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• JOURNAL· MARCH· 74 

I 

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF TH E INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD 

OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS 

Volume 73, No. 3 

FEATURES 

IBEW Organizing Victory 

System Council EM·4 

CHARLES H. PILLARD, Editor 

March, 

Biggest Electnc Generating Station in the Southwest 

Manufacturing Conference Held in Boston 

At Weslern I:.lectnc Hawthorne Worksa 

New Dimension in On-the-Job Safety 

Vocational Industrial Clubs of America 

OEPAHMENTS 

Editorial Comment 

Safety Tips 

Apprenticeship and Training 

Research and Education Department 

With the Ladies 

local Lines 

Dea th Claims 

ON OUR COVER- 

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A high·voltage tran smiSSion tower is 

shown being gUided into place in the 

vICinity of JlJnp.illJ. Alil5kil and In the 

Jurisdiction of LocaJ 1547. Brother Ken 

Hi ckey submitted this photograph to 

the Journal. 

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editorial COlnlnellt 

• The Amcriclm labor move ment ag:lin i ~ !

• In May. 1973 the m EW en· 

gaged in an organiling campaign 

10 organize into Ih!,! IllEW o\'er 

400 l'mployccs of thc 'iorthland 

Electric Motors plant IOCaicd in 

\ValerlO"'n, New York. Norl;,land 

Ekctric MOlars is a suhsidiar) of 

thc Scon & Feuer Corporation and 

i~ mllin busines:, is 10 suppJ) mOtors 

for the Kirby vacuum machine. 

On Jurw 7. 1973 lhe IBEW, having 

a suOicicnl numb..:r of authori· 

zation cards ~igncd b) the elllployees 

10 requiT'" it secret ballot 

election to determine the qu"',lion 

of J BEW aflilialion and rcpn.:scnt:llion 

of Northland employees. filcu 

for an NL RB ckction. The IB EW 

had hoped (n haY": a CUllwnt ekeliun 

bcfor..: July 4, but Ihe company. 

after deliberately ,tailing. 

agreed \0 an election in A u gU~L 

Bul because a greal majority of the 

employee!'> would Ix on vacation. 

the I BEW rdu"eo and an election 

wa!> sc heduled fo r Seph:n1ber 13. 

1973. 

During July ,md August the company 

had .. large turnover of employees; 

and in thl' lattl'r part of 

A ugu'\t Northland .. h:ppcd up Ihe 

campaign with captiVl.' audknce 

I1lccling~ twice a wed. with :t vice 

president ;uld an attorney from the 

parent company. Scl111 & Feller. in 

attendance. K..:y rabe'\ up to 35 

cents an hour wcre givcn to ce rtain 

clTlployee~. cmplo)cc, \\cre th rC:lt 

..:ned with lo~ or job .. in c;!'>!.! of 

~t r ikc. and articles 'Igainst the I BEW 

:lppcarcd in the ncw .. puper and on 

the mdio :.1:Ilion. Dc:.pile the .. e .11- 

tacks. on ciection day the nH\.· was 

161 for the IIlE\\' and 144 ngninsl. 

IBEW ORGANIZING VICTORY 

N.Y. are happy after organizing 

Harper. Van Lltz, Arline Carr, Lou 

Cathy O'Hara. PreSIdent Painela 

DeVito. Busmess Manager, Local 910. Watertown, N Y" Kenneth Day, In ternational 

Representative Dorothy Husted, Jerry Baker. Peg Simmons. Doris Alton, Bob 

Mathews, Executive Board members Tom Neddo, Ken Grosse, Jr" and Richard 

O'Oonnell. Bottom row, left to flgllt, are Treasurer Wanda Sprague, Vice PreSIdent 

Nancy Bacon, Recording Secretary Barbara LaFave. Executive Board Chairman 

Dorts Bovey, Executive Board members Luella Crandell. Rose Ramsey. and 

Charles Dunham. Absent from the picture are Financial Secretary Dawn Radley 

and Execut ive Board member Beverly Busto. 

Bill \ictOf) wa .. not )d realiLeu, 

111e com pan) filed ;1Il objl'Ction 

claiming overt induccm!.!nh and 

other ac" by the IBEW, T he regional 

NLRB ruled against the 

com pan)' and Northland appealed 

to the NLRB in Wa~hington. On 

November 26. the NLRB denied 

the appeal :lnd certificd the IBI; W 

a, the official exclu!>i\'e agent for 

the cmployee~ of Northland Electric 

Moton •. 

t\~ :I re:.ult of this hard-fought 

organi7ing campaign. the cmployet:s 

of Northland Ekctric Motor .. :ITe 

nuw rcpresented und!.!r the bllllner of 

IBEW chartered LoclIl 2101. Wmerto\\I1. 

Nt:w Vorl. wilh full bargaining 

right:.. In charge of the eamp:lign 

for the I BE\\ was Thin.! District 

Il1tcrnatiOllll1 Rl·pre .. entUli .....: Dorothy 

lI u~ted. w ho wa~ :Ibly assi .. ted by 

Kcnndh Day. busine),~ manager of 

Local 910. Watertown, New York; 

Donald Elliott. pre:.idell l of Local 

554. W:ll erlOwn. New York: Lois 

Harri ... a m!.!rnb~·r of Local 1377, 

Clt:vdanu. Ohio: and the organi7ing 

committee of Northland Electric 

Motnn. em pIn) ee, who arc now 

nwmbcrs of the JOE\\'. All these 

pef'oom arc to be congratulated and 

c()fnlllentied for II line job. 

Congratulations and special thanks 

g{\ tn l,oc:11 2101 memb('rs who 

donated cOllntlc,s hours of their 

personal tim!.! to the campaign by 

att.:nding mceting. ... di~lributing union 

icands. ,oliciting union authorization 

card ... lIlal.ing tckphone calls. 

and p.:rformingolhercarnpaign wor!.. 

Ih;lImah·the IllEW \'ictory possible. 

Portsmouth, N.H. Telephone Answering Service Employees Choose IBEW 

• On Oclolxr 26, 1973, the lif'o\ 

meding belwe~n empl(l)!'!\!' of the 

PomlTloulh. New I irlmp"hire Telephone 

An,wering St:f\ icc and th!.! 

I BEW was held, I ntcrnational Rl!prc..scnlat 

ivcs John Carr ;lIld Kara 

l\'lulvey mel with the cmplo)c.: .. 10 

discuss thc union. and authuri/ation 

cards wcrc signed. 

During the next two wce!.. ... two 

employec, were laiu 01T nnu one 

was fi red. T hest: act ion'\ were accom]Jlltl 

icd by ~ Ia te lll cnts ~uc h a~ " I 

hale 10 dl1 Ihis but the union is not 

gClling in here," Lette,", wriucn 10 

the crnplo~ccs .. tated that the bm .. 

\\OIlld make :I "\\onuaful friend 

buIll mi .. crable enemy." 

The\, emplo)ct: .. 'tated on October 

26 tlHI\ thcy would .. tic!.. 

1(1g~·lhcr. and con"cquently rallicu 

behind the employee.. v. ho were 

di~lI1i .... eu fmm their jobs. 

Additiuual mceting .. were held 

with International Repre\cntative), 

Carr and Mulvey and A,si .. tant 

Busine ..... MunagN Patricia Hutc:hin 

,on, I.ncal 2310. Manchc~ter, New 

Ifamp .. hirc. 

llnfllir lahur practice charges 

w!.!rc fiku. :lnu \\hen the National 

Labor Rei;ltioll'i Board (NLRB) 

imcstigalcd. Ihe employees prm idl'd 

over 30 pages of tClotimony in support 

of the charges. 

On NO\'cmbcr 26. ju~t one month 

after the initial meet ing with m EW 

representatives. Ihe employees of 

CfJllfillllCt/ 0/' (!IIO:C 22 

M .... h. 1974 

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\5lJotem 

Gouncil 

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Diocuooeo 

'74 

These scenes show negotiators in session. 

Negotiotiono 

ond 

GOOrdinoted 

Borgoining 

ot 

;\nnuol 

Meeting 

. "' he anl1ual Il1c(,lin!,!. ()f SY'[\.'111 

Council EM-.t, GClll'fal Cable em 

]JOralion (Gee) employe('" \\;.'> 

hel d in Ri via 

wilh Ih" co .. t-nf-l iving dau~l' nl'guliatl'tl 

in Ill7 1 and the Ik'lhiull and 

in .. uralH,:e gain .. madl' in recent CI\Jltrart~. 

In 11)7 -1 nq,!.)tiatioll' thc Jdcgatl''' 

l'xprl" .. l'd the nc..:d for il1lproh'd 

[angUllgl' in Ihl' agr..:ell1cnh 

and in th l' pension plan to protect 

thl' l'mpl\l~cl' in cas..: of a plant 

.. hwdcl\\ll. I hl' ddcgllt.: .. \\Cfl' in 

,lrul'll'd 10 review all of Iheir b:lrgail1ing 

lkl11and~ in their local 

unilln" and 10 .. ubmil them in 1illle 

tlEW JD","'QI

These scenes show negotIators in session. 

~ 

ror the Fcbru'H) Council ~x ...·..:uti\c 

Board Illo.!cl ing. 

EM-4 oflic..::rs and ExecutiY\! 

Board member!> whu wil! !c'ld the 

ncgnl i ation~ indud!.': Chairman Joe 

Ru,,\otto. Local 868, Bayonne. New 

kr: TrcOl\· 

urer Norm Och:., Local I Yt)3. 

Monticello. Ill inois: and Executive 

Board m..:mbcrs AI Blatccky. Local 

226R. Kingman, Ari.,-ona; Dave 

M CHC h. 1974 

Gla!>:.m:lI1. Local 1800. Elkton. 

M:Il] land: and Idell Rigby, Local 

2164. Brandon. Mississippi. 

Following the COllncil meeting, 

Ih..:: Indu,trial Union DcpartrncrH of 

the AFL-C IO cOllvcncJ the fiN 

J UD-G.:ncral Cable Coonlinah:J 

Bargaining C()Jlullin,x me..:ting of 

alJ union, reprc~cl1ting Get1eTal 

Cable l'lllployces. C\loruin(l!(lr 10hn 

CiplIrro Il'd the uiscu, ... ior. on the 

need anu re.!.pon ... ibilities involved 

in an [UD-cooruinalcd bargaining 

program. A ueluilcll report wa, presented 

[0 the uck'galc .... compMing 

[he contractual benefits and tht" 

pct1~iiln lUld in~urallcc plans of 

every collective b.trgaining agreernc 

rH with Gee. 

Future mccting.' of the Committee 

v. ill b..: held to tlc\dop bargaining 

~tralegy in 1974. In mJditiuJI [0 

thl' IBEW. other international 

uniulI'i rCIHe,enling GeC employec" 

im:luue the Mm:hilli'I~, rUE, 

Teamsters. Auto Workers, UE. and 

Sted\\ Mkl'rs. 

,

• rhere arc big bendil .. al Ihe 

biggl!),t ekclric generating M'llion in 

Ihe South\\>c\l. Some lx'nefils werc 

given by nature, and Ulhc~ wer..: 

gained at the tmrgaining tabh,.·. 

This is thl! ~i t e of the Navaju 

Gem'rating Swtion. where an operating 

erew of about 300 "ill produce 

power fo r u~e in Ari7.0na, 

California. unu Nevada. Already 

morc than I UU ere" member:. arc 

at thl.! Mation. preparing for thl' 

~Wrt of commercial opcra ti on~ next 

May of the fil"')t of three 750.()()O.. 

kilo\\att unit ... Another 1,700 con 

'truction worl.l!r\ arc busy building 

uniL~ 2 and 3, which will be compktcd 

in May. 1975 and May, 

1976. 

Thi)' is also thl.! ukc Pow('[J 

countr}. location of the ~('ondlargest 

n:~crv() i r on the North 

Aml!rican continent. And that 

mean!. ~\\i rnm ing. boating. water 

~kii ng . and trout and bass Ih hing. 

And it 's Nuvajo country-with 

eye-filling viM;l" of red rock ml!~a!. 

and plalc:IU~. ,catlcred hogam. ;lIld 

fl ock.. of 'hcep. This b where 

Navajo arti'ian .... till wea'e blanl.ets 

and muke turquoise jewelry. 

I)agl.' itsdf has that kind or ... rnall· 

\()wn atlllo~plll're 

that permeate), a 

place of only 4.000 permanent resi· 

denbo Thi ~ i .. e~pc'cia ll y so bccau

March, 19 74 

Shown is the Na\lajo Generating Station, 

loelled near Page, Ariz. The first 01 three 

units is scheduled lor completion in 

May, 1974. 

The generating station is situated in the 

area of Lake Powell, second largest 

reservoir on the North American continent. 

which offers year-round boatmg and fishing. 

lion from other SRP fac ilities arc 

guaranteed pay for 10 hours per 

day for 12 consecutive da)s; and 

that includes double-lime pay for 

all work after the first 60 hours in 

a workweek. 

• If maintenance work is 

awarded 10 outside contractors. station 

emplo)ccs who do the :.amc 

kind of jobs will work thl' same 

number of hours as thl! "outsiders:' 

• Moving expenses for up to 

8,000 pounds are paid by management 

for SRP employees who transfer 

10 thc 'avajo Station: however. 

if an employee voluntarily terminates 

before one year of se rvice at the 

station. he must reimburse the SRP 

on a pro-rata basis commensurate to 

the time remaining in the first-year 

assignment. 

• After three years at Navajo. 

employees who bid to another SRP 

facility will be reimbursed for 50 

perccnt of the moving expenses to 

the new assignment. 

The Navajo Generating Slaliol1 

will cost about $6 I 3 million for 

construction with about $200 million 

for environmental protection. 

Navajo Project participants arc dedicated 

to making the station the 

epitome of environmental protection 

-an asset to Page and a credit to 

the electrical industry. 

Nature helps somewhat in environmental 

protection by providing 

high-grade coal at Black Mesa. The 

average ash content is only 7.93 

percent, and the average sulfur content 

is only one-half of one percenl. 

But to make matters even beller, 

Ihe NavlIjo participants havc ordered 

$40 million worth of hot electrostatic 

prccipitators. which havc a 

design efficiency of 99.5 percent. 

Each of the three g.enerating units 

will have 16 separate prccipitawr 

chambcrs. Furthcrmore. each chamber 

can be isolated so that indhidual 

maimenance can be l>erformed 

while the rcst of the chambers are 

in operation. 

Sulfur dioxide removal equipment, 

costing about $94 million. is 

being designed in an accelerated research 

and development program at 

the Mohave Gcnerating Station at 

the southern tip of Nevada. The research 

is a joint effort by Navajo 

and Mohave participants. 

COIl/i/rliCll Oil /'(Ier 70 

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MANUFACTURING 

CONFERENCE 

HELD IN 

BOSTON 

• I he fall ~ l anufac(uring :md 

So.:nico.: Local Unions Conference 

\\ll~ hdd at the Ll.:nox 1I00ei. Bo~ · 

ton. \1a!>!>OIchusl.:lIl•. o n NO\L'mbcr 

16. 11173" O\l.:r 60 ddcgale~ \\erL' 

prL· .... nt. rcprc .. enting about 25 diffL"rcnl 

10c:II\. IllIroduclion of th ... 

ddl.:gat..... r",vl.::tlcd th... vcry \\ itk 

r,lIl!!c :IIlU "Cllpl.' of IBE\\ or~afli 

.I;l[illn m Nc\\ Englanu-(rom 

nuck-ar !>utmmrin..:!> to 111L' tinie .. t 

dio(k .. and [rall.. iMllr~" Sl)rne of [he 

IUI:ul .. function with :t .. ingle large 

emplo)l.:r of ,>

' 

handling of legitimate cases. "Our 

problem." said Mullaney. " is more 

orten in the form of complaints 

from female members who do not 

want to be trealed '('qual' in terms 

of work assignment. We've been 

able," he said, "10 raise :.ubslantially 

the earning levels of the 

worn':l1 workers in Local 1505 without 

the need of leaning upon the 

law," 

Brotller Mullaney also urged thc 

member.; 10 participate in all available 

I BEW activities. and emphasized 

the case with which the locab can 

attend the International Convention. 

"Our COIl.')litulion allows sufficient 

rei mbu rsement 10 the delegate (0 

pconil even the smallest of our 

local!. 10 send delegates without too 

much sacrifice," he said. 

International Representative John 

Carr spoke of the plan to charier 

a flight 10 thc 1974 Convention. 

as req u e~te

At 

Western 

Electric 

Hawthorne 

Twenty months ago the c 

T 

oncept was a first' th 

oday. the JOint H th In e natioq 

aw Orne C / U 

'tt 0, nion Advisory C 

01, . ee on Safety and Health has bee . om 

productive in the natiOn .. n ludged the most 

Day" has become a wo ~ ~afety 365_AII Day. Every 

r s'wlde safety p 

National Safety C . rogram and the 

ouncil has confer d ' 

of honor On local 1859 re rts highest award 

• • IBEW as well 

Its rare special citatO . as awarding 

IOn to Safety Director J p • 

a member of the Joi t c . ' , 0 Connor, 

n ommlttee, 

Midwest Electrical News 

September 1973 ' 

Works-A New DimensioJ 

• Labor and managcment have 

joined ran~., again.,t olHhc-job ae!,:i· 

denls and injurie., at Western Ekc· 

tric's Ha wthorne Work'l in Chicago. 

Together thcy hu\'l.~ formed Ilaw 

Ihorne\' Company-Union Advi"ory 

COlllmittce on Safety and Heliith 

onc of the nation's first. And after 

20 l1Ionth ... Ihey agn:c Ihal Ihc ne\\ 

safety concept i" ~lIcceeding_ 

The nine-member comminee. 

wh ich rcview" sa fety and health 

practice" \~ithin Ihe Work~, consi"h 

of four union lklegales. four management 

lleople, allll a ehllinnan_ 

Union members rcpre .. ent t()(:al~ 

1859.1864. and 1806, International 

BrotherlHxxl of lIectrical Work ..:r... 

AFt-CiO. 

In pral·ticc. the cUlllmittec lackle .. 

an) on-the-job safclY prublcm. 

ranging fmm m:lchin.:ry affect ing 

one cmpluyec In Ihe handling IIf 

ha7ardmh materiall> in .. hop\ \.. here 

hundred, of employces work . COIllmittel.' 

members rcvic\\ acddell! 

ca!...:~. di~cll"s Ih .. ir cau.,e .., and "ugge: 

.., way, to prevent their relw.:currcnce, 

Tht!y alw rc\ ic\ .. prote'tive 

c(l uipmerH and conduct ,afet) inspectiom 

in .. hop area .., 

From ;I labur relatiuns \ie\\. the 

committec is al,o significant for what 

it f/Of''iII', do. It doc,n', rephll'c tnt- 

anh! option ... 

remain. but Il a\\thorne uniun, h:!\e 

an added ;j\enue, \ iii the comminee 

J he:y call air pmhlertl and rc,ur" 

on ~afLI}' probkJll~ Ihal we ean rcporl 

10 the employee.'> we repr~·,cnl." 

Committee Ch:lirman roepp cite\ 

an opeTilling ild\'a nt ag~ for hi, pro· 

ft~,~iunal lleoplc : "A stafT org:tn;/ation 

like: our .. doesn't u"u:llI~ elHllt! 

into daY-lo-dny COnt:lCl \~ith the 

union" If we were aware of pmbleTt1\ 

rai~e(1 hy union rnernber~ l)l·· 

fore, it \\ ,1\ usually becau~c of Ollr 

conlact ... wilh operming pcopk \\ ho 

h;r\c da~-t(} .. day rclation'hip' with 

them, Frequent stafT contilc" through 

the commiu e:c IInw gi\t! " .. union 

\-ie\\poilll, directl). ~o \\l' :rdd emphusi, 

:lIld direction to the prnhkrn~ 

f:rdug union-reprcsented empJilyecs 

and their ,upcnisors," 

An air IIf ()J~II objeclivil~ :tnd Ihe 

problem ,(lIving approach Jlen ade 

the ,onunillec's monthl) mecting'. 

~ays Chairrn:rn T ocpp. "I he com mOil 

eonce:rn for ,afe!y a\oid, lht: ad 

\·cr~ary mcrtones he;ml in ,orne 

labor-management meetings, AI the 

'aml' time. h~' adds. mcmh~'" don' t 

Iwld had their feeling... or th l ' 

fae", rt!al i/ing that health and 'afct~ 

prtlbkm\ cuuld become gri('\ ,rnees. 

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labor management com· 

millee's monthly meeting 

(foreground, c'ockwise) 

chairman, Burt Toepp II, 

assistant manager, plant 

engineering: Gene Koz· 

lowski, ISEW local 1859; 

George Greenwood. safety 

supervisor: Walt Lopinski, 

ISEW Local 1864: Jack 

O'Connor. 18EW Locat 

1859: Bill Hanen, IIldus· 

t rial hygiene and environmental 

engineeri ng super· 

visor; Bill Shanklin. ISEW 

l oc31 1806: and WJlt Oas· 

kas, a plant t rades super· 

visor. 

On-The-Job Safety 

" U something is wrong. y,o.!·r~ here 

10 correct it:' say Tocpp. describing 

the commillec's dircct approaeh. 

Besides their concern for ~arCI}. 

labor and management members of 

the commitce share common ground 

in olher areas. Like some management 

counterparts. sevenll union 

members belong 10 the same professional 

societies, receive ll1 ufety .11' 

proach. and I belie\'e that 11 01\\ 

thome's committee is the mo~t productive 

in the lIution'-' 

Not atl of the committee'" problem 

cases-including long-rang.: 

proj.:cts. of course-are resolved 

quickly. At a recell t IIh.:eting, members 

reviewed the st atus of 26 cases, 

including engineering ~ t udics. closed 

two and introduced four new OIlC\ 

fllr commiltee considcration. 

