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o JOURNAL' APR' 73 

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Right 

To 

Organize 

O rgan ization through un ionism is a 

legal right. The law has been in 

effect for about 35 yea rs gua ran teeing 

worke rs freedom of organization. Here 

is what the law says (Quotation from 

the National Labor Management Act) : 

" Employes shall have the right to self 

o rganizatio n to form, join, o r assist 

labo r organi zatio ns . . . " 

" It shall be an unfa ir labo r practice 

for an employer- to interfere with, 

restrain, o r coerce employes in 

the exercise of the rights guaranteed 

(above)." 

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 

CHARLES II. I' ILLAlIO 

1"lttr .."/io,,,,j Prt.id • .,1 

112~ ISth St., N.W. 

W &lIblngton, D.C. 2.000~ 

JOSEPli D. KEENAN 

h't ....... Ii" ..!!1 SecreltJr. 

!ItS 16th St .. N.W. 

WuhlnglOn. D.C. 2000~ 

lIARllV VA." ARSDALE, JR. 

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"r",binil'. N.Y. 11$61;; 

VICE PRESIDENTS 

Fin! Distrlet, WILLIAM LADYMAN 

88 Unlvc",l\y Illvd .. Suile 601. 

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Seeond Oillrlel. JOHN E. ~'LYNN 

1211 Office PlaUt. llulhHnsr 

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Third OLotrlet. A. R. JOHNSON 

S01 UIlUdin!f. 1100rn SOl 

6111 Wuhlnll'lOn IW. 

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Fourth Diat,i.t, R. C. WII.LIAMSON 

7710 Hea.JinK 110,,edawn Ex""utlve IlJdl!:. 

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• JOURNAL' APRil' 73 

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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD 

OF ELECTR ICAL WORKERS 

CHARLES H. PILLARD, Editor 

Volume 72, No. 4 April, 1973 

Features 

COPE 

IBEW Loca l Unions Mark National Electrical Week 

Leadership Training Held in Denver 

Wiscon sin Breaks The Sou nd Barrier 

Con ference of Anaconda Wire and 

Cab le Locals 

Brotherhood Affirmed 

Unions Rest in Peace 

The 93rd Congress 

Departments 

Editoria l Comment 

Safety Ti ps 

Apprenticeship and Training 

Handyman's Corner 

Wi th the Ladies 

Local Lines 

Resea rch and Education 

In Memoriam 

Dea th Claims 

Short Circuits 

ON OUR COVER- 

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Spring officially began on March 20 

and this month's front cover gives a 

pleasant view of the warmer weather 

shortly to come. The scene is Allantic 

waves striking the coast of Maine. 

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editorial COlnlnellt 

• All ISEW local unions in the United Slotes have received their 

1973 AFl·ClO Committee on Political Education (COPE) voluntary 

contribution tickets. This yeor funds ore urgently needed to help 

many Senators and Congressmen who ore friendly to the causes of 

organized lobor in their political campaigns in 1973 and 197 .... 

In past elections, a maior effort of lobor has been gelling our 

members out eorly in the campaigns to raise funds, conduct voter 

registrotion drives, attend rollies, tolk to our friends and neighbors 

about lobor's candidote and the many other facets thot arc so 

necessary for politico I victo ry. Election campaigns ore mos' 

expensive. The literature such as brochures, leaflets, photographs, 

letters to constituents, telephone and other office expenses are very, 

very costly. In the majority of cases those candidates that are 

unfriendly to organized labor seem to have plenty of financial 

backing, in some cases untold large sums of money for eompoigning. 

All of the monies raised by COPE are small in eomparison to the 

huge sums raised by big business and individual greedy wealthy 

people who hate to see the workers receive just and fair 

legislation in Congress. 

large anti·lobor funds are spread out all across the eountry to 

help eandidates who would vote against lobar. To suecessfully 

re-elect Senotors and Congressmen who have voted for the welfare 

of the workers of this country, it will toke a great effort on the part 

of all members of organized labor to overcome the serious challenges 

of anti-union candidates. 

I urge alilBEW local unions to start now on COPE drives. Many 

locals will reach 100% in collections and then still continue to raise 

COPE dollars. They are to be congratulated. The $2.00 contribution 

that each member should make is one small way of supporting 

favorable and friendly people who are not afraid to stand up for the 

working class and who fight for the principles of fairness and equality 

for all citizens, rich or poor. 

The ISEW has always been a great supporter of the AFl-ClO's 

COPE activities and all the officers and members can be justly proud 

of the record of the Brotherhood's locals in all the branches. I know 

that this year the IBEW will once again prove thot it does support 

its friends and will help defeat it s enemies. 

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FORM 

4875, 

THE EMANCIPATION 

PROCLAMATION that frees 

future presidential candidates 

f rom reliance on rich contributors 

and puts presidential politics 

in the hands of the people, 

where it belongs. You, the 

taxpayer, can fill this form out and 

direct that $1 (or $2 on a joint 

return) be deducted from your in· 

come tax and used by whichever 

party you specify, or as part of 

a non·partisan general fund for 

eligible presidential candidates in 

1976. 

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IBEW Local Unions 

Mark Nation, 

Editor's Note: Nallonal Electrical Week, February 11-17 of this year was 

celebrated and promoted all across the United States by literally hundreds 

of IIU:W Local Unions. 

We believe It is proper that the nation reserve a week in which to 

pause and reflect on the Industry which assures it that its lifeblood will 

continue to flow, the electncal industry. Many critics are now laking alill 

at our Industry. 

Fortunately, man is endowed with the capability to provide solutions 

Common sense with a balanced outlook IS essential. Man must have mOlc 

energy and In8n must live In harmony with nature. Technol08Y holds forth 

the promise of accomplishment and fultillment of these twin goals. 

This was the theme In which our local Unions celebrated National 

Electncal Week. On this page and the follOWing pages, some of the actlll 

Itles of our local Unions are pictured and descnbed. They are indicatrlle 

01 the efforts 01 many. many more local Unions and IBEW Members. 

New Prorluds

lectrical Week 

Joint Ap 

French, Executive Director; AI 

BenLler, President; and Fred Sehlmeyer, 

Vice President. The public 

memocr i:. the Reverend William 

Flanagnn, S.J., and the c>,:cculivc 

\Ccn!la ry is George McKee. 

A luncht.:on for community leaders 

of Jabor. govcrnm('nl, and indu..,try 

was served in the Empire 

Stale Room. George McKee gave 

the welcoming uddrcs.., and introduced 

the speakers. Brother Joe 

Cavanagh, AI Bender. the Honorable 

John V. N. Klein, Suffolk 

County Executive, and the Honorable 

Joscph H. Driscoll. Jr., Deputy 

EXI..'Culivc of Nassau County, said 

they were happy to be a part of 

Nationul Electrical Week. 

The Honorable Louis Levine, 

",rl l, 1913 

Commissioner of Labor in the Slate 

of New York, said he was proud 

to be associated with Local 25's 

skilled laborers. Anthony Ileltis 

.. illlO, Assistant to Intcrnational 

PrclOidcnt Pillard, prcsented somc 

thoughts about rethinking on a 

tionn l Elcctrical Week, but stoned 

Ihm redirecting public allention 

rrom ncgativl.! to the positive is an 

enonnous task :tIla must be continued 

long after Natinnni Electric:.1 

Week is over. 

Vice Presid..:n t Charlel> Scharfe, 

Jr., or District I, NECA, also 

spoke, as did Third District International 

Rcpre!>Cntnlivc Robert 

Dun leavy. Brother Dunleavy told 

the more-Ihnn 600 guests Ihal, as 

he flew up from PitlSburgh, he saw 

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Part ot booth display area 

2. 

Apprentice Sieve Oombroski explaining 

traffic lili!:ht controls at JATC display 

3. 

Lett to nght: Journeyman Otto Refs, 

Local 25 President Everelt w. Leh· 

mann, and 1st year apprentice 

Gregory Charles 

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IBEW Local Unions Mark National Electrical Week 

many nuclear power pl ants, bUI 

th'lI , whcn he Ikw 0\ cr Long 

Island, he saw nothing but oil-fi re 

planh, !> rnol ing :.1:Jcls, and a hole 

in the sand at ShoTl.'h:. m. I-Ie ;!,"t... d 

thc gathering what Long h la nd c~ 

a rc goi ng 10 do about the :.i tua lion. 

After the luncheon. the gul's'" 

loun:d the booths. Loc;.1 25 had 

Chairm an Thoma.!> Cornell and Vice 

Chairman Gary Frit:ml I)f Local 

25's Safety COllunilt.'c standing by 

a mock swimming pool with a 

fauhy ground circ uit-bn::tkl'f on dispiny. 

Chairman Frank Hunon and 

Vice Chairman Finn J Cil"'-'1l of the 

Code Committee an .'!l v,.crcd question!> 

on COOl!. D ir~Tlor Walter 

Kraker ;tnd A .., i:.la nl Dir",'("lor 

Rich:lrd Eric""on of the JATe :.tnod 

by JAT e bOOl hs \~i lh apprent iccs 

who dcmon.."tratcd the di'pl:l)' they 

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Training 

Held 

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In 

Denver 

• The Eighth I)i:.trict conducted 

a Leadership Training Course for 

local uniom. in Colorado during the 

!tCcond week of Fcbrual} in DCIl\'cr. 

Almost all of the local union~ in 

Ihl! ~late participated in the cou~. 

rhirty-fhc onicef!>. rcprc~nting Local 

Unions 12. Ilucblo; 68, Denver: 

1 II. Deliver; I 13, Colorado 

Springs; 667. I)ucbla; 925, Grand 

Junction; 969, Grand Junction; 

1436. Boulder; 1490. Greeley; 

[~23. Denver; Hilt! 2300, Denver, 

were enrolled. 

Among the topics covered, were 

Equal Opportunity - Intcrnntionu[ 

Executive Council mernber Ra lph 

Lcigoll ; Workmens Compensation 

-Ed Schunarnun. auorncy: Problems 

in Organil.ing-Jay jJatrick, 

AFL -C IO; NLRB Procccdings 

Al NUll. NLRB; the Colorado 

Building Trades - Joe Donlon. 

Secretary. Colorado Iluilding and 

Construction Trades Council: Legislation 

Affecting Labor - Charles 

D.:Moulon. Colorado State Representativc; 

and Basie 1 ... 1.ws and Policies 

of the IBEW-International 

Representatives L:lwrcncc C. Farnan 

and Roland E. Gawf, who condueled 

the school. 

Inlcrn;uionul Vice P residcnt 

Stanley E. Thompson presented 

certi ficates of completion and 

hosted a luncheon 011 the fi nnl d:IY, 

Seen at the completion of a recent 

Leadership Training Course for tocal 

unions," Colorado. are. teft to right, 

Charles Holzer. Executrve Board memo 

ber. Local 111, Denver; International 

Representative larry Farnan: Dee 

McNees, Recor(hng Secretary. Local 

2300. Denver; International Repre· 

sentative Rolhe Gawf; and International 

Vice President Stanley E. Thompson. 

who awarded certi ficates of complet ion. 

April, 1973 

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• A new three-year working 

agreement has recently been negotiated 

between Ihe 13 ISEW inside 

local unions having sound jurisdiction 

ovcr the State of Wisconsin and 

the Wi sconsin Communications 

Contractors Association Inc .. an or 

~:lIlilation rcprelocnting !.Ound employees 

th roughout the state. 

rtle agreement covcrs all elllplo)'c!'!s 

engaged in all work in COIlneelion 

with the manur:lcture, installation. 

testing, maint..:nance. operation. 

and servicing or all sOllnd, 

intercOIll. private telephone. closedcircuit 

TV systems, radio systems, 

bad ground music SystCllh. hm- 

Pictured signing the state· 

wide sound agreemerH in Wis· 

consin Rapids. Wisc., are 

officers of the WisconSin 

Communications Contractors 

Association and business 

representatives of the 13 

ISEW locals, observed by 

Internatlnnal Rp(1resentallve 

Donald Crevier. 

left to right, DeWayne Wruck. 

l::IuslOess Manager, local 517, 

Appleton, Wise.; Bill Gaverke. 

journeyman technician, Local 

577; and Tom Landvatler, 

journeyman techOiclan, Local 

494. Milwaukee, check dues 

re

gunge Inborntories. electronic caril· 

Ion. antcnna distribution systems. 

clock and program systcms. and 

low·voltage systcms such as visu!!1 

nurse call and audio·visual nurse· 

call systems, doctor's entrance reg;· 

ster syMerns, and low·vohage signal· 

illg systems nol required or specified 

to be in conduit, wirclllold, or race· 

ways. 

The original agreement, negoli· 

ated in 1969 with the association. 

uccomplished by Local Unions 158, 

159, 494, 577, and 1147, as~isted 

by Donald L. Crevier. Intcrnation:,1 

Rcpresentative. Sixth District, covcf\,!d 

six sound employers. AI the 

expirnlion of the ngreemcnt in 1972, 

there wcre 26 employers signatory 

to the contract. Thc type of work 

pcdormcd under this contract fe· 

quires the employers to move from 

one end of Wisconsin 10 the other 

at limes, following thc jobs. For th is 

reason, all the local un ions in the 

stale soon becamc awarc of the or· 

ganizing advantuges of thi s type of 

agrecmcnt. 

When the new 1972·1975 con· 

tract was lIegotinted in Grcen Lakc, 

Wisconsin, ratificd in Fond du Lac, 

Wisconsin. und signed in Wbconsin 

Rapids. Wisconsin, Local Unions 

127. 135. 158. 159.219.276.378. 

430. 494. 577, 890, 953, and 1147 

parlicipntcd. thcrl!by making this a 

trul! statewide agrecmcnt. 

In the pasl. radio, lV. and sound 

shops show...:d up on jobs and per· 

fomlcd their work non· union. Those 

duys arc ovcr now, beeausc any 

sou nd employcr want ing to work on 

construction jobs in Wisconsin is 

given a " letter of assent" to sign 

before progressing. The amount of 

sou nd work included in construction 

of hospitals, schools, hotcls. and 

motels is growi ng rapidly, An cx· 

umplc of this is lhe sou nd and com· 

munication system installed by Mid· 

west Communications & Audio. Inc. 

at the Fox Valley Technical Insti· 

lUte in Applcton, Wisconsin, at a 

cost of S 135.000. IllEW members 

working undCr this agrc\,!lllent man· 

ufactured. a!'>!'>embled, and installed 

all thc cquipmcnt along with 

275,000 fect of wire. Anolhcr segmcnt 

of this operation that is gain· 

ing continuously is thc fubrication 

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Bob ladd, technician. Local 

577. Appleton. Wisc" tests 

fabricated units. 

Kenneth Tronnler. loumey· 

man technician. Local 158. 

Green Bay. Wlsc., tests out 

panet for Holzem Sound and 

Communications Service in 

Green Bay. 

Mike Jahner, assembler. Local 

577. Appleton, Wise .• as' 

sembles units. 

Jim Massey, assembler, Local 

577, Appleton. Wisc .. works 

on the punch press. 

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CONFERENCE 

OF ANACONDA 

WIRE AND CABLE 

LOCALS 

• A meeting of unions n.'pre· 

scnting Anaconda Wire and Cablc 

Plants was held at the Admiral Benbow 

Inn in Louisvi lle. K..:ntucky, 

on F .... bruary 16th and 171h for 

the purpose of exchanging informlllion 

on newly-negotiated con- 

Iracts and c'tploring the po!.sibility 

of successfully coordinaling fUlure 

contract bargaining by all the inter· 

national unions for all of Anaconda 

Wire and Cable Plants. 

The I BEW has already been "ue· 

cessful in attaining coordinated bar· 

gaining for ils four IBEW-rl'prescnted 

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General Industry 

Guide 

for applying 

Safety and Health 

Standards 29 CFR 1910 

U.S. DEPAR TMENT OF LABOR 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration 

OSHA has ISSUed an mdeK to the US. Department of Labor 

Occupational Safety and Health Standards, 29 CFR 19 10. 

based upon categones applicable to any mdustry, to assist 

the employer, employee, union representative. and other 

interested parties 10 IDENTIFYING and LOCATING those 

standards which apply to spe

• Every :;0 oft.:n you hear some 

mcmlx:r expres:; the thought lhat the 

word "Brotherhood" in the nam.: of 

our greal organization-Interna· 

tional I3roth.:rhOOlJ of H.-ctrical 

Worka:;-has lost it:; llIeaning. For 

th o~e with ,>uch thought .. I vd,>h they 

hau occn with me rc".'entl) in the 

City of Phoenix, AriZona. 

SInC\! my rctlr ... menl frtllll tlk' ac· 

ti ve affair:. of our Urolh ... rho"u in 

1969, w ... h:lve maue our home in 

TucM)n. Arizona. On Augu~1 16. I 

all ellu~'d ;I l1I ... cling of rclir.:d ~l cl1I' 

bl.'r~ uf Local Union 31. Duluth. 

M innc)oOta. III) I1ulIIl; Local. AI this 

meeting the Brotherhood'~ !.I.'r\"ic.:: 

pins \\cr... distribut\!u to tllO!)C in 

allcllunnce who had not prcviotl ~ ly 

r ... cd\ed Ihcir~. but all of tho,>e M) 

entitled wer..:: not pr..::" ... nl. 

Busi n..:'>!) Mannger I{ ud~ Johmon 

wrote 10 Ill": :ll>kil1g if I cou ld ar- 

1'>1l1g..: to ha\c a 60 )..:.. r :;..:r\"ie..: pin 

prc'>clll..::d to one of the retir..:d 1110.:111' 

b..:r:-.. \\ ho had been unable to attend 

the 1l1..:~·ting. The mt'mbcr \\;t" mak· 

ing hi~ n:!oidcncc in \Ok,>;} Arillllla. 

or COllI"":. I was h;lpP) to :llIell1pt 

to do so. 

TIlt' member- Frank Bl' rg-\\ as 

initiat..:d on Augll~1 29. 1912. in 

Local Union 5~4 which wa" at that 

tilll~' kl(.',tled in Etlmolllon. A lb ... rta, 

Canada. In 19 16 h~ tramf,;-rred 10 

Loc .. 1 Union 122. Gr ... at F"lk \Iun· 

lana. In Jum' 1~20 he dl'J)()"it~'d hi lo 

Ir:t"dm~ canl in LlX":l1 Union 31, 

wher.: h... maintain ... d cont1l1uou:; 

!:ooU ,tanumg until hi, rl,tir ... melll 

011 J ul~ I. 1956. During his 36 

)ears of :Icth e IIh':lIllxr~ hil> in Loc:tl 

Union J I, h.: ,erwd the Local in 

many capacilil'~-a!> R.:cutJing Sccr..:t:lry. 

Trc;l,>un;r, (In "Iriou~ com· 

mill"'':' and a, a D.:kgat..: to th..: 

C':llIl al Uodi ..:s and th..: r. l illnc~ota 

State Fctl ... ration of Labor. In Au· 

gust 1927 h..: reprL!~crHcd Ihe Local 

:t!> its D..:I.':11ut..: to the Brothl,'rhood's 

Com..::ntitlll in Detroit. I-k \\as on 

his O\~ n at th ilo Cunvention, :i lo at 

thai tim\! Ih..: Local I\a\ in no po~i· 

lion 10 el..:n Jin:mc..: lundl money. 

Though holuing m \! rnber ~ hip al> a 

Journe)J11an Wireman, UrOlhcr Berg 

took emplo)m.:nt \\ith Ihe \Iinne· 

sota Po\\..:r & Lighl Cump .. n~ in ils 

t:t llt Busim'sl> Manager 

and hi\ wife drme 10 Meloa ;md re· 

ILlrned 10 th... Holida) R ...'tallfan! 

\\ ith B t'oth~'r B..:rg. hi ~ son EJw:lrd 

ami hi' wife. Uu ~i n ~'" Manager 

Ro,,\ and hi '> wif, .. NFCA Chapter 

M:lI1ag ... r George l'lands and hi ~ 

\\ife, and )(lU~ truly and Mrl>. 

John,>oll v.~' r~ \J1l hand to gr..:et 

Brother Ikrg and hi~ famil) . Aft ... r 

a dinner v.e proceeded to Local 

6~0'" hall and onke. 

Shortl~ afll:r our arri\al at Ihe 

OmC!!. Pr"'''lknl Da\ c Thoma ... W~· 

pended the r..:gular ord~r of bu"ines, 

of th..: meeting and \~e W':llt into the 

hall. With \\..:11 1)\'''' 1' 325 l11 ..: mber' 

n'milll/I'II "II ,'lIl'I' 16 

.. IIEW 

Left to right : John DeCartro. President Locat 640. retired 

bth D,strlct Vice President J. W. Johnson presenting 60 yc.ar 

service pin t o Frank Berg. 

Left to right: Mrs. Edward M. Berg. retired 

Brolhers Frank Berg. J. W. JOhnson and 

Edward M. Berg. son 01 Frank Berg. 

Jou,not

UNIONS 

REST IN 

PEACE! 

• A group of formcr union mcn 

wcrc having a gathcring. and Ih~ 

conversation naturall), turned to the 

"good old da)>;" of union conditiom 

-the ~mployment and securit), th:1I 

one fclt in having the union protect 

him. 

It wa'i with grcat sadness that 

thcy lamcnted the dcmi"e of the 

un ion - its untimely death - and 

they rcmini\eed lIbo ut the joy :Ind 

happinc~s it had brou!!ht thelll. 

"Rcmember when \~~ would "how 

up a half-huur late for .... ork every 

day?" Joe a!lked. "It .... as a riot the 

way the foreman tried 10 g~t us there 

on time. I k wa .. lucky if we got ther~ 

for the cofTee break. Ren1l:mber Ih..: 

one job w..: were- on and the coffee 

brea~ la~ted unlil lunch lime? Remember 

the way we u\ed to soc~ 

him for the extra tnlvel pay? Remember 

the time the stock wa .. on 

thc job. and we covercd it \\ ith canva" 

and spent the next th ree da)\ 

playing card ... supposedly awaiting 

the arrival of the material'! Yeah. 

.... e ~urc had some good times," Joe 

said, with a half smile on his face. 

" I was so tired on Monday (arter 

all, I had a couage at the beach to 

take ca re of), it was mua1!y Tuc~day 

or Wednesday before I even 

thought of starting to work. Thuse 

contractors never got wise to uswe 

had a eontr:lC!! 

"To hell with going to union 

mcetings.'· Joe continued. " I paid Illy 

dues and that was enough of a contribution 

as fbc I'll "ee you next week. 

fellows," Joe said :IS he put on his 

eO;lt and Marted to lea\'e, " Maybe 

we c:ln ha\'c a mecting in my cellar." 

