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THEIBEW
UNION
lABEL
A Proud Symbol
There is at present slrong interest in the official Union Label of the Interna·
lional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and frequent inqui ries concerning
it are received, By use and promotion of the 'BEW Union Label we have been
able to stabilize employment for our members where it has been widely
applied.
At the present lime the ISEW is issuing Union labels at a rale of many
millions per year. Electrical construction materials which our electrical contractors
require are available with an ISEW Union Label. Wi re, cable, conduit,
fittings, contlol equipment and fixtures-the lBEW makes them 311, under fai r,
Union Label conditions.
The lSEW Union Label is the most potent single lorce we have today lor
organizing new members and improving their wages and working conditions.
These improvements are quickly roflected in the general wage level throughout
our economy, and thus work, indirectly, toward the benefit of all working
people.
A Union Label attached to a product signals to the world that the item has
been manufactured with the highest standards of workmanship. under !>Afe
and sanitary conditions of employment, and at fair wages and reasonable
working hours. The Label is a symbol wh ich guarantees that the articte was
produced by free labor, working under democratic industrial terms and using
materials of good quality.
Like the "sterling " stamp on line silver, the Union Label is the mark of
excellence testifying to the meritorious workmanship and materials which
have gone into making a high-qua1ily product.
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INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
1125-151h St. N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20005

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
JOURNAL' JUNE' 78
CHARLES H. PILLARD, Editor
Volume 77, No. 6 June, 1978
FEI=ITLI~ES
1978 Construction Conference 3
IBEW Well Represented at 1978 Building and
Construction Trades Department Conference 6
Annual Meeting of President's Committee on
Employment of Handicapped 10
AFL·CIQ luncheon Honors National and State
Contest Winners 11
DEPA~TIVIENTS
lbeiii
Editorial Comment 2
Handyman's Corner 9
With the Ladies 12
Safety Tips 14
Research and Education-The Importance of the
Ju ne, 1978, Consumer Price Indexes 16
Local Lines
Death Claims
ollll COVEll
Summer in the Rocky
Mountains is beautifully
portrayed on t his month's
Journal front cover. Stories
inside include coverage of the
1978 ISEW Construction
Conference and the 1978
Building Trades AFL·CIQ
Legislative Conference, both
held m Washington, D.C.
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EXEClITIVE
OFFICE liS
CHARLES H. PILLARD
Intern,lIo,,,1 Pres/d.nl
"25 ISlh 81.. N.W.
Wnhlnglon, O,C. 20005
RALPH A. LEIO OH
IMeM,lIon" SecrOllry
1125 15th st.. N,W.
Withington, D.C. 20005
HARRV VAN AR SDALE, JR.
IM,mlllon,1 T,,,,,,(.,
158·" Jawel Avenue
Flulhlng. N.Y. "365
VICE PRESIOEIIITS
Flrsl OI,'rle1. K. O. ROSE
Suita .01
45 Sh.ppard Ave. E .. ,
Wil lowdalll. On1.,lo M2N 5V,
Second Ollulet, JOH N E. FLY NN
126 OffiCI PI.lI Building
220 Forbes Road
B"ln,,", ~ .... chul enl 02184
Third Ol , ule!, J OH N J. !IAlIRY
222 M.m"onec~ Avenue
Whlill PI.lnl. H.w York 10605
Fourth Ol.trlet, 8 . O. WILLIAM SON
7110 Rndlng Rg.d
"mb"llwn E •• eullve Bldg.
Sull. II
Clnelnnall. Ohio 45231
Filth OI",lcl, DAN H. WATERS
No. 2 MIlrOpl .. OrivI
Suhe 113
Birmingham, AI • • 35209
SlxlII OI.lrlel, T. I!'. MALONE
Cemme,e, Piau Threl, Sullt 570
2015 Spring ROld
Olk Brook, IIl1nol, 60521
Seventh Ol,'rlet, RAYMOND Q . DUKE
2701 Avanu. E, Eut
Sulla 412
Arlinglen, Tun 76011
Eighth OI."lel,
LAWREN CE C. FARNAN
SUlill 264C
2460 Wut 261h Ave
Denver, Colo'ido 80211
Ninth PI.Ule1. W. l . VINSON
1700 Sculh EI Cimino Aetl
Borel Squart, Suitl 301
Sin MllllO. C.ll1ornll 114(02
r,nlh Ol slrlel, ANDREW M. RIPP
O'H ... Olllell Building 1. S\llIlI 400
10400 W. Higgins R08d
Rosemonl, 1I IInoil 60018
ElevGnlh Ol$lrlet, JACK F. MOORE
300 South Jallar.on. Sulle 300
Sprlnol ield, M l lIo~rl 65806
TwelHh Oilirici. M. A. WILLIAM S
Frlnklln Building. $ylte 516
ChBlllnoogs, TeMlin. 37411
IIIITERNI'ITlolIIRL
EXECllTIVE colllllclL
WESLEY I. TAYLOR
Chelrm.n
E.e cuHvl Wnt, Suit. 207
2421 ProdueHon OrivI
IndIBnapoll •. Indlln. 46241
FI .. I OI.lrlel, RALPH HALLORAN
c/o Loe,l 13&, IBEW
506 COllege Av.n~1
Elmira. N.w YOrk 14001
Second Olslrict,
JA MES F. MULLONEY
152 Cllnlon Slraet
Mlrlbo,o, M .. uch~sel1' 01752
T~lrd OI.lIle' l HOWARD D. GiEORGE
38381 Berksh ,a Hili. orl~e
Willoughby. Ohio 44094
Fourth OISlrle!. HARR Y BEXLEY
SOl P~III.m SI" S,W.
A"8nll, Oeorgle 30312
FUlh OI.IIlel, ROBERT MI SSEY
58SO EIIZlblllh AVI.
51. Loul •. Missouri 831 10
Slxlh OIlirlet. THOMAS H. PU RSLEY
4523 Av.nUI P'II
Gllvlllon. T.u. 77liSO
Sevanlh OI.lIlcl. 8 . R. McCA NN
530 Conn. Co. t. Blvd.
Plea .. nt HIli. C.lllo,"l. 04523
Elghlh Dllnlct, H. H. FULTON
134 South Herold Sireat
T~und.r Bly. Onllrlo. Clnsds

An Honest and Reasonable [a use
• As Ihis issue of the Journal is going to press, the
United Slates Senate is beginning rlelihcrations on the
Labor Reform Bill S. 2467. Hardly in the hi story of the
Senate has one piece of labor legislation received so
much attention inside and outside the halls of Congress.
JU51 because the bill concerns a work er's right to ask
for more protection under the law of the land, a law that
was passed by Congress more than 42 years ago, a great
furor has been created by the business lobby and the
cXlrcmc right·wlOg coalition in the Senate. Huge sums of
money have been spent on buying hysterical rhetoric to
keep the general public misinformed and unaware of the
rcal issues concerning the labor reform bi ll.
The IBEW, along with all of labor, has worked long
and hard on this vital piece of proposed legislation to
present the facts clearly to the American people. Our
cau!>c I!> onc of jU lIticc for illI wOlking people ill th is
nation. It is an honest and reasonabl e cause. We sincerely
hope that as you receive this issue of the JOIlTllof, labor
law reform will have been approved in the U. S. Senate.
H victory is ou rs, much credit must be given to you, the
local union member, who wrote his or her senators,
telephoned them, or personally met with these legislators.
What is also important for union members to realize
in Ihis battle for labor law reform is thai the anti·union
hate groups are not going to SlOp wilh just labor law
reform. Some of Ihe newest anti·labor groups on the
political scene arc doing all they can to force their issues
out front and bury meaningful issues under an avalanche
of propaganda and double·talk. Their objective is 10 take
over Congress. This is Ihe exaCllactic we have been
witnessi ng in the fight for labor law reform.
AFL·CIO COPE reports that this new breed of right·
wing anti·union leaders and organizations is much more
politically astute, ambitious and able than any previous
right-wing movement. They literally have a mountain of
money-25 million dollars worth for political purposes
this yea r alone. And there is no doubt that Ihey are
organized and capable of throwing all kinds of valuable
campaign support behind the candidates who spout their
lines.
The st rategy of Ihis new right wing is clear-to push
the real issues out of sight and to appeal to voters on
the basis of emotions. You may even have rece ived some
of their mailings already or read their advertisements.
They will twist the facts or not usc any at all. You will
not hear them talking aboul mulli·national corporations
whose policies ship Ihousands of American jobs nversea'\,
or of a decent nalional health ca re program, or the issue
of good hou sing withi n the reach of average Americans,
or the most basic of all issues-jobs.
Even though this anti-worker chorus is already in full
swing for the 1978 elections, union members can make
a difference. We can be heard. I firmly believe that IDEW
members and olher union members across Ihis land will
go to the ballot boxes this November and show the
right-wi ngers we are a lot smarter th an they lakc us for
when we turn them and their candidates thumbs down.
Eve ry member of Ihis Drotherhood should be registered
to vote. Have you joined IBEW-COPE through the
campaign your local un ion is now conducting?
We all have a great responsi bility thi .. l ove mber, not
on ly fo r ourselves, but for our famil ies, and fu ture
gene rations. We must vote for reason, juslice, and basic
human rights. On such principles the labor movement
wall rOlHld\!J. ha~ glown. and will grow in the fUlllre.
2 I IIEW Joumol

A view of the dais showing International Vice Presidents and lEe members listening to International President Pittard deliver his
remarks at the 1978 Construction Department Conference
1978 IBEW CONSTRUCTION
CONFERENCE
• The IDEW Construction and Maintenance
Department Conference was held
at the Hyatt Regency HOlel in Washinglon,
D. C., on April 19, 1978. The meeting
was chaired by J. M. " Kim" Parker,
Director, Construction and Maintenance
Department. Approximately 550 delegates
and guests to the nation's capital were
welcomed to Washington by Wade H.
Sheriff, J r., business manager, LOC,ll 26,
Washington, D. C.
International Presi dent Charles 1-1 . Pil ­
lard was givcn II ~ tanding ov,lIioll when
International President Charles H. Pillard
spoke to the delegates on a wide range of
vital issues confronting the !SEW
construction locals.
Introduced by Director Parker. and after
voicing his si ncere appreciation of thank~
to the delegates for thcir Iremendous
ovation. President Pillard introduced the
International officers, Vice Presidents.
and International Executive Council
members who wcre present. Also introduced
were International Secretary
Emeritm Joseph D. Keenan and Administrative
A~ sis lanl to the Internntional
Presiden t Marcus Lortis.
In hi ~ rcm!Hks to the dele gate~ President
Pillard reported on the high rille of
International Secretary Ralph A. Lelgon
reported to the delegates on the '1arious
activities of his office and the 1978 COPE
ca mpaign .
unemploymenl Ihal sl ill exi!,ls in the construction
industry all across Ihe cOllntry,
and noted that vcry few IDEW inside
and olltside loca l unions were able to
clllim filII employment in their jurisdiction.
He also called attention to the
overall hij,lh unemployment rale thaI
i~ plaguinj,l the nation and said that every
IIJ EW branch is suffering from the bad
effects of cuthacks llnd layoffs due 10 the
economic rcce ~s ion under which the country
is still sulTering. President Pillard
clliled upon the delegates to I3ke the responsibility
as union leaders to keep the
members of their local unions in formed of
orgnnized labor s goals and actions to turn
the economy of the countfy in the right
direction so the construction induslry
lind every other industry can relUrn to a
normal economic and stable condition. He
urged them to meet with their congressmen,
senators, gov.!rnors. stale legislators,
and other political and community leaders
in order to enlist their aid to help
bring SUC1:ess to organized labors programs
to re,lch the goal of a full employment
economy.
In a straight from the shoulder talk ,
President Pillard was very emphatic in
his rem arks on Ihe obligations of local
lillion leaders to fulfill the purposes, responsibility,
and function of the IBEW
to the members of the Brotherhood. He
reminded the delegates that "Organizing
is still the number one priority in the
tO EW." Presiden t Pillard lold Ihe delegutes
thnt now is the lime to lay the
JUlie, 1978 I 3

J. "Kim" Parker, Director of the IBEW
Construction Department, chaired the
COllferer~ce.
Wade Shenff, bUSiness manager of local
26, Washmgton, D.C., IS shown welcoming
the delegates to Ihe nallon's taplIat.
groundwork and form ulate pla ns th at can
be put into successful operations so the
jurisdiction of thc IBEW can be protected
and so new fields coming into the electricelectronic
industry will afford job opportunitie

Another olleralt IIlew of tile delegates as they listen a!lentillely to the remarks of President Pillard dUring the Conference.
Shown at the Conference are the officers and delegates from
Local 26, Washington, D.C
Leltto right. are Local 12 BUSiness Manager Bob Grinstead:
a friend of labor m Colorado runnmg lor Congress, state
Senator Ray Kogolisek; International Representatille Ted
Moseley, International President Charles H. P,lIard: and
Eighth District Vice President Larry Farnan.
At the podium, shown delillering hiS
remarks to the delegates, IS PreSident
Pillard. To hiS left seated are
International Secretary Emeritus Joseph D
Keenan and Internat ional Secretary
Ralph A Lelgon.
June, 1978 I 5

IBEW Well Represented
At 1978 Building and
Construction Trades Department
National Conference
• The IBEW was well represented at
thc 1978 AFL-CIO Building and Construction
Trades Dcpanmenl alional
Legislat ion Conference held in Washing.
ton, O. C .. on April 17. 18 and 19. Led
by International President Charles H.
Pillard. the IBEW delegation was parI
of over three Ihous3 nd building tradesmen
who ca me from all across Ihc na·
tion to push thc passage of Ihe labor law
reform bill and other legislation Important
to thc workers in Ihe o rganized
construction industry_
Du ri ng thc sessions and workshops ~u b ·
je

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES
DEPARTMENT - An - CIO
A AFl·CIO President George Meany Is
:;;hown addressing the dclcg3tCS to the
1978 National Conference of the Building
and Construction Trades Department.
Seated are the General Presidents of the
Department's aftlhated unions.
International President Charles H. Pillard
is seated sixth from the right.
Shown during a break In the Conference
are, lett to right, 5i)(th District Vice
President Tom Malone, President Pillard,
Seventh District Vice President Ray Duke,
and Al Soudan, business manager of
local 134.
Nuclear Stabilization Agreement Announced At White
House Press Conference by President Carter
Hailed by President Carter, a new national labor agreement covering nuclear power plant construction has been
negotiated between the building trades unions and Bechtel Power, Ebasco, Stone and Webster, and United Engi·
neering. The agreement is deslsned to sanerate lobs and to help decrease the nation's dependence on foreign
oil Im ports. Seated t hi rd from the left Is President Pillard.
JUn_ , 1911 I 7

These photographs show some of the
IBEW officers, 1.0. staff, and members
who were delegates to the Building Trades
National Conference. The local union
business managers and officers also
represented various building trades
councils across the country.

Your Blue Haven
• It's a waterfall! It's 11 fish pond! It's
a fountain! Here's a way 10 bring a nature
retreat into everyone's life, If you're
always longing to get away from the city
to the soot hing sounds of the babbling
brook (but would rather nOI fight the
traffic every weekend to do it), here's a
way to bring the great outdoors 10 your
doorsteps.
Our complete do-it ·YOllrself plans tell
you how to save some real money by
building your own 3-in-1 conversation
piece. Step·by-step pictures and instructions
guide yOll all the way, from digging
to final coal. Tbe pond pictured here
measures 4 feet by 16 feet and holds 300
gallons of water. However, you CRn make
it any size you want. Guidelines for filter·
ing and draining the pond arc in the
instructions. A list of the tools you will
need for the project is also included.
To obtain the easy-to-follow instructions
for creating our :: S08 waterfall·
fishpond· fountain, send $3 .S0 (includes
l SI class postage & handling) by check or
money order to Steve Ellingson, c/o:
IBEW Journal l'allern Dept.
P.O. Box 2383
Van Nuys, California 91409
READ ALL ABOUT IT! Our lOO·page
book , PAn'ERNS FOR BETrER L1 V.
l NG, pictures more than 500 simple
woodworking & handicraft project s .. ,
$1.50 (includes postage).
IN A LANDMAR K DECISION, TH E U. S. SUPREME COURT
BAR S HIGHER PENSION COSTS FOR WOMEN THAN MEN
• On April 25, 1978, the Supreme Court of the United States
ruled that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power had
violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by requiring its
female employees to make larger contributions to its pension
fund than its male employees in order to receive the same retire·
ment benefits. The Court noted that this successful suit was
brought by five individual employees and by "the individuals"
union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local
Union No. 18, The decision al ready has been hailed as a land·
mark in securing equal employment right s for women. Loca l 18
filed the original EEOC charge, in 1973, on behalf of these
municipal utility employees.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers-Pension and Death Benefit Payment Report
IBEW PENSION (LECTRICAL WORKERS' NATIONAL ELECTRICAL
BENEFIT ruND BENEFtT ASSOCIATION BENEFIT ruND
NUMBER ADMITTED TO PENSION LAST MONTH 510 317
TOTAL NUMBER ON PENSION 65,969 14.039
TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST MONTH 1 3,663.513.91 1 1.709.693.44
TOTAL PENSION PAYMENTS LAST 11 MONTHS $41.917.536.14 117.716,147.13
DEATII BENEFITS PAID LAST MONTH 1 IB1.975.58 1 934.585.00
DEATH BENEFITS PAID LAST 11 MONTHS 1 1.513.643.15 17.104,705.05
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Jun_, 1978 f 9

