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EDITORIAL 

COMMENT 

Taxing Life 

Support Benefits 

Should Not Be A 

Pa rt of Tax Reform 

Last year during the Presidential 

election campaign when the candidates 

of the two major polincal 

parties, President Ronald W. Reagan 

and former Vice PresJdent 

Walter F. Mondale, were campaigning 

hard to win the hi ghest 

political office in the land, both 

candidates were naturally espousing 

their individual attributes and 

campaign promises to the American 

public all across the nation. 

Both candidates agreed, while rusading 

on radio or TV and in press 

interviews, that something had to 

be done to lowerthefederal budget 

deficit. However, each ca ndidate 

had a different approach on tbe 

Same issue of income taxes in 

regard to helping lower the defiCit. 

Walter Mondale told the citizenS 

he was going to raise their 

taxes to help lower the deficit. 

President Reagan, on the other 

hand, emphatically said, "] wlll 

not raise your taxes" and made it 

a major campaign slogan. However, 

President Reagan should have 

included the word direcLly in that 

statement; and he also should have 

made it clear which pan of our 

society he wa referring to. Wa ltcr 

Mondale, no doubt, meant every· 

body because in his statements he 

was alway referring to fairness 

and cquality. II appears that Presldent 

Reagan meant only the 

wealthy and the corporate sector 

in reference to his statement. This 

is evidenced by President Reagan's 

and his Admirusuation's proposals 

to Congress on lowering 

the budget deficit. 

Under the gUI e of a so-called 

"tax-simplification" pJan, the 

Reaga n Admilli tration has taken 

a course of action in its attempt 

to red uce the budget deficit that 

would increase the tax burden of 

working Americans. Part of the 

scheme to reduce the deficit is to 

tax cmplnyce hcncfi ts as income, 

which would cost ,'lorkers who 

have these protections higher federal 

taxes each year; and since 

many Slates follow federal tax laws, 

workers would pay an additional 

higher state tax. The 10 s 01 taxfavored 

status for employees' benefi 

rs hould nOt be included in or 

be justified by ngress as pan of 

a tax revenue-raising plan. The 

employer-paid benefits were legislated 

as a preferential tax treatmen< 

as needed prutectitJll for 

workers and their families for income 

security. These health and 

insurance protections were gained 

for workers by ha rd-Iougb t labormanagement 

relations. Worker 

sacrificed higher w3ges and payrelated 

job conditions in settlements 

with their employers that 

enabled them to have li fe SlippOrt 

benefits. 

Taxing employer-paid We sup 

POrt benefit would lead to the 

loss of group life and health insurance. 

It would lead to cutting 

out preventive ca re, prescription 

drugs, denial Care and vision carc. 

[t would also mean the loss of 

education aSSistance, pre-legal 

coverage and would cause undue 

hardships by the loss of workers' 

unemployment insurance and 

wurkers' CUUlpeUSilllO.D. By l axing 

benefits, the direct or indirect COSts 

would encourage companies to cut 

all benefits; and workers would 

not be provided wlth baslc health 

and economic security at the mOSt 

efficient possible cost. 1.£ Congress 

taxes workers' collectively bargai 

ned life support programs as 

income, that would put wo rkers 

un a higilci income bracket Without 

a hJgher income; and therefore, 

workers would pay morc ta.~es 

and havc les take home pay and 

a lot less health protection fo r 

themselves and thei.r families. 

ongress is now wre tling wi th 

ways and means to lower the fed 

era l budget. As with rna tissues 

before Congress, the toxi ng of employee 

benefits will most likely 

appear as part of a package, either 

as part of a budget bill or a tax 

Simplification bH I. Write to your 

Representative or Se nator and let 

them know that you are opposed 

to taxing employees' fringe benefit 

programs as part of a. trade-off 01 

an overall reduction in taxes or 

lowering the budget defi ci t. By 

acting now and adding their voice, 

union membcrs can help t ward 

the effort of preven ting taxing of 

benefits which would mean that 

mill ions and millions 01 workers 

would lose income and health security 

in the long n lll. America 

needs tax reform, but it is not fair 

to try to balance the budget deficit 

by penalizing needed bcalth pTOtections 

of the workingpcoplc and 

thClf fami He . 

Charles H. Pillard 

International President

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD 

OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS 

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CHARLES H. PILLARD, Editor 

JOURNAL • JUNE • 1985 

Volume 84, No. 6 June, 1985 

FEJlTUFIES 

IBEW Construction and Maintenance Conlerence 2 

1965 AFL-CIO Building Trades National Legislative 

Conference 5 

A Tax on Sickness is a Sick Tax 9 

IBEW 1965 Regional Utility Conlerences 10 

Per Capita Tax Rebate Procedure 16 

DEPAFlTIVIENTS 

Editorial Comment 

Research and Education 

Safety TIps 

Local Lines 

In Memoriam 

Reliecllons 

ON OUR COVER-ThiS summer scene 

could be from many IocalJons throughout 

the United States and Canada lis 

beauty and peacefulness are appar· 

ent. InsIde thIS Issue are Important 

stories covering the AFL-CIO Building 

and Construction Trades Nallonal 

LeglslatJve Conlerence and the IBEW 

ConSlruction and Mainlenance and 

Regional Utlhty Conferences. 

Inside Front Cover 

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InSide Back Cover 

PR1N'1'£O ON 

UNION MADE PAPER 

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fq'l [)'SU.c;t, JOHN J. McNUlTY 

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5ec:trJr-.J 0I5t1lO, JAMES F MULLONEY 

Ii Ducon Benham Orl't't 

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llwd 0IsInc.1 RICHARD D. ACTON 

l!i090 Easa2'3rcl Street 

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FOU'1h 0IS1nc1, HARRY etllLEY 

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FIlth OiSlrlt:t. ROBERT MISSEV 

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Sc..m Dlltrict, THOMAS H. PURSL.EY 

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Eighth OIsttlct, JAMES R. McAVOV 

VSO Ouacrl SlrH!, Room 12 

Yidona, Bnllst! Columbia, CanfidB 

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lnlernrllionill President Charles H. Pillard IS shown al the podium deliverirlfl his remarks to the delegates al the 1985 ISEW Construction and 

Maintenance Department Conference Sealed on the dais are International Vice Presidents and Inlernallonal ExecutIVe Counol members 

IBEW CONSTRUCTION 

AND MAINTENANCE CONFERENCE 

President Pillard is shown relating to the delegot(l!;. 

ISWI)!; that are causing a high rata of 

unemployment in the oonstruction Industry 

The 19 5 mEW CUllstru~lIull and 

Mailltenance Department Annual 

Conference waS held on April 1 , 

1985, in Washtngton, D.C. 

Over 570 delegates representing 

272 U1side and outside local unions 

were in attendance at the aU ·day 

Conference. Also attending were 

mEW International Officers and In· 

tcmatinnal staff representatives from 

the United States and .nada. The 

Conference was chaned by !BE W Director 

of Construction and Maintenance 

Ted Moseley. 

International PreSIdent Charle H. 

Pillard was the keynote speaker; and 

in his remarks to the leaders of the 

illEW Construction Branch, he related 

the many Issues th.t arc till 

caUSing the conStruction indusLry lO 

contmue to have a high rate of unemployment. 

He poimed out lO lhe 

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International Secretary Ralph A. Leigon. in his 

,emarks. referred to the unfair policies of the 

Reagan Administration regarding workers. the 

poor and the etderty. 

dckgales how the economic pollclcs 

of the Reagan Adm ini tration arc 

destroying the effectiveness of the 

free collective ba rgai ning system and 

also bow the federal budget deficit 

and the trade deficit of the country 

are main lactors in preventing ~ hlllemployment 

economy in the nation. 

Speaking specifically on the ills of 

the construction industry, President 

Pillard noted the loss 01 job opportunities 

lor mEW members caused 

by the invasion of open-shop contractors 

and the double-breasted policIes 

01 the contractors with union 

agreements, 

He made reference to fac ts show- 

109 that the U.S. Labor Department 

and the National Labor Re lations 

Board have adopted antiunion attitudes 

and regulatOry ptOcedures lbat 

are instntmental in keeping the or- 

Shown giving his repot110 the delegates is ISEW 

Director 01 ConstructlOO And Maintenance Ted 

Moseley. who also challed the Conference. 

gamzcd construction industry depressed. 

Tbe Davis-Bacon Act, the 

Service Contracts Act and OSHA 

have been so deregulated that the 

legislative protections under the Acts 

no longer exist for workers as intended 

hy Cnngrcss. On a happier 

note, President Pillard reported to 

the delegates that tbere was J 00 percent 

participation by the construction 

local in the Eleclrical Industry 

Health and Welfare Reciprocal 

Agreement; and be also announced 

that the participation in the Electrical 

Industry Pension Reciprocity 

Agreement had reached 66 percent. 

President Pi llard also spoke on lbe 

subject of mEW COPE and empbasized 

that organizing, education and 

crainillg aJt! ~t..ill nUlnber-one priorities 

in the mEW. 

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Partial views of delegates to the 1985 ISEW Construction Conference 85 they listen intently 10 speakers' remarks covering various Issues and 

problems affecting ISEW construction locals and the organized conslruClion Industry. In the lower-rig hi-hand corner picture are several Local 26 

JATC class representatives enJ~y ing lunch with President Pillard and other International Qlflcers. 

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In the flbove pictures delegates are shown registering for the Conlerence and sealed at the tables listening intenlly to the Important messages and 

information given to tho IBEW construction leaders who attended the Conference. 

Intematlonal Represenlallve 

Jack Joyce: 

''Wol1c opponunilles 

and maintenance" 

lnlemational Aepresenlallve 

Arlie Heald: 

' benefit lund portfolio 

data" 

International Representative 

Olck Stromberg· 

"Iurlsdlctional 

problems" 

Intornatlonal Representative 

Jim Sharp: 

"collectille bargaining 

Ifends" 

ISEW Organizing Director 

Mike Lucas: 

i:ermlnatlng agreements" 

NJATC Oi,,,,,\o, Andy 

Phillips: "apprentice 

ShiP nalning" 

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AI the podium !s AFL-CIO PreSiden t Lane Kirkland addressing the AFL-CIO Bulldlng and Construction Trades Department Leg\s\a1\\lB Con1erence. 

He told the delegates that "the trade union movement must continue to light lor Ihe nghls of America's workers and do a better job of getting our 

message aCfOSS to Congress and our fellow cltizens_" Internation~ 1 President CharieR H Pillard Is seated second trom the lar lott. Also sealed on 

lI1e daIs are officers 01 the Oepar1ment and general presidents of affiliated unions_ Lett 10 (lght are Operating Engineers President J. C. Turner, 

President Pillard. Depanmenl President Robert A_ GeorgIne. Department Secretary Joseph Maloney, Laborers' PreSIdent Angelo Fosco. Asbestos 

Workers Presid ent Andrew Haas. Plasterers' and Cement Masons' President MelVin Roots and Carpenters President Patrick Campbell 

1985 AFL -CIO 

BUILDING 

TRADES 

NATIONAL 

LEGISLATIVE 

CONFERENCE 

AFL-C IO BUilding and Construction Trades Department 

Preskient ~obert A GeorQme, who 

chaIred the Depat1menl's Natlooal legislative 

Conferooco. ls shown giVIng hiS keynole address. 

!o Ihe detegates 

International PreSident Charles I-t Pillard, left. Is shOwlI III c.liSl."'Usslon at the Conlerence with AFL 

CIO PreSident Lane Kirkland . President Pillard Is a vice presldenl and member of Ihe Board 01 

Governors 0' 'he Building and Cons"uctlon Trades Oepartment. 

More than 4,000 AFL-CIO buIldwg 

tradesmen, Including nanonal, local 

and state leader I demonstrated th cu 

c ncern about their respecuve unions' 

leglslatlve I "ues at the AFL-CIO 

BUlldlllg TrM"'s allonal Legislauve 

Conference held lfl Wa htngeon, D.C., 

Apnl 15- 1 , 1985. 

Roben A. GeorgIne, presideDt of 

the BCTD, chaIred the Conference 

of unton leader representing 15 affi 

li ated unIOns and ncarly 400 state 

and local buildmg trades councils. 

International PreSIdent Charles H . 

Pillard, a vi ce preSIdent and member 

of the Board 01 Covernors of the 

Department, led the over-300 IBE W 

delegates who attended the Conference. 

During the four-day mung, 

delega tes roet and heard from prvrnment 

congTesslOnallea"er and went 

to Capnol Hilltu meet with senatvrs 

and congressmen h> lobby issues 

of legislative importance to urU. n 

cr.ftrm nand th"r f.fillics_ 

In hIS keynote address PreslJem 

_jrgine declared that "building 

lr"d::':3men must o r~anizc in to a m Jrc 

potent pulitlcal lorce-into an aggrc-sive 

bbbying arm from the !;fass 

ruOlS f every state legIslature up h I 

the halls of ongre ..." 

Amnng legislat iv e is.,ues "I v;tal 

concern discus ed dllnng the Clnference 

were b,ll> a ~ainst taxes on 

e!D[lloyec benefits, legislat IOn to end 

Lhe devious I'ractic of double breast 

Ing and leg Islation that would give 

construclnn workers the right to 

deduct theu travel expenses. Multi· 

lllcJia present.1tions and panel work· 

sh 'p presented the delegates WIth 

valuable IIlform.tlon that will help 

carry out a plan of aetlon to combat 

the enemlc of the organized construction 

mdustry. 

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Senator Robert 

Packwood (R-Ore.) 

Congressman William 

Clay (O-Mo) 

Senator Chnstopher 

Dodd (O·Conn ) 

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MIchigan Governor 

James Blanchard (0) 

Congressman F. H. 

'Pet." Slark (O-Calll ) 

A~onse O'Amato 

(R-NY.) 

In their remarks to the delegates 

atlending the Conference, promi· 

nent members of Congress expressed 

their support for legislative issues 

important to all building trades unions 

and their members. Covered during 

the Conference were subject matters 

on legal issues, apprenticeship. iob 

safety and health care. 

1985 AFL -CIO 

BUILDING 

TRADES 

NATIONAL 

LEGISLATIVE 

CONFERENCE 

Intematlonal President Charles H. Pillard is pictured conversing with Department of TrBnsportabon 

Secretary Elizabeth Dole and US, Senale Majority Leader Robert Dole. 

PIctured seated on the dais du ring 8 general session of the Conference 81e, left to right, Sheet 

Metal Workers President Edward J. Car1ough, Operallng Engineers President J C Turner and 

Inter'naHonal President Charles H. Pillard. 

Shown in dIscussion during the Conference are, left to right, ISEW local 26 Business Manager 

Wade Sheriff, IBEW Construction Department Director Ted Moseley and ISEW Local 26 President 

Harry Carter 

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On thiS page and the fonowing page are pictures of lhe IBEW delegates who took part in the Conference and partlCtpated in Ihe visits to Capitol Hill 

where they k)bbied their respective congressmen and senators on the needs 01 workers in the construction industry. 

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IBEW 

1985 

REGIONAL 

UTILITY 

CONFERENCES 

The 1985 mEW RegIOna l UnillY Con· 

ferences marked the 27th consecutive 

year for the annual fou r-cities schedule 

of meet lOgs. A total of some 669 local 

union anu :'Yblcln council delegates at· 

tcnded, representing IBE\¥ members employed 

in the electric, gas, water and 

tr:lnsit utility systems In t.he Umtcd 

SI:ltCS. The meenngs were conducted by 

the Ul111ty Department staff, mcluding 

Director Robert W. M acdonald and Inlcrn::monal 

Representatives Robert L. 

Blentz, lames L Dushaw, Jamc~ M. Ozzcllo 

and Paul R. Shoop. 

The initial ConferencC' wa ... In Boston, 

MassachusettS, February 20-22, 19 5 

Ddegales from the 2nd, 7lh .nd 12th 

Dlstrlct> .ttended. On March 13- I 5 10 

S.I, Lake Clry, Utah, delegate. from the 

4th, th and 11 th Districts attended. On 

Apnl 2 delegates from the 5th and 6th 

DlstnclS :1ttendcd in ew Orlc-~lnS, LOll 

Isanna . San Dil,;;go, Caluoml3, was the 

site for the concludmg Conference where 

lbe delegates from the 9th and 3rd D,strict 

attended on April 2.3-25. Eaeh year 

lh" Ullilty Department produces for the 

Conference delegates new and updated 

survcys ~m d materials WhlCh are deSigned 

to ln10rm and assist local unions 

throughout the year. 

lac Cav:lllagh, Di:rector, IBEW Legislative 

ActlvillCS, was present at each 

Con(crcnce to speak to delegates con· 

cemmg the past U.S. national elections 

amI IBEW COPE. Brother Cavanagh'. 

cand,d assessment of the 19 4 election 

results and mSldc look at hiS re~pun~l 

biliucs and work as mEW LCgl&l&ltivc 

Director and Assistant to IntCni.3tiotlal 

Secrelary Ra lph Leigon, offered the Conf~n.:ncc 

delegates a revealing inSight to 

the Importance uf LBEW COPE-II} achiev, 

ing and maintaining benefits and protcctIons 

uniquely afforded by laws and 

admlOlStration of resources wlder the 

United St:nes political system. 

This ycar chief executive officers from 

IBEoW·represented utility companies gen· 

erally scrving the region where the Conferences 

were to be held} were invItcd to 

address (he dclegates on topics from the 

T11 a na(~Cml·nt perspective. Guest speak· 

er at the Conlcrenccs were: in Boston, 

Samuel Huntington, ChaIrman of the 

Board, Prcsldent and ChId Exccu tI ve 

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OiAcer, New bngland EiectClC System; 

in Salt L:lke City. James C. Taylor, President 

and Chid Opera ling Officer, Utah 

Power and Light Company; In New Or· 

leans, Roben W. Scherer, Challman of 

the Board and Chief Executive Officer, 

Georgia Power CompanYI and U1 San 

Diego, Thomas A. Page, Ch31rman of the 

Boa rd, President :lnd Chief Executive 

Officer, San Dlcgo Cas :md Electric Com· 

p~my. 

DIrector M.1cdonaht ,H..:tUlg a~ Confer· 

ence chairman and general session mod· 

eratOr, welcomed the deleg3tes on behalf 

of Pr('sld(:nt Ptllard at each locauon and 

mtroduced the rcspectlyc International 

Vice PreSidents :lnd lotcmatlooal Exec 

U[lve Council officers prescnt. The In ~ 

lematloo,1 Officer. briefly add ressed the 

asscnlbly and rc murkcd on arcas of p.uticular 

conc(:rn Ln their respective areas. 

Over the course of the two ilnd onehalf 

days, the Utiuty Depattment staff 

gave inruvidual prc entations on selected 

topiCS. Lntemauon:ll Representative Bob 

Bientz offered an tn-depth update on 

medical COst-contamment acuviues j 

health care beneAts and absenteeism 

within the uuli ty industry. 

lntcmarional Reprcscntatlve Paul Shoop 

spoke Oll the impact of technological 

change LO the workplace, bri ngi ng into 

lOCus the oeial and econOIDlC slufts 

brought by 'he age of sophisticated computers 

and robotics. He emphaSIZed the 

redistribuf10n of work .and the need for 

\V'orkcrs' rramlOg. 

lntcmatlon.al Representative Jim Ozzello 

presented an overview and wrapup 

of the 1984 el ections with emphasis 

on the U.S. congressional results an d the 

outlook for workers and labOI. 

IntcrnatiuLlal Repll:scnlativc Jim Dushaw 

spoke On problems rela,ed to drugs 

and alcohol abuse as labor-management 

Issues in dispute. He covered medical 

testmg for evidence of drug usc, personal· 

property searches and Icgal tn1plicanons 

to date, :110ng With nomntrusive besteffort 

approaches r:u m ailltmi)lIl,!;. safe 

workplaces and workc'rs free of drug abuse. 

Director Macdonald addtessed the assembly 

with the annual report and outlook 

of the WEW Utility Deparm1cnt. 

The repon IS a complete overview of 

Utility Dcpanmcnt Interests and rcspon - 

sibdlllc.s for the prevIous year along With 

:111 outlook lor 1985. ThiS mcllldcd slg 

IlIficant labor negotiations amI public 

UtiIa l Y COI11JlllSSjOO haPPcllIngs, orgaJliz ~ 

mg activity, strikes J 

w3ge adJu tment , 

and o\lerall utilIty Llldusuy health and 

problems 3S such reflects on lBEW utility 

mem bers. He reported thallhc problems, 

inc:i udmg safetYI presently surrounding 

cogcncr;ltion of clectncity have become 

1110rc difficult for the utility i n du~lry and 

ils workers than any supposed benefit 

for lhe public or general con!)Ulllcr. 

On the afternoon of the Arst day, fol- 

10wUlg the Ullilty Department &taff prescncanons, 

Dacctor Macdonald moderated 

the general assembly workshop. 

Dunng thiS period the delegatcs discussed 

many topics of overall intcn::,t a:, 

suggested III wriung by delega tes rc' 

sponding to President Pillard's letter of 

Confcrcnrc announcement and pfi.:rcg.1!)· ~ 

lranon for the Confncnces. 

Workshops were the order ollhe entire 

second day, with the Utility Deportment 

taU scrvlllg as moderators for the sessions 

which covered the m.any Hems 

uggested by local unions. lim Dushaw 

c ndueled the Electrical Workshop, Pnll l 

Shoop the Ceneration Workshop, Bob 

Bieritz the Cas Workshop and Ji m Ozzello 

the Clerical Work hop. 

During the third mornmg seSSion, following 

guest or staff presentations as 

scheduled for each location, Director 

Macdonald briefed the general assembly 

on recent legal developmcnts lhat affect 

Utility local unions. He covered recent 

and pending rulings and decisions that 

local uni on officers should bc aware of 

in represenung mem bers and in the con· 

duct of local union business. 

Defore the c.onclusion of each Confer 

cncc, the delegatcs were each given a 

1985 Utihty Conference book which 

contained a complete text of all ,he staff 

pre entatjons, along with more Ill -depth 

reference material. 

The 27th Annual IBEW Regiona l Uul 

Lty CUlJ (..;.Jl:J)ccs demonstra ted, by way 

of continued growth in attendance and 

good delega tc participation, that the goa l 

of an active, well· informed mEW utility 

membership is onc that is contUluaily 

pursued by utility 10c.1 union and represen 

t.lli Yes.

Boston, Massachusetts 

, & 2 Partial views of delegates attending a general session. 

3 View 01 delegates attending the Generation Workshop 

conducted by International Representative Paul Shoop. 

4 Shown registering the delegates are International Representatives 

Pau l Shoop, Jim Ouello and Bob Bieritz. 

5 Pictured In Boston, left to right, are Harry Bexley, 4th IEC 

District member; Bob Missey, 5th IEC District member; Jim 

Mulloney, 2nd IEC District member; Wesley Taylor, IEC 

Chairman; 2nd District Vice President John Flynn; and 7th 

District Vice President Orville Tate, Jr. 

6 Shown at the podium speaking to the delegates Is Mr. 

Samuel Huntington, President and Chiel Executive Officer, 

New England Electric System, and seated Is IBEW Utility 

Department Director Robert Macdonald. 

7 JOE> Cavanagh, Director of Legislative Activities lor the 

IBEW, Is shown speaking to thE> delegates. Director Cavanagh 

spoke at all four Utility Conferences. 

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Salt Lake City, Utah 

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Partial views 01 delegates attending sessions. 

5 At the podium speaking to the delegates Is Mr. James 

Taylor, President and Chief Operating Ollicer, Utah Power 

and light. Seated at the table, lell to right, are Internallonal 

Representallve Paul Witte; 8th Distrlcl Vice President Jon 

Walters; IEC Chairman Wesley Taylor; Ulility Department 

Director Bob Macdonald; IEC members Bob Missey, Glen 

McCall and Dick Acton. 

6 A view 01 Ihe registration desk In Salt Lake City the first 

morning of the Conference. 

7 International Ollicers shown here during a break In the 

sessions are, lell to righi, 7th IEC District member Glen 

McCall; IEC Chairman Wesley Taylor; 8th District Vice Pres 

Ident Jon Walters; 11th District Vice President Jack Moore; 

5th IEC District member Bob Missey; and 3rd IEC Dlslrlct 

member Dick Acton. 

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New Orleans, Louisiana 

1 & 2 Views of the delegates during the general sessions. 

3 Partial view of the delegates attending the Generallon 

Workshop. 

4 Shown here are delegates attending the Clerical Workshop. 

S Shown speaking to me delegates is Robert W. Scherer, 

Chairman 01 me Board and Chief Executive Officer. Georgia 

Power Company. 

6 At the mike Is a delegate speaking during a general 

session. 

7 Shown attending tho Conference, left to right, are IEC 

members Harry Bexley, 4th District; Dick Acton, 3rd District; 

Tom Pursley, 6th District; Bob Missey, 5th District; 5th District 

Vice President Dan Waters; 6th District Vice President Jim 

Conway; and IEC Chairman Wesley Taylor. 


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San Diego, California 

1 thru 4 Partial views 01 the delegates during the general 

sessions. 

5 3rd District Vice President Jack Barry Is shown at the 

podium ~ddress l ng the delegates. Seated Is Utility Department 

Director Bob Macdonald. 

6 Pictured during a break In the sessions are. left to right. 

9th District Vice President Jack McCann. IEC Chairman 

Wesley Taylor and 7th IEC District member Glen McCall. 

7 Shown here i. Ihe Utility Departmenl 91aft. who conducted 

the four Regional Conferences. Left to right are International 

Representatives Jim Ouello. Bob Bierllz. Paul Shoop. Director 

Bob Macdonald and Jim Du.haw. 

l' \ IBEW JOURNALI JUNE 1985

The Brotherhood was saddened to 

learn of the death of retired Second 

District International Vicc President 

lohn J. Regan. Brother Regan passed 

away on February 4,1985; and at the 

time of his death, Brolher Regan was 

a 7J-year member of the IBEW. 

Brotber Regan was born on January 

II, I 92, in Cork, Ireland, and came 

to the United States as a very young 

man. He began hi electrical appren· 

tlcesh,p on June 12, 1912, and was 

Initialed into Local 103, Boston, 

Massachusetts. BrOther Regan soon 

became an aCllve trade unioni t and 

served Local IOJ a an ExecutIve 

Board Incrnbcr, vice president, finan 

Cial ecrelary and buslncss manager. 

In 1939 he wa appointed Interna- 

1I0nal Vice PreSIdent of the Second 

0, trlct, wlucb is comprised of aU 

the New England State . He wa 

Retired Vice President John J. Regan Dies 

elected at every subsequent ISEW 

Intcrnational Convention until he 

retired in Ju ly, 1968. 

The entire Brotherhood recognized 

Brother Regan down through the years 

for h,s leadership and executive abil· 

Ity. Dunng hIS tenure as vice presIdent, 

he served on several IBEW national 

committee and was appointed 

by the governor of Massachusetts to 

the state board on atomic and eneq,'Y 

malters. John Regan' dedicated work 

for hiS local umon and his many 

years of dedicated and loyal service 

as an officer of the Brotherhood was 

Instrumental 111 maklllg the IBEW 

the bastion of trade ulllon strength 

and uruty it I today. All the officers 

and member of the Brotherhood ex· 

press sincere sympathy to Brother 

Regan's family and fnends. 

The Brotherbood was saddened to 

learn of the death of retired Tenth 

District International Vice PreSident 

Frank T . Gladney. Bro ther Gladney 

passed away on May la, 1985. 

Brother Gladney was born on Feb· 

ruary 17,1910, III Newark, New Jersey. 

He was initiated into Local 748, 

Jersey City, New ler ey, On February 

27, 1927. As a member of Local 748, 

he held office as recording secretary 

and financial secretary and rose to 

the POSH ion of general chairnlan. On 

June .16, 1946, he was appomted as 

;m International RcpreSCnt3tlVC as· 

signed to the Tenth District .taff. 

Brother Gladney e tabli hed a fine 

record for his organizlIlg abtlities and 

servlclllg railroad local unions and 

system eounclls of the IBEW. On 

June 1, 1969, he was appointed Vice 

Prc idem of the Tenth District, wluch 

is comprised of all the railroad luris· 

Retired Vice President Frank T. Gladney Dies 

diction 10 the United Sta tes and Canada. 

He was elected at every sub 'equent 

International Convention until 

he retired on Apnl 19, 1976. While 

he was representing the railroad 

nlembers of the IBEW in the United 

States and Canada, Brother Gladney 

became wcll known for his legislative 

ability on railroad matter>. He 

played an inlport3nt role in the shopcraft 

union's gams made through the 

negotiations between the AFL-CIO 

Railway Employee Department and 

the RaLlwa y Carriers. Brothel Glad· 

ney was a staunch trade unJonist and 

Will be remembered by the lBEW for 

his hard work, IIlcere dedication and 

devoted loyalty to the Brotherhood. 

All the officers and members of the 

Broulerhood express SlIleerc sympa· 

thy to Brotber G ladney'S family and 

friends. 

Construction and 

MaIntenance Conference 

(Continued from Page 2) 

International Secretary Ralph A. 

Leigon, in his remarks, tOld the delegates 

that the Reagan Administration' 

cconomlC and social policlcs 

were detrimental to the progres. of 

all workers, and that fairness and 

equality for all Americans were being 

leopardized by LI,e Adnunistration's 

desire to lower the deficit by making 

workers, the poor and the elderly 

bear the grcote$[ share of Ihc burden. 

DirectrJr Ted Moseley, the lBEW 

Construction Department staff and 

the lBEW department dm,ctors covered 

vanous industry subiects III panel 

dISCUSSIOns, with questions and 

commentS taken fIom the delegates. 

A display and demonstration on fiber 

optics was presented to the de legates 

by lBEW Director of Skill Improvement 

Ken Edwards. The delegates 

al 0 viewed a film on cooperation 

betwcen labor and management and 

iob producllVlty. 

In U1C afternoon SC>SIOn a general 

diSCUSSion waS held With the delegates 

representing the Outside Can· 

structlon Branch local unions. The 

e"ion dealt with the problems factng 

the OutSide Construction Branch, 

with many of the delegates partiCIpating 

in the diSCUSSIon. 


OPEN PERIOD FOR IBEW PER CAPITA REBATE PLAN 

FOR FISCAL YEAR 1985-86 

In 1981 , .he 100cma" nal Execuove Counc.1 approved a 

procedure to enable members :md .agency fcc-payers to request 

a refund of that pornon of .helr annual per capllas whIch the 

international spends on pohucal and idcological activities that 

arc Dot reasonably rcb.cd to the lBEW's collective bargaining 

respons.bilities. The open period for requesting a rebate of 

dues or fees paId dunng the luly I, 1985-lune 30, 1986, fi scal 

year is July I -July 15, 1985. Ii you wIsh to rCglstcr your 

objection to these kmds 01 expenditures and to request a rebate 

fQr the next fiscal year, YOUT request must be received In the 

office of tbe lotematioo.l Secretary, I 125· 15th Street, N.W., 

WashUlgton, D.C. 20005, belw •• " luiy 1 tJDd luly IS. 1985. 

During the year. your request will be kept on Alc and your 

wtll be deposited 10 dn toterest-beanng c.,crow 

per cap .ta ~ 

account You wll1 receive your rehate, with mlcrc t, 10 November, 

1986. after the close of the 1985-86 fi scal yea r. 

No spt..""ClaJ Form is reqmred to register your o bJectIon. 

However, If you request a rebate, please include your full 

oame. your mailing addres,. the local union /0 IVluch you 

pay dues or fees. and your card number (if known). In addition, 

if you move dunng the year, please advise the International 

~crCtary l to make sure you can be IOCtltcd when Lin! Ichine 

checks arc mailed. 

The lUEW per caplla rehote plan, '5 approved by Ihe IEC, IS 

.. follow : 

PER CAPITA TAX REBATE PROCEDURE 

I Any member of the lllEW, and any nonmember who pay' 

agency sbop fees pursuant toa collective ba.rgalntng agrecmenl, 

sha ll ha ve the ught to oblect to expenditure. of hjs or her per 

capll' t3)( by the lBEW for pohue.l and IdeologIcal purposes 

not reasonably related to collective bargaimng. A member or 

nonmember who pc'rfCCtS rus or her objection pursuant to the 

procedures set forth below shall be enotled to a rebal" of that 

proportion of per capita taX paid to the lBEW whIch I .lIocated 

(or such purposes. 

2. ExpendItures for poh uea! and Ideologteal purposes not 

reasonably related to collective borg.,OIng mclude any m.de- 

1.1 to or 00 behalf of candIdates for pollUcal office, or pohtlcal 

partlcs or orgamzatlons; 

Ibl to suppOrt actlviti. directed at innuenclng legi$latlon 

which IS not reasonably related to tenns and conditions 

of employment of those represented by the lBEW, and 

Icl to or on behaU 01 ideological, chantable or rehglous 

3CtlVlti CS or causes nOt reasonably related to coUcctJ\'c 

bargaining. 

.3 ObJections must be nude 3nnually, In WIlling, addrcssed 

to the Imcruauonal Secretary II.S.I at the International OrA ce. 

112S-15th Slte"t, N.W., WasblllgtOn, D.C.lOooS. Oblcctions 

mU SI be reccived between July I and luly I ~ of each year. 

Obleclions recClved dunng that period shall be eficc tivc only 

for expendlturcs made durms lhat Ii cal year, July I lO lune 

30. 

4. By November I of each year, the I. . sh.1I calcula.e the 

rcbntable share of per capita tax for the preceding fiscal yeaT 

as follows The 1.5 shall determine the .otal operatmg expenditure 

made by the lBEW for all purposes durUlg tbat fiscal 

year and the total expenditures made for rcb:uablc actlVltlCS 

The I W11l then calcu!.tc the ratio of rebauble expcndllures 

to total expenditures, That rallo will COnStItu te! the rcbat.Jblc 

s,harc of pel capna tax owed to an obJcctor for tha t year 

The 1.5 WIIJ then rebate rhC' appropnatc amount to each 

obleCto. who has perlected b,S Or her objection. along with an 

cxplanauon of how the dmounl was determined The rebate 

check and explanation WIll be sent by reglstCfed or ccruA cd 

mati 

5. An objector who liJs..:Jgn ..'c!J. '''Ilh rhe: proportional allocatlon 

madc by rhe 1.5., In the belJef that It docs !lot !l CCU l'otcly 

rencct the expenditures of the lllEW III the are.s deBned as 

rCbat3bl c, may appeaJ to the InternatIOnal Executive Council 

Ithe IEC). Tbe appeal must be made to ,vnting and must be 

tecelvcd In tbe office of the 1.5 witlun 21 days of receIpt of 

the rebate check. The u:C shall conSIder and decide the appeal 

at ItS first regular meeting after receipt of the appeal Tbe IEC 

.hall nOllfy the objector in wnung of its deci ion and its 

Icasons IherdoT, by regIste red or ccruficd mall. 

6. An obJector who dlsagrces with the dClermmol1on of lhc 

IEC mal' appeal to an Independent Umplte appototed to 

accordance Wlth par.gtapb 7. The appeal must be made m 

wnung and muSt be received In the office of the 1.5 wlthm 

21 days of the date on whicb tbe objec tor recctVes tbe LEe's 

deCISion. The Independent Umpuc shall have tbe nuthonty to 

review the 1.5. 's dcccrmin3lton 3S to the rebatablc proportion 

of the objector's per capita t.x. The Umplte's decI Ion shall 

he in wnting and sball be Issued wlll"n a reasonable Ume. 

DeCISIOns of the Umpire shall be final. 

7. The lndepende", Umplte shaU be appototed by the International 

President, with the approva l oj the LEC, and shall 

be a person who is I10t otherwise associated With the ISEW or 

any of it ,Iiflliates. The COSt of the Umpire's servi ces and 

co",s of any proceedings befole tbe UmplCe shall be borne by 

the lBEW. indiVIdually ,"curred coSts shall be btlrne by the 

party IOCl1mng them. 

S ObleCtion to rebatoble expenditures made by lite local 

umon [0 which a member pays dues, or to which it nonmember 

pays agency fees, must be m ade ducctly to the appropnate 

local UllJon. Each local ulllon .hall estabhsh procedwes wbereby 

oblectlons may be made, hall dctenntne the rcb"able proportion 

of its expenditures for each year for which dn oblection 

IS properly filed, and shall makc a/JOual rebates, w.th wnncn 

cxplao:HlOos of how me amOllnt was determll1ed, 111 response 

to properly filed objections 

An oblector wbo dJsagrccs Wllh the proportional reb". made 

by htsor herlocal union. '" the beltcf th.t 11 does not accurately 

rene t the local uruon's expt!ndltUfcs In arca~ defined as 

" ,hatahle, may appeal LO the I~ ., and then to the Independent 

Umpire, according to the procedures set fort h 10 p:u:tgntphs 

5- 7 Jbovc. 

