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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS 

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editorial COlnlnellt 

• As we start this new year of 1978, unfortunately, 

millions and millions of American workers arc still 

unemployed. The country is still suffering from an 

inHated economy with no relief in sight. We arc still 

beset with an cnNgy c r i~is. The U.S. fon:ign trade policies 

have not been changed to bring back Ihe real meaning 

of " free trade," There is slill a dire need for fundamental 

lax reform that will give the poor and not-so-wealth y 

people an even and fair tax break, which is now enjoyed 

by the privileged rich and the giant corporations. 

Also needed to give new hope for a better way of life 

for those who do not have decent housing arc federal 

programs that will make it possible for reasonable 

mortgages to be obtained by low and middle class wage 

earners. National health in !>uram:c aud consumer legislation 

arc also needed for the benefit of all citizens. 

The list is long with the problems that con rront the 

country and full attemion must be given to them by the 

Administration and Congress starling immediately. 

Full employment is certainly a goal that must be 

reached. Until everyone that is seeking a job has one, 

the economy will lag and inflation will keep economic 

recovery from being accomplished. Both the White House 

and Congress, while trying to find a way to balance 

the federal budget during these recessionary times, must 

realize that federal funds must continue to be spent 

on the much needed welfare and educational programs 

as well as more public works' manics. 

The second session of Congress is responsible to act 

on priorities Ihat arc bread and butter items. Political 

party differences must be cast aside and emphasis must 

be put on legislat ion that will be meaningful to rid the 

country of the economic plight that is ruining the lives 

of millions of Americans. whi le the United States is 

losing its position 3S the greatest world power. 

All of organized labor will be carefully watching what 

is being done to bring about legislative programs that 

wi ll rea lly aid the workers. Labor will be agai n a strong 

voice in promoting bill s that will afford some measures 

of adequate planning that will bolster the economy for 

the purposes of avoiding further economic disaster. 

Organi7ed labor, in its work for legislative goals that 

benefit all workers socially and economically, will be 

WOI killg very hard Ihis month when Congress begins 

its second session. The passage of Bill S. 1883 has top 

priority. Supported by the Carter Administration. this 

bill provides key provisions that will safeguard the 

workers who wish to join a union and also puts teeth 

in the existing National Labor Relations Act by having 

Ihe law penalize employers who usc illegal tactics 10 

deny workers their rights. 

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the labor 

law reform bill by a vole of 257-163 and organized labor 

is grateful to those memh{' r ~ of the White House who 

had concern for the rights of the workers of America. 

However, our anti-union enem ies and their fellow 

travelers have mustered grcat financi al war chests 10 

defeat S. 1883 and have been lobbying on Capitol Hill 

daily against the bill. 

I urge agai n all IBEW members to communicate with 

thclr rc:.pcctive Senators and encourage them to SUpro11 

and vote in favor of the labor reform bill. Labor reform 

is good for the whole legislative struct ure of the National 

Labor Relati ons Act. It wilt give the National Labor 

Relations Board a chance to administer the law more 

fairly and labor reform will protect the law abiding 

and responsibl e employe rs. It is good for the country. 

2 I I8£W Journal

IIIW 

-RIPRISlnTID 

AT 12th AFL-CIO 

GENERAL AND DEPARTMENTAL 

CONVENTIONS 

International President Charles H. Pillard, a member 

of the AFL·CIO Executive Council, served as 

Secretary of the Convention COmmIttee on Con· 

stttutlon. He IS shown giVing the report of the 

committee. 

• Jobs, human rights. a new trade policy, programs to bolster Ihc 

economy, and ..... orker rights were Ih~ key [hcmes of the just ended 12th 

AFL-CIO general convention and Ihc various dcpar1mcnlal convention held 

in Los Angeles, Ca lifornia in latc November and early December. 

As in the past, thc IB EW was well represen ted a nd look an active rotc on 

convention committees, in Executive Counci l sessions, and on thc noors of 

the various conventions. 

The following is a report on the highlights of Ihc conventions: 

AFL-CIO General Con,'enlion 

early 900 delegates represcnllng 102 unions, various AFL-CIO 

departments. and Siale and local central bodies auended the four-day 

convention. December 8. 9 and 12 and 13. 1977. President George Meany 

lold the delegates thai they had constructed "a program dedicated to the 

well being, Ihe advancement of the welfare of the great mass of the 

American people ... ever)-'one who works for wages ... every consumer. 

the lillie people of America:' He was speaking of convention action which 

dedicated the resources of the AFL-CIO to creating a full employment 

economy with justice and equity on the job and 10 an unrelenting campaign 

for human rights and freedom both at home and around the world. 

Convention commlllees considered a lotal of 253 resolutions covering a 

broad range of subjcct mailers and sent 108 to the convenlion floor 

for consideration. 

Shown seated durmg one of the AFl ·CIO 121h Convention sessions are the IBEW delegates and alternates. leading the delegation 

was International PreSIdent Charles H. Pillard. Seated, clockwise, are Royce Harmon, l .U. 772: IR Robert W. McAlwee; Interna. 

honal President Pillard; Ray Hill, l.U. 602; Thomas Rostkowski, l.U. 1805; Joe DaVIS. l.U. 1028; Charles Shaffer, l.U. 605; 

Spiro Apostotou, l.U. 743; Mike Morales, l.U. 1710; Arthur Cunningham, l.U. 1023; George McNabb. l.U. 725; Robert Wright, 

l.U. 1582; Arthu r Perry, l.U. 827; Ca rol Fitzgerald, l.U. 2313, William Couchiglan, l.U. 1426; Martha Preston. l.U. 2300; Ninth 

District Vice President W. lo Vinson; and Walter lee, loU . 2293. 

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Other IBEW Members attending the AFL·CIO Convention are pictured above and below. 

In the above picture are, left to right, IEC Member James Mulloney, loU . 1505; Peter 

Puglia, SC RR·7; Pat Damiani, loU . 363; John O'Malley, loU . 1505; and IR J. M. Parker. 

Below, left to right, are IR George Knaly; William Brown, L.U. 397; Louis Felice, loU . 

57; and Spiro Apostolou, loU. 743. 

The IBEW delegation was led by J.nternationa] 

President Charles H. Pillard, 

a Vice President of the AFL·CIO Executive 

Council, who was elected 10 a full 

term o f office. President Pillard also 

served as the chairman of the convention's 

Committee on Constitution. 

Some of the far-reaching actions taken 

at the convention by delegates included: 

-Expressing o utrage of American 

workers over destruction of (heir employment 

opportunities by low-wage imports 

and called on the government for a 

totally new foreign trade policy "balanced 

with Amcrica' ~ need for jobs." International 

Presiden t Pillard addressed 

the convention on the import problem. 

He urged all delegatcs to contact their 

congressmen and givc them the message 

th at American labor can successfull y 

compete as long as it gels a fair shake. 

"The one thing we must have is the pro- 

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Seated together during a session 

AFL·CIO Convention are International Presi· 

dent Charles H. Pillard and International 

Treasurer Harry Van Arsdale. Treasurer Van 

Arsdale. as President of the New York City 

Central Labor Council, represented more 

than one million trade unionists from New 

York City. 

This photograph taken at the 12th AFL·CIO Convention records a historic moment lor peace In the Mideast, as leaders of the Israeli 

,n(l Egyptian trade union movements raise clasped han(ls. Standing next to AfL·CIO PresIdent George Meany. center, are Saad 

Mohamed Ahmad, President of Egyptian Federation of Trade Unions and Yarucham Meshel. Secretary General of Israel's Hlstadrut; 

Fifth from the left Is President Charles H. Pinard, shown with the other members of the AFL·C IO Executive Council welcomIng the 

foreign labor leaders. 

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BUILDinG AnD 

~onSTRU~Tlon 

TRADIS DIPT. 

Pictured above are IBEW members and officers who served as delegates to the AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department 

Convention. The tBEW delegation and members representing various building trades councils were one of the largest at the 

convention. front row, left to right, International President Charles H. Pillard ; First District Vice President K. G. Rose: Kim Parker, 

IBEW Construction Department Director; Ninth District Vice President W. l. Vinson; Earl Oliver, L.U. 22; lEe Member S. R. McCann; 

Alphonse Soudan, L.U. 134; Jack McCorkle, loU. 24; Robert Rude, loU. 669; and James Lawrence, L.U. 32. Behind, left to right, 

Robert Grinstead, loU. 12; Richard George, l.U. 570; Fra nk Byrne, LU. 401; Re)( Cherry, loU. 449: Earl Higgins, loU, II; Intema· 

t iona I Secretary Emeritus Joseph D. Keenan ; Joseph Herro, LU. 701 ; E. L Curtis, loU. 890; M. A. Graham. loU. 716; Frank Mar· 

chitto, loU. 456; Donald Kennedy, LU. 269; Ray Greely, LU. 52; William lyden. loU. 64; EdWin HIli, LU. 712; IR Robert McAlwee; 

Pat Damiani, loU. 363; Edward Cleary, l.U. 3; and Graeme Dalzell, loU. SOL Seated at the rear entrance to the Convention Hall are 

Joseph Bertucci, loU. 130; and R. E. ShadiX. lo U. 613. 

no 

PreSident Pillard, as chairman of the Committee on State and 

local Organizations, is shown making his report to the Buildinll 

and Construction Trades Convention. 

The Honorable Jerry Brown, Governor 01 the State 01 California, 

who was a lIuest speaker at the Build,nll Trades Convention, is 

show n greetmll President PIllard. Ot hers in the photo are Brick· 

layers President Tom Murphy and Boilermakers President Harold 

Buoy. 

Januo.y. 197' I 5

TRADIS 

DIPARTmlnT 

This is an overall view of the AFL·CIQ Metal Trades Oepartment Convention. Pictured, 

right to left. IS the !BEW delegation: President Charles H. Pillard; Direct or of IBEW 

Government Operations George Knaly; Alvin Shapiro, l.U, 902: William Brown, l.U. 

397; Thomas Sweeney, l.U. 595: Lloyd Garcia, l.U. 130: Chris Plunkett, l.U. 3; Harry 

Weaver, L.U. 713: and Director 01 IBEW Construction Kim Parker. 

President Pillard is shown 

conductins the Metal 

Trades Convention Resolu· 

tion Committee. Standing 

beside him is George 

Knaly, Director of IBEW 

Government Operations. 

Seated at the far left is 

Committee Secretary David 

S. Turner, General Secretary-Treasurer 

of the Sheet 

Metal Workers. 

International President Pillard, chairman of 

the Resolutions Committee, report!:> to the 

Metal Trades Convention delegates. Depart· 

ment President Paul J . Burnksy is pictured 

in t he background. 

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Tlml TRADIS DIPT. 

Pict ured are IBEW delegates to the Maritime Trades Department Convention, right to 

left. President Charles H. Pillard. IR Ted Moseley, Howard VOll, loU. 569: Bob Keller, 

LU. 46; M. Pete Rice, lo U. 41; and Steve Elkins, L. U. 1340. Second row, fight to 

left, are lEe Member S. R. McCann; IR Kim Parker; and far left, Joe LaPlante, l.U. 58. 

Pictured at Ihe podium of the 

Mantime Trades Convention are 

International President Pillard 

and Paul Hall, Department Presi· 

dent and President of the Sea' 

farers International Union. 

teclion Ihal these multi-nOlliona! corporatlons 

cannot build Iheir modern plants 

O\'crseas and Ihcn bring Iheir products 

back home, where they arc making their 

fair profit. and thcn some:' 

- Pressing for paSs.1gc of thc H umphrey-Hawkins 

bill to signal the nations' 

commitment to full employment and asking 

fo r follow-up programs so that the 

promise of jobs can be fulfilled. 

-Urging the U.S. Senate to approve 

S. 1883 and guarantee all workers in 

America their right 10 freely join unions 

and bargain collectively, The resolution 

approved by the delegates on labor law 

reform warned that "all the tactics of de· 

lay and obfuscation that failed in the 

House of Representatives will be repeated 

and stepped up, If possible in the coming 

battle in the Senate," It called on the 

Senate leadership "to stand fi rm against 

filibus ters or othcr delaying tacts" and 

approve S. 1883. 

-Committing major AFL-CIO re 

'iOurces to an active organizing drive 

aimed at the non·union and open shop 

workers. and reiterated to all delegates 

the theme that the job of organizing re· 

mains "a major task and a never-ending 

commitment of the American labor 

movement," To help with this goal and 

other needs of the AFL-CIO. delegates 

appro\cd a three-ccnt increase in the per 

capita payment from 13 cents to 16 ccnlS 

per member. per month. A major COPE 

Canadian Delegates to the AFL-C10 Convention 

Pict u red are CanadIan trade unionists who represented various international umons at the AFl -CIO conventions. Seated in 

t he front row, fifth from the teft, is IBEW International First District VIce President K. G, Rose. Seat ed on t he far right is IBEW 

member James Kinnaird, represent ing British Columbia and Yukon Territory Bu ilding Trades Councils. 

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unlonLARIL 

TRADIS DIPT. 

ISEW deleaates 

Service Trades Department Convention are 

pictured, counter clockwise, International 

Secretary Ralph A. lelion, Rui Carrinho, 

L.U. 1274: President Charles H. pm"rd, 

IR Kim Parker: George Stockinger, loU. 

211; W. G. Denton, loU. 295; and Assistant 

to the International Secretary Mel Boyle. 

effort abo W;IS M~I for 1978. The conven· 

tion wa rned thai a close look must be 

taken III all political candidates, "because 

an increasing number of labor-supported 

candidates for public office arc failing 10 

makc good on campaign pledges to respect 

the nghts of workcrs and cooperate 

with thcir efforts:' 

International Secretary Emeritus Joseph D. 

Keenan, who now serves as President of 

the Union LaDet and SeNlce Trades Qt!. 

partment, AFL·CtO. is shown introducing 

AfL·CtO Secretary·Treasurer lane Kirkland. 

On the right is Earl McDaVid, Executive 

Sec retary· Treasurer of the Union l abel 

Oepartment.. 

Rt!~l.,seliting the !DEW al the 15th Annlverury Luncheon commflmnmtlng the founding of the Los Angeles/Orange Counties' 

Organizinll Committees, which was held dunnll the AFL-CIO Convention, are, counter clockwise, IR Ted Moseley, Howard Volz, 

8M o f L.U. 569; International Secretary Ralph A. Leillon; Assistants to the International Secretary Mel Boyle and Charles Walker; 

IEC Mem ber S. R. McCann, 8M of L.U. 302; J. M. Parker, Director 01 IBEW Construction Department; and Robert McAlwee, 

Director of ISEW Journal Department . 

• I IIEW JO II'nol

PRorlSSlonOL 

I IS 

Pictured on the lett are ISEW delegates to the newly-chartered AFl-CIO Professional 

Employees' Department first convention. Left is Robert McAlwee. Director of the rSEW 

Journal Department; and Jack Ka in, Director of the ISEW Radio and Broadcasting 

Department . Director Kain is also pictured presenting a motion for approval by the 

delegates calling lor the House of Representatives not to use in-house employees to 

televise floor proceedings. 

Kenneth O. Lohre, member of LU. 1245, editor of the East Bay labor Journal. Oakland, 

California, and President 01 the ILPA Western States Region is shown welcoming the 

delegates and guests to the International Labor Press Association Convention held 

in los Angeles. Seated on the left is Alan Zack, Secretary-Treasurer of the ILPA and 

on the right is AI Herling, President of the tLPA and Editor of the Bakery and Confectionery 

Workers News, Brother Lohre was elected a Vice President of the ILPA at 

the convention. 

-Calling for a national tax reform 

program that ..... ould bring tax juslice to 

..... orking Americans and end some of the 

" preferences and special privileges" available 

10 wealthy individuals and multinational 

corporations. 

-Saluting $cnator H ubert H. H umphrey 

in a special resolution for his many 

contribution~ to the welfare of working 

people. ScnalOr Humphrey, because of 

fllness. could not aHend Ihe eon\enlion, 

bUi spor..e to the delegatcs through a special 

telephone arrangement. 

- Agreeing to pre~s Congress for the 

strongest possible federal standards for 

workers" compens:uion and unemployment 

compensation programs. 

- OU1l ining several sleps the federal 

government can take to halt the decay of 

America's central cit ies. Central to this 

arc interest rates that arc affordable and 

thus could stimulate construction. 

- Declaring that human rights must be 

a "cardinal principle" of American foreign 

policy, " Abuses and threats to basic 

human rights are the most searching issues 

that divide the world today and arc 

the clearest tests of American ideals and 

resolve," the convention said. 

-Slating that it is essential that the 

n:lIion embark on a comprehensive program 

that faces up to the seriousness of 

the energy crisis. A resolution declared, 

" While no single source of ener~y repre, 

se nts the ultimate fue!, it is clear that 

coal and nuclear power are the ones this 

nation mu~1 rely upon in the i'llnlediate 

future." 

Guest speakers at the Convention included: 

Vice President Walter Mo ndale, 

who emphasized the Carter Administralion's 

commitment 10 labor law reform; 

Department of Energy Secretary James 

Schlesi nger, who warned against an antigrowth 

philosophy by some Americans 

based on the contention that overemphasis 

on expansion would endanger 

the envi ronment: Secretary of Labor Ray 

Ma rshall, who emphasized the need for 

:l full employment economy: and HUD 

Sec retary Patricia Harris, who pledged 

her effo rts to expanded housing and jobs. 

A new AFl·C10 department also was 

chartered during the convention-the 

Professional Emplo)tees Department, It 

pledged 10 take advantage of what orga· 

nized labor offers professional workers 

and to contribute to the trade union 

movement what profe .. sionals can do for 

organized l:lbor. The IBEW is a member 

o f this new department and was repre, 

sented at its first convention. 

Building and Construction Trades 

Ot"partment Convention 

A major organ izi ng push and steppedup 

action on the political front were 

given top priority by the 300 delegates 

attending the 59th Convention of the 

Januory, 1978 I 9

IUD ~OnYlnTIOn 

Building and Con~tructlon Trades Dcpartment. 

AFl-CIO in Los Angeles. California 

, 

The IBEW delegation and members 

representing various building trades 

councils were one of the largest Ilt the 

convention. International Presidellt Pillard 

was rc-ele

Notice: EWBA Benefits Increased 

A letter has been sent to all members 01 the Electrical Workers Benefit Association from International President 

Charles H . Pillard and International Secretary Ralph A. Lelion notifying the members that the Supreme Lodge at Its 

regular September, 1977 meeting adopted the follOWing resolution 

" That, effectlvt! January I , 1978, on deaths occumng amons members with six months or more continuous good 

standlns. the permanent death benefit shall be increased to $1,400.00. Also, on deaths OCCUrrina during 1978. a 

$200.00 supplemental benefit shall be paid. Until further notice the Association Will annually estabhsh sufficient reo 

serves to guarantee payment of the supplemental benefit for an addlhonal year. These benefits afe In lieu 01 the 

benelits adopted by the Supreme lodge at its regular September, 1973, meeting." 

The actions of the Supreme l odge are the continuing policy of the elected Trustees, giving them the authority to 

Improve EWBA benefits whenever possible. An actuarial report advised the Trustees in 1969 that during the neid 20 

years there would be a comfortable surplus available for any foreseeable contingenCies. The Supreme lodge in Septem' 

ber, 1969 raised t he benefits f rom $1.000 to $1 ,250. Following the advice o f the actuaries, the benefits were again Increased 

in January 1974 to $1,400. 

