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January 1981
United Brofherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America
GENERAL OFFICERS OF
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS & JOINERS of AMERICA
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GENERAL PRESIDENT
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VOLUME 101 No. 1 JANUARY, 1981
UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
John S. Rogers, Editor
IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS AND FEATURES
President Reagan: Changing Things PAI Washington Window 2
Looking at the Brighter Side of Campaign Promises COPE 3
Kirkland OfFers Labor's Cooperation on Problems 4
This Was 1980 PAI 6
Did You Know? Our Headquarters Building 8
Carpenter Wins ILPA Awards 10
Lower Wage Floor for Youth Worse Than Ailment _._. Washington Post 1 1
The City of Hope National Medical Center 12
Brotherhood OSHA Project Weil Underway 13
Seminars for General Representatives 14
Metal Trades Parley Presses for Shipbuilding 17
Service Credit for Veterans with Pensions : 18
Hard Work and 'Folded' Feelings for Women Members 21
DEPARTMENTS
Washington Report 5
Ottawa Report 1 6
We Congratulate ___. 1 9
Local Union News — 20
Apprenticeship and Training 23
Consumer Clipboard: Your Skin and Winter Weather 25
Plane Gossip i 26
Service to the Brotherhood 27
In Memoriam 35
What's New? 39
In Conclusion William Konyha 40
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THE
COVER
The Year 1981 is not only the cen-
tennial year of the United Brother-
hood, it is also the year in which the
AFL-CIO commemorates the 100th
anniversary of the American labor
movement as a united federation of
the various trades.
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland
has invited North Americans from all
walks of life to join with union mem-
bers in celebrating this first century
of united organization.
It was on November 15, 1881, three
months after the Brotherhood was
founded, that the Federation of Or-
ganized Trades and Labor Movements
was founded as the nucleus for a
"federation embracing every trade and
labor organization in North America."
The Brotherhood's first secretary-
treasurer, Peter McGuire, and other
Brotherhood leaders helped to create
the new Federation.
AFL-CIO anniversary activities be-
gin this month and will culminate
next November. The official emblem
of the observance is at the center of
our January cover.
Also shown on our cover: At upper
left, the merger convention of the
AFL and the CIO in New York City,
25 years ago, reuniting the House of
Labor. At upper right, hard hats leav-
ing their jobs after a day's work. At
lower left are Brotherhood members
of the Milwaukee, Wis., District
Council participating in a 1966 Con-
struction Week parade. At lower right
is an historic photograph of the AFL's
first president, Samuel Gompers, ad-
dressing shirtwaist workers during a
1909 rally in New York.
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PresidcnI-Elect Roiudd Reagan flashes a
victory signal to supporters after Presi-
dent Carter issued his concession state-
ment. Mrs. Reagan is at right.
PRESIDENT
REAGAN:
CHANGING
THINGS'
l^hen Ronald Reagan won his impressive victory on November 4th,
he pledged to "seize the historic opportunity to change things."
Just what the 40th President of the United States and his advisers
have in mind will unfold in coming weeks and months.
As an apparent top priority, he told his jubilant supporters on
election night that "we're going to put America back to work again."
If President Reagan and a cooperative Congress can accomplish
that, no one will complain.
But the first riddle that Reagan and his advisers will have to provide
an answer to was a major feature of his campaign: the promise to
slash taxes, boost defense spending and balance the federal budget,
all at the same time.
A tax cut should come easily, since a consensus already had
developed in Congress, although not over exactly what kind. Reagan
favored the first step of Kemp-Roth, a 10% across-the-board cut,
which critics point out would favor the rich.
However, business did not pour all those millions of dollars into
congressional campaigns for nothing. It would be realistic to expect
to see the new conservative members of Congress supporting
generous tax credits and investment "incentives" for business.
Some economists fear the Kemp-Roth approach would pour billions
into the consumption side of the economy and fuel inflation while
failing to improve productive capacity or aid hard-hit areas and
industries.
A new factor to consider is what candidate Reagan learned in his
visits with the unemployed steelworkers of Youngstown and the jobless
auto workers in Michigan and whether their plight will affect his
economic policies.
With 8 million workers futilely seeking work in October, it will be a
stern test of "trickle-down" economics to see if they can wait until
"incentives" for business create enough jobs.
On the inflation front, even the business-oriented Chase Econo-
metrics believes that Reagan's policies will have little effect for several
years.
Double-digit inflation will continue at least through next year
because of soaring energy prices imposed by the OPEC cartel and
rising food prices due to the drought and heatwave which devastated
cattle herds and crops last summer.
President-Elect Reagan faces a number of other formidable national
problems:
This nen's analysis comes
from "tVashinglon Window,"
distributed by Press
Associates, Inc.
• HEALTH CARE. Health care and hospital bills have been one
of the major generators of inflation.
Reducing government intervention and leaving solutions to the
marketplace have no relevance to the health field because the problem
there is one of an abuse of private power.
America is the only western industrial nation without a system of
universal national health insurance. Recently, the government reported
that more than 26 million Americans had no health insurance at all.
Some groups put it closer to 50 million with no or little protection.
The nation's approach to health care is chaotic and wasteful, despite
the fact that America has highly-trained medical personnel and the
most modern equipment and facilities. The problems, rather, are in
maldistributicMi, overspecialization and lack of cost controls.
Appalachia, rural areas of the South and the ghettoes of the cities
would welcome adequate health care.
The challenge confronting Reagan, if he wants to face it, is to stand
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up to the American Medical Association and American Hospital
Association and at least push a hospital cost control bill through
Congress.
• THE CITIES. Candidate Reagan stood in the wasteland of the
South Bronx and vowed to act to rebuild the area and provide jobs and
opportunities for the people of the area. He scored points because he
noted that President Carter had stood in the same place four years
earlier and nothing had changed.
A veteran reporter recalled that she had visited the same neighbor-
hood with President Nixon some seven years earlier and had returned
with both Carter and Reagan. So that will be another challenge for
the President-Elect.
• THE POOR. The poverty population, while ever-changing to
some extent, endures at about 25 million. These people are for the
most part the unskilled, semi-literate, minorites, and so-called
unemployables. It would seem they are the victims of the marketplace
and gain opportunities only in periods of sustained economic growth.
And that imphes federal stimulus and training programs.
If the zeal to "change things" catches on in Congress, what labor
and its liberal allies have to fear is that the doctrinaire right-wing in
the Senate may aim at: enacting a sub-minimum wage; weakening
Davis-Bacon protection; restricting job health and safety laws; ending
legal services for the poor; curtailing food stamps; pushing a "union-
free" synfuels industry; banning national bargaining.
So the hope for the present is that President-Elect Reagan will
recognize that free trade unions have a constructive role to play in a
democratic society. That is written in public policy and recorded in
the American experience.
Wasting No Time
Two Senate ultra-conservative
leaders already have moved to
push pet projects strenuously op-
posed by the labor movement.
Orrin Hatch (Utah), who will
take over the Senate Labor Com-
mittee, this month, said he will
again seek the sub-minimum wage
for youth that has been defeated
many times in recent years. The
AFL-CIO has charged this is a
"revolving door" plan — that em-
ployers granted the right to pay
less than minimum wage to young
people will fire older workers to
take advantage of the law.
Hatch's Utah stablemate, Sen.
Jake Garn, will move into the
chairmanship of the Banking,
Housing and Urban Affairs Com-
mittee. He announced he will seek
repeal of the Davis-Bacon Act as
it applies to federal housing pro-
grams. This proposal, too, has been
defeated several times recently.
The act protects the wages and
standards of building trades work-
ers.
With the Senate now in conserv-
ative hands, the prospects for both
measures are greatly strengthened.
—Memo from COPE
Looking
at the
Bright Side
of those
Campaign
Promises
wut of a turnout of a little more
than 52% of all eligible U.S. voters
on November 4, final unofficial
totals in the presidential race
showed Ronald Reagan topping
President Carter 42.7 million to
34.4 million, or 51-41%, in the
popular vote, 489-49 in the elec-
toral vote. John Anderson and a
couple of others picked up the dif-
ference in popular vote.
Thus, Reagan ascends to the
Presidency on the strength of the
votes of only slightly more than
25% of all those who could have
gone to the polls. It's hardly a man-
date for the giant shift to the right
ultra-conservative leaders are de-
manding.
Nevertheless, the figures pro-
duced a November 4 wipe-out. Pro-
worker, pro-union forces took a
shellacking. The Presidency fell
with a thud. Senate results were
shocking. There was no consolation
in House returns.
Now, we are told that this elec-
tion will go down in history as an
authentic turning point in the direc-
tion our government and our nation
are heading, much as Franklin
Roosevelt's election was in 1932.
One pundit after another declares
a "conservative revolution" has
swept the country and will alter the
political landscape, yea unto gener-
ations.
Don't bet on it.
HARD PART AHEAD
The fact is that for President-
Elect Reagan and the right-wingers
who now control the Senate numer-
ically and the House to a large de-
gree ideologically, the hard part is
ahead of them. If they demonstrate
that they can indeed deal wisely and
effectively with the nation's prob-
lems, fine.
But it's no sour grapes to note
that it is one thing to create a "revo-
lution" and quite another to admin-
ister its aftermath. They now have
to produce on their promises.
Maybe it's unfair to remind them of
it so soon, but what they promised
was this:
• They promised to cut unem-
ployment way down.
• They promised to cut inflation
way down.
Continued on Page 4
JANUARY, 1981
The Bright Side
of those Campaign
Promises
Continued from Page 3
• They promised to cut taxes
way down (the bulk of the cuts for
the corporations and well-to-do).
• They promised massive new
spending for defense.
• They promised to balance the
federal budget.
• They promised sharp cutbacks
in federal programs without hurting
people these programs help.
• They promised to "get govern-
ment off your backs," whatever that
means.
• They promised to solve the na-
tion's energy problems — a first step
being to kill the windfall profits tax
on oil companies.
These essentially are the issues
on which Reagan campaigned and,
presumably, for which he was
elected. But there's a "second
agenda," promised directly or by
implication to some degree by Rea-
gan but to a high degree by the
ultra-right groups and their now-
powerful henchmen in the Senate
and House. Among these:
• So-called "family issues" —
anti-busing, pro-prayer in schools,
anti-ERA, pro-Taiwan (how that
relates to U.S. families remains a
mystery), anti-Panama Canal trea-
ties (likewise).
• Weakening of job safety laws;
weakening of public employee un-
ions; weaking of union political
rights; national open shop law; re-
verse labor law reform weakening
union organizing rights; weakening
of minimum wage.
Now, all the various right wing
constituencies are going to demand
action on their pet issues. They're
going to want their pound of flesh.
And the administration and right-
wingers in Congress are going to
have to deliver, or there'll be trouble
ahead from the "true believers" who
helped put them in office. And
there's the rub. The nation and the
Kirkland Offers Reagan Labor's
Cooperation on 'Serious Problems'
On November 5 AFL-CIO Presi-
dent Lane Kirkland made the follow-
ing statement on the U.S. General
Elections:
I have sent the following telegram
to President-Elect Ronald Reagan:
"Congratulations on your over-
whelming victory. The nation faces
many serious problems that will chal-
lenge all of our energies. The AFL-
CIO stands ready to cooperate in
constructive efforts to solve those prob-
lems in the best interests of our coun-
try and all its citizens."
The election results show that un-
employment and inflation weighed
most heavily on the minds of working
people and their families. Americans
expressed a desire for a change in
their circumstances and prospects, for
revival of the national economy, and
for an improvement in America's
standing on the world scene. We shall
carefully weigh such proposals as
President-Elect Reagan may advance
to rebuild the nation's industrial base,
and will do our best to assure fairness
and equity for American workers.
In rebuilding the economy, we con-
tinue to believe there is a need for
cooperation between business, labor
and government, and we stand ready
to play a constructive role in such an
effort. As always, we shall vigorously
pursue our responsibility to serve as
the aggressive advocates of workers
and their interests.
The new Administration will bene-
fit from the achievements of President
Carter, particularly in the area of en-
ergy policy which offers hope to the
nation that the stranglehold on the
American economy resulting from a
dependence on imported oil will be
broken.
Finally. I want to express my per-
sonal appreciation for the thousands of
union members who volunteered their
time and energies to work in this cam-
paign. While the results are disap-
pointing, anyone who believes as
strongly as we do in the democratic
process will accept, in good spirit, the
verdict of the American people.
world are much more complicated
than their programs acknowledge.
Governing is much tougher than
sloganizing.
RIGHT-WING SQUABBLES
The ability of Democrats to
squabble among themselves is leg-
endary. But they have no corner on
the market. Right-wingers have ex-
cellent credentials in the field, too.
What happens when Reagan and the
ultras who control Congress begin
to butt heads, as they inevitably
must? The rightists are an unforgiv-
ing, unbending lot.
One unidentified right wing leader
already has been quoted in the Wall
Street Journal warning Reagan
against appointments of moderates
to high govenment posts: "Reagan
will blow an historic opportunity if
he comes up with a warmed-over
Ford-type Cabinet."
Reagan might well try to govern
from the middle rather than from
the right. But he will run into stern
resistance from the hard-core right-
ists in and out of Congress.
What happens when, among
ultra-conservatives themselves, shad-
ings of differences arise on issues?
They are — some of them — marvels
of malice.
The right wing leaders now have
what they have been clamoring for,
control of the government — what
they see as one of their own in the
White House, their own in com-
mand of the U.S. Senate, their own
strong enough to call most of the
shots in the U.S. House.
They have taken pot-shots for
years at everyone else, boasting only
they really represent the people,
only tttey know how to govern
wisely, and well.
Maybe they can do it, but the
likelihood is they cannot. The likeli-
hood is they will botch it, because
deep down they do not really rep-
resent the people.
So, looking for a bright side to
1980 elections, maybe it's to be
found in the expectation that the
1982 elections will demonstrate the
"conservative revolution" is a flash
in the pan and that in November two
years from now the people will start
the process of turning the right-
wingers back out.
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Washington
[eport
AFL-CIO: REJECT SUBMINIMUM
The AFL-CIO has strongly urged
Congress to reject proposals for a
subminimum wage for young people.
In a letter sent to both holdover
and newly-elected members of Congress,
the federation's legislative director,
Ray Denison, opposed "singling out our
youth for discriminatory treatment in
the workplace."
Denison said a two-tier minimum wage
would be no cure for teenage unemploy-
ment, and that Congress should focus
instead on improving job opportunities
for all Americans.
At a news conference last April,
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland com-
mented on the idea that a subminimum
wage would create employment. "If there
were an employment consequence of lower
wages," said Kirkland, "then we should
be on the road to full employment
because real wages have been going
down and, particularly in-between the
infrequent increases in the minimum
wage by Congress, the minimum wage
drops in real terms."
PAY PANEL: END GUIDELINES
The Administration's pay advisory
committee, which includes leaders of
both labor and business, has recom-
mended that the present program of
voluntary wage guidelines "be allowed
to lapse."
The 18-member panel said in a unani-
mous report that the two-year-old wage
program "has lost its capacity to com-
mand effective support." It added:
"Inflation has been too high and
enduring, and the regulations too com-
plex and artificial. The guidelines do
not deal with many of the factors which
have been responsible for the current
inflation, including food, housing,
interest rates, energy, medical, and
other costs."
RETIRED COUPLE NEEDS $8,500
It cost a retired urban couple
about $8,500 a year to maintain a
modest standard of living as of autumn
1979, according to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
In its updated report on three
hypothetical budgets for a retired
couple, BLS said the estimated U.S.
average cost, excluding personal
income taxes, was |6,023 for the lower
level budget, $8,562 for the
intermediate and $12,669 for the
higher level budget.
The retired couple is defined as a
husband, age 65 or over, and his wife.
They are assumed to be self-supporting
and living in an urban area. They are
reasonably healthy.
Food costs include some meals away
from home and guest meals. Shelter
allowances are based on average costs
for rented and owned dwellings. For
homeowner costs, it is assumed that
the couples own their homes and have
no mortgage payments. Medical care
includes out-of-pocket costs for
Medicare and items not covered by
Medicare, such as dental-care and
eye glasses.
NO MORE 'MR. JUSTICE'
The official designation of "Mr.
Justice" for members of the highest
court in the land has been in use since
the early 19th century. But the title
recently was changed to simply
"Justice. "
The nine men on the Court made the
change with no announcement of fanfare.
The first formal opinion of the term,
handed down November 17, simply bore
the notation: "Justice White delivered
the opinion of the court."
Associate Justice John Paul Stevens
notified the clerk's office to drop the
"Mr." from all official material. Asked
the reason for the change, he replied
with a smile, "You can probably guess."
One guess is President-Elect Reagan's
campaign pledge to name a woman to the
high court.
VIGUERIE GETS GOV'T AID
Right wing direct mail mogul Richard
Viguerie seems to be backsliding from
his anti-government gospel.
Viguerie, who raises millions of
dollars for conservative candidates and
causes, is building a new $7 million
office building in the DC suburbs and
to do so, is getting financing through
a government program that should save
him millions in interest charges.
"Not all of what government does is
bad," he told the press.
JANUARY, 1981
THIS
WAS
1980
A summary of labor news headlines jar
the year just ended, as compiled by Press
Associates, Inc.
The year 1980 opened with the death
of George Meany, a dominant force in
the labor movement for a quarter cen-
tury, and came to a close with the election
of Ronald Reagan, the most conservative
candidate to seek the White House in
modern times.
In between, the American people were
buffeted by persisting high-level inflation
and a recession which pushed the jobless
rate to 7.8%. At the same time, long-
term problems aggravated by soaring
energy costs and uncontrolled imports
hit the auto and steel and auto-related
industries.
Still, labor could count victories on
the organizing and bargaining front even
while it was adapting to new economic
and political realities.
The Steelworkers scored a major vic-
tory at the Newport News, Va., shipyard
and the Clothing and Textile Workers
won a contract at J. P. Stevens after a
17-year struggle. AFL-CIO President
Lane Kirkland established relations
which could lead to the reaffiliation of
the Auto Workers, Teamsters and Mine
Workers.
But as the year came to a close,
labor's eyes were on the incoming
Reagan Administration, a U.S. Senate
under Republican control and a House
likely to be dominated by a conservative
coalition. Protective labor laws and
social programs of the past half-century
could well be at stake.
It was an eventful year, perhaps best
told through these headlines from the
files of Press Associates:
JANUARY — George Meany, a giant
of the American labor movement for a
quarter-century, dies at the age of 85
. . . Tributes from leaders throughout
the world hail Meany's accomplishments
. . . Kirkland says Meany's legacy is the
AFL-CIO itself . . . Final farewell paid
to Meany at funeral Mass in capital . . .
First economic reports of 1980 spell
trouble . . . Low-paid workers gain as
minimum wage rises to $3,10 . . . Hardin
asumes top post in United Transporta-
tion Union . . . 60,000 OCAW refinery
workers strike nation's big oil companies
. . . OSHA announces final policy to curb
cancer in workplace . . . NLRB rules dis-
ability benefits can't be ended because of
strike . . . Fire Fighters' George Richard-
son dies . . . Carter warns Soviets that
U.S. will defend Persian Gulf . . . Labor
leaders back U.S. boycott of Moscow
Olympics . . . Pay advisory group recom-
mends 7.5-9.5% wage hike range . . .
Consumer prices soar 1.2% in
December . . .
FEBRUARY— /ofc/«.s rale hits 6.2%
in January, highest rate in 18 months
. . . Carter budget boosts defense, liolds
social programs level . . . Carter eco-
nomic report forecasts high unemploy-
ment, inflation . . . Energy coalition
urges price controls to curb oil company
ripoffs . . . Full Employment Action
Council scores Carter for postponing
Humphrey-Hawkins goals . . . UAW
Chrysler workers ratify contract nego-
tiated under terms of federal bailout
legislation . . . Kirkland hails U.S. return
to International Labor Organization . . .
BR AC'S Kroll elected RLE A cliairman
. . . AFL-CIO Executive Council calls
for government policies that lead to eco-
nomic growth "rather than stagnation,
recession and joblessness" . . . AFL-CIO
council changes rules to open top leader-
ship to women, minorities; backs talks on
reaffiliation of UAW, Teamsters, Mine
Workers . . . Consumer prices soar
].4% in January, at an annual rate of
18% ...
MARCH— AFL-CIO Executive Coun-
cil sets plan to share successful organiz-
ing techniques with affiliates . . . Supreme
Court upholds right of worker to refuse
highly dangerous work . . . OSHA seeks
record $786,190 fine against Newport
News Shipbuilding . . . 100,000 OCAW
and UAW members remain on strike
against International Harvester, oil firms
. . . Citing cost increases in energy, food,
housing and medical care, Kirkland calls
on Congress to forget balanced budget
and focus on "real causes of inflation"
. . . February unemployment rate un-
changed at 6% . . . OCAW wins pact at
Gulf after 11-week industrywide strike
. . . Housing starts fall 6.3% in February
to lowest level since 1975 . . . Inflation
continues as worker buying power
plunges 1.4% . . . Brown lung victims
ask Congress for federal compensation
standard . . . Steelworkers ratify pact
with Newport News Shipbuilding, bring-
ing 12-week strike to an end . . .
APRIL — Jobless rale in March hits
6.2% . . . AFL-CIO leads new coali-
tion to fight budget cuts in social pro-
grams . . . Labor-backed study shows
'unjustified' plant closings wipe out mil-
lions of jobs . . . Maximum trade ad-
justment aid raised to $269 weekly . . .
Frances Perkins Labor Dept. headquar-
ters dedicated . . . Barbers okay merger
with UFCW . . . Housing starts plummet
22%, factories slow; recession here,
Carter confirms . . . Unions blast Sch-
weiker bill to curb job safety inspections
. . . Steelworkers win major gains for
290,000 . . . Sally Field's 'Norma Rae'
role captures best actress Oscar . . . Con-
sumer prices soar 1.4%; worker buying
power drops 7.9% ... Filibuster broken;
Lubbers gets top NLRB post . . . UAW
victory at International Harvester ends
172-day strike . . .
MAY — lobless rate soars to 7% in
April . . . Economic indicators plunge
as recession signs spread . . . Supreme
Court rebuffs Stevens, ACTWU gains ac-
cess to workers . . . AFL-CIO reaffirms
"National Accord" with Carter but scores
Administration for budget cuts . . . EPA
sets rules to control toxic wastes . . .
lewelry Workers merge with Service
Employees . . . Kirkland tells lUD parley
that manufacturing base must be rebuilt
. . . Fraser elected to Chrysler board;
$1.5 billion in aid okayed . . . OSHA
issues new rules giving workers access to
employer files on worker health, toxic
substances . . .
JUNE— Mo/r workers— 675,000— file
for joble.is aid in trtid-May than in any
week since government started keeping
records . . . Nation's productivity down
for fifth straight quarter . . . Inflation in
necessities soars by 23.7% in first
quarter '80 . . . Contract settlements
reached in longshore, aluminum, wood
products . . . Unemployment jumps to
7.8% in May . . . Congress okays
'balanced' budget for fiscal '81; recession
seen forcing deficit . . . Basic Steel layoffs
near 25%; Steelworkers demand job
growth plan . . . AFL-CIO urges pub-
THE CARPENTER
lie works program to create jobs . . .
Truce between UFCW, Winn-Dixie sig-
nals end to boycott . . . Chrysler gets
U.S. loan guarantee . . . AFL-CIO asks
13-week extension of jobless benefits . . .
Congress okays synfuels legislation . . .
Seafarers leader Hall succumbs to cancer
at 65 . . . Sweeney elected to lead SEW
JULY — Supreme Court voids OSHA
benzene rule . . . Auto parts, supplier
unions unite to urge import restraints . . .
Carter ends limits on Japanese color TV
imports despite labor protests . . . Team-
sters concerned as trucking deregulation
bill signed . . . Carter announces aid plan
for auto industry . . . Accepting Repub-
lican Party nomination, Reagan issues
appeal to turn U.S. to conservatism . . .
Second quarter economic slide worst
since 74 recession . . . Unemployed visit
Capitol Hill to urge jobs programs . . .
Rail unionists ask Congress to keep retire-
ment fund solvent . . . Actors strike . . .
AUGUST — Unemployment hangs at
7.8% in July . . . CWA bargainers
rejected AT&T offer; Musicians join ac-
tors in strike . . . ACTWU, J. P. Stevens
hold talks . . . lAM monitors of TV
news find pro-business bias . . . Wages up
6.5% in major pacts in first half of
'80 . . . Building trades wages rise 5.6%
in second quarter . . . Zimmerman gets
NLRB seat as conservative filibuster fails
. . . Accepting Democratic Party nomina-
tion. Carter says nation must choose be-
tween two futures in November elections
. . . CWA, IBEW win Bell pacts, major
gains for 700,000 . . . Hillman reelected
to lead AFTRA . . . BRAC, Supervisors
sign merger pact . . . U.S. labor expresses
solidarity with striking Poles . . . CPI
stays level in July for first time in 13
years . . . ACTWU' s Joyce Miller be-
comes first woman to sit on AFL-CIO
Executive Council; Carpenters Konyha
and SElU's Sweeney also chosen . . .
Gannon succeeds McClennan as Fire
Fighters chief . . .
SEPTEMBER — President Carter un-
veils "economic renewal" plan to create
1 million jobs in two years; names Kirk-
land to Economic Revitalization Board
. . . House passes youth employment act
. . . AFL-CIO council proposes National
Reindustrialization Board to modernize
U.S. economy . . . AFL-CIO General
Board endorses Carter for reelection,
pledges all-out effort . . . Jobless rate dips
to 7.6% in August . . . Postage stamp
honoring Meany unveiled at White House
. . . AFL-CIO creates Polish Workers
Aid Fund . . . Carter okays 9.1% wage
hike for federal workers . . . AFGE
reelects Blaylock . . . Meat Cutters' Pat
Gorman dies at 87 . . . UAW local
leaders endorse Carter . . . OSHA lists
substances causing cancer in workplace
. . . Don Zimmerman sworn in as NLRB
member . . . AFL-CIO Industrial Union
Dept. asks Congress to fashion policy
for plant closings . . . Communications
Workers ratify Bell System pact, 7-1 .. .
OCTOBER — Jobless rate edges down
in September to 7.5% . . . Conserva-
tives block extended jobless pay . . .
Carter offers plan to revitalize steel in-
dustry . . . Carter signs multi-employer
pension bill protecting 8 million workers
. . . U.S. Supreme Court upholds federal
jobless standards for state and local
workers . . . UAW, AFL-CIO unions ask
trade commission to curb auto imports
. . . Machinists withdrav.' from AFL-CIO
Industrial Union Dept. . . . Teamsters
endorse Reagan . . . Carter signs rail de-
regulation and safely bills backed by rail
unions . . . Moe Biller wins four-way
contest to head Postal Workers . . .
ACTWU breaks through at J. P. Stevens,
wins 30-month pact after 17-year strug-
gle .. . ACTWU, UFCW ask trade panel
to extend shoe import relief . . . UAW
ratifies American Motors pact, wins seat
on board . . . Carter names Truesdale in
recess appointment to NLRB . . .
NOVEMBER — In what it considered
perhaps the most important elections
since the New Deal, organized labor
poured all its resources into the 1980
elections . . . Indicators up, economy re-
covering . . . Workers average 9.7%
in major pacts in 1980 . . . UAW ad
campaign boosts U.S.-built cars . . .
Screen Actors ratify TV pact . . . Letter
Carriers reelect Sombrotto . . . Reagan
elected president, winning 51% of vote
to Carter's 41%, as voters show dis-
content over inflation and unemploy-
ment . . . Republicans capture Senate
for first time in 26 years, holding 53-47
edge . . . GOP wins net gain of 33 seats
in House, but Democrats keep control
. . . U.S. Trade Commission votes 3-2 to
reject unions' petition for auto import
curbs . . . Postal Workers' Biller warns
Postal Service on its labor policies . . .
Government reports 4,950 workers killed
on job in '79, 6 million injured, taken ill
. . . Housing permits plunge as high in-
terest rates threaten recovery . . . OSHA
reissues walk-around pay rule . . . CLUW
holds organizing parley . . . AFL-CIO
urges Congress to reject subminimum
wage . . . Air Line Pilots threaten to sus-
pend service over safety issues . . . Labor
Secretary Marshall hits Reagan task force
proposal to dismantle CETA program as
"American tragedy" . . . Congressional
staff study says nation needs 15 million
new jobs during 1980s . . . Gannon calls
annual death, injury toll to Fire Fighters
"national disgrace" . . .
DECEMBER— C/.5. jobless rate hangs at
7.5% as economy slowly recovers . . .
House passes import bill by 317 to 57
margin and authorizes the President to
negotiate curbs on auto imports — hailed
by UAW . . . House approves bill already
passed by Senate to finance cleanup of
chemical spills and toxic waste . . . Health
experts urge national health plan for
pregnant women, children . . . ACTWU
workers vote on $5 million back pay
settlement to end 24-year dispute with
Darlington, S.C. textile mills . . . OSHA
works out alternative program with
Chrysler to protect workers from lead
and arsenic exposure; company makes
commitment to eliminate exposure to
arsenic and lead by January 1, 1987 . . .
Kirkland receives Golda Meir Leadership
Award and pledges American labor's sup-
port of Israel "to the last trumpet" . . .
as we go to press, reports indicate that
the hostages in Iran may be released
sometime soon.
JANUARY, 1981
General Offices
In UJashington
nre nt
BrDtherhood's
Eighth Location
The Brotherhood was the first international union of North America
to erect its own headquarters building and occupy it
in its entirety, when it opened Indianapolis offices in 1909.
Over the past 100 years, since its
birth in August, 1881, the United
Brotherhood has called eight different
locations "home."
Although it was founded in Chicago,
the Brotherhood operated for the first
few months of its life out of pro-
visional headquarters in St. Louis.- It
was from these headquarters at 911
19th Street, St. Louis, that the original
convention call was sent out.
In these early years, the Brother-
hood seemed to move headquarters
frequently. In December, 1881, only
four months after its founding, it
moved its official headquarters to 184
Williams Street, New York City. The
Brotherhood remained there for three
years.
Then, in November, 1884, a notice
appeared in the Carpenter magazine,
informing the members that the head-
quarters had moved to Cleveland. The
only address given was "Lock Box
180, Cleveland, Ohio."
Three years later, the Brotherhood
changed location again. This time an
announcement was made in the Janu-
ary, 1887 Carpenter that the new
address was "476 North Sixth Street,
Philadelphia."
The Brotherhood moved several
times within the city of Philadelphia.
The masthead of the October, 1888
Carpenter listed the headquarters ad-
dress as "124 North Ninth Street,
Philadelphia." Eleven years later, the
May, 1899 issue of the Carpenter in-
dicated the official address as "Lippen-
cott Building, 46 North Twelfth Street,
Philadelphia."
A major decision was made in 1902
when the Atlanta. Ga. Convention
voted to move the headquarters to
Indianapolis, Ind., which was then one
of the most populated cities of the na-
tion. In January, 1903, the move was
made, and the Brotherhood set up shop
in seven rooms on the fifth floor of the
Stevenson Building. The following
year, the building changed its name
to the State Life Building.
By this time the Brotherhood was
ready to build its own headquarters.
The next General Convention author-
ized the officers to investigate the
possibility of buying ground and erect-
ing a building in Indianapolis. After
careful consideration, the officers de-
cided that property at 222 East Michi-
gan Street was an ideal location for the
organization. The site was purchased
and the building contract was officially
signed.
In May, 1909, the Brotherhood
officially moved into its new, brick
and stone International Headquarters,
a building erected at a cost of
$100,000. At this time, the organiza-
tion consisted of 178,000 members in
1,906 local unions. Average wages
ranged from 40(' to 50«* an hour, and
the six-day week was in vogue through-
out the construction industry.
The dedication ceremonies for the
building were held on July 22 of that
year. In an announcement of the dedi-
cation, General Secretary Frank Duffy
indicated pride in the new building
when he said, "On that day thousands
of the citizens of Indianapolis will
realize what the founders, builders and
guardians (of our Brotherhood) deter-
mined should be its aim and purpose,
viz.: that the laborer and his labor
should be among those things which
advance the civilization of the world.
". . . So it is that on July 22, 1909,
these thousands of people will have
and enjoy the realization that the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America will present to
their view an inspiring manifestation;
in fact the very evidence of such effort,
elTiciency and growth of man's wonder-
ful strength and energy of mental and
physical achievement in that they will
look upon a grand, substantial struc-
ture erected, owned, finished, and
furnished by organized labor, to re-
main a lasting evidence of that class
accomplishment."
According to General President
William Huber, the United Brother-
hood was the first union to erect its
own headquarters. In a report to the
1908 Convention, he said, "It will be
a credit to the Brotherhood and will
be the first building ever occupied
and owned in its entirety by a national
organization, as far as I can learn."
The headquarters at 222 East Michi-
gan Street, Indianapolis, served as the
official home of the Brotherhood for
more than half a century. Tenants of
the building included the Teamsters,
Barbers, and Typographical unions.
The men who worked in these halls
saw many achievements for labor.
They succeeded in building the labor
movement into a strong and vital part
of the North American way of life.
In 1954, at the Brotherhood's 27th
General Convention, five resolutions
were introduced to move the head-
quarters to Washington, D.C. A gen-
eral referendum vote of the member-
ship in 1955 sustained the action.
The reasons for wanting to move
were straightforward. The Brotherhood
wished to establish "closer liaison with
government offices on labor-related
matters." Washington, D.C. was the
home of the Congress, as well as the
Department of Labor, the National
Labor Relations Board, and many
other Federal agencies which were
gaining influence in labor legislation.
In addition, the AFL-CIO and many
unions had already established Wash-
ington headquarters.
As M.A. Hutcheson said, "To do
our part for the labor movement and
to make our voice heard as a safe-
guard to the rightful jurisdiction of
our Brotherhood from raids by friends
and foe alike, we do a much better
job at close range."
The building committee, represent-
THE CARPENTER
ing the General Executive Board, con-
sisted of First General Vice President
John R. Stevenson, General Secretary
R. E. Livingston, and Board Members
Raleigh Rajoppi, Henry Chandler, and
James O. Mack. The committee made
a thorough investigation of more than
20 possible building sites near Capitol
Hill and eventually decided on a
60,000 square foot lot with 35 feet
facing Constitution Avenue, 412 feet
on Louisiana Avenue, 312 feet on
Second Street, and 27 feet on Indiana
Avenue. The Brotherhood purchased
the property for $2 million.
In December, 1959, construction of
the building began. The Chicago-
based firm Holabird and Root super-
vised the erection of the building. The
General Contractor was John A.
Voipe of Maiden, Mass. and Washing-
ton, D.C., who was president of the
Associated General Contractors of
America. Two years later, in Septem-
ber, 1961, the building was opened,
and the entire staff moved from
Indianapolis.
One year later, the dedication cere-
monies were held, and President M. A.
Hutcheson said, in retrospect, "We
are all mindful on this occasion of
how far the Brotherhood has come.
In August of 1881, 36 Carpenters
founded this organization. We dedicate
a building today — but more than
that — we dedicate ourselves in the
noble tradition of this Brotherhood."
Since it moved from Indianapolis,
the United Brotherhood has main-
tained its headquarters at 101 Consti-
tution Avenue, N.W., Washington,
D.C., "just a stone's throw from the
nation's capitol." The building, con-
sisting of a basement, five floors, and
a pent-house for mechanical and ele-
vator equipment, has been described
as a "monument to craftsmanship at
its highest." In line with all of the
buildings on Constitution Avenue, it
has an exterior of Georgia Marble.
The beautiful woodwork is found on
the inside. At least 20 rooms are
paneled in diff'erent species of wood,
including cherry, oak, American wal-
nut, and teak. Even the handrails on
the stairs are made of African
mahogany. The Washington D.C.
Building Congress chose the Carpen-
ters Building as having the best trim
and paneling, as well as workmanship,
in the District of Columbia, during
1961.
Old Glory was raised for the first time
on the striking stainless steel flagpole in
front of the new Washington, D.C.
headquarters building. Participating In
the ceremonies (left to right) were: First
General Vice President John R. Steven-
son, General Secretary Richard E.
Livingston, Second General Vice Presi-
dent O. William Blaier, General President
Maurice A. Hutcheson, and Architect
Holabird.
General President M. A. Hutcheson
officiated at the placement of the corner-
stone, becoming a trowel tradesman
temporarily . In the copper cornerstone
box went a number of Items of historical
significance, Including copies of the
Carpenter constitution and by-laws, union
roster and other papers which indicated
the healthy state of the Carpenter^
Union In 1961.
A photograph
taken in 1960
showing the
progress of con-
struction of the
General Offices In
the final phases.
The headquarters
auditorium is in
the left foreground.
The series of headquarters main-
tained by the Brotherhood over the
past century — from rented rooms in
St. Louis to its magnificent structure in
the nation's capital — is in one way
reflective of the progress we have
made as a trade union in the North
American labor movement. In 100
years, we have grown from a tiny or-
ganization of 12 local unions and
2,042 members to a powerful organi-
zation of close to 800,000 members.
And during this time we have always
kept to the course established a cen-
tury ago by our founders — we have
dedicated ourselves to improving the
lot of hard-working North Americans.
The former General Offices at
222 East Michigan Street,
Indianapolis, hid.
JANUARY, 1981
General Secretary and
Editor John S. Rogers,
center, and Associate Editor
Roger Sheldon, left, accept
two 1980 Journalistic
Awards from I LP A
Secretary-Treasurer Allen
Zack.
Carpenter Takes Two Awards
In Labor Press Competition
The Carpenter, your official journal,
has been informed that it is a winner in
the 1980 Journalistic Awards Contest of
the International Labor Press Associa-
tion.
In fact, it won in two categories — a
First Award for Best Front Cover and
an Award of Honor for General Excel-
lence.
There were 1,055 entries from 157
publications in the 1980 competition,
with 123 winning entries, according to
James Cesnik, president of ILPA. The
1980 contest judged journalistic perform-
ance during the 1979 calendar year.
The judges had this to say about our
winning entries:
• "The Carpenters can take pride in
this magazine. It combines national news
and local news and adds special reports
from Washington and Ottawa. The arti-
cles are brief and interesting and amply
illustrated."
• "The magazine consistently creates
some of the finest covers. The June 1979
cover (the winning cover) shows a paint-
ing of a carpenter's tool box and sur-
rounding the closed box are the various
tools of the carpenter's trade. Below the
excellent painting is a quotation on the
freedom, happiness and satisfaction in
doing one's best work."
In their overall report on the competi-
tion, the judges stated that the labor press
is doing a better job than ever of bringing
union members news of labor develop-
ments that is overlooked or distorted by
the mass media.
"Readers are getting a better sense
than ever before of the credibility and
reliability of the labor press, which is
effective as a countervailing force to the
daily news. . . . The high quality of the
writing stands out above all other fac-
tors," they said.
GET THE
JOB DONE
IN '81
Two Brother-
hood programs
need your con-
tinued support
during the new
year— VOC, the
Volunteer Organiz-
ing Committee
work in industrial
plants, and CHOP,
the Coordinated
Housing Organiz-
ing Program. More
members mean
more strength
when dealing with
employers at the
bargaining table.
Support the VOC
and CHOP pro-
grams in your
local union.
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Our award-winning cover of June 1979
was subsequently reproduced on a back
cover of The Carpenter. We have a
limited number of copies of this back
cover, as shown above, which are suitable
for framing and which may be obtained
by sending 504 '" coin to cover mailing
costs to: The Editor, The CARPENTER,
101 Constitution Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20001.
Gov't OfFicial-Member
Dies in Virginia
Chris W. Jorgensen, 74, a former gov-
ernment official and a retired partner in
a Virginia building design firm, died of
cancer recently.
Jorgensen, who lived in Arlington, Va.,
was born in Lake Forest, III., and grew
up in Racine, Wis. He became a carpen-
ter there and joined the Brotherhood, an
organization to which he belonged for 55
years. In the 1930s, he was president, of
the Racine Trades and Labor Council.
In 1936, be began his career with the
federal government as Wisconsin State
director of the Workers Education Pro-
gram, a project of the Works Progress
Administration. In 1942, he joined the
labor relations staff of the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
In 1946, he moved to V/ashington and
became a technical advisor on prefabri-
cated housing with the National Housing
Agency. Two years later, he went to
China as a labor attache with the State
Department. He was in Shanghai when
the Chinese Communists took over the
city toward the end of the overthrow of
the Chaing kai-Chek regime.
Mr. Jorgensen later was a specialist
on labor affairs for the U.S. High Com-
missioner in Germany.
In 1952, he returned to the Washing-
ton area and joined Hugh Johnson As-
sociates, Inc. He remained there until his
retirement in 1970, He later was a part-
time instructor at the Washington, D.C,
apprentice training center.
10
THE CARPENTER
A SUBMINIMUM WAGE, now being pushed by conservatives in Congress,
would threaten adults, minorities and women in low-wage occupations as
employers seek teenagers to take their places. Business strongly favors a youth
differential while labor sees it undermining the federal wage-hour law. The
issue will stir a legislative battle in the new Congress. This Los Angeles worker
is a member of the Service Employees. SEIU photo via PAI Photo Service.
Lower Wage Floor
for Youth
A 'Cure Worse
Than Ailment'
The following appeared as an edi-
torial in the Washington Post, Nov.
14, 1980.
" or several years the idea of legis-
lating a lower minimum wage for
youth has been simmering on the con-
gressional back burner, flaring up now
and then to throw terror into the heart
of organized labor. Although it is a
serious idea, Ronald Reagan's attempt
even to discuss the subject in the cam-
paign was greatly distorted and at-
tacked by his opponents. But now,
with Mr. Reagan elected and the Re-
publicans ascendant in the Senate,
Sen. Orrin Hatch, the heir-apparent to
the chairmanship of the Senate Labor
& Human Resources Committee, has
announced his intention to introduce
such a bill at the start of the new
session.
Economists keep emphasizing that a
strong economy is the biggest factor
in improving job prospects for the
young, but few would argue that low-
ering teen-age wages wouldn't increase
youth employment somewhat. The
question is how much and at what
cost — to whom?
SMALL PERCENTAGE
Available evidence, shows that each
10% decrease in the overall minimum
wage, relative to average manufactur-
ing wages, might increase youth em-
ployment by between 1 and 3%, and
somewhat more if the wage reduction
were limited to youth.
Translating this into expected levels
for 1981, you get a 25% reduction,
such as Sen. Hatch has proposed,
producing between 85,000 and 255,-
000 jobs for youth. If all the new jobs
were taken by youth currently in the
labor force, this would lower the youth
unemployment rate (now at 18.4%)
by less than 3 percentage points at the
outside.
Some and perhaps many of the ad-
ditional jobs for youth would come at
the expense of either school work or
. . . work formerly done by low-wage
adults. Neither prospect is appealing,
and in the latter case there are im-
mediate budget and social costs as
well. About 70% of low-wage work-
ers are adults and, unlike low-wage
teenagers, the great majority of them
are from lower income families. Many
have dependents to support. Displaced
from their jobs by relatively cheap
teenage labor, these adults and their
families are likely to end up on
unemployment or welfare rolls.
That brings us to one more ques-
tion. Is this really a problem requiring
government action now? It is true that
the measured youth unemployment
rate is high, relative to the adult rate.
But it is also true that a higher pro-
portion of youth are working than
ever before. About 46% of youth
aged 16 to 19 are now employed, even
in the midst of a recession, compared
with 38% 10 years ago. And very
few of these teen-agers are work-
ing because they really need to. Many
experts view high unemployment rates
among youth as a normal part of the
school-to-work transition. They also
say that demographics may solve the
youth unemployment problem as the
number of youths entering the labor
market in the next 10 years will de-
crease by over 4 million compared
with an increase of almost 3 million in
the last decade.
An urgent problem does exist
among minority youth, particularly in
inner cities. Black teen-age unemploy-
ment has been between 30% and
40% for the last several years, and
many more black than white youths
are both poor and out of school.
SUBURBAN BOUNTY
But it is the better equipped white
suburban youth who are likely to be
the main beneficiaries of youth wage
differentials. In fact, minority youth
might be made worse off as their low-
wage parents get displaced by youthful
job-takers.
Putting all this together, you can
conclude two things: One is that if
there is a long-run youth employment
problem (and we're not so sure there
is), it isn't clear that a youth sub-
minimum wage is the proper remedy
for it. The other is that it still isn't
clear that the side effects of the cure
wouldn't be worse than the original
ailment. This one looks to us like a
prime candidate for inaction.
JANUARY, 1981
11
The City of Hope National Medical Center from the air.
LABOR SUPPORTS
THE CITY OF HOPE
NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
You get a call from the doctor. The
lab report is back and the findings are
positive: you have cancer.
Your smoking habit has finally caught
up with you! The doctor says you have
emphysema!
Your little daughter hasn't been herself
lately. You've taken her for a check-up
and learned that she has . . . diabetes!
Where do you turn when these frighten-
ing catastrophic diseases hit your life?
Many thousands throughout America
contact the labor-supported City of Hope
National Medical Center at Duarte, Cali-
fornia. Here, personalized care of superb
quality is provided at no cost to patients
stricken with cancer, leukemia, emphy-
sema, diabetes, and many other dreaded
afflictions so widespread among working
people.
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners, together with the many other
International Unions throughout Amer-
ica, has pledged itself to local union
and district council support of this unique
medical facility that is so significantly
linked to the lives of working people.
Our support through voluntary contribu-
tions is vital to the sustenance of this
hospital's practice of providing medical
care without cost. It is essential to this
medical center's capability in research,
the seeking out of new knowledge of
these catastrophic diseases, the creation
of new technology for more effective
treatment, cure and prevention.
RESEARCH SUCCESSES
Progress made in research areas con-
tinually improves the quality of our lives.
This has been borne out by many re-
markable examples including the recent
breakthrough in diabetes. For genera-
lions, diabetics, for whom insulin is vital
to life, have depended on the natural
supply of insulin obtained from farm
animals. But the growing number of
diabetics (more than a million in Amer-
ica, today) has dramatically reduced this
source of supply and threatened a medi-
cal crisis of devastating proportions. This
frightening challenge was successfully
met by a brilliant team of City of Hope
scientists who created insulin in a labora-
tory, a feat that was heralded throughout
the entire world of medicine. As a result,
a world crisis has been eliminated, and
biological factories will soon meet the
fantastic needs of insulin by producing it
in mass quantities and at low cost.
Thousands of contributions to medical
science have emerged from the world-
famous research laboratories at the City
of Hope to benefit all humanity and in
all these significant advances, the trade
unionists of America, through their gen-
erous annual support of this medical
center, have played a dramatic role. No
other gesture could so remarkably sym-
bolize the philosophy to which we all
subscribe — "We Are Our Brother's
Keeper."
This philosophy has had new emphasis
over the past year in Occupational
Health, an arm of medicine urgently
needed in our industrial society. A grant
Continued on Page 38
Dr. Henry Rappaport, chairman
of Anatomic Pathology at the City of
Hope, checks slides of patients. An out-
standing cancer authority, Dr. Rappaport
also directs the National Pathology
Reference Center for Clinical Lymphoma
Studies.
A City of Hope research biochemist
works at a maze of test tubes, flasks and
columns to unravel the mysteries of
health and disease.
12
THE CARPENTER
The Evaluation Advisory Board for the Brotherhood's Industrial Safely and Health
Project held its first meeting on November 6 at the General Office in Washington,
D.C. Participants included the following, starting in the foreground, center, and going
clockwise, Walter Malakoff, staff economist; Andrea Hricko, parttime program con-
sultant; Dr. Edwin Holstein, parttime medical consultant; John Casinghino, represent- ■
ing Apprenticeship and Training Technical Director James Tinkcom; Assistant
General Counsel Kathy Krieger; Roger Sheldon, associate editor, The Carpenter;
Robert Pleasure, associate general counsel; Joseph L. Durst, Jr., director of the
project; Joseph Pinto, director of the Brotherhood's industrial department; and Mary
Davis, industrial department.
Regional OSHA Training Sessions
Set; Workplace Hazards Under Study
With funds recently granted by the
U.S. Department of Labor's Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Administration,
plus its own funds and facilities, the
Brotherhood's Industrial Department has
launched a major effort to identify and
combat hazards in the workplace and to
make members and management aware
of workplace dangers.
A series of training workshops have
already been scheduled at several loca-
tions, and plans for four others are on
the brink of confirmation. First sessions
were to be held in Lebanon, Eugene, and
Roseburg, Ore., and Tacoma, Wash.
Another session, with an estimated 100
local industrial leaders in attendance, has
been scheduled by the Indiana Industrial
Council for Lafayette, Ind. January 17.
Another gathering is set for Albuquer-
que, N.M., July 18, and still another by
the Midwestern Industrial Council on
April 24.
An evaluation advisory board com-
posed of "in house" and outside profes-
sional advisors and key staff personnel
met at the General Office in Washington
on November 6 to review activities per-
formed under the OSHA project since
last August and to consider future plans.
Board members heard a summary report
from Project Director Joseph L. Durst,
Jr., on the work of his office. Highlights
of that report included: plans for the
development of a research center and
library, a current review of training
materials from similar programs funded
by OSHA, the continuing search for
additional professional personnel, and
plans for extensive training materials to
be prepared and made available to
Brotherhood industrial local unions.
Special Assistant
For OSHA Program
Andrea M. Hricko has been appointed
to help launch the Brotherhood's re-
cently-funded occupational health and
safety program for industrial members.
She will work as a part-time assistant to
Health and Safety Director Joseph L.
Durst and will help to set up regional
training programs in hazard recognition
and control and to develop a manual on
workplace hazards faced by UBC in-
dustrial members.
Hricko has extensive experience in
training union representatives in occupa-
tional health and safety. From 1975 to
1979 she conducted labor-related health
and safety programs for the Labor
Occupational Health Program, which is
part of the University of California's
Center for Labor Research and Educa-
tion in Berkeley. While there she pub-
lished a handbook and co-produced a
documentary film on health and safety
for women at work, both of which have
been widely used in union programs. She
also served for two years on the Secre-
tary of Labor's National Advisory Com-
mittee on Occupational Safety and
Health. Hricko holds a Master's degree
in public health from the University of
North Carolina.
Andrea Hricko will help to set up
regional training programs. Here she
plans seminar locations on an office map.
Dr. Edwin Holstein of the Mount Sinai
School of Medicine in New York will
serve as physician consultant to the
OSHA program.
Medical Advisor
For OSHA Project
Edwin Holstein, M.D., instructor of
occupational and environmental health
in the Department of Community Medi-
cine at the Mount Sinai School of Medi-
cine, New York, will serve as a medical
advisor for the Brotherhood's recently-
funded occupational safety and health
project for industrial members. Holstein
works in the Mount Sinai School of
Medicine with another well-known oc-
cupational safety and health expert, Dr.
Irving J. Selikoff.
Holstein received his M.D. degree from
the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in
1971. He completed his internship and
junior and senior residencies in Internal
Medicine at Boston City Hospital and
his residency in Community Medicine at
Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Prior
to his medical education, Holstein re-
ceived a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Biology from Harvard University and a
Master of Science in Psychology from
M.I.T.
As physician consultant for the
Brotherhood's safety and health project,
Holstein will consult with an industrial
hygienist, including reviewing training
materials dealing with carcinogens and
other industrial health hazards. He will
design, with the industrial hygienist, a
Health Data Reporting System for the
local safety and health committees that
will help staff members to further iden-
tify workplace hazards. Finally, Holstein
will serve on the Evaluation Advisory
Board for the project and will serve as a
consultant on technical questions which
might arise during the study.
JANUARY, 1981
13
General Representatives Briefed in Two Week-Long Seminars
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General Officers and staff briefed the general representalives on the work ahead in
1981. At top left, General Treasurer Charles Nichols discusses financial planning and
legislation. Top right, General Secretary John Rogers and General President William
Konyha discuss general policies for the 80s. Lower left, Associate General Counsel
Robert Pleasure reviews legal developments. Lower right. Second General Vice
President Sigurd Lucassen and Asst's. to the Gen. Pres. Richard Cox and Jim Davis.
Intensive, week-long "leadership in-
stitutes" for the United Brotherhood's
general representatives were held in
November, under an official call from
General President William Konyha.
The general representatives, who are
normally on duty throughout every
region of the United States and Canada,
assembled in two separate groups for
refresher courses on arbitration pro-
cedures, work with the Impartial Dis-
putes Board, organizing, report writing,
and other subjects. In addition to five
full days of classroom work, the general
reps had two nights of "homework" in
which they researched arbitration cases
and did sample report writing.
The sessions were held October 26-31
and November 16-21 at the George
Meany Center for Labor Studies, an
extensive campus of classrooms and
dormitories maintained by the AFL-CIO
in the suburban community of Silver
Spring, Md., outside Washington, D.C.
Programs for the two institutes were
identical, except that the sessions on
arbitration during October were led by
Professor Mario Bognanno, and the
November sessions were under the lead-
ership of Professor Higdon Roberts.
General Officers and staff members
were assisted in their program presenta-
tion by Center Director Fred K. Hoehler,
Jr., and William Gillam and Gordon
Cole of the Center staff.
Seattle Local Has Mementos of Its Own for Brotherhood's Centennial Observance
Next August, the United Brotherhood
will mark its 100th birthday in spectacular
ceremonies at the 34th General Conven-
tion in Chicago — city of our birthplace.
As the anniversary approaches, many
local unions and district, state, and
provincial councils are digging into their
early records and storerooms for memo-
rabilia from the early days of their
organizations.
Local 131, Seattle, Wash., has turned
up many noteworthy items of historical
value, including those shown at left:
Top left: An early union banner
mounted, framed and now on display.
Top right: Secretary-Treasurer Robert
Simon shows the local's antique but still
serviceable office safe.
Lower left: The original stained-glass
emblem which in 1906 was on the east
wall of the local's second home —
Seattle's old Ritz Hotel.
Lower right: The original membership
books and records of the local union
from October, 1897, to the present stand
atop an historic old wooden filing cabinet
which goes back to the beginnings of the
local. The original due-book file is the
top left portion of the cabinet. The top
right hand portion was added in 1940,
and the bottom half was added in 1945.
The local union also has many early
photographs and additional historical
records.
14
THE CARPENTER
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First
Seminar
Group
of
General
Representatives
Fred Hoehler, Jr., director of the George Meany Labor Studies Center, front row, left,
{in the light-colored jacket) with General Officers Campbell, Konyha, and Rogers and the
following general representatives: First row, from left, on the steps, Lloyd Larsen, Carmichael,
Calif.; Mitchell McCandless, Calvert City, Ky.; E. Louis Heath, Tucson, Ariz.; George Henegar,
Chattanooga, Tenn.; Patrick Mattel, Richmond, B.C.; Thomas Strickland, Savannah, Ga.; Fred
Carter, Cedar Hill, Tex.; Fred Purifoy, Conway, Ark.; John W. Pruitt, Riverton, III.; Samuel
Ruggiano, Fulton, N.Y.; and Leo Petri, Uniontown, O. Second row, from left: Edward Ryan,
Toronto, Ont. {partly hidden from camera); Al Rodriquez, Santa Fe, N.M.; John L. Diver,
Washington, D.C.; Warren Grimm, New Brighton, Pa.; H. P. Johnson, Casper, Wyo.; Leonard
Zimmerman, Lansing, Mich.; Paul Cecil, San Diego, Calif.; Guy D. Adams, Olympia, Wash.;
R. H. Clay, Falkville, Ala.; Edward McGufJee, Utica, Miss.; James Hunt, North Merrick,
L.I., N.Y.; Norman Neilan, Pierre, S.D.; E. Jimmy Jones, North Miami, Fla.; Eugene Shoehigh,
Omaha, Neb.; and Michael Beckes, Girard, O.
I
Second
Seminar
Group
of
General
Representatives
Shown with Center Director Hoehler and two of the General Officers, in front, are the following
general representatives: First row, from left, Robert Harris, Kalispell, Mont.; George Walish,
Newtown Square, Pa.; Richard Griffin, Shrewsbury, Mass.; Gene Hill, Shreveport, Im.; William
Michalowski, Laurel Springs, N.J.; Dean Sooter, Rolla, Mo.; G. A. McNeil, Austin, Tex.; Wayne
Pierce, Salinas, Calif.; Guy Dumoidin, St. Basile le Grand, Que.; William Bronson, Auburn, N.Y.
Second row, from left, Leo Fritz, Saskatoon, Sask.; Paul Welch, Brighton, Colo.; Paid Richards,
Waterford, Calif.; Ben Collins, El Pa.w, Tex.; William Nipper, Riverdale, Ga.; Neil Hapworth,
Winslow, Me.; Derrick Manson, Willowdale, Ont.; Pavel Urgel, North Hollywood, Calif.;
Carl Soderquist, Stoneham, Mass.; Howard Christensen, St. Paid, Minn.; Morris Eastland,
Gardner, Kans.; Robert Salter, Cincinnati, O.; Ronald Stadler, Madison, Wis.; John McMillan,
Warren, Mich.; and Robert Welty, West Elizabeth, Pa.
JANUARY, 1981
15
Ottavra
Report
10,000 SAY: "ONTARIO CAN WORK"
Ten thousand trade unionists from
across Ontario marched on Queen's Park
October 18 to demand government action
on escalating layoffs, plant shutdowns,
and public sector cutbacks.
The demonstration was the kick-off to
an Ontario Federation of Labour cam-
paign around the theme "Ontario Can
Work."
Addressing the crowd, OFL president
Cliff Filkey took issue with legisla-
tion to deal with plant closings,
introduced by Labour Minister Robert
Elgie only four days before the rally.
Filkey said the legislation does not
meet the OFL's four major demands:
justification by corporations of shut-
downs and major layoffs; legislation to
provide severance pay in the amount of
one week's wages for each year of serv-
ice; six month's mandatory notice of
termination; and fully portable
pensions.
Filkey also condemned Prime Minister
Trudeau and the provincial premiers for
focussing their efforts on the consti-
tution.
"We want them to recognize a program
of full employment as a top priority,"
he said.
HUSBANDS AND PENSIONS
The Canadian Advisory Council on the
Status of Women recently reported
another "put down" of male workers.
Husbands are no substitute for a good
pension, declared the council, which
found that the ancient myth among mar-
ried women that they'll always have a
husband to look after them is the major
cause of widespread poverty among
Canada's widows.
MINISTRY OF FORESTS FINED
The Ministry of Forests has been
fined $6,300 by the British Columbia
Workers' Compensation Board for non-
compliance of the province's safety
regulations. The fines came following
complaints by the B.C. Government Em-
ployees' Union that the government's
poor safety record could be attributed
to a lack of accountability in individ-
ual ministries.
"We're talking about millions of dol-
lars each year due to time lost from
accidents and disease," said BCGEU
president Norm Richards. "Because the
government is exempt from premium as-
sessments per worker, unlike private
companies in the province, there is
much less accountability when it comes
to safety."
He added that by incorporating direct
premium assessments to government min-
istries, the niimber of accidents caus-
ing death and injury would be cut
drastically and there would be a size-
able saving to B.C. taxpayers.
"The BCGEU wants to cut out this
'blank cheque' philosophy where WCB
claims are paid at the end of the year
out of general revenues by the Ministry
of Finance," Richards said. "Our union
would like to commend the WCB Inspec-
tion Department for reinforcing the
1974 government decision that min-
istries are not exempt from penalty."
DEFENDING PUBLIC WORKERS
To most editorialists the solution is
easy: ban all strikes in the public
sector.
That simplistic answer to a very
complex question gets short shrift in a
new book by the former chairman of the
British Columbia Labour Relations
Board.
Paul Weiler says that a strike ban
strips a union of its main countervail-
ing force in negotiating with an em-
ployer that may not be willing to bar-
gain in good faith. And anything that
replaces the strike — whether it's com-
pulsory arbitration or final offer
selection — simply isn't as effective
in promoting serious negotiations
which promote hard bargaining.
'STRIKE' -QU'EST-CE QUE C'EST?
When 1,200 members of the federal
government's translators' union were
ready to walk off their jobs in a
recent pay dispute, they were fas-
cinated to discover that the federal
mediator assigned to handle their case
was named Kenneth Strike.
16
THE CARPENTER
Metal Trades Parley Presses For
Revival of Shipbuilding Industry
A coordinated campaign to revive
the American shipbuilding industry
and creation of a stronger trade union
structure to unify collective bargaining
were the basic goals established by the
AFL-CIO Metal Trades Dept.'s first
national shipbuilding conference.
More than 150 delegates from MTD
councils on both coasts, as well as in
Gulf and Great Lakes ports, attended
the two-day meeting. The councils
hold bargaining rights at both private
and federal shipyards.
Although seven guest experts from
labor, industry, government and the
Navy addressed the sessions, the basic
work of the conference, as MTD Pres-
ident Paul J. Burnsky predicted in his
keynote address, was done in four
simultaneous workshops, which met
the first afternoon and reported the
following morning.
The four workshops, and their pro-
posals, were:
Legislative. Formation of an MTD
legislative committee made up of one
member from each of the 23 affiliated
international unions, to coordinate
labor and public support for congres-
sional action on build-American and
other measures to strengthen the ship-
building industry.
Collective bargaining. Creation or
activation of regional conferences in
each of the four coastal areas; a meet-
ing of their leadership with the MTD
president to establish better communi-
cations, coordinated bargaining, a
common contract expiration date and
ultimately, uniform contract terms.
(The West Coast councils already bar-
gain with an employer association for
a standard area agreement.)
Organizing. A comprehensive pro-
gram in each council, not only to sign
up workers in "right-to-work" states
and federal installations where union
shops are banned, but to educate
members who are duespayers without
being committed. (The committee pre-
pared a detailed outline for such a
program, designed for distribution to
the councils.)
Federal sector. Separate resolutions
denounced "continued anti-union tac-
tics" by federal agencies; called for
full use by councils of The Executive
Order extending OSHA rights to fed-
eral establishments, and urged active
support of legislation restricting con-
tracting-out of federal work.
Kenneth Young, executive assistant
to AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland,
led off a list of guest speakers. Others
who addressed the conference were
John Nachtsheim, assistant administra-
tor for the Maritime Administration;
Edwin M. Hood, president of the Ship-
builders Council of America; Vice Ad-
miral Edward P. Travers, vice chief of
Naval Materiel, and Ray A. Meyer,
attorney adviser of the U.S. delega-
tion to the United Nations Commis-
sion on the Law of the Sea.
Adm. Isaac Campbell Kidd Jr. (re-
tired), former NATO commander and
chief of the Atlantic fleet, spoke of
the Navy's strategical and tactical
position.
Frank Drozak, president of the
Maritime Trades Dept. and the SIU,
called for wholehearted cooperation
among all unions with maritime inter-
ests on all aspects of the continuing
maritime problem.
Brotherhood participants in the National Shipbuilding Conference are shown above,
with two MTD leaders. From left, tlie group includes: Elvet Whitelocic, bus. rep.,
Local 470, Tacoma, Wash.; Gerald Davis, fin. sec. Local 2431, Long Beach, Calif.;
Frank Rodriguez, Local 2431, Long Beach, Calif.; Hurley R. Guillotte, fin. sec. and
bus. rep.. Local 569, Pascagoula, Miss.; Paul Burnsky, president, AFL-CIO Metal
Trades Dept.; Joseph Pinto, director. Brotherhood industrial department; Roger
Dawley, Local 1302, New London, Conn.; Saul Stein, Local 132, Washington, D.C,
research and education director, MTD; Ted Knudson, fin. sec. and bus. rep.. Local
1149, San Francisco, Calif.; and Gerald Krahn, Pacific Coast Marine Council.
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Federal lauu Entitles Veterans
To Seruice Credit far Pensians
The Labor Department's Office of
Veteran's Reemployment Rights
(OVRR) reported that it opened
2,134 cases based on worker com-
plaints during the fiscal year which
ended September 30. A total of 2,144
cases were closed in the same period.
Some 30 million veterans and nearly
1 million reservists are entitled to
various kinds of job and pension rights
under federal law. However, appar-
ently not too many veterans are aware
of the law.
The following real-life examples
show how the law helps the veteran
and how the government will provide
free legal aid, if necessary.
• Airline mechanic Benjamin R.
Kidder thought his union contract en-
titled him to holiday pay for Memor-
ial Day, even though he was on leave
that day training with his National
Guard Unit. When the company re-
fused to pay him, he took his case to
court.
• Raymond E. Davis, a retired
power company employee, believed
his 30 months of military service dur-
ing World War II should have been
included in figuring the amount of his
pension benefits. He also went to
court.
• Jerry W. Earls thought his sen-
iority as a journeyman boilermaker
should be assigned from the date he
would have completed his apprentice-
ship had he not taken time out for
military service, rather than from the
date several years later when he ac-
tually completed the apprenticeship.
He asked the court to decide the issue.
Each man won his case. The courts
ruled that Kidder should receive his
holiday pay, that Davis should get a
larger pension, and that Earls should
be assigned the earlier seniority date.
In each case, the decision was based
on provisions of the federal veterans'
reemployment rights law — an em-
ployee protection law administered by
the U.S. Department of Labor.
The purpose of the reemployment
rights law is to ensure that men and
women who serve in their country's
military forces do not lose their jobs
or other employment benefits because
of such service. The law basically en-
titles veterans to reinstatement by their
pre-service employers with the sen-
iority, status and rate of pay they
would have attained with reasonable
certainty if they had not gone into the
military.
The law also protects reservists and
National Guard members from being
discharged or denied any usual ad-
vantages of their employment because
of their Guard or reserve activities.
The courts have also held that they
must be treated "as though they were
still at work" and equally with other
employees in regard to such things as
the opportunity to work overtime or
the right to work a full 40-hour week.
To be entitled to reemployment
rights, a veteran must: (1) leave a
position, other than a temporary posi-
tion, to enter military training or serv-
ice; (2) serve satisfactorily for periods
not exceeding the time limits specified
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UIE [OnCRRTULnTE
. . . those members of our Brotherhood who, in recent weeks, have been named
or elected to public offices, have won awards, or who have, in other ways "stood
out from the crowd." This month, our editorial hat is off to the following:
Camp for Underprivileged, Handicapped
Carpenter journeymeti and apprentices of the Western Pennsylvania Council donated
their time to the rebuilding of Camp Variety in Warrendale, Pa. Over 50 of our
members, along with other members of the Building Trades gave of their time and
skills on weekends to remodel and rebuild Camp Variety which aids underprivileged
and handicapped children. — Photo by The Western Pennsylvania Carpenter
WHITTLED ORNAMENTS
The six-Foot Christmas tree at the
home of Sherman Findley, retired 30-
year member of Local 1243, Fairbanks,
Ak., now living in Portland, Ore., is cov-
ered with 800 individual wooden orna-
ments, carved with a pocket knife by
Brother Findley over the years.
TOP TOOL COLLECTOR
Kenneth Runkle, Business Agent for
Local 215, Lafayette, Ind., was elected
President of the Mid-West Tool Collec-
tors' Association at a meeting held in
Memphis, Tenn., October 11.
The Mid-West Tool Collectors' Asso-
ciation was founded in May, 1968. The
purpose of the organization is to promote
the preservation, study and understand-
ing of ancient tools, implements and de-
vices of the farm, home, industry, and
shop of the pioneers;
• To study the crafts in which these
objects were used and the craftsmen who
used them;
• To share knowledge and understand-
ing with others, especially where it may
benefit restorations, museums, and like
institutions;
• To accomplish this in the spirit of
fun and fellowship.
As of October, the organization had
1,005 members. It has members in 44 of
the 50 states, the District of Columbia,
Canada, and England.
Members acquire tools by going to
flea markets, farm sales, auctions, an-
tique shops, buying, selling, and trading
with the Club or from a friend who says
"he had something hanging out in the
garage or barn that belonged to Grand-
father and I don't know what it is, come
on over and get it."
If you'd like to join, write Runkle,
c/o Local 215, 658 Main St., Lafayette,
Ind. 47901.
TWIN CITIES GRANTS
For the second successive year, 15
$600 tuition-assistance scholarships were
awarded by the Twin City, Minn., Car-
penters District Council, to children of
local union members affiliated with the
council. Awards go to eight girls and
seven boys.
The winners were selected by the dis-
trict council's scholarship committee,
consisting of Bill Lukawski, Local 1644,
chairman; Leonard Brandt, Local 7; Ray
Hamer, Local 548; Joseph Hammes,
Local 596; Russell Domino, Local 851;
Arnold Martin, Local 889; Jerry Beedle,
Local 87; Ken Tschida, Local 1252; and
Peter Budge, Local 1865. The commit-
tee collaborates with the University of
Minnesota's Department of Financial
Assistance personnel in selecting the win-
ning candidates.
Seven scholarships are designated for
the University of Minnesota and eight
for other colleges in the area. Applicants
may choose any one of the schools in
these categories.
BUILD HOME RAMP
Brotherhood members donated their
skills to build a ramp for Don Snider, a
multiple sclerosis victim confined to a
wheelchair. The project was arranged
through the labor liaison of the Porter
County United Way at Valparaiso, Ind.
From Local 1485 are, from left: Business
Agent Wayne Glotfelty, Floyd Hood and
Jim GrofJ.
SHOOTS 72 AT 72
Frank Punda, right, of Local 1837,
Babylon, N.Y., recently played a
72-stroke game at the Brentwood Golf
Course on Long Island, N.Y. At age
72, that's good golfing. The club pro,
Bill Luzi, congratulates him.
JANUARY, 1981
19
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Amarillo Marks Its 75th Anniversary
Way back in 1905, when the Texas Panhandle was Southwest frontier. Local 665
was chartered. To mark the 75th anniversary, 550 members of the local union, wives,
contractors, and friends assembled for a banquet October 16. The picture at right
shows Bus. Rep. Bill Nielsen with the local's legal counsel, Tom Upchurch.
Illinois State's Attorney Thanks for Support
^'- COfVJVEnOXIOfM
Wliile the recent General Election returns nationally were not to labor's favor, voters
in Cook County, III., elected a longtime friend of the Carpenters and all of organized
labor as state's attorney. He is former State Senator Richard M . Daley, the son of
the late, great Mayor Richard J . Daley. The new state's attorney, now chief legal
officer of Cook County, visited the 52nd annual convention of the Illinois State
Council of Carpenters to express thanks for the support given by the Chicago District
Council of Carpenters in his campaign. From left: General President William Konyha,
Third District Board Member Anthony Ochocki, President Don Gorman of the
Illinois State Council; Secretary-Treasurer Jack Zeilinga of the Illinois State Council;
Richard M . Daley; Secretary-Treasurer Wesley Isaacson of the Chicago District
Council; General Treasurer Charles E. Nichols; and George Vest, Jr., president,
Chicago District Council.
New Local Paper
For Orange County
The eight Brotherhood locals in Orange
County. Calif., are now publishing The
Orange County Carpenter, a lively little
four-page newspaper, containing union
and industry news for their members.
Distributed by mail through the Santa
Ana, Calif., Post Office, the paper covers
apprenticeship training, collective bar-
gaining, boycotts, and much more.
Advance Millwork
Picketing Continues
The Central Illinois District Council is
continuing its picketing efforts at Advance
Millwork Co., Peoria, 111., in an effort to
negotiate a new contract. The company
has been charged with unfair labor prac-
tices. In an attempt to discourage
picketers, the company is encouraging
suppliers and customers to cross the
picket lines.
Local 35 Retirees
Aid History EfFort
As the Brotherhood approaches its
centennial observance, next August, many
local unions are beginning to assemble
historical material about their organiza-
tion and their industry.
Retired members of Local 35, San
Rafael, Calif., are aiding in the effoil.
Frank Baptiste, a 52-year member, has
dug up a book published in 1935 which
shows members of the Brotherhood at
work on the Golden Gate Bridge. W.
Scovill, past recording secretary, has
compiled some data related to the merger
of Local 1710 of Mill Valley, Calif., with
Local 35 in 1956.
Local 35's retirees' club is open to any
retired Brotherhood member, according
to Baptiste. Dues are $1 per month.
1981 Promotion
The Massachusetts State Council has
begun early promotion of the Brother-
hood's centennial observance with a
21 J -inch-wide pin, like the one above,
which Bay Slaters are wearing on and
off the job.
20
THE CARPENTER
Hard Work, 'Folded' Feelings Mark Progress
Of Three Women Members of the Union
A decade or two ago, it was almost
unheard of for a woman to enter the
rank-and-file as a carpenter, a dock-
builder, or a millwright. But things are
changing. The Brotherhood recognizes
three women, in particular, who have
joined its ranks in the name of hard
work.
Twenty-eight-year-old Renee Doner of
Local 5, St. Louis, Mo., was the first
woman in her local's 96-year history to
enter the union through the apprentice-
ship program. Initiated into the union
in August, 1979, Doner now works as
a trim carpenter for Waterhout Construc-
tion Co.
With a bachelor of arts degree in
sociology from Washington University in
St. Louis, Doner found a tight job mar-
ket for sociologists. She became interested
in the construction industry and applied
for an apprenticeship with Local 5. Doner
likes her job because she feels she "can
be creative."
Laurie O'Gara is also a notable "first."
She is the first fuUbook, card-carrying
female dockbuilder in Local 1456, New
York, N.Y. Since she joined Local 1456,
O'Gara has worked both as a welder and
a dockbuilder. She recently completed
one heavy construction job on the Long
Island Sound. Previously a member of an
Ohio piledrivers local and a trail bike
rider and sky diver in her spare time,
O'Gara also holds a certificate for
hard-hat diving and for scuba diving
instructing.
Kathleen White of Local 1102, Detroit,
Mich., works as a millwright — a rare
occupation for a woman. She has re-
paired boilers in
power plants, over-
layed turbines in
steel plants, and in-
stalled nuclear tur-
bines in nuclear
power complexes.
Before her work she
"had never seen a
chain fall, a come-
along, a micrometer,
a welding rod or
leed, or an oxyacetylene torch," but to-
day these tools are part of her daily life.
White finds that "work is hard, the
hours are long, but it all pays off in the
end." She has special advice for women
entering the Building Trades — "Take your
feelings, fold them up into a small, small
piece of material, put them in a little
match box, and put them in a safe place
until you return home. There is no place
in the trades for hurt feelings."
