eu, as oPJ'IO,ed 10 87 uRIan milu, m dO$ln&, I would urge ,II 01 our members 10 be registered to VOte "nd gel OUI on <strong>November</strong> 6, <strong>1984</strong>,10 eleel candidalu who bel,eve In Ihe labor movement and working people Also, gel OUI 10 you r unn meeungs and puucip;(e in OUr own democratle process within our loc"l unIon, Every voice Ind every VOte eoun", NORMAN R 8RO"''N, As.sT 8.M Rally Dinner • Parade Pictured I I the Augun 2, <strong>1984</strong>, filly for W,h". Mondale and Ce.aldlnt hr.aro a.r, left 10 . ight, ~lIlt T.euu.ff Ann Rlc hards,nue Replu rnluivc Mickey l eland, Waltel Mondale, Ce .. ldinc ft. raro, GO ~ flno. Mar k While and San Antonio Mayo. IItnry Cl5nnOl_ {Photo ~ub mi ll ed by Lou160, San An ton io, Tu .! At Ihe dinntr ,ivtn In. loul 66, Hounon, Tn.., ap prcndetS a' f, back InW, If I! to rlghr, Ben Wu.le n Eddie Riddle, instrunOI, Inhn Speuhlrrl Rob Thompson, Ronnie Bu .d, Ri chard Chcnowcth, Hury Crawnoski, busintu manage.; Mack ktnd. lI. and Billy Begnaud, inJtrucIO' , fronl . 0w, ldl lu .igh., an Tum Cu .. &~ q Richa"l Dtn,~ldu , Richard Bouch, E. ic Boonel jimmie O'Neal, In Itlurlo" Cary Gordy; and Sam Cermano. Loeal S8'. elephanl flail in Il>e labor Da y Parade, Work Scene Looks Up; Parade Is a Success L U, 58 (i,fm,!pa8< rtbl, DETROIT, ...\I C II ~G .eel ings hom Oe trOll, Brothers and S,sters, I'm h;1 PPY to report that nur wnrk situ;1lion IS lookln~ much beue., We h ;1 ~e less than 600 members nn the OUI<strong>of</strong>-work list and three to four big prole((s corning up thIS ycar. Who knows, maybe we WIt[ hIve lome tr aveling BrOlhers here next summer, OUr labor Day Plude wu a grc ... t success. Almon 150,000 peo ple (arne downtown fOI I real emilaraung litn~, lu~~ l 58 "Ull the flo~1 tOntcU with a ISVI-fool·talJ elephant wtth the facc <strong>of</strong> Rcag ... n. The ek ph;1nt was &la ndlOg On a trai ler with ... Por ta-Iohn mounted directly bcneuh his back end wllh sigos saying thIS W;1S Rugan's " tnekle·down eeonomlcs," T he flOlll was mainly deSIgned by apprenllce Carlos Cardon.l Ela,ne Crawford ami Culos spent many hours wOlkmg on our plump rachydcrm The speeUto,,' ItaCIIOn 10 the elephant was o\'elwhdmlOg, It was the hll 01 the dQy Aller the Pande all marchen and Ihell laml],u .... ere inVlltd b,ck to OUI hIli lor beel, hot dogs, pop "nd music_ At one ume thcre wu country musIc '1'1 the parkm& lot, B";lIher JIm Sptltt and h •• band IR the haU and firm hr. R ... lph WUthrr~ and hIS band in the park next dool. Everyone had a gleal !Lme_ Many <strong>of</strong> the .etllees participated IR the Parade Iglln thIS ycar local S8 know. how 10 throw a pally and Bern.e l aoowllch and his Patade COmmill(( desel"'e a bIt rll on the back lor In ouutandrng effort Remembe., the only .ul powel the workmg pelson has Iny mort IS al Ihe ballol b(u ThIS is our yeal lO change things_ Gel e~" I)'body you know OUt 10 VOle beellusc we need a 101,,1 effort to be ... 1 Reagan BoB KJNSO ......, P,S. Local Hosts Democratic Nominees L U_ 60 \I!, SAN ANTONIO, TE X._On <strong>11</strong>Iu.sclay, Auguu 2,<strong>1984</strong>, San Anlonlo wa, P,;v!lclle.1 to play ho~t to the DemocrallC n"m,"n~ 'nr Jlrr~ulr.n l and vIce preSident, Walttr Mondale and C""ldrnc felraro AI'Ploximately 5,000 people turned OUt fI" thfll rally. Due 10 In uuemely busy 6chedule, Ihe rally Was held dur1llg thc day whcn mnst peorle I know we lc al wo,k trying 10 scratch out a h~lng ThIS is somelhing that hasn't been euy to do ID the rccent past. As in every p. esldentlal election yur Ihal I can remember. lObs ha~e becume more plentiful