(E(liror'J' nOti': The (1"0 1'(' (iclilimu 

Jrory was writ/en "y IJrf)/her 

Jeremitlh I). 'Hrear/Ii}" Local 7, 

Srm'l/g{ief(/, M ass., ami submit/eel by 

L oc(ll 7'.f press J'{'cretllr)" Frclllci.f X . 

Neyloll, Jr.) 

15

OSHA ISSUES UPDATE OF JOB SAFETY AND 

HEALTH STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION 

• TIll' f)"parlnW1l1 of 1.:lhor romplclcd 

ils update of all Fc(kr:lr job 

safelY and health standards wilh the 

publication Dccc mbc r 16 of standard" 

for the comlrucl ion industry. 

Chain Robbin~, Dcpul) A:.sislant 

$ccrctaryof Labor fo r Occupational 

Safely and Health, !'laid th..: new nlilion 

of comlrucliull :.tandards follow), 

updates of :o.landard:. for general 

industr~ and the maritime 

indu)olry. 

The Ihn:1.: \I{)hlnlcS contain all 

change .... iHllcndrncnlS. Jd.:lion~ and 

corrections ::oint..: the original sl:HH.I- 

,wi.. \wrc j",ucd in April. 1971. 

To twlp l'mplo)crs and elllplo)'l.'(,s 

find stantJarJs that apply to (heir 

spl..:ci lic bu-;inc ...... cs, lilc Otl'upali0 11al 

SakI) and Health Adl11ini\\l'ation 

(OSI IA) has indlll.b.l a !>uhjcct ind~x 

ill . 

Fr .... e ~illgk copk!> of th.: updated 

!>tandan!, ftll' the g":l1cral and maritime 

indu!-tri,,;), are alrl'udy a\ailable 

fmm OSHA'!> n fkld locations. 

rh..: C\)Il..,tructillll ~talld;lrd), aT .... al so 

availabl.: at th ....;,.: oflices. 

r-\ddltl\III111 COPI":), may be pm 

ch:I ...... tI from the SUpl!rinl..:ndclll of 

Docullll.'nts. G O\,~·rtl lll ..:nl J)rinting 

Office. \\'a,hingfOll. D. C., a l 20 

...· ...'n" .... ach. pr..:paid. 

Ord..:r:- ~ h oli id spec ify: " Federal 

RL'gi;,t..:r, Part [I. October IS, 1972. 

o

ISEW Journeymen and Apprentices 

A New Skill Improvement Text 

A 208-page guIde to a/l pheses of rIgging, 

knots, and splices utilizing fiber and wire 

ropes and chain, Including up-to-data 

information on: 

• All types of bfo ckl, tack)el, and IlIngl 

• Th. IlIUng and movIng of loadl 

• Scaffoldl, anchoragel, and gUYI 

• Davlc .. and 10011 used In rigging 

• Rigging and Ilgnamng helfcoplltrl 

The need for this Imponant new skill 

Improvement lexl Is spelled oul In the 

preface signed by International President 

Charles Pillard and International Secretary 

Joseph D. Keenan : 

"'Rigging-thai Is the simplest skill in the 

world.' 'Why should anyone want to study rigging? 

I have been doing it all my tile.' 'Rigging and knot 

lying. I could lie all the knots in the book when I was only 

seven.' And on It goes. Everybody Is an expert on the subject ... or are they? 

"In the year 1970, the International Ollice received reports 01 better than 3,600 

accidents. Th irty-eight of Ihese accidents led to fatalities. Yel, only nineteen of 

these fatalities we re caused by electrical contact. Further, halt 01 Ihese accidents 

were associaled with material and equipment handling or usage. Therefore, 

could you honestly stale that we were all experts?" 

0.,,$5.00 

In • "u,dy. lort 

!li ... dl ... ; 

(MI" chec ~. 

p.y.bl. 10 .",," .. 110 .... 1 

8'01".,1\0011 0 ' EI.C1r!c.1 Wo,k.,,) 

---------- ---- ---- -------~c-~c-~----~~ ·-~----------·----------------------- - - 1 

(Un 10'''' 10 ofd.f /)~ 

/nterniliona' BrotherhOOd of EleclrlCI' Workl'l 

1125 Fllleenth Sireel, N.W. 

Wa.hlngton, D.C. 20005 

Enclosed please lind $-,-,--,-,-_____ ',, ______ _ 

Tying and Rigging," 8t $6.00 8 copy. 

copy(les) 01 Ihe latest sklllimprovement course, "Knot 

NamB _________________ -.~W

THE 93RI 

******************** ~ 

u.s. SENATE 

56 Democrats • 43 Republicans • 1 Independent 

ALAI"'~A 

J~ "'~. M. Allen !~I 

John S ~Gfkr " o" ... 

ALASKA 

Mol .. G,,,v.-I (01 

Ted Ste,u. (~l 

... RIZONA 

P~"I J. f~nn:n [It 1 

S."y Gold .... ele' It) 

ARKANSAS 

J. W, Fulb';ght (OJ 

J o~" l. '.kCI~II$" (0) 

CALIFORNIA 

Ar~n Cran,ton (0) 

J ohn V. TuMer (OJ 

COLORADO 

Floyd Ie H&.l.ell (0) 

Po le' H. Domin_o' (il) 

CONNECTICUT 

A b,.~om A. R,b;u.1f (0) 

Lowell P. We;cI., Jr \RI 

DELAW"RE 

Joseph R. 6;delOP" M, MO"OY. (0) 

Pote V. Oo",e,ici (R) 

NEW YORK 

Jome, l. BuclieV (Co".·R) 

Jocob K. J.v:1I (RJ 

NORTH C AltOUN" 

s..." J, E,vin J,. (0) 

Je ... f\. Helm. ( R) 

NORTH DAKOTA 

Ou.~'i. N. Bu,dld (OJ 

M.Uon R, VOU"" (R) 

OHIO 

W II.", S. Sot.be I" 

Rober! hit J,. [R 

OKLAHOMA 

Oe"".~ F. h,' let! (It) 

H.n'~ S.II",o" (It) 

OREGON 

M .. ,I O. 1I.'Field IR) 

Robe.! W. Pad ... ood (It) 

PENNSYLVA,NIA 

R,~~.rd S. s.:~ ,. e·~er (It) 

HU

0NGRESS 

****************R***' 

u.s. HOUSE OF REPRESENTA'rIVES 

240 Democrats 

• 193 Republicans 

1. WjW.m H. Not "~., to! 

1. lomonD L 104."010 rOI 

4. M. G. rG.~.) Sll~~.' 

S. T- m lee C,,,'e, (R) 

Il) 

6. John S. a' ed,""d--",,1 l. O~.'n~ IRJ 

Il, C~." .. , A V ,,"e' IRI 

!4, JO" f. ~ ~ ...·:·nl (0, 

I~. Ct.. '""" P. w. " (RI 

16. 2.1!)" S. hQ~'" IRI 

17. Jo'n ),I. ..... ~b'oc. IRi 

lB. W ••· .. l H.). (OJ 

I~ C~., e. J, Y'''~' 10J 

10. J.-n V. 5''''on Ib) 

11. lo.·, S'o'el (DI 

12. C~ •• ,~. AVo' " 10 

n w •• [ M"~~. (R" 

OUGON 

1 Wendell W,.H (RJ 

2. AI UI .,.,~" ID, 

l. Ed;'~ G'e,,' (0, 

4. Jo'l" Del .~o. ,>1 (R) 

RHODE ISLAND 

I. Fe'.,nd J. St. G",,.,.;n (0) 

2. Reb,,'1 O. T'e COl 

VERMONT 

"l ~ -~a,J W. ",.,t.'f IR) 

VIRGI NIA 

! Tho."", N Dc ... ' "IO~ 

2. G. W ".", Wh.,."",,, .p 

1 O.",.J E. Saue,/ •• Id III (0 

•. RoLN! W oo";el.k (tl 

5. W, C, lo.n) Da".e, CD) 

~. M. C.ld .. ~11 lu'Ie, {II:I 

1 J, K~"".lh RCOD;"'''" (R) 

e, S'."'o,J E. ,.", (R 

9. w; 1'" C. W.m!)I., (k) 

10 J I. 8'0,)' I ( R) 

WASHINGTON 

I. Jcod P""~MJ (R' 

2 li".d M~~ /I (D) 

I J~I,. !"'.' H.r·."" (D) 

I V 10 McCo.m.d (0) 

~. Ihon, .. 5 Fol~V (D) 

6 Fiord V. H.e'l IDJ 

1. 1,,,,1 Ad.",. (D) 

WEST \l1_GINIA 

I. kobe" H. Mulleh," 10J 

2. H.f!~' 0 St'9Q"" (D) 

1 Jehn M SI. eo. (0) 

~ hn H.

AN;'\"UA L STAT": ~II-: ~I' OF t: U :CT IUCA L WOltKEItS' 

II E~IWIT ASSOCIATION 

In Compliance with the rcquircrnenl\ or the l'r:llern .. 1 Act or Y;lrious ~Iale" 

We are publishing below inrormalion conlained in the annuIII ~Intemenl or lhe 

":Iectrical Wor~cr ~' Benefit A,suci;uiun rur the year cmlin)l l)cccmbi!r .1 1, [972. 

IJO .... 05 ........ .. 

UnueJ 5t.des GU\C'"IIICIII 

Cnnadian Go_emmelll 

I'ubli!: Utilitic, 

[nJu\tri:t1 

s r cx t-..S 

R:lilro;,d .... 

Public Utilities 

Il an~~. T rusts, &. hI'. (0. 

Induslrials 

F I RST MORTGAGF 10Al'S 

FilA & VA Loan, 

Other \lortgng;: 101111' 

,\ SSETS 

INVI'S-I MENT RFAL I~IAII O\\NFD 

CA"II & IIAl'K ])l:I'OSns 

11'0 I ER I-S I & RFN I S AC( RUED 

mill k ASSErs 

ro rAL ASSFTS 

S 1.29.j.I.j(,,(IO 

1.112.1.200.00 

7.11.j,9_~0.OO 

1,40lC.050.00 

96.00U.{:0 

10.7]8,739.17 

5.nf>.9~f>,12 

IU.211~,O()I),2() 

49.772.~02,2f> 

17. 7011,'02. ~K 

S 11,6.10.3.16.00 

26.236.695..19 

67.480.804.114 

~.201l.874.40 

7.610,762.96 

71\1,H2.78 

372..111\.25 

$119.331.63.1.72 

IBEW Orga nizing Vic tory 

On February 23rd, an election 

was held lor the 703 eligible membel'$ 

01 the JacksonVille ElectriC Au· 

thonty, Jacksonville. Flonda. which 

re!'tulled III a victOry for the 16EW, 

The vote was 352 for the ISEW, 

234 lor the Illdependent UniOn, and 

15 for No Union. 

International Representative H 

W. Gurley. F,lth DistriCt, assisted by 

International Representative Doyle 

Burnett. also 01 the Filth Distnct. 

headed the campa '!!:!!. lu(;dl 177. 

Jacksonville, Flonda. also assisted 

III the orgamzlIlg campa'gn. 

At Safety Institute 

RellCr\'e for Life Certifielltes 

Dcuth Chlims Duc & Unpaiu 

Other liabilities 

Special Reserves 

Um,\\igncd Funds 

I.It\1l1l.1I IES 

l o r A L LlABIl IIIi'S & RI SI' RV I S 

$ 92.983,392.00 

1.458,475.65 

811·1,202.78 

95.665.97 

23.1\99.11911.32 

$11'1,331.634.72 

INCOME 

Membership Aumi\s,on & H e m~tatcmem Fcc ~ 

I n t erc~t on Bonus .. ....... . 

Dh idends on SUIC~s 

Inlcre ~ 1 on Morli;3i;c Lo :lO~ 

Rents ........ . 

Othcr 100.:ome ... ,. 

TOTAL I NCOII.'I E 

EXPENSES 

/)cath Claims. 

lncrea..e in Re-erve for life Certificate, 

I n\1,!~tmcnt Expense 

Depreciution 

Tuxes . 

Rent 

Salaries & Wages 

I'rmting & Stalionery 

ACllmri:l1. AuditlOg &, "tuti,tical 

Refunds 

T o r AL EXPI: NSES 

NET GAIN FROM 01'1 I(A'] 10 .... S 

..:XIIIIIII' OF n :RT IFI(-"n:." 

lJc:nefit Certificates in Force 12 )1 71 ........ . 

Ikm:fil Ccllific"te:. ""'lIIen .t recehcd during )car 

TOTAl,S 

IJ.enefit Certificatcs Terminaled or 

T nln,ferrcd durmg YCllr .. , ........ "., .. . .. . 

nenefit Certificates in force 12131 172 ,., ....... . 

"0. 

327.108 

19.271 

346,)79 

17,37H 

329,001 

$ 4.151.657.60 

74~.879.10 

1.101.329.65 

4.2'>'9.690. 16 

319.643.74 

344.426.45 

$10.962.626.70 

$ 6.091.250.00 

1.l64.415.00 

417.271.22 

42.1195.77 

70.100.64 

44.040.00 

388,186.32 

10.251.011 

18.518,00 

692.174.40 

$ 9. 139, I02Al 

$ 1,1123,524.27 

AmOllll1 

$4(»1,11115.000.00 

24.01l1l.750.00 

$432.973.750.00 

21,722.500.00 

$41 1,251.250.00 

Recently, t he AFL·CIO labor Studies 

Center held a three·and·one·halr day 

institute on the Occupational Safety 

and Health Act In cooperatlon with the 

Center for Labor Educalion and Re· 

search at the UnlverSlly of Alabama 

in Birmingham, Ala. Among the 30 par· 

ticlpants from Alabama and other slates 

were Brother A. D. Yearby. Busllless 

Manager. local 1998. Reform, Ala .• 

left, and Brother Walter PrUitt, PresIdent 

and BuslOess Manager, local 

2048, Butler, Ala.. right, shown With 

Marjorie B. Rachlin of the labor Studies 

Center. 

IBEW Bowling Tournament 

The 29th Annual IBEW Bowl 

ing Tournament will be held in 

Kansas City, Missouri, on June 

8, 9, and 10, 1973. Writ!:! 10 

Bowling Tournament, Mr. Henry 

Brunke, local Union 124, IBEW, 

lU4 West 40th Street, Kansas 

City, Mi ssouri 64 111 . 

" 

Ilnw Joulnot

applenticeship 

& tlaining 

• A /IeII', shorr journeYlllal/ 

{:ollr.\'e. Now rcady for ~hiprncnt. 

the course, which C(l~L" $6.00. incl 

ucks a student workbook. a reference 

book (Training Manual for 

Loco.1 Fire Protective Sign:. ling System 

.. by NEMA, publi"hcu jointly 

by NEMA and NJA rC). and a 

booklet furnished by the Edwards 

Company. The cour.c should run 

for 15 hours. three hours one night 

per weel. for five \\-ecl..Scs: 

I. Read the catalog. 

2. Us..: order hlan"~ (do not u~c 

ones from c3talog). 

3. Order carl). 

4. When nHileri:!! i., rccci\cd. 

check to sec you gCI :. 11 packages. 

The Illllulx!r of pack- 

FIRE ALARMS 

uges is written on each package 

and abo shown 011 

invoice. 

5. Inquire at I)o,t Oflice for 

missing packages. 

6. Opcn pad.agc" and count 

each item. induding tests 

(items Ihted in catalog). 

Immediately report any shorttage 

to us. 

7. Order textbooks from publishers. 

See catalog for information 

(be ,ure you have 

corrected addre'scs as marl..ed 

from NJATC. The new one 

is McGr:lw-I-l ill. 1221 

Avenue of Americas. New 

York. N.Y. 10020. 

8. Don't wail-follow through 

on your order. 

9. Do nol pay (lilY jlJl'oice until 

you have received and checked 

all mllteriaJ. 

10. Do not relurn any material 

or texthool.." lI11til you get 

shippi ng in,lructions. 

lid" Us LO lit-I" YOII 

For Certificah!\. give exact (!:tte 

of completion. (Sec catalog, pag!! 

22.) 

For Intervil.!w Ra ti ng Form ..., 

give us the number o f apprentices 

to be interviewed. 

Order film... from lllppfier as 

Ii~tcd 011 page') 16 and 17 of the 

caw log. 

Information on rotation - M:C 

article ill July, 1968, issues of 

thl' IHEW j Ollrl/a/ :lIld Ihe Qllalifietl 

CUlIlrtlctor. 

Ke) point, 011 re.;idemial -!:ICe 

article in the October. 1972 

i ... sucs of the Qllufifie(1 COlllrflclOr 

and the I IJEW JOllrllal. 

Allied Diclionaires ha\c been 

dropped from the fourth-year 

course. 

handYlnan's cOlnel 

• Gardening i:. Illore run \\hcli 

you can rush Ihe \C:l!oOn a bit 

am..l Ihe cold frame ~hown here j .. 

jU'1 the thing you need to cultivate 

a hobby. Tuckeu ~nug and protectcd 

in their own fert ile and dl.! 

lightful transport. thc~c young. 

ten

'Nitll the ladies 

Write Those Letters Now! 

Ii LlIIJk... '" ~"' c all "cell I he 

,Ialcml'nt . ·'Wril ..: [0 )our nmgrl' ....- 

man:' hundred .. of lillll" ; \~ I ac 

\!onling to \Iati~(k,. on I) aho~ 1 10 

per cem of Ihe pcopk 1.'\ l'r '" rite 10 

a cungro.:~\rnan lluring their lifetime . 

Pcrhap,> the on\!\ who 1h:\1,.'1' wrill! 

fl'd that once th l.:) h,l\l' \olelL 

the) 'vc done their p:llriolic dLlI) a" 

a voting citi/CIl. 

Uut nothing i .. furth.:r fmm the 

truth. m. luting j, ju .., lllll' of a 

vOl ing (;ililcn\ (lhligatioll\. COIlgrc 

.. ~ m \.'n an: \ UPPO\l,.'U to 1'1.'PI\:,>('1I1 

their cOII,!itul'nh. but thl') 1:;111', 

really do tllal if thdr (k'llJlk don', 

wrile and (dl them ho\\ thq ,"cd on 

the man~ .\ .. uc, and bill .. Ih;1I l'Ollh,! 

h..!for..: the Ilou,,, and S ..:nmc each 

)car. 

A cl.'n tu r) ago, \lhen 'l'Il.Hol's 

:lIlti congn:, .. lI1cn \lenl had. home 

and li,,:d aillong thdr e~)II'lituenl'> 

for as long a\ nin~ nh\llIh ... "U[ "f 

Ihe )ear. Ih..-) lall..~d [0 [hl'llI ;1111..1 

IC:lnlCd how Ihe) fell al), il il1iliall), bUI il \\ ill 

be answered alld I \\ill in , i,,1 on 

reading it and IX'l'lIonally "igning the 

rl.!ply," 

" 

1-I0w"'''l.'r, much a" ~'ollgrc""llIcn 

IiI..I.' rl.!cching 11.'111.'1"., Ihc) \\ill Icil 

yuu Ih'lI Ihc) do nUl 1 .. 1..1.' foml ur 

millll.!ograph Icllcr, ""rillu,I~, ;1\ 

1110,1 of Ihl'w kUer,> an: c~)m po-..:d 

by lobby i ...", then ... ign..:d and maikd 

by I)COple \\ ho hall: l'k:en pr..:'~u rl.'~l 

in\() ..ending them, Congre"mcn 

\Ianl Ih..: indiliduaJ\ \il'"point on 

No\~, ladil..'" when }OU wrilc ~(lur 

letter ... 10 ~o u r reprl',..:nlali\..:" do 

!>a y mor..: Ihan C' I am agaithl II. R, 

1073:' " I am for H , R, 1073." or 

" Do n', "01..: for H, R, 1073:' SUt'h 

Malellll'nb don' t lell a reprC'CI1 I:tlivc 

\cry much, Hc wan" to I..n u~\ 

how a bill \~iII ,lfTecl you, ~our 

f;unil), and )our communil}, "h) 

iI', l!UOO or bad, elc. Letter, IiI....: 

thaI will hdp him 10 11\:11..1.' hi" 

d.;d"ion,>, 

lleforc yOU" rill.', ladi.:-,>, b..' ~urc 

Ihut )OU Ulllkr~IDnd bolh ,ilk', of 

thl' i",uc or bill. Then, in }our 

kller. idenlify Ihc bill )OU arc refl'rrin~ 

to b) numlx: r or popular 

IiI I .... (A.. many as 20,000 bill, ;Irc 

introduccd in each congres,,) Don'\ 

ramble on o r apoJogiLc for ~\ rilinl!. 

uul 11I

up which concurs with your views, 

include it with your leiter and tell 

)our legislator that )011 agree with 

the writer's viewpoint. 

Think of your legislator as your 

friend and tonc your letters accordingly, 

Be courteous and don't tell 

him you won't vot\! for him in tht! 

next election if he tloc!>n't vote your 

way on the bill, or male other such 

threats, 

Always ~end your leuers to your 

own representative and s..:nators. If 

YO li !\c nd them to illO~ e of other 

di .. triCh and :->Iales, the lellers will 

be forwarded to your own legi~laton, 

'lIlyway. which i~ a mailer of 

co ngre~ .. ional coune ... y. 

Too, alway!> )'end ~Ollr kllers to 

Wa !\hinglon, not the legi"lator's 

home address. 1 he m.ldres!> fo r 

!)Cnators is- 

The Honorable James T. Smith 

Semite Oflice Building 

Washington, D.C. 205 10 

Dear Senator Smith ( .. alutation) 

for representatives- 

The Iionorable John M. Doc 

House Oflicc Building 

Washington. D.C. 20515 

Denr Mr. Doc (s:llutation) 

Anti always sign your letter> with 

you r furt name and addre~. Ncver 

write anonymously. 

One thing to rcnH.'mbcr i.., Ihat 

it's important to lnow when to 

writl.' Icttcrs. The be ... t time i ... while 

an il.~ue is taking shape, while your 

legislator is still formulating his 

op"llons. Then. when the bill is 

introduced, send a kiter to the 

chairman of the committee to which 

it i)' rdcm:d. 

Congressmen acknowledge their 

mail, but if, after writing a Jelter. 

yO Il receive an IInsath,factory an 

.. wer from your legi!'olator, ,\rite 

again. Tell him you wer..: not l.at ihington, D.C., und their friends, who 

I:x:lieve in sharing. 