Attend your local union meetings
regularly. Your voice and vote are needed
in the deliberations of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America.
White
Laurie O'Gara of Local 1456, New York
City, prepares for a welding job aboard
ship. She is a dockbuilder and holds a
commercial diving certificate.
Renee Doner, the first female apprentice
of Carpenters Local 5, St. Louis, Mo.,
was welcomed into the union by Fin. Sec.
Rey Binder. With them, from left, are
Jesse Favier, trustee: Bob Busch, vice
president; the late Ed Thien, business
representative; Norman Otto, recording
secretary; and Fred Wellmann,
conductor.
Kansas City Trains
Proper Laser Usage
The increasing use of laser equipment
in construction is causing concern, be-
cause lasers can be dangerous if not used
correctly.
The Kansas City, Mo., Carpenters'
District Council recently held workshops
on the safe use of laser equipment in the
construction industry.
The district council safety committee
invited all interested parties representing
crafts on projects involving building
tradesmen to attend the workshop.
The two-hour workshops were con-
ducted by Mike Larson, on assignment
from the Office of the Director of OSHA,
Washington, D.C. Almost 500 building
tradesmen attended the sessions.
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Piasecki Aircraft of Philadelphia is de-
veloping a new, heavyduty airship which
could spare the US logging industry
thousands of dollars and hours of time
by as early as 1982.
Called a heli-stat, the airship will be
a cross between a helicopter and a blimp.
It will consist of four helicopters, joined
together by a metal frame. Above them
will be attached a helium-filled bag, or
aerostat, longer than a football field, de-
signed to add lifting power. For extra
mobility and speed, the helicopters will
be fitted with small propellers instead of
the customary tail rotors.
This new vehicle will eliminate the ex-
pensive process of road-building in re-
mote areas where log harvesting is neces-
sary. The airship will be able to lift 25
tons of logs at a time. It will be cheaper
to operate than a helicopter, which eco-
nomically can only be flown a mile with
a full eight-ton load of logs.
If the helistat proves successful, other
heavyweight airships could follow. The
US Navy is interested in a behemoth that
could lift 75 tons of cargo from ships
and carry it to inland points up to 200
miles away. According to Norman
Mayer, a National Aeronautics and Space
Administration official, this would espe-
cially benefit countries without ports or
direct access to the sea.
The US Coast Guard is also consider-
ing a smaller airship which would be
powered by three or four tiltable engines
that could push the vehicle forward at
60 mph or enable it to hover or take off
and land much like a helicopter. This
airship, able to stay out for 8 to 24-hour
periods, would be used to police the 200-
mile fishing limit and to carry out search
and rescue missions, tasks that are more
expensive with conventional ships and
helicopters.
Senior Citizens Seek
Building Funds
The National Council of Senior Citi-
zens, NCSC, a non-profit organization
serving the cause of America's elderly,
has appealed to the Brotherhood for sup-
port of the National Senior Citizen Cen-
ter Building Fund.
Rising ofRce rents are threatening the
NCSC's present location in Washington,
D.C. And growing demands for office
space by Big Business lobbying groups,
public relations firms, and political action
committees are forcing rents to spiral
even higher. For these groups, office
rent can be written off as a "business
expense."
The only way that organizations such
as the NCSC can solve their rent prob-
lems and remain in the nation's capital
is to buy their own offices.
Consequently, the NCSC has made a
downpayment on a building it hopes to
occupy in June, 1981. It has set a fund-
raising goal of one million dollars.
Donations of as little as $25.00 could
Continued on Page 38
MYTH OF THE MONTH
'Unions are too powerful'
This is one myth you want to
approach very carefully.
How much power, for instance,
is too much power?
For a right-wing politician court-
ing votes and contributions from
the captains of industry, any union
power is too much power.
For an assembly-line worker in
a noisy, hot and dirty factory, who
feels shoved around by manage-
ment, there's no such thing as too
much union power.
Unions are powerful. We can
make a multinational corporation
nervous, command the attention of
the presidency, get good contract
settlements out of skinflint man-
agements most of the time, get
good social legislation passed that
benefits all Americans.
But we're not exactly the raven-
ing monsters that union-busters like
to depict. Even the largest unions
in terms of size and resources pale
by comparison with multinational
corporations. We still represent
only one fourth of America's
workers. We still have a ways to
go before working conditions in
America are Utopian.
But don't tell anyone. Let the
right-wingers keep screaming about
how extremely powerful we are.
Maybe it will turn into a self-
fulfilling prophecy.
— Ken Germanson,
Allied Industrial Worker
22
THE CARPENTER
nppREnncESHip & TRRininc
CAMPBELL
Campbell Reports
Progress in
Apprenticeship
First General Vice President Patrick J.
Campbell keynoted the recent Appren-
ticeship Training Conference in Cleve-
land, O., in an address which reviewed
some of the progress in apprenticeship
and training during the late 1970s and
the year just ended. His words are timely
and to the point. The full text of his
address follows:
I have had a long and steady interest
in training — ever since, in fact, I served
my own apprenticeship, back in the good
old days. I had very practical related
training. We measured, and cut, and fit
until it satisfied the journeyman who
taught us. We had practical lessons. No
lectures. A pre-PETS kind of PETS. This
was before programs in the 50's and 60's
got sophisticated and bookish. Conse-
quently, I was very pleased to see the
PETS program develop, and take us back
to the practical training.
These Conferences are very important
to us. Eleven years ago at the General
Office we conducted a series of instruct-
ors seminars. In 1969 and 1970 over
1,000 apprenticeship instructors and co-
ordinators came to the General Office
for these sessions.
As a result of those meetings, 10 years
ago, in 1970 at the Contest in Denver,
we started these Conferences on a one-
day basis prior to the Contest. Interest
was high. We expanded the Conference
to two days of sessions. Six years ago we
added the Midyear Conferences which
are also successful and well attended.
Each Conference has contributed to our
progress.
These Conferences have provided a
structure for us to directly learn from
you what are your problems and what
are your successes. From our discussions
with you we became fully aware of our
affiliate programs and their operation.
We became aware of your problems and
of your solution. By pooling our infor-
mation great progress has been made.
Those of you who remember the be-
ginning can recall with me how far we
have come.
RESTRUCTURED RATING
Let's look at some of our develop-
ments. A first major adjustment was re-
structuring the rating form. The old rat-
ing form admitted inexperienced people
with emphasis on their book ability. The
new rating form emphasizes work exper-
ience, military experience, and pre-job
training.
A second important development, was
our definition for you, of appropriate
disciplinary action, and the proper pro-
cedure for dismissing an apprentice from
training. Our definition reduced the prob-
ability of successful legal action against
the local committee, the local union,
the management association, and the
General Office.
A third adjustment was getting the De-
partment of Labor to recognize "intent
to hire" as a practical means of appren-
ticeship selection. Programs that have
adopted this process are able to get
greater numbers of apprentices into em-
ployment, are better able to meet their
affirmative action plans for women and
minorities, and are, further, admitting
into apprenticeship persons who want to
work — many of whom come from the
nonunion work force, and are already
work hardened and who appreciate the
training opportunity.
PETS IMPLEMENTED
The most significant development has
been the implementation of the Perform-
ance Evaluated Training System. Most of
our affiliate programs have adopted this
system and are having a great success
with it. I want to commend those of
you who have adopted PETS, on your
initiative, your dedication, and your vigor.
Your immediate action greatly impressed
us. As you saw the opportunity to get
practical training for your apprentices,
you found the time and the money to
get it rolling. We are aware it was not
easy for you to adopt the new system.
We are aware it took a great deal of
work and planning and effort. We com-
mend you on these efforts. You have
done a very good job.
Continued on Page 24
1980 Contest Candids
Contestant Number 15 pins an identify-
ing number to the shirt of a fellow
contestant, as they are about to be
briefed on their manipulative test.
Two hard-working contest judges not
shown in the group pictures published in
our December issue: Jack Tarbutt of
Hamilton, Ont., UBC, left and Larry
Meehan of Toronto, a management
representative, right.
Points are scored by contestants in the
annual International Apprenticeship
Contest when they have the proper tools
and they are in good order. This was the
floor array of one millwright apprentice.
JANUARY, 1981
23
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Put a Brofherhood emblem
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hard hat. Your local union can now
order Hard Hat Emblem Cecals
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CAMPBELL
Continued from Page 23
PETS has caught the attention of
people throughout the industry and even
throughout the world. We have had re-
quests from the Japanese and from the
Saudi Arabians for the use of our ma-
terial. Since it was developed with per
capita funding, for the need of our
affiliate members, we have not released
the material. We felt complimented, but
we also knew our obligation to our mem-
bership.
Objective research people have been
looking at PETS and evaluated it very
positively. Specific research done for the
Department of Labor by Kerschner Asso-
ciates indicates that PETS is a great
improvement over the traditional type of
training. This research also indicates that
the only — and I repeat only — true per-
formance based training program in
existence is your own PETS program.
RESEARCHER'S REPORT
A further recommendation of PETS is
given by objective research in the report
on the condition of apprenticeship inter-
nationally done for the Department of
Labor by Dr. Reuben. Dr. Reuben states
that PETS is a most significant develop-
ment in apprenticeship in the interna-
tional scene and recommends the adop-
tion of our process by other craft areas.
As I stated above, I am happy with
our progress. We look forward to more
future positive adjustments.
For this Conference discussion topics
of primary importance are: the need for
pre-apprenticeship training. Persons ac-
cepted into apprenticeship with no prior
work experience or training experience
in the industry, are greatly benefited by
a pre-apprenticeship experience that
allows them to develop basic tool skills,
basic measurement skills, and familiari-
zation with basic processes. Employers
are more likely to keep people who come
into beginning work ready to go to work.
There are some interesting pre-apprentice-
ship programs already developed. Chi-
cago began this training years ago as
have others. We are going to discuss
ways of establishing pre-apprenticeship
training at this Conference.
RECORD KEEPING
Record keeping is another item that
needs discussion and possible adjustment.
Some record keeping has become burden-
some, time consuming, and money con-
suming. We should look at the record
keeping system and keep only those
records that are needed.
The next major undertaking of my
office is the establishment of central
training facilities. It is our wish to estab-
lish, around the country, training facili-
ties complete with shops, living quarters,
and mess facilities and staffed by experi-
enced journeymen instructors. To these
centers, affiliate programs could send
their apprentices on a buy-in basis, for
blocks of time. At this facility, we could
Vice President Campbell talks with a
television news reporter during the recent
1980 International Carpentry Apprentice-
ship Contest in Cleveland, O.
offer training in pile driving, millwright-
ing, cabinet making, floor covering, as
well as carpentry. Some programs find
the cost of developing adequate shops,
etc., prohibitive. It has deterred them
from perfecting their manipulative train-
ing. We feel the central training facility
would be very effective if properly de-
veloped. In combination with the PETS
program we could do a real training job.
Training has become big business. Our
competition — the nonunion sector — is
spending vast amounts of money to de-
velop training. They are spending millions
just for instructional material, and in
some places the AGO and ABC are
going in together. Our own programs are
spending vast amounts of money on
training. These Conferences are one of
the ways in which we make our funding
expenditures throughout the year more
productive. As I review our affiliate pro-
grams, and their individual progress, I
can see which program administrators
have seriously attended the Conferences,
contributed to the proceedings, and prof-
ited by the discussions. I commend you
hard-working dedicated program directors
for your efforts and your support. I am
sure this Conference will be productive
for you.
It is my pleasure to be with you and
to work with you. We will not let the
competition catch us asleep.
Beware Promoters
on Labor's Birthday
The AFL-CIO has issued a warning
that "some unscrupulous and unethical
promoters" may sell advertising or
merchandise to exploit the federation's
commemoration during 1981 of the 100th
anniversary of the labor movement.
"The AFL-CIO commemoration will
not include any type of 100th anniversary
program, 'special edition' newspapers,
anniversary directory or any other type
of publication which contains advertis-
ing." declared AFL-CIO Information
Director Saul Miller and Centennial
Coordinator Lee White.
They said the AFL-CIO will take legal
action against anyone pursuing such
activities in the name of the federation.
They urged all unions to make unsuspect-
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notify the Better Business Bureau or
local law officials in the event of any
suspect advertising offers.
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THE CARPENTER
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Stop winter from making it rougher
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piping hot right up to lunchtime.
For a free copy of "Safe Brown Bag
Lunches" write to: Information Div.,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 26 Fed-
eral Plaza (Rm. 1653), New York, N.Y.
10278.
• Hotline offers
energy answers
A new Hotline on consumer energy
problems has been established by the
Department of Energy under its Energy
Crisis Intervention Program. The Hotline
will not provide direct information but
will act as an information and referral
service — telling callers which agencies
are taking care of specific problems, and
what numbers to call.
So, if you feel you've been over-
charged for home heating oil or for gaso-
line at the local pumps, call the Hotline.
They'll also supply the correct numbers
to contact for information on financial
aid in paying home heating bills, where
to obtain fuel oil, tax credits for solar
energy, advice on home insulation, and
other energy-related matters. The na-
tional toll-free Hotline number is 800-
424-9246. People living in the Washing-
ton, D.C., metropolitan area should call
653-3437.
• Help available for
home healthcare
Fifty years ago it was common prac-
tice for people to be cared for in their
homes when they were ill or recuperating
from an injury, but in later years it has
become more common to remain in a
hospital or nursing home. Now, the trend
is being reversed, because home care can
have emotional, financial, and medical
advantages for both patients and families.
Unfortunately, health services in the
home aren't always available at a reason-
able cost. A limited number of visits are
offered under Medicare's home health
service program. Communities vary
greatly in this area, but many have good
programs offering visiting nursing care,
chore help, physical and speech therapy,
family counseling, and transportation to
medical appointments.
The National Council for Homemaker-
Home Health Aide Services, 67 Irving
Place, New York, New York 10003,
maintains a nationwide listing of home
care services. The Home Health Services
and Staffing Association, Suite 205, 1101
15th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20005, maintains a listing of proprietary
home-care services.
• Thermostats For
State Tax Credits
Automatic thermostats are among a
number of energy conservation products
that qualify in five states for tax bene-
fits in addition to the federal tax credits.
The federal conservation credit is 15%
of the cost of the setback thermostat.
State tax laws vary, but Colorado and
Oregon allow credits of 20 and 25%,
respectively. Thermostats qualify for tax
deductions in Arkansas, Montana and
South Carolina.
Tax credits are subtracted directly
from the total income tax due. Tax de-
ductions are subtracted from gross in-
come, before the tax is computed.
Automatic thermostats are used to set
the temperature up or down while the
family is sleeping or away from the
house, according to Honeywell, Inc.'s
manager of markets. Cliff Moulton. Sav-
ings in automatically setting tempera-
tures back range from 9 to 30% of en-
ergy use, depending on climate and the
amount of setback. "Setting temperatures
up in summer can save 7 to 25%,"
Moulton said.
Moulton suggests that homeowners
check with their state tax departments to
see if they can take a credit or deduc-
tion on their state as well as federal in-
come taxes.
JANUARY, 1981
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SEND YOUR FAVORITES TO:
PLANE GOSSIP, 101 CONSTITUTION
AVE. NW, WASH., D.C. 20001
SORRY, BUT NO PAYMENT MADE
AND POETRY NOT ACCEPTED.
ELECTRIFYING
SAL: Did you see her new per-
manent?
SUE: Yeah, it looks like her
parole came through just as the
warden pulled the switch.
UNION DUES BRING DIVIDENDS
KEEPING COUNT
MOM: What happened after Billy
hit you?
SON: He hit me a third time.
MOM: You mean a second time.
SON: No, I hit him the second
time.
SUPPORT VOC AND CHOP
BANQUET NOTE
Mamma Mosquito: "If you chil-
dren are good, I'll take you to a
nudist camp tonight."
— Thomas F. Halferty
Local 1296
Notional City, Calif.
JOB-SITE IDENTITY
A SUPERINTENDENT leaps toll
buildings in a single bound, is
more powerful than a locomotive,
drives nails faster than a speeding
bullet, walks on water, and gives
policy to God.
A FOREMAN leaps short build-
ings in a single bound, is more
powerful than a trolley car, drives
nails just as fast as a speeding
bullet, walks on water, if the sea
is calm, and talks to God.
A JOB STEWARD leaps short
buildings with a running start and
favorable wind, is almost as pow-
erful as a trolley car, drives nails
faster than a B-B, walks on water
in an indoor swimming pool, and
talks to God, if a special request
is approved.
A JOURNEYMAN CARPENTER
barely clears Quonset huts, loses
tug-of-wars with trolley cars, is
capable of driving nails, swims
well, and is occasionally addressed
by God.
A 4TH YEAR APPRENTICE makes
high marks when trying to leap
buildings, is run over by trolley
cars, can sometimes drive a nail
without inflicting self-injury, can
dog-paddle, and talks to animals.
A 3RD YEAR APPRENTICE runs
into buildings, recognizes locomo-
tives 2 out of 3 times, is issued
nails "for carrying only," can stay
afloat if properly instructed, and
talks to water.
A 2ND YEAR APPRENTICE falls
over doorsills when trying to enter
buildings, says "look at choo-
choo," has seen a nail at least
once in his life, and mumbles to
himself.
A GREEN APPRENTICE lifts build-
ings and then walks under them,
kicks locomotives off the track, car-
ries nails in his mouth and drives
them with his fist, and freezes water
with a single glance. He is God.
— Randy Williams
Fairfield, California
BE IN GOOD STANDING
SLIDING HOME
COACH: Remember all those tips
I gave you on hitting, running and
stealing bases?
SLUGGER: I sure do, coach!
COACH: Well forget 'em. We just
traded you.
KNOCK ON WOOD
A neighbor was doing a little
carpentry at his house when a
friend walked up and commented,
"You hammer like lightning."
"You mean I'm fast?" the neigh-
bor asked.
"No," the friend said. "I mean
you seldom strike twice in the same
place."
— Orville E. Taylor
Auburn, Wash.
LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL
PROMISES, PROMISES
TOT: Do all fairy tales begin with
"Once upon a time?"
MOM: No, today most begin
with "If I am elected . . ."
UNION DUES BRING DIVIDENDS
ENUMERATION
APPRENTICE: Dad, can you help
me find the lowest common
denominator?
FATHER: Haven't they found
that yet? They were looking for it
when I was a kid.
THIS MONTH'S LIMERICK
There was a young fellow named
Willie
The goat that he owned was a
billy.
He went to the fair and traded it
there
And what he now has is a filly.
— Jesse W, Baker
Local 2375, Bakersfield, Ca.
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Owensboro, Ky. — Picture No. 1
Owensboro, Ky. — Picture No. 2
OWENSBORO, KY.
On October 3, 1980, Millwright Local 1080
held an awards banquet for its senior members
with 20 to 35 years of service to the
Brotherhood.
Picture No. 1 shows 20 and 25-year
members, front row, from left to right: Dale
Goodman, Don Powers, Rendal Wilkerson,
Garman Porter, Lyie Campbell, Thurman Varble.
Back row, from left to right: Bill Thomas,
Sr., Durwood Maple, Donald Lloyd, J. C. Keown,
John Strobel, Sr., Hurrol Howard.
Picture No. 2 shows 30 and 35-year
members, front row, from left to right: Shellie
Lloyd, Leslie McCormick, V. S. Chambers, Herb
Rideout.
Back row, from left to right: J. C. Sunder-
land, Bob Baker, Noble Chambers.
AUBURN, WASH.
On September 27, 1980, Local 1708 held a
dinner and dance at the Linbloom Center of
the Green River Community College to honor
its 20 to 40-year members. Honored members
are pictured in the following photographs.
Picture No. 1 — front row, from left to right:
Karsten Klevjer, Dale Sirek, and Louis Baker.
Second row, from left to right: Robert
Gabriel, Wendell Secrist, William Vance,
Walter Weik, Gordon Roscoe, and Charles Mills.
Back row, from left to right: Ralph Anderson,
Sorvice
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A gallery of pictures showing some of the senior members of the Broth-
erhood who recently received pins for years of service in the union.
Clifford Noel, Rudolph Berger, Irvin Freeman,
Jack Hartly, and Recording Secretary Paul
Smith.
Picture No. 2— front row, from left to right:
Michael Soulier, Philip Haney, Eric Bengtson,
LeRoy Fisher, and Andrew Stephanick.
Second Row, from left to right: President
Wayne Herrington, Charles Fancher, Ray Graff,
Charles Shaffer, Howard Ehle, Norman Rued,
and Financial Secretary Edward Davis.
Back row, from left to right: Lawrence
Pickar, William Peterson, Delbert Gilbert,
Monroe Shuey, John Starkovich, and Homer
Smith.
Auburn, Wash. — Picture No. 1
Auburn, Wash. — Picture No. 2
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BREMERTON, WASH.
Local 1597 held a pin presentation cere-
mony on September 18, 1980 hosted by Local
President Thomas A. Hart, Past Business
Representative Lawrence J. Dole, and Executive
Secretary of the Washington State Council
Wayne Cubbage.
Picture No. 1 shows 20-year members, front
row, from left to right: EIroy W. Thompson,
Floyd Simmons, David Silva, Emiel E.
Schenkeveld, Jackie E. Reid, Donald C.
McCuish.
Back row, from left to right: President
Thomas A. Hart, Past Business Representative
Lawrence J, Dole, and Washington State Council
Executive Secretary Wayne Cubbage.
Picture No. 2 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left to right: Luther L. Rackley,
Stanley V. Ohman, Floyd E. Murray, Gustof
Johnson.
Back row, from left to right; President
Thomas A. Hart, Washington State Council
Executive Secretary Wayne Cubbage, and Past
Business Representative Lawrence J. Dole.
Picture No. 3 shows 30-year members, front
row, from left to right: Henrik C. Thueson,
James D. Walker, Owen D. Stout, C. Fred Lewis,
Harry S. Dubiak, Lawrence J. Dole, Donald L.
Warner.
Back row, from left to right: President
Thomas A. Hart, and Washington State Council
Executive Secretary Wayne Cubbage.
Picture No. 4 shows 35-year members, front
row, from left to right: Frank A. Lovitt, Wilfred
L. Kluver, Alf Dahl, Marion V. Allison.
Back row, from left to right: President
Thomas A. Hart, Past Business Representative
Lawrence J. Dole, and Washington State Council
Executive Secretary Wayne Cubbage.
Picture No. 5 shows 40-year members, from
left to right: George Werdall, Ray E. Tudor,
Rolla Pierce, Fred Moos, Jorgen Moen, Steve
Magnusson, C. W. Kinkaid, Harold Kaye, Lloyd
Butterfield.
Picture No. 6 shows 40-year pin recipient
Harold B. Selfors.
The following members also received pins
but were not present for the photographs:
20-year members: Howard C. Adkison, James F.
Alexander, Richard J. Bertolacci, James M.
Campbell, Louis F. Carle, Willis L. Cleaver,
Thomas A. Edwards, Wilbourne Faulkner, Wade
M. Harty, William S. Jenson, Karl J. Kristensen,
Wayne E. McCabe, Martin A. Mirkovich, Robert
E. Richards, Allan R. Robbins, Thomas Settle,
Robert L. Thomas.
25-year members: Edgar Adams, Harvey
Barnhill, Henrik W. Bockelie, Leon M. Booth,
Arthur M. Bretsen, Lyie Calhoon, Darwin D.
Hedin, Virgil E. Jennings, Jon L. Johnson, Frank
S. Lausund, Morton J. Miles, Dan W. Phillips,
James G. Ramstead, Rudolph A. Schneider,
James A. Shadbolt, Walter F. Skinner.
30-year members: Herbert V. Bolie, Woodrow
A. Britton, Bernard F. Frank, Robert E. Harper,
Darwin Johnson, Gilbert R. Moore, Robert J.
Schafer, Ronald E. Sowa, Roy F. Thane, Ervin
H. Thilmony, Edward N. Turek, Clayton A.
Walde.
35-year members: Evald Eliason, William T.
Fowler, Matt M. Holden, Fred E. Irish, William
Klaus, Robert L. Workman, Harold C. Sunderlin.
40-year members: Bert Danielson, Bertram
Johnson, Alan E. Kinyon, John R. Main, Martin
0. Peterson, Nick Rerecich, Claude B.
Robinson, S. W. Rowley, Leo L. Strand, Kay L.
Thompson, Lewis C. Wilcox, Roy D. Wilson.
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New Brighton^ Minn. — No. 1
New Brighton, Minn. — No. 2
NEW BRIGHTON, MINN^
Forty years of service to the Labor movement
were celebrated by the Carpet, Linoleum and
Resilient Tile Layers Local 596 on July 19, at
Jax Cafe, Minneapolis, with a 40th anniversary
party at which 120 of 180 eligible members
were given pins commemorating their years of
membership in the local. A steak dinner was
served, followed by dancing and a lot of
visiting and talking over of old times.
Pictured are the members who received
pins. In the top photo (No. 1), is the 40-year
group. They are: front row — Maurice Hagen,
Clarence Nelson, Gordon Bartlett; back row —
Donald Kearn, George Balthazoir, Clarence
Plante, Walter Swanson.
In photo No. 2 is the 35-year group. Front
row — Hilbert Johnson, Elmer Bowman, Frank
Tschida, Herbert Helm, Leo Lewandowski; back
row — Arnold Larson, Harold Eastman, Lawrence
White, Ben Shasky, Carl Spangenberg.
Picture No. 3 is of the 30-year group and
picture No. 4 depicts those with 25 years of
continuous membership in the Local.
JACKSON, TENN.
At its regular meeting on October 24, 1980,
Local 259 held a pin presentation ceremony.
For the first time in its history, the local
honored a member with 70-years of experi-
ence — Leonard J. Osborne, center in the
accompanying photograph. Malcolm Jennings,
left in the photograph, received a 50-year pin.
Business Agent J. C. Harston, right, made both
presentations.
New Brighton, Minn. — No. 3
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Jackson, Tenn.
JANUARY, 1981
New Brighton, Minn. — No. 4
POINT PLEASANT, W.VA.
On October 16, 1980, Local 1159 held a
service pin presentation, and President Joseph
Hall, left in the accompanying photograph,
presented pins to 25-year member Roscoe
Greenlee, center, and 30-year member Wade
Rollins, right. Members who received pins but
were not pictured include 40-year member Ora
Carlisle and 30-year member Raymond Sisk.
Attend your local union meetings
regularly. Be an active member of the
United Brotherhood. Your voice is
needed in local union deliberations.
Point Pleasant, W. Va.
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Cincinnati, O. — Picture No. 5
CINCINNATI, O.
On June 7, 1980, Local 2 celebrated its
100th anniversary and held a pin presentation
ceremony in honor of its long-standing
members. Honored members are shown in the
accompanying photograhs.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left to right: Charles Sipple; Elmer
Jacobs, Ohio State Council of Carpenters; Karl
Moore; Woodrow McGinnis; Bert Blevins; Albert
Lenk; James O'Toole; Robert Bixler; and
Franklin Rettig.
Back row, from left to right: William
Stephens, business agent; Les Mullins, financial
secretary; Arthur H. Galea, president; Howard
Wilson, vice president.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, front
row, from left to right: Elmer Jacobs, Ohio
State Council of Carpenters; Urban Herbert;
Rufus Fannan; James Kratz; Robert Spencer;
Fred Weyda; Roy Spencer; John Coffinbarger;
and William McAvoy.
Back row, from left to right: William
Stephens, business agent; Les Mullins, financial
secretary; Arthur H. Galea, president; and
Howard Wilson, vice president.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members, front
row, from left to right: Elmer Jacobs, Ohio
State Council of Carpenters; James White,
Robert Herbert, Rex Stevens, Theodor Bally,
Gaylord Rein, Turner Kirby, Lloyd Henn and
Harry Tegeler.
Back row, from left to right: Les Mullins,
financial secretary (also receiving pin); Arthur
H. Galea, president; and Howard Wilson, vice
president.
Picture No. 4 shows 40-year members, front
row, from left to right: Howard Wilson, vice
Cincinnati, O. — Picture No. 6
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president; Les Mullins, financial secretary;
Elmer Jacobs, Ohio State Council of Carpenters;
Howard Neal; Ralph Lucking; Robert Block; Leo
Glover; and Arthur H. Galea, president.
Back row, from left to right: William
Stephens, business agent.
Picture No. 5 shows 55-year members, from
left to right: Howard Wilson, vice president;
Elmer Jacobs, Ohio State Council of Carpenters;
George Prudent; Arthur H. Galea, president;
and Les Mullins, financial secretary.
Picture No. 6 shows 60-year members, front
row, from left to right: Elmer Jacobs, Ohio
State Council of Carpenters; Ivan Bixler; Virgil
Alford; Arthur H. Galea, president; John Hagan;
Joseph Schreckenhofer; and William Dellin.
Back row, from left to right: Les Mullins,
financial secretary; Howard Wilson, vice
president.
Picture No. 7 shows 70-year members, from
left to right: Howard Wilson, vice president;
Les Mullins, financial secretary; Elmer Jacobs,
Ohio State Council of Carpenters; William
Klosterman, Harry Woessner, Donald Hopkins
and Arthur H. Galea, president.
Members who received pins but were not
present for the pictures include: 25-year
members Marcel Battrick; William Douglas;
Joseph Hart; Robert Kay, Jr.; Donald Kimberlaini
General Kinder; Rufus King; Melvin Meek;
Charles Merriman; Bruce Richardson; Verle
Richey; Lawrence Schumacher; Richard Siegold;
Eugene Harmon.
30-year members Gottlieb Ash; Andrew
Bambeck; Robert Bowen; Donald Giffin; Willis
Greer; Osro Greer; Frances Gutzweiler; Willis
Jones; Oscar Nelson; Lee Oursler; James
Parrott; John Roth; Albert Rudler, Jr.; and
James Williamson.
35-year members William Duke; Pete Gallo;
William Hill; Martin McGrath; and Charles
Patterson.
40-year members Charles Davis; Jack Roland;
and Richard Woessner.
45-year members Clifford Dollenmayer;
Hubert Martin; Raymond Perkinson; and
Charles Cramer.
50-year member Robert Powell.
55-year members Oliver Brielmeyer; Cliffard
Coates; Alva Corsbie; Val Faulhaber; Walter
Feucht; N. G. Neinert; Robert Herzog; and
Robert Kay, Sr.
60-year members Walter Brocaw; Earl
Hanselman; Charles Latham; and Dillie Riggs.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF.
On April 26, 1980, Local 1280 held its
twenty-second annual pin presentation cere-
mony and dance for 25-year members. Anthony
Ramos, executive secretary of the California
State Council, made the presentations to the
following members:
Front row, left to right: Donald Gillespie,
Bobby Conlay, James Madu, Leo Mahan, and
David Van Fossen.
Middle row, left to right: Ralph Leweiien,
W. T. Kriek, John Brantley, Edward P. Citra,
Fred Austin, Cleo Mahan, Harold Reed, Patrick
Presby, and Anthony Cremin.
Back row, left to right; Elias Ruiz, Paul V.
Wood, Cal Boice, I. J. Iwamoto, R. A. Martin,
Edwin Taylor, and Kenneth Conn.
Members who received pins but were not
present for the photograph include: Kenneth
Brewer, Albert Faulkner, John Garigulo, William
W. Laffoon, George Mukai, L. J. Neely, and
Guy Shirley.
ROCKFORD, ILL.
On August 4, 1980, Local 792 held a special
meeting to present 25-year service pins to the
following members, shown in the accompany-
ing photograph from left to right: Cletus
Brandt, business representative; Roger
Johnson, Lee De Santi, Marvin Blomgren, L. T.
Holder, Hershel Morlan, Dale Morgan, Laverne
Nordmoe, Lewis Blais, business representative;
Emery Roe, Leroy Anderson, financial secretary;
and Bill Buckler, president.
The following members also received 25-year
pins but were unable to attend the meeting:
Charles Bolen, Hugh Bourkland, James Bowman,
A! Bean, Robert Carlson, Harold Flint, Ed
Helston, Jasper Jorlando, Oscar Johnson,
George Kalstrom, Ed Kanneberg, Al Krahenbuhl,
J. R. McWilliams, Ronald Peterson, Donald
Rousch, William Stewelow, and James Wells.
OSHKOSH, WIS.
Local 252 recently honored its longtime
members at a recognition banquet and dance
held at the Columbus Club. Guests included:
Ron Stadler, International representative; Dick
Ullmer, Fox River Valley District Council presi-
dent; Jerry Van Sistine, state senator; Don
Schmechel, apprenticeship coordinator; Jerry
Jahnke, district council business manager; and
Ron Kopp, district council business manager.
Steve Labus was master of ceremonies.
The following members, from left to right,
received awards: Milton Radig, 54-years; Ben
Zuehike, 65-years; and Otto Achtman, 75-years.
Ron Kopp, far right, congratulates Achtman,
the first Local 252 member ever to receive a
75-year pin.
The following members also received awards
but were not present for the photograph:
25-year members Art Brandt, Ray Drexler,
Stefan Engelmann, Donald Esler, Lester Hasse,
Ron Kopp, Art Kuhnz, Ralph Marhefke, Ted Ohm,
Robert Paulsen, Siegfried Schatz, Howard
Wruck, Harold Carpenter, G. J. Diener, Nathan
Gorr, Wilbert Hassler, Bernard Milock, Harold
Schmiedel. 57-year member Robert Janke; and
60-year member Harvey Luebke.
Mountain View, Calif.
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MATTOON, ILL.
On Sunday, July 13, 1980, Local 347 held its
annual picnic and presented service pins to
members with 25 to 55 years of membership
in the Brotherhood.
Members who received awards are shown in
the accompanying photograph, from left to
right: Rueben Gilbert, 25-years; Walter Craig,
25-years; Mural Lockwood, 30-years; Clyde
Stearns, 35-years; and Robert Endsley,
35-years.
The following members also received pins
but were unable to attend the picnic: 25-year
members Robert E. Osborn, Harold Stites, and
Jesse Watkins; 30-year members Earl Daniels,
George Whitley, and Walter Cook; 35-year
members Alexander Carlier, Marcel Henry, and
Charles Peifer; 40-year members Calvin Horath,
Jr., and Adrian Swinford; 45-year member
William Level; and 55-year member Martin
Goebel.
Mattoon,
HIGHLAND PARK, ILL.
John Jacobson, 89,
of Local 504 has
completed 65 years
of continuous service
with the United
Brotherhood. His
local union recently
honored him on his
89th birthday.
Oshkosh, Wis.
JANUARY, 1981
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SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF.
On April 19, 1980, Local 1632 held a pin
presentation ceremony and awarded pins to
ttie following members:
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left: David DeWalt, C. T. Lipham,
Virgil Waken, Jack Urquart, Ted Lucas, Russell
Dendall, Robert C. Anderson, and Ernest C.
Pennington.
Back row, from left: Jay B. Melton, Robert
Presley, Art Olson, A. J. Tornquist, and P. 0.
Baxter.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, front
row, from left: A. V. Vickers, Buster Schilling,
Tom McDaniel, Tony Gularte, M. C. Carr, Felix
Valles, and Ted Heaney.
Second row, from left: Gordon Ward,
Richard Carpenter, Don McNamara, Dean
Zimmerman, 0. W. Jones, Mike Morris, Joe
Peterson, Elmer Meier, and Lester Cooper.
Back row, from left: Ralph B. Johnson, Lloyd
Quails, Adam Heinbaugh, J. R. Bowlby, Ted
Jones, Clifford Smith, Lloyd Galbraith, Herb
Betz, Eugene Jones, and Harold Lowe.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members, front
row, from left: Ralph Kuhler, T. J. Truelove,
John Tanhauser, and James A. Wiggins.
Second row, from left: Claude Waller,
Harley Carothers, Harold Flood, Al Baffcrd,
Glen Hensley, E. C. Scarbrough, Jim Gilliland,
and Herman Waldron.
Back row, from left: Clifford Potter, Eugene
Clark, Larry Flood, C. B. Johnson, Lloyd Fauver,
Clifford E. White, Joe Laferty, H. 0. Poage,
Jack McVay, and J. E. Pritchard.
Picture No. 4 shows 40 and 45-year
members, front row, from left: John Presley
and Thurman McDaniel.
Back row, from left: Walter McOsker, Ralph
Quincy, Henry Osterlund, and Charles H.
Brown.
BRONX, N.Y.
The Brotherhood salutes 83-year-old Giovanni
DiBlasi who recently received a service pin for
40 dedicated years of membership to Local
488. President and Business Representative
Sam Palminteri, right in the accompanying
photograph, presented the pin to DiBlasi, left,
who was a cardiac patient at the time the
photograph was taken.
BROOKLYN, N.Y.
The Brotherhood pays tribute to Benjamin
Seaver of Local 787 for 80 years of con-
tinuous service to the labor movement. Seaver
came to the United States from Russia, at the
turn of the century, because of religious
persecution. He served for many years as a
shop steward and has always been a staunch
union man. Local 787 President Norris Rudjord,
left in the accompanying photograph, and
Financial Secretary-Treasurer Stanley P. Solaas,
right, recently visited Seaver, center, at the
Peninsula Hospital Center. Seaver is confined
to a wheel chair due to an accident which
occurred six years ago, when he was struck by
a motorcycle while walking to his volunteer
job at a Senior Citizens Center.
San Luis Obispo,
Colif.— No. 1
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Bronx, N.Y.
San Luis Obispo, Calif. — No. 4
WOBURN, MASS.
Local 41 recently awarded a 45-year pin to
Joseph DiOrio, right in the accompanying
photograph, for his many years of devoted
service to the labor movement. Local President
Buckless, left, presented the award to DiOrio.
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Woburn, Mass.
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Bangor, Me.
BANGOR, ME.
On October 1, 1980, Local 621 had a
reception at the Labor Temple in Brewer, Me.,
to honor members for 25 years of dedicated
service to the labor movement. One member,
John MacKenzie, received a pin for 35
years of service.
Shown in the accompanying picture, from
left to right, are: Joseph LaPrade, Gilbert
Dee, Wendell McKenney, Harold Crosby, Jr.,
Herman Gray, Roy Bragdon, George Cook, and
Maurice Goodall.
Back row, from left to right: Joseph Walker,
Nathaniel Sam Kelley, Bert Page, Weston
Hardy, Gerald Ouellette, John Nichols, John
Merrithew, Edmond Dupont, Olyn Lord, Ronnie
Stratton, William Whitcomb, and Business
Agent Ken Wormell.
Members who received pins but were not
present for the photograph were: Duane
Aldrich, Raymond Carey, George Dubay, Abel
Dumais, Donald Edgecomb, Archie Elliot,
William Hanson, Frank Harris, Victor Hathaway,
Harold Kneeland, Andrew Larson, Wilfred
Lavoie, Rene Lebel, Noel Levesque, Leo
Madore, Nelson Martin, Herbert Melquist,
David Morin, Orie Oliver, Eddie Ouellette, Earl
Peterson, Leo Pinnette, John Ramsey, Joseph
Richards, Robert Rogers, Eddie Roy, Reuben
Saunders, Irving Sawyer, Earle Smith, Dale
West, and Gilbert Dee.
Waukegan, III.
WAUKEGAN, ILL.
On October 20, 1980, Local 448 held its
annual 25-year pin presentation party and
honored the following members, pictured in the
accompanying photograph from left to right:
Louis Thompson, Harold Thompson, Hal
Satterfield, Clifford Olsen, Richard Hunt, Local
President Edward Ellis, James Johnson, Robert
Kerr, Thomas Lenihan, Wilburn Perkins, Gerald
Sircher.
BufFalo, N.Y.
BUFFALO, N..Y.
At its October 14, 1980 meeting. Local 1377
honored its 25-year members, and Buffalo
District Council Business Representative Terry
Bodewes presented service pins to the follow-
ing members, pictured from left to right:
Joseph Falsone, Joseph Daniels, Business
Representative Terry Bodewes who presented
the pins. Local President David Schmidt,
Lawrence Simmons, Stuart Wiedrich, Harry
Cunningham.
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Henderson, Ky. — Picture No. 1
Henderson, Ky. — Picture No. 2
Henderson, Ky. — Picture No. 3
HENDERSON, KY.
On August 24, 1980, Local 601 held a special
40th anniversary ceremony and banquet and
honored its members with 20 or more years of
service to the Brotherhood. Local President
Calvin Beck, Jr., and Recording Secretary-
Business Agent Dickie Johnson presented the
pins.
Picture No. 1 shows officers and 20-year
members, left to right: Calvin Beck, Jr., presi-
dent; William Griggs and James Humphrey,
20-years; and Dickie Johnson, recording
secretary-business agent.
Picture No. 2 shows 25-year members, front
row, left to right: John F. Daniels, and John
Priest.
Back row, left to right: Fern Denton, and
Clarence Myers.
Picture No. 3 shows 30-year members, front
row, left to right: Nelseen (Doc) Hays, and
John Clayton.
Back row, left to right: Robert Priest, and
William Grimes.
Picture No. 4 shows 35-year members, left
to right: Robert Adams, and Carl Story.
Picture No. 5 shows 40-year member John A.
Thompson, who, as a charter member of Local
601, also received a gold hammer award.
Members who were eligible for pins but were
unable to attend the banquet include: Dorris
O'nan, 20-years; A. G. Bishop, 25-years;
William Vick, 29-years; Frank Rauch, 34-years;
and Hubert Royster, 38-years.
Henderson, Ky. — Picture No. 4
Henderson, Ky. — Picture No. 5
Hackensock, N.J. — Picture No. 2
34
Hackensock, N.J. — Picture No. 1
HACKENSACK, N.J.
On September 27, 1980, Local 15 held a
buffet in honor of its 25 and 50-year members.
Forty-five of the 105 deserving members
attended the ceremony.
Picture No. 1, front row, from left: Henry
Reilly, Henry Zawaski, Angelo Zondonella, Jr.,
Walter Wyszomirski, John Wiszowaty, Sr.,
Stanley Voto, Thomas Meehan, and Anthony
DeSomma, standing, president and business
agent of Local 15.
Second row, from left: Thomas Visaggio,
Gregory Velardi, Alfred Varady, George D.
VanSaders, Stanley Serine, Thomas Scharr,
Dominick Scaglione, and Thomas Saviello.
Third row, from left: Joseph Popadick, Olav
Osestad, Anthony Notaranglo, Jr., Anthony
Notaranglo, Sr., Joseph Nigro, John Monro, and
Joseph Melito.
Fourth row, from left: Robert Lansville,
Chester Cole, Richard Herrmann, Larry Buteria,
John Hutcheson, Frank Boyle, Knut Lindefield,
Eugene Berry, Alex Fafara, Walter Benbridge,
Steve Brogan, Edward Donnelly, Richard Altierl,
Joseph DeSiervo, and Fred Ahern.
Picture No. 2, from left: 25-year member and
Local 15 Secretary Richard W. Callaghan;
50-year members Silvio Filippelli, Cornelius
DeRitter, and Fred Swenson; and Local 15
President Anthony DeSomma.
THE CARPENTER
in mEmoRinm
The following list of 726 deceased members and spouses repre-
sents a total of $878,829.85 in death claims paid for the month.
Local Union, City
I, Chicago, III. — Richard "Harold" Beck,
James P. Duffy, Walter F. Matys, Philip
J. Neimes.
3, Wheeling, W.V.— Mrs. William B. Cox,
Michael J. Petrock.
5, St. Louis, Mo. — Frank G. Ott.
7, Minneapolis, Mn. — Harold H. Andersen,
Just I. Arnevik, Alex Deppa, Jr., Jacob
E. Jakobson, Raymond R. Johnson, Al-
vin A. Magnan, George A. Mecl, Mrs.
John V. O'Hanlon, Mrs. Ernest Olson,
Mrs. Lee W. Persons, Mrs. Vincent H.
Tiber.
8, Philadelphia, Pa. — John J. Hoffstetter,
Mrs. Frank McWilliams, Mrs. Lawrence
F. Moore, William L. Munz, Janis Viks.
II, Cleveland, Oh.— Calvin L. Hart, Mrs.
Martin E. Roth.
12, Syracuse, N.Y Edward W. Shaugh-
nessy, William F. Standtke.
13, Chicago, III Roman J. Beshk, Dominic
Galassi.
14, San Antonio, Tx. — Ervin A. Morgenroth.
15, Hackensack, N.J. — Edward Kolano, Mrs.
Anthony Manello, Mrs. Alfred Mar-
ciano.
18, Hamilton, Ont., Canada — John Nesback.
19, Detroit, Mich. — Frank Allen, Elijah
Pruiett.
20, New York, N.Y Eugene Grasso.
22, San Francisco, Ca. — Gordon W. Ander-
son, Robert R. Benson, Jacob W. Isaac-
son, Mrs. Anderson B. Varner, August
J. Vetter.
27, Toronto, Ont., Canada — G. Charles
Dawe, Ferdinand Kaelble.
30, New London, Ct Mrs. Emile Wagner,
Jr.
35, San Rafael, Ca H. A. Holdsworth
Leard.
36, Oakland, Ca. — John G. Dean, Hubert
H. Davis, Wayne G. MacDonell.
40, Boston, Ma — Stanley Cominsky.
43, Hartford, Ct. — Robert Mason.
44, Champaign, III Mrs. Woodrow W.
Charles, Everett F. Wells.
47, St. Louis, Mo. — Fred A. Dannenfelser,
Mrs. George H. Fuchs, Michael L
Horton.
48, Fitchburg, Ma. — Mrs. Michael Arsenault,
Mrs. Carl V. Johnson.
50, Knoxville, Tn. — John E. Fagg.
51, Boston, Ma. — Daniel B. Mullin.
54, Chicago, III. — Emanuel Melichar, (Jo-
seph) Jouzas Puidokas.
55, Denver, Co. — Cecil J. Morgan, Gideon
E. Taggart.
56, Boston, Ma John P. Walsh, Sr.
58, Chicago, III Mrs. George M. Bischof,
Martin J. Forrestal, Bernhard W. Hintz.
61, Kansas City, Mo. — Mrs. William R.
Downing, Colbey C. Groom, Claude
C. Kimbrell, Sr., Gilbert G. Vaught, Sr.
62, Chicago, III. — Frank K. Hanson.
63, Bloomington, III. — Mrs. Julian J. Petri.
64, Louisville, Ky. — James R. Gregory.
65, Perth Amboy, N.J. — Mrs. James Kozo,
Oscar F. Rassofski.
66, Olean, N.Y.— John W. Ahlstrom, Mrs.
Arthur Crandall, Leslie T. Partridge.
67, Boston, Ma. — Michael A. Fata.
69, Canton, Oh.— Mrs. Calvin J. Perry.
73, St. Louis, Mo. — Carl L. Meyer.
74, Chattanooga, Tn. — Mrs. David E. Mot-
ley, Charlie L. Tatum.
Local Union, City
78, Troy, N.Y.— Mrs. Leonard Trexler.
80, Chicago, III.— Carl W. Johansson, Mrs.
Alfred Schutzkus.
81, Erie, Pa — Joseph J. Greesley, Gerald H.
Harris, Albert L. Rodack.
83, Halifax, N.S., Canada— Raymond E.
Hiltz.
85, Rochester, N.Y.— William J. Koelmel,
Eugen Neszlenyi.
87, St. Paul, Mn Anker N. Bredahl,
Leonard P. Klein, Herman L. Oswald,
Bernard A. Tillman, Baudilo B. Toledo.
89, Mobile, Al.— Mrs. Willie R. Kelley,
Robert A. Napp.
93, Ottawa, Ont., Canada— Mrs. William
Baldwin, Mrs. Mark McKenny.
94, Providence, R.I — Wilfred J. Poliquin.
95, Detroit, Mi. — Lawrence Hammel, Alfred
W. Mangsen.
98, Spokane, Wa.— Erick O. Erickson, Elmo
L. Johnson, Russell F. Lee, Alvar Nord,
Mrs. Loren M. Roberts.
99, Bridgeport, Ct Thomas A. Doyle.
100, Muskegon, Mi. — Frank J. Eder.
101, Baltimore, Md.— Robert E. Bialek, Mrs.
Robert M. Jennings, Raymond L. Ma-
honey, Mrs. Dane E. Rytel.
102, Oakland, Ca. — Bernard T. Powers, Mrs.
Allen R. Warner.
104, Dayton, Oh. — James MacDonald, E. Lee
Manessier.
105, Cleveland, Oh.— Emery B. Busch, Sr.,
William B. Campbell, Charles F.
Schultz.
106, Des Moines, la. — Benjamin S. Durham.
107, Worcester, Ma Henry S. Donovan,
Sverre B. Lindvig, Mrs. Charles R.
Trainor.
109, Sheffield, Al John.W. Crunk, Bobby
Ray Hamilton.
112, Butte, Mt.— Mrs. Rudolph Stehlik, Lee
B. Syphert.
116, Bay City, Mi.— Mrs. Ira S. Mosher.
117, Albany, N.Y.— Gilbert A. Stone.
120, Utica, N.Y — Stanley A. Janus.
131, Seattle, Wa Fred M. Burr, Adolf
Dyrendahl.
133, Terre Haute, In Max O. Hartman,
Clarence E. Jennings, Clifford M.
Pickens.
150, Plymouth, Pa John G. Pavlick.
161, Kenosha, Wi Jens P. Jensen.
163, Peekskill, N.Y. — Bernard Jacobsen, Sr.
165, Pittsburgh, Pa. — Joseph W. Hoover,
Mrs. Ross Orgera.
166, Rock Island, III.— Mrs. Ralph Krabben-
hoeft.
168, Kansas City, Ks Roy C. Brown, John
T. Kincade, Elmer S. Moore.
169, E. St. Louis, III Mrs. Carl Cron.
171, Youngstown, Oh.— Charles N. Flick,
Mrs. Achille Musmanno, Clarence A.
Penman.
174, Joliet, III Mrs. Peter Anselmo, Richard
G. Block.
176, Newport, R.I. — Manuel Amaral.
181, Chicago, III Ernest W. Leaf.
182, Cleveland, Oh.— Harold E. Krise, Sr.,
Mrs. John Schmoll.
185, St. Louis, Mo Mrs. Bennie W. Dun-
can, Otto J. Rossell.
186, Steubenville, Oh.— Azel W. Norris.
188, Yonkers, N.Y. — Emidio J. Falasco.
Local Union, City
189, Quincy, 111 Mrs. Leo H. Liesen.
191, York, Pa. — Horace L. Tyson.
198, Dallas, Tx.— Daniel F. Davis, Sr.,
Richard W. George.
200, Columbus, Oh John R. Blosser,
Hobart C. Hadley, Charles E. Teschler.
201, Wichita, Ks.— William H. Mixon, Mrs.
Bob B. Mullins.
203, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. — Albert Johnson.
204, Merrill, Wi. — Mrs. Edward Bronsteatter.
210, Stamford, Ct.— Mrs. Samuel Ferry,
Nicholas Levenson, Stephen L. Wood.
211, Pittsburgh, Pa Mrs. Fred H. Block,
Fred Hilf, Walter L. Smith.
213, Houston, Tx. — Mrs. Henry P. Bonham,
James H. Burkhalter, Mrs. Wallace
Fleming, W. T. Holt, Johnnie D. Presley,
Albert St. Andria, Paul C. Sparks, Mel-
vin E. Walker, John J. Wells.
215, Lafayette, In — Mrs. Royce O. White-
head.
225, Atlanta, Ga Boykin H. Bulloch, Jr.
226, Portland, Or Ave G. Bender, Edward
H. Beyer, John A. Kiefel.
230, Pittsburgh, Pa Mrs. Joseph W.
Stumpf.
235, Riverside, Ca. — Harry J. Bertrand.
242, Chicago, III. — Mrs. George Borchert.
246, New York, N.Y Mrs. Armando De-
Santis, Sam Greenberg, Max Saeta.
254, Cleveland, Oh.— Adolph L. Klemen.
255, Bloomingburg, N.Y. — Menzo H. Gor-
ton.
257, New York, N.Y.— Mrs. Ernest W.
Peterson.
262, San Jose, Ca. — Victor A. Abrusci, Mrs.
Duane Salvino.
264, Milwaukee, Wi Edward J. Groblesky.
266, Stockton, Ca Clunnis Z. Fuller.
268, Sharon, Pa William D. Buchanan.
272, Chicago Hts., III. — Joseph Soelker,
Edgar N. Drew.
278, Watertown, N.Y. — Jean A. Terrillion.
280, Niagara & Genesee, N.Y Mrs. Peter
P. D'Ambrosio, Theodore F. Hoak.
281, Binghamton, N.Y — John Kozak.
284, New York, N.Y John J. Gugel,
Charles Gustavson, Charles Jacobsen.
292, Linton, In.— Walter Mickle.
297, Kalamazoo, Mi Peter Everts, Frank-
lin T. Henderson.
298, New York, N.Y Joseph DePiola, Mrs.
Joseph Santoro.
299, Fairview, N.J — William H. Dunne, Sr.
302, Huntington, W.V Frank Wilson.
304, Denison-Sherman, Tx. — Knox Sprowl.
308, Cedar Rapids, la. — Delmer R. Mass-
man.
311, Joplin, Mo. — Mrs. John T. Carman,
Roy L. Kirk, Ralph E. White.
314, Madison, Wi Edward J. Wallace.
316, San Jose, Ca Michel N. Beck, Joseph
B. Scardina, Sr.
317, Aberdeen, Wa Douglas Flodstrom.
319, Roanoke, Va William G. Wilson.
321, Connellsville, Pa Reid J. Spaugy.
325, Paterson, N.J Vernon J. Mott, Alex-
ander Murray.
329, Oklahoma City, Ok Neil W. Daws,
Jesse F. Faught.
331, Norfolk, Va.— Mrs. Henry L. Woolard.
333, New Kinsington, Pa Mrs. Perry W.
Waltenbaugh.
337, Detroit, Mi.— Edward J. Kirt.
JANUARY, 1981
35
Local Union, City
338, Seattle, Wa. — Mrs. John A. Bumgarner,
Elmer E. Olson.
341, Chicago, III. — Edward V. Novinski.
342, Pawtucket, R.I.— Mrs. Edgar Cote.
343, Winnipeg, Man., Canada — Walter Rak-
oczy. Samuel Smitiuch.
347, Mattoon, III Ray Lamb.
359, Philadelphia, Pa. — Franz Andres.
365, Marion, In Mr. & Mrs. Arlie W.
Scott.
366, New York, N.Y.— Vilho Mikkola, Sam
Pavich.
368, Allentown, Pa. — Louis A. Balson.
374, Buffalo, N.Y.— Leo H. Webber.
377, Alton, III.— Ernest F. Drainer, Harold
E. Miller.
379, Texarkana, Tx.— Mrs. Harold L. Eakin.
385, New York, N.Y Rudolph Christian,
Giuseppe DeGaelano, William E. Love.
387, Columbus, Ms.— William F. Wright.
388, Richmond, Va. — James D. Nimmo, HI.
393, Camden, N.J. — Walter Rowan.
399, Phillipsburg, N.J.— Stephen J. Lendvai.
401, Pittston, Pa.— Frederick J. Hreha.
403, Alexandria, La. — Dennis Daigrepont.
404, Lake Co. & Vie, Oh.— Louis Break,
Leroy B. Graham.
410, Fort Madison, la. — William A. Larkins,
Beryl V. McDowell.
411, San Angelo, Tx.— Henry L. Burk.
413, South Bend. III.— Earl W. Menzie.
417, St. Louis, Mo. — Culver H. Knickmeyer.
419, Chicago, III.— Matt R. Bauman.
424, Hingham, Ma. — Thomas E. Nicholson.
428, Fairmount, W.V.— Lornie P. Williams.
434, Chicago, III Helge L. Aune, Edward
W. Hedstrom.
452, Vancouver, B.C., Canada — George L.
Beaton, Arthur E. Hesch.
453, Auburn, N.Y. — Francis L. Hotelling.
461, Highwood, III Davey A. Moors.
465, Ardmore, Pa. — Ethelbert L. Kirk.
470, Tacoma, Wa. — Mrs. Frendy D. Med-
lock.
480, Freeburg, III. — George R. Happel.
488, New York, N.Y. — David Goodman.
490, Passaic, NJ. — Jacob Faber.
492, Reading, Pa.— Paul R. Geiger.
493, Ml. Vernon, N.Y.— Henry D. Alles.
496, Kankakee, III. — James L. Patterson.
499, Leavenworth, Ks Charles H. Abel.
503, Lancaster & Depew, N.Y Stanley F.
Derejko.
507, Nashville, Tn. — Lindon T. Cooksey,
Herman J. Smith.
514, Wilkes Barre, Pa John K. Feist, Jr.,
Mrs. J. Harvey Scouton, Joseph R. Van-
Horn.
515, Colorado Springs, Co John L. Catlin,
528, Washington, D.C Paul W. Rippeon.
532, Elmira, N.Y — Stanley M. Bedient, Os-
car Pyhtila.
535, Norwood, Ma. — Stephen M. Saja.
541, Washington, Pa. — Ralph H. Powelson.
542, Salem, NJ.— Harry P. Chambers.
543, Mamaroneck, N.Y. — Thomas Tedeschi.
562, Everett, Wa.— Mrs. Helmut E. Wilson.
563, Clendale, Ca. — Richard J. Johannsen,
599, Hammond, In. — Enoch B. Smith.
608, New York, N.Y Harry H. Peterson.
610, Port Arthur, Tx.— Mrs. Anton Cosh-
man.
618, Sikeston, Mo.— Billie J. Bennett, G. W.
Brown.
620, Madison, N.J. — Edward G. Meininger,
Joseph J. Takacs.
622, Waco, Tx. — John W. Thompson.
623, Atlantic Co., ,N.J — Daniel Rossetti.
626, Wilmington, De. — Raymond M. Cooke.
627, Jacksonville, Fla. — John F. Mathis.
635, Boise, Idaho — Neal E. Nicholson.
642, Richmond, Ca. — Nephi Jackson, Wil-
liam W. Williams.
Local Union, Cily
653, Chickasha, Ok.— George M. Belden,
James L. Eakes.
665, Amarillo, Tx Robert E. Gatten.
668, Palo Alto, Ca Pete A. Hendrickson,
Ervin B. Schultz.
671, Lebanon, Pa. — James P. Loser.
701, Fresno, Ca. — Almous G. Kelley.
703, Lockland, Oh. — Jack L. Johns.
707, DuQuoin, III Joseph E. Kellerman.
709, Shenandoah, Pa Guy E. Seltzer.
710, Long Beach, Ca Frank Rock.
721, Los Angeles, Ca. — Hyman Ackerman,
Henry C. Lloyd, Mrs. Clinton L. Meche,
Celistino Orozco, John P. Sebek.
727, Hialeah, Fl.— Jack L. Halback.
732, Rochester, N.Y.— Walter A. Blakley,
Maryan Szalkowski.
739, Cincinnati, Oh. — Ernst A. Schurter.
740, New York, N.Y.— John C. Macaulay,
Sr.
742, Decatur, III.— Wilber L. Bence.
745, Honolulu, Hi Yoshito Fukuda, Mrs.
Teruo Muraki, James J. Murata,
Yoshimi Nakatsu, Shigemi Yamasaki.
751, Santa Rosa, Ca Constantine Rassikin.
753, Beaumont, Tx Loyce E. Miles.
756, Bellingham, Wa — Mrs. Albert M.
Hanson.
770, Yakima, Wa Maurice L. Mayberry.
772, Clinton, la. — Mrs. Edward A. Andring.
780, Astoria, Or Jalmar H. Salvon.
785, Cambridge, Ont., Canada — George W.
Harrison.
790, Dixon, III.— Richard L. Hensler.
792, Rockford, III.— Melvin L. Bates, Wil-
liam Crane. Fritz Hultgren.
819, W. Palm Beach, Fl.— Mrs. David W.
Banks.
821, Springfield, N.J.— John Sica.
839, Des Plaines, III. — Harry D. Larsen,
Frank J. Schalkowski.
844, Reseda, Ca.— James E. Britt.
870, Spokane, Wa. — Alyce G. Hingston.
892, Youngstown, Oh. — Mrs. Walter Kuy-
kendall.
893, Grand Haven, Mi.— Mrs. Royal R.
Sauers.
899, Parkersburg, W.V Donald T. Hamil-
ton.
900, Altoona, Pa.— Herbert S. Saylor.
902, Brooklyn, N.Y John E. Dahl, James
V. Diorio.
911, Kalispell, Mt Merlyn A. Horswill.
929, Los Angeles, Ca Mrs. Geoffrey Mc-
Glover.
930, St. Cloud, Mn.— Mrs. David Staneart.
943, Tulsa, Ok Robert A. Smith, Charles
Fredrick Sanders.
944, San Bernardino, Ca. — Howard B.
Hewitt, Eric L Sippola.
945, Jefferson City, Mo Oscar L. Kiso.
948, Sioux Cily, la. — Thomas A. Glackin.
953, Lake Charles, La Mrs. Thonis
Fontenot.
954, Mt. Vernon, Wa.— Ole C. Hansen.
971, Reno, Nv. — Mrs. Forrest E. Hoss, Mrs.
George Meier.
973, Texas City, Tx. — Benjamin T. Cosby.
977, Wichita Falls, Tx.— Mrs. Vernon L.
Bitlle.
982, Detroit, Mi. — Mrs. Donald Beninger,
Az Root, Paul L. Schulte.
993, Miami, Fl.— Julian V. Clements, Jr.,
James H. Kilroe, Max S. Morris, Mrs.
Milford L. Olson, John R. Railsback.
996, Penn Yan, N.Y.— Leonard L. Lerch.
998, Royal Oak, Mi — Mrs. Irving Gray, Sr.,
William G. Miller, Leo Sokolowski,
1005, Merrillville, In. — John M. Johnson,
Joseph J. Kurtos.
Local Union, Cily
1006, New Brunswick, NJ. — John F. Cough-
lin, Albion Trygar, Mrs. Stanley Zalew-
ski.
1016, Muncie, In. — Burton E. Brooks, Morris
C. Minor, Clinton L. Pease, Edwin E.
Sanders.
1017, Redmond, Or.— Milton C. Seitz.
1024, Cumberland, Md. — Benjamin A. Mc-
Dowell.
1026, Hallandale, Fl Worthey H. Newell.
1052, Los Angeles, Ca Wayne E. Lobdell,
Chesley W. Sowell, Mrs. Eliseo Alex
Valadez.
1053, Milwaukee, Wi Jacob E. Hahn.
August L. Reichart.
1054, Everett, Wa Harry L. Woodward.
1055, Lincoln, Ne Arnold O. Boettcher,
William E. Estes, John H. Schultz.
1067, Port Huron, Mi Gary E. Chlebnik.
1074, Eau Claire, Wi William Kuster,
Robert G. Schuster, Richard C. Wienke.
1084, Anglelon, Tx. — Grover M. Hawkins.
1089, Phoenix, Az — Charles W. Booth,
Biagio Lombardo.
1092, Seneca, III — Frederick H. Wilkening.
1098, Baton Rouge, La.— Mrs. Harold B.
Alford, Albert E. Lindbeck, Russell E.
Venable.
1102, Detroit, Mi. — Herman Hamburg, Leslie
J. Jolliff, Mike Krochmalny.
1105, Woodlawn, Al.— Mrs. Joseph T. Evans.
1108, Cleveland, Oh.— Joseph G. Kavc.
1114, S. Milwaukee, Wi Ernst E. Berlin,
Sr.
1120, Portland, Or — Mrs. August D. Rinella,
Harvey E. Townsend.
1121, Boston, Ma — Frank L. Pierce.
1125, Los Angeles, Ca Herman C. Lim-
brecht.
1134, Mt. Kisco, N.Y — Fred C. Bennett.
1143, La Crosse, Wi.— Leonard S. Clark,
John J. Manning.
1147, Roseville, Ca.— George A. Back, Mr.
& Mrs. John Bilkei, Lester B. Harriman.
1164, New York, N.Y.— George Moletz.
1184, Seattle, Wa.— Alexander Balfour.
1205, Indio, Ca.— John W. Davis.
1207, Charleston, W.V.— William R. Givens.
Frank A. Jarrell, Ellis G. Smith.
1208, Milwaukee, WI. — Mrs. Arthur G.
Blair.
1216, Mesa, Az — Lloyd F. Chapin, Edward
A. Groll.
1217, Greencastle, In Mrs. David Jent.
1222, Medford, N.Y Adam J. Bijou, Albert
L. Fittipaldi.
1233, Hattiesburg, Ms. — Milton Lee Smith,
Sr.
1235, Modesto, Ca William C. Russell.
1248, Geneva, III. — Mrs. Paul M. Peterson.
1258, Pocatello, Id. — Edgar Lamar Palmer.
1260, Iowa City, la.— Mrs. John J. Adamek,
Jr.
1277, Bend, Or. — James L. Crom.
1278, Gainesville, Fl. — George W. Ahrens,
Sr.
1280, Mountain View, Ca.— Paul L. Borg,
Joseph F. Yardis.
1300, San Diego, Ca. — Melvin N. Tims.
1301, Monroe, Mi. — William L. Brooks.
1308, Lake Worth, Fl.— Roger W. Eldridge.
1311, Dayton, Oh.— John H. Leary.
1325, Edmonton, Alta, Canada — Melvin P.
Benson, Walter Dasko, Thomas A.
Dumont.
1329, Independence, Mo. — William S. Ire-
land, Keith H. Kelley.
1339, Morgantown, W.V.— Orville C. Brown.
1341, Owensboro, Ky. — Robert Franklin
Wiggins.
1342, Irvington, N.J Mrs. Giovambattista
Bellomo, Angelo Buccino, Mrs. Norman
Burns.
36
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Local Union, City
1353, Santa Fe, N.M. — Abelino A. Alire.
1359, Toledo, Oh.— Carl Bowers.
1361, Chester, 111.— Fred E. Neihouse.
1363, Oshkosh, Wl.— Mrs. Phillip Lauten-
schlager.
1369, Morgantown, W.V. — Dorsey L. Har-
bert.
1372, Easthanipton, Ma. — Henry W. Chic-
oine.
1373, Flint, Mi.— John W. Chilson.
1386, St. John, N.B., Canada — John Graham.
1388, Oregon City, Or. — Lawrence Konkle.
1393, Toledo, Oh.— Martin A. Stewart.
1394, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl Mrs. Clarence J.
T. Allen, Mrs. Donald E. Feagan, Allen
H. Rust.
1397, N. Hempstead, N.Y.— David E.
Suominen.
1399, Okmulgee, Ok.— John B. Harshaw.
1400, Santa Monica, Ca. — Levi F. Atwood,
Robert H. Clark. Mrs. Samuel D. Hur-
ley, Richard M. Pederson.
1407, San Pedro, Ca. — Panfilo Franco.
1410, Kingston, Ont., Canada — Werner Hel-
big.
1416, New Bedford, Ma. — Armand A.
Bouchard, Damase E. Bouchard.
1418, Lodi, Ca. — Alvin Schneider.
1428, Midland, Tx.— William H. Bray.
1449, Lansing, Mi Mrs. William Tyler.
1452, Detroit, Mi.— Emil W. Daldine, Clar-
ence J. Minor.
1453, Huntington Beach, Ca. — Fred Roberts,
Leonard Carl Sorenson.
1454, Cincinnati, Oh Warren D. Walcott.
1456, New York, N.Y.— William Moore.
1462, Bristol, Pa.— Thomas J. Keefe, Sr.
1471, Jackson, Ms. — Joe C. Gober.
1478, Redondo Beach, Ca.— Fred W. Bagby,
Elbert L. Fite, Mrs. William D. Savage,
Clarence V. Scott, Mrs. Benjamin C.
White.
1485, LaPorte, In. — Edward Kissman, Bert
Rigsby.
1486, Auburn, Ca Louis P. Panilik.
1487, Burlington, Vt. — Mrs. Earl Bonnette,
Mrs. Royal F. Perry.
1490, San Diego, Ca.— William R. Adams.
1497, Los Angeles, Ca. — Clifford F. Ferneau.
1507, El Monte, Ca.— Mrs. Joseph H. Daven-
port, John R. Sands.
1512, Blountville, Tn.— Herman H. Hilbert.
1529, Kansas City, Ks. — Pete Whitman.
1536, New York, N.Y.— Philip Giaquinta.
1541, Vancouver, B.C., Canada — Mrs. Neil
Trickett.
1554, Miami, Ft. — Roy T. Branch.
1571, San Diego, Ca. — Oluf Lindeboe.
1583, Englewood, Co. — William D. Zimmer-
man.
1585, Lawton, Ok Mrs. Soloman O.
Wasson.
1590, Washington, D.C.— Hilmer E. Carlson,
Andrew J. Dolan, William W. Owens,
J. Vernon Peyton.
1596, St. Louis, Mo. — Anton Butz.
1607, Los Angeles, Ca. — Clin R. Barringer.
1609, Hibbing, Mn.— Alvin I. Home.
1618, Sacramento, Ca. — John E. McGee.
1622, Hayward, Ca. — James Bell.
1634, Big Spring, Tx. — Roy C. Hoggard.
1641, Naples, Fl.— Glenn A. Shipe.
1644, Minneapolis, Mn. — Mrs. Cardinal C.
Bacon, Clarence E. Bergvall, John
Gustner Nelson.
1664, Bloomington, In. — Rodney A. Ed-
wards.
1665, Alexandria, Va. — Ray M. Clark, John
L. Seabright.
1667, Biloxi, Ms. — Marion R. Walker.
1669, Ft. Williams, Out., Can Joseph H.
Groulx.
Local Union, City
1685, Pineda, Fl Eugene W. Martin.
1688, Manchester, N.H — Mrs. Merridon F.
Albee.
1693, Chicago, 111.— Ralph R. Sipes.
1699, Pasco, Wa.— Constant T. Billdt.
1725, Daytona Beach, Fl Victor K. Cratty,
Herald L. Odum.
1733, Marshfield, Wi.— Rueben Denk,
Donald L. Morrow, Mrs. William Muel-
ler.
1746, Portland, Or.— Wesley M. Burger.
1750, Cleveland, Oh.— Matthew C. Hancu-
lak.
1752, Pomona, Ca. — Norwood E. Bottelson,
Mrs. John G. Guillen, James J. Hickey,
Erman A. McCrary, William J. Mc-
Cullough, Charles J. Scaggs, Thomas
Benton Stone.
1764, Marion, Va. — William F. Troxell.
1772, Hicksville, N.Y.— Bronislaus Plass.
1779, Calgary, Alta, Canada — H. Bruce
Forry, Anton W. Franson, Ernest G.
Schamuhn.
1780, Las Vegas, Nev.— Warren G. (Jack)
Bullington, Mrs. Fred Gribble, Melvin
H. Miller.
1784, Chicago, 111 William Mankel, Mrs.
William H. Markus.
1797, Renton, Wa. — Mrs. Melvin A. Braa.
1815, Santa Ana, Ca.— Charles E. Geesman.
1822, Fort Worth, Tx.— Thomas A. Dunn.
1823, Phila., Pa.— Bernard E. Schmick.
1826, Wausau, Wi.— Mrs. Leo Mau.
1827, Las Vegas, Nv. — Bernard O. Freeman.
1836, Russellville, Ark. — Robert T. Haag.
1846, New Orleans, La. — Stanley W. Ben-
nett, Jr., Jerry A. Gairens, Calvin W.
Hughes, Kenneth P. Morgan.
1849, Pasco, Wa. — Mrs. Francis VanDoren.
1856, Phila., Pa.— Joseph J. Goehrig.
1861, Milpitas, Ca.— George A. Beckett.
1865, Minneapolis, Mn — Ray L. Chelmo.
1871, Clcve., Oh.— T. Donald Cleary, An-
drew Herman, Mrs. Atha Herman Irick.
1882, Campbell River, B.C., Canada— Pentti
Puurtonen.
1884, Lubbock, Tx.— Claude S. Weir, Jr.
1889, Downers Grove, 111. — Daniel Sokol.
1893, Fredericton, N.B., Canada — C. Stanton
Hunter.
1913, San Fernando, Ca.— Ross Bull, Ed-
ward J. Campeau, James L. Hardin,
Mrs. Frank Kershaw, Oscar Lindquist.
1921, Hempstead, N.Y. — Rudolph Compano,
Robert Nilsen, George J. Tomalavage.
1928, Vancouver, B.C., Canada— William J.
Halliday, Herman J. Hoch.
1930, Santa Susana, Ca. — Eugene M. Ray.
1964, Vicksburg, Ms. — Mrs. Mack Gray,
Mrs. Lafayette M. Jones, Jr.
1978, Buffalo, N.Y. — George H. Richardson.
1982, Seattle, Wa.— DeWayne M. Wood.
1987, St. Charles, Mo.— Ralph O. Brooks,
Clarence S. Sachs.
1996, Libertyville, 111.— Harold A. Patten.
Robert A. Willemarck.
2012, Seaford, De.— Mrs. David B. Layton.
2015, Santa Paula, Ca. — Ivan T. Impecoven.
2018, Ocean County, N.J — Rudolph F.
Reiser.
2020, San Diego, Ca.— John M. Hollings-
worth.
2024, Miami, Fl — Franklin B. Mitchell.
2029, Lehighton, Pa. — George F. Dreisbach.
2035, Kings Beach, Ca. — Stein G. Nielsen.
2042, Oxnard, Ca. — Lawrence H. Boers.
2045, Helena, Ark. — Raiford Hughey.
2046, Martinez, Ca. — Mrs. Larry C. Cozad,
Mrs. Dimas E. Perry. Mrs. William M.
Ryken, Mrs. Garold L. Sadey.
2067, Medford, Or. — Norman R. Brannan.
Local Union, City
2073, Milwaukee, Wi. — Joseph J. Schitzman.
2077, Columbus, Oh.— J. Harold Ritter.
2078, Vista, Ca.— Calvin W. Cook, Mrs. Jack
E. Hennessee, Mrs. Dave L. Kontny,
James H. White.
2083, Red Wing, Mn.— Burnell B. Hanson.
2087, Crystal Lake, III Stanley E. Koplin.
2117, Flushing, N.Y John A. Duro, Mrs.
Clifford Ferguson.