When the Supreme lodge met at Its regular meetlMg In September. 1977, it reviewed the report 01 the actuaries and 

agreed unanimously that the fesutts of the thorough study that was made on the financial condition and affairs of the 

EWBA favorably Indicated that there could be additional benefits made on behalf of the members. The above resolution 

was adopted by the Trustees and will be included in t he EWBA Constitution at the next EWBA convention. The Increased 

benefits are made possible because of the efficient management of the funds by the executive officers of the Supreme 

lodge and also a more favorable mortality rate and Withdrawal experience. 

EM-3 NATIONAL BARGAINING COMMITTEE 

MEETS IN INDIANAPOLIS 

The National Bargaining Committee of EM·3 CounCil are, left to right. James Kent, vice president; Ed Brobst, secretary·treas· 

urer; Tom Hickman, Director, ManufacturlMg Department, IBEW; Pasquale Gino, president; Mike QUinlan, and Hugh Young. 

Executive Board. 

Following ratification o f a new three year contract With Western Electric Company, the EM·3 National Bargaining Committee 

headed by Tom Hickman, Direclor of the Manufacturing Department of t he IBEW, met with the Company to sign the agreement. 

Electrical Manufacturing Council number three (E M·3) replesents nearly 50.000 members employed by the Western ElectriC Com· 

pany through IB local unions throughout the United States. The Council, together with the International Office, concluded 

negotiations on primarily economic national items August 6. local contract matters were completed at each of the affiliated loca· 

t ions about a week later. The National BargalMlMg Committee was made up of Director Tom Hickman, EM ·3 Council officers 

Pasquale Gino. preSident; James Kent, vice t::resident; Edwin Brobst. secretary·treasurer; and MIchael QUinlan, Hugh Young. and 

Ed Keller, Executive Board members. In addition to EM ·3. IBEW members employed by Bell Telephone Company and replesented by 

the National Bell Council, CWA representing both AT&T and Western Electric employees and t he non·a ffillated (Independent) unions 

each met i n separate but simultaneous negotiations in Washington, D.C. 

January, 197a I 11

PENNSYLVANIA POWER 

COMPANY EMPLOYEES 

VOTE IUEW 

On Friday, November 4. 1977. approximately 

324 bargaining uo;, employees 

of the Pennsylvania Power Company 

Bruce Mansfield Generating Station in 

Shippingport. Pennsylvania. chose m EW 

Local 712, Bca\'er, Pcnnsytvanill. as their 

collective btlrgaining representative. This 

runoff election came as a result of an 

carlier N LRB election held on OClober 

7. 1977. where the employees wcrc given 

a chance 10 choose among I DEW Local 

712. The Utility Workers Union of 

America. or no union. The Oelober 7. 

1977, cJ..;!;liulI rCloulls were incondulIoivo; 

since no single choice on the ballot received 

a majorit y of the voles ellS!. The 

Utility Workers Union of America received 

the lowc.~ t number of votes and 

was elimi nated. The November 4. 1977. 

vote gave the employees a choice between 

IBEW Local 712 or no union_ 

In August 1976. the IBEW participated 

in an unsuccessful attempt to organize 

this plant which is one of The 

largest coal fired stations in western 

Pennsylvania. The Utility Workers Union 

of America repre!\ents all other employees 

of Pennsylvania Power Company. 

IBEW International Representatives John 

Sorvelli nnd Robert Dunleavy initially 

started this campaign and Intern:llionnl 

Representative Michael Namadan assisted 

. Our congratulations go to the 

employees of Druce Mansfield Gcnerating 

Stmion, the omcer~ and members of 

Local 712, and to the members of the 

IHEW Third District stafT for a job well 

done. 

SOUTHWESTERN 

ELECTRIC POWER 

COMI'ANY FLINT CREEK 

GENERATING STATION 

EMPLOYEES VOTE IIlEW 

On October 20, 1977, T welft h District 

International Representative Harrison S. 

West filed a petition with the National 

Labor Relations Board requesting that a 

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representation election be held for employees 

of the SWEPCO Flint Creek 

Power Plant to determine if they wished 

10 be represented for purposes of collective 

bargainlllg by IlH:.W Local Jtlb 

Texarkana, Arkansas. The petition was 

filed as a result of an organizing campaign 

on the property conducted by international 

Representative West assisted 

by Internationa[ RepresentativC1> Grady 

Parks and Carl Lansden and local 386 

Business Manager C. Marvin Woodruff. 

During the entire course of the organizing 

campaign, SWEPCO bitterly opposed 

organiz.:lIion by holding many captive 

audience meetings with its employees 

and mailing numerous lellers to their 

homes. On December 2, 1977, despite 

the bitler opposition by the company, 

SWEPCO employees at Flint Creek voted 

for IIlEW representation. Our congratuhllions 

to l ocal 386 and the Twelfth 

District International Representatives 

who did such a fine job. We welcome 

the Flint Cree" elllplu}ce!> tu um 81etrt 

Brotherhood. 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PllBLlC 

SERVICE NEWTON 

POWER STATION 

EMI'LOYEES VOTE FOR 

IBEW LOCAL 702 

REI'RESENTA TION 

As the Ic!>ult uf ,HI NLRH c1cctiorl 

held on October 26, 1977, 91 employees 

of the newly constructed Newton Electric 

Generating Station operated by Central 

l11inois Public Service Company 

voted to be represented by IBEW l ocal 

702 in collective bargaining with their 

employer. The Newton Power StatIOn is 

a coal· fired steam generating plant. Unit 

No. 1 is a 600 megawatt unit targeted 

for commercial operation on December 

I. 1977. An additional 600 megawatl 

unit is under construction. The cutoIT 

date to dctermine the number of eligible 

voters was September 3, 1977. Since that 

time additional employees have been 

hired and, as of November 15. [977, 

Ilpproxim;rtcly 105 productiull .u IlI Iliairltenance 

employees were members of the 

bargaining unit. 

InEw Locnl 702, Wc~t Frankfort. illinois, 

al ready represented approximately 

220 emp l oyce~ in the company's Southern 

Division, approximately 340 employees 

in the company's Eastern D ivision, 

and approximately 320 employees in the 

company's Western Division. When in 

full operation, the Newton Power Station 

will add approximately 125 membe~ to 

Local 702's membership. 

Prior to building the Newton Power 

Station, C IPS operated four electrical 

generating stations al Grand Tower, illinois; 

Hutsonville, Illinois; Coffeen. illinois: 

and at MeredOSia, illinOiS. The emplorees 

at these stations arc represented 

b), l ocals 148 and 591 of the International 

Union of Operating Engineers 

(lUOE). 

On August 3, 1977. the IUOE filed a 

petition with the NLRD for Ihe Newton 

Power Station. m EW local 702 intervened 

on this petition. An NlRB election 

was scheduled for October 12, 1977, 

but was postponed due to the failure oC 

the U.S. Congress to act on an appropriation 

bill funding the U .S. Department 

of Labor. Once a temporary funding bill 

was passed. the NLRB election was rescheduled 

for October 26, 1977, and resul 

ted in a vote of 5 1 IBEW, 30 IUOE, 

3 no union. and I challenged. On November 

2. 1977, the IUOE filed objections 

to the election with the NlRB. Followillg 

a full investigation. the NLRB 

dismissed these objections and certified 

lac:.1 702 as the representative of the 

NeWlon Power Station Employees on 

November 17, 1977. 

In August Brothers Herb Miller and 

David McNeely started houseealling and 

secllnng m EW authorrzation cards. In 

September assista nce was requested from 

m EW Sixt h D istriet International Vice 

President T. E. Malone and International 

Representative E. J. Bailey were 

assigned. Brothers McNeely, Miller, and 

Bai ley worked very closely in housecalling 

and holding general mcetings with 

thc Newton employees. Our congratulations 

go to tbe Newton employees and 

IB EW l ocal 702 Omines5 Manage r Harvey 

Fryer and his staff fo r a job well 

done.

Fora Happy NewVt 

a BeHer 1978 ... 

1. Work for the passage of the 

Labor Law Reform Bill. Get your 

local union and other civic groups 

to endorse S. 1663. (It's endorsed 

byPresidentCorter; by the AFL·CIO; 

by Americans for Justice on the 

Job-and it's been passed, bya 

big margin, by the U.s. House of 

Representatives.) 

2. Send your Senators a cord, 

letter, mailgram, telegram-or just 

use the coupons below. Ask them, 

please, to pass S. 1663. 

Addless 10; us Senator • c/ o The U S Senole • Washington, 0 C 20510 

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Dear Senator: 

The labor law Reform Bill (5.1B83) has my 

strong support. It's needed. If should 

be passed. Please vote for it. 

Dear Senator: 

The labor law Reform Bill (5.1883) has my 

strong support. It's needed. If should 

be passed. Please vote for it. 

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safety ti s 

for you and your family 

POTENTIAL ILLIONS 

FOR WAGES AND FRINGE BENEFITS 

NOT E: 

The cost figures below are extracted from "Accident Facls"- 1977 Edilion of the National Safety Council-to show the 

Ircmcndous loss in billions thaI could be better used for the overall benefit of all Americans. The aforementioned "Acci· 

dent Facts," a 96-pagc booklet .. published by the National Safety Council, is a valuable 1001 for all those who have the desife 

10 decrease injuries and illnesses on and off the job. Copies of the booklet and price informntion may be secured by 

writing to the Council's Membership Service Bureau, 444 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Illinois 60611. 

Costs of accidents in 1976 * 

Accidents in which deaths or disabling injuries occurred, logether wilh noninjur) 

motor-vehicle accidents and fires, cost the nation in 1976, at least 

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These costs include: 

Wage loss 

Since, theoretically. a worker's contribution to the wealth 

of the nation is measured in terms of wages, then the 

IOlal of wages lost due to accidents provides a measure 

of this lost productivity. For nonfa tal injuries, actual 

wage losses arc used ; fo r fatalities and permanent disabil· 

ities, the fi gure used is the present value of all future 

earnings lost. 

Medical expense 

Doctor fees, hospital charges, lhe cost of medicines. and 

all other medical expenses incurred as the resu lt of accidental 

inj uries are included. 

Insura nce administrative cost 

This is the difference between premiums paid to insurance 

companies and clai ms paid out by them; it is their 

CPSI of doing business and is a part of the accident cost 

tOlal. Claims paid by insurance companies are nOI identified 

separately. as every claim is compensation for losses 

such as wages, medical expense, property damage, elC .. 

which are included in other categories above and below. 

Property damage in motor-vehicle accidents 

Includes the value of property damage to vehicles from 

moving motor-vehicle accidents. T he damage is valued at 

the cost to repair the vehicle or the market value of the 

vehicle when damage exceeds its market value. The cost 

of minor damage (such as scratches or dents incurred 

while parking) is considered part of the normal wear aod 

lear 10 vehicles and is not included. 

Fire loss 

Includes losses from building fi res of $3.6 billion and 

from non building fires, such as aircrafl, crops, and noomoving 

motor-vehicle fi res, of $0.7 billion. 

(billion) 

$16.1 

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. $ 8.7 

. $ 8.9 

. $ 4.3

$ 

Indirect loss from work accidents . 

This is the money value of time losl by noninjurcd work· 

ers. Includes time spent filling OUI accident reports, giving 

aid to injured workers, :and lime lost due to production 

slowdowns. This loss is conservatively estimated as equal 

10 the sum of lost wages, medical expense, and insurance 

administrative COSI of work accidents. 

1976 accident costs by class of accident 

TOTAL-ALL ACCIDENTS·· 

Motor-vehicle accidents 

This cost figure includes $7.6 billion in wage loss, $2.1 

billion in medical expense, $6.1 billion in insurance ad· 

ministration COSI. and $8.9 billion in property damage 

from moving molor-vehicle accidents. Not included are 

the cost of public agencies such as police. fire depart. 

ments, and courts, indirect losses to emplo}C:rs. the value 

of cargo losses in commercial vehicles, and damages 

awarded in excess of direct losses. Fire damage to parked 

motor-vehicles is nOt included here but i§ distributed to 

other classes. 

Work accidents 

This eost figure includes S3.6 billion in wage Joss. $ 1.9 

billion in medical e~pcnse. 52.4 billion in insurance adminimatioo 

cost, $2.0 billion in fire losses ($1. 7 billion 

from building tire~ and SO.3 billion from nonbuilding 

fires). and $7.9 billion in the other, indirect costs arising 

out of ..... ork accidents. Not included i.s the value of properly 

damage other than tire losses and the indirect losses 

from fires. 

Home accidents 

This cost figure includes S2.9 billion in wage loss, SI.8 

billion in medical upcnse, $0.1 billion in health insurance 

administration cost, and $1..5 billion in lire losses ($1.4 

billion in building fires and $0.1 billion in nonbuilding 

fires. primarily parked motor-vehicles). Not included are 

the costs of property damage other than fire losses and the 

indirect costs to employers. 

Public accidents 

This cost figure includes 52. 9 billion in wage loss, 51.2 

billion in medica l expense, $0.1 billion in health insurance 

administration cosl, and SO.8 billion in fire losses (50 . .5 

billion in building fires and SO.3 billion in nonbuilding 

fires). Not included arc the costs of properly damage 

olher than fire losses and the indirect costs to employers. 

. .. $ 7.9 

(billion) 

. $52.8 

$24.7 

$17.8 

$ 6.3 

. $ 5.0 

Certain Costs of 

Accidents 

by Class, 

1976 In $ billions 

Motor· 

Co>' TOTAL·· Work Home 

Vehide 

Total $52.8 $24.7 $17.8 $6.3 

WaBe loss 16.1 7.6 3.6 2.9 

Medical expense 6.9 2.1 1.9 1.8 

Insurance administration 8.7 6.1 2.4 0. 1 

Fire loss 4.3 t 2.0 1.5 

Molor·veh. prop. damage 8.9 8.9 t t 

Indirect work loss 7.9 t 7.9 t 

Public 

Non-Motor- 

Vehicle 

$5.0 

2.9 

1.2 

0.1 

0.8 

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Sou.c" National S.fety Council est,mates (rounded) b.nd on In fo.m.tlon f.om the NlIIt lonll Cent" 

for Health StatistICS. slale indusl,lal commlulon., ,Ial. !laffic autho,ltl .. , .Ut. depanments 01 

he.lth. In.urance companlu and anocl.tlon •• Indu.I.I.1 .. lIbll.h .... nt ••• nd oth.r IOu", ••. 

·Cosl u llmaln If,. not comparable WIth Ihos. of pr.vIOU, y ..... At ~dlUon.1 or more precIse d.llII 

becom. awall.ble they a.e used '.om thll y •• r lorwlrd. but prevloully ."lm.l.d !laure •••• not 

"vl •• d. 

· Oupllc.l!ons billween wo.k .nd motor·v.hlcl •• nd hom •• nd mOlor·v.hlcf ...... ,jmlnated In th. 

lotal •. 

INot Included. see comments by class of accident abOv •. 

Jonuory. 1978 I 15

'Nith the ladies 

America's Gothic Cathedral 

cOlHilUud 

• The beautiful and richly-decorated 

cha pels in [he area of the sanctuary of 

the National Cathedral in Washington. 

D.C, port ray the life of Chri~1 through 

the elaborate church art. SI. Mary's 

Chapel. where m:my marriage vows have 

been exchanged. has the ma IlIten:~ting to nute th:!t the 5ite 

of the Washington Cathedral Close was 

once the home of Joseph Nourse, first 

registrar of Ihe United States Treasu ry. 

He spent many hours walking in the 

tranquil atmosphere of Mount St. Alban, 

contemplating and communing with God, 

After his death. his granddaughter con· 

ceived the idea of building SL Alba n's 

Pari~h Church on MI. 51. Alban and, 

like the cathedral which now stands 

nearby, it was built for people of all 

religions, through donations. 

,\mong the tall trees of The Close 

arc five cathedral schools. T he National 

Cathedral School for Girls. the gift of 

one woman. was opened several years 

before the la)'ing of the cathedral'S foundation 

stone. The school accommodates 

450 girls of many religious backgrounds 

who come from every part of the 

country. 

NCS's counterpart is St. Albans School 

for Doys. dedicated in 1907. The Deau· 

voir School, founded in 1933, is for 

children between the agcs of four and 

eight. The College of Preachers for practlClllg 

clergymen was founded in 1929. 

The College of C hurch Musicians was 

founded in 1962. 

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6 stlces b.con. cut in smllll preen 

2 t a blespoon. flour 

I clln (lO'h ounce.) cOnden, ed 

beef b roth 

2 cups chopped onion. 

Lentil Soup with Vegetables 

I sm a lf g reen pepper. 'inaly chopped 

'h cup cele.,.. finely c hopped 

'h cup finely Chopped Cllrrots 

51111 

Cider v,n egllr (optlonlll) 

Put lentils in heavy keWe or Dutch oven with six cups of water. Bring to 

boil, skim and simmer, covered, one hour, or until very soft. Force through 

sieve or food mill and set aside. Saute bacon in same kettle until,crisp, Remove 

bacon and blend flo ur into bacon drippings. Gradually stir in broth and cook, 

stirring, until smooth and thickened. Add lentil puree, bacon. and vegetables. 

Bring to boil, cover and simmer about 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt 

and serve with vinegar, if desired. Makes abom two quarts. 

'I. cup butte. Or mll'gll"ne 

3 medium o nions. thinly sliced 

4 medIum POtllt oe • • peeled lind 

t hinly sliced Illbout one qUllrt) 

I quart hot chlchn broth 

OniOD-Potato Soup 

6 poopper Corns 

S whole allspice 

I cup finely chopped cele.,. t ops 

'h cup heavy c ream (optional) 

SIII1 and peppoor 

Melt buller in heavy three- to four-quart kettle or Dutch ove n. Add onions 

and potatoes and saute, stirring, fi ve minutes. Add next three ingredients. Bring 

10 boil. cover and simmer 30 minutes. or until potatoes are very tender. Beat 

soup wilh whisk until potatoes arc in small pieces. Add celery tops, add cream, 

if desired. Heat and season to taste with sail and pepper. Makes about two 

quarts. Note: if preferred, substitute one-half cup minced celery root for 

celery tops and saute with onion and potatoes. 

'tewlng c h icken with gIblets. 3 to 

4 pounds. cut up 

I medium onion 

Few parsley apr • • 

I teaspoon peppe...:orns 

Salt 

Chicken-Noodle Soup 

(M3ke the day before) 

6 ouncn Cabout 3 cups) eg noodles 

I cup dice'd celery 

YI cup shredded carrot 

'h teaspoon each t hyme and oreallno 

leavH 

Bring two and one-half qU3rls water to boil in kettle or Dutch o\en. Add 

chicken wilh giblets, onion. p3rsley, peppercorns, and one leaspoon sail. Bring 

to boil and si mmer. covered. three hours, or until chicken is lender. RemO\,e 

chicken and cool. Strain broth into bowl. Cool. then refrigerate. Ne1(1 day. lift 

off fat and put broth in kett le. Remove skin and bones from chicken and dice 

me31 aDd giblets. Bring broth to boi l and add salt to taste and remaining ingredients. 

Bring ag3in 10 boil and cook, partially covered, stirring occasionally, 

10 minutes. or until noodles are tender. Add chicken and heat. Makes about 

three quarts. 

',4 cup buner or marla,ine 

I me'dlum onion. minced 

'I. cup 110ur 

4 cups buf broth 

I CIOn (I pound) tomllto puree 

'I. cup heavy c rellm 

Quick Tomato Soup \\-ilh Frllnkfurters 

I can (4 OUnCH) pimientos, d,alned 

_nd ~hopped 

'h cup stice'd p,tted black ollvn 

2 frankfurters. thinly sliced 

Salt and pepper 

Melt butter in heavy three- to fou r-quart kettle or Dutch oven. Add onion 

and saulc, slirring occasionally, five minutes. Blend in nour, then gradually 

add broth and simmer, st irring, until thickened. Add tomato puree and simmer 

10 minutes. Add next four ingredients. Heat and season to taste with sail and 

pepper. Makes about two quarts. 