All during the year, the cmplo)ees. membcrs of Local 2. Oflicc and 

l'rofc:'I),ional Employcl" Intcrnational Union. and the staff members 

contribute to the Marie V. Downcy Memorial Charities Fund. a 

charity fund that \~as :'Itartcd many )I!ar~ ago by Ihl! lat l! managing 

ctlilor of the IB£W l OI/Tllal. in whose honor Ihe fuml is now named. 

Frknd, from ollt .. ide thl! IlIIcrnat(Jnal ORice :l1\() contribute to tht! 

fund-friends likc Ninth Di .. trict InternatiOllal Reprt!sentative Manny 

Coute and his family. who, e\cry Chri ... tma .... bypa ...... the senJing of 

Chri!.l rna ... carJ ... and, in ,tead, ... end Ihe muncy they would h:lvc spent 

on cards to the Marie V. Downey Fund. in Illl'f1lOr) of the I:ldy who 

wa ... their friend and whom they :.rr lo\ed-friend ... lile ISEW pen· 

:'Iioner I larry Michlill , who eontributl!!> on a regulllr b:l:.is each )I!ur 

lit Chri!'otmas time-friend ... likl! reti red. 50·)'c:!r IHEW mem!x'r R. E. 

Smiley who contributes periodically-friend!'> likl' Mary Downcy, 

Marie's mother: Virgini:. D. Weiners, Marie'), aunt: former IEC 

lIIt!mbcr Charles E. Caffrey and his wife, Julia: and former inter· 

tuitional Vice President Fr;lIIk W. Jacobs. Sr. and his wife. Irelleand 

many other friend), who contribute from time to time. 

Contributions to the fund arc al ... o often made as memorials to 

the dead. 

The donations add up, and the money is put to good usc. In 1972, 

the Marie V. Downey Memorial Ch;lritie" Fund began the year \\i1h 

$333.17. Donations during the year amounted hl S3.66 1.92. for :l 

10wl of $3.995.09. I'wo-thou ... and, scvcn-hundred, ,ixty·four dollars 

and 16 Cents wer\! ~pcnt during the )e:lr 011 complett! outfits of 

clothing for und('rprivileg~d children at the Central Union Mission in 

Wa,hillgton. D.C.; 011 Chri .. tma, dinner .. for thc aged at the home of 

the lillie Sbters of the Ponr in W:I .. hington: on Christmas charity for 

the old folks at D.C. Vill:.ge; on Chri lIospital. the hospital 

in Wa ... hington. D.C .. with Ihe built·in deficit. which accept~ :lI1d 

treat~ all sick children, regardless of how IlIlich or how lillIe their 

parents can pay; and on nine individuab and otlll'T cames that ,.,.erc 

d1.!erncd worthy of :lid during the yea r. 

In addition, the empln)'ees and .. taff at the International Office 

filled 250 Christmas ~todillgs for the Salvation Army for distribution 

to underprivileged children. and four dcp:lrtlllenls at thc International 

Office clothed children from the Cl!nlml Union Mis ... ion with 

their own funds . 

Happiness is ... kllowing that "... becau\C y"u helped, Christmas 

became a joy of realized dre:lI11s. instead of a nightrn'lre of impo)'siblc 

siwations for those in nec(.l." (Salvation Army) 

Happi ne!>~ is ... reading a motlll,t"s thank-you note, "Thank you 

\cr) much for the gif" and clothes )ou gave my son. He really 

lleetls thcm. Thank )OU again." 

Happines!> is ... reading the ehiilJi.,h scrawl. "This yea r was more 

happ) than last year. I only hope you can know hO\\ much." "To 

thanl ),ou for the Christma!> bag. This wa.

local lines 

Sweetheart Donce 

Members of Local I. 51 LouIS. Mo.. and 

ther. 8""\5 .re shown il\ Ihe Relief Comminu-. 

faurt" Annual Sweet"""'" Oance, 

Relief Commlnee Treasure, Roy Underwood. 

left. presents an " tlend .. ".;. prIze 10 

Brother Wally Kemper. 

Work Expected to Improve; 

Annu al Dance Held 

L.U. I, ST. LOUIS. l\IO .-Grce!in~ ~ 10 

our ~ htcr locals. As of l-cbru:tT). thc 

wor~ ~ \HU\lJon h:uJn', changed :1 great 

deal ,ince \Ie la" reported on it. BtU liecOI'ding 

to all cOIl"ruclion ( di'roen'-C'J 

the priuc of 51. l oui,-namdl Bud 

\lei

It j, too soon to tell if Ihis approach 

is working. bUI il is Il fac l Ihat a lot of 

people. parlicularly Ihose requiring 

mainlemlnce and those doing ~tnlll1 

building. do nol ~now who i~ lind \lho 

is nOI a union conlmctor in Ih i~ panicl! ' 

lar nreu. ThrOugh Ihese arlic1c~. the 

Cemm] t ailor Union hopes 10 enlighten 

Ihe people as 10 whom 10 do bu~ine~, 

with. 

I.ocal 7 inle ll d~ to gel Ihis \lork hal'~ 

:lnd also maim:lin control of Ihe lurge 

building in the area. This is a hig joh. 

hut for :1 local Ih:1I has been in bu,i n e,~ 

for 80 }'curs. \\-c ~ hould be able 10 handie 

it. 

FIt,\NClS X . NlytON, JIt" 1).5. 

SO Years Wed 

Life-Savers 

BU51nen Manager Pele McManu., Lo(: fi ne peuple. 

Vic hll ~ heen retired since October. 

1965. hUI \Ie HII re memher him with a 

lot of re'pecl. 

Presidenl W. I . Miller am' Farl Oil' 

more 111,0 :llIended the C"~lebr; l lion. I!I~ 

"ith them :1 c:_-.e of champagne from 

the local. 

~r\N II \ F . J OII NSON. AS!!'L IJ .M . 

life-Saving Awards Given; 

Work Picture Very Good 

L.U. 17. IJETKOIT. ~ II C II.-AT the 

1:t ~ 1 genern! membership meeling. LOCHI 

17 was proud to present mEW Ufe-SHVing 

Awards to [OUf yery deserving melli- 

Ap'U, 1973 

bcr~, All four nrc credited with Milling 

Ihe life of Brother to ltlrian l)en11p. ,1111) 

~ul rcr ed electric , hock und e~te n,i\e 

burn ,_ we belicH: Ih:'1 any rnnn \lho 

Cllrn\ onc of Ihe'\C all:lnh lleserves :111 

the praise that ca n be ~i\ en him. We 

arc I lI.·~) to have Ihi~ culiber of people 

in Local 17 und the IBEW. 

t\rter ,orne !on ~ and ledious negotiation,. 

Ihe members " or~i ng for the "lib. 

lie Ughting Commb~ion recehed 11 new 

contract a nd some n:ry rewardmg and 

"eleome ret roactille c h ec~ ... 

Thc "orl piclure slill loo~~ ,cry good 

;II Ihi' \lri.ing. and a few di"rihul ion 

linemen :Ire needed. There 3fe sc,er.11 

Ir.tn,mi"ion jot" allllO'O' feltd), 10 hreal. 

:1\ IIIO)t of Ihe right·of-\lay proh!em, 

h a~e I--een resohed. The un\cllwnahl)· 

\llIml we:uhl'r during January eau~cd II 

,hUldo\11I on one job. a~ the conlr:lclor 

couldn't mOle hi ~ equipment oyer the 

road ... II :.1\0 made il miserable for O Uf 

unllcrground rrc ws 10 make liny head 

\1:11' on their jobs. 

Wc arc ~ho ~ I~rling nn illlder1J;ro\IJuJ 

,piking c Ollr~ for 30 more men. '1 here 

will he tl\O d",scs of 15 men e(,eh. :In,1 

the three·hour clas~es will he hcld once 

:1 \led for eight wech. The'oC people 

nrc in great dcmand once thcy complete 

.he couTs

We of Ohin IA II ·( 10 alllo 

In\ur:IIKe) .,"d Ihe O,Xllil"lion:,1 !li~anl. 

I IInJerlland Ihal Ihcr .. i_ .. re~u,e r ) 

1'1:ln :11 .. ";.I>(e- il include. pLcnl~ of ll" 

J'lirin ,IIIU .1 l·our·\lore·'c.lr, SU(li,,,1 

Kit, 

e \11111 If M. BlIlI,11 II, JII .• P $. 

Service Awardees 

III me CllrOSlmlll party 01 loII"). h;IV III ~ 'p.:•• rh"';\lletl Ihe 

Jrhc 10 ulg,H1it;c J~ ~'lIlplolee, Iff Re· 

puhlic I I .. dri~ & I:>':Iellll'l11cl1l ('om· 

1'.:1 on Ih~il' lin.:, I.,.:,i;di,,·d 

ckCllh;;11 CUlilrol ('elll", ~ 

DIRKIII I . \IL'IO'. 1'.\ 

Seattle Local Holds Annual 

Pin Presentation 

I .. l '. ~6 . .. I- \ n 1. 1-:, \\ \ .. 11 . ·On hnu· 

;lr) 10th lie h.1l1 01lT Annll,.1 Pin I·re,· 

elll,llioll. I hi, ;. alII,,), .1 h.IPP} (K,.," 

,ion. :!nd lie 1001. fOI'".,,..1 10 ICcing 

man) of our relireJ 1I.,lIher ... IIrother~ 

II ngu J;,,·oh'>(JI1. C I \ Imd;,". I r;LIl~ 

Grcen. I·olrell 1'0011"1., (,Ienn (h;,rlc., 

:lml I'd WillLIlIISoll reee;'e,1 !i.~·)e.lr 

pins. Brut her I re d John,on rec .. hed hi, 

,j~·)ear pin. ;IIlU llrolher (t','il I)IIr"nl 

rtt('iwJ hi • .J() )ear pin. 

Th< follollm\,! 8rOlher~ r .. cd, .. d 2.'1 . 

30·, ,LIld .l~·)c;or pin' Vklor Ad •• ml. 

J"cl. ,\rlt in,'. Ro} A lI.lw.ne. \ Iellin 

I, ,, ~ .. r, \Uw,:r, lJoc. 'Iedin Hon;olh'lI\. 

I'cler I~o .... h, JOl.Cph IIwuerid. l..em;1I\ 

[~rolln. Goorge Hum •• Clnrcn~c W. HUI' 

le r. Rieh:,rJ Car~ l e ll lCn. Arnold e ,'el. 

Arthllr C hapl1lHn . r.l(lrrh C. C1ar~. J)CIl' 

zil Clifl . Alfred G. Crowder. M}ron I.. 

CrOlier. ' !)lIll1'y. I cla nll Durr). Ran· 

d.11] bh. \\lilli:ul1 faSlnt;ln. /\If I iue . 

0110 I II in\,!. Robert I'e:rgll, CI,lire Rho..lel. 

Ree\C Rohe, ... Ie, Ro ..:lh. !','rn Ruue. 

I. U So.:h"p]'.:rt. Lou;, Seifnel'. ' 1 hUI11:'" 

Slephen. Willi.11lI 5100.];,rl. (IitTOf"d 

Slindc, A,cI ~1I.m'-l)fl. I-I':'ell S\\:IIl"'h 

]-..;or! John"'n. ~erm'l Juhl1'>1111. Ollllll 

J"l.i. Joe J!.I/\\i~. J .le~ t...ain. \t:i~~o 

",.. Ilio. \I ]..;.I'>On). \\ illiam t...,'nn. Joe 

t...C)lCr. J;IIpcr 1,lIIee. R,.) LlrrcnieUI 

F. Lar....:n, I din\,! L,r ..... lIl, I 'nCH L li 

..on. AI I ,ntlhcrj;. C. ( I i"h~.:. I ')lIi, 

Lonj;. \\ iII;1T\1 I nndcen. h .... 1 \,;". 

t...cnli.:. R,,"hcn Martin. Brllllo 1\1..,,1.111. 

John 1\1 :I\UI1. 1I.:r! \lcCleil"n. Rot>.:rl 

\kComi'o. \r ,ll:,rJ \kGl:lllre). "leil 

\le{lia, 'orman \ Iiehel. Andrell 

\lilchel Ch;jfle~ \lood}. R,.~ ,\Iorril, 

Chnrles MurJoch. Jim i\ llIrph. Hllherl 

' cI..on. Ru,'>C1I Nocrcnhcrg. Roherl 

Norri~. ("lill Ol..on. F , OlSOn. RII",

Pin Presenta tions 

In January, l~al 46, S ... l1le, Wash., held 

ilS Annual Pin Presentation. Shown, lett 10 

"ghC arft rred P. Johnson, 45-yur member; 

Glen W, Charles and rrank Green, 55.yle, 

membe,s; Hnd Business MHnager Gordon 

PuCkel1. 

Waller S~nford. Russell Sauer. M:Hh 

Sch:lHf. U!O Sl·(!cnqui,1. W. Scllcerhox, 

Phillip Sheridan. Clifr SI1

T he Trojan Nude:!I' PO'lel' PI:lnt III 

Ihillier, Oregon, hus hud ils Complelion 

datc c.''''entled from Seplember. 1974. to 

mid- 1975, Also. due 10 ,se, .:ral factors, 

the co~t ha, fI'>Cn S,U·million. Local 

.III i~ no" ~uppl)ing the projrd \Iilh 

:Ibout 125 men. 

Electrica l W orlcr~ Local 411 h:f,S ~ I O I ""f: S, IA .- With 

J.!:OOll we;tlller arollnd Ihe coma. lie :Ire 

oplimislk Ihat "c lire going 10 hal e :1 

~ooJ }ear. Al prc!oClll. our \\or~ lo;uJ i~ 

prell) stahle :u1\1 ~ho llid picl up cI'en 

more in Ihe ~prin.!:. All 01 our memhcr, 

IIho \\:Intlo \\ork arc "o r lin~. 

F:I..:h .... eel. I If) 10 "bit one of OUf 

~ic l or relireu members. It "Ire (ii,ap- 

1l0il1ls lIle 10 find oul tll:11 very kll of 

OUI' a tlh~ mCl11ber~ ~o 10 vi,it Ihem. t\~ 

.1 Br01herhOOIl ;Imt ,ince the lime " ... 

ha"e on Ihi, e:lrlh is '0 ,horl· -it '>Cern~ 

Ihal "C "lmuM If) IU ,i,il Ihcw l'lclhrell. 

It's fine 10 go 10 :1 Brolher\ funcr.11 

;Ind tell "hal ;I "hell of a gOOll m.ln~ he 

II :l'. hUI "ouldn'l il he henef to lei him 

hear il hcf{lf~ he ~O\:'~'! We arc )

weeks were without pay). During th:n 

time. Ihe membership dropped 10 eight. 

and Brother J. Scoll Milne came from 

the Internationt Office to help lIu lCh 10 

campaign and organize enough members 

to hold an eletlion. That was done in 

1938. and the fi r~1 contract with Ut:lh 

I'ower lind Ugh t Company was signed 

in 1939. 

Brother CHrler gnve us many olher 

interesting slorie~ about Local 57. 

We :111 had a very enjO}llble evening. 

International Represcnt!ltive Vince I'ellr 

'>On \I

I.be families, for, as I ~ I id before. our 

remodeling program should b aucnding 1I." UUI in che operatiun. on ... 

awfully·importanc p-crwn hn, Ilt'en ne· 

glecled-Ihe ~on~lruclioll 1I.0r"er\ \'ife. 

Ldmllnd J. c CH'n 

nine. 

M} "01.1 Man" will cume home :,11 

e.xciced ill'oLit :' high Iinc. 

I load lip Ill) cr:lcJ...ed di,he., in h,H," 

go my pan\. 

He he:rrd 00\111 ac Iho: ,\lilch)ard. Olll 

WI''>I Ihe} nc~t! hand~. 

He ru~hc~ 10 rcnt II U- H:lul, ,',)m,', 

homc. and ,cart~ 10 10:"1. 

I hurry to pa..:1.. our ,,"I,·a-..:,. '0 \\C 

e(ln hic Ihe ruad. 

Believc me. I'm nOl complaining. t-c 

C;W'iC I thin).. 11\ Itne, 

Graduates 

I'm one cramp's "Old Lao)''' lhat hn'l 

lefl behind. 

I've Irnveled a ll o\·cr-North. SOlllh, 

Easl, :Ind West; 

Whcre\cr my linemnn go.:s is Ihe 

place I li"e beSI. 

In a n.::w Cown we go. an lLparlment I 

find: 

T he new landlord a~ I.. ,. " '"lOll' long i' 

I C:l~c Ihi~ Ii meT' 

They If) 10 la"e ad\;HlI;,g don'l e,tre. 

The) nlll L" all lramp ~ l>!:eau'\C "e 

travcllh..: l:ml1. 

Hut Ihal cilY "ouldn'l ha\e pov.er 

\lilhOUI:l "journcy" linO:nI:lr1. 

They huild (he high·line, u\er moun· 

l ain~ and ~cre:llns; 

!.ook LIp. OlJl you peopk. a ~lecJ Iowa 

\dll bt.: \e\'n. 

We don'c (arc if che 10lln gj\C~ :l 

uamn or noc: 

If il "eren'c for a Cn,,"p linelll;Ln, 

Ihey woul,It!'1 have 1I "at!' 

T hnn~ YOII, FloiM!, I chil1~ e\'er~'lll\! 

"ill enjo)' )our lilerarr efforl. 

Sr" 110\\ L ,_ R.S. 

First Contract in 16 Years 

Settled Without Council 

LL 80, =-,O ltl-'O LK. "A.-{\mgralUlu· 

cions are in order 10 OLlr h "rJI~ur"ir1!! 

"'.,to:guli;lling Commiuee. I he l:ommil1ee 

lIecLHllpli,hed something clWI ha,n'l hccn 

donc ill 16 YC(ITS, gening a complele ,ccckmen! 

\luhoU! going co Ihe council. 

\(Ier .,cI ... r;11 \leeks of he(ldl..nocl..in!! 

;111 0.1 /;i\c·;tnd-cll"e. a eomplcl~ agreem~nt 

"n all i'SLLC~ was reached b>' nuth parlin. 

F ;I~1t I'.Ll cy fel! il hlld !:;,ined mueh 

in che baTguinillg, umJ boch plLnies ar,' 

\,ll i'tied. '\1 chi~ lime, th ~ agrcement i\ 

in Wa~hin!:lUn for apPfLIl(11 h~ Che smanment. 

Sin(c il hasn'c bet'n o flieiall> 

Apprenlice graduates of Loca l 80. Norl(lik. Va were h(ln(lred at the Annual Gradual;(ln San· 

que( by the JOint Apprenticeship and Train,ng Comm,Uee. rront row. teft (I rlg ... t. Ray Mu,· 

ray (school): W. R. Sykes and F. M. MaUer. comm,ttnmen; Edward H(lpklns. John Kelling· 

I(ln, Larry Ounn'ng, Ronnie Bauswell, M,Cl1ul Teels. Juper Gam.el. and Th(lmas B~ , (I. 

g raduates: lind J ohn CUlchln. Jr. (BAll. Back row: CurtiS WIlliams, NECA; PL ,,101' J ones, Jr" 

R,aduate: G. E. Leach, Local 80 Businen Ma"uger; Kennell, Bunting. g raduate: A. C. Lip. 

fOrd. commlttuman; Ronald Bradshaw. graduale: R. A. Meye ..... commllleemBn; Robert 

Dunn and Gene Davenport. g raduates: Jack H,cks. Local 80 President: Butch HOdges. g.ad. 

uB le; J . D. HOII(lmon. Jr. (d" Ktor): Ronald Gus!"I .... n, graduate; and J . E. Saker. commit· 

teeman. 

JIIEW Jou'n"C

On the Job 

The new Cavalier Ford building lob wails 

while lour employees 01 E. G. Middleton 

ElKIrIc,,1 Company have the ir poelu •• taken. 

left to righi, apprentice IIlonlO Parke. and 

jo .. uneymen llirry Dunning. Ray Rollman. 

and Jimmy Vaughn. 

appro,-cd. I can', give you :Iny of the 

highl ights at [his lime. 

President Jacl liicks appointed .:;e,eral 

of our Brothers 10 attend the Annual 

Wccl..cnd Institute: to be held 31 the Ha l 

ida} Inn. SCOPE. K. F. Phelp\. Bob 

Hanman, Charles Bailc). Freddie 

Smahz., and John Shepherd plan to attend. 

It is expected that this training "ill 

he \o.' f ) helpful \0 the labor movement 

in Virginia. 

Are )ou a regi\lcred "oter? You're 

nOI? Then how about getting right "" ith 

your country and gCI regi\Iered! If you 

are registered. do {'xereise )'our righl to 

'ot.:! Whal Ihis good. o ld toumry needs 

is hn'ing all of ilS. people \·oling. 

Sc'eral of our Brothers h:IVe rtlired 

o'er lhe past severa l months ItS Ihe re 

~ ult of di,ahility. T hey :tre Ro y C:t~h. 

H cr~rt Deans, I-Icrman Compton, John 

H. Ta}lor. :IOd George Henry, If you 

happen 10 be in Iheir neig.hborhood. SlOp 

in :Illd pay thcm a visi\. Brolher Lyle C. 

Hardy al~o rctired and is now enjO),ing 

the fruits of relirement. 

Brother Frank Hand has been On our 

,id. list for !;e"eral months, We wbh 

him a nd all o f our Brothers who :tre 

~id. a speed} rctovery. 

The adl11i ni ~tr:tlors of o ur ho~piTali7.alion 

insurance h:I"e mo,'cd their ollkes 

TO Ihe Iron Worlcr~ Office Building . 

.5307 Virgmia Beach Boule,·ard. Norfolk. 

Virginia. The new phone number is 

853-074]. 

Work in The area is STili slow. It 

seems Ihat \\hen Brother l each or 

BrOlher Syl~ places a few men. someone 

else is laid off. We have four apprentices 

oul of ..... ork. Wilh spring 

a round Ihe corner, let 's hope th:t! a lot 

of \-Iorl is also. 

\Vord for Ihe wise: 'The man \\ho 

pUI~ God fint will find God \-lith him at 

the last," (Unknown). 

J. 0 , I'IOLLOMON, JR" 1>.5. 


Eighty-Two Graduates 

Honored at Dinner-Dance 

L.U. K6. ROCHESTER. N. " .-On Fellruar)' 

16th. the Joint Apprenlitcship and 

Training Commillee honored the 1971 

and 1972 graduating apprentices at a 

dinner--dante beld at the Herilage lloose 

in West Webster. 