Annual Meeting of the President's Committee
On Employment of the Handicapped
• The annual meeting of Ihe President's
Committee on Employment of the
Handicapped was held on May 4-5, 1978.
in Washington. D.C., at the Washington
H llloll HOlel. AllcnJetl oy ro.:pu::.CillatiyC$
of business, labor, government, and ... '

AFL-CIOLuncheon Honors National
And State Contest Winners
International President Charles H. Pillard, a Vice President of the AFL·CIO. Is
pictured as the official host of a special luncheon sponsored by the AFL·CIO, which
honored high school sludents who were first place winners in state research
projects of the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped
One of the state winners IS pictured
recelvmg the award presented by
President's Committee Chairman Haro:d
Russell, fight, and Committee Vice
Cha irman Charles H. Pillard.
• The Employment of the H andicapped
luncheon is an annual e\en! sponsored
by the AFL-CIO. It has been held
in Washington, D.C.. fo r approximately
I S years.
The purpose of the luncheon is to assist
the President's COIll/lliuc~ on the Employment
of the Handicapped by honoring
high school studenlS who placed first
in research projects Ihat wcre spon~ored
in their respective st:lICS by varioll~ Governor's
Committee on Employmenl of the
Handicapped.
The high school stlldents who arc firsl
place winners in their ~tate contests liTe
llwlmlcd an expense paid trip to Wa~hingron,
D.C .. at the time of the annual meet.
illS of the President's Committee on Em·
ployment of the Handicapped. The e'(­
penses for the trip to Washington. D .C..
aTe comributed by the Slate Labor COlin'
cils.
On the day following Ihe luncheon.
the high school students arc provided
With a SIgh tseeing blls tOllr of the major
monuments of Washington. The tour .... ill
be sponsored by Ihe AFL·CIO and chaperons
will be 00 the busses.
The presiding host for Ihc luncheon
this year was 10tern:lIional Pn:

WITI-I yl-iE LI=IDIES
Jogging for Fun and Health
• The first siream of sunlight enters your
window. Reluctantly throwing off the
warm protection of covers, you're up.
Quickly dressed a groggy body stretches
and bends. eyes asking to close ag:!in. T he
door opens, fecI hitting pavement. left
righi, left right. Rhythm develops, lungs
breath deep, eyes open bright, hearl
pounds harri er, muscles ask for protection
from thc chilled morning ai r. The system
responds with small beads of sweal , com·
fOri sets in-you've hit siride. Alone in
your quest for fitness and health )'ou're
running.
BUI you're not alone! Rather, you have
joined five million other Americ:l ns who
have incorportlted Ihe joy of running
inlO their daily lives. What is it Ihal so
many people find pleasurable in a sporl
which upon first observation looks immensely
boring, non-compelitive. and
with the dodging of cars and dogs. downright
dangerous? The answer is simple.
It is purely personal and independent. It
is probably the only sport with no rules.
no time tables. no panicular playing surface,
no competition. and almost no gear.
It extends to all seasons, know ~ no social
class or age group and best of !lit is com·
pletely free. Good points. no doubt, for
the thrifty, but there must ~ somcthing
more to it. And, indeed there is.
Most runnen will admit to laking lip
the sport as a means to firm up and trim
down. Yet. those who Slick with it afler
the physical changes have been accom·
plished nlO for a to tal fee ling of wellbeing.
In our socicty which preaches
sports participation for youth and observation
for adults (leaving women out of
the sermon altogether) and stheduh:s Ollr
lives to the point where organized sporn
arc practically impossible. running makes
sense, as it ca n be done at any time day
or night, for as many minutes as can be
spared.
As in all of lifc's pursuits, effort must
be eltened in order to ~eome accomplished
and proficient. When one begins
to run stiff joints will fight back, soft
muscles will ache. the heart and lungs
won't allow more than a jog around the
block. All of these physical signs witl tclt
you what shape you are in and within
only a few weeks will disappear as you
tone up muscles which have not becn
used since childhood. Taking it slow and
easy is the ~st way to stick with the
program and to avoid injury. Of course,
as with any eltercise program a doctor
should first be consulted before you begin
What is needed to run in the way of
equipment you will find tucked in a
drawer of your dresser. The rule for running
clnthc~ i\ "the less the beller.'· Old
loose-fitting shorts and a T -shirt a re adequate
for all but the winter months when
longer pants and a warm sweater covered
with a nylon parka, mittens. and a hat
arc recommended. The only investment
you need make is in a good pair of running
shoes. Nylon is recommended a~
shoes made of this need not be broken in.
For tbe beginner. the greatest deterrent
to running is the weather. Those clear
spring and crisp autumn days are all too
few thus the ones that fall between must
be handled with ca re. During the Slimmer
in periods of extreme heat, running is
best done in the early morning. Because
the body operates within a narrow tem·
perature range, high heat forces every
mechanism. blood ves~cI :md sweat
gl:lIld into operation to maintain the
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Delicious Salads
2 pounds C."otl, .Uced e.auwl ..
I " ... IU 0 ... 10", choPIMd flne'y
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SJ:lFETY TIPS
for you and your family
OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY
AND
HEALTH
REVIEW
COMMISSION
THE REVIEW COMMISSION
• The Occ upati onal Safct)' and Health
Review Commission is an independent
agency of the U.S. Government. It is
not connected in any way with the Department
of Labor or the Occupational
SafclY and H (!allh Administration
(OSHA). There arc three Commission
members who arc appointed by the
President of the United States for sixyea
r terms and some Cony-four Administrative
Law Judges who have career
tenure. The Jurlges hold hearings and
decide co nl c~ts arising under the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of
1970. The Judges' decisions are reviewed
and the Commission members
have the authority to change those decisions.
THE ROLE OF THE
REVIEW COMMISSION
Cases that come before the Commission
begin with an inspection conducted
by OSHA, an agency of the
(
United States Department of Labor.
When the OSHA inspector finds
what is believed to be a violation of
the Act, OS HA will notify the employe r
in writing of the nature of the alleged
\iolation and Ihe period of time OSHA
deems reasonable fo r its correction.
This document is called a Citat ion. The
period of time Slated in the C itation
fo r thc correction of the a lleged violation
is called the Abatement Period.
The Act requires that the employe r immediately
post a copy of the Citation in
a pl ace where affected employees will
have notice of it.
OSHA is required to notify the employer
in writing of the penalty, if any,
proposed to be assessed for each violation
it has alleged. Presently the Proposed
Penalty is stated in the Citation,
but it may be stated in a separate document.
In either case, the employer must
be notitird of the Proposed Penalty by
ce rtified mail.
If, within fifteen working days of rceeipt
of the Proposed Penalty (Mondays
through Fridays, excluding Federal
holidays), the cited employe r docs
not contest the Citation or Proposed
Penalty. and the affected employees or
thei r authorized representative (union)
do not contest the proposed abatement
period, the C itation and Proposed Penalty
become thc'final order of the Commi
ssion and not subject to review by
any court or agency.
HOW THE UNION EMPLOYEE
CONTESTS AN OSHA ACTION
An affected employee through the
union may fil e a Nolil.:c uf Cuntest chal ­
lenging th e reasonableness of the period
of time given to the cmployer for correcting
a hazardous condition. This
must be done within 15 working days
of the employe r's posting of the Citation.
ELECTION OF PARTY STATUS
BY EMPLOYEES
tn cases started by the empluyer receiving
a citation, aflected employees,
through thei r union, have a right to be-
1. I IIEW Journal

come parties to any ConllTli .. ~jo n pro ~
ceeding at any time before the hearing
begi ns. After that time. only for good
cause will the Commi~ .. ion or the Judge
allow election of party statll~. To become
a party, affected employees
through their union Tl1U~t flIe with the
Commission a Statement of Intent to
Participate or a Statement of I)o')ition
wh ich tells the affected employee ..'
position about the is~ues. If tl/t're is a
IlIIioll, t/ie emlJloyees /lilly fll/pear ollly
,IIroll,?" the /illioll. A copy of the state~
ment mu~t be \er\"ed on all other parties.
All the above, slightly edited for
union members, lIrC ex tracted from a
26 page pamphlet which is an explana~
lion of how proceedings arc conducted
in the Occupalional Safety and Health
Re\ iew Commi~~ion. The pamphlet is
publi~hed :IS a guide to assist in ready
application of the Review Commis·
~ion's Rules of Procedure.
Copies of the Commission's Rules of
Procedure may be obtained by writing
to:
Offiee of In formation, Oceup:llional
Safety and Heahh Review Commi~sion
1825 "K" Street. N.W.
Washington. D.C. 2000(;
They are also publhhed in part 2200
of Title 29. Code of Fcderal R eg. ula~
tions.
IU EW l'OtiCY ON T ilE I' ROCESS­
ING OF OSHA VIOLATIONS,
NOTICE OF CONTEST. O l{ TilE
SEEKI i'\G OF PARTY STATUS, RE·
QUIRES SAME TO n E nONE
T HROUGH A n: ES I'Ec n vE MEl\I·
HER'S LOCAL UN ION_
ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES
That a.,l:>e .. tmi~ (scarring of the
lungs). mcsothelioma (a rare ca ncer o f
the lining of the chest and abdomen). o r
RIGHTS WHEN PARTY STATUS IS ELECTED
BY EMPLOYEES THROUGH TH EIR UNION
When party status is elected certain rights are assured. They are:
(a) The right to the service of all pleadings (papers filed with the
Judge or Ihe Review Commission) that are liled by other parties;
(b) The right to present witnesses and evidence;
(c) The right to cross-e)(amine witnesses called by other parties;
(d) The right to object to evidence sought to be introduced by other
parties;
(e) The right to make oral argument belore the Administrative l aw
Judge;
(I) The right to present written argumenls:
(g) The right to participate in any settlement negotiations:
(h) The right to receive a copy of the Judge's decision;
(i) The right to petition the lull Commission to review the Judge's
decision:
(j) The right to appeal the Commission's decision to an appropriate
Court of Appeals.
cancer of the lung or digestive tract
can affect workers from all crafts doing
shipyard work is emphasized in a rc·
cent Metal Trades Newsleller.
The Newsletter comments on this
moS! hazardous threat to workers as
follows:
"A problem of growing concern to
the labor movement and to socie ty at
l:Irgc is the e)(posure of workers 10 potentially
dangerous or even fata l ha 7.~
ards on the job. Hazardous situations
combine with pollutants and to:tic sub~
stances to make maoy job sites into
potential threats \0 health and life.
Responding to the greal need for
more e:o:haustive research and treat~
ment of occupational disease, the
Metal Trades Deparlmenl look a
primary role in the founding of the
Western Inst itu te of Occupational/Environmental
Sciences, a non·profit re·
search and ed uca ti onal institute com·
po

DEPARTIVIEI\IT OF
RESEAJ:lCIot J:lND
EDLJCRTIOI\I
• 5enonally 1I(\1 .. 51I1d
Sources: Bureau 01 Economic I'Inalysls.
U.S. Department 01 Commll.clI
Board of Governors, Federal Rn"rve System
BlS. U.S. Department of Laba.
The Importance of the June, 1978,
Consumer Price Indexes
G,,,,
National
Product
($ Billions)
Industrial
Production
Index
(1967-ICNJ)
Total
Unemployment
Rale
ECONOMY IN
1,992.9
139.5
1.961.8 1.810.8
139.3 133.6
6.2 6.6 7.4
• The Department of R CSCllTCh and Ed
ucalion. in the February, 1978. issue of
the /BEIV JOI/mol, called the attention of
311 IBEW members [0 the facl that the
new Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) 10
be published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BlS), U.S. Department of
Labor. might require cont ract adjust.
mcnts in those collective bargaining
agreements which conlain escalator
clauses lied 10 the CPI. In this article. we
arc calling the attention of our members
10 the conversion factor to be prepArr.d
and provided by BLS, which will be
based upon Ihe difference between the unrevised
and Ihe revised epts for June.
1918.
Three Indexes
For the period. January, 1978, through
and including June. I!nK, BLS has been
publishing three CPts; namely, (I) the
Unrevised Consumer Price Index for
Urban Wage and Clerical Workers. (2)
the Revised Consumer Price l ndex for
Urban WHge and Clerical Workers, and
(3) the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers.
The present "unrcvi.)I,!J·' CPI was designed
to measure price changes for
urban wnge and clerical workers, who
comprise approximately 40 percent of
the population. Till') index reflccl~ expenditures
based on the buying habits
found in Ihe COllsumer Expenditure Survey
for 1960-61.
The new "revised" CPI has been designed
10 update the " market basket" (a
selection of goods and services that remain
constant and in the same proportion,
or weight, when purchased month
after month) and the buying habits of
urban wage and clerical workers. The
revised index reflects expenditures based
on the Consumer Expcndill1r.~ Survey Cor
1972-73 and shows a smaller portion of
expenses allocaled for food, clothing. and
medical care, wilh a larger portion being
Manlh
March
February
January
December
November
October
September
August
July
MARCH, 1978
:lllocatcd for housi ng and transportation
This index is considered to be II continuation
of the present "unrevised" CPI.
The "all-new" Consumer Price Index
for all Urban Consumers is 3n expanded
index th3t reflects the spending habits of
retirees. the unemployed, the self-employed.
lind man3gerial and professional
workers. in adclirion 10 Ihe urban wage
and salary workers included in the present
Unrevised and Revised Consumer
Price Indexes for Urban Wage and Clerical
Workers. Ii is believed Ihal this exp:mrlrd
coverOlgc is too broad and will
110t accurately reflect the change in price
of Ihe goods and services purchased by
Ihose Americlln workers generall y cov·
crcd by cost-of-li vi ng escalator clauses.
T\\o Indexes ill Fulure
Beginning wilh the August. 1978. publication
of the July. 1978. figures, BLS
will publish only IWO indexes. (J) the
Revised Consumer Price Index for Urban
Wage and Clerical Workers and (2) the
UNREV\SED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR URBAN WAGE
AND CLERICAL WORKERS
UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE
SOURCE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF lABOR BUREAU OF tABOR STATISTICS
REfERENCE BASf, U.S. AVERAGE 1967 = 100
Appa,el
,
" lI.m. l.an.po,-
,-, Combined ,."" Housing Upkeep 10lian
1978 1898 203 .6 199.5 158.4 1797
1978 188.3 201.3 197.8 156.8 179A
1978 186.9 198.2 196.7 155.9 179.3
1977 186 1 196.3 195.7 158.2 178.8
1977 185.4 195.6 194.6 158.5 178.7
1977 184.5 194A 193.6 157.2 178.6
1977 1840 194.5 192.7 156.2 178.5
1977 183.3 195.2 191.4 154.8 178.9
1977 IS:.! 6 194.6 190.5 153A 179.3
Heal.h
& Ree·
.eo.ian
181.9
180.9
179.6
178.5
177.9
177.1
176.1
174.7
174.1
170.7
March
March
Morch
March
March
March
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
178,}
167.5
157.8
, 43 1
1298
1211.0
188.6 185.5 151.7 1748
Non· Co".ume. Prj,. lnd .. la. gil ilemi ;ncr.

MARCH, 1978
REVISED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FO' URBAN WAG E
AND CLERICAL WORKERS
UNITED STATES CITY AVERAGE
SOUICE, u.s. OEPAITMENT OF LABOI WIEAU OF LABOI STATISTICS
IEFEIENCE lASE, U.S. AVUAGE 1967 = 100
Appo.el
All It ....
•
T,on.pot. Med:

Research and Education
('ontill/led 'rom page 17
Thai is, mUl tiplying Ihc Revised C PI for
Urbllll Wage and Clerical Workers by
the con vcr~io n factor will yield :1 socalled
"Unreviscd" CPJ for Urban Wage
.md Clerical Wor"crs. Agu;n, it is imporlant
to remember that the unrcvi~d
el'l value oht:lIncd by Ih is method will
always be based al subsequent points in
lime on thc rcl:uionship that existed between
the twO indexes for the month of
June. 1978.
Selecting I'roper Index
Deciding which index- Ihc Revised
CPI for Urban Wage and Clerica l Workers
or the so-called "unrcvised" CPIwould
be advantageous for usc in calculating
cost-or-livi ng clause adjustm ents
will be dependent upon Ihc relative levels
of the ' ..... 0 indexes for June, 1978. If
the Unrevised CPJ for Urban Wage nnd
Clerical Workers for Junc. 1978. is at n
higher level than the Revised CPI for
Urban Wage and Clerical Workers for
June. an advantage miglll be gained in
future months by employing the conver·
sion factor to convert [he revi.sed CPI to
an unrevi§cd index. If thCR"C'Vised CPI
for Urban Wagc and Clerical Workers
fo r Junc. 1978. is at a higher level. j[
could prove henefidal 10 usc it and not
employ the conversion faclor. I f both
indexes arc equal in June, no conversion
factor will be necessary; future adjust.
ments would be based on the Revised
CPI for Urban Wage and Clerical Work·
m.
Once the relationshi p bet ween the two
indexes for June. 1978. is made known
in July, users will be able to determine
definitively which ~ itLiat ion best fits their
need ~.
Safety Tips
cOIl/illlted from page 15
were x-rayed: 50 percent were found
to have abnormalities indicating lung
disease. At Marc Island Shipyard in
Vallejo, California, 359 members o f all
crafts were It-rayed; of that number,
59 percent showed abnormalities.
Many of these workers may contract
asbeslosis (scarring of the lungs), mesothelioma
(a rare cancer of the lining o f
the chest and abdomen), or cancer of
the lung or digestive Iract.
The AFL·CIO Metal Tradcs Dcpartmclll
lakes Ihese facts extremely
seriously. It has taken the lead in for-
400 Asbestos Workers Win
$20 Million Damage Suit
More than 400 workers who were
exposed to asbestos dust during their
employment at a Tyler, T exas, plant
have been awarded a total of $20 mil·
mation of the WIOES, and there are
preliminary plans being made for a
si milar institute on th e East Coast. A
large-scale x-ray program will be cOntpl
eted soon at the West Coast localion;
cooperating in Ihis venture will be the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) and the National
Inst itute for Occupational Safety and
Health (N IOSH).
The Metal Trades Department asks
the ~lIrpnr t :lnd a~~i.~tancc of all il.~ affiliates
in this rea listic effort 10 curb
and cut off occupational disease. Infor·
mation on these programs is available
from the Metal Trades Department,
AFL-CIO, MI 5 16th Street, N.W"
Washington, DC 20006."
to keep the workplace safe. A number
of British and South African raw mal
er i al.~ s uppliers were also named as
defendants. along with former pl ant
owner North American Asbestos.
Officials of the T exas Chest Foundation.
in charge of a diagnostic program
--..
ECONOMIC/COLLECTIVE
_------
BARGAINING TERMS
Ceiling- A provision in a cosl·ol·living adjusl·
menl clause which sels the maximum amount
01 adjustment wh ich Ihe clause may yield.
Escalator clause- A provis ion in a contract
providing for periodic adjustments in wages
to keep pace with changes in the CPI or
other measures of living costs.
F1oor- A provision in a cost·of·ljying adjust·
ment clause providing thai a decline in the
CPI shall not fesul t in a reduction in wage
rates.
I' I " EW Jou rnol
lion in damages in an out-of-court seltlement.
The agreement concluded the
largest personal injury lawsui t ever
filed against the U.S. government; the
wOlkers originally asked $)00 mi llion.
The suit was fil ed more than four
years ago against Pittsburg Plate G lass
Co. and Corning Glassware, co-owners
of the plant which closed in 1972. The
government was sued because Ihe
workers a lleged it had a responsibility
for the planfs former employees, said
that affected workers will experience
the worst problems some 15 to 30
years after exposure; the Foundation
said as many as 300 of the 1,000
fo rme r employees of the plant could
die of cancer.
The federal government agreed to
pay $5.75 million as its share of the
award. The rest will be shared by the
other defendants.