The health and safety problems 

that the commiu1,.·C reviews arc not 

safety tips 

for you and your family 

NEEDED: 

MORE 

~~~ COMPLIANC~ 

OFFICERS 

OSHA 

SEEKS 

TO 

RECRUIT 

MORE 

COMPLIANCE 

OFFICERS 

FROM 

THE 

RANKS 

OF 

UNION 

MEMBERS 

WITH 

PRACTICAL 

EXPERIENCE 

IN 

SAFETY 

, 

" 

ISEW J, .. "nal

- 

• OS HA has recently taken 

steps to increase the numocr of 

compliance officers from union background:.. 

" HislOricaJly. unions have 

b...--en among the leading supporters 

of OSHA aClivilil.'s." As!>islanl &."'CrNaf} 

John H. Slender. head of 

OSHA . points OUL •• \\'~ f..:c/ that 

the praclical cxpcrkncc and training 

in safcl), m;lIl) union members 

receive could be valuable qualifying 

cxpcrio!r1cc for our compliance 

o!1iccrs. As p .. rt of OUf overall effort 

to recruit more compliance oftic..:rs. 

then. we ar.:: trying 10 lap Ihis pool 

of talent:' 

Likl.! all federal age n cic~, OSHA. 

by law, cannot hire rll~W cmployc.:s 

directly but IllU:.! recruit through the 

Civil S .... rvicc COlllllli!.1>ion. In the 

p":.1. the Civil Service Conuni", .. iofl's 

Mid-Level OuaJificali()n~ llrid lippar.:ntly 

had been ;Ill obst

Local 613 Cited For 

Top Safety Campaign 

• Gl.!nrgja Govanor Jimmy 

Carter j"Ul'U an oflici .. 1 Proclamalion 

(."tllllnll:nding Local 613. 

Allanta. and the 1-\ (l:uII 1I';lh .\'(1/1'1.1' 

cnntain..:d inforll1alioll l'ornpil..:tI by 

th ..: U.S. Con,UrlIcr Prnduch Safl'l~ 

('olllmi"ion, amI c()\cr~'d in tldail 

the hn7!Inh pr ...·wnt in th..: many 

decor,lIion .., [ril11 l1l ing.', and gifh of 

thl' h olilla~ \ea,un, I' ree" ('h..:mical 

,Il'cnration... ligh.... and c:lIldles 

werc among it..:nh di-.cu ..,cd. I h..: 

p:lm phkt\ had pand li'h!d ,omc 

uf the pui,on h:tlanh ml)!C COI11- 

mon at Chri"I11:", :lI1tl l'arrkd Ihe 

num ber uf the POi-.l1l1 CUIlITtl1 

Ccnl..:r (If Grad) M":lIIllri ;11 Ilmpilal. 

A 'l'lCcial ictter \.\as ,em ttl more 

[han 7.(X)O prim:ip:tl .. :In,1 te a c h ..: r ~, 

urgi ng Ihem [tl h:lvc 'lUdenh ta ke 

Ihc p:lluphkt homc fur parcnh III 

,tud) and I....:cp on hand for r..:f .... r 

~' n ce, I he kUer ~uggc:-;!C( l vil.!wi ng 

[WO l>Jl..:cial Chrhtrna, s afc[~ [..:1..:- 

Proclamation 

local 613. Atlanta. Ga, and the Atlanta Chapter. NECA, had a Proclamation 

ISSUed by Governor Jimmy Carter In recognItion of thetr Chrtstmas safety cam, 

palgn, Gat hered on that occaston, lelt 10 rl.llilt. were Bernard Trtmble. public te 

lattons director 01 Atlanta Chapter. NECA, Bill Bradford. Local 613 customer 

relations representative: Local 613 Busllless Manager Harry Bexley, Geor.llf! 

Peterson. Atlanta NECA Chapter mana.ller, Governor Carter; and Ed walton. prest 

denl of the Atlanta Chapter. NECA 

1..:t' on \\ ~U 1{,ldio during 

the I'hanl..,gi\ing \\.;e l.. \,.·ml. 

COmm ...·nting on the Chri,lma, 

,af,·t~ program. Il arr) Ik\k) ,aid, 

" III ('(Imhining all dC Il1 ":ll h of thi, 

program 11ll' tli,triblllilln nf Ihl' 

llarnphlct, thrtl ugh the ,chllok ,uppl 

ying [h":l11 frcc Itl th" llIallY tltgalI 

i/:lliOl" which reqlh,·'tcll c(lpie', 

and Ihe 'tal...·I\iu..: [d..:\j'llln l'Olerag..:-we 

\,.',111 lal..l' ju,titiahk' prill..: 

in having made Chri\lmu , ,afc!" fOl' 

I1 HUl~ peurk in all par" of our 

grl·a[ ,Iatl', I he pmpcr u,e IIf del" 

t rkj t ~ i .. a l ilal part of Chri~lJna, 

' af ...·I~. I h..: ,I..ilkd del·t rician i, 

cntl!;c TIIl'd \Iith hi .. own ':lrCI~ and 

till' ,afl·l~ IIf ot lt l'r, in hi, d'lil~ 

""'\Irl.. . '-\\ l a[ hl'r~ and gr:llldfalhcr" 

\\" arc l'lHlCl' Trl ..:tI wilh th ..: ,afe l) nf 

\lIlr dlildr ~'n and all l'h ildrl' n. ! hI.' 

k·alk .... hip and llIen of our 10c:11 

union h,l\e welcoll1ed Ihe llPlxlr 

[tillit~ In I:d, ,' part in thi ~ impon;mt 

public 'cr\ icc. It i, :.oIiJ f,'1 idl'lIl.'l· 

that labor and manag ...' nlent call and 

lhl \\url.. tngcl hl"r for the puhlil' 

g(lod:' 

I dg:lr C. Wallon, \ icc prl, .. ilknl 

Ilf Di,ic I kctrie COll1r:tn~ and 

prl',ilknt of the Atlanla Charta. 

"ECA. ,aid, "The 26 IIll'mher 

lirn" nf our Chapter lie\.\ thl' 

Chri,tma, ,afct) rrngr

IBEW Locals 1379 and 1249 Receive Safety 

Award of Commendation 

local 1379. Davenport, lao and l ocal 1249, Syracuse. N.Y. were the reCIpients of 

the Award 01 Commendation plesented at the Nallonal Safety Congress In Chi· 

cago. The Award IS designated the Harry Read Memorial Award for labor Organi 

lations, named in honor o f the late assistant to Ihe secretary-treasure, of t he 

AFL·CIO. Documents Judged In behalf of the locals for the year 1972 Included 

Involvement of members In vanous on and·off-Ihe·job safety acllvlties. The ISEW, 

With over 100 locals partiCipating In the Safety Congress, has the largest representation 

among participating International unions. Shown, left to right, afe 

Warren An gerer, Local 1379, president; Ray Ward, Loca! 1379 safety committee· 

man: Bob Fritz, Local 1379 sa fety chairman: and Roy E. Christensen, Lodge 851. 

Joliet. III., International ASSOCiation o f Machinists. 

SI10wn With the Award are Local 1249 members Robert D. Langtry, safely super· 

Visor, left, and Wallace D. Houck, sa l ety director, both 01 the New YOlk State 

Llneman'S Safety Training Fund. 

('",Hillll('" froll! 1m!.!,' " 

nwnagClllent c it ....\ the rdrc\hcr 

course a~ an important f;IClor in 

helping to red uce truck damage 

co ~ts to building). and ddi\cr .... d 

good~ by one-third. Mo re ill1f>ortantly, 

IlawthOl"lll!; cxpcrknccd no 

lost-tim .... accidents o r i n j ul ' i e~ in- 

Ma lth, 1914 

\'ol\ing inuu\triaJ \rucl. driver, for 

seyc r:J1 years. 

\\ hcn union-r .... prcsentcd employl'C' 

balked at \waring companypm\'itkd 

earmutTs in \hop area, 

whe re nob,; level, muke them 

mandato ry, committeemen joined 

safety Ih!oplc and o p\.'rating supcrvison. 

for ).ho p IIII"s about the problem. 

Pka ......· :lcccpt :I lin!..: discomfort, 

they urged .. hop employees, 

whik w:lys arc ex plor .... d to make 

them more comfortable or reduce 

the 1lI1ise to e;lrmuff-free level s, 

rhat's a problem that the committee 

ho p .... ~ to re .. o lve, while the employ 

.... e' in voh' .... ll have thcir hea ring 

prope rl ) prot\'cled. 

COllllllitt ... c mcmber\ havc bcen 

eon"ciou\ of \h... l1 ... ed for emplo)cc 

II1\,ol\ ... l11el1t in Ilawthorn c'!

New President for System 

Council T·3 

At Building Trades Business Agents Institute 

Shirley Chapman, Local 818, Oswosso. 

MiCh., is the new president o f System 

CounCil T·3. 

. 011 NO\cmbcr 17, 1973, th..: 

FXL'ClIti,(' Bo.lrd appninkd Shirk~ 

Chapman prc\idcnt of S)"'l'lI1 COIIIIcil 

1-3 upon the rL'\ignalion llf 

Robal Fo l ichigan 

,inc\! 1953. ,LIlli in S),It..'11I Coundl 

1'-3 .. inc... il.. f"ruliuiotl. She has 

~('n a 'Iewanl for thL' [farlie dJ.:' 

partrncnt at "lImorc ~incc 1953; 

recording 'l'crcl:tr) of Lo.:;11 HI R for 

the p:l\1 15 )(';1"': a 111\'lI1b ••.'( of the 

(l'am ",hil'h furrn..-d f)),kl1l Council 

1-3: and a Local 81M ddcgatc 

to SV~lcm Council T-3 ,incl' it was 

forn;cll. In audition ,he :tucndcd all 

colkcthc b,'fgainillg negotiations 

wilh Gl'llcral rckphmh.: Company 

Ilf Michig;m during Ihc pa'it 17 

}"::lrs, and h,1\ worked a'l a lel(' 

phon~ ()p~rator almml cOlllinlLolL~ly 

,incc 19-12. 

)\.1"". Ch,lpman :Il·l,.'cplI!d thl' presilkncy 

;1' a cha!kng.: ami an opporlunil) 

to .... ork for Ihe bettermenl of 

:III Illem}x',... of Ihe 'h: !oe:l! uniOIl\ 

:lflil i,lled \~ilh S}'lem Council r-3. 

She i .. married III Men/u Chapman. 

fXr-lIlM~h:r of Blanchard. 

Michig,l!l. and ha ~ Iwu daughlers. 

S) ~ICIl1 CI)lIn.:ill-3 h pr\·\.:ntl~ 

making illl neccssar~ pr.:paraliom 

for the forthcoming b,lrgaining W'> 

,>ion~ with Gelleral I dephonc Compan) 

of 'Ikhigan. rhc-.c .. I.· .. sion .. 

will COlllllh'ncc ,ollh,tim.: in April. 

1974 and \\iIl im.:luuc a \'oag.: 

n~nl'r. pcn\iun plan .• IOU one mher 

propo .. al frum the union and un.: 

from Ih.: Company. 

Oflin'rs and :.tcward:. (Gl'ncral 

Telephone Company of Mkhigan) 

training 

.. 

sessions werc conducted in 

Labor leaders who recently completed the Institute for Building Trades Busmess 

Agents semillar at Ihe AFl·CIO Studies Center in Washmgton, D.C. are shown here. 

These men partiCipated In an intensive week long course studymg varoous aspects 

of labor law, construction Industry economiCS, occupational safety and health. and 

the Construction Industry Stabilization Comrlllttee. IBEW members. seated, are 

Richard E. Stromberg, busmess manager, l ocal 99, PrOVidence, R.I., third from 

lefl, and David J. Cornelius. bUSiness manager. local 996. Bradford, Pa .• fourth 

from right. Standing are Ronald G. Hughes, Sr., business manager. local 631, 

Newburgh, N.V .. third from left: louis Reilsor, business manager. Local 369. 

LOUIsville, Ky., fourth from Lelt: R.chard PanagrosSI, assistant bUSiness manager, 

local 90, New Haven. Conn .• eighth from lell: and EdWin D. HIlL, busmess man 

ager, Local 712, Beaver, Pa .. e)(tfeme nght . Not shown IS Busmess Manager 

Hubert fisher. local 637. Roanoke, Va, who also attended. 

Marie V. Downey Memorial Charities Fund 

Many underprivileged children in the Washington, D.C. area were made happy 

at Christmas time by the eHorts of the 1973 Christmas Charities Committee of 

the Mane V. Downey MemOrial Chanties fund Committee. ISO Chnstmas stock· 

Ings were donated to the Salvation Army lor unfortunate boys and glfls; bo)(es of 

lood and complete clothing OUtfitS tor 15 children were given to the Central 

Union MISSion for poor famlhes and needy children. All members are IBEW office 

employees and belong to local 2. OHice and Professional Employees Interna· 

honal Union. Gathered around the array of beautiful grlls are, left to nght, 

Denyse CO)(, Jean Wllhams, Gladys Waddell. (director. MDMCf), AntOinette Owens 

Marie Crabtree, Cecilia Wllhamson, Georgette lee, Margaret Bryant. (secretary. 

MDMCF), Susan long, ChriS If"'Ilng, lillian Conrad, Ruth Dove, Sharron Zentko, 

Cindy Mullikin, Anabel Taylor, Margar!;!t Bostwick. and Evelyn George. Absent 

when picture was taken, Hazel Gross, Katie fiOri, Shirley Adams. and Ann Eldridge. 

carl~ Fcbnlary. 1974 in the 'ii'( :lfliliatcd 

Joe ..]., of S~'leJl1 ('uuncil '1'-3 

b) Bu,in.::.\ '''''nager 'Iichad 

Kc1lr:y. SlIbj':Ch cm.:r.:d w.:rc ollie 

.... ""· and 't.... w;m.l!\· r':'Jx)U~ibililit:~ 

and duties.: union ,",ccuri!): grie\';Jncc 

proecdurc~; arbitration procedures; 

n~golj .. tcd changes in the contract; 

and oth.:r .. ubje.:" brought up b) 

Iho..c aUl.'nding: and b) Bu~in .::.!'> 

~lanllgl.!r Kdl.:y. ThL'Se s':5 . 

(c'(litor'\ Noll.': Tlu' (lho\"(' WlH 

1II/1IIIillf'll by \/i("/I(ft'i .-I. 1\1'11£'.,'. 

hll.lilll'l's 1I1t11Il1}:er, Sy.\{('111 COl/lleil 

T.J.) 

'BEW Jo".n .. ' 

I 

1

apprellticeship 

& traillillg 

Education and Training 

' 

• Lei u, distingu ish between education 

ami training. and discuss 

how [he), rclat..:: to each other. 

Some people (ev..:n a fl!w within 

the industry) believe Ihal appr..::ntic..: 

.. hip may be 100 long and that 

our ClH r:l llCC rcquirl'llIcll lS arc perhaps 

100 high. Some well meaning 

people feci that a high school diplom3 

~houlJ not be requ ired. But 

practically evcry local effort to indud.: 

apprentices \~ho do not meet 

the minimum cntrancc requirements 

has resulted in loss of the "pprentice 

from the program. dissatisfaction 

0 11 the part of the apprcI11ic..:. the 

JATC. Of bot h, or the need for remedial 

ed ucation concurrent with 

apprclllicc\hip. "hich the JATC is 

ill prepared to supply. 

The national standards arc based 

on the premt'c [hal the school s}s· 

tcm i .. obligated and lx'st qualificd 

to elitl("(II{', and the prcrogative ;Ind 

respon:.ibility of the industry is to 

Irain. 'I hose who urg ..- llcccptance 

of 16·ycar·old high school droJXHII.try. 

In this country we have re:l.son· 

ably uniform requirements for clec· 

(rician.. occausc ",e have standardized 

cle ... trical hardware and equipment, 

a Nillion:11 Electrical Code. 

the Inlcrnlllional Brotherhood of 

Electric:!1 Workers, a National 

El cctricll] Contracto rs Association, 

a nd a National Electrical A pprcnticel>hi 

p Cou rse. Because of this il 

is I)()s!.ible, adviSlible. and necessary 

for us 10 have nalional standards 

of entrance and pe rfo rmance. rhese 

national standards havc evolved 

a nd developed by carefully observing 

the succes!.es and fail ur..:s of approxim 

ately 400 J AT Cs training 

approx inlllt ely 25,000 appr.:ntices 

at :Hl y given tim e in a n:l!i onall y 

unifo rm manner over a numbe r of 

years. Expe rience gathered from 

this unionized crrort has d.:termined 

the policy, standards. skill requirements, 

and course cont.: .. t of our 

industry. 

roday we hear much about "va 

Jielity" study whic h. in e~.!oence , is 

a profc~~ional slUdy of a small 

group of indivieJullJ.., the outcome 

of which may be U\..:

departlnellt of Research 

and Edllcation 

I 

/ 

• 

I\. 

-... 

• 

V 

• American workers. thanks prim"d!y 

10 organized labor's efforts at 

the bargai ning table. fi nd that they 

have increased leisure lime on their 

hands. Their unions have won for 

them more paid holidays (n standard 

of nine. wit h some contracts 

providing for as mally :15 15); longer 

paid vacations (as many as eight or 

morc weeks for long-time employees): 

bonus pay during vacations 

(aimosl 10 percent of all mai~r collective 

bargaining agreeillents surveyed 

by the U.S. DCP 

Union worker" began to win paid 

vacation provisions in the years immediately 

preceding World War II : 

by r 940. (I nc of cvcry fou r orga 

n i7cd workers was covered hy an 

;lgrco,:lllent Ihat provided for some 

Iype of vacalion. D uring World War 

II. il stamtanl vacation pla n wal> 

adopted by the National War Labor 

Board-one week of paid vacation 

aft er one year of service and a maximum 

.. 

of two weeks of paid vacation 

INC REASED LEIS URE TIME 

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX--UNITED STATES AVERAGE 

Source, U.S. Deporlmenl of lobar Bureau of lobar Sla lis t;C$ 

RE VISED INDEX SERIES--Re f e re n c:e Bose, U. S. A verage, 1967 = 100 

All All 

Index 0011 hem, ham, Appo.el Heollh 

Com. , 

Co m· T,on.po'. & Ra.· 

Monrh-Yeor bined ' biMeI Fooel Hou ling Upkee p totion ,eotion 

Dec. 1973 161.1 138.5 151.3 140.5 130.5 126.7 133.0 

Nov. 1973 160.0 137.6 150.0 139.4 130.5 125.8 132.6 

Oel. 1973 158.9 136.6 148.4 138.1 129.6 125.0 132.1 

Sepl. 1973 157.6 135.5 148.3 136.6 128.3 123.9 131.1 

Aug. 1973 157. 1 135.1 149.4 135.2 126.5 124.5 130.5 

luI. 1973 154.3 132.7 140.9 134.2 125.8 124.8 130.3 

Dec:. 1972 148.0 127.3 126.0 131.2 125.0 126.3 127.5 

Dec. 1971 143.2 

Dec. 1970 138.5 

Dec. 1969 131.3 

Dec. 1968 12 3.7 

1 1957.59 Ref,'ence 80ie. 

NOTE: Con.ume. P.iCI" yeo. wo. 11.2 PO;nl>. o. 8.8%. 

Pe,.a ntage inc,eo.a be,ween two dote. ;. colculo.ed by .ub1loc' ing 'he Ind •• 

Numbe. I"r the earlier dOl. Irom thaI 1o. the lo'e. do'e. cnd by dividing .ho 

•.. ull by the index numbe' 10. th e eorlie, dote. ,he" multiplying by 100. 

exAMPLE: f or the pe.iod of OK. 1972 1o OK. 1973: 138.5 - 127.3 = 11.2 Inde. 

Poi .... ; 11.2 di"ided by 127.3 = .0879 x 100 = 8.8%. 

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX-- CANAD IAN AVERAGE 

SOURCE: STATISTICS CANADA (1961 100) 

Inde. Dote Item, '" 

Heolth & Recreolion 

Com. hon.f>CI" Penonol ood 

Month- Yeo. bined '~d HaUling Clothing lo tion Ccre Reoding 

Dec. 

Nov. 

Ocl. 

Sep. 

Aug. 

Jul. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

NOTE , 

1973 

1973 

1973 

1973 

1973 

1973 

1972 

1971 

1970 

1969 

1968 

156.4 

155.5 

154.3 

153.9 