EightY·lwo young men \-Iere r(('osniled 

for lhcir achie\ements. completing 

the necessary 8.000 work hours on the 

job, in addition 10 lhe 704 clD~sroom 

hours spent al Monroe Communily Col 

Icge. JATC Chairman Bob Van Slyke 

and the entin: Committee put togelher a 

fine program. 

Bud Baker, Direclor. NJA rc. attended 

the gradU:Uion. He pmi'>Cu Ihe 

etrort~ o f the new journeymen lind eomplimemeu 

Ihe committee and Ihe teacheh 

for a job well do ne. 

Selecled for Ihe hi ghe~t ~Iandi n g in 

Ihe 1971 clas, W;IS I'aul \Vri ~ l cy. :tnd 

for the 1972 class. William Spall. HOl h 

men recei\cd Sloo Savings Honds for 

Iheir cffom. 

Guests at the head table also included 

Dr. J am~ Walsh o f Monroe Communil} 

College: Frederick 8 rrne, Fe

Al DI '10"', 1'.5. 

Christmas Party Held By 

Worcester Local 96 

~is lance Guidance Scn'ke. Th~ commit· 

It'e is a part of lhe Oro'eon Sialt Alcoholisnl 

and Hellith Associ'll ion. This 

will be good for T erry lx-can\(' ~o me 

high·level ~u pe rviM)ry pcr..onn/'l \Iocre 

aI M) appointed 10 Ihi ~ comminet. 

nu s jnes~ M:ln:tger Tru.1el J.w,n·t anticipate 

100 much trouble v.ith The reo 

maining COnlr:ICls to be ncgotili1e,I, ~i n cc 

mOSI of them life for wagc-O("lan,otlC)". 

Frne't H iill. an.1 John "lu.1"m: anti Ihe 

Gi(ts anti Fuod ("ommilll'e consi'lCd of 

Jo\Cph Horg;1Il ;Ind Rnh.' r1 l-ioT!!"n. 

Santa Clatl~ WH ~ none Olher Ih~n P~t 

Lopolito. who made II 'llpcrh . along 

"ith Ihe ne!.wti\e~. ha\c ..... "'Cn ,em 10 

variOIl' mcmher ~ ror their pcr_onal UW. 

Since Ollr la,t ~ t()r} in the JOllfllll/. 

Brother Willium Smit h. "ho \\a, pre,itlent 

of the Retiree, Club. pa",e.1 :I"a),. 

Lllllrencc Underwood. of Nell l'ngl,lnd 

I'o"er $cnice. p"'!>O!11 " " ;'} (Jil Christnlll, 

Fve. 

AI the Fehruary meeting. Ihe memher_hip 

;.greell 10 (1I.:cep' a rc,idenlial 

wiring agreement. We ure hopdul th"l 

10't " or ~ ColO be reCl.lplUretl beer!! h,ls ~t:lnetl a 

ncw organizatiollal c:lm paign in Ihi, 

nrea. 

W i' h ("~ for man) happ) }ear, of retirel11enl 

1;0 10 Brother " Ru\ ~" Ru,.ctl 

Sill1p\on. who i, I'ulting aW,I}' Ihe tool, 

He ha, 30 year, of memt>er,hip in our 

loca l. Ru ~, ha ~ 'poI:nt the la-r 18 )ear, 

"ilh hllle J. O ' Kour~c , Inc .. anti II goe~ 

"ilhout ,a}ing Ihal he'lI be mi ~"

Award Presentations 

International Representative Art Matthews. 

left, and President Tom Beattie, Local 105, 

Hamitton. Ont., right, present an ISEW ur ... 

Saving Award to Local 105 Brother Pete. 

Ooren. 

Mrs. Norm Onver accepts the IBEW Life· 

Sa ving Award on behalf of he. late hus· 

band, who died of a heart a!lack afle. sav· 

ing two men from d.owning. Making t he 

present"t"," are President Beattie. left, arld 

BUSIness Manager William Corbell. 

Retiree 

Business Marlag .. r Co.-bell, teft, and PresIdent 

Beattie. right. present a desk ~, to 

retiring Brother Fred Oecate, and flowers to 

his wife. 

Be~t \li~hC5 arc sent to these Brothers in 

their retirement years. 

At our regular membership meeting in 

January, Brother Peter Doren was presented 

with the m EW Life-Saving 

Award by Internalion

Since our b!>1 wril ing, Ihl\ loca l h,1S 

been 5:1fJdened by Ihe lo~~ h) d~,lIh of 

BrOlhen J. \1 Gambrcll Cc, lit IJ~ 1.1~101! ,,"li .. diun ..... C' 

,""ould en~ lhc pllh! i..: Ihat union 

joh~ CO" morc per hour 111;111 non·union 

jot>, Unlc,~ \Ie dl) mon: 1(1 ..:on,in..·e 

lh.II ","IC puhli.. Ih;II " !lnion joh i, 

\lorlh murC' ..... c mo,1 certainl~ \liII fino.l 

our~"e~ in for e\en lougher sleudin!! 

Di,ltlinl1 the foreman. \uperinlenucnl. or 

~onlr"Clor h,,, nOl hlO!; 10 ,10 \lilh it. 

\\ h;II tomm j, 11'0 •• 1 the un ion )oh i\ 

donc hellcr and faslcr Ih;ln ;1 non-union 

joh. "nti Ih"l i ... our be,t ucfen!iC ,,-g.Iin)1 

"'

New Chairman 

Brother Gterl SlIuler, Lac,,1 166. sehorl'''' 

lady, NY., is tho chairman of Itle local's 

new Safety Commilleo, 

In structors 

Brolheutheastern states for linemen. 

J. C. "CAlli " SMnll, I'.S. 

Work Picture Brightens 

For Local 191 

)ollr bad. thc sun Upon your face, your 

"",hisl..y cold, )our frie ndships warm. and 

a bll of jingling slock in )'our pockets. 

l. ELla:, P.s. 

Local 194's Letter Is 

Dedicated to Brother Keely 

I..U. 191. t: \,ERP,'''', W.\Sill._ Thc 

"'arming of the y,eather, the ground. 

lind a few COl1lnl(tol"'\' heart' h;]~ \ho".,n 

a marl..ed effect on our referm l hool..'1 

IheS/: p;tSt 11'00 wed~. It's nothinG major 

nur too 1:ISliog. Iml lit lellst, it'~ (\ ~tep 

in the right direction, It will [II IC;I\I 

mal..e a ch;lngc in the n;lme~ and faces 

at the top of the unemployed 0001... 

Il usin~ss Manager Jrtme~ O\ley i ~ 

again in Wa~hingtOIl. I).C., !I~ II member 

of the: Council on Indu,lrial Relntions 

p:tnel. lie is now gelling !I first hand 

1001.. at problems from the other ~ide of 

the tat-Ie, 

We drajX'd our charter rccentl), in 

memory of the follo"",ing n rothcr~ 

Robert 1I0lmes (retired). Glenn Strong. 

and lIerbert Baker. May thcy re\1 in 

peace and may their families fe(ehe 

guidance [lnd solace in their hour of he· 

fta\ement. 

The following BrotheN ha\e joined 

the ranh of the rctircd-George Pennington. 

Cal IlcHcman. James \Inc 

Donald. Arnold H olme~. Fric Anderson. 

John Estep. Delnert WuulIh. John rio 

neout. and Jacl.. Williamson. We "., ish 

([Ich o r )'ou a full and huppy n:tiremenl. 

Considering the time of the year, we 

close by e:'ltell(ling :In Irhh hlessing to 

e\'er)' one, Mny the wind be [.lwlI),s 10 

I..U. 19." S II Rt:vt: I'ORT. I_A.- Dedi 

(:;Ited. lo)al. unionist. and diligent are 

JU~I a few of the words I ha\'e heard 

u'iCd to de'>Cribc Brothcr K. K. Keel y. 

rhc un:lnimous opinion of our members 

i\ Ihat he has played a vilal part in the 

gro\\th of l oc;1 1 [9-1. Brot her Keely is a 

rei ired mcmber of Ihis loc~l. He is we ll 

1..110\\'n for h i~ diligent \\or~ in the :Ip· 

prel1ticeship program. During the early 

years. he laught ,, scnoo us for many years. 

received :a standing Ollalion as a lol..en 

of our heartfelt thnnks. ~ I ay hc enjoy 

hiJ well-carned rctirement. 

FRt: D M I:TZ, PRI:S, 

April, 1913

departlnent of Research 

and Ed'ication 

ACCELERATION OR SLOWDOWN 

• .. rh..: \(ugo.: is ~..:t for wide 

.-,prcad guin~" in Ih..: U.S. cl'onllmy 

this ycar, Ih~ C()l1lm~'rcc Ikpaftmen! 

foro.:casts in tho.: 1973 edition 

of the U.S. /I/(/mlria/ Ow/vol.. Yo:t. 

a somewhat opposing vicw up 

J>l.'an:d in the February 27th iS~lIo.: 

of the !Vall Sfrt'el lUl/rlwl. In essence, 

Ihe JO//l"/la/ article rcporlo.:d 

that many ..:conomists see a l>harp 

slowdown increasingly probabk in 

the latter p:lrt or (hb year. 

And. then. thl' January issue of 

FlJrllllU'. in ils arlicle on "Bu... in c\'~ 

Roundup," had this to say: "... in 

terms of the economic growth. 1973 

prnmiscs to be at feasl as good a 

year a:. ]l)72-and probably even 

a bit bcltcr." 

To !oay that our nalion\ economic 

ftHure I:' ::,olllcwhal uncertain 

coulll well be rccorckd as tilt' un 

(h,:rstatcm..:nt of the ).:ar. Vil'WS on 

the economy run the full gamutfrolll 

such expectation" as boom 

and continul':d cxpan).ion to the 

pussibility of i\ lI1ini -rece~s ion. 

A l:iudul \vcishins of somc of 

the mon.: reccnt and :.ignificant development:. 

ill our economy even 

makes th .:- task of predicting its per 

formance more diflicult. The go\' 

ernment":. gO:11 of curbing intJation 

and thus limiting tho.; Consumcr 

Price 1 ndcx (CPI) to an annual illcrea).e 

of 2.5 pl'r cent seems hardly 

at(ainabk in view of the f\·c·l"rlt. 

walloping incrca).cs in the Whole 

).alc Price IrKkx (WPI ). which i:-, 

a fnrcrullIll'r 10 the C PI and corn he 

u,>cd 10 imcrprl't forthcoming C PI 

behavior. Morcowr. the cpr ihelf 

Tu:.e at an annual rate of 6 per cent 

in the month of January. To add to 

OUT co~ t -()f-living problems, wc 

have expcricllced two dl':valuation .. 

of the American dollar in a period 

of 14 month).: ncedJc~~ to mention 

its intt'rllalional cconomic ramifie:ltions. 

Many domestIcally-manufactured 

products usc imported COrllponcnts 

or raw materials, such as 

oil, copper, aluminum anu iron 01'1..\ 

rublK'r, i\nu ).il1lilar material. Thdr 

in!;fI:>r"'':i.I price will be pa!>..,ed 

through 10 the consuml'r~with a 

,mall upw:lru impact on the overall 

Amcrican pricc Ic\'d. 

Oullook 

The outlOOK for economic Jcvclopments 

Juring the cour!>c of 

1973. particularly in thl': laller p:lrI 

of the )ear. i~ further clouded. The 

::rdmini~tnrtiun·'" propoM:d Cllts of 

c'»enll:11 government program'> an(1 

prcdktilllh of tightcn..:d monctary 

pohcy~\\lth Ir1tere~t r(ltes already 

moving up---can bring a sub!>tantial 

~ lowJO\\n in the pacc of the economy's 

~'xpamion, if they becoml.) (l 

rl':ality. Morcovcr, the probabk 

slowing in the riSl' of consumer expo.!nuiture~. 

which account for do~ 

to two-third ... uf the lowl n:ltional 

o utput. clIn add to the l'mcrg..:nce 

of growing economic difficulties befo 

re thl! cud of the year. 

NOlldhck..,.." with 4A-million 

workcr~. or 5 per C~llt of the labor 

fon:l·. still uncmployeu in January. 

it h obligatory for thc Nixon Ad· 

ministr:ltion 10 pur~uc a rate of 

cconomic cxpansion so that furthl.'r 

reductions in Ihis un ~at i s facto ry 

Icwl of urll'mployment nr,' ;'lchi\'vccl. 

This would bc con:.onant with the 

sharp g:lins made in the rate of 

prouuctivity, which many ecollomi..,b 

claim i, a I..cy dement in thc 

U.S. l'COnOrH} 's prosp.:cls for 

growth and ~lab ilil\ . 

Economic T re nds 

In 1971. productivity in the priv>rtc 

economy rose 3.6 pel' cent-a 

fa).tl'r pael': than the long-term trend 

since World War I I, and ill 1972. 

productivit}' accekr.Hcd to 4.2 I)C~ 

~ent. This ).harp ris..: in productivity, 

combinl'd with the ).I{muown in the 

increase or wage).. re).ulied in a considerablc 

slowdown in the ri).e of 

unit labor costs on the onc hand, 

but on the oth ... r hand, il rl'~ultl'd in 

a ).ub!>tantial widening of profit margim. 

Hence, with thc ('xpan).ion of 

salcs, corporate profib. after taxl.!s, 

..,hot up :n 1e:I..,t 15 per c\.·nt in 1972, 

f\)lIowing a 14 per cent ri~ in 

1971. and arc eXpl'(·ted to ri,c b} 

an ewn greatcr IlwgnilUu,,: in 11)73. 

IncJmtrinl prnductinn wa.., up 

over 10 pcr cent in 1912 and i, 

expected 10 continue to ris..: on 

throu,gh 1973. HOUlIillg Slarh, ho\\ 

ever. another important ..:conomic 

inuicator of our econom)·:. behavior. 

afe \.·xpected (0 t1cclin..:. 

according 10 \0urc('s in the homebuilding 

indu~lry. 

Last yellr. the core of the l':COnomy'). 

rapid ex pansion was ill 

rC'iidcntial comlruction and con 

,>umer ,>pending Hom,i ng :.tarts 

rose from the depre:;!>ed level of 

lA-million in 1970 to 2.I-million 

in 1971 and 2.+tlIillion in 1972- 

,purrcd by govcrnment programs, a 

widespread housing shortage, :111(1 

increasing rea l irl!;(Jmes of many 

families. The volume of con).Ul11l':1' 

c .. pcnditurc).. after accounting for 

increal>l:d pl'ice:;, rose 6 per cent in 

1972. folio" ing a nearly 4 per ccnt 

gain in the pre\'jous year. 

Thl' pacl' of rising consuml..'r I.'Xp..:nditllfl':" 

will probably slow dC)\\ll 

in the carly part of this ycar. The 

anticipated ,lowing of imtllllJllcnt 

buying and thc growing burden of 

repaymenb illl'un that the pace of 

ri~illg COIl:.Ull1er ('xpcnditllfe!>, dur 

IlIg thl' '>ecnnd part of the ycar, \\ill 

inercu!>ingl} ul']>end on COIl!>Ulller 

bu) ing powcr and confidencc-employment. 

wagl's, and the degree of 

advanc(' of li\ ing costs. A ~hlckening 

ri~c of enn,utllcr spending durrng 

thl': ~econd half of the ycar and 

the expcct ... d ucdim: of housing 

Mans through 1973 can be o ff:.ct. 

only p;lrLiully, b) the anticijJ:tku 14 

per cent rise of bu.!.ines:. inw:.tmcnl 

in plants, machines. and equipment. 

r8EW Jou,nClI

p.hl ! H month!'!, invCl>t 

Ov~r th ~ 

m ~ lll ill IK'W plant alld ":(!Idpm..:nt 

illc rca~cdt in rcal ( Crill)" at a 9 per 

c~nl rate. During Ihc lalll'r part of 

! 973, the national econolllY may 

OCcom.: llominal..:d by a I..:mporary 

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX- 

lop.'!>ided boom uf bu~in e~~ OllIla).'!> 

for capital good .., particularly in the 

manufacturing "eclor, with decline!. 

o r .')Iowcr r a t ..:~ of cxpamion in 

other econumic '

Atlantic City Local 

Negoti ates Settlement 

I •. U. 210, ATI.ANTIC crrv. NJ,_ 

Wage niles lind fringes \lere reopened 

for neguti,ltiuns prior 10 December J lSI 

bel\\een lhe Vineland Unit of the loeal 

and the Vineland Eleelric Ulilily (city 

of Vinelnnd). 

Uur Negotiating Commillee consi,ted 

of I'residenl Ch:lrles R. Arnold. lJusiness 

Mllnllger Ed Ritchie, AI "h."nsone. Tom 

i'eroui, Barry OuranrJ. Dennis DeMl11lr., 

and International Represcnt:llhe AI 

Giles. The)' negotiated the follo\ling set. 

tlement: 

A general wage increase of 6.63";' of 

1111 union ci:lssifications: 

The city of Vincland to assume :III 

premiulll cO~ts on the present I.llue 

C.o~~ / Bluc Shield Hospillllilalion con. 

tract lind the city of Vineland 10 IIt1sorb 

any fUlure increase pursuant to such 

hospitlilization·contracl premium increa'iC 

: 

'1 he watchman-dispatcher wage rate 10 

he il1~rea'\\!d by 10 centS per hour before 

the 6.63':'iI is alld(:d: 

The shift-differential 10 be increased 

from 20 cent~ and 22 cents to 24 cents 

:md 26 cents for the aftcrnoon and night 

~hift5: 

When lhe m:lyor of Vineland declares 

a holiday in addition 10 those provided 

for hy ~ontrac!ll.1I terms. all physical 

wurkers of the Vineland Utility shull be 

benefited equally; and 

It is underst(l()(/ bet ..... een Ihe parties 

th:lt the 1 .bo~e·me ntioned benefits are 10 

be efrective as o f December 31. 1972. 

We congratulate John BiUer upon his 

:' ppointment as chairman of the Executive 

1l0;mJ :lIld ulso Hal \villiam~ on hi~ 

appointment to the hoard. 

WILLIAM T. H AnU y. I'.S. 

W eather Slows Down W ork; 

Improvement Expected 

L.U. 223. IIR O(' t\ TO~ , " ASS.- The 

winter \leather hllS causcd a slowdown 

of work in the arca. Some of our Brothers 

arc workinjl: in Ihe jurisdiction of si~ter 

locnl ~ bcelluu~iness 

cominjl: ahollt concerning the JOCl.1. 

Business Manager Franl Mom no is 

nprlying syslt:matnlog}' to nlllny facelS 

of the JOCil1 union business office. 

As Americuns, it is truly lin inspirntional 

land heartwarming act to l>;llllle 

our flllg prior 10 IIny meeting. Pat riolbm 

is a s;u:red sentiment that can be exhibited 

in such a manner. 

Be Americ:ln. buy Amcric;ln. and look 

tor the unIOn label on any Hem )'OU 

huy. thus helping your fellow unionists 

to nLlle a living. 

MAl Arm G. Sill P\Jlll'>OS, I'S. 

Members Join Pickets: 

Retiree Honored at Banquet 

I .. U. 224, N EW IHmFO RI) , l\1AS."i. 

As we read the JOIlr/wl. wc get :1 lot of 

good idells from each other's locLlls. 

Also. the letters lell us Ihal other locliis 

arc a l'>O losing wor~ to non·union con· 

tmeton. 'Vc arc no exception. But .... ith 

the umiring work of our husim:ss manager 

and Ollr members who were on the 

ocnch. picket lines were up and OUT 

prewnce was felt. Now. some of Ihe 

jobs h .. ve gone union. 

That is Ihe result of unit)'. IInity 

within ourselves and \lith our fellow 

IrlUjc~mcn. We necd e;lch other-"Male 

no mistake about that.~ Local 224 is 

ma~ing its marlc 

On January 28th, Ollr loc;!1 co-sponsort,l 

a testimonial banquet for W ~ lltcr 

F. ,' lonl. who recently retired liS department 

head of the New lJedford Wire 

Department. The commi!lee thllt 

pluJlrtI:J th,,; b"IIljucl consisted of I)rothers 

of our local and members of the 

New IJcdford Mastcr Ek"1:triciuns Association. 

I)usiness Manager George Clnrk, 

toastmaster at the banquet. who recently 

became president of Lhe Ncw Bedford 

Cit} Council. reud II resoilition com· 

mending Walt for his service to the city. 

Ma)or ~lark() also rC;Jd II proclamation 

10 Walter ror his oUl5landing service. 

Sllite Rerrl.'')Cnlative Domlld Gnudclle 

read .1 resolution from the I-louse of 

Rerrcscnt:llives in BO'don commending 

Waltl'r for hi~ contribution to his community. 

1-IO\ler$ lIere prcsentetl to Mrs. ;,\ Iont, 

and Chainll.m ReliC FOllill, II local. 

union electrical contractor, presented 

Walter .... ilh \ ariolls gifts. We sinecrely 

wish Wah a happy. e.~tended "acation. 

Until neXI month! 

FI) 1-.'11 tlI'IIR, I'.S. 

GIt_ GARRISON. 1'.5. 

Practicing 

....... - 

Thes" a." sc""es 01 th" lirst atd ct&SS In 

L.u..dl 229. Vo.". P • . Siandin •. lelt 10 .Ishl, 

Ste"e Clarton. instructor In S lamb&ugh. 

Spurgeon Hak", Emerson ROdge'5, Robert 

Tomes, Jeffrey Fahs. La"e,"" Rebert. Philip 

Eisenhart, Thomas Alb'Lght, Clarence Harman. 

and Gary Good. Sealed, tnstructor 

Robert Corbin. 

Financial Secretary "Clem" Harman applies 

bandage to Brother Gary Good'S head. 

Red C ross First Aid Course 

Given for York Brothers 

L. U. 229, YORK, I'A,- We ha'e s1arted 

:1 first ;Jid twining course for our Brolhers. 

\lhich is being held at the union 

h:1 11 on Saturdays. 

II is called the Red Cros9 Stundard 

Multimedia FirSI Aid course. and techniques 

Icarned in the course C'.ln be aptlEW 

Journal

Firs' Aid Class 

Apprentice Closses 

Pin Presentations 

8,olh •• $, ..... C""'Otl. 'ell. apptles bandaS" 

10 8.0Ih" Sob Tomes' hud Brothe, f>t1illp 

E,se"ha.t ''II''t, applies bandag, 10 Uve.ne 

Rebe.!·s tI.ed ("Reb's" Krau.. ....e.. $UP. 

