T - International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers

NOVEMBER, 1942
555
Work still plentiful and we are having some
trouble in getting lehanics who call do the
work properly. Plant of nlln who claim Lo
be electricians but they faill to back it up
with actual performance.
Our Shipyard project here i using qbite a
number of pr.duction electricians nfd we
have bee", able to use quite a few r0 this
job ,ho weme unable to "cut the buiki ks
constructlion mene
I see where my old friend ~Fatty' Loftis
the exellentI business manager of Lca NO.
429 of Nash; ill-, was one of the Metal TradLes
Department delegate- to Toronto. A 5le se
lection and a just recogntifon of the loat
yiaids located he rivera.
One of our old timers and a cable splicer
of the old ~ehiouit. Teddy Direckman is on
his way bark from a vacati o I to 'he hWest
Coat and w rites me he met an old friend of
mine of years rgo, Charlie Elmore. who is
now taking a it ie earned rest. The last ti.
I saw Elmore was in Pittsburgh in 1901,
working oni the P. & A telephone job.
(uite a number of our mn mflers are low
ii the fighting fIncos. about 35 at present tled
more leaving shortly. Our meml ership j buytig
honlI each pay day and the local is putting
our surplus ih them. the only woy Iru us
who stay home, to do our part in this war
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a t IIOSKINSON,
Pes, Sec] etary.
L. U. NO. B-28, BALTIMORE, MD.
Editor:
Oil Sturday: October 24, Local No. B-28,
staged a banquet at the Lord Baltimore ioteel
to commemorate Its forty-second an, iversa ry.
What a banquet! Planned by the official family
of L. U. No. B 28, by the very same con/-
Inittee that succeeded in putting over the lost
banquet that everyone from far and nar
praised endlessly, These boys need not apnlogize
to anyone for their efforts as all were
loud in their praise for another erowuill
affair that put lalbo, r i its heat light and
proved to all that an electrician can be lust as
inuch at hone at the banquet table as with his
of Labor.
Now for our ordinary n etes. aws We learn
that our Uncle Sanmel does not requiBe the
services of his nephew, Williai Ebauer, for
the armed forces. William slipped on his
phyisical We learn that Bill Rode, a permit
helper ill our midst who hailed fro S i crantoi,
Pa,, e isted in the Mathias,. What a
overalls and tools.
Briefly the program was as follows; he
Marine he'll ,ake] Joe Itolzshuh made the
toastmaster was Angie Knedler. our presilent.
Then he invocation. Then a speech by
grade as third class petty offier at the Great
Laties Naval Taininlg Station. Bob King
Ihomas Wi'Alesaldro, Jr., Congressman front
featle the grade as sergeant in the Arny at
Maryland. a speech by William M. Walker,
BMAllng Field. And Reds Mc.ormack made
1L B. E. W vice president; (le..rel P ria of the grade in giving us a piece of his mind for
L. U-. No. 26. gave a brief talk, followed by argieting to mention the fact that his four
Tsaac Lobe Strauss. legal adisor to the
a.n, one half months old son was born e.-
I. B. E. W. Then Brother E. D. Bierort, our
actly four and r)lie half months ago arid now
former business manager, now as istant to
International Predent Brown. gave a short
talk in which he dwelt on the blIalt' nf our
nosx deceased Brother. T. S. Fagen. lieret
painted Brother F he writer will always
feel that miert with tilt ability of our fulorational
secretary are few arid far I' Aeteen
After a 11uibner of years the writer is
back in harness apaii and I hope to continue
until freedom is ;gliill established for the
dlown-trdde, pep . ile f he world.
At our re/ular 1 /e eti in obnlday night,
October 19. [ was elerted press secretary of
Local N.. B-32. anl asne h I will use every
effort to do my job' m ash -fac tr manner.
L. U. No. B32's float n the mamlmoth vyictory parade a L-ma. Ohlu