153.0 

151 .0 

143.3 

136.3 

129.8 

127.9 

122.3 

172.1 

17 1.8 

169.7 

170.2 

168.7 

163.5 

147.1 

157.3 145.0 

156.1 143.8 

154.9 142.3 

154.4 139.5 

153.6 138.4 

152.8 138.2 

146.8 135. 1 

141.4 161.1 148.3 

140. 1 160.8 148.3 

139.7 159.3 147.8 

139.6 157.8 147.2 

138.7 157.5 146.9 

136.7 156.3 146.9 

133.4 151.8 141.4 

Conodo', Con.umet P,ice Index 1o, all item. increo,ed 0 .9 index pain .. du.ing the 

lo,t mon.h, o. 0.6%. Thi, equolled on cnnuol ,cte 01 increo •• 01 7.2% (12 " 0.6. 

The increo •• d ..,ing the po.t yeo. woo 13. 1 poinl

MOST COMMON VACATION PROVISIONS 

Percent 01 101 Contra(" Potte.n Affecting 

Co~trac" 1.9 Million Wo(~ers 3.' Million Wor.en 

1 week afte r 

1 yeor of service 50.5 35.8°0 1,254,050 

2 weeks after 

1 year of service 41.6 52.0 1,818,250 

2 years of service 19.8 17.5 613,900 

3 yea rs of service 26.7 17.4 607,250 

3 weeks after 

less than 5 years of service 2.0 7.0 245,700 

5 years of service 2l.8 294 1,029,000 

10 years of service 62.4 50.8 1,778,000 

4 wee ks after 

Less Than 5 Years of Service 4.0 47 164,150 

10 years of service 12.9 312 109,200 

15 years of service 23.8 382 1,335,600 

20 years of service 37.6 293 1,025,850 

25 years of service 6.9 a.4 293,650 

5 wee ks after 



20 years of service 15.8 2'7 933,100 

25 yeors of service 26.7 153 534,100 

30 years of service 5.0 7.a 270,550 

6 wee ks a fter 



25 yeors of service 1.0 .4 13,300 

30 yeors of service 6.9 2.3 44,485 

Extended vatation provisions 7.9 12.3 431 ,900 

SOURCE: IUD SURVEY MARCH, 1973. 

NUM8ER OF PA!D HOLIDAYS IN AGREEMENTS 

COVERING 1,000 WORKERS OR MORE 

July T, 1972 

Hot;doy P,oy;,ion. AII'"",ent. Wo,h .. 

NUM8ER OF HOUDA YS 

All Agreements ......,..................................... 1,300 6,312,850 

Tolal with paid ho'idays ....................... ..... ........ 1,149 5,653,000 

Fewe r Ihon 6 days ........................................ 

6 days .... .................................................... 

7 days .. ...................................................... 

8 days ........................................................ 

9 doys ........................................................ 

10 days .................. .................. ......... ........... 

11 days ....................... ................................ 

12 doys ... ..................................................... 

13 days ........................................................ 

14 days .................................................... .... 

15 days ........................................................ 

Subject to local negotiation .......................... 

Funded holidoys .................................. ..... .. . 

Vories with 10tOlion ................................... . 

1a 54,250 

30 126,400 

86 381,850 

202 1,051,350 

364 1,731,150 

210 635,350 

89 474,300 

57 761,950 

12 29,000 

1 1,200 

1 2,000 

, 10,300 

48 220,050 

19 154,050 

Other ............. ........................... .................... 8 19,800 

No referente to paid holidoys ........................ 151 659,850 

Sourte: BlS U.S. Deportment of lobar. 

Ma .. t., 1974 

after fi ve years of service. By 1952. 

nine of every 10 workers were covered 

by agreeme nt s that provided 

for paid vacation. Those people who 

were nOt cQveret.! in 1952 wcre 

mainly in cOll~tructi() n work. 

Union-Won Gains 

Since 1952. the bu ildi ng trades 

unions have been able to obtain vacation 

plans for their members .• lIld 

ull unions have been g.aining longer 

paid vacalions. with a reduction in 

the requi red length of service. In 

the 19605. pait.! vllcations increa~ed 

from an average of 1.8 to 2.2 weeks 

per year. 

Vac'llion Plans 

Negotiated agreements cover four 

types of vacation plans-gr;tduated. 

funded, ratio-to-work. and uniform. 

The graduated plan is the mo~t 

prevalent. in i ndll~trics other [han 

construction. and provide~ that the 

length of a workers vacation depends 

on the worker's length of 

service wilh a particular company 

or particular indu ~ t ry. Some gradu 

;lIed plans today call for one week 

of vacation after one year of service: 

IWO week .. after two years: three. 

afll~r 10: fou r. after 20: lind live, 

aflef 30. 

The fundct.! pbn i .. found in [he 

con .. truction j ndu ~ try and other multi-employer 

industries and is oftell 

called the cenl ..-per-hour plan. E:1Ch 

employef contribute ..

'Nitl, the ladies 

The Lady Sea Horses Beat Us, Gals! 

(LllClieJ, ,hi, 1110",11 yOI/ lIec(I,,'l 

It'd YOIf IIIlIll clea/l YOllr siln·r, 

hoof.. (/ m g, 111m {/ Imel.N of ice 

{"r('(lIIl. or (,OIlIIt YOllr {'f/lories aller 

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rcar/illg the" With ,It!, L(Ill ie~" (lffide. 

Tlli, IIImll lt il'~ alum, the liltle 

lell hone, (yol/'n- H '('I/ 'heir \J..e/e- 

10//1' IIsed ill 111t'1l jell'dry mId I/llm/· 

lUIgI', fJOIJer wdgh/I, 11(//1(1/('5 oj 

lelft'r 0fJl'''('r.~. I'/e.) tlu' ft'lI/ule lfJl'· 

des of II'lridf. /llI/pll'('1I Ilu!/I\{/ml 

YC'{/I'I' ago, obl'ill/I\/)' /limit· Irellle'lIdOli 

I' /I('mlll'(l), ill ;1\ 11'01111' 11 \ lib/,rtf- 

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the ,ea horse. ,he 11ll1"" have been 

..:onuuc\ing a wild ex periment , for 

,he made ,/ ii .. h thai loo~~ like ,I 

horse. allJ gave 10 the male of the 

'J>Ccics the role of m Ol her a ... \\c1l 

as father. 

'I he [iu lc :.ca hor-.e Ill'" f;!...:in il t~d 

people , incc the hegiulling of time. 

On ~ Cilnnot help hut he impressed 

hy the grcat similarity (hi, littlc fish 

bears to thc hcad and neck of " 

four-leggeJ hor,e. \in,t often the 

appcar,tnce of thc ,ea horse is 

[ikenl'd 10 the dignified hor,c of thc 

ehcs;.mcn. 

T he alll1o,t tk,hfc" little boo) of 

the sea hor .. c i~ enea .. ed in a bonclike 

l'o,"cri ng \~jth hard ridgcs. Including 

its coiled tail. the ,ea hONe 

i" OU[ Y:I fcw illche, long. 

Sea hor .. e~ l'an he fmUid in 

nearly ever} part of the \\ udu whl'rc 

Ihe ,cas arc" arm. I heir h;lbitat h, 

along the , horelincs where ,eaweeu 

grows dcn,ely. Thcre the~ arc rell! 

tively safe. for. li~c chameleons. 

thc} ch ilugc their color to match 

their .::rl\'ironmem: anu their large. 

yell ow eye,. \\hid} 1I10ve independently 

of ... 3ch ot hcr. can ea~il}' ~iglll 

any danger. 

In aquariurn ~. "here thc sea 

hor~e can [i\c for aimo'l 10 1I10nth,. 

it is alw;I}' interesting tn watch it 

1110\'':= upright and in a 'taldy m;lnncr. 

Thc ~ca horse appears nOl to 

ha\'e lins, but in the center of hi!i 

back is a gm r7 c-[ i~ e. alm o~l tran ~- 

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parent HIm which i, a fin tha t propel 

.. him. I he pectoral fin, :11 each 

~il..le of hi, head balanw him :lIld 

help him maintain hi!i dignitied 10- 

t:omotion. 

Lik c other ti~h. ~ea hol' \l'~ breathe 

through gillo,il-. her 

cgl?~ ill lhe pOlich WIder hi, blldy. 

Wh cn Shl' completes lhi, \ it,,[ chore. 

\he comidcrs her role concl uded : 

~hl' !mims :IW:I)' amI abandon, her 

future offspring fore\ cr. 

A, ,o011 u!> the l'g~s arc dcpo\itl'd 

in the pouch. they arc r:lpidl) 

enveloped in Ihe ~ 1lI:t1l opening.' of 

the pouch lining. At the same lime. 

another lining w:l11 form, and lhi .. 

lIew area pro\ ides addition:!1 ,pace 

fo1' thc cgg;. which have flot f(l und 

a plac..: 10 secure thcrnsch e'. 

I hc r.::sponsibility of hatching th ... 

eg&-s f:llis solely upon the f:lther, 

who now !.u ddenly finds himself :l S 

suming the role of the mother, 100. 

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An swering Service 

Choose IB EW 

POrll>11l0Ulh, New J-I :llnp~hire Telephone 

Answering Service \OleU 

overwhelmingly tn joinlhe IB EW, 

On December 4 thc company 

agreed 10 rdnstatc all di\mi,sed cntplo}l'cS 

and 10 rdmbursc back 

wages and benefits to all. The union 

then withdrew the unfair labor practice 

charges, 

The new IOCW members arc now 

looking forwaru to contract nq\olialion~. 

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Shown at the orgamzing meeting of the Portsmouth, N H. 

Telephone Answermg Service Employees, lell to Ilghl, ale 

Glolla Walts, Cora Sandin, Pat Plrlnl, Regina linn, Interna· 

tional Representatl\le Kara Mul\ley, and Frances Nichols. 

Front row, left to right, are frances Nichols, Regina Unn, 

and International Representative Kara Mulvey. Back row. 

Dot Montmarquet, Joan Campbell, Cora Sandin, and Jean 

Allen. 

Manufact uring 

Confe re nce Held 

in Boston 

ccr~ and Ill c mbi:r ~ "ithin the Di, 

Iriel. 

International R cprcsl~ntathe' 

"Mikc" Ha\c} l>tre",cd the fact that 

the Di ... triel\ fun ction i, to 'l'rve 

the membcr"hip. and that. on bi:half 

\)f John Fl ynn. it is hi, job to ~ec 

Ihat this i, done, lie il\\itcd Ihe 

delegatcl> to conUlct the Vicc l)rC\ident'l> 

ollke an} time Ihe) "anI 

help. but pointed out that the) 

\hould first work through Ihe International 

Rcpre\entative "ho i~ 

as~igned 10 the local. 

Each dclegall' \\ as a,l.ed 10 mal.e 

:1 report on the current comlilion, 

al th.: planh he rcprl',cnts. ~ I tlch 

concern "a\ exprl· ...\Cd aoout both 

fuel and ekctril'al ,hortagcs and 

their ultimate dTecl on joo, and 

incollle's of the worker,. The wire 

and cable indu ... tfY. onc of the big 

emplo) en, in till' Sl'Cond Di\t riet. 

is destined 10 bc hit particularly 

hard bccau ... e of tlw dependence 

lI pon oil derivalive!. in the m,mufuc 

tu re of insulating plastics, T:llk 

of reduction of hours. four-day 

weeks, and ot he r ways to (:011- 

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'cne encrg) ilia) ha >,;e ~orn ..' lIll'rit. 

out the) OIrc frightcning to till: \\:Ig..: 

carner" ho i!. barely abk: tIl Illl'ct 

hi ~ ,,:xpcrhe,. eH'n \\ith O\crtime, 

Worl.erl> C:l1Itlut livc on reduc..:d 

hours of work without cOIllIX'n,ating 

inere:hl'!. ill pay. 

While ~l)Jlle of the local, arc c\ 

pcriencing IlHxierale layoff ... and pmduct 

ion r"'ductions, uthcrs appear 10 

be ..',xpand ing, Loc:11 261. Groton, 

CUl1Ill'cticul. reported the 1;lrgcsl 

gowrnmel1! contract in hhtllfyrunning 

illlo the billions for 'lIhmarine!., 

Almo~t ;111 of the locals \\ere ablc 

10 r('port ,ub"'mtial gain~ in both 

wagCl> :lIlll fring.:" but the illu,ory 

:1\jX'ct of higher" age, is apparl'nt, 

sinc~' they arl' cOl1tinually dimini\hing 

as a rc\ult nr i-oaring COi-b. 

eh:lirman Dick Rogers of the 

Second Di\trict ,t:lff r..:portl'd that 

re;l\onahlt: prugre" j, Ix'ing Ill;Hk 

in urg:lI1i/ing new pla nb in New 

England. anu ex pre"ed thank~ In 

Ih... 100::lb ulld nfliCl'f\ who lwvc 

bi:en u ..'vnting lUuch tinw :Lnd l'n 

~'rg~ to Ihi\ runelion. 

"Our wins havc heen much 

greater thrill laoor', national a\erage," 

h ... s:lid, " but i-omc of ,hl'l>e 

haw been ~l1Iall in \izc and \\e 

aren't abk 10 claim any really Mlbstant!al 

victori ... ), yet in t..:nns of 

grem number,," I I..: ,tated that, \~i(h 

Ih ... \-ictor) m th..: Lc", i~lUtl, Main ... 

pJam of /\rrow I lart, the IBl~ \V 

now repre:-,cllt, cv ..'r) IUcatilln of thi.. 

cml'lo)er throughuut the cllu lltry, 

Ruger, invited the local.. 10 kn'p 

Vice Pre\idenl FI)lItl's ollice auviwd 

of aJl po\\ible lead .., 

In thl' Iimiled time rcm:lining. th ..' 

delegate, IK'ard from repre~"'llt:ltj\C\ 

.,f an e mploy ..:c b ... ndit plan I.l1Im n 

a ~ "S)'t"'1ll Five," It b b ..,cd on a 

planlled jllvc~tm(,llt and saving.\ prngr:1I11 

ami apllI!:lr, to havc con,idcrahle 

merit. Several of the Ielcphonc 

lucah in Ih(' arl'a arc rnm 

:u:li\Cl~ participating and rl'J)()fIing 

good e;(p ...' ricn cc~ . 

A future conference of manufaeluring 

and ~crvice loc:ll union\ j~ 

plallne(/ in conjunction with the 

Scl'Ond Districl P rogre~ ," Ieeling, 

\\hidl "ill hi! held the lalt ~' r part uf 

April. 1974. in BOl>ton. 

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Local 3 A Horney, 

Harold Stern, Retires 

L. U. 3. :\,EW YOHK . N.Y.-After 41 

}ClHS or dC"oled senitI! 3S Local 3 attor- 

01.'). He Boy 

Scouts. 

local 3. New Yo

Local Gets New Home. 

Receives Boy Scout Plaque 

L. U. 21:. 0\11\11.\. :"':11. 1 0e:.1 :'2 ~i ll 

'>O()fI h.\~1' 1\ new addrl"~, lI updully. we 

~m M,)Of) t'C !lCuh:d in lIur ne~ "uildin~ at 

L "i(reel \lore on (he n'·11 huilding m fnlUre 

article,_ 

I he apprentice,hlp \,:ummm ... e rl'~.-i'eu lin 

a~aru from I~ Btl) "'-'uUh ,it uur I;ht 

uniun lII~clmg. D.lk \lIIilh uf Ihe \ hu 

Americ" (oun~.1 "rl'","nICU •• ,,1.llllle (0 .h,· 

appr"nticC',hlp ~,mllllil!«' for urg,\niling a 

."llInl",,·r \\-"r~du)' al (;11111'1 (el';'r~. \ : , ~I 

}I'ar. ,'a,'h da\~ uf aprr,·nlie ..., 'p.:m (Inc 

W) ~,.r~lng un r ...... 1TIng Ihe "',1111 c;.mp 

limier rhe .hr... cuun ,If Ih Ic:teher" 

Unlil nl',1 nlllnlh, "-:\. ""h..., f"r the 

N ... ~ " 'ar hI ,III 

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850 Youngsters 

Get Big Treat 

l.. l l. 2 ... II \LTI\IOfU', \11). On o..'H'III' 

her I~. 1111.;11 :'J held il. fir,1 (hri,II11." 

pari) for Ih .. chil.lren uf 1)1l' m ... It\"-:r,. AI" 

J'lrIl\imalrl) ~~O 'hil,lr... n "1'1',' Ilr ...... II'U .mu 

Ire .• I ... u 10 .1 fun·flllc.1 .. flelnoon, I he, enjo)I'd 

C'I~C. icc n ..... m. ",,,1;1. mOl ie,. ,,"d :. 

m,IIll(I,UI I h ... hillhlillhl uf Ihe U;t\ ~.') 

nunc other Ih.m uld ~I , .. ~ hlm...:lf. ,1\ he 

pre...:nl ...,1 .... Ilh (hllu "ilh .1 ,wlf...,1 "odin): 

and " ~ift "enih,'"I"', I "lh ,hild :11'0() h.1I1 

hI, riClure I.,~ ... n ~ Ilh \.lm.1 IIrllln.:r, 1'.1Il1 

k crnl .. 11 .md Ho" \\ ihun .• r,' hi t>1' ,um· 

mend ... d for Iheir 1,:1 ..... 1 jo" .1\ 5.1111;1 

CI'HI"'::~ .•• nd for Ihdr "r,llc,) ~"')\ ....,nd 

t>e\und 'he "Ill of du'~ I Ihlll~ In.:} ... n· 

jn} .... 1 it ;1' milch .,~ ,h... }OUIII:,lcr,. 

\I ~:" 1l00t1 10 ......... Ihe "hole famil} in- 

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T he t",o B,'others \\ho teach the coun.c 

arc C his l' [, ,~ov. also an in~t ru ..:tor for our 

llpprcnliccship progn!lll. :l11U C:II'men C,tlhi. 

II project nwnaJ;cr for Bahh.in Slel'ollrt 

Electric. and II past bu~iness rcpr"'l>I:ntllthc 

of Loe,, 1 35. -I he course de:.1s mainl) ",ilh 

hilleprint reading and job ~pccification'. 

u,;ng r>rint~ of the I"Ollmlns I'\aza building 

in I -a~t l lartforu .lith the pcrmi\~i'lI1 01 

r he Conncctinu lI:onl; and T IU~t CUmp;on)'. 

Upon completion of the CUUI'C II glmkd. 

pcr'>OlIal tour of lhe l-uundcN \'1017a 1>111111- 

ing ., ill be con,hu;led by the in'truc1Ur~. 

Apprentice,hip director Nk~ Ilunadic~ i~ 

H'ry oplimbtic :,bout the eOUT'" :m.1 fure.ee' 

" t:lrgcr c\:I\5 upon complelion of the pre\ 

I.'nl cOUfsc. r \lould li~e 10 rernind all ~)urlie} 

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on 3~~ IIV low", nep, P"mllh~,. I. 

Seen he,e ," head ,ab'" o. (fI... Pa. loca' 56' .. d.nn ...·dance. ,.It '0 "810'. ~,,, NECA ch"p'.' 

m"nafi:"" f.1'd W,lk.n. l..c.1 56 Bu,.na", Manage, ( J. S.nnott. Th"d 0'''''' "f (;.ilhrul ~r,i.-.!. all\1 ,.i,h,·, him 

Ihe hc" of Iud HI hi, n'lirClllelll. 

I" ",k~ (."rlll"II. John Sirfu,. ;.1111 ( .l',"'I=" 

ll.mU,I'" re.-I'oll, 1=';UI"",,·,1 frum Ih" \ 1" 

\Ouri \ altl.') "l'l'r~mj"l',hil' Ir;"nin!! 1',0' 

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ttIC,,1 ~~ ;mJ \ 1 1.'r'·O,.~ (olllllluni.:tlion 

Con\lrudiun ("ornp;m) •• ft" ,'urremh 'cllinl; 

LIp .1 1I"ininl; prollr,nu tor CA ' \ "PP'l'lI' 

Ik ... lint"rnl!n. \\ ilh mor ... "ml 111\11'" ( \ 1 \ 

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COUJ'M'S in cont rol wiring ,t:ltic. Naliol1l,1 

Electrical Code, electrical he:,\, welJing. 

pipe bt'nding, trllnsformcr cunnel'liull). b ll ~ic 

motu. 1;011[101 ,,;,iut:. 1LIHI juurnc) lII un upgrading 

course-s. 