16 IBEW JOURNAL JUNE '985

depal'bllent of Research 

and Education 

The Human Costs of Reducing Social Security COLAs 

The Reagan adrmnlstratlon and 

some members of CongTcs'/ In a 

misguided effort to balancc the federal 

budget, appear to be breaking 

their word to the Amencan publi c. 

They are pu~ h ing for limils nn

illg habilS. Must Sucial Sewrity ben· 

eficiarie have very modest incomes 

to start with; they cannot cope with 

any cuts. They have to suffer thc 

insurmountable consequences. 

COLAs arc often referred to as a 

benefit Ilincreasc." That is a nlisno· 

mer. COLAs, after all, are nothing 

but an attempt to preserve the purchasing 

power of very modest Social 

SecuIlty benefits. When the limiting 

or freezing of COLAs is enacted, the 

living standard of millions of Amer· 

icans is adversely alfected. T he im· 

pact upon the elderly, the disabled, 

and the widows and children who 

receive survivors' benefits is overwhelming. 

They have no other meanS 

of addmg to their small and lllllited 

incomes. Median Social Security 

bellefits al ready hover at the poverty 

level. Imagine what a blow it would 

be to these bcncHciaries to see their 

purcha ing power lowered even fur· 

ther! 

Some legislators have proposed that 

COLAs he given only to the low· 

income Social Security beneficiaries. 

This suggestion would underm.ine 

the Social Security program, making 

COLAs the basis for a type of mcanstested 

welfare assistance and de- 

Month ... 

,uuying the basic principle of ,~or k c r 

ea rned cntttlements. 

Self-Sustaining Program 

Social Security is a elf-sustaining 

pwgram t hat is financed by payroll 

taxes on workers and employers. 

These taxes total more than current 

benefit payments combined with ad 

ministrative COSts. The Social Security 

retirement trust fund is nOw 

running a surplus. lt is estimated 

that the surplus will total $150·bil· 

lion by 1990. 

Social Security and the other reo 

tirement benefit programs that arc 

threatened with COLA limits have 

not conmbuted to our nation's budget 

deficit. On the contrary, without the 

Social Security income surplu , the 

federal deficit would be even greater. 

The Sodal Security sUfplu is actually 

masking fede ral programs that 

do not produce their own meome 

and programs whose extremely high 

spending needs to be pared down to 

amounts that American taxpayers 

are willing to finance. There is no 

justification for limiting or freezi ng 

Social Security benefit COLAs to pay 

for the excessive cOStS of other programs 

III the federal budget. 

MARCH, 1985 

REVISED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE 

AND CLERICAL WORKERS 

UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE 

SOURCE: U.S. OEPARTMENT OF LABOR, BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 

REFERENCE BASE. u.s. AVERAGe 1967 = 100 

Apparel 

, Camblned Food Housing Upkeep tatlon 

March 1985 315.3 309.3 338.2 204.2 318.7 

February 1985 313.9 309.0 337.2 200.7 316.3 

January 1985 312.6 306.9 3357 198.5 316.7 

December 1984 312.2 304.7 335.0 202.1 317.9 

November 1984 3 11 .9 303.7 334.4 204.2 318.3 

Oclober 1984 312.2 304.0 335.5 204.8 317.8 

September 1984 312.1 303.8 336.8 203.3 316.0 

MedIcal 

Care 

394.6 

392.0 

389.3 

386.7 

385.6 

383.7 

381.2 

The Social Security trust funds 

were brought into the federal budget 

in 1969. Their large surpluses, at that 

time, helped to cover up the costS of 

the Vietnam war. Under a law sched· 

uled to take effect in 1992, Social 

Sccmity incnme and nutgo will no 

longer be considered as pan of the 

Atillems & Transpor- 

Unified federal budget. oeial ccurity 

cannot then be used a a cover 

to hide the high costs 01 other federal 

programs. It should not be used that 

way today. 

Conclusion 

It i evident that any freezing or 

limiting of retirement benefit CO 

LAs places unfair burdens on those 

people in our society who are the 

least able to absorb CU t in their 

modest incomes 30d who need income 

protection the most- the elderly, 

the disabled, widows, and surviving 

children. The human costs 

are belittling and undesirable. 

The administration's exorbitant 

budget deficits arc the result of tax 

giveaways and excessive military 

spending. These are the Issues that 

should be addressed in order to reduce 

the deficit. 

The IBEW is unalterably opposed 

to any efforts by Congress and the 

administration to tamper with Social 

ScCUJil and other reLirem,enl benel1t 

plans that are now solvent and running 

surpluses. We stand firm in our 

cOlnm.itmcnt to oppose any liluits or 

freezes on COLAs that have been 

legislated after great sacri fices on the 

part of present and future Social Security 

benefit reciptents. The human 

costs are too great even to be considerr.d. 

SUPPORT 

March 1984 303.3 302.1 322.9 198.0 308.9 

March 1983 293.0 

March 1982 282.5 

March 1981 265.2 

March 1980 239.9 

372.6 

NOTE: The Consumer Price Index lor all Items Increased 1.4 index points dunng the last month 01 0.4% 

This equalled an annual rate of Increase of .. 8'. (0 4 )( 12). The Increase dunng the past year was 

120 IndelC painls Of 4 .~. 

Percent Increase between two dales Is ca\Culated by SUbtracting the index number lor Ihe earlier 

dAlfllrom thaI lor the later date and dlvldlno The result by Ihe inr1ex numhAr lor Ihe RAnlAr dAIA, than 

mull l p~lng by , 00. 

t 

EXAMPLE: For the per~ of MarCh, 1984, 10 MarCh, 1985: 315.3 - 303.3 "" 12.0 indelC points; 120 divided 

by 303.3 .., .040 x 100 ""' 4.0 .... 

Prepared by: Department of Research and Education, IBEW. April. 1985. 

COPE 

18 1 IBEW JOURi'lALI JUi'lE 1985

S~FETY 

PS 

for you and your family 

LOOK AT IT THIS WAY 

IT'S A CUTIING MACHINE! 

The U.S. Consumer Product Safely Commission estimates 

that more than 50,000 injuries serious enough to 

be treated in hospital emergency rooms are suf1ered 

each year by individuals In ac~idents involving power 

lawn mowers. 

One major factor Involved In power mower accidents is 

machine design. Knowing what sately features to look for 

when purchasing a new mower can significanlly reduce 

your chance of injury. 

Other factors are operator carelessness and unsafe 

work habits. Especially susceptible to InjUry are the operators 

who mow their lawns when tired, upset, or in a 

hurry. 

The U.S. Consumer Product SaJety Commission otters 

the lollowlng suggestions lor the purpose and sate use 01 

power mowers: 

1. SELECTING THE POWER MOWER 

- Be sure that the discharge chute has a dellector 

plate to direct machine discharge downward. This plate 

should be in use when no grass-catching bag is attached. 

, The mower should have a foot guard in the rear to 

keep the operator's foot away from the blade. 

, The fuel exhaust should not be located on the same 

side of the machine as the discharge chute. Sparks from 

a backfiring engine could ignite a grass-catching bag. 

, After purchasing a new machine, read the safe operating 

insltuclions included with the mower. Learn the 

controls well enough to be able to act instantly and 

correclly in an emergency. 

- Only experienced people should operate the mower. 

Adult supervision Is needed when older children are allowed 

to use the mower. Younger children should never 

operate power lawn mowers. 

2. BEFORE BEGINNING TO MOW 

• Clear the yard of stones and other debriS. These can 

be ejected with great force through the discharge chute. 

• Wear sturdy shoes and close-lilting slacks. Never 

operate the mower in bare leet, sandals, or sneakers. 

• Be sure the grass is not wet. Wet grass is slippery 

underfoot and can cause both the discharge chute and 

the blades to clog. 

FOOT GUARD 

DEFLECTOR PLATE 

, Always start the mower outdoors or in a garage with 

doors and windows open. Never operate the mower 

where carbon monoxide lumes can collect, such as in a 

closed garage or basement. 


3. WHILE MOWING 

• Never adjust or leave Ihe machine wilhout stopping 

the mower and disconnecting the spark ptug wire. A 

large number of injuries occur when operators aHampt to 

unclog the discharge chute or blades while the motor is 

running. 

, Keep children and pets at a safe distance and always 

check their location before changing direction with 

the mower. With an electric mower, you should also 

watch the cord to avoid running over it or entangling it in 

the machine. 

• Atways watch your footing, particularly on slopes. 

Steer a hand mower across slopes, never up and down. 

Then if the machine gets out of control, you will be out of 

its way. 

• On the other hand, a riding mower should be driven 

up and down slopes for stability. 

• To protect your legs and feet, always keep the 

mower llat on the ground. Never lift, tilt, or pull it toward 

yourself. Never raise the mower to use it to trim the tops 

of shrubs or hedges. 

4. THE SAFE USE OF GASOLINE 

Gasoline has become such a part of everyday life that 

many people tail to appreciate how extremely dangerous 

it is. Gasoline vapors can be ignited by the hot manifold 

of a mower or can travel invisibly along the ground and 

be ignited by a nearby open flame. The following precautions 

should be taken when using gasoline: 

- Check your fuel before starting to mow. Avoid refueling 

a hot machine. Wipe up any gasoline that spills white 

refueling. 

, Gasoline should be stored in a well·ventilated area 

in tig htly capped, approved safety cans, away from children, 

living quarters, and any flame or heat source. 

, Never fill the tank while smoking or near an open 

flame . When there is gas in the tank, do not store the 

mower near any flame or heat source. 

The material for this article comes from the U.S. Consumer 

Product Safety Commission. 

20 I IBEW JOURNALI JUNE 1985

LOCFlL LII\IES 

Brother Retires 

Bob 0\1011 ~nd Steve Engli~h nank 8rother Joyce 

as he acct:pts the card and. $100 bill prl':~rnlt'-d b)' 

Jub Steward Juhn Plls. 

Brother Joe Joyce 

Retires 

LU. I (1,t'RI,spa&' ft sl. ST. LOUIS, MO.-The .IC· 

cO(llranYLR~ phOtUg(Olphs wen: taken MaICh. 29 :u 

an aftcl work ~:lth('nng to cdeb, .. te th e ROlli work 

UllI1by uf BI OI her luc loycl.':. A group of wtll Wisher!) 

cmployco on the forJ MOtOr Comrliny prOICCt In 

Ha:dwood buvcd the ram~ and lliol flic lam, to 

converge at the Ten Ts Lounge: tor ;1 few hours of 

reluatLim In hunur of loe', long tenure: In the Joe",!. 

As at all au~h occasIOns, there WilS II S(off both of 

lOy In lulRllmcnlllnd of sorrow In departure for II 

m.m who !OJ"C"l hn hictlmc IS a stron&. iuppoltn'( 

mr.mhrr IIf it 111(11111 mgamullon With the respeci 

that growl with tlillC, ""Ie bId a fond farewell 10 . 

friend. a Brother. an honDl;ablc m;an Ik~t of luck. 

JOCI 

IU5t a reminder that as thiS amelt' 15 published, 

lnc.l I ..... 111 be hosung the 41 ~t Annual IHEW 

Bowhng Tournament OD lune 7, 8 ;and 9 al the 

Tropleann.J ;lnd Crossroads alh:y, In Clayton. It 

ha, been SIX ye:arS Since the eyent was held In Qur 

.area, and CQmmlltee ChairmeD 1rY Telchorst and 

Ceot&c Bre"mm have been hard.t work to Insure: 

that thJ. yur's Will be: bellCf than cver All arrangemcnts, 

including a Satu%da)" nigbt banquet al 

lin; Cl,ulull J lutd uvcllouktn~ the hutorlc 5t l ouis 

nllerfront, will h:avc bet:n made 10 affurJ ou, guests 

a lime second to DOOt'. 

Ple.ase bc ad"'lSed of the followmg dellh' dunng 

the month oj March: Ru:h:m:l L V:lUdcvclltl!'I, 

wtremun on pension, initiated february, 1951 , Fred 

L. Duke, rC!UdenlluJ 0 11 pensian/ October, 1952, 

P,entlcc Robert, reSid ential Q il pCIl!llQn, Marcb. 

1963) Joho W . Bock. wireman 1n Jl~ n !ll(1 n , OCccm· 

ber, 19U/ .lnd Thlllnas E. ~y,am, r""'ill.lcntllll, s...:p 

lember. 19ti9 

n ..,af-Rr r ~,A N . I'S 

Bit 0 ' the 'rish 

Shown In chI. piceure are Ihe 8rOlhr:rt who reprennl 

cd Lonl7, Sprin&6eld, Ma s~., in tht' Holyoke 

Se. Pa1flck's D~y r . rade. l ell to right are Jackie 

BrunuID, Bri an Collins, u.IIi, Uille, Pruidtnl'ohn 

Colliru, Gary Orrnnlln, Tom Mumy, rbil Co llinl. 

Jim SWOtChlk, Tom O'Connrr, Jot' Sulli van a nd 

Dou& Soomal\. 

Book Finally Clears; 

Remember Coors Boycott 

LU. 7 (il. SPRI NCFII:: LD. MAS .-Wc= all kncw 

spnng WIS Ilmost here when Lt w~ .. lime to mtltc:.k 

..... L1h the Arl·CIO for the lIoJyukc St "utuc k 's 

Oay 1'1u;~ dl! Wh:1I il ~r,",6' tlint. we hAd jmillLll; the 

m3ny o ther LJllllln~ rna rcJllng w&tthcr 10 show 

~nlul J1 r' ty Aml)ng \' llr':lt'ive!!o and bl.'lng vlslhle to the 

communny ThC' crowd was cSllln3lcrJ II 2~O,OOO 

:lOd prc~cnlcd U'i with a !;rcac public .clalloM 

opponunllY th,u wc tt",k OUV3ntl&e Ilf l OC':I] 7 

was n:prl.'serltcd by lackle BrulltQU, Ivc SullIvan. 

Tom 0' onncr, Phil CollinS. 00118 IlotJman, Ilre'l· 

Ident John 011111". Cny Brenn.)n, Tom Cullrn.!t, 

Btun Keeley. !tWin Coll m s, Cr;llX Llttie, Tom 

Murr~y , T:lour;l Shcu · Ko n and Irm ~ wOl ch:a 1t We 

thank the"ie Sluth!:" Jor dOnJttn8 a SunJ.;ty to thr=lr 

loc;ll unIOn 

Wa lk m our Ilm!>dKlmn IS finDny 't,ullng to 

lak~ off wnh our book c1':;l(lllg for the first time: 

in m;irty m onth" We hiVe some IUlc proJCI:.CS 

pC.Jkmg IILnJ ground brcaklOl; f(1I Olhr=n The 1m· 

mC'ul~te 'UIUt': loo k., bnghl for ~prHlg flclJ 

Con~ , allJlall(m' 3fe to ord er for loe Sullivan on 

bc.m~ ;IIPPolnlrd to All • \'" (.,,n(.y oJon the £'A.;tUUUlUg 

Board ,nd fo, 11m IIllulthan upon ending hiS bach· 

dorhood 11m 's SColA WJs well allended and Inuch 

cnIUYC,J by mem})c:r, 01 local 7 

BoycottS t "n ~ Ii vc ry cfftctlvc wc.,pon uled by 

the union consumer to prote:st the a c uun~ uf an 

anllworke. compJoy Tht dfecuvcne~:. uf • boy 

c.ou can be 5C'cn .... nh rrprd to the 4.S pen,f.n\ dl\~p 

In salcs fOf 'uJulph COOt$ 8r~wC'ry , IS reponed lor 

1984 Coon I nOI evcn No. I In Ihe Ruclty 

Mnuntatn sutn, IhclI home territory, No .... Coors 

IS cxp.andlll& mto th.: New England .rc~. 10 bolsler 

sales Ut', sho .... COOrS th,u wc 111 Ma!lsachu'iclts 

do nOI 'orget the .ctlons of a uruoD·buillllg com' 

pany. 

CoorS' unu.IR 'W.as ' arced to slnke In 1977 Oller 

basle humlln tI~hl ISSUes. Their unlon was bUSied 

by strlkebruke.,!, ami a boycu n cn m tung l 

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Sa\(. SA"''''.'' P 5 

Building Renovation 

Pi ctured Iii Foreman Ch.rle$ Knauer of Local 24, 

Sahimolt, Md./ and Cen'I .. 1 Electric Pre~idel1t Ed 

Little on Ille Iltr a' the Commt.ret Ex-chang.: 

Iluilding jnh. 

Shown, Idt to rl, ht, at the Com mf'ree Enbange 

8uildins .re Stcw"d Skip Pu.ee, Robt'rt 8lumbe r. 

and Chilorlu "' .. aut!. 

Union Labor Renovates 

Commerce Exchange Building 

L.U. 24li •.s pa,e'&'CI I"'I, BALTIMORE, M.D.- MaJo. 

Icnovall0n ,md c:on";UUClIllil I .. eurrerl1l y undt'. 

way in tbe 8.,ll.1l11o,e metropolitan ala HlJlels, 

amusement ccme" and comme, clal butl.lmgs make 

up the malum, uf ,hIS WOt1c. , and we at LOCl114 

He pleased In 'ice thai mn .. t nf rhr .. r JlIl1)('CU Itn: 

being built by union I.,bo, ObVIOusly, ihe com 

merclal and muustnal or,a.lu:auoDs It) OU I :lrca 

demand .. qu;aIItY IlroJuel and now, as In the past, 

caU on tbe BalumOlr BUllrJlng Trades to find thr 

skills rcqum:d to complete these tasks 

One of Ihese prolccts, the Commerce: Exchange 

SuildlDL h:l' almoSt rc;achcd com pic lion ThiS 

hiStoriC, SIX $tory struc t u re was onglnaJly the 

Chamber of CumnH!n:.e liutldmg and bcg:m "PC' 

allons m 1906. The cU ll cnt owner, the USF&C 

Company, gavc top pllorlly to prOteCtlDg the ollg· 

lOa! intenm :md t'reserv\l\g the baSIC $1f\le\\lle. 

The elc:cuita l contract, ctttm.1ltcd ,n $100,000, wu 

awa rd~d 10 the Cl!lllral Electric Corporation, .a nd 

tbe wOlk bC,i;an In lunc, i 91:1 4 The fo reman on the 

ptQjec l Is Brotber Chules Knauer, wll o, together 

with Prc'mlt'llt Ed little, explaLnC'd the V3110U5 

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fUnclions and Op(:utWDS 01 the BUlldmx and dlf 

ficulue$ dUring renQ\lauon. Great p",m . were IlIken 

[0 keep ,he BUIldmg's tenanlS HI opcntlon durmg 

fl!muddll1g, dnd our members suppln:d It'.mptJr3r), 

po .... cr .and lighling ..... herever nceded :IS 'Wdl liS 

removIng prevlousl)' IDsulled, unslgh(ly tiectnclil 

work Pr(.'scrvauon of the hlStOlle, OInate walls 

also mennt channelmg the plaster for piping ..... lIh 

1111 t:-.pvscJ LUlJlC UJ l,.uJlJUlI:.. 

Working togcther with the union electrlcal·cn· 

glneering fi rm, SCOtt and Landers, our members 

were able 10 meet thelT ... .:mous dendhnctl by wOlk· 

mg n flexible ov~rtlme schedule The IOtn l recon· 

struction \.$.

Negotiations Upcoming ; 

Work Picture Better 

LU. 42 (em.o,clI'¥,flb&;OVI). H A RTFORD. 

COL N.- pnn" has amvcd m New England and 

With it II &ood work picture for the lIIlmedi:ne 

fUlwe We have scver.1 ,ub, In the bidding process 

as of Llus wntlng There alC some dl"tnbull0n lobs 

out for bid an western MaSJachu5Cu and Connccueu, 

along with sumc H;ln,ml I n work currendy 

In proglC~s 

There ate ~ number of tfilll'iC and hlghwlY light· 

tnt lobs bClnK bld and in proglcs We. lnc cunently 

bctng plagued by nonumon and Kenert! contractors 

biddIng the !'lIevadan.!: rate: ,obs. The Iq~lslature is 

(u neatly considering Inc:re:ulIlg I he prt:vatlmg r,IIC 

minimums fur ,uate Jobs. Thu will serve: to make 

it more Jlfnc:uit for us 10 keep any kmd of a handle 

on the sm.Jll lobs The nonullIon group IS getting 

bluer and these bills In Ihe: unte Icgl slatuu." arc 

gQmg. tu hd" t!l\:1n We c.e rt'.lm ty hll .. e OUt wotk 

cut Ollt fur us III the fUlu re. 

We J.rc prepall ng ttl St:lrll1egolll1ll1,Jn!i lit Wa tertown 

for au. disp:lIcll group Vctntont ETV We lite 

!lIsa 5t:lun,IC up forconnruclton ncgotil:ltlons through 

tbe summer It 1.}Ok, like Illlng, Wilt continue to 

be busy right tbrough St'(lIcmht=t wnhuul any lei 

ur 

It aPrt."al Ibat a ,haTe of our c.on!itnlCli.on wOlk 

hill returned, and the economy hu loo,e.ned up 

lUst ~ lutle I ;lItl hoplDg to cume up With $Ome 

relatively decent .agreemenl5 thiS ),eal 

Ik AmenClIl. buy Amellc.an The Ii>b you save 

may ~ yuur ow., 

IAMt..!. O. FIl ..... ut. p ,S 

Graduates 

GuduatiDcapprc-n tice Roben Delucia ,«tivts h is 

ctn i6G1 lt from lATe memben Ernie .Kuhn of 

Kalin fJ«h,C aud John lhulli vI Lu~a 1 43, Syracuse, 

N.Y. The &rad ualion dinDI."r and ce rrmonia 

were beld clUlier tbia: ,car. 

Graduating appr(:otlt-e Kc hb Prignon Iccepl5 h is 

cerlifica te from l ATe f11embe r8 Ernie Kuhn lind 

John Raulli. 

Officers Working To 

Secure New Jobs 

LU. 43 ti,rlsl!leml. SYRACUSE, N. Y._ln Aplll our 

loc.l observed a moment of 511ent~ for retired 

Brother Ralph Wals h who paued aw .. y on March 

25, 1985 BlOthrr W al~h was born on October 21. 

1915, and was Inlllo1fr:d mto Ihe IHEW on May 12, 

19~ _ Amons the contracton RJllph worked for 

dunng hiS career wl lh Loul4J W l!U." Bee: Eltetnc, 

R.andall ElectriC and K.ay ·R EIt:clrIc. QUI local 

WI hes to extend i1l SlOeere symp.tthy to Brother 

Walsh's Wife, P.nnel .... nd chell famIly 

On .a h.apPlc r l10tt SrOlher Tony RJgbl aDd hiS 

w1ft, Cheryl .• dded II baby ,irl, Toni Beth, to their 

family. T oni Beth WI' born on March 11 and 

weighed 5 pounds, 4 ounecs OUf locill Wishes for 

Tony lind hi. fAmll, all the belli In the fUlure: . 

At the Apnl meetmg 8u inC'S!! ManAger Dan 

Bov.a reported Ihllt c:nlllnU; 1 nCKOlllllions were plOecnhnSI 

and by the time thu .a rticle 15 pllnted. we 

should be wurkang under a ncw agreement_ Wo rk 

In our :lrc:a t.untlnuc:~ 10 be slow at Ihu; time. Most 

of OUl pr oblem" on I llm Ju re everyone knows. 

cenler around Ihc oonunlon clemcnt III our arC'a 

BU!"me$S l'! ';, lIut L Il-UII Unum hosted 115 

second Annual .et ,T08l:1hcr OIl Arneflcan Lq:lOl1 

Va llc)· Post 111M! Credit UnIon rn:slIlclH and 

Brother nlll J.l.Y.111 J::lVC 11 IHlef hl ..,nry un credit 

unlonll Jnd th~ phdll!lHllhy of our Cu:dll Unwil 

The Incssagc was, and I!I, 111.1 1 crciJll Uni Ons eX ls I 

solely for Ihe bcnl.'th uf then' members, ilnd anyone 

who has hau occaSIO n III uC1I1 wnh our Credit 

Union knows Ihe a t ... ur,)cy IIf Ihlll mes .. uge. Ours 

IS one of the finest credit UnltlllS a round-finest 

because of the dcdlClllinn of IU oificers who h.we 

un.§dfishly cunlllbuled cuuntle" hour towltd 

tlus goal. We ar..: .. lIlt,1coldy miJebleJ to these:: men 

for th(:1l sacnflccs. The parey IIself waS, II usual, 

II great sueces" The food WIJ outSt.:mdID& .lnd 1I 

r;DOd lime wa~ h.aJ by nil Srcclal Ihllnks 10 the 

commIttee, which cun !Sted uf Brothl."!S PCII." 

OhvLJ and 11m Rpc of Loal .sJ and Bob Lyon of 

SIC'JlmfillC'fS loul KIM 

Buy ulllon. huy ArnerlC,:an 

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Local Implements A 

Market Recovery Program 

LoU. 46 1I,t.m,ft b,rult.spal, SEATTLE, WAS II . 

Crl."etil1gs from LtlCal 46 The Wireman's Unit tn 

local 46 hlls hl."cn sl rugg l ll1~ lIuuu"h him! limes 

thcse last few )'C::lU. We h3VC scen mnlor shifts III 

Ihe markeptace, numely, the Intrusion of rlonumon 

COntractlHS lOti) ,h... cU lllmerclll1 lind m dustrJi11 

construction market. In .. n a tlempt to regain a part 

of the market. thc busmes offlce pUt:l motion on 

the:lloor to Implemt=nt .. Mlrkel Reco\'ery Program 

that would ulilize PIOlect Lllnlll:'d Agreements 

The mem~rs werc concerned th.ll prolect conccssions 

w ould set II flreceiJent for lower w.:t.gca_ Tht: 

mOl 100 failed by Sill v",e~ In liS wake the members 

agreed uron Ihe necd IU ;lppt.. nt II ~Ieefln.l; CUmmIttee. 

The Slet'nn,; And Mllrkt't Reco very Comm11lcc 

mel weekly fur 11 weeks The tormal w~~ (Ipcn lO 

all members, anyone could sH an and VOice Ihe.lf 

COOCerD5 and suggesllon .. After thoroughly dts' 

CUSSing, our guals ilJld .e

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PiclUred is Iht' L. E. Myers rrew QR 1l8-KV line 

in O~ub)'.1Uinoi s. tAft '0 right are BrOlhtl5 Hub 

£riduOD. Bub ChriM a, Rod IOhMtln. lin, Carlock 

lnd Dan Mlhnke. 

The Ulinol. rowu CompillQJ' ForcSIIl' Crew i 

s hown berr ; lell 10 tiShl, Broth,.,)' fred Buck and 

,im BOt-hrr. lPhmo5 hom \..onl 51. ~pnn~Rt'ld. 

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mcrlt At • company tunctlon somt' so-called 

B'Othc , ~ and Sisters can'l wall 10 run down thelt 

loe.1I III anothel Ul:uon memht"r 10 anyone who w,1! 

llstcn When the It local asks fo r help o. sel!! a 

course of dlTC:ction to follow, some tu rn II dcal car, 

I have een sifUatlOn5 where Ihc mcmbl', .. h,p llas 

llad the uppullulluy 10 show a company unity li nd 

the true: mcaning of unionism and brl)thcrhC1od. 

only to Rnd out that :II piu ocular member'! wo rt! 

wu not h i S bond 

We qUibble over [fIvlal matters ..... hl le malor 

I ~uu p",as u.s by ThC" truth II ucms oill'Jltlmcs 

vffuldi Ui. 1~",llt)' IS SOmtl~Hn& nun,. rrder noc 

10 I.ee M.ny rrder the o~llneh nratesy- to hide 

their hrad!!. IR ,he: sand aDd hope: the: b~d Will 

dlSappur by Itsdf lust mOlYbc Mr RC~.Kan anti hI!! 

pohclCI WIH do fomctbing ponu,,'C tor Ihr: union 

worklDIU'COplc History hu provcn th" we all set 

a lullr tougher and ale: Willing 10 do mO il: when 

OU r bdhu ale t:mpt-y and we hurt In Ihe: pockct 

Don' t SCI me wrnng. J don't want 10 _Ive all dlC 

credit to Mr Rcagan for the union man and wom· 

an', plight foday "herc are good lind hrld, llI O labor 

and anllunlOl1 n both SIdes of the Ilisle, Demo· 

cratlc and Re:rubllcan alike If we lIrt" to survive 

In tlu: wOlkrlacc, It Will be up 10 LIS 10 turn Inc 

program around We must all Ston dOing (lur pan 

and praeuc-lns tnc philOSOphy and Ideals of umon 

ISm ill home and In Ihe workp12ce Attend your 

local unlCm n'lt'etmgs 1111s IS whe:rc It all beSlO'II 

or II Will bt thC" cnd Tbe legacy wt': ""' 111 leavt': 10 

cho e who lollow us is up to each of us, Sec:: )IOU 

.11 .It the nut uClon meeting' 

Apprentice 

DaM R1"'AIL\ P S 

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~ PlctLlrt.d Ir.ft to rithl aff. Rroth~r Palrld, O 'Do... d. 

ouutlodlns .pprentict, iLDd Loul60,San Anlonio, 

24 Tn., BUIIolnrs5 M ana gc::r Roberl C. Moczne:rnb •. 

Annual Picnic to Be 

Held on August 24 

LU.6O (iI, SAN ANTOSIO, TEX. Thu. \It':3 r luc:ll 

60 was pnvlhged til hll',t the S131t: Appn:nlltc:: 

ConteSt This ycar the; outstanding ... p~ .enllcC" was 

Brother Patnck O 'Ol)wd Ahhuu!:h he did nOt come: 

OUt on tOp, he shoulrlll'ri Vt'ry ptnud. 1 know the: 

rest of us IrC. Con):ratu lauulI'>, p.IIrrlckl 

The loc.a l's AnnUlll ll'lt.lIll: Will be hdd at Com· 

m.:rne:he Park on AUAu~1 2.1 More deuils 3 S they 

become al'lIaiahle 

Aftt'r numerou., dd.1Y~ . Ihe fiesta Plaza Mall!!> 

opcn for bUSiness Till'> umque ,s tructure IIlciudes 

1II 51011;(: ,uca In Ihe cl!nt~r 01 the mall for numerous 

kinds ot producuon numbers, c::tc ConKralulauoDS 

to Brother Ron Lee and cr~ w for. lob well d~nt': 

If you w(luld like to sC"e a great e:J.ample of 

b.otherhood OIlIend Iht local IlnlOO PICniC 

Work Scene Improves 

Slowly but Surely 

rOM""" DA\'IS P S 

L. U. 68 til, DENVEH, COl..O .-·1 he empluyment 

scenc has betn Impruvlng al lin e\ler·so·slow pact, 

but at lellSt It Is moving In Iht': light direction 

Over llie 1"':loL 18 IllUlIlhs, Ollr loul k.u ,sClnC' fr om 

m ore than 500 cleCtrlCIIUlS on th~ Ou t of work list 

to apP.Olumatcly 240 pre!ll.'ntiy occup)"lOg Book l. 

QUick (0 take aJ\lOInt,lge of chI.' sllUation, tht 

IOCii ECA body hl1~ pcoposed ;I oe:w P;lY CUt Ib)1 

could pUi us It llPJHOI(!mately 60 pe.cent of OUI 

hourly KOlle of two ye .. rs ago Along with lb.1 they 

offer a shdlO, wl&,e K.i.lle upw.ud of $2.00. 

There l!i some work f'nmml up ;trnund Ihe cnrner 

to offer I bit of .good news Unfortunately, tht':rC' IS 

not enout,h 0 1 II big ~nou&h 10 prOV ide any rt'a l 

Salv,Hlon to 01.1 1 SIIUatlOrL BudweisC"T ha~ broken 

50me ground In the nonhern 1I1e3 of our lurisdic· 

lion, but pn),.;rc:ss 011 b\.llldln8 the brewC'ry hu 

r ~.a lly be~n dragglllJ.: 

New B \lS\ne.~:Io Ma n:\!I.~ 1 P.l1 R~I II 'j ha.s appom ttd 

Drolher Pat PJnian :U :,I n :lulslant and dis patcher. 

The new I~ader,sh lp 15 looking It some ne ..... ide .. 

that may not only hC'lp out ouc 'of-work 6rOlhe:rs 

OIlJd S,sters cope with Ihell on:lt.31. hut also faclh 

tate their sec:iong employml,:nt The Bmes ha\le 

been tough on us, but hopefully we ba\lc l urned 

the: come:r and are on 01.11 way 10 bellel tlrnt':s 

RAMO 

Walters Is New President; 

Unit Conference Held 

VU.A pS 

L.U. n lu,u&'nHl, SllATTu!, WA SII.- The bee. 

utlve Aoard re luctll ntly accepted the .eslgnatlon il l 

Blocher Jim Va lenti ne u president of Local 77 . Jim 

s,erved Ollr local as ItS presldcllI for the raSI IWO 

ye:us, and pnor 10 Ih:1I he wu our \l Ice rresldcnt. 

Ht. abo servtd for !lC"tu\ )'UT' as a mtmbel of 

lht' local uolon's Exe:cutlve Board. 

'1m has betn a mc::mber of Loc~d 77 for 6 YUrJ, 

and dUTlng tbat ume laVt vl1~('lfi hly o( hl$ lime 

and talents 10 further thc purpose of tht IBEW and 

01 Local 77 We all owe a lot 10 11m fo r the ..... o rk 

that ne has put fortb on our ~hlllll , and WI: Will 

miss him as an ofAcer I[] our local 

On ~b.lf of :all the member of Loui n, I "".Int 

10 ellll:od ou r bcst Wishes to Bro ther VllIlenttnt': .nd 

hiS lovely Wile, lOIS, for mnny happy years of 

rCllrcm er'l1 in the future 

Vice President Lou Walters was elected by the 

ExeellO Y!: 80llr\.l to Icplace JIm Valen ti ne and 611 

hiS unexpired term Brulher Wa llers IS a loumey 

man lineman employed by Seat tl c City Light lind 

bas beca a membc:r of the IBEW fUl l S YC.l1lII auJ 01 

member of tocal 77 'mce April. 1985. Lou has 

served as a busmes.s; rep re:sentallvt' on I..ocal 71', 

sui( fOlI'WO'Jt~1$ and h.u, l-ened as Vlce prt':5uJmt 

of thc local for the r:alt two yCl1rs . Lou bas bell!n 

very aCU \'e tn .11 pha~ vi 01.1' local and IS well 

quaJlfit':d tn 5C l vt': :15 the hxal'~ prt'sldenl 

Brother Dl(:k Bc:c ke:r .....,u ill 0 e:lcclcd by the 

ExecLimc Boald a~ VIC\." prC51dcDt vi thc locll and 

Will serve the remamder of ll'Olhel Lou Waltcu' 

tcnn. Di ~ k Decker ul!!-o servcd on tbe staff of Local 

Officers 

In Ihis pielure Brother lim Vale.ntine hand.!> t h ~ 

gavt!1 10 ne.wly t':1t':clll!d Prll!side:nl Lou Wahll!t, ~~I 

77 ,Sealde, Wa, b., who will nu Brolber V.'eDUDt , 

unuphed tum of olBcc. Brotbtr Dick Becker, whu 

h. been elt':t::ted LO 611 the uneKpi red term o' vice 

pnsidll!nc Ic:ll open by Lou Waltt'r, look.. on. 

BIOI her lim Vale:nlinC", oihown hue:. re''Ii,nt':d as 

ru c~idl!nl of Local 77 dUll! 10 ill ht .lhh. 

n lind ba" been a mC"mbt":r of cht' Ioc;.al'.!. Execull"t 

BaarJ fo r chc pOl 1 four yeus. Dick I J journeyman 

IInemilin employed by the W.sblngton Wttcr Power 

ompany .nd hves In Cllll l"ston, W:t')hln8tOn I 

kno ..... both Lou 1lI0d Dick Will do .. good ,ob In 

Ihclr new offices, and t ask that all mcmbtutxlcnd 

lh~ lupport they oeed to fu l611 the dUties of thell 

office 

AnlHhel successfu l unit ,"onfcrenc:e wa s hc:ld 

Mardi 3D, 1985, at the EKecutlvc Inn III Scuttle 

Roll r.;\ 11 h'Hilr.a tl"d , here we.re qUite :I lew new 

delegate to the conference, wblch added to the 

tonc of the mccllng. 