2119, St. Louis, Mo.— John R. Toenjes.
2130, Hillsboro, Or.— Mrs. Philip Kaiser.
2163, New York, N.Y — Mrs. Michael
Beacon, Mrs. Frank Donaghey, Charles
A. Myles, William Wilkes.
2170, Sacramento, Ca. — Mrs. George A.
Dunphy.
2203, Anaheim, Ca.— Malcolm L. Bizzle,
Mrs. Maurice R. Brechtel, J. Frank
Turner.
2205, Wenatchee, Wa.— Mrs. Floyd Krut-
singer.
2209, Louisville, Ky.— Joseph W. VanMetre.
2217, Lakeland, Fl.— Walter G. Oswald.
2235, Pittsburgh, Pa. — Thomas F. Joyce,
John Shack, Jr., Howard E. Swords.
2241, Brooklyn, N.Y. — Mrs. Arthur Salvesen.
2250, Red Bank, N.J.— Wesley H. Williams.
2274, Pittsburgh, Pa.— Mrs. Robert C. Clark,
Curtis L. Spoor.
2287, New York, N.Y Victor Robles.
2288, Los Angeles, Ca.— Ernest G. Terrell.
2308, Fullerton, Ca. — Mrs. Eugene L. Faux.
2311, Washington, D.C — Harry L. Scanlon.
2329, Lock Haven, Pa. — Floyd E. Long.
2375, Los Angeles, Ca.— Billy G. Swart.
2396, Seattle, Wa.— Bert J. Deuer, Glen T.
Sparks, Mrs. Anfin Svardal.
2400, Woodland, Me.— Ralph L. Dudley.
2404, Vancouver, B.C., Canada— Stuart H.
Hagan.
2413, Glenwood Springs, Co. — Harley L.
Hunt.
2436, New Orleans, La. — Mrs. Earl R. Fore-
man, John M. Parrish, Jr.
2456, Washington, D.C— William B. Bow-
man.
2463, Ventura, Ca.— Robert D. Sims.
2477, Santa Maria, Ca. — Joseph C. Lowman.
2484, Orange, Tx.— Clyde H. Cooper,
Charles W. Peet.
2498, Longview, Wa. — Garry J. Sawyer.
2519, Seattle, Wa.— Mrs. Neil H. Bergstrom,
Andrew H. Johnson.
2559, San Francisco, Ca. — Joseph T. Natole.
2564, Grand Falls, Nfld., Canada— Justin
Newman. Roy G. Thomas.
2608, Redding, Ca Leroy A. Clay.
2633, Tacoma, Wa.— Oscar G. Feed.
2659, Everett, Wa. — Sexton A. Ekman.
2669, West Islip, N.Y.— Frank Knakal.
2679, Toronto, Ont., Canada — John Babiak.
2739, Yakima, Wa.— Carl G. Childs.
2750, Springfield, Or.— Donald E. Riley.
2769, Wheeler, Or.— Ernest A. Wood.
2784, Coquille, Or.— Gary R. Pearce.
2875, Charlotte, N.C Clarence Morgan.
2881, Portland, Or.— Konrad Manda.
2902, Burns, Or.— Frank W. Gibson.
2910, Baker, Or. — Edwin L. Hug.
2931, Eureka, Ca Melvin C. Gihlstrom.
2942, Albany, Or Leslie H. Wilson.
2949, Roseburg, Ore. — Laurence V. Fred-
lund, Jr., Mrs. Farrel Hamilton, Mrs.
Edward Hounshell, Charles W. Walker.
2982, Staunton, Va.— Lenva C. Wright.
3038, Bonner, Mt. — Elmer K. Cahoon.
3064, Toledo, Or.— Elmer C. Schlenker.
3233, Richmond Hill, Ont., Canada — Edward
J. Brett.
9042, Los Angeles, Ca. — Alfred J. Wickham.
9074, Chicago, III. — Irvin R. Malewicki.
JANUARY, 1981
37
City of Hope
Continued from Page 12
of $1.6 million from the National Insti-
tute of Occupational Safety and Health
now underscores a screening program
among 8,000 members of the United
Steelworkers of America who are engaged
in coke oven operations, an activity
linked to numerous cancers and respira-
tory maladies. Now, early detection al-
lows for life-saving therapy and proper
guidance to all workers that will reduce
and possibly eliminate many hazards of
this occupation.
68-YEAR PROGRESS
The growth and progress of the City
of Hope covers a period of 68 years
when its presence was established with
two tents on a strip of desert soil just
outside Los Angeles. This tiny facility,
staffed by a single nurse and a part-time
doctor was bom from the efforts of gar-
ment workers whose human concerns for
fellow workers stricken with tuberculosis
was expressed in an effort to provide
them with the only therapy then known
to medical science: a hot and dry climate.
From that moment on, union participa-
tion and support had a rippling effect.
The original two tents disappeared in
history, replaced by buildings and ex-
panding services to combat many dis-
eases afflicting working men and women.
Today, the City of Hope covering 95
acres of ground, is recognized as one of
the world's outstanding research and
treatment centers focused on cancer and
other catastrophic diseases which cast
their dark shadows over our lives.
Thousands of trade unionists and fam-
ily members can speak of the superb
medical care which this hospital has pro-
vided. Care that has restored them to
health with the promise of additional
years of happy life: care that has been
provided at no cost, where the dignity
of each and every patient is carefully
maintained.
Our union's support for the City of
Hope has given hope often life itself,
to many of our unfortunate brothers and
sisters. That support is realized by indi-
vidual donations hardly missed and . . .
tax deductible. It is realized by contribu-
tions from thousands of local unions.
In these troublesome times we may
think that "bargains" no longer exist.
When we consider what the City of
Hope means to each one of us — perhaps
we should . . . think againi
Contributions from members and local
unions of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners should be mailed
to: City of Hope National Labor Coun-
cil, 1510 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19102. Make checks payable to:
"City of Hope."
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Veteran s Credit
Continued from Page 18
by the law; and (3) make a timely
application to the former employer
for reemployment. It makes no dif-
ference whether the employee entered
military service voluntarily or was
drafted.
The Office of Veterans' Reemploy-
ment Rights, which administers re-
employment rights' statute, is part of
the Department of Labor's Labor-
Management Services Administration
(LMSA), which has 49 field offices
located in major cities.
When OVRR receives a complaint
from a worker, it investigates the case
and works with the veteran or reserv-
ist and the employer to resolve the
matter. The vast majority of complaints
are settled in this manner. But if a
case cannot be resolved to the satis-
faction of the complainant, it may be
referred to the Justice Department for
possible legal action. If legal action
is taken, the worker will be repre-
sented by the government free of
charge.
When Raymond Davis asked for
help in obtaining a larger pension
based on the inclusion of his 30
months of military service in his years
of "accredited service," he was repre-
sented by the government all the way
to the U.S. Supreme Court. His case
is considered a landmark, affecting
perhaps hundreds of thousands of
veterans.
In recent years, as many World War
II veterans have been reaching retire-
ment age, the courts have had to deal
specifically with the question of how
the veterans reemployment rights law
applies to pension credits for the vet-
erans time in military service. The
Davis case was the first to reach the
Supreme Court.
Inquiries about the veterans' reem-
ployment rights law, as well as re-
quests for assistance with pension or
other claims coming within the scope
of the law, can be addressed to any
LMSA field office or the Office of Vet-
erans' Reemployment Rights, LMSA,
U.S. Department of Labor, Wash.,
D.C. 20216.
Senior Citizens
Continued from Page 22
put the NCSC within striking distance of
its one million dollar goal. Donations
should be made payable to the National
Senior Citizen Center Building Fund.
Contributions are tax deductible.
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IN CONCLUSION
UIHO'S COT THE
WORK ETHIC?
n sTuov in
PRODUCTIUITV
The Reagan Administration
would do well to pick up the
reindustrialization ball
and run with it.
Labor has been blamed for much of what is
wrong in our economy today.
Labor unions, in particular, have become the
whipping boys for armchair economists and gov-
ernment bureaucrats trying to find somebody,
some group, or some public policy to blame for
today's inflation, high living costs, and declining
productivity.
Labor can take the whiplashes of such Monday-
morning quarterbacks. We're used to it.
But it's time we responded to this nonsense
about the loss of "the work ethic" among the
laboring population and the statements that union
members are fat cats, always striking for higher
wages and benefits without giving a fair day's work
in return.
We have been examining the US and Canadian
economic experience over recent decades and we
have reached these conclusions:
• North American management, not North
American labor, has been largely responsible for
our economic dilemma.
• North American management has been abso-
lutely retarded, either by design or poor judgment,
in efforts to modernize and streamline much of
North America's basic industries so that they can
adequately compete with overseas competition.
Big business will tell you that this is so because
of too much government regulation, too many
environmental restrictions, and too high a price
for basic resources. These, of course, are contribut-
ing factors, but the fact remains that North Amer-
ican industry has not put up much of a fight to
overcome these obstacles and make itself Number
One in the economic world again. (That title, by
the way, now rests with Japan.)
While Japan and West Germany and other na-
tions were tooling up in the post- World-War-Two
world to revive their destroyed economies, our
Fortune-Yisted companies were sitting back on their
post-war prosperities and watching those Japanese
cameras take over the display counters of our
stores, more and more of those compact European
cars unload at our docks, and stood by while the
Arab sultans hiked petroleum prices. Meanwhile,
US and Canadian dollars dropped under the
weight of gold, silver, Japanese yen, and German
marks.
Many North American companies pursued
quick dollars and dividends in the 1950s and
1960s, going multinational with heavy investments
in Europe, South America, and other continents,
creating manufacturing bases overseas . . . and to
Hades with the North American wage earners left
behind. Dividends for preferred stockholders and
good stock quotations on foreign stock exchanges
were their immediate goals in those years . . . and,
for many industrialists, they still are their major
goals today. As a consequence, our balance of
trade has been in a precarious state, year after
year.
Instead of consolidating and firming up manu-
facturing and technology in the US and Canada,
using North America as a firm manufacturing
base, balancing trade through the import of raw
materials from overseas, and calling upon the skills
and experience of North American workers, these
companies have fragmented their markets around
the world, played political games with question-
able labor factions overseas, and even bribed for-
eign officials to maintain the status quo.
As a consequence. North American workers,
through their unions, have been forced to go to
government on occasion for wage, price, and tarifT
protections. We have been forced to abandon the
free-market policies which we once supported,
leaving such talk to the moneyed men in the stock
exchanges, who are, first and foremost, protecting
their selfish interests.
• What North America needs today, to a great
extent, is a new breed of business management —
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men and women dedicated to economic growth,
prosperity, and teamwork with employees instead
of what the dictionary calls "hedonism" — the
belief that pleasure or happiness is the highest goal
in life. Far too many North American business
executives today are primarily concerned with hav-
ing fancy office suites in penthouses with magnifi-
cent views, with having vacation hideaways in the
Caribbean, with keys to executive washrooms, and
personal portfolios of glamour stocks. Far too few
of them are shirtsleeve executives who get out into
their manufacturing plants and to their construc-
tion sites and actually manage the affairs of their
companies.
Tax writeoffs, tax shelters, investment consult-
ants, and even our entertainment media contribute
to the illusion that the good life comes from the
manipulation of money and credit, instead of the
age-old human activity rank-and-file members
have always practiced called "work."
Economists and sociologists looking for the real
cause of today's drop in productivity and the con-
current rise of inflation will find much of it in the
loss of the work ethic among the managerial peo-
ple in the swivel chairs . . .
The working population still has this "work
ethic," which management has lost. The proof of
that is found in the long lines of the unemployed
at the hiring offices of countless plants and indus-
tries all over this continent. There are millions of
Americans and Canadians looking for work, and
they will work when the opportunity is given them.
We have had a generation of overconsumption
and underinvestment in North America. Many of
our steel mills and our manufacturing plants are
outmoded. Our labor force is handicapped in its
attempts to compete with the rising technology
overseas. Our auto manufacturers pushed big gas
guzzlers for so long, brainwashing American con-
sumers all the way, that today a vital American
industry faces layoffs and bankruptcy.
We feel sure that the incoming Reagan Admin-
istration will try to remedy this situation in the
United States through tax incentives and other
measures. It should also go one step further and
demand that American and Canadian manage-
ment get back to work and create a little more
productivity in the front offices of the land instead
of more portable bars and executive washrooms.
There was a time, at the beginning of our union,
a century ago, when a journeyman carpenter was
a master craftsman who designed, built, and super-
vised and construction of many homes and office
buildings. He was the boss and the master work-
man, too — on the job before the other craftsmen
arrived and he was the last one to leave at the end
of the day.
In the ensuing years, this management work
ethic has often been stretched, as owners, contrac-
tors, and superintendents have shirked their mana-
gerial responsibilities.
As a consequence, we need a new deal in indus-
try: not so much the creation of jobs with govern-
ment funds, but a moral rearmament of our private
economy to create more jobs in private industry
and thereby put more purchasing power where it
belongs — in the hands of the working people.
The AFL-CIO, last year, developed a plan with
the White House and President Carter for a "rein-
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Economic Revitalization Board made up of gov-
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Though American voters have voted a new
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new administration, and it can do so without
sacrificing its traditional role as a spokesman and
bargainer for the working population.
We urge the upcoming administration to pick
up the ball of reindustrialization for America and
run with it over the goal line in the 1980s.
WILLIAM KONYHA
General President
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UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
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IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS AND FEATURES
Polish Workers Seek Basic Freedoms 2
Outlook Bleak for Consumer Prices This Year
Fred Bull, Sixth District Board AAember, Dies
Dean Sooter Named to General Executive Board
More Than 20 Members Mark 100 Years
State Observances of Brotherhood Centennial
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AAany Contractors Support Prevailing Wage Laws 1 1
Did You Knov/? 33 Conventions Chart Our Course 12
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Reagan Inaugural Stands Union Made
National Joint Safety-Health Committee Proposed
The True Cost of Pollution Controls
The American Eagle, Roller Coaster
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Washington Report 4
Ottawa Report 8
Consumer Clipboard: Eye Care 18
We Congratulate 21
Local Union News 24
Apprenticeship and Training
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Service to the Brotherhood
In Memoriam
What's New?
In Conclusion - William Konyha
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THE
COVER
For the keepers of weather records,
the winter of 1977-78 was one to be
remembered. . . . UNTIL the winter
of 1980-81 came along. Now we really
do have one to talk about.
Cold air has blown across the Arctic
from Siberia and spread across much
of the United States and Canada,
causing damage to citrus crops in
Florida and Texas, raising heating
bills to alltime highs, and leaving
North American consumers wondering
if springtime relief will ever come.
US Commerce Department analysts
estimate that the 1977-78 winter cost
America $3 billion in economic growth
and $5 billion in increased fuel use.
With higher prices for everything, this
month, surely the winter of 1980-81
will be an economic record breaker,
too.
Winter is a time to use your head,
say doctors and hat salesmen.
"People are going around with cold
heads, which isn't smart," says the
Millinery Institute of America.
Most doctors agree, saying that
people should wear hats, carry um-
brellas, and keep their hands and feet
warm, if they want to survive the
winter without serious mishap. — Pho-
tograph by O'Neill from H. Arm-
strong Roberts.
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olish workers by the millions defied
their Communist masters and stayed
off their jobs, January 10, as they
pressed their continuing demand for
a five-day, 40-hour work week. The
nationwide protest curtailed produc-
tion in several major industrial cities.
The following day, 34 Polish union
activists and farmers took over a gov-
ernment office in Ustrzyki Dolne until
they were evicted by police.
Next day, a local union of the in-
dependent trade union movement,
Solidarity, proclaimed a national two-
hour "warning strike," and there was
a one-hour shutdown in 100 agricul-
ture-related plants around Ustrzyki
Dolne in sympathy with the evicted
militants.
On January 14, a Soviet general
showed up in Warsaw on an un-
explained mission, and a Soviet jour-
nalist suggested to Western newsmen
that the general, who commands
40,000 Soviet troops stationed in west-
ern Poland, might be in the Polish
capital to participate in the 36th an-
niversary observance of the Soviet
Army's liberation of Warsaw from the
Germans, which was to be com-
memorated the following weekend.
A few hours before the general
arrived in Warsaw, Lech Walesa,
chairman of Solidarity, left the city
for Rome, where he met with Italian
trade unionists and had an audience
with Pope John Paul II.
And so the moves and checkmates
of the old Communist Party establish-
ment and the new and activist inde-
pendent Polish labor movement. Soli-
darity, go on.
For months, this most dangerous
game has held the free world's atten-
tion , . . ever since Lech Walesa and
the shipyard workers of northern
Poland openly defied Communist man-
agement and staged a prolonged strike
last year, sending incendiary sparks
throughout the nation. Poland has a
work force of 16.5 million in a gen-
eral population of 35.5 million, and
an estimated 6 million stayed home
in one December demonstration. Mil-
lions of the workers in all crafts and
trades have been affected by the labor
unrest.
And all that most of them seek,
amazingly enough, is what United
States and Canadian workers achieved
almost a century ago: an eight-hour
work day and a 4()-hour work week!
And a little more say in their own
affairs. After months of struggle they
still work the long hours and struggle
to meet the endless quotas dictated by
Communist industry. The chances of
having their Saturdays free appear
^'^^^.->U.
VLADIMIR LENIN'S BIG RED PARTY UNION vs.
LECH WALESA'S INDEPENDENT WORKERS' UNION
Brotherhood Achievements of a Century Ago are Goafs of Polish Workers Today
slim for the present. The government
claims that Poland's weakened econ-
omy cannot aflford a shortened work
week.
They have, however, chalked up
some significant gains since they "hit
the bricks", last year. For example,
they succeeded in having the top leader
of the country's Communist Party
fired. More recently, the heads of two
other important government officials
rolled at labor's behest. Poland's min-
ister of Labor (the equivalent of the
US Secretary of Labor) was kicked
out of office and so was the Minister
of Construction, both dismissals at the
demand of Solidarity.
First and foremost, they have
achieved recognition as independent
trade unionists, hopefully free of gov-
ernment interference. Time will tell
how successful they will be in achiev-
ing their long-range goals.
Their bold and courageous actions
over the past year have proven to
Eastern Europe and the workers of the
USSR (those who have learned of the
Polish revolt) that Communism is not
the great hope of the proletariat. In
fact, diplomatic analysts are beginning
to say that the Russians are "running
scared" today because of the struggles
for human rights going on in Poland
and elsewhere in the world.
The Communist Party newspaper
Pravda noted in a recent edition that
Vladimir Lenin, the almost-deified
founder of the Russian version of
Marxist Communism, actually took a
dim view of "so-called free trade
unions." Without mentioning their
emergence in Poland, Pravda recalled
that Lenin considered the concept of
free and independent trade unions to
be "either a bourgeois provocation of
the crudest sort or an extreme stu-
pidity." Labor unions are fine if they're
centrally-controlled, party-dominated,
and their members meet their produc-
tion quotas, Lenin believed.
A Communist weekly newspaper in
Moscow, The Literary Gazette, re-
cently devoted much space to the
inner workings of the Central Trade
Union Council in Moscow. The coun-
cil, according to the party organ,
works with "open doors" for the mem-
bers of the country's 30 trade unions,
but it observed that "not everyone has
a correct idea of how this organization
works." So, The Literary Gazette pro-
ceeded to explain to the card-carrying
workers what "the right to work"
actually means in the Soviet Union.
Lenin would have been proud, but
the rank-and-file members of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America would have thrown
down their tools and told their bureau-
cratic bosses to "shove it."
Most of the world stands by and
watches while the Polish workers
struggle for free expression. Most west-
ern governments say little, afraid to
precipitate a military takeover of
Poland, as occurred years ago in Hun-
gary and Czechoslovakia.
One group, primarily, has taken the
lead in actively supporting the efforts
of Polish workers to be free: the
AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions. The
Federation has not only given moral
support, but it has worked through a
Polish Workers Aid Fund to get finan-
cial and material support to the leaders
of Solidarity.
When the Polish Workers Aid Fund
was set up by the AFL-CIO last Sep-
tember, AFL-CIO President Lane
Kirkland said, in part:
"The AFL-CIO was not involved — and to
the best of our knowledge no other element
of the world free trade union movement was
involved — in the initiation of the strike by
Polish workers. It was not provoked, in-
stigated or inspired by any action outside
of the state of Poland. It came entirely from
the depths of the courage, the brains and the
experience of the Polish workers themselves.
"They seem to take seriously the commit-
ment made by the Polish government when,
in international law, it ratified Convention
No. 87 of the International Labor Organiza-
tion, under which signatory governments
commit themselves to permit the establish-
ment, in their body of laws and practice, of
free trade union institutions. That is the con-
vention on freedom of association. That act
alone makes this issue a matter of inter-
national concern . . .
"In my view, the establishment of a free
trade union movement in the state of Poland
— far from representing a threat to peace or
a threat to the stability of the world or of
Europe or of our relations with Europe —
ought to serve the cause of peace . . .
"We are not interested in attacking, under-
mining, or calling into question the economic
system that prevails in any other country in
the world, including Poland. Free trade
unionism is a means of humanizing any sys-
tem — whether it be capitalistic, communist,
socialist or whatever. And our quarrel, in-
sofar as the AFL-CIO is concerned, with the
countries behind the Iron Curtain does not
relate in any way to such matters as who
owns the tools in means of production. To
us that is really irrelevant. The question is,
are workers allowed the Iright to have their
own organization under their own control
rather than under the control of the state,
serving as instruments for the repression of
the aspirations of workers.
"The spokesman for the strikers, for the
new free trade union movement in Poland,
has publicly indicated that they welcome and
seek support from their brothers overseas
and we must, in all good conscience, respond
to the best of our ability. In the last analysis,
I know of no place and no case where the
organization and development of free trade
unions has proceeded under the blanklet of
quiet diplomacy. Free trade unionism does
not advance and will not advance in this
world on little cat feet. And I will not
accept the proposition that we will pussyfoot
about it at all."
Footnotes to the Story
One of the real reasons for the wide-
spread strikes by Polish workers and
their formation of a new 10 million-
member independent trade union fed-
eration was recently let slip by the
official Polish Communist Party news-
paper Trybuna Liidu. After 35 years
of Moscow-controlled Communism,
one out of every six Poles is living
below the official poverty line. Try-
buna Liidu revealed. Proving that the
country's current economic mess and
huge foreign debts can't be blamed on
the workers or their 10-month-old
union movement, the Communist
newspaper said, "Many social groups
in Poland have fallen below the level
of minimum income ... we are facing
a situation which is in painful discord
with the principles of social justice."
•
Polish workers have a new offset
press to carry on their work, thanks
to union supporters in North America.
The first big expenditure of the AFL-
CIO Polish Workers Aid Fund was
$50,000 for a new offset press, the
Poles needed badly.
Now they have asked for help in
obtaining smaller presses for their
various regional offices. Neither the
presses nor the hard currency to buy
them is available to the Polish trade
unionists, unless outsiders give them
a hand.
The father of Lech Walesa, Stanley
Walesa, who lives in New Jersey, had
a succinct greeting for those who had
gathered to support the organization
his son leads: "God bless the AFL-
CIO and God bless America."
The Polish Worker^ Aid Fund is
aided by the sale of "Solidarnosc"
T-shirts, a project of Frontlash, the
labor-supported organization that en-
courages youth participation in labor
issues. Frontlash Executive Director
Jessica Smith, left, makes a sale to
Susan Dunlop of the AFL-CIO Dept.
of Information staff. The shirts are
available at $5 each from Frontlash,
815 16th St. NW, Room 203, Wash-
ington, D.C. 20006.
FEBRUARY, 1981
Washington
Report
HEAD OF THE COAL LINE
Before he left office. President
Jimmy Carter signed legislation that
clears the way for American-flag coal
carriers plying domestic routes to go
to the head of the line for loading at
jammed US coal docks.
The legislation puts into law the
tradition of giving U.S. -flag ships
plying the coastal trade priority
service at US ports, a tradition that
has come under attack as dozens of
ships await their turn to load coal
headed for foreign ports.
A recent surge in U.S. coal exports
has placed a severe strain on American
storage and port facilities, causing
delays of as long as 30 days for ships
waiting to be loaded.
UAW ON REAFFILIATiON
The Auto Workers' executive board has
decided to discuss with elected
delegates to the UAW convention the
issue of reaff iliating with the
AFL-CIO.
If there is sufficient support to
move forward, UAW President Douglas
Fraser said, then formal proceedings
would be taken to authorize the board
to negotiate appropriate terms and
timing of possible reaff illation.
NO MEDICARE UNION-BUSTING
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland has
urged the Health Care Financing Admin-
istration to continue to prohibit the
use of Medicare funds to finance union-
busting programs of hospitals and
nursing homes. The agency, part of the
Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, had invited public comments on
its policy regarding expenses related
to union activities in determining
Medicare reimbursement payments.
TIGHT-MONEY CONSTRUCTION
The Reagan Administration is pledged
to support the tight money and high
interest rate policies that are putting
a hard squeeze on housing and construc-
tion, AFL-CIO housing analyst Henry
Schechter said recently.
A series of such tight money policies
since World War II have produced a
"predictable, painful course to high
unemployment, loss of national product,
income and savings that leaves the
entire economy weaker," Schechter de-
clared. He said that coupling those
policies with "drastic hold-backs of
budgetary expenditures" and across-the-
board tax cuts will have a severe
impact on low-income Americans.
This is the same course that the
Thatcher government in England has been
following with "abysmal failure" — con-
tinued high interest rates, increased
unemployment and no curb on inflation,
Schechter observed.
Schechter, director of federation's
Office of Housing & Monetary Policy,
renewed the call for credit regulations
to stem "escalating and wildly fluctu-
ating interest rates." He said that
the brief use last spring of such
authority under the Credit Control
Act — the first use since the law was
adopted in 1969 — brought "a dramatic
reduction in interest rates over a few
months," cutting the prime rate from
20% to about 10%, and the mortgage rate
from 16% to 11%.
But the economic recovery stalled
when the controls were lifted in July,
Schechter pointed out, adding that
"we're now back where we were about
this time last year."
MARRIED WORKERS DECLINE
Although married persons continue to
dominate the workforce, their share has
been declining steadily, according to
the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
From March 1970 to March 1980, the
proportion of the labor force composed
of married persons living with their
spouses fell from 69 to 61%, while the
share composed of people who never
married or were divorced rose from 24%
to 33%, the bureau reported.
The agency attributed the gradual
transformation of the marital composi-
tion of the workforce to major demogra-
phic and social changes that occurred
during the 1970s. For example, it
noted, half of the more than 20 million
increase in the labor force during the
decade was among persons 24 through 34
years old, who now account for more
than 1 of every 4 workers.
THE CARPENTER
Consumers can expect to pay more
for retail goods and services well into
the new year as the result of steeper
interest rates on home mortgages and
expected higher prices for food and
transportation.
Standing 12.7% above the year-
earlier level, the US government's
consumer price index for November
seemed to pre-figure the probable
course of inflation in at least the first
part of 1981. Higher prices for food,
housing, and transportation accounttd
for practically all of the month's 1%
increase in the CPI, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported.
"The outlook over the next few
months is for continual worsening of
inflation, with food prices continuing
to rise sharply, housing further af-
fected by high mortgage-interest rates,
and oil prices reflecting the newest
round of OPEC price changes," ob-
served Rudy Oswald, director of the
AFL-CIO Department of Economic
Research.
"Inflation rates in the 12 to 13%
range appear to be likely for quite a
few more months."
Some forecasters see a slight slow-
down in the price spiral possible by
the end of 1981, with the US inflation
rate dropping to 10 or 11%. But vari-
ables in the inflation mix, particularly
energy prices and mortgage interest
rates, make long-range projections dif-
ficult, they concede.
Several factors that analysts expect
to start pumping up the CPI during
the next few months began accelerat-
ing in November. Gasoline prices,
which fell 0.5% in September and
rose only 0.3% in October, jumped
0.9% in November. Beef prices rose
0.8% in November, after declining
0.6% the month before.
Also, mortgage interest rates, which
work their way into the CPI with a
lag of a couple of months, rose faster
during November than in the previous
month. Mortgage rates were up 2.8%
over the month, compared to a 1.9%
increase in October, BLS reported.
These special, volatile components
of the CPI are not expected to moder-
ate in the next few months. If any-
thing, many forecasters expect them
to accelerate. Recent price increases
by the Organization of Petroleum Ex-
porting Countries (OPEC) have not
yet shown up at the gasoline pump.
Interest rate increases will continue to
work their way into the index even
after short-term rates begin to peak.
And the outlook for beef and other
food prices is expected to worsen over
the first half of 1981. The US Agri-
OUTLOOK BLEAK
FOR CONSUMER
PRICES
THIS YEAR
High Interest Rates and
Energy Prices Make
Long-Range Pro/ections
Difficult
culture Department recently forecast
that overall food prices would rise
10% to 15% in 1981.
Meanwhile, workers' purchasing
power continues to trail rising prices.
Real spendable earnings, or take-home
pay stripped of the impact of infla-
tion, increased a slight 0.2% in No-
vember. But on a year-to-year basis
they were down 5.1%. A typical non-
farm worker in private industry who
had three dependents grossed $243.57
in current dollars in November. In
constant, 1967 dollars, however, this
was the equivalent of just $94.92 — a
drop of $4.11 over the 12 months
through November.
November's increase in the CPI —
the third consecutive monthly rise of
1% — made it certain that when the
December figure is announced the
index will have climbed at a rate of
more than 10% for the second straight
year. The CPI rose 13.3% in 1979.
Food and beverage prices rose 1.1 %
in November, after climbing 0.9% in
October. Prices for eggs, beef, pork,
The outlook is for
worsening inflation,
AFL-CIO Re-
search Director
Rudy Oswald,
center, warned in
a recent Mutual
Radio broadcast.
He was questioned
on "Labor News
Conference" by
Rachelle Patterson
of the Boston
Globe and Drew
Von Bergen of
United Press
International.
OUR COVER STORY
February forecasters see continued
cold weather ahead in many parts
of North America . . . one of the
coldest winters on record. Mean-
while, economic forecasters see a
slight slowdown in the price spiral
possible by the end of 1981 . . .
but long after winter energy bills
have piled high. So be wise:
Economize.
fish and other seafood all moved sub-
stantially higher, BLS said. Poultry
prices decreased by 2% after rising
for four months.
"The 1.5% increase in other foods
at home was largely due to a 7.8%
increase in sugar and artificial sweet-
eners and higher prices for soft
drinks," BLS said. Prices for fresh
fruits and vegetables rose 0.8%, fol-
lowing a 3% decline in October.
Rising shelter costs accounted for
most of the 1% jump in the housing
component of the CPI, reflecting the
renewed surge in mortgage interest
rates, which are more than 15% in
some localities. Home financing costs
rose 4.1%, mirroring increases of
2.8% in mortgage interest rates and
0.7% in house prices.
Transportation costs were up 1.5%
over the month, following a rise of
0.7% in October. Used car prices
soared by 5.1%, the third consecutive
large monthly increase in this cate-
gory. New car prices increased 0.5%.
Continued on Page 17
FEBRUARY, 1981
Sixth District Board Member Dies Unexpectedly in Oklahoma
■ Sixth District Board Member Fred-
erick Bull, of Oklahoma City, Okla.,
passed away on December 18, 1980.
At the time of his death, he had been
working at Lake Tenkiller on restoring
a family cabin that had burned down
in November, 1979. He was 60 years
old.
Bull had served as a General Execu-
tive Board Member of the Sixth Dis-
trict since September, 1968, when he
filled the vacancy left by retired mem-
ber James O. Mack. While in office,
he served the states of Missouri, Ar-
kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and
New Mexico.
Bull's involvement with the Brother-
hood goes back many years. In 1947,
while a student in vocational education
at the University of Arkansas, Bull
was initiated into Local 1249, Fayette,
Ark. That same year he transferred to
Local 329, Oklahoma City, Ok., where
he eventually became recording secre-
tary, assistant business representative,
and finally business representative.
In 1956, he was elected secretary of
A quiet, diligent leader, Bull was review-
ing a report to the 33rd General Con-
vention when this picture was taken.
the Oklahoma State Council of Car-
penters, and in 1961 he was appointed
general representative, serving the
states of Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, and Texas. At that time,
General President M. A. Hutcheson
also named him to the President's
Missile Site Committee.
Bull was also a five-year member of
the 10-Southern-States Apprenticeship
Conference steering committee and a
leader in the successful fight to defeat
an Oklahoma right-to-work referendum
of the 1960s. He was active in civic
affairs and for many years served as a
member of the Oklahoma Medical Re-
search Foundation, a volunteer health
group.
Bull was the father of three sons,
F. Nolton, Terry, and Aven, and one
daughter, Annette, and the grandfather
of two, Alek and Brian. A memorial
service was held for him on Decem-
ber 22, 1980. ■
THE CARPENTER
Dean Sooter Named to Sixth District
Board Seat, Following Death of Bull
Dean Sooter of Local 2298, RoUa,
Mo., a general representative of the
Brotherhood since 1972, has been
named by General President William
Konyha to fill the Sixth District
vacancy on the General Executive
Board created by the untimely death
of Frederick N. Bull in late December.
Early last month, Sooter conferred
in Washington, D.C., with the General
President and other General Officers
on District 6 matters. He returned to
the Southwest to meet with local and
district council leaders on problems left
unsettled by the unexpected passing
of his predecessor. He participates in
his first meeting of the General Execu-
tive Board, this month, in Florida.
The new district board member
marked his 46th birthday January 3.
He was born in Dixon, Mo., and was
initiated into the union in 1958.
His union posts have been many.
He is a past president of Local 2298.
From 1967 to 1972 he was a business
representative of the St. Louis District
Council, and he was a delegate to the
St. Louis Carpenters District Council
and the St. Louis Labor Council. In
recent years he has worked closely
with the late Fred Bull in administra-
tive work with the Kansas City Dis-
trict Council and on other matters in
District 6. As new District 6 board
member, Sooter will work with locals
and district councils in a six-state area.
A son, Luther, is also a member of
Dean Sooter
Local 2298. Sooter and his wife,
Dorothy, have two children and three
grandchildren.
American Trade Unionists Strucic Down By El Salvador Assassins
As They Work for Worker-Farmer Freedoms Against Marxists, Extremists
The tragedy and turmoil of the small
Central American country of El Salvador
"hit home" last month for North Amer-
ican trade unionists, as two of their
number were assassinated in a hail of
bullets in a San Salvador hotel dining
room. A companion, who also died in
the encounter, was an El Salvador labor
leader who had worked since 1966 to
improve the lot of his fellow workers
and farmers.
The victims were Michael P. Hammer,
42, of Potomac, Md., Mark D. Pearlman,
36, of Seattle — both representatives of the
AFL-CIO's American Institute for Free
Labor Development — and Jose Rodolfo
Viera, 43, the director of the El Salvador
government's Institute for Agrarian
Transformation.
"These good men were in El Salvador
to assist that nation's peasant unions to
participate in a land-reform program de-
signed to improve the lives of hundreds
of thousands of small farmers, and to
lay the foundation for a stable, demo-
cratic society," Lane Kirkland, AFL-CIO
president, commented later.
He said the AFL-CIO was "outraged
and saddened" by the killing of Hammer
and Pearlman by terrorists, and equally
grieved by the assassination of Viera, "our
brother and friend," who directed the
Salvadoran Communal Union, a peasant-
farmer group organized with AIFLD's
help in 1966.
"The AFL-CIO calls upon the govern-
ment of El Salvador to bring those re-
sponsible for these brutal murders to
justice, and redouble its efforts to bring
about agrarian reform for the benefit of
El Salvador's impoverished workers,"
Kirkland said. "Clear title must be
granted to the 210,000 poor farmers who
have been promised land.
"The forces of extremism, the totalitar-
ian right and left, must not be permitted
to destroy the prospects for democratic
reform, upon which depend the hopes of
farmers and workers for a more peace-
ful and prosperous life."
The assassinations, which followed
within weeks the slaying of Felipe Zaldi-
var, president of the major democratic
urban labor center, "are further proof
of the determination of the extremists
to destroy democratic institutions," Kirk-
land declared.
Zaldivar headed the Federacion de
Sindicatos de la Industria de la Con-
struccion, Similares, Transporte y de
Otras Actividades. He was gunned down
in front of the organization's head-
quarters building in San Salvador just as
he was about to embark on a visit to
the United States.
Continued on Page 17
Shot to Death while working to bring about a sweeping
redistribution of land in El Salvador were Jose Rodolfo
Viera, left, a union leader and head of the country's Institute
for Agrarian Transformation, and two representatives of the
AFL-CIO's American Institute for Free Labor Development,
Michael P. Hammer, center, and Mark D. Pearlman.
Viera was president of the Salvadoran Communal Union.
He directed the massive land reform program aimed at
stabilizing El Salvador by transferring thousands of acres of
estate farmland to the country's poor.
FEBRUARY, 198 1
Ottavra
Report
QFL WORKSHOP ON LAYOFFS
The Quebec Federation of Labour is
sponsoring a workshop on plant closures
and job security, February 15-17, in
Montreal.
High unemployment, frequent plant
closings, new technology and other
changes in the industrial scene will be
discussed with a view to union
recommendat i ons .
The registration fee for this confer-
ence is |25 per delegate. Further
information is available from Fernaud
Daoust, General Secretary, Quebec
Federation of Labour, 1290 St. Denis
St., 5th floor, Montreal, Que.,
H2X 3J7.
WORKPLACE POLITICS
In an award which may have far-
reaching effects on the success of the
CLC-sponsored political action program
and on-the-job canvass, an arbitrator
ruled November 13 that an employer was
wrong in preventing a union from dis-
tributing political material to its
members on the employer's premises.
Air Canada had stopped several em-
ployees — members of the Canadian Air
Line Employees' Association — from
distributing New Democratic Party pam-
phlets in the company cafeterias during
last winter's federal election
campaign.
No disciplinary action was taken by
Air Canada, because the employees
obeyed the company's orders. However
CALEA grieved in order to obtain an
official ruling, which is expected to
be precedent-setting in other similar
cases.
OLD LABOUR MEMENTOS
In connection with its 25th anniver-
sary in 1981, the Canadian Labour
Congress is planning an exhibit on the
labour movement in co-operation with
the Public-Archives of Canada.
As a result, the CLC is on the look-
out for any pictures, leaflets, badges
or other items suitable for the exhibit
which is to be inaugurated in Ottawa
during the 1981 Labour Day weekend and
which will then travel to other places
across Canada.
The United Brotherhood, meanwhile, is
mounting its own exhibition of photos
and mementos for the General Convention
next August. General Secretary John
Rogers would particularly like to see
photographs of early Brotherhood
activities in Canada over the past
century.
NFLD FED ON POLITICAL ACTION
The 250 delegates to the Newfoundland
and Labrador Federation of Labour con-
vention, held November 16-19 in St.
John's, overwhelmingly adopted a reso-
lution in support of the New Democratic
Party and gave the federation's execu-
tive authority to reserve up to five
cents per member per month for the pur-
pose of political action.
They also pressed for a number of
labour legislation reforms, including
an amendment to the terms under which
a new union may be certified, compul-
sory dues check-off, and anti-scab pro-
visions.
Other resolutions called for labour
education in the school system; the
right to full political participation
for all public employees ; and provin-
cial action against unnecessary con-
sumer price hikes.
OUTLOOK FOR MANITOBA
CLC Executive Vice-President Shirley
Carr told delegates to the annual
Manitoba Federation of Labour in Win-
nipeg that the Conservative government
of Premier Sterling Lyon was respon-
sible for the gloomy economic outlook
for the province.
General economic indicators for
Manitoba are not encouraging, she noted
in her address to the MFL delegates.
"The forecast is that Manitoba will
trail all other provinces in the key
economic indicators and intended in-
vestment," Carr said, blaming the
policies of the Conservative government.
And Howard Pawley, leader of the New
Democratic Party in Manitoba, pledged
a restoration of rent controls, when
the NDP is re-elected to govern the
province. The Lyon government has the
worst job-creation record in Canada,
he stated.
8
THE CARPENTER
More Than 20 Members
=-d Celebrate 100th Birthdays.
Share Brotherhood s
Centennial Observance
A MARKED INCREASE IN SENIOR MEMBERS IN PAST DECADE
At last count, there were some
12,000 persons in the United States
over the age of 100. An additional
1,000 and more have marked their
100th birthdays in Canada.
Since the United Brotherhood is
commemorating its own 100th birth-
day, this year, we dug into General
Office records in Washington, D.C., to
see how many of these 13,000 cen-
tenarians scattered across North Amer-
ica are Brotherhood members . . . how
many are actually older than the
Brotherhood itself.
The Records Department came up
with the list below, showing that almost
two dozen veterans of our organiza-
tion are approaching the century mark
or are already past it.
Perhaps its the vigorous life of a
skilled craftsman that helps our old-
timers to live longer. Or maybe its
improved health care, Social Security,
pensions, and the general increase in
longevity. In any case, the past decade
has shown a marked increase in the
number of senior members in our
ranks. A decade ago, when we took
a similar check of the records, there
were no centenarians at all, only two
members at age 99.
According to the statistics seven out
of every ten of the 100-plus citizens
of the United States are women. It's
quite likely that there are wives of
members beyond the century mark,
too.
In any case, we're proud of our
oldtimers, and we salute them as we
approach our own second century.
CENTENARIANS OF
THE BROTHERHOOD
TYPE OF
BIRTH
INITIATION
LOCAL
NAME
MEMBERSHIP
DATE
DATE
UNION
Wilsey, James
Life
3-14-1871
3-25-1918
1538
RoUer, Ed R.
Retired
12-17-1874
5-21-1913
66
Salois, Henry
Retired
4- 3-1875
8-27-1918
111
Bermont, Alex
Retired
3-15-1876
3- 2-1923
1367
Seaver, Benjamin
Retired
12-17-1876
5-16-1900
787
Nordstrom, John R.
Beneficial
6- 9-1877
3-20-1905
1485
Mark, Michael L.
Beneficial
11-25-1877
12-26-1916
31
Geving, John
Retired
3- 7-1878
8-18-1937
87
Nuzzo, Clemento
Retired
5- 4-1878
5- 5-1906
385
Peterson, Wm. H.
Beneficial
8-12-1878
1-30-1917
542
Schmicht, Jacob
Retired
3-20-1879
2- 6-1908
824
Eadie, P. Y.
Retired
5-21-1879
5-16-1939
159
Leach, Art B.
Beneficial
8-28-1879
7- 7-1936
1845
Bleik, K. A.
Retired
9-24-1879
10-15-1912
15
Ingalls, C. A.
Retired
10-22-1879
10-26-1933
470
McCutcheon, Daniel
Beneficial
2-29-1880
4- 3-1906
1779
Murphy, Nicholas D.
Retired
3-22-1880
10- 4-1905
13
Milligan, T. H.
Retired
4-24-1880
10-11-1921
201
Erwin, E. G.
Retired
4-26-1880
4- 4-1916
11
Olson, Leonard
Retired
10- 5-1880
4-23-1937
1644
Wellnitz, Chas.
Retired
10-20-1880
7- 2-1915
241
Hess, William J.
Beneficial
11-15-1880
8-19-1937
561
Sfesi
■ Charles Wellnitz of Moline, III., left,
observed his 100th birthday last October.
Roger Carlson, president of Local 241
pinned a 65-year pin on his coat lapel.
Wellnitz's membership in the Brother-
hood actually goes back to 1915, when
he helped to organize a local union of
cabinetmakers. Born in Brumberg, Ger-
many in 1880, he emigrated to the United
States as a child.
■ Last September 6, at pin-presentation
ceremonies of Local 215, Lafayette, hid.,
99-year-old Nathan Ruck, left, was
honored for 71 years of service. Bus.
Rep. Kenneth Rankle, right, congratu-
lated him on the occasion. On November
2, 1980, Brother Ruck passed away.
■ Josepli Leo Led-
widge was born in
Hot Springs, Ark., in
1868. The San Fran-
cisco earthquake
caused him to switch
to Portland, Ore.,
when he moved
west. A member of
the Brotherhood, he
helped to organize
the Portland Building Trades Council in
1910. He celebrated his 109th birthday
at the West Hills Convalescent Center in
Portland in 1977 . Death came the fol-
lowing November 25. — Oregon Labor
Press Plioto.
FEBRUARY, 1981
Centennial
Underway In Five States;
Other State Groups
Planning Future Action
As the United Brotherhood's observance of its 100th
birthday approaches — next August — many state and pro-
vincial councils are planning special commemorative proj-
ects of their own.
In the United States, state councils of the Brotherhood
are able, in some cases, to join with state Humanities
Councils in funding such projects as printed histories of
the Brotherhood in the particular state, oral histories,
newspaper articles, etc.
For several months. General Secretary John Rogers has
been working with a professional consultant, who is work-
ing with state councils in the development of commemora-
tive programs in each state.
Five states have already launched comprehensive pro-
grams with their respective state Humanities Councils.
They are New Mexico, Hawaii, Louisiana, Michigan and
North Dakota.
The consultant's preliminary report on these five states
appears below. Although hopes for state projects are dim
in some areas, other areas show great promise.
The following states had plans for
state observances well underway as of
January 1:
HAWAII. The Hawaii carpenters union has
independently commissioned a distinguished
historian at the University of Hawaii to do
archival research in the records of the
Hawaii union and to write a history of the
carpenters in the state. We discussed the
carpenters history project and the activities
that are being stimulated in other states
with this historian, and we urged him to
consider seeking the support of the state
humanities council for public programming
that would be based on his history, once
completed.
LOUISIANA. The Louisiana Committee for
the Humanities has awarded a grant for
a Louisiana Carpenters Union History
Project to the Louisiana Association of His-
torians. The grant at this moment is for
initial planning period and $12,000 has
been committed. The state council has en-
dorsed the project and has agreed to help
support it financially as it grows over the
next few months.
MICHIGAN. On December 16th the Michi-
gan Council for the Humanities funded a
Carpenters history project by the Michigan
Stale Carpenters Council, with a cash grant
of $5,500 and in-kind matching by the
Carpenters Council of $7,000.
NEW MEXICO. The New Mexico Hu-
manities Council has just awarded a $90,000
project grant to the Institute for Southwest
Studies at the University of New Mexico to
conduct a multi-component Carpenters
union history program for New Mexico.
This will include written archival and oral
history research, the writing of a monograph
and the publication of this monograph, the
mounting of a traveling interpretive ex-
hibition, the mounting of a series of public
programs inviting the public to discuss
Carpenters history in the context of New
Mexico history and issues that will occur
in virtually every community of the state,
the writing by the historians involved of
feature articles on their work and on the
history of the Carpenters union that will
be run in most of the 55 newspapers and
magazines published in New Mexico, and
a series of public and commercial radio
programs involving scholars and others in-
volved in this project that will be aired
periodically during the next two years in
New Mexico.
NORTH DAKOTA. The North Dakota
Committee for the Humanities has made a
$26,000 grant to the North Dakota Car-
penters Council to conduct an extensive
multi-part Carpenters history project in that
state. There will be an oral history com-
ponent, an interpretative traveling exhibition
component and a television production
component in this project. The commitment
of the Carpenters union to the project and
to high standards of scholarly involvement
was extraordinarily high and was illustrated
by the fact that the entire executive board
of the Carpenters council appeared at the
funding meeting at the North Dakota Com-
mittee for the Humanities to explain and
defend their request.
Here are highlights of actions consid-
ered in other states regarding special
centennial projects:
ALASKA. Discussion and planning are
underway between a well-qualified local his-
torian and representatives of the Alaska
Carpenters Council. No date has been set
for the beginning of this project.
ARKANSAS. The executive director of the
Arkansas State Humanities Committee has
met with the secretary of the state carpen-
ters council and feels that a worthwhile
project will be worked out and ready for
funding and initial activity sometime in
the first several months of 1981.
DELAWARE. The professional staff of the
Delaware Humanities Program is quite in-
terested in seeing a Delaware Carpenters
Union History Project evolve to the point
of being submitted to the Delaware Coun-
cil for funding. One of the founding mem-
bers of the Delaware Humanities Council
is a life-long member of the Brotherhood
and an active carpenter. A Brotherhood
consultant was invited by the president of
the Maryland/Delaware Council to address
the council's next meeting to explain the
nature of this project and to encourage
its involvement and support.
IDAHO. The executive director of the
Idaho Humanities Council reports that the
Idaho Humanities Council is seriously in-
terested in labor-related projects and has
had as a priority for several years the de-
velopment of projects that deal with labor
history. Meetings with several scholars and
with union representatives have occurred
informally in the past few months and a
formal planning meeting was scheduled for
mid-January. Prospects for a first class
project in Idaho dealing with the history
of the state carpenters are positive.
ILLINOIS. The Illinois labor history asso-
ciation has worked with the Illinois Car-
penters Council and has constructed a very
interesting and effective carpenters history
project proposal which is currently being
reviewed for funding by the Illinois Hu-
manities Council. There is every expectation
that this project will be funded and will
be underway in the near future.
MINNESOTA. The Minnesota Humanities
Council has established a new set of pro-
gramming priorities that include an empha-
sis upon reaching labor audiences for its
next two years of activity. This is entirely
consistent with the concept of a significant
Carpenters union history project being sup-
ported by Minnesota Humanities Council.
The staff of the Minnesota Council on the
Humanities expects to spend considerable
time helping to organize the planning for
such a project during the first four months
of 1981. Their expectation is that a project
can be planned, reviewed and funded by
late spring or early summer 1981.
Progress in other states will be re-
ported in future issues of The Carpenter.
10
THE CARPENTER
As the figures show,
workers are the least to
blame for rising con-
struction costs. Banks
and builders, on the
other hand, are doing
extremely well.
(Wages Materials
Equipment
Profits -
Interest Rates!
20.4%
Department of Labor
figures for the first
half of 1979 show that
20.4 percent of all appren-
tices in union programs
are minorities, while par-
ticipation of minorities in
non-union programs was
only 11.6 percent.
11.6%
PREVAILING WAGE VIOLATIONS WIDESPREAD— The main responsibility
for enforcing the Davis-Bacon Act rests with the Labor Department's Wage and
Hour Division. Between January 1979 and June 1980, investigators for the Division
found that 43,000 workers on federal projects have been underpaid in violation of
Davis-Bacon or one of the related laws governing contracts for services or manu-
factured goods. Total underpayments found in that period reached a record level of
$15.9 million.
MANY CONTRACTORS
SUPPORT PREVAILING
WAGE LAWS
The concept of prevailing wage laws is
endorsed by many contractors and con-
tractor organizations, as well as by labor
leaders, government officials, minority
and women's organizations, scholars and
others. Prevailing wage laws provide
benefits to their industry and to the public
in terms of promoting stability and ef-
ficiency and protecting against unscrupu-
lous practices.
The Associated Specialty Contractors
of Arizona has published a very useful
and informative study entitled, "What
Would Happen if Arizona Repealed its
Little Davis-Bacon Act?," which argues
strongly for retention of the law. The
study's findings and conclusions are well
worth considering. Following are some
excerpts from the study's summary:
• Invitation fo Out-of-State and Illegal
Aliens
Repeal of "Little Davis-Bacon" would
be an open invitation to out-of-state
and/or unscrupulous contractors to im-
port "cheap" labor from neighboring
areas who would take work away from
Arizona's own construction worjcers. In
fact, according to immigration officials,
this is already a serious problem with
thousands of illegal aliens being imported
from Mexico to work in the construction
industry. . . . With no prevailing wage
requirement this problem can be ex-
pected to increase manyfold in the future.
• Downturn in a State's General
Economy
An immediate effect of repealing the
"Little Davis-Bacon Act" would be a
downturn in the state's general economy.
When construction is down, the econ-
omy is down. With outside contractors
taking much of the local work and skilled
craftsmen leaving the state to work in
other areas where they can receive better
wages, Arizona's construction industry
would face chaos. In addition, further
economic drain would be suffered as out-
of-town workers and builders leave the
state with their earnings in hand.
• Construction Safeguard Would Be
Eliminated
Arizona must, by law, accept low bid
on public works construction. The little
Davis-Bacon Act serves as a precontract
standard to assure that the taxpayers will
get a good job. If a contractor knows that
he must pay "prevailing" wages, then he
will hire competent people. This is the
best assurance the state has of quality
craftsmanship on its public buildings.
With no prevailing wage requirement, this
important safeguard would not exist. In
fact, administrative costs for the state and
other governmental units would likely in-
crease, since they would then have to do
more inspection and checking of con-
tractor work.
FEBRUARY, 1981
11
The major decisions affecting our organization have
all been decided in convention — our name, our official
seal, our union label, our general policies, our goals.
33 [onuentions
Ouer n lentury
HauB [hnrted
The toursB
Of Our Union
For the past 100 years, general con-
ventions of the United Brotherhood
have always been exciting events. Held
annually at first, then every two years,
and eventually every four years, these
conventions have given rise to many
of the momentous decisions governing
the growth of our union.
The general convention, while in
session, is vested with all the execu-
tive, legislative, and judicial authority
of the Brotherhood, Special conven-
tions may be called between general
conventions when 15 local unions
from different states or provinces pre-
sent to the General Executive Board a
special resolution which is eventually
accepted by the Board.
LOCAL REPRESENTATION
All Brotherhood members are rep-
resented at the convention by dele-
gates. The number of delegates repre-
senting a local union depends on the
the local's number of members in
good-standing. A local of 100 mem-
bers or less is entitled to one delegate,
one of 500 or less has two, one of
1,000 or less has three, and one of
over 1,000 has four. State, provincial,
and district councils are also entitled
to single-delegate representation. Fin-
ally, the General Officers, by virtue of
their office, are automatic delegates to
the convention.
The election of delegates is held by
secret ballot at special election meet-
ings. All members are notified by mail
to attend these meetings. Only mem-
bers in good-standing for at least two
consecutive years are eligible to be
delegates.
The General President presides at
all conventions, and the General Sec-
retary keeps a record of the conven-
tion proceedings. Reports are sub-
mitted by the General Treasurer, the
General Executive Board, the Board
of Trustees, as well as by committees
on rules, on constitution, on griev-
ances and appeals, on finance, and on
credentials. Finally, the election of the
General Officers takes place at the
conventions.
The Brotherhood's earliest conven-
tions were extremely significant in de-
termining the general course that the
Brotherhood would follow in the years
ahead. It was at the first convention in
1881 that the Brotherhood was offi-
cially formed and its constitution and
bylaws established.
On that summer day, August 8,
1881, 36 delegates from 11 cities con-
vened at Trades Assembly Hall in
Chicago, III., "to unite in resisting the
tyranny of the capitalist." Driven by
low wages and long and arduous work-
ing hours, their purpose was straight-
forward — to form a national associa-
tion of carpenters. They were
responding to Peter J. McGuire's plea
"to organize a National Union of Car-
penters and Joiners" which had ap-
peared several months earlier in the
first Carpenter magazine.
The convention was in session for
four days. Some of the meetings were
addressed in English, German, French,
and Scandinavian, as fellow craftsmen
decided to establish "The Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of Amer-
ica."
BROTHERHOOD PLATFORM
Out of their deliberations came a
declaration of the Carpenters' and
Joiners' platform: "We, the delegates
of various local unions in convention
assembled, do hereby establish a Na-
tional Union. The object of the organ-
ization is to rescue our trade from its
low estate and raise ourselves to that
position in society which we as me-
chanics are justly entitled, and to place
ourselves on a foundation sufficiently
strong to secure us from further en-
croachments; and to elevate the moral,
social and intellectual condition of
every carpenter in the country; and to
the consummation of so desirable an
object we hereby pledge ourselves to
work unceasingly."
A Constitution and Laws also was
adopted, which, from the start, gave
local unions the right to make their
own laws. The Carpenter magazine
was designated the "organ of the
craft," to be published in New York
City, one-half in German, one-half in
English.
At the 2nd Annual Convention, held
the following year in Philadelphia, Pa.,
the delegates voted to add two pages to
the Carpenter magazine for the Ger-
man language. In addition, they en-
dorsed the nine-hour day and broad-
ened the organization to embrace an
endowment fund and a disability bene-
fit program without extra tax on mem-
bers.
The next convention was held in
Cincinnati, O., in 1884. At this time,
the Brotherhood's official emblem was
adopted, consisting of a rule, compass,
and jack plane within a shield. The
convention also voted to move the
general headquarters to Cleveland,
where it remained until 1886, when
the 4th Convention, held in Buffalo,
N.Y., voted to move it to Philadelphia
for a minimum period of 10 years. At
this point, conventions were held every
two years.
In 1888, at the 5th General Conven-
tion, held in Detroit, Mi., the Brother-
hood acquired its official title, the
"United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America." It was at
this time that the United Order of Car-
penters, an organization of 5,000
members founded in 1872, merged
with the original Brotherhood. In addi-
tion, the concept of geographical dis-
tricts originated as the 100 delegates
from 78 local unions divided the
Brotherhood's jurisdiction into seven
districts with seven vice-presidents.
12
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Delegates to the United Brotherhood's Fourth General Convention. August 3-6, 1886, assembled outside the convention hall
in Buffalo, N.Y., for this official picture. Peter J. McGuire, founder and secretary-treasurer of the five-year-old organization is
seated at center in the front row, immediately behind and between tixe two delegates seated on the walkway. There were two
black delegates to this convention; both are seated in tlie first row. One of these was L. E. Rames, secretary of a black local in
Charleston, S.C., who was elected Fourth Vice President of the Brotherhood at the 1884 Convention in Cincinnati, O.
In 1900, at its 1 1th Convention held
in Scranton, Pa., the Brotherhood
adopted for the first time a union label
for use on all union-made products.
OFFICERS DETERMINED
The 12th General Convention, held
in Atlanta, Ga., in 1902, determined
the officer corps as we know it today.
It included a president, two vice-
presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and
a General Executive Board, consisting
at that time of seven members, one
from each district. The delegates also
voted to move the headquarters to the
Stevenson Building in Indianapolis.
Four years later, at the 14th Con-
vention in Niagara Falls, N.Y., the
delegates chose to buy a site and erect
their own headquarters building in
Indianapolis.
Following the first World War, gen-
eral conventions were held every four
years. For three years following the
20th Convention, held in Indianapolis,
Ind., in 1920, Brotherhood officials
discussed the option of building a
home for aged carpenters. Eventually,
a 1 ,684-acre site in Lake County, Fla.,
was bought for the project, a contract
signed on December 15, 1923, and the
construction completed on March 1,
1928, for a total of $1,494,000. That
same year, the official building dedica-
tion ceremony took place at the 22nd
General Convention which was held
at the Home.
During the next 20 years, the Broth-
erhood postponed several of its con-
ventions due to exceptional circum-
stances. Conventions were delayed in
1932 due to depression conditions and
in the 1940s due to World War II. In
1946, the 25th General Convention,
held in Lakeland, Fla., was the first
post-war convention.
CENTENNIAL CONVENTION
In August of this year, the Brother-
hood will celebrate its 100th anniver-
sary convention in Chicago, the site of
the Brotherhood's birthplace. This 34th
Convention is scheduled only three
years after the 33rd General Conven-
tion of 1978 to account for the Broth-
erhood's centennial celebration. After
this convention, the Brotherhood will
meet in convention every five years.
The upcoming 34th General Con-
vention will be a pivotal point in
Brotherhood history. It not only marks
the end of a century of struggle and
dedication towards protecting the
workers of North America, but it also
marks the beginning of a new period
of decisions and ideas that will affect
many future generations of hard-work-
ing North Americans. And, forever
influential in the decision-making
processes of our past, present, and
future leaders . are the century-old
words of Peter I. McGuire:
"In the present age there is no hope
for workingmen outside of organiza-
tion. Without a trades union; the work-
man meets the employer at a great
disadvantage. The capitalist has the
advantage of past accumulations; the
laborer, unassisted by combination,
has not. Knowing this, the capitalist
can wait, while his men, without funds,
have no other alternative but to sub-
mit. But with organization the case is
altered; and the more widespread the
organization, the better. Then the
workman is able to meet the employer
on equal terms. ... If the strong com-
bine, why should not the weak?"
The 31st General Convention at San Francisco in 1970 had a record attendance of The nomination of officers and board
2,361 delegates, representing four provincial councils, 25 state councils, and 2,290 local members, when delegates demonstrate
unions. Since that time, the number of convention delegates has consistently grown. for their favored candidates.
CARPENTRY SHOP
ABOARD HISTORIC
USS OLYMPIA
DEDICATED
AT PENN'S LANDING
The USS Olympia, Admiral Dewey's
flagship, as she steamed into the Battle
of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898, in a paint-
ing by C.G. Evers.
APPRENTICES FROM PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT COUNCIL DEMONSTRATE SKILLS
Nearly 25 years ago, the City of Phila-
delphia stepped forward to rescue the
USS Olympia from the "scrap heap" and
to launch a major restoration of this
century-old warship.
One section of the cruiser that needed
restoring was the carpentry shop, and
carpenter apprentices from the Philadel-
phia District Council recently accom-
plished this. For this reason, on Novem-
ber 14, 1980, at Penn's Landing in Phila-
delphia, the carpentry shop aboard the
Olympia was dedicated by General Presi-
dent William Konyha.
The USS Olympia is the sole surviving
naval relic of the Spanish-American War.
One of America's first steel ships, she was
built during the 1880s and 1890s by union
ironworkers in San Francisco as part of
a program to modernize the American
Navy. Authorized in September, 1888,
as cruiser Number 6, her keel was laid
in June, 1891, and she was launched in
November, 1892.
The 344-foot-long cruiser carried a
crew of 33 officers and 395 enlisted men
and had ample quarters for a flag officer
and his staff. She was not commissioned,
however, until 1895, when she joined the
nil.'
Asiatic Fleet of Rear Admiral F. V. Mc-
Nair. She spent three years cruising the
waters of the Far East, visiting Japan,
China, and the Sandwich Islands.
In January, 1898, the Olympia became
the flagship of Commodore George
Dewey, and, several months later, she
steamed into Manila Bay off Luzon in
the Philippines where she defeated the
Spanish forces.
She returned to the United States the
following year for general repairs and, in
1902, joined the North Atlantic Squadron,
serving for four years as flagship for the
Caribbean Division. In May, 1907, she
became the summer cruise ship for the
Naval Academy in Annapolis, and, in
1912, she served as a barracks ship at
Charleston, S.C.
During World War I, the Olympia
faced action once again as a flagship of
the United States Patrol Force, seeing
duty off New York and Nova Scotia. In
1918, she was sent to Russia as part of
an allied force protecting military sup-
plies from the Germans. Later, she was
shifted to the Mediterranean, Adriatic,
and Black Seas to help stabilize the
turbulent aftermath of the war in those
She completed her final mission in
1921 when she transported the body of
America's "unknown soldier" from Le
Havre, France to Arlington National
Cemetery for burial. On September 1,
1922, she was decommissioned for the
last time at the Philadelphia Navy Yard,
where she remained inactive and un-
attended for three decades.
Then, in 1954, the Congress decreed
the scrapping of several historic ships,
including the Olympia, unless they were
claimed and restored by a patriotic organ-
ization. Therefore, in 1958, the Cruiser
Olympia Association was formed, and
the oldest steel ship of the Navy was
eventually restored with the help of many
devoted workers and volunteers. She was
moved to Penn's Landing several years
ago and is now open for visitors. She is
also the home for both the Boy Scouts
of America Sea Explorers and the
Olympia Sea Cadets.
In the words of President Konyha, the
Olympia is a symbol of "American leader-
ship" and a "living testament to the
craftsmanship of American workers that
is the very heart of American might and
power."
General President Konyha was piped aboard the restored
USS Olympia in full Navy tradition, as he went up the gang-
plank for dedicatory ceremonies. Behind him was Tom Miller,
secretary-treasurer of the Pennsylvania Building and Con-
struction Trades Council. The weather was cold hut clear as
the labor and management officials joined in the ceremonies.
With General President Konyha, as he prepared to cut the
ribbon at the entrance to the carpenter shop, from left to right,
are Richard Schwertncr of the Associated General Con-
tractors: Robert Cook, Gen. Contractors Assn. of Phila.;
Miller; Cong. Ray Lederer; Frank Radonski, Gen. Contractors
Assn.; and Martin Durkin of the Philadelphia District Council.
14
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liili
A pedestrian ramp jor spectators seated in the northwest section of the Capitol
grounds is completed by Louis Parks of Local 1126 and Joe Robertson of Local 1145.
Brotherhood Members Built Inaugural Stands
Tom "Dutch" Holland of Local 1145, job
steward, looks over plans for the broad-
casters' booths on Pennsylvania Avenue
opposite the White House.
ir<^
January 20 was a big day for the in-
coming Reagan Administration, and the
inauguration of the 40th US President
was a spectacular event. The inaugural
stand where the President took his oath
of office, the spectator stands, the broad-
casting booths, and the reviewing stand
at the White House were all erected by
the skilled members of the Washington,
D.C. and Vicinity District Council. That
assured the GOP of a top quality launch-
ing of the ship of state, as it faces the
tremendous problems of the next four
years.
1 ' f
Dale Menestrina of Local 1590 aligns an upright as he works
on a railing for a spectators' stand.
The reviewing stand in front of the White House was made
ready by a full crew of Brotherhood members.
A foreman, Bruce Romesberg, left, works with Charles Kolband
and Lewis Courtaney atop the broadcasters' stand on Pennsyl-
vania Avenue. President Reagan's reviewing stand for the
parade nears completion in the background. William Pritchett,
D.C. business agent, covered the job for the district council.
Ken Ritchey, president of Associated Builders, Inc., contractors,
foreground, looks over the work with Frank Fields, vice
president; Donald Simmons, secretary; and Robert Graulich.
With them from the General Services Administration were
Ross Lawson, Richard Super, and Robert Weppner.
FEBRUARY, 1981
15
OSHA Failures Must Be Turned
Into OSHA Successes,
Konyha Tells Building Trades
GENERAL PRESIDENT RECOMMENDS ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL JOINT COMMITTEE
On December 4, 1980, General
President William Konyha hosted an
Occupational Safety and Health Com-
mittee meeting of the AFL-CIO's
Building and Construction Trades De-
partment at the Hay-Adams Hotel in
Washington, D.C.
In his address to the group. Konyha
stressed the need to prevent the grow-
ing number of on-the-job accidents and
deaths that occur each year and to
"turn OSHA failures . . . into OSHA
successes." He recommended that
labor and management work jointly
and not as adversaries to accomplish
these goals.
"Nothing can beat cooperation and
teamwork," Konyha stated as he pro-
posed the establishment of a "joint
labor and management program" and
a "national construction industry joint
occupational safety and health pro-
gram." "In unity and in coalition there
is strength!"
Konyha expressed shock and con-
cern that 5,000 workers lost their lives
in 1979 due to on-the-job accidents
or illnesses, as reported by the US
Labor Department, and that an addi-
tional 6.1 million workers suffered
work-related injuries or ailments. He
cited the "insensitive attitude of in-
dustry toward OSHA" as being "most
unfortunate" and suggested that such
an attitude "must be approached with
understanding and in whatever new
ways may be necessary."
"It is up to labor and management,
because OSHA alone can not do it!"
Konyha continued. "Unions alone can
not do it! Nor can management do it
alone!"
Konyha expressed his full "support
toward a fully integrated, strong and
active National Joint Safety and
Health Program that is researched,
planned, developed and guided by a
National Labor Management Com-
mittee." He stated that such a joint
program would allow for organized
communication and delivery of safety
knowledge and technology to the en-
tire national structure, both of which
have been lacking in current OSHA
programs.
Konyha likened the principle of
establishing a joint safety and health
program to the institution years ago
of national joint apprentice programs,
which have met with great success.
"The secret was simply joint planning
— joint determination — and joint com-
mitment by labor and management
with government advising and helping
as needed," Konyha stated. "Our
Brotherhood is moving in that direc-
tion so we may look back to the same
great success in safety that we have
had now over a quarter of a century
with our training programs."
THE PICTURES: Above, Wayne Christeiisen, safety and health consultant to the
National Constructors Assn. is attentive to General Konyha's address. Below left.
President Konyha accepts a special certificate in recognition of his extensive support
of worker-safety-and-healtli prof^rams. Below right. Brotherhood safety and health
director Nick Loope, left, with Bob Cooney, first general vice president of the Iron
Workers, and Arthur Schmuhl, director of safety and health of the Associated
General Contractors.
To formalize the
General President's
proposal for a
National Joint
Safety and Health
Committee, the
Brotherhood re-
search department
designed an ad-
ministrative chart
showing how
labor, management
and government
would work
together.
16
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Unionists Strucic Down
Continued from Page 7
In a letter to Kirkland, President
Jimmy Carter said that the land reform
work of Hammer, Pearlman, and Viera
"has not only served the cause of social
justice, it has also been an effective in-
strument to counter the radical Marxism
that would replace an old tyranny with
a new one.
"In their memory, we must all re-
dedicate ourselves to put an end to the
senseless terrorism of both right and left,
and to implement the agrarian reform."
Carter added that the sacrificial effort
of Hammer and Pearlman in behalf of
the El Salvadoran reform project was "a
tribute to the courage and idealism of the
AFL-CIO and of the free labor move-
ment in this hemisphere."
AIFLD Executive Director William C.
Doherty said he believed that Hammer
and Pearlman were the first American
trade unionists killed in Latin America —
possibly in the world — while carrying out
their official duties overseas.
Their assassination came as "a com-
plete and total shock," he said adding:
"We don't know who did the killing. It
could have been people either from the
extreme right or extreme left. Both have
killed many thousands of people down
there."
The slayings occurred a month after
the U.S. government officially protested
the murder of four American missionaries
in El Salvador and temporarily withheld
financial aid from that country, a Central
American republic about the size of
Massachusetts. The missionaries — three
Roman Catholic nuns and a lay worker —
were found shot to death southeast of the
capital. Another American, a private
security advisor to the El Salvadoran
police, was killed on December 17.
Pressure from poor farm workers and
sharecroppers for land ownership has
been a major source of political violence
in El Salvador during the past year. The
agrarian reform program, under which
large plantations have been expropriated,
with compensation, by the government
and turned over to peasant farmers has
been under attack from both left-wing,
communist-inspired guerrilla forces intent
on destabilizing the country and a rela-
tively small number of large landholders
who want to hang on to the status quo.
Julio Alfredo Samaloa, El Salvador's
minister of labor and social security, con-
demned the "vile assassination" of the
three men, saying they were "executed
by extremists who oppose the process of
agrarian transformation, which is being
put into effect for the benefit of hundreds
of thousands of campesinos (peasant-
farmers)."
Hammer had been with AIFLD for 17
years, starting on a part-time basis while
a student at Georgetown University's
School of Foreign Service in Washington.
Hammer served with the AIFLD in
Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecua-
dor, Brazil, and elsewhere in Latin Amer-
FEBRUARY, 1981
ica as well as in El Salvador. AIFLD
holds contracts with the U.S. Agency for
International Development (AID), assist-
ing trade unions in Central and South
America and in the Caribbean area.
About two years ago. Hammer was
put in charge of AIFLD's Agrarian
Union Development Service in Washing-
ton. The agency provides technical assis-
tance in establishing credit cooperatives
for peasant farmers, organizing peasant
unions, advising workers on their legal
rights, and on obtaining credit for the
purchase of seed and harvesting equip-
ment.
Hammer had arrived in El Salvador
on the morning of the day which he and
his companions were gunned down by
two unidentified men at San Salvador's
Sheraton Hotel, where AID has an office.
Pearlman had been in the country for
seven months as AIFLD's liaison repre-
sentative in El Salvador, working on new
regulations for the government's land-
redistribution program. Pearlman's body
was flown to Seattle for burial. Hammer
was to be buried at Arlington National
Cemetery.
Outlook Bleak
Continued from Page 5
After relatively modest increases in
some recent months, the energy price
picture for November was mixed.
Gasoline prices increased 0.8% while
natural gas and electricity charges fell
2%. But household fuel oil prices
jumped 1.5%.
BLS reported that the average na-
tionwide price of a gallon of regular,
leaded gasoline was $1,188, unchanged
from October. For unleaded gasoline,
the average November price was $1.25
a gallon, the same as the previous
month.
Apparel prices rose a slight 0.1%
in November. Medical care costs in-
creased 0.7%. Entertainment costs
were up 0.5%.
Social Security Tax
Edges Up This Year
Both the social security tax rate and
the maximum earnings subject to the tax
went up last month.
Most workers were affected only by
the change in the tax rate, which rose
for both employees and their employers
from 6.13% of covered earnings to
6.65%.
Only persons who earn more than
$25,900, which was the previous ceiling
on wages subject to the social security
tax, will be affected by the rise in the tax-
able wage base to $29,700. About 10% of
the workforce is in this group. In return
for paying more into the fund, they will
become entitled to higher future retire-
ment benefits and greater family protec-
tion in the event of disability or death.
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NSUMER
UPBOARD
Under laws administered by the US
Consumer Products Safety Com-
mission, an estimated 117 million
potentially hazardous products have
been called back from the market-
place and consumers since 1973
(when CPSC was created). Most of
these were voluntarily recalled by
manufacturers who established pro-
grams to repair or replace the
products, or to refund the purchase
price. Recent actions include the
following:
louin mouier Ularning
Owners of more than 18,000
cordless battery-powered lawn
mowers are being warned that a
possible defect in the mower's bat-
tery may pose a fire hazard while
the mower sits unused in a garage
or storage area.
The warning is being issued
jointly by the manufacturer. Black
& Decker (U.S.) Inc. of Towson,
Maryland, and the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission.
The company has received eight
separate complaints from consum-
ers reporting that the battery on
their lawn mower caught on fire
while in storage. Black & Decker
currently is conducting tests on
their model 8055 cordless battery-
powered mowers to determine the
exact cause of the fires.
There have been no reports of
injuries or deaths related to the
fires. In addition, neither CPSC nor
the company has received reports
of battery fires occurring while the
lawn mowers were being used by
consumers.
The Black & Decker lawn mow-
ers are orange and white in color
and have two blades which produce
a 19-inch cut. They were manu-
factured in 1976 and sold nation-
wide In hardware stores and other
retail outlets between January,
1976 and August, 1980. The model
number 8055 is embossed with the
words "19-inch Cordless Twin
Motor" on the top of the plastic
housing next to the battery.
