOllih 

resusciwtion until normal 

brealhing was rc!>tored. 

Local 9R has one prc\ ious awardwinner. 

I'elcr Ed\\:lrd Incl1m 

Loc:.1 13.J. Chlc:lJ;o 

I'eler Edward l"'el1m and hi" 

wife were out dri\ing on September 

10. 197 1. v. hen they noticed :1 

small cro\\{1 gat hering around a 

rallen man. Brother Iwcma tumed 

hi" c:lr around. retu rning to the 

scene. He foulld l'lowan! KrueIJ 

IUl consciOll". not breathing, and 

with no heart beat. Minute!> befure. 

while erecting a :.ign, Kruell"s truck 

boom had touched a 11.000-voh 

power lin e. and the voltage had 

tmvdcd down th e boom to the victim 

. hwma immedialely proceeded 

to gi\ e mouth-to-mouth rcsuscitntion. 

\\ hilc his wife. a registered 

nurse. administered eXlcmal heart 

Illass:tge. The) werl' able to rCSlOre 

regular breathing to Mr. Kruell . 

who v.as then tal..ell by ambulance 

to thc hospital. 

Kenncth J . Kenncdy 

Roberl W. Mo .. clc.\ , Jr. 

nill~ T . Rogel"\ 

I)an C. O.n id 

Glenn I-I. Fuller 

lJonald .1. I'loligh 

I\-Ianuel Uriurte 

toe:11 266. I'hut'nix, Ariz. 

When a to\\er gU) wire gave way 

and Ih e lower bucl..led on Septem- 

I!lEW Joufnol

er 7, 1971. Ausbcrt Sandoval. who 

had been high on the towcr. was 

pinnceJ between the bucket and thc 

fuJI weight of the towcr lOp. Fortunatcly, 

the crew below Iwd scen 

the tov .. ..: r gi\ c and had ru n to the 

si te. Kenneth J Kennedy. Oilly T. 

Rogcrs. and another man climbed 

up the buckling tower and. \\ith the 

help of I~obcrt W. Moseky. Jr .. 

who was w()rking wilh Sandoval 

from the bucket, pulled Saru\(lVal 

frOIl1 Ihe pinch \\hich wa" crushing 

thc lower part of Ills body. The~ 

lashed him to a hand linc and lowered 

him quickly to othcr crew 

memhers waiting below. 

On the Illorning of August 22, 

197 I. Dan C. David. who wa" driving 

his own vehicle, hear'd a loud 

crash. He imlllediately made a 

quick right-hand turn and headed 

for the ~ene or tile (;r:l:>h. \\here he 

found ~\'I anua l R •• mirez pinned in 

the cab of his truck . uncomciolls. 

his face down in \\.Her'. Brother 

Da\id pulled Mr. Ramire? oul, discovered 

he was not br..:athing. and 

administered Illouth to mouth rcsuscitation 

until h..: began to breathe 

ag:.in. Then. Da\id tre:lled Mr. 

Ramin,:1. fo r ~hock. 

It was nighttime 011 July 30. 

1970, when Glenn H. Futter spicd 

a man floating wilh the current in 

a canal. Using the hook on his zanjero 

rod, Brother Fuller pulled 

June, 1912 

Gar~ Johnson frOill the canal. Mr. 

Johnson was then taken to the hospital 

for treatment. 

Donald J . Plough was driving 

lat c in thc afternoon of October 22, 

197 1, when he saw an unidentified 

woman tl1ro\\11 from her horse. 

Plough took the first-aid kit frolll 

his trud. administered first-aid. 

lltopped Ihc bleeding. and cared for 

her until the ambulance :lrriv..:d. 

Manuel Uriarte wa" at horne on 

thc afternoon of November 21. 

1971, when a .,even-year-old boy 

camc running to him to tc11 him 

that his home was on fire and that 

his two younger sisters were in Ihe 

blaring bedroom. Brother Uriarte 

pulled the 0111.'- and two-year-old 

girl :> 10 safely. Vulunteer firemen, 

of which i1rother Uriarte i .. a member. 

arrived to put out the fire. 

Fivc olher Local 26(, members 

havc lla\ed lives and been similarly 

a\\an!..:d plaques. 

R. A. Andcr.o.on 

E. J. V;.lin 

Local J -'8, Calgary, Alta. 

Throughout the night of September 

10 and the morning of SeptembL'r 

II , IQ71 . R A Ander-on,l3ill 

Bri ggs. and E. J . Valin worked in 

rain, splicin g through buried cable 

-Anderson and Valin 011 onc end 

of the telephone cable and Uriggs at 

the other end. Briggs linished his 

splice: then, he ehed.ed \\ ilh the 

other 1\\0. found out he couldn', be 

of as .. istance to them, and so stepped 

into one of the trueLs to \\arm 

up and to dry out. II I.' started the 

trucl.. and turned on Ihc heater. A 

.,hort time I:ller. Brother Anderson 

looked up and s:,w Briggs collapse. 

He and Brut her Valin immediatc1y 

ran (lvrr and found Briggs unconscious. 

They pulled him oul of 

Ihe trud lind noticed that he had 

Slopped breathing and wa., IlIrning 

blue. apparently from the effects of 

carbon llIonoxide. Anderson and 

Valin applied artificial r..:spiration. 

and after 15 minutes, Briggs \\as 

rcvi\ed enough to be rushed to the 

hospital. 

Anderson and Valin join thrce 

other Local 348 memocrs in the 

IIJ EW Lire-Savers Club. 

Herl.Je r1 Ehrich 

Local ~ 56. Nt'" Urunsnick. NJ. 

During a hi-poning test on a 

96.000-KVA Ir:lnsformer. on April 

24. 1971, Dennis Cronin received 

a charge of 1,000 volts and froze. 

Herbert Ehrich. who was working 

with Cronin. grabbed him by his 

belt budle to pull turn free. which 

hc did: in doing so, however, Ehrich 

also received the charge lUld had his 

heart sin ged, which ha" r..:stncted 

his own ability to return 10 the trade 

fully. Brother Cronin was c1u .. 'Cked 

U) H Joctor and dL'Clared lit to return 

to work, his life having been 

sa\'ed by Brother Ehrich. 

Joseph I'. Conlogcnis 

Luciell I. Dupre 

A"hillt, L. Iluule 

Local ~ 65, Sail Diego, Calif. 

Jesu\ S. '. Castro \\as working 

al the lap of a 55-fOOl pole VIL 

August 12. 1971, when his tool belt 

caught on a temporary jumper lind 

he 10M his gl'ip on the pole and 

felt to the ground, unconscious and 

nol brcathin g. Joseph P. Contogenis 

immediately h('Citn mouth-ta-mouth 

resuscitation but wasn't able to clear 

Castro's air passage; Lucien I. 

"

Dupre applied gentle chest massage, 

and aftcr a \\hilc, Castro responded 

and bega n to breat he all hi .. own. 

On March I, 1972. a raulty 

lran"formcr e:luscd a large na .. h 

\\ hich rc"rlll'd in :t plm~'-Io-phast: 

faull and engulfed Chuck Stephcn 

"on in flames. Achi lle L. Houle 

ru:.hed 10 hi widow. 

Six other Ill c m bc~ of Ihc local 

IBfW Jou,,,,,L

have received awards for sa\ ing 

lives. 

Lee G ibson 

t o rnl 876. Grand R:lpids. Mich. 

Lee Gih'>OlI hud just completed 

worl.; atop a telephone pole on Oclobe 

r 6. 1971. whcn he ~potlcd 

Cornelius WiIIi:utls IV . three. run 

ning aeros.; a yard, hi s clothing 

ablaze. I3rothe r Gibson wrapped his 

j:lckel around the hoy and rolled 

him on Ihe ground to ~ll1ot h e r Ihe 

names. The hoy ~ uffered frOIll ex 

((:nsive bllrn~ OIl hi, facc. right 

ha nd, and both lower I cg~. hut hi s 

life wa~ slIve(1 by Brother Gibson's 

fasl action Ciih.;on ~ lIffl'r (,cI C'X!('tlsivc 

burns on hath hands. 

Brother Gib

cei\l'd :. .. hod. when ;. truel.. boom 

contacted a 7.2.-KV pha~e cond uclor. 

a .. he ~ Iood on the ground holding 

the $tl'cI \\ inch line. Mascal 

yelled and ~ I ulllped to the ground. 

Upon ob .. crling 111011 Ma,cill \~as 

not breathing. that hi, C}es were 

dilated, and that h i~ .. I..in wa ~ lurnillg 

cul~JI, Vincent N, Hci hl ~tar ted 

1110uth-t{HlloUt h rc,u .. citation, while 

Raymond H. Smith "tarted cardiac 

eO tllpres~io n . Mn .. cu l·s breathing 

was restored for a .. hol'l lime but 

then cca,cd. Rescue efTort s con(inued. 

with Willi 'lIlI A. Cbyton doing 

e .. rdiac compression. Mascal 

wa~ revived to [I ~ell1iconsc iou s 

conditi on and W;L' IlIl..en by ambulanc(.' 

10 the ho .. pital. 

L~"II 

l'O\\ ell 

Gll'll n Ithoads 

Local I·""', Jllllli". Mo. 

L) nn I) ol~ell ;lIld Glenn Rhoads 

\~ crc returning to the company 

shuw-up. afler a day of routine subst:l 

ti on W()(I.. on May 25. 197 1. 

\~ hen they nOliced \\ Iwt appeared 

to be a minor, one-car :Icc iden l. 

with one police oflicer investigating. 

Upon closer i.l\ e .. ligalion. Brothers 

Powell and Rhoads lea rn ed that 

Samuel D. II nldeman, the driver, 

wa .. trapped in Ihe car and that he 

was not bre:tthing. While the inve~ 

tiga !in g onicer summoned an 

" 

ambulance. the Il ruthcf'. tooe \1 r. 

Haldeman out of Ihe car and admin 

iste red eardinc ma~sage 'IIIU 

mouth-te-mouth re,u,ciwtiun, restoring 

Mr. Haldeman's bn.:at hing 

I.J) tile tillle the ("Ililbulance OIrri\"cd. 

Mr. Haldeman 11;c 

. ou~ (lr1(1 nOI brcathtn£. Vlak 

then gave O'BI'ien mouth-to-mouth 

rc .. u

Utility Conference 

C(}lIIilllll'T.l from fHlJ:t' 12 

ported on drug abuse and the resulting 

problems in industry duc to 

usc of drugs and alcohol; International 

Representative Dickinson rcpurted 

on developments and Ln.:m.h 

in hcahh and benefit plans in thc 

utility industry. 

As in past years. the second day 

of each conference was Ink!!11 up 

with separate !>cs~ions for gas. eil'rical 

and technical. and electric work 

!thops. At the 51. Paul Conference. 

a fourth workshop W;IS conducted 

for those delegates interested in generating 

station problems. The workshops 

were conducted by Director 

Rapanoni and Internat ional Represent 

atives O'Reilly. Ncscth, and 

Shoop with Robert Bicrilz. Chairman, 

System Coullcil U-18. COIlducting 

thc gas w(lrl.shop. Once 

lignin. the workshops ;l lJowed the 

delegatcs the opportunity to exchange 

ideas and pmctices, which 

proved to be one of the highlights 

of thc cntire conferencc. 

At each worhhop, Rolx-rt Wood , 

Dir..:ctor of Research and Education, 

explained the a\ailability and lise of 

I BEW Bargai ning Briers. v. hich 

have proved vcry hClpful to our 

ut ility locals at the timc of contraCl 

Iwgotiations. 

At the afC:1 conferences, various 

Inlern:nional Vi c..: Prcsidenb and 

Executive Council lIlembers repo 

rted on subjccts of general intc 

rest. International Vice Presidcnts 

participating were John E. Flynn, 

Second District; A. R. Johll ... on. 

T hird District; II. B. Blan kcnl>hip. 

Fourth District; T. E. Malonc. 

Si'(th Dislrict; RaYlIlond G. Duke, 

Scvcnth District; and Robert K. 

Garrity, I I th D i~t ric t. 

Pa rticipating from the Intern:ltiona 

I Execut ivc Council were E. J . 

Fransway. Chairman; and members 

James F. Mulloney, Second District; 

lIarry J. \villi am~, T hird Dist rict; 

Il arry lJexley, Fo urth District; Jack 

F. Moore, Fifth District; T homas 

H. J)ursley, Sixth District; Ralph A. 

Leigon, Seventh Dist rict; and George 

P. Pattcrson, Eighth District 

Jun" 1972 

Editor's Note: Following article appeared in the March, 1972, issue of LOCAL 

J031 N[WS, Chi(;ltBO, minois. In th is dllY of thousallds vI ivbs /(;Ist dult to ;/11' 

ports, it is refreshing to read an article portraying an employer's attitude 8S iI· 

lustrated by the Talk·A·Phone Co. 

v .. " ..... 

-- 

~ 

...-, 

FOUND! AN EMPLOYER WHO INSISTS 

ON AMERICAN MADE COMPONENTS 

- WE WISH WE HAD MORE! 

H we cou ld get more employers to iollow the k:ul flf our Talk-A 

Phone Company plant at 5013 :\orth I-\.t'dzic .hot·nut', the outlook ior 

joh .. alU! gn)\\th in ].\K,,1 1031 \IOU111 bt' ~'xciti l 'gly Irnprovl'\! ! 

Thi s manufacture r of inte r- com syste ms counts on quality to sell h is 

product ra ther than exp loiting c h ~ ap - lab o r impolh f.om Taiwon, 

Hong Ko ng, and Mexico. Every purchase (;Irde r place d by Tol k- A 

Pho ne bears the promine nt legend, " The above me rchandise mU 51 

be made in U.S.A." 

Evef)" part ... hipPl·d into this pl."'t is closd) impeclt'd ior origin :l.IH I 

for qua!it)". C)II 0111: uccasion II hcrc thc cQuntry of origin was c()n· 

"caled and tllt'll fh"covcre\1 nill'r a !Hlmh"r oi units lIerc assemhk" 1. 

~dr. ~hane "i Talk ·.\ · l'hollc had all oi the Im]1I1rtl·d parts femme!! 

fr011l his umb :11111 returncd to the manui:H.:turer! 

What a bre ath of fresh air such on e mploye r's attitude proyide5 

w he n compare d to the stiflin g practices of so many e le ctronics manufacture 

rs w ho eithe r moye their plants 10 th e For East a nd to Mexico, 

(;Ir who buy a ll o f the ir pal"ls fro m Ihese slave-labor areas! 

\\\~ salutl' our T alk·A- I'holle pbnl as an example oj good AllIeriani 

... m, ior ,','!"Iamh- one of Ihe mo~t Important "lelllents of patriotism 

i .. t., P"lluutt' the' \Idiare oi tl1l'\mt'ri":ilu worker. This l:ll1plu}er 

pro,'('s that (IUa lity and ingelluity ('all still keep .\mcrka on lOp, 

We ho p e more Local 1031 e mplo ye rs will take heed! 

A

safety tips 

for you and your family 

£(I'Ilo,'s Note: The lollowing artIcle and 

,llustrations come ',om the Natronal 

Safety Counc,I's publrcallon " How to 

Stay up and Not a,own." 

TI-I I:: SUHI'I{IS": V I C Tl ~ 1 

• A t least hal f of the rccn:atio nal 

dro\ ~ ning vict im.. in the UnilcJ 

SWtc!> last year m!\'cr illlcndcd gl)l11g 

in to the water in the fi r~ t place. 

Eit her they \Vc r..: invo lved in a blJa l 

... i n ~ing or they ~ I ippcd . tripped or 

fell h110 thi.' water. 

YIn ..' of th!'\l~ ·'\urpri-.c ,ictllll';' 

were not \\caring lik\,,\ing device .. 

-and !lone \'as handy. Since Ihe) 

wcn.:n', plan ni ng In go iTu n the 

wale I'. \\ hy have Oll C'! 

Such t hin~ing contributed to a 

loll of nltlrc Ih'lI1 2.800 d((}\O, ning 

\ictims hlsl }c:lr Il\c, '\hich could 

hale been ~a\cd hy a life prc .. cna. 

In 1ll()~ 1 ;lrC:lS. la ...... require that 

every n:crealiunal boat c;l n ), a 

Coa't Guarll-;lpprO\,ed life",I\'ing 

lIe\ icc fo r each per\on alx)ard or 

bci ng lOwed on ,>I..is. But only )OUnot 

Ihe law-can make "u re you 

will 110t be a s u rp r i~c \ictim. 

LI FE I 'IU ~ SE I{VEKS 

Ufc p re~ene r " ha\-e ,>upcrior buoyancy. 

The) hold Ihe \\earer upright 

'>0 that the race of a nonswimmer 

or UI1COrl!.ciou, IlCr,>o l1 i, :lbove the 

wa ter. P rc~e r vcr .. cOll1e in bolh jacket 

an d bib de~ig n ~. They should be 

Coa,>1 Guard :lppro\cd (so marl..ed 

on Ihe lam'l) and IllIernation;11 Orange 

in color, 

CllltDR£:'I\'S DEVICES 

Childrcn's prcsCf\'cn and \e.. t,> arc 

designed fo r persons \\cighing Ie,>,> 

than 90 pounds. and \\ilhin that 

limitation ha\oe the ,amc flotation 

capabililY as Ihe ad ult dc, iccs . 

Adults should nevc r Iry to get by 

with a child's preser\ocr nor .. ho uld 

children be equipped \\ith the adult 

~iLe except in a n emerg..:ne)'. T hl.! 

adult pre .. ervcr docs llill tit ~n u g l ) 

enough o n a child to prevent .. li p 

ping out of it. 

IJ UOVANT CUS IIIO~S 

-n lcse sene the d ual rolc of boat 

~ca t cushions and lifo:~a\ ing Ill'\ ir(' .., 

Since you ~it on thcm, they arc 

handy in an emergenc~ , and Ihc) 

arc ca~y 10 Ihrow to a per,>on in 

distres-" But they do not ill\c positi\e 

protection to chiluren. nonswimmer.!> 

and injured pa"'\)I1wimming ab i lit~ of th..: "carer. 

KING UFF: n Uoys 

All Coa~t G U:lf(t-:lppro\'cd nng 

buoy .. arc filled wil h a grab ropc 

and may be colored either \\ hitl.! or 

W;lIlgc ApplU.\illl;llcI) GO ket of 

line .. hould be attached to the grab 

rope on Ibe bun)' \\ ilh Ihe mher end 

faS!l'ncd to Ihe bo;tl o r dock, Mount 

Ihe ring buo) on br.ldclS whe re it 

\\ill be re .. dil) accessible. and \\hen 

Ihro\\ ing it, tak ..' care not 10 hit the 

person in Ihe waler. 

SI' ECIAL PURI'OS': DEVICES 

5c\el';ll buoyant devices a rc de 

.. igned for speci .. 1 uws-watcr ~ki 

jump \'eSIS, s l.. i belts, boat racing 

harnes'\cs, huntcr"s \(,SIS .. nd jackels 

- b ll t nonc of them pro\ ide positive 

protection, I heir lightwe ighl 

con~ l r li ct i o n :1llo W5 grca tcr frcedo m 

of movement th an Ihe bulkie r life 

prcscl'\er. If you u'>c o ne of the 

'>1lCls dosel) re .. emhle Ihe bih-I)-pc 

prescr.crs c'\ceptlhal Ihe), ha'e le .. s 

buoy.mc), and do nOI hold Ihe 

wcarcr quilc as hi!!h out of the water. 

However, they do hold him face 

up. Tho"e receiving eOaM G ll arll 

approval may be uf any colo r. Because 

vests a rc Ie .... bul ky than pre 

scr\crs, the), a rc favored for fi ~hi n g 

a nd active pu r"ui\" 

" 

Lile Preserver Buoyanl Vest Child's Devic;e 

Buoyant Cushion Ring Llle Buoy Special PUrpose 

IBEW Jou,nol

e a good swimmer. And wear it 

only when participal ing in IIw recreat 

ion for which il was dcsigned. A 

device that carries the Yacht Safely 

Bu reau's seal of approval also has 

been approved by the Coast Guard. 