Worl in oLir juri....ticlion h quill,: ~rO\\ at 

this writing. 

We aTC ;louul 10 \lnrl inh:n iewing fur 

our flew apprentice clll~~ uf 12!i. The J A'l C 

will he inlcf\'io;wing fur Ihe nc.\1 couple of 

mOnlh~. 

A l"I'rnindcr 1hal Ihe union Illcclin~ is 

"heTe the t>1I,inc~) tllles pln!'"c twice a 

month. T he cuntract will he cuminS up 

vcry won, ;111(.1 il I~ up 11.1 lOU i, \ r11cr1l1'l'r~ 

10 be lhac and leI )'UlIT wbh.'~ be ~nu"n. 

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Awards Night 

Local 59, 0"U"5, Tn ,"warded 'e"',Ce pins 

ree,wlly. Rec,piern~ ualed her., leI! 10 "lIhl. 

~ are C. H Pralley. L. J. Mc Dowell. Rlld E. J 

" B,II" Slater, 

From le I! . thr~e honoru. s hown are JI>C~ 

HuddleSlon. B. Van Dixon. and F. O. Brewton. 

LO(;al 59 Brolhe", a' head table .re: Sf! ..' ed. 

~ uf!Cu'ivf! Board mflmbflr DW'8hl RAlhmeU; 

~ ~ I .. nd;ng. Buslnen Managflr J.mf!S Forem .. n at 

If!lt. Presodf!nt Robert Gandy at m,c,ophOflfl. 

Bnd Te. .. s ... FL·CIO (',utlle"t I.",.y IIvbb.'d 

on right. 

Great Numbe r of Pins 

Awarded At Dinner 

I..U. 59. J),\I. LAS, TEX.-The :!rHlllll l 

Loc:!1 59 llwllrds p:!rl)' wa, heM al ~l lIrl.ct 

Hall. and was a treat success. II wa~ the 

Morch , 197 4 

largcst aWilr,h p,tr1)' the local ha~ eler hud. 

:Iml Ihis year more ;Iw:tnj~ werc given (lU!. 

There were 2~. 2()..yellr pin,: 45. 2S-year 

pin~; IS. 30-yea( pins: eighl J5-)ear pin,. 

and Ihree 4o..)ear pins. One S()-)ear pin 

wa5 aWi.rded to II r01her John 1-. Gilhcrl. 

The e,ening ~ l arterJ otT with II delil'iou, 

naro.:cuc dinner. followed b} " \cr) illlere~ling 

tall... h)' H,trry Hubl'"rrJ. pre,idcnt \1 1 

Ihe rl.'~as Slat" A FL-('IO. A .... ,tnj, \\erl.' 

pr\'~l·nh.:d by 101ll l >ur~Ie)'. Inll.'fn.llion:.1 

F\CClllile Council membzr. Shth Di'lricl. 

Oler .\S door priles ..... hich h'l(.I !'Cen dn· 

natl.'.! b) \'ariuu~ firms ami eomraCj"I"'i, 

.... "re drll" n for. Thc balunce or Ihe e\enlllg 

wa~ 'pen 1 dall~ing and renewing acquaintanc.::~. 

1 h,' Succe~~ o f Ihe pany ..... :1\ due 10 Ihe 

umirlng clrorl~ of the Local )'1 office ~t"lf 

of J"me) I-oreman. Sonn} Hrd,. Bill POII~, 

Jean Bro .... n. and \I;nnell \\'righl~ . The 

memhcr;hip appreciate, Ihdr dforh. 

The accompan}in J,! pier"re' :lTe "f thc H· 

and .tU-}'~"r !llemhcr~. 

Scribe Reviews 

Year Of Progress 

R. I'. O'R!! I'. 1'.5. 

t.U. 11K. nEi'VEI{. (,OLO.-fj"d ;Ib."" 

lifter mhsing the la~t i''iue of the JourIIlIl. I 

h:l\"(' ;In e;\cll ...... Ihou!!h. ," r \Ia, in Ihc 

hospital. I hopt' Ih,\I hy the lime Ihi\ i ...,ue 

come.', OUI I .... iII ~ t>.rd ;11 .... orl. 1[', 'urpri,ing 

ho .... lired a peri1it) program. 

Ilhkh lias ,,1'0 hroadl.'ned from 6H 

to 71 months. Emplo)'L'Cs ~o\eretl by hask 

elit,:ibilit} .... ere prolidetl "ilh a Death ;111:00\1 \"C'IT. In order 10 lht 

all of tho,c members respon,ihlc for these 

[:;,in,. Ihc.se item, for :1 Octtcr \\;1)' of life. I 

.... ould hlt\'e to lis! all OlflCeT'>, committee 

lIlelllherl. ;1I1t1 mOSI o f thc members fur 

ide;". recommendations. 10Ie~. and "I' 

prol'al 

I he current year" iII hi! " chilllcnge for 

our mcmbership. Some hard deci~ion~ I\ill 

h"le to be l1Iad .:-. Beginning Ihe rcar arc 

~ ur rent negOliations. The Negotialing Committee 

hliS not changed, ;lnd lIil h the help 

of thcse members, we should cornc OUI of 

l'oarS"ininS in it position a, good as, if not 

better Ihltn. 1,,'1 ycar. 

r hi~ i, the )C:lr of our In teTn,'lionai Con 

I'ention, :1110.1 t.lclcg"tC~ ",ill be electcd. 1 ..oc~.1 

68 ",iII "Iso h.tlC ele~' liol1 of omcers Ihis 

)car. Wc .... ,11 IIclcomc nc" rnembers;ls we 

COll111111e 10 t,:rOI\. 1\ 1 me~lings lie .... 111 see 

nell fnec, joirling (amili;lr ones. gelling involve(( 

in Ihe 10CII)\ bu,inc" And "c "ill 

mh, -.ome me1111>el\ nu longer lIith u~. In 

197,l \\1.' 1011 !lC:veral. .100.1 Ihe) ;Ire tm,~ed: 

L,rI It_ \\hile. ellrl II \lllh. Et.lI\.lfd A. 

S'o1Ier. Clurence I);ot,:gell. oeorgc It. II"ile}. 

(h;ol.::, I- Lllni>cn. (,corge 0 l-hulIm"r, 

Sr .. I 1(I}d W, lIi.hup. juhn A. lIenno.: l.. 

Flmer' V. W;llt,·r. Jo l1l1 (rBl ien. :md Llob 

Tnrlt) gone no" . bUI nOI forgollen. 

I he fulure 1001., good It .... ilI be IIh,11 

lie menli>cr, of 1.0-:.11 (.1'( male h. See }Oll 

ill the 1ucill I1l1Ion mceting~ , 11M!", .... hcre 

i!"~ h,IPJ'l.'nrn¥. lirolhel'. 

jPIt" ~ 1. BUMKt. JM., I'.s. 

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Jody Reynold.. H"I" "'dams .• ,," Bobby Mal· 

rhe_ nnMke qUIre. 'Hli SlIek crew. 

r rank Cochran on lell. one 01 l oclII 74's I,n .. 

"pO,enl,ces, "nd Uneman T R Durden "o,k'''fI 

on a 2O-KV CO.on job S,orM' Outden .5 

al_ "pp./lnt..:e In~lfuCIO. _ 

" he-r .... hili lei II~ nul !; i ,,~ "1'- 1'", can. :onl! 

,hall. o,,:rcomc it. II) "orLin!; IO!!Clhcr ,,~ 

the ~I.illclt. lr;linc,1 cr"ft_flIen "'c life:. h} 

If",tin!; ,,"r kalin_. h) I>I\'I1\,: cUIl,j,kralt .... 

to union ront r:IClor,. h) 1c;lnliu!! :1' milch 

a~ "C (;1" ;,h(mt the prohlclJl\ "0: flll' C, hy 

\\orlil1l; 101'.;0(,1 11\10,1, C: "No gooJ IhinJ:: d.,." 

Ihe LUfl1 " ithhold (rom Iho-.c "h,\ ",Ill 

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\\OTlu '\illin!! here ;1\ 01) PI(''' ..c.-n:I;If\ 

~ I e,l. Ille ~il~hl'n lallie. 1'111 romkrin~ )11,1 I 

ho"" 10 1,:1'1 ;,,;:ro,~ 10 ~Oll fol~, ,0111.' III Ihe "I 

""I)r~inl!\ \I( 101';,1 X2_ ,lOll ",,1K1 m.,~e, 

Ihillll' J;o. 

I \IIPpt)\C I eOIlIU lell )OU Ih.,1 Ih.· hl"i· 

nc,\ 1I1.1I,.I!!er i, Ru\'>C1I G. I ;Inl'. "h...... 

li .... 1 lelll1 of om~e hcg.Jn in 1"'601, Ru" ".1\ 

r~d~II'd 

1.1'1 Junc. \\orlin!; ""lIh hlill in 

Ihe ollke ,Ire 1"0 ;,~,i'I;IIlI'. 1l.IIT) "r.l\i, 

h." t-..:en ""ilh I ;lIle ,ince IW,oI. RII,.,...II I 

I i,her '1;.r1e~1 in 1\1"';1, bUI re,illm'd rc~entl) 

'0(' he co1l1u !!I'I I'o;I,l OUl in Ih~' ""or"",!! 

IleI,1. :oml ;j, 01 Ihi, "rrliUIl 111> r,·pl;Il·~rn~nl 

h." l'Ccn noUned. 

In Ihe ollin' of fin;",.-ial ,,-,crelMI h 

llrolher William F. 5Ie";III. Bill h;h 

"or ~ cJ Ihal 1"O';,;on ~inc(' 1912. "hen I 

Ilarry Illal)'; relirell uflcr scninl: ~in"e 1')601, .• ,1 

Il rOlher :'IC\\art \\!is al~o reel""':led in Jllne. 

In). 

j 

I 

lBEW Jou.n(>1 ~

• 

Local faces 

;.,.,,-. 

local at. O~ylon. Ohio 8u",,", M~n~er R_ 

sell la .... left. d',""USMS buslfM'S' W,lh Assosi. 

ant Bus,ness Manaae, Ha"y T.~~ls. 

Local a2 £xecut,~e Boa'd ali spruced UP 11)0 

Monday meellng. Sealed .ra Ass,lIanl Bu.,ne51 

Manage, Harry Tra~'s lind Treasure, Bud Man 

ley. Standing on f'flIl row. F,nan

marines lInU submarine support IInil5, '( his 

,,"ork involve$ operating under mO,1 dimeuh 

condilions, including "Of~ing in Ihe I\llter 

from fowl\oals. II i~ m~ IImlerllanding th;1\ 

Boal Yard omd,ll, MC eltremcly plea'>ed 

,,"ilh lhe: 1I1\lnl1alion\ done h) our Pl'OplC". 

and a lelia of commendalion i\ fonocolll 

Ing. 

r he Wooleo compte\ in We~1 H;llen. 

Connedieul and the Ho"aru John'>On cum· 

ple'l: in Old S;I~hroo~. ('onnediull emplo)' 

some ~.~ loc.11 people, -I he gelleml conlm,· 

lor~ of hOlh Ihe\( juh\ n:, ... nlh infmm ... d 

me Ihal Ihey are ple." ... u ,,"ilh Ihe pcrfOllllance 

of local 9{) rcople. '1 he (Jrolhe.... on 

Ihese ;oh, "ere gil en ('hri\llIIll\ rarlie, ;11 

thc !;... ncral c01l1r,ICIOr\' e~f'Cn'oC, !Inll, I 

mighl ;\ud. holh jot" :Ire open \hop \1 ,111)' 

non'lImon U;tfh ;IT,' emplo) .... 1 on rolh. 

The fUel Ih:ll Ihe ttcnenll 'onlra~lnr. lCllCled 

thi~ W;I}' in.itc·alel Ih,11 Ihe) ren)l!!\i, ... 

:Lnd apprecialc ollr dlml, II fun her illlli 

CIUe$ Ih;1I "e :.re HClonlrlhhinl! our I.n)ec· 

livcs uf superior pcrform"nce ;Inu 

erafl\nulnlhip. Ilhieh lIil1 dde;'1 Ihe nonunion 

~omp.:lilion III Ihe area. I hc job 'III,' 

il IIhere ,,"0.' lIill rrel,til: I ~n\l" lie .If... (a' 

pahle of doinll il. It 11111. hOllcler, I"~C Ihe 

\incuc l"Ifortl of eH;,r~ memhcr in Ihl.' ortt;lniliuion 

1'1;ln, ;Ire ~in!! nM.1e for the :mnual dinner-JOn\ 

sl .. lf. Brolher Spar~s nOied Ihal in Ihe 50 

years spanning from 1923 10 1973 OUf honorr~ 

ha~e e;>.peritnceU lhe l)epre"ion. Ihe 

5c:Tond World \\.tr. 1"0 .. rmed Hml1i(h. 

and man} Iriall .JrnI Irihul!: .)\\;,ru \llI1l1er, in 

,ttlend,lI1l'c Jo..erh ell'lin. llerl>crt I ttn\'r. 

1'.ltri(~ H,·nr~. R;t~ \I.ln(ill.

should. gllwhne IS hurd 10 COIIIC hy, OIlT 

, I:mdard of Jiving is changing rapidl)' for 

Ihe \lorse. This is :1 pfell y blad picturc, 

and il doesn'l 1001.. :1\ if thin,l:S ure ~oing 10 

~el an)' hellcr for some lime 10 cOllie. 

The prohlelll\ thM Ix:set II~ nU\I lIrc 

problelllS lh:u \lC hllvc let h:lppcn to our 

~hc,_ 1-10\1, oftcn \Ie hale hc"rd lhc 

phr;"", " Why don't 11,,'y de Copk. :IllU IInion mem- 

~ I'ocrship. 

I he fir~1 thing 10 110 i~ la~e lIli iniere'l. 

Ta~c an inlerc~1 in your gu\·ernmenl. from 

10c;11 10 national. I e do lhi~. )Cll rnu~1 pul 

in oflicc people \lho "'o; lle- 

MrO)CII. 

R ~memhcr . for u, 10 :lch i~I'C an}thlns. 

we h:l\"e 10 ~h;l1lgc the tJlrl' to I . 

11. 0111 RI' H. r. l ,!i(l)\. "~!>I.H,M. 

Completion Ceremoni es Held 

For Apprentice Wiremen 

L I I, 1-'0. i"\EW flH I.f:,\i"\'S. 1 .\ ._·1 he end 

cf 1973 found Local 130 in the milht lIf 

much ilc,hil) . Earl) in December .... c hc1d 

our anllual completion ceremonies for ilPprentice 

.... iremcn al Ihc (o ~cr Room of 

Retired Members 

~ 

Apprentices 

New lourneymen. left to nght. are M. H_ McG,ltigan. D. J_ loomi •. J . W. Ben"l Ill, O. ",. Blanllluc is going 

filII lor!;e right nOli . :m.! the lOp live teams 

:u·c ,~pllrilted b} only !I fe\\' poinl ~. It loo~s 

like :Inl)lher , cr) light race. righl dOl'.n 11.1 

lhe "ire. 

"

'" I I 

Locol Faces 

locill ISO. Waukellan. III BUSIness ManllKer 

Don Barger cO"8ralulales Brother MOIII~" 

Milchal on rece iving pIn fo, 40 yea,s o f servIce. 

Enjoying Loc .. 1 lSO'~ golf oul ing. le ft 10 ,I/lhl. 

are Brothers John By rum. Tom Cmley. Joe 

E:tlerlng. and Oan Curley. 

Appointment 

Brother Robert J. Dahlke. buslnus repr.",nta· 

ltv. of Local 165, Chic3f1o. has be .... apPO,nted 

to Ihe Counly ""dlt Advisory Board b~ State 

o r III;no;s Comph oller George W. lIndbery,. 

I' rior 10 Ihe merger, hc 'oCf\ed :IS pn"i,]ent 

ami "1I\ine\, manager of thc former ! oc:.1 

lf1l1. Sill~l' Ih.:: mergcr he tUI\ heen :I hll_i· 

"c,~ rcpre,,:nl,llhc of thi, local. 1-1 1." h,,~ he 

';l)m(' IIeli kllo"!l tll ollr ,outh ~rea and 

1l1\1 &E rtI,·mher, \lhile ,pe

one. 'lOt! c:o~h ..-hild rc,:cllcd hi, ~prl hom 

• ,):,01" ellUl, him,elf. or cOllr...:. \umc of 

the )OUrlJ;! chit.lren " ,ill ., ....... Ihe fe;ll 

S.U1I:, (Ja",. :.nJ wille ,.1,,1 il ....."n'l. \\ell, 

I don', ).,no" \\ h ~thcJ il 1\.1, IIf nOI. Iml \\1: 

diJ nOlke Ihlll Brother II. I . Knud.lc' lit· 

· , 

ThO ,-"dlc,", 11 ....,1011')' 

of loc.' 183. Lh"'I1\"'" 

Ky. held a CII".\m". pari), In o..:em~r He •• 

_ ~ _ younl'S'erl eh.,lon. wIth S,,"'a; 

the other 1_ M~u"8S ler. " ar. M... JKH 

Stee'., wlf. 01 OUr bu ..... u menage., ."d Mrs. 

Jon" francis. prnldent o' 1M 1'1".,1'.')1. 

Santa Claus lind I".nds. 

Ihe 11;'r Ihe "un",:n had clcr)lhing Olllllni,cll. 

il I1l11lcd right :,IOII!: \\1Ih CICf)onc 

cnt'-» ing Ilu.'m'>Chc) \prrO\II11",el> 10 

)ounj! ,In'" 01,1 childn:n "cre prc'>Col_a 

good numh.!r lur the hr.1 wile 

Ill.:- IctJic~ h.lLl c.th ;tnl' ..Inn),., for .:,.:r) 

tic I;nlmJd:tUl;htcr ..... u, "orrinJ N:C:tlt....: ,he 

couldn't fin"! "Lr"ml"" .1Il)"here in the 

r.;ro"d. rh'lnl.., :l 101. &in!!t. for II. fin.: JOh. 

.md r.;ongralul:ttion .. 10 ,III )on "omen for::l 

plc,I\.tnt afternoon. WI' ellclo\C .1 coupll' of 

pi .. wrc, o f 'omc of the Hdltldren" II ith 

S:lm". 

SjlC"lin~ of Ihc i\uliliaf). the oflin'rs 

hal'c :t~led me 10 H'lllin,1 "!lC, of all I o!.'r (iR) C"iard imd your 

prel) sCd tht. d'lIlCo.' )'011 mi,scJ the 

be'l one )et. I'm '11\'... "II Ihe guy) ,md their 

lndie, h,,11 :, hL,,1. I lllo ..... \\:,ndil ;lt1d I 

did 

'I he 'I.ength of the IIrolherhond hn .. 

he.'n '00 imrortllnt in our li\e, th.lt I would 

lile to l'mph,I\ile Ihe l}Cces,il) of our famil) 

of "orllllg people wntinuing to eooper 

,lit! 'Ind "orl in uniwn to lee!, u\ healthy 

:Uld ..!rullg_ With brolher!) lu\e, morality, 

"n.1 friend,htp on our , ide, \Ie (,mnot fail. 

Remember, III IInily lie~ \Irellglh, in 

~Irenglh Ihere j~ confldenr.;e, :tnd 111 conhdene.: 

Ihe!'e i~ prOllrc" lind growth, 

In do,inll. Ihe member', ollicen, .lI1d Our 

om.:c hIJle" I 1.'1;0 lind ".Ir). hope all of 

)011 de.IT friernh ,mtl )Ollr familK:' :Ire eniIl)in}: 

.1 he,llth), h,IpP). and prcr, al Ollr 

nexi meetil1g, 11\ }'our III1;on: prole!.'t il by 

Hltcn.ling. 

'I \MMII V,SIIII'llIkll.P,S, 

Scribe Salutes 

37.Year Member 

I" l '. 194, S II Wt-:\ ";I'OI{T. Li\ ,- J l1liu.~ 

(jeOTlI'" I'on" Ocller lnu"·n :I' Jad. ha" 

,ledie"led Ihc P

ut hc ~ t a~~ bu,y in hh J;ankn and being a 

home h:\odynwn. 

n rother Jud, " o n,' molttl, "Do )ollr best 

1000 }our be,1 "or~." Io:"ifi"" to hi ... ch"fact~r. 

He i, p,or! of thc COf~' 'lf OUf mtlu ~· 

Iry. He "ill be ""fd~ nll''l.~. Broth",r J:< c~ 

I' oo~. "e ".hllc }'HI f( .r )tllIf c'JnlrirnllIOll'. 

}our tledic,oliuo. pn,k. :ul,1 f"ilh ,n Ih", 

ele.., 

Local 20 I Celebrates 

Twenty-fifth Anni versary 

1..1. 201. 11 .. \\1-/(. 1'\. 1 111. •• 1 ~III 

"l;,r~e,1 ii' ~~Ih •• nni"· .....", un "'"ml.lI. (h: 

'oner ~II. 1"11, 

I Ulal 2UI ...." ,h.lrler,·J "n \I." I. 1'/>11' 

;mtl f("( 

1

• 

Few 

student 

organizations 

emphasize 

respect 

for the 

DIGNITY 

OF WORK 

IBEW 

found 

one ... 

VICA 

, 

,

President's Message 

VOCATIONAl 

INDUSTRIAl • 

CLUB ~ 

0 1 

AMERIC~ 

1\ IS seldom that we find a student organization Ihal 

has goals which foster attitudes of humility, dl ~IIl!ly 

of work love of country and honesty amono 

sl udents who ar C planning to elller the labor 

market 

It IS also extr emely rar e for a slUdellf 

OIganlzallon 10 Involve Orgamzed l abor In the 

mainstream of 115 actiVities The Vocational 

Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) IS one 

such organrzatlon 

The IBEW has long support ed those whose 

actiVities have been to enhance the human dignity 

of skilled crah smen and those who 

leach reS I)QnSlblltlles and the guar

The Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) is the national student organization 

serving trade. industrial. technical and health occupations education students with leadership. 

ci tizenship and character development programs and activities. Through its 7.000 clubs. 

V1CA emphasizes respect for the dignity of work, high standards of trade ethics. 

workmanship, scholarship and safety. Another goal is the development of patriotism 

through the practice of democracy in the club. 

VICA does it with ... 

VICA 

u.s. Skill 

' Olympics 

VICA members compete wIth basIc 

occupatIonal skills at loca l. 

state and natIonal meets The VICA 

United States SkIll OlympICS IS 

a program that gives VICA 

members recognItion as young 

workers. pnde In their trade and 

confidence In themselves Contest 

wlf1ners receive gold. silver and 

bronze medallions The U S SkIll 

"" Olympics medallIon IS becoming a 

symbol of excellence. 

Leadership Training 

Le adership training sessions If1 

such vItal areas as public speaking. 

pa rliamentary procedure. group 

dynamics and cooperati on With their 

fellowman are a regular part of the 

VICA member's club work In 

addition. the VICA member has the 

opportunity to take part In district. 

state and national leadership 

con ferences whIch offer the 

opportunity to grow VICA believes 

Its members should provide 

leadershIp In aCtlvllleS which 

affect their work. thel( commumty. 

their school. their natton. 

Vocational Initiative 

and 

Club Achievement 

Program 

A s VICA members progress In theIr 

occupallonal training. they are 