While the company is conduct-
ing tests and developing a program
to repair the lawn mowers, con-
sumers are being urged to remove
Continued on Page 19
New Rules
for
Better Eye Care
BEFORE YOU BUY EYEGLASSES, ASK QUESTIONS
Over 50% of the population wear eye-
glasses or contact lenses. But, until re-
cently, many consumers did not have the
tools to make intelligent purchasing deci-
sions for better eye care. Now a Federal
Trade Commission Trade Regulation
Rule, effective July 13, 1978, gives some
help to consumers of vision care.
Before the rule, people who examined
your eyes often required you to buy your
glasses from them, too. Since they held
on to the results of your eye examina-
tion, you couldn't do much if you were
unhappy with the prices, quality, and
selection of eyeglasses you were offered.
THE EYEGLASSES RULE
The new Trade Regulation Rule re-
quires eye doctors to give patients their
eyeglass prescriptions immediately after
an eye exam. They can't charge extra for
doing this. If you're not given your pre-
scription, ask for it. It is your legal right
to obtain it. With prescription in hand,
you can shop around for eyeglasses just
as you would for any other product,
looking for the best quality at the best
price.
SHOPPING FOR GLASSES
Prices shouldn't be the only considera-
tion in choosing someone to examine
your eyes and fill your prescription.
Other things you should think about are:
( 1 ) the type of eye doctor you choose
for the eye examination, (2) the quality
of eyewear, and (3) the service you re-
ceive if something goes wrong.
1. The Eye Doctor: Consumers should
know the differences among ophthalmol-
ogists, optometrists, and opticians and
the services each is qualified to perform.
Ophthalmologists are medical doctors
(MD's) who specialize in treating eyes.
They can prescribe drugs and perform
surgery, and they may provide eyewear,
too. Optometrists are doctors of optom-
etry (OD's). They are trained in detect-
ing eye diseases, and in a few states they
may be able to treat eye diseases in cer-
tain circumstances. They can examine
eyes and prescribe and provide eyewear.
Opticians fill prescriptions for eyewear
written by ophthalmologists and optom-
etrists. They cannot examine eyes or
prescribe lenses.
2. Quality of Eyewear: It's diflScult for
consumers to find out about quality of
eyewear and optical services before buy-
ing. Studies show that price alone is not
necessarily an indication of quality in
eyewear. Local consumer affairs offices,
the Better Business Bureau, or your
friends are probably the best information
sources. Ask them about their experi-
ences.
3. Services: The kind of service that
eyewear providers give consumers who
have a problem is an important piece of
buying information. Before you buy, ask
about delivery time, refund policy, and
who pays for replacement lenses if the
first ones are not right.
Consumers are no longer at a disad-
vantage. They now have the tools they
need to shop around. If consumers do a
little research and also assert their rights,
they can now expect to receive quality
eye care at a reasonable price.
Consumer Guide
Published by lUD
The AFL-CIO Industrial Union De-
partment has published a pamphlet —
developed by the Consumer Federation
of America — called "Inflation Fighter's
Guide." The guide identifies ten key rules
for fighting inflation. Each rule, accord-
ing to CFA Executive Director Stephen
Brobeck, "has the potential to save
families hundreds and even thousands of
dollars." For a free copy, send a stamped,
self-addressed envelope to: Inflation
Fighter's Guide, Consumer Federation of
America, 1012 14th St., NW, Wash.,
D.C. 20005. (Mention that you read
about it in the Carpenter magazine.)
18
THE CARPENTER
AFL-CIO Regional Conferences Focus
On Labor s 1981 Goals, Challenges
A series of seven regional conferences
will be held by the AFL-CIO early this
year to bring together federation leaders,
officers of state and local central bodies
and national and regional staff to discuss
strengthening the federation's structure
and programs.
"As we enter the AFL-CIO's centennial
year," Federation President Lane Kirk-
land said in a letter announcing the con-
ferences, "it is time once again to re-
examine labor's aspirations and chal-
lenges. It is time, too, to strengthen and
nourish the local roots of our move-
ment."
The regional meetings, which begin
next month, are an expansion of the
area conferences formerly conducted by
the AFL-CIO Committee on Political
Education. Kirkland said they "will con-
cern all aspects of the AFL-CIO" and i.re
designed "to produce a free flow of ideas,
opinions and evaluations of labor pro-
grams at all levels."
Kirkland, AFL-CIO Sec.-Treas. Thomas
R. Donahue and heads of the federa-
tion's staff departments will participate
in each of the two-day conferences and
meet with state and local central body
officers and the federation's regional and
COPE staff.
SHIPWRIGHTS'
BELT BUCKLE
The official emblem of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America is now emblazoned on special
Shipwrights', Carpenters', Millwrights'
and Millmen's belt buckles, and you can
order such buckles now from the Gen-
eral Offices in Washington. Manufac-
tured of sturdy metal, the buckle is
SVs inches wide by 2 inches deep and
will accommodate all modern snap-on
belts. The buckle comes in a gift box
and makes a fine gift.
BELT BUCKLE $5"^° each
Send order and remittance to:
JOHN S. ROGERS, General Secretary
United Brotlierliood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America
101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Wasliington, D.C. 20001.
Also taking part will be representatives
of the Coalition of Labor Union Women,
the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Front-
lash, the National Council of Senior
Citizens and the Labor Council for Latin
American Advancement.
"The New Year brings both opportuni-
ties and challenges," Kirkland said. "We
mean to take full advantage of the new
possibilities by strengthening the structure
of the AFL-CIO and the two-way flow
of ideas."
The schedule of conferences:
Mar. 5-7, in Philadelphia to include
Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Dela-
ware, Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia and
the District of Columbia.
Mar. 9-11, in Boston to include Mas-
sachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Con-
necticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Maine
and New Hampshire.
Mar. 19-21, in Chicago to include
Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, In-
diana and Minnesota.
Mar. 26-28, in San Francisco to in-
clude California, Washington, Oregon,
Nevada, Hawaii and Alaska.
Mar. 30-Apr. 1, in Denver to include
Colorado, Montana, Utah, New Mexico,
South Dakota, Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona,
North Dakota and Nebraska.
Apr. 2-4, in Atlanta to include Georgia,
Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi,
North Carolina and South Carolina.
June 4-6, in New Orleans to include
Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas,
Kansas and Missouri.
Additional details will be provided
participants in advance of the meetings.
Lawn A/lower Warning
Continued from Page 18
the fuses from the battery before placing
the mower in storage. Consumers also are
being advised to store the mower at a
safe distance from flammable materials.
To obtain instructions on how to re-
move the battery fuses, other safety pre-
cautions, and to arrange for future cor-
rections by Black & Decker Service
Centers, consumers should call Black &
Decker's toll-free number at 800-638-
3830.
Hotline Numbers: Toll-free CPSC hotline
800-638-8326. Maryland only, 800-492-
8363. Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Vir-
gin Islands, 800-638-8333. A teletype-
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a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST. National (includ-
ing Alaska and Hawaii) 800-638-8270.
Maryland residents only 800-492-8104.
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Enclosed is $ Please send:
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D Coarse D Fine4 1/3" x 7/8" $19.50 ppd.
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tp-i-i
THE TRUE COSTS OF
poiiuTion conTROis
about $215 per car. The industry pre-
dictions included overestimates of
about 130% at the higher end of the
scale.
• The electric utilities overesti-
mated by 36% the cost of complying
with water pollution control require-
ments from 1974 to 1977. While the
industry predicted $2.6 billion in costs,
the actual expenditures amounted to
some $1.91 billion. EPA under-
estimated the cost, forecasting $1.7
billion in expenditures.
The electric utilities were closer to
the actual cost when predicting the
bill for installing "scrubbers" to re-
move sulfur dioxide gases from their
smokestacks in the period 1974 to
1977. The industry forecast $87 per
kilowatt while the actual cost was $96.
EPA estimated $71.
Often the government's own calculations
of expected compliance costs were higher
than the actual costs later proved to be.
A special report from Press Associates, Inc.
Whenever government proposes a
rule to help protect workers or the
public from an in-plant or environ-
mental pollutant, a common refrain
from industry is that the cost of com-
pliance will far exceed any conceiv-
able benefit to the public health and
welfare.
Corporate protests that cleanup
measures will cost millions or billions
of dollars usually come hand-in-hand
with threats of plant shutdowns and
consequent loss of jobs and revenue
for workers and their communities.
The costs of cleanup, businessmen
are wont to say, would be simply too
much to bear, and certainly much
more than the regulators would have
the public believe.
A recent study done by consultants
for the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) brings some new and
valuable information to the debate.
"Comparisons of Estimated and Ac-
tual Pollution Control Cost for
Selected Industries" reveals that not
only are industry cost predictions
sometimes gross exaggerations of the
expenses that are actually incurred,
but often the government's own calcu-
lations of expected compliance costs
also are higher than the costs later
prove to be.
The study examined pollution con-
trol costs for the automobile, pulp and
paper, petroleum refining, iron and
steel and electric utilities industries. It
evaluated capital costs — money spent
to install new pollution control equip-
ment — during the mid-1970s, a period
in which several major pollution con-
trol measures took effect.
For example, in 1975, automakers
for the first time were required to in-
stall catalytic converters on most of
their cars in order to meet new fed-
eral exhaust emission standards. Two
years later, tougher water pollution
control rules for major industries took
effect.
INDUSTRY FINDINGS
Among the findings of the EPA-
sponsored study were:
• For the iron and steel industry,
water pollution control costs for 1975
to 1977 were forecast at about $830
million by EPA and at about $1.6 bil-
lion by the industry. The actual cost
proved to be $510 million. EPA's esti-
mate was 60% above the mark. The
industry forecast was 210% too high.
• For the petroleum refining in-
dustry, the cost of water pollution con-
trol from 1974 to 1977 was estimated
at $1.4 billion by both EPA and the
industry. Actual expenditures were
about $590 million, 140% less than
expected.
• The automobile industry said the
sticker price increases per car, as a
result of costs to comply with new
emission standards in 1975 and 1976,
would be $110 to $496. EPA's fore-
cast was $200 to $220, remarkably
close to the actual sticker price rise of
ROLE REVERSAL
In the one "role reversal" uncov-
ered by the consultants, the pulp and
paper industry underestimated by 22%
the cost of water pollution control for
1972 to 1977. The industry forecast
$1.1 billion in costs compared to
actual expenditures of $1.4 billion.
EPA, on the other hand, overestimated
costs, predicting $1.6 billion in capital
expenditures.
All told, in four of the five indus-
tries studied — auto, iron and steel,
pulp and paper and electric utilities
(water pollution control only) — EPA
estimates were closer to the actual
costs of compliance than were the pre-
dictions of industry.
In three of the cases the industry's
predictions ran to more than double
those of the expenses they actually
incurred. In only one case — air pollu-
tion control in the electric power
plants — did industry make a more ac-
curate prediction than the government.
Declared EPA Administrator Doug-
las Costle, in releasing the report:
"The study illustrates that the cost of
meeting pollution control requirements
usually has been less than predicted
by industry or EPA."
Debate undoubtedly will continue
over costs and benefits of pollution
control — despite modern society's in-
creasing cancer rate and the recent
report by a Presidential panel that up
to 80 to 90% of all cancers are en-
vironmentally induced. But while the
debate will continue, the EPA-
sponsored study should help clarify at
least one element of the controversy.
From now on, industry outcries over
anticipated costs of pollution control
rules can be viewed from a more
realistic and informed perspective.
20
THE CARPENTER
uiE [oncRnruiniE
. . . those members of our Brotherhood who, in recent weeks, have been named
or elected to pubhc offices, have won awards, or who have, in other ways "stood
out from the crowd." This month, our editorial hat is off to the following:
HUMANITIES AWARD
OLYMPICS AWARD
McLean, left, and Teslo.
Loren McLean, business agent of
Local 1042, Plattsburgh, N.Y., was re-
cently one of 11 Building Trades repre-
sentatives to receive an Olympics Medal
from the Lake Placid Olympics Organiz-
ing Committee.
McLean and the ten other union repre-
sentatives had signed an agreement with
the Lake Placid Olympics Organizing
Committee guaranteeing that there would
be no strikes, walkouts, lockouts, or
work stoppages in the Winter Olympics
construction.
The Olympic Project Agreement was
conceived and put into effect by General
Secretary and New York State Council
President John Rogers and New York
State Building and Construction Trades
Council President Peter Brennan.
McLean, left in the accompanying
photograph, received the medal, a pewter
replica of the awards given to the
athletes of the Lake Placid games and
the highest award given to non-partici-
pants, from Theodore Testo, right, assist-
ant industrial commissioner of New York
State, for having met the construction
deadline. Testo had been appointed as
coordinator for the Project Agreement
and had made decisions for work con-
tinuation during jurisdictional disputes.
PRESS AWARD, ST. LOUIS
Update, a newsletter published by the
Greater St. Louis, Mo., District Council,
won a first place award in a recent com-
petition of the International Labor Press
Association. The award was officially
presented to Council Executive Secretary-
Treasurer OIlie Langhorst and President
William Steinkamp by Ed Finkelstein,
president of Union Communications
Corp., a firm which assists the council
in producing the publication.
JOSEPH TO CITY POST
Perry Joseph, business manager of
Carpet, Linoleum, Hardwood and Resili-
ent Tile Layers Local 1310 in St. Louis,
Mo., has been elected one of seven
directors of the City of St. Louis Indus-
trial Development Authority (IDA) by
the St. Louis Board of Aldermen. His
term will end May 11, 1985.
The IDA is a private corporation de-
signed to create jobs by offering incen-
tives to attract and retain businesses in
the city of St. Louis. Organized under
state law, it has the authority to approve
and issue tax-exempt bonds to finance
individual, industrial, and commercial
projects not exceeding $10 million per
project.
Upon winning the election, Joseph told
the St. Louis Labor Tribune, "I'm pleased
to be able to accept this appointment
because it involves the creation of jobs
which are desperately needed in our
community."
BENEFIT PLANS LEADER
John L. Watts, executive secretary of
the Bay Counties District Council of
Carpenters in San Francisco, Calif., has
been elected 1981 president of the Inter-
national Foundation of Employee Bene-
fit Plans. Based in Brookfield, Wis., and
with a membership of over 22,000
people, the 26-year-old Foundation is
the largest organization dedicated to the
education of trustees,
administrators, and
advisors who serve
employee benefit
plans.
Watts, currently a
labor trustee for the
Carpenters Health
and Welfare Trust
Fund and the Car-
penters Pension
Trust Fund, has been
active in Foundation affairs in many
capacities. He has been president-elect
and secretary-treasurer, has served on the
board of directors, and has been a mem-
ber of the trustees and the educational
program committees.
Finally, he has been assistant treasurer
for the Carpenters Funds Administrative
Office of Northern California and ap-
prentice coordinator for the local appren-
ticeship program in San Francisco. He is
a former commissioner and chairman of
the State of California Apprenticeship
Council.
Watts
G. Duncan Bauman, publisher of the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, left, reads
the inscription on the plaque accom-
panying the award, to the honoree and
the large audience.
Ollie W. Langhorst, executive secretary-
treasurer of the Carpenters District Coun-
cil of Greater St. Louis, Mo., was re-
cently selected by The St. Louis Globe-
Democrat as the recipient of its coveted
1980 Humanities Award.
The selection, the first for a labor
leader in the 21-year history of the
award, was announced by the Globe-
Democrat in its Christmas, 1980, edition.
The Humanities Award was established
by the Globe in 1959 to recognize "That
citizen whose entire life truly reflects the
universal aspirations of mankind toward
the fatherhood of God and the brother-
hood of man."
Langhorst joins a very select list of
civic, business, religious and medical
leaders from throughout the St. Louis
area who have received the award in
the past.
The award presentation was made
January 2 at Carpenters Hall, 1401
Hampton, in St. Louis.
SUPER AUXILIARY
The Brotherhood congratulates Beulah
Post for the years of devotion she has
given to the Carpenters Union. Mrs. Post
has been active with Local 2078, Vista,
Calif., since its founding in 1936. She
now serves as its publicity person.
In fact, Mrs. Post's first husband,
Oscar Hartley, bought the lot where
Carpenters Hall, a Vista landmark, now
stands and, with
some other carpen-
ters, eventually built
the hall. By renting
out the building as
much as possible,
they were able to
improve it with the
money they raised.
^ ^■■_L' ; jfe Mrs. Post is also
vaB^K.^ the last surviving
■ijORSBi^ charter member of
Ladies Auxiliary 412
and a charter member and current presi-
dent of Super Carpenters No. 1, a group
for retired Carpenters. She helped to
found both of these organizations.
Mrs. Post
FEBRUARY, 1981
21
NOW: The world's largest
double-racing wooden roller coaster,
THE AMERICAN EAGLE . . . union made!
Since the introduction of theme parks
to North America in the late 1950's,
roller coaster fever has surged to epidemic
proportions. In recent years, The Carpen-
ter has described how members of the
United Brotherhood built "biggest and
best" roller coasters from the Magic
Mountain in California to the Great
American Scream Machine at Six Flags
over Georgia and the spectacular Gemini
at Sandusky, O.
Now comes The American Eagle —
1600 feet longer than its closest competi-
tion (The Beast at Kings Island, O.)
and with a vertical drop of 147 feet (six
feet deeper than The Beast). The Amer-
ican Eagle is the major attraction at a
new theme park, "Great America" created
by the Marriott Corporation at Gurnee,
111., scheduled to open in the spring.
Designed and constructed by Figley-
Wright Contractors Inc. for Intamin, Inc.,
the Eagle has 2,000 concrete footings,
uses 1,060,000 board feet of lumber,
60,720 bolts, 30,600 pounds of nails, and
will take over 20,000 man hours to build.
The work is being done by members
of four Lake County, 111., local unions
out of the Chicago District Council:
Locals 250, 461, 448, and 1996.
A SCALE MODEL of Great
America's newest and biggest roller
coaster, The American Eagle.
THE FIRST WOODEN BENT, or frame, was erected on July 20. 1980.
Each section of a bent is six feet tall. Over 1 ,060,000 board feet of lumber,
which has been chemically treated with a wood preservative, will be used to
build the coaster. Carpenters are shown here as they began putting up the
framework for the first giant hill guests will face when they ride The Eagle.
AN UPSIDE-DOWN SPIN through
a 76-fool-high loop is what coaster
lovers must survive when they ride
Great America's Tidal Wave.
THE AMERICAN EAGLE's first giant lift began to rise into the skyline last August. It gave a glimpse of what riders would face
as they're pulled up the 330-foot incline to a height of 127 feet and then plummeted downward at 66 miles per hour, at a
55-degree angle — a drop of 147 feet!
22
THE CARPENTER
niEniBERS in the
NEW DAY GOSPEL SINGERS
Bob Sanders, a millwright of Local 266, Stockton, Calif.,
not only cuts metal for a living, he also cuts records. Since
the 1960s, he and his wife Bernice have been the "New Day
Gospel Singers."
The Sanders already have 18 copyrighted songs. They have
started their own publishing company, New Day Publishing,
and they record under the Royal King Records Label.
In 1972, they put together an album of 12 songs, using
funds provided by a relative. There was no band in the
background, and no degree of radio-land success.
Then in 1979, they recorded four more songs on two
45-speed records. All four songs were written by family
members, one each by Bob and Bernice and the other two by
sisters of Bernice, and all are personal testimonies of the
writers' experiences with God.
One of the songs, "Preacher Man," sung to the accompani-
ment of Nashville's Buck Owens' Buckaroos band, is a
"sarcastic stab at flashy, money-grubbing evangelist types."
The music for the song was written by Bob and Bernice,
the lyrics by Bemice's sister, Barbara Clapham.
The Sanders do not belong to any church. Yet they see their
mission as teaching the "world hungry, searching people"
God's message to disregard the many "dos and don'ts of man"
and to "come as you are."
RESCUE, BOOTS AND ALL
Andy Williams, an apprentice of Local 916, Aurora, 111.,
never had life-saving instructions in his life. But that didn't
stop him from diving into a pond and rescuing a drowning
man last fall.
Williams, 29, was fishing at Casey's Pond one afternoon,
near the neutrino waste disposal area of the Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory in Aurora. He watched 22-year-old
Steve Foster walk into the pond to retrieve a snagged fishing
line. All of a sudden, Foster "started going down."
Everyone else at the pond thought he was kidding, but
Williams could see he was in trouble. So in he jumped, with
heavy construction boots and all.
At first he couldn't find Foster, but then he saw air bubbles.
He went down, grabbed his arm, and after several tries
brought him back to shore. There Williams administered
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to the victim while others called
an ambulance. Several hours later, Foster was released from
the hospital, owing his life to apprentice Williams.
THREE-AIR-CADET FAMILY
Jan Doremus, a 25-year member of Local 1457 in Toledo,
O., is the proud father of three children who have all chosen
to go off "into the wild blue yonder". They are all students
of the Air Force Academy in Denver, Colo.
Doremus' oldest child, a son, has already graduated from
the Academy. His next child, a daughter, is in her third
year, and his youngest, another daughter, has received
Congressional appointment to the Academy.
50-YEAR BIKE RIDER
The daughter of one of our members wrote the following
letter about her father, John O. Johnson, of Local 787,
Brooklyn, N.Y., and we feel it worthy of publication:
"This is my Dad and quite a super one at that! For over
50 years now, his only mode of transportation has been
his bike. At the tender age of 84, he is in excellent health
which he attributes to good living, exercise, hard work and
a fantastic partner for his wife — my Mom — whom he has
shared 50 years of happiness with.
"He has been and still is a loyal member of Local 787
for over 50 years now, and that is an accomplishment that
he is very proud of. Working as a carpenter in his lifetime
has been fulfilling for him. Being a staunch supporter of and
upholding the truths and standards for which the Carpenters
Union stands has been most rewarding for him as well.
I have sent his 50-year gold pin to him in Norway, where
they are on vacation. Residence is in Ft. Lauderdale.
"Thank you. Local 787. You must be doing something
right for 50 years of loyalty. — His loving daughter, Alice"
35-INSTRUMENT MUSIC MAN
Aloysius Leo Grupenhof, a longtime member of Local 739,
Cincinnati, O., is a carpenter by trade but a musician at
heart. And, in the words of the composer himself, his music
"will not dance second fiddle to any first violin music
ever written."
Grupenhof's musical talents are
self-taught. Since he adopted the
hobby years ago, he has composed
hundreds of songs, dedicated to all
walks of life. Besides being the
composer, he is also the author,
publisher, and arranger for his piano
music.
Grupenhof has even written a self-
instructing music book, offering step-
by-step instructions on how to play
over 35 different instruments, includ-
ing such types as the ukulele, the mandolin, and the bugle. He
also defines key musical terms, explains musical theory, and
discusses piano caring and tuning in this book.
Grupenhof expains his talents quite simply: "Life has
endowed me with an inquisitive mind, instructing my gifted
laboring hand to create ideas into reality."
FEBRUARY, 1981
23
Lomi union nEuis
Statewide Oregon
Training Seminar
From October 20 through 25, 1980,
the Oregon State Council of Carpenters
held a statewide training seminar to
acquaint new financial secretaries with
the duties and responsibilities of their
office and to train business representa-
tives in the techniques and problems of
organizing.
The Council's organizing program was
just getting underway last fall since the
implementation of the State Council
Deduction Fund.
General Executive Board Member Hal
Morton and his staff participated in the
seminar which was well-received by
many members throughout the state.
The seminar participants at right, in-
cluded: Leo Larsen, Daryl Wilder,
George Edwards, Floyd Earls, Robert
Uhrbrand, Darel Valentine, Allen
Rettmann, Marion Wardle, Earl
McClintock, Butch Krahn, Emsley
Curtis, Vern Petersen, Eugene Lee,
Corky Corcoran, John Mitchell, Cal
Miller, Larry Burnside, Steve Gorthy,
Don Ambers, Earl Floyd, Dermis
Gormley, Leo Griffiths, John McCord,
John Kain, Jim Fox, Bill Skalak, Gerald
Krahn, Don Cook, Elvin Busby, Rocky
Meyer, Harry Carlson, Ray Baker,
Garry Goodwin, and Marvin Hall.
The picture at
right, shows, from
left to right: Gen-
eral Representative ]
Paul Johnson,
Western States
Organizing Direc-
tor Pete Hager,
Task Force Repre-
sentative Marc
Furman, General
Executive Board
Member Hal Mor-
ton, and General
Representative
Barney Merkel.
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More Parkinson Disease
Drive Donors Listed
The General Office of the Brotherhood
in Washington, D.C., has received dona-
tions for the American Parkinson Dis-
ease Association from the following local
unions and members:
Mrs. J. Parsons, Halifax, N.S., Canada
Mr. & Mrs. J. Hussey, Newfoundland,
Canada
Mr. & Mrs. J. Hounsell, Ozone Park,
N.Y.
Mrs. M. Hounsell, Sag Harbor, N.Y.
Mr. & Mrs. N. Bungay, Sag Harbor,
N.Y.
Mr. & Mrs. J. Lindhardt, Sag Harbor,
N.Y.
Mr. & Mrs. R.
Mr. & Mrs. S.
N.Y.
Mr. & Mrs. C. Ford, Hampton Bays
N.Y.
Mr. & Mrs. T
Mrs. A. Stead
Mr. & Mrs. F
Hunt, Sag Harbor, N.Y.
Windsor, Sag Harbor,
N.Y.
Rose, Islip,
Islip, N.Y.
Rose, Bellerose, N.Y.
Mrs. J. Rose, Bellerose, N.Y.
Mrs. M. Skur, Patchogue, N.Y.
St. Louis Project
Christmas Day, 1980, was made much
happier for many needy children in
St. Louis, Mo., as they unwrapped toys
and games provided by the St. Louis
District Council's Ladies A uxiliary.
Responsible for providing the happiness
is the Auxiliary's Christmas Committee,
from left, Nan Beckman, Publicity Chair-
person Virginia Langhorst, Dorothy
Robben, Nancy Lueddecke, Irma Reiter
and Cheer Chairperson Anna Belle
Spaly. — VniCom Photo
25 Kansas Members
Win COLA Arbitration
In November, 1980, 25 members of
Local 1944, Topeka, Kans., employed at
Whelan Lumber Company, were awarded
from $930 to $1200 each in an arbitra-
tion on the interpretation of a cost of
living clause in their contract.
The original decision had been made
in March of 1980, reported District
Council Business Representative Jim
Harding, but the company had appealed
the decision. It was not until last fall
that a Federal Court judge ruled in favor
of the workers.
Local
Over
210
500
Signs
to CLIC
Vince Matregrano was the 500th mem-
ber of Local 210, Western Connecticut,
to sign up with the Carpenters Legislative
Improvement Committee prior to the re-
cent General Elections. Leading the Local
210 CLIC drive were General Agent
John Cunningham and President John
Ross.
24
THE CARPENTER
Vice Pres. Lucassen
Honored
At Testimonial
in 2ncl District
At left, Second General Vice President
Sigurd Lucassen gratefully accepted the
tribute. Below, General President William
Konyha addressed the gathering at the
testimonial dinner.
UNirtOBMmoBOfcAM«T£r"S:,
On November 21, 1980, at the Mea-
dowlands Hilton in Secaucus, N.J., a
testimonial dinner was held in honor
of Second General Vice President Sigurd
Lucassen.
The dinner was sponsored by the New
Jersey State Council of Carpenters and
other organizational leaders of the Sec-
ond District. Lucassen, a member of
Local 2250 in Red Banks, N.J., served
as the Second District General Executive
Board Member from March, 1978, until
February, 1980, when he was named to
his current post as Second General Vice
President.
George Laufenberg, vice president of
the New Jersey State Council, acted as
toastmaster of the ceremony. Speakers
included General President William
Konyha, First General Vice President
Patrick Campbell, General Secretary John
Rogers, and General Treasurer Charles
Nichols.
Finally, George Laufenberg and Tom
Ober, executive board member of the
New Jersey State Council, presented a
series of plaques and trophies to Lucas-
sen. Among the trophies was a replica of
an ice boat, symbolizing one of Lucas-
sen's favorite pastimes.
CARF^Pfjmi
The April, 1979, cover of The Carpenter displayed "The Qualities of a Carpenter,"
as described by the late novelist, Edna Ferber. You may order a full-size copy of this
front-and-back cover, suitable for framing, by sending 504 in coin to cover mailing
costs to: The Editor, The Carpenter, 101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Carpenters,
hang it up!
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duty, non-stretch
suspenders to your
nail bags or tool
belt and you'll feel
like you are floating
on air. They take all
the weight off your
hips and place the
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shoulders. Made of
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Adjust to fit all sizes
Try them for 15 days, if not completely
satisfied return for full refund. Don't be
miserable another day, order now.
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FEBRUARY, 1981
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HPPREIITICESHIP & TRRIIIinC
Refresher Courses
At Spokane Local
Local 98 in Spokane, Wash., is cur-
rently conducting refresher classes for
carpenter journeymen in the Spokane
area. Its first series of classes (18 hours),
held in January, was on first aid practices.
Continuing from January and through
February are courses on working with
blueprints (30 hours) and with transits
and levels (30 hours). In February and
March, two other courses will be offered,
one on construction with metal studs
(30 hours) and another on suspended
ceilings (30 hours).
Foreman and superintendent classes
will be available later this year.
Journeymen interested in registering
for any of the above refresher classes
should call the Local 98 apprenticeship
office for information on the times and
dates of the classes. The office number is
(509) 328-7245 or (509) 328-7270.
Ohio Millwright
Contestant
In our round-up of the 14th
International Carpentry Appren-
ticeship Contest which appeared
in the December, 1980 issue, we
inadvertently left out the picture
of our Ohio millwright contestenl.
Bert Sparks Jr., 21, is a member
of Local 1519 in Ironton, O., along
with is father, Bert Sparks, Sr.
Married to Kimberly, Sparks at-
tended Ashland Community Col-
lege and obtained his millwright
training from Ashland Vocational
School. He is currently employed
by Catalytic, Inc., and he enjoys
hunting, fishing, playing Softball,
and fixing up his recently-bought
home in his spare time.
Copyright © 1980 by Edward L. Peterman
Reprinted by permission of the author
WORKIN' MAN
I was never one to eavesdrop v»hen someone was having a chat.
But, late one night as I came through our yard, I found I was doing just that.
My wife was talking to our youngest son as he sat on the kitchen floor
So I stopped quietly to listen just outside the back screen door.
Seems she'd heard some kids all bragging about their daddys' jobs,
How they all were big executives ... and then they asked our Bob,
"What fine career does your father have?", their queries all began.
Bob mumbled low as he looked away, "He's just a workin' man."
My good wife waited 'till they all had left, then called our young boy in.
She said, "I have something to tell you, son," as she kissed his dimpled chin.
"You said your dad's just a workin' man, and what you said was true.
But, I doubt if you know what that really means, so I'll explain it to you.
In all the sprawling industries that make our country great,
In all the shops and stores and trucks that daily haul our freight . . .
Whenever you see a new house built, remember this, my son,
It took the common workin' man to get that big job done!
It's true — executives have nice desks and stay real clean all day.
They plan big projects to achieve . . . send memos to relay.
But, to turn their dreams into a fact, remember this, my son,
It takes the common workin' man to get those big jobs done!
If all the bosses left their desks and knocked off for a year
The wheels of industry still could turn — running in high gear.
If men like your dad aren't on the job, that industry can't run.
It takes the common workin' man to get the big jobs done!"
Well, I choked back a tear and cleared my throat as I entered through the door.
My young son's eyes lit up for joy as he jumped up off the floor.
He gave me a hug as he said, "Hey, Dad, I'm so proud to be your son . . .
'Cause you're one of the men — the special men — who get the big jobs done!"
— By Ed Peterman . . . Submitted by Local 1172, Billings, Mont.
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THE CARPENTER
More Women 'Firsts'
In Apprenticeship
Two women recently became the first
female apprentices ever to graduate from
their locals' apprenticeship and training
programs.
In August, 1980, Sharon Brunswick
graduated from the apprenticeship pro-
gram of Local 1849, Pasco, Wash. She
is the first and only female graduate of
the program since the local was chartered
in 1937. The 34-year-old mother of three
is shown above on the job at the Han-
ford Nuclear Area, Richland, Wash. Her
father is a member of Local 2324, Rich-
land.
On July 1, 1980, Christina Savage
completed her apprenticeship training
and became the first full-member female
of Local 921, Portsmouth, N.H. She is
shown in the above photograph receiv-
ing her Certificate of Completion of Ap-
prentice Training. From left are: Rich-
ard Morrill, contractor representative on
the Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship
Committee; Thomas P. Nelson, coordi-
nator of the apprentice training pro-
gram; Christina Savage; and Ernest
Stevens, president of Local 921 and labor
representative on the Joint Apprentice-
ship Committee.
Sharon Brunswick of Local 1849, Pasco,
Wash., learns her trade at a Hanford
workbench.
Christina Savage is welcomed into
Local 921, Portsmouth, N.H. (See story
above for identifications of people in
the picture.)
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NIGHT MANEUVERS
Two men were coming home late
at night from a union meeting.
One said, "I am always afraid
when I return home late like this. I
shut off the engine of my car half
a block from home and coast into
the garage. I take off my shoes and
sneak into the house. I am as quiet
as possible, but invariably about
the time I settle down into bed my
wife sits up and starts to berate
me."
The other man said: "You just
have the wrong technique. I never
have any trouble. 1 barge into the
garage, slam the door, stomp into
the house, and make a hell of a
racket. I go upstairs to the bed-
room, pat my wife and say, 'How
about it, kid?' She always pretends
she's asleep."
— Alan Seiferlein
Local 334, Saginaw, Mich.
CENTENNIAL YEAR, 1881-1981
DISHING IT OUT
Waiter: We got this dish out of a
cookbook.
Customer: Good idea. It should
never have been in there.
PERFORMANCE TEST
The apprentices continually ne-
glected to place empty soft-drink
bottles into the wooden racks
alongside the vending machines.
All pleas and threats proved futile
until someone posted this sign:
"Test Your Intelligence! Try to Put
These Round Bottles Into the Square
Holes."
ANOTHER DEFINITION
"Take-home pay" is called that
because there's not enough of it to
take you anyplace else.
— Saw and Hammer News,
Local 200
LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL
DELAYED REPLAY
Forty years ago you could see
two movies for a dime. Now, you
spend $500 on a television set, and
what do you see? The same movies.
— Saw and Hammer News,
Local 200
SUPPORT VOC AND CHOP
ALL THAT MEETS THE EYE
Neighbor: Why did you ask your
boarder to leave?
Landlady: When a man always
hangs his hat over the keyhole,
there must be something going on
that isn't right.
BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER
THIS MONTH'S LIMERICK
There was an old man with a
beard.
Who said, "It is just as I feared!
Two owls and a hen.
Four larks and a wren.
Have all built their nests in my
beard!"
■ — Jarrier Marubo
Alhambra, Calif.
RIGHT INGREDIENTS
Woman to her neighbor: I have
the most marvelous recipe for
meatloaf — all I have to do is men-
tion it to my husband and he says:
"Let's eat out."
BE IN GOOD STANDING
GOOD ADVICE
YOU DON'T have to lie awake
nights to succeed; just stay awake
days.
LEARNING FAST
BILL: What does your son plan to
be when he graduates from college?
PHIL: Judging from his letters, it
appears he aims to become a pro-
fessional fund raiser.
DON'T GET BEHIND IN '81
HOLD ON, GOLDILOCKS!
Father Bear: Someone ate all my
porridge.
Baby Bear: Someone ate all my
porridge, too!
Mother Bear: Complaints! com-
plaints! I haven't even made the
porridge yet.
— Mary Ann Di Palermo
Staten Island, N.Y.
UNION DUES BRING DIVIDENDS
SHOW ME THE WfAY
Drunk: Every time I flush this
thing, it jumps back and bites me.
Bartender: That's not the toilet
you're sitting on, that's a mop
bucket.
LET'S GET ORGANIZED
ON THE PUNNY SIDE
• To the Russians, Lenin's tomb
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• Senators who filibuster throw
their wait around.
— from PUNishment
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ALLSTON, MA.
On October 17, 1980, Floorlayer Local 2168
held a service pin award dinner and dance
honoring its 20 to 40-year members and
charter members.
Picture No. 1 shows, left to right: charter
member Harvey MacKenzie, Local President
Joseph Bickford, and charter member James
Cokely.
Picture No. 2 shows left to right: 35-year
members Herman J. Wade, John A. McCarthy,
and Sheldon Graves.
Picture No. 3 shows, front row, left to right:
30-year members Phillip Amaroso, Charles
Ciulla, Walter Rego, Leslie Nadeau, Joseph
Moschella, Theodore Penezic, Nazarino Rufo.
Second row, left to right: Thomas Aucella,
Andrew Centaurino, Dominic Foti, Arthur
Marino, Robert Morin, Harold Parsons, Anthony
Pustorino, Thomas Savage, John Tutty.
Third row, left to right: William Coyle, Ralph
Frotten.
Picture No. 4 shows, front row, left to right:
25-year members Balilla Constantini, Lucien
Durand, Frank Curreri, Andrew Sheehan, Joseph
Nee, Joseph Pires.
Second row, left to right: John Ahern,
Americo Simeone, Francis Ferguson, Samuel
Mazzola, Anthony Lazerick, John Molignano,
Angelo Todisco, Walter McLaughlin.
Picture No. 5 shows, front row, left to right:
2G-year members Israel Cabana, Robert
McHugh, Francis Canniff, Donald Bickford,
Charles Auditore Jr., George Kisich, Francis
O'Toole.
Second row, left to right: Neil Sullivan, John
Miller, Louis Miceli, Kenneth Cokely, Eugene
Conroy, Americo Moschella, Jack Merrill,
George Fiorello, Phillip DeSanto, Frank Comita,
Paul McDonald, James Nolan.
Honored members who were not available
for the photograph were charter member
Herman F. Wade, 40-year member Andrew
Cuneo, and 35-year member Merle Collier.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Because of the great
number of pictures of pin presentations
and affiliate functions received each
month for publication in the Service to
the Brotherhood section, we are some-
times forced to select only a few pictures
at a time from any local union. We try
to run the names of all pin recipients.
Servic*
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A gallery of pictures showing some of the senior members of the Broth-
erhood who recently received pins for years of service in the union.
AlUton, Ma. — Picture No. 5
Allston, Ma. — Picture No. 3
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Allston, Ma. — Picture No. 4
THE CARPENTER
San Bruno, Calif. — Picture No. 1
San Bruno, Calif. — Picture No. 2
San Bruno, Calif. — Picture No. 3
SAN BRUNO, CALIF.
Local 848 recently held a pin presentation
ceremony and awarded the following dedicated
members for their long years of service to
the labor movement:
Picture No. 1 shows 30-year members,
front row, from left to right: Joseph Testo,
John Rubles, Joseph Halter, Charley Young,
Roy Ontano, Dominic Fistolera, Vince Reyes,
and Pat Hannon.
Second row, from left to right: IVIac Hurn,
San Bruno, Calif. — Picture No. 4
San Bruno, Calif. — Picture No. 5
FEBRUARY, 1981
Bill Coon, John Voreyer, Richard McKay,
Charles Rocco, Vic Copan, Sherman Sable,
Norman Luchsinger, Leon Bondonno, Al
Herminghaus, Robert Schindler, A! Bertetta,
and Larry Schindler.
Back row, from left to right: Roy Davis,
Tom Spellman Al Caule, Don Hennessey, Frank
Garbero, Leon Caujolle, and Lyie Kittleson.
Picture No. 2 shows 25-year members,
front row, from left to right: Henry Petersen,
Dan Cabral, Art Cooper, Al Alpi, Eli Premenko,
Bill Gerrits, and Carl Young.
Back row, from left to right: Eugene
Barnes, Peter Kopcrak, Edwin Merrill, Donald
Richman, John Lovingood, William Lovingood,
and LeRoy Sutherland.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members,
front row, from left to right: Orval Crowell,
Russell Sperry, Lonnie Higgins, Al Schauer,
and Frank Quadros.
Back row, from left to right: Frank Chazel,
Art Patrick, John Elzey, and Leo Carron.
Picture No. 4 shows 40-year members,
from left to right: Frank Shypertt, and Nello
Ciucci.
Picture No. 5 shows from left to right:
Archie McDonnell, 51-years; Tony Ramos,
Executive Secretary-Treasurer, California
State Council of Carpenters; August Erickson,
56-years; and Joe Weiss, 45-years.
KANSAS CITY, MO.
The Brotherhood congratulates the following
cabinet makers and millmen of Local 1635
for their 50-years of continuous membership
in the Brotherhood: Walter A. Said, Alex
Hagelund, and Birgin Stanley. Walter Said was
a general representative for the Brotherhood
for many years.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.
The Brotherhood congratulates 92-year-old
John Dulczewski of Local 1150 for his 72
years of continuous membership in the
Brotherhood.
Dulczewski was born on April 17, 1888
and spent most of his
boyhood on a farm in
Glen, N.Y. With a keen
interest in carpentry,
he joined Local 6 in
Amsterdam, N.Y. in 1908
and worked tor John
Malia Contractor and
later for John Lasher
Company. He also
worked for Turner
Construction Company
and Edward Callahan Construction.
For the next 21 years he became a
contractor, and eventually went to work for
J. Lansing Findlay in Amsterdam.
An active member of 72-years, Dulczewski
still enjoys making furniture and inventing
things.
DULCZEWSKI
Attend your Local
Union Meetings
regularly. Be
an active member
of the Brotherhood.
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MARTINEZ, CALIF.
On August 23, 1980, Local 2046 held a
pin presentation banquet at His Lordships in
Berkeley in honor of its 25 to 45-year
members. Honored members are shown
in the accompanying pictures.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members,
front row, from left to right: Darrel Bates,
Ted Plambeck, Tony Ramirez, Sam Kern, Ray
Winner, Chalmers Hansen, Phillip Crappa,
California State Council Executive Secretary
Anthony Ramos, and kneeling. Senior Business
Representative Deano C. Cerri.
Second row, from left to right: William C.
Lamb, James F. White, Earl E. Smith, Paul
Dyhr, Mario U. Volpone, Lawrence DeVall,
S. J. Leal, Joe V. Cardinalli, and Dick
Campbell.
Back row, from left to right: Richard
Welch, Thomas E. North, Milton Kotter,
Charles N. Moffett, Edward E. Paoli, Ove
Floystrup, Steven Miklos, Morris Hillstead,
and Financial Secretary-Treasurer Anthony
Viola, Jr.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members,
front row, from left to right: Richard F.
Cannella, Roy H. Simpson, Edwin Jacoby, Jose
L. Mezzavilla, Mike Grillo, and Henry Grenon.
Back row, from left to right: Business
Representative Frank Castiglione, James V.
DiMaggio, Jr., Eugene Beadelston, John Batts,
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Martinez, Calif. — Picture No. 1
Keith L. Braga, Edwin C. Levander, Gerald
Simmons, and Earl J. Crawford, Jr.
Picture No. 3 shows 30-year members,
front row, from left to right: Louis A.
Augustine, Ignacio Cerna, Sidney A. Burrows,
Edwin QuIlice, Peter J. Bonanno, and Horace
P. Costanza.
Second row, from left to right: Harry Hope,
Benjamin Fryman, A. E. Lundgren, Frederick
Gilmer, and Harry A. Evans.
Back row, from left to right: Elby Meadows,
Ralph H. Voss, Wade E. Young, Maurice V.
Gifford, and Robert D. Harrington.
Picture No. 4 shows 35-year members, front
row, from left to right: Clare Hagerty, Aubrey
0. Epps, Melvin Makey, Robert Blikeng, and
Theron L. Pollard.
Back row, from left to right: Senior
Business Representative Deano C. Cerri, 0. J.
Bush, Sr., R. C. Fleming, William E. Garretty,
Henry L. Hedrick, and Financial Secretary-
Treasurer Anthony Viola, Jr.
Picture No. 5 shows 40-year members,
front row, from left to right: Senior Business
Representative Deano C. Cerri, Frank
Conclaves, Lloyd C. Miller, Charles Mitchell,
L. Bennson, Carl Eckford, and Financial
Secretary-Treasurer Anthony Viola, Jr.
Back row, from left to right: Otto
Manninen, Theodore W. Gibson, Ralph Foster,
Eugene Peterson, Ingvald Paul Bonderud,
and Robert H. Walker.
Martinez, Calif. — Picture No. 4
Martinez, Calif. — Picture No. 5
FORT LEE, N.J.
On October 18, 1980, Local 1785 presented 92-year-old Lawrence Muller a
75-year service pin at the Hudson District Council dinner dance held at the
Tam-Crest Country Club in Alpine, N.J.
Muller has served the Brotherhood longer than any member of the Hudson County
District Council of Carpenters. In 1922, he served as an officer of his local.
Pictured in the accompanying photograph are, from left to right: Business Agent
Sal DeAnni, Lawrence Muller, Business Agent Al Beck, Jr., and Local 1785
President Joseph C. Cook.
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THE CARPENTER
Decatur, Ala. — Picture No. 3
DECATUR, ALA.
On October 4, 1980, Local 1274 held a
recognition dinner for members with 25 or
more years of service in the Brotherhood. The
following members were honored.
Picture No. 1—25 and 30-year members,
front row, from left to right: Monroe McRight,
Floyd Woodall, Auther Austin, Phil Morris,
Evert Aday, Vernon Patton, and W. A. Baber.
Back row, from left to right: Otha Romines,
T. H. Hollinsworth, James Irvin, Jack Sandlin,
William Loggins, Flur Berryman, and Gordon
Cooper.
Picture No. 2—30 and 35-year members,
front row, from left to right: Malcolm Moore,
A. G. Livingston, E. P. Tillery, James Duboise,
Billy Haddock, and Hollis McCaghren.
Back row, from left to right: James Fowler,
R. H. Clay, John Pike, Ulice Ells, and Robert
Williams.
Picture No. 3—35 and 40-year members,
front row, from left to right: Paul Johnson,
Claude Schrimsher, Jim Perkins, Casper Frost,
Simon Clark, W. M. Locke, W. G. Coggins, and
Raymond Regain.
Back row, from left to right: Miron Sims,
James Pike, Robert Moore, Melvin Smith,
Andrew West, Jasper Hamaker, Paul Pitts,
Sullivan Crow, and Lewis Hardison.
Decatur, Ala. — Picture No. 4
Picture No. 4 — 40 and 45-year members,
from left to right: W. B. Rice, Claude McRight,
Frank Bentley, S. A. Stevenson, Virgil Snoddy,
and John Darmer.
ST. LOUIS, MO.
At a recent membership meeting, Local 5
honored its long-term members with plaques
designating their years of service to the
Brotherhood.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members
with local and council leadership. Front row,
Left:
St. Louis, Mo.
— Picture
No. 2
from left to right: 25-year members Joe
Dittmaier, Robert Puricelli, Samuel J.
Hagemann, Wilfred Kuhlman, Richard Buss,
Leslie Brown, Syl Knittel, Raymond A. Knittel,
and Walter Schaft.
Back row, from left to right: Leonard
Brauch, 25-yearSi District Council Business
Representative Herman Henke; Local 5
Financial Secretary Ray Binder; Conductor
Fred Wellman; Trustee Joe Kornfold; Trustee
Jesse Favier; Vice President Robert Busch;
President Terry Nelson; Frank Ulrich, 25-years;
Local 5 Recording Secretary Norman OttO;
and Milton Robinson, 25-years.
Picture No. 2 shows 50 and 60-year
members with local and council leadership.
Front row, from left to right: Max Vogi,
52-years; Joseph Pung, Jr., 55-years; Joe
Pieper, 65-years; William Eggert, 51-years;
William Immer, 52-years; and Harry Kober-
mann, 53-years.
Back row, from left to right: John Janisch,
53-years; Local 5 President Terry Nelson;
District Council Business Representative
Herman Henke; and Raymond Seger, 53-years.
FEBRUARY, 1981
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TULSA, OKLA.
On September 5, 1980, Local 943 held a
pin presentation banquet and dance to honor
those members with 20 or more years of
service. General President William Konyha
presented the service pins and was the
keynote speaker. As the first General
President to visit Oklahoma, William Konyha
was presented a ceremonial chief's headdress
to symbolize the authority of his office as
General President of the United Brotherhood.
Others who attended the ceremony
included the late General Executive Board
Member Frederick N. Bull, Secretary-Treasurer
of the Oklahoma State Council of Carpenters
Henry Baldridge, and the executive officers
of Local 943.
A total of 450 members received their
service pins with a combined total of 12,000
years of service to the Brotherhood. The
following members were present to receive
their awards:
Picture No. 1 shows 20-year members, front
row, from left to right: Marion Breshears,
Donald Berry, and John L. Arnold.
Second row, from left to right: Warren
Davis and Dave McCord.
Third row, from left to right: John Helt,
Leroy Eckels, Jack Giesen, and Webb Welty.
Back row, from left to right: Sy Davis, Ted
Hall, Bill Brown, Ted Biggs, and Carol Johnson.
Picture No. 2 shows 20-year members,
front row: Kenneth Westfall.
Second row, from left to right: Wayne
Roberts, John F. Still, and Tony Mrosek.
Back row, from left to right: Wayne Booth,
James Rhodes, Eurvin Smith, Ted Gowen,
Frank Jones, and Dennis Edwards.
Picture No. 3 shows 25-year members,
front row, from left to right: L. W. Christie,
Ralph Inglett, Paul Bales, and Jess C. Smith.
Back row, from left to right: Paul
Campbell, John Campbell, Henry Corser, 0. L.
Britt, James Wallace, and Hulon Edwards.
Picture No. 4 shows 25-year members,
front row, from left to right: Clayton Stitt,
Charles M. Hughes, Raymond Swetland, and
William R. Ashmore.
Back row, from left to right: Truman
Sanders, Leroy McDaniel, Marlin White, Bert
Davis, Lester Massey, and Dale McPherron.
Picture No. 5 shows 30-year members,
front row, from left to right: John Cordray,
B. G. Fair, Carl Schlosser, and George W.
Dunagan.
Back row, from left to right: John H.
Janzen, Jr., George Johnson, Mel Roberts,
Ray Cox, and Raymond Ball.
Picture No. 6 shows 30-year members,
front row, from left to right: I. C. Clint
Lewis, A. A. Meledeo, Leonard Roach, and
Richard Henson.
Back row, from left to right: Bob Campbell,
Jack Campbell, Charles M. Barnett, Homer
Waltrip, and Raymond Sherrill.
Picture No. 7 shows 30-year members,
front row, from left to right: Bill Cottrell,
Roland Miller, Gene Brashier, and George
Henson.
Back row, from left to right: Tola Mize,
David Douglas, Fred Kampen, Jack Toney, and
Clarence M. Blackwell.
Picture No. 8 shows 30-year members,
One of the last official acts of
the late 6lh District Board Mem-
ber, Fred Bull, was to participate
in the pin ceremonies of Local 943,
along with General President
Konyha. The pictures below are of
that occasion.
Picture No. 17
front row, from left to right: Lee Wheeler,
Charlie White and Vollie Hughes.
Back row, from left to rigt: Alfred Soerries,
and Frank Crouch.
Picture No. 9 shows 35-year members,
front row, from left to right: Lee Williams,
Bob Mills, and T. E. Lawrence.
Back row, from left to right: 0. W. Bruce,
Lewis Amen, Dean Cowsert, Wayne Crown,
and Lee Donaldson.
Picture No. 10 shows 35-year members,
front row, from left to right: J. W. Harp,
Bill Wagner, Lewis Elliott, and Andrew
Hopkins.
Back row, from left to right: Joe Moulton,
Kenneth Cummins, Cleo Collins, Emil Colburn,,
and Leonard Baker.
Picture No. 11 shows 35-year members,
front row, from left to right: Ott Carpenter,
Melvin Harkins, Charlie Dawes, and Earl
Colfield.
Back row, from left to right: Charles Yoho,
Walt Rice, Ned Hansen, and Arley Burns.
Picture No. 12 shows 35-year members,
front row, from left to right: J. C. Roberts,
and Garland King.
Back row, from left to right: Leroy Weston,
and A. C. Knighten.
Picture No. 13 shows 40-year members,
front row, from left to right: Jesse Stevenson,
John G. Hubbard, V. J. Sharon, and Jimmy
Mclntire.
Back row, from left to right: Clarence
Schuize, H. L. Blackburn, C. L. Hunt, 0. A.
Sheline, and Ralph Conrad.
Picture No. 14 shows 40-year members,
front row, from left to right: John J. Clack,
Harry W. Pease, Loyd B. Wilson, and Grant
R. Wilson.
Back row, from left to right: W. B.
Millspaugh, Dr. Jack W. Benton, John W.
Duke, Lawrence 0. Miller, Eldron Woodfin,
and Walter Willard.
Picture No. 15 shows 45 and 50-year
members, front row, from left to right: Leo
Schneider, 45-years; Lewis (Red) Gibson,
54-years; W. W. Camp, 45-years; and Lyie
Gwin; 45-years.
Back row, from left to right, shows
Business Representative Gerald Beam and
General President William Konyha.
Picture No. 16 shows, front row, 60-year
member John Shoefstall.
Back row, from left to right: Business
Representative Gerald Beam, General
President William Konyha, and Oklahoma
State Council Secretary-Treasurer Henry
Baldridge.
Picture No. 17 shows, from left to right:
the late General Executive Board Member
Frederick N. Bull, Oklahoma State Council
Secretary-Treasurer Henry Baldridge, General
President William Konyha, and Business
Representative Gerald Beam.
The following members also received
service pins but were not present for the
photograph:
20-year members: James P. Andrews, Franl(
Beaver, C. E. Bolden, Louis Brinlee, William
A. Broam, Curtis E. Brown, Jr., Lawrence V.
Bruce, Marion Burkhardt, Lloyd Caldwell, R. L.
Cannon, Arden E. Carey, Jr., Charles M.
Casey, Robert E. Cook, Erban Dampf, Howard
L. Davis, Willard Deitrick, Elmer N. Dinsmore,
Benny C. England, Kenneth Gragg, Thomas
W. Graves, Charles G. Hager, Joe H. Hall,
Lee B. Harris, William Hefcheck, Jimmy J.
Henson, Junior Dale Holt, Charles L. Hughes,
C. L. Hunt, Jr., A. J. Jeremiah, Charles N.
Johnson, Willie D. Lawson, Charles A. Logan,
Francis E. Mahoney, Fred Marble, Robert L.
Metcalf, Arnold D. Nix, William J. Nugent,
Earnest C. O'Neal, Harry Pankratz, Frank L.
Parnell, Bob Payne, Earl J. Pfleeger, Harold
G. Ray, Orville A. Rill, Jimmy D. Sallee,
William R. Sample, Wesley Shoemaker, John
Stephens, Glen E. Thornton, Jack M. Tindle,
Elmer 0. Trickey, Bobbie Vanderford, Sumner
L. Voyles, Eldon E. Vulgamore, James M.
Walden, Roger E. Ward, Paul Warne, Billy D.
Woodall.
25-year members: Carl Adams, David D. Beem,
Marlin Berry, Sam E. Blankenship, Charley H.
Brown, James H. Calhoun, W. E. Campbell,
George Carroll, Donald R. Casey, Charles R.
Chandler, W. R. Cloyde, William A. Coleman,
LeRoy Coursey, John E. Croft, Kline Curtis,
Kenneth Eads, Bobby L. Fleming, Gene
Fritchie, Duane Gilbert, Raymond G. Coins,
William Hann, Harmon Hardt, Walter E. Harris,
Charles D. Haskins, Herman H. Henderson,
Hubert C. Henderson, Jesse M. Hendricks
(Ted), Jimmy Hendrix, Gale Hill, Thurman
Hurst, Curtis L. Jones, Norwin E. Kelley, Willis
Austin Law, John M. Lind, Lester Littlefield,
Virgil McNiel, David Marsh, L. R. Mayes (Ray),
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Leonard A. Morrison, George Palmer, Jim M.
Pruett, Earl F. Raper, Joseph L. Reese,
William K. Rice, Harold Sommars, Floyd
Stanfield, Clayton Y. Stitt, George Tapp, Billy
G. Taylor, Tracy Titus, Joe Turney, M. C.
Vanderford, Wayman C. Westcott, Charles
Westmoreland, Harvey G. Whitecotton, Everett
C. Willard, Wallace K. Williams, Jim Wilson,
John K. Wilson, Jr., Richard D. Wilson, D. C.
Butler, J. H. Jones, T. E. Taylor, Zigmund
G. Kaplan.
30-year members: Clarence Adams, Edward S.
Allsbrow, J. D. Amos, Owen Butler, John F.
Battese, Lucion F. Benge, Raymond C.
Bowman, Floyd D. Briggs, Jewell E. Busch,
B. W. Carpenter, William E. Chaney, Carl R.
Cleveland, Alva Corbel!, Earl W. Curry, C. M.
Dalrymple, Walter Darrough, Leonard 0.
Davis, Howard Doerflinger, R. B. Dunn,
Clarence Fain, Roin M. Fields, Austin E.
Gann, James A. Gillen, Hubert Goodwin, Levi
G. Harrison, Andy Haskins, Oliver C. Hawley,
Mayse G. Hewling, Millard Hicks, William E.
Holderman, Glen J. Howard, Raymond Inglett,
Herschel Jaggars, Robert L. Jennings, Luther
Johnston, L. D. Jones, Vernon C. Jones, John
Kayser, James E. Kiffer, Charles Lancaster,
Andrew J. Lane, Fred E. Lane, R. T. Langston,
Bonnie Lemons, Lou Maybee, J. D. Moss, George
D. Munns, Charles M. Newby, John W. Nichols,
Bob E. Noble, Cecil O'Neal, Clifford M. Parker,
Obed W. Patty, Jack H. Peacock, Fred A. Peter-
son, Lawrence R. Plummer, Willis Potter, Charles
H. Pratt, Richard Pritchett, Melvin Ray, W. W.
Reynolds, Perry E. Rice, Charles C. Riddell,
Lawrence L. Rippetoe, Thurman M. Robertson,
J. C. Scott, C. E. Shaver, Tommie R. Shaw,
Joseph W. Sitar, Lawrence A. Smith, R. A.
Smith, Paul Soerries, Benjamin C. Stabler,
Frank B. Stainbrook, Jr., Ted I. Stephens, J.
B. Stevens, Earl Tackett, Joseph L. Thomas,
B. F. Thomason, Lyie Thomlinson, Carl S.
Tidwell, Ford Tinsley, Delmo J. Todd, Tomy E.
Tucker, J. V. Updike, Leonard R. Walker,
Frank P. Walsh, Samuel H. Whiten, Thomas E.
Wise, George Wofford, Donald E. Wright, L. P.
Lewis, W. L. Turner, R. J. Pierce, Harrison
Humphrey, Billy Hensley.
35-year members: Gene E. Anderson, Bennett
A. Armstrong, Carl E. Ballard, Leslie Bates,
Hooley Benge, S. S. Bibbs, Bruce Bigby, Cecil
Breeland, Ira B. Briggs, G. L. Bryant, Elmer
G. Cantrell, Arthur A. Carllson, Orville W.
Gavins, Howard Center, Sam H. Coley, B. A.
Colley, Boyd Cook, Joe Cook, Jimmy R.
Cornelius, Jess Crafts, Guy H. Croffut, Miff
L. Cunningham, R. E. Dearrington, Leonard
Eckenrode, Leo Faust, W. H. Flood, Ralph
Hancock, Tollie T. Hodge, Earl L. Hopson,
Vern Hughes, Floyd Jackson, Carl J. Johnston,
Turner D. Jones, Dan K. Key, H. B. Klassen,
Leonard W. Kragel, William W. Lile, Trubon
Loper, Raymond Lunsford, C. R. McDonald,
Glen McLimans, Realis V. Merrell, Ed Montieth,
W. B. Oliver, R. E. Owens, Barvell Patrick,
T. R. Pennington, Ira Perry, OIney H. Perry,
Lee Porter, Ira V. Powell, Roy Rothhammer,
Homer Sharpton, Wayne Sloan, N. B. Soerries,
H. D. Taylor, John S. Thatcher, Jesse L. Tibbs,
Hubert Tracey, Joe E. VanLandingham, Robert
E. VanLandingham, Millard 0. Wakeford, Lester
C. Watson, Jeff Weeks, George H. Welker,
Walter W. White, Depurda Willits, Charles A.
Winston, Jesse B. Wright.
40-year members: Howard DeVasher, J. B.
Duke, Raymond Galvin, Tom Griffin, Eugene
Gwin, W. J. Harmon, Simpson G. Hill, Robert
K. Inglett, Earl Lutz, L. 0. Martin, Ralph
Miller, A. L. Pennington, L. C. Perkins, Ralph
E. Piper, Morris Rife, 0. A. Rinnert, Charles
Schmoll, H. L. Sommers, Cecil C. Tarr, Lecil
Vernon, H. H. Wells, Eldon Woods.
45-year members: C. W. Carlson, George W.
Patterson, John Robinson, Charles Landers.
50-year members: Nils Berggren, Vernon
Johnson.
55-year members: Carl Huffman, Fred Sanders,
George Schneider, H. F. Smith, J. L. Lester.
60-year members: J. W. Benton, 0. M. Loftin,
Charles G. Robinson.
Hoboken, N.J.
Lafayette, Ind. — Picture No. 1
HOBOKEN, N.J.
On October 13, 1980, Local 467 held a
service pin ceremony and celebration in honor
of its members with 15 or more years of
dedicated service to the Brotherhood. Business
Agents Al Beck, Jr., and Sal DeAnni, of the
Hudson County District Council, helped to
honor the members pictured in the accom-
panying photograph.
Front row, from left to right: William
McFadden, 25-years; Carl Grimm, 50-years;
Eugene Ziegler, 45-years; and Local President
Carl T. Grimm, 15-years.
Second row, from left to right: Business
Agent Sal DeAnni; Walter Pallozzi, 40-years;
Ernest Scerbo, 40years; James Barry, 25-years;
and Richard Van Cleeft, 15-years.
Back row, from left to right: Pat Sheehan,
20-years; William Barry, 30-years; Thomas
Lafoyette, Ind. — Picture No. 2
Howes, 30-years; Al Martineau, 25-years; and
Business Agent Al Beck, Jr.
LAFAYETTE, IND.
On September 6, 1980, Local 215 held an
awards banquet for its members at Howard
Johnson's East. Pins were awarded to nineteen
25-year members, forty 30-year members,
thirty-three 35-year members, nineteen
40-year members, five 45-year members, one
55-year member, three 60-year members, one
65-year member, and one 70-year member.
Picture No. 1 shows, from left to right:
President Edward Haynes, 38-years; Richard J.
Heide, 58-years; Fred J. Anderson, 44-years;
Robert Bushman, Sr., 39-years; Charles Leaf,
40-years; and William Chambers, 38-years.
Picture No. 2 shows three generations of
Local 215 members. Front row, from left to
right: Robert Bushman, Sr., and Mrs. Bushman.
Back row, from left to right: Robert
Bushman, Jr., and Keith R. Bushman.
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m mEmoRinm
The following list of 450 deceased members and spouses represents
a total of $548,114.81 in death claims paid in November, 1980.
Local Union, City
2, Cincinnati, Oh. — Jacob Fricker, Mrs. Wil-
lis Jones.
5, St. Louis, Mo. — Arthur W. Bueker.
7, Minneapolis, Mn. — Joseph A. Bistodeau,
Paul W. Carlson, Elmer L. Haglund,
Oscar Stromberg, Louis Turngren, Ray-
mond J. Witmier.
8, Philadelphia, Pa. — John Remain.
12, Syracuse, N.Y. — Richard A. Compo.
14, San Antonio, Tx. — Manuel G. Conzales.
19, Detroit, Mich. — Orlo L. Friend, Herman
F. Rubin.
22, San Francisco, Ca. — William F. Onick.
24, Central Ct. — Andrew J. Leary.
26, East Detroit, Mich. — Edward F. Dysarz.
27, Toronto, Ont., Canada — William P. Sin-
drey, James Tomlinson.
31, Trenton, N.J. — Stephen Sincak.
33, Boston, Ma. — Nathan Arkin, Otto G.
Swenson.
35, San Rafael, Ca. — Mark M. Neadeau,
Haven H. Stephens.
36, Oakland, Ca. — Oscar N. Anderson, Mrs.
Knud Jensen, Frederick Lindsey, Cecil
L. Swan, Dero Witherspoon.
40, Boston, Ma.— Ralph E. Frost.
42, San Francisco, Ca. — Dell Z. Erwin, Mrs.
Chester W. Johnson.
43, Hartford, Ct.— Charles A. Good.
44, Champaign, III. — Jay Boyd.
47, St. Louis, Mo. — John O. Adams, Perma
K. (P.K.) Long.
51, Boston, Ma. — Camillo P. Di Giantom-
maso.
53, White Plains, N.Y.— John Garger, Peter
A. Maddalone, Natale S. Palmieri.
61, Kansas City, Mo. — Mrs. George R. Reed.
62, Chicago, III. — Mike J. Martin.
64, Louisville, Ky. — W. Scott Harris, Mrs.
Robert Thompson.
69, Canton, Oh. — Lloyd J. Boss, Everett G.
Cauger.
74, Chattanooga, Tn. — Herman J. Hamilton.
77, Port Chester, N.Y. — Mrs. August Longo.
78, Troy, N.Y. — Leonard Saracino.
82, Haverhill, Ma. — Mrs. Dennis J. LeBIanc.
83, Halifax, N.S., Canada— Mrs. Urban R.
Demone, Mrs. Wilbert Wagner.
87, St. Paul, Mn.— Martin S. Baran.
89, Mobile, Al Mrs. W. W. McKinley,
Willie C. Sanford.
93, Ottawa, Ont., Canada — Horraidas Car-
riere.
94, Providence, R.I. — Earl A. Harden, Angelo
M. De Luca, William N. Leino, Mrs.
Lemuel Mac Donald.
95, Detroit, Mich.— Adolph R. Werner.
98, Spokane, Wa. — Mrs. Tim P. Gunderson.
101, Baltimore, Md.— George H. Griffin,
Frederick C. Hirschman, Howard J.
Massey.
102, Oakland, Ca. — Mrs. Stanley L. Markey,
Stanley L. Markey, Mrs. Eugene Pruitt.
103, Birmingham, Al. — Thomas H. Fields.
105, Cleveland, Oh. — Anthony J. Raile,
Nicholas A. Wills.
106, Des Moines, la. — Frank X. Caligiuri,
Leslie B. Harvey, Joseph W. Lasell.
107, Worcester, Mass. — Mrs. Edward J.
Verrier.
116, Bay City, Mich. — Gustave F. Mueller,
Walter A. Owczarzak.
122, Phila., Pa.— Mrs. Edward J. Kelly.
Local Union, City
131, Seattle, Wa — Enoch M. Dahl, Robert
C. Evenson, Ernest A. Keller, Borger O.
Lien, Albert Peterson.
132, Washington, D.C — Willard A. Gordon,
James E. Peck.
135, New York, N.Y Sam Fishberg.
141, Chicago, III. — Herman T. Fredrickson.
153, Helena, Mt.— John P. Stock.
162, San Mateo, Ca. — Mrs. Bernard J. Ken-
neally.
163, Peekskill, N.Y.— Arnold T. Lindeanau,
Mrs. John McCarthy.
171, Youngstown, Oh. — Stephen W. Pavliga.
180, Vallejo, Ca — Donald F. Sellars.
182, Cleveland, Oh.— William J. Lang.
183, Peoria, III — Louis R. Slough.
184, Salt Lake City, Ut.— Gladys V. Day,
Marie W. Russell.
188, Yonkers, N.Y.— Robert Anderson, Hu-
bert Daniels, Mrs. Michael Grubiak.
198, Dallas, Tx.— Hansel E. Brown.
199, Chicago, III.— Julius S. Szabo.
200, Columbus, Oh Irvin R. Wears.
210, Stamford, Ct. — Armando Baccante,
George M. Mac CuUough, Mrs. Fred
Romeo, Mrs. John Small.
215, Lafayette, In. — Byron L. Cade.
225, Atlanta, Ga.— Samuel D. Henderson.
226, Portland, Or.— Clarence B. Gunter.
228, Pottsville, Pa.— Doric A. Moyer.
232, Ft. Wayne, In Mrs. Clarence W.
Hyser.
235, Riverside, Ca. — Rentz T. Jones, Sr.,
Fred W. Mines, Donald E. Odell.
236, Clarksburg, W.V. — Lawrence F. Long.
242, Chicago, III.— Mrs. Mike Striedl, Mrs.
Frank Wronski.
246, New York, N.Y.— Joseph Gruber.
248, Toledo, Oh Frank Siadak.
257, New York, N.Y.— Benjamin Pilnick.
265, Saugerties, N.Y.— William Schatzel.
272, Chicago Heights, III.— William D.
Galick.
281, Binghamton, N.Y. — Mrs. Frederick G.
Powell, William G. Steinbrecher.
311, Joplin, Mo. — Albert E. Allen.
316, San Jose, Ca. — Charles L. Freer.
329, Oklahoma City, Ok Floreine M. Har-
ris.
334, Saginaw, Mi. — Jack F. Gotham.
337, Detroit, Mi. — Gordon Hazelton, Walter
Mruk, Gartrell Tarver.
343, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada — Maurice
Jackulak.
361, Duluth, Mn. — Christ Hanson, Jerry
Hedberg, Robert R. Melander.
363, Elgin, III. — Alvin H. Andresen.
366, New York, N.Y. — Leonard Galasso,
Raymond Kirsch, Nicholas Podgurney.
372, Lima, Oh.— Robert C. Tice.
378, Edwardsville, III.— Cecil C. Baits.
385, New York, N.Y.— Louis Georgette.
393, Camden, NJ. — Stanley F. Domeraski.
400, Omaha, Neb. — Fredrick Gene Mahnke,
Steve P. Oldham, John E. Stasch.
406, Bethlehem, Pa.— Mrs. Robert G. Raid-
line.
413, South Bend, In. — Lonzo C. Howell,
Everett C. Jester.
415, Cincinnati, Oh. — Norbert Anneken, Al-
bert Kern.
417, St. Louis, Mo. — Luke M. Brisch, James
S. Gittemeier, George Voigt.
430, Wilkinsburg, Pa. — Paul H. Grace.
433, Belleville, III Arthur Wright.
Local Union, City
434, Chicago, III Walfred Stromberg.
455, Somerville, NJ. — Herman W. Fritz.
468, New York, N.Y. — James F. Formont,
Janis G. Lagzdins.
470, Tacoma, Wa Anson W. Burns, Gil-
bert J. Hurd.
472, Ashland, Ky John H. Dasher.
475, Ashland, Mass Alfred V. Witzell.
483, San Francisco, Ca. — Oliver Almlie,
Constantine J. Maravelias.
486, Bayonne, NJ. — Mrs. Arthur Daly.
488, New York, N.Y.— Robert D. Roper.
490, Passaic, N.Y. — John Kahmann.
507, Nashville, Tn Mrs. Joe R. Bryant,
Ernest T. Cole.
508, Marion, III. — Kenneth Lee Hodge, John
P. Spezia.
517, Portland, Me — Quirino Lucarelli, Sr.,
Joseph H. Shortill.
532, Elmu-a, N.Y Sniffin K. Bellows.
550, San Leandro, Ca. — Larry T. Moore,
Pearl E. Rose.
557, Bozeman, Mt. — Lewis W. Kindig.
558, Elmhurst, III Albert W. Drews.
559, Paducah, Ky.— William H. AUcock,
Lonnie D. Carter.
569, Pascagoula, Miss Luther Cooper.
576, Pine Bluff, Ar. — Mrs. John M. Depriest,
Doyle E. Kelley.
578, Chicago, III.— Paul E. Sears.
579, St. John's, N.F., Canada— Mrs. James
P. Roache, Mrs. Wilmore Stockley.
583, Portland, Or. — Edward Frey.
586, Sacramento, Ca. — Lawrence N. Cobble,
Richard W. Mansfield, Sr., Leo Ruby.
599, Hammond, In. — Eugene Giorgio, Sr.,
James Homans.
602, St. Louis, Mo. — George F. Boucher.
610, Port Arthur, Tx.— Mrs. Henry H. Gip-
son.
620, Madison, N.J. — George C. Chamber-
lain.
621, Bangor, Maine — Edward A. Bourbon,
Fidele R. Cormier.
626, Wilmington, Del. — Edward J. Fagan, Jr.
627, Jacksonville, Fla. — Marvin P. Brown,
Sr., Olzie T. Higgs.
633, Granite City, III.— John W. Barks.
641, Fort Dodge, Iowa — Glen A. Brodale.
668, Palo Alto, Ca. — Mrs. Adolph Benning.
674, Mt. Clemens, Mi. — Mrs. Walter Minda.
675, Toronto, Ont., Canada— William J. De-
veaux.
690, Little Rock, Ark Wilburn J. Adcock,
Mrs. Clifton Clemons, Wilber W. Rus-
sell.
701, Fresno, Ca. — Edward D. Lester.
702, Grafton, W.V Charles E. Ringler.
720, Baton Rouge, La. — Willie M. Vincent.
721, Los Angeles, Ca. — Elvin L. Games,
Harry Lockridge, Miguel Martinez,
Glenn E. Morrow, Mrs. Edward A.
Stember, Jesse Wilkins.
725, Litchfield, III.— Mrs. George H. John-
sey.
753, Beaumont, Tx. — Douglas D. Hanks,
Harrison Wylie.
769, Pasadena, Ca. — Orrie E. Johnson,
Glenn D. Pullen, Joseph Wimmer.
777, Harrisonville, Mo. — Cecil O. Werntz.
782, Fond du Lac, Wise. — Donald Wagner.
785, Cambridge, Ont., Canada — Mrs. Charles
Klassen.
787, New York, N.Y.— Vincent D'Agostino.
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Local Union, City
797, Kansas City, Kas.— Arthur L. Wilson.