LDC~L LII\IES
Election Scheduled
For June
I .. U. I, sr. LO UIS. (\10.-As I'm wfltinl thl5
anick. ~1I0w is sun on tile ,.ootld here in 51.
1.c>!'11 ~ II liCCms . 3Ihe. prcmaWR 10 be thinkma
of lhe ele

Queen of Parade
Mbi Canit "1 ~ "laaoos, d .... b!~ of 11.,,1_ M ..•
-au , .,. i\ldl .. u, Loa! n . o.'rok. !'Ilk ....
nlK1M'4 at 0-•• lOt I. 81. ' alm"'1 D., parHe
........ \«'" .. U ... i\I.w of (oiL
f loat
Mud Slide
OlStributlon Sc.:llon Ind equipment with drivers
and operator"li from 1M Genenl ScnoicH Seclioo
wcre n.rlhcd to Ihe •• n to help the transmission
crews .... d 10 It'" bu;Idinl shoo-fly lines.
The e,e"'·, worked ',ound-thc:-cloek plIlI;nl the
COndUClOl1 i ... Irlyelers. rilling, and bratina the
lO,,·er and tl)''"' 10 build Ihe fIOle hnt'$. Meanwhile.
hea,·y lIin' and winds continued 10 buffet
the ~'CI .... d !hc lower footinl$ kept Ilidini
do"'·nh,ll in oppcK;te drr«tions. After fiye da" of
numelOUI he.olC lets and '·cl)' stre ... uou. Ind
frustralln" workinll conditiollS. the tOW1:r flnnlly
colla~d. FO'lu ... at~ly. p.inr 10 the eolbpse, the
lines "'elc dc·cnerll;lCd. During most o f the
preYlOU1 period these lines "'"cre en-cr8lud and
","erl[! Upe.blllli at full capacity. Unforlunately.
the shoo-fly hnc. wuc not yet completed beCIUse
of e~trcme eomplr,allons: like ullcmely SWlmpy
condmons. ma-t dlItlrni "'·as hand diUinl and
hellC"orncl\ u""bk of carr)"nl tbe loads ",-ere
una'~II3bk TlY Cllifornia Ai. Natronal GUild
re-ponded to the eme'renc)' ",·,th a Llllnook and
t ~ luard Clew "'o,ked lirelessly to help our
membc.s ,cl thc pOle line inslalled.
rhe lines ...·cle 1M won thereafter Dnd IC,
cnergi1.ed, I.ocal U IS ext.emely proud of our
mcmbcr"li Rnd Iheir responsiveness to Ihis emergcncy.
O~er 100 1111 W members from two divisions
pelformed in the true tradition of the
B.otherhood. Dnd performed ,,·cll lbove and beyond
the c.n of duty All over Southern C.Ii·
forn;a. on all our p.oprrlW:s, I8EW member.
served In "mIl., c. paCltles. bul to my knowledge
Ihis was the b'llest sin!lJe mishap. I wanl to
th.nlt Ilrothcr Jclty Glenn for the phOIOlllPtw
sho .... n he'l\!
pan ....
A ... ,_. ~ '"" of ,." hit.
The wolk pICture Ioob '"

60 Years
8rOl~u Olio JOIIR",n,
nllrt •• f Local H,
0 ..""., Nthr .. rtroIM],
rt«h·t d hh ti5 'Jtllr " h •.
Exclusive Club
Solidarity March
J -
65 Years
8roti.rr I I .. ,d II" ..... h
• (,5,)u, .. em"". f
l ocal U .
1916. lie ~'~1T1C ch~"fN'1I III 1928 bill he be,JII
10 In,~l III 1929 so hr 1«I,Md ~~ th~lImall
F lam 1929 and fm ~.rr.l )r~r\ he .... ol~rd tOl
Ne", berry I lrtlrk t.om SL. Lou", "ilill, a Ihraler
III Alr"n, OhK). and HUlk •. 1'.IIII.yhanLa
Hrmhel 01-" "a\ r.clrcled pre~"knL of Lhe
loe;11 in 1944 and .c•• rd ,n Ih" "fI"Ke unlll 19~~.
lie then Knrd a. ~II r,C"CulI'e 8o.ard fM'ntxr
f"r K '·cral )ca', aflrr Lh~t lie ha~ fond memo
orie~ of allrndlll, Inle.nallonal C"nvenlloll~ III
San r ranti~o III 1946. III M,lmi III 1 9~0, Ifill III
Chic.go in 1 9~ 4
Recallin, W~ uf Ihe I~r,., ,ob- hi: "ul~ed
on In Ihl~ DIU, 0110 IT1Cn l~d ",o.k,n, on lhe
M.rlon 8om~1 !'lanl Ih.1L ......, hUlli duron, WOlld
Wa, II and Ih.no uni" L1f Ih. NOflh Omaha
!'ower Planl
0110 ~ald he: "J> luc~y .nd ~'.' 1('llIy hUl l
' .• ry badly dUll", hi. "orl.:ln, yu,",. II. tI,tI. nf
course. ~I -orne ,horb and ()tIC lime "'J~
~n oeked do .. n .. hrn he lO\Khed lhe n-.e of a
5OQ. DC meIer )l)CkrL One Ihlnll ouo menlloned
ab

ound Auto Madiinim, Locll 2S9, in their
bailIe asainst open shop at a collec tion of King
County 81,1tO dealers. Many Drothers of thi5 local
h:lve donatcd thc ir Sa(l,lrdaYl 10 pickel I,aiml
tM!.e scabs, April I _ :as the dlle of the Solidarity
Ma,dI, which IIlrtc.:! III our pal tin, lot. went
th,OI,Ip, lown Iround sevenl lCa b dealcl"J, and
ended up lhal ucning I t I fund-raisin, bated
buns benefit. The e,'elll wa\ In ol,lmantlm, suctl!u.
Hnpe 10 !lee un end to thi5 §OOn.
Wo,lt m all UOllS 15 holdm, up ".. eLI. We 3'C
starling ,eno".lion of Sealtlc's elC'C1ric tr~nsil
"YOlcm. Talk more .boul that nUL month.
8 y the time this . rticle 1'1115 Ihc prns. thc eleclion
for all I,Iniun officers in Local 46 '1'.11 be
coming up_ 10 all 1.o

Ar Work
B ... I~n Joloo I'onllo_ ...... JM M ~ "' ••• '" of
Loo;:aI ... I~ ...... c. .. ~ . ork l ....... 11 .... no" .r
II. ~ le l ~pl>o .. Mildl .. Job fw ~· I .cIIlbH~ OU M_.
Changes Sought in Electrical
license and Permit Law
I .. U. 611. UhNVt:W. COI.O. The "OI\;: p ... lu.('
here in tbe Denver area IliII 15 in I ,lump, wilh
clo!.e to II hundled of o ur membe.~hip slill
sIlned ill on the boob. let', ho~ tbDI wilh the
\WI' " r sprinB. lht buildin. boom .... ill be fell
by our unemployed nH:mbc-",
Dunn, llie paS! month, one Ihin. that IS \lilt
to affeccl the ""olL here In our IlftlHlicl,on H~
"'ell as the olher local unions .... ithin t~ Siale
of Colorado is the paJIDJ;C\ by the State lIou:s.e
of IClLislalion for ,h~ngcs on Ih Colorado DC':I,,­
cal Siale Liceno;oo lind I'e,mil LI" Whclt' the law
prc"ious had a r:llio of one to one conccrnm.
apprcnhCe$ or Hainee tHlC perKIns, by Action
of the lImtndmenl~ u now shows no ratio.
Maldng II pos~ible for. lead mBn type OllC'ta.
lIOn .. ith no limu u to how m~ny 1tain«ll or
appren,,~s ~an wook under one licensed journeyman.
Pt e~iuu'ly a p~~"na ~cu'e of 7~ l)('tCell1 ......
required in orde. for an applicanl 10 Oblain a
licenst-. That "1I~ amended 10 make Ihe p~s.;nl
scooe 70 ~rcenl. Kepresenlallon by licensed
journeym~n type pe.~on, ""3S ~I at 11"0, That
"~5 cllan8ed 10 provide for only one jou.neyman
I)'pe nlC"m))(,. of llle boMd. The JUU'I>C)mdn type
member of the S.ate Electrical Iloard who ... ~s
replace,1 WIll be dom 50 with a builder of 'e5identi,l
buildinas. not an clecl!;c;an. not an
electrical conlra~tor. Ch.lnlt's III the IIl~pce l ion
of an eleclrical inslallalion .... e.e aho made
Where an IIlspcClIon ha. been cnlled for. and no
m~peclI"n h:15 !J.l'en made .... uh,n Ihe .... orking
days. lhe jOb Ihall proceed and sc.vke Plovided
Wbere the Jaw now slales thal "SUl1e EJe~lrlca l
In'I'«IO.S ha>'e the .illht to inll'ce and ea.eloS 10
all public: and p.ivate premises du.in, .usonable
"o.king hou.s. and 10 all privale premi'>fl "hcre
permil, h~.e tleen applIed fo ••" W,l;:e Itle ,,"().d~
private p.em;.,.e,. from the fl.)! ran and add
.... he.e permIts ha'e bl"Cn applied fo •. l eaving lhe:
door open. "hen I honw:u"IlI" bUIld. u. remodel,
No ~.mu No lIl.pccllon 'ilale [lcc..,,;'c bought your COPE
tidels yet" The next lime you Knd in your
unIOn dues why not encl

~,\Cn til help a Brother In need We In the IOC:ill
.... h Ilobhy I)unn a ,perdy IttOlelY. Brotller
I)unn " manicd and the father of tWO ~mall
"hilJrtn Conl,,!>ullon •• rc 'Iill ~Inl ft«iYrd by
lhe kKal lind IIIe 1.ldle> Au,",IIlry
Quole hom lhe old journtyman, "Tell I'M, and
I'll fOI~et, "ho'" me, and I may rcmcn'MI Ilul
In~nllr. me, lin d I'll underMund,"
.• herc u' e 'I ill hish hope
!\I'm'lIer Genc Lee.h. Mayor Davl~ of 1' 001tel. and ,,·c "'Iih
Ihe m a 'JI«dy rttOl'ery,
Sa)" don'l fo.~c . "dc;u old " op" on Father'S
O d)', I CI h nn know you loye hi m wll h 1 can.1
or u 111ft We all h~c 10 M rcmc m~red on Ihc-e
sp«;pl d ay •. fo. Gonny Smith, public rtl .. ·
lion~ sialt membel for McDonald., 10 he OUi
"!)Kial gUe.,1 IJ U~Ule'o' t. l lInll~' Gordon Ru-chcr
and lS5",ant DICk M.lchell provided Ihe 'I'orils
COl Ihe altau .. h""h "'ere enjoyed by III Iholot
Ihal atlcn.le,1 Til flC'lI month. take cI.e
RK:H~.O W \h,CIHI L. I'S
Conve ntion Delegates Chosen;
Tragedy Averted
I .. U. 90. Nt:W " A"EN. CONN.-AI I recenl
meetlna of Ihe membership. Go.Jon, and Herman lJ aelic'1
Local 95 in Negotiations;
New Contract Signed
I.,U. 95, JDI'I.IN. MO.- l ocal 93 "ar.eol nCil-0·
tllllO ro$ for Our new cont nOC L as Ou r p'r.!lCn l
conllact n plfcs May 31, 197a. G.eat Ihoullht
mu" M , .ven w w'tcs due 10 rh e rose of p.icr,
In eycry day n« d): however. definite inclcmK i .•
lICeded in ou r ffl nllt' M nefi.s, especially lhe health

and .... elfare.. as 1M COlli of medical upen5tS is
skyrod,NinC.
Our local IKenlly ~i~n(d a ne ..' (OnlraCI with
AmerX:Jn nAlures. Inc_. I'hu~ I"~ re.pr~nt IMir
~kclrical mllnl~nallCe ~mplo)'ee~
W~ 1''"''': .addencd recenlly by the 1""5 of our
)'oung Illolhe., Sle'e Vltu,hn, Brolher Sle'e died
of cancer aflcr aboul 11 ~~~·month illllC'\3O. lIe
Ie!! his I'-ife and 11"0 youn, dllu,hlers as wtll as
the bioI hers ~nd four S'~ler\. SI(,-( C~mc hum a
family of Clc

l
Our Strike Fund is cl

who ha'e " ·rillen T«(i"crJ replit's f,om our rtp·
rrsenl.'ion in Wuhin;lon ""h promi-.n ro 1001.:
dttper ,1'1'0 Ihe mailer and hopefully cl~ rhr
Ioopho~ t11","; in lhe> Ta~ Reduclion Act
or 197' IhrouJh whieh larse eompanin, i r ..
Duqunne lichl Comrany. slip .'IIh arparrnt ca~_
Our COPE dme "'ill be in prolre» by lhe
lime thl~ artIcle aocs 10 prinl I u'cr:: all mc:m­
~~ 10 spend Ihrir two buch for COPE nOI
bec.:lU..e they Ire Mini pestered Icain. bUI Wllh
the Lno ... ledlle that Ihi~ monty WIll be u!!Cd 10
htlp labor (you), 1I 0Vl~ By bllnK'"K 10 our
attenlion con.rC'\~mcn and !!Cnatol' 10 be elected
(or "ho Ilrtady Rre in office) "ho indicare com·
paMion for Ihe pHlht of Ihe ... or~inl m" n Ind
wanl 10 make Ihinls happen ' 0 benefit him
CO!'E is nol r(

SI~llOn. The tide is dLie for comrlelion on May 6
of Ihls ycat. Eto~h year Manion rlaftS to matc
addnlons to Ihe part, and by lloin, 10 they will
be e.catin, wodl for t.o.cal ISO.
The fourth picture was subm/llcd 10 me by a
feHow Il rolher. and is se:lf-c~planatory. Anyone
of you ",ho Wishes to lOubmil a riclU~, whet,""r
humorous 01 not. please feel free 10 do so.
Tht 1918 cor E tickell hove betn on ule
"nee MafQ U ." MI....:N.-Husincss
Mana,er Rty RlDJ; rcandy held lIMo ICCOnd
I nnllal $tc'lll"tds trainina meetin, I I OtoIJC'S in
Fridley. The turnout was u eeHe nt, with I IIDOSl
28 I II EW Jau", .. 1