recognized for their achievement by 

adVisory committees consisting of 

labor and management leaders in 

the community The achievement 

program gives adVisory committee 

members the opportunit y to 

evaluate VICA members directly as 

they climb the ladder of success 

In both leadershIp development and 

OCcupallonallearnlng As students 

achieve. they receive patches or 

symbols of achievement recognizing 

their progress . 

•

Why we should get involved with VICA 

• Gives local Unions an opportumty 10 IIHerprellhe Brotherhood 5 obJecltvc~ 

10 local school officials ami students 

• Puts your loearln direct contact with motivated students who have already 

committed themselves 10 emenng the IIlclll Slry 

• Since VICA members will be entering eleclrlcal IndUSlrles after gradudtlon 

yOu will have an Immediate source of yotlng leaders for union partiCipation 

• 

• PrOVides members another Opporturllly fOI community servlC(~ sharing thell 

speCIal skills With students 

• Offers YOllr local an OpporllH1Hy fOr desirable pubhc VISibility 

What local representatives can do to support VICA 

• Serve on electncalmdustnes courses adVisory committees These 

commillees evaluate IIlstruClIonal programs ami students 

• Serve clS guest speakers 10 VICA Cilibs on 

job mformation 

technical subject s 

organized labor 

leadership 

m ethods for enter ing the industry 

• ASSIst VICA as contest organizers and Juckjes 

• Sponsor local contest wmners 10 Slate and nalton(ll eveills 

• Invite VICA members 10 view labor In action 

·1 

j 

I 

How to get involved 

• Write for additional mformatlon to Director of Skill Improvement 

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 1125 15th Strcet N W 

Washington DC 20005 

• Contact local high school prmclpals where vocational programs eXist or 

vocatIonal techntcal school directors and offer to serve on adVisory 

comml1leeS for eleclrlcallndllstry programs Ask to talk. WIth the VICA 

club adVisor 

• Offer assistance 10 local VICA clubs In high schools and vocational 

technical schools

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rQlI/ill/lI'l! Imlll /I"!! ~ ' .14 

We again have ;!n :IPl'rcnli(:C progr:ull on 

the C&N W, .... hich we hll'C~. ! he 

hIO")e:lr pall.;lge"" of ""I;C' ami fringe, '''" 

in ... \ ...,." "f I ~ p.:rlenl. 

C,lrl (Hrpcnh.·r. "r~;I lIIam,g~r of tho:: 

I),.\ .• Hld 11I •• ir (.'rionJ;cr. Ike 

pre,i,knl or N.::hun I r ... ~ 50::1"1 ir .... Ih.Hll.ed 

cmpIO}ec, for their fine "orl. p;,-rfurm"n,·,· 

in Ihe p.I,1 }~:or. Al,o in Hllelld:mc~ "ere 

(1}\1c 1l01id mn! Carl H:m,en. reliree,. 

Cume 10 thinl of il. Ihe...c 1"1) rctil'ee~ 

loo~ed 

,Iill ",,,·lillg. 

h

Service Pins 

\'ilk, Ohio and plar:ed his uavdcr inlO 

Local 246 in Janullry of 1947. Brother 

Br;.gg retired in s'::plember. 1967. To Ihe 

families of both men. "e of l..oc:al 2~6 eJ( 

tend our deepest condolences. 

RAYMOI'll W . l.o\SII, I'.S. 

Construction 

, 

-I 

Tile 25·year members, Icrl 

Hcnthorn, 11"1.' s:11 dOlln to I. dclidoll' dinner. 

DI.'\\ey MI.'''ay, pre~idl.'nl of Local 246 

:md IO:'Slllla~ler for Ihe e"ening. then imroduced 

the dislinguished gIH.·,IS on the (Iais. 

'-hey \\ere Ihl.' Reverend ;Ind r-.'l rs. I

Construction 

Youngsters Treated 

Re tires 

LoC~1 265, L,ncotn, Neb. treated members' ~ld5 

to • Christmas party. Here Cemmun.ty Play· 

house Puppet eelS entertain the .ud.ellce. 

Brothe. Robert Young 'i lor8",an on Ihi, hOlli 

,nlS prOleCI 10' Ihl! e!de(ly. 

Bokunh: Flc,·tri,· ha, "ccn worl..itl); on 

",10th", 1", ;,:\lildin);, Idlh Ihr ... c II in);" h:" 1UO 

,tp;trltllcm,. 

1\10 lar);t hou,ing unit\ fur the ,",u,·rly 

arc umln 

con,lruClion ami \lill I.e .. p ,omc 

men bu,) lor Ihe I, inler monlh,. 0111: is II 

,Ioubie unil of Io:ing done 

h} Bennell Ek'·lrk. rho..- olher j, hX:;lt.;d in 

Ihe c,'mer of S;Jt.:m, ;11...0 a t ... n-,tor} Itnil. 

and United Fl",clri,' i, Ihe contractor. 

I-el"ll(:roft condominiulll' in D,Lnwr\, •• 

non-union joh \lhkh \I,", \I"tched clo ..... l) 

b} tho:: loe'll dc,'lrici,m, ,,,,Ii the olher 

h"il,ling IT'I,Ie, for o\er ,I }ear, ha, do\eu 

dm\ II. I he \I orl.. m,,} nO\l !,:O union and 

op~n up "efore ~prinll. 

r h~ local \la, ",ddened h) Ihe. 1'""inJ;: of 

Brolher r ed Lo,·I..;:. a 10n1;'lime memher. 

We e.\I,·nd our ,,}Il!palhy 10 hi, f.ullil\ . 

Local 265 Dedicates 

New Building 

LAIlIl\' O'M II I \. PS. 

L.U. 265, U ;o.;('Ol.i"I' , ;-";1-; 11. On Np,,·m· 

her 27 . 1\173 Local 105 held a 'l1"na l n:remony 

10 ,ledic:,lIC it, 11Il"r..on An Ka,p"r. RII" \ Iun 

,Iorf. \Ii~e ~ I arlin. 0 ;1"'" D rcI'o, ,,",I m) 

.-elf. ~po:m many hour, meetlllg \lilh Ih .... Ir· 

l.· hiteels durinll co",trul"tion. \ Iorl.' \liII he 

rcpor!.:" on the J l.'dic:lIio" \I hen th~ rictur.:, 

come hacl.. from th.: photographer. 

r he annual ehil,lr ..,,·, (hri,lm", 1'.11"1) 

\I:,,, held on D xt!mhcr If,. Enten,Ilnmcnt 

for the ;,(Iernoon \I,,, proliul.'J 0) Ihe 

Communit} rl ,j~hou,e "uppell.'er,. II h" .lid 

an onh\,lIIdinll joh. \la"\l.'r of ceremnnie' 

,Igain thi, lear \I;lS JIlt-inc'" Mam,!,: .. r I\rlie 

H eald. Aft,'r the ~i,l, I',jrli.:ip;rud in grollp 

,inginJ;. S"nl:t C]all~ \ r om MeKal'} I"" ... ~J 

out gif" to :1 11 . I he F\eClilile Board mem· 

r...'r~ an,1 jhl'ir \lile~ "erle,1 ") Ihe ,'oml1l1l' 

tee thl.- }car. ;lIloJ l\"C r,' Iw,,,Ie.J "I' hy 

IJrolh.:r Roy LlImh. 

For the lir,\ time \Ie held a C hri,lmfh 

d inner-da nce. and m'lny hop..- il II ill he :tn 

Mc«h, 1974 

Bus,ness Manftger ".tle Heald le/lld5 the kidS In 

group singing. 

alltHllil alrai!". I ighl} I'cop1c .11I.. n,I.-(1 on 

De"emher 15 ;,1 Ihe Airport 1I"lid:l} Inn. 

1\ 11 h.,d a "onderflll cv .. ning. and lIe \I,l1\t 

to Ihal1~ 1Il\\lhl.'r Dun ,ll1d MartellC 11011,"" 

for Iheir \Hlr~ in org,"0mg the e\"cnt. 

R\I~\l11 N . \(IIl"I". I ' .~. 

Loyal Member of Local 280 

Retires After 25 Years 

L,U, 21W, SALW\1. O I{ E,- On D"eent!>cr 

21 tt", ~nlph,~ ...:, of (,ouM. InL. nm~ .. r, of 

:Iluolllolile h:,lter;",. h .. hl Ihdr :l11nu,tI 

("hri,lIn", hulk! lunch,'o" ,l1hl tU1l1.. Ilw IIC 

,·;"iol1 10 honor I eOll:l I-.l1hn 0,)11 h .. r rcriremen!. 

I con" had "el.''' emphl)I.'J nt Ihe 

I'lanl for 2~ ) ";'h. durin!,: \lhieh lim .. ,he 

\lU~ u1C31 ~80 ,~ Bu~inc~s 

Mana!jer Glen McCa ll. lelt. and On right. Gould, 

Inc. plnnl m"n"'Re. A( ehle Came,on. 

e

Parties 

EnjOYIng Ihe adults' Ch,lstmll$ party. 'ell 10 

right. a'e (:ommilleeman Btllt Ranslord. Sioo 

&1 11 ce,tificale w'nne, Thomas Coug""n, lind 

COmmItteeman Tom BaumRnn, 

P'esldent Joe La'kin, rig hI, lind "is lalher Ed 

La,kln, aC,olS the t~ble. Seem 10 be enlOylng 

Ihe dinner. 

Christmas Meeting 

....;;. ...... 

, 

Two lady helpers I 

t.enure,; 8,11 Leepe,. Jr. and Stan 

Execut've 8o""d membe'S. working fo, 

commIttee al Local 292. MinneapoliS. 

Ch"~tmas meeHng. 

Some of Ihe many 8r"the~ who enjoyed Ihe 

smo'sesbo.d after the Chtlslm-s meeting. 

lkmidji, M inlle!ro(l1a was the M:ene o f a 

Chrblma~ parI} for our Urothers Ihere on 

December IS. "on}-fi\'(~ members ami 

\\ive~ llltende(]. From all rcporl~. Ihe two 

partie. were greal ,uccc"c~. nnd everyone 

enjo) .. u Ihem,clvc\. 

On l>ceember 2~ our :10011111 Local 2'J~ 

Chrhlm;os pari) ":IS held :11 Ihe Ell) Club 

in Ifibhins. I,\,ith .1'25 in Hltcml:lllce. It. 100, 

wa, a grc;!l ,Lio,:C.." 

and lIon pr:li", from 

all. l\lan} Ih;LI1~' :Ire c.\lended to BrOlhcr 

Vkwr Koi-i,lo :lnd ;111 lho\o(' "ho helped 

him mille il Ihe memorable elcnlng: it ":1'. 

..\11 111;11 Vol!, mi"in!! "cre Ihe m;,"} Broth· 

er~ I,hl) h~ve h!!d to !cave the juri,uil'tion 

to "or~ 

AI Ihi, "riling:, I,\,e h:lle Ie" men worling 

in our jnri"ll~liun Ih\ ' 1 ...."'1.• I',S. 

M e mbe rs Attend 

NJATC Wo,kshop 

, 

Some long.l lme local men,b,"s enjoy g"Ulng 

toget her. 

T his !!ala affair was held at Ihe Pithfield 

AmericC 

1"0 rt'porteT\ for e'en Ir)ing 10 gavel :1 

mceling or thir)ly and hungr) hrolher,. 

I here "cre a couple of c:ll'd g"me~ whkh 

1l1:lde for a few ~mi l e~ and :, 101 of fro "n~. 

A good tillle "!L' had h) all. We hopI.' 

Ihill Ihi, re;Ir" ill hring hcuer da)~. 

Dor-. AND JON I '~,>(1~. !',S., 

Local Holds Three 

Chri stmas Parties 

L U. 29~. IIIIUU NG. i\IINi'._ On ])e..,CIllhcr' 

7 in In!Cl'lW lioJlal )cr IS lI u~ine,s \lal1:lger W. G. 

])enliln ,md I attended the /\rlan"h SHIll.' 

Electric;II \Vor ~ crs As,oci:llion \ I\ SI' WA) 

meeling at the Ramada Inn CUII\C I1l10n fa 

d lit} in North Lillie Rocl. T Vrelflh Di,trict 

Vice Presidenl Earl Hurnelle :Ind IEC 

memb.:r rom 1'III'lIIey I,\,ere hOllore,1 gue~I~. 

Both pre,emcd intere,ling und informative 

1;lI l ,. BrOl her ~ uhin Burn, of Local 474. 

;lnd AS I·W/\ rrc~itlcnl. pre~idcd ovcr lhe 

meet mg. L ..-Ro) Slmin. Loe .. 1 700. i\ 

ASEWA .lICeret:.ry: W. G. l)cnlon. 1000al 

2'J,'i. i, vice pre,ilien!. Somc 3S delegales of 

JIl l- \\' local~ in Arlu n ':I~ ;ll1cnued. M:IIlY 

imporlanl lopic, I,\,ere discl1~",'d . and ever) 

one " ho particip:ued g:Iined yaluable inform!Llilln. 

IBEW JOII,no! 

•

Local Faces 

Local 300 faces 

..,....- 

Ch"slm'" p~tlY commillee commended; lell 10 "/l:hl. lou,~n and Sherry R~s: MatRa.el .nd 

M'lIon lee; lInde end WI~ne leWIS; Bo Bu.ne!!; Patll and James Salkeld: Ce.o! .nd Hom .. BuCk; 

nOI p,clmftd Debb •• Du.nell. Ind Ca", and Molhe Cope'~nd. 

Membe,s of lillie Roc~. A'~ lOCII 295 lOlned 

approx,melely 35 dlilsate. from lome of Ill. 

23 IB[W local. In A.kanul I' Ih. AS[WA 

lunch ...... ,,"II. lot \ I.,,c/"'. K. Ander.on .• lIl1.1 J. 

\I crri~;m Ihd Iht' ",orlo.. 

1 0\;;11 lUn I'r ..... ldenl D.l\e Goo.t;111 .mJ 

llu,it1l'" \i.. n;o1!ef Jame, \krrig:w \\011111 

li~c h. th.ml. Iht' memhe/"'hlfl ror .ulentltn~ 

IInit mcelmg\ regularl) and p.,l'Iicip.'ling ." 

i!ooJ. ,ldiH' mcmhcr •. 

I he 1 

high 1;] .\ on g",ollnc :tnd rai,in!,! Ih.:: fl r i~~ 

r ~r ~ all'l!1 "f he;oIin!! oil doe,n'l ~ohe Ihe 

"

prohlem: all il does is lal..e hard e .. rned 

money from our Brolhers' pocl..eh. '1 his 

problem should be nipped in the bud. 

Alone "e e;lO nOI SlOp lhe problem. bUI "e 

can help b} remembering to ~eep our home 

thermo.tah IUrned down. lind 10 obey the 

SO·rnil.;·per-hour speed limit. 

We "eicOille Kenneth Locl ami Llrry 

Fortin 10 our h.Ie;I!. 

Remember. 10 ~'1!t your Illone}"~ \Iorth. 

spend union dollal), for union producls. 

RICHI IIIl J. SP IN I. 1'.5. 

Bylaws Committee 

Shown he •• , I.h 10 "alii. ar. memlHt ... of lOCI' 

302. Mart,nez. Cal., bylaw$ COmmi1t"' B,II !'fir 

Silk,s. John Hunler. A.,. CmuCII, Sam Bouc:lI.r. 

ancl ~. Pe."n Not pr.ll..e~ on hume 

COMlrnChon: IIItere~1 ratc~ arc -.0 high Ih.1t 

horne hu}er, beg'lIl cancelling ne" hOllle 

purchascs. Induslrial constnl,lion h lIeing 

held up. to 3n (')'Ient. b~ malerilll .hort· 

3ge •. All in ull. il ~eems Ihal ,in1,:e the pre, 

en! admini'lr;Hion h:ls hcen in JlO\\er, 

ever)lhing h:l) a;one \Our, 

l ocul )02 hi!> a vcry hHrd \\orl..ina; "nd 

con'>\:ienliOIl$ h)la"s committee. lJurin!! Ihe 

P,I~I couple of )C;II'" il hJ.' been going 

Ihrough our bybll's from l>cJ:!inning 10 end 

10 nlil~e th!'nl 101all) rele\'anl and IIOf~mg. 

Arlidc, ha\e been re"rinen and darified 10 

clHllln;,te m hi n lcrpre l mjon~. and to bring 

ollld"lcd .Lfticle. lip 10 dale. 

' l emJ,er~ of the com nlitl~e include S.lnl 

Boucher. ;:hairm:ln. John I-hillier. G~ n ~ !'er· 

rin. G ail C rough. 1:1111 i'l·fg:.l..is. I';\ul Stu 

Ifud. lLnd John B as~, 

Tho-.e o f YO Li who subscribe 10 Ihe H,'ml· 

f'r's Dit:.'j' hllve probabl)' r"ad wrne of Ihe 

anli·union labol' llrticle, prinled in Ihe l u~t 

reOir. They were wrillcn b} Charles Slc\'cnson. 

Rfl/llu's J)iNt'S' rO\inl; editor SpeCi;llik 

ing in labor nmllefS. H j~ ani.:les d e~fibe 

"holcsalc tcrrorbm. beati nJ;s. deslruclion of 

conslruction eqmpment. and olher atro;;l\ies 

~lI p posed ly direcled :It non·union comp,lIlics 

and p rote"~ b)' union "1o'OOn Mlu;ld~:' 

Oddl)' enough. Ihese Ihing~ rcJlOrted b~ ~Ie· 

" e n~o n in Ih ~ Di/: /'sl never M'ern 10 appear 

in ncw~pape r s. news maga:d ncs. or on h .. le· 

"bion. T he Rf'llder'r /)i/:fJ/ seemS henl 0 11 

.. 

deslroying Ihe re pul:llion of o r g" l1 il. ~d hlhor 

by prese nting Ihese a rti cle~ to il) readers. 

As umon people. perhllps it i, lime 10 respond 

10 Ihe.e articles by cancellinS sub 

;.criplions and e~pl.lining \\ h) "e arc doing 

"'. 

JlM, I 1>. Sn rRLI). 1'.5 . 

Contracts Settled; 

Pins Awarded 

I_U. JII-I. T()I'I ~ I\A . K \ '5. '1 he 'fJnlT;tel 

"ilh Ihe We,krn I' o\\~r ])ili\lon of Cenlral 

Telephone :md Utililie, (orJlOralion has 

been .eulcd for a 7.5 ["Creem gener.11 \\,,!,:e 

illcre;!\('. plu. anot her hoIiJ!L) _ lhc I riJny 

l,fler I hanh~i\'inl!. 

Our contract "ilh \\he;lll.md l·k1,:lric 

Cooper;lli'e. Inc. h.IS ;,1'0 heen r;llified h) 

the member" lhe ~eocr:ll in.·rca~ "ill he 

S.S per,cnl. The ;lpl"rcnli.. e linem.tn ~Iep~ 

\\ere 1,:h"ngcJ from four \0 three }ellr~: hoi· 

id,,}, 1";1) \\;1\ lilx'rali/ed for Iho-.e .:mplo) 

ees v.ho ar.· 1,:;,lIeu h;KI.. 10 \\()(~ on Iheir 

b:l

Picnic 

Enjo~,nll Loaol 308. St. PoeteJ'$burg. ria .• poen.c 

;I

Graduation 

Cmp lct!n eer, 'flcates wen! to the fotlow'ng new Journeymen o f Lcal 340. 5ftcramenle. Cat.; 

frent. lo ft to roght. John Zommermlln. Randy Maul. Richard Horn. J ames Mille •. Rlchftrd Bello. and 

CU'lrS Au,leh; rebr. lef! to "ghl. Dan,el Sw,nk. Richard lawrence. Oll",d Parvin. Jlly Gough. Lance 

Engeldonller. A,li'ur O,,,lIn. Michael Oyba. and Arthur COp"iand. NOI prcsent for thl p,et"r,. Jemes 

Conne,. John A Oyer. Ylclor lanf(don. and W,lIiam Tanner. 

IaN for non-u nion 1>CrI'iccs Rnd commodilies. 

and delll wilh concerns housed in 

scab-built and scab-maintained places of 

bU.'lincss in their suburban communities. 

These same union members send their 

L.ids 10 scab-buill lICOOols financed by bond 

issues appro\c-d b) the electonue. of .... hit-h 

Ihe) are a pan. and .... hkh are go\emed by 

pubh( offitials elecled b) a minoril) of eligible 

\Olen; III their I:ommllnil). 

\1 .10) of Ibcse s,lme members fail 10 allend 

union meclinttS. fail 10 \Oh: for tandidale~ 

for puhlic offices .... no are comidemle 

of Ihe Inuje union mo,emenl, and don'l 

conrributc :1 bueL. 10 COI'I" . or p:.nicipate 

in union :I(fairs. lIo"c\ ... r. it is terlain Ihal 

Ihe)' ;.~ intluded in IhO'>!! "ho ;Ire cmical 

of the. "cliquc" \lorldng 10 ad\ance lhe pur· 

pow~ for \lhi~h all m"mhcrs are oblig;ucti. 

It h", ;11\1:1)\ llCen a myster)' 10 your 

scril.l-c "h)'. \Iith the nceu ror prolcclin],; 

and atlvancill!,: Ihe purro~cs of organi:.(cd 

labor. mnn~ Ill1ion !11c!l1ber~ e~hibit "hout -/ 

lhc \llIne iniliarile a~ :1 ~id I.iucn. 

NUll. hefure )UlI ",... 1 mad and scream, 

.. rhrow Ihe bum out~··. COllnl the union labels 

On your :.pp:.rel ;ll1u your r;Idio. lele\'i- ~l 

sion .• mlo. anu apf'li"n~e~. If yu r.J.le a 

gmdt of 7n ['I('r~ent. I' ll apologize. 

/11111 II , I'OIlIIb.I'.S. 

Hall 

S,ngled 01,11 for Ip&ch.1 Iw"d. dUllng complehon eeremon,es. hold,ns bondl. I,ll to "ghl I.e 

Michael Oyba. R,cha,d Bello. and Randy Mou1. Not shown but alllO .",.,,,,ng 1In 1Iw1l.d wlS W,lIIlm 

K. Tanner. labor m1ln'IFmenl and I.aln,ng: oHicials p,ctured w, th the ~w lourneymen a ... teft to 

';ght. H (dward Wh"e. drc.1 351. Las VCIIU. 

Na". 

Reporter 

Back On 

Looks 

1973 

L.U. J57. LAS '"":GAS. i'1-: V.- I-IearJline 

frum our " Ik lk\e II Or NUl" d,'p"rlment: 

T he Nc" Year in 1 ..:"1\ Vel,:(1 ~ "a, gr~eted 

b) Ole Man Winler "hen I'll' deli\ered 10 

u, appnl\;malel) len illl;'h .., IIr thai .... hile 

stulT c;llIOO ,til>..... 

III Ihe fir.1 f"ur d:I)\ of 

Janu

Strike 

loc .. ' 351 membeB employed by Cent,al Tel" 