Longllme member and one: of Our srw:akc rs on 

sa.(~IY was fred Klt(m~t:.r, who !sthe chief cill!Clncal 

utet)' In p«:tor for the WlI5btnglon Statt': Oepul 

ment 01 ubor Indusmes Since the IllS[ unit 

merLmg 10 APIII, 1934, thc::.(t': hnt': bt":cn four fa · 

uhucs, and ftotd oomphmc::nted Local n me.mbets 

who wOlked on the commit lee 10 reVI5C Charte.r 

44 01 the Wl$hLngcon Slate Ele:cttlcal Safety COOC:: 

lason KIn~ dneclor of Coyernmcnl Relallons lit 

Puget Power, spoke 00 Ihe chanJ;es now ~OIl1S:: On 

In the utilities-conservation and low· Income 

welHhe ring programs He :advlscd that LoeMI 77 

should cOllllnUt tQ stay InvolYtd 111 the pollucal 

arcnll 

M.lo. c Fu:t., '" JIlc: ... hH of the AmerlC.ln Nuclear 

Society, s bo wed films on nuciur power .aDd bow 

c::ffecllvdy illS worlang In European counilles He 

felt It could work equ::llly a.i wdl 10 the Unltcd 

1:llft If nudur JHOJecli wete .3l1owed 10 be eom· 

pleted 

8111 Flack, I..oc:al 77 lobbYist, ~ave a report on 

the bills affectmg thc cit':c lIIcalmdustry He t':m' 

phaAlzed the Importance of the loca.I', pollucal 

In\lolvemcnt-we muSt CicCI people: who are: gomg 

III prutect our lobs and (uture 

The evening ba.nquet prOVid ed Ih e delegates wllh 

the opportunity 01 revieWing the day's business 

8ml olh!:1 relax.lng conYcISacion 

CHARLES P Sl LVUN .... U 8.M. 

Local Plans Participation 

In Workshop. Special Olympics 

l..U. 79 tal, S"' RAC\JSE, N.Y. In Ihe very nur 

fUlult. au. local union pl..1!11o on holdmg :tn m. 

house Stew.ards Tr;lImns Workshop. We Will aI· 

tr-mrll 10 gell the WOlkshop 10 cht': role of the 

$tew,m.l II) h iS day-to·day dc::.alln~s wl1h lht': peoplt 

bc u:prC5cnu as. well as the comNlly me of the 

subJects we Intend to cover arc tbi:' dUlle, and 

1 C',pon.!llb jJ!tj~s of s lew..1rd~ , the: !:thur lI,pL'cmcllt

At the Jobsite 

PiClU ltd ill , lac lillc !.:few un 1111: Ro ulle 57 project, 

m~mbcu of Local 79, Syracuse, N,Y., Hill Ryall. 

Trd AIII!I1.hauSCf and Dill Hth erliM. 

Members 

I)iclured arc members of Loca l 80, Norfolk, Va., 

who work un OCUD Elec tric' s day shih al Ihe Funl 

Plan I. Kneeling. leh 10 right, Bi ll lI udscHI, RUII 

Molt and Jimmy Webb; I I} ' h l' far Idt, s ittinJ;, is 

Fortman Mikf Jenningsl sl:IlIding, lert HI tight. 

j\h'li ~ a Snultin, Slim Bradshaw, Gary Norma n, Greg 

Teller, Nkhard I'rice, Bruce Lewis, newty Il urllc r, 

Or)'0111 l:.V3 I1 S, h1ike JUIII;'S. " Whhic" lohonllt'tt and 

Bill Oriskrll. T h ~ htad belongs to Lart)· lus nt'. 

arc loopholed fi'lr the weliithy and curpura tr: giants 

who P3Y little Qr no tax dollars. 

It 's tunc that all of our legulalOt5 heat from uS 

in the fo rm of IHOlest lCllcrs or phone calls. We 

as k that every tax payer Wille o r call their senat ors 

and rcprtsentatlves Immedtately 00 the above 15· 

sue, and suggest to them t h;lt they raISe Impa rl 

tax on many o f the produclS ttl3t are des tr oymg 

Our empll)ymc.llt 1I11UIII1()n in this country and 

restruc t ure the !:IX burden to a f:llr s ha re for the 

employee lind the cmploycr, bot h lalge a nd s mall 

corpUI3 t1 0 ns. 'l ilts IS a vcry cnt lcal issue With far· 

rellchl n.: r anlilicll l1 on~ tha i tC llulrC uur Im medlatc 

allentlUn 

Some very Inform;)tivc worJs 11 11 Ih lS ISSUC can 

b4: found Ifl Pre Iden! Pt lla rd 's coituI\31 com m cnts 

10 Ihe IIIt.W IOllrtw/ of April. 1985 

Unit! Ill'X! rIllJllth 

R1LilAIUJ W . MlrCHELL, P.S. 

Journeywoman 

Also shown ae Ihe Rmlte 57 JllOjc t'1 arr, lefl tQ 

righi, Ray Vallllce, prc.siden l Or 1.O(lIl 7"1, 

RUlka, John Ozikuwsld and Lettn Capone. 

Imcludmg documents under the IUr1~,hctloll uf Ihc 

3~reC I1l CIll; I c:, salel )' book. beneAu boo k, job 

cllllssll1cauon 1113llual, ctc.l. O\IT nricvlIncc prl)(e' 

dUle (oulhmng the "how-to" aspectS 01 filing a 

gnevant;,:l, how to present .. ca:o.c lind a bnef 

t:xp illnotloll (If how arbll ratlOn works As chll.r 

man, I'm stdl In the process of Analizmg the 

program and Will nOllf), stcw"rd~ by mild of the 

Workshop details 

Plans arc alsobclIl,l:, nudl: fu r tb e lucn l l(l aClIve ly 

pM I iC1 r aic In the 1985 New Vtlrk Spechtl OlympIcs 

Summcr Game", to be Iwld 10 Sy rlleusc on lune I" 

through 16. We a ll: J !> kmg ou r mcmbcrs and fam 

ili(, 10 ge t Ulvulvl;i.I II I 11m. ","ullhwlule pruleet 

For more IOfmmation plc.1Se conUCI Gencral 

ClulJman Genu Monteleone, Vice Ch.:a irmiln loe 

Tumolo, TlCkcl'> Dan C(ltl~hl l ll, Dt)lllIll()ns-30b 

Kn:nnch, Vo lu nl~erb Cenu MOIlU:lcIJIlC or Of A 

cluls-Daye Mahoney 

The AJlnual Golf Tournament, IOln lly ~pfl ll ~u r cd 

by Locals 79, IJH" and 201M, h"d u:nl.lIlvcly been 

~rhrdllll',II()f JUIlC, bu t due W :J ~cheduhng confl ic t 

Ihe Tourney w ill have HI he pustpllncd Lncal 79 

Cha Hm-an Ke n McAndrew I~ trylll~ to nu d down 

anotber otnc, and he bopes to have dClllds snon 

f're!>ul elll RIlY V{lILtlce has apPointed Brother 

Richard Mlclucls as (lur ncw prc ~ .. sccrctary. I 

would Itkc to congr;)!ulate Du. k as we welcume 

him to 1115 flew pOS!. Lou klng furwnrd to yOur 

futll re ;)ItKles allli wl'.hmg you the best of luck, t 

sign off for flOW Wit h lim. n!lIllndt'r, "0111 c; lU ~e IS 

the cali se uf human IU Sll ce," 

Members to Attend 

Po litical Convention 

R'I'>l>lll J Klt.I.,I!'>!'" V I' 

L.U. 80 (I,o,rts&.s pa), NOKtULK, VA. A f(!w of 

Local SO's rnemheH arc Jlcttlng Involved They 

were elect ed .1t> Jclegale:, or llhetlllllCS to the 

Virginia St:lte De mocr.IIIL Con venti un 10 be held 

tn I\ Ichm6nd the peuple today be scurry ing 

IHound to buy.l chc

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would be enacted on new conslfuctlon ca ntraces 

and hom S 10.000 to $0;0.000 on renuv.1l1un cunfuca 

As 01 ch is wnllnF.. 11 only nC'ed~ Uu! gnver· 

nor's signuure to bc-coOle law hange5 In law ~ 

such as lhl !!o ,u~ t :uJJ to Ihe: lIuublc,omc: prublems 

of orpOIud 12bor 

Our congratulauon.!i to LIZCIII! LU$Slcron bt-com 

Ing the fhu ,ourneYWOrndn in local 90's history 

Congratulations 10 MIke O'Shea who has bcen 

added as the newest member of the Executive 

Board 

UpeomlOg tvents 85th Annlver aly lAd Scroll 

Danner-Ollnee on June 8, Park PI:lz:l1O Nc:w H,yen, 

membership Dunn, on Aususl 17 at Re~dand 

farms, Nonb Branford 

Be In\'olved, and attend uOion meC'ung

Why Blame Unions? 

Look at Companies! 

Proposal Meetings 

Graduates 

L U. 108 (O, u,m •• u.Ii,I11II,tt.!li,rtb,ns,spa,l!m,Cal\·&"), 

TAMPA, FLA.- We remain f:urly busy In Ihe local 

alibIS Ilmt'. We hilYC IU'>I wr

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ani), made $IB7 mliliun laSI ycal and can't qUl t t: 

pODY up enougb money for the people who made 

them lh~ir money We'rt: told the "utra" mOOlts 

:ue not In the proJected budgeL 

Columbia Rlv!H PUD .should olive theit COntf Juurnal In IhemalL We would like to 

thank Pat H:ubl!On lind thc other members at 

Columbia. River PUD for thclr help In Qlganl2:lnJ: 

this prolcct. 

Tne: conslruetlon baUot will be gomg oUllurlhe 

Ihud time I\pr1l12. The CQntractors have "bottom 

hned" the '(llIr locals and slatcd tbat the next l ime 

we HlIt)lIlUI iJlu: 1111:: ,:,rfCI thc)' mdkc nedrly 3.5 we]1 

u the first Ih.ee Ihey made. 

Everyone be: su.e lind wnte your congressman 

reg:udmg Ihe tax:ulon of benefits. Donliid RCKan, 

the prc.sldent'. chief "dvlsor on tax pobcy, hIS 

proposed taxing employer·paid lifc IDsur.anCe pre· 

miums, laXlng 100 percent of ullemployment Ln· 

iurlnce, IOOpercent 01 wu,kcrs' compensa'ion And 

100 perCcnt of 1I1l)' l"mployef·pald educaILo1l31 benefhs 

Remember, thtst arc not consHlered m 

creased tax

on lOP of him, She wu scrtaming thai she could 

not movc her leg The heat from the burniog 

bUilding wa s now Intense: So. Brother Regan Clilr 

nt:d the. gil l $e.vt'-rOlI Joors down the Strcct and 

placed her on the step. of a houK, By now the fir~ 

dep:mme:nt and re"C.m: squad had ;arrived .. nd took 

thiog. In hand 

For rus unscl6:.h ction and (or nsklllg his r,lwn 

wdl being tu ll'4SISt In thc rescue of the two )'oun,lt 

gil Is, Brothcr Regan received the NUlg:na Mohawk 

wfe Saving Award. ThiS Award was prest:nted by 

M IKe ahill. Caplul Area gt:ocr.l1 manager, at a 

luncheon al Ihe Albany Fo rt Orange Club, AlbUiY 

lI.nt: SttwarJ fom Pllmero u:pre.sentcd Local 137 

at the preKnlAlion. 8.0lher Regan's mother and 

Wife wcrc "aclously UlVired by the Comp.my (0 

attend The Honor;lble Thomas Whalen, mayor of 

the City of Albany, and several officers of the 

AJbany Fare Oepanment were also presenl 

On Much 29 Brother Regan's heroic aCIiOllS 

were honmed by the cily of Albany at City 1-1:111. 

/lobyor Who len presented Tom wnh the Key 10 the 

CiIY He IS only the third person ever to recel"'c 

such an honor 

Brother Rcpn'! .cuon! have bc:en revu:wed by 

the Uec.U ll ve Boa rd, and approval was pven 10 

PreSident Dave Wnght 10 nommate hIm (or the: 

IDEW lIfc SaVinA AWOIrd 

Thu's ,II lor now. If you ha ... e any ilems of 

lo tcrest you would hke to sec JD OUI local ncws· 

letlcr, plc;ltllc CQntact me 

ROBERT J FAtlY, P ,S. 

Shown in this plelurr: arc lOme of Ihe members in 

alttndancc at the SIC'wa rd Tr.in1ns Meedns ht!:ld 

by Loul 160, Minneapolis, Minn. 

Award 

P!cturd Iclt to ript:llt Geolle Koehlel l 

president, 

Local 160. presentin, Brother EugeDt June5ki wit b 

an IDEW life Suin, Award. 

Local Conducts 

Steward Training Class 

L.U. J60(0&.u), MI NEA PO LIS, MIN ,-A Stcw. 

a.rd TralnJn! Mei:tlli& waS. hdd on Marc.h 9, 1985, 

lithe local uOlon h:all wIlh52pcopie In :attendance 

We wele pie ned IU sec 50 many pve up ;II warm, 

beautiful d.lY 

The mOmJng session wu pre.se nted by BII1 Bnan 

and Connie Howard (rom the law firm of Robms, 

Zelle, Larson &. JUpl;!n, TheIr tOpIC of diSCUSSion 

wu """rusmtnt In the Work Area" The :after· 

noon session was conducted by the local UniOIl 

staff and Wiu gea.red 10 gnev2.nc.es and Lhcu proper 

handlJn~ , ketpmg 10 mmd the wrller of the grlev· 

ance, the stcwlud's Icsponse, ExecUl ive Board ac· 

tion And the business miUlager'. response, A lunch 

was prOVided 9t the noon break, and a free social 

hourw ; l ~ pro"'lded by Sam furer from theAn'lcnc:.1n 

{neome Insuranc;e Company. 

The commentS (,om those In ;ltlendancc were 

all positive, Wc wish 10 thank the members and 

partlcipann at tb is trainrng se slun 

Al II rc«m membershlp1Tle~'mg, PreSident Couge 

I Ko~hler presented the (SEW Life ~a"'1D8 Award 

to Brother Eugene Juncsk} fo r hiS dfilln In Stl Vtng 

the hfe 01 Brother George Zurbcy_ The local unHln 

agam ukcs IhlS opportunity to DICe' congralul:a· 

tum! for Il ,ob well dum::. 

AI o:n the mecung PreSIdent Koc=hlct JlteKOled 

• 'emee cap 10 Brothu John Backstrom Brolher 

Il:a ckSlrom cxrlles~eJ hiS thanks and uld he was 

proud 10 be: pan of [he (HEW and In r~ruculH of 

LoaII60 

Retirees 

ALf RlO C Blst, P .5. 

Pictured lire- some. of Ibe newly retired membell 

of Local 1'5, Chkag(), UI. Fi r/:it row, stilted, leh 10 

fiShl, .re Bernard Adolpb, fnnce! V. Barker, JamltS 

" Brennan, Robert E. Carl, Leonard C. Chri t!.t n 

,,"on, Jllne!i Derrico, Harry J. Fanning, Edith Glt,· 

lon, Helc.n Jouf:at, £Iean or S. Karko lind I."eo"a 

l.Jtbudd'l back row, sunding, left to right, a rt~ 

Rilym ond unge, RlIfmond A, Lundsglllrd, Ray· 

mond Marci niak, f.OIrline unn, O,ari t" A. Peler 

Itn, DOl ls J. Pete.rson, Richard H. Proet Ul, ele:a nQf 

nlley, Roman S. Szubka, Marjorie V, Va nDorn, 

Ite.oc C. Wisniewski, Joh l! L:a lly and Oould W, 

NOl ds t rum, 

Brothers Haak. Mackey, 

Sister Hill Are Winners 

LU. 165 til, CHI CAGO, I LL.-The follOWing pea· 

pic were left off the relnces list we s uhlnJlII:d 

recently, Abo rcurmg in 1935 lu e nernard Adolph, 

lames Demeo, ,aml::s Gaonon, Edith CICaSoll, 

Elc:lllor Kurko, RIchard Proctor and lames WaddIck 

COlll{ratulullons ;Ind good luck, 

Winners of OU r COPE RaIne: first prize . .II SSOO 

U Savings Dond to P;lul E. 1-i2ak, ,econd through 

slx,h flflZC$ of $100 U _S SaVin&:, Bond, cach went 

to D;ave Mackey, SylVia HIli Pu Ja ckson, Bill 

S.;aUhCff and JJrne:s Leamy 

l,.I\WIt(NC£. F BIUlL p,S 

Scribe Looks Back To 

Local's Beginnings 

l..U. 175 (i,o.em,c&'mc), CHATfANOOGA. 

TE N.- An old mOUDI~tnecr from WC-SI VU/l:lnllll 

wu celebrated for his wisdom. "Unc:le Zed, ,. a 

youn8 man asked, "how did you get so wlsd" 

'Wa n', hard," Slid tbe old mao. " I've gOt good 

,udgement Cood ,udgement COrnU hom upcn· 

enec And expcnence-wdl, that coma from h .....- 

109 bad ,ud&cmcnL It 

There's:I lot of truth 1.0 the above !'!llIteme:ntwe've 

all been there, There h:15 never been J (UIUIC 

without II pasl, and II d0C"5 us good to look b.lck 

to our pll~t to chart our course:: fur the 'ulure, I\s 

many of you know, our local WII! ch.allc::red b;ac.k 

in 191 2 dUllng. lime when It ..... u might)' unpop· 

ular to h ..... c .. unllm card, much less ~ found wuh 

one on your person In those days there WAS Vi!ry 

little of anYlhulg, espccHl lly moneYI bUI o-..r loal 

Brotherhood sacnficed to s.:e thll t OU I local sur· 

vlved those hard times, and 11 nOI only Iurvlved 

but 11 has lived to see:: the days we n()w enJUY, It 

Will not unusu3.1 lor chose few who were employed 

to meet at the local hall on Fnday lind divide up 

tl1ch cllrfllnl!.S wllh those w hu were nUl fortunate 

to have II Job Bro thers :1Od Sisters, th:at 's c:aUed 

Officers 

Pielure.d . Ie Lout 175, Chao.noos., TeDD., As· 

I i 1:1101 Busjness Manage'·Trca~urel and Oi~· 

pa tc.her Broth~ r Bob FOSIf

w~ should nOI h.H· ~ our hc.alth :md 'Wcifue 

I;ontnbullons IUCI.! ill all . We should nOI be: made 

to c:nry tht U'lcome tax burdcn while h\mdll:dst.h.at'S 

nght, hundu:ds- of corporations p2y no 

mcome tax at aJi and some corpoJallons get a In 

rebate of m.lhons of rl o lta r ~. C E, Doe,"&. Dow 

ChemIcal, Tennl!co and Santa Fe Sou thern Pacific 

paid no lederal mcome taxes and received tax 

reb;ltcs of lo Ll billion on top of thel t $1 3. 1 lI1I 11I1i1 

m domestic profi t OVC I the 19 1-83 peri od 

It sUle50unds li ke some shady dealing .. au: ,Il,OIng 

on. but It I~ aU le&3] because that's the way the 

tax structure bas been deslpteiJ by UU I Ix:luvtd 

President RC2pn aod hls rlghl wing follower!. We 

should not have to take a CUt HI waAes while 

corpor.ale proB ts cbmb to record hel&hts. We should 

not have to walch our Jobs dISll l 1Pt:~1I .l::' the ("ilul· 

tiOalion31 corporations move overseas w here, oncc 

ag3in , the tn struct ure IS s lich that the prontS 

they m .. kt' iIIrt' Lu cd 31 a Itsscr latC t h:l o those: 

made here In thc Slales 

What CIIn we do~ What can I do 10 hclpl The 

answe r IS sarnplc; th.: work 10 Implement the 

ans v..'er is it never-ending chore Some of th .:n wOlk 

Includes UUIDI$ tlte be::.l lub pOSSible every day and 

promoung Unionism by wh;altve. means poSSiblenOI 

shoppmg at a nonumon store. or one that has 

been bUilt m:munaon j buymg made-in-che-USA, 

unlun-made IIIWUI;Il'> whe.neve.r paIJl1 bl.: ; helping 

a Brother Of SUi ter who IS down on his luck! aod 

finally, and maybt the most d l(flcu lt, work mg and 

SlJl VlIl g for elected 016cl21s who think like we do. 

Wltll tLe IJlU ~C I ~ople ,U olll 1c vels of O Uf guve rn 

ment, we can change the laws that arc unlau to 

A.men can wo rken . 

Wc can get this country on a national polity (If 

growth .I nd prQ&rUS Without lowcn nJ: OU I standard 

of living so th.1t we can look fo rward to Ihe day 

when our chIldren can work at the !radII" and make 

thelT d, eams com e Hue a lso 

Sec you 8t the ncxt uDio n m~ell n g . 

MARK B"vult.'V P S. 

Nice Weather Encourages 

Golf, Softball Games 

I... U_ 177 li&ol, JACKSONVILLE, FLA .-Good 

news we now have a fe w u:l ... dtfl In the lurjJ· 

dU~. l ion. The work on lhe powerhouses is com ing 

right along. as is work DC som e of Ihe olher proleCtS 

In the area. Work seems to be steady at the rUl pCI 

mills, 2nd \hI!! conve n tion center is IJn ~(' h l · cl ll i r 

A nicc-size job at the Regenc.y I.C. Pennel' storc 

has taken care 01 about a dozen men unulthe fal l. 

It IS a load ftcling to have everyone WOT k lnJ; who 

.... ant. to, 3110, it it nice 10 sec $Orne of Ih l" Ihnrhl"r'l 

w bo have been on the rQad for t hl!;: pliS t fe w yea rS 

Welcome home to the Brothers who hut been 

!tway, and welcome lO the 8roth.:u who ate hcrc 

lUSt for a w hlll' 

Now that Ihe wuther 1.5 gelll n& n lccr C':3ch day, 

Ihe Coif ASSOCl3 11 0n h as had two tournaments. 

Tbe tournamC'.nt al Wi llow Lakes was atlend"d by 

ahoUl ~o Rro thcrs. The wmners at that tournament 

wcre Howard Huskey, low nell Arst OI.Kh t, ail! 

Gray, C harhl!! Watkml, Don Poa.g, ,econd nIght, 

lim Aides, M.ac HIres, Whitt Bo rcn, thmJ fligh t, 

James Nolan, Bob Lust. Bill Archef The othet 

tournament was hdd at 'a,ksonvllle Seach. Low 

net was ....·on by Bill euy FU.!it·f]lght wtOners were 

Mac Hires, AJan Llbrandl, Jack Mllcrllgesl s.:cond 

flight, Bllt A rc.hcr. Ralph S tllrl ln~ 0,11 ArcheI . Thc 

'" thud (Jight w lOnc:rs wen! l am~s Nolan, Sill GC'hm, 

w Mike Ml!DOn:lld. The tournamen t at Jax Beac.h h ~d 

z 

:> oyer 45 golfc.rs .3 ltending. As morc and m ote 8rQl h 

• ets are comlnA home, weare h .. ving a better t urn OU I 

-' ;It each tournamcnt. We hope to bavc many m o r~ 

.. 

z tournamcnt's this ye ll II hopefull y we cnll h il OVer 

a: SO in the ODC'S that arc C{lmlOg up 

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Not 10 be:: Ih ghu:d, the soil ball Icam has IU.st 

• begun to play As soon as I can get .some m ic r 

matlon. I w\1I put It In the {ouma/. I 11m surc that 

we w,1I field .a WlnnUl& tum a5 WC h:lve In the 

p.ast. Also, we cxtcnd ou, best WIShes In Ihe 

upcomln&season to aU the S rother' who arc coach· 

30 ing Lillie League learns 

On Ihe 1~lh of M.aTl:h .ll the ft llled mcmlll;n' 

mOllthly meeting. WC' had kind 0111 .spccilil C\ltlll 

Service pinS werc prescnl~d III (uur rctlred Broth 

ers. lholher.eCalcn FaKIR IIml . 0 Nlotun received 

60 yew I 1111:0, 0 II "1..(.k " hnmn rctcived a 55 

year Vll1 Ilnd Mans NlOlon received Il 50 yUI run 

Our cOR,ltr:t tulatlons to the c fine lh Olh ers and 

m:tny mure hA PPY and healthy ye ars ahead It IS 

re.lIy ~ r "lIt U) see these Brothers, .1nd ID molt 

Cases thell hc:a lth 15. good AI we- see and ulk to 

the m , we come to realize that they IHe the back 

bonr 01 aU f OrA8.0IZllIOn We owe mllny thanks to 

tMt'~e 8f[Jrhcors ,nd rhC lr t'l/m •• tn organlzmg tbe 

unClrjt;lnlud Many years wele hard ones lor these 

BrothclS as wa.gt'!.S Wt.IC nluch less tblln 11 dollar an 

houl lIlnd co odllloo Werc not IS they arc todoy. 

T hings we- lake fa, granted wc,1!' the d,tllms of 

these Brothcrllo when they wele wnrkln$!. with thclI 

tool:- Health and welfllfe, penSIon and ", «caucm 

arc luSt a fe w lh ll\gs th.lt come to mmd. Aglll n, 

congratulations and thanh. 

Rcccntly the founh ' )'car appren tices took the" 

cltyeum T welve of them passed llnd will add to 

the number of city IIcenlies we control. Good luck 

to all 10 tbe yurs ahC3d as journeymen 

Stop, Enjoy Life 

To the Fullest 

BJLL CUlM P.S. 

L.U. 189 (111, SIOUX C IT'Y , IOWA- CongratulllliOns 

are in order for two 01 the Sr thcr~ of l OCBI 

18'9. Dlln Hartly, a ccrtLAeti .... dJcl at Ibe IOWJ 

l>Ublic Se,V'I:C Company's !'ort Ne21 plant, was 

p r ~c:nte d wllh a diploma for tht complellon of 

thl.! Mecham Apprenticeship Program Also Ie' 

U:IVln, I(cognitlon In dlplom. fo rm WII.5 AI WillIS 

of the same plant. who w.slol'merly :l lIllflptcotlce 

10 the Instruments and ontl olil Dep.utmcol. We 

all: glad 10 see these Brothers become ,ou rncyaneo 

.1nd the dforts of their ltUriwS rr'wllrd"d with 

SucceSS In the Program 

p n ng Is Hl the All . fi rm ly pl:l ntcd r and su mme r 

IS Ilis t II peck a way. Strllnge-u the yelll8 gC t 

notched on our bC'lu, Ihue 5c.1son:s slip It.S eaSily 

PUt us as the weeks lind dllYs did w hl!!l1 woe were 

younger. Arc we slowl V becoming Ihe VICllms of 

ou, agrngl i ltlu:: to IhlOk nOl Pelhllp5 H's JIlSt thai 

.s we Arow older, OU f tboughts llnd our laves 

become crowded wi th all of the nappenlngs we 

uH cxJX'IJ enees We sPtJ tl l~h t Ihell] an our hnu rc 

aorl ltvc loward them_ Once they havt become PllJ't 

of our past, we relive Ih em in our m em on es. 10 so 

dOing, we give li ttle or 00 con5idcrau un to the 

more: trl v!lI ) dRil y events whIch sd d{lm seem WOrthy 

01 our notice. 

tf l here IS lOY secret to youth, 11 mnst i Uldy 

mUll ~ In die ellm lllatlon of' li me u n such be: 

uuud M.aybe not Out bow long has 11 hee.n since 

Y(1 U"'OC sloppe4, even for lust .I couple Q( nunules, 

.and soaked your lungs with flt:~ h alT I don't meao 

lust brcoalhang deeply, bUI 3clu.;al1y ieehog th3t 

breath from thf: tn.!i1dc out. Maybe YOIl didn'l mak,. 

those tWO mJnu\e~ any longer, bUI by pracuctng 

tht: occ.3S1on:d ex:etC ISc uf conscIous breathlllg, you 

can make those tW O OlLnuu::s mtan more than if 

you'd le t thr.-ttI s li p hy un nnllccd. 

Wht:n thuse tImes come by, when there seems 

to be rcally n .. Hhlng to be: h:appy ab{)ul, the: Sim ple 

.aCt of a consCIous breath of fresh all can tell us 

something Thm~s may .Ktf bettel, lhty may ,get 

worse, but euher way we have come tbl5 far And 

If we do no more lomorrow than to StOp and enloy 

another brcath .aguD, we. ml~ht become surpri sed 

at how much more. mCillmng our lave~ Will h.ave 

Ki:.ITIID VIR P.S. 

Vacation Money Available 

To Travelers 

L.U. 1IJ1 (i,c:;ltv&rml. EVE RETT, WAS I-t.-A WOld 

to tJllvdt:ll:o wlto may h.lve worked 1n Ihe iurisdlc 

l ion of Lneal 191 tntht pasl There:maybtvacli lion 

money CQmlllg to you. We h.ave Many nam es all 

QU I hooks o( thosc who have v;lC3 tion money 

IiIvill ldMI:, Lu t addlcsses dre L1Ck lRg. A phooc call 

or a lellcr 10 the locnl could brtng yo u 3 good 

fe lurn . 

HllVlng bCl: n through a .ccen t la wsuit with a 

la,~c IIUIlUI IIUIi l.oontractor. 1115 Inte resting to n otc 

that Ihe same contractor h:as 6 1e:d for bankruptcy 

and WIll In _11 ltkelrhood be out of our halt. It 

appC3 IS , lr3t some cont ractors btd so low 00 C(ln- 

1 ...,ls lhol l they ,ut IO~lng their eomp.mes_ SUI@ly, 

thiS IS another example lhat c.om peu::nt eS limating 

and plo\'cn Unton employecs mcn:ase chances for 

a suectssful busincss fo r all conccm@d Bidding 

uJl J)ru Aubly low on jobs to CUl Qthus OUt b as been 

costly fo r ~ 1I cmployers and can't do al1y lhing bU I 

hult all elec trl c.11 eOn!focto" . 

We lin COnt inuing the od module work at this 

time ..... ith 100 percent wages fi t ill I.n force:. It 

continues to be: dlfAcuh Wi th other nearby loca.ls. 

domg the same work and taking a 20 percen t cut 

III wages ThIS btddtog war Clln ani,· be a step down 

lor sll Bro thers Wl1h addltlon:ll u aming li nd tbe 

upgrading Qf skills l hat mcmbcr$ are domgon tb cir 

own 11m .... C.Uts do not sec:m In be 10 order. We. at 

Local 191 contin ue to stri ve for f3ir wllges and 

wor king conditions for OUT mem bers. Le t's al l pu ll 

togc lhcr, Brothers. The 80s. is not a time for us to 

be to competltinn With eac.h othtr. Be 30 Ameri· 

ca n- bu y Amencan! 

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, have a change of ad· ... . . . C;iy -. -. .. . ,.. . .. -. -si~ t ~ •.• - • - - .. . •• - zip' c;,d~ .. - 

t dress, please let us 

know. Be sure 10 in· PRESENT LOCAL UNION NO . .......... . .......... . . . 

I elude your old address 

I end please don't forget CARD NO .... . ........ . ...... .. ........... .. 

III unknown - e/'leclt .... Uh Loe!!1 UnIon) 

I to fill in L. U. and Card 

I No. This information will PENSION MEMBER o 

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I and kooplng Our rec· 

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Positive Union Attitude 

L.U. 194 II,o&',Spal. SHR EVEPOHT, lA.-The work 

lO our ;lrtll picked up II h u le wlIh Ihe coml"S of 

Sprmg We slIlI have aboul SO Olcn unemployed, 

hQwever. OUI I.lmun connac.lO~ arc tdhng us lh.to\ 

they Ire trylDg to gl."l :l11 1he lObs they un. lAnd 

II 't u:nalDly about tlme!1 Hopefully thl" t-(fnrt Will 

pUt all of 194 's C'kctncul1ls back to work. Thr- ~.uJ 

pari 1$ rbll we h;1\'C 10M many ciCCHtCllloOS dunng 

the PIISllwg years of high unempluyment It sccnn 

th,U OU I" {lock has scattered Joll o\'cl lhc area Some 

of OUf Brolhers haY!!:! laken mliimcn.:ancc Jobs, some 

have gone Inlo other hnc:~ of work 2nd some h:l\,c 

committed the "uitun:lle Sin" 1)1 bCl,; omlDg a n\,ln 

Ulllon c!Cc:trlCLl1n Those who un] c h oQ$c (0 do thIS 

have IUU Dd the gomg pretty rough. though, because 

the TrBl1 Board hu dC.:Jh With eac h nne severel), 

und p,omp,ly. 

SUme of ollr Illcmbcn h.:Jv c tried gomg !tItO 

bU$mcss lor themselves and haVe! discovered thaI 

beIng a contraClo r LS not" bed o f r Q$CS_ The on ly 

blight thing I can see IS Ihllt the conU:u!totS we 

had befo.e the reCCSSllJ1I a.c slIH In busmess, stili 

1tounl1a.nd jOlcc:olllmg to how they lell II I stiU 110 1 

making any moot)' on Ihe lObs they gel. J h.nt 

hend lhat Slillcmcnt 101 III lellst 10 )'C3fS; but I 

have seen the facts and figu re"" and tbe IBEW 

rnc:mocr IS the one who conllllually il.as to "ve 

:imd give so that other may p.ospe. It seems The 

Dnly W3)' to cb.ange thiS atllludc IS 10 be unltl:d as 

II unron and II Brotherhood We have slowlydnhcd 

away from the concept of a Ul"lIo n . Uy being Dnlled 

we C...1n IlccQrnptlsh the goats \hal win ll\~e(l u!. 

solvenl for future generauons. C hdnges hilve to blC 

m.lde but Ihe problem I' thal WI!! arc the ones who 

have to do Ihe changing till the Ilmc. We need 10 

convinc.e oursdves that we Bre not t oully the 

rroblem .lnJ develop a POSIt!\·C i llicude to change 

thiS concept Then nnd only thcn Will we be on 

tl,,,, ug!ll fl.,l"J Iu JI:I;UVC'Y VIlU nught even can 

VII1 CC yoursc:lI to ;utend .ill un1lm mecllng and get 

JIlvul vcd l 

So me members cumpl:lLn that Ihe start mg Illlle 

lot mu mcclln,g 1.5 too !Jle \Ye only h.nl: UIII:: 

mee ti ng Jl month; t haL 'S 11 nlgtns OU I of 365. ThiS 

is only lin excuse. I'm aftald. If you want to keep 

a Job, make good wages unJ keep the cundinens 

you h.ve, You beller wake up to thc bets. When 

It comes 10 feeding your i:amtly, "you wtll wo rk" 

somewbere, but ....'hy walt un,,1 then tl) get m 

volvcd If you pick up th e: nCWSJl3pcror t'ven IlSlen 

tl) the: news, you elln $un!:ly !tec Ihe problems of 

Ihe world ~nd our community. These problems a rc 

ntU ~OIl1' to simply 10 aw~y , SOl'neone has to &Cl 

tnvol ... ed and lry to ehan«e Ihe SIIU:ltlOn Brothers 

lind SI~It~,., now II the ume: lor ~ch one of us 10 

do OUI part Look al youndf 111 the millor and .ask 

Ihe

Service Pins 

IIhcr SC\'cra l wed.!OI they wCle com~lcH~d Rcpcms 

1)1 conSlructllln in CaiL lornu havc ('pclled new 

~ue.u Somc mem rs have: de4.lcJ In go Wl.'.St, 

OIhers can't .If1~"d til reiu(:ate lIml hope fo r ncw 

SUins doser tn h,'me Most have worked tWa or 

Ihlt~e munth ~ annu..1l1v lor the pUt flY~ years Many 

older Imtmen are scektn~ {h~ahllitV ~nefi t 5, as 

knct Jnd bJck rra hl c m ~ :lre nut tJnu~uJI .1ftu 

climbing towelS Jnd roles for molny )dh Reccl\t 

anA compc"o"tmn IS an01hl!'1 sl4l("" ",·I"U(!t c:arneJ 

and 1:11 n~hlfu lly theus lUt:III,.r chid linemen 10 

'he Auburn area, lecently .t llied Production and 

tlellcal cowOIkc.'J and hlends of Ken 's bad a P;lrty 

tul..e1chratC" his retrrement. The Auburn LlnelnllD 's 

Orf;.101 ZoII10n prcs:cfucU Ken wun a plaque, dcnm · 

Ing Ken's mRny years of nOIOI'lOUS work as :ill 

hncmao Also, eO~Qlkers ami mends pvc .. gift 

to Ken We all WIsh rum many harpy years. of 

Ill't Llcmcnl . 

If ;lnyone In the loc .. llil? area has any Hcms 01 

In lerest 10 the loelll or tbe UOIOI\, plCASC get lhem 

fa mel .lInd I WIll get them In the IBEW Journal 

Don't forget, mcellng5 arc on tbe fourth ThurSday 

of the monlh Jt 8 p.m. It the Amencan LtStlon 

In Ceneva, New YC:Hk 

T R O'-.lf)H l l., V P.· p S. 

Annual Banquet 

Ru:ipieoLS 01 IO-yut IBEW 5e r"lcf pins 'lIfe Eddie 

h\rClain, CJla,lcs McGill, Paul KloO!>lclman, Joe 

Cosunzo, R,lpn Bort'lli. ';IIm c,!! Carr ami Michael 

furell. 