Fishermen and hunlers of len prefer 

a cool and lightweigh t vest 

which can be inflated by a "elf-contained 

CO" cartridge. It doesn't interfere 

with actions such as casting, 

rowing or swinging a shotgun and 

doesn't tire the wearer. Howe\,er, 

no inflatable lifesaving device has 

been approved by the Yacht Safety 

Bureau du~ to [he danger of hidden 

punclUre. An inflatable vest should 

be worn at all times wIllIe on the 

water, always with an appro\ed 

buoyant device along as a bad stop. 

BE REA llY 

FOil EMERGENCIES 

Test the flotation qualities uf a lifc 

preserver before an emergency occurs, 

especially where children arc 

concerned. Teach them how to put 

it on without assistance, then w;lde 

with them into chest-deep water 

and have them lift their feet ofT 

the bOllom and floal in a relaxed 

manner until they gain confidence 

in it Pn,'''('rvcrs ~ holild he fitted M d 

adju~ted to the wearer and ready 

for use before venturing on the 

Waler. When under way in a ~rnall 

boal, life preservers should be worn 

by ch ildren and non"wirnrners. 

Whcn in hazardous waters or when 

overtaken by bad weather, life prcse 

rvers should be donncd by evcryone. 

The fit should be snug ;md 

all straps fastened. 

TAKE CA n E 

OF TilE I'RESERVER 

Lifesaving dcvices will la ~t many 

yca rs if they arc given reusonabk 

care. Dry thelll thoroughly before 

stowing in a dry, well-\'erllilatcd 

place, not the bottom of lockers or 

deck storage boxes where moisture 

may uceumulatc. Keep them away 

from excessive heal. 

A life pre~crver i~ rlut illterrJed 

for sport swimming ;md should 

nevcr be used for plea .. urc purposcs. 

And it shou ld not be used :IS a 

bO;1I fender or roughly treated. 

A torn, rotted or otherwise defective 

prcserver should be destroyed. 

Always cut n defective preserver 

into pieces or burn it so no one 

will lI

Committee 

on 

Employment 

of 

Handicapped 

Observes 

Anni versary 

• The Prc .. idcnt\ Committee on 

Emplo) m..:nt of the Handicapped. 

in 1971. obscrws it» silver :lI1nil.o:rsary 

of

'Nith the ladies 

Treat Your Credit Cards Like Money 

• Ladies. when the credit card 

amendment to the Truth in Lending 

Act bcC:IITlC ciTccl j\ C on Janu~lI") 

24, 1971 . it greatly relieved credit 

cnrd holdtrs of the anxiety they had 

endured for the privilege of saying 

"charge it.· ' 

As )OU know, rhe amendment 

provides that an :Iuthori7cd card 

holder is only liable for a maximum 

of S50 in case his card is 10

any amount for :lIly irregularity or 

unauthorized charges. 

The amendmen t a l ~o provides 

that "No credit c:lrd lIhaJi be i..sued 

except in re'pnnsc to a reque')t or 

application." n his ruling doc') not 

apply to the renewal of a credit 

card.) If you nre in pos .. e\~ion of 

:10 unsolicitcd crcdit c;m!. cut it up 

:lI1d throw it :lw:ly. 

On J anuar} 25. 1972. another 

provi .. ion of Ihe credit card rcgulation 

went into dTcct. It requirc\ that 

your credit c:lru include a ~pace for 

your signatu re. photograph. or "ome 

oth..::r form of id"::lltification. If the 

can.1 i\~uer dues lIot comply. a,gain 

you arc nOI Iluhle for any unauthorized 

Ulle of yuur card. 

Well. ladie" lhal'S the prot..::ction 

the gO\erlllllel1l h giving you where 

your crellit card .. :Ire concerned. So. 

take care of your crellit (:anl') and 

don't makc more charges th:1Il you 

("an :Ifford In oll1('r wllnl~ 11'''::011 

your credit card .. like money! 

So long. ladie ... 

ADDRESS 

CHANGED? 

Brothers, we want you to 

have your JOURNAl! Whe n 

you hove a change of address, 

ple a se le t us know. Be 

sure to include your o ld address 

and please don' t forget 

to fill in lo U. and Card No. 

This information will be helpful 

in checking and keeping 

our records straight. Use coupon 

on page 29. 

IBEW Business Manager Participates in 

Ph iladelphia Trade Union Delegation 

Economic Fact-Finding Tour to Israel 

Israel's General Federa~ion of Labor 

(Histadrut) represents more than 85 per 

r.p.nl nf the country's laoor force. PIC 

tured, left to right. are Brother Henry P. 

Fornara With Yehoshua levy. General 

Treasurer of the Labor Federation. 

• rhe in~talkd production capaeit) 

of dcctricil) in hrad hOI" 

gl"O\\n from ",00 mcg.matts III 1960 

It) 1110r..:: than 1500 meg.Hl-all .. in 

1971. nli~ indicator uf tho! continuing 

expansion of th ..· Isr:ldi econom) 

\\:1\ noted hy Ho.'nr) P. FOfnara. 

Bu~in ... ~~ociatioll: 

Frank Cilllli\ an. J> r..::~idcnl nf the 

Philauclphia F..::dcration of T"::lchcrs 

Local 3; a[[orn~'y Leonard Sagot: 

and Willi:t1l1 Portno~. Philadelphi3 

Cit) M,wagcr of tho.' brad Bond 

campaign. 

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

NUMBER ADMInED TO PENSION LAST MONTH 

TOTAL NUMRFR ON P[NSION 

TO TAL P[NSION PAYM[NTS LAST MONTH 

TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST 12 MONTHS 

O[AIH ~lNUITS PAID LAST MONTH 

DEATH BENEFITS PAID LAST 12 MONTHS 

IBEW PENSION 

B[Nfm FUND 

586 

43.150 

$ 2.382.68683 

$26762.988 40 

$ 264.664 59 

$ 2,433.342.50 

ELECIRICAL WORKERS' 

B[N[rtl ASSOCIAllOH 

$ 676,26362 

$6.031.23468 

NATIONAL ELECTRICAL 

B[H(fIl fUND 

282 

12.71D 

$ 81D.88897 

$9.304.040.67 

" 

IlIlW Jou,nal

loeallilles 

Member Cited for Safety; 

Local 2 Needs linemen 

L.U. 2. ST. LOl}IS. \lO.-On \l:irch 

15, 1972 . Brother J:!m e~ A~cy. lineman 

for the Mi."ouri I'O"C( and [iJ;hl Compan)- 

:,1 I'~cd~ior Spring" \li\'>Illiri. '>'as 

prc-.enll'll f urlle (lull Mcmllcr-.hip by 

R. I{ Cramer. OJ,lficl \hnll!lcr, 

'I he dc\criplion of the im:itknl nd· 

milling Brother Al.c) to the r urlle: Club 

fol1o",_ 

~Jarnc\ ,\I.e) \00 ;1 ' "Uf!..in!; UII IIIear\ and in thc Ill110unl of 

S6.00n, 

T Wcnl)··four >e"r~ a~n. when Ihe rn>· 

gTam wa, fir~1 negolialed a~ part or Ihc 

19",9 (ontra.:!. \"0 "holar>.hi,,~ \lere 

awarded Sin.:e then. ;\ 10lal of ~1I11 

memhc ...· childn:o ha\e had the opflOr· 

lunlly 10 al1end college Ihrough lhi, 

progr.lm, A ,pedal e\enl Ihi~ Icar ".1' 

Ihe prc-.cntation of :lwar,l, of rectlgnilion 

10 the lIold. \lllt..!. nfld (Jun 1 IIlrlmce, 

Union. I 01:111 I·~. Ulilil) \\orler, !lniun. 

ami I u.:;ll '2.J. Servin' I !1llllu\ce\ Inler· 

na!ion"! linion. for the ,dmIM'hir rm .. 

gram, Ih,1I Iheir Uni(IO' ha\c oircrc:tl 10 

their mcmhc: .... hip, for Illan} \e.lr.. 

The \hairman of Ihc' J oint In

Retiree 

Brother A. L Schindler. it member of local 

5, P,usbu'RII, has been an IBE:W B,other 

10' 66 ~ea", . Brother Schindler, who Will be 

9 1 ~ears old on Jul~ 7. 1972, Is SlIIi Ite.y 

alert Ind lives with his memo,ln at 112 

Obey Av enue, Pittsburgh, Pa, 15205. 

Detroit Local 17 Calls 

For Distribution Lin emen 

I .. U. 17, IU :TI{Q IT. \IICH.- Greetings. 

once :lS;lil1. from Loc>l1 17. A~ of thi. 

wri t in ~ 011 April 27, 1972, \I~ :tTe ~n· 

juyi!lg II \'I,:l y );uud "0,1\ IlielUre. We are 

~lill in need of di~tribllliQn linemen, as 

\Ie ,uUed in our laq lelter. We h:I\'e 

contacteJ lorious IoC ~, \ I:ttc Flectri,' 

Company ha, the $ I.SOO.OOO fir..l·pha'e 

tontrac\. \I ith forcmen George Mar,hall. 

Bll ldl I-lill-. anu Joe StI"an :lnd ~hor 

,le\-l,lI'Il Gr.II.!)' Beacham o n the joh, 

I eon~ratul ate Ih~ 28 men on llti, joh. 

a' Iheir ~roup is lhe fi ~ t 10 hale e;leh of 

[he 211 men pledge to buy a S20 hooL of 

COI'I' ticlets. 

Our luc:II 'tafled ofT the '72 COI'I--: 

drive \lilh cadI officer and a~~jstnnt btl,inc" 

manager btl~ing ,1 hook. We arc 

11}'i ll); 10 luI' ullr '71 corr drive Ilhj~h 

hrou~ht in 55,410 from our IA-'U 

membel'

Local 24 Cre w 

~'~"~;.~

Graduates of Local 4 8 

On February 25. 1972, 63 g'aduales of local 48, Portland, 0 ••.• 

_ ." honored 111M Annuill Metro "ppt."loe. CompletIOn 0 .... " •• 

Cance. In ttl'" p..:lu •• , the January ,Q7J. 1!.~rI"~11n1 clen and 

,n,l,ucto. are ShOW" 11''''dlng, Bnd the IIpp.enhc:nh,p commIttee 

",amb.rs a.a kn eelinB. 

The J,,'~. 1971 ••,!Jd"aIH and '.a,"'"& d"ItCIO'. I lInch"&- and comm,lI« 

membe.s, knHU", _ 

o..;.m~r. 

mambers, knuri" •. 

1971. •• ad"I'es and InSlruClor. stand,na. lind comm,tte. 

Des Moin es Cre ws 

GUldulle Ron Bowen, "cond Irom "lhI. '.ce,~lnl h,s cerlil,cale 

f.om. lell '0 "1M. W R Grasle. N(eA Governor; Stln "'dams. N£e ... 

V'ce Presidenl: He.man THple. Inllln.,Ioonel Rep ... enl.",,,e; W L 

V,nson. Ninlh O~I;ict VICe PreSldenl: and DIn F.,ddis. T'I,n,nS 

01.«10. Dun Lo.~",s. ,"on,m,nee member who ~e"'ed as mane. Of 

,e'emonles. 's shown W,Ih Ihe m,ke 

Life-Savers 

These Iwo pictu.es show m"mb'ns 01 loc:.I 

55. Des Momes, ' a .• who .,,, W"""I 10' th. 

AsplundI'! Tlee upoart Company. Cr"w memo 

!Hi,.., left to riahl, a ... a,Othe,s Arthur 

WIlIIi.mson. apprentIce '''mmer; J im Skelly, 

Homme.: and Cad f."nels. lorem,," 

.. ~ 

ThOl I. E. My.,. e."w on In. Iowa Sout hern 

Utll,l,es p.operl)' is shown us!n" ils new 

bucket Huck. lelt 10 ' !aht. James HatwI'lon 

(In Ihe bucket); Rllnhold Kun ~e. foreman; 

and Paul Ka uslannleh. Ope,.,lo •. 

" 

Lelt 10 "ahl. I'" Crew ,0nS,,15 01 B,olt"I'$ 

Chlrle$ Blnnill. I"mm .. , Lloyd Flelchl'. 

foreman; G .. ,y Bennet!. .

siWalion. il is good 10 know lhat. if one 

does arise. our fellow co-workers have 

been lrained and are capable of ;liding 

their feliow man. 

LOUIS F r.ucf':, P .5. 

Local 68's Work Improving; 

Workers Needed 

L. U. 611. DENVEH. COLO.-Work here 

in the I).;.,nver area has started to pick up. 

with the start of the spring ,md ~ummer 

.... ork programs. A large p-ortion of the 

worl !;I"ems to be of the apartment·house 

type. Some of the larger projeCb going 

in the jurisdiction arc a ne,,- library at 

the University of Denver: an "ddilion at 

the Martin Plant. sOlllh of Denver: and 

dormilorie, and db]X'n~ary work at 

Lowr) Air Force Base. The Straight 

Creek Tunnel job scents 10 be progressing 

..... ilh completion dates varied as to 

whal newspaper one reads. So the summer 

worl; piclUre loo]...s good. and we 

,hould be able to use a few traveling 

Brothers. 

Our local's inside wiremen'S agreemen! 

ha~ been turned down by th~ Pay 

BO;lrd in Wa~hington. and \lhal the final 

outcome will be i~ still nO! ]...nown. We 

had neJ,'otiated a contract containing provbions 

for a local union pen~ion plan. 

paid holidays, and life insurance. With 

tbe good package accepted by our local 

union. committees were already worling 

on lhe pension plan a5 well as lhe other 

fringe bendib. However. ;11I of thb has 

all but stopped-until further \lord is 

received. 

Our local COPE Commiuee has been 

wor]...ing hard to get OUt the lote in the 

NOI(:mber election. A lip of the hard hat 

to ;111 of the committee members-lohn 

Peacock, O,wald Daughtrey. John D ri~coli. 

and Colbert 'Toby" Strother. Also 

inl'olvcd arc Jerry f- lcCralen. Art 

Hunter. Sterling Horner. La\lrence 

- Barne)'" Barnett. and all others \I ho are 

participating in gelling out the I'Ole. 

Our mOllo. as well as the nation·s. is 

"We've a job to do in '72." 

Our boycott of Coors Beer :Ind Golden 

Choice Dog Food continue,. We a~~ all 

local uninn~ across the nation to spread 

the word. 

Signing off for this momh. See you at 

the meetings. That'S "here it's happening. 

l OllN f- 1. BUR"", JIt., 1'.5. 

Local 70 Holds Election; 

Work Scene Looks Better 

L. U. 70. WASIII~GTO N. D.e.-Local 

70 \liII hold its election of officers on 

J une 27, 1972. EH:ry member ~hould be 

sure to altend the meeting and ca~t his 

ballot. Only members in good ,tanding 

are eligible to VOle. according to Article 

Ill. Seclion 4, Paragraph c. of the local 

un ion bylaw~. 

8u~ines~ Manager James A. Kidd rep-ort~ 

that the Washington NECA agreement 

with the hourly increase due on 

January I, 1972, has been passed by the 

June. 1972 

Construction Industry Stabilization Board: 

the clse also passed the raise that goes 

into effect on July l. 1972. 

The American Line Builden I'ower 

and Pipe-T)·pe Cable negotiations will 

Slllrt thi~ month. Th i~ is an early ,tan. so 

let's all hope we sec Ihis agreement seuled 

by the time the current agreement expire,. 

The work pkwre for the future lools 

a 101 ocller Ihan it hu, during Ihe past 

couple of mon!h~. Let', hope this trend 

continues throughout 1972 . 

Our COPE drile i~ far behind \lhat it 

should be. I urge anyone .... ho has not 

made hi~ contrihUlion to do t>D. plca"c. 

We have to do our ,hare to get Ni.,on 

Ollt of the White HOll"c. 

The credit lInion h Illoving along very 

well. Anyone who ha_n't opened an account 

should do so. 

With ~pring coming ;lnd things going 

into full bloom. I lnow a lot of Brothcl'l> 

will be going out in :.earch of that big 

fish they missed last year and for that 

gobbler with that eXtr;] long beard Ihat 

got spooked I,hl year and wouldn't tomc 

"ithin shooting rangc. If any of you have 

any luck. t;]ke a piClllre of your prizc 

and send it to me. along wilh the dctaib. 

It will mal..e good reading for those of us 

who came bad cmpt}l. Brother L. V. H andy. Locat 74; 

B. H. Konzel. the L. E. Meyers Company; 

Harold Weir. NECA Chapter Manager; J. W. 

Lipe. Mamba Eng,neering Company; and 

Joe Seabrook and T. W. Tant. U titities Con· 

struct,on Company. 

Left 10 "ght. James O . Groover. SELCAT 

Director. and E. B. Ebinger. Commonwealth 

Construction COmpany. 

Local 77 Holds Year's 

First Unit Conference 

L. l l. 77. SEATTLE. WASII..-On S3turda)', 

April 8. 1'J72. in our Seattle Building 

auditorium. Locil 77 held it~ fir-t 

Unit Conference Mee!ing for the year. 

Among ()\Ir _peaker~ W

OSHA ha, a few adlanlages Ihal our 

presenl SIUII: , afely ru l e~ lad, bul Ihe 

lact Ihal II i, feder,11 law ma"e~ il difficult. 

if nol irnpo~,ible, [0 clreci chnngcs 

or male correclion~ [ h ~II npply 10 our 

lm,'a. On Ihc olher ham.!. "hen il comcs 

10 WaJihin~IOn Slalc's ~fely rulc~ , "e: 

ha\e been ahle 10 pia) a ~er)' eirecti\e 

part in IHilin" them \lhen Ihe)' :!pply to 

our lrade, 

O~ II A\ toij1 :Id\,tnHlge o\er ~tale 

....:lfN)' rule1 i. in i" enforcement. II h:u 

the aLlihorit) 10 dIe an emplv}er and 

fine him, rine' can t-.e nominal, bul in 

~a..es of \I illrul or rC~'llcd violation" a 

linc can be :1\ hi~h ii , S~(), f)()(J , I'mpJo)ees 

nm,1 lomply ",ilh Ihe rules: 

ho\\e\er. Ihe)' c:mnOI he dlw. 

hhPCCliolh arc made wilholll nOlice. 

and an cmployer Hml (In emplo)ee repre· 

~e nlaliv e mu,1 he pl'c,enL I n~peC lor ~ ma)' 

he pcn:lli1.ed for lIh'inj1 advllilce nOlke 

e:>.ce pt II her~ it i, neCC,:\o1f} 10 110 so in 

order 10 hale Ihe cmplo)cr and em· 

ployee' rcpro.'-.cnlalile, pre~nr, 

An emplo~ce mml ,ign ;lny cOlnplllinl 

he me,. hUI he C;ttl , ignif) \lhelher or 

nOI he "an" hi, mlllle U\CII. IIc ma)' nol 

t-.e di~rimin:lted "l!ain'l l>«:iIJ'\e he h:.s 

'ile" a complain! IIr bccau,e he Ihrealens 

10 filc n complainl 

'1 he ru\c, ~o un and Oil. \lr. Granchi 

,pol.e for ;In hour,

guests. Ihe retirees, for a great e\'ening 

of enten :linment. 

In udd llion to a fine Italian dinner. 

lO.e enjo)ell celebrating wilh relired mcm· 

ber Arthur IIruc:dd.i his 6~lh )ear in 

the IBI-W. Art's ac h ie\'(~m t'nt~ o\'er hh 

82 }ellr) h:ln~ becn many: hc's allO.a}~ 

rel.d} to do somelhing for ~oll\eone. 