I)Osed to be r.moved. but hi wanled to $" 

what WaS loh'l! on), InSI,u(:IO' Le. SI8mbaulh, 

white shIrl ...... telln 10' mistakes. 

plicu 10 injur",1 on the jail. ;,1 horne. or 

wherever ne-cued. II i~ It mu~1. ((:lIow5; 

YOli nCH'r lnu\\ \\hen )011 11M) need to 

apply fir~t ;Iil.l techniques [0 ;, Brother 

or -.oml'onc ~'OU du nUl e\cn lnu\\. But. 

ilIon: import:Hu. it lould he :1 10\(:,1 one 

.... ho...: life )OU (oulll "",\c. or you could 

he th ... \i~lil11. 1I0l1 you could tell another 

per,,,n Ihe prOflCr flr-OCl'IluTe to 

follow 10 help you. 

Brolhcr~ Roilcr! Corhin. R ..nd)' Hel 

\\il;. I c~t ... r SlumhnuJ;h, I)c:ln WolfT. and 

Lc~lcr \klholn hllle: ta~e n the coursc. 

The) hal'c al-.o t :t ~ e n thc in,tructor's 

COUf ..... '>() that they c:m tcad! the eourse 

to other II r01he"~ \lito \lill then b.: certified. 

We h;ld tn e:;11I Ilu,inc'~ \I;mager 

Roger Billel In 10 t ll~C the picture:s of 

the cI:I\'iC~. E\I:ryortc el ..... -.celllciJ to be 

ti l""d Lip. 

Union Illcl""ting~ nrc still the third 

Thurllda) at I!;I)() P.M .. 300 Hudson 

Slreel. I' k;l">C !tUen,l. ! lulio:

David Jordun WII~ formally presc l1led 

his IBEW Life-Suvi nG AWll r\! , a nd 

IIJ EW service pins were presented to 32 

memberli \I ho .... ere present. 

Mcmbcrli reeC'iving pms \I ho are not 

shO\ln in the enclosed photo are 3()..)ear 

members Wi lliam De:l.n, G uy Co\ello. 

Geor~e De Remer. I·rne..t Rutzen. MarL 

Heacher. Leroy Brierly. J llme~ BO\lm:ln, 

Pele lIod:,o:,le. lIo)d L;"oy, Charles 

Mo)er. Sr .. 1·r.lOk ranner. lIarry Sni\!er. 

Gilberl ThompOn. &\\I;,rd Sle\enS, lkrnard 

Mllrwlf, Jnd la~e Roo;en. 

T .... enl)·fi1e )ellr'i-J;Lllle~ Lorenl.e. 

Bill McCabc. Chllrle~ l oltz, I conard 

Uockadalc. Char l e~ Wolcott, J ac~ I 'o~ler. 

John [ >Cro~e. H uller! Sthmill. D ic~ 

I hompwn, ("harle~ I.elelnik. Wendel 

h :onk. John .... indlia. Clem KrUlen. Mi· 

chr,el Oshe ... D.1Il ' I \mjal'~, .lOd Jo..eph 

T yron. 

I .... enly years-Kltlph l rllahhUl\~. 

LnrfY Sill If. Dom Kufrnno. WiIIilLm 

W e~t. Riehlml Uren. Richard Jcrill. Roh· 

crt Kno~, Stuart I'rl1terwn. Sid Capone. 

Andy I lIell~. llIl,t 0 ,11111 Morri\On. 

Fiflcen \eolf'i-John Sc .. r~. I""nnell 

I·ar~hill. John Warncr. 1 d .... ard Ciue~. 

Daniel B\lfelh. Bill Chubo). Guido Co 

!ued. (I)de I-crGu~JIl. DtJn lIuhz. I.eo 

I'enlli" S,1I11 C:lpone. I'eler lI op~a. Ger· 

uld John-.on. rtnd I r.on~ C1 1,Ichla. 

And I() )e;tr~ Joseph Smilh, Bcrn:lfd 

5.hanllh;III. Denlll~ llullicelh, Marino Fe· 

lice, and Donald '·cnolllg. 

hMl~ ' llkIlIIlIRRY, P.S. 

Negotiations Get Under Way; 

Dance Scheduled for May 

LoU. 2-'5. 1'OI.EI>O. OIIlO-Ncgolialions 

arc heginning to I,:ct under .... ay. 

Since our l;t~1 negoli:,lions. 1\10 memh.::n 

of the Negotialing '1 cam. Brothers Jml 

McGill lind lack Momuny, have been 

rcpl'lce.! . Both di\! excellent jot>s \lhile 

serving their tocn !. '1 hey hal e becn reo 

pl ace\! oy n rO\hl'r~ John Sllmmrr~ of Ihe 

Substalion l>Cpartment and lJ ic ~ O~on· 

s~i of the ' inc l>CpMtmenl. I'm sure 

.... e·11 be Rbly represented. 

J u~t II lillie rcminder aooul the An· 

Iwal Dance which \111 1 be hdd Saturd:IY. 

l\I ay 121h. :,1 Ihe Sport~ Arenr, Anne,\. in 

Toledo. The [ )'oo I..e .... i~ Orchestra \1m 

furni,h mmi,. for danl'ing. and Shasteen 

Calerin~ Scrvj"e .... ill aJ:ain furnish the 

food. IJrOlher ("hariey \ 1c(.hee i~ again 

Ihe dan(e (h:lirman. and anyone .... ho 

h:,s itl1cnded Ihe dance in the last thrce 

leaN kno .... s \lhM a good job he and hi, 

commiuec do. Helter Mart ma ~ jng lour 

plans 10 allend now. 

Recenlly. un arlicJ.e from lin early edilion 

of Ihe Jrmmal .... itS brought 10 my 

allcnlion. The prcss secret:try :11 the lime 

Ihe article \las wriucn \\011\ Brothcr Ed 

DUKeshirc, .... hu prls,\cd away al lea~t 15 

)'ears ago. It wr l ~ quile a lcugl hy article. 

Some of the H rOl h er~ 

mentioned were 

W, Winllard. Fred S\lnrl£ .... alter. h I 

lJ:tker. Ira Vnndcr!>.111, " red Holl7.. ,. 1.1 

Steakly, Curl McMullen, Jac ~ Kelly, 

Hurry Bntnl, HUGh Anderson, H :tn ~ 

T rtnsley, lind more. I'd run OUI of m y 

•• 

Nuclear Plant 

This aerlel View shows the Oew,s Besse Nu· 

Cle"r Pllnl on Lake £"1, In the jUflsdlction 

01 Loelt 2"5. Tot"do, Ohio, 

.... . - 

~~;~+ t ... &1"(,t, ~\\. 

Th, coohna lower. 

. - 

ALBAT 8pprentoees Ins peel rubber tHtlnM 

allotted space Jusl tJ~tln{! their name~. 

No doubl m:,ny of our old·ti m er~

sec by the four pholOs. we ha" C femak 

tr'.linces who arc undergoing on-the-ja" 

training here. in the d:l~~room~ ami :ll~o 

on the ~ubs. And may }'our S!;riht! Sol} 

lhal the} ,Ire imkcd lIo ing a good jon. 

Say. fc!l:!-re· 

lired member. :md Brother 1I 0,,;utl 

t •• lc\ "ife p;I ..-.:d :I";IY. We pm} Ihal 

(jot! ghe~ their families comfort. 

Brother Jerr~ BrowC'r. retired member. 

i .. home from the hospilal. and Brolher 

Gcnt1

year pins were prescl1led. 

Da nci ng to the music of II t>,md ~as 

enjo)'ed from 9:)0 until 12:)0, :md 

e~'eryone enjo~ed thems;:lvcs. 

International Represemati\e EH~rette 

/J,lile) :md Business Mamlg.:r Uruce 

Sumner. Local 1395. I ndi:m:IJlOlI~. l mli· 

ana. and their whes were IImong the 

honored Guests, 

P kNt ST G. Slt ll ll)~. I'.S. 

Chris'ma. ~s.;.~~_.., 

Christmas Party Held; 

Wor~ Scene Very Bl ea ~ 

L.U. 2U. IIiKKI/\G, ~ 1I "'II .-Our Annual 

Christmas Party 11.;.1\ held al the 

FI~s I.nllre m Hihhina; fin l)ccemncr 

16th. In ll llcndance wcre 410 JocOlI 

union mcmbers. travelinG BrOlhers. and 

gue~l~. We have hClird nOlhin~ hUI .good 

things amJ appreciatiun from our travel· 

en. :Inl.l their gue~I' ~ho ,mended. We 

arc alll.:I)"5 glud to shilrc our Christmas 

paniC"> and picnics ~ Ith tIM: Ira,clers 

"'orLing in our juris.dicllon \\ ith lhe deliciou.) 

food. fine mU'I~, and danCing. 

the PMt) WIIS a grand ~ucce~. 

I "':1111 to remind our loe!!l Brothers 

employed by three of our contractors 

Simco Electric Campnny, L K. Electric 

Company, and Joplin Fic::Clric, are installing 

the electrica l \Ooorl. on this important 

1lC\Oo faeilil}, 

The new Conlention Cccntccr will be 

composed. in part. of a I " '!>Ior}, 303- 

room C .. melot Inn Hotel. 01 mUlti-1c\el 

parLing IJecL. and a r1{:\OoI}·remodeled 

Robinson Auditorium. {ompic::tion d"le 

is scheduled to be sometime around the 

middle of 1973. 

Members cmplo}ed t->y another of our 

IBEW contractors, Fagan Heetric Company. 

are inslalling the electrical worL 

at the new Toxicologic:11 Re :He I undJmenials 

of Motor Comrol: Thcor) I: 

National Flcetric'LI Code: Blueprint 

Reading: Theor} II. I llnd"menlals of 

Vacuum Tuhc Fkdroni.... : lundamenlals 

o f Proccss Control :Inu Instrumentation: 

Funu:'ment,ll~ o f ~mkondUClor Flectronies: 

:md Stati!; Control. 

An}- memher of L oc~1 1 29.'1 i n terc~tl'd 

in attending one or more uf Ihe cuurscs 

shou ld !;Onla,', Brother Ro} Sim~. Tr:,ininS 

D irector. JATC. :It lhe 51,tte Vocational 

I' raining Building. 1~lh and Scali 

S treet~. Little RocL, Arbn~;]~, Tele· 

phone 315-0607 :lnd prOI ide the follo .... - 

ing information_l()ur nallle: course or 

eourM:~ in orur. 0.\1. 

Many Activities Held; 

25th Year Celebrated 

L.U, 299, CA;\IIIRIOCE. OlllO-As it 

h:ls been :1 \00 hile since you hlUII: 

1 0

On the Job 

B

Nor much has hee n huppcning in rhe 

milit y fie ld Jately: of cour.c. thl) hc mg II 

new }ear. \Ie \l ill he ' tllrling negotiation, 

all o\cr ag:lin. 

Thi ~ ,hould be a \er) intere\tin)! ,ear 

for negoti:lIion\. as ""c \\1 11 h'He the 

conlpan} \ interprelation. the llO\crn. 

ment'~ interpret:uion. and the meml>er's 

inh:rprf'I:lIion of "hal the new Pha-.e III 

gui del ine~ mean. 

Local 304 h:" r ecci~cd :1 unit chartcr 

for one of our nCIH"r units at Ch;UHttc. 

l(an\:I'_ Th i~ ~harter "'ill h" Ituug in Ihe 

uni!', mecting halJ. 

Our ,)nlp:lthy i, c\tcnded to Ihe fam· 

il i~ of "rOlhe", elMencc Grecn\IOO!l 

and 1. O. U\lmgs, t\lO uf OU( retired 

memhch "ho pa''I('\1 a".IY .)ince our 1 ..\, 

repon. 

'J hm\ a],um il fur nUI\-'lil Ihe !1cxt 

lime. 

GIl N r . 1'11,.\. II .M. 

Dinner Held by Local 312; 

Meeting Place Changed 

LU .. JI!. SI' E;::-"c[n . :-".C. I nc:, 1 ,,:" 

held a \kal. dinner at ~pcnccr on l eh, 

rllar) Jrd. and a good lime \I;h enju)cd 

by all 

Brother D. 1, Ikel., II l'rone operalor, 

rClircd in De.::emher. 

The meeting place and d,ue of 10(:;11 

312\ meeting, h:l\e t.ecn l'h;m{..'Cd 10 

12113 A\he\ilIe lIigh"a}. 'ip:lrt;,nhurg, 

South (arulin;!. (m the \C(ol,d 'I ue'>(fa) 

of e;leh munlh. I he re;lson for the 

( hange of lucaliolh is Ih:H Ihe m:ljont) 

of Ihe mernhcr\ lI.url. in the ~1';tr1;mhurg 

area. 

F. L. l UI. F.S. 

Silver Cup Awardee 

On ~h.11 of tn. W ....... r&>nl Sporl~m.n As. 

soc,,>I>On, B.uu .." E.",. 104,,11 ••. luc.t 320. 

PoUllhk_p"e. N.Y . 'elt. ..... u preMnted • 

silver cup 1o, "Sponsm.n 01 Ine Y.~"' · b)' 

B.U Spenc ••• 

Poughkeepsie Member Is 

Awarded Silver Cup 

L.t I •• no. 1'01 '(; II KIU·:1'5 IE. "".)'._ 1 r. 

nie Mu ner. ~ LI],'Wljon elcclri~i. lII . ";t) 

presenh::d a \iher CUfl for "SIJ'l.'rI~mllll of 

(he \'e:lr," "",ardell by the \V;\";t(~inl: 

Sporl ~ nlen A\oocialion. Brother I mie 

gives a 101 of his time to imtruet ing the 

youth of the area on ho,", 10 rc\/>Cet :unl 


handle fir e "rfl1 ~. Ue is our 'Iulhori!) on 

guns. Keep up the good lI.or~. !" rn ie. 

Thb is ju~1 a nOle to remin..! )OU that 

pre·ncgOli:lIlon mt::Clinb'" will he held in 

'ew I'alt.t. on t' ri..!a). April 27th. I fl· 

da>, M:r} IIhh: and I rid;l}, June 2:!rnI. 

~ you all a t lhe Amerkan Lellion 11 ..1 11 

in New Paltz. 

r. T. CII\ll.lI\, 1'.5. 

Slew~.d 

Brother Taormina 

J.mes J. T.o.m,n •. Lucll 336. Chi. 

c.so. lit" .ec.ntl)' re-c;., .... ed • ,peel/II c.rl,11 

cate In l.bor Stud ... from t he Un' .... e."t)' o f 

lI1onol,. left 10 right. W, lIIlIm Ad.lm.n. Pro 

M.am As~ .. te. Chlc.ao l .bor EducII"on 

P,oBrlm; D •• Tunis Oekker. AUliUln1 10 the 

V,ce Chancello. of the Chlc.MO Ci.cl. C.m. 

Pti&, Unive,s,ty of 111'1'10;'; and B.othe, T.o" 

min •• 

Retires 

Presid.nt B"s,ness M.n.ge. Thorn.. a •• B' 

'.)'. right. eonSr.t"I,I.. Clarence aache 

upon his 'Iut.em.nt I.om In. Ill1no,. Bell 

Telepllone Comj)llny. 

Inaugural Greetings 

P'Qid.nt·Bu',ness Man.B.' Thoma. B.agley 

Br .. ts B,olher (Colonel) William Spt",gl.t lit 

In.uBu'lIl ce,.monle. In Sprongtlllld. Ill. 

Several Members Retire; 

Steward Completes Course 

L V. JJ6. C IlICAGO, IL L-Sc~era l 

"'o'e .. f .... ur membe .... retired rcccnill. 

and :I (C\I nwre :HC- ('\peeted to reI ire in 

the ~\I fe" monlh~ or so. The- fir.i[ 

p.1(t of the:: year '>Ccms to J:oc :I \ er) pop- 

111M IUIIC f,lr retirement. We \li~h a ll of 

our felm:d Brol hel'S :,nd Shtcrs the be~[ 

\If Iud in th .... ir IImg and haflJl} relire· 

rtIenh. 

\\ henc\er pO"it>le. al le:l~t one officer 

of the 101.· .. 11 llltem" the- retirement part}· 

i;i\cn fllf mcml>t'h of Local J36. 

Brl)ther J im T uormina re, ..'cml), reo 

eeiled a ~pcd; ,1 cerl ificate in L;lbor 

~1U\lle~ frum the Unher,it) of Illinoh. 

Bmlher '1;lllrm ina. nn in~t:'lIer. r epilif' 

IlIilll fut" the I llino i~ Bell Telephone 

CO!t1PIIIl}" SlllIlmil Ullr;Ijl.e. anu IOCll ! 

~Ic" a r d , eomple1eu the two·"nd.onc. 

half·l'e:tf COliN In one a nd one·half 

)e;lf\ 

I hI" COIlr.c COn\iSh o f ela~'SI.'~ in labor 

];1\1. collcethe I>:,rgaining. labor hi~lor). 

illld I,n mdepcn\km ~Iully project. Jim 

chose the Memurial OilY M"'!kIere of 

19H It\ hi, \pcl"in l flrojeel. ( ongr;,lulation,. 

Jlln. 

I'r ....'lucnt·ll u\inl''>S Mnnngcr T om Be· 

I,glc\ \\'" In\iled h) allcnd the Inaugu· 

rollio" "nd In;lIIgural n .. 11 of lIlin oi~ 

l.u~ernOf D,ln Wnl~er . B u,ine~ Man· 

ager Heil.¥le\ and IIrothC-f (Colonel) 

Wi lli.tnl Srorngler greeted each other 

during [he Inaugur,,1 cerclllonies m 

'>pringlielu IIltnoi\. Brother Spengler I~ 

n memhcr uf I oc:,1 J.l6 and iI colonel in 

the Aif I ()r~c Re\Cr' ..... 

The l(X:ilt IOUI. a more :lethe role in 

'I.tlc poJi,i~'~ durinl1 1'112 Ihan it had in 

the 1'''\1 le:lr\. \\e lire lool.ing foru,ard 

tl) \\,lrl.inl1 do ...... l} \lith Ihe leg,~JalUre 

:u1\1 Ihe go\ernor on nceo..leo..l pieee~ of 

1c",,,I;Hiun. 

Wit IIAM J. Ib ",,,. V . P. 

Rancho Seco Job Prov id es 

Work for Local 340 Members 

I_ II. J 40. 5\('1( \\lE",-rO. CA LlF._ 

T he mllj"r dTc/ft uf I ..x::rl J..lO h:o.) been 

Ile~[Ilc. 1 to"af.l, the completion of a nucle 

.. r IJ'I.I\ler plant e .. llcd Rancho Seeo, 

I he nil me. R:ondlO .....·co. me;tn\ dry 

rllnch, II. hich ;lptly' uc~rjbe~ Ih" "Ie ill 

the \ottthC"\h:rn portion of ~:lcramento 

(011111\ 

lI e~htcl COfp·urnllon. the !;eneral con· 

traunr. ,,\lorI..1118 \lJlh ~lc:r. l menIO 'Ill, 

nidr,,1 Lllllh I)"trkt ISMLI)) to,",aro..l~ 

lhe c

Rancho Seco Nuclear Power Plant 

- 

• 

""",: ~~ 

_ ........... - __ 4 

Memi>el"l 01 local 340. Sacram.nto, CaUf. have been wor~'''1 On the Rlncho Seco Nuclear 

Power PIII"t, shown In Ih,s """RI photo Th" found build,ng to th" rlghl 01 ttle cool;". 10 ....· 

On. hou •• s th" reactor. Th" control room ;s shown built halfway •• ound Ih" r"ector build· 

Ing end . naehed to ii'S Ihe lu.bln. 801"",.10" (Photo courtesy o f aechlel COrporation, San 

I"3nt:lt;(O.) 

\lcad. it .. C\"I:ral Loco.1 147 ; ' 1!":""1"'1I~ are due 

for changes and :tIllcndment\ 

Spring i, nl'\O the o,e",on for flower,. 

So. v.e find it to he all opporlune time 

for pa"ing. out a couple of houqucb 10 

1"0 of OUf long'lime memhch of Ihe 

Broade,..,,! Unil v.ho \lill complete lj 

}enrs of IIU W member, hlp on J une 8th, 

They 3re Brothers Darrel Laird and 

Fmnl Ligouri. IIrnther I igouri I~ currenlly 

the {"imirman \If the Bro:tdc:t~t 

Unit. BOlh Br01hcn arc employed (11 

Radio--I V Station KRN I ill Dc, 

Moines. On hehulf of Ihe entire memo 

bi:r,hip. "c eMend 10 them be~t "i,hc 

bel".:en us in our country. 

SrI\1 "'Non , I'.S. 

Two Local 357 Brothers 

Killed in Explosion 

I..U • .lS1, !.AS , t:(;I\S. l"it: V.-1t i~ 

v.llh n

lIealh. of h'O memhcr ~. 

Killco.l in :HI cxplO'iion of a o.llc'Cl-fw:1 

'Iofage !llnk on J Hnllar~' 191h \'ocrI' 

Il rol h cr~ Donalll !lorn)a\.. an,1 Hrucc 

Brag!,:'. HOIh men "crc \\orlin~ on Ihe 

lilnl at the lime of Ihe cLlt:i.lcnl. 

Brother IIorl1)al. """ inllill\c,j il110 

our Joc;11 iI~ a \ign eJc~lri.'ian .mll Ix· 

c:lme ,I jouroc)t1l.ln lO.irenlCl'oml rncmhcr .,f hi~ :'1' 

prcmkc\hip da~, 10 he lillcd In '11\\ 

UHf:. )e

Dinner·Dance Date Changed; 

98 Men Laid Off in 17 Days 

L U. 367, [A.',r rON, I'A.-Qwing to a 

conflicting dllle ~ith the m EW Construct 

ion Conference, Ihe Dinner- Dance 

Cornrnillee ha) dwnged the dale of our 

First Annual Dinncr-!)ance from Arril 

141h 10 April ~hl. We apolo~ize for 

any incon>enience Ihi~ rna) C;LlI'>C )011 

und ... iII give rcfllnd~ to an) of )'ou .. ho 

el,n't make il. 

\\e had commitmcnl~ frolll 111 IHEW 

hU'.ine,~ mam.ger_ and m;ln) olher hon· 

ored guests repre..cnling all of Ihe building 

ln1de~. We ,in,,;:rel) hope they .. ill 

stilt IllIend. April .:! hi is Ihe d;.), hefore 

F;.~ter. bUI il \loa) lhe on I)' (I\,.ilahlc 

llale open before mid-Sertemher. \\e 

urge all .. ho can !tileml to llo so. We 

arc llelermined 10 m:l~e this affair, our 

fir't in the ~7 }ear_ , ince our 10.:,11 \Io1L~ 

charlerell. :. ,u~~e". 