, '"C dried .ed kidney belin, 

3 on ons, sliced 

2 c loves "rllc. minced 

'I. cup bacon ' at 

6' pot a ton peeled lind diced 

Portuguese Bean Soup 

2 bay leaves 

% teaspo:)n ground a llspIce 

I can (6 ounces) tomato paste 

Silit and pepper to tute 

Put beans 3nd two quarts water in kettle and bring 10 boil. Boi l two minutes, 

then remove from heat, cover and let stand one hour. Bring again to boil and 

simmer, covered, one and one-half hours, or until beans are tender. S3ule 

onions and garlic in the fat until golden. Add with remaining ingredients to 

beans. Cover and simmer onc and one-half hours. Makes three quarts. 

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On the south side of Tbe Close is 

the Bishop's Garden, enclosed by a 

medieval wall. A 12lh-century Norman 

archway graces the entrance which leads 

by way of a stone walk to an even larger 

Norman archway at the entrance to the 

Norman court. The ga rden is informal, 

and is allowed to develop gracefully. 

Rowers of all kinds arc in full bloom 

in their seasons. and a variety of box 

Washington. Dolley Madison. Thomas 

lefTerson-gives off a fresh outdoorish 

fragrance. There are also the Cedars of 

Lebanon, Canterbury ivy and the famous 

Glatonsbury Thorn, a tree which legend 

says blooms only at Christmastime and 

on the occasions of royal visits. It 

bloomed for Queen Elizabeth II in 1957 

and before that, in 1951, when she was 

a princess. In 3 liule medieval herb ga r 

den there is 3 ninth-centu ry font which 

was found in the Abbey of St. Julie in 

Aisne. France. 

Also on the south side is a statue 

of young George WaShington astride a 

horse. covered with gold leaf. which 

glimmers in the su nlight against 3 background 

of large Irees. The seven and 

one·half foot statue of Washington is 

mounted on a IS-foot pedestal of pink. 

Salisbury granite. Washington's head is 

turned toward the Pilgrims Steps. a long 

night of 40·foot-wide steps made of slone 

from a quarry once-owned by Washington. 

The Pilgrims Steps have been the 

scene of many ceremonial services of 

national importance. attended by Presidents 

and many other persons of note, 

thus following the cathedral's reason for 

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The Secret's Out 

There really is no secret to growing 

ferns. There can't be if they've been 

around fo r 400 million years. But Mother 

Nature knows things we should know .. , 

like ventilation and growing room thaI 

ferns need. And our new full color 4().. 

page booklet tells it all . From the Dwarf 

Mother Fern to the Walking Maidenhair, 

you'll learn in intimate det3i1 about the 

growing needs of 94 of the most common 

ferns to be found in this country. 

For instance, did you know that the 

Aspar3gus Fern iso't a fern at all but a 

member of the lily family that pnK1ul:~ 

seeds and pods? This beauliful bookJet 

will even teach you the difference between 

spore and vegetative propogation, 

about transplanting and pest control. A 

special attraction is the cross-listing of all 

ferns by their scientific and everyday 

names, as well as a complete glossary of 

terms. 

To order the full ·color Ferns from 

Mother Nalure booklet No. 626, send 

$3 .25 ( includes postage and handling). 

In addition. if you would like 10 order 

step.by-step plans for n hnthOIl .~e for 

your ferns, ask for Greenhouse plan 

No. 557, (a plastic sheeting structure) 

for only $2.50. Mail check or money 

order to Steve Blingson, c/ o: 

Electrical Workers Journal Pattern Dept. 

P.O. Bolt 2383 

Van Nuy~, Califomi3 9 1409 

New! Our IOO-p3ge P3t1erns for Better 

Living project book featuring marc than 

500 woodworkine /lnel handicraft projects 

... $1 .50 (includes postage and handling). 

Former Raifroad 

Representative Dies 

• The Brotherhood was saddened by 

the death of retired International Representative 

Ca rl K. Smith on October 

6, 1977. Brother Smith was boln en 

February 7, 1899 and was a member 

of l ocal 11 53, Wilkes· Barre, Pennsyl· 

vania. He served as General Chair' 

man of Railroad Syslem Council 18 

a nd was appointed to the 10th Dis· 

trict staff in 1945 as an organizer for 

the Pennsylvania Railroad organizing 

campaign and was retained on the 

10th District Staff as an International 

Representative. He served in Ihal ca· 

pacity until his retirement on June 1, 

1964. Brother Smith was pre·deceased 

by his wife Violt:1 who passed 

away January 17, 1976. Sincere sym· 

pathy is eKpressed by the entire 

Brotht:rilood to t he relatives and 

friends of Brother Smith. 

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loeallilles 

Attention 

Press Secretaries 

All letters concerning Christmas partIes must be In 

Journal office on or before February 15, 1978. 

Christmas reports receIved a lter that date wdl not be 

printed. Thank you tor your cooperation. 

New Three-Year Contract 

Ratified 

L U. J, NEW "OItK, N . V._T~ .lllflelllOn of 

I new Ih.cc-yur conllacl in whoch .mportanl 

~a,m wc,,: won by the IT'C'mlx.--.. of I~ AtlmHlistr.lhve 

O''''''lI)n, brinp to m'nd tile 0.,.3n",ng 

and ,i!tnm, of tile ti.~t eontrlCI In the ADM Oivision 

IS yurs Igo. 

Inilial Slep.! 10 organil;l: the ~,\()f]nd cmJ>loycd 

by eont.acton, who hatl collect,ve bar!tll1nmg 

a,reemcnts in the elcctrlCal ,0'I'IIuction mdustry 

wi.h Locll l. we re IIndenaken by the mcmbers 

of the SUpclrlntcndcnl. O,vislon in the spring of 

1962. llased on the IMRC (lercentD~e or pledge 

card~ returned 10 the union by eligible members. 

Local 3 wm. de~;gna'cd the bar,ainin, I,cnt in 

November, 1%1. 

The mlke.up of Ihe membtn of the ADM Division 

,nclude 111 clericll and leehn"'ll employees 

in the ele

«eived lheir pins either by mail or II unil 

mcelinp. 

o rolher Ray T aylor, business manager of Loul 

18, assisled by Bromc,r Walter "Red" Risse, 

forme r business manager of Local 18 (himself . n 

old,limer ""ilh )6 yean membership), presenled 

lhe awards 10 membcn whose KrvKe ranged/rom 

25 yea" 10 40 yeDrs. 

A dehdous cake wu xrved with coffee and 

punch to all those prc:Knt [I was an enjoyable 

evening for .11, BusmeSli keprc:Knlanve Kon 

Ferrara dc:scr .. es a roond of Ippb,use for .rrlnl_ 

ill& the progrlm. 

ROlI!u A V1LLAlOHOS, P's. 

Floor 

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a.,.e.bnfett """"'" ..... S.llOIe ~ Looboo-." 

Septemberfest Is 

Tribute to Labor 

L U. n , OMAII A, l'i"1-:8.-I.lbor Day, 1977 

brooghl the fint annual Omahl "Scptembcrfest" 

A Salute to Labor. It "'Ill held in Omaha·, downtown 

Centr.l Park. Scplembcrfut compllxd 

three and a half d.IIys of In. musM;. uhib.u. a 

parade. and IIIr I.rant firework.!; displ.y ICCn 

here thIS yur. 

Over three monllK planniMA paid off IS an 

esllmated 150,000 people came to ;o;n in the 

fesllVlties. Among other things er~1Cd in lhe 

pllk Will I huge ten t to house labor &roup displa)'$. 

Loc.l 22 had a displDY manned by iu 

members. 

The Labor Day parade Will the finl in Omaha 

• ince 19' • • Local n built I fioat, III did lOme 

150 other local I.bor orllniullonl. CooperatIOn 

was very much in evidence as d.fferent local 

unIOns and Ilea blninnKS III workcd togclhcr 

to brln. the Labor Day mcssaae to the people. 

A big thlnn lOU 10 all the l..ocal 22 mcmben 

wllo ,ave 50 generously of their \I~. 

Scptemberfest is somClhin, "'"c lie all klokong 

forw~rd 10 neXI year. 

RoaUT D. JACKSON, P S . 

Pin Presentations 

lIoh,ol Man.....- of 1.0

Duane Ford Electrical 

Post Celebrates 30th 

I_ll. "I. UI WPAI.O, N.' ·.- [)ulIllC: 1'0.01' So

ye ar. We ~re lhe people who m~~e surely worl:, 

no t lh e sa re ly d lreclor or any company, nor any 

sarely manual. Take lhe lime 10 work '~ftly and 

de velop t ood, !;Qund, ,Me .... OJ k pracliceJ. 

Coniraci n ~lIO l iplion~ ore a never endina process 

since Local 5 1 rep. eo,cnlS members Ihal are 

.. overed by )8 differenl 1IIEW allreemenls. AI Ihe 

p.nent lime we o.e In. Or ha,·., jU)! complctcd, 

nClLoli alions with IIlinoi. I'o"'cr Company (pension 

plan), 6.' I·A power cOMuuelion, 6-5 1.C 

Iree lrimmln. _lIr«menl, 6_51 ·SL Wect lillhl 

m ai n ren~nce. General Tel pens'on pbn, CIfY or 

Peori3. Norlhe rn Ilhnol1l Wiler Company. l;d8lr 

Elecui

Local 70 Members 

A ,rut boo..,. 01 1.otSI 7t ___ ... 

certainly dc.-~rv" a of hi, I rm •• ...,..,nll, .... ",d hi. /I.lv", ·, 

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Handicapped Brother Shows 

Guts and Determination 

I •• U. 77. SEAn1..E, WASII.-Several month_ IIlO 

...·e reporled on an Kcidenl in ... hich II rmher 

Ken Soulh, a )2.,..,a.-old lineman I I SUllie City 

Light. came ,n contact ... ith I 26.000-voll cner· 

lIiuJ hne .. hrle wo,klOl in In ...".1 buchl '" 

The burns "''C'e so severe th l l it r"quued 1m· 

putation of both Inm; II Il'Ic ~houllkr:l 

No .... J~t si~ manIt., ]"er. both IJ f our Sclllle 

]'IIe'll"lpapu'< hive clrried pICture< Ind fUlure 

5tories of IhlS B.~l'Ict·5 oklerm,,,,uiofr Ind JUt' 

in Idlushn, 10 bfin& • douh~ amputf'f. n e 

IlIlCklr both si1Td hrm 5UC~\fully taLlO, and 

~rn, I WL,h,nglon Stale drlvcr's Ie

On Job 

Robel1 E . ~. JoI> ........ cI 0. '"~ lIo.phal, PIIU 0 .. 

flft~b.11I& 10_" 10 • ' IOc. fII ~o"'ooJ'. 

Apprenlke Larry Josue just recently said the 

" I do's" al OUI !au union nl«'ling and ~("ame 

Qur newest rrn:mbcr. CongralUlalions 10 you, 

Larry, 

Say, did you kll()'" Ihal lhe ~w multimillion 

dollar C ON lleadquarlCfl Buildin, and Tdevision 

Studios are being built by no n-union. The Pl umbefl 

and Piprfillel"5 are the only union cTafum .. n 

on the job. 

Talkin, about jobs, it donn', look lood Ihis 

... inler, either. Many of OUr BrOlhers are on the 

rood, many miles from lIome. workins 10 support 

tile;, families. 

a.·emuld one o f our NECA contractors jusl 

back from the NECA Convention in Las Veps: 

" What a place! You cDn', beat Ihe sunshine-Iht 

climate-the sial machines." 

SAFETY CORNER - "Goll$lef' _ Protecting 

your face and eyes is equally important as pro- 

1e:alions. but Ihe one he cherished most W35 a 

plaque no .... affixed to the IB EW Building in Scran· 

ton. p build,"g made possible by his courage and 

foresight. The inscription on the plaque reads: 

" This building. erected under tile kad(rship of 

I'hll Brady. w,1I serve as a reminder to evrry 

~mbc:r of labo. and induslry IhM the courage 

Dnd 

foresight of one man-dedicatcd to the 

...· ~ 1fare of Ihe labor mO\'erDC'm~brou8hl our 

10wn its Ilrst labor lemple. which ... ·m stand as 

I memorial 10 Ihe rralizluon of a dream:' 

Ph,l realized thai in order for lhe IHEW to 

May on top of thinlS. il would be nea.SS3ry to 

work ",ilh all the olher labor orpniutiollS and 

li\" them kadenhip. With Ih,s in mInd, he beca~ 

president of the Scl1lnlon Cen"a' Labor 

Union. I position he held for IJ cOfl'i«"uliye yea" 

before resil!nins in Janulry. 1971. 

As prcsident of the Central Hody. I'hit ltd 

llIe S2 affilialed unions in m3ny ballies in our 

community, and his na~ had become synony. 

mous wilh Ihe fisht for d ~cen t W3ges. btndits. 

and " 'orkins condilions for all of the affiliated 

unions, lI is dcdicmion 10 elccting friends and 

ddealing (n~mieJ ,n the political arcna made him 

at lime! \'cry controversial; bUI I\CVer OnCe did 

lie ninch from his con~ictioM 10 IItlp any orp· 

niUlion in need o f assislance. 

Il«ause of his lotal commitment. Phil's name 

has appeared on onc .... ay or .notlltr .... ith eYery 

thalltable orpniution in tM Lommunil),-on Ihe 

ueeUlwe Commill« of the United WIY, llean 

A5WCialion. Univenity of Scranton Purrle Oub. 

Railroad Task Fora.. plus Iny and all civic 

comm'"ees. 

TIle Pennsyhlnia AFL-CIO solicited the sen'. 

kei of Phil, .nd he served for I number of ),ean 

as auditor of the state body. 

As a ddeg3 He 10 many conventions of the 

I!lEW. Phil served in many cap>K:itlts " the assemblies. 

Perhaps the most memorable was the 

1910 Convenlion in Seattle. Washington, where, 

despite his wife's undergoing emergent)' sursery 

" 'hile accompanyinll him there. Phil served as 

$CCretary of the an.important RcsolutiollS Com· 

miu",. And he Clrried out his duties 10 lilt letter, 

further uemphfyinl his !JIecr dedicllion. 

Phil liso seO'ed a$ secretary of the Pmnsyl. 

vania Businus Manallers Associalion o f the 

IBEW. H is e~perience and friendly admirllion 

hM helped man), a new business maru.scr Ihroul,h 

some roul,h limes. For it .... 5 Phil who would 

take a new blisinC!iS manager aside and offer 

him his guidance and the benefit of his ~xp erie n ce 

in the trade union movemem. and .... ould be found 

helping 10 8et ;ab opponunilies for members o f 

other local unions through Ihe many connc-ction1 

he had made OyU the years. 

Pennsylvania Govunor Shapp s~id in ch.,ac· 

tcrizing Phil: "Phil Brady .... as an 'Angry Warrior: 

who ltd his people, for lhe pasl 4.0 yurs. ;nlo 

human d'ln,ty Ind respC"Ct. in I manner in which 

none of them should forlet. ~ 

SuO'iving Phil arc his loYely wife. Fi055ie, on 

whom Phil leaned through lhe hard times he 

endured "hile fightinl for Local 81 members and 

I""i. families; I son Philip J r~ wl"lo is an elc-c· 

trical en&in",r for Pennsylvania Power " Ul,ht 

Company; Ind two daughlers, Mary Michele 

H oban of Olney. Maryland. and Angela VanNess. 

Lake Ariel. Pennsylvani •. On behalf of the ~m· 

bers and officers of Local RI . ...·e offer to Flossie 

and the family our sincere sympathy. 

There arc no .... ords to uprus wh al ala., 

this is to all of liS at Local 81. Now business 

manager of Local 81. I had been stlecled by 

Phil 10 serve 3$ his assislant in 1%9. and in 

.97l when he dc-cided 10 reli.e, Phil nominated 

~ 10 fill his po!i'lion. an honor I can never 

forgel. For he had awarded me the opportunity 

to work .... ith him •• nd the r Kpcr;"nce. counsel· 

ins. and knowkdge he sharN wilh me couldn'l 

he found ... in in this world. The opportunities 

he provided for man)' o f our members and their 

families are innunltnlble and imm~moria l . 

~ M any .. e caUrd. bUI few arc chosen." Philip 

F. Orady was called. but he will roeVer be gone. 

In everyone's life then' !-hould appear a I'llil 

B,ady. Local 81 has been blessed to be a pari of 

him. and we shall miss him dearly. 

he!:: McNuI.TV. 0 ),1. 

American Can Job 

Near Perfection 

I_U. 16, 1t0CIlFSTER, N.Y.-Oo;euionally a 

p'O;eCI comu about in a jurisdiction Ihal clOStly 

r~mbl es lhe perfeel ;ab. Rochester recemly ex· 

perienced just Ihat siluation. The job in rderence 

is Ihe now completed 20-million dollar. 150.000 

5quare f",1 addition to tile Amrricln Can Com· 

pan)' facility in Fairport. New York. T. II. Green 

Ekc .. i. Company Inc., a ,ubsidiary of Fischbach 

and Moore " 'U the elC-Cllical contraclor. The 

cans prodtKed al Ihis ultra modem facility arc 

c.elusively for Schliu Brc ...·ery in SynC\lSt. TIle 

tOlall), compulerized IWO million !;Sn.,"'a>,. th,",· 

line operauon is the mosl sophisticated sySlem in 

e~istcnce. Micro processors monilor the equip· 

~nt. flashin, lighls and closed circuit TV aUIOmllicll1y 

read any problem. then shut down lhe 

machine unlil the problem is resolved; al .... hich 

time the sen!lOrs return the equipment to the line. 

T he eleclrical suvice for this project to a 2.000 

ampere 480 volt distribution system IIsing t.6OO 

ampere bus duct and IWO substations. one double 

ended 2.000 K VA and one 2.000 KVA single 

ended. 

At peak 265 construction lradrsm(n were em· 

ployed---ilf that number III were elc.;lricians. 

ApproJ;.im.tdy 1

.. 

American Can Job 

• 

• • 

J~O'?J 1Ia.d ..... t

Clambake Committee 

ar.t"'"' JI. W ....... , II .. Soak" • • .., F ........ ndl 

';11 .... .,r ....... _ 1M to_IIH. 

LeI'. l ive I bi, hand \0 our OambDke Commitlte. 

Cochairmen Dick Monahan and Leo Pur. 

« 8 did an execlleru iob on I d~y wm,n the 

wealhn did not wlnl 10 aIOperal ... About lOO 

Brothtn and I I.rae conl;nl'""! of reliref1; u.o,,-ed 

up I I Ihis annUli evenl. With the larle .mount of 

IflIvdcn on tnc rOld Ihil ti,u,c is very impressivC'. 

Maybe \II'" nn act 8,olhe, Monahan or 

Purcell to Jive UI IlIti, 11«"1 .. 1 and \II'.. wm try it 

I ' .. rutur~ union mHtilll, A!.sislin, Dick and 

Leo were Brothers Tom Currin, Eddie Sh«han, 

Joe Sh«hn. Jim Clark, Frank Pn,...Ji.ilk, Jim 

W. U.ce, Jack Ward, Bill Keuuah. Jr •• Bill Watker. 

Eddie Curran, Red Slits. Paul LIIv.rehc. and 

John Collins. The retirees were On« .,ain guests 

of the local. I ho~ they Unlktlillnd lh~1 ;t i~ 

our .. ay o f Jlyin. thank you for .. hal )'011 

created over the yean. Jlrolher Dan Millilan won 

lhe wlor TV and we huen'l hurd him com· 

plain 10 he mUSI be enioyinl it. I hope we did n'l 

miss anyorlc: who ~r~e d on Ihis (ommiltee and if 

we did it was II nintentional. 