Athletic Association 

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L..U. 237 (;1. NIACARA FALLS, N.Y.-The '0('.1) 

work picture: 110 stili bad The: Nltte; ,ob IS sull 10 

the talkmg SI:l&C. The Dupont cell 100m lob IS 

dcfinlldy gOing to be here. hue no st.wing date 

has beeD se l. The: new Dupont lIiubst.alion has 

tan ed, McC:abr l:.it'ctnc: bOllSlhc: lIoundlng. Buffalo 

Elcc.tnc the underl,roucd (ondult and Fcrgusolt 

Elcctrlc the: wire and IlOcwork 

The local lAT nRS ~ r aduatc:J five apprentices, 

they arC. Cr;lIg Blackwell, Cary Flore, Gary Mu:hlll\. 

Patrick Murphy and Mlnanne \Vln08ut'St Congra.t. 

uhmoDs. 

Wh:n .... as Dan Lowes showln& people: In his tux 

III his weddtng reception! 

Is It lrue Sttvc: Zambow called Bob Knox collet 

to get a fide tu an uveltlme lob 

The Athleuc ASSOCiation camp· OUts a rc father 

and sons and d~ulhten, June 14, IS and 16; and 

sug. September 20, 2 1 and 21. 80th arc at Camp 

10, Allegany Stau: Pa rk 

The meetings lIIe 51111 the thlld Thurscby, 8 p.lIL 

al Ihe Elk's H .. lI, Third Avenue, Town of Ntaglra 

Members 

JIM TUaUfJUtV, P.S 

Local '245, Toledo, Ohio, membcff line up fOf 

rdrcshmenu It the hall following rhe Annual 

Bowling Tournllll l":nt. 

Scribe Says "Oppose 

Proposal to Tax Benefits" 

L, • 245 to ,lI ,g.,vtlllrtb), TOU!DO, 0 1110 - The 

majOrity of our OUI Ide Lmcrncu, .. evc-raJ humllt'd 

able men, arc '1111 without wOlk lub5 b.we ~1:Jl 

'K.a. r c~. Denolt and Luna olfe. d some work, but 

BrOlbtr Ed Kendzlorski recrutly WIiS hOOOfd by 

LoCiI '246, tl!'ubc.nvillil' , O hio, 101 more th;an 30 

yurs of service. to the lDEW. Not pictured but a lso 

recc.i vingl()..yul pin .. wert Brothtrli lim Fe r&u.so n 

and Art Hoi iDIU. 

Shown receiving 3S-year se l\'ic~ pin art BrOlhers 

Bob JonQ, lell, and Robert R. Ensell. Not pictured 

is Brothe.r Jim Uimd. 

Negotiations Ongoing: 

Support Your Officers 

LU. 249 lul, CENEVA, N.Y.-By the: lime thiS 

Issue of the mEW /ournlll rellch~ you, the: mem 

hershlp, Syslem Council U·7 and NY E C Will 

hnve been negotiating p criodlc~lly 1"IVl:r two weeks. 

AJ I am writing thiS dunng Ibe Arsl part of April. 

I can't know how much progrtu wdl have bC'en 

madl!'. I know thai CauDctl U-7 went In with some 

excellent proposals h om tbe II loclil uOlons II 

you 311cnded Ihc last umon mectlngs, you sh uld 

be IIwa re of Ihe proposals Ii the company follows 

SUll. as It hoa.! 11\ years p;lSI, they won' t gel Ycry 

sen ous unul the Jast lew days uf negOllallt1n5 

U you ate rClluesu.-d by any offi!.;!!r to provide 

fu m with any Iypc of m form:lIIon on any Item or 

proposal, ple.ase help him 10 aoy way possible. We 

.ill benc.At from thIS. II IS vcry Importanl thlll If 

your loul fllll:.sldcnt or officc" come to you and 

need ),ou, ~UpP.)Jl lh.:n ,",au sUP1'Ori t.hem. Yuu 

have elected lhcm, lind ncgQlllltlll1; IS ran of therr 

lub~, and Ihey knuw whal l hcy du T hey .. Iso hB ve 

~ n InlernatlonJI Rcprcscnl3t1v\: with Ihem 101 

15sisrolncc whn IS very knuwledgeable and abruSl 

of all current contr.JCl$ and negotlalioos. When 

Pictured .re IJIll'mbrrs 0' da~ Loul 261 , GrOton, 

Conn., Relire.ment Club tnloying casual talk a' 

Ib e: t b ird Annu.1 RttirtmeDt Club Banquet) left 

to righi, Roe. slc.r, Waluk, M ll rle l, Mrs. Mu,c1, 

Dorotby nd Twiss. 

Members and ,;ues ts enjoy the sod. I bour priOf 10 

di nnc.r; Irh to right, Charlt'J Ind .Mrs. Bahr, Uniou 

Safety In.sputol Tom Duga" Esec:uti"e C(l namit· 

'um~D Chie and MIS. McCollmbs. 

Retirement Club Is 

Active and Strong 

L.U.26 1 jmar,mo&'e'l,GROTO , ONI.- About 

four yl!~n a~o a few concerned, rellted Ell:cU"lc 

Boat shlJlynnl people g:Hhered il thl! Loca l 21'U 

bUS-Inc S ofBce lind requl:sted aSSistance from Busi· 

ness MllOage. Arnold Pinkston In the formlnl 0111 

rellrement club At Ibllt pOIn' tn ume tbere were 

no te:uremcnl clubs in eXistence In .oy of Ihe 10 

local!> Ihal make up tbe Mctal Tr ad~ Council of 

Groton, nor hu Iherc becn IIny record of a retire · 

ment club to the 40'ye,u hfSCOry 01 the unlOn5 at 

the Electllc BOllt. There Were those skcptlC$ who 

beheved there would be Yery httle Inteu:SI In a.n 

orgJruzation of thts Iype antllhat In a short period 

r time even the bellt:ver!l would becomc d,scuuraged 

due to the IJck of inlcrest by potenual memben. 

Ludcnhip tlecllons were held by Interested, 

, cured nl.1c1car shIpyard craftsmen, aod the officers 

elected wuuld he reqU ired to pUI a 101 of ..)TIC and 

effort IIl IU Ihe newly formed Off;!1nr:z:auon 10 (..n:lIlC 

an mtr:reSI Fr:2nk "Sinn" Roc.sslel' was elected 

rU!!;ldenl. c:ncrgeuc Charles 8,ker Ylee president, 

11m Lamb would be elecled Ireasurer and kccp«

of the mOnies, ;1nd l.cu OeRotcnce, the lOn 

of Hlbb,nJt MlIIll c,>Ola Bl(1thl,· ' Don ....." s mlll,lIcJ 

mto thc Im.JI m M.l1Ch, lY-I" .. Ind Icu rcd un 

Fehruary I. 19M.l We cx tt nd HUt ~ymr;llhlt: :' lII hi .. 

Widow {fI~ n e, lind bmll~ t 101 NH~ wmk.~J m:llly 

lobs with "Iother Don ;and ....'111 nll\ \;1 gout! fnellli 

and 8.tHher 

Until next n\(lmh, buy Arnl"rle.1n, lor the bluest 

u!ason, becJu~e you ate IIIIC 

E II Ruy LAHJ)l , P .S. 

Picket Line 

In Ihh pic-tut(' l..ocal 300. Montpelie:r, Vt., BusiDt'SS 

Manastr I. O. Merrigan, second from Ielt; Rod 

Allen, lindsty Catcs; :lind Wayne lewell of Eno .. - 

burg StrUt and Sewtr Dtpuuuent .s how thd r 

support for sulking Wal U li nd Lig ht Ocp .. ll men l 

Brothers. 

Shop Stt-wa rd C IC'g Cla,k and 8111bull Ken nison 

at~ sh own on the picket line for the Enosburg 

Water ;li nd Li,ht Depanmtnt In Enosbwg hlis l 

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Work Picks Up, 

But Some on Strike 

L.U_1OOIi&ul, MoO T PE Ll ER, "T.- Work IS pick· 

Ing up In the CQIISCruCtlQ I1 Unit after. slow WlOler 

with Milli ken 8rothers In c: of PurtlaDd, M ,IOC, 

gc:mng the Radlss.o n Hotd ell panSlUn and dH~ 

BUllmgton Square ('''pansloo. Ahcr many years of 

OUI ConlrlleltJ rs successfull y doing thc cable work, 

ru,\-1 for the RrM li me let rhe contract go r3t Th:n 

bSled only about three week, It I' now being done 

by Pccit EI('ctnc, Essex JuncHon, Ve.mont. a union 

 

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n~w (OOtUltt As of 11115 Wfl1lng. we arc unsure 115 

to how !(mg ~hc stnke will 13st, Assistance on the 

pkket line hus been gtven by the Enosburg Street 

;and Sewer eU'Iployees who have given up their 

IUDCb houn :Jnd alter·wark ume ta w;,Ilk the hne 

wuh lhe LlglH Dep:mment members. Addillonal 

$upperr ha$ CQrne h am the CVPS·St. Alhan.! mem 

~r'i , wh o have also walked Ih e line. 

Union Picnic Set 

For August 

BETTY AlA. RS 

LU.305 (iA..s p;al. FT. WA YNE.IND.-Hdlo, again, 

110m Ft. Wayne. Welt B.roLhers and Slsters, IInOlhcl 

month ha!f COlne and gonea ulld work hilsn't picked 

up hke most of u.s expel;tcd A$ a m;.llter QI f;,lct, 

It dot;,sn ' t look :1.5 promlSlng as we first thought 

BUI there Wlllllil1 be more production hele than 

Ihere has been for a few yenrs 

The Enterllnnmcm CommHtCe has sct August 

2.04, 1985, 1I~ the date for the un ton pn;nic. It'$ &Olng 

10 be: a real mce pICDlC-_ lOll of food, d.rmk and 

pn2U. The Enteru.rnment Committee: Iiso IS now 

workIng on Ihe: Chnstmas pliny) hopefully II '5 nm 

1110 liltC to get a hull. 

We ato(! lignin saddened to report the de.llh of 

another Brother, Paul Cliff old " Cy" Correll Cy 

W.il.!!i uutl3ted on Aprllll, 1952, he retired June JO, 

1976, and dlcd on Marcb 28, 19 5. All uf us III 

l.ocol305 e:)Ilcnd OUI symp:lthlcs 10 Cy's £:1II1I Iy 

Until next time, Il remindC::1 I U all of yoo allstocrat 

boy umon-made: In Amenca 

Shrimp Feast 

RANDY S'l.tfn~, ,1 S. 

Pictured :lie MC!rubers of Loul 313, Wilm ington, 

Dd., during the: locaf'. Annual Shrimp fust. As 

you can see, Ih~rt' W.;LS pl~nl1 01 !uloM (or tv"",,· 

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Members Enjoyed Annual 

Shrimp Feast 

LU. 313 (i&5 pa), WILMI CTON, DEt.- flack 01'1 

March 22, 1985, om Annual Shrimp Feast wu 

held, with our 300 local Brothers consuming 500 

pounds of sbnmp, do~ens of tilW and sturned 

clams, raw !iIInd Ined oysu:r!! and, of (OU lse. lOIS of 

cold beer. 

Once they had their fill of !lealood, st'Jl'Ilt:" local 

Sr thers s.:rt down for lIome cud plaYing. ""hlle 

others wacched the NCAA semifinlll bll~kclball 

game on !ill 7' £001 SC rl!eD TV Thanks to cveryune 

wbo helped out wllh the Ic~l'Iup afte:rwuds. 

OUI yeArly Shnmp Feast conLlOu rs to be one of 

Ou r most popular activltlcs held dutlng the YCllf, 

and is only 0ilCD to local Brothers. 

Plans arc bCing made now for a Crab FeUI, ""hlCh 

wi ll be held .lit the end of the summer and Will 

IOcludc family members. 

RICIIAIW R W I\CNE.'Sl.. ,It , P .S 

REA Celebrates 

50th Anniversary 

loU. 322 (I.o.u,c,em&'govtl. CASPER, ",YO,- ThIS 

YCIII is the Colden AnOlVCI Sa!1' for the Ruul E,lcc· 

mHclition Administr.atlon Th(" LBEW ;Ictlvely SUIl' 

poncu nou aSSisted In pJllcill& the ncccu:lry leg 

Islation on tbc slatutC books for the: cre'llion of 

the REA_ The IBEW is p.oud of ,hi,.nd other long· 

tenn efforts on programs bene6c.lal to rUlat Ame.· 

'co 

The Rural ElectriflCluion Administ.nllOO h!ill 

taken a Slrong pt.1 11100 on the ng}ll to orgamze. 

REA Bulletin 109·2 makes thiS statement: ""It is 

the pOlley 01 the United States, as eXJlIened .ept:3lcdly 

by Acts of Congress, that ~mp l Qyces hilve 

tbe right 10 org.a1lli-C :lI1d barRsm collecti ve l y." 

L.oC!ill I 312.15 proud thai II represent!li the cmployees 

of lhe followmg Wyo ming Rur~ Electric Cuoper 

;allvn: B1& Hom, i'lot Spnl1gs, Lower Valle)" Rlv, 

erton VlIllcy, Shoshune River Power, Til County 

and Whcllllilnd REA Every AmcnCall should unite 

tbe rUl al AmcnCil to mllke Congress understand 

the Rc.a,;;an ;admmlstrauon IS wrong Rural declO· 

f1c.;I.lI on Is truly one of the greal success ~t()nes Df 

thiS nil lion beneliung all or Amene". 

Plulls nrc under W:1y by the Inside l ATe to hold 

the Apprentice Compicllon Ceremony Oil atur' 

d;ay, August 17, 1985, at the HotldllY Inn 10 Doug 

Ln, Wyornlng_ These pilins Include II membership' 

plfl prcscntatlon honottn.l:; those membcrs wltb 20 

or more years of COllttnuous good standlllg. PI case 

mark your calendlus. 

[n:mic members are also remmded that Code 

Courses WIll be conductCd on June 22 and 2J in 

Cilsper, Roc.k Sprmgs and Cheyenne. The ccou rses 

have been approved by the Wyol1l1 ng suite chief 

elcctru:al mspectol for Ihr- 16 h a Ul S tequLTed to 

re.nr-w yuur Itcense 

Cungrl&tulallons arc In order fOI our new iour 

neyman hncmen. Brothers Dave Nu:kcrson, leve 

F, Cr!t:t alld Gcolge Clvens have successfully com· 

plC'led the II app l entlcr:~hIP with the Mountain 

States Llrle Construe-tors fATC, We wish you a 

lons and successful cucer 

I would offer PreS:ldent R.::agan and hIS adman· 

lstruion the followlIlg thoughts h om.:t great man 

of our (lasl' "The m:18S of mankind bas not bec.n 

born with s!illddle! on their backs, nor a favored 

few lbornl to ride them. .. Thomas Jefferson 

Make your umon Slron&,. attend youI' loc:al unIOn 

nll.:etlllg the second S:nurday 01 cach month at 10 

a.m. 1 wish all of our Brothcls and Sisters a safe 

and enloyable summel 

Invest in Union 

Projects, Products 

KErTH LARSEN , P.S 

L.U.l2311,0,u,u,.rtb,n .s&'spa), WEST PALM BEACH, 

FLA .-Local 323 hn a new oud ook for the word 

fait Flcmdll AfArmauve Investment Roundtable 

(fAIR) I~ a commine.:! which was formed 10 provide 

a new VI(W of IQ\'enm(nts bclorlKIOJI: to Ulllon 

(lahOlmen's umon pcnslon and annuItY moneys . 

These IIlVc$lmentS are In compliance III aU limes 

whh the Employmcni Rc tirement Income Seeunty 

A" 

Ceorge L Hudspeth, busmcss manAger of Loc:l1 

323, Roben Monka, administratOr of pen Ion and 

welfare programs of the lJ S. Depamnent of Labol' 

Robert Georgme, pn:sldcot of the Nallonal Build· 

109 and Construction Trades of the AFL-ClO; and 

Curt Gowdy. Dot(d SpOl1scaster, spoke here at Ihr: 

Flortda Labor Man;ae;emr:nt CouDCtl Brother Hud· 

speth, also ChamTIiln of a. group Invutlng union 

pcnsit)n funds i n Pa lm Deach Counl Y projects, said 

the lunds had earned 14 percent Inlereslllod:ll 10 

percent equity poSItIOn from th~ S2,S'nulhon 1:00' 

strUl:lIon loan to the: Hilton. ROM:rl Ge.orgme uid 

th:H the Hilton prolect had c.eatC'd about 300,000 

hours of tlcw ..... ork {o r Ihe union OIem bers In Palm 

BC:l ch County. RQberl Monks urged both union 

and management trustees of penSion funds to be 

mor( hn!illgina liv( in thel' LQvestmen15 He S!iIIld, 

" Pruden! men actlll& prudently have been lOSing. 

mMcy for ycars lind they· ... e been gening paid well 

for It Invesung UOlon money in uRlon prOJec.ts Is 

nOI only leg:&l, but I&pproprtate. II 

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Union Built 

Thcst picl1Jn:s submitted by .Locil 323, West P .. 1ru 

Ouch, Fla" art of (he HihoQ Airport Cc.nue, an 

impf'tssivt lll8-room h"lel and Ihru-story offic.t 

bllilding built 100 p~rcent by union workC!n, 

All thlS lOOK place at the ncw HlllOl'! AHPOft 

Centre, an Imprcs!>lve 248'loa m hOlel !iIInd threestory 

ollke bUilding bUlh 100 perccnt by \JOlon 

workers_ Need I say It 'S one ocaullfullob! We must 

applaud Buslncss Manager Hudspeth on IhlS lie· 

t omplishml!nI because he has worked very hard 

to make thang bener for union cn.fnrnt'n ID aU 

lroildes Lei 's gtvt' aU these ludcn .. big b!illnd fo r !ill 

lob bemg well done nolV, lind for lobs presently In 

progress fO I uur IUlu re. 

Brothel's and SiSters, Inyest your money in unlOIl 

ptodlJUS and union work Don' t let your money 

be lDvested in the nODUDIon clement 

00 you know where your mClnt:,. is bcin& In 

ycsted! 

EUGfNE W WOODWAJU>, P .5. 

Quite a Catch 

PiCtured is Brother ,. A_ 

" AI " Young 01 Local 

324, Loo.:viC!w, Tel., 

and bis 63-pound eaL· 

6.h. 

Shown bere b: a unll mt(l ln& 01 Robro y Manufacturing 

in GUmcr, Tex. 

Fish Are Biting; 

Retirees Club Growing 

L.U, 324 (i,o&'r.m}, LO G VI Il W, TEX,-It hB~ been 

some time alnce OUI bst artIcle. I must say we are 

sull Bgbllng lhe ratS U hard as we can. Al thIS

ume w e: holV( ~ loIrge put of UUI '" IH.lIIl.lI I, 1978 

Galcn B Hutchln.Rs, J) ·7,\J62, uled In thc hlli 

PHil i tQ l ake City. rtou da. after an operation fur 

(;:an ccr He had been aIling li nd In pam rrom cancC'r 

fl). tht: lasl f~ w m u ntll ~ He was born 10 Ft Lau 

derdalc, Fl orida, on Ntwt'mher 22, 1919. and wlIS 

maul("d with two children 1115 son IS a member 

of Loul .l49 HIS wlfc of ]8 yearS dlcd In 1980, SQ 

h(" went on e.n ly rCllrcment tn Dcct'mbcl. 19t1l , 

and mo\'cd to Deland. nand;! to be ..... Ith hl~ 

d:mghrcr He had bc:cn 1O IlI :l ted intO l oc.a l .3 49 In 

luly. IyS4 

Llluh 5 Martlll, tiM 761, Ih eu at hum c- due to a 

heart uuck on March 11, 19H!i He:: was hum on 

lanu:ay 14. 190'), In McAllen, Texas l ie cam e 

wllh hiS bOlll), 10) the MHU II I 1iI 1!;!;!! UI 1903 .1 . 1II'Id 

.... o rlu:d for .LaVlgne [lcCHic ump.any He was 

initialed tntO Local 3119 In Scptcmbcf. 1937 He 

wl)rked !lome hme fa:u 1... R gummd E\ectrlC: um 

r.-ny III the Canlll Zona: Jnd Ihe B:ah;tm.;&S He: al:~o 

spenf a 101 of time wor"mg In New York CIlY He 

w 

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went on re.mon In Oc[obr., 1969, went bac.k to 

wark In 1971 and agam wrnt on pension In lune. 

191. 

Un III nex t month, may Cod prOteC I you and 

youl lamlly 

CHAkLES E. "Bony" ELLIOlT. P -V.P 

New Retirees 

Sh own hefl~ is .another Lo~ 1 35'2 B,oth er, H.a ,lo .... 

Churc.hill, wbo , e t i r~d a an elfctllc ' YII C-fil S con· 

nol ~ upfrv hl o r . 

Brothers Rosser, 

Harlow Retire 

L. U. 1S1 (a J, lANSING, MICH.-Into e .. ch pe:rson's 

hfe such .. nice hum lln ~1n8 should l;omel 

T wo of Ihe nlcr st and most popular h uman beings 

that the SIStUS and Brothers of Local 352 aDd the 

un5ln, community know hue retired from the 

8Qard of W .. lr.r and LlghL Brolher Edwa.d R.osser, 

age 60, born lD UO!uog and a Induiillte of Lansing 

Eastern, is rC' Li nng after 3J yurs with the Board 

and 33 yeus as a member of Local 351. Ed IS a 

pri m ary d eCtnc mr.terman who served in the U.S. 

Navy during World Wu U. A combat veteu n, hI'. 

had a ship shot OU t from undel him m thl! South 

PaclAc Hc also suvl!d on the Eas t Lansm& Ele.c 

Incal Roald fo r si.l y~u aDd hils bowling. ,oll 

and BshlnA as his hobbies_ Brother ROSSC I had the 

JlrtvllC'Ae of bowling on a team chat represente-d 

Ihe USA In the 1 0 1l~ma li o n ll l FIQ made up of te2ms 

!rom North, South, CentnlArnc d ea, lhe USA aDd 

Canad.:li. T he team, spoDsored by Pac Advertising. 

nmed the nght to represent Ihe US A by wmnmg 

Ihe- Amr-ncan BowhnA Con&rtsJ Champlonship_ 

loyce, hl.s "hride u of 37 yean) dau,htcr Lmda, $On 

loseph, tWO gtandchlldrC'n. Todd . nd Rr-ne:e; SOD' 

In·law Phil, 2nd daughter·mlaw Marsha w111 be. 

seemg to It that Ed will get all thC' golf aDd fishing 

that he deserves and aHlhe love thlt he can safdy 

handlel Al one time m IhlS repon er's caree., I h2d 

the good fortune. 10 kl'\'C a.s .lit apprentice undr.r 

Brother Ros5Cr. He has th r= .bllity to leach you 

.omelhll1g ""h llr.leavmg you .. grt~at deal of dLgDlty 

a5 a fe ll ow h uman hemg. 

You, Brother Ed Rossr=r, arc loing to be soreiy 

mined as IS Brother Harlow Churc.hl ll, age 59, 

born 15 arson City, Mlch lAan, .. nd educated at 

Cation City High School Hallow, •• yslcm cootrol 

supervu,or al the Earl f Brush EleclJlc Sysu=ms 

Operation Center, located al 3100 South AJpha 

Suect in Lansing. is a U,S. Navy comb .. t " eleran 

who also ,elved In the South PaC ific du ring World 

War II. He serv ed thc loca l as II mem ber of the 

Execut ive Bo:ud, trustee, Wlge Comm ittee rep re 

Knlallve and COPE repre5enllillve and has been a 

memMf of Ibe local for 32 of hi. 34.8 years at the 

Board of W.ter and Lt~ t He hst" woodcraft as h iS 

favorltC' fI' tune, but thl ~ rcporter hapJ'.:ns 10 know 

from Ar"h.nd .:xpc":uence thoU runnm)'; neck and 

neck wllh Iu s p.asslon for woodcrah 1& hi' love for 

surnng up a pe rsoll's c;mottons With his wry SCDS': 

of humo.1 Brotbcr Churchill and I strvetl lOf;cthe r 

on Wilge CommlltC'cs, and I shall ncver forgel a 

COVE eonV(ntlon that we lind Brolhers Frtd Math 

and Sill Shc.llberg attended at the 1'lckfon -Shdlby 

HOlel In [ktrOll many yurs allio! Fred Mills had 

the good sense to meet us in OctrOI! .nd relurn to 

LllnSln8111 his own conVl'Y'lIlce 1 had Ihe prlvllege 

III (If "eemg to II that my two Brethren wrrC' 

ddlvcrC'd ufely home_ Harlow swean thai It was 

eXcl(ernC'nt over the convcnllon's bUSiness and 

some bad ICC' In II bcvelagt that he dunk that 

renderrd him as one beset WIth nSOI morus Lovely! 

He was al 0 wonl 10 write on Eh:etnc Trouble 

Report., " Let JP gCt thtl one" or "Have John 

HarpStcr hllndlc thIS," which finAlly resulted in 

my being Rccused by management of ra klng a lamp· 

tnmmll1g truck out at nigh I, unauthorized, of 

coursC', ex-pending II h..,H-unk of ~s and nOI accountmg 

for. sluablc amount of bulbs. When 

asked by my sUJ'!!'nntendent for.an accounting aDd 

bc:iO~ Icvl led by my uoion Brothers tor domg work 

OU I of my classificllL tl on, on OVerti me, no less, the 

light Rnlilly c:lme on ID my hcaJ- guess whose 

Initials IIppc=a red as the person who look the repo rt. 

You gOt Lt My ole buddy, I-bIlow' HC' '~Lld that 

before he teured he wantC'd me to lecelve II lillie 

notonety. He succeeded magDlRccntlyl lt has been 

fun. though , and >,ou tOO shall be missed. Thanks 

fo r the prlv,lIte tour of the O ttawa Power Pl ant and 

th:mk. for thc memonc:s, Brot hcr' 

Congrlliulations to all the grarluate', lune bridesl 

bndeglooms, and a happy lind safC' vacation season 

to ODe and allJ 

JOHN PAT1lJCIl UA~I'5TER. 1'_S 

Pins 

PlClured durin" the Loell 357, Las Ve&lS, Nev., 

mem benhlp MeetinA I. BusIDU' "bo'Atr Roy 

Smith, Idc, wbo iishowDCoDAnt ub liag fl ecordinc 

Sunury Mlreel Rul G.pon for h ls 3()..year me-.w · 

Knhlp in the IHEW. 

Showo It Bus loC'ls Mauger ROJ Smith plnnin,g • 

30-YC'1f t8 EW membershlp pin OD Brolhr.r Bob 

S.dtSlt'.dr.r. 

Two 30-year Pins Awarded; 

Work Picture Slow 

LU. 1S7I1,oa.c), LAS VEGAS, NEV.-At the Marcb 

AenC'ul membershIp mcetins. Local 357 Recordmg 

Sc:c letlirY Marcel " Mars" Ca~non WII.s awarded a 

30·year mEW membersh ip pin. Mars has been 

recordi ng secreta ry for 11 yca ls, he was obligated 

1010 Loeal303, Saint Catharlnc.".!:, Ontario, Canada, 

on April, 1954 His travel card ..... G" acec=pled intI) 

Local 351 to Illnuary, 1969. Mars li ku 10 kell!p;a 

low profile but will speak OU I when he d ISagrees 

Wllh &tomeuunA Coogr.nulauon.s. Mus, keep up 

the ,ood work. 

AI 0 ~t tbe: Marcb meellng Brother Bob Sacbsteder 

WIS ~wllrdcd a 3O-ycal (HEW membcl$hip 

pm He was obhgated mtO Local 357 on De:cembcr 

15, 1954 Bub'& f;lther, Charle&, is also a retired 

memilC'r of 1.oc31 357. Congr.nu!auoc" Bob. 

The work II Ilow at thu lime, With nothing re",1 

biA in sl~t, Some of the conuac.tOlS havc pulled 

out of NECA Ind want to ba rgalR fOI a contract of 

thC If own, Ihey act like they want to go nonunion, 

and probilbly moSt of them Will It seems IIkc the 

word unum 15 , nuty word thesc days The unions 

a re brmx blamed 'or Iht: h igh price of produets, 

while not 100 much 15 saId about the proSt' of the 

corpouuons, some of which have: madr mOle 

money Int )'car Ihan they evu have. The economy 

IS moving along at a snaLI's pace duc to the ti.&;ht 

mOllcy pllla cies of the ad m mlstra tlon 111 Washington. 

Each day more and more Imports are nooding 

inlO thIS COuntry, and If thiS sltu.Ulon kccps up, 

thl5 country Will not be able to com~tC' with the 

low w"ges paid 10 worke:r, In forel&n eounlnes, 

and many American workers Will be without decent 

payln~ ,obs Jobs Wil l he ellmmatcd J 2nd a long 

Will, the Jobs, our UniOnli Will be e h mtn81ed or 

weakened to II point of whcre they an~ no longer 

effectlvC' t pray that thiS doesn't happen for we 

must Unify and survivt. 

I am sorry 10 announce that sincc my last report 

there hal/e been three deaths. Sliter RlIa Colub 

passed away on March 19. 19851 Blather Jack 

AJsbrooks paned away on March 20, 1985, and 

UrOlher Ralph "lack" Moore passed aw~y on Mareh 

24, 1985 . May Cod have mcrcy 00 their souls lIud 

00 ~lIthe loul5 of our deputed Bfcnhcr.aod 51stt-rS 

At.Lf.N ,. GLAss. P.S 

John McLauglin Is New 

Sublocal Chairman 

L.U. 359 luI, M[A I~ I , FLA.-It has bC'en Qultt II 

few months slRce I lasl submmed .. ny co rr~pondenee 

to the tournai. As of ,hiS lImr, .all of the 

c.aucus m.:r=ungs should be concluded for all the 

cono aci proJk) lIls Havmg cballed the Power Re· 

sourcu Caucus, 1 was quite upset Ilt Iht'. poor 

turnout of the membcrs from the plants The Cutler 

plant was only represented by one employee, Brother 

Stegmllller, and t hC' Turkey Poml Fossil Planl w.as 

fC'prt:seOled by one mdlvldual. 0 Callahan The 

Nuclear Units were r.:p tesr.ntcd by ;approximately 

13 indiViduals. We hope that the o lhcr caucus 

mecunA' hnve ~ much-larger mcm bc u hl p [urnout-aft 

cr all the mr.mhcrship IS the n ucleus of 

the local un ion It IS amazing that wllh our country 

being controlled by :an :anlilabor admlOl",Uali on 

which w~nlS 10 taX our In"8t benefitS such as 

inSUrllnCC'5, 5lock pl.ns, etc., the mrmbrr~hlp CIInnot 

cven ~c t IRvuh'ed In trying to IIUAACSI proposals 

for the u pcomLng n eg(JtI.il IlOnS 

As the maiority or thl:': membership k no ws, the 

Flonda Po wer &. Light Company has (hverslAed 

iueU into fP&'L Group As of thiS wfll lllg,. the 

Company has IIcqulfed a large cement plant and 

lIS asseUj and In the past week they arC' in the 

prOttSS oJ purchasmg a ca hle-teh:vISIOn firm. which 

has ttS borne bllse In the Pompano II lea When 'wIll 

It ceast"! 'S It gomg to be bellel for us as employees 

because of Ibis d iversification or it It ~omg to 

creatc head4lchc' 10 U.5 a!I a ba rgatnlltS uoltt Only 

time wllllell 

We would hke 10 mform the membership that 

the local ofAce 15 located :It 430 West 66th Su eel. 

Arcade No 7, Hi aleah, f lortda 33012. All corre· 

spondencr. to the local should be m ail ed to this 

add reu, includans lob bids and any other correspondcncc. 

You may billie noticed on tbe bulletin boards at 

the work loca ti ons that we: have been rece.ivlng 

discounts and offe. r ~ from qUJtC a few organ12.~UODS 

and buslnuses. one of whlcb IS Supreme OldsmobIle 

In Ihe Homestead area whIc h is oUennA 

discounta DO ne w automobile ,Hlteh.:ucs off ering 

n eC t pfices, di~co u nlS on used can and many more 

duu:ounu on othe:r serv.ces. Abo, we h,ve scnl 

In formatiOn to tbe membership Informms; them or 

a group mC'mbtrshtp through the1l union af811atlon

In the 01" Wht>leli3le Club, wh ich ., ~ discount 

WlJrth ouse o{fcn n.l!: price breaks which c:;tn result 

an 3 very substs OIi al saY ing. We tlho hllvc been 

offered dl~COUlHS In a Travel C lub. We cncounge 

Ihe ",em~rship to palronlze these groUI).!! who are 

offering us discounts. 

Ont. of the probl ms the: n.::co, dlOg sccreury Is 

htlviog In gCttlllg thiS and otncr mfurmaw')l1 OU t 

10 the members IS Ih e hick of an updll tcJ Illltl ial1g 

lult. Vou will prob3bly Sec :I list concerning this 

probl em posted on the 10e,,1 bullelHl bo(uds 1\ the 

wurk locations. 11 you , I1lJrIlC Ison thc 11:'I,cqucst· 

111& an updated m:u la ng aJdress. pl ease uke the 

few nllllutes to fill It out with youreorrect malhng 

address Or u::e your Jub ste ..... ard. 

The sublocal 359- 2 has II new chalrm:u'l, lohn 

MCLaughl1l1 He works 111 the Ilower Plant, he u a 

Mc\:lI.1nlc 111. At the (llcsenl tLnB: he shows IJ JOI 

of lIlJllative and enthusiasm to reprCll elH th l.: besl 

• 1'I' e r e~1t I,){ the: m e.m~ T s 31H1lhe local um ou In t}1I: 

tity o( Homestcad With Ihe I1pCOl1l1l1>; contract 

proposals .lnd ne w negllti.:l llOns :around the co rner, 

he WIll necd the i U!>J)ull vi Ihe membersh ip Le i's 

get behind OU I ch.ll ir m:an, and le I tum know that 

he: has the suppo rt 01 the rnembt:=rs 

5nV( N P FLYNN. P.S. 

Powerhouse Problems Remain 

After Several Years 

L.U. 363 (i,u,t,em,catv&govt). NEw CITY, N.Y. 

Thll111 an update Ul an 1Ift1 c1e t wrote Ih.lt .tp peil lCu 

in the September, 1982, luutrJal. The purpOSe: of 

thul llrtlclc IS DO[ only (0 InlOrm you of the progre! 

the pt) WcrhCluse has mllde but also 10 UI:)CU'" some 

rroblcms Wllh 11. 

A. fo r thc progress, s ume hu becn m"de IIlthough 

the)' hlJve not yct S l~ rted the coal conve r5 lon. Thc), 

seem t o keep moving the starti ng uate back because: 

of renOns I am s ure everyone In slmil(lr SIHllHiOnS 

19 .awo re of: t.rymg to get the proper /le rma s and 

"I'II"(' I;I! IIlIeres.t ,g rou p ~ fl&hllng Ihe COJwt!rsion ev 

cr)' step uf the wa y. This JlI oblem IS not spedlii to 

our :lIe.l, I .am sure other 3re ;.aS can S)ll1lfla lh lt.e 

wuh \)1. 

In tillS ~ rt i cl e I do not Yo'allt to 1 3k~ sides m5 filt 

15 bCln ~ IIllllJd vQ(lltor of the fH1 W f: rh n ll ~I' :1'1 1 would 

ra ther hke to 13ke the side of the eonSumer I am 

sure c: ycryone, WhC.lhct (ur Of a&amst c.enam pm)· 

eelS, has to bt: annoyed With Ihe lenglh of time 

and the :un(lunC of m uncy spenl on getting a pruJect 

stllltt:d. People in other places In our Hell know 

what I am talking :Lboul When I turn on the 

teleYlslOn and I see new. OIIl1Out West Wuy or otber 

powNhouses, I ft:cl sorry for the consumer How 

much more c an we t:l kcr There has 10 be a beller 

way 10 get a project approved or not approved other 

1b:1O fighting fo r a lew y~ars _ There shou ld be 

meetings where all concerned preSent thclI case, 

and Ihen the deCISIOn IS made. WhlJl cve:r J tudles 

must be done or .... hatever perlll its must bellcqulu:d 

should be taken carc. of tr. '" rda\lvdy 51\\)1I pl!liod 

of tim C'. when .l'l new N Olee t IS proposed, .ill Strn ups 

shou ld have adcqulllc li me 10 gonher their Infor· 

lIlalion and prescnt It al the mCell ngS which In· 

volye those proJects. I cannot bc.lJevc thai It HlkeS 

10 yellts to do envHonmenul ·impact studies on a 

certain a, e.:l . Alter the allulled tunc, whntevCI the 

deCillion is should be Onal 

J wonder how a person u n even put 111 a bid 011 

a Il)b when 1\ takes so many )'ca15 before it Can 

becomc a reality. How can anyone know the cost 

of lullnl til IU.lI teIlals Ih:n far down Ihe wndT Alter 

the compl etl un ytlu Sec on the news how milch 

Over the ori gi nal estlllllll,.e I,.hc job ~()St/ ""d every 

one IS upset with that Sum e Jo bs run inlO the 

m illions uf doll;!ts over Ihe ollglnal e~tllnate . I 

cannot thmk of one Jo b In the count ry thjll 11!l!> 

come close to cost. 