819, W. Palm Beach, Fla.— Lucy F. Lowe.
832, Beatrice, Neb. — Robert E. Lehman.
844, Reseda, Ca.— Floyd M. McDaniel.
845, Delaware County, Pa. — Daniel Y. Dan-
enhower, William H. Mancill, Sr.
893, Grand Haven, Mi. — Royal SiMjrs.
902, Brooklyn, N.Y. — Nathan Ackerman,
Carl Lindberg, Pasquale Loiola, Harold
Van Steenbergh.
903, Valdosia, Ga. — James R. Becton.
904, Jacksonville, III. — Roy H. Krems.
921, Portsmouth, N.H.— Vincent D. Mc-
Kenzie.
929, South Gale, Ca.— Albert Dunstan,
Charles M. Sanford.
944, San Bernardino, Ca. — Cecil R. Ander-
son, Mrs. William P. Reed.
945, Jefferson City, Mo. — Mrs. Thomas J.
Harmon. Mrs. Harry R. Ruether.
951, Brainerd, Mn. — Renne E. Mustonen.
957, Stillwater, Mn.— Karl S. Keller, Robert
H. Steffen.
978, Springfield, Mo.— Mrs. Howard M.
McCoy.
982, Detroit, Mich.— Randall B. Melvin.
1003, Indianapolis, In. — Artemaas S. Davis.
1009, St. John's, N.F., Canada— Horwood
Normore.
1040, Eureka, Ca. — James I. Sample, Marx
V. Vance.
1042, Plattsburgh, N.Y.— Lawrence C. Pro-
vost.
1050, Phila., Pa. — Guerino D'Agostino.
1054, Everett, Wa.— Reuben M. Helaas.
1073, Phila., Pa.— John I. Barron.
1084, Angleton, Tx.— Billie L. Weathers.
1089, Phoenix, Az.— Mrs. Charles J. Bur-
leson, George D. Lewis, Mrs. Roy Long-
shore.
1094, Corvallis, Or.- Hugh C. Carter, Jr.,
Ronald R. Thomas.
1102, Detroit, Mi. — George Aurand, Mrs.
William Curro.
1108, Cleveland, Oh.— Harold H. Lewallen,
Mrs. Eino Naykki, Stanley Streifender.
1121, Boston, Mass. — Patrick A. Fantasia,
Frederick F. Spano.
1128, La Grange, III. — John Kosiewich,
Ralph A. Schiefelbein.
1138, Toledo, Oh. — John Grabowski, Harold
Robinson.
1146, Green Bay, Wise— Mrs. Keith Wick-
man.
1147, Roseviile, Ca.— Mrs. Robert E. Rut-
kosky.
1149, San Francisco, Ca. — Oscar B. Holm-
berg.
1160, Pittsburgh, Pa.— Joseph A. Fritz.
1162, College Point, N.Y.— Mrs. Henry
Lizotte.
1164, New York, N.Y.— Julius Koch, Harry
Miller.
1180, Louisville, Ky. — Lawrence E. Caswell,
Sr.
1184, Seattle, Wa. — Leonard E. Agnew.
1235, Modesto, Ca. — Dan C. Richardson.
1245, Carlsbad, N.M.— Bertram C. Good-
man.
1246, Marinette, Wi. — Mrs. Louis W. Berg.
1258, Pocatello, Idaho— William D. Lewis.
1281, Anchorage, Ak. — Mrs. Gordon C.
Newton.
1289, Seattle, Wa.— Kenneth E. Brown, Sr.,
Frank M. Kantola, Mrs. Chester Skin-
ner.
1296, San Diego, Ca.— Clarence W. Bender,
Farrow D. Bogle, Benjamin Lizak.
1305, Fall River, Mass.— Mrs. Arthur Paul,
Sr.
1310, St. Louis, Mo. — Thomas J. Buchholz,
Harry W. Vertrees.
1335, Wilmington, Ca. — William Piispanen.
Local Union, City
1342, Irvinglon, N.J. — Mrs. Theodore Ria-
bec.
1345, Buffalo, N.Y.— George J. Dietter, Mrs.
Ruth J. Mitchell.
1367, Chicago, 111. — Alex Bermant.
1397, North Hempstead, N.Y.— Harold Ben-
son.
1407, San Pedro, Ca.— William Schiewe.
1408, Redwood City, Ca. — Modesto Garcia,
Victor Pindroh.
1423, Corpus Christi, Tx. — James L. Boggs.
1429, Little Falls, Mn.— John Zack.
1435, Ladysmith, Wi. — Ruth Ann Pintelon.
1437, Complon, Ca. — Samuel L Elmer, Mrs.
Ernest Hurd, Jr.
1452, Detroit, Mich.— Stefan Schukow.
1453, Huntington Beach, Ca. — Clarence G.
Fleming.
1456, New York, N.Y.— Leif Kolstad,
Thomas McManus, Walter S. Michelsen,
Arthur N. Omdahl, Han Svendsen,
Michael R. Welstead.
1477, Middletown, Oh. — Mrs. Brack Amyx.
1488, Merrill, Wi Fred A. Lenz.
1490, San Diego, Ca. — Francis L. Tuxhorn.
1506, Los Angeles, Ca. — Hugo P. DeBeene,
Philip D. Jones, Raymond C. Lewis,
Nathan Nagler.
1536, New York, N.Y.— Mrs. Jose M. Gon-
zalez.
1539, Chicago, III. — Maggio J. Rovetto.
1553, Culver City, Ca.— Ruth E. Nolan,
Nadine R. Osborne.
1554, Miami, Fla. — James L. Bentley.
1570, Yuba City, Ca.— Raymond W. Rich-
ardson.
1571, San Diego, Ca. — Charles A. Deese,
Norman H. Raymond.
1577, Buffalo, N.Y.— Mrs. Conrad Bochen-
ski.
1596, St. Louis, Mo. — John H. Hardester,
Peler Sefcik.
1609, Hibbing, Mn. — Mrs. Sam C. Burrows.
1615, Grand Rapids, Mi. — Frank J. Straayer.
1620, Rock Springs, Wy.— Joseph A. Hoff.
1631, Washington, D.C.— Carlinous B. Oliflf,
Jr.
1650, Lexington, Ky. — Daniel E. Hamilton.
1669, Ft. William, Ont., Can — Toivo J.
Lehtinen.
1685, Pineda, Fl. — Mrs. William Arens.
1707, Longview, Wa. — Mrs. Robert D.
Wendt.
1708, Auburn, Wa.— Calvin R. Weiler.
1709, Ashland, Wi.— Edward Carlson.
1733, Marshfield, Wi.— Reuben A. Pankratz.
1759, Pittsburgh, Pa.— Mrs. Elmer A. Barth.
1770, Cape Girardeau, Mo — Mrs. Jesse
Martin.
1771, Eldorado, II.— Henry A. Head, Mrs.
Charles Stone.
1775, Columbus, In. — Elijah Devine.
1779, Calgary, Alberta, Can. — Howard L.
Hamilton, Mrs. Peter E. Palko.
1780, Las Vegas, Nv. — Ivan Berry, Mrs.
Charles H. Hardy, Mrs. Arthur G. Tay-
lor, Robert Tubb.
1789, Bijou, Ca.— Stanley R. Thomson.
1792, Sedalia, Mo. — James F. Thomas.
1796, Montgomery, Al. — George J. N.
Childers, Elmer W. Kiser.
1797, Renton, Wa. — Harry J. Meyers.
1815, Santa Ana, Ca. — Mrs. Leonard S. All-
cock, Norman Earl Farmer, Mrs.
George V. Sillman, Virgil Suhl.
1845, Snoqualmie, Wa.— Alfred E. Matthew,
Dennis J. Rooney.
1846, New Orleans, La. — Sebastian P.
Gerosa, William M. Patrick, Eugene M.
Riggleman.
1849, Pasco, Wa. — George V. Karrer, Jr.
Local Union, City
1856, Phila., Pa — John J. Baldwin, Patrick
J. Doyle.
1861, Milpitas, Ca.— Michael D. Dolgoff,
Clarence L. Peizzi.
1865, Minneapolis, Mn. — David Rydell, Mrs.
Delphis P. Viellieu.
1871, Cleveland, Oh.— Walter Phelps.
1896, The Dalles, Or James Russel,
Reaves, Mrs. Russell W. Smith.
1906, Phila., Pa.— Mrs. James R. McDevitt,
Sr.
1931, New Orleans, La.— Rene C. Simo-
neaux.
1961, Roseburg, Or. — James A. Mobbs.
1976, Los Angeles, Ca. — Mrs. Carlomagno
Lopez, Benjamin Yavitz.
1993, Crossville, Tn.— Mrs. W. J. Freeman.
2012, Seaford, De.— Mrs. Robert W.
Thomas.
2018, Ocean County, NJ.— Paul J. Maggion-
calda.
2020, San Diego, Ca. — Mrs. Jerry R. Saenz.
2027, Rapid City, S.D.— Jalmer M. David-
son.
2046, Martinez, Ca. — Emil B. Anderson.
2078, Vista, Ca.— Hubert A. Moore.
2127, Centralia, Wa. — Mrs. Douglas Justice.
2163, New York, N.Y.— William Torpey.
2164, San Francisco, Ca. — Lawrence Vand-
borg.
2205, Wenatchee, Wa.— Melvin Olson.
2241, Brooklyn, N.Y — David Menzer, Wil-
liam E. Schadler.
2250, Red Bank, N.J.— Warren L. Freirich.
2265, Detroit, Mi. — Mrs. James Konoratko.
2274, Pittsburgh, Pa Gerald L. Becker.
2288, Los Angeles, Ca.— Herbert S. Carr.
2309, Toronto, Ont., Can.— Robert N. Cam-
eron.
2361, Orange, Ca.— Harold B. Cranford.
2373, Effingham, II.— Delbert J. Weber.
2392, McKenney, Va. — Priscilla P. Lucas.
2398, El Cajon, Ca.— Mrs. Virgil C. Wise.
2421, Philippi, W.V.— John R. Poe.
2429, Fort Payne, Al.— Donald Ray Faulk-
ner, Jr.
2434, Worthington, Mn. — Andrew Duwen-
hoegger.
2435, Inglewood, Ca Mrs. Phillip R. Mc-
Clendon.
2456, Washington, D.C.— James W. Porter.
2465, Willmar, Mn. — Mrs. Casper Arnesen.
2520, Anchorage, Ak. — Raymond C. Ant-
tonen. Jack Howard.
2549, Chicago, II.— Ulysses Johnson.
2554, Lebanon, Or. — Francis M. Brannan,
George Hibbs, Grady L. Whitemire.
2592, Eureka, Ca.— Russell L. Gates.
2667, Bellingham, Wa.— Irwin G. Wakefield.
2679, Toronto, Ont., Can.— Walter (Vladas)
Koncius.
2715, Medford, Or.— Chester G. Bowles.
2772, Flagstaff, Az. — Mrs. Hermelo Sanchez.
2805, Klickitat, Wa.— Columbus H. Ward.
2812, Missoula, Mt. — Raymond R. Peterson.
2827, Thunder Bay, Ont., Can.— Teodore
Sas.
2845, Forest Grove, Or.— Cecil L. Kober-
stein.
2881, Portland, Or.— Paul L. Peloquin, Mrs.
Archie W. Sharman.
2927, Martell, Ca.— Joe James Billings.
2931, Eureka, Ca.— Edward L. Crandall.
2949, Roseburg, Or. — Leslie B. Johnson,
Orvis J. Peterson, Lawrence E. Linthi-
cum.
3025, Chicago, II.— Steve J. Wachtor.
3154, Monticello, In. — Regina A. Hurd.
3161, Maywood, Ca. — Wayland Y. Bagwell,
Edward Schaum.
3257, Gatlinburg, Tn.— William J. England.
38
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IN CONCLUSION
THE REAL COST
OF mOOEV IS
TOO HIGH FOR
UinCE EHRnERS
Reduced inventories,
lack of credit controls,
other market factors
keep real wages lagging
behind inflation spiral
It was the wage earners of the United States
who made the difference in Ronald Reagan's elec-
tion to the nation's highest office, last November —
the blue collar workers who liked his get-tough
approach to foreign policy, the industrial workers
who objected to a mushrooming welfare system
which, in some instances, made it almost as profit-
able to be out of a job as to be punching a time
clock five days a week, and the construction
workers who had been waiting for four years for
salvation in the housing industry and a revival of
commercial construction in our beleaguered, hard-
pressed cities.
Today, it is these same wage earners who stand
to suffer most during the Reagan Administration,
unless the Republicans come up with dramatic
solutions to the domestic problems of exhorbitant
interest rates, high consumer prices, and spiraling
inflation gripping the nation in 1981.
I hardly need say that the answers to these
problems are not easy. The struggles of Presidents
Nixon, Ford, and Carter to turn the economy
around are well known. Even our leading eco-
nomists are thrown into confusion by the fact that
there were two major increases in the prime interest
rate, last year, when only one was expected and
prepared for. When the prime rate hit 21%, just
before Jimmy Carter left office, the economy was
far weaker than it was a year ago.
Our economic difficulties have been pretty well
defined . . . but they are becoming increasingly
complex, and it may take more than simplistic,
conservative approaches to reach appropriate
solutions.
Mr. Reagan has frozen federal jobs as a first
step to reducing "big government," and his plan
to reduce government spending is comnrendable
in many respects. But, by cutting back on federal
employment Mr. Reagan may also cause Wash-
ington, D.C., and several other major cities to be-
come centers of high unemployment, until the
federal structure is actually remodeled to GOP
specifications. A solution in one area, thus, creates
a problem in another area.
Another step promised by President Reagan was
to cut back on federal taxation. Although he did
not accept all portions of the Kemp-Roth Bill of
the last Congress, he has indicated that he plans
to relieve industry of some of its tax burden, ex-
pecting that this will cause plants to go back into
full production, and the jobless can then go back
onto payrolls. Unfortunately, because of the high
prime interest rates, and other factors, US indus-
trial plants, which were operating at 83.4% of
capacity a year ago are now operating below 75%
capacity. And, because of high interest rates, there
is little consumer demand. Industrial firms are find-
ing it too risky to increase their investments in real
property and manufacturing equipment to any
large degree, until the economy stabilizes. Com-
panies are cutting their inventories to low levels
to avoid a repeat of a recession debacle of 1974,
when they were caught with their warehouses full
as demand for their products slumped.
Just to cite one example: The Western Wood
Products Association reported, last month, that in-
40
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ventories of soft wood lumber at Western mills
dropped in January to record low levels — 1,718
million board feet. The trade association reported
that "the new inventory low is the result of sig-
nificant mill closures and curtailments during the
poor market year . . ."
Our Lumber and Sawmill Workers in the West
and Pacific Northwest know this situation only
too well . . . and they know, as our Carpenter and
Mill-Cabinet members know, the reason for this
poor market for lumber:
Home sales in 1980 were at their lowest level
in five years — 2,860,000 units — and housing con-
struction dropped drastically during the same
period.
Here again, high interest rates is the major
culprit. Home buyers today have to mortgage their
lives away for 30 years or more under current
high interest rates.
Union wage earners, with the AFL-CIO as their
spokesman, made the following proposals to the
Democratic and Republican Platform Committees
during the 1980 political campaigns, and these
proposals deserve serious consideration by Presi-
dent Reagan as he tackles the rocky road ahead:
• "There should be selective credit regulation
to channel available credit toward productive pub-
lic and business needs, housing and family farmers
and to restrict credit-financed non-productive in-
vestments such as currency speculation, corporate
acquisitions, and luxury developments.
• "The single most effective action that could
be taken to increase housing construction — and
simultaneously reduce the inflationary pressure
caused by the combination of a housing shortage
and high mortgage interest rates — would be the
reduction of interest rates. Therefore, we support
the following specific actions to reduce interest
rates:
" — Below-market interest rate financing should
be made available for moderate-income housing
under the Brooke-Cranston Emergency Home
Purchase Assistance Act, which served a similar
purpose in 1975-76.
" — The current ceiling on mortgage interest
rates under the tandem plan financing should be
reduced to 6% .
" — The interest rate for the regular Section 235
program to assist low-income families to purchase
homes should be lowered from the current 4% to
the statutory minimum of 1% , and authority pro-
vided for additional 150,000 units.
" — A rental housing construction loan program
should be instituted to provide interim funding at
an interest rate reflecting the cost of funds to the
government.
• "The fight against inflation should be directed
at specific problem areas — such as the costs of
energy, food, health care, shelter and interest
rates — rather than broad policies aimed at reduc-
ing economic growth and restricting purchasing
power."
It all boils down to what labor has been saying
from the beginning: A healthy economy is one in
which there is adequate purchasing power in the
hands of the wage earners of the nation. This
purchasing power is not available today, while
interest rates remain at record levels.
WILLIAM KONYHA
General President
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GENERAL OFFICERS OF
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS & JOINERS of AMERICA
GENERAL OFFICE:
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Washington, D.C. 20001
GENERAL PRESIDENT
William Konvha
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Washington, D.C. 20001
FIRST GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT
Patrick J. Campbell
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Washington, D.C. 20001
SECOND GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT
Sigurd Lucassen
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GENERAL SECRETARY
John S. Rogers
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Washington, D.C. 20001
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William Sidell
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS
First District, Joseph F. Lia
120 North Main Street
New City, New York 10956
Second District, Raymond Ginnetti
1 17 North Jasper Ave.
Margate, N.J. 08402
Third District, Anthony Ochocki
14001 West McNichols Road
Detroit, Michigan 48235
Fourth District, Harold E. Lewis
2970 Peachtree Rd., N.W., Suite 300
Atlanta, Ga. 30305
Fifth District, Leon W. Greene
4920 54th Avenue, North
Crystal, Minnesota 55429
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400 Main Street #203
RoUa, Missouri 65401
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Room 722, Oregon Nat'l Bldg.
610 S.W. Alder Street
Portland, Oregon 97205
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Forum Building, 9th and K Streets
Sacramento, California 95814
Ninth District, John Carruthers
5799 Yonge Street #807
Willowdale, Ontario M2M 3V3
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1235 40th Avenue, N.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2K OG3
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John S. Rogers, Secretary
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VOLUME 101 No. 3 MARCH, 1981
UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
John S. Rogers, Editor
IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS AND FEATURES
Convention Call
Organized Labor Stands Guard in These Uncertain Times 5
Reception for New Congressmen 7
Shifting the Tax Burden 8
Briefing on Computer Record Keeping 9
OSHA Shop Steward Training 10
Grant for Diver Health Study 1 1
Did You Know? The President's Offices 12
Schools Broaden Study of Labor's History . 15
Reciprocal Agreements of the Pro-Rata Pension Plan 17
Arbitration Award Brings Retirement Severance 24
DEPARTMENTS
Washington Report 6
Ottawa Report 1 4
Plane Gossip - 1 6
Local Union News 19
We Congratulate 23
Consumer Clipboard: Cut Energy Costs — - 25
Apprenticeship and Training . — 27
Service to the Brotherhood 28
In Memoriam 35
What's New? . --- --- 39
In Conclusion William Konyha 40
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THE
COVER
On August 8, 1881, 36 delegates
from 11 cities convened at the Trades
Assembly Hall in Chicago, 111., "to
organize a National Union of Carpen-
ters and Joiners."
On August 31, 1981 — a century
later — more than 3,000 delegates from
throughout the United States and Can-
ada will assemble in Chicago for the
Centennial Convention of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America — our 34th General Con-
vention.
The big and bustling City of Chi-
cago has changed tremendously since
our organization first assembled there
in 1881. At that time, the city was
just recovering from the devastating
fire of 1871, when most of the city
went up in flames. Delegates to our
First General Convention stayed in
private homes and traveled by rail
and horse-drawn trolleys to the con-
vention hall.
Today, many fly into O'Hare Air-
port, busiest airport in the world, and
see the city as it is viewed on our
March cover.
In the foreground is the Sears
Tower and the Standard Oil Building,
two of the tallest buildings in the
world. Near the lakefront is the John
Hancock Tower, an office and apart-
ment complex which is a tourist at-
traction. Chicago continues to grow in
the 20th Century. — Photo by P. Pear-
son for H. Armstrong Roberts.
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CONVENTION CALL
OF AMERICA
JOHN s. ROGERS INSTITUTED AUGUST I2T? 1961
General Secretary
101 Comtitution Avwiu*. N. W.
Wothlngtaa, 0. C. 10001
February 28, 1981
TO THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF LOCAL UNIONS, DISTRICT, STATE,
AND PROVINCIAL COUNCILS OF THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
Greetings:
You are officially notified that, in accordance with the action of the General Executive
Board, the Thirty-Fourth General Convention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America will be held in McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, beginning Monday,
August 31, 1981, at 10:00 a.m. and will continue in session from day to day until the busi-
ness coming before the Convention has been completed.
The basis of representation in the Convention, in accordance with Section 18-C, is: one
hundred (100) members or less shall be entitled to one delegate; more than one hundred
(100) members and not more than five hundred (500), two delegates; more than five hundred
(500) members and less than one thousand (1,000), three delegates; one thousand (1,000)
or any greater number of members, four delegates. The number of members of the Local
Union shall be determined as of the date of nomination of delegates. Upon payment of a
special per capita tax of $50 per year, which shall be payable not later than July 1 of each
year. State, Provincial and District Councils shall be entitled to representation by election
of one delegate.
A Local Union owing two months' tax to the General Office is not entitled to repre-
sentation in the Convention.
In accordance with Section 18-F, upon receipt of the Convention Call, all Local Unions
and Councils are directed to issue notice of special called meeting (s) for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the Thirty-Fourth General Convention by secret ballot. Section 18-F
further provides: "All members shall be notified by mail to attend the meeting at which the
delegates are to be elected. No member shall be eligible unless working for a livelihood in a
classification within the trade autonomy of the United Brotherhood as defined in Section 7,
or in employment which qualifies him or her for membership under Section 42-F, or is de-
pending on the trade for a livelihood, or is employed by the organization as a full-time officer
or representative; provided, further, that members who are life members, apprentices, train-
ees or probationary employees shall not be eligible. A member must have been twelve (12)
consecutive months a member in good standing of the Local Union and a member of the
United Brotherhood for two (2) consecutive years immediately prior to nomination, except
where the Local Union has not been in existence the time herein required. A member must
be a citizen of the country in which the Local Union is located at the time of nomination.
To be eligible for nomination or election as a delegate to a General Convention, a member
must meet the requirements of Section 31-E."
Council delegates properly elected by the delegates to the Council will be seated as del-
egates to the General Convention with full voice and vote on all matters except election of
General Officers. (In such cases required notices will be sent only to Council delegates.)
However, a Council delegate to the General Convention can vote for General Officers at the
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General Convention if (1) he/she has been properly elected by vote of the membership in ac-
cordance with the Constitution and Laws, or (2) he/she was properly elected to a Council of-
fice by vote of the membership in accordance with the Constitution and Laws, and the Coun-
cil By-Laws provide that the member holding the office is automatically a delegate to the
General Convention, and the members were on notice at the time they voted that they were
voting for a General Convention delegate as well as a Council officer. Therefore, when such
delegates appear before the Credentials Committee at the General Convention, he or she
must have, in addition to Credentials and Due Book, a letter from the Council describing the
manner in which elected as a delegate to the General Convention and a copy of the Coun-
cil By-Laws, if applicable. If your credentials are in order, you will be seated as a fully ac-
credited delegate to the General Convention, entitled to participate fully in its affairs and
deliberations, including the right to vote on all matters before the General Convention, in-
cluding the right to vote for General Officers, subject to the above provisions.
Section 31-E provides: "A member cannot hold office or be nominated for office. Busi-
ness Representative, Delegate or Committee who has reached the age of 70 years at the
time of nomination, or unless present at the time of nomination, except that the member
is in the anteroom on authorized business or out on official business, or prevented by acci-
dent, sickness, or other substantial reason accepted by the Local Union or Council prior to
nominations, from being present ; nor shall the member be eligible unless working for a liveli-
hood in a classification within the trade autonomy of the United Brotherhood as defined in
Section 7, or in employment which qualifies him or her for membership under Section 42-F,
or is depending on the trade for a livelihood, or is employed by the organization as a full-
time officer or representative ; provided, further, that members who are life members, appren-
tices, trainees or probationary employees shall not be eligible. A member must have been
twelve (12) consecutive months a member in good standing immediately prior to nomina-
tion in the Local Union and a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America for two (2) consecutive years immediately prior to nomination, unless the Local
Union has not been in existence the time herein required. A member must be a citizen of
the country in which the Local Union is located at the time of nomination. A member who
retires after being elected may complete the term for which elected. Contracting members
are not eligible to hold office, nor shall a member who has been a contracting member until
six (6) months have elapsed following notification by the member to his or her Local Union
in writing that he or she has ceased contracting."
NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
Nomination and election of delegates shall be at special called meeting (s).
All members must receive notice by mail of the number of delegates to be elected and
the time, place and date of the nominating meeting. This notice shall be by letter or post-
card and shall be sent not less than fifteen days prior to the date set for the nomination of
delegates. Notice of nominations must be mailed to each member at his or her last known
address as reported to the Recording Secretary under Section 44-1. No other form of notice
is permitted. (Notice in newspapers or similar publications shall not constitute proper notice,
but may be used as a supplementary notice.)
All members must receive notice by mail of the time, place and date of the election.
This notice shall be by letter or postcard and shall be sent at least fifteen days prior to the
date set for the election of delegates. Notice of the election must be mailed to each member
at his or her last known address not less than fifteen days prior to the election. No other
form of notice is permitted. (Notice in newspapers or similar publications shall not consti-
tute proper notice, but may be used as a supplementary notice.)
A Local Union (or Council electing its delegate by membership vote) may use a com-
bined notice of nomination and election if it contains all the necessary information, is mailed
by letter or postcard to each member at his or her last known address, as .indicated above,
and is sent at least fifteen days prior to nominations. If a Local Union or Council sends a
combined thirty-day notice, nomination and election of delegates may be held at the same
special called meeting.
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To be eligible to vote for delegates in a Local Union a member must have held member-
ship in the Local Union for at least twelve (12) consecutive months (unless the Local Union
has not been in existence the time required) and be in good standing at the time of voting.
Contracting members are not eligible to vote. The benefit status of a member shall not be
considered in determining his or her eligibility as a candidate for delegate or his or her eligi-
bility to vote for delegates.
It shall be the responsibility of the Financial Secretary to certify the eligibility of all
candidates for delegate at the time of nomination.
Where two or more Local Unions have merged, the twelve consecutive month period of
membership required as a condition of eligibility for nomination for delegate or voting in an
election for delegates may be established by including continuous membership in any of the
Local Unions whose merger resulted in the existing Local Union.
Names of the elected delegates are to be in the General Office by June 1, 1981.
Each delegate will be entitled to one vote. (A delegate representing more than one
chartered body will be entitled to only one vote.) Proxy representation is not allowed.
Each delegate establishes claim to a seat in the Convention through official credentials
supplied by the General Office which must be properly filled out and signed by the Presi-
dent and Recording Secretary of the Local Union or Council which he or she represents,
with the Seal of the Local Union or Council affixed thereto.
Delegates must have their due books with them to show that they are members in good
standing and have been members in good standing for twelve months prior to their election
and the expense of each delegate attending the Convention is to be paid by the Local Union
or Council he or she represents.
A form letter, with self-addressed envelope, addressed to the General Secretary, is en-
closed with this Convention Call. The letter provides space for the General Office with the
necessary information regarding the election of delegates. This letter is to be completed by
the Recording Secretary immediately following the delegate election and mailed promptly
to the General Secretary. When the information required, including the home address of the
delegates, is received at the General Office and the elected delegates' membership status and
eligibility are found to be in compliance with our Constitution and Laws, credentials and
further information will be sent to the delegates' home address and not to the Local Union
or Council.
All amendments to the Constitution and Laws proposed by Local Unions, District,
State or Provincial Councils must be submitted separately, in triplicate, by July 1, 1981, in
accordance with Section 63-E and F.
Fraternally yours,
'{iJ/££uixAUi^ A^^tyXi^
GENERAL PRESIDENT.
GENERAL SECRETARY.
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Organized Labor Stands Guard in These Uncertain Times
Union members support President Reagan's efforts to fight inflation, but
they will not permit anti-wage-earner forces to turn back the clock.
President Ronald Reagan made a
special point of telling US voters, last
year, that he was a union member and
a former president of the Screen
Actors Guild and that he understood
the problems of the working popula-
tion.
He is now completing his first
ninety days in office, and in his first
message to the Congress, last month,
he indicated where he wants legislation
to begin.
In his first televised speech to the
American people, February 5, he set a
tone for fair dealing which Americans
hope will mark his entire four-year
administration. He told his audience:
"I urge those great institutions in
America — business and labor — to
be guided by the national interest, and
I'm confident they will. The only
special interest we will serve is the
interest of the people ..."
And, yet, as he uttered those words,
there were already special interests
inside and outside of his Administra-
tion, planning ways to alter or repeal
those worker and consumer protec-
tions which trade unions have strug-
gled for decades to achieve.
Many Brotherhood members, for
example, received in their mail, last
month, a letter from "Americans
Against Union Control of Govern-
ment," a special-interest group based
in Vienna, Va. The letter asked the
recipient to sign and return a "special
petition ... to help us shut down the
Department of Education" and to
"fight labor union bosses."
The advisory council listed on the
letterhead contains the names of Sen.
Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah and
chairman of the Senate Labor and
Human Resources Committee; Sen.
Jesse Helms of North Carolina, an
extreme right-wing Republican and
strongly anti-labor; Cong. Mickey
Edwards of Oklahoma, another Re-
publican; and others known to be
strongly anti-union.
Senator Hatch "has his guns aimed
at the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, the minimum wage,
and 'union corruption,' " according to
the AFL-CIO Legislative Alert, a
newsletter circulated to all AFL-CIO
affiliates.
"These programs and the reputa-
tions of trade unions will be on the
line in this Congress," states Legisla-
tive Alert. "So when the time comes,
your letters, phone calls, or visits to
your legislative legislators can pro-
vide that much needed grassroot effort
— and it will make a difference!"
It is too early to develop strategies
for dealing with the new Administra-
tion, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer
Thomas R. Donahue said recently,
since little has been heard yet from
those who speak in an official capacity.
But he added this comment: "We
have supported administrations; we
have opposed administrations. We
have remained an independent, free
trade union movement. We have faced
worse line-ups in Congress, and we
have endured."
MARCH, 1981
Washington
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LOG EXPORT BILL FILED
Oregon Congressman Jim Weaver has
renewed his battle against log exports
and introduced a bill to limit the
exports of public and private timber.
Weaver says his bill would make
permanent the present annual prohibi-
tion against the export of federal
timber. The bill would also require
the Secretary of Agriculture to report
to Congress within 90 days on steps
which could be taken to reduce the
volume of logs exported from private
and other public lands.
Weaver said his bill would require
the Agriculture Secretary to consider
actions which could be taken imme-
diately to limit exports as well as
those which would require further
legislation.
A.I.F.L.D. OFFERS $50,000 REWARD
The American Institute for Free
Labor Development has urged the media
of Latin America and especially Central
America, to announce the offer of a
reward by AIFLD of $50,000 for
information leading to the arrest and
final conviction of the murderers of
Michael Hammer, Mark Pearlman and
Rodolfo Viera. Hammer and Pearlman,
staff representatives of AIFLD, and
Viera, who headed El Salvador's
agrarian reform program, were killed
in El Salvador January 3, 1981.
COLLEGE-EDUCATED WORKERS DOUBLE
More workers than ever have college
degrees, and the number of college
graduates in the workforce has nearly
doubled since 1970, according to data
released by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
The Labor Dept.'s statistical arm
found in a March, 1980, survey that
nearly 17 million workers aged 25 to
64 had completed four or more years of
college and some 13.4 million had
attended at least one year of college,
a total of about 30.3 million workers
with education beyond high school.
A decade ago, 8.7 million workers
had finished four years of college,
and 7.2 million had attended some
college for a total of about 16
million.
WOMEN PACE 'MOONLIGHTING'
The number of "moonlighters" — workers
holding two or more jobs — rose slightly
between May 1979 and May 1980 to
4,759,000, the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics reported. A year earlier, the
number was 4,724,000.
The multiple job holding or moon-
lighting rate, which measures multiple
jobholders as a percent of all
employed workers, was 4.9%, the same
as in May 1979.
The proportion of all working women
who moonlighted, however, rose from
3.5 to 3.8% while that of men dropped
from 5.9 to 5.8% over the year, BLS
said. Seven years ago, the rate was
6.6% for men, 2.7% for women, and 5.1%
overall.
MARSHALL TO I.U.D. INSTITUTE
Ray Marshall, who served four years
as Secretary of Labor in the Carter
Administration, has been appointed
senior counselor to the AFL-CIO
Industrial Union Department Institute,
lUD President Howard D. Samuel
annuonced.
Marshall will serve in a part-time
role to advise the Institute, formed
last year as an independent, non-profit
research and education center. The
institute currently is doing research
on industrial and regulatory policies,
plant closings and productivity growth.
Marshall will rejoin the faculty of
the University of Texas in September.
REAL WAGES DOWN 4.8% IN '80
Inflation raged through the economy
at a double-digit rate in 1980 for the
second straight year, causing workers'
purchasing power to plummet 4.8%, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
The 12.5% jump in the government's
consumer price index last year was an
improvement over 1979 's rate of 13.4%
but was still the second-worst infla-
tion rate for the nation since 1946.
Not since 1918-19 had inflation pre-
viously exceeded 10% for two years in
a row.
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General Treasurer and CUC Director Charles Nichols, First General Vice President
Pat Campbell, Congressional Delegate Fofo I. F. Siinia of American Samoa, and
Second General Vice President Sig Liicassen at the Capitol Hill reception.
Brotherhood Leaders Meet
New Congressmen at Reception
It has become a tradition with
each new U.S. Congress that the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America welcomes
the new Congressmen and Senators
with a special reception on Capitol
Hill.
CLIC (the Carpenters Legislative
Improvement Committee) once again
arranged the gathering, and Brother-
hood leaders were introduced to the
new solons by the Brotherhood's
Legislative Director Charles Nichols
and Legislative Advocate David
Casey.
This year, the Brotherhood was
joined in welcoming the Congres-
sional newcomers by legislative rep-
resentatives of the International
Union of Operating Engineers, the
International Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers, and the Laborers In-
ternational Union of North America.
The reception was held in the
Rayburn House Office Building at
the close of a daily session in late
January.
One important aspect of the
gathering was the opportunity it
gave to Brotherhood leaders to dis-
cuss with the new legislators the
Brotherhood's views on matters to
come before the 97th Congress.
Many of the new Congressmen
came to Washington with support
from CLIC in the general elections,
last November. They were grateful
for the opportunity afforded by the
reception to express thanks for
CLIC endorsement and aid.
California Congressman Norman Y.
Mineta talks with the new Labor
Secretary, Ray Donovan.
House Committee Chairman Melvin Price
of Illinois, right, is greeted by First
General Vice President Campbell.
General Secretary John Rogers, Cong.
Ray McGrath of New York, and Senator
Alfonse D'Amato of New York.
Second General Vice President Sig
Liicassen greets new Labor Secretary Ray
Donovan, a fellow New Jerseyan.
Congressman William Clay of Missouri,
left, with Ken Peterson of the AFL-CIO
staff.
Veteran Congressman Carl Perkins of
Tennessee with General Treasurer
Nichols.
Cong. Bob Shamansky, Ohio Democrat,
center, talks with General Treasurer
Nichols and another guest.
MARCH, 1981
SHIFTING
THE TAX BURDEN
States Losing $800 Million A Year From Off Companies Through Shell Games
It's an old saw that taxes avoided
by one group will be paid by
another to keep government run-
ning. The trend over the decades
has been one of business and indus-
try successfully shifting the tax bur-
den to individuals and now a cur-
rent example has come to light.
According to a coalition of labor
and consumer groups, the nation's
major oil companies will avoid pay-
ing $800 million in state taxes this
year by hiding about half of their
bulging profits and by using tax
loopholes.
ACCOUNTING GIMMICKS
The Citizens-Labor Energy Coali-
tion has released a study showing
that for years, the 23 biggest U.S.-
based oil conglomerates have used
complex accounting gimmicks to
conceal their real profits.
In 1980, about $17 billion in oil
company profits went untaxed by
the 45 states which have income
taxes, the average tax rate being
6%, the study estimates.
The study was released at a re-
cent coalition-sponsored conference
in Cleveland where more than 500
national and local labor and citizen
group leaders gathered to map
strategies under the theme of "En-
ergy Policy: Challenge of the 80s."
Featured speakers at the confer-
ence included top-ranking officers of
the International Association of
Machinists; Service Employees; Oil,
Chemical and Atomic Workers;
Clothing and Textile Workers;
United Food and Commercial
Workers; and United Auto Work-
ers.
Speakers pointed to the growth of
the Energy Coalition and similar
joint efforts by labor and citizen
groups as a promising political de-
velopment made even more com-
pelling since the November 4 elec-
tions.
Nationally, the Coalition brings
together more than 200 labor, citi-
zen action, community, minority,
senior, farm and women's organiza-
tions. Its agenda calls for affordable,
job-creating, safe energy, and a
break-up of the monopolistic con-
trols and political power of the oil
giants.
Conference leaders called the
study of "State Undertaxation of the
Oil Industry" the first attempt to
document why "profits as the com-
panies report them to individual
states do not add up to total domes-
tic profits as reported to the federal
government" — the state ratio being
about one-half the federal.
The primary method used by the
multinational oil companies to arti-
ficially lower their reported profits
is their overly complex subsidiary
structure, says the study. Through
subsidiaries, for example, com-
panies are able to report high profits
in low tax states and low profits in
higher tax states.
Also, many states have adopted
federal tax loopholes which are
"pure giveaways from the states
without corresponding benefits to
them or their taxpayers." In some
states, oil companies have managed
to avoid paying state taxes alto-
gether.
The tax avoidance, the study re-
ports, has been growing along with
soaring oil company profits. In
1978, $9.3 billion in hidden and
loophole profits went unreported to
the states, which lost an estimated
$435 million in revenue. In 1979,
unreported profits of $13.6 billion
meant that states lost $641 million
in uncollected taxes.
The lost revenues, noted the
study, work a hardship on finan-
cially-strapped state and local gov-
ernments, compelling citizens to
endure higher taxes and reduced
services.
The study suggests several ways
for states to plug the tax drain, in-
cluding closing loopholes, enacting
gross receipts taxes, imposing a
"piggy-back" tax on the federal
windfall profits tax, and changing to
a "unitary method" of taxation, as
California did, to prevent "transfer
pricing" from high tax to low tax
states.
Ending tax avoidance at the state
level was among the goals set at the
conference. Other Energy Coalition
plans include opposing over-charges
by utilities, weatherization financing
to create jobs and cut heating costs,
and a campaign against total and
immediate deregulation of natural
gas.
CONSUMERS PAY TWICE
William W. Winpisinger, presi-
dent of the Coalition and of the
Machinists Union, declared: "Con-
sumers are paying twice for oil com-
pany profits — once at the pump and
once more at tax time."
John Sweeney, president of the
Service Employees stressed the need
for strong coalitions uniting labor
and community groups. "Without a
vigorous labor movement speaking
to workers' needs on the job, and
without strong community organiza-
tions speaking to their needs in the
neighborhood, no political organiza-
tion can be successful in the years
ahead," Sweeney said.
Robert Goss, president of the Oil,
Chemical and Atomic Workers, re-
minded the conference that con-
fronting the oil companies is "a
David and Goliath battle, and that
frightens some people. But let me
remind you — David won." (PAI)
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LEFT: The nerve center of the Brotherhood's busy computer record-keeping program is this room of computer hardware.
General Secretary John Rogers checks a print-out with Operations Supervisor Dick Fuller and Data Processing Manager Don
Mellin. RIGHT: Data entry operators keying in data from billing statements.
Fact-Finding Seminar Studies Expanded Computerization
As the Brotherhood's General Office in
Washington, D.C., continues to improve
its computerized record-keeping system
under the direction of General Secretary
John Rogers, the General Officers have
recognized a growing need for computer
"back up" among many large local unions
and district councils.
Rather than have each major affiliate
(with approximately 600 or more mem-
bers) develop its own independent
computer system, it is anticipated that a
standardized "hardware/software pack-
age" will be developed by the Brother-
hood and offered to interested affiliates
on a voluntary basis.
Last November, a suryey letter was
sent to all local unions and district
councils to identify certain problem
areas where computers would be useful.
As a follow-up to the survey. General
Secretary Rogers sent out notices that a
computer fact-finding seminar would be
held at the General Office on January 28,
and General Executive Board Members
were requested to designate representa-
tives from two local unions and two
district councils in their districts who
might attend the seminar.
A special fact-finding committee com-
posed of the Brotherhood's data process-
ing manager, Don Mellin, and a con-
sultant group from Computer Data
Systems, Inc., participated in seminar
discussions. It will now review comments
and suggestions drawn from local union
and district council representatives at the
seminar and will make recommendations
to the General Secretary on mini-
computer options available to affiliates.
Seminar discussions indicated that
district councils with large memberships
might benefit from computers in mem-
bership record-keeping, in data on con-
tract agreements, while the basic needs
of local unions will be in membership
and accounting procedures and in collec-
tive bargaining.
LEFT: General Secretary Rogers
leads a discussion with local union
representatives. LOWER LEFT:
District Council representatives meet-
ing in the General Office board room.
LOWER RIGHT: Pete Johnson, vice
president of Computer Data Systems,
Inc. (in shirtsleeves) and Secretary
Rogers at the auditorium blackboard.
MARCH, 1981
Industrial Stewards Alei
to Health and Safety Ha
In Series of Special Trail
The training manual developed
by the OSHA project staff.
On Saturday, January 17, 1981,
amid chilling 5° weather, 100 rep-
resentatives of the Indiana Indus-
trial Council attended a UBC
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) workshop
in Lafayette, Ind. The theme of the
workshop was hazard identification
and correction, and the seminar
participants received information on
occupational problems and diseases
as well as legal rights and issues.
The Brotherhood's OSHA project
director Joseph Durst opened the
seminar by discussing the import-
ance for union representatives to
become involved with workplace
safety and health issues. The work-
shop delegates were shown a film
about recognizing and dealing with
serious, undetected work-related
health problems.
Later, Industrial Hygienist Scott
Schneider and Safety Consultant
Andrea Hricko, both members of
the UBC OSHA project staff, dis-
cussed ways of detecting the hazards
found in those shops represented at
the seminar. In particular, they dis-
cussed the potentially dangerous
effects of wood dust, solvents, metal
fumes from welding, and various
chemicals produced in the shops.
The delegates, in turn, were asked
to fill out questionnaires on the
various safety and health hazards
present in their shops.
During the afternoon. Assistant
General Counsel Kathy Krieger led
a session on workers' rights, protec-
tions, and responsibilities under the
OSHA law. She also discussed the
issues of filing OSHA complaints,
gaining access to medical records,
and refusing unsafe work.
Joe Durst then discussed the role
of local union safety and health
committees and suggested effective
ways of setting them up. Finally, a
representative from the Indiana
State University labor extension pro-
gram described the various OSHA
classes now open to trade unionists
and suggested them as a possible
follow-up to the workshop. Dele-
gates received copies of a 300-page
resource guide dealing with health
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Seminars
and safety problems. The manual
was put together by the UBC OSHA
project staff with the assistance of
staff members of the Industrial
Department.
Other OSHA workshops pre-
sented by Joe Durst over the past
couple of months include one held
on December 20, 1980 in Lebanon,
Ore., for Locals 2554, 1157, and
2791, and one held on December
22, 1980 at the Williamette Valley
District Council in Eugene, Ore.,
for Locals 2750, 2756, 2787, 3035,
and 3091. Similar programs were
presented on January 24, 1981 in
Dallas, Tex., for local union rep-
resentatives of the Texas Council
of Industrial Workers and on Febru-
ary 6, 1981 in Kalamazoo, Mich.,
for representatives from the Michi-
gan Council of Industrial Workers.
Two additional safety seminars
have been scheduled for the first
half of 1981. One will be held on
April 24, 1981 in Madison, Wis.,
for representatives of the Mid-
western Council of Industrial Work-
ers, and the other is scheduled for
July 18, 1981, in Albuquerque,
N.M., for members of the South-
western Council of Industrial Work-
ers. Finally, some open dates still
remain for OSHA workshops.
Members who are interested in
attending one of these workshops
should contact the Industrial De-
partment at the General Office in
Washington, D.C., for further
details.
The first Midwest
session was held in
Lafayette, Ind.,
early in January.
The second
seminar of the new
year brought
together stewards
from the
Southwest.
Divers' Healthy
Safety Studied
Under OSHA Grant
Diver Hotline Ready
The US Labor Department's Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Administration
recently granted the Brotherhood
$45,000 to extend its workplace hazard
awareness project, originally intended for
industrial members, to include commer-
cial divers. This latest amount brings the
Brotherhood's federal grant total,
awarded since last summer, to approxi-
mately $115,000, according to First
General Vice President Patrick J.
Campbell, who administers the Brother-
hood's expanded service program for
diver-members.
This newest project is part of an
interagency agreement between the
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the
Occupational Safety and Health Admin-
istration (OSHA). Both of these orga-
nizations have overlapping responsibility
and authority in the area of incorporating
technical information into educational
programs for workers and employers.
The project will provide commercial
divers with occupational health and
safety research and standards, recom-
mendations for improved work practices,
education information, and technical
assistance services. The Brotherhood will
provide the data base for the study by
funding baseline physical examinations
of a representative group of US commer-
cial divers. The Brotherhood's efforts
will fit into a larger NIOSH-Duke
University program to develop a National
Diving Accident Network. This will
identify competent diver treatment facil-
ities and gather data in a central location
similar to the practice in the United
Kingdom.
The physical examinations will be
conducted at six medical centers by
physicians certified by the Undersea
Medical Society. They will include
thorough medical histories as well as
laboratory and clinical determinations,
and all data will be kept confidential.
Prior to the exams, the Brotherhood
will release details to all district councils
and local unions representing divers to
explain the purpose of the program,
communicate the need for the examina-
tions, and encourage diver participation.
The Brotherhood's industrial occupa-
tional health and safety project is cur-
rently administered by Joseph Durst, who
works under the supervision of Joseph
Pinto, director of the Industrial Depart-
ment. For the latest commercial diver
study, the NIOSH project director will be
Dr. Alan Purdy, and the OSHA project
director will be Ms. Clinton Wright, who
will work cooperatively with the United
Brotherhood's officers and staff.
Continued on Page 38
11
Vou
Knoui?
NINETEENTH OF A SERIES
Ceneral Office's
Fourth Floor Is
Hub of lUorh
For President,
Uice Presidents
From the General President's office at the west end to the
General Executive Board Room at the east end is an array
of executive offices serving the needs of the membership.
Four floors up from the busy inter-
section of Louisiana and Constitution
Avenues, N.W., in Washington, D.C.,
and overlooking the US Capitol Mall, is
the office of the United Brotherhood's
General President William Konyha.
Through the window behind his desk
one can see the magnificent white and
gleaming Capitol dome. The windows to
the General President's left look out
upon the US Department of Labor,
and the Federal Triangle.
Those leaders of our union who
planned the move of our General Office
from Indianapolis, Ind., to Washington,
D.C., more than two decades ago truly
did their work well. No other labor
organization, no private group, is
physically closer to the heart of
America's governmental system than the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America.
Five floors high and filled with ad-
ministrative activity, the building at 101
Constitution Avenue, Northwest, op-
erates primarily from a hub of work on
its fourth floor — the executive offices
of the General President, the First Gen-
eral Vice President, and the Second
General Vice President.
The General President supervises the
interests of the entire union and oversees
the operations of each department. He
signs and issues all charters, and, with the
consensus of the General Executive
Board, he may fill any vacancy which
might arise in the General Offices.
In addition to being top administrator
of the Brotherhood, he must devote time
to serving Brotherhood interests on the
AFL-CIO Executive Council, on the
executive board of the AFL-CIO Build-
ing and Construction Trades, and he
represents our three-quarters of a million
members on other public and private
bodies, as well. Consequently, he must
depend for advice and counsel on four
special assistants and two secretaries to
maintain the fast and efficient pace of his
office.
A long corridor extends from his office
at the west end of the building to the big
General Executive Board Room at the
east end. Along that corridor are the
offices of First General Vice President
Patrick J. Campbell and Second General
Vice President Sigurd Lucassen and their
staffs. Near the board room are the
offices of Director of Organization James
Parker and Presidential Assistants James
Davis and Richard Cox. In the opposite
offices are Assistants to the President Don
Danielson and Charles Brodeur and
General Representative Jack Diver, the
latter two, former officers of the Wood,
Wire and Lathers International Union
who are completing the work of merging
their organization with the Brotherhood.
When they are not "on the road"
attending official functions or representing
FAR LEFT: General
President Konyha
discusses correspond-
ence and field reports
with Assistant to the
General President
Don Danielson.
LEFT: In a corner of
his fourth-floor office,
General President
Konyha reviews mem-
bership progress with
Director of Organiza-
tion Jim Parker.
the General President, the two General
Vice Presidents have much administra-
tive work on the fourth floor. Vice
President Campbell directs the appren-
ticeship and training program and the
union label activity. He is in charge of
approving and disapproving the laws of
all local unions, district, state, and
provincial councils. He is in charge of
the records of all union and non-union
shops, mills and factories, and he directs
the administrating of international agree-
ments between the Brotherhood and vari-
ous industry organizations.
Second General Vice President Lucas-
sen, meanwhile, is in charge of juris-
dictional matters and he heads the Com-
mittee on Contract Maintenance, which
works toward administering agreements
which enable our construction members
to compete for maintenance contracts in
industrial plants. He, too, assists the
General President in administrative
duties.
Organizing Director Parker coordinates
the work of the Brotherhood's con-
tinent-wide staff of field organizers.
Jim Davis handles the "hot line" for
emergency jurisdictional problems in the
field, and Dick Cox represents the
Brotherhood before various jurisdictional
tribunals.
All in all, it's a busy fourth floor and
a fitting command center for our century-
old organization.
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THE CARPENTER
Two secretaries handle the flood of correspondence, telephone calls,
and reports which reach the General President's Office each work day.
Here, General President Konyha reviews the day's activity with
Secretaries Erven Meyer and Sue Dillon.
Teletype operator Mary Cook expedites
a reply to a local union request for
information, as dictated by First Vice
President Pat Campbell. Two teletype
machines are available.
First General Vice President Campbell confers with Assistant
to the General President Charles Brodeur on a matter con-
cerning the Lathing Subdivision. The Wood, Wire, and Metal
Lathers International Union merged with the Brotherhood
in 1979.
Second General Vice President Sig Lucassen, right, drops into
a fourth-floor office to discuss a jurisdictional matter with two
Assistants to the General President, Jim Davis, left, and Dick
Cox, center. Service to local unions and councils is often
speeded by telephone.
Conference rooms are available on the fourth-floor for meet-
ings. Here Assistant to the General President Danielson and
Second General Vice President Lucassen review a working
agreement with representatives of the National Constructors
Assn. — Carl Tower, manager of construction labor relations,
Dravo Corp.; Noel Borck, NCA; Bob McCormick, NCA; and
Hugh Wallace, Bechtel Corp. labor relations.
Director of Organization Parker, standing in the rear, talks
Willi his secretary, Bonnie McCullough, in his records office.
In the foreground, Maria Frederic serves as a French and
Spanish translator and works in the general organizing pro-
gram. Rose Ziegler, right, works with General Representa-
tive Jack Diver and Assistant to the General President
Charles Brodeur.
MARCH, 1981
13
Onawa
Report
CLC: JOBLESS STATS HIDE FACTS
The Canadian Labour Congress, in an
economic publication, recently warned
that the drop in the "officially
counted" unemployment rate should not
be mistaken for an improvement in the
jobless situation.
The Economic Bulletin, prepared by
the Congress' Research and Legislation
! Department, notes that those who
stopped looking for work were con-
sidered to "have withdrawn from the
workforce" and were not counted by
Statistics Canada. The document says
without them the "official" unemploy-
ment level fell.
"In times of high unemployment — as
the job outlook worsens, the official
unemployment statistics move further
away from reality as workers who have
been unemployed for many months become
discouraged with their lack of
success in finding jobs."
APPALLED BY MINE HAZARDS
A management consultant who is inves-
tigating mine conditions for a special
committee of the Ontario Legislature
is finding startling evidence that mine
safety in Northern Ontario still leaves
a lot to be desired.
Research consultant James Fisher
made an unimpeded visit to the Madawaska
Mines Ltd. plant at Bancroft, a uranium
mine "with a good safety record." This
mine had a poor safety record in 1977
which resulted in measures being taken
to correct the situation. Accordingly
worker's compensation claims fell from
112 for every million man-hours worked
to 16 in 1979, two years later.
Still, Fraser found the mine floor
with hardly any safety barriers. He was
"amazed" when he saw "a guy walking in
the dark in the main passageway with a
very low roof in that slimy, lumpy mud
with a 100-pound drill and ore-carriers
going by. "
A man operating a machine scooping
up blasted rock had to stand on a
small, round platform on one side with
barely room for his feet although the
machine itself was the size of two
tables. The bucket of ore swung in
front of his face and dumped the muck
behind him.
"In effect, he's going right over his
head with chunks of rock big enough to
crush him while he stands on this plat-
form with his back pressed against the
wall," Fisher said.
"It's unbelievable. Yet, in a plant
in another industry, a forklift operator
would be enclosed in a complete cage
with lots of room and rollbars."
His impression was that mines accept
hazards which are not tolerated in
other industries.
A royal commission is investigating
safety conditions in Ontario mines
which have been proved accident-prone
in recent years as the problems have
been exposed. Twenty-two deaths have
already occurred this year. The average
for the previous three years has been
11 deaths.
REGULATORY REFORM
Continuing regulation by government
is necessary in such fields as indus-
trial health and safety, environmental
protection, labour standards and rela-
tions, consumer protection, corporate
financial disclosure, Canadian content
in Canadian broadcasting, sexual and
racial discrimination and minimum
standards for private pensions, the
Canadian Labour Congress said in a
brief presented to the Parliamentary
Task Force on Regulatory Reform.
General standards for monitoring the
effectiveness of government enforce-
ment measures should be considered, the
Congress suggested.
"The apparent inefficiency of equal
pay for work of equal value legislation
in eliminating income differentials
between male and female workers" was
mentioned in the CLC brief.
Publicity concerning regulations
assist observance and enforcement, the
Congress said. So would the develop-
ment of office consolidations of "all
the relevant regulatory requirements
pertaining to identifiable fields of
activity", such as pensions. Simplified
digests of the regulations should
accompany these manuals, the brief
suggested.
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Schools Broaden Study of Labor s History
California students will be taking a
closer look at the place of organized
labor in American society, thanks to
an updated economics curriculum
adopted by the state's board of educa-
tion.
In Maryland, a new law passed by
the general assembly mandates the
teaching of labor history in the state's
schools.
And in Detroit and New York,
teachers are being provided with
lesson plans, classroom materials, guest
speakers and other aids to help them
teach labor studies.
Nationally, more than half a million
members of the American Federation
of Teachers are getting supplies of a
colorful new classroom aid, developed
by the union, for teaching labor
history.
These are a sample of organized
labor's active national, state and local
efforts to encourage positive teaching
of labor studies in the nation's school
systems.
The AFL-CIO Dept. of Education
Any Schools Named
For Labor Heroes?
In New York and Chicago there
are schools named in honor of
Samuel Gompers, first president of
the American Federation of Labor.
The AFL-CIO Education Depart-
ment would like to know of any
other public elementary or second-
ary schools around the country
named after Gompers or other
labor leaders. Perhaps there's even
a school named after Peter Mc-
Guire, the Brotherhood's founder.
Or John L. Lewis? Or William
Green?
There may be schools in Canada
named after Canadian labor lead-
ers, too.
Let The Carpenter know about
them, and we'll pass the informa-
tion on to the AFL-CIO Educa-
tion Department. Write: Editor:
The Carpenter, 101 Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20001.
is stepping up its own activities in this
area in 1981 with programs already
under way to provide leadership, tech-
nical help and resource materials to a
variety of "labor-in-the-schools" pro-
grams around the country.
The department's director, Dorothy
Shields, emphasizes the federation's
interest in working with state and local
leaders, with the Teacher's union and
with support groups to correct the
"neglect" of fair, balanced treatment
of the role of organized labor in
society.
In the California case, the state
board of education's curriculum de-
velopment commission designed its
new social science framework to in-
clude a positive approach to the role
of trade unions and collective bargain-
ing in modern society. The framework
is a written guide used for teaching
and for textbook selection at all grade
levels.
Former AFL-CIO Regional Director
William L. Gilbert, a member of the
Continued on Page 38
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SORRY, BUT NO PAYMENT MADE
AND POETRY NOT ACCEPTED.
THE JOLLY 60s
After 60, a woman has five men
in her life:
She walks with Cy Atico;
She writes with Arthur Ritis;
She does her work with Will Power;
She goes to bed with Ben Gay; and
She wakes up with Charley Horse.
Who said the 60's are jolly?
— Mrs. Fred Dry
(a retired carpenter's wife)
Hollywood, Fla.
SUPPORT VOC AND CHOP
TV PROPAGANDA
Overheard: "They say brunettes
have sweeter dispositions than red-
heads, but that's a lot of hooey.
My wife's been both, and I can't
see any difference!
DON'T GET BEHIND IN '81
WON'T HOLD WATER
Boy: Mom, my grades are below
water.
Mom: What do you mean?
Boy: They're below C level.
— Mary Ann Di Palermo
Stoten Island, N.Y.
CONSUMER NOTE
Salesman: But Madam, you can
buy this home freezer for what you
will be able to save on your food
bills.
Housewife: Well, we are buying
our car on the bus fares we save
and our house on the rent we save,
we just can't afford to save any
more right now.
— Saw and Hammer News
Local 200
LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL
DENTAL DISCOUNT
Patient: How much to have my
tooth pulled?
Dentist: $50.
Patient: That's too much. I'll pay
you $10.
Dentist: I'm afraid for that price,
all 1 can do is loosen it a little.
AN ALSO-RAN
Harry: How did your horse do in
the race?
Larry: Are you kidding? The nag
should have packed a change of
saddle.
GOOD OLD DAYS
A class reunion is the occasion
when everyone gets together to see
who's falling apart.
THIS MONTH'S LIMERICK
We all sang "Happy Birthday" to
Granny Mabel,
Who wanted to show she was able.
When the host turned down the
light,
Granny blasted every candle in
sight.
And blew frosting over her kin and
the table.
— M. B. Medwed
Local 13, Chicago, 111.
ONE DAY ON A TRAIN
In a train bound for London dur-
ing World War I, in a passenger
car at the end of the train, there sat
four passengers: an old woman, a
young girl, a Frenchman, and a
British officer. All was going well
on the journey until the train
passed through a dark tunnel. Sud-
denly, through its darkness, a loud
smooch was heard, then a resound-
ing slap!
As they moved out of the tunnel,
the British officer had a black eye.
"Well," he thought, "the French-
man kisses the girl, and I get the
blame."
"I don't get it," said the young
girl. "Why should the British officer
kiss the old woman instead of
me?"
"The girl shows good reactions,"
thought the old woman. "Slapping
that fresh officer the way she did."
"How clever am I," thought the
Frenchman. "I kiss the back of my
hand, smack the officer, and no one
suspects me."
— Colleen Matousek
Milwaukee, Wis.
BE IN GOOD STANDING
MIXED BREED
On his first day at school the lit-
tle boy was telling his teacher
about his dog, "What kind of a dog
is he?" asked the teacher.
"Oh, he's a mixed up sort . . .
kind of a cocker scandal."
THOUGHT FOR 1981
One of the things we have to be
thankful for is that we don't get as
much government as we pay for.
— C. H. Kettering
SUPPORT VOC AND CHOP
OSCAR TIME
GEORGE BUSH is expected to be
nominated this year for best sup-
port of an actor, according to The
UTU News.
1(1
THE CARPENTER
Reciprocal Agreements
of the PRO-RATA Pension Plan
A major step forward in bringing life-
long pension coverage to Brotherhood
members was taken in 1971 when the
Pro-Rata Pension Agreement was estab-
lished.
The agreement is a basic document
which permits members to move from
one pension plan to another as their work
assignments change while working in
various areas, drawing pro-rata benefits
from each of the various plans upon re-
tirement . . . and not losing benefits in
any. It is a form of "portability" long
sought in the building and construction
trades. It means that a member can, with
certain limitations, change jobs and main-
tain his pension protection at the same
time.
The plan is simple. Local Union or
District Council Pension Plans A, B, C,
and D, for example, will notify the Gen-
eral Office in Washington, D.C., that they
want to participate in the Pro-Rata Pen-
sion Plan. Reciprocal agreements are
signed by the trustees of each plan, and,
in so doing, the various plans become a
part of the international reciprocal pro-
gram.
A member of the Brotherhood does
not achieve pro-rata pension protection
merely by being a member in good stand-
ing. His local union or district council
has to negotiate a pension plan with em-
ployers, if it has not already done so.
Then the trustees of that plan have to
enter into reciprocal pro-rata agreement
with other plans. This is done by signing
the International Pro-Rata Agreement.
In addition to the pro-rata reciprocal
pension agreement, there was also estab-
lished in 1971 the nationwide Carpenters
Labor-Management Pension Fund. This
pension plan, which is primarily for
groups not covered by local union and
district council plans, is administered in
Wilmington, Del., by American Benefit
Plan Administrators, Inc. (For informa-
tion about this nationwide plan, write to
the address listed at the bottom of Page
18 or telephone (302) 478-5950.) It is
broken down into two categories — an
Industrial Pension Plan and a Construc-
tion Industry Pension Plan. A member in
the Labor-Management Plan is automat-
ically covered by the Pro-Rata Recipro-
cal Plan.
Local unions and district councils can
obtain more information about the re-
ciprocal pension program by writing to
the General Office.
The Carpenter magazine publishes the following list, periodically, so that Pro-Rata Pension Plan
participants and administrators may have the most recent list of plans which offer reciprocity.
ARIZONA
Arizona State Carpenters Pension
Trust Fund
5125 North 16th Street, Suite A104
Phoenix, Arizona 85016
COLORADO
Centennial State Carpenters Pension
Trust Fund
789 Sherman Street, Suite 560
Denver, Colorado 80203
Carpenters District Council of Jacksonville
'and Vicinity Pension Fund
c/o Florida Administrators, Inc.
P.O. Box 16845
2050 Art Museum Drive, Suite 106
Jacksonville, Florida 32216
ARKANSAS
Carpenters Pension Fund of Arkansas
504 Victory Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
CALIFORNIA
Carpenters Pension Trust Fund for
Northern California
955 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94103
Carpenters Pension Trust for
Southern California
520 South Virgil Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90020
Mill Cabinet Pension Fund for
Northern California
995 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94103
San Diego County Carpenters Pension Fund
3659 India Street, Room 100
San Diego, California 92103
Southern California Lumber Industry
Retirement Fund
650 South Spring Street, Room 1028
Los Angeles, California 90014
CONNECTICUT
Conecticut State Council of Carpenters
State-Wide Pension Plan
10 Broadway
Hamden, Connecticut 60109
FLORIDA
Broward County Carpenters Pension
Trust Fund
Florida Administrators, Inc.
7300 North Kendall Drive— P.O. Box 695
Miami (Kendall), Florida 33156
Local Union 1685 Pension Fund
P.O. Box 956
Melbourne, Florida 32901
Mid-Florida Carpenters Pension Fund
Florida Administrators, Inc.
3203 Lawton Road— P.O. Box 20173
Orlando, Florida 32814
Palm Beach County Carpenters District
Council Pension Fund
Florida Administrators, Inc.
1655 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 413
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
South Florida Carpenters Pension
Trust Fund
Florida Administrators, Inc.
7300 North Kendall Drive— P.O. Box 695
Miami (Kendall), Florida 33156
MARCH, 1981
IDAHO
Idaho Branch, Inc.
A.G.C.-Carpenters Pension Trust
1662 Shoreline Drive, Suite No. 200
Boise, Idaho 83706
ILLINOIS
Carpenters Pension Fund of Illinois
P.O. Box 470
28 North First Street
Geneva, Illinois 60134
Chicago District Council of Carpenters
Pension Fund
12 East Erie Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Chicago District Council of Carpenters
Millmen Pension Fund
12 East Erie Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611
KANSAS
Kansas Construction Trades Open End
Pension Trust Fund
c/o Fringe Benefit Funds
202 West Thirty-Third Street
P.O. Box 5096
Topeka, Kansas 66605
Continued, next page
17
RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS, Cont'd.
LOUISIANA
Local Union 1098 Pension Trust
6755 Airline Highway
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70805
District Council of New Orleans and
Vicinity Pension Trust
315 Broad Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70119
Northeast Louisiana District Council of
Carpenters Pension Plan
c/o Southwest Administrators
P.O. Box 4617
Monroe, Louisiana 70805
MARYLAND
Cumberland Maryland and Vicinity Building
and Construction Employees' Trust Fund
125 South Liberty Street
Cumberland, Maryland 21502
MASSACHUSETTS
Massachusetts State Carpenters
Pension Fund
69 Winn Street
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803
Western Massachusetts Carpenters
Pension Fund
29 Oakland
Springfield, Massachusetts 01108
MICHIGAN
Michigan Carpenters' Council Pension Fund
241 East Saginaw Street
East Lansing, Michigan 48823
MISSOURI
Carpenters District Council of Kansas City
3100 Broadway, Suite 609
Kansas City, Missouri 64111
NEBRASKA
Lincoln Building and Construction Industry
Pension Plan
Suite 211 — First National Bank Building
100 North 56th Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68504
Attention, Ronald L. Miller, Adm.
Omaha Construction Industry Health,
Welfare and Pension Plans
3929 Harney Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68131
NEVADA
Carpenters Pension Trust Fund for
Northern Nevada
1745 Vasser
Reno, Nevada 89501
Construction Industry & Carpenters Joint
Pension Trust for Southern Nevada
928 East Sierra Avenue
Las Vegas, Nevada 89104
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Northern New England Carpenters
Pension Fund
472 Chestnut Street
Manchester, New Hampshire 03101
NEW JERSEY
Carpenters & Millwrights Local No. 31
Pension Fund
41 Ryan Avenue
Trenton, New Jersey 08610
E. C. Carpenters' Fund
76 South Orange Avenue
South Orange, New Jersey 07079
New Jersey Carpenters Funds
130 Mountain Avenue
Springfield, New Jersey 07081
NEW MEXICO
New Mexico District Council of Carpenters
Pension Fund
Trust Fund Administrator of CompuSys. Inc.
P.O. Box 11399
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87192
NEW YORK
Nassau County Carpenters Pensiort Fund
1065 Old Country Road
Westbury, New York 11590
New York City District Council of
Carpenters Pension Fund
204-8 East Twenty-Third Street
New York, New York 10010
Suffolk County Carpenters Pension Fund
Box "F"
Medford, New York 11763
Westchester County New York Carpenters'
Pension Fund
10 Saw Mill River Road
Hawthorne, New York 10532
Carpenters Local Union 964
Pension Fund "B"
130 North Main Street
New City, New York 10956
OHIO
Miami Valley Carpenters' District
Pension Fund
Far Oaks Building
2801 Far Hills Avenue
Dayton, Ohio 45419
Ohio Valley Carpenters District Council
Benefit Funds
c/o Pension and Group Consultants, Inc.
Administrator
Room 902—6 East Fourth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
OREGON
Oregon-Washington Carpenters
Employers Trust Fund
321 S.W. Sixth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97208
PENNSYLVANIA
Carpenters' Pension Fund of
Western Pennsylvania
390 Seven Parkway Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15220
RHODE ISLAND
Rhode Island Carpenters Pension Fund
14 Jefferson Park Road
Warwick, Rhode Island 02888
TENNESSEE
Middle Tennessee District Council of
Carpenters Pension Fund
200 Church Street
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
Tri State Carpenters and Joiners District
Council of Chattanooga, Tennessee
and Vicinity Pension Trust Fund
P.O. Box 6035
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37401
UTAH
Utah Carpenters' and Cement Masons'
Trust Fund
3785 South 7th East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84106
WASHINGTON
Carpenters Retirement Trust of
Western Washington
P.O. Box 1929
Seattle, Washington 98111
Millmen's Retirement Trust of Washington
c/o Local Union 338
2512 Second Avenue, Room 206
Seattle, Washington 98121
Washington-Idaho-Montana Carpenters-
Employers Retirement Trust Fund
East 123 Indiana— P.O. Box 5434
Spokane, Washington 99205
WEST VIRGINIA
Chemical Valley Pension Fund of
West Virginia
Raymond Hage and Company, Inc.
Employee Benefit Plan Consultants
1050 Fifth Avenue
Huntington, West Virginia 25701
WYOMING
Wyoming Carpenters Pension Plan
141 South Center— Suite 505
Casper, Wyoming 82601
NATIONWIDE
Carpenters Labor-Management
Pension Fund
American Benefit Plan Administrators,
3906 Concord Pike, P.O. Box 7018
Wilmington, Delaware 19803
Inc.
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THE CARPENTER
Locm union neuis
Wisconsin Members
Produce ThermaCai
Bay Area Demonstrators Protest Seminar
ThermaCai being applied to the roof of
a residence in waferboard sections.
Our "What's New?" page in the Janu-
ary Carpenter described a new roof-
insulation material called ThermaCai,
manufactured by Cornell Corp. of Com-
nell, Wis.
Robert J. Warosh, executive secretary-
treasurer of the Midwestern Industrial
Council, has since reported to us what
our news source about ThermaCai did
not: This excellent roof insulation ma-
terial is manufactured by members of
our Local 2476, and there is a contract
agreement between the local union and
the Cornell Corporation-making Therma-
Cai doubly important as a union-made
product.
Father's Death Brings
Donations to APDA
On December 20, 1980, the 88-year-
old father of William Volk, Local 13,
Chicago, 111., passed away. He was
afflicted with Parkinsons Disease.
His death inspired his son's co-workers
at the carpenter shop of the Southwest
plant of the Metropolitan Sanitary Dis-
trict of Greater Chicago to make a con-
tribution to the American Parkinson
Disease Association. Their donation
amounted to a total of $59.00. William
Volk followed this with his own $25.00
contribution.
Cedar Rapids Local
Joins Midwest Council
Local 1039 of Cedar Rapids, la., re-
cently voted to affiliate with the Midwest-
ern Industrial Council. Members of the
local union are employees of the Quaker
Oats Company in Cedar Rapids.
Angry union members demonstrate against a union-busting seminar being held for
northern California home-builders at a hotel near the Oakland, Calif, airport. More
than 1,000 trade unionists from the San Francisco Bay area turned out for the
protest. The seminar was conducted by the law firm of Littler, Mendelson,
Fastiff & Tichy.
Groundbreaking Ceremony in Pomona
Local 1752 broke ground December 23 for a new headquarters building. The
structure is to be three stories above ground and one below. In 38,000 square feet of
working space there will be facilities available to the public for meetings, wedding
receptions, and other activities. It is located at 170 W. San Jose Ave., in Claremont.
The groundbreakers, from left, include: Dave Underwood, architect; Lee Goldstein,
president of the Claremont Chamber of Commerce; Marlin E. Harris, building
committee chairman; Clyde W. Cable, financial secretary; Larry Ruiz, business
representative; Enid Douglass, Claremont vice mayor; and Joseph Eickholt, president
of Local 1752.
MARCH, 1981
19
Prevailing Wage
Attacks Spread
Bills to repeal state "Little Davis-Bacon
Acts" have been introduced in Texas,
Utah and Colorado.
Additional anti-prevailing wage legisla-
tion is expected in several states, includ-
ing Kansas, Oklahoma, Nevada, and
Montana.
In Colorado, the repeal bill, H.B. 1070,
sponsored by Representative Stephenson
was passed by the House Business Affairs
and Labor Committee following hearings
on January 20. The vote fell along strict
party lines: five Republicans supporting
repeal and four Democrats opposed. If
this pattern is repeated, the predomin-
antly Republican legislature may place
the repeal bill on Democratic Governor
Richard Lamm's desk in the near future.
SITUATION IN UTAH
Meanwhile in Utah, strong Republican
majorities hope to ram a repeal bill past
the Democratic governor, Scott Mathe-
son. In 1979, the Republicans fell one
vote short of overriding a veto by Gov-
ernor Matheson. This year. Representa-
tive C. McClain Haddow, a former aide
to Senator Orrin Hatch and a fundraiser
for Senators Hatch and Gam, sponsored
H.B. 1, the prevailing wage repeal bill.
Hearings in the House Labor and Man-
power Committee in Utah, where the Re-
publicans control by a 9 to 4 margin,
were expected to end on January 22.
Supporters of the Utah prevailing wage
law face a tough uphill battle, consider-
ing the overwhelming Republican ma-
jorities in both houses of the state legis-
lature.
TROUBLE IN KANSAS
While no repeal bill has been intro-
duced yet in Kansas, a fierce lobbying
battle is beginning to shape up. In the
weeks to come, non-union builders in
Kansas, led by the Associated Builders
and Contractors, are expected to ask the
state legislature to repeal the prevailing
wage law. The law has been on the
Kansas books since 1891.
Richard Coleman, executive director of
the Associated Builders and Contractors,
has been stumping Kansas and making
his repeal pitch to local Chambers of
Commerce, Rotary Clubs, and other
potential sympathizers. The Kansas Build-
ing Trades, who have been seeking
tougher enforcement of the existing law,
are digging in for a fight and will prob-
ably get help from Governor John Carlin,
a Democrat.
In New Hampshire, Nancy Baybutt,
state legislator and wife of a contractor,
requested that a bill be drafted to in-
crease the threshold on the New Hamp-
shire prevailing wage law to $1.5 million.
Presently contracts of under $500,000
are not covered by the state's "Little
Davis-Bacon Act." This bill would raise
Industry Support for Union Labor
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The Southern Calif ornia Conference of Carpenters negotiated with management,
last year, a clause in its new area-wide contract which calls for an advertising
campaign promoting the virtues of union labor. Approximately $150,000 for the year
1981 will be spent for this promotional activity.