Quile of len credit for IIOn'ethinl aood 10e5 un· 

rewarded a"d lI"nOlk ed. Thank you, allai n. Orolll· 

on. 

Once aa~i n we Ihank ollr Orothers in local 

unions across the country for e~tending thnt 

26 / tlEW Jo .. ,nat 

helpinl hand when Oil' tra ~elin ll 

UrOlhen ha~c 

. rri~ e d . There is I term. brotherhood, th Dt il 

fOmctimes lalillhed It Or taken lilhlly by unnw.,,, 

Brolhers or tbose in Ihe non·union lidd. Those 

or you who h'''e a fear of hillinl the 10ld will 

undersland this word I nd know the lrue meaninl 

of il when you hit your first hall. lIelp is e"el')" 

where. We n nnol IiI II I\orne Ind eXp«'1 It 10 

come 10 U'" Hil the rood and lind OUI what the 

Brolhelhood is 111 aboll!' 

Hope 10 ~e you at the nut meehnl. 

FUNK NlGlo. P S . 

Members, Retirees, And 

Families Enioy Outing 

I_U. lOCi. JAMfSTOWN. N.Y.- The annUli 

picnic of Local 106 WlIs held on I mosl buutlful 

Sunday. Alllmi 28. It Lonl Poinl State I'a rk 

on Chlutauqua L.ke. The (hairman of the e~ent 

was 8rolher DI"ld R. Simpson Bulsled hy Ihe 

8usiM» Manager Charles Neubauer "ho did . 

line iob. A tureen dinner was ~ ryed M t P m. 

The loul union furnished Ihe meat, bevenl CS, 

Ie. ,""am, Ind other 10000ie$. Dinao Inti houe 

shoes were played by Ihe Ik others I nd their 

families. The children were enterll;rlc:d by iC"e,.1 

evenlS. orolhen .,,-ere in luendanee f'om Olun 

and Orldford, Pennsy:vania. Several of the retired 

members I nd Ihe;r families we re in Il1end· 

anee Ind enioyed I lirlc: d3Y. 

I would like 10 make I COrre(lrOn in lhe 

Seplember issue of lhe Wo,ku II w" lIlled 

thai &,Other Plul M. HlrrMn was • rea:nt Ie· 

tiree from Local 106. The nlme shOlJld IIIYe 

rud Plul M. Hinson. Sorl')' for lhe error 

The annual Slag Plrty of locll 106 was held 

Oft Salu.day, Sc:se mrn .,e I"''' f,o", UI bul will 

never be forgollen. 

U .. IOU' "t .... ow. p.s 

Local Prints 

Resolutions for 1978 

L U. Ill, COLOKAOO SPkINGS. COIO. 

Ilappy, prospe,Otn. Ind f.votlble New Year 10 

III locII$ in Ihe mEW Resolulio.,., we hope to 

!lee fulfilled : 

e.rler will lislcn and heed lhe word of Georlle 

Meany 

T h~ Ri,hl·IO· Work l'ooP will dry up and blow 

I Wly. 

The ford,n imports will suffer from recall 10 

I point of obUvlon. 

ConSrns will leI a, I IClLislati"e body for once 

Ind respond to Ihe people. 

The Union Label will once apin be found in 

or on mm.t conlumer products.

Pe.c~ (wilhout fur) will preniJ in the world 

Now is Ihis as kinl too much? Whal we uk ~ 

for I II mankind, world over, not just as "Union 

Jacks." 

We "Union lIekl" have had it 1000 for so 

lonl. we have forgouen whll il is to ge t inlo 

il Ind fight-fiaht 10 PIOlect, figh t 10 k«p, and 

10 pull tosether. 

19~78 ~ an elect.on year; are YOU regl$tered 10 

VOle. W,lI y,", act OUI and "Ole' Will you con. 

vmce your fricntk and ne.ahbors to VOle and 10 

VOle f(K lhe people, no' for special inlere!ts? 

Congrtss is rully lhe piKe, wherc we Ire III 

heard from. Conarr". un override prnidenli.d 

vel~, Conaress can ehlnge la ..., Ihat the Supre~ 

Court ,nltrp.elJ, rilhl or .... ong. Conlre» ;1 Ind 

should be our voice, the men are Iruly our reple. 

Jenlllhvo:-s, if we kl lhem know how we feel. So, 

choose your pel'SOf1 .... 50(1)' and fTIO$l of In VOle 

We kx.1s in Colorido Ire bracing for a bi; 

fllhl IhlS year; we have not bttn idly slandi", 

by. We defeated Riaht· lo.Work here onc:e before 

Ind we will show them ,,'r can do It agam. 

Our work picture in lhe P ih~ Puk I ICI is "ill 

nOI Ihe besl: we hue members Iravelina bul we 

Ife fighting to keeplnd act so"'" work b'oc k. We 

Ire I sm.1l 10

Gradua'ion 

IK n ~,lIn. U~ Ibt ......... U.. app

New Contract 

AI 11M " .,,,& ., 11M ..... aHIII...c Ioot~. Lon' 

''''' , _ , CIq, 1'1. I . .... h """'/u , ' H ., _ .a" 

..., kff la "'''', II~ "'a_ " 0"_ Stll, ..... 

J"a S ... p",.,. ..... .....,.....,. c..- 1.0 ..._1, 

N_a "·riaIM. It ...... " rll>CIM . 0... "':_ IJ • • Jac 

Lhboa. 1'1" /11th. , _ C"'ot, ~ t. r' C-tr; 

'Uf ~ d : ~ SI_. Ib.r S_pl . ..... 7, 1100 .... I). 

0\1"",-_ .... u l.ul. __ ..... 1 A ....."_. 

Annual O uting Held; 

Contract Ratified 

,~ u. 164. J ERSEY cn·,'. N..J.-On Seplember 

24. 1917. our annu.1 oulina w., hdd al lhe 

Sun Dance Lodge in Fairfield. New Jerwy Due 

10 lhe inc]emenl wealhtl the affair had 10 be 

he ld undel lhe pumon roof III dly. 

Then wu p]~nIY of ,00I.I food and liquid reo 

freshmenl fOl everyone who .1Iended and many 

door pnn'S were ,i~ n OUI 10 Ihose who won. 

The lelued UrOlhers were Otll In a ,rUI number 

on Ih il; day and had In enjoyable lime. 

Our Ihn~s Iiain Ih,. year 10 Urorher Ed lIepl 

Ind lhe Qulma Commi1lee fOl 'hcil pllnnma .nd 

hard work thll mlde rile oulin, pouihle I,ain 

this yur. 

For suer.] yea" Local 164 10., bttn llelive in 

org.ani~inll priYDle relel'hone inlerconn«t com· 

pan;e,. one of which is F..lI«ulone. Inc o f Ne ... 

Jersey. 

Qur fir~ 1 eontra..-I wu nellolialed by Inlernl· 

lional Representative Grlnl Tile and n USi~S5 

Mana,er lIowlrd E. Schit'r. Jr .• in 1 91~, It prllvided 

OIl r new members I .II"'tanllo] rai5e Ind 

a lega] dOCumtnl conl.inln, workinl tond."on. 

Ind job benetill. 

R«ently I new ContrlCI 101M nelotiated incru~ · 

inl wail's. hasp.llliu.lion coyell~e Ind oddm, 

holid3~ . The Neeolialing CommiHec w., rep· 

r~~nred by Pau' Abru1)'de, Mark Clflcr, I '.e .i~ 

denl M ''II:i.Mn~. and lIusi~u Manager !khit'r. J r 

The members picllllcd ralincd Ihe.r neW conlract 

Sept~mber 6, 1911. 

Christmas Party Success; 

Stewards Seminar Planned 

IAU. 16 ~ . CIllCACO. II.IA-The locar, annual 

children', Christmas I»orly was a .. in I bi, 5UC· 

cess, ... ilh everyone huin, I Irlnd 'ime 

Sanll came in from his winler home to ,isit 

tile children of our local. BOlh Santo Ind lhe 

children hid I ,oad lime. There """r~ plenty of 

,oodics 10 til Ind drink, bUI . ·00 hid lhe lime 

..·ilh 311 lhe fun Ind linl·']on~~ It 5CCms S.nla 

had Iglln left hIS mark I nd t.·tryone ..., hippy 

Ind conlenl 

All sleWlllrdl I'e as ked 10 be IV1Iillble for I 

pOSSible !oeminar in January of lhis yur If, a 

mUSI Ihn III OUr people ICI 10 undc~IDn..r lhe 

importance of Llbor Ll w Reform Ind .15 fir 

reachinl 'mph.... 11QOS Ind effecl on evtryonc 'n· 

voh-ed in lhe I.lbo. Mo~menl loo"y 

If 1 11$0 ytry impOrtanl Ihll all members rearn 

lhe I;onlfllClual chln~ on our "",10 conlrlCl Ind 

IhlS mll~ 1 be donr by ... I'C'IWtI 10 prr~n conU'cl 

'hrougl! ou. union SIeWlrds 

Tt." Ioo;al hopes 10 hve all tile mfolm~"on in 

IIIe maill won. 

Scribe Updates Activities 

Of Local 175 

I .. U, 17!'i, CIi AT rANOOG A, T ENN._ This is 

Ihe ti.$1 time Ihi, year Ih nt I have been able 10 

Sl trl my column withoul rellOrtinl a den th o f II 

member. bUl it is wil h deepen lympAthy 10 Don. 

Chuck. Lebron an d Kennelh Bro .. n on Ihe death 

of their mother. She II~ "., J ack Tyrell'l sIsln. 

You know Ihe old Slyin, lhat if. I'C'rJon slands 

II the comer of 42nd Ind BroadwlY in New York 

City lon, CRough lhey ... iIl K"C lboIIl eYery I'C'rson 

Ihey e'·el knew. Well lhe same lOts for Waus 

0", prO~CI; if I n d eclridan 111001 (if he does 

00' IC I .... tered·do ... n) II lhe cornel of Palten 

Ayenue I nd H un ler Bouleyard, he ... n Ke every 

e1«tridan he ever knew (bu! he may IC I I lener 

if he lIands Ihere 100 Ion,). 

David. Perry is horne reslml Ifter I KliolD 

Iccidenl. [)3... d IoU $& ... nl I lice ond II fell otI 

h,m. We ... ish h.m I )Jl«dy reco'ny, 

Well il wem~ IS If Jdf lI iahtowel look dad 10 

• b3u fi~hinC lournlmenl. Dad (John) not otIly 

...·on Ihe money fo. Ihe b'l Mh. he l lloO .. on the 

money for llle mosl fi~h . I Ihink Jelf ""ould be: 

belle. olf iusl "'o,kinl on h ll ubin Ind Ieurn, 

John do lh~ tish,",. 

ConlnllulalioM 10 Tyrone F. Newson for bein, 

aWDrdtd one of 'he Oumandi", Younl Men of 

Amnlca Award. for 1917. in recolnilion of OIlt· 

slanding professional Ichievemenl, ,"prrior lead· 

en.hip abilily. Ind u cel'loonal ~rvice 10 Ihe com. 

munily. 

Were you there John Kennedy_I. K . 

"SlUml'C'r·· Hill. Reed Kelso. C. II T iplon, Fred 

Ziellle., hd, " rail. lIenry Truis. Charlie Slrlwn. 

L. E. Cutley Wil

the laps of the lOCI' as «>uoc,1 ".. ill render the 

6ecision this month. 

The membtnhip mourns the pauinl o f Brothu 

John J. Crum ...·ho " "" 52 relinqu~hed hil life 

0 11 November -4. John came to h cksonville from 

up north in e.rly manhood I nd entered orl~' 

nized laoor throuJh prescribed IBEW procedure. 

He eherished his Irish n31i onality and enjoyed 

QI much ple3~urc in hi. jncullL.ity wilh himo.('lr 

Ihe brunt of his chid'nl as mu .. h as leveled I I I 

friend. When work was ,low in th is ju.i5.(!iction 

for se~erl l YUr, he worked In New YOlk Cily 

where he IVailed hirruel( of the opportunity to 

l\tend New York Cily Colie". majorinl in the 

Jludy of I3bor. lie equipped him!oClf wen for he 

..." a shre wd ncaollalor and proved il '" 11110 

.... ith his SlllLstkal knowltdae .nd up 10 dale 

~ rasp on problelM o f hill workin, Bl vd..,,~ by o",l. 

Inl uemendously ,II oblain,nl Ihe bl~1 raise lhe: 

local union h35 ever rrlImmer. 

Work Ihis ye~ r has bc-c n ,'e,), slow I lure hope 

Ihat 11118 hll lou of work fnr rvcryone. 

Aglin I would like to thank the SC"eral locals 

who have hdptd our UrOlhe" IhrOUllhoul Ihd 

ycar 

A hlpJ"Y and $life holiday sca..,n It w ~ hed to 

all my Hrothe.s and Iheir famille. 

I )I:~NIS A. H nltl:~Y, P.S. 

Golf T ournolmcnt Held; 

Work Shble 

LU. 111, C1N01";NA1·T. OIllO-Local 212 held 

iu annual 1011 tou.nntnl'nl September 24. 1917 

II Lakota lI il1s Golf Course'. Once again the 

lournamenl was a br, .!>Cuss. T rophies ... ere 

• ...,.rdtd 10 Brothen ROBe' tiatlield (lint placo 

KAtch) and Ken Hoffman (fint pl.ce handi 

, ap). Thanks 10 to BrOlhen Walter f'. Lewis 

I nd Dick Warman, e().thaionen .• nd committee 

m em~n Andy IIr,,", nob tonI, F ran k Bader. 

Mike DeWal d, Dob l,c"'is, Buzz Weikel, and 

Don Stricker. Also M ~p".:ia l Ihanks to ,.,.hoslJ 

Ed lIender .nd Sian Johnson. 

By the lime Ihi'l article is prinled "'c will be 

in Ihe middle o f winler. Ilowe'er. il looks as 

thou&h mOlt of our mtmbC'rt will ... main workinl 

Ihis yeu unltu we have anoUier winter like lUI 

year. 

ConvalulatiQftl 10 10 Broti'lcr Buu Weikel who 

WlIIS 'ppoinled 10 the lI e3lth Ind Welfare Com. 

nullet 10 replacc Brolher R31ph Grieme. presi· 

den t of Local 212. Drother Grieme had been I 

trustee o f Inc !leahh and Welfare !'und since 

Ihe inception of lhe plan. 

Untn lhe nut k'lLle remember, wen.! yvur 

union made dollars in union buill t'Slablishments. 

II ANK L UI!OI!J.INO, P.S. 

PI .. , ..... ,~_ .. ____ I • • 11th I. """,, 

V. """1 .. , a. 11ft .... w. 1" • • 1 •• , II. lI.n •••• G. 

lIolm •• , J. Dodd, C . (;r,mpbfn. J. FeUen. 

:)0 J It£W J.u,n.' 

local 224 Members T "ke 

CPR Course 

LV. 2%4, NEW BEDFORD. MASS,- Rr

Broth ers. He is now livinll at the Melvmt Towers 

in New Iledford and we'd like 10 send him our 

best wishes. Keep hanging in the re, Vic! 

We'd like 10 welcome Frank ROlhwell, Ltonard 

Lellcau, Bruce Oliveira, and Thomas Moriarty 10 

Ihe union as new journeymen. 1..015 of luck, lIuys. 

You're lonna need ill 

Hot, o ff to Mr. Rnd Mrs. L ~w r ence II. Tefft, 

...·ho recently celebrated their Rolden wedding 

annivers.ary. Larry s.a)'$ after SO years he thinks 

he's lot it down pall 

And now. sportS fans. we .ake you '0 ben ",iful 

dowmown New Oedford, to the beauliful lennis 

courlS al beautiful Buttonwood Park where the 

tennis match of lhe century has bun compleled. 

The union was represented in Ihis ulremely im. 

porlonl singl~ loumament by Brother Joe " lie 

Nosluse" Durmofal Bnd Oiva "Jimmy Conners" 

Maki. At Ihis writinl it is 001 known who won 

the lournament. bUI rumor hM it thai Joe was 

lasl seen runoml OUI of .he north en'moce of 

Ihe park beina bealen wilh II l enni~ roequel 

wielded by D rn.hful Oi va who was sportinll 9 

fl uorescent grcen lennis ba ll between his leeth. 

Oh, well, lIuys, maybe nut year you can lIel 

beaten in IIraillht 50Is by Tracy Austinl 

On Ihe inlcrnMional ~ene, world ,raveler 

OrOlher Cal Dillies ju~t MOl back from D fabulous 

weekend al Ihe beauliful CaSlaway Lounle in 

Acushnel. NUl month he hopes 10 Ira vel down 

lowards the Cape and spend R weekend al Ihe 

Kinll of the Road. 

Wilh Santn up Norlh wirinN up his sleigh and 

the firsl ,now.f1ake jusl over Ihe horiton, the 

local is happy 10 announce Ihat their Chrislmas 

parly ..... iII be held on December 10 at Ihe Knllhls 

of Columbus hall in Mallapoisen. II ~ppy jingle 

be lls, everyone! Ilove a safe IIn,1 joyful holiday! 

'Til ne~t limc. 

ROBERT A. S~UGAcz. p.s. 

Th. rdlrru 01 Local 129, York, ,.. " ... nl 10 W .. h· 

tatto" D.C. 10 loa. IB F.W Hulldl" •. II" ... ,. .... Idt nt 

Ostar "ulll"t. boarol. Ihe bu •. 

Mourned 

W ork Slow: 

Brother Mourned 

Th. la' t Broth. . WIIlarol 

W. "Tom."," 

Thonot'''''''' 

L.U, 2l9, YOWl(, l'A.-According to Bu~inC'S~ 

Manager Lesler Melhorn. the work ,itualion has 

not improved in Ihts area, but there is $Ome work 

in Olher areas. 

1\ is wil h deep regrct thaI 1 mU$1 report the 

death of Ih Olher Willard W. "Tommy" Thomp· 

$On, Sr. Orother Thompson, who was initialed 

into the Local AUIUSI 21, 1947, died July 10, 

1977 at the age of 64. Brother Thompson applied 

for pnd received diu bility ptmion in December 

1974. On behnlf of the mcmbc fJ of Local 229, I 

wish to exlend OUt sympathy to Ihe fnmily. 

The relirees made a trip to Wu hinglon, D. C. 

recently to visit the iIlFW Buildtnl. I'residcnt 

Paul Hoover, Jr" .... ho accompanied the relirees, 

reported it 10 be very successful. 

Ct.1!1ot IlAolMAoN. p.S. 

~ _ .. 

Son •• 0' Ihe ...... olJi~en 01 l.c>ta l l Jl , Itt, 10 nahl, 

are John And .. iOn, ",... urrrt fk)h C1.rk..,n, bu. l 

""'i' mMuaa"l NI. hard Stl>n.ham, 1 ..... 1

departlnellt 

of Research alld 

Edllcatioll 

.. . 