Keeping hinl\elf )oung \lil h hard lO.orl 

li nd mnlpkh' aCl ivity is obviously his 

>t'cret of life. I-Ie i ~ c hun:h ClhlO\lian. 

secretl.ry o( Ihc I ()("al 86 Relirees' Club. 

und :. vi\ilOf of .. ick friend •. whkh lire 

bUT D fe\l of his curren! actidlies. 

An ha\ o;cr~ed (}lIr local on mJny 

comml\l«', and in offices. including 011\;' 

ne ..\ m .. nager. During hi .. h:nure "., ou .. i 

ne" mnnllger. unemployment IO.U .. hiJ,:h 

and Ihioll" generl.lly tnugh. inchnlin!! 

Ihe nece\~il)' fOf '>Oup line ... Art will tel l 

you Ihul llIan) 86cr.; vi .. ited Ihe line ... 

and ..o1111:lin.e.. Ihe -..oup gOI mighl)' thin. 

R~'cenll)' Ihe (0110" ing [rihu[e b) Dun· 

Hid A Jlllle" "l'~ accorded Art In :.n 

area "ttlly n~IO."pil[)l!'r. 

Greeting\. Arl Hruc~kli 

l ighl)'·tlO.o }'C;'rI is quite ~ome lillie 

1'0 LI(e I' lrouhled \lorld: 

A, d;.~ h} d:.} nelO. challcnge~ 

Are ~on'tanl]}' unfurled, 

lIul in uur neighborhood. Ihere'~ one_ 

A mIlO \lho\ rcached Ihi, goal: 

lie', lno .... n a, \Ir. E\erylhing. 

A .. him hi .. friend .. e~lo l . 

In ninelcen ·~cven IIrOlher Art 

Di!cidcd lou would bc 

A nM,ler in Ihe building trade~ 

Of cleuricilY. 

Behind ~u.:ce!> ..(ul men. ·Ii.. said. 

There s[lInd":I failhrul ,".• Ie. 

And Art\ \lif..: luc}"~ betn JUSllhal 

She\ more th:ln adequate. 

' 0" Ions rei ired. Art calls on all. 

I he ,icl and thll'lC in need. 

And eOlln-.cl~ Ihu\C retiree~ \lho 

Reque'l he intercede. 

'>0. \rl Bruojeli-\Ienlo Place 

Your frien(l, ;.11 wi,h you .... "'11; 

And prllY !':ontinued h;.ppine..s 

l or )'c:th \Iilh )Ou "ill d .... ell. 

Rr('II~Il[) MrtCIH II, I'S. 

Seattle Local 89 Is 

Busy With Negotiations 

l..lI. Kit. St \ n I. F.. \\ \SII. 'C/,WIIIl' 

tion .. arc near!) complete..! .... ilh Ihe 

\\;"hln~lon relephonc Comp!IIl). \\-lIh 

onl) SOme language c h ange~ in the 11M 

cum mel lefl III hi: ironed Olli. 1 he General 

I clellhone ('OI11P:IllY rnemllilion 

m mlm;tge'llem "ilh Gener;.1 Ide· 

phone ('omp.lny o( Ihe North"eSI in Ihe 

Irllinln1l eenler al Flerell. W;"hintlnn. 

T he I ,cemile Board cXlends Ihe be,1 uf 

h,el 10 )OU (,het. 

Ea~ern area representalive, Bill Davis. 

and I)iel Hazeltine h ;'lI'e been appointed 

as dcle!l;ate~ 10 [he Idaho Siale Labor 

Convention Sorry 10 hear :.bou[ your 

brol.en leg. Dick. I hope il .... ill be healeu 

by cOfllenlion time. 

AL O rNTo~, P.S. 

65-Year Member 

B.olher Art B.uellckl. Loc.1 86. RochHte." 

N V w.s hono.ed II Ihe IOCII!'. Annual 

511"nll D.nce 10. hIS 65 ye .... ,n Ihl mEW 

In 111>1 IIrctu.e, Art '" ,hOW" 0'SIll11'''1 1'". 

65·yeu ce",I,c"te is Presi JIl their lerri!'rle pliJ;hl. 

AI [)anll)ll Huuse. the (I{IlIicl entcr\ :. 

Ihcrupculic prngram eon .. i,ling uf ,e\cr:11 

I'*h" .. c, and running for appro .~im:l\el) 

[.... () (lnu une·half }e:or1;'minllr~. "orl -.chedul\:\, edll· 

~"Iion. inten\ilc rehllhi1il:lliun. etc. In 

Iht" lin;.1 ph:.\C of Ihe pfUj!r;tm. Iht' now 

e\ .. duici h in a lil'e·oul·wnrl·oul po,ilinn. 

hlu i~ required lu relurn lu 1I.e 

C(1I1111lunil\ once a \lC('l ((IT ':fllliP 

IhefJp) for a periOll of \i~ nwmh". lie 

no Iltn~er need., or u-.c, drug, and un,;e 

"t:ain. he jOin .. in Ihe normal Jcmilie' 

of th~ elo:r)d;,\ eiliun. 

1I ;lruld Kat/\ prognlm i\ ha\Cd nn Ihe 

l/lcur;, Ih:'1 100 of len Ihen.p) fur .Irug 

m!dicl' fail\ hel.::ll"c the palienh (lI'e re· 

tell .. cd 100 soOn and, eOl"cqllcnlly. qllkl· 

Iy re\Ullle t;.ling .!nlg\, \Ir. Kall. \lhu 

hold, a m;c,ler'\ deJ;rt'C in p,)cholon 

frllm Ihe hlrleigh Diclinition .... hen he tried IU 111- 

IrOOuce hi~ progr.,m Ihfl)u~h II city 

agcnq in 1';ller'>lm. It .... lh then he de· 

cide,! 10 urganl/e hi .. (Iwn (enter. 

·I h ... e:.rly da~, .... ere hanl. '1 here "ere 

few f"nd\ :Ind no permanent quaneI'!>. 

~Io\lly. Ihrout:h rriend~ ... onle firlltndal 

and m;Uerial aid was recci~cd. and 

I';olero.on Uniled Asai",1 Drug Ahu.!>C 

( PUA Ot\) ~nve p:orlial financial funding. 

Afler four 11I0ves in sel"en months. 

DUmon Uousc. now ineorporaled, ellplmdcd 

into :. nmlc·fcrrHiIc. i,lItf·rllcial 

orgoniZalion and aequired a [hrec·~\Ory 

building. Shortl)' afler .... ard~. arran~C'o 

ment' "ere made to purchase an ad· 

jacenl. vacanl tlO.o- .. lory bllllumS .... hich 

was plIrlly burncd oUI by fire. 

II IHI. al Ihi~ lime Ihat Businc," Man· 

:Iger J ou IInr:o,n. learninG u( their pltgh1. 

offered our a .. s;"lance. Appro'(iml1lcl)' ~S 

Illell on lhree 'iCparme d,I)" donaled Iheir 

lall,'nl\ 10 re .... iring lhe "ttildin~ frolll 

Ct'U;rr 10 al[i~ incln.lin~ a nelO. )Crlke, 

A\\i~lanl IIU\lne~. 'lanaltCf Pat Oellc 

Ca'a ..... I'\cd a\ forcm:m_ h\1ure ... /O:Ue· 

riak and laHIIII "ere pro~ided chi~n~ 

h) the \l1nn !'Icetri.: ('omp;m). IO.hu h;" 

I)flen u"naled to v:lrim" urg:milation .. in 

Ihe communily_ Olher NI.C,\ cun[raClUr~ 

aJiO donated fi\wre, and maleri:rl" :rn,l 

m her Irade .. dun: ..... d their ,en icc, \u 

the prnjoccl. 

'1 here arc )el olher difficultie\ 10 (Wefcome. 

!-urniihing... maler;"r .., and g.KtJ, 

:Irc :11 .... ;t)~ required. :md 1),lnwn lIou'oC 

mu~t r.oi-.c appnt\imatel) S)(I,OOO 10 purcha;;c 

il~ huildinS', 

II is in~pirinJ,: tu find Iho..c II ho havc 

bccnrne uerclkl :lnd u-.clc" 10 Ihe C"III' 

munil) and Ihem\Clle, re;.ti7.C lhe)' hale 

Ihe \PJrl 10 ,-hange Ihcir hopele" ,iw;\· 

tion. The} are Ihe unl) (me, .... ho ~:'" 

do il. a\ the de,ire ;md dClenllin;lliun Iu 

chlln!;c mU,1 comc (rom \I nhm thcm . 

We Me pfllud and h,II1PY III hUle given 

10 Ih i, worthy CIH",e. We wi,,, D"rrrrm 

'·Iu".. e every ,ucce~s. 

1'1 I/.R P TI "'10"11. I>'S. 

Election to Be Held; 

Electricians Needed 

L .L1. IIIJ. 110" 1'0'. \I \1\1\. Flr'rtiltn 

,by for I (lClII Hl3 i\ on J llne Wl h. I very 

/llcmhcr, new lind old. lO.ill ;'(:(lIn prm'e 

hh lu};!!t) 10 hi .. IIlCJI hy 101ln{! [0 III 

.. lIle ~n.1 Pr'llteel him'Clf Ilith thc h"''>1 

pc,,~ihle !eluler_hip, VUIe! 

On Ihe \(ocinl 'Ide of lhin£\. our loc:.I", 

Anm,;.1 Clamh;lle .... 111 t!lle p!;lce llfOlIIUI 

Ihe end lIt Jul) or Ihe hc~illnin{! \I( 

Augll .. l. Inc locillion of lhe Otilmg \1111 

hc anllltlillCed 11'["'1'. 1 he CI;trnhu~e ('urn· 

rnitlt"e ha, hcen ler) ,"~ce, .. ful in Iurn· 

ing 0111 good cro"U' in Ihe p.I~1 I)on't 

let the comminee Uo" n Ihi, )ear_ 1 here 

.... ill he pri/e'>. {lood fOOl.l. beer. gamc,. 

;md fric:n,hhip ..... hKh arc un Ihe mcnu 

(or Ihe da). Tr) Itl !':ume_ 

I ;,rn en.:ll.l'>ing .. ume piellll'"" ••( Ihe 

men "or~mg on the nell S\I\lth 1'1I\11l! 

Allne~ jnh in llo,J()1l. I he thl'ce c1c~ 

Irical COlllr:.l·lor, on the j .. h ilre Wehh 

I leclric of [klmil. !i\Chh:Kh and 

\Iuore. ;md II Jrri~ I' lectri,' "f BO~lun_ 

Ihe jiJh i~ IIc.llin, ''''''tllel;"", 

Wehh I lel.:tric ha~ (hartie ""'chell.. 

and Tum Hu .... en. general forr;men; Gil 

KUlO.obli. ~lIpcrintendenl. unu \\ aller 

WfI{lht. Dtcl .... elliber. Willier I n .... le\\. 

and Bill .... eenan ... lIbforemlm; wilh ChlKI. 

MOI1;.hal1. ,te"ard. 

Webb Fledric h~~ 64 journc)OIen IIIIU 

Ilpprenlices on [he ;oh: Fhchbach lind 

cmllilllll'd 11/1 {I(....(' J8 

"

departlnent of Research 

and Edllcation 

• F ringe benefits. those employment 

bcnclits granted by an employer 

which do not affect basic 

wage ratts. are now playing ,Ill in_ 

creasingly- important role in col Ice 

(ive bargaining. Surveys show that 

the percentage of payroll dollars 

'pent 011 frill!::c!; hil~ ;.ppruAiIll3tcly 

doubled since 1949. with the most 

rapid increases occurring in rcecnl 

yea rs. 

The year 1972 has already shown 

evidence of continuing and accelerating 

this trend. As a result. in part. 

of Ihe current infl ationary pressures 

which tod;,}, plague our society and 

the implementation of the Nh:oll 

Administration's economic program 

- Phase II - major em phasis is now 

being placed on negotiating new 

" 

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX- 

Spotlight on Fringes 

fringe bcnctilS :1I1d subSHlnti;\1 improvements 

in ex isting hcnctit plans. 

Alhanlagc.\ of Fringes 

Though extrernel} important to 

the welfare of the worker. wlige 

ga ins placed in the p:'y envelope 

can be quickly ab!>orbcd and often 

completely eroded by the rising cOSt 

of such basic necessities as housing. 

clothing. public transportation. 

and mcdical servicc!>. Also. as Ill.my 

people have e'(perienced. a raise in 

pay almost always Tlleans a corresponding 

increase in taxes. Fringes. 

on lhc other hand. arc more stable. 

Once negotiated. thq cannot he 

easil y reduced. There is 110 wa} to 

t'IX an addition,11 holiday. Fringe 

bcnefits also havc a higher degree of 

UNITED STATES AVERA GE 

Source! U. S. Department of La bor 8ureau of labor Slatistiu 

REVISED INDEX SERIES-Reference 8ose, U. S. Average, 1967- 100 

'" 

'" 

Inde. Da le 

Ilem. Hem. Apporel HM llh 

Monl!>-Yeor Com· Com· t",n.por_ 3. iec· 

b;ned' b;ned 

• 

f~' Hou.;,,!! Upkeep I","on .e","on 

Ma rch 1972 1442 124.0 122.4 127.9 121 .3 118 4 125.0 

Feb . 1972 144.0 123.8 122.2 127.6 120.7 118.3 124 .7 

Jan. 1972 143.3 123 .2 120.3 127.3 110.2 119.0 124.3 

Dec. 1971 143.0 123 .1 120.3 126.8 121.8 118.6 123.9 

Nov. 1971 142.6 122.6 119.0 126.4 121.9 118.8 123.7 

Del. 1971 142.3 122.4 118 .9 125.9 121.6 119.3 123.5 

March 1971 139.3 119.8 120.9 121.9 122.2 120. 2 112.6 

Morch 1970 133.2 

March 1969 125.6 

March 1968 119.5 

March 1967 11 5.0 

, 1957·59 Rele.ence Base 

NOTE, Conlumc. Pri~c Inde. fo' ell ;I.. ms increased 0.2 Ind ... Poinl d",ing the pOS! 

m"nl k. '" 0 .2%. Tki ... quelled an annuol ro le 01 Incr .. o.~ of 2. 4 °" 112 X 0.21. 

Th .. in"e,,,,, ,,' CPI during Ihe p'''' year "',n (.2 Po;n" 0' 35"1 •• 

Pe.cenlage 'ntrea.e bel ...... n 1"'0 dol ... ;. calculoled by .ub1roc'ing Ihe Inde. 

Numbc. I"r lhe "".Iie. dol" I.om Ihol I", Ihe I"Ie. dol ... and by d;~id;ng 1I>e 

.couU by the ;nd... n"mb., for Ihe eorli •• dole. lh~n m"Uiplying by 100. 

exAMP LE, For Ihe pe,iod Morch, 1971 10 Morch, 1972, 12(.0 _ 

( .1 + 119.8 = .035 X 100 = 3.5%. 

119.8 = •. 2 Ind ... Po;nl" 

~ • 

/ ~ 

/ 

.- -...' 

l1cxibiJit) Ih"n straight-time pay. 

I:ach company and union C'1Il ncgotiate 

for the specific benefit); that 

would be of nu»;t valli!,' to thl' wnrl. 

ers covered by the collective bargaini 

ng agrcl'lllent. M:lny organizations. 

including Ihe IBEW. have 

already found that a bulance of 

wages and fringes is beneficial to 

cmployer nlHI employee ali]...e. 

T~ ill'S ur Fringes 

Fringe benefits range in scope 

frOIll such basic neccssities as health 

care plans and pensions to thc 

"nice-to-ha\es" such as Ihe career 

training progfil1ll which affords paraprofessional... 

the opportunity to 

qualify for atlvancerncnl to prof('~ 

!.ional position~ which wa~ included 

in thc teachers' contract in New 

Yorl. Cil}. the tuition refund programs 

negotiatcd b} the IB EW ut 

Pacific Gas and E1c:ctric. and the 

new union-sponsored auto insurance 

plans. 

Because fringe benefits arc extrcmely 

IllLIllCt"OUS in typc and functioll. 

it will not be po~siblc to discuss 

Social Security or any othcr 

employce bcnclits already co\cred 

by law in thi!> articlc. We will de 

VOl.: OUf timc only to those bencfits 

which arc subjcct to negotiation, 

principally cosl-of-li ving clauses; 

pension. hcalth. ;lIld wclr:lfe pl,Uls; 

job sccurity provisions: and paid 

vacations. paid holida),s, and premium 

pay for overtimc work. 

Cu.st-of-Li,·ing CI:Ulses 

D tLr int; the past fivc YC:II"S, the cost 

of living has gonc up 2 1.7 per cent. 

It will now cost the wage carner 

$121.70 to buy the saLlle quantity 

and quality of goods hc could have 

purchased for $100 in 1967. This 

rnpid ratc of inllation has wiped 

(lUt most of the gains negotiated in 

rccent years; so many of the contracts 

signcd in 197 1 incoL"]>oratcd 

cost-of-living (C-O-L) clauses as a 

LII EW }"","at

protection again st furth er erosion of 

negotiated wages. O verall. the IlU lIlbe 

r of workers covered by C-O -L 

cI;lU~S reached a new high of 4.3- 

mi ll ion (under major cont ruets) by 

the end of 1971, wit h most of these 

con\r:.IC\S providing for {luartel'1y rcviews 

of the changcs in th e cm! of 

livi ng, In recogniti on of Ihe dol lar's 

~hrinking value and in keeping with 

the goal of a fair day'ion. II callh. and Wclfm'c "hillS 

Negotiations in 1971 inercused 

pensions fo r both present and fu ture 

retirees. Many of the new eontract~ 

incrca .. cd benclits to II new r.mgc of 

S7.50 to S IO a month per }ear of 

service. I he reti rement age \\a~ reduced 

in a numlwr of ('onlr:lcl. arter 

30 ye:11"S of set"iec regardless or 

age. In order to provide incoll1e 

prior 10 el igibility for Social Security, 

:1 number of contracls provided 

for horwses or so-called bddge and 

transition benefi ts. Other are ..'i of 

major change in 1971 were nego- 

tilltion of new or impro,ed benefits 

for widows or sUf\hors of deceased 

retired \\orkers, and morc liberal 

vesting requirements. (Vc~tinb guar· 

:mtees tlwt wor~cn, will keep their 

acculliulated pension bencfits even 

if thcy le:l\·e the company be lore 

reti rement age.) A nc'\er benefit 

wh ich is be ing included in 1110st 

plans is a pre-reti rement spou~e's 

benetit \\hich provides the SIXHlse 

of ;1 d eeca~ed ernplo}ee who has 

re.lehed n stipul.lteJ age and )e.lI: 

of service 3 percenlllgc of the ernployec's 

accrued pension. PrO\i,ions 

were nlso mude to in'iure equality 

of lx'nc!its for men ami wOlllcn, 

thus removing sex (lifTerenlials. 

As u ril le, health and wcl f:lre 

provision, arc irnpro'ing yearly as 

companies :-trhc to bridge the gap 

hchH~('n Ihl' cm{"ntgc thaI l'lI\· 

pillyees rceei\!.: and the ;Ictual cost 

of the services rcndered. In 197 1 

the IlHljority of contracts incrC:lscd 

benefits by insuring longer ho'pital 

stay,. rai~i n g fcc SdK·d ules. extending 

co\erage 10 area, nOI pre,iously 

co ... cred. such as dental care, major 

mcdical. optical, and d rug plans. 

Aside from extcnded hospitalizlIl ion 

benefit:., :-u3J illg nrcJ iclii co~ts 1I iso 

prompted many unions to negotiate 

higher surgical fcc schedules. Thc 

Dell System contracts negotiated by 

the IBEW pro\ ide payment of 80 

per cenl of a ll "reasonable and cus· 

!Omary" cha rges. 