On lhe \Ioorl ,uuulion. Hmine1I Salomone, Dave VanNes •• Oble Hallenbeck. Cons,eslman Jim Howard. Don 

Merker. Frank VanDunen. AJ West. Tom Welltead (Iron Wo,ke,). J'''k Ireland, worker un· 

Jdent ified. John Merke •• and J ack Hua,d. 

ISEW Journal

8aseball Teams 

baseb3!1 ,• .,ms of 

PC!" dislinllU'$hed 

Ihe mselvu du.ms t h" pasl season. 1ho 

Cha.se" (16 yn. old.), .hown he.e, won 

Ihe 18E:;W Nelional D,~I.lon tllle. 

rctouillling in 'no 50 y Ihe I al1l"I,I"'( Hnli'll!1ion 

C!lAItI " I \IU'l(1tt C )'.$ 

Work Beginning to Pick Up; 

Worker Honored in Words 

L U. 443. \ 10 .... I GO \ It-:.n . ,\I \. 

Work j, hcginning 10 pil~ up. I he nu· 

clear po\lerholl'>C ill DOlh.m i, pUlling 

on Ir;llelcr, ., he '(lIle, Blufr 1'011 cr· 

hOll'ot i, ' Iill l;a)ina; of! a fC\I men, hili 

\Ie ;Ire hOl'ina; Ih;11 \I.lrmer \lc. We IIntkr,wnll 

thai. due 10 ,uh,urf:h:e .:ondilion, in Ihe 

area. Ihe IIl1de,I' pO\lcrhou lOb III Ihe rold w mler (IT 

Ihe h('1 '>lImmer, Do nOI jUtlgc him "il' 

tin~ undcr an air·condilioner or a \lorl.. 

ht';tlel 

\ 11 I ;,m ,,,)ing i, Ihal \t,)l\ Inl.l' anolhl'r 

1001.. :11 Ihe I>acl.hone of Lhe n,Iliol,. 

(,i,.: him fl thance. If )011 hr.:;\~ 

hun " n.Hion will be 1m!. Agllin, III' 

would Ii~e 10 ,>,lllIIe a greal d,,,,, lhe 

\lorLing people. 

Kememher the older nh,'lnller, IIoho 

g;olc t.tuotl and \lIoe.. 1 and ..omellnle> 

'!'tnl time in pri..on for Ihe union" \\ ill 

)011 llm,idl"r I!hing:1 fe\l hOIlf\ or ~ou. 

lime 10 afwnd )our union mcclln~," 

1' ll"Il fo.: T . n OMOIr,l l, !'.S. 

Former Business Manager 

Pays Surprise Visit 

Lt '. 465. SA~ l.l IEGO. CALlF._A 

>lIrpri...., 'I,it ":I~ lIIade h) Broth.:r Vcrn 

H u~hl". former husinc,~ Il\;ln:lger. ill 

ollr J:lnu;,ry general meeling, Vern per. 

,on.llh wanled 10 predr.'_ 

Illlnn~ Ih ... " ul· 

kn of " \I \. \lho enlightened u\ on 

m,m} "r Ihp .;h;ln~e~ in IIJ.e code :lIld 

Iherr ';,hchng ;!nd m.lIlllf;Il:llIrin~ uf cleo.' 

tri ... 1 "lpr;tr.lllh 

J \\US \I. T "'IOR. 1'.5. 

Local 494 Honors 66 

Graduating Apprentices 

I..t '" ~9~ . \ 1Il.\\ i\UKt:t:. W ISe.. Si~· 

1).,i"( IICV. ,omne)men. mernhcN of 

1.0.::11 41J~" \ll'rl' honored al Ihe Annual 

.,

Graduates 

Shown .re S.aduBtH 01 Local 494. Milwaukee, W.se., who were rK.nll~ honored at a banqueL 

Apprentice Completion Ceremony and 

Ba"'1uet, held in the hoperinl Bullroom 

of the Pfister lIotei. 

Fmil O. thlrry and William Lisch, 

"Cleran J ATC I1lcmher1l. \.Icrc :11'0 honored 

wilh the prc)Cnlalion of the Industry 

Builder "":ltd " Iuque. 

The IFlla (,\'f,~njn[l beg;ln with II cod.· 

tail hour, folio\.\ed 11) dinner lind 

entertainment for Ihe grOidualcs, their 

""hh or llirl frirnd" and J;uc\IS. 1\1'>0 in 

allcmJancc "erc: the prmLipll1 uffiu:n. uf 

Local 494 and [he: 1o.hl\\lllllee Chapter 

of the N:llionat Electric;11 Contractors 

As..acialioll, ulonl: with ,Wle and federal 

coordinators :Ind udvio;on, members of 

the: Ken lc: J',loraine and Mil .... ;lulcc Arca 

JATC, and npprenlicc in~'ructors. 

Fmil lIarr)'~ honor culminated 24 

)earOd:uion with Local 520 and the 

IIJEW bc~'au\oC of the adlanced !ruining 

I"rognll1l5 and al .. ilability of an inexhau~tihle 

.... ork force. 

No lonller is Lanlb Electric our 

cnemy. hut :1 ~Imng :111)'. 'Ve Me \incerci} 

gl:.d 10 ha~e him on our ream 

flU her than on the oppa,ing one. '\Ir. 

I :1I11h h:l\ sho\\ed his ~incerity by enrollinl! 

hi~ n1\!n !I~ \\ell as himself in one of 

our uJl~omin~ journ\!yman code study 

cuur

These Ih,.. photos show mlmbeB of Local 

530. Sarnoa, Ont. who a." wo'~!n8 on t he 

FOSle . Whelte, Job at Im .... 'al Oil Re"nery 

In 5"'1'11" Da.ck .ow, leh to ' lghT. B, Me· 

Lrlln. n rKl rnm ~n.s. 

No Work Opportunities 

In San Diego 

l..U. 569, SM>, DIEGO. CALIF. 

I.nuw "e .lon·1 hrl\e III , ... mind our 0"1'1 

mel1lhcr,hip Ih:., "orl. IHI' ,Io"td du"n 

all OH:r 5;111 Dic!lo COllnt) ,inc'c the 

11 ,..,1 01 Ihe )e;!r. lIul cl-er) day, \Ie :.re 

receilinl: c:. I1~ frum :111 oler Ihe cOlllllr)' 

~g a n l i n g 11'/Jr/... Il l'Olher~. Ihere arc IIU 

worl. opporlunilies in San Dit'go l bolh 

inside and ouuide), 

Environmental Impael Reports arc 

holding up all ~inds or comtnKlion. nnd 

Ihe city and counly han: 11< ..' 

ht';f,!ht 

/imlttllWl/.f /111ft mormorlllllli In certam 

building areas thaI ma\..e it iml'O~ib le 10 

onl:tin permits. I he building conlraCIOr, 

the un i on~. lending in~lltulion~, and 

ol hl,"r concerned dlile", :.re up again~t 

real ultrn·eonscrv3lhe orf1'O'ilion th.tl 

",anh 10 ~top eler}lhing unlil Ihe) ilet a 

pl,lll. 

""0111:/11 Iflr "II' 11t',I,-"'1 he oh;cctile 

o f all dedicaled ~Om r 'Ul) fmplo}ees 

~ h oulu he 10 thoroughly :tnalpe all situ· 

:uion~. "nt;~ijl.,te .111 J)ttllolcn" 1";01 Itl 

their occurrence. h!lve an,",'r, 10 thl'~ 

probltllh. and mOil: \" iflly 10 wll'c 

Ihese prohlenl" .... hen c:tlled upon: ho"· 

eler. "'hen )011 are up 10 jour hips in 

alligalor~. il i, .tiflicult to rcminu )'ou)"· 

\C\f Ihal )Ol!r initial ohieelile \'a~ 10 

drain Ihe ''''llmp.'' 

The rceent leller puhli\heu in the 

JOllrnal r ... g.Hding Ro);tl Inn\ \ln~ mO~1 

inll,"re~[ini=- to nlCnlhel"ll or 10}. There h;)~ ~n 

);rO:;ll anlkiralion for one Ihruughoul 

0'" ."1,".1. 

\\ 1," :ore ~cry proud of Btl'ines, Man· 

:tger J . C. Metul1ough. J il1l ha~ heen 

al"lpoinled b) our County BO:Lfd of 

Supervisor, hI Ihe Counly Ci\il ~nlce 

Cornmbsion. We fee l IhM Ih b adds a 

ne" t.!i 1l1cmion to county gOl'erume nl, a~ 

Ap ril, 1973 

"

Round-the-Clock 

, 

P..:lu.ed her. I. an Allday 

(.o,,,b,,,.. liu .., l .. fI III .IShl, erath.1lI 

Allday, Ch.,ley GoodnIght. Raymond Allday, 

and [,by Allday, .11 memben of Local 605. 

Jachon, ""In. 

Fla., I. sh ..... n 

fla., which ... Ope.ittK d,m". his IpiO,. 

lima from his duties lupervtSlng tBEW work 

fo. II •• Commonwealth Electric Company_ 

he is Ihe first labor represemluilc ever 

:t p poinl~ lI 10 thi, commi\\ion. Brother 

~ h:(' u l l ollgh hopei 10 he (Ihle to en· 

li!,!hlcn the puhlic on the vic", of luhor 

in our ;.rc~. 

T wo important jobs "ere Llnucrl;,kcn 

by our bu .. incs~ manager nnd hi~ Negoli 

:tIini: C'olllmiuce. One is the ne" \\l)rJ.· 

ing ngrecrncnl for in~ide wj"em;\I1, \\hich 

wa1 acceptcil by both sides without OUI 

,ido help frum the Council Oil Indu,lrilL1 

H: elRlion~. r h,~ \\a\ the fir-I lime in 12 

)C:l.... lhnl \Ie negotiated and '\oCtlled 

y,ilhoUI Ihe eoundl\ ahle a\\;,I:mce. 

Our y,aSe pm;l.,lIgc y,as CUI tI) lhe Con· 

~Iruction Indu~try Stabilizalion Committee 

(( I\C'). tlUI an appcal y,rillen tly 

Ollr Nellllliming COOlmiuee retrie\ed Ihe 

10-1 y,C our momhly meeling nl· 

tendllnce ~OO rer tent o\er Ihe pn'l 

~e;.r. 

Our worl picture seem~ 10 hc holding 

Ml'lld) for 1110l'e loc;,1 memhcr~, ami we 

I,mitip,' lc a sood nnd prO'ipcrou' ~ear 

for all. 

ROIII.kT Du 80 1 ~, I'.S. 

" 

Retirees Club Holds Meeting ; 

Work Slow in Area 

I_U_ 595. Q,U o:t.ANI>, Ci\I. W.-Menlbel"'; 

of our newly-formed relirecs' cluh 

hrld llH;:ir first meeting on J;mUlu) t 2th. 

They adopted b)lay,·s and elected officeh, 

The officen; are Walt Wet.(el, I're~ident: 

Alfred Thiede. Vice P n:~ident: I u 

t ,lIe i!lIgers, Secretar)'-Trell\urer: IHld 

William "Buel" f\ l urph~. 'ir" !)crgeant 

"t·Aml,. 

nlCre wa\ an e\(clh.'nt turnutu at the 

meeting. with 111,111) of the old'Ullleh 

Ileneraling a reney,ed intere,t in getting 

together 10 plan their IIcthuie, for the 

flltll' ". 

Duril1g a past legblath'e \c"ion 10 

Sacr:ullcllto, 10 senator;. IlCliel'e it or 

nOI. 10led al!aill~ 1 raj .. jnl: their own 'l,lllrie~. 

with Ihe thou!;ht of Ihe 1.lread) 

olerburdened laxpa}er in mind, 

Senator John Holmdahl "a.. 

ol1e of 

the II,,,,, ,,1m luted il down. :lOtI he ha, 

Iruly fulfilled his pledlle II) Ihe plight of 

the workcr. He ha~ nlm intrOOLlccd a 

t>ill for a la.~ credit for worlinll lib hill 

\tlltes Ihal la;o.pa)en who "orl for 

wa.t;es or sal3rics should reo.:eile a reduo.:. 

lion of up 10 SIOO in tl1cir \tate IOcome 

111."_ 

Recentl), the State of Californil' 

found Ihal there was a huge SUrphl\ of 

1II0ney held out of our p:l}checl .. fllr 

lite purpose of pa)roll deducllon ... Governor 

ite .. gan ha~ openl)' admitted Ihal 

the pcrcenlage talen from our 'hecl.\ 

may h"le been a tlit tOO mu,h at the 

heginning and thai II ~holild be more 10 

proportion The governor al\() 't,'led 

lhat. possibly. Ihe exce~ money ~hould 

1;0 "lIcl to the people in lhe fnnn nf 

,l;Ite par" "ddition~. T h i~ moncy could 

ca,ily be absorbed in ~tu d y (;olllmiUcc, 

on proper procedures. environmcntal imp:!cl. 

~pecial a p p1l1tO. 1'.5, 

Mississippi Power & light 

Purchases C EPA System 

I..U, 60S. JA C K SO ~ . \IISS, Sillninll 

of the pureha..c :'grcelllent cOlering Ihe 

...;tlc of the Capital Elcttrit' Power A,\ocialion 

(CEI)A) s),slcm 10 " i,~i,~ippi 

I)ower &: Light Company ( MI'&I.) WIIS 

a nnollnceU recently by officials of the 

11'.'0 firms, fol lowi n ~ I. re~u l ar meeling 

o f Ihe CFI'A Board o f l)irector5. 

Fxecution of the agreemenl WM a further 

step in Ihe order!} program being 

carried OUt belv.een 1M 11'.0 ~)"'Iems 10 

complete eler) pha..c of Ihe tran~fcr by 

March 3 hI. A~ a pan of the transfer 

procedures. CFI'A and MI'&:I.. 10 :I jOlOt 

liIill!>, ha'c pelitioned lhe Mi..sj"ippl 

I'ublic Sen il:C Commi\\ion for tim,! l'Ppro'a! 

on the mauer. 

Wilh oler 12.000 of CFI'A's nearl) 

!6.000 memller-owners partidpatinS in a 

rc..:ent election on M I'& I \ purch'bc pro 

IX>'"r, the l'OIe was more Ihnl1 11'.0 10 

one f;uorinr th(' ""Ie. si'ing the CH'A 

Board of Dire..:tors :I mandalc to proceed. 

The mcmber-owncN will reeeil'c a 

h:...e price of S IO-mil1ion pillS one-andone-half·million 

dollar~ for athc, .,~\Ch. 

J) i~tribution from lhe procccJ~ of Ihe 

..:tIc will he IIll,de immeuialely 10 Ihe 

mClllher~hip of CFI'A llfler final eoncili. 

,ion of Ihe mauer. accordlnll to I l. 

J ame~. 

their prc,idenl. And Donald C 

Lut~en. M I'& L Pre,ident. ~:tiu c .. ~nt,ally 

the \lime thinll. th.11 full (,nd rrompl 

pa),ment wilt be made. 

In addilion 10 morc joh OPpQrtllOllic\ 

and general ~onomic pro!;re". other 

henefit::. anti~if'''lcoJ fllll1l Ihe merger include-added 

per\Onne!. equipment. and 

facilities availahle for routine and emer· 

gency C\'en-day-,,-y,cel acee,~ b) tele· 

phone to ~rlice per\Onncl at no long 

di,lanee charge to clhtomer: "ppro\i. 

mat~l) the

Man Can Achieve Peace, 

Says Press Secretary 

L U, 6 11 , ALII UQm:RQu..:, N . I\lEX. 

- Pe"te :I~ ~n i\lcal of highe~t oruer, as 

a desirable condition 10 In:,nLind's happiness, 

and liS the di,tin" way for rnan'S 

""O~le"" h .. ~ flu! ....1"';1«.1 .. ¥ovJ Jellree 

of completion, Smce peace has ('!lleu in 

fulfillment. all other things become as 

wa~le. J e'lI~ Chri,. ',Wllht of peace 

whIch the "orld coulu no' g"e. I"cw. II 

:my, people can find II sc no,(' of actompli~hment 

in the dC\tfuelion of life or 

~ood~. 

To tontr: t ~I [LCtS with peace. consider 

the oei~hbor, of old. in rural tummllnitics. 

whu ~t time~ of tHln'e" or other 

need would cumc to e:.ch ()Ihcr·~ :.id for 

.he common good, ~cl rcu.ined Ihe independence 

.hm i, lirtuat individualism. 

Yel. one ,an conceiH~ "f ewn "",0 

neillhb..,r~ who\e anlalllUl"Ul w"'i.Irus 

one anolher Ic: . w~ Ihem :., Ihe mercy of 

their warring mind\, 

\I;'n can nchiele pC:lce if he w' i1I~ it! 

BUI lalL tlf pealc at Ihe t(lnference table 

while utlering uelll\tallng hluws. "hich 

cleo rl'is. !' re~ident and Se· 

cunt)' Oniccr; Tom 1"llc. Vio.;c I' ",~ident; 

Bilt FHcL. Secretary; Neil Burtis, 

Trca~urer; and Lrle Adlllan W,I\ 31'1- 

pointed :I\sisl:ml IrCllsurcr, The other 

t ... o members ure 1,m I Jru~h and Bob 

Hosler. 

Our Supervbory Committee consists 

o f Howard Burtis, Cht.irman; Gene 

Phoenix Gracluation 

CI.ss of 1911 IIr.duete. end Irainlng di.eerything is 

in prOl"K'r order. That's a very importnnl 

job, iodeeu. 

1111' Ir('Jlil IOm Jl1itter eonsi~l~ of 

Guido Terl.O. Ch:lirman: Ro n lknnett. 

Secretary: anu Roger I'ylc. Th c~e :.re the 

fe llow, who uccide v.he.her WI.' get that 

loan fo r a new car or boat, elc. We certainly 

depend II 101 on their judgment. 

The ... orL 'ituation hll~n't impro\ed 

too muth around herc, Armco Steel has 

Slarled ;1 IlCW )00. j. new re-C)'cling centef. 

Midlund Int.lustrini F leetric of 

Clelleland, Ohio, has the joh. IInu 

Brothcr Bill Berr)" is general foreman. 

You Lnaw, ",e press 'ioCCretaries ~hould 

be rc",arued for Ihe job "C do, Thai's il 

for now. 

Loul~ Wou R,\M, P.5. 

Graduation Dinner Held; 

Work Slow in Local 659 

L.U, 659, i\IEllI'ORI>, ORE,-Oll Janu 

~ry 27t h, Ihe fi r,t line con~ t rUCliOll gmu 

Ufilion dinner was held in Sprillgficld, 

O rcgon. New journeymell allenuing werc 

John Gaskey, Joe H ill. Don Pelerson. 

Russ Snell, and Jim Rimer; a lso II l1end- 

"

ing were Dale Snodgrass. Northwest 

Line Apprcnliceship I)ITt:etor; Harold 

D.lyidson l.nd Ray Marvin, inslruclOrs; 

and Bob H olme~. Bob Wilzig. lind Jim 

McLean. members of Ihe Apprenticeship 

Commitlce. 

All aUending cnjo)'ed tbem-.ehes, es· 

pecially durin~ the MX:ial hour. and I 

::1m sure tlK- Ikh es gOt a lick out of the 

film "hi{"h ~ho"ed the mlln) different 

jobs required of a journc:),man lineman. 

We are proud of the: new journe)men 

and arc ~urc th •• t II.c)" "ill be II ~'I:"'iI 

to their union :InU Ihl: con'>truction 10- 

dU\lry. 

l :Lnuar) 271h :.ccmcu 10 be a "'ay for 

apprcnlice~hip in our IcclLl. :" enrly in 

Ihc dlLy a good ~ tnrt WI" made on Ihe 

erection uf an indoor :Lnd outdoor pole 

Yard at the Iminini ~hool in MedFord. 

We Ihl. nl.. lilll 1I1l)·e,. Kcn Falwell. Did: 

Goosmann, Curl Northern, and Bill Sny· 

der. Ikho a~~i~ted. or maybe I ~ h oul d say 

supcnio;ed. the mor~ than willing appren 

tice crew of I);.\e Soula. Lurry Rust. 

Jacl Rca. luhn Green, Tom Schaefer. 

and Mile Read in getting the job done . 

We a l--.o thank the 1':lclflc Powcr and 

Light Comp:In)', who 'Llpplied the equip 

~nt ILnd nmteri:LI for Ihe job. and e,pecially 

~lJpe r inte ndent ) Dicl Rlans lind 

Gene !':Iullin for theIr dfort. In this 

worth) project. When tbe yard b completed. 

"e arc ,ure " "ill he :1 real a'i1iCt 

TO tht' IIlilll) apprl'ntir~\ in t~ \()uthern 

end of the \tate. 

Since our la,1 arT ide. IO.e ha\e received 

e lse appro",,1 on Ihe \\ir~men', 

agreement :Ind art !

Among his other activitie). our 

Brother ha~ been an avid participant in 

the bowling and golf leagues. lie WOolS a 

charter member and hel[lCd 10 organize 

the Uowling League in 1944 and ~upported 

it by bov,]ing in the le:.gue for 

man) )ears. He pla)ed an acthe part in 

the local's Golf League and M:T\ed as 

chairman of one of lhe commillees 

..... hen the local sponwred the Wireman's 

Golf A'iSOCialion Tournarnt>nt in 197 1. 

a~ ..... ell as !oeT\ing on other commiuee 

through the )earc;. 

Another contribution ":1$ organbdng 

the Winter Golf Leaj,tue in 1910. '\en ing 

as its p Te~ident. Since thi~ "a~ :, lery 

~pedal inlere)t. needless 10 ~ay. he participated 

in many golf and ho" liog tournamems 

foT mnny ye:lrs. 

Most reeentl). Brother McArty was 

emplo)'cd by Fischh.1ch &, /lloore F leetrical 

Contrllcting ("omp

up any pickets, take tare of problems, 

ctt. fi rst t hin~ in the morning, rather 

than later. 

On the same note. Arnold Bleeker reports 

th at :Ipprc nt ices will he sent out 

from his office in the afternoon so thaI 

they can check in al Ihe hall the SlIme 

afternoon and reporl to work in the 

morning, 

Recentl}. nl one of our meetings, 

Holy Cro~s J lo\pital sent a team 10 our 

h:lll to collecl all the blood \\c could 

give. Ei~hl)'-onc person~ donated. Blood 

Hank Chairman Carl WUe)t reported 

that 90 per cent of these .... ere new donors 

and that the Holy Cro,~ people 

were Ihere from 4:30 P. M. to aimosl 

9:00 P.M. Brother Wucst ~IHtcd that the 

hospital would like to collcct again in 

the near fUllire. and he is ~oing to Iry 

to arrange ror II. I hanl-.~ go OUI to all 

who gave their lime and hlood. 