U.S. Trade Def,c,t Continues To Grow 

ECONOMY INDICATORS· 

Indicator latest Month Ala Year Ala 

Total 

Unemployment 6.9 % 7.0% 8.0% 

Rale ( Nov., 1977) 

Manufacturing 

Unemployment 6.8% 

Rale (Nov., 1977 

7.0% 8.2% 

Balance 01 

Trade -3,097.9 

($Million.) (Oct., 1977) 

- 1,7 15.2 _857.4 

"Seasonally Adjusted 

Sources: DlS, U.S. Department of l abor 

Bureau of the Census, 

U.S. Department of Commerce 

• The United Stales trade defi ci t 

amounted to a record $3. I-bill ion in 

October, thc 17 th month in a row that 

the U.S. has imported more than it has 

ex.portcd. The previous biggest monthly 

deficit was S2.B-billion in J une. The trade 

Jdicit ror the fit:.1 10 mO lllhs of 1977 

stands 31 a staggering S22.4-billion and is 

likely to climb to $30-bill ion for the enlire 

YCllr. In 197(;, it amnlLnlr. ct In $5.7- 

bill ion. In 1972, it amounted to $6.4- 

bi ll ion, which was Ihe record-high for a 

one-year period. The October deficit 

represents a 15.8 percent decli ne in U.S. 

exports of most items from September. 

Lo ng-RulIJ:c Look 

Administration ollieials have been 

steadily raising the forecast of this year's 

deficit and are now conce(Iing that no 

big improvement is expected in 1978. 

In fac t, thcy arc admitting that the deficit 

may actua lly increase and that they arc 

conccrned about plant closi ngs and job 

layoffs caused by rising imports. T he 

!B EW and most of org:lllized labor have 

been concerned with this situation for 

a numbcr of ycars now and h:lve proclaimed 

that eoncern. 

We have watched the trade deficit on 

its continual rise, and we have forecast 

that the trade defi cit would be a longterm 

condition. We recognize that the 

nat io n's continued dependence on imported 

oil has contributed to the trade 

deficit. Certain ly, howevcr, the enormity 

of our trade imbalancc cannol be accounted 

for by that itcm alone. 

We have said for years, and we continue 

10 say, Ihal the primary cause 

for the conti nual ri~e in the It:lde deficit 

is Ihe foreign opcrmions of U.S.-based 

multinational corporations. The fac t is 

that these mullimltiOlml fil llls _li t: continuing 

to set up operations in low-wage. 

foreign countries gencrally haYing poor 

working conditions, which nrc depriving 

America ns of jobs and damaging the 

health o( the American economy. T he 

3'1 , IllEW JOU

CONSUMER PRICE INOEX-CANADIAN AVERAGE 

Source, Sialis tics Canada 

OCTOBER, 1977 

Illd .. Heolth " lecreo· 

Oole ., , T,Oll.por_ ''''01101 lion" 

Monlh V'O. , ,.'" HOII" "g Clothillg lol'on Co .. leading 

October 1977 165.0 1869 166.6 144 7 153.9 1 .• 84 145.6 

September 1977 163..4 184 .3 164.3 143.3 154.5 157.0 144 .2 

August 1977 162.5 183.9 163.2 141.8 153.3 156.7 143 .9 

July 1977 161.8 182.9 162.1 140.9 153.7 155.5 143.3 

June 1977 160.3 179.1 161 .3 141 .0 153.4 155.2 142.2 

May 1977 159.2 177.2 160.0 140.0 153.0 154.8 141 .6 

April 1977 157.9 174.7 159.1 139.5 152.7 152.7 140.7 

Oclober 1976 151.7 1658 153.2 1346 146..4 147 I 138.5 

October 1975 1428 

October 1974 129.1 

October 1973 115.7 

October 1972 106..4 

October 1971 101 I 

NOTE: COlladO" COII ... m., ' ri" Illd .. for oil iI,,,,. in(rea.ed 1.6 ,lid .. poill" du.illll Ihe Io.t 

monlh. A. lO pe."",. Th i. ,qllolled all 011111101 .ole of '"«eo .. of • 2 ,"'('''' III X 1.01. 

Th, inneo .. during .he po •• yeor WOI 13.3 poill" or 8' perUII' . 

'er(,n' illcreooe belween IWO doleo i, colcllLoled by ... blroclill9 lite ind .. 1111mb .. lor Ih, 

eorli .. dole 1.0 .. lhol lor lhe 10101. dol, olld di,,;ding lhe ..... n by Ihe ;IId .. nllmber lor 

Ihe eo,li .. dole, Ihell m .. "iplyill9 by 100. 

UA",Pt f for Ihe period of O(toOt" 1976 '0 Oc'obe •• 1977 16S.0 - ISIJ = Ill.l di.;ded 

by UIJ = .OIS X 100 = ,"to 

oaOBER, 1977 

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX-UNITED STATES AVERAGE 

Source: U.S. Deportment of labor Bureau of l abor Statistics 

Revised In dell Series 

Reference Bose, U .S . Average 1967 

- 100 

Appc",1 

Health 

"'-II lI,ml 

• 

TrOll'PO" " lec. 

Monlh Yeo. Co",b; ,d ,.'" Hou';"9 Upkeep lolioll ,,0.10" 

October 1977 184.5 194 d 193.6 1572 178.6 177 1 

September 1977 184.0 194.5 192.7 156.2 178.5 176.1 

August 1977 183.3 195.2 191.4 154.8 178.9 174.7 

July 1977 182.6 194 .6 190.5 153.4 179.3 174.1 

June 1977 18l.8 193.6 189.0 153.9 179.2 173.2 

May 1977 180.6 191.7 187.6 153.4 178 .2 172 .3 

April 1977 179.6 190.9 186.7 15 2.3 176.8 171.4 

March 1977 178.2 188 .6 185.5 151.7 17d .8 170.7 

October 1976 173.3 181.6 180.1 150.9 170.9 166.1 

October 1975 164.6 

October 1974 153.0 

October 1973 136.6 

(ktaber 1972 126.6 

October 1971 122.d 

NOTE, Con . .. m .. P,ic, Inde. fa, 011 ilem, ,"( ...... d O.S 'nd .. poin" du"n9 Ih' po" /IIon,h, Or 

0.3 p .. c,nt. Thi. ,q\OOlI,d on onnvol '0101 01 'ncreo.e of 3.6 petunl (12 X 0.3). The 

i"creafe In CPI du need to 

be fully evaluated. Our trade policy and 

tax loopholes need to be revised to halt 

Ihe practice of multinational corporations' 

shifting their production, American tech· 

nology and know-how, and Ihe jobs of 

American workers abroad. 

It is of the utmost imporlance that 011 

Americans realize that manufacturing 

jobs are not the only jobs ofTected by 

foreign operations of multinationals. 

When manufaclUring plants arc not being 

impro\'ed or renovated and when 

new plants arc not being built, con· 

Slruction workers are also losing their 

jobs. Office help is no longer nceded. and 

so clerical workers are losing their jobs, 

Power is nOI needed fo r plants that have 

been closed down or plants that are not 

being built. and so utility workers are 

10'iing their jobs. Telephones and other 

communica tions de\'ices are also not 

needed, and so communications workers 

are losi ng their jobs. When a plant, such 

as an automobile plant, is elosed or its 

operations curtaIled. other products vital 

to that industry, such as glass, lires. electrical 

wiring, etc., arc less in demand, and 

the workers in those related industries 

find thei r jobs being curtailed. 

American workers arc not satisfied 

with trade adjustment assistance, which 

cOllliII UI!(/ on page 62 

January, 1978 I 3l

cOlllinurd lrom fH1g~ JI 

J&el:; MeWade is back in town aflrr IWO years 

" on Ihe road" in Washington SIMe. Fred Stine 

relurned also from Washington for two weeks 

to vis it wit h hIs ailing faliler. 

Brother Art O wens, newly elected 10 Ihe 

fuecutive Board. received his Bacllelor o f A rts 

in Labor Studies from Rmgers University evening 

"laSl;e$ on J une 3, 1971. SI8rting in 1964, Brother 

Owen~ pursued his goal for I} years. Wilile allending 

evening elasses, Arl 1101 only maintair>ed 

his comJ'C'lence as a journeyman wireman bUI also 

t:luglll OUr apprentices as a seo::ond_ and founh_ 

year teacller. He was also our re

Pin Presenlations 

I •• " 10 ri ~ '" .nt llIf . . .... 1ooo11 Vke pruI ...", hek 

Moon .............. 1«1 ,Iu f .... 'I lun 10. Ural 

Sdo.dt •• Mar>'i. F ........ CUI. Obo •• 0_ II ...• 

........ J ... k IHlamo ••• MI ..... eI D. DIo~" . MolNti 

K. 11""''"ed 

10 be one of the few ~ad

On Jobs 

On Jobs 

Ljfe~Saver$ 

D. le Renrro, Idt, of Loul 304, Tooeh '''nS.5, ... , 

'A~ed bl Moh·ln II Andlty and Stn. Bu •• h, "" Il1Ie eo .... Jarrdt BeoUe r, 

lIent')' War .." . lIob

Halloween Party 

r---' 

A. II>e _. Ioo u~ . ~. _ lei ... ~rfo ... , " 1.1( . 

... " 8I ~J Sor,e .. bile D.' · ~ SoI1It 100 ... 011. 

RIWdy An~ . LI"y Culkns won the lint P"U 

with II Wolf M.n tOS\\l1TK' and ltet 'hnt " 'U very 

convincing. ~cond priu was won by Dracula's 

" ride, third prize 11''' sphl by Charloe Chlp'in 

lind OI>C' of the ThIn' MuskelC'Clli, Th~n. you 

£nler,.,nmenl Commltt«. 

On COnlrll

in anOlner loc.I area thai is nOI one in your 

area. Your a llendlll1ce would conlinue the 

I lrenith of our offICe ... Ind you all your in. 

formation !In! hi nd . 

ConlraCI m lOlialions are jll§\ around the 

comer. One of the ptopouls for nClotiltiom is 

alw..ys I vote of con!lde nce. Well. by l emin. off 

our bull' and I ttendln, e~e ry monlhly u nion 

meetin. has 10 be the bell ~ote o f eonfilknce ~ 

can ai~e our businetlll mlnl.ger and officeQ. 

Don't le t the fame voup of 8 rothe., and Sisters 

who Ittend every mttlon. be the only ones 

10 I: now flr$1 hind ewrythin, that's hlvl)o:"j",. 

Don'l be • once. month. the Monday morni,.. 

I fter the monthly m«tinl partic,p'nl. "stcnin, 

10 what happened from 5Omeone ,,'110 IUcnlkd. 

Be a once • monlh. Keond Frullly nf IIw 

monlh. mecl'nJ plrllCil'am. It ""II be belle. 

for you Ind tho: local 

Members Volunteer to Wire 

Historical Buildings 

L.U. l l!, SAN J OS¥.. CA I_-Local members 

Ire demonstrl t;n, their community splnl b,. vol. 

u nteer;n, 10 properly .. iro: lhe replicas of hi .• tor. 

ieal buildlnlll bem, eonstruclcl/ It the San J ose 

H istorical Mu.eum. R« rcaling 011/ lime San J

ili nernn l5 10 regular employcc~ in I' owu Re· 

5{)Ur(:e~, li nd crew lIi1e. We lie hopin.!l 10 ehmnge 

Iheir minds on thco;e i ~~ues and develop I rm i, 

mnd equilable conlrllC!. 

This local union ....(JIJl d Irkc 10 Ihank Ih o lher 

Wade GlIrley for his IImi. ina help in negolialing 

lhe Cily of 1I0m"lcad eonulct. 

W . ~ln J. Cl OSSON, K.S. 

W ork Scene Looks Good 

For Local 364 

L t..'. 36~ , KOCK"·OKIl. II.I ••- W('·re slill 1I01d· 

ing our o ... n as far as employmenl IS concer~d. 

lI y Ih,s ~p.ing. we IihOlll d be In prelly good 

~hapc for Ihe ~x . Illree or four yurs 

Well. lhe: political pMIiC"J Ire gearing up for 

Ihe eomlllg deetion Ihl ~ yur in our Rrca. 1I01'c, 

fully • ...-.: can I:e l Jome rcprc\Cnlalivu in ol1ke 

Ihal hnve a br:ller under~ I lndlna of Ihc problem~ 

confrOnlln.lllhe .... o.kin~ mnn. 

T hi, yenr " 'e nrc gorng 10 compile M nllleh 

in formalion liS po!"ible on all Ihe candida\cs. So 

when we go 10 Ihe poll~, we'll have D bener 

knowledge of Ihe p.:ople ~ arc vo t in~ for. 

AI Ihe Oclober 271h relllllar ",embe"l,;p meel· 

ing, a \Imwinll .... as held 10 delumine Ihe winner 

of Ihe local union Sc hob.ship I"'und. The .... inner 

was Sleven Sas~n",an. \(In o f Ilill Sassaman. 

journcYlTllul wircman. Slcvell WIll be: Dllcndiny 

Ille M ~,chu!ll Madne Ac~demy, in Lonll " Imul. 

ANIIY ScUWI.ANII. I' .S. 

Athletic Club Rai$es Funds; 

Union Buying Urged 

1 •. 11. 369, 1.0U1S\' ILI. f., " V.- The Alhl~ l ic 

Club's lalc'l Yenlure 1\ buildin~ Ihe balance in 

Ihe Club's bank aCCOIln l .... n~ lhe fall fish fry. 

T heir m,\sion .... os accomplIShed. bU I Ihe respon~ 

from the members cOIl ld have been br:ller. A 

IIreal Ikal o( plonninll And .... ork lion into each 

o~ or Ihe rund ·roisinK evrnl'. "ach member c.n 

do Iheil pari by ma.kinK Ihe dale Ind m.kinll a 

poi ... 10 parlicipale In o.der 10 sus"rn Ih" COlli· 

mlilce Ihol is suiYin~ 10 make D full ~por t pro· 

.!Ilam availoble 10 all nlembeu. 

We nre currcntly .... ilncssrnll «'vNal corpora· 

lions' movemcnl of Ihelr mnnufaclurinll plan< 10 

ovefS("o< (01 SOUlh of lire border) local ion'. While 

we ore engaged in our Clui'lmas shoppinll, WiI 

.... ,11 ha"c nn oppor tunity t(l demon'lrale our 

d isd ain fo r Ihesc comp:rnies' BClions: Nllmdy, 

look for and purchllS(: lIood, made in Iht Un;lcJ 

SI Dle •. 

O n Ihe (:O nOnsjble, 

producllve journeymcn 10 meel Ihe n(ln.union 

challenge. Ray 8arrel1, U.s. Do;: pallment of " I. 

bor, said Ihal Ihis 1I, .dual;on is lhe 1l.S[ $Iep in 

thc laddL:r of succtSs. 

Sprakin~ on behnlf o f Ihe 1I •• dll.tes was S. 

Clyde Anders ..... 100 Ihanked Ihe union ror .he 

opponunilY 10 learn and menllonrd how many 

responsibllrllC5 Ihe ne .... journeymen hDve In relurn. 

Complacency has no place in lhe electricll in. 

duslry was Ihe lheme o f Ihe pr~n l D l ion of 

John Darry, Inlernalional Vice " .tsidL:n l. Third 

O"tricl. 

The spollitthl .... as on llIe graduoles IS Ihey 

were aWB IdL:d Iherr diplomas. 5 Clyde AndL:rs, 

Frank Dai rd. DennIS P. Du nlevy. Mochael G . 

G win. Jamcs A. Koslik. A. Jamo MIUlnt'. Glenn 

E. Mehlman. Douglas R. Min inllel. I'ciree W. 

Nelson. Jcrry n. Nobbins. GC(>lBC C R uos~. Jr .• 

Rolalld J. Ru,ode, and Jay C. Wlight "·c.c the 

"'lucky I)." 

James May all. J ATC Sccrelary. prt~enled lhe 

SI"'cial Aeh,evenlen t A .... ard 10 l )oll"lh~ R. Min· 

ingcr. award based on sc hooling, "" . th e.job lrain. 

ing, atltndance and time on rhe job. AI ~o , 

awa rded sc holnS lic p ri ~ cs werc l)ennls Dunlevy. 

fourth in his class. Georae Rllon, J I., Ih ird, und 

A. J on,cs Manumi, sc

On October 6, at the Charleston meetins, the 

membership present voted to changed the m«:ting 

location to the IU EW 776 Union Hall, ))47 

Seiberling Rood from the Union lIall of the 

Carpenten Local 1$9 on Kina Strut. The 11"1«1· 

niaht will remain the lame, the lir$t Thursday of 

ellth month. 

E.>;ccutive Iloard members Jimmy Coker and 

Freddie Morillo ~ h e~ k cd the local uninn', books 

Dt the October E~ecutive Donrd meelinB. lI rother 

O. W. Elrn~t is out o ( work with I twis ted 

back. J. D. Chul'(hiU il the new steward at the 

Charleston Glrase. 

The October IJ, UlSt rict meeting was held in 

Denmark, at the Fir eman~' lIur. 

I corresponded with U.S. Senators Strom Thurmon 

and E. F. l1i11inp and U.S. Representative 

Mendel Davis ukina lhe ir lullP' ....' 1 .ud vote on 

the Llbor Llw Reform lIil1. ~y 111 Inswered 

llIying that they wD\,ld keep my Ihoughts in 

mimi, (te., al~ with U.S. Senater Abe Kibicoff 

on my vIcW1 on Ih r. tlnl rh A ~t. lie Uated rh at 

he was opposed 10 the repcpl of the Hatch Act. 

Lei me. dose in S-aying. "Thai you will set 

more OUI o f the union nM:clinp Ihan OUI of bowlinl." 

bUI the choice is yourl. 

FUlJrRlCK IXII SM1Tll. I'.S. 

At Convention 

nm "u"'d. A ......., DIck W1Ilm .. lon, Moeklo",; 

Nann SIu,noon, Pdlnl Bob Ou.lI, o.ampatp; 

ltlch Kl run , 1 •• S.Ue'OIl ....; .ncl Cene CnbM, 

Q .. ln

ale working. Accordins to Husines. Manager 

Clair ScOIl the picture seem! to look healthy 

until at least the first of the yenr. 

Also. a new lroup of journe),men emerged 

from the apprcntico:$hip program 1\ Ihe gradua· 

tion ceremonies last August. This ,mduting 

claloS includes John ClcfTKnsen, Bill Craig. Richard 

FullT., J~ 118no:$. T. J. Korf, Cart Machula, 

llill Meyer, DOUIl Wilson, and Roger Wilwol. 

ConllratulatiOnl 10 Ihfse men for Iheir achieve· 

menl$ Ind best wishes for suc~~ in the ycars 

aheAd from all Ihe Local 40' fTKmbers. 

As this ~ar"' program geu under W3)" the 

app.enticeship in'truclon arc Ted Greni •. first 

yc~r; Chuck lJ ildstdn. second yenr; Dcnni~ 

Schiucl. Ih;rd year; Ind Dick Sundermeyer, 

fourlh year. Jeny Duhall is Ihe coordinalor. and 

thc AppI .. nlil.:e-".. ,nr ".h.._ t. onJo)lnl tll,m. 

.. h r ... lhe 10e7. and Vice l'r e~idc nt Laird pre 

Knled lhe golf trophies for the lournament, 

which waS held Ihe week berore. W;nnen were 

Jerry Ekdahl. low 1"_; NOlm Augusto, low 

net; Richard lIatle)" callaway: Smokey Snick· 

lnnd, high ~rou: nnd Ed Crn;ollo. Jr .. lonllest 

drive. For our members who ale on the roa,I, 

our work ha~ not ),ct pided up. We have a lot 

of promises-the 'pace shullle Ind Ihe LNG. We 

f~peCt that it Will still be a yeD' Ind a half if 

Ind when lhe)' come 

Thi ~ is our first leller 10 thc JQ!/tIml in a 

lonll time, but we hope that we can keep them 

coming to ~ eep 

yo" informed. 

Jon TtGUE, ItM . 

Hard Work Yields 

Successful NLRB Election 

I .. U. 4U. LANCASI'ER, PA,- Many thanks 10 

lhe In

Committee 

The Plnl. CommUt~ for 1m from LMal 4-U , 

Santa Au, Cal., an kft 10 rl.II" " Bollon" Jack 

Robf,1 •• MI~. O ... renko, Ed I'd ..., M ". Donnl." 