On Jobs
Sft_ of 11M .allJ' 1M_ of a..al n,. J OUd, III ..
................ 011 Ib~ . ~ .. Lo .. " ,. P'u " Ittl 10 . lalli.
_ I ~ ...... I for ....... MOf t' . chlo . .. , No o Bbllo , , .. "".
.. an Mih t· ... 11I" • • I.t .. CU'U, MOJ Fad ... ~ r ~ .. a.d
I'~ .. I t: _I"II, Chuck St lM>4r. ond DOH Mule.k ll .
TIw . .... ..·o rkln ... 0 ' " . ,......"","'.. UdO of 1M
Lo .....' )oil. Idl 10 n l bl , .. t Phil nU"tMn. Ih ,.
\'''''''1. M .... ,. ," .. ..,MI.. J l., Vtllll .m~, ( .. '''Inn A. nk
"'In., D • • ,. e •• do ... Roy Bh~ k. R .... ShU .. ".
..... .,01 I),,, . !.:nfl, aatI \\ 01, J:o-..
Ed !'arro.. ud Bule" M.\lauJ. Or' ............·o .~ I ...
, . .......... 1 ...' .... ~ , . 0 \h, ..... 1. JIHifl " all.
:.lalled and m;linUincd This IS be!>l done by
pror~,on31s-",·t should, w. can, and .... will
be those ,lIofession3Is.
Thi. pro~1 10 c:o:pand lhe: JA TC r~C1hucs
w,1I nOl only ,mprov. apP'cnlic< 1,:lInin&, but
also pro, ide "d~ancc:d IO'Hncyman uamln; in
dec!ro,,;". m~lrumcnlalion. w.hJin~. and cable
spliCIng. n.e:;e progmn,s will ~"r~nd our per­
~n31 abilit," IS "'ell as SHenllth~n our local by
supplYIn~ p,ores~lonally Itame,! wOlker,
I hope we can III see thIS proj~ct ~cunre
bct ,n th ... ncar fUI"'C, for II 'S IIuly pa~ t due,
0", ~ympathy ,oes OUI 10 lhe fam,ly of one
of our 10

ume It tak" 10 build, 50 ~ should shirl urly
bdore the $evere need a riscs and there ale none.
Il ow~v er, consrruetion lime fo r nu clea r flOwer
pl~nt s is brcomin, shorter due to inc reased
knowlt d&e and iJr:ill in buildin, them, lmon,
othc,,1 IhinJ,i.
Remembrr, IooL and _ if '" hll you buy h~ 5
the union bbt!.
WnllAM n II A(,I., I''i
Illinois Sleet Storm
'78 a Bear
LI . t9), SI'KINCI' If.I. U, III.. A m ..... l M"t,,·
nnll ~ d/lvH~tatin. ,Iut storm struck nur ICo­
Iraphieal aru Ihe afternoon of March 24 Ind
cQrltlnU\'d Ih.ou'" M:/otch :!'1. 1918. Spronllield.
hck50n .. ille, and Lincoln ",ere our lar,eS! lowns
damaled almost beyond imlamalion. I was
awul.:encd by the shrill cracklinl of our hard
maple Irees brinl broken like loothpick! by the
wei"'l and ... nuh of the 1· and 2·inch accumu·
lauon of skel and ~. Blocks of weaker ... ood,
lIip·hne poles, tlubbomly pvc 'Nay 10 lhe Ions
of ice thai becJme Ille mnlel If Ihc IWO foren.
Our lown of SprJnallcid .... ould h.,·c betn a ,oud
location 10 Rim a strange Ind weird movie of
I losl world. Decalur, Champailn. ont.! many
other «nlral stile towns ... ere als.o heavily dam·
ated by the 1« ilorm of '18.
Loc.I Hill w,~ h es to Illanl: our eilY line, cable,
sumlalion. di~1'1 cher. rrooble, and meier cle ...'
for all of the dedicated lime alld perS()IIDI s.:\C·
fllice o f the many 10111 Ind danaerou$ hours
ill testorin& our cUizens of Sl'llng./idd 10 a nor·
mal lilualion. We als.o o ... e • dtbl of IflIlilude
to Ihe mlny line crew, selll in by N. G. Gilben,
ASl"llInt.!h, West Central, Commonwealth Edison,
C ily of Carlyl~, and our own membel'$ workillil
for L E. Myers. It is April 2, 1978 and ,"'e are
ne:uly 90 pcrwnt baek 10 normal on a ttm·
por;ary hook·up basis. The full unpact and
sea" of Ihis SIOm'! ... iII be wilh us a Ionl time.
I Ihlnk our elecHical workers have demonsrrated
lhelr coumllt and detcrmination 10 ovcrcome
Dny Dnd all obslacles ill keepinl Ihe Hlhls and
power uf Uur ~uunl'y eVe, 'Iv....]nl for Ille benc­
III of manl:ind. So far Ihl$ has been accomplished
""ilhoul a s.illalC serious accident. I have had
many individual. Ihanl: you, men, for )lour profes."onalism
in IUlorin, rheir IiCrvicn r or somc
rd\olI diJ.ailer liCems 10 brilll !'COrle tott,iK'r
and I hope .... e all remember Ihi' ' ol'le'hcln~'
for years 10 come
Our nomillilion of offietrs probably will have
octn made by Ihe lime you receive Ihis I Qlmlu/
Ind I urgc each Dnd nuy member 10 txercio;t,
your basic n,hl to vote, and be !lurc 10 vOle
JUI'lC 16, 1918 for the c;rrnd,dlllH o f YOUI el\mce.
Wo have our ou\$ldc utililY Ind motOf shop
.. reements all compleled and arc aboul 10 COli·
clude ollr IOUlld, rnidenrial, ftn d wi~man'~
DIr«menIS. We hope 10 end up with !, II lood
M:\l lements.
Our picnic il June 10, 1911 at the Slale F air·
arounds and lhe allnual Chrislmas dam:;e is
D«emMr 9. 1"11 III the K C. Club, SPllnllield.
The picnic chairmen ale Mike Sullivan, Rid.
StrAsbaulh alld the Dance Commin«men lie
Jerre Sto .... ers IRd Bill Seel:er_ ror )lour pleasure
I \lend both.
Our old buildinl is sold and the )1«1 is IiCr
on lhe found8tions w,lh occupancy by ~plembcl
1. 1971.
Have a mcc and sale vlcation. S« you at our
neAl relular meel ..."
MUIII \ 'ill! ~'" an, P"
Dice to Roll Soon In
Atlantic City
l ~ tJ, 110, ATI.ANTIC crr\', N'J.-I\ looh IIle
thc lOund of tho ocean or Iho noIse of lhe
pilcons will nol he the only sounds heald this
wmmer in Atlanlic Cily. Those dice I spoke
30 I tlEW JOII,not
aboul t ... o """III lis alo arc finally loing 10 roll.
Th~ comp~ny Dnd the local re3ched II settle.
ment wil h lhe lIew Lin~m~n·. Allllrend ce~ h ip
l' roLtrpm. Many 10111 hours br\Jllllhl ~bo ut I very
IGOd selllelllClI\. Those who ...-orled hlrd on il
W~IC P, ~"j.knl T ...", K",,,,,II. B .... IIIC>5 Man,"",'
Charles Arnold, Record'nl ~crellry Much
t-h50 lI, Ed lIand, Gerald hytnes, and hcl:
8il1crs: also Ed Kitchie Dnd Jim Dudley until
Ihey became ill
PrHidcnl Tom Kirucll and hiS lovely wife.
IIclen, SpCnl Iwo w«1.:s in lIa\l'aii. Tom had.
11,10apich. ant.!
lIerberl Millman.
The folLowlna hudllne and arllc1e a.e fruon
Ihe CNW New. and "'onhy of reprint:
" Employcc AJs.iSII IICC PrOJ11llm Offers Hell' to
F;lmil ic1 with Ploblems."
"The North Wntem's Employee Assistance
Prol,am Is encourlllinl empluYee>' fllrllilin .,
... ell IS cmployltn 10 U§C tho EA' .... hen help is
nr:c:rIcd fo r alcohol, drul, .nd emotional or
finnncial diffrcuhiu. Employcu or their families
can I;Ct ill touch with Ihe D ivi~ion Commillce
or Ihe EA P manaaer, John A Silemore II 312·
• 54·6416 ill ChiuIO."
Koy I Co," I'"
Work Scene in Local 224
Remains Same-Terrible
I .. I !, U oi, Nt, W BEI)FOWn, 'IASS.- lIeU",
B' Olh~",! \\1Ial iJ Ihal smrnae-lookina: or:lnae
ball UP in .he ..ky? And ,,1'111 i, .hal funny
odor outdoolS~ Ah, yr..! They tell me IIID. it',
the !iun and a thrnl c:Jlled fre)h air. Afler the
... mler Ih31 .... e ha~e lost uvc"enced. I'd almo~t
forlOilell Mosl of us li!ilened to ... eather re·
ports rhis wimer from SOH;IUed ""calher "",i,
~rds," I recall fcbruary 6 ... ell. The .... Izards pre·
dklet.! "panly dOlldy--

Rumur h:u II Ihut he plan. tu blly II courtlinlilctl
l~nniJ outfit to ,0 with his ,loves. Purpl~ shorlS,
,r«n shin, plaid snnters, and paisley "p. The
Iheory is that if yll can'l beat 'em. blind 'em.
Election of officers is coming up soon. Bes.
wi, hes to a ll candidates. My wife caSIS her vote
for Doris (our local's terrific secretary) for busi.
ness manage r. She lays women are better ora.,
nizers. Will $O meo ne gel Ihis "lihhie" broad off
my back?
KOD HT A. SMACACl':. P.S.
Mourn ed
Service Awards
On Job
8 rolill'r Joh 1£. lIe"",iI. a m~ .. btr 0# Local 119,
Vorli:, r .., "~o .ft'oU,. dlt'd, Is .... 0 ...... lib " " .. lfe.
Scribe Tells About
Frank Electric Work
L. LI, 229. ' OHK . I'A.-hank Electric Corpora.
tion 11lnnufucturer_ of custom cont ro l panels, ha.
been ~ member of Oll r bargaining unit for ycurs
I hfOu~h Ihe c1furt~ of Brother Al lin Bailey, I
w.,~ able Iu IIC

The Northwest P~"\!I & t" whk:h is a romf\lrx
of intero • .rler .ltt .. t ided
hr. 1"ltIab IBI.., Ih. ked pial •• II lItk ...,... lterl 10
.111"1 , .... R ~" " ",,,1.. 1 Robert G_I.... J. I).
Pit.u. f_ r. .... lrk Bolli IltH .. 1 ._....; v •• hl
S. I ....". cit ....... of Ilro 11_ • .., !)irftt...., eel'
tta! D,_if.; ' .... 1 ...,w: ""... Inl Rifko.tl1 Rllloll
Rlc"a,d..... fOfIM. SeC ... I ...,
01 Com_ut, "'~
Rillon Rklr ... ~ . .... ,..._, SUNil" M lI.t I'1UJ
J ..... " Inon".
S~ ...... lne Grolon .11011 for Ihe r ... 1 Ih •• 1M 1M
.. · .. e. 0' lite Tlta ..... RIHr '''0' lau ....... S .. lp·, oom·
pu, MalHI, '" IIle .. l\on 10 honor of lilt hlslork
n.nl.
Submarine Named
USS Groton
1..11, 261, GKOTON, CONN. " IIi aboul IlIne··;
'· 1 ne ver IhOUlhl il "ould happcn.~ TheK are
the comments thl weir heard In 19B .... iltn Ihe
Navy ~""ou"ced thai 11 "ollld name the ne"'elIt
of it ~ faSI-a u ack . ubml.riIlCi in hOllor of Ihe
··SUblnllr ;lIe capitol of Ihe world ..· GIO\OO. Con·
ntXlicut. For the people o f Local 261, and the
men Dnd .. omen of Ih e Elect/lc !loat. Ih ls nol
only ",,,ani Wnlinllous ... ork. but that a lll tle
bIt of C>'lra cnftsman,hlp would ha'·e 10 be pu t
illto th,s ~ essoe l . no! bec~uw Ihe boss on the pb
reqlUfcd II. but be ;Il-\.IU,""'\I. "peed ;111" th., "'~ICI" u f the
Than~ RIver. On« in Ihe WOlter Illiboats from
lhe Ekcl.w;:-~t moved Ihi$ vessel to 1\01, wet
dock area for Ihe fina l phase of her con,truclion.
T he official in~igni8 i ~ normally chosen from
. lc EkCtric-8(n,t. Ind Ihe people of I.oc:al 261
wi'l go I lonl In spiril. nOI be

DOll Wal,h, Ed ufkll),. J,m Frell(h, Dallll),
FI)nn. Tom O·Collnor. Jot Papp. J'm Krlltllltr,
Sam Ca.arinl(~h.a ~IId number I and 2 h,ILen.
Ed Laurtnde3u and Tom Maon ~ banin, "ell
Of p:mlculul nOle " the dIu •• bein, uell·i>td
b), OU r ''''0 rep lc~ntali'e IUn\~ on area
bo"'ling I,,~gut,. Local 269 ~ponMl4.-ems to he ",OIlly lacl.ing above all else is
psyche on 11>( P:OIt of ou. pla)crli. He ,,'cnt on
10 say Ih:ll !x("auo,e of .hi, Ihe m"jo."y hue
embarked on thell own plOl=r"m~ employing
e""}lhml: frnm l,an\IXndcnlal meditahon to
Ihlowing dM" al p;clure< nf I ,,,,~I 1O!., "mnn
ha'l. lie "JS happy 10 fu"her ",f.",,, e"mmlll""
Iha. H rothe.~ Dick lIofimJn nn.J RJY Sh~" ... ere
""0 ""ed~l'Omt ;11 ~n elfurl '" curb mnc. ~"'l"\.
,ions. Lo.d only I;no"" ., h~, 10 be ,1le~~1 Ihan
• cplaclng bell' c]u .....
For Ihose ".reI local. ,,110 ,,·,11 10m u. un
Ihe 10lh, "e I'rOfnte AFL.CIO Na.
lional Boy,olt Ii,,:
Amcrican BLlildlMg5. Irn:., melal buildmas;
Bartlell·Collins Company. g1a~ware; COOrli
Brcwery, btcr; Charles Manufacturing Company,
furnilure; Croft Melals, Inc., home bui]din,
producn: Oa l.Te~ Optical Co.. pttSCriplion
,lasses, Conl1l

Progress Meeting
A.k ...... c. . .... _ D .~hl ... ) .... I. l bo .. " .. ~w" I1 ""
Arl. ...... ...... ...... ~rilr;.,a . " ' 0 1 ..... " .. 10"" T~ a,-
....... H . ... y v." Ar:
m!!lit Ulrr111C ri,hl-win, anli·un;on conservaJi,·c-s
(who plf~(" h III~in~ 1 the .vils nf Ilnioni~m and
eOlUlantly condemn working I't'Ople for joining
10£C:lher ;n an effort 10 impro'·. our meager
Ui$lence while polishing thd, o ... n righltous
shining armor) are aecu~ d of acceplina fabulous
IUIlIS of mo)ney secletly m ..:urn f", Ihen pa.­
licipalion in th. $hcnanigJns o f Parl Sounds
familia r. dJX~n'l il~ A~ "sua!. one code of rondllct
lor worklna people and 3 .pecial br:l.nd of
imnmnHy fo , Ihcn'~h'es.
Pres,dent Royce Sle"'~'1 .s asklnl for ,·olunlrers
lu u",,'~1 in 11o~ 1.1 •• lUi", and Ihe chorts
~ct~'l 'y 10 hale Ihe annual picnic Ihis summer.
If you are inle~~led in hdpin •. W nlOCI
Bmlher Siewart.
The ...·orlo: piclure conlinues 10 improve and ..... e
beloeve Ihis bvorablc Ittnd will conlinue Ih.o,,£h­
OUI Ihe summer monlhs.
The ridi,"ulolls con:sc:. vali"e masle,·~131·e aU i­
lude, wh,ch dominales Ihe ult ra-eonsen3l1ve K'­
menl uf onr $OC.ely lUd;oy. b'in~~ to nHnd Ihe
need 10 repeat a SIJICmenl made m:tny y(:trs ~,o
by a greal Ame ncan 'Ialesman. Thomas }etlerwn.
He Ioaid, '·The ma).S of mankon" has nOI
been born "'Ih ~"ddlc~ on the'r b'Kh. 1101 a
favored few (born) 10 ride Ih(m ..
I 'OYU It 1 ","WH. Ass I n M.
50 Years
Brnlht. II,,", E. R,lnk 01 Lor. 1 304, ToPt~ ., K.n • .,
tent .. , .. as I>~~n' . d hh 50.)· • .,. pi ... nd .... 0 11 bJ
I nl~r n "lonai R ~pr "'''Qt . IJ.. Soon W-.I. I. h. and
8 u ;.l n ~., M anll&n C I ~ n ~:. I'UI ..
50-Year Member Honored;
Construction Work Good
I .• l '. 304. "l"OI'FKA, "A l"S.~ 1"h( lonl .... a'
honored 10 have BrOlher Harry E.. B,ink I llend
our union meelinl on March II, 1\178, 10 r«eive
his SO-ytar pin from Ibe ISEW. I ntern~ l iona l
Rcprc~Ol u;'es Seoll WOIKI made II>c: p.(Sfntalion
10 Smiller Urlnk " rnlller Rrink ",a.~ inilialed
1010 Local 53 as a lineman and 10'15 employed
al Fon Leavenworth, Kan5:l5, al IhDI
Illnt. He transferred his Cl'l,d 10 Local 304 in Ihe
'4~ Ind wenl 10 "'olk ror Ih. Cily of OIlJWa,
Kanys. wo rkin&: Ihe re unlil bis relir.menl on
July I. 11I6S. BrOlh(r Bri nk gave a b.ief reporl
of union hislory I11d staled Ib ol be would be
ba~ k for h is H·yn, pm.
The local JATC seleeled Doyle Ocmp61u as
the oulslandina apprenlice li neman 01 Kansas
lor 1\118 10 ' ~IIIQ( proud o f,
Bob Boyl. and Ric h Carder 3.e co­
n folher~
cllaumen (01 our 1i .... 1 picnic for members Bnd
11\(0" lamilocs_ It ....,n be held Jun( III, II the
St-. Pet(1 Ind Paul picnic ~rounds.
I.(leal l01 I~ saddened by tht d.alh of Brolhe",
I.c. \le"hman, Vernon Geor!!., Prenli, I\I . FHi~h ,
Jack l le .... cllyn. and put BusincloS MJn3~e,
Gcoflle I uca_ W. oner om Iympalhy 10 bolh
Ihei, f:,m'hc~ and f.iend,
l ' I "I'ARO DAIII!. p