And now for Ihe I:I~I Ilcm. The 

"Right-to-War"-" L:lw will 1;1.; coming up 

in the Icgi~lfllur~ aenin !hi~ ~1:s~inn. It is 

"nawn this )'enr ns House Bill 74. You 

are ma~t ,trongl} urged to wrile to your 

repreCml~' 

involved in footing work on three 

~witchrards llnd sllb~taJions. under contr,LCI 

to Jclco, Inc .. on the 500·KV line 

from Page, Arizona. to Phoenix. Arizona. 

We havc had fine prog,re~s on the 

r-,·locnl-.opi Switchynrd in Cameron and 

are prc'iently finishing Lip. We have 

provcd here Ihal we C'.10 do Ihis worl. 

,uccessfu!1y and in the hlaek fo r the 

contnlCIOr. II ha~ becn a plea\ure to 

work. on this job and see the line coop· 

eration on our composite CrCW\. T he 

Mleccss of this job is in no ~l11a!1 parI 

due to the efforts of Ihe general foreman. 

Stan Morton. nnd the ~Ic .... ard. 

Ron ~ I oore. It has been a long time 

~inec I'vc been on a job thaI had hoth a 

good general forenllln and s\ew;.rd. 

We have made very 'lIrn.l

H;lmillon; 303. SI. Ca[harines; and 353, 

Toronto. Our thanks even go as far as 

LOC-dl 424, Edmonton. Albena. where 

some of our Brother; are no" em· 

ployed. Needfc5S to say. to :lIly local 

[hat has a neeJ of top·cfass jOUfne}men, 

our (JOice would be only too glad to 

hear from you. 

In dosing. I mllq report that a[ the 

present time it looks li!-.e lacneh. 

A) for ne!!otiatiUI1~. that is a touchy 

,uhjeet and hc~t left up to the pt)\'cr< 

that be. 

I am sorr~ to repon that the Brothers 

from the e:t~t ~ide of Ollr juri'-l.!iction 

(Auhurn) outnumber the Broth,,~ from 

the west I Gene\a) at our regular 

monthl}' Illeeting'. f,tir \le:uh"r or foul. 

We have 'er~ inli:re,ting meeting~. :lIld 

they ,holl!.) he allended h~ illl of the 

l1lel1lher~. \I an~ of the Brother, \\ho Jo 

not aHclld the meeting' do nO! realize 

that the:).(' arc .'cry critical til1le~ wc're 

going throllgh But will the dccisiofls 

mad ... by th~ reglJlar memhcr, a!lending 

the meeting, be "'ti,f('ClOry to >011 lala 

on'! 

One of the minor proh1em~ now confroming 

lb is gelling ;.11 the memhcrs 

together 10 get acquainted with e:lch 

other. So. how aooUl COllling to a meeting 

real ~oon·.' I com not do mu,'h ahout 

thj, mliller lhrough Ihi, column. hut I 

will menlion our new lines and boundaries 

of our present jllri\diclion. Starting 

at th" northwt:, New York . eaq of 

liS). Ihen CI~'de and Lyon!>. :. nd 1'.'

started her 21th year with L()C1I1 816. 

~I ope she ma~ es tlult ImlnY morc years 

with U ~. 1IS her devotion to her job i ~ 

super. :lnd ~hc ii the t)pe of pcrMln \Io C 

need in our ind Ustry. 

J OII' DrGI \K, B.M. 

Coshocton Local Holds 

Annual Dinner-Dc!lnce 

I..U. 964. COSHOCTON, 0 1110- 1 ocal 

964 reeemly held its Anni\'efary Din· 

nc r-D:lnee. We held our fint " nnh·er· 

sary Dinner-Da nce 10 )e:lrs ago and 

ha\e held them each )ear since then. 

The dinner-llance WIU helll :It Ihe " ar~ 

HOII.'I in (;u-.hoclon. Uhlo. wit h eoc"· 

ta ils. dinner, anll d:mcinll. 

We urI.' proull of our loe:,1 :Inle. l ocal 61IR. \lun,field, 

Ohio: Bu\ines,\ Mana!!er anll Mr,. Dennis 

Joh .. nya~. 1.« .. , 306, A~ron. Ohio: 

and P re~idcnl 

.. nd Mr,. (jro\e Cahert, 

Local 141. Wh«lint:. We,1 Virgini:l, 

The Party Comrniltce memben mu~1 

be com rllO.'nded :Ind I h:tn~ed for their 

h:lTej \Ioorl in org:,niling :1 very enjOYIIhIe 

eleniny. I hey (,re Ch:,irman Bill 

Barcroft. Ro,\ Corder, Jim (juinlher, 

aud II ,IIUM Hutl ullutl. 

Brolher I rnie [ arr, ch:lfler memN:r 

of [ ocal 964. receml)' relired arcer 26 

)'ears liS 11 Illelllber or t hi~ loc:! 1, ot 

Ot1 [ ~ w:!~ he in'lrument:rl in forrl1lng our 

union, he dill rl10~t of the lcg .... I)r ~ . 

,\ fter our luc:11 received i l ~ churter. 

Frni;: was elected to Ihe oflice of p re~i· 

dent. In hiler )ear~. he -,cried u, hu~ine,s 

man:lger and Ihen on Ihe I .~eeuti\e 

Board 

Ernie lind hi~ Ilife, Mahc!1, enjoy 

c.1mping ,cry much, :md lhey have a 

very nice lrailer which thc)' plan to U'>C 

often. At [ h i~ lime. [hey are ~penJing 

Ihcir wimer in rloridll. Local 964 \o' l~hes 

Ernie lUld MlIllel [he he~t in thcir rei ire· 

menl years. 

P re~i den l 

Cornelius \\'il-.on informed 

Brotner Jim Guinther Ihat he .... iII be 

awarrJeJ lhe IIIL\\' Life·SallOg Award 

for his act in .aving the life of Franl.. 

Wil-.on. a hoilern"1~rr, on till' 101umhm 

and Southern I'o .... erhou

memOer~ anu ~iuo~\ of lhe JOC'al. allu 

rH~n if ~e can'l ,isit them of len. ~e ~liII 

ct\(:rish lheir fricnd .. hip. 

We need ne~s for our "Local tine .." 

leiter. and ~ould lile 10 h.:ar Irom our 

friends and IIrOlh ... r. ~orl.inll in othl.'r 

area~. 

J "u .. h.. L"\III. 1'.5. 

Saluted 

Local 995. 8alon Rouge. La_, u.lutes 

8.othe. Emile J. Bo"'&. St. 

Negotiations to Begin; 

Brother Bourg Saluted 

LU, 995. II \TO.... KQUCE. l.A._ A 

Ne1;oliating (onuuillec \ltl\ apph ,Ii\· 

eh;lrgcJ in IJecemt>cr. 1919. 

Brother Bourg enlerc.1 Ihe ~·\III'lruc· 

liun m dlhlr~ in 1910 anu \I,,, ;nlli.lled 

into Lutal 9~5 in April. 1911. II I.' h a~ 

-.eneJ the 10.::11 ;1, r"'{'orJing '-Ccr of Ihe Regional W;lr I ,, ..... IT 

I~} lirolher~ 

I D ,lrh~ "nu I . S,\.lln_ r he Jel;lil.. of 

our 1971 I' icnic :Ire being \torl.eu Oll! 

'"1

Th e iBlazers' 

Hllrll are $Ome of Ihe mllmbers of Ihe 

"BI...... s." basketball team of local 1049, 

I nng 1~liln!1. N.Y. From row. lefl to riBht. D. 

8u'Boyne and M. Rite. Back row. l. MHos· 

c,o, T. Kum'ga, W. Schulz, R. Sch.oeder, 

and /I.. Goldllr. 

Guess Who 

Pensacola Broth ers 

Tllft~~ mp.mnn J,lretll city\ 

history. Locab lOSS anll 676 of I'ensa· 

cola h;I\"e lIbpluyed their abilitie, ill 

emergencies. such as Ihe Atlant;, lny lOo;t~ gl'en in hi~ honor in Ihl: 

Bunching 1)epi.rlment IIhere he "url.ed. 

Gifl' \\ere .gi1cn by the wlT1pan~' 

imd 

Cl1lplo)ees. Ed i~ lhe fir~t man of the de· 

p.,rtmenl to retire. F~er)onc had a 101 

of fun at the part~· . 

A"TIIO:ol1" D I ANGltS. !'.s. 

Work Remdins Good in 1205; 

C ertifi ed Welders Needed 

I .. U. nos. G /\lN t-::...\V ILI .E, ,,' LAo 

Work remains good. lOoilh quite n few 

traveling Urolhers elllplo}·ed. We arc still 

in need of cerlified welders on the Cryslal 

Ril-'er I'o\lerhouse project. While 

simple welding is a 1001 of our trllde, il 

60 

lBEW Journol

is quitc a feat 10 beCOlllC ccnificu on 

our nuclc;lr powerhott'>C. \ 1.lny of Il~ 

ca ll ourselves ",ehkr"'i. ~nd mO~1 can 

··m~l..e a pa,,' on thc majoril} tJf our 

jons. httl cl'nify. no! 

Cenilication ;~ hnrd 10 oht;lin. ;,nll 

ma ny of our jOUTOl')man \Iiremen are 

relUclOint 10 hother \lith Ihe e~lr. 1 dTort 

requiTell. I h;l\c hcen in Ihe hiling hOllis 

o f nlany local unions "nu h:ll" e.\peri· 

efll:cd the fru~lralion of lwl h~inJl referr"d 

out. 0\1 ing 10 Ill) in:,hilil) 10 

mect l-crtifilation. I Ihinl.. Iha: man} of 

our capable BrOlhl'r" ~houhl 11":,;n them· 

",l\cs to meet t·erlific;ltion. not unly for 

Iheir 0'" n good. bUI .. I..u for Ihc gOo.Joll of 

Ihc IB FW ;tnd Ihe e1e(;tri~,,1 iOllLhtry ;1 ' 

,I "holc. If \Ie don·t tlll"t:t thc n~e (h of 

Ollr indLlstr}. "e a Tl' nOI upholding Ia· 

hor\ eflll of Ihc !>arg;lin. We mUll prole..:! 

our worl... :md \lclding in the clcc· 

Irical iOlItI~lr). "hcrc ,.ertilk'llion i, 

required. i, ccrl:linl y our wnrL 

h i~ \lilh p1e:I,ure Ih:11 I rCr'Qrt Ih;tt 

our luc;tI union h:11I i, "ell un th ... II"y 

10 heing paid for. We 'Ire 'cry proud of 

ollr huilding. hut h,1\e he~n ..·oneerncd 

:Inoul Ihc I11vr1~"l!e ag:tin,1 it. I hanl.. 

flll1 ). Ih i, mUI tgage h'l~ bl'en dr;l,tkall} 

reulh:cd. and "e lo()1.. fot"llard 10 11 

··m()rtgage hurnin{' p'lrly Ihi, .!IIntner. 

;" I ~ ~ongr;\tul.lliun. 10 Ihe tn~111hcr~ of 

Ihb lueal IInion. anti the lI]"(lth~rh ood lI~ 

~I "hllic. for I hell· part in r~d!ll.:ing ollr 

dcht. 

TWll memher, of I oeal 1~05 rctired 

on ~ 1 :trch "1. BrO lher '1. F " I· u" 

Shield,. jOH rnl'Yllwn Ilin:l11l1n. i ~ rei iring 

"ilh ol"cr 26 }'~ar~ of at·the ",rvice. Mr. 

"Ed:· il ha' hcen :t ple'I,,!!fe III he a,~odated 

"ilh Y()II b()lh () n [lnd l'IT the joh. 

flrother Willi,lnl E. \louJ y. ground· 

man. ; ~ retirinl! wil h o,er 20 y e ;l r~ ()f 

:KI;ve ~l·n· ice . I ha, e nO! hau the ple:I" 

ure or \\orl..ing \lith BrOlher ,\I(loll). hill 

congralltlmion' :Ir~ ~cn"il1h 111 onkr 

Cong.rawlation_ anu 1h;1I11.. 10tt. Brolher~. 

ror )Ol1r 'cni

to look to the members. individuully nnd 

co lieClively, for support nnd coopentlion. 

At this lime, propoS:tls arc being 

wo r ~ed OUI for brief and conche ..... o rding 

and b.1d.-U p arguments. Each unit 

should hl",'e it, propo\IIIJl submilled 10 

Ihe execulhe ..ecretlir)' by April 151h 

The conH'nlion ..... iII be of tlOo O days' 

dur.!.tion lind will be held June 2nd and 

l Id ill ) k~:.hll. )unh unil lHu~1 1I1,1Le 

plans >'()()n for elecling i[~ represen tll ti vc 

and uitem :! [e [0 the con\·ent ion. 

T hb prom i...es 10 be :1 bu~)' )c:lr. Let 

u~ hope .... c 100 111 sec inlue)1 in hc:lIenng 

condition.!> IlOd liiso the opporlunil) for 

exploring II more cooperalhe lind under· 

~ I a nd ahle interpreUttion of the contr;ICI 

and not merel) the '1uc\Iion. .. 11 0 .... 

much arc lOoe going to get'!" 

01 K ~ II)I N I W. B K OO K ~. !'.S. 

Local 1357 Prepares 

For Negotiations 

L.U. US7. IIONOL UI.U, lit- The 

COn[mct betlOoeen Ihe Ilawaii;m relephone 

Company :md I.OC111 1357 expire .. o n 

Apnl 30, 1')73. lind prepar.ltIOn, hll\e 

:. lrellJy begun for forthcoming ncgotial 

i on~. 

A meet in): .... as clliled hy /l usine\s 

Manager Jo hn I'. CiUlm:.n on JilmHLry 

12. 1973. III Ihc " ogodll lIolei in lIonolulu 

..... ilh the 101:;11 union , 1.lff. r,C

In It>ese 1 ... 0 pt>Oloa. members of locil ]426, 

holiday drnne.,dance. 

local 14 ~ 6 . II comj~tcd of :1 cod,t:lil 

hour, held hy the pool. an cwellent Ilin· 

ncr. and a dnnee. 

Our 1h:II1'-' go oul 10 the 1 \eClIli\c 

Board mcm~r,. \lho mude 1h i, :r m OM 

s u cces~fll l P'lrly. Elci )t)ne ple\Cm h"d :1 

very enjo)ahle e~e n ing. al"l\l a ll "fe lool· 

ing fOry,"Td \lil h anli~ip.l1ion to Ihe ne\! 

:ltraiT. 

I're,illent Don:lld h el'>on imrolluccll 

E.\cuuiH' 1I0llr,1 mCIllt.cr~ H.llol.1 John 

..on. Vernon l,'lrkh. John 1 un.ll. J.lmc\ 

Nelson . .,hcr.... in 11.1O'>On. John GOlhhers. 

;101I .... ennerh Ol'on, \ ,\i'I;101 IIlhine~\ 

\l;lOaj!er Gao)];111 Ol-.on anll c.. C. 

/-Ollgner .... ere al\Q inhodu..:ed. lormer 

husiness nlan;lj;er I),ue .... ed). retired 

Inlernation;11 Kepn:..enl;u;le (' \1 Ku'h. 

,lOll Intern,llion:,1 Kepre-.cnl.lliH': Garfield 

Bauman .... cre al..o prt'>tnl. 

CIO"Iing rem3rls .... ere malle 1;) Inlernational 

\Ike I're\idcnt Kohert ( ",rfit). 

Fle":lrkal ;rppli,IO\'c, anll lurle») .... erc 

givcn a\ lIoor pril.C~. 

Our Ihan].., j!n 0111 10 lhe tr."elins 

IOClll union HrOlher, .... ho ~a!lle inro ollr 

arca llnll hclllCll miln ollr ''''If('gllarJ 

AIlM l1li~~i1e joh." I hi- joh i, I:,pid l)' 

being enrnplete.1, lUlIl our "or].. ,ituatioll 

will be ~er y slow IIlltil the ,111111111'1 ~'un 

\rruction Get' IInuer \I:ly. 

Wil I I,IM ('u tll 111(,1,1 .... B ..\1. 

Ap,;I, 1973 

G,and f orks. N.Oak.. a.e shown enjoying thel. 

Local Elects Full-Time 

President-Business Manager 

L U. 1501 , IIM.TI;\IORE, '1I),-1hc 

memncrs of Loca l 1501 re,'cOlly lute,1 

oltr\\hclmingly for a full·rime p re~i· 

deOl-bu~ines\ manngcr. T \lO I'rel iou, 

c1cC1ion~ for this officc faileu. I h" i~ a 

long.a\l;liled anu I'eleome b}la" l'h:lngo: 

for man)' 15U I memhers. froOl Ctn~d:1 

10 'Iexico. Dion F. Gulhrie'. Ihe innlOlheOl 

l're~ill~'nl-busines:. m,m"J!er. :I~ 

~lImed Ihi, office on \lar~h hI. 

I he full-lim..: offlCer h~s hi, .... or].. (;111 

ou1 fr hiOl ..... ilh all Ihe prohlem' fac· 

ing thi, local union such a~ organi/ing 

,uh\idiaric\ of Arneri..:an 10Iali",'lor 

COOll'an) ..... hieh has Olel quite a hil of 

nt,i'lance. and prohlcm~ in all .,re,h of 

Ihe cOIIOtry al r:I.I:e1Tad.~ ,en i\cd h) 

1

The February COPE Committee meellna of 

Local 1505, Waltham, Mass .. featured a 

fashion show. Here, President USbOrn " re· 

luctantly" PO$U wilh Ihe mooels of LOBO. 

a local des'aner. 

Stewa rd 5el'lle food to their 1505 SiSler. 

The Bedford boys seem 10 be enJoy;na the 

COPE meetina. 

:lnu unio ll members 10 gel involv~d in 

the [XIlilic;)1 issues whidl wi ll. in the 

final an:tlysis. protect or undermine their 

Ji\elihood ;)nJ their Slandan.h of Ihing. 

On Ihe economic fronl. seveml unfor 

IUn.,le events occurred jusl prior to Ihis 

wriling which mu ~1 cau!>\! concern 10 all 

working people. The ,\meriean Jollnr 

hn~ Ocen del'alued for the sc!;ond lime 

in 14 monlhs (after 35 years of Gibraltar-like 

con~t~ tn ey ), demonstrating ag:lin 

Ihal "c have not yet come to grjp~ \\ilh 

Ihe underlying causes of our sroll ing 

tr:tde deficit Also. the monlh of January 

wilnes,.::d Ihe highest leap in Ihe Con 

~u nl er I'rice Index in 20 yeMS. and we 

h;)\'e suddenl y been brought b.1C!. to the 

threshold of a ~ i x per ccnt annulil rale 

of increase in the cost of Jiving. I\1 0st 

disturbing of all. however. was Ihe announcement 

by the administration that 

medicare is Ilirseted as one of the casualties 

of ils intended austerity program. 

Currently. there are 20.6-million aged 

Americans enrolled in I\'ledicare Plan A 

( hospila1i ZitliOn) ;Jnd 20.1-million enrolled 

in Plan n (doctor costs). The administration 

proposed 10 save 5500-million 

by compelling Ihe aged 10 

.. 

pay 

increased deductibles on both fornlS of 

covemg.::. The nel effect for a Iypical 

J3-wec!. ~tay in a hU ~l'ill,1 ",uulJ (,,; fin 

increaloC from Ihe current $72 to $200 

for an a!;cd palient. Longer ~t:IYs "ould 

of COll rM: require a s realer expense differential. 

Doctor c.'penses would require 

an initiully-increased deoJllclible of SII5 

(from Ihe current 560, "ilh a fhe per 

cenl increa~e in :.11 charges Ihereafter. 

We fr:ln l. ly doubl lhal mllny of ollr 

a!;ed can afford ~uch a leap in medica! 

CO~I~. We hope that Congre,s will decline 

10 impo~ this burden on our :Iged 

poor \\ho. aftcr :Ill. ha\·c madc lhcir 

contribution to the growth of this tri! 

lion-uollar economy anu ask now only 

to he permitted 10 lil'e their rcmuining 

}ear~ in dignity. 

Mll.y \\e join the re ~ t of our nation in 

e ... tendins a warm "eicome to our relurnins 

POWs. 

Support COI' E! 

Hn.RY \II. r. l \Ncl:-r, I'.S. 

Three Become Journeymen; 

Picnic Scheduled for July 

L.U. 16011. FonT WAYN":. IN D.- Recent 

graduates are RllY Fanger, Fred 

Tiemrill. nnd Lprr}' emhill. Congnllula 

tion~. Brothers! 

I he ~ummcr picnic W:I' enjo}ed hy all 

who cho~ to allend. Thi ~ ycar·s picnic 

,hould be belief yet. rhe dale i~ luly 

[st. and it will he held :11 the Franl.e 

ParI. . 

Brother Hill Graft left u~ to enio) the 

benefits or retirement. Enjoy ~Qur.,elf. 

Bill! 

Fi ve new apprentice~ have joined our 

mnl.,. Fred Flder. Ph il Romano. Clay 

IOn T ei~eifll. I .. ar)' Ulrey. and RooselClt 

Haywood. Welcomc. m ... n! 

M:tr!. Joru:m has accepted a managerilll 

r~ition wilh the company. I.et ·~ 

hope it ducsn·t change him too much, 

Good luc!.. Ma r r o! 

Kent King ha~ d ... cidcd 10 try his hand 

at engineering. He started his new job 

on Fehruary 121h. Much ~ u cc e ss. Kent- 

BecaliloC of Ihe small amounl of lime 

I have to devol~ to Ihe job of prc~s secretary. 

BrOl her Jack Penl;lne picllr

First Awards Night 

Appr.,,,hc:eshlp ". ~~t~3::: , 

Sudbury. Onl.. end honored app •.,nl,e:u, 

hOlding e w"rd. Le/l 10 ,Iahl . red TM" •.,n, 

Ray W.rt", Rk:ha,d e alllY, Re"e Muse. RI. 

chard Allen, KeNY M akl, Randy McCann. 

and Gary YotJnS. 

in CollinS"ood. IIml :1 new ' ho pping 

mall on Ihe ollt.I.irl, of Ital'ne, "hieh 

should emplo} a ,!!00Orne more "'fnrrn:Hiun on ;mu 

pi!;lure, of lilt: nell jllb. in the ne\1 ,miele. 