M .... Pel,,,, Mr, . Mobe.u. 

Retirement 

T ...... II..., .... re "" .... re" by _ pal11. 'fMr an Bob 

Ha",llton. loft , Iln" bd N~lm .... 

1'b1r1,.fi.c app .... tl«, of Loul 441, S.",a An •• Cal" 

, . ""Wlt'" 10 "'"nI

SoFrball Team 

s""' ..... I, ''' ~ '."'*1 .... "hall In.. 01 L"",al 47 ~ , 

", .... ,,,,,,. Ton • • 1\1< ......... '" , .... _loin. ".If. ~k 

...... an a " ...... Mlk, ... 1 __ .1Id Oa ... ) C.u 

.... M •. l1li [ Joo ......... Noc "'0"" " ..,h,,,, ~ .. 

Hid" ..." LOll', 

"'I'IeCI{'d to I D~t any me" berO'f tht: Ii"" of lhe 

ycar and lho:re arC. fe .... jobs Mill I'l3nned. but 

they DrC lo~crnnlhm. ~ond IrI I~" "eM \c:,.,Uf 

loornlmenl, 

I don'l know ho .. 1M ""'n', lum fini(13rd, our o",'n proarlm 

hid many yur, of "rior nocI .. nce This waJ duc 

II) II rolM~ such as lhe I.IC Ch.lts A IMlton, 

John Creny, Nicholu G iampaolo, Frank Myle n. 

Slcphen Pall. WillIam Schoonmake., S r.. Wilham 

Zum.u,g. and our cmenlU5 Wllh"m Oldham, who 

lo,led many years eSlilblishlll, ~eal Ira lOIn, proarams. 

wllh Ihe Id¥ice or r red Daly. 

So in 1964 dunng Ihis dOllble tr.gedy. Ihe 

ullion listened 10 Ilrolher KeDrns, alld fOf\h. 

wllh honored both BrolheR by esmbli,hln, a 

p~rm"nenl '" letl 1 ) ~I)'_ h all~ Mylen Scholauhip 

Commit1ee.'· 

The Ihen prn;tlent. fl rotlK'r David Nelllelon, 

apJlOonted Hrolher Kearns as chlrrman. who WIS 

10 bcj1.in lhe ~holar!JlI" P'OCTSII, lIe began ""lIh 

a dillne.-dafl{'t. but Ihe 11m" ...'cre not "cr), 

conducive 10 Ihe Im~\men t of Iny I3rge slims. 

w for lhe li.sl Ihrcc years ~cr)' lillle progTC!o' 

.. u malk In 1%7 fl rod~r ~lILc Dunn becalM 

chairmall. lilt! h( ~tcd C~try rnembel for I SI00 

conllibulion plus the d",ne.,daIKe. The nexl 

..,nocr rcai.·ed I Ioilic belle •• id III 1969 

OrOlber Fr;llnk Carroll, J r .• bcnmc lbc , hairman 

lie im.mdialcly IClalocd all the hIlrd workers on 

the eomml11«, U.others Ioke D ive Ne1\lc:lon, 

Fr ~nk C;IIIrano, Sr .• Ed"lIrd Kclly, R IChard Kell),. 

and Bob C:u.cclli. TlIty Idded a SO\lvtllir journll 

10 the dinocr-dlnces. lbcn lhe enlllt eommll1~ 

lideJ by min), rnernhrrs of lhe klcal ..-enl inln 

lhe CammUllil), wI .. i,,", Id, fo. the JO,,,nll 

W ll h this me lhod • uob'i lanll.J ,um . as r.""d 

.. hlCh ve~"y benclilCd the folio ..",. ch,ldren 

Ind ,randchlldrell of 001 memM" hnice Gil- 

100110. Malk K.om. John fl uydm-. J r" 'llIomas 

Mc Mahon. D."d Slflnhardl, ThOmlH Gootkll. 

Ch.1S Hol,ner. Sue A\)crcromboc. I'hilip Silver_ 

)Ione. Jeff Oro"'''''. Amy II cll~haw. [,Ieen Carroll, 

and CarolYll Welmore. 

Since the el«lion of II rollH: r C.'roll, Jr .. 10 

Ihe presidency of Local 488 1I10lMr r dwa.d 

Kclly. the IleW chairman. will conllllue Ihc noble 

lask. Wilh the . ene ""ed ~al alld determination 

of lhc prescnl chairman. Ind ,1111 ellihusiaslie 

coopnatK)n o f lhe "rcsidenl, Ihe fulure of 1M 

fund looks blia;h l. Thoujlh " ' red Daly. " nnt 

Mylcn Scholanhi" Fund" tme.lteJ out of 

\lagedy and ad.'ersity. il ",', 11 conlinlle 10 .".eloJ 

blessing to all (ulule a'pllln, iC h olal~hlJl 

STLI'111N J II l·NV~ot. 1'.5. 

Two Members Mourned; 

Work Steady 

L.L'. SOS 1\101111 . .... ALA.- We "' I~h 10 el.lcnd 

our dcc~1 s),mpalhy 10 Ihe families of Hrothers 

II. V Wal~n Ind Noy Husb),. " he .ecenl dellh, 

of Ihcsc U.olhe. membtrs will bt mourned by all 

membtn of I.ocil 50S. 

A ho!;l of atliwlhn is btin, planned. weh 115 

Ihe Ippren t lC~ hlVln& tho: i •• nnu.1 blllquei. We 

also plan 10 have a pICnic for lhe membcrshlp 

and family. We I rc anxiously Iook"'8 forwald 10 

lhe annual ChllSlmas parly. We have In BPJlO"'led 

eommll:ee maklll& preparallons 10' t hl~ event. We 

are hoping lhe membership, as I whole. WIll par· 

Ilclpalc in these upcominG aCI"jllt'. 

The 00'01 k i, "cady .Ild holdlnK iu o .... n. The 

Tombillbcc I' o""cr Pl ant is com ill' I io ng well .Ild 

some Other small jobs arc still !Jol nN, !lUI we ale 

slill again competing wilh Ihe non·union clcmellt 

in O\Ir jurisdiclioll. 

1977 Good Year For 

Local 538 

L U. 5)8, I1AN\'ILI. E, ILt..- The year 1977 was 

• 800d Ollt for Local SJ8. M051 of oor membetJ 

enjoyed ~Ir·'roond employmellt wllh • ,mll1 

p::rcenla8c aoin .. out of 10wn 10 work_ We wish 

10 thank oor $i!.ler loc;llb. Larlyette, Indilnl, 

'-oc.1 668 and Tcrre H lule, Indiana, Loc:. 1 72', 

for prO¥ld",. JObs for our memhrr!. 

Loc:;II' 538'1 w fi baU !Cam hi d ils llesl year ye t. 

We had a I I-II won·ko$l in league "lay and a 

11.\5 o~crlll record. Wt also won the COnsoIDIK)fl 

bracke l championship in lhe lealtue tOO.nlmenl. 

Ou. leam .Iso tra~led 10 CoIliM~i1Ie. IIhn o~. 

I.ocal 309 to enllage our B.others there ill some 

ball I!ame< UnfOllun.ldy. Iht home learn pre· 

villed Ihltt (lU I of foor ,Imes. The ~orCj ... e.e 

n:'Pettable and III rour . ·ere well·played ,altlC' 

We reaily tntoYed Ihei. ho!Ipilalily and . ·e m;lltlt 

some I!ood Illends. We hopoc 10 bt abl~ 10 some· 

day o'l!lnl/e a tlale .... ide I1IEW Wftball lou. "" 

mell!. A special thanks locs out 10 oor own 

b'C)lher membt., who spollwretl our Icam on lhe 

IflP 

AlslI on the sports scene oor ,olf leam mlde 

a ;ood showing II thc allnual IOEW G olf Tournlmenl. 

Also. Ihe baskNball &easoll Is untkr way, 

wllh our team hoping rOI JOOd yur. Asain . .. -e 

Ihlnk ou. b.othu mcmbtr5 for sponsolin, these 

aC Il ~illCS . 

Oo.1I11t Ihe month of J ul)" Local ~)8's Illnual 

pICnIC was held, A delelalioll of oor Indilll' 

II rOlhers or,,"iled the evelll III Cayup, ' nd,all', 

CommiUee ch.i.man. Max Shclalo. Ind his eOmmlltcc 

did a very ,ood job, TIlt pICnic ...-U 

enJO~d loyall b.oUler membtrs and lheir famihes 

thaI Illended. 

Labol D ay 1977 brou~1 lnolher Iir~1 "ri~ 

for 001 loclI's IIoItI entry in lhe parade, In spite 

of a poor nxmJxr lurnoul il Ili .ood 10 'ICC oor 

lot;lll parllCip.tc In this annual e~nl Illd I ,m 

plood of 001 three firsl prizes lI'I a 10 •. 

Loal ~J8 utends i'5 congralUlal,ons 10 John D 

R,ssu • • ho paned his jourocymln . 'ireman Ulm 

dUlillllhe monlh of Seplembe. 

The local wu slddcroc:d by lhe dealhl of 

Brolhe. C"oll Slarl du.in, lhe month of AUlusl 

and rtilled member Chu, Evans dU'illlt 1M 

monlh of Ck'iober Our sympathy IS eJ.1ended 10 

Ihell {;IImilies. 

I would .. lte 10 lake this lime 10 " 'ish III of 

yoo • H ap,,), .nd I'rO'>po: r005 New Year, 

EII'II II JOI GUISOI'l, II.S 

Local 553 Pays O ff 

New Building 

I •. U. 55J, ItA I. t: IG II. N,C.- lIappy New Year. 

fl rolhel'. We hQpc Ihat nch of you has a pros· 

(le'ous .nd ,ood year. 

As many of yoo koow. the local hiS lecently 

mlde lhe final pI)'mellts on oor new building. This 

1 ~ no sm.1l aceompllShmenl for I local of Ihi$ 

1;7C, We ori,in.lly secured. loan to be repaid in 

fi"e leu,: ho,,"e'·e' . ...-e pai d it off ill only Il 

monlh •. Th,' ",·It accomplished becau~ of dlCC'· 

I ve money millagemenl Ind I Imle luck. Those 

.. ho ha..., 1101 )'e l paid whi t is d...: on Ihe building 

can help b), maLing oul I thecl; and .cnd'n& 

It as soon IS .-~ible. There Ire K~nll improve' 

ments ... hoch .-e would ' ite to make 

The local is presenlly p\all",ng I ~mo. laa~ 

bur",n," plrl)' 10 celebrale oor IceompllshlMIlt. 

You should be hel.illlt aboul !he de ta,1s 5OOn. As 

of IlOW. II ""ll be a catercd I ffair for the memo 

btrs, lhe" flmi1~ Ind inwi led go.,.;IS. 

S,nce ""e have not "rewiously publislH:d lhe 

namcs of 001 newl y elected OffICers in " Local 

!.illes." , have losled them now: bu~inn5 man· 

IGCI'$, Jame, ~· l urchi'()Il; pruident, Jamn Edwards: 

~ice p'csidenl, Chades Kenl; recording 1«rcllr)" 

James Jone); trusurcr. Ma~ Cummillg_; ~t c u · 

liye 1Iolld: Wilham Surdley. John Christopher. 

Charles Cranford. Edward Enlowe ; Examinlna 

1I011d : Frlnklin KniNhl. Emmell 11011, lIilly Ray, 

Dnd Tony Ca les, 

J .. n,,,,ry, 19 71 I 43

Work Somewhat Im proved 

In Saginaw Loc al 

Ih U. SS7, SAGINAW, MIC II.- Work in ollr area 

ha, pid:ed li p IIOme. as mOSI of the Brothers are 

now able to "'ork in Ollr local. With a cOll pl e 

of hotels and an addition 10 the fOllndry we 

~hould be a ble 10 k« p our local ~ o ple ,,·orking. 

Il rother Duct Hayes bro~e his Itg "hile tripping 

OVU I cement block- ..... ho uys the t:round 

is the ufesl place to ..... ork7 Ihother Vun Bull'! 

.nd D,lI G age are both 0111 of the hospital and 

dOing quite " 'elL 

City eoorn:il and Khool hoard electIons Ire 

undc.-r " ay . ..... ith Ihe S~\,\inaw Labor CoollCll In 

Ihe middle of $CrL .... "'n~ candldales. We r.er"J 

5Casans greelings to IIa'chnM II rothus DCIOS-' the 

country. Best wishes! 

CUL PEIL. r.s. 

Work in Portland Area 

Holding Its Own 

I ~ U • .567, POII:TLAI"U, M f.,- I "OIIld IrLe to 

stllrt thl~ leucr by warning an I/lEW members 

that OUI ellCmies arc: Hying to destroy us. T he 

cntick .o~ther if ..... e arc '0 ~ufvive 

That's aboul all I ha"e to report this month. If 

any of yoo mrmbc,s " 'ould I ,~e 10 contribute '0 

Ih is column. please feel fr« 10 do flO. 

Rcmembc •• be unIon. bt,y unIon. patronile 

unIon-built o •• blishnxnts 

Sn .... y NEST. P.s. 

Nuclear Un its 

~~ 

N ~ ... unllS 2 and J • ..., unlk. ,·o.",ru

Graduation 

Apprnll"" IlJ'1Idnl" of LonoI S.... T .... Ok .... 

fro. "'.... k ft 10 "'.1, an Keoo Lhothl .... I)M 

Colli.." Joe S ....... TO-I f'tf1I __, lIiD DcK • • ~' '''~ 

Srow • .-,.It. Roben JlIo .. ~I1 . and To .. I\lIU~ r ; ", lcl d l ~ 

"'.., 11 11 PM.""U. I)on MdU ....'. C", SIOllk", It. 

G-. II . . .... Jad. "'d br. J oIo. M ...... Rk._ 

b nll,. • • ..., 1\1 0-1 WI_arteoo. 1.,,1,,1,.

Awards 

Int.maHOIUII Vi« PrnioH:"t Ilto:I' Dllh ", .. rSlulM.., 

D. O. /'oIrCn~hll "lIOn rtflhl,. " J5.,U. pili .. hl1. 

Prr.idrllt G . O. ~".rpII 7 klob Oil. 

Brothu ... ",11 W. MHJc ru.h'H • 40'f'''' pi .. 

ThI",.6"~ ·7U' ""121M" rrol'l Idl 10 .Ilht art M. IE, 

WhUfi.ll1, lIarolli E. Smith, Willi.... c. Shtlbe . ~ , 

lind D. O. MoC.uhn. 

Local 602 Holds 

Awards Banquet 

L.U. 602, AMARII.LO, TEX.- AI our las l regu. 

lar meeting the body ag",ed to ",tain on arc hi· 

tect and proceed with plans for a ne w local 

union building. The possibility was also discussed 

of remodeling our present building. In 

any case the wo.k should be done 8t o ur prCSCnt 

location, unlc ~ the body decides otherwise. 

46 I 18EW Journo l 

Our nwards bnnquet was rccenlly held at the 

Iiolid3y Inn West in Amarillo. The banquet also 

marked Ihe locnl'l 50th onnivel'!iary. The affair 

wa\ atlendcd by 20S members and their wives or 

dales including eight ",tired members. A pin for 

40 years of service was presenled to Brother 

Fred W. Meek. Receiving 35,year pins ~r e 

Brothers William C. Shelber8. D. O. McCracken. 

M. W. \Vhitlldd. and Ii nroid E. Smith. Receiving 

30-year pins were Orothcn Wolter J. Black, Jr., 

Art Folsom, and w. 11. "Cuzz" Eddington. 

Those presented with 2S·year pill! we", Ed· 

mond Young, James A. Canoor. I . C. "Ra ~.". 

horse" Collin" William V. Reeves, William R. 

Tribble, Hollis S. Thome. Phillip C. Benne!!, 

Marvin E. Stephenson. Duford L Thornton. and 

W ~lter II. Dosher. 

We congratulate III of these men on their 

many years of past ~rvice and wish them every 

succC'U in the future. 

AIM) 811endinl the dinner was Tommy A. Fol. 

som (A tom Electric), Pucy Reid (American 

Elec tric). and Edmond Youna (American EI~. 

I.ic): all local Contractors. A special thanks to 

these and OthclS for the donation of many gifts 

u5ed for door p';.tQ. Abu present wue Michael 

J. Ervin. Lonl 61 I, and Burton Brown. l.ocal 

643, bolh business managc:rs. 

We were indeed fortunate to have Ray Duke, 

InlernDlional Vice President o f the Seventh Dis 

Irict, Tom Pursley, Exccutive Boord member for 

the Sixth District, M. E. Whitfield, International 

Representutive. Seventh District, and George E. 

PedilO, International Representative Seventh 

District. 

After the banqllCt a dance W1lS held. Everyone 

had a great time and we all look forward to the 

ne~t one. 

Mississippi Locals In 

Negotiations 

I'M T VlU, P.s. 

L.U. 605, JACKSON, MISS.---Qur working 

agreement has been opened for nrgotiations, in. 

volving Local. 60S and 98S, with Mississippi 

Power &. Light Company as the employer, 

which agreement was to ha'·e npired October 

IS, 1977. 

Our Negotiatlna Commillees from both locals. 

aided by our district Int, rn:l.lion31 R epresen t ~tivc, 

business manager. Ind his 8S$istant, have already 

been in !ierious negotiations for three ...'C'Cks at 

four daY' per week, or a total of 12 days, in· 

cludin8 some late niAllt m«Iinp. 

So, fi nally, after all this lime and effort. the 

employer did come forward wilh a package offe r, 

which, according to them, was thei r best. How· 

ever. our side aftu due and 5e.ious considera· 

tions found that package Oller completely 

unacceptable and hu rejected it in iu entirety. 

It is encouragilli to note, ho~ver, that anOlher 

date has b«n schedUled to 80 back into negotiations. 

So, hopefully, there will be a meeting of 

the minds during the ne~t round o f nelotiations, 

and a happy solution arrived at 10 the salishc. 

tion of all concerned. We shall look forward to 

re porlinl to "I.ncal l.in~" any ~nd all future 

developmenU concernina th is very important 

item of business. 

Our Franklin County EI1V Subst31ion. ncar 

Brookhaven, and the Nuclear Substation near 

Port Gibson are wind,na down. 10 use the words 

of our business manager, Brother ShafTe •. 

We are informed Ih~1 our local has been able 

to supply liIC manpO~r for these IWO jobs with 

some difficulty, due lu Ihe ,hurtalle of journey· 

man linemen within Ihe area. Both of these jobs 

a", being done by The L. E. Myel'!i Company, 

of Chicago. Ill inois, as the eontract"r for Missis. 

sill"; Power &: Ught Company. 

We are very ha ppy to learn tha i quite a lot of 

line and station work hu opened in other areas. 

And so, now accordina to reliable information 

from the BrotherhOOd, journeyman linemen are 

hard to come by. Which is Ireal news and the 

kind we h8ve been hoping 10 hea r for quite 

some time. 

One of our Local 60S retircC5, Brother W. H. 

G",en, atona with 101 ('5. Ofeen, ,c.::CHIJy t>aio.l ll~ 

a visit. They are mnkin8 their home in Grenada, 

101ississiPlli. They caeh said they have hod 50me 

health problems. They were very well dresseo.l, 

looked !load. and were driving a latc model auto· 

mobile. And Ihey did no l appear 10 ha~c Dny 

pains, physical, financin l. or otherwisc. So, we 

are very happy 10 congratulate Ih u fine ~oup le 

on Iheir ~pparenl happy retirement. 

1 , W . RUS$I!LL, P.S. 