Job Security "ro\ i!Jions 

Job securilY was stressed by a 

number of unions in 1971 to meet 

thc problems of continued high unclllployment 

and automation. Se\ 

crance pay clauses \\ere e:..panded, 

new attention was given to training, 

and SupplemenlOiI \ lnrl1lpln) I1lrnt 

Bcnefits. better known as SU B. be· 

carne more numerous. 

Sl1 B plans 01((' :l rrlmi\ely-new 

aid to the welfare of the worker. 

SUB contributions, \\ hich ,upplemenl 

stale uncmplO)lIlcnt insurance 

programs. began by co .... ering only 

those members in a few specific in· 

dustries such as steel in 196M. Since 

Ihen, pcrhllps beclluse of the continuing 

rise in uncm ployment, other 

craft organiz:Hions have w ken a 

good. hard look al SU B plans an d 

decided to incorporate them into 

their agreements. " he eon

Brothers on Postal Annex Job 

Memb.us 01 Local 103, BOS IO" . ar. working on Ihe South Postal AJ'lnu JOb 

Shown here Is Ihe ... " flool 8ana 

Secd hy the member-hip, T" j~ r

Work Scene Too C hangeable 

To Report Accurately 

L. U. 13 1. 10\ LA"IAZOO. " II CH .~First. 

of all, I musl apologize 10 my local 

Brolhers. When I wrole my la~1 anicle 

for the JOllflllll. the bench "as clear. By 

the time it nppeared in prinl. Ihere .... ere 

bet ....·een 50 nnd 60 Brolhers on the 

bench. Sorry. Urothers! I hope Ihe bench 

will be clear "hen you read this in the 

Journal. 

It looks lil.e a good ~ummer again, I 

hope! Jobs are Slarling 10 breal.. -I here 

are the Campbell Soup !'lam in Glenn. 

Michigan; a new j;liI: a Bell Telephone 

building: and abont threc new ,choob at 

;tpproxirnate!y $3-million apiecc. 

I wam to thanl. Local 153. SoUlh 

Iknd, Indiana, for puning a few of our 

Brothers to "ork during lhe "inter. 

Lasi. but not least. we extend our s}mpalhy 

to the family of Brother Dick 

Plough. who pa",eu a .... ay recently. He is 

£remly missed by all of us. 

W IoS CRAM!:!I, I'.S. 

Safe-Working Unit 

•• 

Slate of Alabama for working mOre than 

hours of safety, Members of the group. standing left to tight. a'e Bilt Cooley. R3Y Whise· 

nant. Robert Wright. Chafin Tompkins. Noah Waldrop. Jesse COUCh. Bill Scott. Marvin 

Dunn. Tom Kelley. and Thomas CI~born, Sealed. B,enda Gatr .. d. Martha McCollum. Virginia 

Campbell. Diann .. Sheilhorse. Bobbie Segers. and James Smith. 

Cook Crew 

Aw ard Presentation 

Work Slackens in Local 136; 

New School for Apprentices 

I..U_ 136, BIR.\II:\'GH A:\ I. ALA.-For 

the pa,t 12 monlhs. "e had enjo~cd e,'( 

tellent worl.. opportunitie~ in Ihi

on the: job since the beginning. Steel 

cre:ct ion (Ind t e:mporary service to a ll 

~ ite s outside the: " hole" urc jU~ 1 IWO of 

lhe jobs Ihe crew (made up of linemen 

and " 'i remen) handles. 

II is a l .. a~·s diffieull 10 report Ihe pass· 

ing of a Brolher. but "hen 1"0 of Ihem 

p .. ~, on, Ibe In~1. i, mnde e~en harder. 

Brolher I-io":ml "'- nappen. an a(;li~e 

member. ~uccumhed "hile on a Yal"alion 

lrip 10 Florid;! Our heartfelt ~)mpalh) 

i, e:ncnded 10 hh ..on Hrulher Did.. 

"n ~ ppen . :lIld Ihe re,1 of Ihe f:lmily. 

I hen, Ihe la'i of our charter members, 

Brolher Oll\cr w. D a\ie~. died at the 

age: of 92. Brother D3~ies h.ld been ill 

for two and one-hair )e:aT'l. We: feel cer 

I~in his famil y rC;Ilil.e", Ih,lt hi, p:t"inj,t 

m:lrl.s Ihe en.J of an era in \lur local. 

We I;')(tend ou( sincere .., re8rel~. 

I.ncal 153's Second Annu.11 Achie~emenl 

A"anl "llS reccnlly prc,ente.J to 

Brother C huck Reid . Bu ~ in cs, f. lilllager 

" Kobllie" Kobin,on wa\ serving hi .. fi rsl 

term in office when lhe a"Brd ... as first 

propo-.c.J by lil"tllel R:won lIall. "ho 

has )ince become our president. While 

il h:b never becn Ihi~ rcporter\ privilege 

to ... orl. wilh Chud, ... e ha\'e ob'ICne.J 

hun on Ihe meeling flnor and appre· 

eiated hi, efforts in helping 10 I.«>p Ihe 

hmine....., meelin~ funC lioning properly. 

I~ rot h er Reid h:l ~ -.cr\'ed our loe:t l in 

omny "a),. ConGralul;UiOn\, Chucl! 

Sudden thOllght-l'oe.\1 limll lOU Ret 

-teed"" off :II the ... a~ one of lour 

represent!lti\e~ loc, about hi~ jot.. asl. 

)our-.clf if lOU ... ould be willing 10 talc 

o"er hh l: hore~ for the ~ame return 

that he is gcllin!!. l'eT\Onal opm.on-if 

"e ha\e Ihe righl to crilieize lano.! 1"11 

llrin~ to Ihe f:,cl th.II ... e ha"c) then the 

recipienl of ,ul:h l: ri lk i~m mu" ~urcl~ 

be entitled 10 he,u ollr ..oIUli,m ho. fill 

'er up one Inore time). 

We're still ll,~in!! for ne ... ~ it tm~ for 

our column. If any of }Oll Brolhers 

have sOIllc\ hill l! 10 report. plc'l,e lei us 

Io..now. We'I'e !Ill prelly lIlud. iulere,ted 

in Ihe lolltnC Ihing)- mone}'. ell'. ':oedoml~. 

though. help' 

If it', al nil po ..... il>le, fello" l!1eml>cN, 

ollr ne xi anicle \I ill hi.: dedil.::uc.J 10 "No 

ne'\~ from the (oo~," 

A. (, "('III (," IJI I\I"'S. p.s. 

Officers Attend Annual 

ISEW Utility Conference 

I_ U. 16 0. \I I ' .., F.A I' Q I. IS, ' """.. 

March 2-1lh. Hth, and 26th ... erc Ihe 

.Jays on ... hleh ~I combined utility (On· 

ference hl.:1 ... een Ihe '1 hird :mo.! Si~th 

J)i,tricts "II'> held rhe m«ting~ of the 

14th Annual onfere:nce \lcre con.Juded 

at the !hllon IInlei in SI. I'aul. \linne· 

'>Ota. 

The i.Jel' of eomhining ditTerenl

The pili nt', ratell crulle capacity b 

t64,000 harrels per day (b/d). In addilion 

to the I 64,OOO·b. d, t"o-~I a ge crude 

unil, ma jor facililies include Ihe 61U)()(} 

bd fluid·calalytic cracLer unit, 46.000- 

hI d calai)lie reformer, IIl,OOO-bd :IIL~ta. 

lion unit, 56.000 naphtha hydro-treater, 

and the 54,OOO-b/ d uhtillate hydroJe 

~ llIfllri7.alion unit. 

Two I..ey concep" arc heing built into 

the plant. One of the'>C i~ Ihal the facility 

can be ea,il} mainlained and "ill be 

ellpablc of long on~lrenm perfor!lICver,1I 

VCH' 10 com~, We h'l\(: been fortun:.I .... 

indt.'ed. cornpared 10 the \\orl ,i!!lalion 

in olher lIlinoi, loca"- 

After much negUlillling and di..appoint_ 

lIIenl. \\c fin"lI} yot ollr Cil} Utilil} ~on 

tra~1 ...:1111.'1.1. I hope Ihe ne~1 one v.ill be 

a lillie el.,icr 10 conWflHlll1tC. 

We cr II!. 1971, l.nd "ill rcm:lin in 

effeci through Dee .... mber 9. 1973. It may 

be re·opened [or negolialing of "age 

r;lle, ,LIld fring ....' prior 10 Dcc .... mber 10, 

1972, but it i, a two·)c:.r agreement. 

WlI.L1M! T. H,\ot I Y, P.S. 

Cincinnati Local Hopes 

For Change in Work Scene 

L.U. 212, CI;o.ICI '\'NATI, OHIO-Summer 

will ~oon be here, a.nd perhaps lhe

unenlployment picture that ha ~ plagued 

Loc .. 1 2 12 for the 111~ t 1, YonK. I'A .- Work in our 

area hllS ~ti11 not pic t..ed up tOO much. 

IIEW JO\lmol

Our lltomic pl an! at I'ca~h BOllOIll h !l~ put 

u n " few IlIe n; C. C. KOlleamp has Ihc 

York H o~pil: , 1 job, Project 70. and a 

~ hopping center, whkh is already ~Iarted 

and \lill he nceding men ~oon. I. B. Abel 

& Son ha~ the Yor~ /-lIgh School. \lhkh 

is a large job. :ond several smaller one~. 

A~ }Ct. \Ie halle not met \\ ith Ihe contmeto!', 

Oil negoliation-. b\lt \\1,' hO[1\: to 

have a meel ing ,cl up ,oon. 

We jU\1 held our 161h Annual Ban· 

qllct lit Ihc Yor~IU\lnc MOlor Inn. We 

I'ad "buul 25U I>cuple "Bending lhe b;tn· 

quet. includin!l hll~illCs~ manager, from 

,urrounding loc .. l, and abo ollr local 

COnlr:lctoN. whom we \lcrc !,;Iad to 'iCe. 

After introductiOlh. Hu~il 1 e" ~ l al1agcr 

Ro!,;cr lI ilzel and Internalional R ~pre· 

-,entaliv.: Joe Spllr~\ introduced :md con· 

~mlulated the memher_ rcccivin~ ;I\\anl~. 

Brother O~l:a r Knipple ga\c Ihe in· 

vocation, and lhcn dinner \las St'ned. 

,Utcr dinner. there \las entertainment 

by lhe O'('onner BrOlher, I Bobb}' Rayo. 

Geor!;c GIlY. and I_}nn Fader). \lho wcrc 

Ihe l11a, l er~ of cereillonies. Th,'re wa~ 

dancing to the nlll~i~ of Ihe fo. lodern fo. lcn 

On:he)tra IInlii one o\:lock in the morn· 

ing. 

r he e'enillt;" act"IHe~ "cre \11,'][ 

plann~tl nnd ",njo)"'tl h) 011. thon~s to 

ullr Ban\juet CommiUte, compo-ci.l of 

E:, rl Str.IU~t>allt;h. J r. (chairnmn). ('Iar. 

enCe Harman. Charlc~ Mason. 1':1111 

I-Ioovcr. Jr .. Roger Bitzel. ami }.; .'nnelh 

Ott. 

lt \'a, nice 10 !ICC our retiretl Brolher~ 

a~ain. We mb.~ them at work antl IInion 

mccting,_ Give liS more vi~it~. men. 

The loc:11 nO\l h:h 3 ~Iow·pitch '>Oft· 

ball team which h entered in the Indus· 

trial l.e:I!WC. R3ndy Hel\l ig. Wib Leh • 

UIHIl, Hild Phil Eisenhart hHve becn 

gelling CO l1 l no ct~ ,igned: Ken Strall,hall[;h 

i~ holdint; Oil!. tholl[;II-1 believe he \lanl~ 

to w,-,ar Bermuda short~. nut leal:ltle 

uniform~! 

Elcction time is getting c1o,.c-. Men 

and \Iomen. do YOllrsch'c~ ond us n ('on 

~tilUtionul favor-rq;istcr 10 lote. then 

VO Id I)llu'l wait to be as\..c"d . It·, your 

duty to \lIpport YOllr party as \\'c ll as 

your local union. COPE tie ~ et~ arc now 

on ,ale. BlIy antl support; don't growl 

:md mmm 1:'ler. 

See IOU at Ihe nellt union meetint:. 

\I hich i, on lhe thirtl Thur-,da) of the 

mont h al ~:OO I'.M .. at 300 H ud~oll 

Street. York. I'cnn,ylvani:[. The only way 

III be together i~ to ~tid lOget her. 

Lrs r.1!:t 11011.1">'- P.S. 

Annual Dinne r-Dance Held; 

Buildings Near Completion 

L. U" 1JI , SIO UX C ITY, I/\ .-Our An, 

nllal DlIlnCr·j):lIlce \la~ held on Apnl II. 

1972. al Ihe Avcnlino. As u\lIa!. ever} 

one hnd a finc Cllening. We thank the 

committee members. B usine~, Manager 

and r. l r). T im Murray" Brother and M~. 

Delllli~ ' IcGinni~. and Brother and Mrs. 

J ac~ O'Dell, for doing a fine job. 

.. • 

In Sioux City 

Membe.s of Local 231. Sioux COly. 1/1 .• hllve 

been workIng on building p,olects whlo;h will 

be completed by fall. left 10 "Rhi at. Ihe 

East Higll School. the NOI1Il HIgh Scllool. 

and the West High School. 

,,. 

'11 I .. 

I 

, 

• 

The No,thweste,n National Bank 

The Sioux Cit~ Federal Plaza 

II 10 III H II 

.. III. ••• •• 

• 

Ollr :lpprcnlice5hip clll\se~ arc over 

for Ihc tcrlll. T he laq night of "chool. Ihe 

,ltlticnh \,ere ta ~ cn on :1 tour of Ihe 

Gcorge Neal St .. tion 1'0werhou'>C to view 

thc fine \\or~manship Ihe "hOOl11er\" 

have Occn tloing durin£ thc la\t 1\\0 

reaf30. By Ihe time ~ou lead Ihi,. it 

,hould be in full operation. 

Three ne\l high school~ w ill he COI11' 

pleted by fall. F:Kh of the three fcalures 

all amhtllfllll11 with a waling cara~lty of 

1100. a pf()je~ t ion boolh. 'Ollml·control 

hooth. :I ,I age ... nd lighling llnd ,ollnd 

equipment. :.nd e:!~h ha~ :, reglllUlion· 

,j;r.c '\limming pool-six lane) and 75 

fect long. 

FAch \chool has three g}-l11na"illm~ that 

arc side by ,ide. ,lIld i.luring IIthletic 

ellC nl S" porlable ble:lcher) \\ill occupy 

1\10 of lhe !lYllln a ~illms :lnd uccommo· 

date appro:>:imatcly ].000 person,. Each 

building abo has a total of 2011 num· 

bered teaching, or in,trllctional area". 

1110,1 of \I hieh arc carpete.l. 

T he ncw E:"t H igh School. lonlted :11 

~)()() Mayhew A,clllle. hn~ ~\J4.\JUO 

'\juan: feel. and the ~(),t of the hllilding 

I' $4YO ..lJJ, I he F!cClric I ngineering 

CUllIpany has Ihe electrical coni met. 

\I;th Dennis Il lIi~man a, forcmlln At 

thi" time. appro\imatel} 10 cleclrician~ 

arc on lhe job . 

The North I-li!!h School. localcd 3t 

41,t (lild Cheyenne. conlnln, 21J').I)OH 

'qu,lrc fee! and ,·O,h S4.4'~.53(). W;-.II 

ZYLda i, the foreman for C3~ler l· lcl'll'ic. 

:lnu 10 men are wOl'~inJ: on !lti" proJcct. 

We,t High School. :11 We,t I~lh and 

C",wlman. with a towl of 213.0UO 'quare 

fl'("[. i~ the lar~e't of Ihc threc. Thllmp· 

\On Fle~tri" is doing thi~ joh. ",Ih Bill 

Fer!lu,on. foreman. \1 ho ha~ eight men 

with him at thi, lime. 

In downtown Sioux ("ity. Ihe North· 

wc~tcr l1 National Ban~ lltllldillg. hegun 

in April. 1971. ,hould be compktcll in 

early J uly. The Ihre

laugh I as a day course for eighl wee~s 

al the T echnical School. AI,o. a rigging 

,\Od tool care eour-;e~. in,ligated by l ocal 

234. "as ag,lin ~ivcn :II Ihe T echnical 

School. 

We mu~1 add a sad note to this report. 

On i'olarch II . 1972. three rncmhcrs of 

our locu l rJH~..ed a .... ay. T hey Ilcre 

Brother, I-Inn), Simp-.on. George I-IOOal., 

anu Allan /'ynn. Brother HUrry Sirnp-.on. 

of Anaheim. C"llifornia ..... a .. a rcal old· 

t imer " ho OIhlays worl-..ed for the I\orl-..· 

inl: man. hi, union. and thc tBEW. Year. 

ago. onc superintendent told H3rry Ihal 

i[ "ould pay the comp,lIlY to pay him to 

\Iay home. then he 1'10111 .1 not he able to 

~ ~ep Ihe tity ,0 lI'el1 or!,nni,,,d and Ilw}' 

\loulun't h,IIC to auhc\1 ')lI1pOllhy 10 Ihe 

"ives. f;lmilies. and friend,! of Ihc;.e 

Urothers. 

Too. lie have lost another sood elll' 

ployer in 01lr :II·C'I. '-I umc a nu Rumhle. 

UU_ hOI' ..cen fit 10 dow jh operation in 

Cal)!ar)'. We life -.orf) to ~ee this ern. 

plo}cr lea,c Ollr to"n; the compan} ";I~ 

al\lay~ toullh at the negotiating tabl .... 

but it li\lell hy Ihe Icttel' of the "'onl 

after the conlrJ.u Ila~ 'igncu. We wbh 

the outfit the be,t. 

E. II . STIR", ACT. P.s. 

Buck Baker Address es JA Tes 

Of Knoxv ille and Oak Ridge 

L U. 27U, U \ h. K I Uc;J':, ·,I-;..........-We 

extend onr ,incc!"c Ihank, :lttd appreeia. 

lion to Hu~1. Baker. Direl·lor. Nalional 

Joint ApprcnliCl'~hip and Trnining Com· 

milln ('1 IA frl. for tli~inc time to 

come to K no.~ville for a meeting lIith the 

Knoxvillc :Ind Oa~ Ridge JATCs. 

A. J. Pear_on. the new training diree· 

tor. said thnl the ~ugge\tiOI\' B lIe~ Baker 

offered 1I01lid enable him to do a more 

complete job a~ he serves Ihe 11\0 com· 

millees. 

Much of Ihe disclls~ion at thc meeting 

centered arollnd the intent nn,1 PUIPO", 

of having a policy ~tatell1e l tt. Again. \Ie 

~ll)' than ks to Buck Baker for his inlere~1 

and uedic,ttion to our organilation. 

Sholl n in Ihe accOmplln)'in!:, pictures 

Me Director Hud Bakcr; Ilu, i ne~s Man. 

ager J ohn T ltoll1:t~ a nd Comlll itleemen 

Wayne Harrill. Ralph Acuff. and A n 

thony Thornton (Associated Electric). 

44 

Class Sessions 

.,. 

.. • 

." ,j 

" 

Membe,s of Locat 254. Calia,y. Alia .. ha~e 

been all.md,ng ctassu 10 .mprove the" 

ski[[s. Shown he.e is Ihe class in tool ca,e. 

[ teellonlCS etan 

Estlmsling ctass 

Cabte-spliclng class 

nil of the 101."31 27U commiUCC; A

Minntac Plant Job 

Ml "011. , ." Mlnn 

10' p,clu,n. 

.- 

, 

men POH 

• 

Thu. IhfH "."" we .. "hn 0" the M,nn 

I.e P'~nl SI'. 