Money for advertisements, like the one shown above, comes from the Construction
Industry Advancement Fund, which is funded by the contractors. All of the Trustees
of the fund are management representatives but the Southern California Conference
has three advisors who consult with the Trustees. John T. DeCarlo, Contract
Administrator for the Southern California Conference, reports that response to the
advertising campaign has been gratifying.
the threshold to $1.5 million. Along with
Maryland, New Hampshire's threshold is
already by far the highest in the nation.
For information on how to defend
prevailing wage laws, contact the Build-
ing and Construction Trades Department
at 815 1 6th St., NW, Room 603, Wash-
ington, D.C. 20006, or call 202-347-1461.
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Members of Local 437, Portsmouth, O.,
and their families enjoyed a Christmas
party, last December, at the local union
headquarters. Food, refreshments, prizes
and Santa Claus were on the program.
Party chairman was Ed Vanderpool, Jr.,
shown above with his wife and mother
(in the background). A gaily decorated
Christmas tree added to the festive
occasion.
Cabinet-Maker Santa in Englewood
Guy McDaniel, a cabinet-maker member of Local 1583, Englewood, Colo., became
an impromptu Santa Claus, when his local union invited all of the members' children
to the local offices for a Christmas party in December. The offices were gaily
decorated while McDaniel made his Christmas list.
Steward Training Program in Everett
Twenty-one members of Local 1054,
Everett, Wash., completed a Brotherhood
shop steward training program on Janu-
ary 24. Completion certificates are being
forwarded to the following members by
General Representative Earle Soderman,
who conducted the course:
Bud Parmenter, Steve Ginnard, Hilde-
garde Aurdal, Albert Nush, Art Lewis,
Bradford R. Pilkenton, George Groene-
wold, Royce Shatto, Tom Selk, Patricia
Steele, Linora Dockter, Richard N.
Mickles, Wallace Mandsager, Dan D.
Wampler, Patrick John Dennee, Eldo
Dockter, Donald B. McCallister, Margery
Price, Ron Pelzel, Jerry Haugstead, and
Frank Dennee.
General Representative Soderman is
conducting a series of steward-training
programs in the Pacific Northwest area
under the direction of the Western States
Organizing Office, explaining the rights
and responsibilities of members under
labor-management agreements.
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MARCH, 1981
21
Shop Steward Training, Tacoma
Sequoia Council Honors Nichols
Local 2633 members who completed the shop steward
training class: Front row, left to right, Donald Daniel, Orville
Saylor, Donald Barsness. Back row, left to right, Harold
Harris, Charles Pole, Biran C other. Gray den Olson, and Allan
Moore. Not pictured: Ronald Curtis, Shirley Ely, Richard
Wilder, Larry Grace, and Mark IVilson.
Thirteen members of Local 2633, Tacoma, Wash.,
participated in a shop steward training session presented on
November 22, 1980. Even working with five different agree-
ments, the class went smoothly. Time was allowed for the
more experienced stewards to share their experiences with the
newer stewards. Stewards who have applied some of the
techniques taught during the session say they are better
prepared to settle grievances at lower management levels
without much hassle. More detailed lessons have been
requested to help the stewards understand the terms of their
working agreements even better, and another class will be
scheduled in the near future to accomplish this, according to
General Representative Earle Soderman.
Lumber and Sawmill Workers Local 2633 is one of the
oldest local unions in the lumber industry on the West Coast.
There are only two working agreements that date back more
than seven years; plant closures have taken a heavy toll.
Organizing is what is keeping Local 2633 alive. A man who
is responsible for the members' attitude towards organizing is
retired Business Representative Richard W. Pittman. who led
the local for many years and is still a welcome advisor. His
reputation for honesty has paved many roads for Business
Representative Patrick Dennis McGinnis to follow. The
members' interest in improving themselves and their local
union radiates. Several former members have been involved
in recent organizing campaigns and have come to the local
because of their past experiences.
How to Save on Gasoline
• Avoid excessive idling. The average American car con-
sumes a cup of gasoline every 6 minutes when idling. When
you stop the car, don't idle the engine for more than a minute.
If you are wailing for someone, turn off the engine. It takes
less gasoline to restart the car than it does to idle it.
• Avoid unnecessary use of air-conditioning equipment.
When in use, it reduces fuel economy by as much as IVi
miles per gallon.
• Plan short trips carefully. Short trips are costly in terms
of gas mileage. A vehicle started cold and driven four miles
may average about 8 miles per gallon. The same vehicle
warmed up and driven 15 miles may average nearly 13 miles
per gallon. However, don't idle the engine to warm it (a
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December at a special luncheon held in his home district.
Leaders of the Sequoia District Council of California
assembled at the River Inn in Kingsberg, Calif., to pay
tribute to the work of the General Treasurer and to hear
reports on activities in Washington, D.C., from Nichols and
from their area Congressman, Chip Pashigan. Shown in the
picture, taken after the luncheon, are, from left: Council
President Walter E. Jameson, Congressman Pashigan,
Council Secretary Larry Null, General Treasurer Nichols,
and Local 1109 President Jerry Dignan.
Tulsa Millwrights Installed
The new officers of Millwright & Machinery Erectors
Local 1015, Tulsa, Okla., began their new duties recently.
From left to right, ihey include: Robert Reser, trustee; Travis
Prewill, trustee: Dan Snow, warden: Bobby Alberty, con-
ductor; Leon Eldridge, treasurer; Jack Simpson, recording
secretary; George Moore, business representative; Bob Mayes,
vice-president: and Don Marks, president.
Not pictured is Jerry Delacerda, trustee.
34,000 Jobs For Youth
But Deadline Is Short
The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) is offering 34,000
summer jobs for young adults ages 15 through 18. Applica-
tions must be in by March 15.
Most of the jobs will begin in the second week of June and
end in the second week of August.
A typical YCC camp program would include projects such
as building roads and trails, combating erosion and repairing
damage to the environment caused by natural disasters.
Participants work 30 hours and get environmental awareness
training for 10 hours each week.
There are about 1,500 YCC camps in the 50 states and U.S.
territories, run by the U.S. Departments of Interior and
Agriculture and state governments. Camps include both live-in
and non-residential, where young people may commute.
The YCC is carrying on the proud tradition of the New
Deal's Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which established
conservation and construction projects in the nation's wilder-
ness areas which exist to this day.
Young people interested should write to: Youth Conserva-
tion Corps, P.O. Box 2975, Wash., D.C. 20013.
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UIE [OnCRnTUUTE
. . . those members of our Brotherhood who, in recent weeks, have been named
or elected to public offices, have won awards, or who have, in other ways "stood
out from the crowd." This month, our editorial hat is off to the following:
B.A., LABOR STUDIES
James Parker, the Brotherhood's
director of organizing, was the first to
congratulate William C. Goetz after he
was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Labor Studies. Kenneth Young,
assistant to AFL-CIO President Lane
Kirkland, and Russell Allen, deputy
director of the George Meany Center,
participated in the commencement
exercises at the Silver Spring, Md.,
campus.
William C. Goetz, of Lexington, Ky.,
UBC staff organizer and president of the
Bluegrass Central Labor Council, has
been awarded a Bachelor of Arts in
Labor Studies degree by Antioch Uni-
versity.
Goetz, 33, has been studying for more
than two years in the external degree
program offered by the George Meany
Center for Labor Studies at Silver Spring,
Md., in cooperation with Antioch. The
external degree program permits partici-
pants to study independently at home
while continuing their regular jobs. Some
college credits are allowed for com-
petencies gained through experience in
the labor movement.
Since February 1979, Goetz has spent
one week every six months on campus at
the George Meany Center meeting with
counsellors and attending classes. They
introduced him to courses of study he
pursued at home during the next six
months.
Goetz and two other leaders of AFL-
CIO unions received their diplomas from
William E. Berry, Jr., director of Antioch
University in Maryland. Kenneth Young,
executive assistant to AFL-CIO President
Lane Kirkland, spoke at the commence-
ment; Russell Allen, the Center's deputy
director, presided.
In his work toward the Labor Studies
degree, Goetz earned credits in labor law
and legislation; labor movement, past
and present; collective bargaining; labor
and the American political system; in-
dustrial sociology, economics, and Amer-
ican government and labor.
He had completed nearly three years
of college credits at Milligan College in
Tennessee, at the University of Cincin-
nati, and at Xavier University in Cin-
cinnati before entering the Antioch
program.
Others receiving Labor Studies degrees
on this occasion were:
Arthur J. Jones, 40, of Cheekatowaga,
N.Y., secretary-treasurer, Buffalo Joint
Board, Amalgamated Clothing & Textile
Workers Union; and Marvin E. Oursler,
29, of Suitland, Md., business representa-
tive. Local 77, International Union of
Operating Engineers.
The George Meany Center's external
degree program is open to all leaders of
AFL-CIO unions. More than 100 are
now enrolled; 24 have been graduated.
COUNTY COUNCIL HEAD
Harry Von Romer, a member of
Local 1596, St. Louis, Mo., was recently
elected 1981 chairman of the St. Louis
County Council, a prestigious body which
regulates the St. Louis County govern-
ment.
Von Romer has been a St. Louis
County councilman for eight years, win-
ning reelection twice' during this time.
This is his second term as chairman of
the council which governs the largest
county in Missouri.
20 YEARS SCOUTING
At a special meeting on July 3, 1980,
Howard Kelly of Local 180, Valtejo,
Calif., received the George Meany Award
for 20 dedicated years of service to the
Boy Scouts of America. Local 180 Busi-
ness Manager Joe McGrogan, left in the
photograph, presented the award to
Kelly, right, who is vice president of his
local and secretary of the Napa-Solano
Counties Central Labor Council.
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The New and
Official Cap
. . . wifh the Brotherhood emb/em
emb/ozoned in red, blue, black,
and gold. Each cap has a white
front, a blue mesh back for
ventilation, and a blue bill. And
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Quantify prices:
$3.75 each in quantities of 5 to 35.
$3.50 each in quantities of 36 or more.
If your local union would like to
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orders, this can be done for a one-time
extra charge of $10 for necessary
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Arbitration Award Brings Lump-Sum
Retirement Severance at Rodman
The Midwestern Millmen District
Council on behalf of members who were
once employed at the now-closed Rod-
man Industries, Inc., Rimco Division,
recently won an important arbitration
decision entitling employees of Rimco to
lump sum "retirement severance pay-
ments."
The arbitrator found that the former
plant employees who met certain age and
service requirements actually have a
vested pension right created by their con-
tract provision for severance pay.
Of equal importance was a determina-
tion by the US Labor Department that
the particular pay plan negotiated by the
Millmen was covered by the Employment
Retirement Income Security Act. So, had
the union lost before the arbitration, they
could nevertheless have proceeded in
court to reach severance pay under
ERISA.
This is how it all came about, as re-
ported by the Bureau of National Affairs
Daily Labor Report:
In August 1979, Rodman Industries,
Inc., Rimco Division, decided to close
the plant due to alleged economic reasons
and inefficiencies. Prior to the closing, the
employer and the Brotherhood engaged
in negotiations, during which the em-
ployer explained in detail the perceived
necessity of ceasing the operations.
During an August 7, 1979, meeting,
the Brotherhood presented the employer
with a number of proposals in light of
the plant shut down, including one deal-
ing with "severance" pay. The proposal
called for employees to receive 50 hours
pay for each year of service within 30
days of the date of their termination.
Responding to the proposal, the em-
ployer noted that it was acceptable only
for employees with 30 years or more
seniority. As a basis for this argument,
the employer cited a provision in the
1977 contract between the parties stating
that employees with 30 years or more of
continuous service shall not be denied
severance pay if they are terminated for
reasons other than a criminal act. All
employees who had 30 years or more of
continuous service at the time of the
plant closure received payment, but other
employees were denied payments.
The Brotherhood contended that all
employees were entitled to a pro rata
lump sum payment because the employer
had unilaterally and permanently closed
the plant. All employees suffered a loss
of the contractually guaranteed retire-
ment or severance payments due to the
plant closing, including not only those
with a 10- year vested interest, but those
who allegedly suffered a "forfeiture" of
their "pension rights," the union said.
The arbitrator found it necessary to
straighten out the confusion of the parties
with regard to the meaning and use of the
terms "severance pay" and "retirement
pay." The contract provision used the
term "severance pay," but both the union
and employer agreed that the term was
used interchangeably and synonymously
with the term "retirement pay."
The Brotherhood contended that the
contract provision was negotiated to
establish a retirement plan or lump sum
"pension plan" upon retirement.
The employer, however, argued that
the provision was negotiated to cover "a
severance plan as opposed to a pension
plan," the arbitrator said.
The provision dealing with severance
pay is synonymous with the idea of
termination of employment due to meet-
ing retirement eligibility rules, according
to the arbitrator, who noted that sections
of the provision established that the
word "severance" was a synonym used
to designate a lump sum payment upon
"retirement."
The plan set forth two requirements,
based on age and service, for the "sev-
erance retirement" benefit, the arbitrator
noted, adding that the parties clearly in-
tended to negotiate a deferred vested pen-
sion payable when the conditions were
satisfied. "It is obvious that the purpose
of a 10-year service requirement is to
create a contractual right or a form of
vesting in the employee who meets those
eligibility requirements," he said.
The arbitrator rejected the union's
contention that all employees are entitled
to lump sum payments from the em-
ployer, due to the "forfeiture" of their
"pension rights." The fallacy of this
argument is twofold, the arbitrator said.
First, the 10-year eligibility requirement
cannot be written out of the contract.
Second, it is fundamental to any basic
pension plan, even if payable in a lump
sum, that it is a reward and earned for a
certain period of employment, he noted.
If the union's theory is upheld, this
would in eflfect be ignoring, modifying,
or subtracting from the terms of the
agreement all service and age require-
ments.
In addition, the arbitrator rejected the
employer's contention that only em-
ployees with 30 years or more of service
are entitled to payments. The other para-
graphs in the provision dealing with
severance pay provide for a lump sum
benefit for employees who meet certain
eligibility requirements. The paragraph
dealing with employees with 30 years or
more of service does not replace any of
the rights provided in those paragraphs,
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Those who have at least 10 years of
continuous service, but who have not
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that the plant closing simply terminates
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Some Easy Ways to Cut
Those High Energy Bills
Energy is a key issue during these
inflationary times. While ' its supply
continues to dwindle, its cost con-
tinues to spiral, taking bigger and big-
ger bites out of consumers' incomes.
One way of cutting utility bills is to
make sure you get the full use of the
energy you pay for. By implementing
simple home energy conservation
measures, you can save money, com-
bat inflation, and reduce the nation's
dangerous dependence on oil con-
trolled by other nations.
One of the easiest ways of gauging
the potential of energy conservation is
by monitoring energy use in your
home. The largest chunk of utility
costs, about 70%, goes toward heat-
ing and cooling rooms. Heating water
takes another 15%, and lighting,
cooking, and using small appliances
account for the rest. (In some homes,
however, water heating costs more
than home heating.)
Cut Heating Bills
You can save up to 30% of your
heating costs during the winter months
by adequately insulating your home.
Although this may be a fairly costly
enterprise, the Federal Government
now off'ers homeowners a tax credit
for installing insulation, storm win-
dows, or caulking. The nearest Inter-
nal Revenue Service office has the
details.
Beware if you have an oil-fired
furnace. On very cold days it should
run almost continuously. If, instead,
it keeps going on and off, it is prob-
ably wasting money. One source esti-
mates that 97% of all such furnaces
are overfired — that is, they squirt
more oil than needed because the oil
nozzle is too big. A smaller nozzle will
use up to 14% less oil, and your
service technician can quickly tell you
if you need one.
If you have a forced-air heating sys-
tem, check the ducts for leaks, be-
because they can waste up to 9% of
your heating dollars. Patching with a
roll of insulation tape will usually do
the trick. (And, while you're at it.
check the filter because if it is dirty,
you are not getting the heat you paid
for.)
Setting the thermostat down by only
5° for eight hours each night can save
up to 15% of your fuel costs. Also,
keep radiators dusted. If you paint
them, use flat paint, not enamel.
Hot-Water Savings
Hot water heaters also throw money
away at an alarming rate. For exam-
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escapes through the walls of the tank.
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worth investing in one — for, as energy
costs rise, it can pay for itself in less
than a year. Also, by reducing the hot
water setting from 140° F to 120° F,
you can use about 18% less energy.
Baths are costly these days, too. If
you shower instead, you can save up
to 2,000 gallons of water a year, as
well as the fuel required to heat it.
And you can save even more dollars
by putting an inexpensive flow con-
strictor in the shower head.
You can reduce your hot water
consumption in many other ways. For
instance, don't leave a faucet running,
use cold water for laundering as much
as possible, and wait until the dish-
washer and washing machines are full
before switching them on. If a hot
water faucet leaks, your money is
going down the drain. One drop of
water per second amounts to 650 gal-
lons a year. With that, you could run
59 loads of dirty clothes through the
machine, and all it takes to stop that
drip is an inexpensive washer. Finally,
cold water should always be used for
garbage disposals.
Refrigerator Savings
Chief among the appliances which
can drive up your energy bill is your
refrigerator. First, if you are consider-
ing a new refrigerator, remember that
a frost-free model requires approxi-
mately 36% more energy than a
standard model. If you have a manual
defrost refrigerator, you should de-
frost it frequently. Frost buildup re-
duces efficiency and could cost you
unnecessary dollars. You should also
check the seals around both the re-
frigerator and the freezer doors. Test
the seals by closing the doors on a
piece of paper. If you can slip the
paper out without opening the doors
you will need to replace the seals or
adjust the doors.
Keep the refrigerator coils clean,
unobstructed, and away from heat
sources. For maximum operating ef-
ficiency, the refrigerator temperature
should be kept between 37 and 40° F
and the freezer at 0° F.
Kitchen-Stove Savings
Also, in the kitchen, if your stove
is electric, turn off the element a
couple of minutes before a dish is
done; residue heat will finish the job
for nothing. When baking, keep the
oven door closed as much as possible.
You lose up to 20% of the heat every
time you peak. And, if you're cooking
with gas, check those pilot lights — if
the flames are not blue, they are cost-
ing you penny by penny. If you are
buying a new gas stove, make sure it
has an electric ignition rather than a
gas pilot light, for the pilot light con-
sumes one-third to one-half of the
total gas used by a range.
Boiling water in uncovered pots is a
real energy loser. Develop the habit of
"lids-on" while cooking — this helps
retain the heat and speeds cooking.
Better yet, a pressure cooker cuts food
preparation by two-thirds. Using little
pots on big burners is also a costly
waste of energy. Select the right size
pots and pans with flat bottoms for
maximum even heating.
Electricity Savings
As for lighting — flourescent fixtures
and reflector bulbs are much cheaper
to operate for a given amount of light
than incandescent bulbs. Incandescent
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25
bulbs should be replaced as soon as
they start to dim, and tinted bulbs and
"long-life" bulbs should be avoided
altogether, as they are the most in-
efficient of all. Where bright light is
needed, one bulb may be better than
two — a 100-watt bulb, for instance,
produces more light than two 60-watt
bulbs.
Finally, appliances such as tele-
visions, radios, and stereos should be
turned off when not in use.
By implementing any one of these
energy-saving measures, you could
save yourself substantial amounts of
money every year. And, at the same
time, you could help the nation over-
come its energy crisis. If all American
households, for example cut the use
of dishwashers by one load a week,
the aggregate saving would total 3.25
million barrels of oil a year. And, if
all home hot water heaters were prop-
erly installed, this could save 60,000
barrels of oil a day, which is almost
22 million barrels of oil a year. It's
not hard to see that a little bit of sav-
ing can go a long way.
INSULATION MANUAL
Insulation Manual-Homes/ Apartments,
a comprehensive guide to thermal protec-
tion strategies, provides home builders,
home owners, insulation and HVAC con-
tractors, engineers, architects and others
with an authoritative and complete source
of information on the proper installation,
use, economics and benefits of insulation.
In addition, it gives related information
and guidance on other energy conserving
techniques for both designing and build-
ing homes and adding insulation to exist-
ing homes. Available for $10 from NAHB
Research Foundation, Inc., P. O. Box
1627, Rockville, Maryland 20850.
lUD Newsletter:
Pension Investments
A new newsletter dealing with the ad-
ministration and investment of pension
funds in the interests of workers is being
issued by the AFL-CIO Industrial Union
Department in Washington, D.C.
The new publication, Labor & Invest-
ment, is designed to help workers and
their unions gain a greater voice in the
use of pension fund assets, estimated at
over $600 billion. It will also focus on
related collective bargaining developments
and strategies and report on legal, eco-
nomic and legislative issues dealing with
the investment and administration of
pension funds.
lUD President Howard D. Samuel
noted in releasing the first issue of the
newsletter that industrial unions have
iTi:
Check the Big: Ten Checklist
to Save More Enei^y in Your Home
The Committee for Home Energy Conservation compiled the following
home energy checklist under the auspices of the National Institute of
Building Sciences. The checklist was designed to convey the ten simple
steps toward major home energy conservation, and it was endorsed by
the US Department of Energy. These measures are cost effective, and
many can be undertaken with little or no expense.
Home
Energy
Checklist
You are probably using more electricity, gas, and oil than necessary. By using
the Big Ten Checklist, you can Identify ways of reducing energy use and costs,
and help the nation conserve energy. The first six Items Include actions which
you can undertake with little or no expense. Other measures involving expen-
ditures also may result in long.term savings of money and energy.
1 Weather-stripping/caulklng — look for air cracks around doors, windows,
and other openings, such as around pipes and ducts. Seal them by caulking'
or weather-stripping.' Heat and air conditioning escape thro ugh cracks.
2 Thermostat — set at 65 degrees in winter and at least 5 degrees lower when
sleeping or away. (Higher heating temperatures are recommended for homes
with sick, elderly, or infants.) Set at 78 degrees in summer. Consider a
clock thermostat.*
3 Water heaters — this is a major energy user in the home. TVy a lower thermo-
stat setting. Consider an insulation wrap.* Install water flow restrictors in
showers and faucets. They cut hot water use without affecting family
comfort. When replacing water heater, choose an energy-efficient model.
4 Heating/cooling system — clean or replace filters as needed . Close vents in
unused rooms. Insulate* ducts and pipes in unheated spaces. Consider
devices* wiiich can increase the efficiency of your existing system. When
replacing, choose an energy -efficient model.
5 Sunlight — keep direct sunlight out in summer; let it in during winter.
Drapes, shutters, awnings, shade trees, glass with reflective film.' and solar
screens' help.
6 Appliances Aighting — fuliy load dryers and clothes and dish washers.
Turn off unnecessary lights. If replacing, buy energy-efficient appliances
and lighting.
7 Attic insulation — checktoseeifyour attic has the recommended level of
insulation.' Including the attic door.
8 Floors and foundation walls — check for adequate insulation' under floors,
around basement, crawl space, and foundation waUs.
9 Windows and doors — consider storm windows .' doors .' or double- paned
glass' to keep in heat and air conditioning.
10 Exterior walls — consider adding insulation.' particularly when remodeling
or re-slding your house.
* You may qualify for federal income tax credits of IS percent of the first $2.000
spent on the items marked above. You may also qualify for tax credits up to $2,200
for approved solar devices.
More information can be obtained from a Department of Energy booklet
entitled "Lx)w Cost/No Cost Energy Savers." This is available by writing:
Energy, P.O. Box 62, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 37830.
D
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played a major role in building pension
fund assets, which have become the
largest source of capital for U.S. corpo-
rations.
On this basis, Samuel said, "labor or-
ganizations should also play a significant
role in the administration of these funds,
which are the deferred wages of millions
of American workers."
The newsletter will be published on a
monthly basis, except for combined July-
August and November-December issues.
It will be distributed free of charge to
lUD affiliates, and is available to un-
affiliated labor organizations and non-
profit groups at $24 per year, while the
rate for other subscribers is $60 per year.
Multiemployer
Plans Growing
According to a recently released study
commissioned by the Department of
Labor, multiemployer pension plans are
increasing at a rapid rate.
The study, which was undertaken by
the firm of Towers, Perrin, Forster and
Crosby, Inc., estimates that by the year
2000, the number of multiemployer plans
will have grown to 4,400 covering over
13 million participants. Only 2,375 plans
covering 8.8 million participants existed
in 1975. {See Pages 17 and 18 for a list-
ing of Brotherhood multiemployer plans.)
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THE CARPENTER
nppREiiTiiESHip & TRnininc
Mid-Year Meeting
Set For Niagara Falls
The mid-year meeting of the Carpentry
Training Conference is scheduled for
April 28 and 29, 1981 in Niagara Falls,
N.Y. It will be held at the Niagara Hil-
ton, Third and Mall, Niagara Falls,
N.Y., 14303. The phone number is:
(716) 285-3361. All conference attendees
should make their own reservations. They
should plan to arrive on Monday, April
27, 1981, as the conference will begin at
9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 28.
An agenda of the mid-year conference
will be forwarded to all attendees prior
to the conference.
November Dates
For 1981 Contest
The 1981 International Apprenticeship
Contest will be held in Denver, Colo., the
week of November 9-13, 1981.
November 9 and 10, 1981 — Carpentry
Training Conference, Denver Hilton
Hotel
November 11 and 12, 1981 — Interna-
tional Apprenticeship Contest, Den-
ver Convention Center
November 13, 1981 — Awards Banquet.
The International Contest Committee
has asked all local unions and apprentice-
ship trust funds to make contributions
amounting to $1.00 for each registered
apprentice to the committee to defray the
cost of the annual competition.
State, Provincial
Contest Rules Noted
The deadline date for all 1981 state and
provincial contests is September 11, 1981.
In addition, all contest committee secre-
taries are reminded that International ap-
plications for the first, second, and third
place winners in state provincial contests
must be received no later than five days
after the completion of the contest.
Finally, the rules and regulations, as re-
vised December 5, 1979, will continue
to be in effect for the 1981 International
Contest.
Lima Graduates
The National Joint Carpentry Apprenticeship and Training Committee held its most
recent meeting, last jail, in Cleveland, O. Attending the sessions, left to right, clock-
wise around the table, were: Patrick J. Campbell, First General Vice President,
director of the Brotherhood's Apprenticeship and Training Department, and com-
mittee co-chairman (at head of table); R. W. Schwertner, committee co-chairman;
Hans Wachsmuth, AGC; William Pemberton; Christopher Engquist, secretary; Arthur
Ledford, member of the International Carpentry Apprenticeship Contest Committee,
Associated General Contractors of America, Inc.; Marlin Grant; Peter Johnson;
Debbie Miller, National Association of Home Builders; Louis Basich; Joseph Pinto;
George E. Vest, Jr.; and James Tinkcom, technical director of the Apprenticeship and
Training Department. Not present at time picture was taken were Preston Haglin
and Ollie Langhorst.
On December 3, 1980, two members of
Local 372, Lima, O., received journey-
man certificates for completing four-year
carpentry apprenticeship programs. From
left, they are Willie Banks, and William
Schroeder. Other Journeymen who were
eligible for certificates but were unable to
attend the ceremony include Harvey
Johnston, Chris Groh, and Tim Placie.
Schwertner Elected
Richard W. Schwertner, Radnor, Pa.,
was elected to a one-year term as presi-
dent of the General Building Contractors
Association, Inc. (GBCA) of Philadel-
phia, during the group's annual business
meeting, January 12.
Schwertner, presi-
dent of the C. H.
Schwertner & Son,
Inc. also has the
unique distinction of
being the first presi-
dent of GBCA whose
father, Charles H.
Schwertner, also
served as president
in 1948.
He served as co-
chairman of the International Joint Car-
pentry Apprenticeship Committee until
recently. He is well known to many of
the Brotherhood's apprenticeship and
training leaders for his activities on this
committee. Schwertner is also a member
of the National AGC Manpower and
Training Committee, serves on the board
of directors of the construction com-
puter company, and serves on the board
of directors and as secretary/treasurer of
the Irwin & Schwertner Company.
Schwertner
Apprentice Grads, Red Bank
The members shown above have received their journey-
man's certificates for successfully completing four years of
apprenticeship in Local 2250 of Red Bank, N.J. First row, left
to right, Alvin C. Birkner, president; Thomas Sola, Raymond
Aufiero, and Charles E. Gorhan, financial-secretary and J.A.C.
secretary. Second row, left to right, James A. Kirk, Jr.,
business agent and J.A.C. chairman, and Robert Guffanti. Not
present: Herbert S. Abrecht.
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Cicero,
CICERO, ILL.
On November 25, 1980, Millwright Local
1693 conducted its annual pin presentation
ceremony for members with 25 years of
service to the brotherhood.
Honored members, pictured in the accom-
panying photograph, included, front row, from
left to right: Ralph Scheffler, Steve Ratkovich,
Raymond Johnson, Peter Willett, Kenneth
Rundle, James Anderson Jr., John Flanagan,
Basil Ward, Augusto Souza, Mack Longmire,
George Pomeroy, Donald Arnold, Edward Henk,
and Joseph Verdone.
Back row, from left to right: John Bailey,
recording secretary; W. Bud Mine, business
manager; William Gundich, financial secretary;
William Cook, vice president, Chicago District
Council; and Earl Oliver, president and business
representative of Local 1693.
Service
Te
TIm
BreHieriieed
A gallery of pictures showing some of the senior members of the Broth-
erhood who recently received pins for years of service in the union.
KOKOMO, I NO.
On December, 11, 1980, Local 734 held a
special meeting to present service pins to the
following long-term members, as seen in the
accompanying photograph:
Front row, from left to right: Mansford
Fleenor, 25-yrs.; Raymond Hanger, 35-yrs.;
Robert Kincaid, 30-yrs.; and John Slusher,
35yrs.
Back row, from left to right: Carl Thurston,
30-yrs.; Charles Samuels, 30-yrs.; Clayton
Myers, 25-yrs.; and Albert Biehle, 25-yrs.
WINNIPEG, MAN.
Local 343 recently presented service pins
to its senior members. In the accompanying
picture are, front row: Peter Svaling and
Albert Roy, 40-year members, and, back row,
Ed Wozniak and Frank Thomas, 20-year pins,
Morris Franco, 25-year pin, and Donald
Plowman and Philip Hoch, 30-year pins.
The following also received pins but were
not present for the ceremonies:
20-year: Steven Baljkas and Theodore Halma.
25-year: Arthur Morton, Ted Jackson and
Norman Scholz.
30year: George Cornwell, Andre Daeninck,
Harry Dean, Stan Johnson and Nick Pasichnyk.
35-year: William Adolphe, E. Hedberg, Joe
Hrechany, L. E. McMillan, Enoch Overgaard,
F. A. Tamblyn and R. H. Zeemel.
40-year: Gust Betke, T. Danielson, Eric
Eastman, Richard Johnson and Ben Korman.
60-year: James Clark.
Kokomo, Ind.
Winnipeg, Man.
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THE CARPENTER
MIAMI, FLA.
Local 993 recently held its annual service
pin ceremony, and E. Jimmy Jones, state
representative, made the presentations. In
addition, County Commissioner William Oliver,
a member of Local 727, presented 75-year
member William Koch a proclamation from the
mayor's office declaring November 7 "William
Koch Day." The following members received
pins.
Picture No. 1 shows, front row, from left to
right: Charles R. Brandt, 25-years; Vernon
Lilley, 25-years; Joseph Nimeth, 30-years; and
George Fischer, 30-years.
Back row, from left to right: Frank Flori,
30-years; and Marvin Tibbets, 30-years.
Picture No. 2 shows 35-year members, front
row, from left to right: Leroy P. Moore, Milton
E. Cannon, Jr., Otto Zinkel, and Ulrich Jordan.
Back row, from left to right: Lauri H.
Suominen, and Ben G. Dodds.
Picture No. 3 shows 40-year members, front
row, from left to right: J. E. Bumgarner, Edwin
L. Clark, Walter E. Enholm, and Lee E.
Etheredge.
Back row, from left to right: A. T. Mclntyre,
Jr., Pedro M. Perera, and Richard R. Powers.
Picture No. 4 shows, from left to right: Al
Scheidegger, 55-years; Joe Jereb, Jr., 45-years;
Louis Arnoff, 45-years; and Theodore Maurer,
45-years.
Picture No. 5 shows local and state officers,
from left to right: K. A. Berghuis, local presi-
dent; E. Jimmy Jones, state representative;
William Koch, 75-year member; William Oliver,
county commissioner and member of Local 727;
and Kenneth F. Pekel, financial secretary.
BATON ROUGE, LA.
In November, 1980, Local 1098 held its third
annual 25-year membership awards banquet at
the Knights of Columbus Hall in Baton Rouge.
Members, officers, and their wives enjoyed a
dinner and awards ceremony, and Financial
Secretary E. J. Ardoin made the presentations.
Members who received pins were, front row,
from left to right: R. P. Zito, John T. Weems,
William P. Smith, Thomas E. Murray, and
Clifton P. Borne.
Back row, from left to right: Johnnie Viola,
H. W. Midkiff, Jr., L D. Milton, Jr., James L
Pierce, Felton J. Juge, and Jack Guillman.
Members who received awards but were not
present for the photograph included: John 0.
Miami, Fla. — Picture No. 1
Miami, Fla. — Picture No. 2
Miami, Fla. — Picture No. 3
Miami, Fla. — Picture No. 5
Lima, O. — Picture No. 2
Miami, Fla. — Picture No. 4
Ardoin, Welman Babin, Ed J. Gross, Floyd A.
Miller, Tony Monteleone, Shirley Reeder,
Richard Roddy, Jr., George Schexnayder, E. W.
Vincent, and Walt D. Watson.
LIMA, O.
On December 3, 1980, Local 372 held a
recognition meeting in honor of its long-
standing members. At the ceremony, the
following members received honors.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, from
left to right: former Business Representative
Robert Wallace, Don Ramga, Ed Talboom, Don
Woods and past President William Thomas.
Picture No. 2 shows 35-year members, from
left to right: Elvin Pepple, and Carl Markley.
Members who received pins but were not
present for the ceremony were: 25-year
members Melvin Boop, Darrell Gratz, Robert
Henderson, Roy Spears, and Kenneth
Ziegenbusch; 35-year members Cy Huelsman,
and Dick Risser.
Carpenter by trade — yon could size a
log for its strength, the run of its grain
for beauty, the cut of the wood for
durability. In the same scrutiny you
fathomed the souls of men.
Lima, O. — Picture No. 1
Baton Rouge, La.
MARCH, 1981
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NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO.
The 1980 Christmas Party of North Kansas
City Carpenters Local 1904 was held on
schedule, and long-time members received
veterans badges from Carpenters District
Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer Virgil
Heckathorn. From the left in the picture, with
number of years of membership indicated are
Charles Munkers (45), Duane Howard (35),
Charles Wilson (35) (in back row), Henry L.
Brown (35), John Spotts (30), Heckathorn, Gene
Myers (25) (behind Heckathorn), Robert Berg
(30), John Dibben (25), Melvin Grossman (20),
H. L. Keck (35) and Joseph Craven (30).
(BEACON Photo)
HARRISBURG, PA.
At a meeting on December 8, 1980, Local
287 held its annual recognition night. Robert
H. Getz, local union president and Keystone
District Council secretary, presented service
pins to the following 25-year members:
Front row, from left to right: Ellis Dumas,
James C. Heiser, B. Donald Kauffman, Neal
Cleland, Robert I. Newmyer, and Roy S. Roush.
Back row, from left to right: Ralph S.
Klinepeter, Jack G. Zehring, Elmer F. Faus,
Isabel McNaughton, William Cressler, Samuel W.
Rowe, Howard S. Wise, and John A. Boeshore.
DENVER, COLO.
On November 8, 1980, Local 55 held a dinner
in honor of its long-term members. Those
members who received pins are pictured in the
accompanying photographs.
Picture No. 1 shows, from left to right: Vice
President Bobby Schlegel, Financial Secretary
Larry L. Vincent, and 70-year member George
Peterson.
Picture No. 2 shows 55-year members, from
left to right, Calvin Kennedy and Floyd Wood.
Picture No. 3 shows, front row, from left to
right: Vaughn Reneau, 25-yrs.; George Lydic,
25-yrs.; John Carpenter, 25-yrs.; Lee Parker,
25-yrs.; Floyd Wood, 55-yrs.; Calvin Kennedy,
55-yrs.; John Paterson, 25-yrs.; Wayne Bush,
25-yrs.; John Beck, 25-yrs.; Pete Trujillo,
25-yrs.; and William Schaedel, 25-yrs.
Back row, from left to right: Leslie M.
Prickett, business representative; Larry L.
Vincent, financial secretary; Carl Coffee, 25-
Denver, Colo. — Picture No. 3
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North Kansas City, Mo.
Harrisburg, Pa.
yrs.; M. E. Carey, 25-yrs.; Robert G. Sheriff,
25-yrs.; Bill Hinrichs, 25-yrs.; Norman Forville,
25-yrs.; Larry Hahn, 25-yrs.; Ray Mulder,
25-yrs.; Tom Harshman, 25-yrs.; Dick Bednar,
25-yrs.; Ralph Mulder, 25-yrs.; Joe Chambers,
25-yrs.; George Larson, 25-yrs.; Ron Frick,
25-yrs.; William E. Turner, 25-yrs.; Bernie
Hixon, 25-yrs.; Alfred Gurule, 25-yrs.; Frank
Clerkin, 25-yrs.; and Bobby Schlegel, vice
president.
Denver, Colo. — Picture No. 1
Denver, Colo. — Picture No. 2
New Orleans, La. — Picture No. 1
New Orleans, la. — Picture No. 2
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
On October 25, 1980, Pile Drivers Local
2436 held its sixtii annual retired tnembers
banquet and presented pins to the following
longtime members:
Picture No. 1 shows W. R. Abney, left,
receiving a 4G-year pin from Financial
Secretary L. B. Desadier.
Picture No. 2 shows, front row, from left to
right: E. R. Foreman; retired member of Local
438, Mobile, Ala., Elbert Gibson; Financial
Secretary L. B. Desadier; Dominic Angelo;
Michael Tripl(ovich; and Anthony Tresel(.
Back row, from left to right: Maurice
Navilhon; Amery Englade; W. R. Abney; A. J.
Fortmayer; Jessie Ballard; William Moore;
James Moorman; Arthur Serpas; Guy Singletary;
Frank Foret; George Duvic; Norman Blanchard;
A. H. Fraychineaud; and Noah Hano.
CHICAGO, ILL.
Local 1 held a special meeting on
November 12, 1980, to honor those members
with 25 and 50 years of membership in the
Carpenters' Union.
Pictured are, front row, from left to right:
Elmer Rasmussen, Matt Loda, Richard
Kuzniarek, William E. Strzelec, James Mannella,
Sr., and Eugene Schellenberger.
Back row, from left to right: John Mancini,
vice president; Jay Garnett, financial secretary;
William Vollmer, conductor; Casimir Vrasic,
trustee; John Coughlin, trustee; Fred Dykstra,
warden; Ken Kinney, business agent, and
Augie Vollmer, president.
Honored members who were unable to attend
the ceremony include: 25-year members
William Baumgartner, Jack Baureis, Walter
Bielak, Robert Cunat, Guy Devereaux, Edwin
H. Kalanke, Frank Knopfhart, Peter Kontas,
Edgar Kukuk, John H. Matz, John C. Plettau,
Erich F. Puchner, and Joseph P. Rybak. 50-year
members: Anders Elveton and Frank Froehlich.
CLEVELAND, O.
At a recent presentation of service pins,
Local 182 honored its longtime, 85-year-old
member, Charles Herczog, for 65 years of
continuous service in the Carpenters' Union.
Pictured in the accompanying photograph are,
from left to right: Warden Ted Maleski, 65-year
member Charles Herczog, and President
Harry Simon.
Chicago, III.
RED BANK, N.J.
At its regular Christmas meeting, December
8, 1980, Local 2250 presented 25-year service
pins to the members shown in the accompany-
ing photograph.
First row, left to right, James A. Kirk, Jr.,
business representative; Frank Fazekas,
Joseph Layland, William Krause, and Charles
E. Gorhan, financial secretary. Second row,
left to right, Alvin C. Birkner, president;
William Ehrig, and William Krott.
Those not present: Herbert Abrecht, Sr.,
Earl Anderson, Donald Davison, Robert Fox,
Arne Hansson, H. Lee Kirkpatrick, William
Layton, John Leach, and Stanley Ozoroski.
GRANITE CITY, ILL.
The Brotherhood takes its hat off to Bob
Neblett of Local 633, Granite City, III.
Originally initiated into Local 377, Alton, III.,
in July, 1936, he is now the oldest living
member of Local 633. He has spent many years
working as a rig foreman for Raymond Inter-
national Piledriving, and has worked in as
many as 30 states.
Cleveland, O.
Red Bank, N.J.
Granite City,
MARCH, 1981
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PHOENIX, ARIZ.
On October 27 and 28, 1980, Local 1089
held its annual pin presentation ceremony. It
was the first year that the Local gave pins to
members with from 25 to 65 years of service,
and, therefore, the ceremony had to be split
into two meetings. The following members
were honored.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left to right: H. F. "Rocky"
Shackelford, Richard Aguayo, Bert R, Baker,
and Milford Belcher.
Back row, from left to right: W. T. Springer,
Louis A. Mills, and Thomas D. Leinenveber.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, front
row, from left to right: Elmer L. Stewart, Andy
Curry, Harvey Watkins, James Creech, Robert
Wenzel, Richard Weigle, Carwin E. Rogers,
Norman Schalk, and Jack Mitchell.
Second row, from left to right: John Halladay,
Thomas Zailaha, Peter Krawchuk, Carl
Christensen, C. H. Caylor, S. H. Humble, Alfred
Califano, Art loll, Joe Kellwood, C. S. Scotten,
and Joseph Houg.
Third row, from left to right: Donald
Shepard, Adolph Maldonado, Francis Jackson,
Wesley Cady, C. A. Cutsinger, Arthur Bradley,
Ray Lemons, Peter Pilles, Tom Kiefer, Ray
Garvin, Alvin Perkins, and Charles Rabe.
Back row, from left to right: Earl Kurtzman,
J. T. Wood, L. E. Nelson, H. F. Heydenreich,
Phoenix. Ariz. — Picture No. 1
Ora Hippie, James Claywell, Benjamin Baum,
Lyie McNeil, Floyd Burk, and Robert Chance.
Picture No. 3 shows 30-year members, front
row, from left to right: Nick Gallegos, Anthony
Hodor, Fred Melander, Howard Sterner, Ray
Hernandez, L. G. McLane, Harold McCombs,
Dean Curry, Louis G. Patton, and Clarence Gail.
Second row, from left to right: Orville W.
Handley, Jr., Esaw Long, L. A. Kurtzeman, Earl
Parks, Clarence Poth, Frank A. Reinprecht, Ray
Miller, Raymond Powell, Claude B. Stultz, and
Travis Grant.
Third row, from left to right: James West-
brook, Allan Wright, Walter Walden, Donald
Waggoner, Martin Nehrbass, Leo Browne, Kurt
Tradewald, Walter Williams, Julius Versteeg,
and John D. Childers.
Back row, from left to right: Judd Foss,
Albert Torzala, Joseph B. Martin, James A.
Triplett, Edward A. Davis, and Dennis Enright.
Picture No. 4 shows 30 and 35-year mem-
bers, from left to right: Arthur Bailey, Jr.,
30-years; Deno Petrucciani, 30-years; Kendrick
Thompson, 35years; Gordon Thoen, 30-years;
and Ralph Ellison, 30-years.
Picture No. 5 shows 35year members Roy
Longshore, seated, and from left to right, Harry
Mallory and Frank Maldonado, standing.
Picture No. 6 shows 35year members, front
row, from left to right: Herschel Atwood, Frank
Poindexter, Paul Orick, James B. Porter, Gordon
Hawkins, Leroy Bickel, Mark Minor, Arthur F.
Carlson, Roy G. Wood, Harvey Wilson, and
C. L. Richardson.
Second row, from left to right: Alfred
Henderson, Joseph Mellecker, Fayburn Johnson,
Heartsill Johnson, Charles Silas, Ben Futrell,
Jack Taylor, Frank Selich, L. L. Sanders, Nathan
Yarbrough, John Enloe, and E. M. Parker.
Third row, from left to right: Paul Terry,
Nick Pela, George Patsche, Frank Tetiva, J. R.
McGee, Seth Hughes, Earl Detherow, M. R.
LaBrash, Jacob Schriner, Virgil Haag, Charles
E. Hall, T. M. Busby, M. E. Arend, and Elmer
Artman.
Back row, from left to right: Ed 0. Martin,
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Phoenix, Ariz. — Picture No. 2
Phoenix, Ariz. — Picture No. 3
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THE CARPENTER
Fletcher Stewart, John Baker, Harold Baldwin,
George Hester, and Dale Baker.
Picture No. 7 shows 40-year members, front
row, from left to right: George Wheat, T. R.
Christian, Carl Anderson, Russell Dooley, L. W.
Butterfleld, Wesley Edwards, and A. Clark Fay.
Back row, from left to right: Morris
Christensen, James M. Bailey, Homer A. Cowan,
Vernon B. Brown, John D. Black, and John G.
Carlson, Jr.
Picture No. 8 shows 40 and 45-year mem-
bers, from left to right: L. J. Cleeton, 45-years;
H. R. Oswald, 40-years; George Vaughn,
45-years; Jerry Hofman, 45-yearSi and Cecil A.
Sheets, 45-years.
Picture No. 9 shows 65-year member Albert
Colder with local and district leaders. Front
row, from left to right: John F. Greene,
executive secretary-treasurer, Arizona State
Phoenix, Ariz. — Picture No. 4
District Council; and Albert Colder, 65-years.
Back row, from left to right: Joe Marto,
J. R. Boggs, Charles Byers, assistant business
representative; and Don Williams, financial
secretary.
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Phoenix, Ariz. — Picture No. 5
Picture No. 10 shows past officers, from left
to right: Ed Martin, former assistant business
representative; Ralph Ellison, former business
representative; and Jerry Hofman, former
financial secretary.
Phoenix, Ariz. — Picture No. 6
Phoenix, Ariz. — Picture No. 7
Phoenix, Ariz. — Picture No. 8
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Hicksville, N.Y.— Picture No. 1
Hicksville, N.Y.— Picture No. 2
HICKSVILLE, N.Y.
Local 1772 held a ceremony recently In
honor of its members who have served the
Brotherhood for 25 or 35 years. The following
members received awards:
Picture No. 1 shows 35-year members, front
row, from left to right: William Brenner,
and Marcus Armstrong.
Back row, from left to right: Walter
Gebhardt, president; Alex Worontsoff, Hans
Asdahl, Bjarne Carlson, Erik Isojoki, and
Ernest Dunekack, business representative.
Picture No. 2 shows 25-year members,
front row, from left to right: Anthony De-
Simmone, Edward Leverton, Adam Sesock,
Michael Traverse, Harole Hikingstadt, and
August Reinhardt.
Back row, from left to right: Walter
Gebhardt, president; Maignois Viksna, James
Bucholz, James Yeazitzis, George Esernie,
Thorvald Kvelland, Walter McCord, and
Ernest Dunekack, business representative.
KANSAS CITY, KANS.
Thirty-year members of Kansas City, Kansas,
Carpenters Local 168 were honored at the
union's Christmas Party. Veterans pins were
presented by Carpenters District Council
Executive Secretary Virgil Heckathorn. Receiv-
ing the awards in Picture No. 1 were, from the
left, front row, L. E. Huffines, Chet E. Rosweicz,
Gordon Haggard, James R. Burnett, C. D.
Matney and Harold Davis. Second row, E. L.
Hoegler, Harold Kahle, Heckathorn, Richard L.
Burnett, Paul Dahlin and Al Colnar. In the rear,
Ed Musil, Sr.
Photo No. 2 — Receiving 35-year member-
ship pins at the Christmas Party of Local 168
were, from the left, Al Leiker, Sr., Raymond C.
Green, Carpenters District Council Executive
Secretary Virgil Heckathorn, who presented the
badges; Vic Powers, Lawrence Tharp, Joseph
L. Gragush and John Paduch.
Photo No. 3 — Twenty five-year pins, were
presented at the Carpenters Local 168
Christmas Party, by District Council Executive
Secretary Virgil Heckathorn. From the left,
front row, Carl C. Calvert, Richard Chushuk,
Sid Breshears, Ronald Acton and L. E.
Stevenson. Back row, F. W. Basch, Harold
Haberlein, Heckathorn, Dwayne Follin, Bill
Verbenec and Jim Bray. (BEACON Photos)
MADISON, N.J.
At an annual Christmas party held on
December 16, 1980, George Laufenberg,
president of Local 620, presented 25-year
service pins to the following dedicated
members:
Front row, from left to right: Dom Pennella,
Joseph Anfuso, Dom Marangi, John Laden, and
Clinton Weeks.
Back row, from left to right: Joseph Sarno,
William Ramsey, President George Laufenberg,
Lemuel Klaus, Walter Terry, and Robert
MacMillan, Jr.
Kansas City, Kans. — Picture No. 1
Kansas City, Kans. — Picture No. 2
Kansas City, Kans. — Picture No. 3
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Madison, N.J.
THE CARPENTER
The following list of 806 deceased members and spouses repre-
sents a total of $1,002,890.17 in death claims paid for December.
Local Union, City
1, Chicago, IL — Clifford K. Genge, John
Matz.
2, Cincinnati, OH — Frank C. Poore, Albert
G. Rudler, Mrs. Herman Woessner.
4, Davenport, lA — James O. Wren.
5, St. Louis, MO — Lawrence F. Niemeier,
Eusebius (A.E.) Pappert, William C.
Rohlfing.
9, Buffalo, NY— Mauno H. Nicander.
10, Cliicago, IL — Mrs. Walter J. Buttny.
11, Cleveland, OH — Joseph Cooke, Mrs. Ed-
win Kephart, Martin Kilcoyne, John
Stawicki.
12, Syracuse, NY — Louis L. Costa, Warren
E. Dingman, Charles A. Ridgeway.
13, Chicago, IL^David Mulchrone.
14, San Antonio, TX — Elpedio G. Viera.
15, Hackensack, NJ— Wilfred M. Baker, Jr.
19, Detroit, MI — John McCloskey, Elmer
M. Pearson, Archie E. Trudell.
20, New York, NY— John Holmberg, Teodor
"William" Laivo.
21, Chicago, IL — Joseph A. Gabrick.
22, San Francisco, CA— Ralph W. Cornell,
Henry Klemm, Herman Koepff, Knute
Vestre.
26, East Detroit, MI — Raymond A. Froeh-
lich, Richard H. Miskiewicz, Ewald
Mundt, Marvin E. Richiert, Louis F.
Shackel, Albert C. Weilandt.
31, Trenton, NJ — Joseph Fiori, Nicholas P.
Schreier.
32, Springfield, MA — Marcel C. Boisvert,
Winston E. Hale.
33, Boston, MA — Benjamin Brodsky.
34, Oakland, CA— Mrs. Halvor R. Halvor-
sen, Arthur C. Hoag.
35, San Rafael, CA — William B. Lawrence,
Roy E. Olson, Mrs. Herman L. Perry.
40, Boston, MA — Mrs. George L. Mclver,
Donald W. McLean.
44, Champaign, IL — Joseph C. Shoemaker.
47, St. Louis, MO— Walter C. Siebelts.
48, Fitchburg, MA — Robert Erickson.
50, Knoxville, TN— Arnold S. Lyle, Earl N.
McBee, Hillery A. Sharp.
51, Boston, MA — Clarence H. Carver, David
M. Simison.
54, Chicago, IL — Adolph Vesely, Mrs.
Charles A. Zelibor.
55, Denver, CO — Ernest A. Cornelius.
56, Boston, MA— Mrs. Paul B. Dolan.
58, Chicago, IL — Idar Andersen, Bienvenido
Gonzalez, Johannes Hjellen, Mauritz
Johnson, Nels A. Johnson, Kenneth M.
Monson, Olaf B. Munson, Mrs. Ruben
Wicklund.
60, Indianapolis, IN — Mrs. Norman J.
Pitcher.
61, Kansas City, MO — John Carson Blanton,
Robert O. Dupus, Walter A. Kronhart.
62, Chicago, IL — Benjamin Apato, Sr.
64, Louisville, KY— Jacob C. Beck, Sr.
67, Boston, MA — Thomas Grieve, Jr., Philip
Lapenta.
69, Canton, OH— Mrs. Hector Burelli, Mrs.
Harold R. Hunsicker, Sr.
73, St. Louis, MO — John L. Kovach, Mrs.
George C. Leonard.
80, Chicago, IL — Frederick Koeppel, Her-
man M. Koop, David P. Schwabe.
81, Erie, PA— Lewis H. Sigworth.
85, Rochester, NY — Benedict J. Bazaar.
87, St. Paul, MN— Arthur Abbott, Janis A.
Bergs, Frederick E. Boyd, Mrs. Ray-
Local Union, City
mond E. Caldwell, Helmer E. Gustaf-
son, Ronald V. McGuire, Leighton A.
Stone.
89, Mobile, AL — Mrs. John F. Gilcrease.
90, Evansville, IN — George K. Batteiger,
John S. Fisher.
91, Racme, WI— Clifford Monefeldt, Peter
A. Poulsen, Mrs. Peter Thellefsen.
93, Ottawa, Ont., Canada — Simon Oscar
Duguay, Mrs. Yvon Melanson.
94, Providence, RI — Mrs. Felix A. Cola-
vecchio, Eugene Kalafarski, Mrs. Alcide
Lessard.
95, Detroit, MI— Frank Szyszka.
98, Spokane, WA— Charles F. Goodman,
Harold E. Howerton.
99, Bridgeport, CT— Mrs. Frank Condo
Alwin Knecht, Mrs. Russell A. Smith.
101, Baltimore, MD — Lawrence A. Burks,
Theophile Darchicourt, Sr.
102, Oakland, CA— Mrs. Paul V. Woofter.
103, Birmingham, AL — William A. Hipp, Jr.
104, Dayton, OH— Eldon Williams.
105, Cleveland, OH— Sol Burstein, Carl
Hartman.
106, Des Moines, lA — Thorstein B. Aschim,
Robert Gilmore.
110, St. Joseph, MO— Jacob McKay, Ken-
neth V. Wilson.
111, Lawrence, MA — Mrs. Philip Lacroix,
Jr.
117, Albany, NY — Joseph Bongiorno.
121, Vineland, NJ — Larry LaRosa.
122, Phila., PA — Joseph Graham, Mrs. Hor-
ace C. Hays, Mrs. John Hubert.
129, Hazleton, PA — Maurice DeLorenzo,
Mrs. George Lohrke.
131, Seattle, WA — John M. Clausen, Ernest
L. Peterson.
132, Washington, DC— John B. Czapp, Guy
S. Hesselgesser, Alan Maldonado, Wil-
liam H. Murray, Anthony D. Sundy.
134, Montreal, Que., Can. — Leopold Dene-
ault, Ernesto Mazzella, Frank R. Moses,
Alfred Potvin.
135, New York, NY— John Concellieri, Wil-
liam Ettus, Herman Moskowitz, Mrs.
Carlo Tedesco.
142, Pittsburgh, PA— Walter Burnett, Mrs.
Peter Crissman, Norbert Lauth, Israel
Samuel.
144, Macon, GA — Mrs. Aubrey T. Kitchens.
161, Kenosha, WI — Norman E. Gustaveson,
Mrs. Louis G. Hillesland.
162, San Mateo, CA — Ernest R. Chenier,
Milton A. Finlof, George E. Gustafson.
163, Peekskill, NY— Oscar J. Williams.
169, E. St. Louis, IL — Joseph W. Barnes,
Sr., Adolph E. Geaschel.
176, Newport, RI — Faye S. Foss.
180, Vallejo, CA— John Davis, Jr., Mrs. Wil-
liam T. Sublett.
181, Chicago, II^Anton Habetler, Olaf
Olsen, Raymond N. Phebus.
182, Cleveland, OH— Delmar K. Mercer,
Walter H. Rittmeyer.
183, Peoria, IL — Charles R. Baldwin.
184, Salt Lake City, UT— Earl H. Green,
Lionel L. Longson.
189, Quincy, IL— William R. Owen, Jr.
191, York, PA— Chester M. Strickler.
194, Oakland, CA— Mrs. Theodore R. Long-
mire.
198, Dallas, TX— Clyde D. Wooldridge.
199, Chicago, IL— Chester A. Lenart.
Local Union, City
200, Columbus, OH— Clarence Strait.
201, Wichita, KS— George M. Caudell.
210, Stamford, CT— Mrs. Domenick H. Cas-
sano, Eskil Walding.
211, Pittsburgh, PA— William F. Klein, Mrs.
Theodore Stormer, Bernhard W. Strunk,
George E. Thomas.
213, Houston, TX— Berndt F. Blomdahl,
Mrs. Lloyd D. Collins, Mrs. Escar E.
Grisson, Herbert W. Lange.
218, Boston, MA — Louis J. Baeta, Harold
LeGrow, Mrs. John Mulley, Mrs.
Thomas Richards, Mrs. Raymond I.
Sherman.
222, Washington, IN— Mrs. Lloyd S. Russell.
225, Atlanta, GA — Royce G. Brown, Henry
M. Council, James N. Mabry, Sr., Luke
S. Pinyan, Mrs. Harold B. Piper.
226, Portland, OR— Eric W. Becker, George
E. Brown, Arthur H. Strand, Mrs. Har-
vey R. Wick.
232, Ft. Wayne, IN— Lowell C. Craft.
235, Riverside, CA — George W. Jenkins,
Mrs. Anthony V. Sincavage.
244, Grand Junction, CO — Shirley E. Carey,
Ernest Hicks, Doris B. Striegel.
246, New York, NY— Giuliano Calavetta.
248, Toledo, OH— Ernest L. Gargac.
249, Kingston, Ont., Can.— Charles G. Ga-
dour.
257, New York, NY — Abraham Abraham-
son, Charles Benson, Ernest Medford,
Bernard S. Ryan.
261, Scranton, PA — Louis L. Domenick,
Michael Maceyko, Mrs. John Stets.
262, SanJose, CA— William J. Bothelo.
267, Dresden, OH— Ray R. Holton.
268, Sharon, PA— Paul E. Gill, John Good,
Jr.
272, Chicago Heights, IL — Mrs. Howard H.
Ware.
278, Watertown, NY — Henry A. Jackson.
280, Niagara-Genesee & Vic, NY— John S.
Corsaro.
281, Binghamton, NY— Rexford D. Baker,
George A. Gifford, Sr., John P. Morrow.
284, New York, NY— Van Bird, Ernest
Humphries.
286, Great Falls, MT— Noel Higgins.
287, Harrisburg, PA— William H. Beam,
Charles E. Harris.
292, Linton, IN — Max Kellams.
298, New York, NY— Gustave Bixner.
302, Huntington, WV— Ceybert J. Bias.
314, Madison, WI — Mrs. John B. Capitani,
Paul M. Jones, Joseph H. Paar.
316, San Jose, CA — Francisco (Frank) Jua-
rez, H. Edward Steele, Arthur Vehn.
317, Aberdeen, WA— Jone C. Webb.
325, Paterson, NJ — Anthony L. Avolio.
329, Oklahoma City, OK— George T. Dykes,
Robert F. Livesay, Edgar L. Payton,
Perry W. Prickett.
337, Detroit, MI— Woodrow G. Besonen, Sr.,
Eli S. Waldahl.
338, Seattle, WA— William L. Bigelow.
341, Chicago, IL — Frank A. Kruse.
345, Memphis, TN — James E. Brents, Scott
F. Jones, Tate M. McConnell.
347, Mattoon, IL — Allen R. Hutchings.
355, Buffalo, NY— Daniel E. Horvatits.
356, Marietta, OH— John C. Bleakley.
360, Galesburg, IL — Clarence E. Rockhold,
Harold R. Stites.
361, Duluth, MN— John W. Swanson.
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Local Union, City
362, Pueblo, CO — Fermin Cortinaz.
366, New York, NY— Egidio Auletta, Guil-
der Gunderson, Osten O. Hansen, Wolf
Rubin, Mrs. Morris Sacks.
377, Alton, IL — Mrs. Henry Jacobs, St.,
Mrs. Elvin J. Trendley.
383, Bayonne, NJ — Paul Press.
384, Asheville, NC— Roy W. Corn.
385, New York, NY— Mrs. Luigi Mennella.
400, Omaha, Neb. — Ernest Sundberg, Sr.
403, Alexandria, LA — James H. French.
404, Lake Co. & Vic, OH— Frank T.
Granger.
405, Miami, FL — Adelbert E. Sampson.
406, Bethlehem, PA — Nicholas Niceforo.
410, Ft. Madison, lA— Ralph Alter, William
T. Diviney.
411, San Angelo, TX — John O. Cameron.
413, South Bend, IN— Joseph Lee, Sr.
414, Nanticoke, PA — Mrs. John Buczewski.
416, Chicago, IL — Anton Seda.
417, St. Louis, MO — Frederick C. Schelich,
Sr.
418, Greeley, CO— Omer L. Martin.
419, Chicago, II^-Gustav A. Rehfeld.
422, New Brighton, PA — Purdy A. Bruce.
424, Hingham, MA — Mrs. Joseph M.
Dooner, John M. Olden.
434, Chicago, IL — Anthony J. Neverdowsky,
Quido Stella, Leo T. VanHaren.
442, Hopkinsville, KY— Mrs. Gano E. Ladd.
452, Vancouver, BC, Can. — John Burton,
Clifford D. Hanson, Steven Katanchik,
Mrs. Hugo Lindroos, Joseph G. Turco.
453, Auburn, NY— Milton B. Testa.
454, Philadelphia, PA — Peter Kosteleski.
460, Wausau, WI — Raymond A. Jesse.
468, New York, NY— John M. Gleason.
469, Cheyenne, WY— Danny K. DeVore,
Myrl A. Young.
470, Tacoma, WA— Roy T. Barwell, Steve
Franko, Mrs. Cedric Jopp.
475, Ashland, Mass. — Eugene H. Kidderis.
482, Jersey City, NJ — Salvatore Ciacciarelli.
483, San Franci.sco, CA — Benjamin F.
Ostrowski, Julio Pera, Mrs. Ernest B.
Winkler.
490, Passaic, NY— George Collura.
494, Windsor, Onl., Can.— Mrs. John Cock-
burn, Nickolaus Dotterman.
495, Streator, IL— Mrs. Gustaf V. Bengtson.
503, Lancaster & Depew, NY— Wallace J.
Horst.
504, Chicago, IL— Mrs. Val Ginter, Nello
Lenzi.
514, Wilkes Barre, PA— Ellis Womelsdorf.
526, Galveston, TX — Ernst T. Hermann, Sr.
538, Concord, NH— Mrs. Clarence Holm-
gren, Russell J. McCauley.
540, Holyoke, MA— Peter Gazzillo.
541, Washington, PA— Leroy C. McCoy,
Mrs. Ralph B. Thomas.
543, Maniaroneck, NY — Mrs. Frank Costa,
Sr.
548, St. Paul, MN— Stanley R. Taft.
562, Everett, WA— William L. Gildroy.
583, Portland, OR— Andrew L. Miller.
586, Sacramento, CA — Mrs. Elmo E. Sea-
burg.
595, Lynn, MA— Donald R. Hayward.
596, SI. Paul, MN— James M. Beckius, Mrs.
Elmer A. Boman, Ralph L. Shopek.
599, Hammond, IN— Alfred P. Jenkins.
602, St. Louis, MO— Robert L. DuFaux.
608, New York, NY— Joseph Novak, Otto
Zimmerman.
610, Port Arthur, TX— Francis X. Stiefel, Sr.
614, Elkins, WV— Arthur G. Cooper, Ken-
neth C. Gainer.
617, Alexandria, MN — Ervin P. Petersen.
620, Madison, NJ — Carl A. Broholm. James
Lobello, Mrs. Steven Lundell, Sr.
Local Union, City
622, Waco, TX— Jake C. Sullenberger, Mrs.
Otto Sullenberger, Richard D. Taylor.
623, Atlantic Co., NJ— Howard R. Bensel,
Sr., Raymond W. Leek, Philip T. Miller,
John Weir.
627, Jacksonville, FL — Thomas Sheehy.
637, Hamilton, OH— Harold O. Hiler.
639, Akron, OH — Joseph L. Stubbs, George
W. Ward.
641, Fort Dodge, lA— Mrs. Lloyd Tullis.
657, Sheboygan, WI — Mrs. Frank Musil,
Mrs. Roland C. Pearce.
661, Ottawa, IL— Mrs. Elwood D. Swift, Jr.
665, Amarillo, TX— John S. Birkenfeld, Mrs.
Tommy R. Rigdon.
668, Palo Alto, CA— Mrs. Willis L. Best,
Mrs. Winfred H. Haynes.
669, Harrisburg, IL — Mrs. Loren C. Whiting.
674, Mt. Clemens, Ml — John Hand, Stephen
J. Mason.
696, Tampa, FL — Mrs. Donald M. Snow.
701, Fresno, CA — Mrs. Earl R. James.
710, Long Beach, CA — Mrs. Emilio Ramirez,
Irvan J. Schwartz.
714, Olathe, KS— John G. Kurtz.
721, Los Angeles, CA — Mrs. Kenneth O.
Sageman, William Weber.
722, Salt Lake City, UT— Martin G. Her-
inger, Elton S. McDaniel.
727, Hialeah, FL— Eary D. Pauley.
739, Cincinnati, OH — Raymond Dietz, Vess
T. House.
740, New York, NY— Mrs. Carl Meyers.
745, Honolulu, HI— Albert Abellira, Yutaka
Kawabata, Susumu Nakanishi.
747, Oswego, NY — James E. Little.
751, Santa Rosa, CA— LaVere D. Schell-
dorf.
753, Beaumont, TX — Mrs. Bennie E. Hucka-
bay.
764, Shreveport, LA— Paul C. Mitchell, Jr.,
Clarence C. Powell, Hugy D. Snider.
772, Clinton, lA — Ervin F. Nixon.
781, Princeton, NJ— Mr. & Mrs. Rezeau B.
HuUfish.
787, New York, NY— Hans K. Olsen,
Howard Ryen.
792, Rockford, IL — Carl J. Anderson, Gun-
nard C. Clauson, Gasper T. Lucido,
Mrs. Benjamin F. Pugh.
801, Woonsocket, RI— Paul A. Parenteau.
819, W. Palm Beach, FI^-Rubin Osburn,
Goodman F. Swensen.
821, Springfield, NJ — Giuseppe Del Guercio.
836, Janesville, WI— Clayton Wagner.
839, Des Plaines, IL — Edward B. Kaiser, Sr.,
Peter P. Maniscalle.
841, Carbondale, IL— Stanley J. Dudek.
844, Reseda, CA — John Q. Lanham.
845, Delaware County, PA — Mrs. Andrew
Dower.
849, Manitowoc, WI — Mrs. Arno Gosse.
857, Tucson, AZ — Harold E. Lyons.
870, Spokane, WA — Julius A. Schuback, Jr.
889, Hopkins, MN— Amos A. Reynolds,
Russell Sturman.
893, Grand Haven, MI— Royal Sauers.
902, Brooklyn, NY — Gaetano Catalano, Mrs.
Joseph Gauch, Simon Gullestad, Alex
Livingston, Cosimo Simone.
904, Jacksonville, IL — Harry L. Drake, Wil-
liam D. Drake.
906, Glendale, AZ— Harrison Woosley.
916, Aurora, IL — Leonard Wagner.
925, Salinas, CA — Mrs. Guadalupe A. Car-
dona, Mrs. Cecil Griffith, Dominador
Sagun, Sr.
940, Sandusky, OH— Arthur W. Hindley.
944, San Bernardino, CA — Victor Emanuel-
son, William P. Stewart, Earl W. Van-
Metre, Jacob J. Wiens.
Local Union, Cily
945, Jefferson City, MO — Lewis E. Moreau.
947, Ridgway, PA— Mrs. Sande Elia.
964, Rockland Co. & Vic, NY— Dewey E.
Hall.
965, DeKalb, IL— Mrs. Clarence Wales.
976, Marion, OH — James E. Calhoun.
978, Springfield, MO— Paul D. Pickering.
981, Petaluma, CA— Homer C. Calmer,
Norman Groepel.
982, Detroit, Mich.— Mrs. Floyd A. Lynch,
Lawrence B. Van de Car.
993, Miami, FL — Mrs. Alva S. Fox, Louis
Ephram Ouellet, Merl H. Wilson.
998, Royal Oak, MI— James N. DeLong,
John Wasylyna.
1005, Merrillviile, IN— Mrs. Andrew F.
Jakich, Sr., Chester W. Silver, Emil
Wyborn.
1006, New Brunswick, NJ — Russell Gray,
Jacob Stemmer.
1014, Warren, PA — Benjamin Schierer.
1016, Muncie, IN — Mrs. James R. Keller.
1033, Muskegon, MI — John A. Smith.
1050, Phila., PA— Christian "Giacomo"
Armellini, Michael Vannelli.
1052, Hollywood, CA— William E. Dean,
Columbus Dickey, Jesse W. Hunter,
Mrs. Robert Marlatt, Mitchell Weiss.
1053, Milwaukee, WI — Josef Rinnenbach.
1062, Santa Barbara, CA— Henry Stewart.
1072, Muskogee, OK— Efton M. Taylor.
1074, Eau Claire, WI— Henry F. Vahlen-
kamp.
1078, Fredericksburg, VA — Ray F. Coffey.
1079, Steubenville, OH— George E. Cook.
1084, Anglelon, TX— Eugene C. Field.
1089, Phoenix, AZ— John D. Beasley, Mrs.
Lonia J. Cleeton, Mrs. Leo Houston,
Antonio M. Maldonado, Mrs. Edward
M. Pederson, William L. Swanson.
1094, Corvallis, OR— Ruben Anderson.
1097, Longview, TX— Alton Davis, Henry
M. Morris.
1098, Baton Rouge, LA— Mrs. Tony Leva-
tino, Robert M. Savant.
1102, Detroit, MI— Charles R. Casey, Harry
H. Cruce, Charles S. Davis.
1108, Cleveland, OH— Mrs. Stanley LaSocha,
William J. Lear, Charles Pekarek.
1113, San Bernardino, CA — Robert D.
Strong.
1120, Portland, OR— Charles E. Finnegan,
Joseph C. Drauch.
1125, Los Angeles, CA — Frank Bergquist,
Mrs. Charles H. Orcutt.
1128, La Grange, II^Mrs. Ivan V. Hult-
man, Sr., Isaac E. Thurman.
1138, Toledo, OH— Emert Blasingame, Wen-
dell Cousino, Clarence Dye, Alfred E.
Gilliotte, Mrs. Harold Myers, Donald
Phillips, John Raster, Albert J. Reifert.
1140, San Pedro, CA— Mrs. Joseph A. Bour-
get, Samuel F. Durham, Arden R. Old-
field.
1142, Lawrenceburg, IN — Stanley B. Bonta.
1143, La Crosse, WI— Melvin Wisland.
1149, Oakland, CA— Clarence Furr.
1153, Yuma, AZ — Mrs. Aubrey L. Marshall.
1164, New York, NY— Eugene Berthold,
Walfred Johnson.
1184, Seattle, WA— Ragnor M. Dahl, Olof
A. Olson.
1204, Brooklyn, NY— David Altmark, Mrs.
Abraham Frommer.
1207, Charleston, WV — James Fazio, Harley
F. Siers.
1222, Medford, NY— Henning Edlund, Ralph
J. Kassner, Joseph F. Thousandberger.
1233, Hattiesburg, MS— Daniel M. Dunn.
1235, Modesto, CA — J. Arthur Quinn.
1240, Oroville, CA— Bolus Paul Murasko.
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Local Union, City
1242, Akron, OH— James W. Williams.
1243, Fairbanks, Alaska — Joseph Evans.
1251, New Westminster, BC, Can Leo
Godin.
1256, Sarnia, Out., Can.— Peter W. Boere.
1263, Atlanta, GA— J. C. Packer.
1266, Austin, TX — Joseph Mogonye.
1276, Arlington, TX— John H. Wade.
1280, Mountain View, CA — Mrs. Katsuji
Kawamura, Vernon E. Schaffer.
1281, Anchorage, AK — George F. Maher,
Thomas W. Moore.
1289, Seattle, WA— Chester Skinner, Frank
Sprague.
1292, Huntington, NY- Clarence W. Frankle.
1296, San Diego, CA — Oliver D. Daniels,
Orval S. Killingsworth, Wilmot J. Mc-
Cuddin, Mrs. Harvey McKaskle, Mrs.
Carl A. Re, Sr.
1301, Monroe, MI — Enos Brooks, David A.
Stevenson.
1308, Lake Worth, FL— Toivo U. Nenonen.
1310, St. Louis, MO— William R. Albers.
1319, Albuquerque, NM — James R. Eggles-
ton, Joseph Trechel.
1325, Edmonton, AB, Can.— Walter R.
Barge.
1329, Independence, MO — Mrs. Maynard N.
Beal.
1333, State College, PA— Eldon R. Ilgen.
1337, Tuscaloosa, AL — Cecil F. Nunn.
1341, Owensboro, KV— Harry H. Leigh.
1342, Irvington, NJ — Mrs. Frank Apgar,
Cesare Polimeni.
1345, Buffalo, NY— Peter Then.
1351, Leadville, CO— William B. Thomas.
1365, Cleveland, OH — Mrs. Marion Czar-
necki.
1371, Gadsden, Al^William M. Pentecost.
1379, North Miami, Fl^William H. Brown.
1381, Woodland, CA— Elmer H. Siverts.
1386, St. John, NB, Can.— Frank Doiron.
1388, Oregon City, OR — Joseph Henkes.
1397, North Hempstead, NY — Joseph Kowal-
ski, Patrick J. Malloy.
1402, Richmond, VA— Edward L. Gravat,
Jr., Herbert P. Green, Jesse F. Norvell.
1407, San Pedro, CA— Odell R. Caruthers.