At Meeting
Prt .dd~nl A ... "ld St~mll . Lt ... 1 J 11. lI ~nll .. ~t"n. W.
v •.• n ih m«!!". 10 ordo •.
Executive Board
E .. ~ullu 8 0 .... d m. ml>rr_ a", To .., TI ..." ~ r . e h.i ....
.......: 11 .. 1" bon, O ... Mr en..",n .... ' nTf 011111''"',
Vic. a..fm .." Om •• Spn .., and S«~ary Dou"
I'll Ion.
New Jobs St~rt;
Local in Negotiations
L.U. JI7,IlUNTlNGTON, W. VA.-The wcalher
h&5 finally changed for Ihe beller and many of
the jobs we were an!idpalinll haye finally started.
A nCW ( .. nlran has been awarded on Ihe new
coal liquirlCation plant at Callcnsbura, Kenludy,
and many of our commercial iobs have started.
The good wealher hDS al5(l hcl~d lhe hne work
and II should be 10lnil siron. by mid-wmmer.
Our Negol;Dli"1 Commiuce h~s been working
hard fOI Ihe past few months to lei us a good
contract. and the ,Mulls should bt kno"'o !;OOn.
We ~nl representall"'" to the st~tc Iegis]ati-'e
se5sion.'i in both Kenlucky .nd W~I Virginia.
We ha'e IWO members ",ho h"e taken lirsl
aid clln-es and ale now quali/ied as Instructors.
1bey are planninll dasses for members in the
ncar fulure.
The good ...·(~'-her
h:b aM helped our retired
II rol~" to SI'I! ha"nJ Ihe mtttinp a&am; so,
m~)'br "'1' eun &et ;.ome In'orma.ion and ricturcs
of I~ e>cnIS,
C UllI$ II ~MIUO", PS.
Local 325 Wins Award for 100
Percent COPE Participation
L.V, J15, BJN G IIA~l'rO N. N.Y.-Once again
Locul 325 has recei>cd an Dward for ]00 per·
cent COI'E parlicip8lion. We are very proud 10
lecei"", this Bward. ]1 shows thaI our Brothers
here re31r~e Ihe Im parlance of polilkal contribution.
e~pecinn)' now when Ihe trade union
mOyelTl(:nl is belllg auacked on all hOlliS. II i5
very important for us 10 clect and back people
who are s),mparhCli(' 10 0\11 caustS. Wilhout
lhese people rcpre~nllng us laws will be passed
thaI will destro)' our unions. A 101 of you ... ill
$3y no. bul righl now Ihele is a strong lobby
in Wa~hington tryinl 10 de~uoy Ihe I abor Reform
Ac •. Th~ same people have d ....."o)·ed the
silus pidellng Ilready, So ~uppon lhe COPE
drive in our local, II could mean lour job.
Negolialinl has sl~rted in our local for I new
agret'menl. The Negollahn, Committee consists of
BrOlher Geor,e Slaven, II rOlher Jam~ Keough,
IIrmher John Knal'P. and BrNhe. Dab Brown. We
ha"e tonlidcnce thm !hese men will get !he bes!
pos,ible con!rJct for us al . hi~ lime. Good luck!
Bao;.eball h~. 't~rled once Ilgain Dnd anyone
illle.ested U1 playmg may conlKct II rother I'aul
]'o"'ell. Also anyone ,ntcrested in checrins, check
the prtss for Ihe schedule weekly. T he players
would like \0 ~e us thcre,
Work in Ihe nreu is still holding. We haye a
few men on the bench. We Bre hoping (or things
tu pi~k uP. but Ihe outlook here is very bleak.
Sec YOIl at Ihe union meeting, Ihe Ihin.l Monday
of rhc month Those who cure will be there.
Local 326 Signs
Contract
ROKEn SMO' INS\.. V. " .5.
I .. U. 3Z6. LAWHENCE, MASS.-The COntract
is signed. Some membel5 100t Ind $Oflle memben
gained. There Ire mixed opinio", concerning the
losSl.'S and ,ains. It brin,S 10 mind lhe dlYS of
lhe Romaos. Whelher 01 nOl you enjoy Ihe almes
is relati"e 10 your role in the Collossc:um. Spectators
in the comfort and u fel)' of the 51ands
Ihink il is areal sport. Ho_ver. th,* in the
arena f/IICe a ~riotJ$ loss and have a d ifferent
opinion of the glmet. To delermine if the
lames are fair. like lhe opinion of . hos,c in the
arena. Thcy arc dOS('r 10 lhe lio",' leeth. " is
Ihey who understand Ihe SiluDl ion. The contraet
is good or bad depend;n, on whelher )ou're in
Ihe stands or in the arenl.
John McCann and Sheila Dinah)" meter read.
el5 in North Andovel, were recenlty married.
Prior to lhe hnppy event Ihey were honored II
II. prenuptial parly held al Velel1ln! of ForeiJ!.rl
Wars Hall. People who worked 10 make Ihe party
a SlIccess were Ray Oolan. Dob Nicholson, Arien
O·l oughlin. Joe Twome),. and Bob Deluca. We
all wish John and Shcila mHny yeofll of happi.
ness togelher.
John t IOO[)CI, a meter reader in Nonh Andover.
was awarded a new job at Wilder Stalion
in Vermont. The new job necessitates a moye. so
his friends lalhered in Veterans of Foreiln Wal5
11311 in North Andover to bid him farewell. lI i5
cheerful disposition and oplimislc oullook will
be sorely missed in Norlh "'ndover. On'y Ihose
",ho Wfle very e]ose 10 John ",ill fully rea lize
lhe va]uable person Vermonl ha, aBined. Good
luck in Iheir new home to John. his wife Bonnie.
and Iheif d~u,hte,
Sal~h
IhvMo,..n G l'onlN. I'S.
Le cal 340 in Negotiations;
Election in Offing
I •. l '. )40. SACHA\It:NTO, CA I..- Two meelinBS
on nelotialions hIVe been held 15 Ihi, leuer
loes to pros. l.efs hope that by the lime Ihis
is read. we will h,,·c had I lalisfactory seu]emen!.
We .... 11 b~ votlA, in June for Ihe members
nominated to attend the International Conven·
lion to be held In Oclober in AII~ntic: CiIY,
New Jersey. Nominalions Ire to be made in May.
Five 8rOlhen will be represenlinl Loeal 340 at
the Conyent;on.
Our Local 340 Pension Pl nn, which was SIarted
in 1967, has a lotal o f t28 benefits beina pDid
OUI. The proposed pension :ncru$C. to be pai d
from Ihe December wDle packa,e into each
member's individual account, is lIill pendinl.
With the hiah COSl of medical aervK:cI, we can
expeCI a subslanlial increase in Ihe health and
wdhre payments. The eurrenl eoverDIC will
expire this summer.
The Local 340 Golf Club repons &DOd lurn·
OUiS al Ihe lournaments already held this year.
Indical;o", are lhill we have some real pro
ma'erial OUI on Ihe Ireeosl
Anolher falher son team was started in our
local. with Brothe. John ErfUllh's son. Bob.
taking the ODlh at 111

Credit Union
Dinner-Do nce
of moncy to light organil.ed labor, Some yC'·y
prominenl nam" appear on the \isl of contribu·
tOh.
Lacking .... ea1l hy bcnctaclor" orpn,ud labor
mUSt de""nd on 3 respons.e from a I·try la r,e
percentage uf il ~ ",nstiluenls. Mr. Klein gave
a vh'id illustration of why we. a5 union memo
bcrs, should conlribule wha t we can to help
combal Ihe "Righi Win, t.fDch;fIC: · The COPE
Comm;llCC. operaled by .he At"t ·CIO, is work.
rng. hard in Ihi, fight. 101 , KIl'in ur,cd each of
u~ 10 ~onlribllie .... h31 we can and ubo to r(·
n1em~r 10 ",,,Ie 10 our cun):,c,'cs 10 vOle
:I~;"n~1 UI"on>"'~ h'"' Ihat " ould bcncfil th"
working cia,s.
101 3» m~ihng operalio n ~ are wormrne every
day 10 creale fear and h o~"hly 10WJld unIOns.
Many Pl'ople "ho lack ~ no ... ledge of Ihe aoals
of labor u",ons arc easy prey to Ihe latltC1 em·
ployed by Ihese: nllht wing Ilruups. A few ~e n a·
(or$ have evcn Jorned Ihe cause and allow thdl
name, 10 be plattd 01 Ihe bOllom of very eondemmnl
newskllers. Olle" Ihese lellers of p.opa.
ganda are prinled on Ihe se nalor'S Lclle rheads
and ma,led under Iheir po\l~1 pri"i"'l:l'~ ThiS
"It,ghl Wing Machinc" is bc:corning more orga·
ni/.ed every ye"r. and according 10 one of Ihe
ma in king pins. R'chard Vicki"Y. Ihty are ClI'
pandinl Ihe operation Ihis year wilh an e"en
lart"'r hud,e!. Tbc~ people hue D lar,e list of
perWII) ilble and wlllrn, 10 eonlrobule la'l!e ~"m5
I.t f. (0 rI~h' .'t Mih ",h"Ion, .'. .. a .... L ...., .llI1.
l'loon; •. " .1•. : Cho

We ue also in \\tlon. nons .... ith Arizona
Public Service Company for those classifications
th ~ t .... iIl be operallnr; and m~mtaminr; the Palo
Vude Nuclear G ene r ~unr; Station in WintersbUrg.
Ari£O na. just .... est of Pluxnix. The Company
is presently inte r ~iewi n ll for 50me positions
at the planl. There ar e three units no .... under
construction and an additional n.'o units propO§ed_
Unit 1 is scheduled for operatKm in
1982, Unit 2 in 11184 .• nd UftI1 3 in 11186.
If the additional IWO propoKd un,ts are approved
and completed. Ih'$ .m make Ihe Palo
Verde Nuclear Gtncraun, Stauon the larp:sl
of us lund m operalion and .... ill provide Arizona
.... ith lS percent of ils electrical enerl)' nttds,
producil\& 6.HO,OOO kilowalts.
During Ihe peak conSlruetion period. app ro~ma
teiy ),400 craft people will be employed al
tile ~ile and when eompleled wi ll require appro
~' malcly 400 emp loy~s for tile operation
and maintenance program.
The general contractor on the prOjeCt is Bechlei
Engineerinl and we are very pleased that
they were awarded Ille iob over Bro"'n and Root.
as we ha\'c all $Cen 100 eSi
offw:c is !ilrll IH6 CoJle~e Avenul'. Slevcns
PornL Wiso.:on~in, and IIIe le~phor>e number IS
(71S) 34126116. J,m Ahles IS rhe bu~'ness mana~a.
Rob Williams hIS ,.";'0111, and Oon R a~
m,,,-en rile prcsident T he mcellnjl.' are still Ihe
fi.\1 Thursday of the monlh. It\ Ihe where tll~1
h.< 1I0t us Slumped'
Our la~1 mttling "·3' fairly pe~ceful A, 3n
ind,..rdu31 II da"'ned on me how much of a
m).iad of rhrnes occur at once here and lhe
abihl)' lhe busines!i offICe musr h~ve iuSI 10 cope.
IRl'member COPF~ everyond 6 rn be admired.
Tile b",in

eVent. To my kno .... led~. this is the fir~ t ume
this has ever been done. 10 cood lock. Hank.
Ind thanh for the palty!
COn,lalL.l,hon. Mm! to.p"y letil(lfH:nt to Rllph
Redmond, " HoI'P'" Ed"allh. ~ Roy Slallman,
""on" R(ynoldl Rody VoC(I, JIm Qo~n. and
"Salce" 1I 11r!l~.
Old you know tha, th, followlnll "ortin, ITlC'm·
belli of our loc.1 hold ("onlta"ol'$ licen!OeS: ~ROY
McGee. Ron J It~n. Jim Caldwell, .nd Mike
SkcvaklS?
0,,1 you Lnnw thll Brolhen BIll Rutledf{e .nd
Nate Lnlo... .re ~ianed·up conlra"o" in our
tcrritory?
Did you how Ihll )oon, Gene McL •• cn and
hi. ",fe lake onlO lheir home .n undelptioikJed
chIld from lhe New York Frnh A,r Fun.J for
fOOl weeki roery )lImmer. and haor done 'o(l
for Ihe rast five ynrt?
Well. our local now h.s an Alhklic CommIU~.
huded by GeorJC tilenn. We e~PKI to ha.e y
league enrolled wftball leam this summer A
bo .... ling 1(3m i~ planned for Ihis fall A ,101f
leam i~ another pros~el. Any of our members
whu .,e Inleruled thould conlact Hrolh,r GeOt llC
in rcgard 10 allY of lhcle local.~ponsorcd . ports.
Good luck 10 our Atllietit Committee and con·
grntulations to George Glenn for gettinll ;t roll·
ine. W~ hn .., never hud an organlled spar"
prOllram in our local and I know .... c hoe many
qualified Ithle·CI. !IO sign UP. fello".,. and give us
your 5U&JCSllonsl
JOE M 80~.
Wor~ Scene Remains Good;
local in Negotiations
I'"
I..U. 405. Ct:nAR RAI'II)S. IA.-The worL \ilu,
ation ("ontlnlle! to be 800d in our local's Juris·
diction, ~nd we Ire slill rnjoyinc full employment
for our members wllile be'"tI Bbl", Iv lind em·
plO)menl for a fe'" Irnvding Brolhers. PredictiolH
for 11M: ",,"re Iool equally brighl.
We hue ~tllted neloliahnll new eontrlct Ind
by Ihe tome Ih;, is In plinl in June. ho~fllily "twill
hIVe rt-ltChed an Igr«menl ",ith the tontrac·
Ion. The eontrltl neJOtlatinl will be inklelt·
ing 10 fol1o", thIS yur ,in« lhe situatIOn has
"hanled f,om Pfeviou~ yell". In prrvious yean
we had a no i trike ',rcernenl "'here wace "~re.
in'-oloed and if • $ClIlemc:nl couldn', bc ,u~hed
locally 11M: C IR would render. decision. Lorll
40S voted allinst kOina 10 Council this yur
thooah. !IO the local Ind contractors wm have
to .eacll nn QKrcement on Iheir own. Hopefully,
n fair nnd e1luliftble setllcmenl can be reached.
June should be an inlereSlin8 month for nn·
other I'tll.O" lX'~nu~ It is election of officer.' l'mc
IIKnin. May the ~I n~n win and lemember. "'c
arc III II rOlhcl'$_
Also in June. our new (!Cllslon plan "ill be·
come etr~live wllh a minImum of }sO hon ...
,,"ded 10 qualify,
Louis !-entun hl\ eno-tn 10 hlnl! up hi. loob
and rcurr Good luck 10 you, lou"-. and h.ve I
'ont ;IIn,1 cnlO)'1ble fCI"emcnt
We had. chanar on our Apprenlicnhip Com·
miller Ih" monlh BrOthel Walt Jones milllt'd
hIS $Cal on the Comm,lItt and his positron "a'
filled by Brother JIm Hatehellk.. I'm .urr Jim
will do hill ~t and. Wall, we ap!'fecille tilt'
wotk you've done in the pMI.
Yes. the ne~t few month, ,hollid really be
mterntinll. -,'0 1I,0Ihe". attend YOllr mUlin" and
yllll can lIt't[l make Ihe dcdsiom
HnNrf F CLU~. I'S
Travelers W orlinq In
l ocal 415 Jurisdiction
I_ LI. -l15. u n ·:, ~~ NN~". \\, n . \\01h ne,,,I,a
tlons cominl 10 In end. I ur~ aU Ihe mcmben
10 att end the union meellllp and hell' 1,15 rlt,fy
an lareemenL we eln all live with.
31 I tlJEW Jou ..... l
"fh~
Crew
tl.d,b.d, ..... !tI GO~ n .... _M .. 01 I .• n l
• ." Oo

Retirement Trophy
,.........,
Awardee
Welding Closs
TtoP~ 1 ... ~.rH 10 " Ro .~" O~ .,. ","n .. nol . , ...
oM 1~an II) Ills '~Uo .. "OnuS.
.. lt o,",~ ' ••''''' •• e . ..." ,.... II. II ..... iH

udy lakin; th eir places in lhe hiper social ~nd
("ullunl Siraia or $OCicl),. Many of them I rt:
doctor$, lawyers., tuebers, en&ino:crs., scientists,
ell'. Soores of eues ea.n be cited loday about \he
..,If'prlna of QUI members as they pr~ d upward
In I oonslam ln lelleelU31 iml'ru~c:u~nl of their
10lS.
Now on the Olher side of the coin, in 65
years, there were also .jl~n';e improvement.
,n the technolol..:al aspc:c1S of QUI' trade. I fUm
~ "'Ut,1e onc-c:i.cu.t tnoe and lUbe irKlalhnion.
10 today'. mus,,'c requirements In our indusnial
and oommerci:1I complexes, IMlt: h;15 been In
"llInen'iC improvement o f OV1!r JOOO pcr~nl .
Statistics show Ih81 since 1910 Ihe> electrical
energy OUlrllU hn, doubled every 10 years. Starn
and factories today rej"ire Jar,t: Irandormel
banks, with b\15 duct ceder. to salisfy thcir
need .. Inslc:ld of a 110-'011 \Cr\ice. "-e h~,e
tbrtt-pha!;C. four· ... irc 120.108 or 270,480 S)'.·
terns, 1:omblning. !iaht and powtr. Instead of a
16 CP carbon filament lamps, or Ku"i rcneaors,
11'8 hnt nuortsCtnt fi~tures, liahtina: tbe .. ork
and ulo areas with iunliahl brilliancy. Instnd
of a faclol')' full of bells and pulleys., nch m;i·
chin8 has a molOr wired leparllely. And 10 on
and on atl infi"itu"" eonlinue the social Dnd
lechnoloaicaJ changes, runnin, hand in hand,
lik8 Iwo tracks of the rnilroad, toward Ihe 2151
Cenlul')'.
Then is $till the fourth ,encnlion 10 be
hurd from. I will not be around 10 .- ",hat
.. onden Ihey .. ill acbic'le. But this much is "flain,
lhat Ihe stock they spruns from. and the
trUlhhOM Ihey ha'e been taushl 10 uphold, w.1I
Dlwny~ serve Ihem in good Iteatl. In the yeaf
of ?OOO, if Ihey Should bcllin to relrospeet and
10 search for Ihe rools or histories of lheir an·
ceslon, Ihey will " m find Ih8 old fnmed do

specially called mewn, of March 30, 1918, ... a~
• di$appointment 1$ fir 1$ Illendlm:t "'as ron­
«rntd. Ii is I sou), thin, .-hen the mcmbfrs Ife
not concerroed enough lbout their conlrKI "'ith
NECA 10 !>h01ll' up Ind heir lhe pro~h be·
ing submilted.
While I 1m lal;in, pol 'hol$ II the IIK'mber.
ship, I may IS "'ell mention COPE. l1Ic lacl;
of interesl shown 10 Ihe only po1i1K11 Irm Ihal
.. -e hnc in labor slill Imllts me. And. Brothers.
I hue heard 111 of Ihe I r,umenl$ liainSI COPE
- Ihty don't hold "'aler. If the Brothel'S 1001;
bal'l: at ... hat .. e have lost in Ihe polilical ballles
and what lhey have contributed 10 COPE Ihey
will I;now why. A I"'O-dollar conlribulion from
I ""'mber will nOI break him, I'm sure, If any of
the memben reading this hive nOI scnl bact
the Clrds from the lIe.lth Ind Welfare Trust
yel, please do. so that III rCl:or