Cambridge, Ohio, Local 

299 Holds Banquet 

L.U, 299. ( ',\ i\III1W)GE. 0 111 0 T he 

('a!llhri, t ~c ~ I~, ('tllto \\:1\ the center uf 

cmcftltinmcm for 1110entali\e :wu \In. 

Erne~l Scou: B lI~inc! .. ~ ,\I ;ln:lger ;lnd \Irs. 

D:lvid \ lcCahe and Hnandal $ecrctary 

:Ind ,\Ir.. WiI1:ud KolX'l. Local 96~, 

CO'>hOClOn. Ohio: Ull .. ine)~ \ Ianager lIud 

\ Ir,. Danny William,. BrOlher ,md \I~. 

D:alc Browning. and Brother :wu \ Ir,. 

J im Lc\\is. of I oc:,l li7~, I:mt:"dle, 

Ohio; Brother lind ,\I " ..... ennelh John' 

,o)n, 10.::,1 5~O. Clinton, Ohio; :lnu 

IIrolher :Inu ,\Ir.. Bill 1)0Ilnl;lII. 1 cal 

'1/,1\ I' lIr~cr\"uTl;. We\\ \'irl:inia, 

Allenuing from our o\\n ",...a "crc 

\ If. anu \ I ro;. Hoh Ho~d of Ilo)d 1 k~\ric: 

\Ir. anu \lr~. \\;lue Clar~ of (ianlTlCr 

Flectric: lind \Ir, ,md \II". I ili~ \k. 

emden I \lr. \k(' mdcn i, II (onner 

l'!ct'trical eontm~lorl. 

Retired Brother and \ 1,." Chadie 

Dld,on I,crc ,,1'0 pre,clll, lI ~ "'ell :I, a 

I !)Cal 299 mcmhcr "'ho m)" li\c~ in 

I'enm}hani 

Slank} Did,-,on, ..... ho 1001. home Ihe 

portato!.: RCA T V SCI. 

1 am happ}' 10 report that \Ie now 

halc a ne\l journe)nmn \I ir..::man. 1 ranci, 

Did-.on. "ho re~c1ll1} pa,'ot'(1 hi, e~ 

;umn:llion, (onf'r"tul:l1ion" " r,ln,'i,_ AI,o. 

\lC \\ckomc aho"nl 1\10 nC\l memhers. 

Rkhanl Mihon and len) \llJrri,. 

Ofr to ~reener pa~11Ire, \\enl David 

Burt, \lho tran,ferrcd to Io..:al 964, 

Co-.hoclon. Ohio. 

Well. "e hale complele.! our ncg01ia· 

tions ami ohl:lined a ,uto,lanlbl rai'om

I 

r 

St. Patrick's Day Dance 

PatrloCk would have been I)CS to amnII' mc. l or the p~'t 16 

}'ear~. the AH ,-C IO Building and Con. 

struction Tr:llles Department ( BCT]) 

ha, held a nliliunni leghlathe conference. 

T h i~ year. of all )'ears. the lup leaders 

of lhe AFI ·CIO decided that a con· 

nOI neC('~,ar). 

ference i~ 

I fee l anot her problem the con~truc· 

lion crafts hlH'e i~ in Ihe opcr:llion of the 

building trade ... rhe huilding trades can· 

nOI ,urvive the vdly Ihey arc being run 

:Ind hanu led. If the vnriOlls craft- nrc 

permitted by their il1lernation;11 onices 

to continue to violate h:l\ic rule'. \I II h· 

draw from loe:.l anu ~ta l e council ... call~ 

job probleill'. not pa} rer C;tpilll lax. and 

not participate in Ihe operation and function' 

of Ihe trnde'. then \Ie a~ dt"fr;uing 

the purpo'iC of the building trades. 

rhe leader. of the II(TD . including 

the F'lcculive Council. _hould ha'e a 

clear undc""anding v.i1h the inplant 

untum on demarcation "or~. e'en if 

Ihii requires \Criou~ n cgoti; l lion~ 10 do it. 

If II local council ha .. pruhlem,. a re pre· 

wnt,,!ive should be m:.de !i':lilable im 

I11cdial('l} If Ihl' Illcn:inJ: of \C,eral 

cuuncils i, the ;m'.... er to being able 10 

employ 11 fulI·time agent. il ,houlu he 

done. Some \ery dra\lic ,Iep\ should be: 

taJ..en in Ihe ne'l! year. or v.e will he 

singing MAuid 1 ang S)'oc." 

In \larch. our local entered negotia· 

tion\ on three fronts-in,idc. commercial 

line. and Gra)i\On 11. 1 «(' ]',e never 

seen Ihe I'nntmums lal.l: a~ hard a l'O'>i· 

tiun in negotiatiun, iI~ they haH~ been 

t:l~ing thi, lcar. I gu ... ~ .. they feel that. 

"ilh the Ni'ton Adminhlration. the \lage 

freel.c. the enforcement of anti·lahor 

law,. a nd the utlenll'loymenl ~i l ual io n . 

Ihi .. i, the year 10 hre:l~ our had,; how. 

e'er. 1 alwa), ,a). lallor came bac~ after 

one dcprcro~en fenen. the shoe \I ill 

500n be on lhe other foot. 

The credit union of 1.0000al 317 he".! it~ 

annual meeting on r.1:t rch 4. 1972. at 

\llli~h time 1Ielol onicef"; \\ere el .. cteu. A 

\ery good huffel dinocr \I.h ..... ned. and 

there lol a, li\'e entertainment. 

T he journeyman rei ra ining eln,s has 

been slarted, .... ith IJiII Terrell. Jr. tellch· 

ing the clllss. Any jou rneyman interested 

in the next

Time Out lor Photo 

Th"MI ",1,,(.h;G'~cr for tho\!.' "ho did 

nOI altend Juring the pa~1 year. 

'1 he Retl C'm" "'lfely d:" ...., lire going 

vl'Ty "1'11. \lore than 160 of mlr mem· 

hcr~ have ,·ol1l[li.:wd Ihe . hUI 

lie are II~iling for a Iinnl 0 ..... . from the 

Pay Board. We arc hOlling 10 gel :, quid 

"nirmalile n:pl) to Ollr reques1. 

For the ,econd year. \Ie Me ~ronMlrins 

:t Colt I c:tguc I Ja~h,,1I Te'lm, I ",I year. 

the ho}~. :l!;ed 1.'1 :md 16. fini,hed -.ceond 

in Iheir league !lnd arc hoping for Ihe lOll 

,pot Ihi, ye:,r. Many lhanl.~ 10 all thm.e 

II ho ,old ;mll hought ticl..cI~ 10 help ~up' 

PIlrl Ihe team. T his prosram nol onl}' 

give~ 15 1011l1g men ,omclhin,l: COIhlruc· 

live 10 do. hlH il aho ,how~ the com· 

nwnily Ih:01 unions do Ihing, ()Iher than 

pidel job '-ile~ and cam.: prohltm\. 

Pele Rodeh h mal.inc plan" fnr an· 

olher ,linner·Jam:e. and a commillee is 

being formed 10 \lorl.. on 0111' union 

pknic, No date has been set for eilher 

evenl y·e!. 

Hille IOU regislereu 10 vOle?? 

R()(J[ R W. JOItr-:SON. P.s. 

Local 399 Scribe Attends 

ISEW Telephone Confe rence 

L.U. 399. SI'RI,\e(;FIF.LI), ILL -No 

(Jne can "'} our 1000:ci i~n't mOling aheaJ. 

I Wil', vcr> fortunnle to hal''' hccn :Ible 

to ~il in un the I BFW Telephone Conference. 

hdd a1 the Millland Hotel in 

Chic:lgo. 

lhe conference is rcprc~entN b} m EW 

telephone pt'ople from the indepcndenh 

:lnd the Bell Telephone Company. Cen- 

1111 1 Tekphonc Company, United Telephone 

Company. Conlinenlal Tdephonr 

('ompan)'. Gener;ll Telephone Compnny. 

,lnJ leleral olhers. '1 hi, repreocnlation 

will I.('(·P m Slrong 'InllllniICd. 

Among Ihe spcal.crs ;tl Inc conft'renee 

\lere Illlernationni Pre,idcnt Char1c, Ii. 

Pill:ml. Inlernalional Secretary Jowph I), 

.... een,lI1. ShIh Oi,lriel Vice Pre,idenl T. 

E 'Ialnnr. al1ll Telephone O~r.tlion ~ 

Dircclor '\ I orri~ \ Iurphy. Be slirc 10 nnll 

oUI (,,1m )Ollr chief ~ I ell:lrd Ihe deliti" 

of Ihe lelephone c«nfercllee. 

Onc of thr 1ll",1 rnjnya hlr. cVeninj:' I 

have ever '-pent ,incc I hee;lmt' aeli"e in 

I..o.:al 3'J9 "a~ on Mar"h 2~. 19n. nl Ihe 

le,tlnmnial dinner honoring Inlern:Clional 

Se.'rtt:tr" J(h.Cph D. Kernan. I thinl., 

II ilhout :c Jount. thaI he j, one of Ihe 

mO~1 per'lI:t,ive _pealer, I nale eler 

heard. If he i, cvcr in )'IlLIf area. il \lould 

be "ell worth yuur time 10 meel and lalk 

10 him. Secrelar), Keenan 'tarl~d Ill' 

career :\\ :1 Iclephol1c 111,111 in Local 134. 

Chil'ago, 

I \li,h ,ome of Ihe BrOlhers IIould 

~uhmit idea~ and lIt'W' ilem~ 10 me 10 

,uhmil to Ihe JoJllrllIlf The J()I1rI1II1 b 

ollr ma£:tLine. ami \Ie ~hou1d contribUle 

10 it On hchalf of I oc'll 399. I ,a~ Ihal 

Ihe Jill/mill ~I:lfr ha~ Iione a very gooJ 

joh of prim ing our h:tler, lind p i Cl\lr~" 

I'm '1ll'e the staff doc,n'l £eI the credit 

it dc'eT\c~ . 

JlII-"" memher. are lu,inl! jolts Ix-c:mw 

our foreign Ir:cde ha, lirwally ~ome ;1 

one·\I:I) ,treel. Our e~porh hnle fallen 

10 Ihe 10\le'l Iclel 111 almo--.I 40 )ear~ 

Wlce'} )VII ,hop. look for lhe IInion lahcl , 

and let olner, ~no" you :crt loo)..ing for 

it. You mOl> have 10 pay' more for ilel1l~. 

bUI you II ill he ahle to 'IiIml 1;ll1cr. 

Al the Man:h wC your chief ' tellurll and a,~ 10 huy 

onc'! 'I he pril'c fur a tidd i, 52.00. 

;,hOl1l Ihl.' ~ame pri~'e a~ :In X raled 

movie; hOllcver, il lIill do :t 101 mure 

good. 

The lighler s id~- Men do make passe~ 

al I:irl ~ \lho \lcar .'!1:_.sC's-it depcnd ~ on 

Iheir fmmes. 

JOSI·rll P. ROTllrRlt 1M. P.S. 

., 

Juna, 1912

12 Locals Accept J oint 

Pension Contract Proposals 

L.U. 420, WATERII URY, CO:"l'N.-The 

mcmbers of the 12 locals on tOe properties 

of CL&:I'. HElCO. W~IECO. and 

Holyok.: Power have accepted the proposed 

chl!nges to our joint pension con· 

tract. which werc unan i lllou~ly reeom· 

mended by the Negotiating Committee. 

One fearure of the Retirement Pro· 

gram Ihat b beginning to ~ how sonu; 

improvemcnt is the early rctirement pro 

I·hion. Now a Brother \Iith 30 years of 

service can retire under the present reduction 

factor;--64 }ears, 0%: 63 years, 

0%; 62 yefLr~, 0%; 61 year,. 3 %: lind 

60 }'ear~. 7':0. An employ!.'.: wilh 10 

years of sen'jce can retire \Iilh a reduction 

of 2% each }ear to age 6(l, and 3% 

f,ulU a~w 59 10 55. 

We al l hope thaI, in lime to comc, 

more sizeable impro vement~ will be 

made. "l"OOay. with the eo,t of liling as 

it i~ and the trend of carl) rctirement. a 

good. 5ub~tanl i al retircmem program is a 

necessity. 

A few months :tgo. I reported in this 

column Ihnt System Council V-H had 

filed an unfair l:tbor pmctice ag:tm~t 

CL&: I' Company for refu,inl! to negotiate 

for Ihe retired Brot hers. Well, now that 

the Supreme Court h,,~ ruled against 

!:thor in tOe Pittsburgh GI:m ra"C, 

CI..&:I' now says it \lill revaluate the 

pension~ of the nroth er~ on rctirement, 

but at it ~ discrction. 

A few re ar ~ ago. our local. in the 

local's bylOlw~. made provbions for an 

optional mail-ballot ~ole. It wa~ decided 

10 give it a try for thi~ pcn,jon-cOll1ract 

ratification. Through Ihe drOflS of Ihe 

bu~inc~~ man~ger and our local office 

secretary. 1,280 ballots and exhibits describing 

and illustrating the new. proposed 

provi~ion~ 

of the pilln "cre sent 

ou\. A ~ of thi~ writing (March 23. 1972 ). 

lhe local has nOI finished evaluat ing the 

response a~ to whether a m:til ballol is 

practic:!1 in lieu of a secret-ballot vote at 

the union halls. 

With l)en~ion negoli;lti on~ completed, 

\\c will begin \\"ork on contract negotiations. 

With a Republican Adminbtmtion. 

the wage freczc. and the resignation of 

the labor IIIcmncrs from the Pay Board, 

no one h prcdicting the outcome of this 

ycar's endeavor. 

In the ab'iCnce of International Representative 

John Keilty. who i, recupernting 

at honte. Inte"",tional Vice President 

10hn Flynn has assigned International 

Representative Paul I.oughntn to a,~h t 

System Council V-24 in our pre5Cnt gencml 

nej:!otiations with the CL& p Company. 

Welcome. Paul! 

This is an important period of time, 

and all Brothers should mnl..e a special 

crrort to attend unit or local mN'tings. 

The meetinp are the only accurate source 

of information. 

Brolher Marcel Fortin. \\ ho wa~ an 

active member for many )ears and h3d 

also se Tl'ed on the ElIeclitive Board, 

pltssed away. We elltend our S)'mpat hy to 

the family of Ilrolhl"'T Fortill. 

TIlOMAS CII~ I G, 

Second Annual Banquet 

Held by Local 421 

p.s. 

I .. V .. U1. CO-":COKI). N.II.- 0ur Seeoml 

Annual Banquct and Awards dinner 

tooJ.. placc on March 4. 1972. A marve[ 

ou~ bulTet dinner \\'as enjoyed by :ll l. 

Afler dinncr. Pr e~idcnt Arnold Rus\ClI, 

Ir .. who -.crl·ed as master of ccremonies. 

IhanJ..ed Ihose in allendance for coming 

oul. 

The Banquet Committee, Brothers 

Ernest Bewersdorf (chairman). I).,\ id 

Young. I3crnarJ Lamb. and RU',ty Bli ~h. 

wcre givcn a nice round of applause for 

their effort). 

Pre,iJcl\t RlI ~ sell Ihen pre~en[cd certificates 

:tnd pins to rcccntly-retired memben 

P:tul E. S}monds. Edgl,r Abberton, 

Emile I abranche. Harold Gordon. Irving 

Peabody. Bi ll Arnold, and Fred Jacobs. 

CertifiCiltes and pins were presented to 

45-ycar Hrothcr\ Maurice T. Clc\eland. 

I ohn 1. Ducey. :tnd I' re~ton Colbrolh: 

35-year Brother Gerald C. Fdmonds: 30- 

year U rolher~ Wayne H. Farrar (he 

[raveled from up)t:ttc New York [0 attend 

). Alfred J. Cote. :Ind Fdmund G. 

Mt Mahon: and 25-ycar Brothcr James 

R. ~IcNal1y. 

A ~pecin l 

prt'scntation of a dozen red 

ro se~ Wil~ made to Mnc. Bale'on. Local 

421'5 :ts5j~tant

has been. ho ..... .::\(:r. un almost c(lI1ti l1\hH I ~ 

b

Retiree 

Membe.s of Local 466. Chadellon. W Va •• 

employed al Ihl JOhn t. Amos Plant In 

Putnam County. recenll~ Mid a part~ fo. 

Brother Bob Johnson. whO .elored. B.other 

JOhnS(ln Is shown Idmlrlng Ih" 8.IIS he re· 

c:ellled from his c:o·worke.s. 

Powerhouse Job 

, . 

Brothers "ho dn.pped in to help in the 

eomlrUClion of thh hUj:c po"crhome. 

'I hoc' "mo~ I'tanl "'II) al'>O the ~ite of n 

comhincd hirthd!t)·rctirrmel1t party for 

Brtllher Bob Johl1\ol1. who hung up his 

tool~ after 29 )caf\ of Ilorking us an 

IBFW trade unioni\1. Brolher Hob was 

prc

Scenes from local 474 

I r:"'; - 

Fisherman 

At Stewards' School 

r 

.... - 

BrO l hers Bill Edwards, 

George ao .. z, and 8111 Holt. 

members of Local 474, Memphis. T~"n .. who 

It'll d(>;"8 control work on the plutic extruder 

at Ille P'per M .. nuf~'t,"'nl!: Company 

In COllIerville. Tenn. 

The plUII~ extruder, at Ihe pjlM" ManufactU"1l1' 

Company, has a 3DO pound press 

which molds mil k caseS. It Is p .. " of the 

$300.000 electrical job which willS done by 

the Overton Electric Company In , thfeemonth 

period. 

A Good Job 

Pres ident Tim Craven cons ....'u'. 'I"S Brother 

Jerry Coslley lOr a job welt done ;os cub 

m",'et 01 the Local 474'5PQn$Ored Cub 

$l;oul Pack. 

Cootrac+ Settled by C IR, 

Form er Scribe In jured 

L U. 48K. 1I 1( IIlGJ.: I'OIr r , COi'lN.- On 

March I. 1972. OUT contract lIas ,>$l.'l t. and Jacl.: Brooks: 

, , 

In8 S of the ne\\, media arc attemptin£ 

to i,ola1t:: Ihe Llbor movement fmlll lhe 

re'it of American ",dely. lie ~Irc~wu Ihe 

need for IInh~ in Ihe labor mOlemcm :In(1 

!>!lid th;11 \II." 11111,1 ,upport ,amlid:IlC~ 

favorable 10 ..... or),.ins men and "omen in 

the coming elecl;on. 

Intcrn:ltional Rcpresentatile H:lfOld 

ll a ~ er. in hi, ,pcc,h. s:tid th;11 ,!cII:lfd, 

arc Ihe main linl.: hel,,"e.::n Ihe membership 

ami oflken of the JQC;!1 unions. 

')t(w:mJ:, ,holiid be fca,on,jble :tnd linn. 

he ~aiu. and h;II'C :1 IhorOllgh ),.nO\1 kdge 

of the , onlraCI anu Ihe abilit) 10 get 

that, Ilhile a ceiling IHI ~ been set on 

wage), Ihe American bu,inc~\nH l n has 

sho\ln an unusual patriotic zeal in \\anling 

10 >tay \lithin Ihe!oC linc~. 

I Ill~rnational Kepre .... IlIUlile Tom Ilid. 

me n SI1t1ed that cOlllp:rnies (,re seel ing 

arbitration at an accelerated rail' \lhich 

is a real drain on local union trea\une~. 

The arguments that C:ln be lI'>Cd 'n an 

arbitr:ltion caClerc; uOJust cauo,c;:: e:tlenthLling ,.,r· 

CLJlml;UIlC'; unc'lu;\] trC

Brother Ehlenburg Honored 

In Phoenix, Arizona 

I .. U, 532, IULU""'CS, "IO~T,-O n h:b. 

nlar)' 16, 1972, a dinner Yoa, held III 

the R:mlada Inn in I'hoo:ni\, Aril.ona. in 

honor or 55-)ear BrOlher and 1'1 ..... I·rdnl. 