Henry Temmen.
1408, Redwood City, CA— John J. Kelly,
Orval C. Thogerson, Dane M. Tourville.
1421, Arlington, TX— Clifford R. Boone,
Menlo L. Shedd.
1427, Que., Que., Can. — Yvon Gagne.
1434, Moberly, MO — Mrs. Hubert Bowden.
1452, Detroit, MI — William Harold Brown.
1453, Huntington Beach, CA— Buryl Hem-
erick, Mrs. Juan E. Pantoja, Collis
Williams.
1456, New York, NY— Mrs. Richard Sala.
1461, Traverse City, MI— Edward Bolek,
Oliver E. Fashbaugh, Hollis Fox, Mi-
chael C. Padgett.
1462, Bristol, PA— Albert R. Winterbottom.
1471, Jackson, MS— William T. Bassett, Mrs.
Edward T. McCain.
1478, Redondo Beach, CA— Orson R. Flick-
ner.
1480, Boulder, CO— Myron L. Werner.
1485, LaPorte, IN— Raleigh O. Burrus, Lindy
L. Coan, Edmund A. Zemrowski.
1487, Burlington, VT— Hugh A. B}ake.
1489, Burlington, NJ— Anthony H. Coviello.
1495, Chico, CA— Cyril R. Tierney.
1498, Provo, UT— George C. Higgins.
1506, Los Angeles, CA — Daniel E. Peterson,
Alexander Roseman.
1507, El Monte, CA— Mrs. Joseph H. Daven-
port.
1509, Miami, FL — Mrs. Louis J. Benoit,
John D. Wyner.
Local Union, City
1521, Algoma, WI— Gerhardt C. Guth, Emil
Suchoski.
1526, Denton, TX— Elbert D. Jones.
1529, Kansas City, KS— Volney F. Gilbert,
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne C. Rush, Joseph H.
Tebbe.
1535, Highland, IL — Elmer Augustin.
1536, New York, NY— Fethi Kancelik.
1539, Chicago, Il^-Charles Zlabis.
1540, Kamloops, BC, Can.— Oliver Wesley
Haugland.
1553, Los Angeles, CA — Dorothy Lee Brad-
ford, Gilberto Davila, Sr., Irene D.
Gasco, Eleanore S. McBride.
1564, Casper, WY— Mrs. Arthur Knesal,
Merle C. Whitehorn.
1571, San Diego, CA — Raymond A. Gou-
dreau, George J. Kosloski, Mr. & Mrs.
William L. Thomas.
1573, West Allis, WI— Mrs. Matthew M.
Poje.
1590, Washington, DC— Mrs. Robert B. Gar-
ner, Thomas E. Swindle.
1596, St. Louis, MO— Mrs. Ernest J. Yerke.
1599, Redding, CA— Mrs. William L. Wolfe.
1607, Los Angeles, CA — Floyd A. Etcheson,
Charles L. Young.
1615, Grand Rapids, MI — Louis J. Koperski.
1622, Hayward, CA— Mrs. John E. Chibante,
Joseph Benjamin Echols, Mrs. Harry
C. Engelstad, Leo K. Schiager, Henry C.
Vancil, Joseph D. West.
1632, San Luis Obispo, CA — Lenzie D.
Brooks, Edward J. Dyck, William Ken-
nedy, Dan Thorne.
1635, Kansas City, MO— Charles B. Adams.
1644, Minneapolis, MN — Arvo E. Wiitala.
1693, Chicago, IL — Mrs. James C. Bradley,
Robert J. Mason.
1707, Longview, WA— John H. Coldwell,
Dale V. Covel, Ervin W. Piper.
1715, Vancouver, WA — John E. Johnson,
Walter E. Nelson.
1733, Marshfield, WI— Lawrence W. Wund-
row.
1738, Hartford City, IN— Elizabeth F. Davis.
1741, Milwaukee, WI— Albert M. Ehl, Toivo
Maki, Mrs. Walter Umaske.
1746, Portland, OR— Pearl W. Tester.
1752, Pomona, CA — John M. Acosta, Sr.,
Richard E. Tilton.
1755, Parkersburg, WV — James M. Cokeley,
Harold V. Wilhelm.
1759, Pittsburgh, PA— Richard S. Sikora.
1771, Eldorado, IL— William E. Kerr.
1784, Chicago, IL — Arne J. Grastvedt.
1786, Chicago, IL — Mrs. William Naus.
1808, Wood River, Il^John H. McPike.
1811, Monroe, LA— Alfred A. Ricks, Rus-
sell D. Shelley.
1815, Santa Ana, CA— James S. Elliott.
1822, Ft. Worth, TX— Albert H. Green.
1835, Waterloo, lA — Arthur J. Thompson,
Jr.
1846, New Orleans, LA — William S. Barger,
Howard Douglas, Sr., John R. Ranch.
1849, Pasco, WA — Harold Thompson.
1861, Milpitas, CA — Logan J. Mathews.
1865, Minneapolis, MN — Carl O. Johnson.
1884, Lubbock, TX— Hugh D. Allen.
1889, Downers Grove, IL — George C. Hage-
man, Henry R. Hayes, Mrs. Joseph M.
Krause.
1897, Lafayette, LA— Jeff Theriot.
1913, San Fernando, CA— Scott S. Bartlett,
Mrs. Paul F. Landis, Vincent T. Rhea,
Eugene E. Snow.
1914, Phoenix, AZ — James Gibson, John T.
Sheehy, William E. Sheppard.
1916, Hamilton, Ont., Can. — Leslie Santa.
Local Union, City
1921, Hempstead, NY— Mrs. William Narr,
Maxim Palu.
1922, Chicago, II^-Adolph M. Olson.
1925, Columbia, MO— Wiley E. Basinger.
1930, Santa Barbara, CA— Mrs. David B.
Dalton.
1936, Lewistown, PA — Ward D. Narehood.
1959, Riverside, CA— Thomas C. Curd, Mark
L. Staub.
1963, Toronto, Ont., Can.— Petar Nodilo.
1987, St. Charles, MO— Mrs. Cecil Ward.
1993, Crossville, TN— Benjamin F. Norrod.
1996, Libertyville, II^-Donald R. Oman.
2004, Itasca, 11^— Donald E. DuBois.
2007, Orange, TX— John W. Mills, Estill O.
Phelps.
2020, San Diego, CA — Vicente O. Mascorro.
2039, Moncton, NB, Can.— Arthur Caissie.
2043, Chico, CA— Ralph L. Kain, Jr.
2045, Helena, AR— Floyd V. Flickner.
2046, Martinez, CA— Mrs. Edward M. Jor-
dan, Eugene J. Peterson.
2073, Milwauke, WI— Herbert E. Brown,
Roman L. Kochanski, Ellis P. Lucia.
2077, Columbus, OH— Harold F. Cirdosi,
Robert C. CHne.
2083, Red Wing, MN— Erwin J. Siewert.
2093, Phoenix, AZ^Mrs. William B. Clark.
2103, Calgary, Alta., Can. — Luka Pastulovic.
2155, New York, NY— Guido Cipollone,
John Preinsperger.
2201, Durant, OK— Herman A. Ronnfeldt.
2203, Anaheim, CA— Sherrill D. Williams.
2209, Louisville, KY— Robert P. Dyer.
2217, Lakeland, FL— Mrs. Thomas E. Mack-
lin.
2232, Houston, TX— Glenn T. Bynum.
2242, Lufkin, TX— Jacob S. Smith.
2250, Red Bank, NJ— Nicholas J. Harvey,
Charles R. LeCompte, Robert L. Megill,
John W. Stanley.
2264, Pittsburgh, PA— Edward F. Weller.
2265, Detroit, MI— Glenn A. Bearss.
2274, Pittsburgh, PA— Mrs. Joseph F. Ca-
puto.
2275, McMinnville, OR— Cecil Plake
2287, New York, NY— William Clarke, Wil-
bur W. Henningan, William Locantro.
2288, Los Angeles, CA — Mrs. Gus Lee Lyles,
Francisco J. Planas, Mrs. Max Schlocker.
2292, Ocala, FL— Andrew J. Taylor.
2308, Fullerton, CA— James L. Allen.
2309, Toronto, Ont., Can.— Mrs. Frank Mc-
Kay.
2310, Madisonville, KY— Wilbur J. Whitmer.
2313, Meridian, MS — Isaac C. Vincent.
2315, Jersey City, NJ— Wilfred R. Powell.
2323, Monon, IN — John A. Oliver.
2344, Merrill, WI— Mrs. Albert E. KJein-
schmidt.
2351, Rhinelander, WI— Richard L. Henry,
Sr.
2375, Wilmington, CA— Robert J. Cravens,
John Darbin, Elmer L. Pippin.
2396, Seattle, WA — Mrs. Ivar Johnson, Louis
Toft.
2410, Red Deer, AB, Can.— Mrs. Paul Dunk.
2416, Portland, OR— Mrs. Clyde B. Dorris.
2435, Inglenood, CA — Jacob Dormann, Mrs.
Lewis L. Sershon.
2498, Longview, WA — Fred L. Madsen.
2499,'Whitehorse7 YT, Can.— Roy C. Chir-
koski.
2519, Seattle, WA— Albert Godard.
2554, Lebanon, OR — Melvin E. Long.
2559, Oakland, CA— Charles S. Thone.
2564, Grand Falls, NF, Can William
Crann.
2601, Lafayette, IN— Lena H. Rice, Charles
H. Slayton.
2629, Hughesville, PA— Tracy R. Shaner.
2652, Standard, CA — Mrs. Fernando Stevens.
MARCH, 1981
37
IN MEMORIAM
Continued from Page 37
Local Union, City
2682, New York, NY— Henry Harke.
2693, Thunder Bay, Ont., Can.— Bernard N.
Arthurs.
2714, Dallas, OR— Alba J. Brown, Mrs. Wil-
liam A. Richter.
2761, McCleary, WA— Wales B. Dorrah. Al-
fred D. Peek, James R. Reynolds, Gar-
vin G. Sprayberry.
2767, Morton, WA — Ralph L. Armstrong,
Joseph W. Gorrell.
2794, Matloon, WI— Willard C. Mattmiller.
2805, Klickitat, WA— Ralph W. Stewart.
2816, Emmett, ID— Mrs. Harold K. Harnett.
2834, Denver, CO— David P. Dodd.
2848, Dallas, TX— Floyd W. Tidwell.
2880, Louisville, KY— John Paul Jones.
2881, Portland, OR— Orville R. Higgins,
Fred J. Johnson.
2882, Healdsburg, CA — Joseph Barber.
2902, Burns, OR— Woodrow Walline.
2907, Weed, CA— Edmond N. Byrd, Mrs.
Gary W. Turner.
3009, Grants Pass, OR— Maurice V. Rea-
soner.
3054, London, Ont., Can.— Gerald North-
cott.
3088, Stockton, CA— Benjamin P. Cooper.
3119, Tacoma, W A— Walt G. Thoma.
3128, New York, NY— Ralph Trotta.
3138, Nappanee, IN — John L. Rensberger.
3161, Maywood, CA — James E. McClendon,
Joe M. Salazar.
3182, Portland, OR— Horace W. Todd.
3210, Madison, IN — James E. Baker.
3223, Elizabethtown, KY— William A. Man-
ning, Youree N. Maxey.
3233, Richmond Hill, Ont., Can.— William
Rajala.
9042, Los Angeles, CA— Mrs. Arthur U.
Warner.
9073, St. Louis, MO — Lyman R. Foister.
Schools Broaden Study
Continued from Page 15
State education board, was instru-
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participation in labor issues. And a
joint program is under way in Detroit
schools to stimulate the interest of
high school students in labor studies
and to provide teachers with informa-
tion, materials and speakers on labor
topics. General Secretary John Rogers
has worked on these matters as a
member of the AFL-CIO Committee
on Education.
The Teachers' union has been active
on the national and local level to
encourage increased study of labor
issues.
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Approximately 125 deaths occur each
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and commercial divers in the US due to
diagnosed cases of gas embolisms (bub-
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sion sickness (commonly known as the
bends). In addition, many other deaths,
actually brought about by these same
causes, are misdiagnosed as drownings.
Unfortunately, many medical centers
do not have the facilities and many
physicians are not trained to handle
emergency diving situations. As a result,
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), the National
Institute of Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH), and the US Depart-
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Accident Network Hotline which will
provide emergency medical treatment for
underwater diving accident victims. The
project is an outgrowth of the United
Brotherhood-supported Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978
which mandated interagency cooperation
on diver safety.
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how to contact physicians who specialize
in underwater medicine and on how to
arrange for transportation to one of
seven US regional medical facilities that
are operating the Diving Accident Net-
work (DAN) program.
These seven centers have special de-
compression chamber facilities staffed
by physicians and technicians trained in
the diagnosis and treatment of diving
accidents. Data collected at these facili-
ties will be forwarded to Duke Uni-
versity for analysis.
The locations of and the people to
contact at the seven medical centers are
as follows:
Durham, N.C.
Dr. John N. Miller, Medical Director
(head of DAN)
National Diving Accident Network
Duke University Medical Center
(919) 684-4148
Seattle, Wash.
Dr. Robert D. Crawford
Virginia Mason Medical Center
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Dr. Edward L. Beckman
University of Hawaii Medical School
(808) 948-6405
Santa Barbara, Ca.
Dr. Paul C. Linaweaver, Jr.
Santa Barbara Medical Foundation
Clinic
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Milwaukee, Wis.
Dr. Eric P. Kindwall
St. Lukes Hospital
(414) 647-6388
New Orleans, La.
Dr. Keith W. Van Meter
Jo Ellen Smith Memorial Hospital
(504) 288-1940
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dr. Christian Lambertsen
University of Pennsylvania Institute
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IN CONCLUSION
mUST UIE POST
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THE OPPRESSED?
Immigration laws are flaunted;
employers ignore Green Cards;
counteraction is needed now!
In the early days of organized labor in North Amer-
ica it was common practice in labor journals such as
ours to publish lists of cities and towns where there
were oversupplies of unemployed workers.
The Carpenter Magazine published such "stay
away notices" so that Brotherhood members seeking
work would know that certain communities were
already overrun with unemployed journeymen.
It was a cruel trick of employers in those days to
publish in the newspapers of other cities advertise-
ments stating that such-and-such a city needed skilled
carpenters right away and that top wages would be
paid. When the carpenters arrived in town they dis-
covered to their dismay that they were victims of a
hoax, and that all the employer or employer associa-
tion wanted to do was create an oversupply of jobless
craftsmen in order to bring wages down.
There is a similar cruel and tragic hoax being
played on the US and Canadian people today by such
nations as Cuba, Vietnam, certain nations of the Mid-
dle East, and even some of our neighbors of Latin
America. They actually look the other way or encour-
age their citizens to emigrate to the United States and
Canada. As they see it, they'll have fewer mouths to
feed, while North America has welfare agencies which
will provide food and comfort and care for their popu-
lation surpluses.
Last year, the good-hearted Carter Administration
grasped at the opportunity to take in a flood of
Cubans fleeing Castro, and, thus, proclaim America's
humanitarian principles. It discovered, too late, that
the communist dictator had slipped in many undesir-
able criminals and some major hospital cases that the
Communist regime considered expendable.
Meanwhile, the Communist rulers of Vietnam
pushed "the boat people" out to sea, knowing full well
that Uncle Sam and other nations would come to their
rescue. In a few short months, settlements of Viet-
namese, mostly of Chinese extraction, have sprung up
in many parts of our land.
Along with such unexpected newcomers, have come
defectors from the USSR and from other totalitarian
states around the world, all seeking freedom and
opportunity.
With such large numbers of oppressed people
pounding at our doors or slipping through our fragile
continental barriers, the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service has been unable to do its job effectively.
Aliens in the United States are supposed to re-register
and tell of their whereabouts every January. Last
January the Immigration and Naturalization Service
ran out of official alien reporting forms! Because of
this, INS announced that it must "take a lenient view"
of unregistered aliens running around the country
"undocumented" this year.
The President's Management Improvement Coun-
cil, which was mandated to study the workings of INS,
reported recently that this problem-ridden federal
agency could slash its overtime costs nearly in half
with more planning and efficiency. It has long been
recognized by Congress that the US Border Patrol is
understaffed and ill-equipped to deal with the flood
of illegal aliens, much less the growing drug traffic
which also crosses our borders each day.
When we stand back and look at our situation, we
find that North America, today, is going through
another of its great waves of immigration.
Unfortunately, much of it, today, is illegal and, as
they say in the jargon of bureaucrats, counter-produc-
tive.
It was not like the immigration wave of the 1880's
when our United Brotherhood was formed. There was,
at that time, a flood of immigrants from Europe —
Irish escaping hunger and the Potato Famine, Russians
fleeing the Cossacks and the Czar, Germans and
Scandinavians seeking a promised land in the Middle
West. Although there was some opposition to the
great flood of immigrants at that time, immigration
was kept under control. Immigrants arrived by boat at
certain designated ports. They were checked for
literacy, for skills, for illnesses, and there was consid-
eration for family ties and welfare. As the immigrants
were assimilated into North American society, the
Brotherhood chartered local unions of German
carpenters, Italian carpenters, Yiddish-speaking
carpenters, and other ethnic units, until time and
attrition drew these new Americans into the main-
stream of the work force and they became productive,
tax-paying citizens.
Today's immigration is all tragically different. It is
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completely out of hand. US and Canadian borders and
ports seem like sieves, compared to our ramparts of
1881. Many aliens come to our shores today on the
pretext of becoming students, hoping all the while to
either marry gullible Americans or extend their tem-
porary visas indefinitely. During the 444 days of the
Iranian hostages' captivity, Americans discovered to
their surprise that there were thousands of Iranian
"students" in this country illegally.
Trade unions, through the years, have been friends
and helpmates to the oppressed of the world. The
United Brotherhood has an organizing slogan:
"Workers helping workers to better their lives." And
we abide by that slogan . . . but we, and our fellow
trade unionists of North America, are now about
ready to cry uncle and to admit that there are limita-
tions to that slogan on the Statue of Liberty about
giving us the tired and the oppressed.
We urge the Reagan Administration in the United
States and the Trudeau Administration in Canada to
take decisive counteraction ... to bring order out of
the current chaos:
These are our recommendations:
• Make it a legal and punishable offense for an
employer to hire illegal aliens. Aliens who enter the
US under work permits must have their Green Cards,
and there are limitations on their period of temporary
residence. Far too many unscrupulous employers
around the country are enticing aliens into North
America and employing illegal aliens under slave-
labor conditions, subjugating them to constant terror
of deportation. There are even members of the foreign
diplomatic corps hiding illegal aliens from their home
countries in their homes to perform domestic labor.
• Remove all unfair and unconstitutional quota
systems of ethnic employment, which deny qualified
workers jobs and encourage greater floods of illegal
ahens. Organized labor would not deny a job to a
qualified worker because of race or creed; neither
would it support harassment of a qualified majority
by an unqualified minority. We must continue to aid
the oppressed, but not at the expense of North Amer-
ican work standards.
• Beef up and update the Immigration and Natural-
ization Service and take national and international
politics out of its administration. Qualified immigrants
in many lands have been waiting for years to enter the
United States and Canada, while less qualified persons
have flooded our land for reasons of public guilt or
sentimentality. They have disrupted our normal sys-
tem of prorating immigration among many nations.
• Support programs for the economic development
of the countries from which illegal immigrants come,
and thereby reduce economic and political pressures
which cause them to leave. In some cases, there are
three avenues of approach: 1. Crack down hard on
the drug traffic originating in the particular country,
to eliminate this sinister and inflationary source of
revenue, 2. substitute free-enterprise industry through
international financing and democratic controls, and
3. help to build a free trade union movement in each
affected country, so that workers there obtain a decent
standard of living without undercutting our economy.
It is a sad commentary on our times that many South
and Central American farmers grow poppies and
marijuana for wealthy landowners and international
criminals, while their neighbors flock to already
poverty-stricken South and Central American cities,
because they have no other way of earning a living.
• Finally, reform our labor laws. There must be
strict enforcement of relevant labor laws. There must
be a speedup of the decision-making process for the
National Labor Relations Board and for federal and
state courts, so that anti-union lawyers do not deny
justice to workers seeking redress of grievances. State
right-to-work laws have long denied workers fair deal-
ings with their employers on wages and working con-
ditions. Such laws prevent a normal assimilation of
legal immigrants into the mainstream of North Amer-
ica. They offer a cloak of secrecy to employers deny-
ing a living wage to illegal immigrants.
It is not understood by some Americans and
Canadians that today's illegal alien is not necessarily a
tomato picker in the fields of Florida. He or she might
be a salesman making $30,000 a year in the Southwest
or a computer technician making $15,000 a year in a
California industrial park.
We must come to grips with the growing problem
of the illegal alien. We already have a substantially
large class of illegal citizens in our midst, and we must
do something about it now.
WILLIAM KONYHA
General President
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UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
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IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS AND FEATURES
The Performance Evaluated Training System 2
Nuclear Power: Stepchild of the 80s? 6
Study Urges Pension Funds for Jobs Harry Conn 9
Did You Know? Research and Stored Data 10
Building Trades to Seek Quicic Solutions of Disputes 18
AFL-CIO Pledges Vigorous Defense, Safety and Health 18
A Carpenter of Nazareth .__ ..Special Easter Feature 19
Humphrey-Hawkins Dealt Death Blow 28
DEPARTMENTS
Washington Report 5
Ottawa Report 8
Local Union News 14
Plane Gossip 1 6
Apprenticeship and Training 1 7
Consumer Clipboard: Fire Protection 24
We Congrotulate 29
Service to the Brotherhood ., 30
In AAemoriam 36
What's New? 39
In Conclusion William Konyha 40
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THE
COVER
In 1977 the United Brotherhood's
Apprenticeship and Training Depart-
ment developed a new and modem
system for teaching craft skills
through the use of 35mm color slides
in carousels, "skill block" training
units, and supplementary material.
It is called PETS — Performance
Evaluated Training System — and,
since its introduction four years ago,
it has been picked up and used by
almost 80% of the Brotherhood's
aflBliated local and council training
programs.
This month marks PET's fourth
anniversary, and we salute the Ap-
prenticeship and Training Department
and the individuals in the 10 pilot
programs across the country who
made PETS the vital training pro-
cedure it is today.
At the lower right on our cover,
Dennis Scott, a staff representative of
the Apprenticeship and Training
Department trains his camera and
lighting equipment on a skill project
to be photographed, step by step.
Some of the slides in the various
PETS carousels are illustrated in a
PETS skill-blocks grid — carpenters,
floor coverer, a lady piledriver, mill-
cabinet workers, millwrights, a lather,
and others ... all participants in the
PETS training system.
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Brotherhood Maintain
In Apprenticeship witi
Almost 80% of affiliated programs now use pioneering training meth
Pictures below show how the Apprenticeship and Training Depart-
ment creates PETS teacliing units: A. Technical Director Tinkcom
confers with First General lice President Pat Campbell on lesson
plans. B. A staff member pliotographs a journeyman (here, a
lather) performing a craft skill. C. Draftsmen and department
personnel prepare accompanying diagrams. D. TIte diagrams are
photograplied as supplemetttal slides. E. Pictures and diagrams are
assembled in sequence on a liglit table and placed in carousels.
F. Carousels are shipped to local training schools.
Four years ago, this month, the
United Brotherhood's Apprenticeship
and Training Department introduced
PETS — the Performance Evaluated
Training System — a visual educa-
tional method designed to help an
apprentice learn at his own particular
pace through the use of step-by-step
color slides, "skill blocks," and other
procedures.
Now, 48 months later, almost 80%
of the affiliated training programs
operated by joint apprenticeship com-
mittees throughout North America
have converted to the new and
pioneering system. The Brotherhood's
PET System is the envy of the Building
Trades. It is being studied by repre-
sentatives of foreign countries, and
the US Bureau of Apprenticeship and
Training has praised its development.
Our union has long held a position
of leadership in the field of apprentice-
ship training, and it is appropriate that,
as we approach our 1 00th anniversary,
we draw attention to the innovative
training method we launched four
years ago which is now firmly estab-
lished.
The program was first presented at
the Mid-Year Carpentry Training
Conference at Anaheim, Calif, in
1977. The first of the PETS 35mm-
slide carousels was displayed, and
General President William Konyha
(who at that time was first general
vice president and apprenticeship
director) and Technical Director
James Tinkcom explained the new
system and its purposes. IVIembers of
the Brotherhood training staff dis-
played and explained new instructional
material and the evaluation criteria
for determining skill competence.
There were "task analysis photo
essays" for examination.
The photographic material was
developed in 1976 and edited into the
instructional carousels. Three staff
members had photographed in minute
detail the work processes of carpenters
on the project, making certain that
every measurement and step process
of material assembly was recorded.
Others of the Apprenticeship and
Training Department, upon review of
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ETS
I , Steve Biiice of Local
1648, Lagima Beach,
Calif., turns in a success-
fully completed form for
his prior PETS project
and receives the color
slides for the next project
from Sam Crawford.
eloped in 1977
the field photography, developed addi-
tional graphic material to make certain
that the technical aspects were well
explained.
Today, there are 96 such carousels
made available to local joint com-
mittees, covering carpentry, pile-
driving, mill-cabinet work, lathing, and
millwright skills. Much more work
is still in progress.
In September, 1977, after a series
of seminars and instructor-training
sessions, 10 pilot PETS programs were
launched in key cities.
Noting the fourth anniversary of
PETS, First General Vice President
Patrick J. Campbell (who now directs
the program) said recently, "The
constitution adopted by the Brother-
hood in 1881 provided for apprentice-
ship, and the conduct of apprentice-
ship training has been an ongoing
concern of our organization through-
out its first century. It will continue
to be a concern of this organization
in the future.
"We congratulate the pilot programs
on the direct and practical manner
with which they went about imple-
menting the PETS structure. The suc-
cess of the new training method as
demonstrated by the pilot programs so
impressed other programs that, three
years ago, approximately one-half of
the apprenticeship programs adopted
the new system and at present approxi-
mately 80% of affiliate programs have
implemented PETS with additional
programs making commitment for the
coming year. We are very impressed
by the industry and dedication of our
affiliate programs as they overcame
obstacles of funding, space, etc. so that
they could offer the best training
available to our membership."
The PETS program, its color slides
and packets of material have all been
copyrighted. As the program expands,
it is also becoming increasingly valu-
able to journey-
men for post-
graduate training
in the use of new
materials and
technology of the
various trades.
2, The slides — assem-
bled in a carousel view-
ing unit — show Steve,
step by step, how to
preform the next PETS
project. The slides are
studied in individual
projection booths.
3, Steve then receives
the project drawing from
Florian Alter of Local
2435, Inglewood, Calif.
The drawing is reflective
of the photographic
material just studied.
4. At the tool crib,
Sam Crawford, a retired
carpenter of Local 2308,
Fidlerton, hands over the
tools and power equip-
ment required for the
task work for the. project.
5, The material for the
project is then removed
from the lumber supply
area. From the drawing
Steve determines the
lumber needed.
6, Working from the
drawing, Steve builds the
project. From time to
time an instructor checks
his progress.
7, Instructor A Iter goes
over the finished project
with Steve, checking it
against an evaluation
sheet. If all is well, Steve
will now be ready for his
next PETS task.
APRIL, 1981
PETS Moves Ahead in Many Locations
BATON ROUGE, LA. — The PETS pro-
gram of Local 1098 operates from well-
established training facilities. (See story
on seminar visitors, Page 17.) Two
apprentices, above, complete a project.
DES MOINES, lA. — This J A TC recently
purchased and is renovating a four-story
building as a training facility. All 23
fourth-year apprentices are expected to
complete PETS this year.
CINCINNATI, O. — Steve Sprague shows
two first-year apprentices use of the level.
The Ohio Valley J A TC promotes post-
graduate training through PETS for its
journeymen.
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HOUSTON, TEX. — A total of 821 students
have been enrolled under PETS since its
launching. There are currently 521 active
PETS participants, and 25 have com-
pleted work.
CLEVELAND, O. — In addition to
carpentry and other craft skills, this
J A TC is instructing in the installation of
elevated floors. An apprentice demon-
strates the skill above.
NEW ORLEANS, LA. — An instructor
emphasizes a technique in rafter framing
for an apprentice in this city's pilot pro-
gram. Journeymen are using PETS
material in this city, too.
TULSA, OKLA. — Apprentices in PETS
training in this Southwest city attend
school Fridays and Saturdays without
pay. Two of the original pilot apprentices
took first and second in the state contest.
VENTURA COUNTY, CALIF. — This JATC
dedicated its new training center last
November. There were 55 apprentices in
the first PETS class. Ventura county was
an early supporter of PETS.
LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Two trainees lay out
a building in the wide-open spaces
surrounding this Western city. Las Vegas
has hosted two International Carpentry
Apprenticeship Contests.
MONTANA STATE — Three locals —
No. 153, Helena: No. 88, Anaconda: and
No. 28, Missoula — launched a joint
effort with 22 apprentices in 1977. They
share one instructor.
SPOKANE, WASH. — Employers in the
Northwest tell the JATC that they like
the PETS training better than the old
system. Some of the local training lead-
ers are shown above.
ST. LOUIS, MO. — Though not one of the
original pilot programs, this PETS
program has grown quickly to become
one of the largest in the country. The
PETS work area is shown above.
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PRO-WORKER CHAIRMEN ON HILL
Congressmen with strong records of support for
labor's goals will continue to head key subcommit-
tees of the House Education & Labor Committee
despite 1980 election shakeups.
Rep. Phillip Burton (D-Calif.) is the new chairman
of the Labor-Management Relations Subcommittee,
replacing Frank Thompson, Jr. (D-N.J.), who lost
his bid for re-election.
Thompson, a champion of worker causes, had a
94% "right" voting record by COPE standards.
Burton's career voting record is an identical 94% .
To take the chairmanship. Burton had to give up
his chairmanship of the Interior Committee's
Subcommittee on National Parks.
He said he agreed to do so because "the new
political climate in Washington makes it imperative
for me to focus my primary efforts on the rights of
the American worker."
Burton pledged to work for the goals of "a decent
wage, fair collective bargaining, adequate pension
benefits, and a safe and healthful workplace."
The Labor Standards Subcommittee also lost a
chairman in the election, Edward P. Beard (D-R.l.),
who had an 88% "right" COPE voting score. His
successor, George Miller (D-Calif.) is in the same
ballpark with an 85% "right" voting record.
Other subcommittee chairmanship changes are
in two of the education panels. Rep. Paul Simon
(D-lll.) switched to head the Postsecondary Educa-
tion Subcommittee and Rep. Austin J. Murphy
(D-Pa.) replaces him as chairman of the Select
Education Subcommittee.
The other chairmanships are unchanged. Rep.
Carl D. Perkins (D-Ky.), who heads the full com-
mittee, remains also as chairman of the Elementary,
Secondary & Vocational Education Subcommittee.
Rep. Augustus F. Hawkins (D-Calif.) continues as
chairman of the Employment Opportunities Sub-
committee. The Health & Safety Subcommittee
remains under Rep. Joseph M. Gaydos (D-Pa.), and
Rep. Ike Andrews (D-N.C.) continues to head the
Human Resources Subcommittee.
'MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY'
Calling it "just plain unfair," Michigan Senator
Donald Riegle is urging quick Congressional action
in removing the "Marriage Tax Penalty." The bill,
S. 2, was introduced in the Senate in January by
Senator Charles Mathias (R-Maryland).
Senator Riegle said: "The typical American
family is no longer the traditional one of twenty
years ago when there was usually only one wage
earner. Today, over half of all married couples—
40 million taxpayers— have two wage earners. Our
tax system refuses to recognize this, and the
majority of American couples are forced to pay extra
taxes based upon an antiquated system. It taxes
wage earners more if they are married than if they
are not, because when two incomes are combined
and filed jointly, both incomes are thrown into a
higher tax bracket."
"Last year," said Riegle, "for the first time, more
than 50% of all married American women were
working outside the home— at jobs never before
held by women, and at salaries more and more in
line with the work they do. It is estimated that in the
next 20 years, the number of women working out-
side the home will continue to increase, reaching
70% by 1990. Clearly, the two wage earner family
is now a fixture in America."
NECESSITIES LEAD COSTS
Prices for the basic necessities of life— energy,
food, shelter, and medical care— outstripped the
cost of other goods and items that Americans
typically buy in 1980, and the outlook this year is
for more of the same.
These are the conclusions of two studies of price
movements in various sectors of the economy, one
by the AFL-CIO's Department of Economic
Research, the second by the foundation-funded
National Center for Economic Alternatives.
The AFL-CIO analysis showed that prices of the
combined group of necessities rose 14% over the
12 months of 1980, while prices of all other non-
necessity items went up 9.9%. Inflation for the
year, as measured by the government's consumer
price index, posted a 12.5% rate.
KENNEDY TOPS RIGHTIST HIT LIST
So confident now are "new right" PACs of their
political clout, they are boasting they can take a
complete unknown and knock over Sen. Ted
Kennedy in Massachusetts next year. Kennedy
appears to be at the top of their "hit list" of some
20 U.S. Senators up in 1982.
The National Conservative PAC is using the
prospect of beating Kennedy as a fund-raising
device. A recent direct-mail appeal from NCPAC
started out, "Will you help us decide whether we
should target Ted Kennedy in 1982?"
APRIL, 1981
NUCLEAR POWER: Stepch
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Members of Millwrights Local 1402, Richmond, Va.,
employed by Westinghoitse Corp., work on a turbine in the
big power plant at Virginia Electric and Power Company's
North Anna 2 — its second nuclear unit in Northern
Virginia. The plant went into commercial operation last
December after many delays.
The United States nuclear power industry is having a
hard time overcoming its troubled image. The Three-
Mile-Island hysteria of two years ago, the unanswered
questions about the disposal of atomic wastes, and the
constant coupling of nuclear power with nuclear weaponry
leave the general public — and many Brotherhood mem-
bers — afraid or, at the least, uncertain as to their feelings
about the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
Nowhere is there a strong, activist, pro-nuclear-power
group to serve as a counterpart to the "Anti Nukes" who
storm and harass nuclear power plant construction sites
all over the country.
Some Brotherhood construction members who need the
work still hesitate to push for nuclear power plant
construction because of what they read in the newspapers
about the dangers of radioactive contamination.
When The Carpenter published an article in its
January, 1980, issue about the radicals in the nation's
environmental groups and their rabid anti-nuclear posi-
tions, we received several letters from readers opposing
the fact that we had published such an article. . . . And,
yet, several readers also wrote to congratulate us for
publishing it.
Last fall, the National Geographic Magazine conducted
Nuclear Power Plants
in the United States
JANUARY, 1981
75 Reactors with operating licenses 55,791 MWe
82 Reactors with construction permits 90,503 MWe
2 Reactors with limited work authorizations 2,300 MWe
1 5 Reactors on order (including 2 units
not sited on map) 17.542 MWe
174 Total 166.136 MWe
December 31, 1980
Key
• Operable
O Under Construction
o With Limited Work Authorization
A On Order
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the 80s?
Building Tradesmen
have mixed feelings
about nuclear power
plant construction
a poll of its readership about nuclear power. A cross-
section of 1,200 readers in all sections of the United
States were queried. The response rate was "surprising"
and the surveys were returned "with impressive speed,"
the magazine reported in its February issue.
The majority of those polled think that nuclear energy
is an effective and desirable way to produce energy. By a
72-22 margin. National Geographic readers said that
nuclear energy is "practical" and is "an effective way to
make or save energy." Readers also disagreed 64-28,
with the statement, "We should build fewer nuclear
power plants."
Still, seven international labor unions (not including
the United Brotherhood), last month, joined environ-
mental activists and community groups for an anti-nuclear
march and rally in Harrisburg, Pa., against nuclear power
on the second anniversary of the accident at Three Mile
Island, March 28.
In contrast, the international unions of the AFL-CIO
Building Trades (including the Brotherhood) and AFL-
CIO leadership continue to support the development of
nuclear power. AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland said
recently that failure to develop nuclear power as an
alternative to oil poses a risk to our national economic
future that is far greater than the environmental concerns
that such a power source poses.
Saying that research should continue into fusion tech-
nology, Kirkland called for continuation of the develop-
ment of nuclear power "which uses existing, proven fission
technology," while strengthening safety and health regula-
tions governing the industry.
"Despite the superior safety record of 'nuclear power,
public concerns are legitimate and must be answered
through safety procedures that eliminate all potential
hazards," Kirkland said.
Noting the trade union movement's "disagreements and
suspicions of the energy industry," Kirkland continued:
"While these differences are real, they need not be
insoluble. . . . All of us may hold different views on how
to reindustrialize, but clearly, abundant and fairly-priced
energy must play a key role. If we are to reshape our
nation's policies, we must start by sitting down —
industry, labor, government, and other representatives of
our society — and strive to reach a consensus on how to
reach our common goals."
Officials of the Tennessee Valley Authority, who
strongly support nuclear power development, concede
that the future of nuclear power in the United States may
depend on the safety record of their system and of all the
other nuclear power systems licensed to operate in the
50 states.
There are at present 74 US nuclear power reactors
licensed to operate, with a combined capacity of about
55,000 Megawatts electrical (Mwe). Eighty-seven more
units, representing 95,000 Mwe, have construction per-
mits, and two representing 2,000 Mwe, are authorized to
conduct preliminary site preparation. Still waiting for
construction go-ahead are 19 nuclear units (22,000 Mwe)
under firm order.
Despite this apparent growth of the nuclear power
industry, it has been two years since the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission last issued a nuclear construction
permit.
The Atomic Industrial Forum, an industry trade group,
states that, "although half a dozen pending applications
are once again being reviewed by the NRC staff, the
Commission appears to have settled into a frame of think-
ing that discounts any additional permit applications any
time soon and possibly not for the next decade."
The public's apprehension over radiation exposure
continues unabated, the AIF reports, "untouched even by
the conclusion last year by the National Academy of
Sciences radiation-effects panel that its 1979 draft esti-
mates of the impact of low-level radiation were too high."
The great hope for peacetime uses of nuclear energy,
expressed by every US President since Harry Truman,
may go, to some extent, unfulfilled in the 1980s . . .
unless the technical, economic, and political problems of
nuclear energy are solved. Let us hope that they will be.
Perhaps the current energy crunch may bring it about.
Security is tight
and seemingly
foolproof at every
nuclear power
plant licensed by
the Nuclear
Regulatory Com-
mission- Workers
and visitors are
electronically and
physically
searched. Every
person inside the
plant must wear
radiation-check
tags. Most must
wear hard hats.
When labor editors, including tlie Carpenter's associate
editor, went through VEPCO's North Anna facilities near
Mineral, Va., last summer, only North Anna 1 was operating.
Its reactor dome is seen in the background. North Anna 2,
meanwhile, was left idle so authorities could check false fears
expressed by environmental groups tliat the plant was on an
earthquake fault.
APRIL, 1981
OttaiMfa
Report
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C.L.C. AND BUILDING TRADES
The differences between the Building Trades
unions and the Canadian Labour Congress still
remain to be revolved, as we go to press. The
internationals stopped per capita payments to the
CLC as a result of a dispute over a complex situation
in Quebec province.
Ontario's Provincial Building and Construction
Trades Council, which met in late October, supported
labour unity in Canada, on the one hand, and gave
national leaders of 14 Building Trades unions the
authority to press the CLC into disciplining the QFL
for infringing on Building Trades jurisdictions, on
the other. Quebec legislation covering building
trades differs from legislation in other provinces.
The Canadian Labor Congress and the Building
Trades Council are continuing to talk in an effort
to resolve their differences. As we go to press, CLC
President James McDermott is expected to meet
with the CLC Executive Council in mid-March to
discuss the situation before reporting back to the
Building Trades later in the month.
NEW MINIMUM WAGES
The Ontario government announced a 50-cent
increase in the province's minimum wage on
December 31. With another increase in July, the
minimum rate in Saskatchewan will still be the
highest in Canada.
The Ontario minimum wage increased by 30
cents on March 31; and another 20-cent hike is
scheduled for October 1, for a new rate of $3.50.
The Saskatchewan rate, $3.85 from January 1,
1981, the highest in Canada, will go to $4.00 on
July 1.
And the minimum wage in the Yukon and
Northwest Territories, $3.35 from December 1,
will go to $3.60 on May 1.
FORD ENGINE PLANT HEARING
April 15, 1981 is the date set for the hearing in
the dispute between Local 200 United Auto
Workers (U.A.W.) and the Essex-Kent Building and
Construction Trades Council.
The assigning of work at the Ford Motor Co. of
Canada Ltd.'s engine plant under construction in
Windsor to U.A.W. members is the main issue in
the dispute.
The building trades in the Windsor area claim
that the UAW, facing high unemployment, took
work that had previously been done by the building
trades.
The UAW, on the other hand, says it has
bargained for many years with corporations (such
as Ford) on outside contracting in an attempt to
restrict the firms' right to contract out work,
particularly when UAW workers, who have the
necessary skills, are laid off or facing layoffs.
On September 9 the Ontario Labour Relations
Board (OLRB) issued an interim order and returned
the work to them. There was an agreement by
both groups that the outcome of the OLRB hearing
will have serious implications.
"What happens here will probably set a prece-
dent for the future on all new construction," says
Henry Martinak, president Essex-Kent Building and
Construction Trades Council, Windsor.
On October 29, the Board issued a varied interim
order which gave some additional work to the
construction trades, but not all of the work in
dispute.
The Provincial Building Trades Council, along
with other local building trade councils, are
lending support to the Essex-Kent on this very
important jurisdictional dispute.
The Essex-Kent B.T.C. position, simply stated,
is: Even though there is high unemployment in the
auto industry, let the united auto workers build
the cars and let us build the plants.
BACK PAINS EXPENSIVE
The Construction Safety Association of Ontario
(CSAO) reports that back injuries represent 24%
of all time lost in the construction industry in
Ontario, and that the average cost for each claim
is around $7000.
Most back pain occurs between the ages of 20
and 60, and the problem is often made more
confusing by doctors speaking in "doctor language"
rather than using layman's terms.
Doctors often do not take the time to give their
patients control measures such as exercise. Instead,
they advocate taking time off work.
The CSAO has put together a program showing
the medical side and defining certain management
control functions to alleviate the exposure of
workers to back pain.
It will also help management to understand the
problem, and reverse the idea that most back pain
is fake.
THE CARPENTER
U.K., Germany, Sweden, Denmark compared:
Study Urges Pension Fund Billions
for Jobs, Housing and Health Care
By Harry Conn
PAl Special Correspondent
With labor-management pension
funds in the United States now total-
ing about $600 billion, the union role
in deciding how the funds are invested
is getting higher priority at the bar-
gaining table.
A study by Ruttenberg, Friedman,
Kilgallon, Gutchess & Associates, pre-
pared for the AFL-CIO Executive
Council Committee on the Investment
of Union Pension Funds, recom-
mended four policy objectives for
union participation in pension fund
management. They are:
1 . To increase employment through
reindustrialization, including manu-
facturing, construction, transporta-
tion, maritime and other sectors
necessary to revitalize the economy;
2. To advance social purposes such
as worker housing and health centers;
3. To improve the ability of work-
ers to exercise their rights as share-
holders in a coordinated fashion;
4. To exclude from union pension
plan investment portfolios companies
whose policies are hostile to workers'
rights.
FOREIGN PLANS STUDIED
The Ruttenberg firm and the AFL-
CIO Department of Social Security
recently co-sponsored a seminar at
the George Meany Center for Labor
Studies in Silver Spring, Md., to learn
about foreign trends and experiences
in union involvement in pension fund
management and investment.
Bryn Davies of the Department of
Social Insurance and Industrial Insur-
ance of the British Trades Union
Congress stressed that the TUC goals
are substantially similar to those
sought by the AFL-CIO.
He pointed out that pension funds
are the property of the workers and
"the TUC objective was and is legis-
lation to give members the right to
appoint 50% of a fund's controlling
body, through their trade union."
Davies noted that "the TUC was
among the first to acknowledge the
challenge presented by the growth of
pension funds." He added that the
financial institutions, including pen-
sion funds, life assurance companies,
investment and unit trusts, now own
over half the securities listed on the
British stock exchange.
Davies said that "the TUC believes
there is an urgent need for major new
investment in British industry to meet
the competitive challenges of the
1980s and beyond, which cannot be
met by conventional means since the
poor prospects of demand and profit-
ability, together with high interest
rates, prevent finance coming for-
ward."
SWEDISH EXPERIENCE
Roland Spant, chief of research of
the Swedish Federation of White Col-
lar Unions, described substantial ad-
vances made in pension programs in
his country. In Sweden, he said, the
most important system is the manda-
tory supplementary pension system set
up in 1960. In this system, three large
funds were built up and today total
about $40 billion, a considerable part
of the capital market in Sweden.
Unions, employers, local communi-
ties and the state are on the boards of
these funds, which have been heavily
engaged in financing the housing
sector. In 1974, a fourth fund was set
up under the pension system to in-
crease capital and industrial develop-
ment. While this fund is smaller than
the other three funds, it is expected to
play a key role in the Swedish
economy in the future. Sixty percent
of the votes on its board are held by
unions.
Holger Jensen, director of the
Danish Employees Special Pension
Fund, explained that "the pension fund
system is not as widespread in Den-
mark as in the U.S. because the pen-
sions to civil servants are not accu-
mulated in funds, but are paid
currently out of the state budget. Also,
the public pensions to everyone at the
age of 67 are also paid currently. That
means that private pension funds are
normally looked at as a supplement to
the public pension."
Although there are some 200 pen-
sion funds in Denmark, two basic
funds cover the entire working popu-
lation. They were established in 1964
under a collective bargaining agree-
ment. Of the 21 members of the Board
of Trustees on the two funds, 15 are
from the trade union movement and
six are appointed by the Minister of
Finance.
WEST GERMAN PLAN
Dr. Gerhard Leminsky, editor of
Union Monthly, official publication of.
the German Federation of Labor
(DGB), told the seminar that the
West German pension program was
initiated in the "post-World War II
period, when there was a critical need
for rebuilding the nation."
The foundation in West Germany
is built on company pension funds
through the co-determination system,
whereby labor is given a strong voice
in the management of the company
as well as the pension program.
Under present law, a retired worker
receives 15% of his or her last pay-
check and, combined with social se-
curity, the total sum cannot exceed
75% of a worker's paycheck.
Both Stanley Ruttenberg, president
of the firm co-sponsoring the seminar,
and Bert Seidman, director of the
AFL-CIO Social Security Department,
pointed out that the experience of the
four nations would be helpful in
pension-setting goals in the U.S. The
AFL-CIO has established a Committee
on Investment of Union Pension
Funds under the chairmanship of
President John H. Lyons of the Iron
Workers.
APRIL, 1981
Did
Vou
Know?
TWENTIETH OF A SERIES
n [entury of
Documents and
Doto Stored
in General
Office Files
Offices on the third floor of the Brotherhood headquarters are
a storehouse of permanent records — membership data, local
and district council data, account sheets, and more.
A lot happens in 100 years, in any
institution, and the Brotherhood is no
exception. A century of history means a
century of accumulated convention pro-
ceedings, local and international cor-
respondence, membership and wage
statistics. Carpenter magazines, etc. This
translates into thousands and thousands
of pages of important records and docu-
ments which must be accurately collected
and filed to assure that the organization
functions smoothly.
The careful process of assembling and
storing Brotherhood data takes place on
the third floor of the General Head-
quarters building in Washington, D.C.
Comprised of a Department of Research
and Occupational Safety and Health, a
Central Files, and a Microfilming Unit,
this arm of the building serves the needs
of the entire organization.
DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH
The third floor's newest wing is the location of the
Brotherhood's Department of Research and Occupational
Safety and Health. Directed by Nicholas R. Loope, this
department serves the needs of every UBC member and every
headquarters staff person.
One of the Research Department's most important functions
is the administration of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts and
the Service Contract Act. Well-trained staff members are
responsible for obtaining and processing all US Department
of Labor wage surveys, analyzing 15,000 annual wage pre-
determinations, and representing UBC interests and objections
before the Wage Appeals Board.
The Research Department also supports the efforts of the
Brotherhood's Organizing Department by providing corporate
and financial information to all organizers, including loca-
tions and economic activities of plants, names of key per-
sonnel, and records of National Labor Relations Board
elections. The department supplies this data throughout an
entire organizing campaign.
Staff members develop education and training materials for
Brotherhood leadership seminars held at both the General
Headquarters in Washington, D.C, and the George Meany
Center for Labor Studies in Silver Spring, Md. Their specially
prepared texts and manuals are also used at various uni-
versities across the country.
When a question of territorial jurisdiction arises, the
Research Department examines the issue and determines the
rightful territory by analyzing old agreements, bylaws, com-
munications, and maps. Detailed findings are provided to the
General Officers and Board Members as well as to general
representatives and organizers.
In addition to serving the Brotherhood, the Research
Department represents the AFL-CIO on the American
National Metric Council and on the Building and Construc-
tion Trades Department's Council of American Building
Officials. In cooperation with the US Labor Department's
Bureau of International Affairs, it also provides information
and hospitality to visiting foreign dignitaries.
Over the years, the Research Department has cultivated a
library of vital resources and statistics available to the entire
Brotherhood staff. It is now developing an overall occupa-
tional safety and health program for the Brotherhood.
The Research Deparlment is comprised of professionally-trained staff members. From
left, and clockwise, are: administrative assistant and educator Leonard Scales,
economist Kathy Gill, assistant director and attorney Howard Hobbs, director
Nicholas Loope, wage analyst Dorothy London, and chief economist Phil Castle.
Below: Priscilla Villines discusses with
Nicholas Loope records for the Brother-
hood's occupational safety and health
program, now being assembled.
10
THE CARPENTER
Central Files is a reservoir of labor history volumes and Brotherhood correspondence.
At the front counter, facing the camera, is Elizabeth Kent, head of the Central Files
office. Behind her, from left, and clockwise, are: Faye Stack, Juanita McGhee, and
Jeanne Stevenson.
Above: Elizabeth Kent in the Central
Files library. Below: Juanita McGhee
and Faye Stack file correspondence in
the rotating Lektrafile machines.
CENTRAL FILES
Down the hall from the Research Department is the
Central Files. A reservoir of filled bookshelves and filing
cabinets, this department acts as both a library and a store-
house of information for the General Offices.
Central Files maintains copies of all correspondence sent
out by the General Officers and the Organizing and Juris-
dictional Departments. All correspondence is color-coded
according to department or office for quick identification.
Data about every local union, district, state, and provincial
council. Brotherhood representative and organizer is on file
in this office. Besides being filed according to the individual
or the administrative unit, material is cross-referenced
according to subject matter, as well.
As soon as correspondence arrives in Central Files, it is
marked, cross-referenced, and filed on a cart. Eventually, it is
filed chronologically in a mechanically-rotating file system,
called a Lektrafile Machine. There are six of these machines,
and each one holds the equivalent of four filing cabinets or
16 drawers of official correspondence and data.
Material is retained in the Lektrafile for at least three
years. It is then transferred to the Microfilming Unit where
it is recorded on film reels and stored.
In addition to correspondence. Central Files is the haven
for international agreements, which are color-coded and filed
alphabetically on open shelves, industrial agreements, which
eventually go to the Microfilming Unit, and appeals, which
are filed by year and number of appeal.
Well-organized files are packed with charter applications
and ladies auxiliary correspondence as well as union label
registration certificates, monthly membership reports, and
reference material.
Central Files is also the Brotherhood's labor history library.
Bound copies of Brotherhood Convention proceedings and
AFL-CIO proceedings sit on book shelves along with compre-
• hensive labor histories and timeworn, leather-bound volumes
of The Carpenter magazine. Card-indexed, these references
are available by check-out to the General Headquarters staff.
Viewing the microfilm.
APRIL, 1981
MICROFILM, MOVIE FILM
Appropriately situated between the
Department of Research and the
Central Files is the Microfilming Unit.
Microfilming is an ingenious process
which allows for both the retention of
important documents and the conser-
vation of precious space. Staff mem-
bers in this unit reduce and register on
film outdated Brotherhood records.
They wind these photographic films
on to reels and preserve them in a
microfilm vault, shown at right.
As of mid-February of this year,
the Microfilming Unit had 22,195,872
exposures of different images on 5,039
reels of film. The well-categorized
films cover a range of 39 subjects,
including membership applications,
suspensions, and death claims and all
correspondence, and histories of local
unions, district, state, and provincial
councils and individual Brotherhood
members. Brotherhood convention
proceedings and Carpenter magazine
issues from the past 100 years, as well
as AFL-CIO proceedings, are on
microfilm.
11
Local 506 Shop Stewards Allan
Dewsnap, John Knobbe, Miche Blais,
and Business Representative Ron
Ferguson at the meeting of welders.
Vancouver Welders'
Windfall to Orphans
In early 1980, Ron Ferguson, business
representative of Marine and Shipbuilders
Local 506, Vancouver, B.C., determined
that one of the local companies under
contract, Vancouver Shipyard, had been
misinterpreting the 10^-per-hour welder
premium for outside work for approxi-
mately four years, and he filed a
grievance.
Ferguson estimated that the total
money involved was between $2,000 and
$2,500. Eventually the company agreed
to settle for $5,000.
In preliminary discussions, it was
pointed out to the company that the cost
involved in processing 800 individual
records would be tremendous.
Meetings were held among the welder
members of the local to discuss disposi-
tion of the windfall and the difficulties
involved in ascertaining each welder's
portion. The average crew in the yard at
one time was 75 welders, and 800 had
been through the yard during the period
in question.
Members of Murine and Shipbuilders Local 506 who pariicipuled in the back pay-donation
project included:
First Row, sealed from left — D. Black, C. Deoliveira, F. Palma, A. Dewsnap, Y. Ara,
A. Boitson, T. Mar, S. Wong, E. Kisna, M. Marland.
Second Row, kneeling — /. Dos Santos, B. Thind, M. Blais, A. Kresina, N. Beitouti, P.
Lingbanan.
Third Row, standing — H. Crouchill, W . Binns, B. Moe, S. Johnsen, D. Bifolchi, B. Johnson,
C. Heath, L. Paolucci, A. Pusquarelli, R. Andia, L. Rezek, D. Robar.
Fourth Row, standing — R. Smith, D. Brown, M. Bajic, A. Henlschel, S. Pierzchajlo,
J. Knobbe, G. Tyler, W. Carlson, B. Sidey, K. Hoy.
After long discussion, the welders
unanimously agreed to donate the money
to the Orphans Fund, a local charity
administered by Radio Station CKNW.
A presentation was made "on the air,"
and Local 506 received many expressions
of public gratitude.
It wasn't the first time Local 506 has
come to the aid of others. The 250
members of the local at Vancouver Ship-
yard recently took up a collection of
$1,508.35 for a brother in distressed
circumstances.
Brotherhood Supports
Senior Citizens Fund
The National Council of Senior Citi-
zens, an organization which grew out of
the labor movement and which has been
the leading spokesman for America's
elderly for many years, determined, last
year, that it must establish its own head-
quarters building in Washington, D.C.
Leased office facilities in the nation's
capital have become increasingly costly in
the downtown area. A campaign has been
launched by the NCSC to purchase its
own home.
On behalf of its own members who
belong to NCSC and in recognition of
the great work accomplished by the
organization, the Brotherhood General
Executive Board, at a recent meeting,
voted unanimously to contribute $1,000
to NCSC's building fund and to urge all
US members to support this worthy
endeavor.
NEW! An Official Brotherhood Windbreaker Jacket!
A sturdy, waterproof, nylon windbreaker jacket
is now available at the General Office. It's in navy
blue, and the Brotherhood's official seal is dis-
played on the front, as shown in the photograph
at left. The jacket has a snap front and comes in
four sizes: small, medium, large, and extra large.
$14.50 each
including the cost of handling and mailing
QUANTITY ORDERS— Orders of 5 to 35 jackets
$14.00 eacfi. For 36 or more jackets, the price drops
to $13.50 each, (which would include a free reproduc-
tion of the local number, seal, and city, as shown at
upper right).
A 9-inch wide reproduction of the local number,
seal, and cuy can also be applied to the hack of each
jacket (in quantity orders of 36 or more) at the addi-
tional cost of 86<} per jacket. (See illustration at lower
right.)
Allow four weeks for delivery of all specially pre-
pared jackets.
Send order and remiltance — ca.sh, check, or money
order — to: General Secretary John Rogers, United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America,
101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20001.
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THE CARPENTER
New Handbook Issued
On Building Trades Pay
The Labor Dept. has issued its second
handbook of union pay scales and fringe
benefits in the construction industry,
which summarizes about 5,000 collective
bargaining agreements in 800 U.S. cities.
The second edition of the Handbook
of Wages and Benefits for Construction
Unions is based on data compiled by the
department's Construction Industry Sta-
bilization Committee. It contains contract
information for 33 construction crafts in-
cluding wages in effect on Jan. 1, 1981,
health and welfare benefits, pension, vaca-
tion and other fringe benefit data.
Copies are available from the Office
of Construction Industry Services, U.S.
Dept. of Labor, Room N5655, Washing-
ton, D.C. 20216.
Revised Guide Issued
For Union Meetings
A revised and updated edition of the
64-page booklet, "How to Run a Union
Meeting," is available from the AFL-CIO
as a guide to help local union leaders
conduct orderly sessions and boost mem-
bership interest, participation and attend-
ance.
The handbook outlines duties of of-
ficers and parliamentary rules, and pro-
vides suggestions on planning meetings
and improving agendas.
Copies of the pamphlet. Publication
No. 81, are available at 20 cents each
from the AFL-CIO Pamphlet Division,
815 16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
20006.
Commerce Secretary
Honored at Farewell
Secretary and Mrs. Baldridge, left, with
Mr. and Mrs. Rinaldi.
A farewell party was held in January
for Malcolm Baldridge, the newly-
appointed Secretary of Commerce in
President Reagan's administration, and
his wife at the Holiday Seasons in Water-
bury, Conn. In the entourage for the gala
evening were Francis A. Rinaldi, Jr.,
business representative of Central Con-
necticut Local 24, and his wife, who
extended their best wishes for a successful
term. Mr. Baldridge was formerly the
president of Scovill Manufacturing of
Waterbury.
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International Millwright Conference,
Scheduled for Next Month in Chicago
The United Brotherhood is conduct-
ing an International Conference on Mill-
wright Jurisdiction in Chicago, beginning
May 19.
General President William Konyha has
sent out notices of the special meeting
to all construction locals and district,
state, and provincial councils. Fulltime
representatives concerned with millwright
work and the enforcement of trade juris-
diction are invited to attend.
Sessions are to be held in the Conrad
Hilton Hotel. Registration begins at
2 p.m., Tuesday, May 19, and the work-
ing sessions begin at 10 a.m. the follow-
ing morning, continuing until business is
concluded the following day.
"This conference will occupy itself with
the complex problems and technological
changes inherent in modern construc-
tion," General President Konyha stated
in his circular letter. "Emphasis will be
placed on the impact the current eco-
nomic climate has had on North Amer-
ican industry. It shall examine the growth
of employment opportunities in certain
industries and the decline in others im-
posed by plant shutdowns and the inroads
being made by open-shop and non-union
contractors."
OFL Board Table
Brotherhood-Made
The Ontario Federation of Labour re-
cently had a new board room table
custom made for them by members of
shop Local 2679, Toronto, Ont. TTie
table, to be able to seat all the execu-
tives of OFL and guests, had to be
large enough to accommodate at least
twenty-five persons. Therefore, the table,
which is made out of oak, had to be 32
feet long and 8 feet wide at its broadest
point. The top was constructed in eight
sections and with leg sections, had to be
installed piece-by-piece directly in the
OFL board room.
The table was manufactured by Gen-
eral Wood Products of Scarborough, and
it's significant to note that the co-owners
of the company are Herman Usiing, a
former business representative and still
a member of Local 2679, and Fred
Mayerhofer, a member of Local 3233,
Richmond Hill.
Iran Hostages Free;
St. Paul Retiree Shaves
Al Grengs of St. Paul, Minn., a retired
member of Local 87, was so frustrated,
15 months ago, with the bad news about
the American host-
ages in Iran, that he
pledged not to shave
until they were freed.
It was the first
time the 70-year-old
member had ever
gone unshaven, and
he fidgeted a bit as
he followed the daily
reports on the host-
ages throughout their
444 days of captivity.
He was, to say the
least, delighted when
Grengs
he was finally able to drop into his local
barber's chair for a whiskers trimming in
January. Now he's back to daily activity
in his basement workshop.
Displaying lluir coniplelion certificates
for the shop steward training are Local
1230 President Mitchell Thayer,
Recording Secretary Jamie Latimer, and
Conductor Wendell Dooley.
Steward Training
In Cashmere, Wash.
A Brotherhood shop steward training
course was held for members and officers
of Local 1230, Cashmere, Wash., re-
cently. Among the participants were
President Mitchell Thayer, Recording
Secretary Jamie Latimer, and Conductor
Wendell Dooley.
Since the local union was organized in
1971, the members have had more than
their share of problems. General Orga-
nizer Earle Soderman states. The W. I.
Forest Products, Inc. mill, where the
members work, has had three owners
since the local was organized. There
have been many changes in local union
leadership.
Through the combined efforts of the
officers and members of the local, the
Central Washington District Council-
LPIW, the Western Council-LPIW, and
the UBC, the local is still operating. A
new working agreement was recently
accepted by the members, which pro-
vides for major improvements in wages,
vacations, holidays and conditions. The
local officers feel that the training made
available through the UBC stewards
program will help them to do a better
job of representing the members.
The recent shop steward training sessions held at Local 1230, Cashmere, Washington. Earle Soderman conducted the classes.
14 THECARPENTER
Steward
Training in
Tennessee
Seven shop stewards
from industrial locals in
Middle Tennessee com-
pleted a steward training
school, last winter, and
they were presented
completion certificates in
ceremonies at a Christ-
mas banquet. They all
came from local unions
of the Southern Council
of Industrial Workers,
and they included: Front row, from left. Donna Nichols, Local 2266, Portland, Ind.,
and Billy Downs, president of Local 3100, Gallatin, Ind. Second row, from left,
J. W. Faulton, president. Local 2266; Richard McMurtry, Local 3100; and Mike
Barker, chief steward. Local 3100. Third row, Clifford Stafford, Local 3100; Danny
Caldwell, Local 3100; and Donald A. White of the Southern Council of Industrial
Workers, who presented the certificates.
Locals, Councils
in Data Processing
Many larger local unions and district
councils of the Brotherhood have moved
into the computerization of records and
contract data. As we reported in the
March issue of The Carpenter, the Gen-
eral Secretary recently held a one-day
seminar at the General Office in Wash-
ington, D.C., to study ways in which such
major affiUates can "tie into" General
Office data processing and standardize
the storage of data at the local and
district level.
Participants in the seminar are now
applying much of the information gath-
ered at the General Office and updating
various systems so that they can serve
the membership more quickly and
efficiently.
The following local union and district
council leaders participated in the com-
puterization briefing at the General
Office:
Roger Brownell, Local 102, Oakland,
Calif.; Anthony Viola, Jr., Local 2046,
Martinez, Calif.; Roland F. Smith, Local
106, Des Moines, la.; Fred G. Wilson,
Local 400, Omaha, Neb.; William T.
Massa, Local 1590, Washington, D.C.;
Raymond E. Pressley, Atlanta, Ga. &
Vicinity, District Council; James E.
White, Local 345, Memphis, Tenn.;
Charles A. Schmucker, Denver, Colo.,
District Council; Larry L. Vincent, Local
55, Denver, Colo.; Andris J. Silins, Bos-
ton, Mass., District Council; Robert Mar-
shall, Local 33, Boston, Mass.; Dewey F.
Conley, Local 213, Houston, Tex.; Paul
M. Dobson, Carpenters District Council,
Houston, Tex.; Norm LeBlanc, Local
675, Toronto, Ont., Canada; Harvey
Jardine, Local 1916, Hamilton, Ont.,
Canada; Edward Perkowski, Alaska State
Council; Ronald L. Mensinger, Spokane,
Wash., District Council; Garry P. Good-
win, Portland, Ore., District Council;
Donald Johnson, Seattle, Wash., District
Council; Calvin E. Kennedy, Five Rivers
District Council, Cedar Rapids, la.; Rob-
APRIL, 1981
ert C. Lewis, Detroit, Mich., District
Council; Lewis K. Pugh, Washington,
D.C.; John F. Paterson, District Council,
Calgary, Alta., Canada; Albert T. Potter,
Calgary, Alta., District Council; Mrs.
Penny Watson, Calgary, Alta., District
Council; P. J. Buhrow, Edmonton, Alta.,
Canada; John Takach, B.C. Provincial
Council of Carpenters; Wesley Isaacson,
Chicago, 111., District Council; Joseph L.
Happ, Chicago, III., District Council;
James Patterson, Central & Western,
Ind., D.C.; Norman Bland, Local 60,
Indianapolis, Ind ; Anthony G. Pennucci,
Central New Jersey District Council;
John Cunningham, Local 210, Conn.;
Don Classen, Local 1644, Minneapolis,
Minn.; and Edward Coryell, Metropol-
itan D.C., Philadelphia, Pa.
South African Visitor
L. C. G. Douwes Dekker, left, above,
an industrial relations lecturer from the
University of the Witwatersrand in South
Africa, was a recent visitor to the
Brotherhood's General Office in
Wasliington. He met with Research
Director Nicholas Loope, right, and other
Brotherhood leaders to learn of our trade
union structure and methods of opera-
tion. He is assistant general secretary of
the Trade Union Council of South Africa.
Mr. Dekker was in the United States
under the auspices of the International
Communication Agency. Arrangements
for his visit were made by the Trade
Union Exchange Programs Division of
the US Department of Labor.
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NOfSE ABATEMENT
It v\/as during one of those per-
iods of prosperity for the real estate
business, and the landlord v^^as
making the most of it. To a pros-
pective tenant he said:
"This is a very quiet and orderly
house. Have you any children?"
The answer was "No."
"Have you," the landlord con-
tinued, "a piano, hi-fi, or radio, or
do you play any musical instru-
ments? Oh yes, and have you a
cat, dog or parrot?"
Again the answer was "No" to
everything, but the prospective
tenant added:
"Maybe I ought to tell you that
I have a fountain pen that scratches
like the devil."
BE UNION — BUY LABEL
APTITUDE TEST
During the Big One — WWII — the
demand for mechanics was so great
that the Army test for availability
got to be very simple. The applicant
was put into a room with a leg of
lamb, a dog collar and a screw-
driver. If he picked out the screw-
driver, he was hired.
HOLD ON, STRANGER!
A foul-looking individual rushed
into a gin mill shooting a revolver
and shouting:
"Get out of here, all you stinking
so-and-so's."
The crowd fled, dodging a hail
of bullets — all except one mill-
wright who stood at the bar quietly
sipping a Scotch and soda.
"Well?" the gunman barked at
him.
"Well," drawled the millwright,
"there certainly were a lot of them,
weren't there!"
ATTEND UNION MEETINGS
EXTRA PROTECTION
The girl at the switchboard an-
swered a call the other morning
and heard a woman's voice say:
"Hello, is this the Fidelity Insur-
ance Company?"
On being assured that it was, the
woman continued:
"Well, I want to have my hus-
band's fidelity insured."
BE IN GOOD STANDING
FISHING EXPEDITION
A drunk was hunched over the
bar, toothpick in hand, spearing
futilely at the olive in his drink. A
dozen times he missed the olive.
Finally, another customer who had
been watching intently from the
next stool became exasperated and
grabbed the toothpick. "Here this
is how you do it!" he said, and
easily speared the olive.
"Big deal," muttered the drunk,
"I already had him so tired out he
couldn't get away."
— Plasterer and Cement Mason
THIS MONTH'S LIMERICK
There once was a girl named Sally
Who lived in a house in an alley.
When it would rain.
Her house would not drain.
Now Sally lives up the valley.
— Tom Urban,
Northville, Mich.
THE LESSER EVIL
When you see what some girls
marry, you begin to realize just
how much they must have hated
working for a living.
— Ronald Benivegna,
Whitestone, N.Y.
DON'T GET BEHIND IN '81
YE OF LITTLE FAITH
Young men going to the big city
to carve out a career are usually
more concerned with their comforts
than their morals. A lad from the
country applied to an employment
agency and was offered a job at a
salary of $80 a week.
"But," the boy remonstrated,
"can I lead a good Christian life
in the city on $80 a week?"
"Believe me," was the reply,
"that's the only kind of a life you
can lead."
WE'RE 100 YEARS OLD IN AUGUST
REVISED MENU
A young bridegroom walked
briskly into the kitchen and planted
a kiss on his beloved's neck, knock-
ing the cook book off the table as
he did so.
"Oh, darling," she wailed, "can't
you stay out of the kitchen? Now
you've lost my place — and I haven't
the faintest idea what I was cook-
ing!"
SUPPORT VOC AND CHOP
THANKS, DOC
"Good heavens, doctor! What a
terrific bill for one week's treat-
ment!" the patient protested.
"My dear fellow," the doctor re-
plied, "if you knew what an inter-
esting case yours was, and how
strongly I was tempted to let it pro-
ceed to a postmortem, you wouldn't
complain about a bill three times
as big as this!"
16
THE CARPENTER
nppREniHESHip & TRnininc
/^S^lfe
'Basic Competency' Field Tested
For Pre-Apprenticeship Program
Four key staff men in the Brotherhood's development of the Basic Competency
Training Program recently met with Technical Director James Tinkcom, left. They
included, from left, Greg Monaghan of Gateway Center, N.Y.; Dewane Rooks,
Marsing Center, Ida.; Jim Whitis, Pine Knot. Ky.; and Joe Gay, Frenchberg, Ky.
These four men are field testing and they will establish time norms for work and
study accomplishment — first in carpentry and later in each craft.
Apprenticeship training programs affi-
liated with the Brotherhood have indi-
cated that a major problem in establishing
pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship-
entry training is determining in advance
the actual scope of that training — what
the pre-apprentice needs, "where he's
coming from," so to speak, how much
basic math he or she should have to
comprehend advanced training materials,
his or her knowledge of tools and meas-
uring procedures, etc.
To solve this problem, the Apprentice-
ship and Training Department has de-
veloped a "basic competency" program
for use by local administrators to deter-
mine pre-apprenticeship and apprentice-
ship-entry skills and knowledge to be
expected from trainees. The expertise of
staff members who work directly in pre-
apprenticeship training was called upon to
define "basic competence" and determine
the expected abilities of trainees.
The "basic competency" program
which evolved has been field tested, and
it will be presented as a major topic on
the agenda of the Mid-Year Carpentry
Training Conference scheduled for April
28 and 29 in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
The program provides visual instruc-
tional material for taking exact measure-
ments, for developing hand and power
tool skills and safety, and for understand-
ing basic arithmetic structure, based upon
requirements indicated by the PETS
material.
Mid-Year Training Conference Set
For Niagara Fails. April 28, 29
The Mid-Year Training Conference,
sponsored annually by the Apprentice-
ship and Training Department, is sched-
uled for this month, April 28 and 29, in
Niagara Falls, N.Y.
The 1981 edition, which will serve as a
prelude to the Brotherhood's Centennial
Convention next August, promises to be
one of the largest and busiest yet.
Sessions are to be held in the Niagara
Hilton at Third and Mall in Niagara
Falls. All conference attendees have been
instructed to make their own reserva-
tions. They should plan to arrive on
Monday, April 27, as the conference will
begin at 9 a.m. the following day.
An agenda for the conference will be
forwarded to all attendees prior to the
conference, according to James Tinkcom,
technical director of the Apprenticeship
and Training Department. It will include,
as mentioned above, a report on the new
"basic competency" program.
State and Provincial
Contest Rules Noted
The deadline date for all 1981 state and
provincial contests is September 11, 1981.
In addition, all contest committee secre-
taries are reminded that International ap-
plications for the first, second, and third
place winners in state provincial contests
must be received no later than five days
after the completion of the contest.
Finally, the rules and regulations, as re-
vised December 5, 1979, will continue
to be in effect for the 1981 International
Contest.
Female OfFenders
Seminar to Local 1098
The Women's Bureau of the US De-
partment of Labor is sponsoring, jointly
with the Bureau of Apprenticeship and
Training and the Federal Prison System,
a series of regional meetings for state
officials "to assess ways to develop non-
traditional employment programs for
women in state prisons."
The first of these meetings was held
recently in Baton Rouge, La., with prison
officials from Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas,
and Oklahoma.
So that prison officials could see an
actual apprenticeship training program in
action, the Women's Bureau arranged for
the participants to tour the training fa-
cilities of Local 1098 and the JAG in
that city. Training Director B. J. Smith
and his staff explained PET procedures
and the traditional training methods.
The 1981 International Carpentry
Apprenticeship Contest will be held in
Denver, Colo., November 11 and 12.
The awards banquet: November 13.
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APRIL, 1981
17
Building Trades to Seek
Quick Solution of Disputes
California's Equity -Shared Housing Studied
Building trades unions will seek to
resolve a greater share of their juris-
dictional disputes through direct on-
the-spot or union-to-union settlements,
reserving the more formal disputes
settlement procedure for those issues
that cannot be more simply resolved.
The 15 union presidents who make
up the governing body of the AFL-
CIO Building & Construction Trades
Department, agreed in February to
continue to explore pragmatic ap-
proaches that would lead to earlier-
stage settlements.
BCTD President Robert A. Georgine
said the consensus was that the present
impartial board for the settlement of
jurisdictional disputes serves an essen-
tial function, but that agreements
worked out directly by the parties
closest to the situation are generally
preferable.
Former Labor Secretary Ray
Marshall, in his professional role as
an economist, discussed with the
building trades presidents the outlook
for the economy as he sees it. Marshall
expressed concern that a "supply-
side" economic strategy will push up
the already high level of unemploy-
ment.
Another speaker during the three-
day meeting was California's Director
of Housing & Community Develop-
ment, I. Donald Terner, who described
the state's experimental "equity shar-
ing" program to assist first-time,
moderate income homebuyers who
otherwise would be unable to afford a
home.