~n t planli are completed, our local wuld be
faced with h,ah unernploYlmnt, unless the proposed
paper mill upansions o«ur.
We rucived • leller fro m Walsh El«tric
lilallna that ",hen our presenl alfot-me nt ex pires
Ihey ",ll no Ion~r be Mlolialinl ... ith our
loc.lll We're !.OrlY 10 lIOfl wa~ initialed
mIl) l ocul 106 in 194' and depoo.iled hi'- I .a~e!er
In t oclli ~" ,n 1952, Ill! "a) a pa)1 ollicer and
... """1",,, Il( 110,' f.;(l/.Otla !inp Committte \lQth
llrolhc" " C'I' 'e.y iKlIve in the umol1 and ",ill
M m;~~d ~rr~lty hy everyone
R ......·ndy. Ihe "ork oullooL ".' h,,~h!elWd
e'en ""tho:r hr RClltIblrc S\o.'el It i,n'l offICial
)el bul they '3Y they ar .. Jo,n,: to hu,ld 1"'0
dec"", fu.n,",,,,, lind a "nle.inll planl Tilt· only
d.a"h~C: Bro thers' ' tfeng th in unionism,
They hllve 1101 COl1lllloi ned once.
T he local's ciccI ion Is I hi~ June, be sUre to VOle.
Allend your local Uilion mee tlnl!., I "ill be
at mine
1'1" WIIIC'lCU, p S.
Pin Presentation
Pini Preiented To
20· and 25·Year Members
L,U, 516, O'ITA\\ A, 01'0 • • AI ou. rcgub.
nlC~I"', uf J ~n"~', 16, .978 uu. "",,,,be.~I,,.,
honoo.rd 00' !>emo. 'IoOthe" thai hue reached
20 )CI'" or more In I Ql."al ~M6
In\erna lOonBI Vl(:e 1"Cloidcnl Ke n Ro:.e appointed
' n t CO'n~ lIun .1 Rep.eM:ntalive Jack Kcarney
10 prcs.en l the I ~pc ' Ili n, [0 011' honot" cd UrOlhers,
After Ihe meetinll clo~ d we ho d Bn old fashion
AcHQl:elhi:r .t mlni!.c,nll on Ihe 1I0'ld old days
Fishing Derby
" h ll ~ r~d . eI .... "" ... r". Uds .. Io,.tiI , ~b , ltl. "
r iel ••
",ho:n ..",l ,,;a.~ ~1'k:III)' '" Ihe OIL,,"~ OOIU
On J.nuary 21, 19111, Local 586 held lhe"
secon:! annua' ~hlnll tkrby On behalf of lhe
Brolhers "'ho aucntkd the de. by, a bll lhank
yOu 10 tilt committee thaI worked long, hard
hours 1ft ma kln' this uent II ,Ital ~lIceess. T hey
~pc:nl all day 1 riday plo"'Ing a one·mlle: ci.cular
rOlld on the .ce surface to enable Ihe Ii~her m e n
to d ll vc 10 the Ii~ hi ns holes. They a l ~o spenl
Ih nl day (i rilhll '" all the holu necesslf)' for Ihe
evcnl, A pp,0~ 'n1 8 I t l y 200 BrOlhe rs a nd their
fa m ih e~ p ~ rt ;cltla t c d in Ih is eonlcst of skill and
IlIck.
After Ihl' day was over, e' eryone re tl rc d 10
an evemng of h!juld refr~hmenlS, a be.n 0 .." ... 1 v.;c p.esltknl, .... as our filSt.
and fo/ a )mal1 loc.' out of about 1600 locak,
,,·c are lus tly proud,
In Ihe nUl Mile of the hmrna/, 1 hope' lU
have ~mc c~lIemely good nc ..... o n u fely, RighI
now. I don'l .... anl to Ilimp Ihe ~u n . bul we .... ill
ha lll: much (asler proj!rr;ss on our complnlnls.
0 111 'icction si~ for Ihe MTA pe nsio n Ir u been
ilCn'cd bill no nuion a~ yet. Our Seclion si ~ for
a rlCW wotk conllael "'ill be ~ r ye d October I,
1918, .\0 we have a 101 to look for .... rd to no ....
Hefore c!O\II'II, p word of caution 10 those
"'OI);In~ where blue Rap mus t be used: be velY
ca.dul becau\C under the new fe lulation, you
and you alorIC can be wbJ«tcd 10 $1.000 fine
for nc:~Ic:CI Work cardully al all limes.
Apprentice Graduation
Held . t Loc. 1 592
AI'ITIIOSV COVII_llO, 1'.5
I ~ U. Sill, " IN O . ANO, N.J.-The :,"1111;.1 app.en
liceship ,radliaIJon donner Wm! held al OIIr IBEW
kxal unron hall in Vineland, Ne ... Jcncy, on
Janua.y 28, 1978 for II ne ... ;o..rneymen. II was
~pon'oOfed by tI\I' Jomt ApprenllCeship and Train­
Ing Commlliee, The ne ... ,oU' rlCymen, olfKers of
the local, InsnllClor

Graduation
Silo .. , hu~ ," th~ .I.-.c1.aru .... 1I' ~i . lnIinin. dl,",1_ .. 'M .pp ..... tI."""I .. dl .... , .1 l.or.1 SIl,
\'Iul . ..... NJ. Ltfr I •• Idol ...... X ..... rh Col ... ,. Mould l)olto, •• 110 ..... C •••. F'rank 1110Mb. c •• 1
Xr .. rd~Il> •• II. 0110.10 ' Zohu X.'"'UI. Monald S ... tlh. C .... MIIlI.. A nd .~.. 8 ... ~.. . 1'1." .... , ' .M •• ' .
• IMI J . ''' ~, C .... o • . MOB S ...... I. II _ ... ' ..... d.
men eoursH offer~d by Ihe JATC In the c"er
pow.na ~k-n And "'C do al'prrciale ,cry much the
Inru'mnlion ... hldl he ha~ made a.ailable to u"
J \\. Rlr~~r I I. I' 'j
Attend Meetings and State
Your Opinions, Says Scribe
1 .. 11. flU, r ANAMA CITY, 1'1'\. II ,h,,~.rd be
noted Ih ul harmony in mny local i. ne ~e.sa ry for
it~ orderly ll.o" lh Only by Ihe m

Local b31 Sponsors
Sio-Pitch Team
I •. U. 63 1, N.;WRUIIC II. N.V.-Thc ~renni~1
motion for Loc:al 6)1 10 ,ponsor a lum in the
Newburgh 1lo-PIICh In&ue preceded the robm'.
first chirp b)' t ...·o ...·ed:s. Of cou~ Ihe motion
p3 §~ d. NOI onlY is thi., D line opportunil)' for
"over·the·hiW' alhletes to clin. 10 • happ)' pin
of their )'outh. it is ifnI public relalions for
the uman. Our tum enjO)'1 cood coverlle in
Ihe tv:W$paper. indudilll an occasional picture,
and we oflen Iud of our PItcher Ihrowin, I
~hutOul. He Ii Ihe one .... ho can hll tbc Sllitc
tone wilh a Kven·fool Ire. ( I SUppOK thai
5hould be 21S.36 crntimeters.) We .1'10 have I
IU)' ... ho an hit the ball III melers and an·
other ... ho can leI to fint I»K in five !o«ontb.
That's 19 melers. 8 decimeters. (Thi' b simpler
Ihan fed and inchn?) The final score in a
practice ,ame wu ) 10 -2 eelliu~, 50 " m not
even lUre if _ wort.
Genin. b~clr. 10 publIC nlalions. Ihis is OM
of orpniud l~bor'l 1\'t'aker areas. and il rull)'
~ha u ldn't be. Union IllCn arc deepl)' involved
in communll )' Illairs and the public i, Kldom
aWlre of it. Lonl 6)1 hps aboul 200 journey'
men, and withoul doina Iny reilellrch I I all, I
can name amona our members IWO do«n vol·
Unl~r finlTlcn. Includin. 1 .... 0 fire chich Mnd Ufte
president of his eampany. I know of two more
who arc very IClive in the ambulance corps and
Ihe prnident of the Newburp Lions Club is
a 631 electrician. One o f our members is MUlCr
of a Masonic Lod~ and .... e boaSI I retiree
who hu held every scouuna offiee up to diSlrict
commissioner who slill ,ocs on oulin .. with
Boy Scouts. (Okay, !IO BU I Milner usc, his
truck camper now. but he hu earned Ihe privi·
le ge.) This time of ycar, si&ns of life appear
on Ihc l illie Lea-,uc fidd~ and at least ,i. of our
people arc among IhoK prcparins for the Ka·
son. Lalcr th is summer, Pop Warner football
will be staning. Rnd without the return of union
people. nOlhinll win happen. There nre surely
o th er community ellorls where our membelS Ife
~c t ive. but even this incomplele Iiltina ;. In
oUl5landin, Iccomplishmenl for I local the sil.e
af 631. If .... e Ire aveTllIC. just imasine the im·
pacl of orgnnited labor on civic allairs from
(035t 10 coa51. M uch of the public Ihinks we
are o"erpaid goons who weRT hud hats. If \O'e
wme the helmet after workin, hours, these Illi.
tudes would hive 10 chan,e.
CAli E. TlloI'IN. 5_, I'

Simeone. Chlrks R Simmons. hmcs A. Smhh.
Frcdc: rid : D. Sny1k r. Rom.n G. 51.Uml&rl), W,I.
Ii.m J. W. lker •• nd (;earae T hornll Zellcl$.
D'ncin& ro Ihe n.usre of IIrothe r Chuck S,m·
II'IOIIJ" Hand cooc:luded 11M: ewenrn. excepl for
lhc encorC$. Eme,I"nment Commlll~ of fhother
Wilmer " Butch" SWIft, leon.rd 1. MinnICk,
Daniel L Minnick. Jr .• II, Lloyd Y.tts, Raymond
P. Glfde:ner, Al ben Gaber, Jack ('onlln, lIu&h
M. Snow, Sr., John Eastburn. Iknnr~ O. KillIan.
and Larry Raker-tl ke • bow.
T. FUNClS "Jr r r" II ~Nr H. I'.s.
W ork Scene Slows Down;
local in Negotiations
L.U. 659. Mt:OfORU. OMt;.-ln th,~ a.CI. "
SCC,," lIk.e spring his 1"lVcu-1I 11:3\' tem·
porarily,
Thints have finilly Jlo"'ed do .. n a hILle, L,ne·
men are s.iII w.ili", for eeoIOl.1(1 I.­
Du"n, Ihl' (Ia

1.fK'aln .... e.e p,,:>enled 10 lhe (olloWInIl IIrolherl;
Pal"ck O. Daiiey. Ro«rl W. Bodle-y. Jr., I'lul
H. Il,o ..·n. ROnlld E. Bro ..·n. T.molhy J. Coliinl.
Lynn A LII,elmln, Dennis 0 Gould. Oh"e. W
Klnl. W,II,am A. Kottl. Roland A. I . ~bl;er.
Dellm~ J, PllIe.son. DI.id O. Pelcr~. Willilm
E. Phelp'. RIChard 8 Rohrer, John P Runion.
Aned r Schllllnl, Jr, 0110 !lhrINal. J.. Ind
50.011 "'I TomJKOn The lollo ..·lnl R rolhe.~ wer"
unRblc 10 BlIend It>c banquel, bUI we.c 10 ,e·
ec .. e ..... ~,d., Kellh 0 Ashley. D~ Yid A Cooper,
Rnd Roherl Oiycn~. Jr, This yur', Ipprenlice of
I h~ ~'nr .... ~, awarded 10 John P Runion Tht
mw .. rd is prc~nted 10 Ihe apprtnlice ... 110 callieS
It>c hllt>c'll 'l4holMIIC ucratt lor Ihe lou, yU",
Tht banqutl ended .... ilh a few boun of danc·
Inl Ind 'IOCial"in... ilh lhe Brolhe". All In
'l1end~nce h~d a mOSI enjoyable eyeninl Con.
IralulallOn\ 10 In of IhO\(: IlrOlhcr\ ,«ei~Inl
(e.ullcale\.
Wilh Ihe app.oach of ~ nl« "Cllhel Ind
Ihe wmme, month, ahead. me "(Ilk In lhe l.eI
h". Iheady incrused grcally. AU of the mcmben
In our /ur",IIClion Ire employed and Ihe loe"' i,
lookUlM for Bo .. t " ~"',.... ...
• IIlp I .. III~ ... It of 1111_; ..
Local 702 Holds Annual
Credit Union Meeting
1 •. 1I. 70Z. \\ t~--r I' H:A .... " ..' OMT. II I ~
'702 IIl EW I c.,]cII.1 C.~dil U",,,,,'~ .nuual n,cellO,
..... 1\ held on Icbrllary '. ]978. al Ilell,n. I lIm",,~
Tre&\Uler Oary lIutln ~pO"ed Ihal lhe CredIt
Union now ha~ O'o"CI SIOOO.CKlO In l»tb I nd
ma

P rawdzik (retired ), John Gradijn of New
OrLeaM, AI Ii.jny. Gene Buuerfidd, Bob Wund·
lock of Menomonoe, WiKonsin, Bdl Zwil dCIII C .. llln
fl. 1::111011. H •• r, IS Ihe loul

IIO(ln. Meanwhile. an we lei I, mOr(' lalk ~boUI
mort fusibilily 5lUditS.
Othe' .. o.k secm!. to be impro~inl loOme .... h.\.
AnOlM. h'&1H~ It Su Ihnch Lakes should be
&enlRa undtr '... y ~_ Also. there is tnt possi.
b,IIIY of • l.rIC .t!'idcnlill Job, neilly 1.000
homeJ, "anina !oO