and unemployment IS down {COIneldence, mayhdl ThInk aboul II. A.e you bene. <strong>of</strong>f now than you were lou. years agol Mondale and rerralo lie supposed 10 be he. e agaID belore the <strong>November</strong> decuon If you gel a chance to hca. them spcak, I Ih",k you would bendlt hom 1\ as well as enlOY II. If I sound a hllle one-SIded, I guess I am, but abo~e all else, no matte. who you thrnk would do Ihe bener lob. Ihe mosl Impo.unt Ihlng you Can do IS '-OIO!! II you don't yote, Ihen you. YOICe ' $ not belllg hUld I am !,Ioud 10 lay that loc ...! 60 and Alterman Ele(( .. e Company ale worklOg IOgethe. on the Ronald McDonald 1I0use. ThIS IS a very worth· whtle prolect as II affords ra,enu <strong>of</strong> childt~n who a. e the unfortunate ~icllms <strong>of</strong> eanCer a pl ... ce to suy WLlh thell chIld len while they afe be,ng tluled A 101 <strong>of</strong> r ...,enu will now be ahle to be wIth thell Ch,ld,en when Ihey arC nceded the mOSt who otherWISe mIght nol be able to afford it BrothelS C ... II Weyel and Rudy M ~ n do~a ha ~ c t ~kcn the bull by th~ h U III ~ and ar t !!. '~"'K KClJtru usly <strong>of</strong> theIr lime 10 o ~ trsce Ih" projeCt Whe n they ask fOI volunteers, plcue a~ail you"elf <strong>of</strong> the opportUnLly to help olhen who arC 10 a IIInc <strong>of</strong> g'cu need. Than k you. The ~ lI ondancc II thc regular monlhly meeting h., been ~ try pOOl lately. [ very month, whcther you realize" or nOt, some vcry Important decisions IrC madCI and this local unIon (clIlmly oeeds and dUlles your InpUt Attcnd you. uDlnn meellngs .nd m.ke your~lf hu.d. It only I ~kn a courlc 01 hou.s PCI month TOMMY D"'VI~, P.S Local Hosts Contest; Work Scene is Bad L U_ 66 (o, u& t!, HOUSTON, T EX.-On May 25 t.oc:al 66 was proud to hoSl the \984 OutSIde ApPlenlice COntnl ThIS yu. <strong>11</strong>'1 ...... 1 M wa~ rrp lesenled by Mack Kendall, who dId a very good job. TheContru wu won by the Kansas aprren"ce We would like 10 ukc lhlS 0ppo"Un"y 10 con Kfllulale Kansas ag",n on a lob well done. On lune IS Ihe App.enlLcc Commillcc held a dmnel 101 the graduating al' p rcnllce~ Local 66 would lIkc to congratulate rhe new lourneymen lor working.o ha rd lor th rce·and-onc-hall ytar~ 10 ac h ic ~ c th •• gnal We know they wdl mak" g"od lourneymen, lind mO$1 Qf all Ihey "til make e~cellen l union mcmrn:.s. Good luck 10 each and eve ryone 01 you. The , •.• duale .... ,C Ronny Bea.d, Ric hard n CM~idas, Ene I\oone, Rlch. rd 80hCl>, Sam Germano, Richard Chenowclh, Gary Gordy, Mack Kcnd;<strong>11</strong>1, Rod Thompson, Tury Toole and Cary Wood. for the pall .c~tr.1 months Houston ligh llng and Powu Company ha$ had a major drug IOd alcohollnvesllgation which resufted III a new drug policy by Ihe Company. A 10lnl committee <strong>of</strong> Hl&'P and local 66 Spenl many hours discuuing this SUbleel and hopefully has established a Ichab,htallon proglam Ihat wtll help Iheir employeu and all concerned rarlJU The Walk ,itunion is <strong>11</strong><strong>11</strong>1 vc ry bad hCle m lIouston Thete a.e sull aooul 60 local Imemeu On the book, and 00 work m <strong>11</strong>,,<strong>11</strong>1, so "uve a rhone call," B.others. We hne appro:umately 24 <strong>of</strong> OUI hnemen worklnx.n Calrlolflla at lhllllme On july 21, luul 66 Il~d ~ ba,-b-q ~nd !,Itnle, and a xood lime was had by.1l CongratUlallons to Wallcn SUleir.h"u.en, thc "chIef cook," and all hIS aSSlSlanl (ooh lor a lOb well done on b,albecumg the meat It was del,etous u was all the olhu food Our Ihanlu al5n fOI everyone who donated thell time 10 help ser¥( and dean up Ihe picmc g.ounds Welcome aboHd 10 Iktb Wa ld, who is OU I ne ...