IlIn', " about lime: fo r a changel B II'," ' t Ihe 

eonsun\cr. whcthcr fur or LlgalnSt:1 cenalll proJCCt , 

been nlked over the coab long enough f I know 

IhM I Illn ready for I change, .:Ind I w l~ h II would 

eomc. 80tm. 1 hope. the next llmc: l Ider b3Ck to my 

ongln nl arl iclc r can rcpo rt either thnt thcy have 

stant.:d It Or put II SlUp to It, but I think cnough 

lime hu been spent debnling t he future of it! 

l-lAnlw Lonl!.N1., \) .S 

Union Handiwork 

Pic:turtd 1ft Mlrk ~Blan c and COty Qu.11s of 

Lou1364, Ro("kford, III. , with lcill'phone and dau. 

conduit Ihey III ~ tall c d at Sundnund ..... "Iallon Plaut 

in Ru("kford, III. 

Contractor Wins 8ids 

At Aviation Plant 

loU. 364 (1 , ~m.rtS.5p a &ca u'l. ROCKFORD, ILL. 

Ballard El ectric received the lob to IIlstlill the 

tcfephl)ne ami data conduit runs 31 t he SUlldtnj..CIS. That h downgradlllg :III ul1 loo 

righ tS lJlld PflllCl plcs. 

We, as unlOIl symp:llhlzI:CI, must rclraul [rom 

shopping at Lanceo. It IS by being united that we 

wall s ' llnd tall. CootinulOg to SU(1(1IHt (nends of 

org;an iteLi labur wll i h:lve an Imp.,ct on QUI U101 IYes 

Ou, fm ci;uhcrs havc loughl for nur dall)l needs, 

it is our dU l Y 10 do the slime lor our CXISIt:nct: The: 

fut ure 15 in our hand!>. Be Amt::ncnn' Buy Amen can l 

Dye now 

[!)PlE M rc llK, P S. 

Member Wins Car; 

Conference is Informative 

L.U. 396 (11 &',), LAS VECAS, NEV.- On Febluary 

l l. 1985, :I.l h.Il{umc. uf the UNLV vs. Lon$\ l\t!ach 

Sta le b:l'lketbllJl g3m!!, Nc:v ... da i'ower Company 

Lme WOlk,ng Fnrt::man Bill Wallace pur hjlloed ullc 

of Ihre!.;' previously mark c:d prngral11S wuh 3 yellow 

li lle ke r The ArS I oC t he ,h,ce specially marked 

program holders whn rcpofl cd to the announc!.;'r a . 

h.,lfllll1e would receive all opportunitY 10 !lhoul 

fivc free t hfl)ws. If you made one free throw, you 

received one pizza for )IOU ami )'our family, two 

flee th tows won pi2Z3 for II InOntn; three fr e~ 

18 

Lo AU .. 

Winner 

Nevad.i I)uwu Line Working foremlln Bill Wallace 

I)f Loul 396, J.:u Vegas, ev., l, shown with his 

new, 1985 Oldsmobile Cllllo .. s he won . 

throws won Pl::t;1 for a )l1·fl! . fn\1/ free throws wun 

a trip fur IWU ttl the PCAA pl .. yofls, and five frcc. 

throws Wun II 1985 Oldsmobile C utln!>s courtesy 

of Godfather~ PI Z2a B,U slJIl l"d, "ThiS IS Ihe Ar5t 

ti m e I have eycr won .;my thmJ.:,.·' Oh yes, Bill's new 

~pcclab 2 ed lIe ensc pl3te: Wi ll be 5' 4·5 II approved 

by the sta lc uf Nevllda. Congral ulauons, Bil l, 01\ 

your new " wheels," Hope you a.nd your fanul)' 

have many happy, safe mowrlrlg miles. 

As yuu n:mJ thiS artIcle, we wall be: well mto the 

s~eond quanci of 198.5, and I\pnl Fool!,' Da)' and 

"Happy Tu·11aYlng Timc" Will be: hlslOry. Sum 

m l'" IS just ~lI o und the corner, remembc:r, safety 

docs not take :t vaca tiOn. 

The 291h .... nnu.a l T elepho ne: Conferenc.e was 

held at t he Fal rmol1l J-IolcllO New Orleans, Louisiana/ 

Match 27- 29, 1985, along with T da:phonc. 

Cuordlnating Cuunc" mt:ctll1~S . Ddtg:n e5 10 a. t· 

tenuance leported that the worKshop'" coveTIng the 

OutsIde Plnnt, Insu:jl! Plant, T rafi1c, Commercia!. 

AccountIng, ieflclli lmd Dlrcctory were most 

II1ftll m nli vc and COnstructlY I!. Ifltemation.:1i Rep· 

tc!liCll latlvc K.en Edwards conducled a Abe l -optiC: 

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At Work 

Piclured arr line c rew members 01 Local 398, 

Cluule:'lIon, S.C., working on Ihe A'\flIt'y Phospilate 

ROlld. 

Flag 

• 

Shown is rhe Oa, Ihlt Oys o"~ r 

398. 

gC 

Ihc 0(6('(' of Loelll 

"Cr;andaddy ' Moore was the CHnt ch3Jrm3n. Repcne:d 

from Ihe BBQ The combmallon 01 (ernUl- 

15Cm,g amon.g friends and the very ample supply of 

fl)od and refreshmentS provided II good tIme for 

all lJunn~ Ihe course of the day, It was mlcresllng 

to liMen 10 the vanety of conversations bemg held 

among the Brothers. John 0, Mahaffey, Chnrleston 

Sub,,:nion Crcw, took aU the photos for Ih e: local 

.11 the BOQ IhC cookout would nOI have been Ihe 

!iuecc:ss II was had II nOt heen for rhe: leaJclshlp 

of the chaumon. Richard Moore, Hollywood crv 

ICC: Center Agaan ,hIs year, I was unable to attend 

the cookoul due to work Maybe "U be: IIbh: 10 

~ltcnd ne.'xi yell' 

In .mother .arudt I 'WIll report who won the BBQ 

door pnzc-s

Volunteers 

Pic t ured are the mcmbe.rs of Loca l 445, Baule 

Creek, Mich., whu voluDteered thie labor to upgrade 

the electrical sen 'ice at Safe-Place, a howl!' 

fo rdGmeS lk -violenu victims. Venm. Electric Inc. 

s up plied tbe equipmtnl lind tools on the job. 

Pl:acc . Safe· Place 15 a home fur domestic-violence 

victims. While workm8 at Safl;-Place, they also 

performed other necessary tasks fOithe safety acd 

upgradmg of the electrical service:. The malcnals 

for Ihis lob well: donlltcd by Union E1Cctnc InC. 

and Mid·Stlne Electncal Supply Company. The 

cqmpmcnt and tools on the job were: plOvldcd by 

Vc:rona Elcctnc Inc. The elctlflcal permit waS 

dona led by Rowen &. Blair Electric Company 

The mlPn~ss\Ve dllng about workml; with Ph,l, 

Bob and Tom was that thty were willing 10 gl';e: 

of themselves even though they had to hiIe a 

babysitter to take care of thell )'oun,.; The project 

was coordlOatcd by Business Man1ger Kenneth It 

Gall.3way aDd myself. Ken and I learned several 

Important things from l~lI s project. Ho ..... ever, tWO 

Hems that nc:edc:d immedIate: attenllon w('rt' a 

press rdease lorm and an acknowledgement form 

fOT the worK and malerlals IJseci . Through research 

and much thought, we deSIgned a press release 

form that deliDcatc:d all information and which 

(.an facilllale the communicauon of ;lny event we 

may desire to pubLu:tze lU the future. We al!>o 

developed a form titled "Donated Labor Acknowledgment 

Form" ThiS form is to be Signed by the 

individual or authorized agcn! of the comp:tny 

recelvmg tbe donated 11OOr. The form IS then 

SIgned by the local's project eoordlnalOr. 

We are .aU aware of the abuse, harassment and 

trnnsgresslOlls that have been committed 3g;tmst 

all unions. H ow~ver, In our frec Democracy there 

arc: numerou& checks and balances th~t arc Inherited 

witbin our politIcal sySlem. 

It lJ my belief thai the "ConstructIon Industry 

Contract SecuritY Ac t" IH .R 21Hlls by lIS very 

natU[l~ a c.hcc.k aad balance fO I the UnH>fl penon 

and thell fllml l u~s . TIus long·awalted bill h;ls been 

introduced to Congress by Representative WI lliam 

Clay, a Dcmocr.llilom MIM,uUII It will cuu double: · 

bre-3s t m,') operations and Will requHe tnat employers 

honor Illchlrc agreemenlS. H .1t 28 I will requ ire 

cOntraCtl1 rS to apply proVISions 01 II collective 

bargaining agreement to any part of thCIl Clre ra· 

lions If passed the bill would lO lce contlaClOrs U1 

live up to thei r obllgallons and allow workers to 

Iteam their fight s undcl collecll ve bargall1U1g 

agrecmCDU. As Congressman Clay suited, "Tllls 

legIslation IS essential If construct! n workers arc 

to have .ne.. nlngful union nnu collectIve bargalnmg 

1I8htS." 

Brothen and SiSlers, we need to takc swift, 

deCiSive and coocrete actions for the abatement of 

those ""ho have come agamst us. So, plcue contact 

YCJu r senat CJ r5 and representa ti ves and persu;lde 

them to ('05PODSOI this bill, H.R. 281 . 

Remember, nobody knows your unIOn loyalt)' 

unless you gIve uut samples. 

Register, Vote, Get 

Politically Involved 

AN'niONY z....MMORA P S. 

L,U . 459 Iu,t:m&.eesl, IOHNSTOWN, PA.- T here 

ace many th ings happening that will affect us on e 

w:l y or t he: other. Many arc crymg for le~I,I:a.uQI\ 

to laJ( our (n nge benefits. Since the budg!!t ddi(1l 

IS so large, we arc bemg asked to sacrlAce io order 

to bring thiS defiC it down. Va riOUS groups arc well 

organl2:cd and politically strong: so Ollr battle to 

keep what we: have may dcpcnd on who has the 

most polItical strength. T hose of you not registeted 

to vote arc onl y hurung our bailIe. We can't ask 

vanous orRee holders to support us when we cau 't 

Sl.Ipport them by voting fot tbem. Just remember, 

l.:aws passed to protect us and help uS can easily 

be amended or rcpe:1Le.d . The leg,lslllllvc process 

and the electlon process arc not to be taken lightly. 

The: fact that many U S. purchast:rs arc bUYing 

many products from overseas 15 lo lli ng our econ· 

omy Whi le maDy thmk they ar e .!laving muncy 

bUYing fl)fet~n cars anu ch:nhe" they arc: not In 

the long run. With ear.h persoll unclllploycd, thosc 

WOI king must pJ.y morc: taxes to hr:lp. OU I tax base 

shnnks, lind we must piy more to keep the SCrvICt:S 

we wa.nt. Schools ~uHe l , people: suffer, yet many 

don't sec thc Importance o( keepIng vur money 

here in the USA. Some. of the countries Ouoding 

OUI malkelS with their goods ..... on't eVen pe rmit 

our (lroducls to be sold In thelf counuies. It c.an't 

continue. The future of uur chddrt:n and grand· 

children Will be bl eak if .all there is left for employment 

IS luw pa)'mg service jobs. We must 

protect thei r future. 

Buy American products, and IlXlk fIJr the UruOD 

labd The hnurc of our Iree enterprise system 

depenus on us 

Annual Golf Outing, 

Picnic Coming Up 

JOS£1'H SANNA, P 5 

LU. 461 li,rts&.spa), AURO RA, ILL.-GrectLngs, 

Brothers and Sisters. There IS cerHlIllly a mIxed 

bag of J.n nouneements and local news Items thIS 

month, so pc lhars I should get right with it. 

Brallier SCOII Cobb and hiS wife, Robin, have 

bcen blessed wHh a bOl.lncl ng baby gIrl they have: 

named Cula. SCOII says that he IS very proud of 

both of them alld espeCIally me way Robm stayed 

wnh the Job for the cntlre Juratlon. He feels that 

she wJS so much a p:nt of the process tha t he may 

nOI have heen able to do It ""Ithout hel-senlJusly, 

they are both dOlng flnc. 

Unfortunately, some of out Brothers have been 

unweJl lately. G lenn Halsne and lack Rced have 

both had IIlltitlple heart bypass SU lgt.y, and Bob 

MartlR has had very SCllUUS eye ~urge r y. J am sure 

that we all wish them a speedy lecovcry ulld hope 

that by the time this :utlde appears III Ihe Journal 

they are aU fi t and well. 

We h;lvc our second Annual Coif Outing CO llllng 

up on lune 15 81 tbe SandWIch Country Clubj .so 

all of you hackers had bener contact either John 

Sunleaf of 8111 8rosl for reglstrall un detaIls. Thc 

orgamzers hope to havc qUlle a turnout t h iS year, 

and perhaps we may even h,vc a lew YISItOrs from 

our Stster locals. 

We also have our Annual PIcnIC eoming up on 

August 10 at Cool Ac res Pa.rk. Annual Plcnlc-thc 

words have a Di ce ring. We had qUi te a dry spell; 

but a(It~. r the fine OUllng we had I;lllt year, I think 

we are on our way_ 

lim Messmer, the prlO elpal org3R1zer of last 

yea r's event, tells me that he has several Ide3s to 

make thIS year's PICnIC eve n bIgger aod bettcr. 

One: good idea IS to plesent our servlcc pins at the 

PiCntC when we axc all together and III a congcmal 

mood. Another is to notify the membershIp early 

so everyone has plenty of timc to make plans to 

attend. He has some: other .deas tIm which arc s.ti. 1l 

on the drawlR~ board. So, all in all, It will be an 

outmg to look forwa rd to. 

Unlll m:x.t month, be! an active and involved 

member oC OUt loc;ll. Attend our meetings 

Bos YllUNC, P S. 

Keith Leedom Receives 

Life Saving Awards 

L. U, 465 Iu&t'lr), SAN OI £GO, C AL.-Earlier this 

year OM of our lIrothers, Kellh L. Lcedum, froU) 

SDC&E', Kearny Maln\i!naflCt and Consttuc.tlOO 

DepartmeDl, received an rBEW Llle S,IVlllg Award 

fo r hel(Jm& 10 pull tWQ women and two mlants 

from a burllil'g car. 

On March 11, 1985, Brother Lt:edom was agam 

rceogn l'!ed lOI blSi bravery by bemg presented an 

Other award, th iS time by the San Diego Burn 

Instllute at liS 12th Annual Spint of Courage 

Award, Banquet .at the Hilton Hotel on MISSIOn 

Hay . Thl!lcvcnt, beld yearly, recognizes individuals 

who assist vlctuns of fiIes. 

The Burn In tjlute lS a nonprofit organtzatlon 

and was created 10 1972 to help burn vlcttms tn 

San Diego County. One of their goals WaS to 

escabllsh .a regl(mal burn center, which ulday pro 

Vides spccial treatme:nt (0' burn VICllms, :IS well 

as burn prevention educ.ation and firc safety, items 

of high PTlOrtly The Insll lUte also proVIdes educallonal 

sessions for ,uvcmlc fircsetters and a 

school lccntry program d'::Slgned to 'elntruJucc the 

sevelely burned child back into school. 

Brotht:, Leedom had thc help of two others on 

tht: day of the aCCIdent The VICllms' pIckup lIuck 

had overturned In a colliSiOn .and was engulfed In 

n"mes ikmg aWilit that tbe truc.k could explooe 

a t any minute didn't stop Brother Lcc:liom, Dilve: 

Mlilcr or Mel issa SmIth from resLulng the (our 

VlctnUS from the burning vc:hlcle. A spukesman 

from the local Orc department sa id there was nO 

doubt that the bves of these viCllms were saved 

by these three IndIVIduals 

Kcllh was Dominated for the SPlllt of CrJUrage 

Award by IB EW local Union 465, San Diego C;1S 

&. El ectric and the Escondido File Department. We 

at Loc.a146S congratulate and sa lute KClth Leedom 

fur bravery above and beyond the regular call of 

duty 

Members 

RAV A DAIUIY. P _S 

Pictured ltlt to right are rnlerna t iO ll 31 Vice PreSident 

John HigbtowtF, Shdby County Mayo r WiI ~ 

li am ~ o rr is and busirtess manager, Loul 474, 

Mr.mphis, Te.nn., Dougl;u A. Fish er. 

Shown here are Brother Jim Warrtn, Vice President 

Hightowt. and Brother David foSter. 

Work Picks Up Some; 

100 Brothers on Book 1 

L.U. 41 4 l1,o,em ,rtb,rts&'spa), MEMPHIS, TENN. 

Wur~ is picking up a little bit thanks to fairly good 

weather. There are still about 100 local men on 

the books. We are sull hopmg to Ond a way to 

fisht thc tat 'hops. It seems we hav~ bt~ fl \argett~d 

by the nonunion sbops as easy pkkiog. but we 

have holst begun to fight . WI! have a few members 

who nrc ready to do ..... hatever it takes to send them 

packmg. 

Have you noticed what the Republicans are. domg 

to the farmers, Ind did you know they are trying 

to cut the federa l unemp!oyrn-.nt that you draw 

after your 26 weeks of regular unemployment has 

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QUI Unl l I linemen had a speclaJ m ~clmgca lled 

10 discuss South [:aSI lrne Agreements and loc:al 

4~J 's lunsdlctJOn Sc=verallmemen attended. Spe· 

cial spe.akers were 11th Dlstnct Vlc.e Preside", 

John Hightowel llnd Cbattanoog

Celebration 

Farewell, Cindy 

compunng the benefit bast:d nil a !)CVCll day week 

to a dally bcndl t dctl!rmmcJ by lhe .1t.:lullllo~s of 

II scheduled day of work. 

Our new stewards' mJnu.J \s ..ne finall y cum 

pltlcd, and the Rrs t of two stewards's houls was 

held on Monday, M3 rch 18. 19K". al t he R.ltnada 

Inn In Marqoette, Mich igan rwelvc member" wcrl" 

lnvllcd t'O attend thiS first SChl.lIllLllSi, amI all 12 

were presenl The: program surted .It 1) .3 m Jnd 

Ills ted until J JO p,m E\'cryune w.a mou; thlln 

rle:ucd with the typc: of m.lIcfllll pre:>cnlel.l and 

con~ldered dlelr ttme wtli _~pt:n t Thi S "l.hool WolS 

to be repeated In Al'rll for tlur stcw!lrd ... In the 

Western DIVISIIlI' The obleu lv e l'i W [lwvl(lc our 

SlewarJs with .J sour~r.; of (e;au)' I cft: r cn,",~ m.oltl'f1;.1 

and broaden theu sk.ilis so th.Jt they m .. y f'lruvHh~ 

nU l ml!mbt:'ISo with IhL" Vl"V "'.:~t rep''.''';tnUtion 

pOSSIble 

Ce as press secretllry, 

Labor-Management Committee member, mernbt:r 

of the elcHcn1 t: ntral Snft:ty Commntcc and 

NClJotl31ln& CUnlllll tice member She also man' 

aged our Canccr 3nd IntenSive Care In ~u . an(;c 

Program Cindy. Wt all say Ihanks to YOLi for Ihe: 

mllny hOUfS dO llaled to Ihe loeaj and Wish YOll Ihe 

b til your new lobi So, with th.lt It Iwb lake 

o!d Bernlc h.as .ag.am mherltcd the pen Ind the lob 

u your prus secn:~ury 

We do hue ,orne good neWI, hOWever! We h;ave: 

h 11 dceply cuncerned In the: P.lst bcc.lU c the 

cromr,lny .... u dl:vdoplOg a pra who had been oif 

WI!lk duc lO II rn3ll·rnhy dh"billty. The lnsul JnCe 

C3rner had dCl1ll!d the benclh based UII • t4urvey 

they had conducted n the length uf ti me nlf fur 

mllterlllty dlS:rbliI1Y Our ,rgumcnt was thaI by 

IlIw m.lIernt'y dl ..:lhlluy mUM be treated the tame 

as IIny other daabLlit)' nnd that the 1Iitendtng 

physlcl(ln dctcrm1l\es the kngth of the disability, 

not '!oUfVt:yS umJucled by the Lnsurance com pany. 

We .m~ al~u III the process (If makll1g II dHlIIKe In 

the method of payment of S & A benefits fr om 

T hh is a pirture olthe Nthlln EIr.C'lri c Can&l back 

row. Id l to ri~ht . Tom Neilon, Fun k UIltki, Hoy 

Wood, Vince \'altneia. Jim Bob Cordonler, lim 

Go $rH , Brian Hoecker. ue \\,1)11, Ernie KOt'ni!, 

Mike Ktlly, Ron F l al1a~n, HIli l\\rilldo\lis and kt'\ in 

'lime i Iront row,ldl to ti ght, Run Wood, I'., Ron 

Wood, r .• Bill Schtllhorn. Doug Howard iIInd Ge.r· 

aid Ih·inr. (Photos frum local ; .a,. \t. l o~t'ph, Mo .1 

Apprentice Committee to Offer 

Computer Class 

L.U. S ol S li&tm), ST. 10SEI"I, MO.-It IS With 

udnt:u and the: deepest sense. III 10 .... . hlat I report 

lhe deatb of our good fflend .!.od Brother LItty 

Rode He lost hiS baltle: agam" cancer ;at age 31. 

, be Appl c_ntLcc-shlp CommlUec repon' H Will 

pUt on .I class on compute. rru/o:rammlll': IhlS lall 

,I enough interest is geM',lIcd Tho:>!: Inl~ . c~tc::d 

pll!asc slJ;n up soon. thcre IS' hst on ,he bulletin 

bo.nd at the umon hall 

At the Noycmbel, 1984, tnt'ellng, a mnt ioll w.as 

vutcd on and passed to have: QldTullC-lS Nne.:lt 

every November unum meeting, I.nd beginning In 

Novembe.r, 1985. and every five yurs lhereafter. 

year pinS will be p(cs~nted_ 

,e"s and Ruger Mamou, Kim 'enning, .Ind B,lI 

IIOll11an were the: duor pnze wmncl" nf Llleal ,45 

hilt!! CongratUI.1I10lU 

Roy GeorgI:, a Lllc.a1 6Y5 fI:Urcc, saw Ihe lnbor 

D.lY pa.t ure m March's /oIlTII.ll and called mc He 

llnd Ius sun Jillck visited with me: fil l a cl1up lc of 

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Crew trom the Past 

This is a 19]7 p it:lur~ of the d ectrical cr~w a' 

WiI!oon Da.m, m em bers of Lo

We hupe Ihal )111\1 anJ your f31nlly \! nlo~' ymu 

summer; 1nd lur Ihe goou of Ihe Union, take YOU I 

wife UI girlfriend OU I to dinner-on you, of course. 

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C .... C;COI .... NO. GI!N. CUMN, 

Steward 

Pictured is Alnnis Idh:rsoD, I mtmbct 01 L(l C:al 

60 2., Amarillo, Tu., .:and II $IewlI rd II Ihe: Jnilor 

Drpll rlllle:nI in the l-bui ng,on Stlliion. 

Brother W. R. Lutz Is New 

Business Manager 

L.U. 60'2 lI.o&'u), A.\\ARILLO, TEX.-Well, as usual, 

1 walled until the [JU ml[1utc to wme thiS arucle 

The big ne"", 01 Ihas manth tS thai O\.1r bUSiness 

manager, David Lmdley, resigned his pOSH Ion liS 

0{ Apnl I, 1985 Brother W. R. lutz. will ~ Laking 

ove.r O.1vld's p\lICe. Also. lei's wdcome Claywn 

Whne abolud:l W R 's aSSISlant and wuh hIm 

Kood IL,lck 

1 would like 10 take' tt-IIS (Ipportumty 10 give :II 

speCIal thllnks to DUll.!. I know he has IrIcd Yrry 

hlUd ID the past 10 keel' cveryooc h3PPY, which IS 

an nnposs,hlt. task l l Wish DaYld loads of luck 10 

th~ £l.llUrc 

I r;Jn Inl0 thne uld (:unSlnlCllnn h""fls at H;lI' 

nngton Siallon laSI month Rt'd Nobles, Earl611rk 

ley ~nd Mllrk M,ubc:ws, tbey ;lre: worlung for 

Budwlnc o.nJ s.ml Ihc lob would last about fOlJr 

wceks 

Well. he re IS ,ummer, th(' season for PICniCS, 

and I haven', recel\'cd one anVll3tlOn as your press 

secretaryl lust coli down to lhe. u ruo(\ hall ami 

leaye III mnsage With 8rcn..la as 10 when and .... ·here. 

I can get iIIW.lY ::lImoS! .Iny weckend lur JI coupl!!' of 

hOllrs 

J wuuld IIkr to give you ;I personal example of 

bow nice IRF,W people: can be, My parents, Tom 

and Dorothy. lave: In Ceneva, New York. I neYC r 

havc been much .11 wrltmg lellen:, so they enlo), 

readtnfil thiS arucJr every mo[uh, and u's almQ,s1 

;ugood as a Ictter Theydon'l get the 18EW lournn1. 

so Dolt Oaks, lhe wife o( lohn Oaks, prcsldent of 

Local :149, uyes." n, .It ASARCO, h'ld 10 ha ye hi" 

appcndu: tnke" out, but by the time you rcad thiS, 

he wLl I be back to work. All you gu ys take it easy 

on hlml 8y Ihe ....... 1y, we : 11 need to milke a bellcr 

effort to ge l to the union mllctings I!ach momb. 

Tncrt is a lil l\c CO I1SUU CllOn going on tll Hnr· 

nnglOn StlltlOn I tned to get SomC P1ClUtcS, hut 

whl.:ll the CIlIIII!t 

DoN SHU.MAN, P S 

ShOWQ .t Ibt. prurn t~lioD 01 the gold-plaled .Idt. 

CUI Un UI', lelf to right, Tom Phillips) Dan Sw. 

lord} 11:"1: Mud:; 81.1siness Mao.lger of Local 606, 

Orlando, Fb .• 00u8 D.lIglrYJ Emie H.13S, (le W reo 

tintl .nd 'act Ou. 

Apprentices 

Shown in Ihis pit-Iurr arr.ldt 10 n l hl, b.ad: fOW, 

Rocco Williams, Charlie .\\cA lpin, I"Jfrt:.,. Viet, 

Ch:ulrs Ruddick, Cc:dl Ward,ScDII Cillelll:, Clt:nn 

tuckey, Kimball Walkinshaw; fron l row, ,1ImC"s 

ulliun (1n~ lrut:l q r l. 'iDtt Huri5 and Guy Fit,, 

w:u eor. Thesc are Loul 606'!!i lourth-yeu ;tppren· 

tiee5. 

Brother Haas Retires; 

Apprentices Finish Soon 

LU. 6Qb II,u,e5,ttb&spal. OR LANDO, FLA.- An 

other onco! OUt dedll~ated BrothetsdeclI.l.td to h.:aa& 

up IllS louis, rture and I,ve a Itfl" of case fhulher 

Ernie HUIIO; rctt:lved h15 gold·plated Side cutlers 

'rllm aU,SJnt:~!t Manager OQug Dagley and PreSident 

0::111 Sw:.iUld on a Job she where evcryonc bad :m 

t.uly "qUl1" ~ IQng wah. an old·fashloned cookoul 

Everynnr: wl~hcd Brolber Haa.s a long and casy 

t ur~me"t, bUl no onc re:alJy bt:llevc5 he wlll,UM 

5H home fOf long 

N ot everyone In our Io

Seminar 

bJghl)' recommend 111:11 YOll look mto the pm,"1 

blhty of lelllng IhtlD b:mdle 311 your UOmSIII,.IIfJn$ 

smee m~1 III Ihe: monlt:s 10 the: bank Will (.omt 

from o(g~nl:ed \:lOOr 

11'1 conclUSion, 1 agjun want II) rcmlllJ .. 11 of our 

rcured memhcrs of the breakfast ~et-tol:e th e" 

takm~ plfle!! II) the:: meetmg hall (very month Pl'U 

further InformaCion contact the sccn::tlIn e.5 al the 

ball or Brother !Im my WillIam5 who Is tbe pr esidml 

01 Ihe Reurecs Club. Until neXI month. let 

us all think brotherhood, and let u~ :Ill support our 

lout 

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Shown ,I rt Ornle of the deJegatl!.li h'b o :utcndc:d the 

Ifminu.IPhlllOS from Local 636, TorontO. Onl.) 

Mr. K CRose, lnu:rnatJonat Vlce Prnldcot, 

First DiStriCt, gave.a " down·to·earth" .and "(rom 

the· shoulder" type of spctch thaI kcl" Illt delegates 

In a 'Jery IlSlening t ype of mooO. Ph:3se note 

thai hIS speech was recorded lind IS lava liable to be 

used IH yvur UOI! level, ple:3!e canu.el your local 

EUCU II VC Bo.ud member. 

On Sund3Y Mr Wilham A. CzJ ranka, claims 

ildmlnlSlI,UOl hom WeB, u.lkcd "bout 8111 101 - 

" An Act to Amend the Workels COmpc:nsatJon 

Act," and Mr. Peler MeDcom' " , public IIslson 

olRcef hom Ule, SpOke on proposed changt"s 10 

collc~lIng un(lnploymc:nt in.urance. 

As you Clift sec, thIS was a lull progf(l.m with 

speakers Ir In different brundn:s of t h ~ govern· 

ment, whlth enhghlened all of Ihe d~l~gates on 

WhBI opllons and se:rVlces an aVai lable to them 

.and (0 Local 636. This scmlnar pm on by Ibe 

ElCccutivc of L()Cal 636 15 III contJr'lUilleduc3llOIUI 

pr()C;css III kc-ep the mcmMuhlp as up to d.w: as 

posSible: With [ht: btut infotmauon avaIlable 

H .... lI.uLO C VANCE, P.S. 

Contractors, Members Help 

Turn Situation Around 

LU. 6.0 ( l , l1 , tm,nb,m&.~pal , PHOENIX, ARIZ. 

• lJJw.y.s C-mQ)' &t'IIJDg • moorhly ~ Jll cJC" out but 

only Wish Ihat mortol you me.mbers would furnish 

me With matcn .. l thllt aU mcmbea would appre· 

Clate rea thng I Hod myself I.'Havlng to miss an 

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l$lon:l1 month dut: 10:1 lack of mlormatioo At 

any Illtc It Is always refreshing to know who Iny 

readers arc, t:speciaLly wht n I g~ 1 II rcply from 

th em an writing. My recent dIstInguished read.er 

" Mr Fonesl D Mallct1t' who h Ihe cbapter 

managel for the Arizonll ElectrLtlll ContIaGtors 

AnOClatlon 

MI Mllllette sb:lIes whb me Ihe importance of 

hUID," conSlscent P,lIClIU 01 monthly64010lJJ')]11/ 

report' He also udls of .. grt.1 t CDDcern fo r our 

wOlk 5 11 \&\lnoO now and in the fU fure. I quote MI 

Mallette: " We arc turning th.mgs aflHmd th rCJugh 

jOlOt cooperation between NECA, o lher 5Jgn:ltory 

eorllrnCIOUi and Local 640. We orc developmg a 

ttu3t between OUI rcpresent.at!vc partles. We 3rt 

going to aglillLn be .g dominant fotee In tbe Valley 

duough rC:Ul gamzl.ng and ConlraCIPr IOjtia(lVC Jr 

took II Ie",," yurs to tear the hell OU t of the mduSlty, 

so 11 Will take some lime and a lot of cHon 10 

bnn&ll b .. ck.. "Th:Jnk you, Mr Mallette, for shanng 

your V1e,""". , ~m SU r~ thcrc ArC:I JOI 01 us oul Ib ~re 

wht) agree very strongly with you 

BrOlher Dall Sebring starts his 6 r:u-)'ur apprellticeshjp 

clus off to a good SIan with ;Ii t.lemDn· 

su.atlon all Obm's Law. 

"h r ou~h our o rganl:=.;lt\oual effon!! Brulher One 

Whcele. and Mike CroXton art dl.)ln~ theu beSt to 

get these cQll lTaCIOfS 10 to sIgn .a letter of mtent. 

Two of thl:' lilt c$I COIl tr;:ICIQI5 to 51!:n were Van 

Alstme Elecuic and A·Phase to Phase i:I cctTlc. Van 

Alsltne was JUSt .awarded a \'CTy gooJ lob at the 

91.!l t Avcnuc sewage ire:l l menl plant. lie has OIl · 

ready ~ tllrtc d callmg fO r iI few mc:n . 1\10 11; Will-! 

nrganlZlng the .s hop!, [hey arc also ~cUtng :,omc 

key ptop lc: OU t 01 these shops and mto our wUDing 

plOttr.l ms Whr:n I see thest: reprc:senlatlVeS Irom 

tht: hall spr:ndlDg a great deal altbclr own time al 

the OlJlprenuceshlp butlding IIItkm,; 10 daUerCnl 

committcta. I know in my o wn mmd llul I :1m 

well represented At tillS time the work situati on 

sC( n1S 10 be very stolblc With ali of 01,11 In ·town 

contrac tors being able to bid lob!;; a t Ihe $11 sc;de:. 

B~chtcl CorjlonUlon did layoff 23 mcn last 

friday, bUI I'm su rt: these: mcn will be :lble to get 

nut in t()\\'n very shortly. vrbm Dyke 15 onCe 

:I~in lu.rting to bid \'ery he.:nllly :Iud is gcttmg 

some (loud lobs Some of our one-man shops lire 

even findln~ themselves ha\'ing 10 ull Ihe hall for 

a man or two, ThIS 1$ a good sign, and I hope u 's 

hert to StlY forever. 

I wanl to congr:ltulate: Brother Dave Dnlke who 

wa$ re cen tly voted ;tpprCD t!ce of the yea 1 and 

I3rolhc:r Mi ke Fitzsim mons who was vutc:d second 

runner·up Dli ve wil l re plesent Arizona in the 

national competitions WhLCh will be taking plBce 

In Hou5ton very sbortly. 

Ou, prayers a.re extended 10 Lhe I.'lmllu:.s of the 

followms Brot hers who ree-ently pancd away: 

Brothe" Donald loVitt, Willis layton, lohn Beck 

and Mike Karylyk It saddens me to have to report 

Ihe deacbs of any of our mc.'mbeis l 

but II huns 

deepl y when that Brother was a very dellt fnend. 

Mike Karylyle W;1S a very goo"\ frlcot! and ahove 

all a very good Ura t-hcr. He fought his bl)u I wtlb 

I:ancer for Ibe last couple (If yca(s but bad to g.ive 

\11' hLs \\'OIk at the end of lan uary when he ..... as in 

and out oltbe bospttlll. Mike wa$ employed 4 t the 

nuc.leal pl.ant where he was liked by all who knew 

rum In Ihl.' yeaJS that I kn~w Mike, I can bonestly 

say th.al I neVcr saw blm g

Cood lob, Ih (lIh~ r Barnet! Brother Charlie Brewer 

of Paducah 15 workmg with m .. ntht now: and 

thanks to your helpful bowlm& \II' , Charlu~ , rll 

try co gel 10l'ne pencil clips for you lust 35 soon as 

poSSible. 

BlOthcI Cent' Blaseng':ll11c !lnd 1 were t.;Jlklng on 

the job slac at the Olln CorporatlOD, Gene LS a 

mllln!caanet tlcctnclan for Oli n, and he told me 

he Ih ought maoy Bre then at Olin nllght nOI be 

recdvlOg the loutl1al. M.;JI'lY wiremen do ~Ol; ::and 

I wonder how many of the Brothers :1( Shell, Clark 

and UE SIC m the same ~r'Ol,lp Thu .i rllclt: IS bC1n,lil 

lent 10 you Olin Brothers Vloll Gene 8bsengame, 

SO I hope the connectIon will be made ThiS column 

is fO I everyone 

It h3s been a wb.i.le, but fouH, thl, 'cf\be'~ !'.penmg 

IS wcak. Brolher Roo Gllomen, 1 m l~spclled your 

name U1 the Ma.ch 4I lI ic.le. Broch!:r McMuhon 

ptllntC!'d ,hat OUt to me Sorry aboul 'h,It, Ron' OnC' 

of these days I'll gct tnls nght 

More lat!:r 

Tun WU_Hm:. P,S 

Negotiations Ongoing; 

Annual Picnic-August 10 

LU. 659 ti,o,u,tm&c.al \l" MEDFORD. OR£.- Wdl, 

H't time ::agam for, Ie ..... nOltiS on whlll's happentnR 

II) Local 6S9 We are 5ullin the middle of a lot 01 

Ot&Otlatlooll and ~5 II has been lar a long Ume, 

b.ugalmng 15 IOUgh. Work sull hasn 't picked up 

ilOY for tllhtr inSIde or oucsldc COn~1fUClion . Alta 

mdu,\f\cs are way down; .0 all da~

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Wilbur Brown. duurman allhe Blood ommlllcC, 

re('Clfl$ that )l1 unus wert don .. ted. This COnln 

bUllrm ~J1cfits not only thc donors but .11 mcm 

~u ~nd ,hclt bmiJlt's The R.l"b Eh l c'jm~n, $. 