pt)one on pIcket dilly duronlil ,ecent s'"ke. 

Ih~ hold. Nul unl) ,Ier\! d"n'!1iom l"ut- 

1""lcd "hen a Brother ,'a.. ,Ii..;,hkd. hIli jll\! 

h.:fur,- Chri'l!na~ :, ,pedl.1 CU IiCl"tioll II;" 

l:t~ cn f"r Ih",~ "h" hale hccn di",bk,1 (" r 

>om .. time. We ctll11l1lcnd m'l (ln ll' Ih",e 

"h" ""rl..:.! a1 the hUld hUI ",eT),;nC IIh" 

,j". and nOI lei I" 

. rcgr;:~, to Ihe poinl uf bclinJcmenl and ,uh_ 

Il'rfu,!;", 

~ MatC h. 1974 

~ I IKI I ,:"/(;TOI', I'.S, 

Ten New Members 

Join Local 

1 •. 11. 36 1, Lf: UA,," O " ', I'A,- I hi, nh)mh'~ 

I.'Ohlll1l1 \lill be a ,hun ,m... Wllh "inler 

h"T". Ih ... fe " job, \Ie h,I\e are ,luwil1g up. 

\ V,· 1Iln, 1''''nn,ylv:Lllia. 1 hill t-ring.~ 

w l:,I IlA 111,·mncr,hlp lu 31. 

II tlricf "'ur,1 ;thoul nc!,"!"ti.ui,)lh. We .. lid 

have a f ... " m ... cllngs "ilh Ihe c,mln,CI,'r,. 

II ,,",·m, " ... cal1 'l ...... e e)c 10 q ... ,I' 'el. hili 

, ..... "II h .. ,pt: Ihe CUnl raCI "ill hc ,ICeepl

Christmas Party 

Bro,ke. B,II T,,~ o WOn 'he ,""d'enee w,'h h,s 

juga""" 

Oave Wolf. J •. rectlives assls' a".::e from yOU"!'!tI. 

m .. mbers of his aud,er>c:e In hIS malll(; show a l 

Ch llSlmas party. 

\\hi'h \\OlS ··Kin!! (,f Ihe {'amil.,I:· f ... alurin~ 

\li~s G yps} Ko...: I cc. Kill pla)· ... u nl.ln) 

hl)\pil;,ls anu uiu ,>ho\\\ (or ",:oll1in~ I>r~anj · 

t;li! .... Negotiillion\ hro)..e off on I)cullon 

linel1wl1. bec:lIl1e u Wi ..... 0\\1 member 0 11 

Sclllemher II . 1973. 

\eler.11 o( thc l oc .. 1 1'111 ~MP" rc,ciled 

the 5,(,ulh (",.rolin., O 

IlIInhrunnen in \ ri/on". and W"It"r JO) . 

.. ho i, \lIl;l;e"ful1) recolf'ring from hb 

hC.lfl ;.lI;K)... 1>111 hfl~ allplied for ,Ji ...... l>ilil} 

pen'10n. 

\\e enJoycd .molher \er} fin ... Chri'lma~ 

Il.,n ) Ihi, }c"r. 1 h ~ food .... 01' d..-i kiml\. Ihe 

Ilidie, .. ere he.lUlifll!. and "e ;,11 h:.d a 

good time . 1111: committee 1I0ini! ,III Ihe 

\lorl. l:on,j".:11 of I) ie).. Ingle,. C urt N)" 

land. Siele Wernwgc r. Tom Whillcmore. 

of Iheir I\ile'. W e e'llre,s our :tllflfecialion 

itnd ,h.IIl)..' for lheir effort. ;md Ihe gooJ 

n,""I1~ ;,ehie~e,l . I heir Ilrogram prolided a 

nc" idea for enlcnainlllcm :md an .• hunu· 

•.nee o( door Ilri /.e~, BrOlher Slevc lI erman 

lolunteered 10 'iI)..e 'tOm~ rklurc, for U~. 

• 

hUI Ht Ihi~ \HiLin~ Ihe) ,l(e nOI )CI Hvai!· 

ahlc. \0 lie \liIl h,lIe 10 ..:,il for Ihem. 

Than).. ~ much. Slc\e. (or )our heill. 

We mu~1 h,,'len 10 L'Orrel:1 ;,n error. Tile 

report of our I:o~t gr:,duating "ppr~nlic e 

d:u, .. ilS incomiliele. II included Ihc names 

of Ihe mcn in Ihe piC1ure. l>uI no' lho'-C 

11110 \lere nOI pre ..... nl for Ihe piClurt. Thec 

.,ddilion'll Ill:" jOllrneymen .Ife: ·10111 (01· 

lin). Mi)..e I·run'hle. RO!1cr (iranl. I.arr) 

10uLol ... Konmn K.,im. f arl l.odh;lrt. and 

lIil1 D ) all. Our ,incere ;lflOloJ,:ie,. IJ ro' her ~. 

;Inli I hope ollr communk:l1 ion, .... 111 he bet· 

I ... r nC'1 linlc 

l'-ell Brolher. 11M h.l\e rc,ell1l) been 

obligated lire: Do .. vo~~. Chilrle, l'ullmer. 

,tnd Jel'Olllc Weidclllier from the IO\lu Cit) 

arc ••. :,nll l' llprenlice) Kevin Kacena :Ind 

Terr) O·Connell. Congnllula t ion~ 10 Ihc, ... 

men. and !I reminder of 'he \lord!> Ihe) 

IUW Jo",nol

. 

spoke .... hen they took this obligation. It is 

good for all of us to Stop and :I~L our. 

~I\'..,s. rrolll tillle to lime, how .... ell lIe :Irc 

LeepiDg that oalh. 

JOII" It. J-:ll'oG. 1'.5. 

Faces 

These local 410. New Sedlord. Mass, membe,,. 

1101 out 10 ~ole 10' otfr,e.s. See" lell 10 roShl 

~.e Siante~ Perr~. Made""e G.eenwood. Mafia 

P Souza. Henr.ett" HamPl'on. Ma's ... el Ba,h. 

Wrlliam Th .."he•. and lu,~ Ba.ao 

,.-~ 

... 

rellers at t he ele,tion. ~tandrng left to rill>!. 

• IIe Oa~id Ca",.I1",. Helen Hln,hlrtfe. and Ge. 

!rude Whalen: seated are Carnet Peny and 

Ce""a Mello, 

Shop Stewards 

Attend Meetings 

L.I J. "1 11. ' 1-:\\ I.IEDFOWIJ. \ Ir\SS, Our 

\hop ~telO.;H\.Is re,eml} :llIend... r.I four .. due;I' 

lion,,1 m .... ting~ on the' suh;c,t of hO\l 10 he 

a more effe'eli\(: union reprt'-.:m:tti\'e. The 

m .. eling,s .... ere cOllllucted h~ Inu:rn;otion:11 

Weprc'\Cntath

1\1 1\10 of the meetings film\ \lere 'ho\ln. 

enlilled -Grielan,e~" and "Shop SlelO..It.h, 

I hey \\er~' ..enl 10 us h) the Af-L·(lO hint 

Ii.-p"rlment in W a~hington, D.C. 

'1 he cla

Outing 

Course 

Marie Coerlitl. assisted by Jean Freeman. CQUl 

bingo game at Lo.::al 441. Santa Ana. CIII. 

outing. 

Loc.1 441 IOuIOeymen ",Mo .;omplete" lelepMone onlercomm"n,c~t,on COUlse p,cture" here. left 10 

roSh!: fronl row. No,m Schm,Ilt. CMuc~ 1

John Zuplo. Sr. and his ''''0 ..ons, John, 

Jr, and Rich::mJ. had some luck in Springfield, 

Vermont whcn thcy gOl 11 142-pound. 

the·poinl buck. The bo)~ sent Father John 

bllCl to Ne", Jersc), tllen tnneled north to 

meet the re)1 of thcir part) : eorly Cone. 

Loe,11 2.JS, T oledo. O hio; J im Mcintyre. 

Loeal .ISS, Columhia, South (Molina: Bob 

Smith. l..oc:tl ')32. Coos Ba), Orcgon: ami 

ChMIi ... Vig,lnt, l.oe,,1 10-19. Long 1,I,md, 

Ne" York. Thc !;troup accountcd for Ihrce 

decr and one hear "hill.' in Canada. 

T he Irip talen b) Sle'e I lache.l of 

Loeal 3511, " enh Amho}' . f\.c" JeNC' . ant.! 

Ed \leCra,len. Loe;,1 4~6. 10 l.00.:al 68. 

Ocn\er. Colorado ended in ~oot.l huming 

.md fi'hina;, SIC\C li1let.! a ~i\·point hlKl 

and Ed an eight-pointer on thc fir"l day of 

deer ~awn .... hieh lefl some tim~ for good 

lroul fi~hing. 

Brother hi Mei\sner 1001. ,I mUl1th· long 

hunting Irfr to Ihe ~mo"'cy " lounIHin\ in 

rennc , ~e. 10 Nl'w YOI'''' SI:lle, Cd and p1ea-.cd. ~inCf,' ht' hat.! pl:UHlCd 

10 pur,h"sc one afler goin~ h,,~l to lhe 

Compan~. 

'0\1 Ihal Boh \liIl h:llc more frci' hourer 

,md eheri~h Ihc Ihoughts of all the conlrib 

Ulor, 10 Ihi\ fund, 

WI.' h,I\C compleled ollr negoliations with 

Ihe Itl· \ III \,hehoro. Nor!h Carolina. and 

"ho for our lelephone a~reemenl for :In· 

Other \c"r. B~ the time this :lppe.. r~ in Ihe 

),111".,,1. it \I ill bc: lime 10 ncgolial~ our 

lin~ ,Igrccmem. 

("{)n!!ralulalion.~ go OUI 10 Brother James 

I }~~. our hX,11 pre~iJenl. on his promolion 

to for~m;ln: 'll~ to \\. II. " I'rca~bcr" Oelkrllh 

,lIld John I. D .. niels on be,omin\!. 

foremen. 1 01:,11 485 Trea~urcr Hnmdu\ 

Tho'"p\on \I;l~ prOn1OI~d to supcrinlcnt.!enl. 

When :t contra~lor pro mOles linen"," 10 

fo rcnwn. foreman 10 superintcndent. it's a 

~ign uf Inte progrc~s. 

Ollr \lorl. on dhlril1U1ion :tnd Iran'llli, 

~jon has tx-en plentiful. and looks much 

nrighler for Ihe coming months. \\e h,,\e 

;Ihout 15 tr,l\("ler- from Florida III our 

juri'>di~lion. due to a ~Irile I\ilh Florida 

I'o\l,"r :Ind Light. 

, humpcr _Iider thai gOI m)' ancntion: 

"'Bchind ('\cry W"lcrg"te there's a \lilhou"':"---I:ould 

nc' 

P. G/\L"'S. I'.S. 

Local Loses Brothers 

1.. 11" 500. S'" " .... TO:" IO. TI-:X._ Rieh:trd 

11 ~)c, \lhu retir .... d a~ a pole erew foreman 

from C PS in 1965. pas..'iCd a"a) on Decl."mncr 

3. lie had t>een a member of Local SOO 

for W }~"f';. Another long-lime mcmher, 

J uan Almanl;!. pa~scd a\la) on Nmembo:r 

12 al the ,I!!e of n. Brolher AlmanZ'"I. ""he 

retirers 

\Ion anent.!;!IIce prizes: I). c.. Slomehin~hi. 

Richard B,J.ggs. Joe Ardila. Roger 

"'b"rner, Joe Gareia. Bcnha Hcrnant.!el. D. 

lIoc':>

Christmas Party 

Local 530, Sarnla, Onl. held lis Christmas 

dinner and dance in Oecember Shown hete, 

left to "gill, ate Ftank Searlet. 30·)'ear pin 

tecipient. Intetnational Vice President Ken Rose; 

and Fras"r COllins. 

mlln did hi~ job welt. Man)' year pins \lere 

awarded. bllt I want to mention one in particular 

: Ihe 30-)ear pin a\larded to BrOlher 

Frank Sc;,rlel. presenled 10 him by our new 

Inlernalional Vice Presidenl Ken Ro~e . 

Brolhers Chlude Kem ~ le y and Kon Chi\ 

ers camc all Ihe wa) from Florid;, to recei~e 

20-)ear rins. 

t\ few of our invited gue~t\ I'cre 

Imernalion,,1 Vice Pre,iutnt Ken Ro)C: Inlern;ltion:,1 

Keprewm;ltilC Dave lIutl. Bev 

Dum;lre"'lue. hu~me~~ nmn,lger of 1.0n,lon 

l»cal !20: and Corke) M:II; lnnC5. 

r-,'Iany of ottr Hrolhcr ~ Ilere up l1urth 

hunling "ntl \lcre ul1""le 10 "l1end the 

u;lnc:e: bUI ,,"en E~clcigh \lcnl up 10 northern 

Ont;trto. got his bud., ;md got ""d. in 

lime for our r;trty. 

HOI, IIlU D . GIIA"I. I'.S. 

w,,~ of intereSI ttl a number of Local 55 1 

meillbers. T he installing officer, Ihe installed 

masler, and the ~tarting mlln in Ihe line of 

progrC...,;iOll are all clectrician.... Roberl,; 

Barnes b the ,evenlh eil-ctrici:1Il II> preside 

a~ lIla,ler of LUlher Bur":lIll No. 752. Bob 

i~ also an aCli\c memhcr of Loc :11 5!i 1, al 

prc\enl ser'llll: ", a 11\cmlx:r of Ihe '"E"' 

lIoaru and .. n,-,Uicia! he;1\1 .)f Ihe rcfre',hment 

committee. He Icll\ me he l,iII become 

a f;llher again 'n 1974. as \lell as 

ma,ler. John I'rie,jrich,cn IIRS m;t~ter in_ 

19(,9. ,,,,d r:lbed Hub to Ihe ,tcgrce uf tni,Sler 

l1t;j~un. in nddition 10 in~la!1ing him in 

197-l. Juhn wne, Lu.:al ~51 liS in,'ruch.)f 

of Ihe founh-~ear apprenlice l"1a~s. ;!fld fill~ 

in a' pre~s wcret"ry. I'cle Len". Junior 

\lc\lOLrd. ;, he;ld cieclrid:ul fl,r Ihe Cily of 

Sanla Ros;t. and \Ie 100]" for\laru t,1 the 

ua~ \lhen he will ..... ne Ihe craft •• ~ 111:",erof 

h" lodge. 

Of Ihe 200·plu~ memi"tcr, of Luther Bllrban~. 

'lbout 20 arc ctnpl,)ycd in Ihe electriclil 

Irade. \t:'en are !ourne)man I"remen 

memhcr. uf Local 551. 

J"II I>. A 1-1I1f 1I1t1("ft-;II>.. I'.S. 

Brothers shown here enjo~ing parly are Fraser 

Cotlins. Ron Chivets. International Vlee Presl· 

dent Ken Rose. Oave Bun. Bev Oumaresque. 

Corke)' Macinnes. and w,ves. 

lien Rose. left. aw"rds 2o.year pin to Ron 

Ch,vers, center. as Bitt Man,eom on "eht looks 

'". 

Brother Ken Evetelgh and his buck. 

This Chrislmas II"~ one of the ho::~t thllt 

we have eVer had. : 1 ~ e,er} nutn I,ho b 

,tble 10 \\.ork and walll~ 10. i~ working. We 

Iwve enjored a long slrelch of full emplo)· 

lIIem. I (1111 happ}' 10 :Innounce. :tnd Ihe fu· 

lure looh very ~0Ctd for son1l' lime 10 

come. 

We recently held our annual Chri~lma~ 

"'inner :l11d dance "I Ken" iel rerrace. We 

:, 11 had a \londerful lime. 11 sur.:- \lot, nice 

to :>i'l' such :, good I1Irn01l1. I headed up Ihe 

uance committee. ;llong '" j,h Jo hn Bell. 

L,,"'rcnce Bntnder. Norm Angcr. lind Paul 

Vail. P on Ihe Executive Board. 

Moe ~tllrted in Ihe electric;\! Held ... hcn 

hI: \I;IS 17 )'e;tN old: he hec:tme a journey- 

1ll:ln by otSC :!O. :lnd b 00\1 M. 'I h;tl 1I!;lles 

a 101,,1 of some -l7 years in con-trtIClion. 

Dltring the Dcpre';sion hc "'a~ a jOItl"tlcy 

/11,m. He ....,\ a general forem:tn for Ih,rland 

Flectric on the third fOllndq «(jre~ '" 

Iron). He l:tIer 'Iorled a, :0 foreman fo r 

C"pilol ElcCiric of M ndt~un. Wi ~COlhi l1. 

and ha' ~penl the 1:1SI l-l ye; ,r~ I,ilh Elcc 

Irk' Service of Ann Arl>or. Michigan. 

\\ hen aid .• 

"You musl cra\l I t>efore you ""Ik:' 

Br01 her Dnlc David h:ls the c",;r air his 

leg. Brother MorTi, Goo~;n had some veins 

rcpl:tc~d :Ind i, nO\l bacl :01 rull ~Ire nglh. 

Brulher Ed Lunger i~ in Ihe hospilal. T errific 

Tom W:ml hn~ becn filling in for Ed. 

Jlrolhe r J ack Tntvcrse is slill Irapping lurtles. 

",hile Brolher D ick --The San Diego 

Kid'" Lynch is hunting for razor blade~. 

C ... ltl. PI tl. 1'.5. 

ISEW Jo utnol

50 Years 

Local 569, Slin O,ello sends this photo 01 Mr, 

a"d Mrl. JII~1c Zelte"!!II. m.,,,ed 50 yeMs IIgo 

in ChICIIIO. shown he,~ on the oi.'':o 

..eeJ"inJ;! \\orl, :1' "I.' .'fe hanl rrc" ... J I" 

lind \lorl. ((If 11"1' mcm"cr, ... 1 ........ line. 

Our (on):r;ltulalions III l!u~UH:~ ~ /o,l,II1.I;:cr 

lim I>kCullough of I 1)\.';11 ~') I in Stodton. 

Cal. on hi, .'f'POinlll1 "tleml 111l' oIcdic:' lion 

of ollr InlCl'n.'liO I1:d Ih!:ld'III;lrlcr, in w;"h· 

(nglon. D ( h i, UlliCClI a be,Jllliful huilJ· 

ing. on.: Ih;1I ;011 m.:mhel .... "r Ihe IIU W 0;.11' 

[11I..e 1" ille 111 "'nh Ih,' H:r) 1:111·,1 in (0111- 

pliler. ;ond .1.lta f'ro~e"int;. IIC l.tl"' be 

a~~urcd of ':Icn hcUcr ..ctlO(!>' frol11 Ihe 1.0 

Our [h,m~, 10 Prc\ldenl 1,,11,11'.1 .11111 Ih.:. 

other Inlern,uion;.1 ,,"ker, lor n1;l~mg 

:'I'ai1.,hk ;011 oillee, Imd Itcp:orllncnh lIf Ihe 

bui"Jit1l:. ,!lId ):illl1l: Ih a prclic\I .)f ore!';" 

lions. 

Our 111:\\ 10\.;,1 ~/i') "uilding 1,.ldilioll i, 

progrc"ing;,1 " fa'l dip: 111:t}tIt! "0.' "ill tit! 

"hie to II..., il hy the time }OU re:l(, 

Ihal if you Iw.,:,1 e\II;o "a,h. 10\, "ill h.O\c .1 

~ood. frien,jl) rciallomhil' buill Ill', 

Consr"tlll.llion~ \0 Mr. ,Ind \I,.~, 1:id 

Zcilengn. rn.lrried .'iII ),c,lr, .'1,:0 in Chil':II,:O. 

T hey 1I\0vcd to 5:111 l)ie1:l0 in 1\1-11. The 

Zeilen!:,,, h:II'e five ehil,jren. 19 gmndchil· 

,j re!! . a 11,1 'J grral·l/ranuchilurcn. 

Il"w .... m J. VOl I, 11.:-' 1. 

Mo,peril~ \loul,j hoc lhe heighl IIf 01'1.111,,11\. 

Ollr gOlcrnrncn1 and "i,!! "",ine" nc'cr 

f"il 10 :lnl:'l.e rne. \\he:! "e j:"1 ,,,~d 10 

I">cinj: ""M1cd "ith t,,~,·~ anJ "rit'c, ,h.,t ;lrc 

100 high and rn,II"'~e to \

Hard Works 

Pays Off 

L.V 613, ATLA:,,'TA. G ,\ .-Bu,iness Manager 

Harr) Bexley has initi •• ted and ;Iccomplished 

many worthwhile projects during hi~ 

IH·ye;lr tenure in offtce: waglf rates. vacation 

plan, health and \lclfare. life 

in~llt1Incc. [len~ion plan. denIal program. 

~cholar~hip fund. our o\ln six-:;tory bui lding. 

and m,IIIY others. '\lore carne e;oS): a 

greal de,,1 of plllnning und plcm> of plain 

hard worl. \lTI, IIcceS!>.1r). E'II:h projecl had 

ih critics lind opposition. Mnny busine,s 

manag~r

A gang of men in a busy to .... n. 

With a ho-he:l\'e-ho and a lusty )'ell, 

They s .... ung a beam and the sidewalk fell. 

I asked the foreman: A re Ihcere al alfa". lell to 

tighT. a". E~ecutlVe Bo.Ird member l. KrstMr. 

N. J. SenaTor Peter McDonough. ~nd local 67S 

President Robert Ouempel 

Members gruting the Governor·elect; lefT to 

' ighT. Business Man"ger J . J _ O·Connor. Presl· 

dent Robert Guempel. Governor·eleet Brendan 

T. Byrne, V'ce P.esidenl Neil Boyte. and COPE 

c h.urman Raymond Wagner. 

~ MatC h, 1974 

lhe affair. He appeared rri~nd l y and informati-'c 

as he met our people. He \\-as 

\lell reCt'ived by all. 

Business represcnla l iv~s of the building 

trades and industrial unions wtre presr:nl . 

The Local 675 COI' F committee, indudillS 

cha irnl[LIl Rober! Greenillg. registrar 

Ray Wagncr. Bill H are, :lIld M ike Hry 

~en k o. did llll olltslanding job and arc to I>c 

complimented. as arc m ember~ and Iheir 

wives. Fveryone had a wonderful day. 

Do" IIUOI I. 1'.5. 

Local Ends 

Lengthy Strike 

L.U, 696, BEU .. A IRI-:. OIIiO- AI Ihis 

writing_ local 696 has jll,t cnded a strile 

ag .. imt Ohio rower Compan~ :LIld the 

Amerie:." Electric Po\\er Sy ~ letll \\hich 

l a~ted over five month" Even ;.fter thai 

lenglh of time we did not g~1 a fair M: tt!cmCllt. 

Lin Ie did we ~now what a hind \\e 

",cre ill until the slr i~c was two months 

old. 

Ollr ~i!Uation ~ho\\cd u) ho\\ dire i, Ihe 

labor eri_is in Ihis cOllnlry tod:!~. The la\l 

do!s nOl pre-lent a loe-.i1 ~trrlillil. htll Supreme 

Court rulings of rectm }ear, h.lve 

talen a\\ay the impael of a ~tril~. Rullllgs 

hone gilen compallies the righl 10 rtplaee 

,trilrng \lorlers \lilh scab 1;lror hired off 

the st reet. Our BrOlhers ill the ':onSlnreliOIl 

trades h:ne aiM) cxp~ricnced non-llI1iOIl 

I:lbor problems throughout the t'Ounlr~. 

T hzy hrlOw. a~ we found Ollt . Ih,oI only ,0 

many scans \\ ill leave jon ,iles: olheh ar~ 

ju)1 there 10 )lay. anti nOI hillg '>Ccm~ to 

change their minds. 

Our -.o..:i:ll .. cti\'itie~ h;"e IJ.ct'II fe\ler. hut 

th.llll~ to th= energ) [lIld ~pirit of 'iOme of 

our members and their \\hc\. elenh h,I\e 

nOl heen completl'l) ~hul do\\ n. 011 o...c-em- 