· aSSl5Unt bu~mns manage. In chatgc <strong>of</strong> construe· lion ~c .<strong>11</strong> 01 you at the nUt regular meeling, MIH "R... T" R OBINSON, P.S In Your Own Interest, Get Out and Vote! L U_ 72 {I& ul, WACO, TEX.-Greelings from eenual Texas m the good ole USA The summer was espeCIally hnt .Ind dry; but by the lime you are reading thI S, ll should be • htl cooler_ Hopefully we ""II have Icceived the abundance <strong>of</strong> rlln they ha d foreculed also Wel l, cnough about the wU lhe r. l eI's gel down 10 what should be mOSI Importanlln every wOlkmg man and woman, the presidential ele((lon Ihat II lakmg place 10 <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong> there Ilanyone among us who IS nOI .eglSlc.ed to vote, they should be alhamed <strong>of</strong> themselves [~ery VOle COUntS, Ind yours <strong>11</strong> the mOlt .mpoltanl The hdp was there If yuu necded II Meanwhile, If your mmd IS not qUlle made up yet U 10 whom 10 vote for , let me Iry .O sway you In 'avol ol lhe Mond"le·fen alO ticket_ Thc [km ocratle Pany has b.cen the {!lend 01 Ihe wOlk"'g ~ople for u long as I eall remembe. I am eon~Id ered yuung In Ih,s trade, so you may wanl to uk thc older people Ihell opinion They ha~e seen p"huctaos come and go ... nd know the bad from the good. You can't beat lul,life expe. ience Pnf ",rlan. tend", uac b.cu and flgu.el Ihat make th,-m look good [)Qn'l take Ihell word for " look LIp Ihe faclI youlsc!f, nr find lomcone you u n rcall)' lrun 10 Idl you. The labor ",,,vemen! h.ls been gomg <strong>11</strong><strong>11</strong> fill Ihe '" la~ 1 <strong>11</strong>10 y ear~ III mille, and It has bce ll and will b~ ,difhcult I lru,t;Jl le. It 's be~n Sl Id tha, thc '70s WIS the dee ~ dc <strong>of</strong> the 5e1f·cen tc rtd people_ During Ihe 'WI rhey prmested apIfIs! h" ieall y c~c r ythlng _
Now il'e the '80s, and tvu yone ae~ m $IO hi: mu:ed up. The protelt. art a thin.!! <strong>of</strong> Ihe PUI, but we .. still ICC Ihe lelf-centcred poaiuon qU lle a bll, As mcmbers <strong>of</strong> olpniled labor, we should be able to do whit Is but for Ihe malO lll y, nOI IUU wh" il hl:u for "me" There .houldn't be. alOI <strong>of</strong> blckeIH1, Iry,n, to lake e.re <strong>of</strong> a small, 'pedal mttrcst. Lei'. III work logether 10 make Ihis I be.ncI wmld for everyone The word "o' "nlud" labor hu ,otlen I bad name Let', Ily 10 make il look good The RCllubhcan. have done thelf vuy best 10 make uS look bad In pohllcal .dvefllsemcnts. It hu been one <strong>of</strong> Ihe pOints they use Iglmlt Ihe Dcmocran. They w.nl our VO IU. Ind Ihen they like I WIY OUt loh, IPATCO). They campaIgned agamSI the Democrlll on Ihe budget dditlls .nd Ihen had the lugell m ,II <strong>of</strong> hIstory wilh the helll <strong>of</strong> the Relluhht~n controlled Senlte Wt've had a lot <strong>of</strong> "Republican' in Dcmocrllic clOlhtnll"in Ihe House Now Ihey wanllhe Senale .. Oon't lei him h~ve II IPhll CI~tnml Hc's Ihe WOIU kInd <strong>of</strong> pe rlon, plctendlnK he'"omething he's nOI Would you trUSI Ihil man wilh your famlly'l weHare! Thcle arc. mil lIOn Icnons 10 vOle Only lnines. wil! keep you away, and you'd be playing R.ussian roulclle if yon dldn'l VOle, Gel om Ihe vote' .. lliu HILP(~~"'NnT , 1'.5 ) Presentation Brother Chlrlle C.sh, left , . e("th·u his ctllilln lt 101 IIlending the journeynnn Code Cb n, ' "ck Hicks, 1.on [ 80, Not/oIl., VI., prn id r nt, p.nfnts ..... Ihr c
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