Goll Classic 

;,.,...,.--, 

A t roup of Lool ~ lII~m"'" ptlllt,.. III tlae 

10"' .... 1rtflI1. 

Second Annual Golf 

C lassic Held 

L.U, 606, ORI.ANDO, FLA.-DiJney world and 

two of their three golf courseJ played host to 

the second annual Florida m EW Golf Classic. 

This two-day tourna~nt was held on the same 

toogh Palm and Matnotin C.()l,~ that Walt 

Disney World National Team Champion-hip 

Golf Classic W illi held in November. 

Brothers Bill Green. Local 606, and Bill 

(..anE!'.r, pr ..... il ... nt of I. nc~1 349 in Mi nmi. have 

been pulling Ihere fine tournaments together the 

past two years. They have nen year's dDle jusl 

about nailed down-the mid·October " 1:ekcnd. 

We hope more Florida IlJEW locals will !>Cnd 

teams for the 1978 tournament. 

Foursomes from l ocol 349, Miami. and l..ocal 

177, Jacksonville, walked off wilh mOS1 of the 

trophies. Come on, you other locals, lel's break 

up this monopoly. 

Work is SInning to pick up in and around 

Orlando but we are no t gettin8 much of it 

RALI'II /I.. OlCUTT, P.s. 

Local 611 Graduates 

Apprentices 

L.U. 611, ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX.-Uctter 

late than never, but we would like 10 welcome 

our new IATC apprentices who joined the pro. 

Kram Ihi~ lHst Scptcmbi:r. They are as follows:

David D. Anglin, Vincent Bovenci, !lrad S. 

Chafin" Karl E. Chavez, Robert II. Chavez. 

Denni, O:w: n, Carl T. Cond it, Tom I)uran, 

Josepn R. Dupu y, Ralph Evans, uonard L 

G ran, Tom Hagin, Mark Ualey, B ru~ Ilan· 

kinl. Jolin M. Ivey, Michel A. Ja cque~ Oarwtn 

R. Knight, James Leybl, Rodney Manstield, !lob 

Muon, Anthony Lopel, Charles M arque~, Edward 

F. Martinez, Cuper Montoya, Randall R. 

Montoyl. Dill O'Orien, Nelson L open. Steve 

Pompeo, Elton ReC by K. l. 

liouse Construction, a job well overdue. 

For you BrotlJC,., wllO ,"ouldn't attend, we 

voted to obtain rn:w tiling ubinets In the office. 

This new filln, sYlOteln will enoble UI to file twice 

BS m~ny fil~ in Ihe lame e~istin8 IIpace. 11'1 

somelhing " -e have needed ror a l on~ lime. and 

shOUld increaSt OLir 5C rv iee' 10 OLlr membcrJ in 

many ways. and wi ll definitely ~pe ed up the 

process, Givins the ~cret8r!es more time to se rvke 

our membetl. 

Tucy O. HAl.! , I'.S. 

Give for the C.~u s e 

Man , Says Scribe 

Of 

L.U. 63 1, NF. W8 UNG II, N." .- Thi, month" 

epistle constitutes a pitch for the su pport of a 

movement in New York to IIel ,"onstruclion pro;_ 

eeh out of the courts and into production. lle· 

fore you turn the piGI' wrthout readinK further, 

this u n't cost you more than lwo bLlck~ 1be 

Joint Ener8Y Indenendence Committee is thudy 

aCli\'(! and enioys ihe tin ancial suppo.t of ut,htlCJ 

and cont ruclor sroupS u well IS organi/.ed I ~bor. 

The New YOlk Slate Buildrng Ind ConSlru"ion 

T rad6 is prnentiy mn~rnll plans for a ~ imilar 

effOit. and il is most tiltlO, that \\'( 15 indiyrduar 

membetJ lend our support 

The ultrn,ate goal. as 1 und~f$tand it, is to find 

a placc in the cnvironmenlal Kheme ror the po(t. 

WIll called mo,,! Th i~ cruture ..·as surely con· 

side.ed in the divine plan to be Dt least tIM;- equal 

of the

Presentation 

... d 1I1n. r. • ., "elk1 .... ul.e tlltl, urflfi • 

Rr ol h ~r 

.. t~.1 f,o .. M,s. M.' ...... Mo"'",. 

I..bor, Commonwullh of Virlinia. The State 

Apprenlicc\hip Cetlitlclles .... ere liven by N. II. 

Holt, Ulle supervisor. II UfClU of Apprenticeship 

Ind T tlllnin,. USIlL. The industry Cerl>rlCllU 

were liven by R. D. Muey, chairman of lhe 

Richmond EleclTlcians' JOinl ApprentICeship Com. 

mittee. The local', service pins were pr~nted 

by Lefoy Vanl'os.sc n. business mlnaacr. Th~ 

eligible for pial were 60 years, Richard C. Miller: 

50 year" Georae C. Jone'!; 2~ years, Kesslrr M. 

Shelton, lrvinl J " roullhton. William U. Cltter, 

Armand A. ConI>, Ind Waller R. Futch. 

The go.dultes Ire Thomas R. B.,den. Jr .. Winston 

G Ikuyman. John R Brockenbrough.. 

Charla I llureh.m. ROKoe E. Burrows, Allhur 

W . CI~. Jr, William E. Chnst,an, Danny E. 

Cob"rn. Loui, A Craig. Richlrd S. Curry. R~fI 

W. Fredelle. Jr .. Willilm F. F~, Wayne E. 

1 1a,,~. Thomu R llocb. Gt-rlad L. Hughes, Wil· 

liam J. ls~ac, 0 Edward Jeffcrson, Gary S. Kirkland. 

Dhld I .. Kormanee. Cary L. Lanc.ster, 

RlChI,d M l..nclSler. Jonlthan M l .nlhomc, 

Ray W. I. ls~iler. Duid W. M3dlson. Jerry W. 

McCuinn. James F. McNeil, Jr .. Charlcs A. MorrIs, 

Joseph F. PBlkcr, Jr .. Jimmy It r ollard, John 

N. ReId, !Jarrell W. Kellill, JCS§t C. Ric hardson. 

Jr., I Rlfy W. Robrrt.son. Michel D. Schoof, John 

M. Shimchick, lIoward L. Skehon. Daniel Y. 

T ,eat. Roland II Vest. Jr .. Thomu E. Whilllc, 

D a~id K W"ght, I nd John W . Williams. 

C. IIlnton Mlrtrn III wu the oul5t.ndin •• p 

prentKe With ~rfeet .Ucndance. Those- recei~ing 

outslandrn. apprenlice ...·.rd1 were Wesley F. 

MaUory and Roben 0 Tn:villtlln ThMr r~,vrnr: 

spc belh from all your 

Brothers. JUlt remember. tt.. main thing IS, 

"Oon't eel C1ciled. M 

EdW3rd Steranoski, Jr .• has turned over as 

a JOUrneyman thIS month. A Iood one hell be. 

for Ed i5 a sharp younl mIn. Local 686 can be 

well proud of lhe Ir..inm. lhey live to 111 tbeir 

'pprentices. Good luck from III your Brolhc: ... 

Our new rre~dent, D"ni,,1 Creil. Jr., is doing 

II line' job. Brother Dan is kno .... led.eable in 

union b"siness Dnd Is tlc:dlclted. Unions always 

have and alway, will need line men o f this caliber. 

Keep "I' the good wo, I:, Dnn. 

Another dedicated I.Irother 1$ David Le wis, our 

tre3 ~"~f Alone with beinl a ve ry Dctive union 

IMmbrr, this aood lookilll bachelor find, lime 

for his hobb,..: "Girls and tun c:o llec:lin,," . nd 

in thlt order. 

Our retired president. Thomas Burke. Sr., Wall 

juS! releawd from the hospilal. Tom received • 

heart paamaker. Ind is doin. jusl tine. Local 

686 utends Iheir 1xs1 "'i~ Ind continued IOOd 

hea'th. 

Work is , till ~ in the aru. 

ThaI's .bout il for this month: Remember 10 

buy American manufactured. union made prod· 

ucu •• nd palroni7.e unlon·buill business. 

(j~a.fiE II. K.WtNIlCll. P,S. 

On Jobs 

M~ ....... of LMaI Ttl, W. Ynlnklort, In .. _""yed 

., ~"Mno 1111Mb c ..... TV. _.... h -... G .... ..... 

_ lIut. 

l'ohm"'" of Lonl 701'. N •• otllll ... Commltt« I I 

MI. C-t "_bi le UCUlrld, _... 11"., Irh I. ,lIIhI, 

MIJ.",t . ....., II,,," 

an Loab a ......... WII U~ 

1'1_. 0..... M eN"'" Bill SII ...... , . .. JI1 

l'ohF .. la .... 

Representation Election 

Won By Local 702 

L.U. 702, W. ,,' KANK,,' ORT, 1I.1 __ l ocal 102 

won the reprnc:nlilion election II Central Illinoi, 

Public ServIce Company NeWlon Power Stlltion 

on (kl~r 26. We won on Ihe Rrst ballol, defeating 

both the Company Dnd Ihe IllIernal;onul 

Union of Operatinl Engineers. A Nelotlating 

Commillee h ~1 been selected I nd wi ll be rudy

10 bellio immedi:ue ncgoli a! 'or)J upon re~i v inll 

eeniflcatlon f'om the Nmional I.abor " dation, 

8oa r(j . 

The a(j(jition o f th is plant " 'iII brinll the totm l 

number of C IPS employee, in Our local over the 

1.000 mark. A heart thanks to mil tho~ ~mbe" 

who worke(j on this campaign. 

]n our manur-ctllrin, pllm., we h ~ve re~nlly 

won twO di'lehl'le arbitrations Ind I thir(j will 

10 10 hurlnll &oon. 

Our tek-phone representalive. l ohn L. Roswell, 

Tt'POrl$ that he has reached .gree~nl with Con. 

tinenlal Telephone, OUlside Tekphone Con"ruclion, 

Dnd Southern Illinois Cable TV. 

]n broadc~stioll. re

'nslallalion 

AI Ihe 1", 1. 11.110" m ~'"n . of 1.0 .. 1 734. /'I'odol• • 

Va .. Idl 10 .I_hl. a'e R. W. Whll~ . T. C . .".)'nard. 

N. It. Rio ... 11:. E. Delaney, and Raifo rd $iln O. I',,",e. " ',,. Ih ~ .ed"I.nl of a !O. 

)U, 1,ln . "d .otrlll . "re. 

SIIo .. n. loft 10 . IE~r. a.e lI ..... her. Whlleht .... Fo;Iu, 

a"d WhUt. 

Officefl installed at the reGul~r monthly mcet. 

ing .were presidenl. n. W. While (rceleclcd); vice 

presllknt. T. G . Mnynurd; finnneiul $l:cretary. 

C. E. Merlill; Ireasurer. N. II IIIow; recording 

seerelnry. Raiford Scot!; bu ~ iness managcr. M . W. 

Jonu; and EKcculi"e Board members. I). R. Me· 

Neeley, R. E. Delancy. and T. L. Lillie. J r 

l..ocl\1 7)4 discussed Ihe formalron of a COI'E 

lInil nrocher Mcrtia was appoinled chairman. An 

active COPE CommillC(! wrll help 10 polrlically 

inform the members which can(1idRle~ arc fricndly 

to IRbor. pnd will encourage Rli union members 

and Ih eir f ~mi lie5 to lIal out li nd vOle. ~nd 10 

become mo'e involved POlilically. 

RepreSCnlahve$ of l..ocal 734 allended the 

Fourth DIS"icl Progress Meelinll. he:ld in 

Willralmbur,. Virginia, in Jill),. Several go,ern. 

menl .mlrolcd locals \O'ere rel"e",nled. wrlh Local 

734 h~vrn, Ihe most members pn,sen1. Those 

allcndinK from I.ocal 714 ..·c re I'resident U 10.1 

White, Hnnncini Secretary C. E. Menig. R e~ord: 

ina s.:~'cl"')' Raifu,,1 s"ul!. ~,,ulnol 

~ .. '"I",i"i~l r : llive law JlIdge's dismIssal of pk ker. 

rn, charges broughl b)' the Naval ShipYlrd 

manallement against 1M Melal Trades Council 

of which Local 734 i5 I parI. The case was . ~ 

ollllro .... lh of an informalionnl pickel II I Ihe 

~ h ipynrd 'Rles on November 8 and 9, 1976, by 

lInderground I r~'nina added 10 il. 

1o.1TC members who wc re prOlesling 510 .... IHOK' 

rus in contraci negolialions ~twcen Ihe ship. 

yard lind Ihe Irnde unions thai comprise Ihe 

Tidewater Vir,inia Federal Melal T rades 

Council. 

On J uly 22. 1971, represenlDli ves from Ihe 

MTC mel in Wuhinalon. D.C. with CongrcSI' 

men Bob DanIel and William " 8m"' Whhehursl 

10 solicil lheir help in voting agaiMI I bill 

preM:llIed 10 Congrc.~s IhM would advcn.ely alfeci 

our wages b), retlllClng OUr r,ve pity Hrntle _, 10 

rhrce plly gmtles. Local 734 ~elll l'n:iillclll U W 

Whire D1 Ollr rcpreselllnti"e. • . 

We 11.'10 e."re"ed 10 OUr con~ressmen OUr 

opposition 10 lhe Rockefdler Panel RePQrl. lbat 

recommends the repeal of Ihe MonroAt)' Amend. 

menl; ellminlt,on or reduction of tM five 11110- 

malic pa)' slepl; chonge 10 a lo_r .. Ie Ihe cur. 

renl night·shift pay d,rrerenlials; and Inclu!ion of 

IInte and locpI government pay Kales in waac 

dnla u,c

and se rviees to business. Wilh the eeonomlc 

situation as it is in the Northeast. where will we 

gct postage money to wriee our fedc .. 1 or ~ta t e 

lesi$lators? Ilow much of • VOtinl voice do the 

~opk .eally have1 A majo ri ly of U.S. milill'y 

ba'!eS Ire in the Soulh I nd Soulh"'-cst; bues in 

the Nonhcast I .e clOKd. The si tu Mion has 

aroused eonaressmen f.om Ihe Northeast and 

Midwest SIDles to picht Mr. Carler Ind his 

military·relaled bills, unless the P resi~n l reo 

~' 5ClI Ihe trend. 

The Uniled States ill now nCIOli.lina • new 

S". leaie Arms timitllion Tre:aly. The military 

impa ~ t 10'" hroughl home to the membc~hip II 

the Oclobc. ~ehn, in a film pre5f:nted by John 

Krushcr. Sr .. "The r .i ~e of I'eace and F.edom," 

• docun~ntary ,eo;earch on the comparative mili. 

tary wength of the United States, produced by 

the Ame.ican Security Council Education 

I'oundlllion an d the AI' L·CIO. The two mOSI 

significant inventions 510('e World War II- Ihe 

computer and tekvlsion. 

" A nntion is as It.ong .s its sc d 

I t lenlth. The ~ i ons on finances "'C'e conducted 

by S«rtta.y.T rtll5urer Casey; on ovc.all 

administration by President Perry; and •• ...,vn~ce 

procedu'e and a.bitration WII$ covered by VICe 

President John~ . This will be • (ontlnuina 

prOirlm Ind all

Four Local 861 Brothers 

Cleared by Courts 

1 •. 0, 861. LAKE C IIARU:S, LA.~GOQd lhings 

have happened since my last article, the best of 

whkh is our four Brothers who were wronlled 

as a r~suh of the Jupiter incirknt or January 15, 

1976, have been cleared by the courtS of any 

wrong·doing. We say congratulations Drothers 

l1 arlan Duhon. Kennetll McCain, Royce R. 

Corner. and Curlcy Rogers. We know you ",ent 

tllrougll many InKious dlyS these last 21 

months. T hanks ag~in to all tile Broillers who 

bel~ved in Ihese BrOlller, and slood by Ihem 

during these times. '-bny, many Ihanks to all 

Ihe Brotllers I had, and will continue 10 hl."c. 

tbe pkasu,e of working wilh On the Hoa.d of 

DiTeelors of the Eleelneat Aid Fund. Il y the 

lime Ihis leller reachn tlle prtss. we WIll have 

raised Ihe balance of money needed 10 pay all 

th e legal fee~ incu rred by Ihese Brothers In their 

ddense. WithOul your help, Brothers. it would 

Ilave been I Vtry difficult. if nOI impoMible, tnsk 

to raise so much money. Thank you. 

Now th~t Jupiter is behmd us. let's movc on 

to more ple3S1nl things. 

Work in Ihe 8rea i, still holding. We are 

working a few travelers. II look. like our new 

• e!.idenllal Dilreement is ,oing to do lOme ,00lI

T esfimon;ol 

Rr ... 'hu ",.,"', ...... I..., th u • pl."",", Lef' 10 rll~ 1 

a r~ Tbo nop_, Ron.IIf, a .. " WUI .... 

Testimonial Given For 

Retiring Business Manager 

I •• U, 99S, BATON .WUG t:, LA,-I'd like 10 

begin this monlh's leller by wi.,hin, cveryone 

a Happy and P rospcrou~ New Year 

A l t~limoni al Ilinner wa ~ 8i"tn fo. our retlnnM 

business mana~er . Thi~ W8' a tribute to A mun 

who has !>Clvcd 1 000u i 99S pnd Ihe ttlEW fot 40 

years. It lakes a little sOlllclhinw e ~t ra s~d al 

to be 50 honored. I'm sure all o f you prc UWbre 

of thi.< OlDn·, ulI ,cJfish contributions 10 orWPili/cd 

la bor. J am spepkin, of Uro lher L. A. "Tommy" 

Thompson. I mllst say a few words nbou t hi' 

lovely wife. It u,ke' a 101 more to be a IInloil 

man's wife than it doc$ 10 be p union ITlCmber. 

T his i ~ lotlgher yel wh ~n Ihe m~mher i< an 

om~er . Congrallliation ~ to Mlh of YOII Fnjoy ill 

If I we~ president of • eOUltlly Ihat hnd only 

25 ~Icent of its walkmg force duly Il'pre· 

sc ntcd. had unsafc Jlr«lS in my cities, UnCm. 

pl oyed cOllnlry~n. 0 ~ery broke S(Ki~1 li«urity. 

1 putrid .... elfare program and hod dderly citi· 

unr)' beln, , honchlnaed on food. medical nre 

and comfort- well. I don'l bdkve I'd considu 

myself qualified to sci policie, in other countries. 

Come on. Mr. Presidenl. " 'e 100 need you. 

Thanks for the minimum ..... ge il'lell'a:le. Mr. 

President Although I don't think it'll overcome 

the tide of ,he "cost·of lovin, . i~" lhat's engulf. 

ing It-e poor. i.-II be of wme help AI'iO I bet ;1 

Will not make a naure' OUt of any bUm~5Smen. 

c!espite Ihdr moan in,. 

II ;.. real ca

Seminar 

40th Anniversary 

Kathryn A. Boyd. Wynn O. Maple. Joe R. 

Sttec:lley. and Jamn A MarchbanU. Our pension 

requests _re submitted to T ucson G as &. Elec. 

tic in October. In my ne~t .... ri ting, I will outline 

some of the ~~ Q uests. 

BE.\. M iloNE. P.S. 

v'· 

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Tu.,..,,,. A riL . .... ""l1y « .. b ... lled 

..... Iv_ . r. S ...... ·• Is Bla .... "" W,.lb. Mudo .... e 

Obly found ... ptlt; t. p.S. 

5 4 I tSE W JOUTnol 

Som~ of tlot honored P lsu. loft 10 r lc:ht . ..... BI....,he 

W..n.,.,. M .... or. f""ndcr: l lIt ..... lkHoal Ro-prornl ... 