Candidates 

Gethnl ,o:>&elher ""'re. felt to tl8hl. are Assem 

btl' etect Tom Devefln. AssemblyelKI John Gre· 

80nO. Bus,ness M"n"ge. J_ J O'Connor. V. 

Sp,na. and Reeo,dmg Sec.e,ary J_ Pasano. 

Addressing sathe"ng Is Senato. elec, Thom"s 

Dunn: behind h,m. left to "Skt. are Vice Presi· 

dent N. Boyle. Business Manllger J. J, O'Con. 

nor. Oovernor·elect Brendan T, By.ne. and Free· 

holder Thomas Kaczmarek. 

ber l our Ioc-.tl sponsored a dance for 

members and friends. We illviled members 

of Ulility Workers of America from local 

po .... er plant$ \\ho wcre also on slrike 

agaimt Ohio Power CompallY. BrOlher Bill 

~ I ilell,hy d id alllhc orgOlnizi ng. 

A Chrblmas pOlrty for Ihe kiddies waS 

held 011 Dec~mbcr 15. The committee in 

ehnrge 11':" made 111) by Marge Poole, Peg 

KO'·nch. Pam Milewsky. and Donna H uff. 

a ll '\Ihe~ of 10c:lI ll1embcr~. 

Some or our members ha"e retired since 

Jul) I. They are Gerald W. Arers. Carl A. 

··Bant)" Pax lon, William E. ()v.ens, John 

E. Jio\\ell. George F, Sl:rizak. alld William 

W. Rogcu. Local 696 presr:nled each man 

a S!.'i ~'ings bond. 

We wi~h 10 t:lle Ih is opportunity 10 

thanl all of our Brothers from mall,. 

IBEW locOlls Ihroughout the country \100 

havc given u~ :.".btance during our time of 

need. Wit hom thClIl we 'IIoulJ not have 

been :rbl c to hold OUi as long as wc did . In 

time of labor 'Irife, il is gre;tt \0 find th:!1 

there is ~till (ratern.. l cI~ness ill the 

IBFW that no "ltb \I ill ever experience. 

D,n.: Rouso!". 1'.5. 

Old-Timers Night 

Lac,,1 697. Glry and H"tnmond. Ind. hono.ed 

five SO-yea' members rKently. Here we see 

Iwo honored Broln.rs, Frank Fargo on left and 

M,lton Muncoe on "sht. In cenTer '5 Inle,na· 

IlOn.1 Repre,enl.t,ve Noms Haug. 

Pins Presented At 

Old-Time rs Night 

L. U, 697. G ,\RY A~ll 111\ \1\10,, 1). 

IN D.-,\I OLlr 0Id-'1 imel'> I'\ight mcc!ing in 

o.:lo~r lit' had tht.' rk"~Llrc of pre ..... nting 

a 64)-)"~ar Cil:ttioll to Brother Fred ""ibnall. 

ami ~n·\ear pm' 10 fi'e OIh~r meml"er, of 

our 10CT\cd ,I~ g~lIeral forem.tI1 

:tnol _te",.rd 1111 m,lIl~ joh in th; .. 'Ice.t durillg 

hi .. long ye;or, uf ...:r,i.:e. Fr"n)' .>Ild hi~ 

lIife \-!ar) ~till rc\id..' in erO\\n Pomt. Indi 

:ma. lmd hath are clljoyillg good health. 

Brother \ lllton I-ILlncie, :oge 77, \1,", mrh· 

ated on April 7. 1923. I-Ie beg .. n hi, ,'"recr 

in OIlOIl:l, Ill inois in 1912, 'Ihen h ... he- 

"

came a I:harter member of the old Local 

21'). He lost hi ~ membership while serving 

cighl ye:lrs in Company C. T hird Illinois 

Infantry. 33rd Didsion. during the Mexican 

W:lr. Milto n has always been vcry act;vc in 

our loca l. He :lnd his \life Mary slil l live 

in I-lammond. 

Broth..:rs H,lrry C. Lewis and John Stev 

c n ~ were unabl::: to llHcnd, so 1 had Ihe 

plea~ure o f pre..cllling each a SU-~'ea r pin 

bter. 

Brother Lewis. age n. W:IS initiated 011 

S~plembcr 19. 1923 mnl retired (rom the 

eleclrical trade on J anllar~ I. 1'.166. H:,rry 

~er\ed on many o f our job~ a~ genentl 

foreman Mit! sle ward. 

Brother Steven" ab' strikers al Giles Armotura and Electric Worh In Marlon, III. 

Gal Friday 

l ocal 100, Ft. SmUh. A.k. ulutes Ma ry led· 

beller. 

Scribe Salutes 

Mary Ledbetter 

L.U. 700. F r. S\IITII. i\RK._l.ocal 700 

Wlts ~hop foreman there for 1ll.IIlY )car~. 

He also \lircd our prese nt IBEW hall. 

Brolher Oscar llachmii TI. age ~2. has 

been living in 51. Pe la~burg. H orida for 

"houl 25 yc:trs. und wa~ unable to be prese 

ll! for hi~ award. I.oeal J illI in SI. l) e t er~burg 

Wit' ~ind enough 10 make the pre~ n 

lation for us. amJ we II i\h 10 Ihank the 

onicer; ;tnd member.'> thue. 

Congratulation, 10 ;.11 1i1'1: of our newesl 

50-rear mCl11bcr~ :mu. agai l"!. thllnl..s 10 II"! 

lenMtiolll~1 Ikprc">C111athe Norris I·!;tug for 

his I..ind : i ~si,tance in our program. 

We had Ol hcr rrCM!r1talions llwt night. 

but sin,e I lim running OUI o f allotted 

\ P;occ. [ \lill contmue Ihb article next 

mo nth. 

CH~ RLt'~ O. WlI SON, I'.S. 

is Icry fortu nate to han: M,lry L ctl~\1er 

worl..ing for it. Shc beS:tn worl.. in Octohc:r. 

1')6J. and is now worl..ing for the Ihi rd 

business manager \Ie halc had since thai 

timc. There have been eighl a~shta nl hu)inc~s 

managers. 

Any time a memher needs to ~n ow :tbout 

his hcalth ,tnd \lclfare in)urance. vac'ltion 

p;~)'. o r FWUA in~lIT[luee. he ju)1 a'l.~ 

" ' ary to get Ihe answer. 

"' ar)' o;:,id )he had been living \li1h the 

same hu~b:U1t1 for 20 ),car,.• tntl if Local 

700 doesn't hal'e ""Her Ilick al gdlinS rid 

of her thun he has, she wi ll he wilh Ihe 

loe.,1 a lonl; limc. 

.[ he Illemben o f Loctll 700 feel that 

/I1 (,ry is :111 asset 10 Ihe local union

\lhkh \lQuld mili;lle lokr regio.lralion hy 

~Ieard. " ael.. in rhe I:uter pan of Ihe 

19th etrii, ... am' :Kccp''''11 " nc" ntfer 

h)' the comp.1-n). ,\ 1 thi, liritiug. negol;;llion!> 

are !>Iill in progr~,) .11 lI.dl) \ I,mllf"c· 

IIIring CorporaliOIl ,111,1 111 I-t( A. 

Bu!)in ... s) \1 :ln"ger H.lrry W".tla ,uHI 

l>raf[ had the pleOl!>urc of :!>Cdng mall} of 

our mem~h during Ihl' p",1 holill.II ""I' 

JOlt' J (111111',1 tol. I'.~. 

Houston Local Gets 

New Business Manager 

L. U. 7 16. H o u~n 'O" '1 EX, \\ .-11. Ihln~ 

do happen fasl, :o.inn' Ill} I;.~I "'port I IX:.I 

716 h,.~ eh,lIlgell hll,inlIcce!>!> in hi, n('" jot>. " 1110'>1 of 

you I..no\l. UrOlh,'r Uoh S\I"nn h,,, heen !>c. 

o lccled 10 fill Ihe hlhin~~, m;m"ger'~ chair 

unlil our ne~1 election in June_ Brolher 

S",ann i!> no ~Irang ... r 10 hh ne\l ;oh, co, he 

sen-cd ;\> a,~hlanl hi"inc,\ rn;ln.lg..-r from 

June. 1')1.2 10 J ul). 1')63 "n,1 "CO) ... Iell,,\! h) 

t\lO t('rlll, a, hll~in"!>!> m"n"g.'r from Jul~. 

1965 10 Jul). 1969. I-or Ihe p:"1 1\\0 )':.11' " 

Brolher S\\ann ha, been an a,~isl:1II1 under 

Brolher Noal:k. I.e!'!> all gel be hind Ilrot h ... r 

Swann ami move [ O\:a1 716 fOf"'.lrd. 

Mo"h, 1974 

Conduit on Local 716 Proiect 

Sh .... n ""th Harry £. Bu.kelt and sm~ n,c. 

con(!u,t wo.~ a~ "x,~mplo~~~ of Gulf Statu 

Ol!(:lnc John "Mac" McDonald and J.m A. 

l\.ns~l. bolh of whom n.... wo,~ und~r Ihe 

IBEW banner at Cu"y [11!(:\fle. the AMACO job 

al Chocolate Bayou. 

[n Ill} 1"'1 ,mic1c 1 reporlcd on Ihe d 

rorl~ being maJ,' to org:lI1i/.: the jllri .... lklion 

of 1.01:,,1 716. I ,,01 happ} III r.:port 

thaI Int.:rnatlonal R.'pr~""J1!.lli'e 1',1111 

J mllOIl h", l>ccn as~ignc d full lime 10 help 

ollr 10,';11 in our ,Jrg'IOiling program. 

Ilrnrh.:r Fnmon ha, a r~p~II:llion for g~lIins. 

Ihe jll" ,jon~. anll Ihere i, no d()uhl Ih,,1 .1 

hig jot> e\i-r- in [.{.II·:,I Union 710\ juri ..... lk· 

lion. \\ e II ill ne,'d >Ol1f hdp .mJ ,upporl if 

Ihi, pro~"'''111 i~ to ~ucceed. !>II pie".,;: gh~ 

Ih ;Ill Ihe info )011 h:!\e that mighl he helpful. 

I "ill repurt e:,~h monlh on I~ progr~'" 

of thi!> imporlant progralll. 

If }Ou \liII i"lc c;lrcful noli,.: of lho.! ;lC 

,ornpan}ing photograph. )OU \lill ~e >omc 

heautifuf underJ;fOtrnd ,'ooouit "orl.. Jone 

h) e\-- \\ ilh greal pic."ur.: th'll "I' "nnOllnce 

Ihal II': ha\e signed an agre.:menl 

"ilh Waller D. Pride, Ill':. Wh,11 01.11...', thi> 

'00 plc:l.)urablc i~ Ihe f:' CI Ihal until .:omin!-: 

under the union hanner, \\"It~'r Pride ".n" 

dllc'-pa);ng. meeling·.Iut'noJing. p:lrticip.lling. 

ABC conlra~lOr. BII,ine" '1 .1Il.,~'Cr Jim 

\\.-Idon rcported Ih"l the 10lal in;lhiht~ 10 

oblain oln~ qU:llified h .... p \lhile ",ilh '"C 

II;I~ \lh.. 1 madc Mr, I'ride go union. 

·\ 1 the tim.: the ;Igr~emenl \la, ,itln... d, 

W"lter D. Pride. Inc. emplQ\ed [.j p..·orlc. 

1\\0 p.:op1..- ".:r,' I .. ~,'n in under oq;;tlliJ,Ilion. 

\I ilh 1\\ 0 morc rd.'rred 10 Arnold 

Illeder for :lpprenlice~hjp. We ,Ire certainl), 

happ) 10 have M r. I'rid ... a.) one of our 

contr:lclors. 

'] o~t of us over the cour", of lime dthcr 

Apprentice School 

leiJ.n,n8 1M biJ)'cS here are LociJl 728. Fl. 

laude.dlle. Fla. Ipp.~nllCes.. tel! 10 "8hl. Tom 

W,tlon, O&nn), Pope. Thomas a"chanan. and 

Je.ry G.aba •. 

'. 

Danny G"," and Ron MC Keehan lOP oft a por •. 

JiJmn T_ Pottett. a capabte ,"slr"clor. 

r"rnu-dcl or r..r"rni,h ollr home!> or ap;trtrn~111,. 

On.: n:Hne 10 ke~p ill mind "h... n 

,hopping for lighting thturc, and :1':':1",,0- 

rie\ i, [ ighling l'llt, in Ihe 1IC\1 L" l e, \1 ,,11. 

[ h~ Ihing to ~c~p in mind i, Ihal Ihe) 'lie 

" m~mho:: r 01 ABC. 

, t;rOllp Ihal h.I' been nq;lected in thi, 

'P;I':,: i, our lin ... Irnil. R"ccllll)' I \ i~iled Ihe 

line IInil "pprenlice,hip ....·hoo!. 11 i~ held in 

Ihe fidd e.cr) olh,'r SJlurJJ), ,IOd in Ih ... 

.1.1!>')/'0011l elcr} Olher Tuc"J,.~ ;lnd I huT'>d 

.•), \\~n ",e li,il;:.! one Satllnla}, a •. Iri 

('I) of ,lilb \lere tx--ing lallght b) 1-IrOlh", 

bmc, I . "Jim" i'ol1clI .10

Local Remembers 

r---- 

Honors At Banquet 

_ __ 

. - 

l ocill 779. COlumbuS. Ga. member Oiln HiSh. 

lower. left .• s honored for 3S ye'''s of member· 

shIp in Ihe ISEW Presenl lnS Brolhe. HisMower 

his badge '5 IEC member HI'ry Bexley. 

Shown here are lOme of t he local 773 membe", who look Ihe "ode Course al 51. Cia" College; 

InSl rucior HCd. ami lIe\er forgot· 

tl!n. by Ihe members of Loo.:al 773. 

All of us emp~oyed in Ihe Orlt"riu clec· 

Iric:,1 construclion imlu~lry are ...... ,ITe of Ihe 

lIew Onlario cleClrical code and ih nwnerous 

Chl""11e,. Local 773. in conjunelivil wilh 

Ihe Windsor electrical eOnlr;oClor~. h,.~ 

~ponsorcd un Updating course In Ihe On· 

InTio hy\lro code al SI. Clair Col1~gc. 1\1 11ch 

10 e\'er)one'$ ~lIp r ise. Ihe courses .... cre 

scheduled 10 h:lndle the h,lcklob· Se\enl) 

one p:rcenl of our member_hip will he tal.· 

ing Ihe cour~e. Much of thi~ pro!!r:.m·~ ~uccess 

mll\1 be ;ourihU1ed to local hydro 

inspeclor and fello.. BrOlhl!r Henr) 

" Hawk" Zimmerrllall. "ho has ~lIrplie d hi. 

valu.1ble experience and le,lehing .,bi lil ic~ ,IS 

instructor. I ",ould also Ii!.e to mention [he 

IremendOliS joh of efficient organil.ing done 

b)' the E:.,ex :lnd Kent Count) Joint AJI"" 

" 

prenti."e,hip Council In pltTlieular. the)" 

should be commended for initi .• ling :, prograll1 

of further edUl'lIlion for jOllrne)mcn . 

.... herch) our memher, rna) .Idvane!." Iheir 

training and ~dlJc;otion .md be reiIllOll!"'cd 

in Ihe next JOIlr/ml. 

At prc.')Cnl. 25 p.:rcenl of our member· 

~hip i~ 011 Ih~ oUHtf·wor!. h~t. Duc 10 the 

boom ill con~tr\lClltln in Ihc ChlLlham lIrea. 

howe\er. most of thc'>C men :Ire "orUng 

out·Of-lO .... n jobs there. \\'e hope to ha\e a 

furl her report on the

Honorees 

Local 804, Klt chene" ani, Brolhe. HII,old Sle;nh 

displays gilts IIn(l lette. 01 conS'lIlulatfo"s pte 

s~"ted him 0" Ihe occltSlon 01 hi' .~I".m~"1 

lJrOlh ... r Mains joined Lo\.·.l( I!04 a~ a 

joum.:yman wirem~n in June. 1967. afler 

arriving in Canada from G1.IS!;O~ . &01· 

land. Brolher \ l ain~ "'~~ a vo::r) aClive 

union memhcr. sen';ng a~ a member uf Ihe 

cnto::rt~inmenl eommil1ee lind our la~t NegoliMing 

Comminee. Brolher \lain, "ill be 

remembered per h ap~ b) .. Ulll

Sk yline 

Retirement 

Local Honors Retirees 

Brmher Jimmie I-ox reponed that Broth· 

ers John Window. 1'. D. ·I erry. iutd J\l url 

Chal1n have nppliell for relirement. Brother 

Window is one of the fe", rem.lining cahlc 

.. plicer!> in our loc:.l. :tnd i1e1l1l1l \\or ~ ing a~ 

a splicer in 1925. 

I he m~mhership of Local 1161 wi .. he~ ;111 

members of th~ lBl'W ,I H,IPP), and Prospcroll~ 

New Year. 

I ~U_ 8 110. S IO UX CITY. I A.~ I oc;tl 8110 

honored ils relirees for the ~ccuml con'-Cculi,e 

year. Our relire~~ "'erc in,il"J 10 i.ltend 

our November ml."elinj; .. It '" hich each 

\Ill" preed a\la} No,~·rt1bcr 26. 

He juined 10"'1l Puhlic Serviee in l\1n ,lOll 

relired in 19(>5 as II ..en icc di~r"'teher. We 

ilre 'lldJen:d h) hi~ los~. 

BrOlhcr Herb Utechl lOul.. aJl oth the service depart men I .Llld ~.l'

Retirem ent 

On the Job 

Party 

Rel"ee Lawrie receIved colo. televisIon from 

Loe,,1 948. M pr(/le~la l ion. lefl to rillhl. are 

PresIdent De"e BCltbyl. Lloyd LlIw"". Dennis 

Denmlln. lind Don MOrin. 

loC,,1 964 Brothers E.nie TIdrick and Joa Guln. 

ther On the Edmont,W,lson iob. 

• 

worL We hore all lllcmlx'rs ar..: I0111 [he \l(,! (hr;,lm." jlO"il>le. IIrulh..:r 

I tllll ltrenner. lhro\l~h Ihe dlurI' . If hi, 

hrolher 1t1"...,11 .ond lhe \\ ,I'hinglOn S;;tie 

1'.llr,)1. ":" Iluwn In 1hz Uni,..:p.i[y of 

\V",hinglon h",pilal in Se,tlile 10 rc.;che 

Ihe I.idnc} lr."hpl.1Il1 he \),1\ I-..:

Goldie Ward nnd hl\ wife G lend,\, Mel :lnd 

Ghlll y, Pederson, Leroy l\nJ A ileen Wllfd, 

:lIId Dan and Vera J atoh .. promoled Ihe 

,ueCe55 of Ihis )ee. F •• nk S .. " tlt. 

len. reee,,'" I>,s SO·yea. p'n and cerT,I'cale 

"om B1OIl>a. Jack R,ley. forma. bus,nns man 

alia. 01 Iha Ix,,1 lor 26 yu ... Brothe, Sm,lh 

5e",ed SOma 30 y ...... ;os Loc,,1 1002' •• ecordlng 

-.ecr.lary 

h nl"m~n " 'ilh the uli li ue ~ li nd SI'A herc in 

O klahoma. Conlnct us if }OU lIre inlere, led 

to .... o r~ing in our Sooner SI"Ie. 

On o\'cmbt'r 4. "'e held our ,Innuul 

barbewc picnic UI O'llricn P,l rL in Tuba. 

We "'ailed almo~I 100 Ion!!, a~ Ihe ",ealher 

W;h nOI 100 eooptnlli'e. HilI a f.lir·silw 

crolld braved Ihe r,lin lind cold 10 I1l1end. 

\1 0,1 all of Ihe relired mcmhef\ "'ho "'ere 

uhle 10 alleml ",cre pro:...:n\. 

The t "lIlOn :Irea B rolhcr~. once -cncJ b)' 

I ()I;.,I 11!60 OIml nOli merged ",ilh I ()Cal 

1002-. enjo)e-d II harb~cuc: dinner 011 Lllller· 

.... ood·" Itarbccue in I .1"'Jon. Scleral hingo 

I"ri£e, ",ere all,trJed .• md cla)one h .. d a 

nlC~ \JillOn, Qur c0\11 10Ien~c, go out 10 

thcir f.lnlilies. 

I c;11I your 1,1!cmion to Brot her John C. 

\I ead~r"s leller from l ocul I I I in l>Cnl·c r. 

Colorndo. T nler "'ord\ lIere nCler .po~en. 

LOC,b,l,on 

MaggIe r"bflJIO and Kev,n Kern ... e.e • b'g lIelp 

,n lethnll up the p~rty 

Co-ch" .. man J, Barlolotti g ... ls IWO of Our 

membeti' w,VH and youngster, "I lI>e door. 

Who Is It? 

Brolher Roy Kelley. leh. el>aorman 01 Ihe con 

51ruction apprent,ce lul:>comm,Uee. p'HenlS 

8rol'e' G R"y SJuon .,adu;OllOn "'~Icll f.om 

conSIrUCllon app''''''ce pro«um ... lIen R~y be· 

Clime. Journeymen I",em.n 

Construction Work 

Good, Scribe Reports 

L. U. 1002. I uU'~ \ . ot\1. ' .-Our eon,lrll" 

11011 ",orL " good .11 prc,enl. All mcmh'r~ 

,,"d ~elcral IraHlcr~ arc "'or~ing. I h"n~~ 

Jo our ~rolhcrs from our Ilel~hhor. 1. 0~,,1 

304. ropd:l, Kan',;l" for helping u~ on our 

h igh lin\! 1hrough O ~l lI h on1il inlo KIUN[\. 

I here are \Ollie opcninlls for jouflle)rI\an 

" 

Brother Borrows Wins 

Award; Kids Have Party 

I..l1. Itl~9 . U"G lSI "D. ' .' . Ih,In)., 

10 ;111 nwmhcr\ .... ho .:onlrihuted lu the 

Cniled l und III Lon~ "1,[1\11 1'"IIIClp,Ilior. 

"';l\ a grc:at l'I7 pcr.;cnl, ,LIld \1(,7.114< "'," 

f;,i-.ed 1 h"nl. ,,1-.0 10 ~lecrtOg cummillce 

mcrnhcr~ (" Curi.mo. J It .. rtololli. K 

I',tr).~. D. I-'.II>riliu. J. (iill>el'l.• Ind loc,ll 

1049 I }re~;dcnl ( ,corge I i,ha, 

("ungr..:ul;ltinn, \0 J Borr .."" fUf ",in· 

ning Ih~ $31)0 , .. f.::l) ,,";)rd. amI 10 Ihe mcn 

in lIid"il!e ;ore.I D. "'hu nl.llie it JK)"ihle 

",ilh a perfect no·"ccidcnt fc,or,1. ('nngf"t· 

1I1,lliun, 10 lhe ulh('( dcp;lrlmcnl Ih.II had 

drall ing' for perkCI recurlh, ...."ep up lhe 

¥oOO ,",orlo 

Our chil d rcn'~ C h ri'lm' l ~ pMI)' \III~ II fine 

lI fTair; MId ",.~" highlighled h} u judo c~ h i· 

hilion hy Brother Forlunuto :lIld mem bers 

uf hl\ \chl\Ol. Ihl" Soulh Shore 1udo Cluh. 

\"'e mi ..'tCd ~hjldren\ p.tTl) chairman W. 

.... Cfll. who II.I~ ill and un,Lble IU .Illend. 

C..,..,h;lirmen J. Bulf;IJino. J. Harlolulli. and 

D I ahri/io Jill a hne jah of j!cuing lhe 