~ide some work o'erload reser,'e and may be
viewed as an ateumulalor. For burslJ of cncrlY
of less Ihan a second's dUralion. up 10 5 i~
hOI:>epo",·tr may be c~pcnded."
We have been compared wilh and/or placed
in Ihe same: CDlegory as Ihe horse. Are we
eap'able of pulling the weight load thai a horse
does? Is e~eryone ~qllally born wilh Ihe strength
or determrnation 10 conlCSI the strenglh of Ihe
horse~ This is Fathers Day momh; do nOI 01-
tel11l't 10 COler a cont est wilh Ihe ho rse and be
a candidale, nOw or everl John Chamberl",n
.... rOle. " I hnppen to believe Ihal Ihe environmenl
is impollan! and IhM we mUSI find .... a)'$ uf
~ haring Ihe earlh with Ihe calibou and Ihe bald
eagle. Ihe lion and Ihe kangalOO. !lUI we ha" ..,
b¢el1 lahn for a lemble ride by idiols in Ihe
name of such Ihing~ :u enviro",nemali~m, «01-
Ogy, and eo n ~umel1~m. \\ rth Iherr 3nli·le~hno l ugy.
anli·busillC'Ss b ias, Ihe fanali~ have oolnpollnded
"",Orlages. and stopped capital in, e.lmenl~,"
To o llu adVice or oplOion. to olhen. one
$hould ha'e had direct e~~riences rnolved.
Nol Mr. Caller. lie has all his lenlades 111 a~
many countries Ihal an octopus can re ach and
Ihen some mure. I [e hn ~ not resolved inn:u ion
nor IInemplo~mcnt in his own COLintry. no r d oe~
he seem 10 wanl to, He did neilher in Georgia
when he was governor. lie has stretched his
supply line of Ihinkin~ and aClion. lh:!t Ihc
llOOps. Mr. and M rs. U.S. Cili~en baek haOle.
3re auacked each d~y by inRation and unem·
ployment. There is no protection offered from
the Commander·",·ChlCf. ",ho us a lacllCal polo,
Ileian i$ $Uking footholds in foreign l and~: and
for whal? llas Mr. Carter forgouen mililary
history learroed al Ihe N.lval Academy? II ~s heforgouen
Ihe histolY of the empires of Ihe
Phoenicians, Romu n ~. Ol~d •. and others of
ancien! hl,tury? ] Iow about olQdern hislory.
where Ihe enemy spread ill supply linu 50 Ihin
;1 could nul proteci the ~op \ c.
We Krc nO( advo(~line i",'a l inni ~ m . We ore
askil\!: Ihe !'resident 10 save the do nar: il is
I;oi ng down Ihe drain ns i5 Ihe nnllon due to
a man who pries into other people's troubles.
Mr. Carter. resolve YOllr troubles al home before
concerninl; yourself ""ilh olhel'!l. Mr. Carler.
our nation ";s Ihe ccntt'r of Ihe world; sllllt
here. ""here we are now. Where dse? PurchDStng
po",'er i$ neccssary, but it cannol boy peace of
mind. Slart here uml "e can CO anywhere."
The Organized 3nd Confedel'3ted Stales of the
United Stales of America should be foremosl
in your he",1. so",. and mond. l 'r e~ldenl Caller
I nil I) Lltll"t~. I',"
Headquarters Offices
Destroyed by Fire
L. U_ (1 27, N~: W I\JI:I'" N J .-On Ea,lcr Stmllda~.
March 2S, fire S .... ~pl through ollr headquarter!
building in Cnnblll')'. 3nd by Ihe lime 11 w~.
brooght under oontro\. Ihe o flkcs "'e occopied
.... ere lotalty gutted.
11M: fire apparenlly had been smoltkr;ng for
som~ tim~ before a p~~~ml: OlOIO"'It sa'" Ihe
smoke and some flames DI 6-10 nom. and lUrTlCd
,n an alarm. The Cranbury Fire Depallmcnt le­
~ p on ded and, afler considerable effon. brought
the firc IIndn contrul
I'resident Perry was noti/ied of the cat.l.trophc
at 1:10 3_m. and he immcdiat~ly called Sccrelnty­
T reasurer Ca~y and Vice Pre.idenl Johnson, 1111
of .... hom .... ent to the s b~ ~n otliee Ctju'pmem ,ul'pher_
FOrlurulrly, Ihere "'a~ no nrc ddmll,e 10 Ihe
eompUler, although It Ml flered )Ollle smoke and
waler damage. and it i. hoped w~ wtll have il
bac~ on line won.
AI >u, on 1II0nday, Ne w Jersey Ikll ' \alled
the job of in.'tollnlion of l)Crmaneni lelephone
IIClvi. e lhe bamboo
removed from roeal the parkmg 101. T hiS cleanup
pru/CCI "III ,mp'ove lhe loot. of I ~C hall.
President John " lI tl! 10hn" 1I ~" i1I e llu~ and Vice
I' r",id~nl Jimmy IJl.lck bolh underwent ~ur&e r~
Jw".. 1979 I 49

ecenlly and are back with us. Wek:ome back
Brothers..
Consrltulalion! Ire in order 10 Ihe foliowing
BrOlhers in their appointments: lbrlan Duhon­
COPE chairman. Jimmy Rlack-.llcma te to the
Pension l'lan. J,mmy Peeplu.-allernate 10 Ihe
Heallh and WeUare I'lan, and Johnny Montll·
bano--reJi§trar
Brother T. C. Lambrigh t hn applied for di§a·
bility retirement. Robert J Ganl1-lpprentice and
Lnvell A. Wall-maintenance Ind o~rations
-.,:re oblisated Wtlcome to our 11mb. Brothers..
Brothen. ;r you don'l have your PIC Card
yel, piuse ~t il now ThIs money i§ used 10
fi,hl anti·labor qi§lation $lIch ~ " RishHn.
Work" for Ins. One: or IWO cents a day won·t
hUrl anyone: I nd that i§ III Ihat is needed if
everyone helps. We ",·m then hve 1M money 10
fighl with, If we don'l meet in Ihe hne for PIC
Cards a nd donation~ we will meet in lhe unem·
ployment lincs $OOnet Ihan you think. We
didn't set where we are without donations and
a struggle. so don'l leI up now. Contmue Ihe
struggle our fathers SIanI'd and maybe. jus,
m:lyhe. our sons woO'1 bmve as hud a Slruute
IS they are presently destined to have.
We had II. di~linguished JI"e~t I I our monlhly
meeting lonight, April 1. 1978. Brother Danny
Mclean. asSIstant busine'lll manaller from Local
1~47. Anchorage. Alaska, was visiting in uke
Charles. He th~nked the Brothers who went 10
Alaska 10 work on the AIa~ka PIPeline. He
praised the membeuhip for being lnod union
memt.ers and Rood craflS_n. lie urged them
10 continue along those lil1l'5 to anure a place
on top. Brother Gib Smith made a presenlation
of a mounted alligator fOOl 10 Brother M,lean
from "rother lIoss Perron. Brolher R. E. Cae
prai~d Rrother Mclean for his help wilh donalion.\
to the Electri,al Aid Fund .nd Brother
McLean re,eiw.d • standinl ovation from the
members for his help. The El«:lTical Aid Fund
r«:eived almosl 17.000 from Brothers workina in
the Alaska Irea.
~1A1T1I'I T~ov. p.s
Mourned
Business Manager Killed
In Accident
" .,10 N ...... Lonl 1M
Sinn CII,.. la., basl_
m.n ........ 1oo ....
d etfrM1lled .. hiltwo
,I

Friends and Workers
. -
Stewards Training
111_",," of Lonl I'll. oS. FnKI_, Cal. ..... 11Ij!
Ini~ ............t. III 0'" of lloe ....,..., ...,
_
010 ... Lri'l 10 rid.t .~ lIob fhlbll. Rod Coif ....
Rkk " ~ r li~r. Rob ... O1t.'l. Do.
Sehools and seminars are held 1$ o fren IS oor
loc. 1 can afford in Los Angeles. Anaheim, San
Francisco, Reno. PQrtland, and Seattle, Our dues
I.re used for many villI needs of me ORTT such
II "billilion cases. laW)'C",.,;,
Executive Board
mcetinr;s, I nd general n.mning cxpcn$C$ of the
locil ""t ste .... rd5· kaming di.telly benefits our
membe,.,; more than any of me Olbers by helping
us become more p.ofessional "'hen handline the
grieya~ of OIl r members,
Tbe union sle"'atd is the "ery backbone or
Local 1011.
RICK MEYu, P.s .
Scholars
Ch a.I ~,. " J. Paul (;~ U ,." ""nuil ltl,
Thaf1 pfeUy ~o()d
Hunk mg. We can pay
pass a"'ay riaht Qn the job and nOI ever CQllcCI'
Th i~ convinces me lhat none of yQU ~ive a damn
about the high uncmplo)'lll('nt fi,ure_
M r. I'residenl, mvolement Qf Tatt.llarlley "'J~
bad enouVo, btll lhe Ihrur of ulma: lwa,. food
slampS' M y oh my. I don't believe you had your
"min ling cap~ Qn Are you trYUlg til' tell the
workine man that he $hould Sign I contract reo
gardless Qf the hurt Qr the eood1 Prior Ill' J Qhn
L. u,,·is,. CQ;l.1 mmers .nd their familje,§ 50Uifeled
a mi§Crable life, You .nd mCKt o f lhe counlry
know this. Company $hacks. cinder

Nine Graduate To
Journeyman
L. U. 1070, MARQL£TU:. MICII.-In January.
nme I()(al apprentiClell "'ere c!cval"or:an.
I'm ""re Brother Pursley ... ilI long '~membcr
Ih .... Tuc~n IIl p--1Ie had a toothache . -hile her~
Inj I Ioc:al UniOn SC(C.etary (no not ou' ~.e·
tary) kne ... a ckntlSl that "·o.Jld take care of
" rothe, Pur..lcy.

Dick Steu~r and Frank Dellarabiorlf; co·chaired
the e"~n l and did a reany greal Job.
A mL~'s cap .... as a .... arded 10 Joy Eltringham
in special ceremonies held al Cedar Crest CoIkge.
Alknto .... n, Pennsylvania. Joy is the daughler
of M r. and Mn. Robert Ehringham. Bob is tl>e
vice prc~ident of our local.
No .... that we hal~ all rectil'ed OUr contract
raise of Ihe second year of OUI Ihrec-ychr p3Cl.
if you have any left aflel lhe COlli of living.
health iMuranee. and I fe .... Olher odds and ends
eal it UP. see if yoo can mu.le< a buck or t .... o for
,.as 10 ¥ct to OUI nc:>.t unIon mrtlln,..
Eo"uoJ JOS"ICIo,. P.S
Sbltt Ro~
Local Winners
Rom .... I_al 1207, lad husb .... ka,..
*studtnl uppa, t m Put ~burgh,
Penn

..,use wIll be l Iven on r.bl ~ h I. 1979 Bnd on
Ma"h I. 1980. An Idd"1()lI11 loul Ilerb\tru~tlt'n,," IIC'er ml» a
chance '0 lei a "kiter 10 lhe edilor" in their
local paper. a note 10 Ihelr ronlre:nman e~pr~
sinl tllell views. to Itand up Ut "hear;ngs H
and
$pout thclr misinfotma.ion. and 10 band together
to carry signs at cvery advantaJleouJ oppotlunlry.
W ~ huc all "eM'r.! the '~)'IfI". 'the squeaky
wh~cl Icts the ,rcllse" Well. I'm afraid 1118, is
... hal·, harpenrnl wllh the Irne conSltuction busi.
ncs. "lIhl now. The an.; e~crylhrnL the dooms·
d~y~t~. and I'm ritht.lo--wnrlr fW"ll'1e ate makIng
nloOSl of Ihe norse. We ~n n chanlt tha i simply
by IClting more involved individually. Check
OUt representative'. VOt;nl record; if he dOtlin't
"Ole righ,. leI him know thul he was voted in
and he can be voted out; attend and speak I'
hUtlnlS Ihat rrul)' rel ..,c 10 your contrnued em.
ploymenl or unemploymcm (or yelrs 10 come.
Rl,hl now Loeal 1249's work picture is "cat
wllh Ihe ?6S K V line ,oinl. bUI Ihere are VOUl'S
Irying .0 malre it .he lUI one .. lIowed 10 be
buill. If we don'l coumerllct Ihc etTorl' of Ihese
people !llhl nnw •• here ;$ always the possibilily
that .he .... ork picture III the futu re ""ill be ju~t
as II .... ~, in Ih" 100 rCCfnt pUI .
I...cl's aU start r"hl now and m.:r.ke a special
effon 10 lei Ihe reprt'Knlativ~ OU' of lhe srale
as ,,'CII IS fedc .. 1 IOVtrnmcnl Ihal 11li1S1 on a
nG-11O"lh policy for our counlry, and eet reprc·
senlaU'" III Ihat rcp.esenl the ,deab of or13'
nrzed 13bor \\.-nh the IIlhl people, maybe ..... e
t3n ,CI "d o f the Sla'e Environmenlal Qualit)'
Kev!C'w ACI in ill prCKnl fotT!! ~nd
make fiU ••
Ihat ... 'e ate ne,'e r burdcned ..... ith a riJlht.te-WOlk
law. l eI's prot~t our Irvclrhood Wnrk safely;
Uuy union; riphl ob5'tU~uonl~t~!
fl,fuHn I I" ,n"'. I'S
Local Gets Record
NLRB Aw .. d
L.U. 1253. AUGUSTA. Mt:'-In one of Ihc
laracSI settlemenu ID New England. Ih" NLR8
awarded lO

into place in front of OUt Salisbury shop. Some
p ic t u r~ should be available by ~XI month.
Local 1307. again this ytar, will be in joint
partici pation with Local 24 al lhe annual Union
Label Show held in Salisbury on April 29. 1978.
We art also pl.oning 10 hold. Shop SICward
Tr:ainin; Seminar sometime in the first part of
M ~y. This hll$ pro''tn 10 be helpful to our
slc ...·ards in the pasl.
Our "High VoltaIC' Dill" in the Maryland
General Assembly has ~d lhe llouse of
Delegates Ind is on lIS '",y to the Senile.
UnforlunllCly il has been cut up Ind walered
do",n to ~ point ...·hone it darYl'1 ICC1)fTIpli!.h
.... hal .... e ",ere afler We hive klr~d • Jot by
-.
this experience Ind are bopeJul ~ can eel mote
nut yelr. You can believe we will keep try;n,
until ""'t cln ICI somelhin, beller tbn ""e hue
AI our upl .. membership meetin, in March
we iC("epted three new members: Elias Clrmine:.
Jr" Palricia Karp3vagc. and Kevan Gaines.
Vntil nelll time: Be union. buy union
E. D S.ARKS. JR. P S
100 Percent Medical
Coverage for Members
L V. 1367. CIIICA GO. II . I~- With m"c" e",
thusiasm. we all welcome summer. which officially
ber:ins on June 21. On Sunday. June 18.
fathers. crnnd(llhers. and favorite uncles au
honored on Falhers Day. Wishinl • special
hap!>y Fatheu D1Y 10 all.
News from the Executive Board : On March
22. Brother Carl Peterson. c"airman. announced
the acceptnnce of Brother Rich~rd Rub'\5. 3$ a
new member of the E~ecutive Board of l.oc:1l
1367, rcprestntinc C"iC3go South, overhead.
The company and MBA teprescnlltives came
to an agreement in March for a 100 perccnl
medical cover1llC' plan for hospilalinlion and
acddent only for the ~mergenC)' room with no
deductible. Thi. i5 really a long-awaited plan.
and Our sincere conllratllhtions and :"anu 10
the comrany and MBA tepre

Membership Ratifies
New Contract
L U. IlU. K"' .TI'10IU~ . Mil. COnl.acl n ~IIi

impro'ement in our .est period pro"ision, which
1$ a carry o.·er from last year·, con03CI.
/iIOfher5 SIeve T ra~ler and Gary llak ~nson are
back 10 work aft er being off on illness, Brothers
Walter Scz)'lgiclskie and Robert Noten, have been
named to fill vacancies on Ihe E~e culive Board.
I rnlize that il has b«n ~ lone time sinCC'
articles concelOing our local ha'e appeared in
Ihe ) ou",ol. !>O I am goinll 10 Ify and continue
them at least on 3 bi,momhly basis. I .. ill try and
keep YOll informed on such thini.~ a~ prnmOlion,
accidents, dealhs, li nd other happtninss within
the local If anyone has anything they "ould
like PUI into the ) ou"",1 please contact me. Due
10 publishing dates, articles apPl'3r a monlh aftN
they 3re "·rillen. B)' tht' li~ you read th ..
~umme, .. ill be hC"e so have a nicC' vacation
PAUtO; M('CRAD>, PS.
Retiree Walsh Feted
At Stag Party
I_l'. 1.460. JOI lET, II I _~hmc. \\ :l1'h. a charter
member. has rClircd fmm the Jollct O,uhead
Deparlment. Ill' wJ< a crew kader A

position, both in money and benefits, thM we
are now, Keep up the good work," Fraternally
yourS, (signed) Glenn E. Brocrsma.
We recently had a m~eting in Clifton, New
J ersey, for OUr members in AmTote Systems in
regards to their contract ne~otiadnns. The members
in attendance were: Manny Pappas. J eff
lang, Robert Bmle. Tony Liguori, Chester
Klut\.:owslr:i, James Klutkowski. Don Duggan.
Robbie Wright. Fred Mittel. Larry Murray
(AmTme Co.). Ronald Dowd. Eugene Morozov,
John Kurowski, Randy Rieder. Pete Yasus, O . G .
Mummert. John P. Skalocky. James E. Schwi7.er.
G ena Gennarclli. B. J. Maier. Rich~rd lIunl.
Edward J. Soulhard. Sr., Thomas J. Rohatsch,
John Aita, Mauhcw J. Martinez. Jim MarkicwiC7,
R. W. Lu cngene and D ian F. Guthrie.
DtON F. GUTlftE. 11.1\1. I'Rt ~
Scribe Gives Example
For Pride in Union
I .. U. 1505. WALTIIAM. I\IA5S.- Thi' writer ha.
oflen been struck by the ca~ua!. even naive way
in which most members of labor unions accept
the exislence of those I'nions. Relatively few
appear to possess a reasonable understanding of
the drama and trauma of labor hislory. Perhaps
if Ihe ordeals of Ihe early union or~anizcr