I.lmlly was ha nored with a plaqur at OU I Arml I 

mcetln,lt 1m ~ 1\'IIIJ: the mo .. t Unlt5 by a 51ngll: 

bmlly Wllhur v.lluld like to thank :Ill v lunleers 

whll helpcll tllm WHh the Blood Dm 'c TIlOSI! 

wurkan~ With. the ch:mm:m were Oawn r"h:II1\ , 

rCl!;l)h.'U.:J nursej Dons Kennedy, student nurst; 

lellll Smith, n:gl Icred nurse, Bemu: Bohb l Nu:k 

vla'l'lI:h Chud 5

Celebrating 60 

Pictutt!d leh 10 rlghl t rt: Financi al Secntary Ray 

Fl:J.ch, rdired Fi nanci al Secret:u )' Edwa rd P . lhn· ~f 

alld Business Manll ~r r 'In. Wl'ldoll at . lI t 60th 

anniversary mec ting of Lucal 728, Ft. Lll1lderda le, 

Fla. 

Local's Anniversary 

Noted in Record 

l..U. 723 \i,o,e.m,n dlo.' pa), FT. LA DERDAl E, 

FLA. - AI our lUI general nll!t! IInK, ..... e I'Cc.og/U~cd 

the 60th annlvc:r~lIry of uur local umon. OUf local 

r~'ccivcd Its ,harter Iwm the Inlcrn:monlll Broth· 

erhood of ElcclrIc:al Wurkt! IS (10 June 12, 1925. The 

chllfttr spent the fint U yelltll hanging It) the 

c.arpenter's liall VII Elilil Brow.ud UoulevarJ. In 

1940 It Inolted 10 Suuth federal Highway 

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ats Tht i(SC wOrk f'l,cturt II much Dc llC'r. Two 

recem additions to our lair comracmr hst, Man 

Electric and Oynalectflc, ha\lc secured (:mJ)' de 

ceDI·sue ,OM and have WCII n&h15 KI OD others 

Brothcrs •• nc rasJ Icnbd aTe IJBhl Sometimes 

It seem s h lte- l,u.51 can't gel .anything 1ft thiS hiud 

hat rack 10 write aboul This Is onc 01 those urnes 

So, on a h&hler n OIC bel re c1osm& have ),ou evcl 

wondered why a time dock 15 $0 named! All clocks 

tell timc. Why am't It called a " clock swltch"l 

And have you ever Illed to uplaln to the flaky 

lady of Ihe house, who e hallway yol.l have 1,151 

rewired, why lhose two sWll ches you ,USI In5 lallrJ. 

~e called lhree·way ,wnchrs LDstc:ad of Iwo-way 

SWll ches·' Cood day 

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Home of Hope 

hlll _ SYMONS, P .S 

posslbilitlcs 01 our lob Wuh prol;rammabll' con 

trol1t:rs and solld'slate control, Ihc mdu .. try has 

&l'Own Immwsely We must ilHl'nd spccl.1I .. t.hooll 

fo r thiS Icchnolo&YJ :11so, with tht dereAubuon of 

the lelephone mdustr)', tht: rc IS yet anotl)cr door 

oplCncd 10 our Industry. at for@:clilng the:: 8,000 

hours of on·the-,ob train,", and four yeats of mght 

Ithool to altaln the dnSlficallufl of lourneyman 

Wireman, the faCt Ihat we have s.1cnAced paid 

v:ac:a tions, paid hohdays, Mck tl mc, etc: . (beneAts 

en,oyed by II ma,omy of wo rkersl-no. I don't 

thmk that we hllve overpfl(:ed oursdvcs. 

On a uddcr note Srothel Alfred " PI:C O" Vann 

passed ~way s uddenly on Marc h 17. I-Ic WIll be 

dcrply ml"ised We aTI: curre:ntly in negOtliHl()nS 

wllh Our cOnS tNCtlOO conuae:t and ho~ 10 ha\c 

a new package rn pl:ace soon. Until nrJlt month 

CAIIV RA~lllEA U, P. 

operallUIIS on ),1.5 own since hiS USIStanl was laid 

off He I,! dOing a lob Ibat for many years was 

shllfed by tWO ('topic 

Some. of the menlloned efltlelSm was recently 

levelled ill thr unum oincr: bc:uuse.: of changes 

madc 10 thl: n:funl syuemj changes tbat .Ilowed 

Ihl: contractor ma le n:ame hue than what they 

have had til the pUt I defend Ihl !> change because 

indICa lions arc Ihl!l new po lley bu caused can· 

tractors tu be more aggrt$5lve and that 15 exactly 

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This pbotognph sbow. the newly opC'Dc-d Ron.a ld 

McDonald lioun in Knoxville. Tun., for whkh 

snenl members of Lo('al 760, Knoxville, Ten n., 

vol unteued thtir labor. 

Ronald McDonald House 

Opens in Knoxville 

I-U. 760 {I,a,a,nsaspa}. KNOXVILLE, TENN. 

Work tn KnOXVille has no' Improved any .h,s yta. 

A few lob, ge lllnlt under way have hrlped some· 

.... hat to kcol'JI • frw tJI OUI membtn woriunC at 

home The)' are workmg with TVA and our local 

contractors. 

With ,he cm ployment .a nd slow work picture, 

some of our members havc been able 10 donate 

tbeu ti me to helping nthtllS, O n Ma rch IS, 1985, 

one mort thinK came to Kll xvilit The Ronald 

Mc:Oon.a ld House opened I" doon to Ihc famihu 

01 Kiiousl,. 111 ehlldrtn While Ibe children :Ire 

rr-cr-tVln& lIntment ., ont of the are:!; bosplIals, 

thr- famthu Will be ablt 10 ltAy ID a friendly place 

and not have to uanl loog dtstance.s 10 bt" wah 

theu ctuldren and .1so nOI have 10 pay the: high 

c"'pense of hvang m hutels and eating In restau· 

raOts. 

£leven famll lcs can 5tay for a ume with a th:;ugt 

of 5500 pcr I11gh! lind household hOtea , II a family 

cannot aUOld the fee, It Is w.:alvcd. Th renovation 

has taken a yur 10 fInish , The house waS ont! of 

Ih e old, tum·of·the·cent\HY VU:t(UHHI :a ructureS 

of four stOIlC,. DUring Ihe yeur 25-..l5 people of Ill! 

u adu and skills volunteered their tim e .nd enel 

SICS to tbucommunllY prolecl, qun:dy gomg aooul 

tryang to caSt family suffcnng To our members 

who donall:t1lhcu lImc and Skill , thsDks 10 you 

all for a lob well Jane 

CI..IJ"'oI M cM IU.AN. P S. 

Union Labor Better Trained, 

Not Overpriced 

L.U. 78 1 Ii&. ul, PlA'M'S8 URGH, N. Y.-I Wa S . c~d- 

109 an article In the n ewspaper last week on union 

b.bor It says that unions only conuol 30 percellt 

of lhe constru clion markel, whIch only ,"eludes 

' hc mdu$1fIal and commt:,clal ends of the: market. 

The amele allJlbuted this 10 unionl outpneln~ 

th em5~JV("f 

As far lIS tbr elcctrlcal Hade ~C)(! •• I don', feel we 

have. In the (ofCVrt·"owmS elCC lrical industry, 

we must become m Ole .. nd m Clfe spcclahzed In OUt 

field IUM Ihe computer age has increased the 

Reprtst'n ta live.'i fro m Iht community collrge, con· 

traC':10rs, Ie:,ac hcrs aod the lBEW in :lIlrndance 

durins Ihe lol":l l's Achie"ement f'oi ghl. 

Despite Unemployment 

Local's Morale Is High 

LU. 80. li&'a), KITCHE ER. 0 T.- Whlle Local 

8()J 15 entenng Its scvc:n th year of unemployment, 

Ine local 15 Mill a very good One. Hopefully we 

Will nOt enter 3n eightb year wondering where the 

work. IS :m d how pl enu ful It Wi ll be. fortunately, 

there is so me reason for opti mism loc;llly and in 

Olh er pans of the province: as projects arc an· 

Il ounced. Also, we arc iO betiCI shape rnan we 

were as of the Jast le[lci because lhe Hydro SlnkJ:! 

wu sen led; and some of our people wcrc able 10 

get bac:k on that prolect in the Bruce 

In Ihe last letler we made rdetenee 10 the 

numerou.5 counes hosted by the loca l Stnet" Utl:n, 

on Februuy 7, 1985, an Aeblcvemenl NIght wa.s 

held and was attendcd by ow m embersl represtn· 

tallVes from Ihe c:omm unalY eollcse, leachers from 

Katlyn Systems, who taught the course, representatives 

fr om the conu actors' IlSS0Cl attoni aod olh· 

ers . 11115 was an excellent evening a! cerutic,a tes 

wele awarded, foll owed by a SOc::illl, all held to our 

hall, which is pe rfect for lhe OCCI-SIOO . 

In DeclI:mbe, once agalO We held our Annual 

Xmas p,uIY. A new tWist this year for tbe ebll· 

dle.n-roller skaung In the afternoon In Ihe .:vcniog 

all adults galhr.cd, and Lhey a re co be con· 

gt4LU"" ~d lor thell ",cry 6nt ,,!lilt;lnd behavlour 

It WIlS a 8ort.! 1 nlgbl. 

Mllny IIrn~ s a buslnr.!& manal\er IS cntlclzc:d but 

few tUllC! compllmerncd It II ILIne to commend 

Bruthel McKenue: lor pelsC'venng with all Ib e 

l..U. 806 U,c6.t'rn), ELU VILlE. '.Y.- Tht Ie' 

sulu of the B.I Hubouf confer~nce~ le.ad us 10 

hore that • n~1oy aWillrndS may come to the 

movement We .a lt In a 101 of trouble with the 

admlDl5lUllon In 0 C. and we can't Ielax our 

&ulird La r IS cOnlllde.ed thr most dangerous 

sC8meni of SOCIt."ty by Ihe Ideologlcs of those lJl 

the Oyal O ffi ce. nUl hetaulle we .He too liberal tour 

mcrnhels hoyt' the lull spectrum of poli tical loy· 

ahH!!! I, hut b4:ellusc of our speelfl t- aim lO help 

we'ktngpcople lind beCllu se 111 our numbers we 

hlll'r'c the power lind the nrganlzullon If) do so. 

OU f :uatr', lecord III pro· worker leglslallan dur- 

10K the tilDe whc.1l thr reU of the COUntry has bee.n 

fighllng II) keef'l What they have, 15 ~methtn& to 

crow aboUt As emblyman Frank Barbaro h,n C2.r 

ned tbe banner an Ihe 'itate legISlature, ISswog 

rtp;m5 IU h,ghhght Ihe abuses to the collcctl\·c 

bargaining process thal hll\'e gO llen worse In reclCo t 

years He hu IOl loduccd J ~'JS J 'llOn fO sllengthc:» 

the state'. preyailmA w:rge law and helped us In 

many othcl ways The TOXIC Toft Bi ll, If passed, 

wal l give ..... o rkers who 've been Iniured by asbestos 

and other substolo ces Ihe c hance to open up tbell 

compcn~a U on elISe, after Ihe long·term effects of 

tbell Illness corne to light 

These time" requlle tnc.rcucddetcrtDlnauon and 

a new awarene51 ,hat flexlblhty 150' 1 weakncss. 

The goal 1.5 Imponllnt .and the mUn.5 must speak 

to thc ,usuee we 'ict'k 00 I sound lik.e tbe laIC 

8,o ther Louey Dubrnrti 

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Think We When 

Thinking of the Union 

L.U, 846 {o,l&ul. ItATTANOOGA, TENN.-By 

the IlInc thL S arllcl Is printed, Loul846 Will haye 

conducted the e1ecllon of ofAcer5 a,nd delegateS to 

the Intern. Ilona I Convc-.nllon. I am sure we will 

havl:qullea numbel leektns these pQSlUons, which 

WI ll prOVide a sood seleclion for everyone [0 choose 

from. 

At ,hc pruenl time negollatlons arc UDder way 

wllh several of Our eo·o ps 2nd conUaetors.. It )(,)Oks 

:II If we an In for some hard umes as evuyone 

wan IS concessions of ,orne dcscrr puon. lohn and 

I of len heat, " Wha. hus the umon done for meJ" 

Everyone seems to think of I in stead 01 we. " I" 

am limited :)1 to what " I" c.an do, but " we" can 

d o a lot. When was the lISt lime you attt;nded a 

UDlon m ectlng! Afe you Ictllngsomeone else make 

your deCISions fo r you Or afe you participating In 

your lucal unton l 

In cloJlng, everyone plc-lSe buy "mcne an·made 

productt 1'll1s IS the besl w.ay to suppo.t your 

fello ....· wo.ker ~nd eounlly. 

See you II the union mcetlng. 

Rocu . TIIOI'>II'SON, ASST. 8 .M .

Towering Job 

These picture s how Loc:;a 1846, ChalllllrttHl g,a, Tenn., 

mrmbrrs who work in TVA'. Power OUlilru£tion 

Dil'isiun. The crew WiIS lnvolnd in Uillin& an 

uisling IOWt'.r 20 (ttl. The members pic turcd Irt 

Charl es " Booliic" Claytou. chid Slcwud, Paul 

Craves, S"3C Mullin., fortman, Rick!:), 8ur6chh 

Ruy C. Roberson. superintendent, John-Ooy 

Caughran ; Charll"S Devlnc, ' arne R. Lay, Moost 

Moody, John A. Noll. bu ... inc.'os manager or I,.oca l 

346, lind Dane Evans. 

Reagan-No Friend Of 

Farmers or Workers 

l.U. 861 (i&.o). LAKE C IIAHLES, LA. WI! c,l(l~nd 

our cQndulcnccs to the famdlC'~ llf tltothcl$ Ambrey 

Bourque, W E Anthony, Luther T. Lesllc, Ill, and 

Joseph F am:.lu, I' Hrothel HouICIUC pa~$cd away 

on February 5, Dwelter Anlho ny. Mart-h I, BrvdH; r 

l.eslie:. March 17, and Brother C4 malo, April :~. 

Maybe we should cx pon the farn'll.: rs and 

keep the gra m, .." I don't recall h,s eX.1ct wOfds, 

but wasn't Ihal cute He mlly have thought It tUtCI 

but r dldn't, and I 'll bet a lot of fa tmen lhdn' l 

thlllk SO eI ther I havclliways heard thai the rilrmCrS 

traditionally vote Rep ullh can Jj tha t IS tr ue. I hupe 

they havc kamed thCIf lesson I1nd VOiC IIgalnSt 

trad ulOn til 1988 I wonder what kind of cUle 

remalk he made llhout the cQnul'\lcliOl1 workers. 

o il producclon workcls, Icfln ery, c hcmll:lll. Stcel 

and the auto w Olkers, to IHUOC a few I' m SUfe 

then: was a remark for each group, Now PreSident 

Reagan tells J.1pan t hat they can sh ir IIIl the C3n 

and trucks they w",b tn u or-no 5Inn}ti'i oIt till;hed, 

They jumped on this 1nd .1 hout 11 pCfI::en t u{ Ihl.: 

Am Cflc.ans Will buy them, I'm !Ipell.kl l1g ()f peo pl e 

who live hC le, wurk here lind IIrc rlusing their 

bmilu!s here-even SHIll C wholie fathers ~nd moth. 

ers belong to 3 unIOn. People whu buy Tap::mese 

CIIIS, trucks 0[ anything Japanc.!le m3Jc: vehUS 

American lIludc shuuld hlliV~' to go 10 Japan to earn 

i1 IIYlng. If that statement Uluchl"s yau or any 

mcmber of your fo3ml ly, thcr'l so bc II I mean What 

I say m every ,cnst: of the wurd. The !.:arne gOtc! 

fo r all foreign made plmJuct,. If II IS 0 1 WII' m 3UC: 

hcrc In Amellca .1r'1d has move d OUt of the COUntry, 

,hc:n w Amene.lns should not bu y, own 01 u!>c II , 

I'm not s pea king of Amencl&n! who lIye In a fo reign 

country and cam Ihelr hVIn!; Ihe rc, T hose people: 

should usc that courllry's ruoducts so lunK liS they 

live there and earn th eI r hV1l1& Ih erl! 

We may think we had it rough (01 the 13M fuu r 

yCli rs. with high un employment tlnd sclCJ:lIct! wllh t1l1emlllvymc: nc , but iust wlm::h 

the next lo u r, You aln'l ~etn lIotiung yet. Just luuk 

at what has happened since Noyem be r 2, L 984. l 

don't lilln k fur une minut!; ,hilt he: will gc ~ uue 

conct:S5 i0I1S from Jopan on t he li ftIng I)f traUe 

barrie rs . They a lrc3dy !laid they were ve ry unhaplIY 

With the Amertcan de:mands on tude ballicrs They 

may aglee II) a Icw but they will nevel be cllecuvl" 

bc(au5C lapan will find w 

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11k.: to thank the retirees lor their hard work and 

ask them to keep up the good work 

Summer Illun about hert:. and we all bope that 

everyone I' looklD& forward to a grelt lime and It 

lot of fun The work PICtUU: look, bnlht, Ind W 

does the sunshine. Don'l forge:t that .5 of July I 

there Will be a new seat belt law In Mlchl&an 

requiring all PQssen,UJ In the fronl sell' of lIlI 

vchu:les to wca r !e.n ~It .. 

Have a safe summc', and we Will StC you at your 

UOlon n'u!:c llI1g. 

hammer .... as made OU I "f needle plank from the 

BI.ckh.wk Dam Allm 011111 wa.s a great party and 

II Alling Illbule. Fled Will continue- to pursue hIS 

,;olfing and Ashln& 1ft his rcule:me:nt yea rs. The 

mr:mbcrs of Local 965 extend thr:u wann.:st and 

mo I sincere wlShe, fo r une:ndmg happmess tn the 

e:n'l\.IIn,; YClI'" C{)(Ki luek, Frt:d and Juanita! TllI 

RC)l1 IlIne , then1 

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Several Longtime Members 

Receive Service Pins 

LU. 95] (i,u,l.e m ,cuv$.spa), EAU CLA IRE, WIS. 

Th.: Inll:: rnatlonal Br01ilcrhood of Electncal Work· 

crs ill sincere affection lind dee p gratitude pre 

sented to Brothers Laurence Knuuon, Albert Mark· 

levlts, Leo Seibold, Arthur MI Ckelsoll, Donald 

Tucker IIlld Clt(ford Wetchen a CitatiOn alld pin 

for 50 yean of loy,," and faithful service and memo 

beuhlp In OUI Brotherhood From.lI of the mem 

ben m 9$.3. our thanb ,nd best wl!ilhes '0 all of 

ytlu Also at IhlS lime I would like: 10 l'xtend 

congr;lIulauons 10 Albin Fredllckson. gas service· 

mlln al LSDP. for hIS 15 )le:an of ,erV1CCj and 

congululauons to Busmen MlInll3er Tom Haley 

who was prese:nled with a 40·yeat pin by Ihe 

members at La Crosse 

The WOrk ~utuatll) n In our IU n5dlcti n IS surtlng 

to pick up The wiremen agrecment which eXlllred 

Match I We:llt to ,he ouncd for wages and dura· 

lion, so Ot'nny hilS hiS work cuI out fot him. 

AsSISlallt BowauJ Brl!nholt IS organl1lng a courle: 

of new units of Dalryland Power, lind hopefully by 

IhlS ume: the c:lccIIOIlS haVll' condudcd 5UC:C:CSS' 

fully BUSlne:!os Man.1ger Tom Hale:y 15 prcpanng 

lor negolliltlons w~th Lake: Superior DISUIct POWI" 

Company, whlcb IS II spm·of{ nQw of onhern 

Stales Power Good luck 10 you lind your commit· 

tee, Tom. 

Throughout th e units requests have: been m;lde: 

,hllt Local Y53 have ItS own m{lIIthly newsletler 

willch would kee:p everybody mformed as to what 

15 happening with the olher units aod ~gre:emenu 

With OUI curreat traosmlrter We: rehly allicies of 

Inleresl 10 Ih.: me:mbershlp and through Ihn 

monthly amele Issues Qf Importance If there is 

anythrnl you would like prlnled In the: JOlJrnal. 

lUSt send II to thiS ofAe.: or pus It on to Tom, 

myself, Denny OJ Howard, I would be more tha.n 

bappy 10 wme 1t up. 

Ame:rlt.a IS bca\lllfu l Suy Aml'lIun, and look 

for the UlllOn label Attend yllu r Ulllon mCe hn&-.", 

SRVC;I M1C""1 KE, A SST B M 

Member's Son Eagle Scout; 

Brother Laufenburg Retires 

L.U. 965 lu&.unJ, MADISON, WIS.-Congruula· 

tlans 10 8ralhe:r Rand)' J. Cant for nUII13 nume:d 

10llmeymall Slatus eUec.llve February 17, 1985, a5 

a stre.et Op( ratlon!> me.chanic, Cla!ol I, wl1h Wis· 

conslO Power and Light Com pan)') to Brother Larry 

Tessman for hllYII\8 II l1 l1lned IQurncymnn Slatus 

eHect!v.: March J, 1935, as II Im e dcarllnce tech· 

aldan with WPL, ~nd Brothc::r Steve:n L. Borck for 

hav1D& atlaind Jou rneyman statu clfectlve: Mq,rch 

J. 1985. as a hne clearance le:chmCll,In WIth WPL 

On January 20, 1985, 1I1111pprOpnaic ceremonies 

at tbe Prune du S.c Township H.II, Chad •• ge: 16. 

son of Brothel Chillies WIlhelm. maintenance op· 

er-alor lechmclan of the Praltlc du Sac Plam. rC'· 

celved the hIghest of Boy SeOUl awards, Eagle 

SCOUt. Chad's mothe:r, IJllm. did the honors a .. 

shown m the photo Chad's community prole!;t to 

help 3tlall1 this :lw.&rd was the land&caping around 

the: Praule: du Sac Town 1-11111 and the erection of 

playground equipment Chad belongs to Ihe Order 

of the Arruw The accomplishment thai Chad 

lIIchieved throu"h thiS award was recognized and 

acknowledged by hIS 80)' Scout leader' and the 

vanous people he worked and was aSSOCiated with 

The ceremony wa .. dimlllXcd by a delicious lunch 

served for .11 to "tend.nee: COll~a , ulatlon,. Chad, 

Piclured is the Eagle Se:out Award ceremony, Leh 

10 ri,h t are Chad. Pam Ind Chules Wilhtlm, 

member of Local 965, Madi&on. Wis. 

Shown al the relircment par'), of Fred l..aulenburg 

lIlIt, stlllted, left to righi , Juani ta and Fred LOIufe n· 

bur.&, and Blk./ RR Piant M.anlllget Tom S~hlOf:drr. 

Scandins, It'll 10 right, are Executive BOllrd member 

lind Unit Chairman, Blk.IRR PI""t, Gene Samur.lson, 

and gues' speake:r "Camae the Grtal," Brothel 

Bob R)'&h. 

:md the !lial~le 10 youi parcnts, from Loc.:Il 96;). 

Presldcnt Larry Lenhardt and BuslDess MllJ1aKt:r 

rtnanclRI Secretary MIchael "M1C k" Koehler :Il' 

tended the 3Jrd Annual Brienog Sessions on Col· 

lective BargaiOlng and Employee Relations pre:' 

,ellled by. panel of BNA !Jpeellhsrs lit the Lns'ltute 

of Industrial Rdatlons, Loyola Umverslty of hi' 

ugo, on Marc.h 8-9, 19 5. The knowledge gamed 

from IhlS confcrence IS considered mdisp

hstcncd lind commented o n Whlll 'S WII)IlS with oor 

uuil,lu . Some: we:te agllln5t thos~ working oU lslde 

out ciaSS lfi c.a tion as jo urneyman WlrcmCIl and oth 

t rs vOiced their concern ag.llns t double booklOg 

(that's signing out 01 work books In locals outSide 

tbe lr Own . .... h lle;at Ike Sil UU: lillie lJ ell1~ (mpluycd 

In ;lnothcr lunsdlcticm). SIIII othe r ~ salcJ the prob· 

lem bods d wn to not rtloIlly cloIrlng Then o ld 

Hodgu: made a sutl;C$tlon. Wily not wILte up sonle 

of yOU! Idea' and Alve thcm IU me to edit and put 

In OU I 10Ur110). Onc BrOthCI iSllld that Lf J educd 

out hLs fuur lener wo rds, therc wouldn'l be much 

leh l Let's helU hom yUu, ihoth ers) hcre'! 1& good 

way to reach many of our fellnw mt'ml'M-n with 

your Ideas 

We al 970 want to thank aU of the It)Cals which 

have put our men 10 WCllk , hese put Olonths. 

Don't forget lWl) ImpUll:lnt events thts month 

The first IS Father'. Day un lune 16 The second 

IS our June 19 Appu::nuce .I nd Old· T uners Banquet 

The eYent Sians at 6 p m with dinner ,1.1 111m OIl 

Henn's. Tlc keta arc $10 50 cllch 

Tom HUIJ :and Doug 1 Utile well: swom In .u 

fi r~' -'J ul apprcntlces III our M:IU.h mtetll\~ 

The proverb 15 for Dads thiS month, "I>. WiSt son 

heeds hiS f;athrr'5 instruCtions, but II scoffel dOd 

fluL la':'lcn fa re:buke " PR lJ-l 

, 0 " Hun •• ,II·' HlltX.U, P S 

Graduates 

Pictured Id l to rI&ht att Brolhrn Todd BlIl1ks, 

SalarilLi Dutlrr "lid Plluid;, AlesatlLdel, who lie ont' 

01 Ibe top "oup ," in Lonl 995, 8lton RouSt, U •• 

cable s pH cin& l!Iiudu a tin~ dan, 

Shown Idlto rl&ht art 8,othu!lo Eric 51011(, D.rrcJl 

Achord lind Kyle Dixon, who art another top group 

ill the cable splicing gra dUilli nl dUI. 

changes th.t have tllken place .ue IJn bdlo.:vablclln 

the flmmy C~rtu eroa, Ihe unc mpltLyn\CIlI nflh:c 

was II. cable puslu:d InIO the Gorner of the danl:c 

flool of the rCCII:3 11 011 cente r; ami II was npcoed 

for d1ll:c or four hours, :md only on f fld.lYs Then 

It w a.!. moved IntO an office .at II minimall ,",,'hefe 

it bt:gan oJJC ratlng full ume The thLrd and b.leSt 

move, th:r.t 's light, WIIS to a very la rge tlfflee with 

SIX, peuple belping lIlsltad I'll tWU t I'd say lhllt SQmc 

progress hu been IUlIJd 

In my March, 1985, Story I showed;l dcgrce' I)' 

IWU of ~~'lm\Sm, fudgrnx, hom the nak, on the 

11I(.,lllevc\ oInd mostly fr um officers, I am 3 .. summ~ 

ttul may"'e I nme on a hltle s uong. I stili hold 

th;U wh.u I .... m\e'~ the truth 3S I sec II I.lm !.Ore y 

If I lcd :some 01 YIIU til ,hmk (hilt 111 m n(IW poss sseJ 

with a ",ltIYl' ur .. HtLlmle fnr II lU'" L"n', 'IU There 

. !way:; be UI1I1)O" .lOll Inere WIll alwlIY" be 

IIlUS~ 

union,. but 1011 ling un (1m butts :lIn't the wOly ami 

tnl.:(t: are m. l/tuar.;mtt:c..,t We l1\U"'1 help mold the 

future, not lUSt tet II harrt'n 

Abuut Ihe time J .... as 10 )le.H) old thelc wu the 

thought Ihat employeeo; we re nUl &tUlng t:nough 

bfuks. The bu~scs were uklll.K unhm ;ldv.lnl:1ge 

o f the workers thWUl:h m;JnJgemenl 's ""upenor 

bargaLmnl: position, Comp.lnlcs could lUSt Simply 

rctusc to ba rgain w"h unlon

Scholarship Winner 

Club Officers 

Retirees 

Loul 1203, E":.IIwtlJl:kel, R.I., Sc.hol;u:o.hip winner 

,M.nutJ Avil:iJ is t on8utul:ucd by BU5inrs5 1'!hn 

:lget lohn Faria as Prf'~idenl ,\hnueJ Sousa looks 

on. 

Pictu red here ::I re Business .I\;hnagr.r Jade M~ .all y. 

Local 1245, W.alnUl Creek, Cal., .and Pru ideat 

Howard SlieJcr meeling with the DCW Rctireu 

Club officers, T om Riley, president, .an d Gene 

Hastings, secretarY-IIt':asurer. 

Shown al a recent retilcment presentalion cerem 

onl' .ar e, It h , b eny Loar, ]S yeaTS, and RozdJa 

Carncy, 21 furs. Thcy lect h'~ watchu aad money 

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Show" heu. :Ire We .. 1 1203 Bloibrr Sil"ino A .. ib, 

~ Iluel A9ih, Busio"s Man2ge l Jo hn Fui:l and 

President ,\hnuel Sousa. 

Work Steady- All 

Members Working 

LU. 1205 (i,o&'u ), GAi N ESViLLE, FLA.-OUI work 

situauon has nQt changed much All our jobs are 

loaded up. The shutdowns are gOing good We are 

very fOrtunate: ID tbat 0111 OUt members tnat w;lot 

to work arc domg so, and we even ha ... e some 

1I:lvehng Brolhers workmg.. 

Br others aDd SiMtIS, as mOSl of us should have 

nouced. umes are changmg aed In a pretty fast 

p .. ce. 100. Our unlom are havang /I hell Qf a lime 

kCf'lllIlg Lhmgs together We have a bunch In Wash· 

mgfOo runnmg things wbo would lake to see organized 

labor go down the drain. 

Now, as dlstastdul as lhlS may be for us, we are 

gomg to have to bend a li ttle. Now, I'm not tOO 

food of thiS idea and most of you will probably not 

be euher but, 11 looks as though that's thr: only 

way we lire gOID& 10 survtve. The customers know 

that we arc buning, .lnd they are holdmg that 

nonunion elemen! over QUI he.ads; .aod don' t you 

uunk lor.a mlDUle th.at Ihr:-y woo' t go rat, lust for 

spae knowmg all the time thai they won't get tbe 

quahty wor..k that onJy UDtOn labor CQuJd produce 

Think nard .about thl , Brothers land Sis ten Thmgs 

are nO[ t he way we would lake them to bc=, but 

wheth=r we like II or not, that'S the way it IS. and 

the time has come when we arc going to have 10 

give up some of the t hiugs that we have cnloycd 

for so many -years_ Hopefully thm g.."l will get better 

with time. Now, [don't want you to mistake wh:1t 

"m trying 10 say. I'm aot sayiag that we should 

gel wormy flust feel thai we an gomg {Q have (0 

give luSt a bIt. We bad It good for.a bunch of yur • 

~nd hopclully W~ wiJI g~t it b:illc_k up close to ",'here 

..... e bad lL So, when ow bUSiness manager ules 

the best hr:- can to get work for us, lUSt remem~1 

b~ docsn' t hke to give up thIngs either: but we 

lus t don 't h.ne many choices 

Well, Brothers and Sisters, OUI next uRlon meet· 

log 15 not far off. I SU.IC w ould like to set: a good 

crowd then!. We need to get togcther and help run 

nU r loC31. You all take care of one another, .a nd 1'\1 

see you at the mceting. 

Rol'IA1.D "BoI'I£s" BRU!'"lLU., P.S 

local Forms Retirees 

Club, Seeks Members 

L.U. Il " Slo,u,t,c.m,clI'F.tnr,I Ovt &'petl, WAL UT 

CREEK, CAL.-Busmcss Manager lac." Mc.Nally 

recently requested a eharU:f fo r l oc:iIIl 1245's R~ · 

d Ices Club fr om the ISEW's Lnternatlonal Presl' 

dent, so a drive IS on to im::rt.ase partlt:lpatlOn 

among our felared members. Those fcsponslblc for 

spcarhcadmg the Retire~! C lub participation are 

rCluces T um Rtley. Club prcsldent, aDd Gene 

Hastings. Club secretary· treasurer. Bratber Riley, 

a 3.5·ycar member, IS a former PG&E control op' 

erator at Avoo Power Plaot; and Brotber Hasting . 

a 37"year mem~" w.as an e1eclrlcian tD Stallon 

Construc.llDn, San Ramon 

In sedUDg Wide membershIp partlCIpatlOn, Business 

i\\;mager M c:Nally has plepared m.aterial for 

retuee that pomts OUt a vanelY of benefits a .... ail· 

able through Club partiCipation. lOc.ludtng free 

legal advlee. Blood Bank membersrup, Credll Union 

eligibility and dealh benefits. AddltIOna.!1y. the 

letlrCes group is f~us.e d on affilia tion wi th thc 

National Council of SemOl Citizens (NCSCI. WlllCh 

is aligned wlrn approXImately 3,OCJO dubs sponson::d 

by unions, churches, business and fr.at emal 

and profeSSional aSSOCiatiOnS, :and CIVIC organlza· 

tions_ NCSC l~d th~ fight fot M~dicare aad con· 

tlnues to WOlK fo r Improvements In Social Securuy 

and other h:glslauon beoefiung semer Qti-u[)5. 

Retirees interested 1D p.arllclpaung should eon· 

tact Reurees Club President Tom Riley at Local 

1245 he.adquallers, and packets detalllOg aetl ... itics 

and special dl5.counts available will be: sent out 

along With membership applicatIon forms, 

C .... ROL BWSOI.E. r s 

SiSler Marion Rozelle, a mem ber of Loul 1246, 

Adrian, Midi., is pictured receiving het ;lw ~ td ~s 

.lila inductee inlo tbe Mic bign Amill cuf So ft ball 

Hall 0 ' Fame. 

Member Inducted Into 

Softball Hall of Fame 

L U. 1246lcml, ADRlAN, MICH.- OD Feb ruary 9 

at the Hilton (nn, l ansing. Micblg:m, Sister Marion 

RQzelle, who works al Faraday Inc_ in Tr:-cumseb. 

Mlc.hlgar1, was induCled 101.0 the MJ[:hlgan Ama· 

lol!W Softball HaU of Fame. Miss Rozelle pltcbol!d 

malor Ia:ll-pitch $Oftb.aU for 25 years She started 

her softball C3 reer 11'1 her h ometown of Addison, 

Michigan, in 1946. 

Sbe parllclpated U1 four Wor ld 's T ournaments: 

m 1961 at Ponland, Oregon. In 1964 at Orlando, 

Flotlda, and 1965 and 1967 at Stamford, Connect· 

ICUt. In her career shol! won 210 games, pitehed one 

perfect game. eight no-hitt

tlclpaung lalthfully on tnell dllYs oH fman wor\ot I 

must mention nere tnat Paul Chase wa::lJcd a metal 

frame: for our Local 1249 Blgn In honl 01 the hall 

dunng rus welding w:uning, He tven brought it to 

the hill iDd put It up for us, I took his picture 

IDslallmg It and had big plans to include n In Ih lS 

month's arllcle, however, as occulOnaJly happens 

to me, 1 bad anothf:r aile of Iho5e sclf-de tntellng 

61ms lD the camera, so .... e have no pictures, 

Bobby Shutter has oblalDed (rom the N.allOnai 

10lDt Apprentu;eshlP and TrallllDg Commltlee fOI 

the Electnc.:al Induslly the: tnlllllng mate:nal for a 

Fiber Opucs Course, He h ~tn hohhng ualRlDg 

sessIOns dunng the week .and on Snutd.ays for 

mem~JS, botb apprenuces and ,ourneymen, wbo 

~e interested an learning the baslc.5 about libe: r 

OptiCS Ten members h.l¥e completw the Cour!.e 

and been ccrtlAed 

Tbe Army CUipS of Engmeerll, belu.· ... c: II 01 nOt, 

IS gOlLlg to hold more public hellun~ un the Marcy 

South hnt Even (hough the Public Selvlce Corn· 

mlSSLon bas :.Ipproycd the hDe's construction, the 

Army Corps of Engmcers also h .. , tQ aprlo"'e arc:as 

tbat cross wetlands and Ccrt:.lHl wau.'rw:.lyIgllal and 

d:ata. r Ot (umplc, .a "'1O&le fiber !!o1n,llIer Ihan 3 

h:.lU can Il!p lllCC 11 900·p311 ·copper·cable bundle. 