Ehlenburll· 

During the course or Ihe elening, 

Eighth Di\lricl Vice r re~klent Stanle) I'. 

rhomp..on prco;,ented Urother 1 hlenhurg 

Yoil h I!. 55·)ear pin and ~Iated that he 

":1\ hl~nored and pleao;,ed to he ahle 10 

mal.e the pre'ICntalion to ~IKh :1 great 

nW!llhcr. Ik aho ':liJJ hI! \\:I~ rarlku· 

larly pl cH~cd ttl honor him Ix·C:IU ....., in 

1926. llrolher I'raill.. Ihen firt:mdnl 'ICC' 

relar) or l ocal .'i3.2. a~~i,u:J :11 hi, ini· 

dation inlo l oc:,1 .'i32 "here he ha\ reo 

mnine.1 II member. 

Allending the Jinner "ith Vice l 'l"e~i· 

dent lind ," rs !o.l:Inlcy ThUlll lNJn " ere 

1I 1 . lbinc,~ M:lI1l1ger and :-' Ir,. Gl)lIn Ro,., 

or local l'i4(). l'h.)oCnix. AI,o in lItleml· 

:Ince from 101::11 (,40 "er... Btl, inc" Rer · 

l"t)(nlaliH ;mJ MI'>. I cYo ,'kCofmicl. 

( Brot her 'kCormicl. i, a l'\O rrom \Ion· 

tanll). Brolher, 1(0)' and \ 1cC'Ornlkl. 

made nil Ihe arrangemcnt, ror thc cn· 

jlJ)";lhle Clening :1I1d :,,-,ille,l Vice I're\· 

illrnt I hl1r11P\()I\ II ilh the prC)(nl:ltion. 

IJ rOl her I r:lnl. Ehlenhllrg joined 1(1\::11 

532 in 1'IlfI. IIr- "orl.ed for the 'hum· 

I"in ~Iale, T elephone Md h :Il.'"Ilr:lph 

COfllp:lny unJ then the \lont:!n:! l'OYol;'r 

('OIllP;III). (lnd retired in 10,153. lie -.cfled 

his loc:II ;11 tre: ' ''l r ~r. (I, I M·,mile Uo:ml 

nremher, and for 16 }ear, a~ fill,mei:11 

...ccremry. trom tho,e he ""I ~cJ ... ilh 

and for. he earned the r~pulalion ,,( he· 

ing a ,I.illeu er:,ft'm:lII. :t greal union 

memher. and a fine Ilentlernan. 

UrOlher I hlenburg h ~, 1 .....\1 'On, Yoho 

:Ire memhch of the 1IH'\\ Wa)ne ' hi· 

enhuT1l. journC) nmn lineman of I. IK::l1 44. 

IJ Ul1c, Monl ll na . \lho i, now cily r,)re· 

111:,n for the ~ 1 ()l1tan:l P',\ler ComplIn)', 

;lmJ CtHl1"le~ l'hlcnhlll·g. journeyman 

\l irenmn of I l)l:a l ~1::!. \\ 110 i, II ,ign 

m:l l1. 

IJrolher and \l r,. Ehll'nburg are en· 

jo)ing their relirement in I'hL)oCni, 

The olliee"" :1111.1 n.cmbcr~ of I tJocal 

~12 110;" .1. tlou", II rot her\ (lr Locul ""0 

for Ihe :l"i\mnce Ihey 1!:tI'e in rnn~;ng 

Ihe elenillg :. 'llcce\S. 

I'I TI" 1 0'1111111)(1111, B.:-'I. 

W ork Situation Quiet; 

Classes Being Held 

L .U. 540, CANTO ......, O IIlO- \\'orl. in 

our are:1 i, \Cf) quiet. l\hlll)' of our 

memher. arl" 1I0r~ing oul o r lO"n. and 

\l)nle are on Ihe hench. 

Al our reJlular monthly meeting on 

M:U"I:h 1 I. 1972. l.oc,,1 ~"O Illemhers 

eleeled to accept paniripntinn in the 

genernl rr e~il lcllt" ~ projeel Ilminten:!nee 

:,gr.:emenl h) CHn tra ~ l . 

I

Walnut Cree!... lnlern:uional Representatives 

John Lappin :lnu Tommy Roberts 

"ere aho prescn!. 

Our thanls for an enjoyable evening 

to the Arrangem ent~ Committee. heuded 

by Karl Eggen anu Jeannie ,\Iorri" ",ith 

the a~~i,tan('c ffllm ... weral union bar· 

tenders, 

On the subject of politics, IX'rha~ ~'ou 

haven't been giving much thought to how 

the \al ' iOIl~ gOlerning nOllie, ,lOU the 

ot1iceholder~ directly IIlf!!ct you. A can· 

did:lte\ haclgl'Ound c:m gin' you il11f1'Ortant 

c1ue~ a, to hh IIllitude tOllaHI the 

Ilor!..ing n1:ln. ju,! :I) [h~ voting record 

of an im'lImhl'nt [elh you if hc'~ for or 

again~t 1:lhor. Some people will tell )'00 

that if )OU hal'e a good horse. !..eep him 

running: othen. IlilI ~

Labor and Political Gathering 

Local 7J 6's Meeting 

, 

l~ of ollr March meet· 

ing was concluded. I lel.rned th:lt '>Ollle 

of the members hale alrc;ldy nmtle 

plans for their summer vacations. 

Jun., 1972 

l.ft 10 ",hi. ElceinC"

For those or )'OU 'oI-ho mighl nol 

lno,,",. our Negotiating Commiuee is 

compo.cd of II'otil", Ray Willi:'m!. 

I'residem Ronnie I'rlllerwn. and lJu5i· 

ness Manager R. T. Noacl. The coo· 

tr.u;:tors arc rcpre\Cnted O} Grant Whit· 

ll lcr. Sol Grt~~, Hcn Chenault. lmd 

NFCA Chl,pter Manager (jeof!,!e Sum· 

row, lr, More on thi~ later. 

At our regular mc.:ting on \larch 

1.'lIh. International \ icc Pn',i,h'nl Ra)· 

mond Dule pre..cmed 50·~e:lr pin~ 10 

11'0'0 of our long·'ime memllcr,. Ilrolll1,'rs 

CI~de Wa ~goner Hnd B. Burn. 10(:'11 officiah. and 

1:lhor disnitarie!t from lIlEW Local, 166. 

Schenectlldy. New Yorl; 215. Pough· 

leer.ie. New Yurlo.., 163. New City. New 

Yorl: 5()1. While I'lain). '\Ic... 

Yorl: 

63 I, Athmla. Georgi:l: and 804. Kitch· 

ener. Ont.: Pl umbeT!l Local 526; :tnd 

our wholesalers. 

Brot her Mindler presenled servicc 

pin, 10 Ij members wh~ WEW senice 

IIEW Journal

anged from 10 to 35 years. 

Almost 400 meJ11ber~. their wives, and 

our gue'l~ gnve our lIlTair the :turn of a 

social ~uccc~. nod Ihe cvening was Ihe 

1,.11.. ..,f II,,, I,)wn. 

J une 141h is Flag Day. Oller your 

pra ~'ers 10 Hnd seck Ihe aid of Ihe Deity 

on thi~ dll Y. 

Cicero "HOle. "l,I"'e me a young man 

in \\hom there i~ ~omclhing of the old. 

and an o ld man \dth ~Oll1elhil1g of the 

rOllng: gui,led \S 

~er\ice m;lJl. Frne,1 0 . Horan, a ground· 

nwn apprenlice, lIa, reqlle~ted :I travel· 

ing card nnd \lill he joining Ihe IU FW 

ranh of Ihe telephone company, Arlhur 

Dri~coll. T ran,mis)ion I)epartment. is 

lea\ing on eXlended ,itl.. le11\o,:; Alet I,b 

lell\'e. he \lill ta~e an e;tTl~ retirel11eJJl. 

The local \\i)he, Ille he~1 for the'-C memo 

"'~. 

r\pologic~ are olfered to lI ill Bear. A ..· 

,i~tant Dir~ctor, l.abor I dUcl'Ilion, l 'ni· 

ver,ilY of '-l ai'le. 11 appcnrs Ihi~ prc" 

~ecrelary ~afl't ~pC! l . as prOved by (he 

Icll~rs in the la,t 1\\0 i\,ue~ of the ],JII,. 

lIul. I ~hould ha\c I..nown helter, Bill. 

bcc:tl1sc a lIcllr i

Compan)\ joll a! Olin ('hcIllic;lh. -, he 

Lal.e Chnrlc \ Flecrric Com pan) h;I' -.omc 

line ""arl. on [he 1J0i-.e-Ca\Cade 1'1 )1)("'10.1 

Mill a! l)eQuin,y. 

A leUer (r"lll I Olibian;1 A Ic~-all-.e of ilhlC"" Anolher leiter 

\\;\\ ~;,d: it II:" from tm.' tlirector vf 

110)\ Villa~e. Ih;ln~in~ Ihe '''I:al for Ihe 

worl BI'O[ h ... r~ Amon Do""dcn, 1\01:10 

Cormier. \ , , . :md lI om~r Winfree. ;lIld 

I rcd tr air dWHIted hi the li~h tin g of the 

nc,," ~)mna\illm for the lIoy, Villa ~c. 

Maleri;" for [hi~ I>.0 thaI mC[1I1 partiliOll ~ can be in 

\talled [0 mu~e an) room Ihe siu de· 

\ired_ 

I he complele in,r:l llalion I'a, done h) 

1 oc:I I 910 clelui.:i:IIl'. 

\ rmmd rhe ;n,;de perimeler of ea"h 

Iiour. electric he,tllnll t"lemenl' \\Cfe in· 

\1;Jlled II> n};l~e ;1 lolal-elellric h':;1[ in· 

\1;11I:I[ilin OIJl\Iui!dil\t,!. an dec· 

trk ,no""-IlIt"liinll "'Iem ""a, put info 

the ,iIJc\\;"~'. \ l"lrtJin~ to Paul \ ·anee. 

ll.:ncr;11 foreman on Ihe ;01>, [hi, \\:b the 

fir,[ ,ul·h in,lallalion used in up,lall' 

l\e"" ' orl. 

·1 here arc a flllluUl ,hl."iler :lnd a cafe· 

lerin on Ihe 11th nou,. lIf Ihl.' main building, 

AJ-o incorflOraled inlll the huildint: 

life lin 3udir(JriuOl, \lil h a ~:ltin8 capacit) 

lIr IIO!) p.:opk. plu\ a p;lrl.in/,t ~ar:t~e 

fur 174 car,. I \lrl1l) -, i~ electrician, 

\101 ~e" \In thi, jtlh III pt::t~ eml"lO}l11cnl 

\Vurl i, H'T)' ,10"" in Ihe nrCll. and Ihe 

,cene 1.I000,n·1 loo~ good for Ihe )tImmel 

l11Ufllh,. We C;lfI ol:lme " 101 of lhi, 

prohtem (In Ihe pre..enl admini,tr.Jlion in 

WIt,hington ftlr nOl relea"int: I'uhli. 

\\or'" hmd\ ;iln:;llh appro\l'd b~ ('on 

~re". 

' I hj~ i, ;1 crili,';11 cicCI ion lear. an,J 

e~el) local union miN I:onduCI :In ae[i,e 

COI'I cantp;li~n ;md ma~e ",re thai ih 

llIemncl"i arc ret:i'[ered :lntl thcn thaI 

thc) excrd ..... Iheir rillht to lule on elc.:· 

tion till) 

We h;l\C ;tll "'en I'ha'oC I and 00\\ 

Ph;l\(' II of ' i~"n\ ""agc-price frl.'ele. 

[I 'C~Il\' "en unfair Ihal \\hen \llI.!;e, 

;Ife ~ol1lrol1ed. Ihe price,

Wllsncr-Smith Company IIrc the eOnlrnctors 

on the job. 

The r.levll Corporation and Colliers 

Construction Company llho have some 

tran the ,amI.' way you do. YOII. 

like thou,and~ of other\ li~ e )'011. arc a 

laOorer who i~ tr)ing 10 be recognil.ed 

and p:il'en credit for .....-int=. thc bac\..bone 

of our !'conom} V ... r~' f,'w pnlilidnn\ :Ire 

for lahor :lIld. con..cquent l), Me trying 

'"CCC"flll1) 10 do (Ilia} \lith IIllion,. So. 

follow ('OPF and he f:unilinr \\;th the 

rcc()rd ~ of lahar c:lIldi,!tltC~. 

&:cond. vote f()r COf'F-cndor,cd candidatcs, 

Pcople \\ ho hnvc ~pcnt Iheil' liVeQn Ihe\' art" conrerncd 

about their nation', ,Ianilit y. I :Imiliarizc 

yourself with all of the polilic;1I i'\lIes. 

Don', leI a candid;lle IIh() ,unpurh )our 

pet peeve tower o\er thc rcnl i"ues. A 

good exarnpk ur tiLl, lind ur lUIIUid"l~ 

is Georg.:: Wallacc. 'litO h:" l':lntlll'ed thc 

he~r" of every bigol north :IJld ,()l1\1l of 

the r. l a~on·Dhon line. If lhe r:lt'i:tI i,,"e 

is the onl\' motllallllg lorce to nw~c you 

\'ole. Ihen ~IOp. ~et Ollt of lour ,hell. and 

find out "hat the real lIorM i~ li\..e. Oh? 

and for YOLI voter, \lho thin\.. a Wallace 

vote i, 11 protest ~ole. don', inn'ltc your 

ego: )ou're Ihe rno,t in,ignificanl prOle~ters 

in modern hi,tory. 

A~ a fam ou, pel',()n once _aid, "SIIPport 

COPE and COI'F for '72." And 

that's the Iruth. 

LlSltl A. /II HTHt \\ ". 1'.5. 

Local I r 41 Apprentice 

Is State's O utstan ding 

L U. 1141. OKI.AIIO\IA ('lTV. OKLA. 

-We'tern O~lahof11a Ell'elrical ] ,\TC's 

Ollr-tanding apprenlke. Garl' Win\..lcr. 

.. as reecntly ~elecled a~ O~lnh(}Ul:l', Outs!anding 

Apprentice for 1972. after a 

dar-long conle~t helll in our Iraining 

faeililic~ on April 22. 1972. 

Gary competed again,t John lIarkreader. 

local 384. Mu ~~o£ce. O\..lnhom;l . 

;lOu John 1-10uchin. loc:II 584. Tulsa. 

O~ I ;'hO!lla. 

We arc !Ill qllile proud of Gary's 

achievements: nnt only i~ he :m exceptional 

~tudcnt \I ith a fOllr-~eltr sn,de 

a~~,al:-'" of 95. but he i~ also a Viclnam 

\Var ~'eternn (U.S, Marine,). wilh three 

Purple Hearts to hi~ credit! 

Gary and his wife. Lupe, have two 

"

Outstanding Apprentice 

GiOry Wln~ler. I.U, Lo.;iOl 1141, O~llhoma 

C,ty. Okla ..• he 1I.,e'5 ouUliOnd,n& Ippren, 

tl~e for 1972. Is 5hown beln, conll'~t"'aled 

by Don SchoU. O~lahom~'~ 1971 Outstanding 

Applentice 

Shown "1 out~liOndln. apPrlnUC'5 't(IoCletlcd "Oklahuma's 

1972 OUhtnnding Appl"elUice:' 

D ill A. Co,. I'.S. 

Me mbe rs Asked Not To 

Bu y Spa's Services 

L. U. 11 9 1, \\ ES"I P\ L" Ut-: \ ("II. Fl.,' . 

-The Palm Ik:,\'h Building lmd (on. 

,Iruclion Tradc' Cuundl, A 1-1 .-( 10. h:t~ 

a\loo )OU mcmhcr, 10 refu!>C 10 "u\; Ihe 

!>Cf\ite~ of Ihc Furopean tlcahh Spa 

Ilnlc~~ il a~r.::c, 10 lOll er j,~ price~, con 

,i,lenl \lilh Ihe \u",landard rulkies it 

has sancliuned in ih eun'lfu~lit)n OIlIi. 

lude~. The ,r:1 i, hx;,lcd aUt)" from Ihc 

\\1'11 auditorium. 

\lMch \1:1\ a tragic monlh for l ocal 

1191. BrOl her I ee Ingram. frum Ihe 

SllI:tr! SC. ,ulrel'e.1 n faml IJII_ " V cont:ICI. 

1·le j, ,uniled hy hi, \life and Ihree 

)oung ehildrcn Wt" eXlend ollr heanfclt 

')mp;tlhy 10 ilrolhcr Inj!ram\ famil)'. 

Brolher 1 . W. Douglas II;I~ al,o -.eriously 

hurned l'nd .... itt h","c pcnl1anCnl 

injury. Wc \li,h Ilflllhcr I)()Ullln, a rapid 

relUrn 10 goC 

I.nO\l Ihal your frien,b and Brolher., tare 

anJ Ihal Ihey fcel lour 10'i~. 

OUT lale Brolhcr '1,lnin Pollard i 

~uni'ed by four childrcn. Dcnni-. 

'aome \Ii[hetl. allli Di;lnnc. \Ian in 

Me" 10 "or). art/und hi, home and en 

~~cd hooling ;lnd h'hin!!. lie ~ti1J had 

hi~ li,.-..I pay ~tu". "hkh h" .. h«n Mound 

a .... hile. n, it \Iill be :W }ears olll Ihi~ 

Seplcmhcr. 

l~rOlher Fddie 1,IIIon of Ihe !)Icam 

l'lanl 10,1 hb ":,lIle for lifr. II I.' h:ul recenlly 

I'i~itetl 10llntn. France, "ul fflle 

,Jiclal,'d Ihal he 1l1ll,1 leaVe: lJ~. M~IY hc 

rc,1 in peacc. 

Ilrolher Bo" Col "urn injured hi, kll 

.... hen he ~Iippt"nice men 

(cJeclrk;llJ. ha\ been arpoinled 10 fif11he 

ya.:;tnq un Ihe I '\ceuli~c Board. 

l'I"~()nting e\enb include Ih~ nominalion. 

and c1euion of onicer-. for lhree. 

}e;lf lerm\ fhe nomination, \lill be held 

MJ)' l.'llh l' nd Ihe eleclion J une 13lh. 

'I om Slern~r. rinrtncial Secrclary. re 

.,igncd. IInti 110" Sporay. -re ward for G a ~ 

Engineering. \I ill be lal.iog hh place. 

IU W Jou .nol

Tom did a lin~ job II hen he IiII~d Ihe 

Yflcancy Slim Mcnlo crealeli II hen he 

ht!came bUsine'>S manager. 

MARSII -\LL AN IO~-.o:>l, 1'.5. 

Members Setting Poles; 

linemen Needed 

L.V. 1249. S YI{ ACUS "~ , ..... V..- \Iem . 

bers of l ocal 12019 IIho ;Ire cmplo)ed 

hy W. A Chc\lcr arc ..c1ling \1e}cr~ 

)Ieel·pole Ii ·frame~ for a 7M·'" V linc 

from Uli~;1 to Alh;,"}", 'ell' urI.. Thi~ 

linc lIill he 112 milc\ long lind wn,hl 

ur 264 .. leclpl.1l ... \lrUCllIfe, IIhkh are 

up 10 200 fcel in hci1!hl anu lIeigh 

901.000 pound,. ., hc eOnliUehlr i~ I.]. 