p,ln), org;lnlled. r hc) hnd help from 1"'0 

h" rd ",orLulg }oung"er:-. .... elin Kern and 

\laggie I·"brizio. "..ho ani>ed 1hree hOIll'S 

eMI) 10 hel l' ,d lhlng' up. Thanb. Lld\. 

La"l monlh's J11}\lcr)' man was K. Mcr· 

e;md,mle. ",ho has ;ince lefl Ihe COIllP;IIl) 

18EW J .... 'nal

to open a (icliellle,""::n in Sell ClilT. Lots of 

luck in your new bu~inc ss. Richie! 

Hey, you retired members. leI's hear 

from you! How :Ire things? How were your 

holid3Y51 Maybe .. picture or two'! Send 

your replies to me at 10 FiSl.'llhower Koad, 

Cenlercath, New York 11720. 

_ Until next month I le; ....(· you \\ilh the 

advice of Proverb-., J: 27 (1001. it up). Keep 

smiling. 

CHAlII ' S J. I 01 F' I III. JII .. 1'.5. 

Two Members Receive 

Leadership Training Course 

L U. 1076. TOU: I)O. 0 111 Vite I >rc~i· 

den! Kon H an~en !.. :11.'00 cornplcteu 25 year~ in OClObcr. 

Gene ~t; lrt cd \\or~mg here at Marion :IS a 

hoiler upcr:1l0r III Ihe hoiler rOOnl "for 

$3\1.\15 a \\eek." Before he lefl M:lrion. 

Gcne ;tdv:Hlced lu " rade 1\\0 electrician. In 

1\161. Ihe )e:,r uf the "great culrnlcl." ;LI the 

Marion station. Genc and the other 12S 

men invoh'cu wcre ~urrhl,~ed to other ~tH· 

tion~. I"or four yea rs lIm\ eighl months 

Ihese mcn Ir"veletl on area mainlcnance 

wilhout a home ~tation. Gcne fin;')ly found 

a home in Ilcrl1Cn in 1\16(1. lie lives "ith 

his "'ife i\largnrct lind their three children. 

Brian. Muureen. and PatriciH. in Jer,e.y 

CilY. Brulher Nolan enjoys fishing. 

On November S. John L. Manning relire(\ 

Hrter ]1 ),enr, \\'Ih Ihe wmpany ;md 

Ihe IOCHI. During hi~ 10llg c:.reer. John 

,penl tillle [,I Mariun. I.inden. and Bergen. 

When J IIs~eJ him wht,t he will do with 

hilll-.clf ,Ifler relircnwnt. he m.::mioned Ihhillg 

;lIld 1:II.ing rllre of hi~ f:tmily. John Hml 

hi, II ife UIl!:"1 live in Jcr-.ey City. ,tnd 

ha\e 1\\0 children. "':Ilhleen, l. nun ami 

rClli~lered nur1>C III St M llr~"s lIospital in 

I'ass;tir. New kr:.ey . lind a son. R:tytnond. 

We II i,h John ,1Ild hi~ famil} "II thc Iud 

in the \\orld. anu hope thllt Ihe thh I.e.::p 

hiring. 

Oyster Roast Brings 

Trade Members Together 

L.t. 1340, "'''\\I'Oltl "'E\\S, VA.- Local 

I HO had :In uy,ler ro..'1,t thb month. 

the fiT\T -"Jch e\ent in Ihe la~t three }e:'..... 

II \\:1, hclu al American I eglon "V'it :!S. 

111i\ )ear nut unl~ did ~'Iectrkian~ :iIIend, 

hut :Ihu 'ume (,0 mcmben. In \ariou) 

tT:ld~. IIlcludtnil pllinte ...., carpenleT\, lind 

llI:tchini,I' in the maintenance contr-rct. 

·n.i" W:I' rhe Itr'l e.ettl they hlne tmeotled 

in our IOC:LI. On the menu \\cre oy~ters, 

ue.ilcd cn' ..... dam chowdcr. cold CUh. and. 

of eOllr,e. plenly of heer. The members on 

the ellinmiuee \\l'rl' Slnc FII. in~ and Denni\ 

1I:lrnuur. 

Our coumry w.::nh It> be in ~ome tTt)tlblc 

lately. With tht:' cncrgy cri,b being what it 

is. you ha\c HI a~k yourself. what will happen 

to ullr cconollly1 Well. in my opiniun, 

it ClIO hurl :t\ wdllb help. II could C:UI .... ,I 

boom in Ihe builuing uf more nuclear 

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Roast 

Local 1340. N_pOrt News. Va_ held an oyst .. 

• oast recenlly_ Here S,others James. F. Walkl. 

and Mauriea Wlnn enjoy a vISit. 

Members socialize III OO3SI. Only II w!!iIk alter 

U"s photo waS 13ken. the youna m.n In Iha 

eanla •. Oanny S.lmond. fell 60 'ee' 

Clownina for e.me .... 

po"cr pl;lnIS. !t ight no'" all union members 

can help b), con. un\poiled, de· 

§crted t>eache~. II fern grollo, and spectacu· 

lar "alerfalh. If iI's \ariet) )(,III'rc seeLing. 

K:,uai is lhe place 10 go. 

Uarold l)i;o1 i\oCne~ ;IS Ihe unit chairman 

:lnd. with the memhe r ~ of the comrniltee, 

is conducting \'ery intere~ting mcmbcr~hip 

meetings. The ~hop ste ... :.mh ~holLld he congl'lllu!ated 

aho for lhe f:lntaSlic joh they're 

doing in gclling mcmbers to allcnd the 

meetings. 

1974 continue, to be a bu,y year for all 

of us. We will be focusinS on negoti:lt ions 

for a new and beller labor :,gn::cmc:nt with 

Ha ... aiian Telephone Company. Our present 

conlmct e'(pire~ April 10. 

In J une "e "ill h.L'e local el~tions fOT 

pre-;idenl, ,ice pre,ident, rC'Cordm8 ~re· 

tar). tre:.~urer. I \eclLlhe BO:'lrd memhcrs. 

lind I'ous i !le~s LlllLndger· !inand;11 sccret:ITY. 

Uni!\ ",ill I,h.o conllur.:l their ek.;tion~ 

Along Ilith the election of onker~. lIe mmt 

elecl tlc!cgl'tes to the IIIFW ConvcntLon. 

Conventions :,re held e'c!) four lellrs:. 

refer 10 lour COP)' of the IIIFW Comti1\l· 

lion or loe:.,1 h)la"'~ for more detaib on 

how 10 qual if) ;L" a lIelegate. or ~I'\e as an 

officer. 

In the fall of 1'}7~ "e ha\e another im· 

portarll dale. inlohing e'ery dlilen of lot· 

ing llge- H .I"';lii'~ guhcrnatofl.L1 race. It :.tp. 

pe:.,~ Ih:'lt GOlernor llurm "'LII ~Iep ."ille, 

h," norhing LS otlkittl )'ci. 

As in tHr), IlOtitic:'11 race, there "ill be 

hopefub eagerl) ,ceLin!; otlke IIho lue the 

Ica~t fil to lead. :tnt! IIho "ill :tttempi 10 

cloud Iheir ~horlcomings h)' ofrering free 

beer ,mll cocLt:'lil~ We ,hould hc a",:,re of 

fahe promise, and Olher politi-:'Il romances 

during elcction ycar. 

Kegarule~s of the c:.mdidale· part)' affili· 

alion. his qualirK:alion~ mU~1 lIemon~trate 

his anility to guide and help, nOI his nilility 

to rule. 

1.00::11 1357 memhcr " :.In;n 1I0rio retircd 

from the lIall:lir:ln Telephone Com· 

pany reccmly after pUlling in olt'r 28 lears 

of SCr\'ice. Urother 1I0do "'II' emplo)ed as 

11 mult ililh operator in the print shop. and 

"'as very well liLed. lie h fL~ beell :, union 

member since March I, 1 95~. He is nOI 

(uking life casy in his rel iremel1l ; he keeps 

himself busy with home life and a part· 

lime job. On behalf of the membership and 

stalT. Il\l~i!less Manager Jo hn 1- . Guzmnn 

and I wish Brolher Horio health and happi· 

ness in hi, retirement. 

I hope 1974 i going v.ell for all OI.lr 

memhen Hnd their families. I ulsa cJ(tend 

this greeling 10 Ha",aiian 'l elephone Com· 

1':'") in Ihe hope of CUfI:liling IIny more 

la)'otr~! 

Aloh:'L for now. 

Local Holds 

Annual Banquet 

\ 'ut'OS SnUHI, 1'.5. 

l_ l '. 1",02. 1'rnsnUHGIl. l'A.-Our an· 

nual union banquet "as held al l' ~por1~ 

men's duh in Ihe north 'lCcliol1 of town, 

somclhing difrerenl than Ihe u~ual plu~h 

dinner dul'!On, \I;tr)l;tnd. 

( , ue~t~ of honor "'ere Charles 11:,rgel1, Sr .• 

10e I genberJl.er. Willis Dcuer. Mel Schcxh, 

:Uld Bill Rad" . Retiring memhcn from ~ 

other ure;(~ "' ho "'e r~ unable to :,Ilend l,re 

Andy Kelly, l. e~ Deringer. Bud Henning. 

Gcorge We;l\er, ,Ind Slcphen Wlord. '1 he)I.C 

men hale b~en a big lI~,ct to Loe .. l I~()I, 

Imd Iheir a~;,ociati\ln "'ilh the local "'ill not 

be forgolten. On hehalf of Ihe ofllcers :md 

member. of Local 1501. I "'i~h :.,11 our reo 

tiree~ a long. health). and pr""'r;:rou) re· 

tireml·nl. 

On Deccmber I, 1973. I )re~ident·nusine!ii 

Manaller Dion Guthrie. A~sistllnt Busintu 

M:lnager Bud North, H n:.mcial Secretary 

l' .. ul (o-.Cill. H.cconling Secretary John 

Neff III, lind E:.,rl Monlgom er)'. chief Sle"' 

:,rd at General Kegisler Company, a\1ended 

II dinner al the Wnshington Hilton in 

Washington, D.C. in hon01' of Ihe ded ica· 

IIEW Jolt,nol 

'

i 

, 

l 

l 

Local 1501, B~IIlmor", Md. r(lceml), held It. 

3n nual ret"(lmtnl dinner. H.,re Broth.,r W,III. 

De~ter, le ll, rflcei.,.es lel"emenl p,n f,om 

B"5",en Manager Dian Guth"., 

BusIness Manager Gu th,;e, leU, recounts Me' 

Schock', many yea'" of .ervice In Ihe In51~(1a, 

bon depal1mem a s Mel and hI' wlf, listen. 

hock Kell)" lefl, ..... I~ Brolher Rodll open 0_ 

o f h,s gll& gIlls at dlnn"'. Broln.. Rada wo.lo,ed 

In . Iod,oom o f our Towson plftnl, 

Retirement Dinner 

lion of Ihe ncl!. IBE\\ IttJi1.lin~ in W:"h· 

inglon, '1 he onker, of 1.000al I~OI I!.CI"\! 

honoretl 10 110: pari of Ih i, miic'lOne in lhc 

hiSlOr) of Ihe IBEW, Wt' enjo)etl Ihe m;tny 

Spt:;i1..C ..... e'pt:ciall} \ Ir. (,cor}:c \lc;In). All 

",ert' ,er) in'Jlirin!:. 

To Iho..e I (lcal 150 I "1~!11I""'r \ ~Ii ll Iivin j1. 

in Ihc 1'1;,,1 :I' f:lr :1' Al11cl'k'un 'l ot:ili'atIJT 

Company i~ concenlctl. Ihe Com pan)' ha~ 

c h : ln~ed t!r;I~licall) ,tnJ j, .: han gin~ c\cry 

day. I[ i ~ not changing for Ihe !'CHer. much 

to our Ji~;,,_h ;\nt"~c We IIIU,I u1..e 'tep~ \() 

com1>:u the eH'r im:re,,~ing pn.·,~ure, of Ihe 

Company. a nd Ihe tml~ \\,i) 10 do Ih,\ i, 

10 he 100 pen:ent union. \\e C,' I,'I c~f'Cd ;1 

f,' w 10 c:lrry [hc 1-0.,11 for hlll1{ l rcd~. 

Negolialion, :Ire in progTl.'" again for 

our llrOlhch a[ Gcner.tl Keg"lcr Compan) 

.U Codt'},~illc. \ 1:lr}l:tnd. I'rc,ido.:nt·Hu,j· 

!le~S \ 1.In;.gcr Guthrie, I!.ilh the help of Ihe 

Negoli.lting Commilh:o:, hct:.tn 1>:lItlint: 1>C· 

eember 12. Ma} Ihe nc~otj,'tjun\ he \horl. 

and the ga in ~ nmn}! &or-illg un Ihe 1'\ 0001;0Ii· 

aling Commil1ce are Hernie "-le,,Jcrlo.:lII, 

Ted Martin:lk, F:ITI MontgomCr), :tnt! n tl~i, 

ne s~ Mamlger GlIIhrie. 

ROlli III II. NIIIIIII. I',S, 

AS h,. wllft looh on, 8 ' 01hft. Cha"e~ Ha'&ail 

,ecawn fr om 8rolha, aUIIIII. 1\ e~rll fI C8 h! 

be~flnl( 1115 n~rne "' GnU 0 1 Iha OlIK"'ijl .lg"~I' 

01 lOCMI t 501's ellarlt1r on Apfli II, 1946. 

Allend"'l dInner w,., J~ EII.nb.rRel, •• en 

hit. on I ~ tl , and hi' old I,lem' and bo~. Johll 

Nett. J •. 

Retirees 

loc:",1 1505, Walthllm. M".. .eeently hono.ed 

th.ee .. U ...... WIth a I".key dUlne. Ind mlln)' 

&,It•. T1'Ie III,". shown h ... left 10 '1lhl, lI" 

I,oII ,}, Col' Wltll 31 yell"', HaUlI "ylo. WIlli 22. 

~nd I ..... Amo.-elil. 1110;0 Wllh :n y.a" 

Scribe Ponders 

Mec1ning of Unionism 

1.,11. 1505, \\';\1.1'11.\;\1, " /\S!". I Ihil11.. il 

"'0111t:lllole hrille,. Ort!.lI1i/cti lahor ~lIp[lOrleJ 

Ihi, hill in Ihe '~II,,; n kno\\lcdsc 111.1' il 

"ould re.'eilc ;, more ,)mJl:tIht-l ic :ulitutlc 

frolll poIiliei;"" nOI ohlillalet! 10 Ihe ~orflO" 

r.ile f;tle:ll~. T he '>; I\on ;.tl mini'lralion \\a~ 

lhe prindpal jur •.: !->ehmd the filihu,ler 

I!.hi.h lillcd it. ' 10'>1 iml1OrI:ml. ho"'c\er. i\ 

Ihe r;on Ih.11 ~1 ..... nillOh ",ere re.ld) 10 

w pporl (on,cru":I;\c .loti dfeelhe eampa;lln 

reform Icgi,I,lliun. 

'l1Ii, indic'lle,. I Ihinl, Ih"l in Ihe $..-n:t1C, 

:lnJ I'roh:.hl) ill Ihe lto)u..c. onl} ;1 ~ III .. 11 

nunlbcr of IDle' nced~ 10 1>e ch;tn!,ed in 

onler 10 gel lito;' l..inJ of lelo'rroof and fili· 

"",Ier-proof ("(Jn~re" 

lhal lithor hit\ m'en 

-.cd in):. 1 h.' 11"\1 consr!;),iona l eleclion\ 

.or,- Ie" l h~ n " }eaf ,1\\.1), :lntl la1>or {'an 

gel Ihe lllltl of C(lIIt!re" il need) if I!.e, lile 

"wkinS p.:opk . .I" ntH " ..,11: 

ollr \l>lc', 

"II1P[lOrl COPF lind [he (a lldit l at.:: ~ en.lor-.cll 

0) che A rI .·t IO. We «/Ill heal dly hall. 

,tn.1 Ihl' \\ hile lI ou..c, 100' 

Reporter Sends News 

From New Hampshire 

I tI"l'" ;o.1\'U"I. I '.~. 

Ll l. '1137, 1'1 Hfi !"\lOlfrlt, :" , It.-" I i'I·~ 

"II e.)O .... ne ,·ncr(/.)·· j , Ihe common (I) 

1110.1;1). Uni"'l"h ]t;"JiliIJl\:III) ha\" r;.lIio.:d be· 

hu,J 1';\lriOlI( pic;., anti , hould eominue 10 

0..1" 0,(', Hill Jtlll'l kl Ihi, common Cr} tie· 

~"i\e U'. IImlh,'n. It mml nUl ,11;10..10'" hen· 

clth ....)0 h} "rg"m".cJ I"hor .11 Ihe hargain· 

ing lable, I'uhlie s.cT,iee Company of Nc'" 

lIalll!)'>hire .1Ilt! Cenlrlll Maine I'ower Cum· 

pany gronled the tlay herore Chri~ttllll s off 

",ilh pay. Illere .....:h some fbck about 1",, 

ing ;i Ita) b«-a u'>C uf being on vac:llion. bUI 

"

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Busy Members 

Retiring 

Loc.1 1837, Port.moulh, N Ii members .Ite"d 

'''K II.", •• d 1 ••• "lng scnool, left 10 "(l:hl, •• e 

010'" O .... y 01 Mancheste.. N H ,,,,1ruC~ a Shl\lnS 

joh done h} No."" Hlllnp,hirc rncml'Cr\. 

Union meml'Cr\ inciudeJ A . 'IC'CI'>un. 1)_ 

B,II.er, I I'mer). and G \\ ri~le). I he 

cOlllp;ln} cummine ... of f.,'.11I Ilunier .Illd 

dirL"

Committee 

Class 

local 1907. Findlay. Ohio Neioli .. lintl Comm!!. 

lee reached "g",.. n.ent w,lh RCA Comm,lIee 

membe,s. lell 10 "ghl. a'" [ ..,1 

Montgom",y. 

Je .. n Plumb. Vlrg,n,a COtlin~. Ruby K .. ~sel. and 

Her$hel SirOnI':, 

Lac .. 1 2047, St. P"ul, M,nn. re

cOler of e.lch cdilion Some of Ihem arc 

.... orh of arl: mnn) are ~uil: lbl e for fmm· 

ing. If thc re;u!er doc,n't '1l1C hi~ m;'Ha- 

7ine~. h~ cerluinl), ,hould hDI·e 

imp ... dc\! progrc,~ of cneqlY \le,clopm"nt 

progr:ml~. Ophic~ lind atl i lud~s 

C" II innucn("c forei~n poli.:}. of [I' II to [he 

detrimcnt of Ihe ta~I"" I )er. I_ocul pCttlem ... nl ii' fol· 

lOll, .:' 1 hc:~c terl1l~ of '>I!t1lerl1enl in· 

dud ... d p;.~ in~rc:I\C' uf \C\..-n rcr.-cnl df..-/,; 

Ih·c July 30. 191.': 11\1) p..-r

Retirees 

the I'rc,idt'nt of Ihe Unileu !)Iatcs. j U ~1 be· 

cnu.e Ihe l'rc"ident ha~ more loopholes. 

Bt' union. huy union, b~' e now. 

U . I'. "NUTS" Nt WM>\N, P.S. 

Brothers 01 Ihe Retired MemlJ.ers Club of local 26. Wal hlngton. D.C. gathe, at ,ecflnt meeling. 

I ~ 

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PI Clured here. left to righl. are local 26 PreSident l""y HOlian; Herold Tate. d"ectot of IBEW 

S!>(,clat Set\l;ces Oept .; Presldflnt Claude Creamer of Retl,e(! Members Ctub; local 26 BU51nen 

Manatler Tom Noone; and Vice P,esident Edward Coppa,e o f the Ret"fld Members Club. 

The )Ottnj; II r~,[III:r "ill Ji

Old business brought lauies to our mernocrship 

even, 

With II member's presence ,I membership 

c;\ru he is given, 

Meet ing is over now, h.:l liS all enjoy 

the show, 

It's reeny the magic,11 c!OI .. n: he is very 

goo~. 

One A\sis!;I1\1 llnu h lln his dog Ilor~ed 

v. it h his IICt. 

We all enjoye

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, 

Snowtime 

Star-like angel nukes softly l1owing, 

White fi re sw irling by; 

Childre n, bundled. warmly lowing 

Sleds of snow piled high. 

It's snowtimc, wintertime. 

T ime of chee r for all: 

Makes 110 differe nce what the 

rcason- 

We c:m have a ball. 

hils. S. II ~ Sle. n 

Wile of L .... . 5 1e rn 

Loc. 1 ] 

Ne w Yo rk Cit, 

A Tribute 

Elcctricity, Ihe great but unseen 

power, 

Servan l 10 man, every minute and 

hour. 

Through wires large, some vcry 

small, 

[t wends ils way 10 o nc and all. 

Tho ugh unseen, ii's not un known, 

Its hel p \0 man ki nd i1 has shown. 

Lighti ng a nd heating o ur homes 

today, 

Helps industry in a very big way. 

The office. Ihe school, the tele phone, 

T he hospi tal. the c hu rch. none 

stands alone. 

T his power now, man's greatest 

frie nd, 

Uy ca reless lise can be his end. 

Much like the purest breath of air, 

We see it not, st ill it is there, 

r . ank Onlmu, 

Ret ire

, 

:I 0 STS 

w 

I 

D 

It ha s been estimated, using 

death rates for past yea rs, 

that as many as 3,000 

motorcycle rider deaths may 

occur dunng 1974. The 

National Safety Council 

estimated that, for Instance, 

during the year 1972. there 

were 2.700 motorcycle rider 

deaths. The mileage death 

rate for motorcycle (lders 

during 1972 was estimated 

to be abou t 17 (deaths per 

100 million miles of travel). 

This death rate of 17 

compares with an overall 

motor-vehicle death rate of 

4.5, or nearly four times as 

great. The National Safety 

Council emphasizes to 

motorcycle operators some 

of the special hazards which 

require special skills. They 

encourage cyclists to make 

certain they can see and be 

seen, to be careful of bad 

traction which could cause 

a spill, to pass other vehicles 

properly, and to always 

check the mechanical 

condi tion of one's machine 

to ensure that it is in safe 

working ord er, Proper 

refl ective clothing and sa fety 

helmets are other musts. 

, 

l 

AN lSEW MONTHLY 

SAFETY MESSAGE

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