R.eccntly Ncwpmt News SlupbulldlOg Iltt a $20 

millIOn fibe r·optlcs Cnn llll(1 MOl e lind more Iubs 

that .arc bid, pnm.nly With NASA and olher gov· 

ernment bases. requllc the 105ullatlon of fibet· 

lIplie cable 

Loe .. 1 1340 along With the Apprenltceshlp Com· 

mttree hilS offered a tralnlDg eoune tn fiber OptlCS 

f"rour local's lourneymen ThiS was.:ln excellent 

course cbat .... as Instructed by a gentleman ..... ho 

h:.l$ been working ""Ith fibe r OptiCS SlOce the 1970s 

We ie .. rned about the con .. tructHm of fibe r OptiCS, 

the lnsu.lI .. tlon u:chnlquQ of the: cablc, lh~ tools 

that arc neeessary to lermtnate the cable and, yes, 

we ~vcn lermln.ted the cuble 

Fiber oplles IS no longer a Ihlng In the future, It 

15 ller~ lind now Thank" to IhlS cour e our local 

now h .. mtn .... ho know how to properly mstall 

Rbtr·opuc C.Jble.s Apprenutu Will now h~ve lIddltlonlli 

$Ch oohn~ to Include fiber Opl1CS ThIll is 

IU.51 one mon: examplc: of why thc: bc .. t ·tr:.llnc:d lind 

skllled men In OUI Indu~lty :.Ire umon 

EDDIE COff V P.·P.S 

Two Members Receive 

Life Saving, Army Awards 

LU. 1]47 (u" CINCIN ATI, OmO--Brotber Terry 

L 8r:.lUnSICIll, a senIOr machmLSt welder In the 

Electnc Operuln&. M~~hme Shup, wa~ awarded 

Ihe Army Aellle ... cment Med .. 1 ThiS .ward, which 

Is o ne: of the hlght:s t available lO.I National Guards· 

man, W.2l5 gl'Ycn to SIS BuunstC:ln for hiS ~"CeplI 

onal. rnerrttmUU$ ,crvlce dUring t he 1983trainmg 

yeal 

On Januaty 13, 1985, BrOlher Darell Herschoc r 

of the ElectTJe O pera ling, Tt'st Sc::cllon, recelyed 

the Ohio Elec tric Utility InSlltute'S Aw .. rd of Valor, 

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Award Winner 

Members 

Party 

Pictured hr rl!! is Rrolhu S~mee.h Muhammad car 

Local 1347, Cinci nnali, Ohio, ftceiving Ibe (DEW 

Lilt Savio, Award. 8rolhu Simcch ,,"cd Ihe liIe 

01 • founa bab y wben Ihe mOlhtr ume running 

out of hr.r boun cryiDI for help with .hl! inlant in 

her arms. The baby h.d stoppr:d brulhing. Samrth 

perfonned II modiAt"d Hr:imlich Mane-u ver. The 

bab y cou,hed and sph up some lortJsn DUller IDd 

lhu &uflt.d bruthilll. Our loul Is tJC tremely 

proud of tbis Brother (o r h is quick JlCllon ... 

Pictured are u wfo.d ullion mt ch'Dia and 

mtmbtl' (Jr Loc.1 IlS9, Ch lc' i o, 111.. Jimmt' Ba, 

T.in. Irh. ~nd funk Coc.1, rel ind, 

Shown . Ic: h 10 lighl, in pictule are Local 1367. 

Chicago, III" Bratht " loe Wan lr., c.hid $Ie"'ard; 

Louh Rich, teward, Ch ica&o Soulh, and sen' icc 

nnuhant Bud Dc\'c rd icr al _ Ct.ie_,su Saull. Penlion 

Plrt}', 

On the Job 

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Piclurcd Idt to righl lft! Crawfo rd Stallon elec'tfic:iacUi 

Frank Dd hrco and Clfl Aduus, 

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Shown hcre is Chules Wri,hl, tq,uipmenl opentOf, 

Bttcon Pole Yard, Cincinnati, Ohio. Chulit h lU 

beea worllinl with equipment since 1968. He hu 

b U D I member of the local (Of .. lmOli1 30 r urS. 

Keep u p .he good work. 

WhiCh IS that or,smuuon', highest aWard The 

award recognizes h1) dfons In resc-uml; tWO young 

iadln from a car which began to bum follawlDg a 

multlv~hl c1 ~ Clash on 1·75 laSl July. Darell preYI 

ously wu prcsctltcd Ihe mEW Life S.vlntt "ward 

for hi, ICUOD$ at Ihe .. foremenlloned aCCident 

On Apnl 4 the membersblpof Loc.l1J47 uti Red 

a new, three yeueootrlct with the Cmclnnall Gas 

and ElectriC Cumpany The 1..1Iulf.u.l "-UVC I ~ 1,618 

members employed b)' the ullhty. The members 

af the Negoti ating Committee did an cxcellenc lob 

fo r tne mem bers and were :lble to , ltal n n nne 

sr:ttlement The)' d~scrv e II big thlln k!o for II lnb 

well done- BUSiness Mllnogcr Mike Gil ligan, As· 

SISlant Buslncss Manager Nick Greco, Prestdcnl 

Tim O'Lcary, Recording SccrCllUY Da ... c Batbro, 

Commmee members ' 1m Benlley, 8 11 1 Schnw l, Ri ll 

Bmgle, Ralph ChafRn, MIke Wmkfidd, Frank Kelly 

and InternatlOn:l l Repfcscnu.tlve P:1U1 Witte, 

Take the Time, Do 

The Work Safely 

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L U. 1l59Iu). CHICAGO, ILL.-"There IS no lob 

so Important tbat w~ caDnOt lake tlmc OUI 10 do 

II safd)' " We'ye .. II hurd dus company slopn 

ma.oyamtla, workldoD' C behevel! In myoplDlQn 

It WOD't ~ Ion,; bf:for~ one of us IS earned OUIdud. 

That s "ghll 1 said dead. I JUSt hope )'ou ,ue 

nill aroulld to rc:.ad mil :arnde, ThIS is a mesu&e 

for everyoDe.at t he Cuwfo rd .nd Fisk Stallon· ne ..... 

employees, old-umcn, management and anyone 

who Will lead dlls article Don' t lrust 5OmCODt: 

eJse with the most Important Ihmg you h,ve. your 

hfe. 

How m:lny times have )'ou started II job by Cllklng 

someone elsc', word on .. pIece of equlprncnl bC'lf1~ 

OUt of sefY!cel T nk.e II lew minutes, lin d c heck II 

oul you rself, We lUSt had a \'e ry narrow escape lut 

Marc.b l B, 1985, wbe n a sh ih englnce r orJe rctl 

three new operato rs LO sho\'e1 c.oal out of a null 

while Ihe !wI ler w, .. on Ihc: \mc: ;lnJ wllhout 

rack.nf; Ihe mill out deC1i1C1I1 H.lYC you c\'ct secn 

whIt a food J1r(Kcs§or dots 10 ,I plCCC of mead 

How would Ihat shih c:nglnec-r uptam to the 

ope-r.uor ', ..... ife thai Ibe mill 'H.:lJlcJ IIC"-IJt:Hl:llh' 

and hel husband dl'iapJlell,ed m a hactlOn of ;1 

sccondl Ynu bellcr nail askmg que lions 2nd 

double ehecklngl t:lkc a few mLnutes OUI, do some 

footwork l nobody WIll hlnle y(tu If you don't 

think you undersland, 0 1 hllve bc:en Kn'tn II (onCel 

ans .... cr, -.ee your shup ufelY man or YOU t shop 

Slcw:I,d Nobody I know C;lfCS m o re .aboUI me, 

lhan me Thmk about It 

CQIl&rl1ullltllJDs to Ihc: fullo wlng nc:w rC:l1red 

Edward T omll sfui future 

In,trucIUI\for thlS~roup wer~ Robert SIIe.k, i-Ior;a(C 

C.;unc lind Lenard W3low,kl 

As of IhlS wrtlln& thefl~ II no nc:ws on negolla 

lions for W.3gct and bent:flt, Thele IIrt' numcrous 

mC'eun~s with the company d",laa1s Will follow 

nexi mOR l h, 

The regular mc:eUn& of Locat 1361 Will bf: held 

II 1he Hllh:lde Holiday Inn Slartln~ promptly al 8 

pm on Wc:dnesd:lY. IUne 12 Show )'out SUpPOII: 

be In attendllncc ;and find OUI Anaband llbout 

maner eonccmm« all of us AU three diVISions 

Ire reJue"'Cn l ed Plene continue to savc: 1-hc: IBEW 

/ournoh for OUt fellred !lrOlhers, Ihank )'ou (01 

your continued s upport 

Congralulil ions to Ihe lallowlng. who nrc cdc 

brnlln~('l)m pany anmvC:lunc:s · Wi th 38 yearllo ser ...· 

Ice Clve lh Clld c rcw leadC:1 Jerome Pohanka, June 5, 

1947, senior lret" trimmer Ik rna rLl Strange.:s, lune.: 

16, 1941, IIIIU.: I IlI IC IJpe llllLJ I Huwlou d Zyburl, June 

4, 1947, undcrAround crew leader George Be ltt'r 

Plccured is t ht Chic..aAO Cc.nual First·Period Lin c' 

mtn GradUAti ng Class, Leh to right. rea r. arc 

Inslfuclo r Robert Sitek. Ot (JIonsltalOt Horull' 

Clli nr'j, Mih Hinrhlry, Inn Morroo, O;!.O fialko. 

Man:u!S Spu lcs, O verhead uptrimtndc.n t William 

FOrd l ;and OelDo nSlfatOr Lr nard W.lows ki ; fu;ml, 

Mike Flo ret, Edward COlence. Kevip Hunt. Frtd 

McKin oty and Chuck Johnson. 

man. JUDt' S, 19"1, and SUb!ol;JtlOn cre ..... IC;ider 

IO!>t'ph Porlld),la, lune 10, 1947. with 35 yrars 

scrvlce field .service dupaccber JluulJlplt T)'fpekl, 

lune 19, 1950. With J4 years servlc re overhead 

Cfe-W Juder Eugc:nt' Pelen, lune 12. 195 1/ and with 

JO yean; St'f'\ l(.e - senlur stockman Theodorc Tal· 

.a~leWIc. . h:me 13. 19;5. 

At the Fcbruary Executive Boud mrertmR, Ptes 

Ident AUen Youn~ann()uneed that three new memo 

bers eamc lOr a We.3 1 I J67 Thty art MIC.h3c1 

Cam~ J:tnl1otl loh., Stlcw, ~r;lsem;an ; and K('\'in 

I{mslow, underg,ound hclptr 

Till nut mnoth have a safe and happy sUl'Cmer 

RILI .AIlO Rutl .... ~, P_S 

36 Years of Proud 

Union Representation 

L.. U, 1381 (uowl, HICKS VILLE, N,Y.-Lasl month'" 

myslef)' guC~1 was-nOllc other than I- Frank Tooze, 

iormcr bUM ness IcprescnulI ... e of IBE W Loc al 1049, 

Hauppaug.e, long. bland. eW YOlk. whn nnw I!> a 

membc:r of Local Ill, Dcnve:r, Culorado. 

A few months back I mhJllned you that In order 

for unlc,"s to move: forward. we have to becte:mally 

Vigilant It ,~ Important lor tbe membershIp to 

know Ihat cach of Uj should do OUI be.St to keep 

OUf union luan~ 1 .. nd to adchl1on, taeh member 

should bf: proud of belonging to tbe Intcrnatlonal 

Brotherhood I)' tlectncal Wo rkers, ;I !:Ibor org~ 

DIU lIon ch:1I ......15 organlZt'd :almost 94 )'ears agQ 

For lhosc: who don't kno~ , our local was orga 

DI2ed and received Its c.haner 36 ycan .«u, on 

Febt\l:aty 2, 1949 Only SIX busrn~, manaf;crs have 

be~n clect~d Inca afAcc:- Crerard I D.avle5j Charles 

TUPPC: II Ben Wilbur, Richard G . Fountain; PLenD 

p, PllalDo) and the SIx th and prcseot bUSlOess 

mana,;cr, Donald I Daley Dunng rhe. bnd h istory 

of ou r I"coa l, ~ record f ClUlILn5 thaI we can M qlJltc 

proud (If BU$H'lCU Man:llger Richard G . FountaiD 

Jnd his .lSSlsUnt, Carl L ErieksoD, remamed In 

of Ace wgclhcr (or I, (:onseeullvc years) :l nd the 

offic;crs who wnrktd Wi th them re m ained UD 

e nan,;ed fDI 12 consecutl vc yearsl n ll mely, Prcsi·

dent PIC n o p, Plla!nO, VH;e Prcsldcm Bernard P. 

MaffuccI, Tteasure r Joseph J. Com esky lind Rc 

cording Secretary Robert R. Benson. 

A8;am, I 2sk c2ch aod e ve ry one to scnd in photos 

a nd new s worthy Items Send ro; Press Secretary, 

Loc2l 138 1 IBEW, 1 Somerset Avenue, H lc k ~v l lle , 

New York 11801 

Unltl nexl month. 

RO IiUlT R BENSON, rs. 

Having Fun 

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Piclured atf Marwood's fin u t linem en pla ying 

n rds and huing a good lime! thf Y :art Local 1441 , 

Maywood, 111., Brothef!i C roul .. , Kai !>u, Edwards, 

Doln, and Jaeger. 

Hr.te we Set Brolhl't Rus.s i\l c Phrnon, Cable-Solingbrook, 

.. nd h i'! c:hildfC'n rnioyin ll: lIolid.l Pa rk. 

Brother Ray Harris 

Saves Two Lives 

L.U. 14.;11 luI, MAYWOO D, ILL.-Malch le.lly 

roared III hke: a lIOn Ihls year 111 our lIrell._ Rain, 

sleet, snow and ICC IOlned Ifl one big Mo rm thai 

caused an e nmated 45,000 outages In our diVision 

alone SlJ1ce thiS was more than we coold handle, 

t he ca U went OUt to uur Bruthers In n C I ~hbt JllIJ fC 

diVISions and eveJl to two WisconSin Ul1lruu All 

10 all, o ... e r sao crews worked ;J roulld the clock 

rcstotm g 5erV1CC thil t was CUI from UVCt 100 broken 

poles, 1,200 blo wn fu.ses, 1,200 pn lll ilry lln c~ down 

and over 7, 100 service drops J own. Evcryune d id 

Ihclr best, and evc ryone deserves 0 he:uty tbllnks. 

Speakmg of dlll ng Ihelr best, Brother R:1Y HIII II S, 

C3ble·DVA, rc!;;c ntly pu t h iS CPR tnrlnlllg to good 

usc, Brother HaIns and hiS \\" Ifc, DUlnc, pulli.!d Up 

to an accidCIII cenc involving a preschool van 

whelC: 11 of t he Chlldll:n h3d been hu n Usmg Inl(e to work May the queen' progeny 

carry UII her hClltagei 

01) the tem;tlnUlg home front Ihe av;ubbllllY 

of trlllnmg for G,lIeway II cmployccs h,u been 

cxtcru,!.:d A5 with Kearny employee'! to. committee 

of l:roo r and mann~tment is working Wllir Ihe: New 

lerAcy Dep:lttmcnt of L:.lxlI tI) offer turning :lnd 

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New Agreement 

T he ne w members of LocilI1 1501, Baltinll:uE>., Md., 

cC'lcbra lt~ th ei r 8'51 COD u aet w ith Comust Ca bl e· 

... hion of Maryland. From le h TO right 1ft Gerald 

Luke, Muy Dabt', Sy lvia Fowler, Rol)ert FUlh· 

r:rstone and Frank Klaus. Si lling are Cerald Topper 

and Francd Smith . 

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Nrw members Sy lvia Fowler. Gerald Luke and 

Geral d T opper Uil Dlln t the newly ap prol'ed agreement 

with BUlinus M:aDaZu DID n F. Guth rie, 

Sil ting. 

I felt since the recent layoff o{ cc: rtaln mcmbt::rs 

who work. ill ou r Hunt Valley, Maryland , and 

Sparks, M:nyland, Inc,llllan" rh.::ll • recent NLRB 

~ shouJd be of tnlc:rest Case 0 265 NLkB No 

28. October 22, 1982 An employe,'s deCISion to 

rdocalc bargaining unu work 10 ill nonumon III 

eLlIt}' 10 il!vUld the costs of II union COntract vl(lola'e': 

thl': Tar, Act, NLRB rules The employer arl!:u~d 

that in th~ ab5e:nc~ of a contr,u:t provl~lon forbid 

ding relocation management rtm~lns rrt~ to rdo· 

cau: work Lf u s aCllons art motl\';ued .soldy by 

economIc condI tions The- Board sIre scs, however. 

tIl.!.1 the employer'6 de(.IMon til' 6ulM:ontrAct liS 

assembly ope.ra tlon lind layoff cmliloyees vlol:ncs 

the Ace, which forbids unilateral ahcr:HLon of the: 

ll' rms of .:I contract Our Cc.nHHlct III~o f()fhllJs 

6ubcontlJcting of w[Jfk while membcn. Jft: (111 

layoff 

You Must Fight 

The Taxing of Benefits 

LU. 1505 (em), WALTHAM, MA SS. One of Ilu . 

problems mal the members of our loca.l and mcmbers 

of Of~ani~ed IlIbcu .c,oss the nauon WIll f.ee 

dunng the second lerm of t he: Reagan admlnlstra 

hon 11 the. propose:d plan Ruhmltttd to Consrets 

,bal would IIX the comnbulionl cmploycrs make 

Into workers' hCllIl th, pension and hft: In surance 

pi a 0:', II fht: plao IS IInplemcnted, a worker's tllke· 

home pay will bc Cllt to reflect th e withhold inG of 

bl,!1:hcr taxes, The followmg is a breakdown of how 

thiS propolled pla n will affect our pocketbook, ' 

Our health c;a. re plan could become taxable \n' 

come. If 3n employer pays marc ,tun $70 pcr 

month fOI your health insu1.inec or $ 17S for fam· 

illcs. the amount paid oyer Inn figu re Will be: 

c;;oDsldered taxable mcome For example, Lf )'OU I 

employer p2y5 U 50 per month for bmi.Jy hea.h h 

coverage, you would pay taxes on :In additional 

5900 a t the end of the year Croup lerm Ide 

ins.uroInct: would also hcconle tll.JCt d .as earned In· 

come under tbe plan. Curreot tax la ..... s alloW' lor 

au empluye. IV l':il)l 1 "C:IUIUIII~ lUI )j,IIIUJ.ll":llIl lit~ 

lD~uraDc:e up 10 an amount of $50,000 wllhoU I 

bemg taxed .u. e.uned Income. Under tbe Reagan 

plan tills law would be re pealed and you 're tued 

fOI the enti. e ~moun t paid for thiS Insuunee by 

your employcr. 

AlmCKI " ':~ IIHnJ;Jy dctermlned III ,huw 1IOj rnm· 

ple te dlue(l.l,J IlJI th e worker s III thIS Counlry. lhe 

pn:)po"' ~' J 10); plan would alsl1t.lr,e.t t unemployment 

tnsurOinc lI! and worke. s'compensallon (or In crca .. t'd 

ux revrmn:. tlndr-. ,h,. TOll( plan all b~ndiu fe' 

celved from uncmploymtm tn'iurance would M' 

c:omt' lull)· l;luhlc earned Income As mOSt of us 

lire lully aware, bc:nt:fhs f.om workers' campen· 

$.1I10n.ne al ready lRadequ .. le to meet the needs of 

the aver38e wOlker 3nd Ins famtly 8yaucmptlOg 

to lully l:U: IheSe bencHu, the Rca,ltan :ld mmillirl 

lion shows lu utt er lack of $('n51l1vlly :lnd c l1m 

paSS ion lowards Ihe ..... ol ken g cl ll ~s (.If Ame n t a 

As unbelleyable II' It may seem tnt" lax plnn 

goo e\'t:.n furth t:r. It w(lul d al·m Ult ;\Ily g.roup· 

Itg31 ,lC rvI CCS and educational assislance prognm5 

being offered by employcn, A ... usual, I h~ people 

thc"l(' new I.U :U wQu ld hurl mO"l1 ate tnt: people 

that can lca~1 afford it. APPIOlClllllllc ly 75 pe rc.ent 

of the wo,keu covered by th c~e ptJnl ca m leu 

than 525,000. II we art fo.ced to pay lues on t hese 

lx:m~ ft tlt . VUI IlI-kcllIJlIIC poly IS IcJu(.cd f ur.g.e you 

10 eonuct your SlI!n:nors and rep.e.scnUlIIVr.-s to lei 

them know you oppose ,bl' pl an to tax employec.· 

paid benefitS 

In clOSi ng. I would o nct' Igilin hkt' (0 n!mtnd tht 

memhers of Ihl:!1 10C41 of the upcomlfl~ fle~OIlIl; 

IUHlS I w ould Sincere ly hope that OU l l!nt lle memo 

bersh,p l e311zI:5 tha i m o rder to be 5U c~ssflJ l our 

NCI;oll llUnt T ram needs our t"om plrlr ~ l l pp n rr I\nrl 

trust Now IS the time 10 show tint $u )1f1on by 

stand lllJ.: .as a united locaL In !lUI solidarity hes 

OUI slr cnp,lh 

Three Members to Receive 

Li fe Saving Award 

l...U. 15"2.3 (ul l WICIU TA I KANS.- l wuuld ILk!! to 

mform you thai Intcrn:nional Pr tJld n l Chulel 

H Pillard hn approved ISEW Life nmg Awards 

fIJI three Srm her'! {rom our Incal Tney are Callos 

Walker and Ray Robms.,n for then attlons m 

~avlOg thr- hfe of Brother t:ury QUigley on No'· m · 

ber 19. 19S4, and Jeffrcy lIellman 10. hIS aCflon 111 

S:lvrng the hfe (If a Wootan on Scptem bc: r 5, 1984 

&:vcral me-mhen """ 111 he relirln~ who r:ollcc· 

t1vrly rl'Juc~cllt I)ver 1'io0 yeM .. of serYlce to the 

mEW They wlll be Rllbose:d Yell' muc.h "round he,l!;. 

Then In(ml.K:l~ IIrc Dill Cilludl, MUlino Hutlvll, 

Chn l IH: P:uher, Wally Kerbs "nu Milton Rode· 

baugh Wt· WIsh each nll!.I1l b~ 1 and IllS wilt' Or 

family m:ln y y-=a rll of the 1t:tsure life 

Attend ymu next loclI:l mel'tlngr 

TtJlkY FLf.MINt;. V P P.s 

"The Prospector" 

Pictund is DU.Jlness M

ulwark of (he NorthweSou::l l ug-of-war tcaU'l. Tbe 

"Green Brrr·eu" Igreen IS lbe corporate colour). 

captained by yours truly, Qutdid the "Puller Bears" 

to make It (0 the tlnat.s only to be yanked lII cross 

the Cfimt hne by tbe Kopper KiDgS . The bdles' 

(women'sl) leain, (be defendmg 1984 champs, Ihe 

TUS-"lup, captliDCd by llndalacobscn. (eJl prey 

on ,hell first fll;l1l J "I;It tbere's always \986! Agatn 

our Bed Race lum, capu.lm:d by ACeOUDtlnK DireClor 

Rou PerklD, !ell behtnd; bUI we'll get It 

someday! 

SIX people, lour unlun and tWO company, joined 

kD the zaniest of group eYenls, the Corporate ChalleDge 

. Thut "Dlogallngs," WIth Captain Murray 

Harw~on, coordinated rusonably in the "Comnutlee 

Declslun" h:nulutegged race), dropped two 

green-pamted eggs an "Pass Ihe Buck" Itoss a dozen 

eggs down In relayslJ s(Umbh:d In the " Bureaucratic 

shu fOe" 112 leet tied to a pair of skls} and c10ppeLl 

through the " lob Hunter's Obstacle Course" Ise~ 

if you hlllv.: the IQ 10 5t~ck kIds' rings ). 

In the " Hard Hal Relay," one person held a cup 

of coffee while belflg wheeled along m a wheel· 

barrow The " Economy Rday" iovolved one person 

le.a dlllg a second bllndfoldcd person along anothcr 

ob5.tacJe cO\.I(se. FanaJly there was 'he "Brown' 

Nosing P..elay P..Ace, " havmg co use one's nose 10 

pu sh a " moose" DUUet across a t.lllrp The: DlIlgal· 

lOgs pllll ced 25th of 29 te:ams! Costummg wa.$ 

on &1oal : nOlhang but Ihe necessary ..... mter ae· 

couuement.$ 

Our queen candidate thl.$ ye.llli was Jane Coombs. 

a toll operator. Seinl a queen candIdate m~ol"es 

attll:nLlmg I. number of eVents and slI:lhng tIckets 

to help ralu monll:Y 10 run the celebranon. lind 

slIIles COUOt In the elecl10n of Rendtlvoll'i Queen . 

The wmoer was Frances Barach, Mis5 SUPC:' Valu 

The grQ(.ery nore cashier ""'111 be Miss Yukon at 

the All -Canadiin Pageant. IYes. tbey're union as 

well.) 

The staff at the Whitehorse Customer Scn'lce 

Of Ace, ID the " Undc:r·10·tn·front-officc" category, 

won first fo r Bcst BUSiness Dceoratioo-a saloon 

dUlgn. Manager·clerk 'can Cuze and the manager 

tellimed up for a poker game when the ncwspaper 

showed up 

The compoln), ordered a supply of speCial ~weat · 

shirts which were hllnded out to participants on 

sponsored teamtt a(ld 10 Ihose hclplllg wilh the 

Parade. effort. The remaining shirts were sold on 

demanl.! The company also put up sporuorshlp for 

thll: Bed Rae!! . Wllh In c:: Whitehorse Umt of Local 

1574 :md NOllh ....·II:l!lud . ,he SpUIt of Rende::vous is 

suong 

G£.OFHU.'f e. C"P¥ p_s 

Local Preparing For 

Annual Picnic, Banquet 

LU. IS76 (ul. LOWER ALLOWA YS CREEK. N.,. 

On Ma,ch 11. 1985, at the monthly Exeeutlve 

Soard mccting. it was dll:C.lded to contribute $1 50 

to Pnllaposh IU thell RlghHo·Kn ow C:ampaign. 

Also, a letter of cornmrodallon was sent to Ihe 

local from the United W;[IY for our many conrn 

bUllon, 

Bro lhe:r POI' Dycr, II IcchOl cal assistant in the 

Health PhYSic", Depanment al Salem, announced 

hh engagemtnL 10 LISII 800s j September 14 , 1985, 

IS the date: set for Ihe wedding. Al so, (, Barb"uol 

Breuer, P'C:IoS ,ecretary, am happy to announce my 

OWO engagcme:lH to con Van Wagner, a UOlon 

BOlltrm.&ktr We plan tn be martled 0 0 AuguSI 10. 

\985. 

SIJI apprentlce SlaUon mecha.nlcs at Sale.m, 

Brothef3 RIch Davey, Ted Wtl er, l ce Lark, 'ohn 

Marsh, 11m PhLlhp~ and Randy Dare completed 

Phase U traLOlnl and bcgJn work as statlOD me 

chanl&:!: early 10 1areh OD March IS Btother!. 

Ste ... e Sirosnllief and Btll Plluley finl hed Phase I 

in the Cbeml! lry Dep.mmll:ol 01 Salem Srothers 

Gary fisher. kim Heath, Roben ScamlLD, AI FIshed, 

PhillIp QUIck and 51$t('1 Brenda hOlns fin ished 

apprentice chemistry a:!i$ I$lanl 

Brother Bu b Schnur and Rob Mazza firushed thei r 

Ph",se II HalDln!,: on March 8 m the i1lem Chem 

Istry Deplillment. 8rothers Braan Geary and Ernie 

Bubier were promoted from equipment operatOr tl) 

cuntrol opcrlllOr 11 Hope Creek Station Brothel 

lobe DtH:ut was Iransferred from the Hope C reek 

Storeroom to the Yard as a hOist oper:lIQr. Con. 

gruulatloJls co 111 the aforementioned Brothers 

and Sisters 

Brothel John Russd of (he Hope C,cek Hea.hb 

PhySICS Depl.rtmenc announced Ihat his Wife ~ave 

birth co • blby gul 

toolung (ow:nd summer. the ycariy uJ1 10n plcmc: 

was discussed. The cummllu!'e: IS In the procen or 

findln,an alea that can accommodate the Brothers. 

Sisle.s and thclr fa milies. Also, prepa.rations hay!!: 

begun for th e:. chml Annual Umoo BanqueLIt w UI 

be hll:ld at tbe Cencenon Country Ch,lb. 

S .... 1I,.8 ... U Buuu.. P.S 

At Work 

KlI:tiTII!'d Brother Bob Renfro"! eojoys the .ocial 

aCII¥itit. of Local 1701. He is a eharlf'f membll:r 

of our toell and has bl!tn in o'ganiud I,bof for )7 

Yf'ars. 

Scribe Says Hello 

To Brother Romanus 

L.U. 1701 U,o.u81cesJ, OWENSBORO, KY.-Once 

agam, with SO m.lllny BlOthers working on the road, 

nothing IS holppenHl£ at the: burnt! local to repoft 

Thanks to aU 01 OU t Sister 10CiIl5 whn have bc=cn 

IIble 10 p,ovlde work for members of our local, 

espeCially Local 16, Evansville, Indlana.lnd Local 

146. Decatur, JIIm()):'! 

(want 10 say II big " hcllo" to BlOther Ed Rmn;anu ,," 

uf Local 11:11, Utica, ew York. I saw your pi Ct ure 

III the AplIl l OlltrUJI and It looks like redrcmem 

aglces with yOu 

Remember to spe nd some lime wllh YOUI {ather 

un the 16th of thiS month, Father's D.3Y 1 hl.! 11 

aClend ou r monlhly mCNm,g on the 17th Sec you 

Ch\:fc :I I 7 )0 r rn 

RJCIIA NU H Tl1 nM'tO~, P S 

Multifuel Boiler Is 

Built with Union Labor 

LU. 1777 (mo), BUCKSPORT, ,"t\ E_- 8y Ihe time 

thl" leller 1'5- pubh .. fled. Chllmplon (nternatlonal's 

No ~ I'dulcltud bolle, III 8uck!.port Will be In 

putt..!l 0(>(14110n ThiS boiler I" dCll IKncd to burn 

coal, 011, huk, wO(K!c hlps 'nd sludge hom OUf 

W;lSteWater· treatmenl plane The entlf'e IUOIt"ct 

wu QUllh ty constructed by IlnJOn lahor Loea l 1253 

is dOing thc elcClfIcal CQnStrUct10n and hn turned 

Over many pro/ecls to our mamtenanee: ICAm In 

thc P;lSt The IA" ;$ t In eqUl rm~nt and u:ehnol ClKY 

has been used fQI thiS $110 million oolll:r, lind 11 

should be .. chalteoge and a suurc!! of pride for both 

Locals 1777 and 11SJ. 

Much has happened 10 the lasl few r1)unth s 

FarSI , cocSTatulations and but WIShes to recent 

retirees Larry Young and Ed Coo roy Thanks to :I 

reccot contract request for a mllntenllnee 5p:'le 

pool. we hne rec.stabltshed tbe electrical apprentiel!' 

program In our mill. The rtewl., s worn·1n 

l1pprerlticcsare Kenna Allen. Pat Carncllnd Frank 

Riven. Just r-eceOlly we also receIved the 8,00ze 

Award for ourloc.al's partlc.lpaIlOt'J an the Ul\lIed 

Way Dnvt! Also, (BEW COI'£donatIOnslmountcd 

10 :1 new tecord, rdlccllng the concern or m lmy 01 

OUI mcmbers about shaky polJucal support of labOl 

and labor organiutlons. 

Thank you, HL1Ja Cbow. for hdpll1l; get IhlS 

Ictttr OUt , :lnd be sure to read het ICller (Local 

12531 and that of Maine: Local 2317. PlcJtsc work 

safely. and 311 c:nd your union mcetlllgs 

ROLh NU [J LH'II It L, P I;j, 

Demonstration 

Pieturtd is Blother Rogel Leblond, a rurHlber of 

1.-0(11 1788, TOloDto, ODt., who dcmonJUaU!s Irtificilll 

respiratiOn under the watchful eyes of 

8ro.htr ~ Geolge Webb. Ih'tk 5ns and lin! W e~· 

lenburg. 

Members 

Brolhus Bill CaneD. Terry Guilfoyle. Khu-s Mulle. 

and Gu:taD Roc.hduu on a momentary break from 

inu:nsive I.bour. 

Brother Leblond's 

Hobby is "Sweet" 

L.U. 1788ti&l,Il, TORONTO.ONT.- IlfOthcrR(lg~r 

Leblond or Bru ce " B" ha~ 100 c rc.:Sts olhcl thlln 

d eCtrlc HY On hiS off hours One uf hi S IlUhbit:s IS 

a smllil sugar bush oper,ltum. ( h:ul the pleasure oj 

bemg Ill S ,\Jest onc C\'crung this past spflng, Roger 

hIS son Dunald and I gathcrcu lhc sa l" In • latl~e 

tl'lboggan-d rOlwn (:.lIInlster. In Ute c(lndclIC;tnl; I':ms 

01 the sug:t. r sha ck. the S..1(l seems lUI cnmmo us 

qu:mmy, but Ruger expl,lI ns thai JI ukes 45 to SO w 

Z 

!3110ns of sap 10 makc each gallon 01 syrup ..., OJ 

Once the condenSing pJn ilh! full ;Ind Ihe lilt: 

cute-klinS In the s tOVe below. there ., nOI too much -' 

ll) do but tel1d thc fin: .and wall .as Ihe WIIIC' Ixlll .. ~ 

off and the sug.&1 solution [dt behind be:c~.me .. a: 

OJ 

m Olc and more cQnr:enualcd.

ill 

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He seemed to be Jntc.t!Stcd In the individuals al 

the "grunt" level, and the qua IllY rnal cJlm~ IhruI,Igh 

was rus sincerity. He most cerlalnly will be re· 

membered for his tenure. He held h1!l: office longel 

Ihan auy of his predecessors. Five years 15 a long 

l1me. 10 ,bal lob 

Other changl!s 10 our shQP The 5hop supctin 

tendent, Mr. Paul Tipton, was $C: lecu:d for an even 

morc Important assig.nmcnt In the Pearl Harbur 

av;:1 Sblpyard. His Inlluc:ncc on our shop Will be 

long IcmfilllM.-rcd 

Mr. Joe Horvath IS scheduled 10 rClUe dunn« the 

last working da)' oC ApnL M. Horvath held the 

POSH lOR of supervisor for 3pprOltlmaldy 10 year . 

AI oDe pomt of his experience In thiS shipyard, JQ(! 

\0(;1$ the pr!!S]dent of IBEW Local 2145. DUring II 

previous eXpellencc, he served ]n the: 5ubmanoe 

service, USN, fC[tnng as a chid petty officf:r. A 

grt:at m.;any of the mechllnlcs In nur shr'lp welt: 

cycled through hiS section of the shop so as to 

brollden their exptnence b:lckgrouml. A few tbat 

come to mind a(e. Gary Gnntr. Tom Dlit. Craig 

Hunter. Bill Fluss, J]m Kennedy, nlll Hert and, 

durmg an earla·r penoo, Pauline Watson, Paul 

MOD son, amI 03Vt! Wright The ,htpYlinJ is 10510& 

three umque pcrsOIl3lltlt!s. How do yuu rept:lce 

that Idnd of cxp.;riencel 

Local news: Tt'le presideD I of LOClil 2145, Ah'ln 

Moore, !.as n .. gularly aw:.odcd bnef ,Iw;ud cefe ~ 

momes, held durjng the momhly regul.l mcetlDg , 

bononog blother unIOn members. He has bcC"n 

recogmzlng tbe ycry tangible dforu of ~omC of our 

mou~ active men1bers Some of thesc Plen made a 

notable oontnbullon to the cause 01 collective 

bargalDlng dUrlog a lime when accompllshmenu 

could be described tn Single sentences Dunng chat 

period, ID a marmet of spnlung. they wrOl1! tbe 

"book." It was a result of Ihelr cfforts and self· 

sacn6ee th;lt momy of us can uke (01 granttd .... hat 

they obtained for us durmg those years Honored 

10 thlS POlOt have been: Wi lham Hams, Inc San 

doval. V]rgll Strunk and Dan SII\'cnon. Th!s rec' 

og.nation IS long uve.due:. Le.·s !u:ilr II for Urothl:r 

Alvin Moore. Th~lt w.tJ he more: 1)11 thiS suhleCt 

la ter 

How :illbout some Hcms III the news! rTlI1un~ 

March 2.7, [958: ciplion-"Kaiscr AlumJl'lum PaCl- 

5teelworkels Agree 10 SSOMllllon In W:lge Concessions-Wotkers 

... nll n:celve an avcrage Wlol&e CUI 

of $1 .84 a.n bOUI. With CUts 10 Vac.3t10n and ben· 

efits, the reduction adds up to $4 .50an h"ur. K31~C' 

has long been Ic,;arded as havlOg a very high labor 

COSt and ,110 mdflclcm utdc[ pt:U\l " 

OLd you note th:l.llast seOlcnccl Sounds hLmih.u I 

Typic..1 of what has been happening! Thc nC'xt 

Item lS a flashbac.k. Apnl J, 19&.1, [ubune Inote 

the datcl. Caption; " Indu"ry Need~ Government 

Hc.lp Study Says-Amene.:l w~lIl ose lobs .:Ind uflel 

an t:roslOn or LIS Sianda.d of IivlDg unless the U.S. 

government helps U S. In.Juslnl!! cope Wit h h)rclgJ1 

compcllt\On. Th,s \$ tht. :IubMant.t: t)( II IOO-page 

repon assemblcd by thc Labor·Industry CO.:lllIlOn 

fo r International Trade" 

Tbe nexi Hem places Ihmgs inlO a pr oper pt'r' 

Spectlve San Francl$co Exumllltr. April 5, 1985 

"... Reagan tnt:. bU Siness a whoppmg tax break, 

expecting them to use the money to expand lind 

modt'rnlzC' tllCH factoncs, create new lobs and IUIII 

out oodlcs of good~ al low pllces ,. They dldn·t. 