\lC\I flluminulII. "ilh fuur "irc~ in a 

hundle for cach ph3~. I :ll·h ph;I'>C of 

hundle conductor i~ ,uppoTleli by a 

uuubk-V ,I,i"g uf l-l\l i"",I!!\II'''' '11Ic 

IlCll i'Nlialol", :Inu haru"arc .... cigh 

l.300 pound, for cach phil'C on II Ian· 

gent 10"('r. Fifly per cent (If Ihe poles 

ha\'c heen eredcd. and prepar;llion h 

unlier \Ya~ to ,Iflrt lIire ere\\, in the 

nC3T future. 

Thl.' jon i~ umkr thc wpervi~ion of 

K. Y. Camphell. I'ro;eel \ ],!Ollger; I'd 

I·ricdman. A"iiUml P roJc~1 \I:lnager: 

Keilh ('ra\\-Ie~. Superintendent: John 

1J0rgneT. Wire 5u~rinlendenl; and D. 

Bohon. ('~. WiI,on. :Inli JUnior I'ride. 

general forelnen. Andy And rcIIs i~ jub 

~Iew:l r d. 

Bradley arid Willi:1I11\ ha~ II contract 

10 build :1 ]-l~-KV tollcr line from 

O'"l.'go 10 Utica for Ihe New York 

Sl31e I'oller AUl h oril~. 'The foolcr .. arc 

in. am,! tUller creel ion ;111\1 wi"ing \hould 

get under II:I~ :1\ '()(111 ;,.. Ihe \o,eMher 

hreak~. 

We ;11-.0 haH: 150 men on di\lrihulion 

"Orl. thrnllghout Ihc ,1:lIe. Our 

lIorl. piclUre continue!> to 1()(,1. good, :md 

;my linemen dc,iring to lIurl. in l oc:11 

12 019 ~ h ulIl\1 ellnlau lI",ine\~ \I:mltger 

William ShlillCr. 

Our pc,,,i,,n nnd in .. lIr:lIlce plan~ Me 

oOlh going very lIel l. Jl cncfil~ have heen 

i n crea~J. fln,1 \\~ \o,il] ,>"un he ill "c~oti:llions 

fur :1 new COO1ntet \\ ilh l a~e~ 

hcinS " h;1I Ihe~ are. il i\ quite po"ihle 

Ihal our fnmh ami fringe bendih may 

'mpro"e IIgalll ,n Ihc near 1"lUre. We 

have 8 1 member .. on pen\ion now. :Ind 

the~ 31so rc.:l·i,c: lhe CO'oI of \ledicare 

and in~uram:c bcndit~ I'ie)ond the limitalion) 

of \Ie,,!ie:,rc:. 

\I,s, \llIq,lucrile I Quinn. ~cretary 

and GIrl I ridl» of Bu,ine,s M:lnager 

Will iam Shlltll'r n.·e(" nJ ly retired aftCf 

-ening the local for 16 )ca..... We Ili,h 

\larguerite man)' h;lppy )ellN of rctireml.'n\. 

It ollocrl W:lffl \\:I~ hired 10 IlIl.e O\'cr 

Ihe manllgemenl uf the bll\inc,~ omce. 

Bob i~ :1 llIemher of 10':lll 12019 an,,! h 

doing a floc )oh. We lIi,h hun Ihe he,!. 

WII I ",CI D. " "t'c". I'.S. 

Negotiations Unde r Way 

In Maine Local 1253 

I .. U. I25J. At '(;UST A. i\ lt-:. I 're~cn t ly. 

'legoliatiom lire un"!er wuy fur OUT ne" 

765-KV Line Job 

\ 

Mem!>e.5 01 Local 1249. Sy.acuse, N V .• hava 

bttM employed by W. A, Chuler 10) ~et 

Meye'$ sleel.pole H·I,ames for a 765· I(V 

Iintt trom Vt ica II) Albany. N V. Shown 15 II 

bird·s·eye vIew o f II 200·1001 sleel pole 

The seltlng Clew. Wllh 8. Bolton (aene,,,1 

'or.man) and Bob And.ews lIob Slewa.d). 

nlt.na the II.sl 5KI,on. 

The settlnfl c.ew wOf~;ng 

wo.k plallo.ms, 

Steel.pole H t.ame s\ruelurl is 

hlah and wel.hs 94.000 pounds. 

from lemPO''''y 

t95 feel 

onc-year conlrucls. 

U II~ i nC1S i\/an:lger R U\~CIl Wehb hM 

informed I" Ihat BrOlhcu Carroll IIcrwn 

lind Jerry DcLucry pa..sed ;l\\:ly reo 

cenl ly. We e:..:lend our ~~'m p al h ~' 10 Ihe 

menthcN of their families. 

I alii hllflPy 10 reporl . h ~1 Brulhef 

Percy I ilm h ,,~ relmned to lIork afl er 

rc.:oycring frum II hCllrl ;,tI:,ck. 

We Ihllnl.. Ihe n rulher~ IIho dunaled 

IlH:ir lime and Tal'or 10 Ihe \l id·Slale 

("erehr:11 " al,> (.rganll;IIiun in Aug",>U, 

WII 11 \\1 Gil FOil\). P.S, 

Local 1255 Members Reiect 

Pension Plan Proposal 

I..V. 1155, \\ ,,:S-I , 'Y \ CK. ~ . " . Our 

l'en\i.1I1 P\;ln ha .. lH:en due for renegotil 

,t i(ln~ .hi .. }car, hl,l once again. Ihe 

cOlllpany h nyinll roverly :md II:Il ' l~ 

\I~ 10 wail Ilnlil nexi ~Cllr. Dul he who 

\\llits i .. Iml: so. at a '>pecial mceling 

in Apri l, our mcmhel'\ voled umlnimou 

.. ly 10 r.::ject the propt'l'ioal and ~ale 

'>tril.e aUlhorizllliun Itl the commilltt. 

We will jU,t h;t\e 10 lI;,it and ..ce IIh;11 

h.lPIlC"" ne.\t. 

AI Ihc meeling. il wa, 3"0 ,oled to 

'\Cml " re,iden. lIerman Sonnenblum an"! 

Brother C N J.I01e, to the Thinl Di~ 

hid P I\)~Il'" \ lecting in June. 

Our up!.:oming ciccI ion of omeer~ i~ 

very imporlant \() nil (If U\. 11 i .. ollr 

r~~ po ll ~ihi!ity to gel l)\I t ami vOle. '1 hi, 

.... ," .. ho\\ Ihe ~um p ;tn~ IIlIf full me;NII'C 

uf Mfenglh :lOd unil} Vote in full fo rce. 

RIghi (In' 

II)~all~ \\;1\ Ihe ke\nOle of our Apri l 

mccling. l ei", ull ~ h ,,1I' our lo)ult) by 

Ihe higlle~1 ""le e\cr. :1\ II \'ole of conflJcnce 

to hclp ""p,re our elecled 

oflken 

]..:eep Ihe fililh. Be union and bu~' 

IInion' Bu~ Americ;m~ 

I'ul F. G\lltllSO:O

Locol 1255 Officials 

Retiree 

Beating Innation 

I .. U. J3.~ O . , '.:WI'ORT N ..: \\ S, V,\._ 

T hi~ i ~ the lime of the )Cllr when ever) 

one is "onucring how I:.hor lIill ~1: lnJ ill 

the turning I Jlc~idcnlia l

Attendance Improved At 

Local 1413's Union Meeting 

L.U. 1413, TOLEDO. 0I110-At our 

March meeting. better than 45 per tent 

of the mcmber.; were in attendance. This 

was an inlpressh'e turnout. and .... c hope 

Ibe Brothers will continue to attcnd ollr 

ullion meetings, 

President Da\id J. Tillell is doing an 

extraordinary job of nmnin!; of local. 

The members extend ,jneere thanks nnd 

;lppreciation to you. Brother David. 

We welcome ;.hoard Brother, Jam c~ 

"l im" Harden :lnoJ Victor "Vit" Post-ar· 

iJiewit£. who :lre brand·new employees 

in the Propcrl}, PruIett ion Department 

of the Toledo Fdison Comp.1.n},. Both 

Jim ami vit arc doing a very goOO job. 

Brothers Clifford 101l e~ and Billy 

Pruitt recently left ollr deparlment ill 

s('arch of other goa l ~. We will miss them. 

Ik)t uf luck. fell ows! 

P lTktn: F. STf.lN~1I T7, P.S. 

Chicopee Local W orks To 

Stops Exodus of Jobs 

L U, 1500. CIIICOI'f': E, i\It\SS.- Thc 

Legblntive Action Committee of Local 

1500 i~ doing ever) thin ll it can 10 ~ t o p 

the exodlls of American job ~. Its latC)1 

project ha, been 10 II'rite 10 eVl'ry Cnn. 

gres'nwn on [he "S:IV~ O ll r J ob~ Com. 

1I1ittec." ' Iating our (';I-,c and asl.ing Ihc 

Congressmcn 10 \llpport lhe Burl.e. 

1·!:In].;e Bill. 

This i ~ ;m elc('tion rear. and the \'oi('e 

of Ihe people ring~ loudl)'. We are hut :l 

~ mall local-

Women. Il ho now (o n ~li ttu e 43.4 fX' T 

(ent of Ihe American 1;,OOr (orct'. have 

been p:LrIi(ul:lrly hnrd hit by job loss 

dllring Ihe currenl I'('(e\,ion. 1 his hac ahle 10 pinpoinl and 

(omhal proh1em lIrC:", 

The union (omplimenled lhe (ornp;my 

on it, maga1.ine. " I-':Imi l) \afely," II hil h 

i~ ~ent quarterly 10 each emplo}o:e', 

home. 

Our nO:.~t meelins i~ -.cheuu1ed fur July 

I I. 197:!. 

GIIIIU,t T. Suc~. Pu.s. 

Canadian Meeting Held; 

Work Scene Still Poor 

I.,P. 17J9, " "nRIE. OST ,- II I1~ine .. ~ 

\Ianagcr William IInldy :wu I recently 

all ende" lhe Ccnlral CHnatlian I'rogre" 

\lceting. IIhich \\:1" held :11 the Ro}al 

Yorl ! IOlel in TomnlO. OmHio, 

Among Ihe ,pe,,~er, "eTC I ir,t l)i\l riel 

Vke Prc,idem \\ illiam I :.u}man. Inlern;lIional 

President Ch"rb II. " ill:lrd, InleTII:llion,Ll 

Senctar) JlhCpb D, ,",eenan, 

Intern"lion:tl E\eculilc COllneil I II :C) 

Senetary George Patt,'r",", II C mem- 

- 

Local '739's Officers 

Ofl,ce'5 of l ocat 1739. a.m e. Onr . back 

.ow. lell 10 rillhl. a •• Treasu.e. Ed l ll w,. 

P".,denr J~ eplI Clompron. and B .. sln." 

Mlln." •• WIlliam B, .d~. F,on! .ow, Reco,dinll 

Sec' e'a,), Joe G.lff,rlls and Vice P,elldem 

Elme, HDOk. 

beN James Mulloney ;rnd Hnrry &-Odey, 

Director of Ihe Ulihty Departmenl Rich_ 

anI Rapa uo"i. Dire(lur of the Safety 

Department Chark, T upper. and olher 

Inlernalional officer. "nd ~preSl.'nlalives. 

too numerOth to menlion. 

'1 It.: 'JX'I'~h.e, litre lery inform:uilC:. 

an,j " 1111 of good idea~ \l.ere e~cbange,j 

durinlo! Iho: -,c"ion\ of the meelings, 

Our "orl ~l l ualion in I.ocal 1739 i~ 

~Iill poor, bUI \\e h.Lle " few 'mall job, 

Ihal "ill he ~tarting \honly. 

We hau a fairly gOOo.l lurnoul at our 

l a~1 IInilln meeting. and everyone seemed 

10 he in good ~pirits, eon,lucring bow 

many members are unenlplo~~u. 

In my ne\l report. I will Iry 10 bal'e 

some pi~IUTC\ of the larioll$ jobs our 

member-. IIfC "or~ing on. 

Sec ) uu next month. 

~\ S IlTON R , T UCK, 1'.5. 

• 

• 

The Fou,th 0,,,,,,,1 ManuiaCIu"n! Council 

mel at Ihl Ma"'on Inn on Ihl O .. lsklrt$ 01 

Ctlvltland. 01100. In Mlrcll. Shown he.e IS 

Thomas J. Rost~ows~t. P,e"dent o f loc:al 

1805. 8all,"00,., Md .• and 5Ic.eta,),·I'enu,e, 

o f Ih. Fourth D,st';cr M.nulaetu.1n1l Coune,l. 

add,en,nll the detellales 

F •• I1k Vl'enre, P,esldent of Ihe Clevetand 

"Fl-CIO.• ddfeulnll tile de!eaales. 

III.' • 

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..,,....,.,,, ij Deputy Oi,e.:. 

Rela',ons \0' 

0 1 Ohio, speaks I Ihe detellalion, 

Officer Reports on Meeting 

Of Manufacturing Council 

L,U. IHIIS. 1Ii\l.TI;\ IO IU: , ;\II),- The 

I-ourth l)j'lricl Manu faclllring Council 

met al the Marrioll Inn on Ihe olltskirh 

of CJ.:lclnnd, Ohio. on 1\1 :,rch 23ru, 

!lEW Jou.no!

241h, and 251h. The meet ing y,as ho)ted 

by Cleveland Loca l ~ 1377 and 1554. 

One of lhe high liglns for the delegates 

was a tour of the Picker X · ~ ay Plllnl. 

All on the lour were impressed by the 

modern and \'ery clean facilities of the 

company. 

The main theme of the meeting y,'as 

the politics of thi~ pr~,id~ntial election 

}Cllr and the y,age and price control, 

nnd how they afTec t curreO! agreements 

aml tho", now being nC/;Oliated. 

T he dcleg.lte) heurd .. pt;;I~et' IIIlel II,,· 

lioM] ~ c l"r c"'ntali\'e Huck Will bnNJn: 

Brolher Franl V"lente, I're,idi:nt, the 

Cle\dam] A I· L-CIO; :Inu lhomll~ lIan· 

nigan. A .. ~i

Annual Banquet 

M.llon. N 5 .• "eld tiS o\AA .... Union B.nq .. el In 

"1"1. 'f. Gereld Coombs. SUl)eflAleAdeAI, I_n 

Crowell; Oe'~Aey ; o\lbe'l Fullon. Mlnlle" Weslern Zone. 

m;SSton; 104 .. o\rden Everell; BUriYA Hirtle. Locil 1867 PresideAI; o\,deA 

""ce P,uldenl; o\ud'ey e"&III; J.mes HUI"n. InlernaltOna' Hepresenlal,Ye; 

Fulton; M rs, Ge.ald Coombs; and Bill Crowell, Oepltlmenl 0 1 llbo .. r. 

Sealed. teft 10 ,,&"1. I.e BrOI"I .. 

lockwood. Ne.1 W'nlers. Ind E.nesl ..... nol 

Sllndml. Pres.denl B ... I~n H,,,,,; B,oIIM,s 

Cllre rn::e Wh~nOI Ind Clr' Whynol; .nd In· 

le.AlOltOnel Rep.nenll""e James Huahes. 

Egg H u;,n;.:,t_ ..... ..-. 

Annual Egg Hunt 

Local 2021 Active In 

Promoting La bor's Friends 

L.U. 2021. O KI.,\lIO:\ IA C IT Y, O KLA. 

- IOI:al 2021 j, l.,~i"g lite le,,,J itt l>lo· 

ml)lin~ fnemh of I:loor during the 1972 

~'ill1lll.llg.n_ '1 hc 10UIlJ; hul acti"e ,0mm;l 

Icc of 101. 

WillIAM J. IJI VI li S, 1'11 1 S. 

Locll 2021's COPE airls. lell 10 righl. 3f. 

LI" .. McClnlles, S h j' le ~ JI"el!, and Oiana 

Nard. Th.~ .re stlndina In front of the 

local's COPE b Oll rd, In the meellns hall 0' 

Locel 2021.

Legislative Committee 

,------:=,::- 

On Strike 

"' em~ .. o f LOCir 2118. Oo)erto ....". PI .. 'n· 

1I'I.d in , IO-d,) 5trok. ,.alnSI II •• Tunl_ 

So) O,v, •• on 0 1 W'an • • [I«tllc Corpor,(,on 

in January. 1912, Th.y er •• hown demonilt.l,tll 

thalr unity on a very cord dey. 

Member. 01 the Llllisla!!v. Comml!lee of Local 2021. Oklahoma City. 

right. are Shl,l .. y JA ..... " . M "''''~ r:u.ry K,ren TYroer. ROH W,lIiilms ;~:;:::~'o~ 

Ab I>DU. Lore"'lII Smll h. O'a .... Nlrd ("l;r~ I ~'Y). and La Yra McCanlin. 

Ross. J oe Bradley. ,nd Don O .. nl 

R o~~ \\ ilJiam\. Chuilm:," Or Ihe: I ~gi" 

lathc CommJtlce. ha~ ligoro,,\ly letl the 

~a~' :In.1 h;I' in\pired hl\ ~(lmmillee 

memher, 10 do Ihe ,ame, In :u.ltlitiun to 

Chairman \\ jlJi;um. Ihe ~lInlmillet l'on· 

,i,t\ or Seal'l;!!) Di,lIla \:ard ;lfld Illenl' 

her, Dun Bra nl. I.olli, ~ l en d "': I , (budc 

lIac". 1 " reru n Sm ith. J im Ahholt. Joe 

IIr:llilc) I a lll'a ~h (a l11i c, . Jil11 Sle"lU'" 

Karl'n l urner. Jame, Ru". Shilll')' J:II' 

rell. lIOlI Morri, CUrr). I he l'Ommilll'e 

tloe,n'l a,l ror )Ollr pnli ..... anti \lll'l>IlIl. 

it ju,t "anI )'OU lu join Ihem in thtir 

clforh, 

Other local rIC", inlol\e' l'rl',iJenl 

\' ,Irrl'n I i~hcr. Ilho. ;1' prl',i,lenl or Ihe 

O~lahom ii Slille I'k..rrkal A,..o.;i;!tion, 

led II dch:g"l ioll Ihal Illcl "ilh the Ho n 

orahle l)" vj,1 Ha ll. t iovcrnur (lr O)"hl· 

hnn1lt, I hr pll q}()~e of the l1lC o f 7t c e n t ~ :.n hour on 

Jun •• 191 2 

the personal rail'S olcr three )C;lr\ and 

.111 11K"'''''' uf 58 ~enh ~n hour on the 

IOtenlhe base rate, olcr I hr~ )ear~, 

f he pe .... ion I"'an \la\ thanged to Ihe 

e\lent th:n tho"e per.ons \\ ho arc ani itipating 

relirement durrng the term of 

lhi. agrccmcnt "ill h,\IC I h~'ir flC n..ion 

nli,ed ;IPprO)(i nWle l) S2~ a monlh on 

the :lvc rage, An added Ilee ),,', I l\l'alioll 

for pct'!.o n ~ ,dlh mure rhlln I.~ )'car,' 

\Cniorily "lh uht;lincd fur the '>C~unJ 

leM lind :10 additional holiday "11\ oh 

\;lined for the Ihird lear. 