Members
I
something I st,ll find difficult to deseri~ . To
me also the "S" in JBEW ,s somethinll very,
very special and Local 1739 in particular.
H en~ my in.'oh'ement in VHiou$ capaeities
since then, I admit I do not aJwa)"J see eye to
eye with my Brothers on VI.IOUS eommilters.
)lo.... ever, rather tha n ...... orkin& ofr' ~ rommitlmem
I find it has &rown. I've found myself
working with proud deernl men ... ho §lInd up
for lheir convicllom. I respeet them and work,n&
""ilh Ihem is indeed '" plnsu... IS "'-ell IS •
ehallenge.
BILt. C .... SON. p..s
Mourned
for sla nd inll behind him. and givins him the
nceded help and confidence. He ,150 wants to
Ihank I II Ihe locals which supported lots. lie
would pUl$ue .... isdom in order to IAveStigate
fJCls. and princip'es of reality and of human
nllure and eonduct. This borden alon& the line
of philosophy.
Harry was a good member of ou, Local I R4~
and worked at this plant 2S yean. II,s make.up
was that of a friendly per50n wilh a smile for
evcryone, His pr~ n~ ClnnOI be matched and
his absence ...·ilI be relt for iIOnle lime.
Sincere condolences Ire extended to h,s fam,ly
and friendi.. especially those of the !tree" lAg
Inspee.ion Department 410_
Brolher Albert A. Burger reI ired Fcbruary I.
1918. He W3S • member of our main,enance ercw
OcPI_ 882.
The membe~'p ",i~ht-s much .. n;o)mcnt dUfln,
his yea~ of .et".. d hfe
~baY L CAYTON. p..s
Nomination and Election
Of Officers in the News
L.U. 19.57, EAST BtITU : M. PA.- Local ]\151.
Mlgne~, Ine., Easl Butier. Pennsylvan, ... hIS
rome to (he end of anOlhe. thr~e ye~rs. fOr
it5 officrrs.
We .... ish to eAtend OUr thark~ for a JOb weI!
done to all Ihe OU!goinl officers. The membership
knows they "'enl Ih'OU8h a very difficult and
trying time the past thre~ years. espe"ally dUf,na
Ou r negotialions. wh ich involved a Ihree month
strike. 1I0we"er Ihey did manage to come up w,th
a contract that satisfied the majority of Ihe memo
bers. In order 10 do that they had to re(Ufn tn
Ihe bargain'ng lable three different time,.
Bob Polinsky our past pf~ident also wanlS to
5end his Ihanks to aU Ihc officen and membership
l.o

lour new a pprenl i~e5 have bRn aeupled InIO
Tool and O~ "i3l.'in, (2) and "Ia~hll1e Mepa"
Machinlsi (2) apprenlicnh'j"K. O a~e Ua ker and
Pat Iladley. formerly of the screw machll1e de·
paflment. ha.·e be,un 8.000·hour apprenlic~hlps
In the Tool Makin, lkpanmenl Thne m.:n
h ••·e already become qUlle popular wnh theIr
Brolbers Ind h3~e demo~traled a kttn dtilre
10 karn.
The olher 1"0 aprrenllC~hlpS In lilt MachIne'
Repair Shop hl~e bttn IV.alded 10 Tom Mel lly
(from SClew machIne) and Terry OtShl1lC' (from
boiler hou,",,) Con".Iulallons 10 III 11M.- IIC'W
app.entlces, and muc:h ~UCCf''' In Ihe" fUlu.e
endeavors
M lCtlAEL W S[ ...... NI. p.s
New Scribe Requests News
Items from Members
LU. 111.5. SANTA ANA . CAl" -A nOIlCC to
all memben: Len .nlly become u pnn of QUI
IB£W JrHlmul! All you hllVe 10 do i, $end your
news items 10 Lynn MontuYll. 26 10 Uu ylor Ci.tle.
Aparlmenl 102, Annhcinl. Culifomi" 92801.
Try to have your ilelll~ 10 her by Ihe Wlh of
each month 10 make Ihe followlIllI Jc"cQ llll month's
issue.
Thank you fm yOllr CO\>pC,ulioll ill Illi~ m~lIer.
LVNN MONTOYA. P.S.
CommiHee Members
Review Benefits
L.U. 21P, SUK E\ ' EPOMT, I A, On Malch 8.
1918, ela~ were Ileld fo. tile !kndit Com·
mitttt o f Local21U Tilt II commIttee member

tried to clear the b~by'5 throat and turned him
upside down but thil didn't work, lie then plied
opcn the child's moulh ~n d held hi! tongue out
enablina the baby to brcalhe alain, Cood "'ork,
Jolmt
Martin F it/ll~lflCk, bu~iflC'I.§ Dgent, attended
a general CO!'E Confercnce in Iloslon on
March 22 &nator Mcintyre, Dcnlocral from
New lIampshire ".I~ Ihe mlun spcaLcr. AU dele·
Ilat~ had the oppoflumty 10 'JlCaL ... nh the
Senator afln the Ilfe~nu"lIon.
Buslncss ManDie. Thoma, Cnanaugli attended
thc r~eculI'e CouncIl mcelln& of Ihe ,,"ew
Hamp§hIJe St~tc I..bor CouncIl, AFL·CIO hcld
In Manche'tcr on MD.cli 21. Amonll items di!.·
cus§ed was thc imrcndlng rilht to· .. o.L lellislauon
for .... Iiich New IbmpC thaI .illht.
In c1~mg, our tkepcst s)ml'alhlCS arc e~'
tende"! to the famIly o f deceJ§ed Brother StJnlcy
Wright of Somer\"onh, Nc ... lIamP!ihire
Until next ntonth
Ot t~E M LuoNn, I'S
United Way
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Local Is Proud Of
Un ited Way Drive
I_. U, 2J21, ,\111)1)1 fTON. MASS. 11 ha' been
some lime ~lnce we h3\·e contributed an ."iele
10 Ihe ' HF.W JQI!fIl(l/, toO let', act reacquainted
Our offlCer~ are bu~me~s manager. John Nicolini,
and l55il13nl busin~ mDnager~, Patrkio Hl inn,
hd Clement, and Tom Con ... ay. They repre§eRi
O'·er 1,900 emplo)·cu of New En,lond Telephone
Company m 54 ... orl. locations in nonhca~t
MO\\ilehu\CUs.
We a.e not d''iSIOn,ID' to Olhe, loca! unions in
Ih~1 ..·c 100 taLc l.ul p.ide In our United Way
Drile and the II'ncrosity of Qur members, Our
stew3rd~ Dfll to be cQmmended fo. Iheir etrorts
in wlieitin, I'ledll's_ Wc're pleased to repOll thaI
Lool 2321's 10131 conuibution by It~ melllbe.s
nearly ~urpa~~d S",OOO
Keeently "e had I ~ QPpOrlUnuy to ~ fo,
QUn.c"C'I Ihal the Un,ted Way is Inti«d worklns.
You probably rend or Iic3Id about tlie dnastat.
ing soo ....)to.m .. hich hll us on f ebruary 6 and
7. Co'-unor DukaLI$ decla.ed Qur commonlties
in 3 itll-Ie 'If cmer,cncy, In a 'cry ~hort t"nc, the
Americ,.n Ked Cross . .. hich is a United \\ oy
Agency, "ent into aClion ~nd "rovlded new
clothe, ~nd other ~~,i,t"nce
1 3" yeRr !done we hod O~e, 200 members call
the L1nlOn onice III need of ;I,tlcrent serVIces prO'
vldcd by Ihe Unilcd Way, We referred the m to
the labor re ,JreS(: nt UIJvu !II Unhed Way, John
M Ll lIcn Dnd !'ro nk Pdoli, They in tu rn channe led
oor membe rs to the proper age ncy. Each call .... as
followed up nnd Ihe rc~ ul l! were gratifyi ng,
MAH Y BUl!;1 l ON, Ex. Il l),
Union Goes to AAA
With Two Problems
I.,l '. 2J16, MO' n't'UFU, VT.- l 11ere "·ere
two m~ior ;li/rercnees Ihal Ihe Union and the
Company "erc nut uhle to resolve: at the dis.
eus\ion fl

aet it done. Remember that. union is made up
of people like you and me and it is only as
ftroni ., we want it to be. See you at the ne~ t
union meeling.
D AV ID FORBUS, I'.S.
Company and Union
Relations at a Peak
L.U. lll " AL8t:MAIU. E, N,C,-Loc:QI I're.i(!ent
Tom Keener commenled " Relations with the
company and lhe union are the be,l in a long
ti me. Grievances are at a minimum. No one b
havinll any great p roblem. it just looks good."
Th~ is a considerable ch.n~e from November
when fe-elillg!! betwttn Federal Pacific Eltttnc
and Local 2n, were at a very disturb'!li low
and ,rio!vances were very hilh and friclion between
Ihe company and union members was very
heated. We are plCIlKd to ha"" it nlm anti
peattful 'pin.
Our thanks to Mr. IIan$ Mas.scy, D'SI"CI
Representative, for his help Rnd support thrDullh
some of our mo re difficul t dan. He was always
there when ""e needed him during our COlltrp,1
!IC,otiatiom. J USI lasl week. he look time off
from his bosy schedule to tome dowlI for a
JPCCial meeting of all union steward5 for a
learning session.
M r. MII55eY has really been a bl,. htlp and ..-e
wish to thank him for his help.
Our thanks go to Mr. MannlC Cubbage fOJ hi~
hel p during the absence of our president. T,nt
Keener. I Ie was a great help Plld BS.'Ct 10 our
local.
JAI"HIT EP II D, P.S.
Presid ent Attends COPE
And Manufacturing Meetings
I .. U, 1]71, IWSt:VII.U :, CAI_-I'residenl fuler
recently attended the rellular Elec trical Manufadu"nM
Cou ncil 111 ~ting from April 10-13.
On April IS. he attended the m EW's COPE
Conference held ill San Fruncisco at the Sheraton
Hotel. COPE has endorsed J~rry Il ro wII as the
Governor for allother term of office.
A motion to chall~ Article VI of the bylaW'<
(which deals with salaries) was suhmiued at the
April ~ling of the membel'"$hlp. This new b)'lhw
would .:ompeMate the olflOerl. board members.
nnd shop stewards for union ,",Ott done on the ..
own time. Currently 110 salariM; are paid UeeJlI
whe n there is lost time from wort. whereupon
thoe officer. steward. etc., receives his s1andard
hourly rate for the lime 10S1.
In May we will have nominations for pre~i ·
dellt, vice president, trea.,uru, recording secre·
tary, financial secretary, E~eaItive Board members,
and a de legate to Ihe 31st Imernatlonal
Convention of ID EW. In June we " 'ilI vote fOi
these offices Ind dclcllate~
AI our MMC (Material Management Center)
1M word "safety" is URd quite frequently lDlely
ThiJ yur the goal is "no lost·time injuries." Th it
is well worth Mriving for. l>On't le t a light
sc hedule or a pushy supervisor compel you to
usc ullsl1fc shortculs. 11' .. /like l,lOllglt .·htWCCJ
JUS t drivinll to ,",ork, so lcf~ do our jobs safety.
RooE. [1I... Jss. P.S.
Members Attend Picnic:
Election Held
NOR111 I-' LOIW)A CIIAI'Tt:R LO CAL .), RE·
TIRI-; I-:S ASSOC IATION-Our members aUended
a pIcnic sponsored by the 1oc II I branch of the
Af L-CIO of Wesl 1':11", Ucuth. It was held II
the picnic IIrQund. of Locul 323. The wcatller
was deUlhtful. Ihe barbeque of ehitken and IIbs
Qf bttf wU delicious.
Candidate for Governor, 8 0b S h e~in. perKInally
Ilrttted ~veryone a< he lIenerou~ly d .. hed out the
62 I tliEW Journot
cole tlaw. We all had • m05t enjoyable day
meetinl people from the IIJI'W local DS well u
Ihe people who sponwrcd thc pIcnic.
We had our elcctio n and all incumbents were
elected for another year. Our IIIst~ltntton of
officers will take place Bt Ihe Boca Teeca Inn,
floca RBton, where m luncheon wilt be scHed.
We continue to write 10 our scnators, the reo
SPOIlSC5 arc nebulous about Inbor and al thIS
wrilinl a commltlte is beinl formed to "isit
the local offices of the senators, IIIcludinll a mem·
ber from the local 01f1Cef3 from the AFL--CIO.
Ilop",g will nOI help to pan the Labor Reform
l.aw. lelling off ~QLlr bUll Bnd writinl tellers will.
Father-Son
])AVIn B LANC. [1 .5.
Silo ... an C .... rtle McL .... _I ....... lois liO. Elmcr,
TIle ptaoto "lOS ... bmltt .... h' th t R Hlr~H Club 01
Loul 'I. Ihlll".lo, N.V.
53 Members Attend
Retirees Commemorate
Mt,'-.REES C'.UB Ot-' I..U. 41 , 8 UH ' AI.O,
N.Y.-Due 10 bad weather in January, we were
forced to cancel our metllnl. However, "e held
our February meetinl and had 53 members in
attendunce. For the fir~t time, "'c ran OUI of
food, but were able to leI more. Let's keep up
tile 80ud turnout al all meetings. After all. thu t hi
what the club is for. to let aU members in~o l ved.
We held 0111 Match meetinll on the 14th. Ihd
a turllout of 43 members, plus one new member.
We WQuld lite 10 see new pensIoners JOIII. Any
!DEW pensioners who are in thIS area neetl only
show they are on pemion fr()ffl Ihe IBEW. and " 'e
will wel.:on1C them into our club.
We held OUr nut meeting 011 Apli] II. 1978.
and hod good ,"endan~e. T wo visitors a1:so attended
from Local 237, Joe Sedila and from
Local 41. Ed Wal l.
We held 1I0minatioll$ for officers "nd Ihere
was no opposition to the line of oflicefll. lIow.
ever, there 3re nine mcmbers running for the
E~ecutive 8oard. Eie

II\II'JIEIVIDRIJ:lM
Prayer for Our Deceased Members
Our Fflther, who (Ir/ ill lIetlVell, grant thai those melll/Jers whose names (lfC fistrt/ below alld who J'f}l'1I1
their lives honorably fwd humbly on ,his Emili /IIay find peace ami el emaf happillc,rs with YOII , Gram com­
/orl ami a;l/ to those Ihey left behind atlll wlro 1II0lirn their (learly departed Brothers (lIId Sisters, mothers,
Imllers, ami ehildrell,
Grall/ that we wllo remain here all Eor,h may five 9 11( fives according /0 yOllr commQlulmcms. so ,hal Olle
day we, too, may be lilli/eli with them alld wilh yOIl . A men.
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SI-lO~T cl~cLlITS
The Mecha nic
There was one gentlcman. n mechanic
";IS he.
With a comp:mionalc style, :lnyonc
could sec,
T hai his gifl of giving came straight
from hi~ hearl
Although cars he repaired sometimes
would not ~Iarl.
He wa~ shon in staHlTe but tall in
charm:
H ad not one vice :lnd nC\'N thought
to h:arm
Any living thi ng nlong with life itself.
Happiness 10 him lVa~ hcnlth, not
wcallh.
Well loved hy h i~ fumiry, h i~ wi fe he
called Fluff.
And three children to each he would
shower morc than enough
Wit h gifr~ purchascd from hi~ favorite
store.
Many hours he would ~pcnd here to
ex plore
And fi nally chomc Ihc right Iype of
present;
For Ihi~ was his hohhy and it kept
him plcn'>:!nl.
He loved hOl:i ng and foot hall yet all
sports were his scene;
The family pooch. I addie. and
sp:lghell i were keen
In h i~ eyes. hUI hi~ f::vorile now i~ :In
addilion:
H i~ first gmndchild, :l hrui~ed named
b son.
Slill h i~ fi rsl love W:l~ Ihal of hi~ car:
Repairing those of his friend~some
from :lfar.
U~ed and abmed. ~ome friend\ would
begui le;
Yet in relurn he a~ked for nothing
more Ihan a ~mile .
His name is hd. and it fil~ him well:
A Ja cl..·of·all · trade~ he is. ,-ou can
lell
By his hard working hand~ hut nOI by
his face.
For his age is well hidden because
o f hi~ grace.
He may he a mechanic but 10 me he is
more
Because he live~ closcr Ihan Ihe boy
ne11 door.
T he reason for I h i~ make~ me r:llher
glad.
You sec. this meeh:mie happens 10 be
my Dad.
J udy Olnorf,lo
Daullhter 01 J.ek Olno.frlo
Loe. 1 1497. Wuth. rly, P •.
My Father
It's 100" he climhs down from his
truck.
looks tired and worried, down on
his luck.
Scrapes mild from his boolS, climbs
into his e:lr
For hi~ journey home, 300 miles
100 far.
Praying Ihere will be work for Ihe next
IWO or three day~.
To be able 10 draw :lnolher week's
pay.
He's got bil1~ piling up :lIld :l fami ly to
feed,
T hinking of them he increa\e~ his
speed.
He has to work hard in the mud and
the clay.
Never cnding. day :lfler d:lY,
This m:ln's gOI somelhing Ihe riche~ t
man couldn't huy,
Irs there with him alwa~'s, deep
down inside.
Sl udy his face among wrink1c~ and dirl
Not quite vi~ihle. hut a ~malt tnlce,
Irs love for hi~ family down in hi~
heart.
Somelhing 10 hold onlO, when
evcrything cl~e fal1~ apart.
Ir ll he Ihere until Ihe day he die~,
Through all Ihe hard~hir~ and Ihe
hlackest of ~kie~.
T his man. he'), my falher, I'm proud
to say.
wouldn'tlrade him for Ihe world,
no price Ihe r ie h c~t mall could
pay.
P .me l ~ s t .. n s
O.uJllh ler of Le roy Jon ..
Loeal 317. Hunllnllt on, W. Va.
Our Dad
It ~tartcd in the ye:lr of 1945,
When our great dad wa~ ~Iill alh·e.
He climhed hi~ first pole
Somewhere in the vicinity of
Maedoa!'
Although he I..new the great ri~k,
f-Ie continued climhing IIntil he wa~
put 10 rCSI.
Although he wa~:I gre:lt lineman ns
we all know,
He always came home to 1I~ to hold.
For we should know' he~1.
~I ay God let {'IlIr F:llher
Have :I very pe:u:cful rc~1.
Tina Sullivan
Jan Dolua l
Da ushter and 10" 01 J ohn B. Dol u al
(Decened)
Loeal 659. "". dlord. 0 ...
An Expression
I wish J could cxpres~ 10 my children
How much their daddy means to me.
How his laughter reaches within my
heart
And sets my spirit free!
Of all his thoughtful ge~tures,
Coming S

a
summer
A summer spent swimming o r boating
can be a great joy for all the members
o f a family, that is if so und safety
practices are always kept in mind and
practiced. Parents should have their
chi ldren learn how to swim. Check the
Red Cro ss, the YM CA, Boys and Girls
Clu bs, the Scouting movement, etc. for
organized swimming classes. It could
save the ir lives. Make certain that your
children, if th ey are around pie rs, o n
docks, on boa ts, or near olher bodies of
WOl le r, are wearing U. S. Coast Guard
approved life vests. Have a safe summer
this year and every year.
AN IBEW SAFETY REMINDER FOR OUR MEMBERS