Instead tht monc), went fur mergc rs, IlIke ovcnt, 

bigger dividend.s (01 stockhulde ls .lnd bun uses /01 

cOJpor'lle officer! Whcn the whcellng oInd de;ahng 

was over, Ihe nalll,m', productIon faci lities wc:re 

In no beucrshape lhan bdore. Five blgcorporlltions 

made profits of SIJ billion and p;lId nil taxes" 

National Inqwrel, March 19, !98S. Capt iOn 

" Billions In Profits, NOI I Cent \.n TaXes" Listed 

art" General Electric. Boemg. Gcneral DynamiCS, 

Lockheed and Grumman. Am:U:lng,ly, be,ween 1979 

~nd 1983, Ge:ncul Dynamics paid mOle than $100 

millIOn In diVidends, whu: h we.t talC free to the 

investors. 

San FtanclSco Chrome/e. February 18, 1985 A 

paragrapb rC.lds: " Corporate WelIoife OUL o' COil ' 

Hoi . estlmallng thc annual cost vi corporate 

welfare alal1es and IIInnuitle.s, no wonder they want 10 talC 

employee (IInR,e benefil :!!. If the deficit IJ nOI reo 

duced qUickly, someone m;,Jy fillSC '>ume questionS 

about the 5195 blilton /o"t m Ihc IIca:!iUry In ),eally 

corporale tlX h.H'rhulcs and subsldlcs." 

Now you unJl:f~t.lml whal Mr I Peter C rJce 

and hiS Comml"~L(lI1 ilrt': ,1boUI eel the p' C IUI ~1 

f"'f \'11 \~ AV\' ..... I IlL, P S 

Some Employees Back 

After Layoff 

L.U. 2'56 \tm\, GAl . l.!;..\lU,.LI::, ill./\. . 1\!t1:1 1),1,! 

layoff hefe Bu:uncss M :IO.1~ c: r Susan WllilUl1, Prc~ 

IJent Bob HoJ ~es and plI ill'resHJc: m lun flop!! met 

With the II)P l'nana,.;cmeJ11 ,011 CE. GaineSVille: . 

App;arent ly Iht :occus of thuUllhl Ih:1t wcrc planted 

by uur Icodcrs h.:lvc grown. Manil~em e fll agreed 10 

(til o\'eltlme to Ihe 10 percr,:nt voiul\Ury overtime 

which they hold .;JJ;reed til htllllt.'". Th~y have abo 

called somt produ liOn pt!uple back hom '",yoU 

and restored IWO em"ioyee!o II) m.llnlen~n(e. We 

Wish tu wc:lcnme lutk from ILI),off our Brothcr.s 

.and SI .UCf~ 

The comp.lny hu ;lsked for some Cost-cuttmg 

Ldeas hom the em"loyeC5 S me of the: idea that 

.ae being !oubnlLtletJ ale nnes ,hill ba\'c been su.g· 

gcslcd by OU I mc.mbc. ~ fUl ycu~ rhu'ie Ide3s fell 

on dcal C315 beto,,: 

HUYIDK un]un, Amcllt lln Inllde Items IS high on 

outll.s:cnJ.lI A fllemJuf mine laughed when Iidused 

10 buy ~n ilelD bec.luse II ....·a... m unpllrt LuoklllJ;. 

Arst for uur " home,ltlllwn " lIems 153 serious dfurt 

Do 11111 be pre ~ .. ured mtt~ cump,omHllng ou r lobs 

and IlllT way (If life Lu,lk f (11 lilt: lllhd 

6uS(He!os M.'na~cr SU~.1n WLlMIIl and Pl eSIJcnt 

!Job I 'h)d~c~ .. m:lldcd th1.: 1131:. W Manufa cturm~ 

Conference lind Ih e NalllJnal A FL CIO IndustrIal 

UnLon De)'lfLrtl'rlcm L t·~l.!Ila llvo.! Conference HI 

Wil shingtol' , 0 C., In February They Wl're 1m' 

pressed With I"wJth onfcfence:s. T he miormlillOD 

011 the Hade cn'Sl~ eOl IR I.' 11'1 n~) hl~ 5urpr1 Se to our 

leaden or nur ml!lIlhers Our bU"lness mllnaner had 

been telllnt our locaJ tOI Illu"'.h.,. about the trouble 

Amrnca W:U In, In response. to cnfntmoatlon gLven 

IIJ our lelldet on the ,ude dc:fktt, our 10u.1 wll1 

conduci an "On .he rob C,nVldent Rca· 

~lILn '5 (aU lion poltcu:s, The more we read and hf".u 

...bout hiS Idcu. the male we wam to fight 10 StOp 

the 51;au~t\l et uf tne wlJrlul\~ cI"-",, ml(.tdlc; me mc 

Americans Our loclil was encuur;aged 10 wnle (Jut 

congrC:S5i onllJ r prcscnunvt lIbuu( the defiCit anJ 

",Iso the taJ(.es UruORlI IIrc not klllmg flee enter 

P Jl SC:, II':!I the wa SH~ Ilnd denell spe nding In OUt 

Atlvernl'llel'il Ih.1I is kilhn~ uS 

The- Big Brol hen and Dig Sis ters Otgalll2.Lllon III 

GOll1e

60 

arr schl'dl1l ... d for rne summt'r month,. 'InC' 10 Ju nr. 

the other In Ju ly 

Apnl brought nomLn~llons of offi!;C'rs h~ r e In tht' 

local. The ballou will be malled out In lun~ U 

you do not r~ceIV~ I ~allol, check WIth Lhe office, 

Most 01 all be- sun~ lO VOl!! 

LEONARD R. i.AwRUoICI.. An,.. 8M. 

Local Negotiations 

Currently Under Way 

L. U. 2358 tul. JA CKSON VILU!, FLA.-WlIh the 

warmer weath!!r comes the lime lor family get· 

togC'the rs and vacau ons The membership It 2358 

ho~s your ou u ogs Ihis summer arl' enjoyable Gnd 

safe. Remember to buc.kle up YOU I loved ones >lnd 

yourseU while u,vl'Ung In your vehicle 

By thu; tIme we h"vt staned negouaCln& with 

thl' ,acksonvlllt' Ell'cttlc AuthOrity for our nC'u 

conlrOlCI W!! sec 4nd hear Ihat limes will be h411.1, 

bUI WI:: look l orw,ud to jl;lVIn& II our but ,ha l ~ 

more and m ore companIes and people move IntO 

the lacksonvdt!! ar!!4, more work IS requITI!d fIorn 

tbe power plants, Ihe lIRe Clews, undergrounJ 

crews, SUbU3 tion Crewa, meter sctteu 2nd metC! r 

readers. Isn't it true that thl' more meters turn tnc 

m ore mQney comes. m ! W ~ hope we u n gct our 

share here at 2358. 

BJO.ht'r ' I Wallnp, W ll,o; (U II rhiW llIim fill !IllS 

yeat'.s Annual Bl:te k Bass Tourn2menl. He, a long 

with last Yl'.:n's wmners Brother Shupe ,md Brcnhl.'r 

SklJl Dcan. IS an overhead lineman from Ihe Sc)uth 

SIde ServIce Cente. 31 Emelbon Street. 

We hope to sec ,Ill the Brothen and Sisters al 

our mODlbly meeting held 2t 966 LIberty SlIeet, 

the fine UniOD hall of our $lSICJ ~I I n . These 

[Dl'cn.ogs arc beld on tbe lourth Tbuuday at 7:30 

p.m See ya therel 

Retirees Discuss 

Important Subjects 

ALAN B. AINSLEY, PRE!t. 

RETIR EES AS SOCIA TlON OF L.U. J , NEW YORIIJCIIJ UUI 1.1" dull.us Theldulc, 

mlld yOU I (HOle:SI 10 t.hls gtut Induslrr.ahs, and to 

lack A.ndenon, syndle~tcd columnist, to " illzenl 

A~alR s l W,ue, " Department P. PO Bux 1000, Ben 

Frunklln Stllllun. WlIo;hll1gtan, 0 C. 1004·' '-ell 

YOUI friends III do th~ b .. me 

DAVin 1.h.I\Nt.:. II ~ 

Pension Committee Holds 

13th Pension Reunion 

&.. n 15 ch'tclly, 1M, why IS hl$ sc. .. le of jLlstlc.e 

unbalanc:dl 

The HonorlJblc Armnnd D'Angelo, who has car· 

rled many hlJ~h po!itions dunng his carcct, all 

1 ~luteJ 10 lobor, ~ reet~d !lH~ vldl!!lt II vl1I& retlree. 

bldor Schoen feld, 95 lI c: U! of ate with 71 yur! of 

mcmbenhJp. Thts was II proud day lor you li nd all 

RETIJlEE AS OCI~T l f)N n F I .. lI. 1. Nt:W YOR K, 

N. Y., S. FLA. CIi APTER- Thl.!lIS II s pecia l rcpOrt 

of thc Ilth rc:nSlon R~unlon sponsorcd by Ihe 

IlUsteel 01 the Pension Commmcc of the lomt 

Indu-'trv !Wlrd of the ElcctrLcal Induslry of Local 

3, tHEW, held at the ~p4CIOl.l$ conventiOn hall III 

thl' Dtplomu Hotel 1n lIollywood, Flond,1 Under 

the gUldat'lce of Uy Clecnblau . the South Flcmdll 

Retirees ASSOCiation W:I$ nonoretllo lICI as host 10 

l~lIS Yery spcCI41 rc: lued conventiOn cnam!:d by 

Ihe HOoorable Almand O'An&elo. President 10«' 

Bonn and hl5 commtm:e were hlShly cumlncndcd 

by the actll1& ch3 11 man becaust: uf (be ordc:rly 

manner an which all the g\Jestl W Ie rcglStl'red 

and seated lit the la rge, round IlIbles, 

Mn oy people were dis."ppointcd at Ih e a bsence 

of Trcas.urci Harry Va n Andale, h ., and i.!usine:n 

Manl,lgcr TUlUmy Va n I\r!J J ;l I ~ Juc lu p I C~:'IIJg. 

speCIal bu&olOcss 10 Ncw York City that reqU ired 

theIr penonalattentlon. However, thanks to mod· 

em roec:ordtnl machmes tbat capture sight and 

~und lor PC)'IlU! l lty, HafT')' and Tommy VAn Arsdille 

Will be able 10 look b.ack II thl, speCial meeuns 

POSSibly It the nClit convention. Cod wllhns. II 

Will be re ploayed 101 th~ gene r.1 membershIp. as 

the 198,' Pen~ lo n ReUnion was leplayed at thl' 

convene on 

Bryan McL"clchn Invud ~"c:ryone to st;lnd lor 

lht' p!:dge 01 aJlegianeej then wc observed II mo· 

ment of SIlence fOJ ou r departed Urol.he ls, ..... ho 

h:; vc left an empullcss \n Oll l hearts and m Inds 

Armand O'AnSclo introduced Prdlden l Joe 'lIeab· 

son who was pleased With the capaci l Y turnout. 

This was also an opportunity to thank MI Robert 

McAlwee for publlshlOg news ~bout the South 

Floudll Retlrces lI'I Ihe lBEW mllgllZlRC. Muc:h 

encou!'.I,t ment WIIS offered to me by this knowl· 

edgeable 5entlem .. n whu S lI c~:;:ed fhe Irnpollance 

of appra1510g eVl'ryonc because of the hUll lbe 

Ru.,oln admlDlswuion hilS cau.sed by redUCing the 

sl1.e of children' scboollunches. COlli in Medlcue 

amI constllnl threats to the elderly P,c$ldent Rea· 

of us, (s(do r, we hope II, be wit h you ~t mllny InOf~ 

I c.UnL"n~ . Armand Wlll'i hiller thlll Prr.1l ldem Re:lIgan 

actually double-crossed 11& with {;alse promises. A 

referendum In IdAho to crell u:- legISlation ~o recoxru:c 

nonunlOn :u;uvltle& lind to encourage cheap 

labor and ml'thods to break down Ioloor standards 

was defeated by the strength of COI'E ,." 101 of 

SlOO bill, turned the ude and .soaked thiS rderendum 

but aood 

Joseph D'Angelo thaDked lit for plaYing 5uch aD 

Importalll pari 10 Ihe yarlOUS dlSHICts r'resl de nT 

Gcorgl! Schuck sta.rted 011 with friendly g.reellngs 

He men I loned that Tommy was watdllllg tbe store 

in New York City, no thanks to Mayor Ed Koch, 

\o"ho look! the other wily even tbough :anyone wah 

a bent, blunt screwdnver and old, rusty phers un 

ull hlmsell an c1ectnca.l connactor, Without even 

a beense 

The 2" eleetflt::Ll1 Inspector!! havc a backlog of 

OVCI 90,000 unlnspectcd apphcauons smtc 1983 

that co uld cnd.lnger Ihe lives 01 the CIII:t.ens 01 

New York Clly, Mayor Koch lJdmiu theTe is a 

51sndsuli and that ChilQS can be C;lused because of 

thl5 bac klojt, which bl: wun 'l I:orrcct This is In 

keeping With the many pOl holl':s and decayed buil d· 

iogs thaI house many unfOrtUnale people. Why not 

go the whole hog. Mayor Koch. aDd level Ne ..... 

York City! Unlnspec.ted wO lk IS 3S dangcrous as 

eJlI.UlUW&!U.Ij ,hlwkeo dnvers 

PresideD! PI1I3rd outhncd the burt thllt the Rea· 

g.l.n IIdmlrUSuauon has InOlcted with the stagger 

IDg, runlJway budget The brmers ate ang.ry; and 

mtll1Y mIddle da.s.$ CItizens. even many labor men 

and college students who ,lid nOI re.ad the fine 

pnnt. were shortchanged because they heard prom· 

Ises. promlsc.:s from l\Cl1gOln 4nd listened 10 thiS 

Plrd jl' pl" r Anci fnllowed the Plptr lO tht:: polis. Who 

IS sorry nuwi 

A pleasant dI5cussu)n. was held between th is 

wtl tcr and PreSident Pillard w hen he recalled t hat 

he was part o/lhe tecem perry Unrvac n e~n tl a · 

lions They Will now employ members of the IBE W 

10 manufacture: their computers tha.t will bc used 

by t he military, the m1S!Lies and pr!V.ate busml"Ss 

The Ihought WIIS that if all other la rge bUSinesses 

lollowed SUit It would be! bener for labor a ll around. 

ChaIrman Armand D'Angelo closed the mel'lIng. 

asking e\le.ryonc to go ID pc.ace lind dnve cardolly 

Tne food was tl::rnt1c . Our Emcn.unwem Committee, 

!-red Va ll cbe, He.rman Rl'lner, MlIl: Fox 

and, of Cou rSe, Presldenl 'De Botln, proullses LIS 

mlJny goodies fo r the future. God bless AmenC4l . 

LOUIS B,uITS, P.S. 

Members Enjoy Casino Trip, 

"Bit 0 ' the Irish " 

RETIREES CLUB Of' L.U. 6, SAN FRAN CISCO, 

CAL - Hats off to our tOU T orgarm:er, t arry Bru· 

netti. l arry dld It a&a1O-a completely sLiccessful. 

oVl!rnlgju. Reno Spurlc.5 bus trIP There W.:IS m:vt'.r 

a dull moment ftom the mlOUle we boarded the 

bos umLi ,""e arrived .I I the Colonial Inn in Reno 

With our IWO ent eru.lI1lng bartenders, Wa rTen O r· 

landl and Rogel Kuclch on duty, the HIP hom 

Sronutown·San Fr;anC:I!CO to Auburn seemed to go 

by in a {Juh. Larry wu in constant monon. As our 

Vice presn3ent, Harry Wehr, ubsery ed, " La lry IS 

b4Ck and forth so much he pmcllcally wal k s. to 

Reno." 

He: 5uned by passing Out coffee and doughnuts 

to the 41 members, wivcs and friends. Then. our 

b.a Mt1: :k :s took. Over to get everyone relaxed. Aft er 

breall. cast al Auburn Larry and Matt DIT rapam 

Startel.1 tht. bmKu games We played until teaching 

Ihe hlp alutude3. The scc.nery was beautiful. ..... uh 

II blue sky, II WIIS II sluer's p.:uadlse 

By now OUI ml!'mbcrs couJd ha..rdly wall to gel 

to Rena to " pay th~1I dues_" WllrrC!:D OrlandI had 

hlS ucpw.ucb 10 dtrt::rminc: the exact time we 

a:flved 1n ReDO Each person PUt In a dollar ;lnd 

1I::1,..1;: . ... eJ;I IIUIUL.:I . Tht"lt: w ou; iI d IiU ..... IIClg,fle. party 

at We Colomal Inn bciore departll1J; fo r the ReDO 

Hl1 ton. 

The following morning we boarded the bus: 

oes:inll u on, Ihe New NUgJ;t'!t 10 Spa rks, Nevada. 

Tbe huge CA sinOS With good' paYlng slot machines 

got our group into tbe m()(ld. Warren fou nd OUt 

that If you had i v" lId Ashing license yo u could 

hec nme a mcmher of Ihc Nugget'S Spon smen's 

Club. This entllied you 10 ,et .a cap and cbances 

on a blJ.it .. nd outboard mO lar. 

On Ihe return trip home, Rogel Kuc\ch kepi the 

KfOUP 10 an upro:lJ' wi,h b,s lakes :and SlOgtng 

Sc!venl of the members discussed the bU lldlllg or 

hlgb rises in San francISCO Harry Webr was In on 

the bUJlw.ng, of the now-conlloverslal Candl~lJck 

Park. He said lhl' plpmg for beat was below the 

slab with no pos'!lI ble way fur [he heat to gel to

thc concrete scan As to who tbe Wlnncts wcre:. 

Mrs Frank Dally won $450 •• nd Mrs. Warren 

Orlandi woo $90 plaYing Ihe slots' 

Tht folloWIn& wttk we: had our SI. Palnck's D~)' 

DlOner featufln~ dehclolu corned bed and cabb.1ge 

cooked by Matt D1Trapam There were80members 

and WIVCS prese-nt Sam and Pt.1r1 Schneller he.1dcd 

the: kltchen crew and wtre helped by many memo 

bers and Wive 8cfore the dmner we had op4!n 

house wllh bartenders Wa rr en lind Rogcr keeping 

the gJas t.S full 

Our presIdent. Herman Dudak. called the meel 

Ing to order / and uur recording $ecrcury. Mlke 

OcRlco, rc,Hllhc InLllUteS of OU I plevlOUS mecll ng 

Our tour dlrcctor. Llirry BrunclIl, gave a spcech 

aboUl OU T next IOUI Ihlll WIll be to Manlelcy, 

mdudmg twu hours at Ihl' new aquarium For Ihc 

summer L.ury ..... oIntS tu h .. vl' a barbecue al ell he. 

San Bruno I'Qfk or S.ln M.neo Park 

Retirees Hold 

Successful ~eeting 

CE.Nr WUl!.lR."t , P S 

RI:.TlREES C I.US OF LU. II, tOS ANGELES, 

CAL.- At 10 a III on March I". our regular monthly 

mecll ng W1S c ... lleJ to nu.l er by our preSident. 

Brulhcr Cene Drogln, lie led us in the PleJgl.: 01 

Allcgl.:lllce to the Amcn11Cd up for nur Annulil 

11~1"'IA P.lrty .11 "'1 Ii Ie L.H: 01 110 woulJ Ilk!:! to 

have II quilling bee, and maybe: they cilln don..tle 

Ihe quillS hi Ihe Metro Fede r.allon to be aucnoned 

off If you gct e:nuur,h Clubs quilling. we may have 

prLZes 'Of m.tt dfon. too. 

I am ('lin ch hllllns:, for BArney S who IS Slaying 

at home tenJmg 10 hiS Wife, Ruth '~. need, Cet 

with It

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BI)I~e ', AnnulIl fuh Fry, Dr. Simmuns rem.uked, 

"The van wdl bc In the parking lot. You ,ust can 't 

be:!1 tht' ftlod the ladLes prepare!' 

Now 'hJlillhe "Tanners" have returned, the Cluh 

n looking forw:lrd 10 tht Annual Dance, Craft 

Show, Fuh fry. Senior CUI:zens' Day. fLlcnn~S by 

the Wllicr and other goodies which tbe SoeuLI 

CommLuct' IS formulaung 

The Ileun:es Club ('Xl'r~5Ses liS deepeu .!l)'mp. 

thy to the bmily and friends of G~org(' Len]: and 

lohn Buhrcn 

Retirees Meeting 

Well Attended 

CARL Y£Np.rC K AC1' 5rc 

RETIREES CLU B Of L.U. 347, DES MO INE ' . 

IO WA- The AplIl me:cllng of our Re:mees luh 

was well altcnd.:d with about SO percent of the 

e:lIglble members preSe.nt. Our Club chairman, 

W.nren WllhJli ms, re.3d a len er from tbe Local J47 

buslnc ..., ",,,nager In whll:h II requeSI WIlf; m&lde 

thai we formahze our Club and affiltale WIth the 

I13EW National Rctuees OrgaDl.zatlOn Following 

~ g~net:l l d UH.ulIslUn o f the m,nlel, It wa.\ llac: 

C'lOscnSUI§ of the mcmbershljl that we conti nue 

OUi Retirees Club III t ne prescnt mformal mlLnne r 

It was sa lrl t nal anything affecting tht' welfart uf 

llU1 rC: tlrees might be rc.ferr(!d 10 the locill union 

o r the IDEW Int(lOulona! Office, 

I am happy In report the rt'appC3. r;ance of ;.I fcw 

well tanned snowbirds, members of our Club wh o 

had 'iwnt thc winter ID iUUlhem Chm!lleli 

To those members who find it too difficult 10 

arrange 10 Jtlc=od meetings, [ submit tbe follOWIng 

Brother John Koclman, who had suffered :;]I gallbladder 

QPtfllUon and was Idcned from the hos' 

pll.al only the day bc:1me, was presenl :II lht meet· 

109. John, 11 should be noted, h.as se.rved hiS ]oc&l1 

m scveral car:aclues ovcr the ye:aJ"5 Dunn, bls 

wll rkln,!; YCIIIS, 'ohn was well fII:spected by the 

union c lRccrs II;nu members. the dt'ctnclI;l cnn 

In,ClorS as. wedl as by the general public John IS 

the kind of guy who seldom., if ever, compl,lIns 

and .... ho ,Ot:s about hiS busine S to a qUlel ;lnd 

dticu:m manner It IS :always a pleasu re 10 " brealc 

b(~d" lind 10 VISit Wllh lohn KtK'lm.3n, a friend 10 

everyone 

As ~ longtime prtss secrcury of Local 3417, II 

wa 51 my I"tlhcy ~o eulogIze dcservmsc. IInd 'or OUt 

51;1ndll'lg UOLon members Another of thnse who 

comes 10 mtnd. bUI who Is longde:cc.ascd, IS Brother 

I:)ke We:!vcr. lake ..... as small in s tature bUI made 

up for any dcAclenclc'\ In chllt re,&ard by hi" Industry 

at the trade and by his fnendlml!ss ,ake WeOlver 

was the kind of man who could and did make IUM 

alxlu\ anything HIS borne workshop 311eStt'u t(.I 

IllS prnAclI,:ncy, H I: should not be forgotten 

As II senior membcr of Locll13 47, I find the worst 

thing about gmwlng old to be the 105m); of nld 

fri ends Jake was onc of Inose 

FRtO H POwlll. .. f1 S 

Retirees' Meetings Prove 

Educational, Fun 

R£ilREES C L.UB OF LU. 349 , MIA.MI. FLA, 

Our March, 1985, mec.t.ll1g "was held On II day thaI 

ff"Jr 111 r hk( ,"ummrr Wr h:1d good :1l1rnd.ancr, 

C\'cryone must be. gelttng over Ihe Ilu 

Alae.ubler gave us a repon on Ibe hospital pl.llln 

Th.e agrecmtnt WIth Cedars o( LeNnon HusJllul 

e:cpuesoo Au~us t 1. WI:: ha"e Non h Miami C(.neraJ 

and Larkin lIosplul now on UltS plan We will lei 

you kn()w whal hap~ns In Augus[ You should 

kc=c:p In lauch ....·lI b Al Rcuble.r and Ihe bosplul If 

you Ire: intcrc51ed In the la lest de"e1opmeots. 

Lou Snktn had a te:g lImputalcd becau e 'he 

g:angtenc: had spread. Paul FOSler visited With us 

dunng the meeting, Jack Hawkins gave .lI talk on 

gun connol, In effecI, be said that .11 tbe lun 

c.ontrol laws shou ld be pu t Inlo laws fmlhe: !ot3 l t: 

lack also talked about the U.S, pa.rk people nOI 

allowin~ vehlclu. w ith narrow tIres in the park, 

We had a meal of meatloaf prepa red by Cec Li 

Faga n, Thote who h c:lp c:d set up the GerVIng lables. 

:ue M r$. lick Winemaster. L A. Smhh, Gladys 

O\jucndo, MJollY Pe r ~z . lam~~ H;!ddl.!n, 1111:111: H:ld · 

den. Bell Y Dcl Conle and others. Thert wall plenty 

(,If uellclous food brought for OU f ILinch. whLch 

Included ,alau$, beans, fresh vCRet ahlc, and dc\· 

~I"II~ ; II wn .. cnj(lyt'd by all 

We had several VISitOrs at our April mct.'lInf: 

HOlllck" Patrick, son of d ccca~~d mt'mhC:f Red 

P.;Llnek •.lnd ht~ W Ife. Wh03fC fwm NU flh l oILll .. , 

\'Il.Io,how Smith, wh(llS now. nllmhcr. and Bobby 

ELliott, who IS .a membc:r oj tht' b;e(:utt\·c Bllud 

.lind IS also prcss secretary lUi (lU I Inul 

Mu Ro~t.'"blatl gavt' 31al)'; on a Ulp to Ibe Mud 

Hole " He: stales tn .. 1 he: needs a mlOlmum of IS 

people 10 make the wp. People don:U1n~ door 

pn:es .... ere Mrs D.arby , three cnvclopc:s, 8Qb Lltde, 

Icily; Anita Hawkms, calamll;ndtrs, lind Arlm(" 

C)chubcrl. grapc:fruJl tUlCe, 

1 he winners ..... rIe Bob tlltle ~. (,'(1\ t'lupe. Bill)· 

1cCoy. o unl:~ m:arm.lade, Ehzatw:th I'tllhntr. c.~ 1 

amand(f'll. Anna HawkinS, grajldrull tUU:C, Ednll 

Politick, small package, ElU Ruble r, envdure. Cell 

LtK,III. c:uvdupt:, lIud 11l~1It: l·hJJCLI, t,. .. I :lItI;UtJ el ~ 

Jack H,1w lons gave 3; tallc on glln comrol and a 

ullc on tbc: Florida panthers and theLr problems. 

AI Rcub lt' r gave a talk on the Irct' ho~rlla1tzalltlll 

oj Cedars III Lebanon, ~trc':!O\llg th!!t a ca ld II> 

necessary frlim Concerned ScnlMS of Dadl! COullty, 

nnd AI Reub ler had th ese c3rds with him ti t Ihe 

mcctm~ , 

L A SmLth and h iS wdc: pn'p:m'l! .h., I1liLltl 

cnlllSC of hahd bam, wh ich ..... as tal>l), ,H\d lender, 

along with Ceil Fagan's baked sweet PUUItI.1CS In a 

C;lS5e role with peC3ns on tOp The: othe: r dIShe s 

Wer( al$o good Other servers were Ana Pert:, 

Hugh Bollmg, Cell FaJ:an. 10110 Malt'chescn and 

ntht.tS 

French ChllOlnd lust had sur~~' rv ,lOu LS dOing 

well 

Tw AUHI P S 

Brother James P. Hall 

Is Mourned 

QET IR EES CLUB Of L.U. tn. SAN B E R N"' R ~ 

01 O . CA.l_-Our local umon :md OUI RCluctl 

Club recently 10SlOur sU,uncbeSl :llld m.o$llx:lovt.d 

member 'lImeJ p, " hmmy" lIaJl died on Malch 

11. 1985, following a severe bean attack 

Jimmy Hall was:II devolt't.!, dcdlc:ncd member of 

the IDEW for many years, :lnd W:lS a1wllYi It:.1dy 

and wlllln,; 10 serve the loealm ;IllY uradl)' when 

clllled upon HI leadership IIbllu)" c.a lm Icmpelament 

lind unfallmg common sense ....'c re always 

of the gre::JI~s t benefit to the local alld Lts members" 

DUling his long and disunguIsbe:d c:t rCe r, he hel d 

every vfAce. of Ih e loca l, a ... well .[IS SC IVlltg as 

E)CccutLVC Board membC'r on rh e Apprenuce Com· 

mU lce nnJ rill: £"U mHUI1~ lJoal J "~iwe~IJtlll he 

headed the local's Agreement COmmitl e(: mall), 

tlmes. Our wages, workmg cond ltlons, pcnsion 

benefits and heQlh h plan benefits we re alw ays IUp.s 

In om IIICII due 10 It great CXICn! to hin eHQr1$ 

Foll OWing re hremenl, he org:u'II':.ed our RetlTcc.s 

Club lind was our first preSiden t, 

During hiS long ca rtcr, be worked In many olhcl 

fUfl5(i1cllons aod was well ~nown In nrhr-r Inrllh 

In the Wt:!it CO:'.lltarea.:as he had worked nn prOICCI$ 

from J-Iaw.lIii to Greenland. 

JImmy rl.llll was a longume me:mbc:r IInu an Elde r 

of the: FIISI Pre:sbYlcnan Church, II mc:mbcr of 

DaMas.Cus M:.sonic Lodge and a very devoted (atO· 

ily man, He IS survlvcd by hIS Wife , Me rie, two 

dauglneul a son, who IS a member 01 the San Lui,. 

Obl5pu IBEW local; ~veT31 gl3ndchlldrcn, and 

great grandchildren 

Wh~n Jimmy submits hi tu.vdLn~ c.ud 11 the 

CLItes of HeaveD, 11 will be with the ("nIlHdc:ncc 

Ih:.Jt hiS due'S all.: p3ld In fuH 

New Club Officers 

Are Sworn In 

RETIREES CLU B OF L U. 569, SA N DIEGO, CA 

The Februa.ry meeting of Ihe Re tired ElectriCIa n'! 

Club WQ& held at tne unlO Il hall :H I I 1I .m . wLth 

Prl.:l'Idcm Lou Weise p r C:~idinl: Tht (ollowing 

members Wl'rI' ~ wnrn In as offitt:fS for lhe upco m 

Ing year' VIf&1 1 Hulsey. pl1=s ldcnt; 11m Dyc k. vice 

prcsldcnt, Ruth lellltr, secrc:t;uY I Marge Welsc. 

treasureri Red Smedley, chatrml1n of truster: , Lou 

WC1SC, cnu:ttiltnment Ch;lrml1f1 , "nu Btll)' Marlin, 

aSS-lSI ant chairman A ville Qf Ihank .. wa .. ~Iven 10 

Ihe llulgmn!': officers feu Ih C:lI hard work and 

.3chlc~· t:mcl'lt s- L (lu Wr: I!lt" lor fuu, )·cars as prtsl' 

dent; l"" :nge WeLst lor b~kanM .and decor:allng .3 

huthdOlY and annlvtrs:ar)' c.1ke c;lch month In ad· 

dlllon to her tr~a'\iure-r 's duties . • nd Vu~tl and 

Doreen Hulsey who p,m Idel.! Ilro~r llm5 tor all our 

m~eungs. aTr:.1nged pOi lucks. triPS, pICnu:s. and 

~rQur tlCkC'lS 10 many events 

In Ilnu.n)'. In addmon to. chili cookout at OUI 

regular mecllng, many enloy~d an evenmg wllh 

the Hafl~m Globeuouers and the Walt Disney 

Holiday on Ice 

Our Club metts tbe sccond Monday of ~ach 

month al the IBEW nail Otl I I • m. We welcome 

:1.11 retlreC"s from Loca l ~69 lind 465 and thclr 

spou~es 10 VLSIt our m(ttlnll:lI alid to I!onsldct 

lotnlllg our Club 

R"11ll[rrLER, P.S 

Club Members Do 

Maintenance at Hall 

RET1REES CLUB or L. U, 948, FUNT, M r

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IVIElVloRI~M 

Prayer lor Our Deceased Mcmbcrs 

Oh Lord. during this m onth when we honor OUI fathers ami Our country's flag. remember our 

decea ed m em bers who were fa ther.5 and tho e who have defended our proud fl ag. They have gone 

before us in the h ope of sharing You r peace and love. Remember. too. all our deceased members so 

that they m ay know eternal bappmess ,,~th You. Amen. 

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A SlJl1lmerlil1lC Rhyme 

Summertime i in the air, 

Smell the flowers everywhere; 

So h,,""tiflll, so bright 

Even the twinkling sta rs at night. 

Summertime i here, 

Fvrryone shout and cheer; 

Lei's play tenni ', 

Let's play golf, 

LCI's go see the parade; 

See Ihe children al the corner 

selling lemonade. 

The sun shines su h a brighl yellow 

olor 

A il lans bathers below; 

wimming, sailing, sunning, 

fu nning 

Is Ihe summertime motio. 

Ycs j indeed ! It 's summertime, 

l3eauliful sum m rlime; 

With blue sk ies, blazing greens, 

Fresh posies and buzzing bees. 

Laughter, laughter fills the air, 

Chan ling children everywhere; 

Yes, oh yes! summertime is once 

again here! 

Lori CiammcUo, RS. 

toe.t 1, 8J 

While PLlins, N.Y. 

Swimming into Love 

Love is like swimming 

In an unknown lake; 

A wonderful feeling 

Or a fatal miSlake. 

Some will sta nd upon the shore, 

The temptation they resist; 

CO l1fused by it calm beauty 

Like a steamboal in the mist. 

Some will enl 'r ca utiously, 

But deep wilhin fee l fear; 

They turn and leave the waler 

Afraid to shed a lear. 

St ill others may b ready 

To freely swim tOl\ether; 

To go into the bOllomless sea 

Side by side, forever. 

He.llM!r Ann Q ' Kiley 

Oolu,.htt.f af George. O'k,"'-" 

lonl 63ft, Woodsiock, Onl. 

love to Oad 

Every month my dear old dad 

Seal1, Iilb J.lage to sec 

If there would ever be a poem 

Wrill"n and sent by me . 

DdJ, Ihi. i, il ; here it b , 

Wrilten jusl for you 

To lell you thaI I love you 0, 

No other dad will rio. 

Thanks for everything YOll've done; 

You were always there, 

I hop

Safety Checklist for Power Lawn Mower 

• Belore starting your mower, clear the lawn 01 metal 

objects, stones and sticks. A mower can hurl a bit of yard 

debris at speeds up to 170 miles an hour. Mow only when 

the grass Is dry. Thousands of toes are amputated or mangled 

every year when feet slip under the blade housing. 

Wear shoes-steel-tlpped safety shoes If you have them. Be 

careful mowing on slopes. Proper technique Is to mow sideways, 

as In contour farming. 

• Stop the engine whenever you leave the mower. Children 

and young teenagers should never be allowed to operate 

power mowers. Keep children away while you 're mowing. 

They are likely to run Into moving parts or against the hot 

exhaust pipes. More than one child has been killed by a 

piece of wire, botUe or other debris propelied by a rotor 

blade. 

• Refuallng a mower while It is running, or even while the 

engine is hot, can cause fire or explosion. Wait for the engine 

and muHler to cool, then always refill out of doors 

where gasoline vapors can escape Into the air. When starting 

the engine, stand firmly with feet away from the blade. Know 

the controls, and make certain that self-propelled mowers 

are not in gear. 

AN IDEW S,AFETY REMINDER FOR OU R MEMBERS 

Reprinted from the 'SEW Journ.' 

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