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-, F o R p R E s I D E N T FACT SHEET ON THE FUTURE Walter Mondale says: Every generation has itS own special challenge. But each generation has the same baSIC responsibility: to leave [heir children a beHer world than the one they inherited. We cannOt go back We cannot )olv(: uur children's problems by rcpc:n- 109 our parents' answers. Walter Mondale has a plan to build for America's future. • Renew our comffillmCnt 10 educational access and excellence, from pn· mary school 10 graduate school • Ensure fair treatment fo r every member of our workJorcc by vigorously en· forcmg all anudlscrlmmatlon statutes, lla .~" lng the FRA. ami workmg toward pay equity. • Promote sCience and technology by restoring a proper balance between Clvlhan and military acuvIIICS, and by refurblshmg laboratones In our n3110n's grea t univerSity research ccnters • Return to full cllfulLcmcnl of all en vlronmcntallaws and regula lions, renew the altack on tOXIC wastes, and address I ~n o red probl ems such as aCid ram. • Recommit our COUntry 10 energy secunty, through Innovallve technologies and new energy sou rces, more conser· vallon, and stepped-up filling 01 the Stra· teglc Petroleum Reservc. • PromOte small bUSiness with meas· ures to reduce Interest r,lIes, foster cap Ital formation, and mcrease the supply of skilled researchers and engineers. • Improve cooperation with our allies by : • abandonmg diVIsive expon control policies, • acting more firmly to address and resolve divisive trade issues, • renewing our suppon for human rights and democratic values around the world, • dc-escalating the rhetoric of military eonlronl3tion with the Soviet Union and working firmly and p:ltIcntly to reduce tensions. 8 I IBEW JOURNAL I APRIL 1984 • Gel serious once again about nuclear arms con trol by: • ratifymg SALT H, • adhering to the ARM Treaty, • tightly controllmg the flow of weap' ons-grade matenal, • re-emphaslzmg non-proliferation, • ralsmg the nuclear threshold In Eu· rope, • Improving cnsls commumcatlons with the SOV iet Umon, • beginmng to b:argaln toward a mu· tual and venfiable freeze on strategIC arms, • convening a summit conference to gCI the START and TNF talks back on track The Reagan Administration has failed to build for the future. • The future requITes the beSt educated and tramed generation m Amencan hiStory. But the Reagan Admlmstratlon has slashed fundmg for educallon by S2 hll hon (13 percent] m FY 1984 alone. • The future requuc.'i Amentan ~rlrncc and technology second to none, across the board. But the administration has radica ll y skewed rcse3rch and develop· ment funds toward nulttary acuvltles a 24 percent re31 IOcrease In FY 1984 mt! Itary R & 0 , and a four percent decrease III the civlitan sector. • The future reqUires unpolluted land, water and :ur. But the Admintstratton has faded to enforce environmental laws and regulations now on the books and has hlatantly betrayed the publi c truSt 10 li S management of the EnVironmental Protection Agency . • The future requITes renewed movement toward energy Independence. nUt the Admintstrallon has slashed funding fo r programs that promote conservation and the development of new and renewable cnergy sources. • The future requ ires ;I healthy small bUSiness sec tor- the pnllle sou rce of innovallon and jobs in our economy, But the Admimstrallon's poltcies have de· prlved small busmcss of affordable credit, ( - reduced theIT access to trained personnel. and lilted the tax codes In favor 01 cor porate giants • The future requITes revlla!tzed haslc mduStrles. But the Admmlstrauon has preSided over their decItne while dOing almost nothmg to hah and reverse n • The future requires the full, fau, and ...; equal partlClp:mon of all Amen cans In our economy. But the AdmlOiStratlon has backtracked on mmorllY employment, weakened support for mlnomy smail busmess, and opposed measures such as the ERA that would help ensure fairness for women • The fUlure reqUires s tro n~ alhanccs and diplomacy based squarely on Amer· (/I Ica 's values. But the Admlnlstratton has weakened our tradlllonal alliances with the wOlld '!o detnO{;rac ies and undermIned the credlbtlllY of our commitment to human nghts around the world • Above all, the future dcmanrl~ dfreli ve nuclea r arms control. But the .,. Administration has moved us away from-not toward- thiS vnal goa l MONDALE FOR PRESIDENT by AI Goodfader "One of the real Issues In 1984 IS whether we're gomg to restore a nallon 10 which people h3ve the nght In fa ctthe umnumldated right-to p3rtlCIpate In the fullest sense of the word under the nghts and prOVisions of the National Labor Relattons Act ... I stand strongly for mdependent. effective umons." With those words, Walter F. MondaJc reaffirmed his conSIstent belief III the nght of Amencan working people to meet their employers fallly across the b3Tgaining table and to have a vOice In deciding the condItions under which they work. His commitment to free collecllve Continued on Page 14 - •
International Representative John W. Dalton Dies . The Brotherhood was saddened by the death of International Representative John W. Dahon, who passed away suddenly on March 8, 1984. Brother Dahon was born on March 17, 1926, and was initiated mto Local 175, Chattanooga, TClmcsscc, on May 17, 1948. Brother Dalton became active 10 the affairs of Local 175 and served as a member of the ExecutIve Board from lune 1961 unul July 1963. Brother Dalton became bUSiness manager-financ ial secretary In July 1963 and served III that office until February 1, 1974. While serving Local 175 as business manage r-financial secretary, he also served as a member of the Apprenticeship and Training Committee and trustee of the Health and Welfare Committee. Brother Dalton became a well-known, active trade unionist in the Chattanooga area and worked hard to promote the trade union movement as a member of the Chattanooga Build Ing Trades and Chattanooga Central Labor CouncIl. International PreSIdent Charles H Pillard appointed BrOlher Dalton as an International RepreSentative and assigned him to the internatIOnal Office In Washington, D.C., effecllve February i, 1974. At the lime of hiS death, Brother Dalton was serving the Brmherhood as a member of the Agreement Approval Department at the International Office, where he proved to be a great asset to that department. Sincere sympathy IS expressed to Brother Dalton's famdy and friends Eleventh District Holds Manufacturing Conference , . Leaders of the Manufactunng Branch In the IBEW Eleventh DIStrict 3t!cnded 3 one-day workshop on FcbruMY 21, 1984, held In Springfield, MISSOUri. Eleventh DISlTlct VICC Presidcnt Jack Moore welcomed the variOUS loca ls attending and partie· Ipated In the vanous topiCS covered throughout the day. lnternauonal Representative Craig Hoepner chatred the workshop and was assisted by International Representative Doug Wiegand of the Research Department. Representative Wiegand covered Work Measurements and Job Evaluation. Representauve Hocpner covered the new Alcohol and Drug Test just Introduced at Alcoa, the tcehnolof:lcal change concerning malllten:lOce, arbitration trends and the selection of arbllrators, stnke sanctions, local umon elecllons and, most Importantly, COPE and the politics of 1984. Thlrt~,- threc delegates from aeross the Eleventh District attended and partiCipated aCllvely throughout the day. Due 10 active participation of the delegates, Ih(' conference was most mformallve a.nd very successful Eleventh DIS1rict Vice PresIdent Jack Moore is shown addreSSing 1he Eleventh DIS1rict ManufactUring Workshop Seated on his right is Inter· national Represen1atJVe Doug Wiegand. and seated on his teh is Inter· national Representative CraIg Hoepner -- Partial views 01 the local union leaders who participated In the Eleventh District Manufacturing Conference. IBEW JOURNAL I APRil 1984 I 9
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