A\1II0' R. Tto. .. I'.S. 

Glove Job 

inlu the l"il}. from our neighboring cil} 

of Dol cr. 10 COHr Ih ... lo;,d prohkm. 

One of Ihe '''is problem, \lilh a ru~h job 

me thi, h the no n-ullion con,r.ICI help 

thaI COtlle\ into lhe :lfe:1 We hopc ,h:,. 

in 'he fu lllre. the-.e ... o nlraCI outfit s \\iII 

I>c ur~.mizeU. then the}. tuo, "ill recei'e 

our hencfih. 

\\ ". e\lend :I ~pedal thanl." 10 Brother 

Dun (ounlr~m:ln .lnU hl \ \I if .... 11 

1'1. Conlt r.!tu iali on~, fell o\\,. 

I apul'),!!i /.c fur nOI 1t;lIin!,! :In arlkl~ 

in the JWlrtl1l1 1;1'1 mon,h. hUI Ill) werelar) 

h:lu:t mi,·up nn Ihe :111Cnl"u 10 Ihe ~"Ol1tr.l~lur, m Ihe n~ar 

fmur .... ". Ihc c\pirallun .1,,1'" un ou r 

pre-;enl !;on lra ~1 i. 1\l'ril lOt h 

A [01 of haru \\orl. ha. I>cen 1'111 inlo 

Ihe ne ll l"Ulll r" ~ 1 h~ memhcr. of Ih ... 

('onlmel (ul1lmil1e.... ..on'''I,,,.\! o f 

C h"rlc, Dellin. JUI: IIrl)ll n. 1l;l\e [ ,I". 

A ~ hlun 1 lid. \\ i[h;11ll (;lr',Jn. Hnd Kon 

B elc~I.e~. I h ......... I1wlllhch hal .. turned 

th..: !;onlraCI ol ... r lu Ih... Ne.l!uli;tlln.i! 

Commillee. "ho "e ~nll" "ill do il. 

1">\:,1 al Ihe h;lr,l!all1in~ IHble. 

\Vc h"l,. ;. re" )IIh, ,trtl"1in~ "hid, 

,11Onld ':::1'''' Ihe IIncnlJllu) menl ,illlalion 

a lilllc Ihi. ,pring. On,. i. the auuilion 

10 Ihe B ~IITic Cenlrlll Collegi:ue. al.o :111 

addition to the ( ,oOlI)'l': II 1(llhher I'I:ml 


Brothe< Ceo'se Proulx. tocat 1831. POrI5' 

moUlh. N.H .• 5 5ho ... n do,ng one of h., 

many stove ,Ob5. 

Member's Wife Insists On 

Buying Union-Made Boots 

Ll. 1107. l'OHfS\lOl lll. '\.11, I he 

\life of one of cr, \lent 0111 tn 

bll~ h"., hu,band " p;Hr IIf "or~ hoot,. 

;tnU Ihe ~hl">\: ~krl. "'rOUllht OUI Ih". 11.11:11 

forel~n ,!!o'Jlh. \h... ';11\1. " Dun'l >"" 

h3\e an)lhlll~ 11);IUe III the l 'nilell 

Sl'lte~.·· rhe derl "IIU..., ~ •. hili 11 \I ill 

CI"t lIlore 

1"0 nMI.e " Illn,!! ,Ion .h.lrl. Ihe "ifc 

hUII~hl Ihl.' \meric'iIl,malic Il rll;.[IICl, ,11111 

"hen her hl"hand ('rocn.... 1 Ihe N1\. hc 

fl.lllnd lhc (oll,lI'inll plintell \In :t ll ie~1.' 

of p;lpcr-"Jf " ... t>U ) ,l!iKKI. ffllm olher 

~ounlric,. Ihel !tel the 1II0ne) ,II1U \lC 

)!el Ih.: goo,,"'. If ... ¢ hili j:"KKh tIl;lue in 

Ihi. !;(JlIntr~. \Ie (:et the tOulh anu I.tXp 

Ihe tIlone~ -, hi, fool\le:lr i~ ma.1c \I ith 

Ihe line,1 material, n) Amen~:tn IIIlIon 

la bor. Ihi, :I"Uf," \1111 Ilf heucr \le:u 

'1nd l"Om(url," 

I he boot, \lerc 1II"de h) Ih ... Sen II, 

Rubber Comp,lI1) of Ro,,:1. 1,1:lnu. lIIinoh. 

ReOletllher. UrolheN and ~i ~leh. ho.! 

\OIeri";1I1 :!nd bu) \lniun I el\ :111 1;el 

I>chi nd Ihe IJllrl.e- II;lrtl.e lIill: Ihe j()h~ 

"I: ,»",. m~1I he (Hlr u\ln 

We \leleo",e (,Iuri.. G U;II :11111 (ie, 

:.Idine \1;1 ~ (jregor or Ihe I'liming nnu 

,\!ailing I.>.::p..rllllenl III M.llldl ..., ter. 

I h".} arc uur ne\l".,t f~ma l ... mcmher" 

and \\,,'re I·er~ gl,"1 lu hale th,.m ..... ith 

'" For the la'l th ree mOlllhl, Ihe I{Ul·hc . 

ler linemen h:ne heen w(1!"linl' mall} 

101\1; days to hring 14 ..5- KV tli,lrihUliOIl 

Christmas Banquet Enjoyed 

By Members and Guests 

Ll. [lUi7. \ 1" IU'\. '\.S. 

I he (hl'j'I' 

ma\ I"Ianqul'l for 100,;;,' 11(67 ".1. helU in 

lhe ! el!lIlO 11;0 11 in I I\nf"l.MJI lin J)c"emref 

llilh In 'pIle IIf Ihe bau \le,uhcr 

Ihcr~ ",I' :1 lar,!!e numher there III en;u~ 

a deJi~inl" lot>

Christmas Banquet 

Loclll 1867, Millon, N.S .• held liS CI>rI"mlll p.rl)' on Oecember 161h. At Ihe hUd lable, lelt 

10 righi, Gerald G.U.nl, T,.a.ur.r; Mrs. AnllClel O'Enlremonl; Mrs Chnler Siandiord; Gerald 

CoomlK. Superintendf'nl. Tnwn nl I iv.rpool: Mr$. Jlmes HU$thu; Albert rulton, Wnte.n 

Zon. Manapr, Noya 5(' 

Jaw. $a,I..:lleh","',m; :,"(1 thr SI i.·etc 

~umnler Khool a( Fort.\-1n, $;l'l..atehe· 

wan. 

Change, h;,,!: .11-.0 1;ll..en plnce in lhe 

olliee. a~ our '-Cerelar), (or Ihe p:.~t IIH) 

~e:.r~ retired earl~ 10 m~e up permnnenl 

emplo)nlCnl as a housc",i(e and molher. 

'iO a "I:ood·")e.- lanice. ;ond "hello." 

I'e"y. "'hose plea.$.:tnt loice ~ou no'" 

hear "'hen ~'ou eallthe omee. 

'1 he local IIho hired a permanenl a,· 

~ist;"u bu,ine~~ munuger. BrOlher A. 

" ~1! cke)''' McDonald. '1 hi~ m,,,c will en 

.. ble beller '>Cn·icC' to Ihe memher. In the: 

field. 

This )ear. 14 membe~ of the local 

relired from Ihe [;orporation. T he) are 

Hrolhers Bill Winteringhanl Imu J. II. 

l/flmilton. E~levll n : E. Leslie. ell! Knife: 

Don Me Donll ld . E. Well rmoulh. 1.. 

Gedo. I. S. Halb ..... ort h. N. Gr)'wat'he, ~i , 

lind L. Kohl . Regin:. : and G. V. Moore. 

R. l ogan. I). Zole-.chud .• C. 1-1 Freeman. 

and W. O·Conneli. Sa~I..:.toon . We 

hope Ihe) enJO) m;m) )e".... of relirement. 

We :11-.0 eonj:ntlulale Urolher Du;.nc 

rl eln/e ul North 1l:11I\r:lofu on winlling 

fihl pri/e in Ihe pole-('limbing e"~nt at 

Idrnunlon', Krontll~c J)a)~ la\, ,ummer. 

In c1O\ing. if :m~ memhc:r of l ocal 

2067 ha, an)' ne"', he'd h~e 10 h:lle appear 

in Ihe Jrmrrml. ple,I"" for\\uru il 10 

m} home :Iddro:\\. 

G. Ilu \tN~. 1'.5. 

A Lot of Work Expected 

For Lynchburg Local 2173 

L.U. 2173. 1.""'("flnIlKG. \ A.- Ollf 

m,mHger of manll(;U:luring. I ranI.. T. 

Shtf\\ood. 10ld me Ihal there h ;! ~real 

deal vf "'orl.. coming up Ihi\ )e;or. AIrelld) 

more JOh, h;I'e I"reen ercated 10 

meet Ihe ru,h of llu'Ine\,. 

Purl of 11m 1\ ulle to Ihe IIIl1n~ orders 

for ,Htr I'au- \Iollnl lr:ln .. formen. A ne" 

con1l,;\el ..... urth S'OO.O(}O hll' heen 

1I"';mlr'.1 10 Ih.· "ompan) fllr ,peeial 

eommuler Imin f;ul\. ano Brother, I urpin. 

While. and Burnellc: ;ire in~lallmg 

ne'" equipm~nt fur Ihi' oro.ler. 

All of Ihl\ mc .. n~ morc joh~ for our 

IJrolhe" :.1 Ihe L)nchburg \\or~~ of 

H "-. l'Ofter (omp.IIl). In.:. 

}\( .. "1(1" iLO(l".I'.S. 

Local 2228 Is Bargaining 

Agent for ITT Group 

1 •. 1. 212S. OIT\\\ \ . O'OT._ l oeal 

2228 .... a~ oftki'llI~ ~'C'rlified on J.lnu3T) 

26. 1973. by Ihe C:.n;lu" L"bour Rei ..· 

uun, lIu .. rd, 11\ Ihe tmrgaining .. ~enl for 

a group vf IT I er11pl

pare for uJX:orning negotiatiOIl'. Vulunh~ers 

arc \\eleunl C. 

Anal h ... r commiuee W:I\ :' ppointed to 

I' i ~it tho-.c memhers \\ ho arc in the hO!! 

pita l. While on I h i~ ,uhJC..:I. \\c h:l\e 

quile a few of (Jur mcmhcl'l> Oui on ~id, 

1cale. 

I thank 5i,ler M nr~c " rul., .... ho ha~ 

Ihe I h anllc,~ joh of bcin~ uur local\ 

Sun,hinc COnlrnillee. ::'he doc, a great 

;ob and ha, for mllny }e:' ..... We neler 

re;tlly lnow how !!\;Iny of u, h;,le recelled 

M:lr1.'e\ th"ughlful rnc'-':I~e, und 

condolence,. '>he aho lI\il' Ihu'>C .... h" 

:ore in Ihe ho'pil:01. Ilow \he doc, II HIL 

I'll ne\'er llluw. hul, M a r ~e. 

Ilreme\!. 

Congr:tlul;Hion~ 

)lJu're Ihc 

10 Shier rio I uri, 

\\ho-.e daughter-a former ,i,ln_pre_ 

-.cnle:d Flo "lIh a 1lC\\ gTalldchiM, 

Our 00" ling lenrn I, in fiN place. 

Good \\url., g;l l ~, I.eep up Ihe Ill>o;.l 

\\orl.. 

Pre,idenl Dottie Nile~ reported on lhe 

:Iroilralion ca ......' held on I.ki:crnher l-llh 

:Ind 151h. Inlern:ttlon;tl lteprcl('nlaliH' 

/lerman /lolley did :t "ooderful job :It 

the hearing\ us did our Griel:w,:c 

Commillee. 

I efs all l.'CI t01.'t:tber :wd hdr oul on 

lhe comrniu.'CI; rul )Ollr ideal together 

and :oIIend Ihe meeltng\, There " only 

une meeling ;\ mnmh. and il doc\n', 1:1\\ 

ler) long. 1I0w :100,,1 il. 1If()lhe~ :wd 

,>j'ilerS~ \\orl. fllr the luca!. 11\ \\orl.lIIg 

f.1T )OU eH.-r)d,,),. 

1t()',1 VII LIIUN, I'.S. 

Local 2286 Mourns Loss 

Of Executive Board Member 

I..U. 12116. liE \ U" O''''. 1 t: X.-\lemho.' 

.... of I (1(:,1 ~~1!6 "t'fC \;Hldenl',j hy 

Ihe llne~pceted ,je;uh of r\e..:U1ile UO;lru 

mem\1er Shirll') IJ, Brumfici,j or Itlton 

ROII!;e, I ",ri.i;m;l. on Janllary I ~Ih ro l- 

10" inl; heart .ufllery. 

IIr hi, ..... n ice and dedic;llion, Brolher 

Bfllmfield rcpc:llcdl) e:lihihiled hi\ ardenl 

wpport nf lhe 101;,11 an,j unioni\rt\ in 

general-Iir.1. in Ihe org;mi/ing campaign 

or 1C,1 hrcal.dowlI\ nll.l hurn· 

Ap.il, 1973 

dowll~ Ihal kCpl erew\ bu~) ..round Ihe 

d od for ,e,.. rlLl dars. 

1' \Cepl for Ihe long hO llr~ :lIld 

IIl1mbl'u fin!;er~. (mr memocrs '>Cemcd I.) 

f:ITe \\.-11 uc~pile Ihe IInu\uall)-;(lhcr-e 

conulljon~. and Ihe) performed lheir 

';'1\'1, m :1 ~;lfe and cOllllllenuaNe 11\;111 - 

ncr. 

OII~G. GI1 I. J> "I~. 

New Local 2330 Holds 

First Steward's Course 

L.U. 2330. ST. JOIlj\·S. 'FI.I). Ollr 

II)l.:al i~ proud 10 announce lhal il h;l \ 

rc~el1ll) held ill fir-! Steward', I nlinin~ 

(ourIC, J u'l a lillie Ie ..., Ih:1O 1\\0 }eah 

;Igo. ollr .\.ffiall. inuependent II.\'QII hoc 

~·;tme a pan of lhe IIH· W. and in Ih;11 

,hurt lime. \\0.' hale Illore th;ln tripled 

ollr memocr,hip. 

T he nced for 'tcward'~ Iraining lIa, 

e\')o:nli;11. n u\ine,~ M:lnai!cr J:ICI. han), 

..... Irl.in~ in conjuneliun lIilh Inlern:l 

Ilon:11 Ikprc'>C'nl:llile George Gnl)'. ar· 

T:1n~t'd for lhe cuur...: 10 be held on "'0- 

\emt-cr IKlh :md l

The IJ rot h er~ of our local extend best 

y,ishes to krry, I'aula, and Mart Curro 

ence on mO'lns InlO their ney, home: 

olro to Brolher lo .~. y,ife Alexis. and 

Iheir three I..iddi e~, who recently mo\cd 

into Iheir nC\l]Y'pureh,l'ed horne. 

T he rnemllcr~ extend gcl well wishe~ 

10 UrOlher Georse IIarTl,. eleelrician A 

in \ Uho;lalion rn:linlen:tnCe. Yoho had 1m: 

misforlune of hreal..mg hi .. tIme 

prell} good , hOl ~ III II' in it;, re\er,,"\I~ 

of mllll} ded,ion, Ih,11 h:uJ formerl} 

been in fll~or of labur :lIul in Ihe high 

court\ ney, y,.;\} of interprcling Ihe :tCI, 

But if il 'IOlInd~ a~ if y, r llrc JUSI ~uins 

10 ~it ~IIII ,lnU let Ihe admini,lr.tlion un· 

dermine our dcfen~e,. it ha, furguiten 

Ihe: meaninK of unlonl\m .. nd \I!to the 

,,"io" j,. 

We the people. the \lorl..ing el;t~,. arc 

jll,t Irying Itl male Ihi' \llIrld a rid,er 

and beller place for our f:llllilie, IInu 

their f:lll1ihc, liiter them \Vc IHe Ihe 

\Ole..... the people "'hu h.I'c fought for 

equal right,. equal upportunit}. lind 

equal .:nio~ment of Ihe rC'1I1h of Ihe:IC 

things. 

We in Mi!\lllUl..ee have dedicnled our 

IOCllJ 10 Ihe hellerment uf our local 

union hod). our communi!) lIn.\ nllr 

nalion. We don't y,anl to ,,;I_e Ihc fl:t~. 

"C ""alii II' he a part tlf It for progre\~ 

:md ctjlllility. 

GcIIJlI~ ],.,~~ to ollr loclil nev.,. l oclI] 

2336 sllIrted Ihe nC\l )Cllr I'. ilh our president 

:Ippointmtt thc '1egotialing tommillee 

for our nc~t contmcl. The COIllmiltee 

com,,!) ul "re'lliem 1\lIen 

II:, ..-.el. '""mnl Ihl'lnc;, i\lnna~er An· 

thony I Cmane/} 1... ,lcy,Hrd Gilbert Bis 

"uP'll..i. Brother I e ... ic:H. ;md Si,le:r 

Gretchen Wierlha. Ahern"le, arc Vice 

I'r e~ident I r, in I d\l

In memORiam 

Grt/III Ihl'lII 1'1/'/'1/(// light: 1;/"111/1 YO/jl" /}I"(',I(,II('1' 10 tllI';/,I;,!:II,. Gil'/' (111'111 Cllllllol'I: 1:;1'1' 1111'/11 /'/'.1/, for here 

01/ Ea/'f", Lo/"/I, they (Iill 111l'i,. hel/ We will mi.u Ollr rl.'("(,III/Y-lft'fJ(U'II'11 /Jro/ltel'.l allll Si,I/al, /)/1/ 1\'(' /001. 

forll'l/I'fl 10 III(' (/ay. Lonl, I\'hl'lI 1\'(' lI'il/ he I'l'llllill'li willi (lwlII I1l1d (Ill of 01/1" fOlW/ (}I1e\ ill )'U I/I" !t('(/I'I'"ly 

IIIIII/(', Vlllif (lUI! \11'('('/ mOIl/I'IIf, LOI'(I. h'lUl //\ YOI/I" guidillg halld (llId IIdl! //\ 10 (leI/il'It' r/u/l lor whirh }' Ol/ 

{JIll 11.\ 11/,/,/, 01/ I~.:{/rlii. ,011111'11. 

Lc!'lit· W. Ho(lnlllt'r, 1.. 1' . I 

1)".' lIl1. 1.. 1'.2 1 

1)".,/ I." ... " I~. 1~7J 

Juhll l >r~· k.,. 1 .. 1'. :11 

0 •. -.1 I.""." IJ, '''~J 

.JUt· 1.,'\111101,·1', ]', 1 .31 

Ih.d I." ..." 

II. 10-' 

.\ rrhur ,\l UII""II, 1 .. 1'. 3 1 

1)" • .1 J." ..... , !J. 19H 

lIarr,' \·ikinj.!. 1..1 '. 3 1 

D,d I."".,t II, "71 

\\'allt·r .l . IIl·iIlZ,·. 1,. 1', 110 

1)",.1 J~'''' .'r 11. 1~7J 

""Iwrt~, .1"hll"lIl1. L.l ', 110 

/Jord I ."u.", I~. 197) 

L ;t"I·.'nc ~ · \\'uldl'rll, I .. l'. 11;0 

I),~J I."~.fl 17, 1911 

.I" ~t·lih 1 ~"l1Il1'tI, 1., 1', :ll)~) 

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International Brotherhood of Electri,al Workers - Pension and Death Benefit Payment Report 

IB[W PENSION ELECTRICAL WORKERS' NATIONAL ElECTRICAL 

BENEFIT FUNO BENEfIT ASSOCIATION BENEFIT FUN O 

NUMBER AOMITTEO TO PENSION LAST MONTIl 740 121 

TO TAL NUMBER ON PENSION 49,089 14,381 

TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST MONTH $ 2,608,636.46 $ 996,83921 

TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST 12 MONTHS $29.189,30147 $11,124,584 09 

DEATH BENEFITS PAID LAST MONTH $ 183,289,85 $ 480,59375 

OEATH BENEFITS PAID LAST 12 MONTHS $ 2,417,680.46 $6,105,597.15 

Ap,lI, 1913 ..

EWBA Death Claims Paid In January. 1973 

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1 ...

Not Too fine on the Powerful line 

The year was '72 

And 1 am hen.: 10 lell ),ou 

What a hIgh vollag~ crew tried 10 

do. 

It WIlS foggy III switch 2740; 

They were working a circuil of 

4160 and 7620, 

And what they did cost the 

company plenty: 

The circuit!) l1lenlioned above won't 

go togelher for 1I1011Cy or love. 

l! wa~ right after dinner; 

Thc forcmun !laid they will go 

tog..:lher, 

And I am the !.kinner, 

The .. witch W,l\ open, and the 

jumper!; \\erc made up light: 

The foreman said cverything lohould 

tx- alri~hl. 

The order was gi .. ..:n; 

The swi lch wenl clo!ol!d; 

What happened Ih..:n only the good 

Lord knows. 

l3aJls of firc ran up and down the 

line; 

The foreman 'laid, "God Almighl), 

gel Ill) lime, 

'Cau ~e thi ~ jll\t blows my mind."' 

II was a quarter 10 one, and Ihe 

Lafayette s ub~lation kickcd Ollt. 

And Boulder w:,s thc next to go, 

without u doubt. 

The head ~witchl1lan in Denver was 

on the linc 

And ~aid things in Denvcr weren't 

looking too fine. 

It was a long. dark day in '72, 

When ~witch 2740 blew, 

Bo ulder kicked oul, like we loaid it 

would; 

They were trying to hold North 

J'>.."":llver, 

Doing all they could, 

In the Shadow of a Cross 

In my memory, h. the .. hado" of a 

cross upon }on hill: 

M y thoughts linger 011 ii, both so 

silcnt and so still. 

My mind envi~ions there, with arms 

open wide, 

Someone Who sulT..:red and ~o 

!tlowly died. 

A halo of thorns around ll is head 

lightly hound, 

Spikes d riven into that ero~s in Ihe 

ground. 

lIis eyl.!s looked upward 10 illS 

Father in the ~ky, 

And I lis )'oul r()~c upwurd. ewr 

upward, never 10 die. 

He car('d not Il is earthl)" body to 

givc: 

I-lis pm}.:rs wenl out to others \\ ho 

live, 

To other~ who \HHlld pa\\ on the 

hC.lwnly wonl. 

And pra)ed for churche~ thi .. world 

to gird. 

Then, from my mind, thb piewr.: 

fade

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