UTe JlIII Oont'" Lotal " "'5 ..... I,ous ..... ~ r for 

man, ),.......: C ...... Dal.,·mplIO. """"de'" and " ... 1_ 

mu_ I" llot 194 ..: B ... tDu. Malllll:'" B .... SIr"rk; 

Ihu.l Sttt .. m)· .... t • • asu ..... h. tho 193th" u d 1%Os: 

. nd ,", ... , Bo ll ... 100 at .. ·.¥. t o( th. 0 ....,. cane to 

th ~ m ... tln ~ •• 

Lefl 10 rI,;hI an: £1 ... utlve Boant member Jlmml 

Co ..."". >I ...·.. d " Doc:" B ......·n, ... d Bu 'l n~t Man· 

a,:e. Bob Struck . .... ldl" l o .. ~ of fi'·e p nch. klots. 

Local 1116 Cele brates 

40th Anniversary 

L U. 111 6, TUCSON. A IU 7~-E'·Nyone came 

ador~ in a fes l;ve mood for our tremendous 

40tll anniversary. Whal a beautiful r~sp

Graduates and JATC 

Silo ... '"' I'" ,. ...... n of l.cH:.1 114t , OU.bo ... 

CII" O~I •..• "d .'" J"TC. F'roool 10", Ioh 10 •• ht, 

.. " •• adw.r •• Ca.) ,,",0"'. KIrIt n. ..... ~ ..... Dnld 

Rupe, t· .. nk N ... bltr. 'awl Da". J ••., WUll ......" . 

a"" Sh..,,, Jono; _0.... roWI ....... ~. IU J."'et 

~· I."" •• Don Lo,,'"," Mark M~O ata. D .. 1d Mo.r-. .... 

",.101 K""H • • " OIl 110)1, Eddlo 1I ...",a"", bmu 

Davld"" n. and TO" J llro"n; bad rO"1 ,"TC ....... 

Ittn MOJ Cordon. Rob Whll ... h, 0 . 1. Co~, Oarl .. 

El hol', Cro ••• Vanr." Jr ••, Smllh, and Jim Mon· 

leith, I.alnl". dl ..... I".,.. 

I.ffl 10 rI ~ hl M.. Joh n SlI . ...'u 

II p.,........ lhe 

I , C. "h," \\ llIIa m",,, " .. . rd lit Oul

their counlry. Thue has been an estimated loss 

of 110,000 American jobs 10 Mexico. Under the 

two Uniled SIDIU lariff provisions, United StRles 

companies can send Iheir goods to a fore ign 

country (or processing or _mbling .nd secondly 

to reimport the assembled items at are. 

duc.ed dUly. TIte Uniled State5-i>wTl(':d firms, 

lakmg advantage of tariff provisions. provide 

30.000 jobs 10 Ihe Mexican" I think it is time 

that we stand up and be heard, thaI we want 

our iobs prote;i, and Uueir straight·lime rale. 

We wenl on strike. October II . 1977. n~ a 

ruul! of CUCCs refusal to deliver a propo!

11148; ,;enior ~todmRn Earl Lindeman, JD nuary 

22, 11148; and stodman Will iam Mitchum, JanuafY 

7, 11148. Ctlebrating 25 years I.e overhead 

lineman Pete Zebrowski. Janua.y 16, IllS), and 

buildin, operator Eu gene Klimowski , JDnu ~.y 26, 

IIlH. 

A lpecial note of thank.s and app.eclation .'0:: 

ex te nded to " resident Al k-n Younl and Vice 

P.uident James Crandall and mcm~rs of the 

EKecutive 1I0a, d for urryin .. throulh the motion 

of ehanllln, the locauon of our union m«tinp. 

Tho:: new location pro"ides I m~rn 1I0lidlY 

Inn, wilh .p.cious m«lLnll rooms.. plenty of 

pllkinl spacC'!, a .... arm Itm05phele. I locllion 

thaI's accessible from all directions, I nd o f COllr5C 

Ihe perfect day, • Wednesd.y ~t a p.m. PleLI5C 

show your suppol! by being pre..:nt this mon th , 

irs I ,rCDt ...·ay 10 dl-scun problems a l work, 

nM:et new fliends, and become involved person 

~lIy-try it-ifl I Irut feclinl of what brother· 

hood is all about. 

In ch)Slnll, the month of hnuary, 1978 bLinlj:!L 

fonh a ne .... year, beStow;nl good health. suc«ss, 

weallh. p,mperily, and hDppII>ess for everyone. 

Remember, new plRce, new day, ,ame time al 

Ihe lI i1lside Holiday Inn. 

See you Ihcn. 

'n Movies 

Daughter of Local 1317 

Member W ins Contest 

Rle ltHO I h.lB~5, !'.S. 

M I" M ~ "u lI .. b1, 

"a" R ht~r of SMlh ... 

Sl~phu 11",101, 1 __ 1 

un, CIe~d_nd, 01110. 

"00 I ,JIlt II I .. 110 111- 

wood .".'Ie "C .. u ..... 

I •• U, 1.)77, CI . ;V.:I.A f't,' Il. OIlIO- COnltawl. 

tlom 10 tile dall~hler of Btothtr Slephen II ruby, 

el«ltM:lan M l o,d MOlar Comp~ny. Cleveland 

Cnl'''''' ploOli I Slot .... on the May Comruny's 

M · IO~ Ik B Star COnlhl. 

lI.ence ll ruby. 11. is a ~niO! of II.cvete IHil h 

S

nM;nnnl levels. our spoke.men ha.e occn ~clcrted 

for their r~«: l lcnce. 

Snpper! COI' E as you do your officers. 

Ih !Jtbtr lohn D. S .. arh. the first pruldrnl 01 Loul 

1512. Allentown. I' a .. tefl , n u l." •• pla'I'" 1..,0' 

J"ck ".,nmt.. F. .. ~ u'h·" Soard m.mber. on tb. 

0 ...,100 01 bl ~ •• Il •• ",. nl. 

Local 1522's First 

President Retires 

I .. U. 1522, AI.I. t:NTOWN, l'A._ John D. Swartz 

was Ihe local's first president arler he assisted in 

the organizing of th e Allentown Western Electric 

Worh in lli'I\}. 

John was presenled n plaque by his BrOlhen 

and Sisters at II relirement dinner in his behalf. 

com'ncmoruting his deeds durinll Ihe inf3ncy of 

Local 1522. MlLkin", Ihe prcs.cnlation was Execulive 

nonrd member hck Hemmis. I'residenl and 

Uu ~ines, Mon3ger Ed Brobsl eoold not be in 

311endancc due 10 nnlion"1 and local negotiations. 

ROIi BlIT RODl:RTSQJ

! 

the time 10 pul up. Once Ih e J;Ontracl is signed 

we he ar III sort) of crltkism about ",hM we 

should hue done. Be hid Don't k ave every· 

Ihinl until lhe lost mlnule! 

II tl.L Cusot

worker 10 Ih e degree Ih~1 the credibility of all 

information sou r~s a re bdng questioned. The 

main problems of Ihe worker, une mploymelll and 

infla tion d ue 10 the high COSt of energy, are 

being kicked around like a football while Ihe 

working person is slunncd into a state of confusion. 

The oil lobby is proposing that our rource 

of energy is practically unlimited if the workers 

wish 10 funher place themselves in a greater 

economic demise in order to pay the freighl for 

it. The government contradiclS Ihe oil moguls 

by attempting 10 lalk the public inlO Ihe frame 

of mind thai .... e arc running oUi of the commodilY. 

On Ihe other hand. Ihe government 

slresses Ihat Ihe balance of imporlS Over exports 

is th e main reason ",·hy "·c should conserve 

cnNgy. Some of our elcrled repr~ntativc:s are 

proposing thaI people remove the roofs of Iheir 

houses and replace Ihem ",·ilh gla" by which Ihe 

sun will heal water to be pumped Ihrough Iheir 

houses to provide the nccesrory heal for Iheir 

palrons. ThC"SC individuals admit th.t such an 

operation is very COSily to the people who already 

find il extremely difficult to make ends meel 

becau!iC of inflalion. Th~ rome repr~nlatives 

admit that we 3re generations away from the 

generation of electricily by solar power. 

The use of Ihe presently feasible force. hydroe1cctric 

power has been rodly neglecled. A few 

Ihousand environmentalists objecl to the loss of 

their privale recrealional neu because of the 

necc-ssily of flooding the areas. The paper lobbies 

obj"':l 10 Ihe loss of lheir privale limber areas 

although timber i!; plenliful Ihroughout Ihe Coun· 

Iry. The oil barons ob;ecl to Ihe principle of 

Ihe use of native power because Ihey will lose part 

of their markel. While Our nalional representa_ 

tives ccho the senliments of the Strong Special 

Interests lobbyists. the confused AlI1("rican public 

suffers from Ihe same ills thml IMse groups profC"SS 

10 cure. The AFL·CIO ha, "oiced the opinion 

thaI Our un~mploymenl ligures are nol D true 

reflection on Ihe conduion of American labor. 

Skilled workers who work at part·lime unsl.:illed 

employmenl should not be considered as fully 

cmployed. OiiCQumg

Any (uSlOmel'$ who do ch~ .0 PfQ~ide their 

own equipment will hne certain respon~ibih . i" 

inH>oscd upon them by the FCC; and fur.her, lhey 

will be ~pon5ib l e for maintainin, Ihe equiPmenl 

Ihey buy! 

We hove ~e n informed Ihal .he New En,land 

Telephone Company i, definilely plannina 10 ~t 

InlO Ihi, bu,ineM of selling phones 10 eUJlorners 

who m~y wish 10 purchase Ihem, with D aunrnn. 

Ice, and wi lh or Wilhou. n :service eonHaCI for 

~pair s, All Ihis has 10 be upproved Ihrouwh Ihe 

Public Service: 1I0nrll before il enn be il1ll.1e· 

rnenled, blll il is Iht Company's aim 10 be ready 

for .ransition for Ihe new registralion environ. 

menl, They hn_e plnnned informBlional pr oMra rm 

for Iheir custonren, Inti informalion',1 Dnll Irain· 

in, pro,rams for .heir employees, We hope Ih nl 

Ihe public will realize Ihe importance of reliable 

Iclepho~ equipmenl Ind service; any llrD'tic 

Iwin"over would be a threal 10 Iht lob silllalion, 

which Ihe mtmbel'$ in Ih is local tlo nol needl 

We expect II surplus ,,-hen ESS (Fleclronk 

Swilchina System) conversion is completed, whIch 

won'l be unlil late 1979. 1980, but we ho.e 01'10 

been IUssHn8 with P surplus in Network, whkh 

the New England Telephone Cornpany p, cd,ct. 

will be 528 by April I, 1978, They ga"e UJ le ..'!nn' 

for Ihe SllrplU5; iml'toved service levcl~ and 

nHldemil.a.ion, such as ESS, We are hopeful Ih ut 

Ihe\e iu,pl,,! people enn be placed in IlennUncnl 

joob, in olher erpf!J, such 05 I &, R, or CRn tlth 

advantage of the SII'I' Program (Sul"l"lemcmal 

Income !'ro.ection l'rograml o r, beller yet, thM 

the predictions do nol come true! As a maner of 

fOCI, we question that there ;s a "5urt.I,,~H in 

Vermonl Nelwork in Ihe firsl plxe! 

We have III'nl OUI from thi, local material .0 

our membership pboul the fIlEW FOllnden' 

Scholarship for 1918 We would like .0 ll~ evenl thaI too k place over 

2,000 year, flgn, and .~ 5!t1l bemll celebrated 

today. 

I hope Ilin. cach and everyone had a good 

tim", at our Ch.i,tma~ parly Rlill I merry Chrisl_ 

mno, Happy New Year tu epch pnd everyone. 

Let's all Slart 1978 wilh • biN banll' 

RONNtll W'.INanG, P.S. 

Retirees Attend 

Halloween Dance 

Rt.'I REES CL U B Of· 349, M IAM I, FLA. 

There was B lIalloween dnnce held al lhe local 

unIOn hall on S~tu r day, Oclober 29, 1977, Proceed~ 

from Ihi, dance 80 to the chilllren's annunl 

Chrislmas party, which Ihe l~ul "niun gives fo r 

the children of Ihe members of the local, The 

holiday M:n~on i~ llpon IJS, arlll the "Snow llirdS" 

will soon be here 

We had a very ,ood &llenllan~e a. Ihe October 

nlCellna. The auesl 5peaker was I' RUI R~ s muiSCn, 

who ;, secre lary· lreaSUrer of Ihe Council of 

Ehlen, a newly formed group, Refr~hmenlJ 

wc~ "Ianned by Mr, Bnd Mrt [ddin and Mrs. 

Rua FQIi.er, The luncheon was e~edknt, and as 

Ilways, they did • aOOERIM L£. FLA,-Sorry 10 hne 

missed your IDSI meetina, Our nol holding an)' 

m«linas Ihis pasl SUmmer kinda put a dJmper 

on Ollr writ in .. We have no photOl Ihis month 

and ., we haVe eloscd the Itullio there will nOI 

nol be any until lhe darkroom can be set up 

inSide. N either do we have an OUlltandinl mem_ 

ber of the n.onth, hUL ~ar wi th UI. 

Local 728 hu 1051 another member that wal 

e!i,ible for relirement bUl passed on before he 

could meet wilh UI. BrOlhe r Russ Sehoonover 

was one of our belief friends and our liltle 

Dinner 

11" 11 " .told W . lm ~ I ~, .... _ .. k~ M rS. V . ..... n 

HurM 11 .tt .. pn 5Cnthljl be

as the bst one but nothjn, will surpass Ihu 

last dinner. kt's have mort Ictivities. It is the 

proper thlnl 10 do ~I our ~tlJ(! o f life. OusincSJ 

m~l;np Ihould be few and far IpUI I"d then 

only held to plan the nut JQf;;II! activity. 

Glnd 10 ~ 50 mall), o f ~ou returning from 

~our vncation. We do not remember tile hst 

time Ihnt we $ta~ed III 1I0me lhe enlire 5u mm~r . 

Uob O·Connor. your ICllcr W35 read al the lost 

mUli"8 nnd We 1051 ~our addr~. Please wrile 

nla;n. 

S~M 11 1001":5, P.s. 

Scribe Reporh On 

Septem ber Meeting 

lu:rlfc~: n l\IEI\IUOCS CI. UII OF mt;w, 

SF-,\,Tr ...:, W,\,SII.-on September 14, 1971, 

my wife and I arrived carly III the meel;nl, IS 

I am a reportcr and I have the privilele or 

Snoopinl; however, I 11m aware there are others 

with the gme pr;vik.., who c:oruidcr snoopin, a 

dUI~ and enthus,:tStlCall~ pur~ Ihis !WH:alled 

dUly full lirne-5omewhat beUige«:"tly II limtL 

Afler sandll';chc$, coffee. and cookies, pre· 

pured and servcd by Nan Seaholm and my wifc, 

lI ~rold Jordan, our president, called the meclina: 

IQ ord~r at t: U. 

Evet~ one had f~~ling< of grid and Ios.< whcn 

Ihe report of $idr.n~ and death was read. We 

lost two members in AUIust: F a~ E. I·tenderson 

and Lawlen

In memORIam 

Prayer for Our Deceased Members 

Lord, leI liS rejoice and celebrate Y our gilt to liS of aI/other year. A start, a beginning. a renewal Y ou grallt 

115. Lei fl.f ill ol/r ever-increasing kllowk dge improve O"T world lhis year. 

Lord, we ask film YOII remember ami gran( to Ollr Brothers all(J Sisters listed IJere 'he beginning of thei, 

everlasting peace wilh YOII. 

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Memories I See 

see old Gravely Moun tain, 

Covered with drifting snow. 

I see the wild horses head in' 

For the open range below. 

I see Big Baldy Mountain, 

Covered with winter's white. 

I see a place on the hillside, 

Wh ere two buck dee r had a fight. 

I see the grea t blue mountains. 

Sage brush. and juniper trees, 

Covered with winter snow 

It reaches my horse's knees. 

I see the grand old Rim Rocks . 

Cove red with a blanket of white, 

Waiting for spring's warm sun· 

shine, 

To remove the winter's might. 

I see the gray hills in the distance, 

Swept by an icy breeze. 

I hear the howl 01 a coyote. 

He's hunting among th e trees. 

I see open range in the distance 

Free from winter snow. 

The only place in God's cou ntry. 

Where the wildlife can go! 

Reymond Fulche, 

Unc le of A. E. Fulch .. 

Locil 124 5. Wilnu' e ... k, ell. 

Driver's Prayer 

Lord, when my time comes, let it 

be with dignity. 

Not in a car accident where every· 

one can see. 

To have a large crowel gathered 

about. 

And oh and ah white my life runs 

out. 

Or have a spectacle made of my 

anatomy, 

Pl ease Lord. dan', let this happen 

to me. 

Help gu ide my hand and sharpen 

my eye, 

So I may have a more dignified 

way to die. 

W. H. Whltme,. J,. 

Membe, of LOUI 6 18 

Omeha, Neb •. 

Picture of a Day 

I have been taki ng pictures of this 

bea utiful day. 

'Pi ctures of memory that I can 

keep. and not give away. 

Each tree is clad in a snowy white 

gown. 

And sta nds stately and proud on a 

carpet of soft white down. 

It's a wintery day with air brisk 

and cold , 

But the sun made a visit so brave, 

bright, and bold. 

And cast long shadows of a very 

soft gray 

Upon this great, vast white· snowy 

way. 

Each window produces a pictur· 

esque scene, 

And it's as lovely a day as ever 

I've seen. 

Although I enjoy th e beauty of th e 

work God has done, 

My heart still yearns for the com· 

ing of sp ring 

And t he warm rays of the sun. 

How I long for another picturesque 

scene. 

A ca rpet of grass and the trees 

dressed in lacy gowns of green. 

Jane Llnfl;fo.d 

Wife of W,lII a m Lln8fo.d 

Local 2219. 011 City. P •• 

Christmas Is Past 

Happy New Year is here again. 

I know this yea r we wi ll win. 

Good fortune will befall us all, 

As we hear the future cal l. 

Each passing day will bring more 

joy 

To every living girl and boy. 

The war in Vietnam is over 

So there won't be killing anymore. 

There won't be any dying men 

On ou r consciences, Amen. 

Lindy C ... lman 

DeuSh, .. , of Robert Crelmln 

Local 18, Los AnSlln, ell. 

Energy 

The Ea st has al l bi g cities, 

Th e South has palms and sa nd, 

Th e middle pla ins grow corn and 

wheat. 

Enough to feed the land . 

The North has lakes and snow so 

deep 

That people have to stay 

Beside their cozy friend ly fires 

Through most of every day. 

We are a land of beau ty 

But, how few of us know 

Where we will find the "energy" 

To help our children grow. 

Oh, there's enough for you and 

me , 

And maybe for our sons, 

But if we don't get bu sy soon 

There won't be anyone ~ 

Let's keep our land, as best we can 

And yet not mar the scene, 

Cause out here in the golden West 

We' ve power, nice and clean! 

Enough for all ou r loved ones 

And more for those to come, 

II we cou ld only make folks see 

The power in the atom, 

But, Sl')me fol ks just are stubborn , 

And can' t see past their nose, 

Yet, th ey're th e ones who will 

excla im, 

" I wonder where it goes?" 

But most things are electric 

As modern as can be, 

And all the com forts that we have 

Are great for you and me. 

So, plug in all your stereos 

And light up every park, 

Then sit and th ink how would you 

feel, 

If you r ch ild's home was dark! 

(die Oonovin 

Wi' e of FI.y Donovan 

Loc.' 58, Oll.olt. Mic h.

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