Import"nt ' I ritle~ "ere (;ainetl in Ihe 

IJngu;.ge ;t-ptth of Ihe "gre;.-rnem \\hkh 

\\ ill n:,ult in beller I"role'tiun for the 

rlleml",,,loil'. There "ill be Juint laborrn:'lflllgcment 

p"rli(ipation in Ihe areas 

llr "age ince nl i-e, j,)h el;dUltlion, and 

I,e: t1 th a nd ~a ret y , T he memher, halc 

he tter IlI n,\! uage In Ihe :"",:1, of InyotTs, 

rc ... alh. and promolion" 

A ll in all. Ihe mcmhcr~hi p i~ of Ihe 

opinion Ih:'ll a l en "orlh"hilc: ilgreemelll 

has been oblained. \hKh lime ami 

e:lrort lIere ~pent b~ Iht' '\; egoli;uing 

ConHnillee in bolh Ihe l'n:p;(rOllion and 

prc'ICnlation uf Ihe ilem, lhe mcm~r.hil" 

\\;!\ (on(erned ahUlI!, -, he committee, 

eon~i'ling uf J ohn ' omlO) Ie. Robert 

1>C !'ctcr, C h:.rle, \ 'an' "r\. Siante) 

CI;u~, Rube,t V"n DerW'llcr. :tn.l Ituocrt 

(.;Irdner, i, to be commended and tongr;lwlateu, 

AI the rc!!u lar monrhly memhcr,hip 

meeling in \ I ar~'h, Kc,,·orJing Sc.retary 

I-ugene HUller ", I ~ prc..cntcd a I"laque 

rrom hi~ rcllow oflker_. a, a 11I),,~n of 

their e\tecm and re'po!d for hi, lear-; 

of de, uted ..... nke. on !>chair of I CKal 

20~" , All of Ihc mt'ml>crlt ,hare: Ihal 

re'pee\. 

ROlli liT 1. G\Ilf)~ I Il, I>,S. 

Contract Is Signed 

After IO-Day Strike 

L.U, 2 11 8. nOYERTOWN. 1',\ ._ Aflcr 

wor ~ i n g on an inlcrim agree ment from 

S,st.r$ Vernl L ••• ler ,nd M,.y J ane Boyer. 

P,_.d.nl Mary lou Aeke ....,n. and Broth .. 

H ~.v.y W ...l"., un (h. po(;hl Ionc_ 

Inlern,honl) R.p,u.nt,t ,v" Joseph Ookl. 

Loc,1 2111 P,uld.nl ",.lfY l uu A ... ~ ~.,"'tl 

and olhe. 011'''.'$. and eomm'uu membe .. 

perfo.m wo.k In Ih. o/f,e •• 

. 

..,;:; 

S,.t ... Id, Sa ~t O' and Et , no, f fl(z ,u'. 1 

wITh work In Ih. olliu. 

"

..... olember I. 197 1 to Janua!') 17. 197:!, 

Local 211S 'trlld the Tung-Sol Dilision 

of Wagner H ectric Corporation :lI midnight 

on Jan uary 17. 197:!. 

H:ll'ing been eni!:lgcd in negoti:ltion\ 

,ince e:lrly September. 1971. the mcmber-hip 

decided b) a 215·to-S lote to 

3U1horih' the 'egotiatin.!! Comminee to 

call a .trile. \lhi.:h il did_ h ,houki he 

noted Ihat I-oih partie, \lere -.clcrely 

hampered in Ih(ir efrorh b) the \lage 

freele. 

Fortunatct). the \Irile la'ted only 10 

da},. hut thc memher. "ere firm :md 

Ufl\\a\c!'in~ in their delerminmion 10 

achic\c their majur ),!()",,- ,"JIll( (If the 

goah Ilcre aa""-the·hoar.! innea...:' 

b:heJ un an ;l\crage.hotll'I}' ratc of the 

plllnt; a ""tl}'·irnprmed ho,pitali"lIiun 

plan: anothcr p:li,1 holl,lal: impfUlelllent, 

in tt> ... l:l..:atiun ,ehe.lul.:: ct.'. 

All or the...: area, h'l\C hcen toucheJ 

hy the new. thre'::'}"ar ;lgrcemcllt. includ 

;ng "';lge r(,)pencn in th." ..... nmd and 

third }ear, t)f the .:ontr;l..:t 'Ind pcn\;on 

impron'menl' in the thir.! 'car of the 

contra,-I 

The \cntat;,e agreelllent, ,till ,uhke! 

In f' ;I~ B(lllrd ~ppro',,1 f;11 Ihi~ "rilin),! 

on Arril 71hl. \1;1' a..:..:eph.·d h) a .Iim 

I

Altoona Blood Donors 

Repaid 

Topics of di~clls~ion included international 

union !lff!lil~. el)lIcUivc uUI{;"inins, 

and arbitr.ttion. Spea~e~ included Second 

Districl Vice I)resident John E. 

FI~'nn; Ihe R('verend Mortimer j·l. Gavin, 

5.1 .. Director. School of I ndu~triHI Relations. 

Bo,lon: An!wr Qllincy. Commis 

~ioner of the Ma""achu\clh Departmcnt 

of Fdu~;ttiun : and OtliCCl"li of [.oca l 2321. 

Following [he dinner. pbque\ Ilcrc 

prc~ntcd 10 lite ~[udt'nt dd~s;'te~ by 

Second Dblricl \ icc Pre,idem I I)nn. 

Pltl '>S S, CRI 'IKV 

Shown In Inese IWO piCluru ar. members 

01 Local 2213. Altoon... Pa., who donated 

blood when the Penn Centr,,1 TranSPOrtalion 

Company sponsorod a blod'moblie visit to 

I l'Ie Juniata S"DPS In A ltoona. Donors f rom 

the JU,,'lIt_ EI~I(iC Silo". left to right. are 

J. E, PeuUand. E. Notfsker, J r" L L Conm"),, 

A. J. Ivof)'. Recordins See,er.ry £. C. Bul· 

t"rw"rth. and Vice Presldcnt f'. C. O;lvis. 

Kn~lin8 Is President G. R. Ch.mbonl. 

OOrlors Irom the Juniata Traction Moto. 

Sh op. rett 10 'Ight. ere President G R. Clam· 

hnlli, W. A. hrdley, P. C. Cull"y, L. ell'''''';, 

E. F. Belch ... nd R Case.otti. 

inlere~t-fn::e oa,I,. from Ihe International 

to help lI~ IOCt ~IUTlcd. We borrowed Ihe 

money in Marcil. \971. lhrough Ihc 

helpful ;1~,i>lance of Sixth lJi-triCI Vice 

f're,ident MillonI.'. ~nd raid II bad ~I Ihc 

mit of S]()O per monlh. Prior 10 Inc 

Febru;'tr)- l llh pre'>f.'n!:lIion of the SI.3OO 

balilnce. \Ie hnd paid bac" S700. 

We th:tn" Brolher Malone for his 

elforls in ~c~U!ill¥ tin: 1u,w ,wd for al! 

of hi, a"i"l~ncc to Ollr local since it5 

formal ion. 

Local 2321 Sponsors 

Student-Union Day 

NICIi. FAI CONI, PIU.s. 

I,.U. 2.12 1, 1\lInnl.l ~TON, i\IASS.- On 

March 24. 1972. a StLident·Union Day. 

IImlcr [he Illl,pice, of 10\::,1 2UI. \las 

held at the TO\ln lI ou'ie Rcslallram in 

I.o\lell. :'1:!.~'>fIchu~m. '1 he purpose of 

Ihe affair "a~ [0 enlillhlen Ihe students 

Jllne, 1972 

President Ni Ck Falcone. lelt. local 2310, 

Usle. III., presenls to SI~lh DiSl,let Vice 

President T. E. Malone a chltCk 10. Ih" bal· 

ance payment on a loan Irom the '.0. 

Student-Union Day 

10 M.r~h. 1!J1lI. LOCI' 2321. Middleton. 

Mass .. sponso,ed • SIIIdenl·UntOn Day. Ten 

vocational schools in Ille IU"5d'~1'00 were 

represented. Showo. lefl 10 "Shl.... re dele· 

gates Ala ... Re~~o. Lowell Trade High; Robi!rt 

Rausa. Nashoba Valley VOI;at,onal 'e~hnical 

H igh; and Pilul Saulni.r, Shawshe .. n Va lley 

Vocallon31·Technl~.1 High; Local 2321 Vice 

President Jame, G. M c K~lIlney; Bnd Second 

O,~t,,~t Vice P,esldenl John E. flynn. 

lI>e 10 delegates received B plaque. 

Left to "1M. deleaa!. Robe rt Devlin of 

Gloucester Vocat,onal H'ah rece,v", ;) plaque 

from Inle",at,onal Vice Pres,dent f lynn as 

Vice r,,,,ident Jamu C. McKcn""y ~~t'GI~ 

In Ihe p,esenlal,on. 

on the role 1;111\)f 01"g:lnization, plar in 

our soci(,I),. 

Faeh of Ihe 10 "oc;ttiona[ ~e hooh 

\lilhin the jllri~uiction of local 2321 

cho'\C a dell'S!!te 10 atlenu the function. 

Ladies Are Busy With 

Money-Making Proiects 

L.U. 68·t 1\101)1\.5'1'0, CAI.IF. The 12 

members of Ollr ladles all~jliar} ~eep 

bus}: ho"cI·(,f. 11(' do \I"h more of Ihc 

elcctriciam'- \lj,"CS woul.! t'orne [0 our 

meeting. 

Eac h f;tll. Ill' holJ 11 rummage ~nk 

to ma"e mOIlC}" for ollr proj('cts. This 

fall. lIe have dccided to hold a hal:,;,r. 

We \liII sell baled p.ooth and h:l"e a 

table of new items for s;lk. 

We gile money to a "lmkn1. a child 

of one of the memocrli. to help with 

expcn~cs in collcge. l.a\\ }'car. the recipi· 

elll \VQ ~ Snr .. l1 Fo, t ~r. :111 art 'lUden!. 

Also. \Ie Ili"e llonnlion, to the Crippled 

Children\ 1'lInd. 

Each mOlllh. lIe plan a ~

In memORIam 

Grelll e/rl' ollr {o,nC'I, 0 Fmher. til we COl/lit '''l' IJrorlta.1 lIlIll Si\ll'/,,~ {il/('(/ hl'low a1/lollg 0111' friel/tis ami 

rl'lllfil'CS wlto harc' dC'fICI/"(l'e/ /1'011/ ,he loC(' of IIIl' Lllrlh. Jill' hl'M'c'ch Y OII /0 htl\"{' lIIt'rcy Oil thdr ~()/ ii s lilld 

10 girl' Ihel/l life I' r('fI{/51il/.~ ill YOllr e/eNw/ "Oll/i' wlll'n' 1\'(' will, ()Ill' (1cIY. he re/illill'd. LooJ.. d01l'1/ 11(10" W 

willi /(I\'ur, lOO. WI' (lsk yOl/ , (lear Ll)rd, (ll/d gram 11.1 Ih(~ )'frt'/Ir,:lh lII/tl/O/'lilllde lIi'eilell I f) ()I ('r colI/(' Ii/l")" (uh 'ersities 

//lui! III{/{ dar 11' 111'11 II'/" /(10, \I'i/l /Je II'c·kollled ;11/0 Yoll/' hOIllt!, Gram liS {)('(lCl'. AliiI'll. 

Felix A. Crullwrs. L U. :; 

Vi,-J J,,,,~. /971 

C. L. Brown, LlT, 9 

O i.·J l ·eb . ... .., n, 197J 

J anH";;; .1. CI;u"k. L.P, 9 

D. ~J M •• c" tl. 1'171 

Thomas BIiKa n. Ll". 9 

I); ~J M oult -, 197Z 

Oe .... (')' n. Ed" .... d,.. 1..1'.9 

D,~d l ." .... , 17. 19-] 

Hobert .• \ . E\' al1 !

EWBA Death Claims Paid In March. 1972 

, 

Loe,d 

, 

.1 

3 

, 

3 

" , 

2r, 

." '" " 

fi~ 

.;s 

S3 

iii; 

6G 

" 

77 

71 

71 

SO 

" IU;! 

10,1 

'" I~;; 

12~ 

1~.~ 

12!i 

126 

126 

127 

127 

'30 

1:14 '" 

I;H 

134 

13,1 

13,1 

I:U 

I~,. 

1.1,. 

I~I 

134 

I :l! 

1.14 

13 1 

13·1 

I~I 

1.141 

'" I~" 

1l1~ 

17fi 

183 

III:; 

lOG 

:!l0 

211 

2 11 

2·10 

2·l f, 

2r.a 

2MI 

:nl 

291 

303 

S urnnme 

('o,dglll,ro. T .... 

1)"rlL n. P. J. 

('iU ... ·us. D. M .•• 

Ih,rl!H. J . A. 

F .... hlmllnn. c. II. 

I .. nnitti. O. M. 

Luonl':O. ~I. 

Mezey. J. Z. 

~h"pll·o. J. 

\\· .... ift1 .. A. D. 

I'i~her. C. J. 

lIit'!:i. J. J. 

t:\·nn~. II. A. 

Sheritlan. J.P. 

He"·le>'. B. W. 

('owtlen. L. W. 

'Inrtin. H .. 1. .... 

MeDnnnl(!. c. ~: .. 

'1(·~ln~t~r. n ft. 

Strnker. K W. 

Whittlesey. O. 

1!1sn,·her. J. F. 

Mc('lh)·. W. II. 

ThRekMon. )1. P .. 

Leone. I.. N •• , .. 

MnKon. J 

~1eEu~". A. H. 

~ld.ilUl::hHn. J. 

Ion roche. W. J. 

(;ehri' .. ::er. (;. J. 

!Jell. T. ~1. 

Wilson. G. W. 

Armllntrout. ~' .. . 

Dewees, D. E ... . 

])t·wee~. O. ~:. 

(;l'ahlltn. C. E .... 

l\"l1'tnn. J. A. 

Mule,'. J. t:. 

Tr ... "I\\"ell. 11. A .. 

limlth. (;. A. 

IInrn. t;. L. 

Moyer, II. J. 

Burke. C'. L. 

('I c.-eland. M. G .. 

Wiley. A. W. 

IIrink. D. H. 

na\"i,I~O!l. L. A ... 

Kelle),. H. t·. 

SHm~"n. H. :>. 

Fnrmer. Sr .. W. L. 

lI n",m. F. 

) Idlermid. A. J. 

\·Rreck. t:. W. 

W ii'lnntl. G. M. 

IJresnuhnn. FT .. 

lJrnckmeyer. 1\ ... 

IhllBtnnm. It. 

Ih'ornk. Jr .. ~!. .. 

Fuy. T. J. 

Fh·nn. J. M ..... 

Kllk .. ~. J. 

I.ul!u... :S. 

M(·nHrd. !~. J. 

O·O!!"!lell. .lr .. W.J. 

lticherL G. A. 

!o\('h,"'tlo)n . r. I' 

Sl~nek. B. J. 

Tiseh"u.nn. II. A. 

Trllmpush. G. 

Yonpn. J. 

Moore. !>r .. W. II. 

(;"nrll'lI. I!. E. 

~lul"l)hy. n. E. 

Hu"hes. D. 

f)Aborn, A. H .. •. 

.lc !l kit'8. H. 

'ton rue. I. B. 

J"ne~. M. 

IllI:u:nrd. G. O ... . 

EI'er. n. W .... . 

Murtln, T. J •••• 

I\cli,·n. C. E. 

1'''~ld, . k. I!. 

Hornn. E. ". 

MlLlleUe. W. K. 

Booker. G. II .... . 

J ohnson. n. A .. . 

Goble. G. W. 

Amount 

1.2nO.00 

1.2hO.00 

1.2r;O.()O 

1.249.67 

1.2;';0.00 

1.251).00 

I.Z;'O.OO 

1.2,,0.00 

1.01l11.00 

1. ~;j(l.OO 

1.~;";(l.0() 

!Wi.DO 

1.21;0.0(1 

1.2;;0.01"1 

1.2.'jn.OO 

1.~;;0.00 

1,2.~0.OO 

1.2;'0.00 

R.na l 

1.250.00 

1.2;;0.00 

~:I:I.:H 

1.2fin.!lQ 

1.2:,0.00 

1.2r.OOO 

1.2;,0.00 

1.2.-,0.00 

1;;0.02 

I.~"().OO 

1.250.00 

1.2.,0.00 

1.2i,0.00 

1.2;;0.00 

1,2:;0.00 

1.250.00 

1.2;;0.00 

1.2.~0.OO 

1.~5000 

1.2,,0.00 

1.250.00 

1.2;;0.00 

1,2;;0.00 

l.250.oo 

Ii!J.I.44 

1.2.10.00 

1.2;,0.00 

I.Zan.OO 

1.250.00 

1.250.00 

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Happiness Is 

Having a wonderful father, 

Always being with him, 

Peace in the family, 

Pleasure t imes with him, 

An intelligent man, 

A nice father, 

An easy·going father, 

So nice to me. 

Seeing is believing with my father. 

He is the greatest father 

A girl could ever have. 

Sharon Vizzini 

Daughter of Sam Vizzin i 

local 1339 

Buffalo, New York 

Thei r Dad 

We have fou r lively sons 

Whom we both love and adore, 

Although, at times, their care seems an 

endless chore. 

But I'm a lucky woman; this I won't 

deny, 

'Cause to help me with this growing 

task, 

] have "Their Dad," a wonderful guy, 

He'll come home from work- he's in 

local 11- 

Just in time to fix a kite for the one 

who's seven; 

Then, he'll hear, "Dad, my bike's 

broken again," 

And in no t ime at all, it's on the mend. 

His outstanding virtue is one I don't 

possess- 

That of patience-at that, he's truly 

best . 

His job and his family seem to be his 

wh ole life; 

] feel very lucky he picked me for his 

wife. 

Colleen De Belling 

Wife of Paul De Belling 

local II 

los Angeles 

When I was five and Dad would clean 

his boots, 

His hard hat he would let me shine; 

The queerest vision in my mind 

Just had to be a picket line. 

By nine, I could look at every line; 

Was the sag just right-not too t ighU 

There were t imes when I would feel 

A line I would know just how t o kill. 

When I was eleven, strange things 

began to happen; 

The boots were stored, and t he hooks 

were hung up for a while. 

Dad wore a sad, ye t happy, smile; 

His hard hat did not need a shine; 

What was happening to this Dad of 

mine? 

Now, I'm thirteen, and Dad is as 

groovy as can be; 

line work is still a part of him, you see. 

He represents a lot of guys 

From local Union Number 485. 

Now, I understand his sad but happy 

smile; 

Dad is still a lineman in his heart; 

The memory will never depart. 

Terri Malone 

Daughter 01 Tom Malone 

Assistant Business Manager 

local 485 

Columbia, South Carolina 

They l eft 

We stood and watched the camper 

go by, 

Promising we would not cry. 

Two lonely people, PaPa and me, 

We understood their need to be free. 

A grandson, Richie, came to be, 

Smiling, COOing for us to see. 

With granddaughters laura and Missy, 

He made three. 

Each visit was a treasure 

For us t o hold dear, 

They brought so much pleasure, 

We longed to be near. 

Their hurried foot steps to meet us 

Seemed to create quite a fuss, 

Missy's upraised arms for PaPa to take, 

Watery kisses, a face full of cake; 

Laura's soft vOice saying, " I love you, 

MaMa" and " Hi" 

filled our lives. and that is why 

We loved them more and more. 

Then, all too soon, 

They're gone again, this month of June. 

Flo Alfieri 

Wife of Lou Alfieri 

Local 1255 

West Nyack, New York 

Ou r Baby 

No, it wasn't a pink one; 

Instead, ou r first·born was a son. 

It doesn't matter, because he's so 

sweet 

And ever so fat from his head to his 

feet. 

Just think, he's all our own, 

Ours to watch until he's grown. 

We'll teach him to be good and give 

him ambition, 

And when he grows up, he'll make a 

darned good electrician. 

Barbara Anderson 

Wife of Ed Anderson 

Local 98 

Philadelphia 

My Dad 

My Dad is a union man, and I love him 

so much; 

Ice and snow would come and go; 

then, summer storms, 

But my lineman Dad would always 

work, 

For duty he would never shirk. 

"~ "

OBSERVE THESE SAFETY RULES 

Know your boat 

D on't overload 

Keep a good lookout 

Operate at safe speeds 

Respect the weather 

T ake sufficient fuel 

Keep your boat in shape 

Carry safety equipment 

Secure your boat properly 

Obey the law

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