all local members and their families and the traveling Brothers and their families in our IIrell Ilappy New Year. J OII NNV M ONT.l.UANO, P.S. Graduates Some <strong>of</strong> l ocal 873. Kokomo, ' nd., gradulliing app .. nlic .. h"e, Ie" 10 rlahl. are Mike Potten. a.r. Ed Smllh, Bill V.nl.. (chalrmlln). Doua M,II ••. and Phil Conw.n SuI/'s-Eye Thll .Ian wn mllde by Ihe .. 0 ..... membe .. 0 1 Loca' 873 wt>o work for Ihl Kolu. Sign Com· pan)'. Lilt to .Iaht ar. Chuck T.ylo., L Napel •• 8,11 GU"rt, and Olck KI.,n, bu.l .... u manla.r Thll i. 0 .... <strong>of</strong> Ina laralSl .Ianl mid. In I'" counlry Scribe Revie ws Activities Of Loc.1 873 L.U, 1173, KO KOMO, I ND,_ H i! Thought I hlld !x:lltr sit down and bring everybody up to date on part <strong>of</strong> Ihe news tonterning Kolwmo and its jurisdictional COt.lntics. Number one: I certainly hope that eVeryone went OUi and Voted for the persons they thought would be the most beneficial to their livelihood. and I hope your candidate won. Number two; I hope that after the joyous holidays you continue to have the Christmas ~piril throughoul Ihe year. I would lile to slate that .... ilhin tM lasl lear we had three <strong>of</strong> our more mature i:Irolhers relire. They are Ubert Robinson. Alvin Younce. and C lifford Ralhburn. And to fi ll 0 few <strong>of</strong> the journeyman-slatus posi- " tions are our ncw I,lraduatlOg apprentices. Ed Smith. Doug Miller. Scotl Crawford, Gary Morgan, R~'an McClill. Gary Salith<strong>of</strong>T, Steve Salmons. Dave Wilmoth, Dave Brooks. Jerry Parson, Mike Pottengcr, and I'hil Conwell. Some <strong>of</strong> the~ Brothers may nOI have all the orr needed, but only IlIck a few hours. Work in Ihe jurisdiction is a lillie better than it has been In Ihe last two years. Rul it still is nothing 10 shout about. We have had some Brothers from some <strong>of</strong> our sisler locals working on a few short-term job!. We held our annual picnic III Indiuna Belich in J uly and it was a huge fai lure. Yt'll I said failure. For II 101 <strong>of</strong> assorted rCll\Ons. people did not show up. I \Ioould like to find the one word or one stntence, or ODC' paragraph. or the one book that \Ioould bring the Drotherhocxl doser together and \IoouM unite it in II common CllUse for the betterment <strong>of</strong> the local union, but liS <strong>of</strong> yet I h ll~e not found il. At this point I would like to mention our "HA" memben and the jobs they perform in the manufacturing <strong>of</strong> electrical si&ns. We have several Brothers working at Kolulf Sign Company. They male all SilCS and Idnds <strong>of</strong> signs; hefe. for uample, i) one <strong>of</strong> the Ilirges! signs made in the country. Those in Ihe picture lire Chuck Taylor, L. Napeir. Bill Gilbert. steward, lind G. R. D ick Klein. business mllnlliler. A lot <strong>of</strong> the time We tend to forget the~e people. but we do not and never will ignore them. One <strong>of</strong> the reasons we hear little from these Brothers is Ihe fact that Brother Bill Gilbert does such a tremendous job as 5tewanJ. Well, I had beller finish for now. but a few quick news notes: No contract negotiations un Iii 1978: A lot <strong>of</strong> BrOlhers are gains on lhe inside (maintenante): A few Bral hers still traveling; no deaths within Ihe last )'ear: work picture looking better; and I'm home working! D~N COU(;ItLiN. Pus.-P.S Full Employm ent Possible; Agreement Signed at Shipyard I •. U. 9<strong>02</strong>, "III1.AD":Ll'JII A, " A,-Now that labor's ma\sive efTort to elect the Party Carter-Ma ndate ticket is OVer, We <strong>of</strong> the government sector are looking forward to prosperous times, based on past history. Only d uring Democratic Administrations have gOVemmenl esta blishments here in the Delaware Valley been utilized to malfimum capabilities. A gocxl C'.'Iample is Ihe Nixon Ford efforl to dose the F rankford Arsenal and to move mOSI <strong>of</strong> ils facilitics to Pielati nny Arsenal in Morris Counly, New Jer. KY. Manufacturing and research facilities are presently available and relldy at the Frankford Arsenal. T he move to Pid.atinny Arsenal would require II minimum <strong>of</strong> $7.S million ' to construct anI'''' hlli/fli,,!:. to house the personnel being transferred. This t)'l'le <strong>of</strong> waste hilS been t)'pical <strong>of</strong> the Nilfon Ford Administration. Local 9<strong>02</strong> has just negotiated and signed a labor relation agreement with Ihe head o f the electrical group <strong>of</strong> the I'hiladelphia Naval Shipyard. All <strong>of</strong> the requests were amicably and mutually agreed upon. This has been one <strong>of</strong> the best agreements Local 9<strong>02</strong> has ever negotiated and we afe looking forward to an excellent relationship with and cooperation between Local 9<strong>02</strong> and manasement. On a r«ent visit to the Philadelphia Naval Ship)'ard, the Secretary <strong>of</strong> the Navy indicllIed thnt the Philadelphia )'ard would be assigned new construction <strong>of</strong> ships for the Navy Department. Shou ld this come about. we here in Philadelphia would be looking forward to full employment for a number <strong>of</strong> years to come. As a gonrnmenl local. the membcr;hip <strong>of</strong> Local 9<strong>02</strong> unlil now did nOI porticip:ue in or openly make recommendations <strong>of</strong> political parties or candidatC5. because <strong>of</strong> the widespread aren covered hy our membership and <strong>of</strong> the vnrious ilnd diverse 5I::hools <strong>of</strong> thought. But this past yenr. ]976. at the request <strong>of</strong> Inlernational President Charles H . Pillard, the Executi\'c 1J0ard. in emergency session. \'oled and appro\'ed unanimously to make an all-out efTort 10 support Jimmy Cllrter and Fritz Mon
the vOle was inilialed. Our membership wa~ contacted by voice, telephone, and voluminous amounu <strong>of</strong> mail. To say we were suc. cessful, the results speak for Ihcmsch-es. Our Brother in Pennsylvania and Delaware are to be commended. Our Brothers in New Je~y will ha\'c to try harder, because they allowed Mr. Ford to carry the stale. We in Lo
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