The demonstration project allows
the state to purchase a "share" of the
home, up to 49% of its cost, thus
reducing the mortgage burden and
down payment. When the home is
eventually resold, the state claims its
share of the proceeds including any
profits from appreciation of value.
The demonstration project, helped
by a federal grant as well as state
funds, is now limited to families be-
low the median income level who are
facing displacement from rental units
because of condominium conversions.
Terner told the building trades lead-
ers that he hopes for private-sector
funding to expand the program to
reach a larger number of "frustrated
home buyers."
' The BCTD governing body also
heard a report on another type of
co-venture between government and
the private sector.
The department gave its endorse-
ment and urged its aflRliates to sup-
port the Building Arts Museum which
Congress has authorized to be estab-
lished in one of the historic struc-
tures of the nation's capital, the
former Pension Building.
The museum will spotlight the his-
tory and development of architecture
and building construction.
AFL-CIO Pledges Vigorous Defense
Of Safety and Health Protections
The AFL-CIO considers the Oc-
cupational Safety & Health Act an
"indispensable" worker protection and
will vigorously oppose any attempt to
weaken it, Legislative Director Ray
Denison said.
Denison's strong defense of OSHA
came in response to a query from
Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-N.Y.), who is
soliciting union views on the effective-
ness of OSHA and on legislation that
would permanently exempt establish-
ments with 10 or fewer workers in
supposedly less-hazardous industries
from OSHA safety inspections in the
absence of a "reasonable complaint"
or serious accident. A similar restric-
tion is currently in effect through an
appropriations bill rider.
As to OSHA's enforcement, Denison
said it has been vastly improved over
the past four years because it has
been administered "by a Labor Dept.
that believed in the law and tried to
make it work."
For the first time, he said, workers
and their unions have been consulted
on the administration and enforce-
ment of the law. Further, OSHA
Continued on Page 38
Union Busting
Draws Top Dollar
Union-busting is a growth in-
dustry and someone with a proven
record of breaking up organizing
drives can command top dollar,
according to a display advertise-
ment in The Wall Street Journal.
"One of America's most success-
ful labor consulting firms is search-
ing for additional result-oriented
professional counter-organizing
consultants," the advertisement
proclaims.
The job doesn't carry any fringe
benefits, but it's not necessary to
relocate and the pay isn't bad. The
unnamed firm, identified only by a
box number, says it will pay from
$75,000 to more than $100,000 for
the right "independent contractor."
But for that money, it expects
an experienced and successful
union-buster. The ad lists only one
qualification for the job: "high win
rate required in 50-100 elections
or more."
Schneider Named
OSHA Hygienist
On January 1, 1981, Scott Schneider
joined the Brotherhood's Industrial Union
Department as the industrial hygienist
for the UBC occupational safety and
health project for industrial members.
He is working un-
der the direction of
^HH^k Project Director
^^^^Bi Joseph Durst.
^KK^^ni Schneider recent-
^^^^^H^ ly received a Mas-
^^^^^V ter's degree in In-
^^^^^^^F dustrial Hygiene
^^^^^^^^^^^ from the Univer-
ii^H^H^^^Ka While completing
Schneider his degree, he stud-
ied the effects of employee exposure to
organic solvent mixtures at a speaker
assembly plant in central Pennsylvania.
He also wrote a manual on foundry
health hazards for the United Steel-
workers of America.
Previously, he worked for a public
interest group concerned with making
science more accessible and more ac-
countable to the public.
Schneider also holds a Master's degree
in Biology from the University of Mich-
igan, where he studied animal behavior.
His current interests include looking at
occupational stress, workplace design,
and the health effects of microwave
radiation.
Since joining the project staff, Schnei-
der has participated in training seminars
for Brotherhood industrial leaders at
Lafayette, Ind., Dallas, Tex., and other
major cities.
18
THE CARPENTER
ipecial Easter Feature
IF you had been traveling
north from Jerusalem in the
first quarter of the Christian
era and your cart or chariot
had broken down after sixty
miles or so near the village of
Nazareth, you would have
been directed to the shop of
the local carpenter, Jeshua ben
Joseph, for repairs.
You would, perhaps, have
found the simple shelter emp-
ty except for the tools and
supplies of the craftsman, but
his mother would hurry from
the adjoining room, offer you
a drink of water and invite
you to wait inside for her son
who may have left at dawn to
hike into the nearby wood to
chop down a tree suitable for the rooftree of a house he
was building.
The wait would be pleasant and refreshing. After the
dust and heat of the journey, the Galilean landscape
would give an impression of luxuriance and beauty,
especially in contrast to the harshness of Judea, from
which you had come. The hills are round and the rich
vegetation hides the rocks. Rainfall is heavy and the
mood of Ufe happy and peaceful.
In keeping with the Eastern usage, the shop would
have been attached to or beside the home. There would
be an open shed in front of the shop, crowded with
damaged carts, ploughs that needed overhauling, hewn
logs lying on the ground, and, leaning against the low
roof for weathering, cedar and sycamore tree trunks.
When the carpenter appeared with the long log
balanced on his shoulder and home-made axe in his off-
hand, you would have been impressed by his height, at
five feet eleven well over the average, and by the grace
and power of his well-muscled physique. This was a man
of strength with the easy grace of one who enjoys hard
work and does it well.
He would have worn a long, free-flowing garment,
hitched up at the belt to his mid-calf to allow an easy
stride. Bearded, his hair would have been worn shoulder-
length in the back but cut short on the sides, and over
one ear would have been a sliver of wood. Every trades-
man wore such a badge of his calling (the scribe a pen,
the tailor a needle, the weaver a bit of cloth) every day
but the Sabbath — when such a "commercial" would have
been forbidden.
The village carpenter of Biblical times was a master
builder of versatile skills. As in most rural societies, the
Palestinian tradesmen had to know their crafts in all
their applications. The luxury of specialization could not
be theirs.
This was especially true of the carpenter who was a
man of parts, uncommonly useful and much esteemed.
The Carpenter's ai
■with a handmade
handle, was an earl*.
Christian symbol
As we understand the term, there was no such word as
carpenter in the Hebrew language — but rather the broader
description of worker or craftsman. In Old Testament
time this denoted a shaper and worker in wood who
practiced at the same time the trades of joiner, cabinet-
maker, cartwright, turner and wood sculptor. In the
time of David and Solomon, professional carpenters were
foreigners, and especially Phoenicians. Their trade is
mentioned in the construction of the Temple but it was
probably after the Exile (around 600 B.C.) that the
Israelites adopted the trade.
Of interest to a carpenter is this painting of the workshop of Naza-
reth by John de Rosen. It graces St. Joseph's Library of Georgetown
Visitation Convent in Washington, D. C.
In the New Testament, the Greek word translated as
carpenter has a more general sense and can mean a
house-builder or stone-mason; because of this, some
authorities argue that this was the trade of Joseph and of
Jesus before the beginning of his ministry. Still today,
they point out, many stonemasons originate from Bethle-
hem and the references Jesus makes to stone-working are
much more numerous than his references to wood-
working. "For which of you, wishing to build a tower,
does not sit down first and calculate the outlays that are
necessary, whether he has the means to complete it?"
(Luke 14, 28) And again, "What then is this that is
written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, has
become the corner stone'?" (Luke 20, 17)
We must recognize, however, that the tradition that
sees Jesus as a carpenter, a worker in wood, developed at
an early age and can be well supported. In the second
century, about 160 A.D., the philosopher, St. Justin
Martyr, wrote, "Jesus was taken to be the son of Joseph
the carpenter, a carpenter in his own right, among men
making carts and yokes." St. Justin was born in Samaria,
at Neapolis, the ancient Sichem, and was well able to
gather information at first hand from his Galilean
neighbors.
St. Cyril of Jerusalem, who lived in the fourth century,
says that he had been shown a piece of wood shaped like
a roof gutter which was supposed to have been carved by
Jesus or his foster father.
Among ancient nomads there was no question of
trades; each man made the things he needed for his own
use — clothes, tents, tools, etc. The Palestinian peasant
was almost independent of tradesmen and could even
build his own house, except possibly for a little help from
his neighbor. However, the work in metal and the making
of waterpots required special material. It is possible that
in Israel, as in Palestine today, blacksmiths traveled at
times from village to village to make any necessary
repairs and that potters hawked their wares.
Trades were usually handed down from father to son,
guilds were formed (Nehemiah 3, 8, 31) and the men of
one craft worked in the same street or the same part of
town as they often do today in the East.
While the Greeks and Romans often despised all
manual work, the Jews loved to say that a man who did
not teach his son a trade was teaching him to be a thief.
Notable rabbis were butchers, shoemakers, blacksmiths,
etc., and it is well known that St. Paul took great pride
in being a self-supporting weaver of goat-hair tent cloth.
The Israelite reverenced his trade for its relationship to
the Law. Before God, labor was not only a necessity; it
called for pride, nobility and a spirit of reparation. There
was nothing slavish or demeaning about it. On the con-
trary it was a kind of prayer, a way of finding God, "an
incredible honor." Only occupations that endangered
ritual purity or morality were disliked.
Jesus, himself, insisted on the value of work and, in
contrast to the Greco-Roman ideal of the leisured Ufe,
Christianity contributed to the rehabilitation of the
concept of the dignity of labor.
Palestine has, no doubt, never been very rich in wood,
but in former times it was less rare than it is today. Some
regions possessed forests, but the country is now almost
totally denuded of them. The Old Testament shows that
wood was often used for making domestic or agricultural
objects, carts and in the construction of houses (roofs,
doors, window lattices, locks), but only great buildings,
such as palaces, afforded the luxury of boarded floors.
Ornamental
of the steeper in Biblical times.
Color photo courtesy Camera Clix Inc. and Forests and People Magazine
This gently-conceived diorama from Barcelona, Spain, offers an unusual scene. The Wise Men arrive to worship the Christ Child
in the courtyard of a home in Bethlehem, while Joseph earns lodging for the Holy Family with his skills as a carpenter.
wainscoting, colonnades of wood, or carved panels.
(Solomon's Temple was so notable in its use of woods
that it was referred to as the House of the Forest of
Lebanon.) Generally speaking, stone was less precious than
wood because it was widely available.
While dead wood gathered carefully was used for
cooking and heating, the ritual sacrifices required con-
siderable quantities of wood fuel. Among the small courts
within Herod's Temple was one called "the timber room."
One of the thirteen collecting boxes of the Temple took
gifts intended for the purchase of wood for the altar.
The people of Palestine made good use of the skills of
the woodcutter, carpenter-joiner, cabinetmaker and wood
carver, all of which skills would have been combined in
the jurisdiction of the Carpenter of Nazareth. His tools
we know from texts and excavations — axes, hatchets,
saws, scrapers, hammers, mallets, chisels, knives, squares,
jointers, nails of wood or bronze, compass, measure,
pencil and plumb-line. "The carpenter stretcheth out a
line; he marketh it out with a pencil, he shapeth it with
chisels, and he marketh it out with the divider. . . ."
(Isaiah 44, 13)
The adze, or ascia of the Romans, was used as a secret
symbol, meaning the Cross, by the early Christians during
the years of the persecutions. It was customarily carried
in the carpenter's belt. A lump of sandstone served him
as a plane. The saw was fashioned with flintstone teeth,
serrated and mounted in a frame. It was pulled through
the wood rather than pushed. Shears, files and rasps were
unknown. The hammer was a heavy stone drilled with a
hole to insert a handle. The drill had been introduced
from Egypt; it was a bow-drill, turned with great
rapidity.
Unlike the customary depictions, the Biblical carpenter
would not have used a work bench. He would have sat
on the earthen floor, bracing his work between his leather
apron and his feet and manipulating it with toes that
became as skillful as his hands.
The carpenter would have been a familiar sight in
A yoke
would have been
handiwork of
carpenter.
the everyday Ufe of Israel, as we may gather from
Christ's words to the Pharisees, "How is it that thou
canst see the speck of dust which is in thy brother's
eye and are not aware of the beam that is in thy own?"
(Matthew 7, 4; Luke 6, 42) The carrying of beams in
those little crowded streets must have been tolerably dan-
gerous and one of the rabbinical discussions concerns the
case of a man bearing a beam colliding with one holding
a pitcher. Not without irony, Christ tells the hypocrite
that, instead of minding his neighbor's business, he would
be better advised to watch the beam that is approaching
and could thrust out his eye.
A more moderitistic tnierpreiation of Joseph at work is this in
pastel chalks by Mary Kircher, daughter of William Kircher of
the Education Department of the AFL-CIO. Mary was 15 when
she completed it.
Carpentry work in itself in rural Galilee must have
been of the simplest kind — nothing in comparison with
the roofing of a steeple or the calculation of a spiral stair-
case as our journeyman carpenters of today are required
to do. All the roofs were flat — all that was needed was
the laying of the beams and the covering of them with
woven reeds. The outside staircases were straight up. But
apart from these duties (on which the carpenter could
scarcely have lived in a small town), he was also cabinet-
maker, carver, wheelwright and plough and yoke maker,
as well as wood-cutter. To him, the villagers came when
they needed something mended, a door hung, a wall
strengthened, a lock replaced, a chest made or a tool
repaired. He shaped not only the thick planks needed
for supporting the mud or clay houses, but likewise
garden tools, cradles, biers. He made utensils for house-
keeping, stools, milk buckets, linen presses — they had no
use for clothes closets — and perhaps he did some fine
cabinet work. A modest "inventory" might include
candlesticks, kneading troughs, rakes, winnowing forks,
a loom, grape press, plough, sledges, seats, plates, ink tray
or cups. He could even be relied on to build a small
fishing boat.
In a typical day, a customer might want the stilt or
coulter of his plough repaired; another might commission
a pergola to be set up along the side of his house; a woman
could come to buy a chest or possibly a bushel to measure
her wheat; another a support for her straw pallet. (In
the Palestinian home, mats and blankets arranged at
ground level along the wall served as a bed by night and
a seat by day. But among the Israelites, wealthy people
used beds standing on legs. Jesus speaks of a lamp that
could be placed under the bed. Often these beds were
used to recline on at meals. Beds used for a night's rest
might be very high and a low stool was necessary to get
on and oflF them. A bed head support, often in the shape
of a crescent and richly carved, cradled the sleeper's
head and was wrapped in costly coverings.)
In those days, as always, cart wheels had hubs of iron
which the carpenter fashioned himself, thus obliging him
to add metal forging to his other skills. Even to our day,
Nazareth is still noted for certain specialties — sickles,
ploughshares, knives.
The wooden yoke used by the Israelites hardly differed
from the present Palestinian yoke. Formed of a transverse
bar with long pins fixed vertically for enclosing the neck
of the ox or mule or horse which bore it, it was also kept
in place by thongs passed under the animal's throat. "My
yoke is easy and my burden is light" (Matthew 11, 30)
were the words of a skilled craftsman who took pride in
the fact that yokes were carefully balanced to distribute
their weight equally, were smoothly finished to prevent
chafing.
The chief woods used came from the cypress, oak, wild
olive (or pine) , acacia and sandalwood. The most prized
of all was the widely- famed and aromatic cedarwood,
which Solomon used so extensively, importing it from
Lebanon through the merchant-princes of the day, the
Phoenicians.
The carpenter
would have
fashioned such
chairs as this.
But for practical applications the most esteemed wood,
which the carpenter would tramp the woods in search of,
was the sycamore which was proof against worms and
which, when properly treated, was hard enough to serve
instead of iron as a ploughshare. For ordinary use, people
made do with oUve and cypress or, for small things, old
vine trunks.
Yes, Jeshua ben Joseph would have been a man of
parts, a workman who lent to his profession the dignity
of love. He would have known it thoroughly and rev-
erenced it — sawing logs into planks and fashioning
furniture with joy. He would have taken pleasure in
serving his customers . . . would have been proud without
vanity of his skill . . . anxious that his former work had
satisfied them, that the cart had held up, the door frame
not warped, the bride's chest brought happiness. He
would have understood perfectly that work done with
love goes straight to God.
United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and
Joiners of America,
AFL-CIO
Carpenters' Bldg.,
101 Constitution
Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D. C.
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What would you do
if you were caught
in a
life-threatening
fire?
A pre-dawn fire in
downtown Sacra-
menlo, Calif., lit
up the sky and
burned half of an
unoccupied dwell-
ing before firemen
were able to con-
trol the blaze.
Arson was sus-
pected. — Photo by
Dennis Warren,
Sacramento, Calif.,
Union.
A Houston fire
fighter rescues a
frightened woman
and escorts her to
safety as firemen
combat a life-
threatening blaze
in the background.
— Photo by Jerry
Click, Houston,
Tex., Post.
Editor's Note: We
are grateful for the
assistance given tci us
in tlie preparation of
this article by The
International Associa-
tion of Fire Fighters,
AFI,-C10 (which also
supplied the pictures),
the Wall Street
Journal, and the Inter-
national Teamster.
EXPERIENCED FIRE FIGHTERS
OFFER SOME ANSWERS
■ Last November, 84 people died at
the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas,
Nevada, in the third worst high-rise
fire in US history. Then, in February
of this year, a fire at the Las Vegas
Hilton claimed eight more lives . . .
The annual death toll from hotel,
apartment, and high-rise office building
fires is staggering — not to mention
the 6,600 deaths from residential fires
reported each year.
Have you ever planned what you
would do if you were involved in a
life-threatening blaze?
Richard Kauffman, a captain and
firefighting specialist with the Los
Angeles County, Calif., Fire Depart-
ment feels that everyone must be pre-
pared for such a crisis. He has the
following important tips to offer.
Fire is not likely to "chase you
down and burn you to death" as many
people believe. Rather, it's the by- ■
products of the fire — super-heated or
poisonous gases, smoke, and panic —
that will almost always be the cause
of death, long before the fire ever
arrives.
PRESENCE OF SMOKE
The presence of smoke is a danger
signal that should trigger an immediate
response. Smoke contains carbon
monoxide, a gas so deadly that 1.3%
of it in air causes death in minutes.
High rises and hotels have ducts, ele-
vator shafts, and air conditioning
24
THE CARPENTER
systems that can transport smoke far
from its source. In the MGM fire, for
example, 70 of the 84 deaths occurred
on the upper floors as a result of
smoke traveling through elevator
shafts.
If you notice unusual amounts of
smoke in your hotel, apartment, or
office building, you should attempt to
leave the building immediately. Smoke
accumulates at the ceiling and works
its way down, so you should get on
your hands and knees or on your
stomach. Even if you can tolerate the
smoke by standing, don't. Carbon
monoxide may already have started to
accumulate, and you must spare your
lungs for as long as possible. The fresh
air you will need is at or near the floor.
Another reason for getting down
low is to spare your eyes. Excessive
smoke can irritate them to the point
where, as a defense mechanism, they
will close automatically.
A most important thing to remem-
ber is not to panic. Over-powering
terror is contagious and dangerous,
and it can spread quickly among peo-
ple. Panic-stricken people rarely can
save themselves. If you understand
what to do, where to go, and how to
get there, panic will not set in.
HOTEL FIRE EXIT
If you are staying in a hotel, the
first thing you should do after check-
ing in and dropping your luggage is
locate your hallway fire exit. (You
should also do this if you live in a
high-rise apartment or work in a
skyscraper office building.) Make a
mental note of the following: Is the
exit on the left or right side of the
corridor? . . . Do you have to turn a
corner to get there? ... Is there any-
thing in the hallway that could block
your way? . . . How many doors are
there between your room and the exit?
This entire procedure should only
take a minute, but, by making it a
habit, you will prepare yourself for a
possible emergency.
If you have to leave your hotel
during the night, it is important to
close the door behind you. This can
keep out fire and minimize smoke
damage to your belongings.
Also, you should always keep your
hotel key in the same place in your
room, for example, on your night-
stand. This way, if you are awakened
by fire in the middle of the night, you
will be able to grab your key without
wasting any time. You must take your
key with you as you leave, for, if you
find fire and smoke in the hallway.
Continued on Page 26
APRIL, 1981
Fire fighters struggled through smoke
to rescue a 90-year-old man trapped in
an apartment above a bakery whose deep
fryers had caught fire. The man even-
tually died of smoke inhalation. — Photo
by Benny Sieu.
A veteran fireman and father of six
saved a 12-year-old girl from almost
certain death as flames engulfed her two-
family Queens home. Firemen eventually
restored her to normal breathing.
— Photo by Joe DeMaria.
Fire fighters rescued a victim from a
burning home late one night in
Sacramento, Calif. The fire, controlled
in minutes, was started when a burning
cigarette fell on a living room couch.
— Photo by Dennis Warren, Sacramento,
Calif., Union.
25
FIREPROOFING
YOUR HOME
The best way for homeowners to pro-
tect themselves against fire is to prevent
it from occurring in the first place. US
fire authorities believe that as many as
3,000 home fire fatalities could be
avoided each year if people used pre-
ventive measures.
The New York City Fire Department
ofl'ers the following checklist for home
fireproofing:
1. Keep non-combustible ash trays in
all rooms.
2. Carefully dispose of glowing
matches and cigarettes.
3. Keep matches in metal containers
away from heat and children.
4. Warn everyone in the family against
smoking in bed.
5. Avoid running electric cords under
rugs and over nails and hooks.
6. Keep lamp and appliance cords in
good condition.
7. Limit the number of lights and ap-
pliances on each circuit. (If fuses
blow, you are probably overloading
circuits. Solution: Relocate appli-
ances or have additional circuits in-
stalled by a reliable electrician.)
8. Only purchase appliances which are
approved by the Underwriters
Laboratories.
9. Use only 15-ampere fuses on light-
ing circuits.
10. Use only non-flammable cleaning
fluids. (Check the labels.)
11. Keep any flammable liquids which
are necessary in closed containers
and use with proper ventilation.
12. Keep your basement, storerooms
and attic free from rubbish, oily
rags, and old papers.
13. If you use an oil mop, keep it in a
metal container and in a well venti-
lated place where it will not catch
fire by spontaneous ignition.
14. Keep smoldering ashes in hole-free,
metal containers.
Today's modern technology provides
increased protection with reliable home
fire detection equipment that most peo-
ple can afford. Smoke detectors are con-
sidered the devices for maximum home
fire protection. They monitor the air
around them and, when smoke enters the
area, they send oft' an alarm that will
awaken those who are asleep. This is ex-
tremely important as approximately 60%
of all fatal household fires occur be-
tween 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
There are two types of smoke detectors
which run on batteries or electricity — •
ionization detectors, which are consid-
ered more sensitive, and photoelectric de-
tectors. Battery smoke detectors should
have warning devices that indicate when
the batteries are beginning to run low.
Smoke detectors can't save lives by
themselves. Once alarms have been
sounded, family members must take
prompt and proper action to ensure safe
escape from danger. Evacuation plans
should be carefully laid out and prac-
ticed, and everyone should know how to
call the fire department.
you will want to return to your room.
Don't lock yourself out.
Before you open the door, feel it
with your hand. If the door or knob is
hot, don't open it. The fire could be
just outside. With one palm on the
door — in case you need to slam it
shut — slowly open it and peek into
the hallway to check conditions.
If the hallway is clear, stay against
the exit side of the wall and start
crawling, counting doors as you go.
It's very easy to get lost or disori-
ented in a smokey atmosphere. If
you're on the wrong side, you could
pass the exit, and if you're in the
middle of the corridor, you could get
trampled by panic-stricken people.
Never use the elevator as a fire
exit. Besides the shaft filling with
smoke, there are hundreds of other
things that could go wrong. Elevator
call buttons and controls are abso-
lutely unreliable in conditions of
smoke, heat, or fire, and doors can be
held open by smoke obscuring the
photo cell light beam.
When you reach the fire exit, walk
down the stairs and hang onto the
handrail, again as protection against
running, panic-filled people who could
knock you down. For security pur-
poses exit doors are locked on the
stairwell side, so you must walk down
to the first floor.
Smoke sometimes will get into the
exit stairwell, and, in some cases, it
may not rise very high before cooling
and becoming heavy. This is called
"stacking." If you enter a clear stair-
way and come upon "stacked" smoke
as you descend, don't run through it.
People die that way. Turn around and
walk up to the roof.
When you reach the roof, prop the
door open. This will allow any smoke
to vent itself, and, at the same time, it
FOR UNION MEMBERS
Local union officers may arrange
to have qualified people from the
International Association of Fire
Fighters, AFL-CIO, attend their
union meetings to discuss fire
safety by writing to the: Inter-
national Association of Fire Fight-
ers, AFL-CIO, 1750 New York
Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20006, or by calling (202) 872-8484.
won't lock you out. Find the windward
side of the building to avoid getting
caught in the smoke, and wait for the
firemen to find you.
HOTEL ROOM FIRE
If you should wake up to smoke in
your room and the hallway is on fire,
don't panic. One of the first things you
should do is open a window to vent
the smoke. If there is heavy smoke
outside you'll have to close it again,
so be careful not to break it or you
could become trapped. If there is fire
outside, pull down the drapes and
move anything combustible away from
the window.
There are several things you can do
if you are caught in your hotel room.
If the phone works, let someone know
you're in there. Flip on the bathroom
vent if smoke is coming through, and
fill the bathtub with water for fire-
fighting. With your ice bucket, bail
water from the tub onto the door and
walls to keep them cool. Wet some
sheets and towels and stuff the cracks
of the door to keep out smoke. You
can put your mattress up against the
door, block it with a dresser, and
saturate it with water. A wet towel
tied around your nose and mouth is
an effective filter if you fold it in a
triangle and put the corner in your
mouth.
Most people who jump from their
windows "to safety" are killed or
injured in the process. If you're on
the first floor, you can simply open
the window and climb out. If you
jump from the second floor, you
must jump far enough to clear the
building. Many people hit window sills
and ledges on the way down and
either land on their heads and kill
themselves or get seriously injured. If
you're higher than the third floor,
chances are you won't survive the fall.
You would be better off fighting the
fire.
Many hotels are reluctant to notify
the fire department until they have
verified that there really is a fire, for
such action could lead to bad pub-
licity. This type of hesitation has cost
many lives. If you notice smoke or
fire, therefore, you should call the
fire department yourself. Tell them
what you see or smell and give them
your room number in case you need
to be rescued.
There are 14,000 state and local
building fire codes in the United States
which recommend features such as
sprinkler systems that are activated
by heat or smoke, walls that can
withstand up to four hours of flames,
alarms, smoke detectors, ground-floor
command posts that communicate to
all floors, and elevators that auto-
matically return to the lobby when
smoke is detected.
The problem is that no locality is
required to adopt any or all of these
codes, and this can lead to confusion
and controversy. For example, 26
people recently died in a hotel fire at
Harrison, N.Y. because local fire codes
Continued on Page 28
22% Reduction in Home Fire Deaths Over Decade
The number of accidental deaths in the
home declined in the last 10 years,
mostly in the area of home falls, states
the National Safety Council in its newest
edition of Acciilcni Fads.
The Council publication is often con-
sidered the bible of the safety field. It is
also the most comprehensive manual of
accident data in the U.S. In addition to
reporting accident trends over the past
decade, the 1980 edition of Accident
Facts provides accident data covering
major categories for the year of 1979 —
motor vehicle, work, home, public, farm
and school.
Accidental home deaths dropped 20%
between 1969 and 1979, from 27,500 to
22,000. All accidental deaths decreased
1 1% during this time.
Home accidents include falls, bums,
poisonings, suffocations, mishaps with
explosives, and drownings in pools and
bathtubs.
There were 3.300 fewer deaths resulting
from falls in the home in 1979 than in
1969, down from 10,300 to 7,000. Most
of the decrease in death due to falls
occurred in the 75 and older age group.
However, persons over 75 still account
for more than 60% of all deaths in the
home caused by falls.
There were 22% fewer deaths due to
fires during the decade, from 6,000 in
1969 to 4,700 in 1979.
The number of deaths due to drown-
ings in the home or on home premises
remained nearly the same throughout the
decade. About 700 persons drowned in
home accidents in 1979, compared with
750 such deaths in 1969. One-half of
these fatalities occurred in swimming
pools, and about one-fourth took place
in bathtubs. The remainder occurred in
wells, cisterns, cesspools and other bodies
of water.
To obtain copies of the 1980 edition
of Accident Fads, contact the Order
Department at the National Safety
Council. 444 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago,
IL 60611; or telephone 800-621-8051 to
place your order.
26
THE CARPENTER
Business PACS Boom,
Special Interests Zoom
Anyone developing theories on the
"conservative trend" in America should
take a look at the explosion of business
and rightwing Political Action Commit-
tees (PACs).
The Federal Election Commission re-
ported a grovi'th of 551 PACs in the past
year alone.
In December 1974, prior to enactment
of amendments by Congress which
spurred PAC activity, there were 608
PACs. By December 1980, there were
2,551.
Labor had 201 PACs in 1974 and now
has 297.
Corporations boomed from only 89
PACs in 1974 to 1,204 PACs today.
Trade associations grew from 318 to 574.
Non-connected PACs, almost all of them
conservative and "New Right"-type
groups, started with 1 10 in 1977 and
jumped to 378 PACs today.
Thus labor's 297 PACs are easily
overwhelmed by the total of 2,156 PACs
representing corporations, trade associ-
tions and non-connected groups.
Since public financing of presidential
campaigns began in 1976, the hundreds
of millions of dollars poured into political
campaigns has been steered to congres-
sional candidates. (PAI)
Exploiting
'Norma Rae'
Twentieth Century Fox has sold
the rights to the name "Norma
Rae" to a non-union apparel
manufacturer, according to the
Clothing and Textile Workers
Union.
The manufacturer reportedly
plans to use the name on a new
line of designer jeans. ACTWU
Union Label Director Del Mileski
said the jeans will be marketed by
Kratex, a New York apparel firm.
They will be produced by a non-
union contract shop in North
Carolina, he said.
"It's ironic that a name that has
become synonymous with union
organizing and the struggle for
justice will be exploited to make
profits for non-union companies,"
Mileski declared.
Crystal Lee Sutton, on whose
life the movie "Norma Rae" was
based, said, "It makes me kind of
sad. They're just out for the
money." (PAI)
ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL
Alaska-Lands Stand
Praised by Governor
In a recent letter to General Treasurer
and Legislative Director Charles Nichols,
the Governor of Alaska, Jay S. Ham-
mond, expressed deep appreciation to the
United Brotherhood for its support of his
state's position on Alaska lands legisla-
tion.
Last year, the U.S. Congress faced a
strong lobbying effort by environmental-
ist groups to have a major part of the
state declared wilderness areas, thus pre-
venting development of much of the
state's lumber and mineral resources, and
closing off millions of acres from normal
community development. Recognizing the
extreme nature of many environmentalist
proposals to Congress, the Brotherhood
went on record as supporting a more
balanced development program, as ad-
vocated by organized labor and state
officials.
In his letter to Nichols, Governor
Hammonds said, "The final legislation
does not contain all that, as advocates,
we hoped to achieve. However many es-
sential elements were included, and the
final legislation is much better than some
of the public rhetoric might indicate.
There is no question that your support
contributed greatly to the results which
the state was able to achieve."
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APRIL, 1981
27
Wind-Up Plumb Bob Winds Up in Many
Locations; None Now on the Market
Back in our October, 1980 issue, we
asked our readers if they knew either the
whereabouts of the Glasco Concrete Ac-
cessories company or the name and ad-
dress of another manufacturer that pro-
duces a specialty plumb bob with its own
wind-up line (called Speed Bob). Several
readers had requested this information.
We had quite a response and
were able to unravel the following
information:
Glasco Concrete Accessories is
still in existence and is run by
one of our own members, Hiram
Argust, of Local 1976, Los An-
geles, Calif. He designed and
manufactured the "Speed Bob"
which the CARPENTER adver-
tised several years ago.
Argust is presently perfecting
his original model, and therefore,
he does not have any plumb bobs
available at this time. He does,
however, expect to have a supply
sometime early this summer. Members
who are interested in obtaining more in-
formation on price and availability can
write directly to: Hiram Argust, Glasco
Concrete Accessories, 11303 Malat Way,
Culver City, Calif. 90230, (213) 390-
7368.
One of our Alaska members, Charlie
Fox, of Local 1281, Anchorage, is a
Speed Bob distributor, but, because he
receives his supply from Hiram Argust,
he, too, will not have such plumb bobs
available until early this summer. Alaska
members can send inquiries to: Charlie
Fox, 2150 Gambell Street, Anchorage,
Ak. 99503, (907) 278-9776.
Andrew Helgesen, of Local 203,
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is a distributor in the
New York area, who also receives his
plumb bobs from Hiram Argust of
Glasco Concrete Accessories. Again, his
supply should be available this summer,
and members can place orders by writing
to: Andrew Helgesen, 23 Anthony Dr.,
Apt. 204, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12601,
(914) 462-5143.
One member responding to our inquiry
suggested that we contact Stanley Tool
Co., in New Britain, Conn. We did this
and were informed that their plumb bobs
must be wound manually.
Finally, many members wrote to us
that Joe Prutch of San Pedro, Calif., pro-
duced a "Sensational New Plumb Bob."
We looked into this and discovered that
Prutch, of Local 1140, Harbor City,
Calif., sold his business several years ago
to Glasco Concrete Accessories.
We would like to thank the following
members for responding to our October
inquiry: Charlie Fox, Local 1281, An-
chorage, Ak.; D. N. Clayton, Alta Loma,
Calif.; Raymond L. Johnson, business
representative. Local 1140, Harbor City,
Calif.; Floyd R. Dearing, Local 743,
Bakersfield, Calif.; Louis H. Faix, Dover
Plains, N.Y.; Albert H. Goucher, record-
ing secretary, Local 500, Butler, Pa.;
Hachett Kinnamon, Local 101, Balti-
more, Md.; Floy Ojidu, Local 181, Chi-
cago, 111.; J. R. Bolen, Local 1102,
Detroit, Mi.; Mrs. K. E. Johnson, Pierre,
S.D.; and W. T. Kriek, Local 1280,
Mountain View, Calif.
FIRE PROTECTION
Continued from Page 26
did not require that sprinklers be
installed in conference rooms, where
the fire occurred. If the hotel had been
built across the street, a different local
fire code would have required sprink-
lers in all rooms.
CONSTRUCTION ASPECTS
Today's modern construction fea-
tures provide an even greater reason
for people to prepare for a possible
fire emergency. Hotels and high rises
are children of the "electronics and
plastics age." Filled with miles of
plastic-coated electrical wiring and
tons of combustible plastic furniture,
fiberboard tiling, and carpeting, they
are dangerous places for fire to erupt.
Ironically, fire-retardant and plastic
furniture produce carbon monoxide at
an extremely fast rate, and the latest
aluminum and glass exterior walls are
George Roper, coordinator for the Las
Vegas, New, Joint Apprenticeship and
Training Committee, is a Red Cross
volunteer worker. He was among many
union members who assisted victims of
the recent fire at the MGM Grand
Hotel in Las Vegas.
ineffective in blocking fire from
spreading to upper floors.
The thousands of seven story and
more high-rise buildings that have been
built in the US over the past ten years
alone are serious problems for fire-
fighters in yet another way. Fire
Humphrey-Hawkins
Dealt Death Blow
Back in 1978, partly in tribute to
the late Hubert H. Humphrey, the
U.S. Congress passed the Humphrey-
Hawkins Bill. It was signed into law
by President Carter.
Called the Full Employment and
Balanced Growth Act, its aim was to
create government policies to lower
unemployment to 4% or less and the
inflation rate to 3% or less by 1983.
At the time the bill was signed,
many supporters felt it had been so
weakened by amendments as to be
only a "symbolic" action in the fight
against unemployment. As history
showed last month, those fears were
realized.
In his final economic report before
leaving office. President Carter dealt
what may be the death blow to any
effectiveness of the Act. His report
called for the elimination of any dead-
lines for achieving the goals of full
employment. There's little hope that
the current Administration will revive
the bill.
If the current economic mess
doesn't prove anything else, it should
prove that the basic goals of the
original Humphrey-Hawkins Bill still
make a lot of sense. The bill, as first
proposed, called for a "planned
economy" and suggested a method
whereby all decision-making forces in
the government — the Presidency, the
Congress and the Federal Reserve
System — would be directed toward
the goal of full employment. Un-
fortunately, the "guts" of the bill were
sacrificed in the efforts to get the
measure through Congress.
In our current economic frustra-
tions, perhaps this nation might again
look at the common sense approach
provided in the original version of the
Humphrey-Hawkins Bill, and act to
revive it.
It's sad that this bill — heralded as
a salute to the great "Happy Warrior"
from Minnesota — should be left to
languish in emptiness.
— Allied Industrial Worker
ladders extend only 100 feet high, so
if there is a fire on the top floors of a
modern high rise, firefighters are
forced to either carry their heavy
equipment up many flights of stairs or
risk riding elevators that are unpre-
dictable when engulfed in smoke.
Everyone should learn the basics in
fighting fire. Being prepared is the key
to avoiding panic and escaping the
danger, alive.
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THE CARPENTER
UIE COnCRHTUinTE
. . . those members of our Brotherhood who, in recent weeks, have been named
or elected to public offices, have won awards, or who have, in other ways "stood
out from the crowd." This month, our editorial hat is off to the following:
Charlie Black and
his prize-winning
structure in
Columbus, O.
Black is a member
of Local 200.
CRAFTSMAN OF YEAR
Architects will be the first to tell you
that renderings and finished projects can
be miles apart in final appearance. But in
a recent case in Columbus, O., local
architects nominated a member of Car-
penters LxDcal 200, Charlie Black, as one
of two "Craftsmen of the Year" for his
outstanding concrete work on a down-
town riverfront walkway along the west
bank of the Scioto between Town Street
and 1-70.
Black is a project superintendent for
the Setterlin Company. He was nomi-
nated for the Columbus Builders Ex-
change award by architect Jeffrey Slane,
Godwin-Bohm-NBBJ Architects, who
said, "The concrete on this project was
not called out to be architectural concrete
because of the added costs this classifica-
tion adds to the project. However, the
finished appearance of concrete work on
this project meets or exceeds most archi-
tectural concrete around the area."
EARTHQUAKE RELIEF
Members of Carpenters Local 393,
Gloucester, N.J., recently sent a $500
check to Bishop George Guilfoyle of the
Diocese of Camden, N.J., as a contribu-
tion to the Catholic Fund for Italian
Earthquake Victims.
Meanwhile, the New Jersey State AFL-
CIO collected food for the earthquake
victims, and members of other Brother-
hood locals in the state contributed to
that worthy solicitation.
AID TO RETARDED
A check for $40,000 was presented re-
cently to the Philadelphia, Pa., Associa-
tion for Retarded Citizens by the Brother-
hood's Philadelphia Metropolitan District
Council. The donation was made on be-
half of the council by Business Represen-
tative John Anello to Albert Teti of
PARC.
The money will enable the PARC to
move into a new building and treat twice
the number of retarded persons now
under its care.
Anello is a vice president of PARC. He
has been active for more than 30 years in
the care, treatment, and housing of the
retarded. In addition, he has worked with
the local Variety Club's program for
handicapped children, in the fund-raising
effort to overcome cystic fibrosis, and for
Boys Town of lUily.
Anello, right, presents the $40,000 check
to Albert Teti at a recent banquet.
1881 • The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America • 1981
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Roseburg, Ore. — Picture No. 1
ROSEBURG, ORE.
At its "Spouse Award" night, December 6,
1980, Local 2949 honored its 20 to 35-year
members. Those who received awards are
pictured in the accompanying photographs.
Picture No. 1 — Front row, from left to right:
John McGarity, Myrtle Marical, Alice Bishop,
Art Coplin, and Richard Heartley.
Second row, from left to right: Mitchell
Benedict, Ralph Moore, Lee Black, Ken
Canfield, Wallace Nelson, Dewey Berryhill,
Lieorge Finnov. Charlie Thompson, and
Charlie Thonison.
Third row, from left to right: Eugene
Thornton, Boyce Baker, Cletus Yarbrough,
Melvin Hisey, Francis Hogg, Argie Perry, Billy
Beaird, Walter Alexander, and Glen Birchfield
Back row, from left to right: Don Koch,
Virgil Whittington, Lonzo Mann, Sid Hall,
Clarence Parker, Harold Tipton, Billy Roy
Krafzmeyer, Roy Gibson, Gene D'Ambrosio,
Donald Long, and Charlie BIy.
Picture No. 2— Front row, from left to right:
Barney Sjogren, Evelyn Thiele, and Neal Meyer.
Second row, from left to right: Stan Cornutt,
Roseburg, Ore. — Picture No. 2
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A gallery of pictures showing some of the senior members of the Broth-
erhood who recently received pins for years of service in the union.
Harlow Wagner, Barney Powers, Carl Spuhn,
and George Clark.
Back row, from left to right: Don Smith,
John George, Bob Sherman, Ralph Woods, Al
Wade, Charlie Smith, and Les Barnes.
INDIO, CALIF.
Local 1205 recently held a service awards
ceremony for its longtime members. Business
Agent George Stevens presented the pins to
the following honored members: Ed Goldring,
former business agent, 33-years; Travis Barnes,
25-years; 0. C. Bean, 33-years; Ralph Brock-
man, 26-years; Victor Cochran, 34-years; Orval
Conaway, 27-years; Floyd Delashmit, 40-years;
Bert English, 35-years; Louis Farmer, 36-years;
Doyle Fox, 39-years; L. Y. Franklin, 38-years;
Benjamin Galka, 27-years; John Guettsche,
29-years; Leon Heitzman, 33-years; Al Honchell,
26-years; Earl Hubrig, 29-years; Tex Hudson,
38-years; OIlie A. Humes, 30-years; Rex B.
Laye, 33-years; George Learned, 33-years;
Marvin McDonald, 36-years; John Mandic,
33-years; C. M. Moore, 27-years; D. N. Morrow,
37-years; Vollie Newton, 30-years; Pete
Ormiston, 32-years; John 0. Overstreet,
27-years; Earl R. Paulson, 34-years; Franklin
Rasmusen, 27-years; Leo L. Richardson,
37-years;-Reinhold Schmidt, 44-years; Marlon
M. Smith, 30-years; Wylie Strickland, 38-years;
Darrel Ward, 34-years; John W. West Jr.,
38-years; and George Zahariades, 34-years.
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THE CARPENTER
ALBERT LEA, MINN.
On December 20, 1980, Local 766 held a
Christmas and retirement banquet and
presented service pins to retirees and 30-year
charter members.
Picture No. 1 shows charter members, from
left to right: Harvey R. Paulson, Vernon L
Baer, Ralph Benson, Palmer Bergo, William
Bjerke, George Modderman, and Helmer Moe.
Picture No. 2 shows, front row, from left to
right: 10-year members George Otis and
William Thomas; 5-year member Margaret
Roberts; and 10-year members Cecil Breczinski
and Ervin Olson.
Seco.id row, from left to right: Alfred
Dirnberger, 25-years; William Bjerke and
George Modderman, 30-years; John Dagner,
10-years; Einar Mickelson, 15-years; Russ
Nelson, 5-years; and George Leonhardi,
35-years.
Third row, from left to right: Vernon L. Baer,
30-years; Leon Toenges and Leon Schumacker,
5-years; and Helmer Moe and Norris Hamborg,
30-years.
Back row, from left to right: Harvey R.
Paulson and Ralph Benson, 30-years; Palmer
Bergo, 25-years; Harold McDonald, 10-years;
Grant Hoyne, 30-years; Ernest Millel-, 10-years;
Art Doppelhammer, 15-years; Orville Johnson,
5-years; and Clarence Wayne, 30-years.
Picture No. 3 shows, from left to right:
Business Representative Ii/like Hoiseth,
Financial Secretary Vernon L. Baer, Past
President Harvey R. Paulson, receiving his pin,
and President Brian R. McMullen.
Those who received pins but were not
present for the photograph were: 5-year
members Elvin Lee, Russ Nelson and Edna
Hassler; 10-year members Siebert
VonBronkhorst and Sherman Johnson; 15-year
member Adrianus Struyk; 20-year member Dan
McNab; 30-year members Clifford Anderson,
Duane Anderson, Leo Grubish, Sanford Lien,
Bernard Jorgenson, M. N. Hylbak, Hans A.
Hanson, Sophus Degn, and Chet Beving; and
40-year member Paul Olson.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Local 1145 recently celebrated its 25th
anniversary and held a Silver Anniversary
Awards Dinner Dance for all members with 10
or more continuous years of service to the
Brotherhood. Second General Vice President
Sigurd Lucassen was present at the ceremony.
Picture No. 1 shows Second General Vice
President Sigurd Lucassen, left, pinning a gold
pin on Local President Emeritus Joe Bordas.
Bordas was president of Local 1145 for 14 of
its 25 years.
Picture No. 2 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left to right: Bernard Buckler, Hugh
Turley, and George E. E. Harris.
Back row, from left to right: Roy Brown,
Bernie Crislip, Elmer Huffman, Elwood
Peatross, and Thomas Holland.
ATTEND your local union meetings
regularly. Be an active member.
Albert Lea, Minn. — Picture No. 1
Albert Lea, Minn. — Picture No. 2
Albert Lea, Minn. — Picture No. 3
Washington, D.C. — Picture No. 1
Washington, D.C. —
Picture No. 2
APRIL, 198 1
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NORTH MIAMI, FLA.
On December 20, 1980, Local 1379 held a
Christmas party and pin awards ceremony tor
members and tamilies. Fourth District Board
IVIember Harold E. Lewis presented pins to the
following members with 20 or more years of
service to the Brotherhood.
Picture No. 1 shows 20-year members, from
left to right: Erik Seffer, Ed Trickett, Leo
Munden; Board Member Harold Lewis; William
Dorr, Jr., Trustee Frank Dervali, and Lucien
Tremblay.
Picture No. 2 shows 25year members, from
left to right: Edgar Wiren, Trustee John
Tolbert, Sr., Carl Proudfoof, Richard Patera,
Francis Mara; Board Member Harold Lewis;
Otto Kuhnert, Warren Inboden, Lou Finney,
President Paul Fortini, and Vernal Holbrook.
Picture No. 3 shows 30-year members, from
left to right: Vladimir Vilbas, Peter Russo;
Board Member Harold Lewis; John Haggquist,
Recording Secretary James Falls, and John
Mach, Jr.
Picture No. 4 shows 35-year members, from
left to right: Grover Priester, A. H. Jones;
Board Member Harold Lewis; Financial
Secretary Roy S. Moore, and Warren Fardig.
Picture No. 5 shows 40-year members, from
left to right: Leroy Weichbrodt, Floyd Deberry;
Board Member Harold Lewis; and Ed Fritchie.
Picture No. 6 shows Board Member Harold
Lewis, right, congratulating 60-year member
Clifford McCormick.
Members who were eligible for pins but
were not present for the ceremony included:
20-year members L. L. Albasi, J. C. Barton,
W. C. Behrman, E. R. Bierer, Wm. Boyce, H.
Chambers, E. K. Chandler, Earl Cote, F. Dykes,
V. Ellas, G. Ellenberg, M. Ewanco, E. Goff, C. E.
Johnson, E. Kolakowski, R. E. Lichtenberg,
R. Longo, Wm. Masters, V,P,, J. Matassa, R.
Moore, G. Ratcliffe, J. Rogers, H. Rosenberg,
I. Rosenblum, E. Saunders, D. Smith, A. Steigel,
T. Stilu, Jos. R. Varner, R. F. Walker, G. Webb,
L. Wisser, and R. Woodward.
25-year members C. A. Adams, A, Anderson,
R. J. Beck, V. Brink, C. A. Butz, L. Garb, H.
Glore, H. Haddock, K. Hayworth, W. A.
Henninger, L. M. Jacob, J. Kelly, H. Kinsey,
E. F. Kutina, J. Leavins, A. Lightsey, Dave
Murphy, J. Parnell, J. Plourde, C. Rosenblum,
E. A. Smith, R. J. Smith Jr., R. Stehrmer,
F. Townsend, and J. L. Varner Jr.
30-year members S. Argento, J. Caspanello,
B. Chaiken, J. Deal, Wm. Duchon, G. Flash,
W. Fleming, Bert Gibbs, W. Golembeski, Ed.
Hammes, R. Harris, A. I. Johnson, A. F.
Ketchum, W. Kinder, H.
H. Pence, J. Richards, J.
Stracuzzi, L. Titus, J. C.
Wright.
35-year members Bill
and Morris Zell.
40-year members A. Baldoni, Orville Foster,
R. B. Foster, K. Keifer, Lester Stewart, and
Wiley Tipton.
Knowles, J. Lavin,
Schneider, C.
, Varner, and M. L.
Lewis, Jos. H. Varner,
North Miami, Flo. —
Picture No. 1
North Miami, Flo.- — Picture No. 2
North Miami, Flo. — Picture No. 3
North Miami, Flo. — Picture No. 4
North Miami, Fla. — Picture No. 5
North Miami, Fla. — Picture No. 6
Logan, W. Va.
LOGAN, W.VA.
On January 6, 1981, Local 1969 honored its
longstanding members with service pins.
Local President Ken Wiley presented pins to
the following members, shown in the
accompanying photograph.
From left to right: President Ken Wiley,
presenting the pins; James Howes, Jr.,
30-years; Ernest Toth, 25-years; Hubert Crum,
30-years; Luther Gartin, 45-years; Hobert
Crum, 30-years; McClellan Crum, 25-years;
and E. E. Barrett, Jr., 30-years.
Members who received pins but were not
present for the photograph were: 25-year
members Charles Vance, Druie Zirkle, and
Darwin Dillion; and 30-year member Nolan
Ellis.
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GLOUCESTER, N.J.
Local 393 recently held a pin presentation
ceremony and awarded members with 25 to 58
years of service to the Carpenters' Union.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left to right: Alfred Przygoda,
Richard G. McAlister, Fred S. Laird, Herbert
H. Hayes, Sr., Allen Blank, and Alfred M.
Albano.
Back row, from left to right: Business
Representative Thomas C. Ober and President
Russell C. Naylor.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, front
row, from left to right: Joseph C. McGurk,
Manuel Lado, Louis Guida, and Charles Fair.
Back row, from left to right: Business
Representative Thomas C. Ober and President
Russell C. Naylor.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members, front
row, from left to right: Frank R. Romero,
Gloucester, N.J. — Picture No. 3
Andrew P. McFadden, James T. McConnell, Jr.,
and John H. Hoover.
Back row, from left to right: Business
Representative Thomas C. Ober and President
Russell C. Naylor.
Members who received pins but were not
present for the photographs were: 25-year
members Ezra T. Bartleson, Harry Carlson,
Raymond L. Cline, Benjamin F. Garaguso,
Albert Garrity, Ralph J. Hugg, Robert J.
McMenamin, Joseph Midure, Richard D. Moll,
and Ralph M. More; 30-year members William
C. Hammelman, and Paul Ross; 35-year
members Harry Beamer, Robert D. Chapman,
Nicholas J. Fecenko, Paul R.Heitman, Sr., Leon
Hudson, Sr., Preston Morgan, Burton Rodgers,
Robert Stilts, and John B. Winslow; 40-year
members Irwin Hurd, and William Suden;
54-year members William J. Setzer, and
Michael Vernamonti; 56-year members John
Biesz, and Joseph Miller; and 58-year member
Lawrence Powell.
Portland, Ore.
PORTLAND, ORE.
Pile Drivers Local 2416 recently presented
service pins to its long-time unionists. Two of
the honored members. Otto Anderson and
Lloyd Soward, are both charter year members,
initiated on March 29, 1920 and May 4, 1920,
respectively. Pile Drivers Local 2416 was
chartered on March 17, 1920.
Honored members are shown in the
accompanying photograph, from left to right:
Walfred Martin and Clyde Dorris, 45-years;
John E. Miller, Gerald Seifert, C. L. (Tex)
Martin and L Wayne Kollenburn, 30-yearS| Paul
Bailey and Eino Moilanen, 40-years; Andy
Huserik, 30-years; Emmett Wheeler and Ernie
Pesio, 35-years; Lloyd Soward, 60-years; and
Joseph Tamlyn, 25-years.
60-year member Otto Anderson was unable
to attend the program.
H^
Iere's some good news
for those already holding, or
about to purchase U.S. Savings Bonds.
The Treasury has announced that
effective Nov. 1. 1980, aD Series EE
Bonds will earn 8% interest if held for
9 years.
Intermediate yields will also rise
from 4'/2% to 5'/2% after one year and to
7'/2% after five years.
All outstanding Savings Bonds will
also benefit from a 1% increase to their
next maturity.
U.S. Savings Bonds are now
growing bigger, faster. So they're an even
better way to save than they have been
over the years.
They're still safe, still guaranteed,
still easy to buy through the Payroll
Savings Plan. But now the interest rate
has been improved.
And the maturity is shortened so
that you reach that full 8% a lot quicker.
Take another look at Bonds. As a
saving instrument. At the tax benefits. At
the new interest rates. The shortened
maturity. Bonds do ^ s^.
make sense. For you ry-i | ^ ft^ ^
and for your country. XdJ^C i ^'w^
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On Your Hard Hat
The Brotherhood Organizing Department
has Hard Hat Pencil Clips like the one
shown above available at 40(J each
(singly or in quantity). The clips keep
your marking pencils handy and they
display in red and blue letters the fact
that you're a member of the UBC. Each
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Order a Hard Hat Pencil (G0406) as
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address.
APRIL, 1981
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Palo Alto, Calif. — Picture No. 1
Palo Alto, Calif. — Picture No. 2
PALO ALTO, CALIF.
On November 1, 1980, Local 668 held a
dinner, dance, and pin presentation party to
honor its 25, 35, 45, and 50-year members.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left to right: Richard Kowalski, Ned
Nicholas, William Peterson, Hans Skoghein,
and Rosse D. Myrick.
Second row, from left to right: Harold
Mitchell, John Mosko, Shiro Kurasaki, Johnnie
Wolfe, and John Bowmer.
Back row, from left to right: Benjamin
Harrison, Frank Tanaka, Samuel Royal, A. J.
Smith, Tom W. Mills, and Josef Duller.
Picture No. 2 shows 35-year members, front
row, from left to right: Fred Samuel, Clifford
Buckingham, Frank D'Amico, George Oltrogge,
John Lahde, and Virgil A. Holt.
Second row, from left to right: Jess January,
0. B. Landman, Edward Carpentier, Ben
Thirionet, Walter Harju, and Ellis B. McGinty.
Back row, from left to right: C. H. Couey,
Wendell K. Johnston, Elmer R. Small, Gus
Anderson, John D. Peterson, Finis E. Vaughn,
and Andrew Bergstrom.
Picture No. 3 shows, from left to right:
45-year members Rudolph W. Johanson, Wayne
Pierce; President Elmer D. Noll; California
State Council Representative John Lawrence,
and 45-year member Uno Pihiaja.
Members who were not present to receive
their awards included:
25-year members William E. Bates, John G.
Bettencourt, Milford A. Brocious, Donald L.
Brilbaker, George E. Burdick, Robert J. Cooper,
How a 100-year-old helps
you and your union stay
healthy and safe.
This 100-year-old is the American Red Cross. That's right.
And Red Cross is helping you and your fellow members stay
healthy and safe with CPR — cardiopulmonary resuscitation —
a first aid method for sustaining life when a heart stops beating
and breathing stops. And it happens every day. If it happened
to an employee on the job, would you . . . would anyone know
what to do until help arrived? Permanent brain damage or
death can result in a matter of minutes . . . unless someone there
knows CPR.
You'll breathe a lot easier knowing your plant or job site
has CPR-trained people on hand — maybe one for every 50
people. You already have the manpower, and training doesn't
take much time. Red Cross can train one of your co-workers to
become an instructor certified to teach CPR classes in your
company or local union.
Find out more about CPR training. Call your local Red
Cross chapter today. Red Cross: Ready for a new century.
+1981
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Robert H. Fukuda, Dale V. Gowin, Clyde M.
Griffin, John E. Griffin, Johnnie T. Griffin,
Garland 0. Johnson, Merl J. Kinsey, Felix T.
Ledbetter, Manuel M. Lira, Horace G. Martin,
Wilfred McGowan, Wesley D. Pedersen, Michael
E. Polom, Harold G. Ridinger, Lura L. Smith,
Robert N. Smith, Charlie Stiltner, and Charles
L. Taylor.
35-year members Wreathel Bane, Donald
Bautista, Arthur J. Benson, Clarence Blank,
Floyd A. Bowman, John C. Bowmer, P. M.
Brooks, Earl A. Brusberg, Ralph M. Cook,
Albert Corbeil, Loyd Crothers, Gail P. Darrin,
Frank Dato, C. B. Dodson, James E. Dodson,
Lloyd Elliott, Nils T. Erickson, Wilko Erickson,
Jesse Espinoza, Andrew S. Feltrop, Alex Frank,
Homer Giles, Harry E. Glawatz, Sherman
Goodman, Conway Gothard, Doc F. Griffin,
Thomas B. Guill, Thomas B. Hagood, Carl
Hanson, Winfred H. Haynes, Jack D. Hendrix,
Charles G. Jacobs, Steve J. Janovich, Theodore
Johnson, Hubert Johnston, Axel Lark, LeRoy
Larsen, Elmer B. Lawhern, Erkki Maki, William
K. Maki, William C. McCandless, Andrew J.
Mitchell, Charles J. Moore, Fred Nava, John G.
Nelson, Wallace Nielson, Arne Norton, Frank
Nunes, Martin W. Orcutt, B. R. Pack, Sam
Pollizi, C. B. Rimington, Frank A. Ross, Thomas
J. Rowe, Kenneth R. Shupe, Joseph P. Signa,
Elmer V. A. Smith, William R. Smith, Archie R.
Sorenson, Clifford A. Spriggs, W. H. Stoutimore,
James M. Taffe, Raymond Taylor, John C. Tibbs,
Frank Truchan, Ray Underhill, Warren S. Vail,
L. L. Vaughn, C. M. Whitley, James N. Whitten,
Anton Wiklander, E. LaVon Wilson, Kinney D.
Wilson, Leonard Winter, Ed Wuesterfeld, and
Thomas Zollo.
45-year members Frank A. Baillie, George R.
Moore, and Henry W. Tollner.
50-year members Gottfried Johnson, and
John Schonert.
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Elizabeth, N.J. — Picture No. 2
ELIZABETH, N.J.
At its annual Christmas party, Local 715
honored its 25 through 50-year members with
service pins. Present at the ceremony were
three generations of carpenters: 30-year
member Peter Friedrich, his 25-year member
son Joseph, and his grandson Joseph, Jr.
Picture No. 1 shows 25 to 30-year members,
front row, from left to right: John Koziol,
Business Agent John Williams, Peter Friedrich,
Joseph Friedrich, John Harkins, and Walter
Peal.
Picture No. 2 shows 35 to 60-year members,
front row, from left to right: Peter Petersen,
45-years; Gus Sollozzi, 35-years; Otto Brylski,
40-years; Sidney Resnik, 35-years; George
Ford, 63-years; Business Agent John Williams;
Steve Kerekygarto, 56-years; William Plotkin,
40-years; Larry Carr, 40-years; and Lewis
Levitt, 40-years.
Picture No. 3 shows three generations of
carpenters, from left to right Joseph Friedrich,
Jr., Joseph Friedrich, Sr., Business Agent
John Williams, and Peter Friedrich.
Elizabeth, N.J. — Picture No. 3
LA GRANGE, ILL.
On November 4, 1980, Local 1128 held a
pin presentation ceremony, and Business
Representative Frank J. Dvorak presented
service awards to the following 25-year
members, pictured in the accompanying
photograph, from left to right: Frank Dvorak,
presenter of the pins; Pete Bonarek, Brian
Wick, Joseph Svoboda, Ed Daniels, John Pezen,
Don Ostrowski, Stanley Zabarek, and Virgil
Brannon.
Other 25-year members who received awards
include: John Machitelli, David Magnusson,
John Paolini, Roy G. Rubow, Joseph Shira,
Benedict Solis, Richard Yelnick, Lido Cosenza,
Peter Impastato, Roy Keeling, and James P.
Lavaja.
GULFPORT, MISS.
Local 1518 recently held a pin presentation
ceremony for members with 25, 40, and 60
years of continuous service to the Brotherhood.
Pictured in the accompanying photograph are,
front row, from left to right: 40-year members
Roy Peterman, L. S. Randall, B. A. Strickland,
Monroe Stewart; and 60-year member B. E.
Adams.
Back row, from left to right: 40-year
members Dorris Farmer, Curtis Gipson, Louis
A. Dubuisson, Ralph Miller, Malcolm Gibson,
and Julius Peterman; and 25-year member
B. H. Strickland.
LoGrange, III.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
In October, 1980, Local 1050 celebrated its
70th anniversary at the Philadelphia Holiday
Inn and awarded its deserving, long-time
members with service pins. Honored members
are pictured in the accompanying photograph
with local and international officers.
Front row, from left to right: Gilberto
Marchesani, 55-years; Pieta Landra, 57-years;
and past Business Representative Salvatore
Tyrco, 57-years.
Back row, from left to right: Local 1050
Business Representative John Anello; Second
General Vice President Sigurd Lucassen; First
General Vice President Patrick Campbell; First
District Board Member Joseph Lia; and Local
1050 Vice President John Pace.
Gulf port. Miss.
Philadelphia, Pa.
APRIL, 1981
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The following list of 710 deceased members and spouses represents
a total of $912,141.01 in death claims paid in January, 1981.
Local Union, City
I, Chicago, IL — Ruel L. Burlingame, George
E. Head.
4, Davenport, lA — Karl H. Hartog.
5, St. Louis, MO — Joseph H. Huelsing, Mrs.
Edward Kunkel, Peter F. Mess, Haskel
H. Simpson, Mrs. Herman Stumborg.
8, Philadelphia, PA— Charles DiSanti.
10, Chicago, IL — Kristen Hide.
II, Cleveland, OH — Elmer G. Erwin.
12, Syracuse, NY — Harold French, Richard
P. Lattrell, Paul Winkelmann.
13, Chicago, IL — Eric E. Erickson.
15, Hackensack, NJ— Vincent J. Brancato,
Peter Malvick, Charles Muzik, Mrs.
Otto Weis.
16, Springfield, IL — John B. Ennis. Eugene
H. Howett. Dewey Osborn, William V.
Polnik, Robert H. Raisch.
18, Hamilton, Ont., Can. — John Furmanic.
19, Detroit, MI— William Mickey.
20, New York, NY— Rudolph Kvenvik,
Louis Lopez, Jr.
22, San Francisco, CA— Lester L. Huffaker,
Terry O'Brien.
24, Central, CT— Robert D. Dooliltle.
25, Los Angeles, CA— Rcubin W. Bailey,
Harry W. Coles, Mrs. Eugene Davis,
Aaron Feld, Alvin R. Lanham. Charles
P. Meletidez. Dennis A. Vandenberge,
Alfred J. Vickers, Joseph A. Wilk.
26, East Detroit, MI— Cecil D. Nault.
27, Toronto, Ont., Can.— Reginald A.
Fawcelt.
32, Springfield, MA— Mrs. Leon C. Furgal,
Thaddeus S. Starodoj, Raymond L.
Vivier.
33, Boston, MA— Ronald P. Hurtubise.
34, Oakland, CA— Arthur W. Garrison. Nils
H. Lindberg, Edward W. Miller,
Rudolph A. Ponikvar.
Oakland, CA— Chris Bitz, Modesto
Conte, Rex R. Gebhard, Paul W. Johns,
Dcwev A. Salsbery.
37, Shamokin, PA— Mrs. Joseph Karpinski.
41, Woburn, MA— Vernon L. Bruce, David
P. Martino.
42, San Francisco, CA— Henry E. Bcllatorre,
Arthur A. Beyer, Mrs. Joseph M.
Quigley.
44, Champaign, IL — Albert G. Wray.
47, St. Louis, MO— Clarence A. Cross,
Marion D. Judge, Lloyd L. Larson, Mrs.
Cecil W. Ray, Wm. George Simpson.
49, Lowell, MA— John F. Dee, Sr., Mrs.
Albert L. Mondazzi.
50, Knoxville, TN— Norman A. Clark, John
F. Colbert, Carl E. Naugher.
51, Boston, MA— Augustus A. Butt, Michael
Lally.
54, Chicago, II. — Emil Kalcok.
55, Denver, CO— John Q. Hamill, William
M. Hess, Arthur H. Lane, Charles M.
Leonard, Seldon H. Morrow, Carl O.
Poore.
56, Boston, MA— Mrs. Bertram King, Mrs.
Joseph E. Melanson, Charles S. Moores,
Pasqualino Pignatiello, Claude Tuffin.
Chicago, IL — Mrs. John Becker, Ulf
Jansson, Clarence G. Prieve.
Kansas City, MO— Charles W. Barnes,
Mrs. William E. Burton.
Chicago, IL — Einar Ekhlad, John W.
Howard.
Bloominglon, IL — David E. Huffman,
Mrs. James R. Moser.
64, Louisville, KY — Joseph L. Fleitz, Sr.
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Local Union, City
65, Perth Amhoy, NJ— Carl C. Beck, Mrs.
John Elko, Stanley Frederick, Walter
Paliwoda, Joseph W. Smith, John G.
Warrick.
66, Olean, NY— David H. Butler, Charles K.
Wirsen.
69, Canton, OH— Charles A. Brinker, Mrs.
Louis J. Eaglowski, Mrs. Howard E.
Felger, Ernest R. Patterson.
74, Chattanooga, TN — Jeff A. Moreland.
80, Chicago, 11^— Gustav A. Blaha.
87, St. Paul, MN— LeRoy Regenold.
91, Racine, WI— Chris W. Jorgensen, Er-
hardt W. Nielsen. Edward M. Oik.
93, Ottawa, Ont., Can.— James E. Carty,
Isidore LaFrance, Marc Landry.
94, Providence, RI — Abraham Allen, William
E. Surette.
95, Detroit, MI— Edward Pielach, Eugene
M. Saari, Mrs. Herbert C. Smith.
98, Spokane, WA— Charles W. Hazeltine,
Louis J. Lang, Leslie A. Merriam,
George J. Reese. Cecil C. Robison.
99, Bridgeport, CN— Melville J. Rishor.
100, Muskegon, MI — Edward N. Eagle.
103, Birmingham, AL — James W. Parr.
104, Dayton, OH— Mrs. William H. Schulte,
Randle M. Skaggs.
105, Cleveland, OH— Fred C. Brown, Mrs.
John W. Lewis, Jr.
106, Des Moines, lA— Walter W. Callen,
Truman Elmore Forrest.
Ill, Lawrence, MA — Kenneth E. Campbell,
Joseph A. Genest.
117, Albany, NY— Stanley Panek.
120, Utica, NY — Frank Garramone, Fred G.
Hammes.
122, Phila., PA— William J. Stewart.
131, Seattle, WA— Leo B. Dworak, George
C. Hamner, Jr., Fred J. Ross, Mrs.
Edward W. Tolerton.
135, New York, NY— Nachman Glasel,
Leonard Santora.
141, Chicago, IL — Carl H. Anderson, Ernest
L. Wilmington.
149, Tarrytown, NY — Mrs. Dominick
Cristello.
155, Plainlield, NJ— Mrs. Lloyd Lindsley.
166, Pittsburgh, PA — Salvatore Pisani.
168, Kansas City, KS— Mrs. Guy P. Holmes.
169, E. St. Louis, 11^— James Redd.
174, Joliet, IL — John H. Johnson.
176, Newport, RI — Manuel L. Souza.
180, Vallejo, CA— Earl Rexroat.
181, Chicago, II^-Mr. & Mrs. Peter Andre-
sen, Harold A. Arnold, Walter E.
Dahlman. Sr., Max Hedlund.
182, Cleveland, OH— Mrs. Thaddeus
Luczywo.
183, Peoria, IL — George F. Brukella, Her-
man H. Harms, George T. Mangle,
Werner A. Scherler.
184, Salt Lake City, LIT- Ray Smith.
185, St. Louis, MO— Charles M. Boehner.
191, York, PA— Harvey King.
195, Peru, II^-Robert C. Woitynek.
198, Dallas, TX— Marvin L. Hart, Joseph
F. Heaton.
199, Chicago, IL — John S. Swanson.
200, Columbus, OH— John H. Westenberger.
201, Wichita, KS— George R. Haines.
210, Stamford, CT— John W. Boydos, Emil
Schoenberger, Axel J. Young.
211, Pittsburgh. PA— Mrs. George C.
Kutcher, Anthony J. Repsey.
213, Houston, TX— James E. Tubbs.
Local Union, City
215, Lafayette, IN— Nathan T. Ruch.
218, Boston. MA— Francis H. Hirtle.
222, Washington, IN — Alva B. McDevitt.
225, Atlanta, GA— Mrs. L. A. Davis, Nick
W. Goggins.
226, Portland, OR— Albert F. Anderson,
Mrs. Alan L. Gunderson, John M.
Solvik, Wilhelm E. Sonju.
229, Glens Falls, NY — Marvin Hayes.
232, Ft. Wayne, IN— Mr. & Mrs. Hubert H.
Neeley. Jr.
235, Riverside, CA— Dewitt T. Price, James
D. Schoggin.
242, Chicago, IL — Mrs. Roy Engel.
246, New York, NY— Nikola Ball.
249, Kingston, Ont., Can. — James H. Russell.
252, Oshkosh, WI— Mrs. John Bednarek,
John A. Breaker, Bernhard T. (Ben)
Zuehlke.
255, Bloomingburg, NY — Fred Bowers, Mrs.
Chester Yeaple.
256, Savannah, GA — Mrs. Harvey J.
Holland.
257, New York, NY— Sven A. Carlson,
Nathan Johnson, Alexander Maclnnes,
266, Stockton, CA — Allesandro Berlocchini,
Mrs. Louis A. Borge, Mrs. Lincoln
Chan, Charles Garner.
267, Dresden, OH — Shelly A. Fleming, Mrs.
David D. Leaman. William C. Parks.
272, Chicago Heights, IL — Mrs. Robert
Hafele, James R. Hamilton, Mrs.
Chester Reynolds.
280, Niagara-Genesee & Vic, NY — Arthur
L. Kostuk.
286, Great Falls, MT— Alex G. Pohlmeier.
314, Madison, WI — Aurelius F. Kidd, Gun-
vald M. Shold.
316, San Jose, CA — Edward F. Anderson,
Mrs. Louis F. Dragush, William J.
Novolnv, Oscar Parks. Jerry N. Smets.
329, Oklahoma City, OK— Mrs. R. A.
Bennett, Frederick N. Bull.
331, Norfolk, VA— Herbert W. Williamson.
338, Seattle, WA— Violet E. Bailey, Hazel
K. Patlison.
342, Pawtucket, RI — Joseph Boucher, Mau-
rice Laporte, Leon A. Plante.
343, Winnipeg, Man., Can. — Mrs. Harry
Dean.
345, Memphis, TN — Austin F. Bethay.
354, Gilroy, CA — Andrew A. Upton.
359, Philadelphia, PA— Michael P. Vitagli-
ano.
361, Duluth, MN— Mrs. Thomas J.
McNeallv.
366, New York, NY— Frank L. Babis.
385, New York, NY— Pietro Damelio,
William Ruggero.
388, Richmond, VA— Oscar H. Ludlam,
William C. Snead.
393, Camden. NJ— William G. Jevons.
396, Newport News, VA — Berkley P. Hardy.
400, Omaha, Neb.— Merl L. Brunstedt, Mrs.
Fred Clausen, Edward Czaplewski, Mrs.
Duane D. Suntken.
402, Northampton-Greenfield, MA — Merton
P. Bickford, Alpheus Sawin.
410, Ft. Madison, lA — Perry Cochrane.
413, South Bend, IN — Clarence E. Adams,
Mrs. John Stross.
415, Cincinnati, OH— Robert D. Padgett.
425, El Paso, TX — Mrs. Manuel Rodriguez.
437, Portsmouth, OH— Mrs. Ronald F.
Thornton.
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THE CARPENTER
442, Hopkinsville, KY— Richard V. Picker-
ing, Sr.
448, Waukegan, IL — Eldon Morris.
450, Ogden, UT— Elmo Prantil.
452, Vancouver, BC, Can. — Mrs. Ernest
Forstrom.
454, Philadelphia, PA — Earl C. Chamberlain,
William Hobson.
455, Somerville, NJ — James T. Murray, Mrs.
William Ruhl.
458, Clarksville, IN— Leo A. Schmidt.
465, Chester Co., PA— John W. Brabson.
468, New York, NY— Joseph Gulino, Mrs.
Dominic Porcella.
470, Taconia, WA — William Brookhyser,
Mrs. Loyd G. Fuher, Clifford Hall,
William C. Rave.
475, Ashland, MA — Mrs. Arnold Alzapiedi.
483, San Francisco, CA — Mrs. Everett V.
Garrison.
488, New York, NY— John Hedland,
Bertram R. Smith, Mrs. Paul Taylor.
494, Windsor, Ont., Can. — Joseph Fetzer.
500, Butler, PA— Robert Salkeld.
512, Ypsilanti, MI— Vern H. O'Neal.
515, Colo. Springs, CO — James E. Gray,
Fred Middlebrook.
517, Portland, ME— Mrs. George A.
Gammon.
522, Durham, NC — Mrs. Joseph A. Best.
530, Los Angeles, CA — George M. Macmac.
532, Elmira, NY— Louis A. Paulo.
537, Aiken, SC — Roosevelt Jenkins, James
A. Slice.
543, Mamaroneck, NY — Vincenzo Cirillo.
548, St. Paul, MN— Tracy M. Palmer.
550, Oakland, CA— Mrs. John P. Madeiros,
Andrew J. Scudero, Joseph S. Wash.
556, IVleadvilie, PA— Edward W. Lind.
559, Paducah, KY— Arguster G. Griffin.
561, Pittsburg, KS — Tom R. Ferguson, Jr.,
Frank A. Tressel.
562, Everett, WA — Mrs. Lawrence E. Mal-
lory, Murral T. Ray.
563, Glendale, CA— Orville A. Worden.
566, Ashland, KY— Burl Nichols.
576, Pine Bluff, AR— Robert L. Smith.
579, St. Johns, NF, Can.— William J.
Codner.
586, Sacramento, CA — Willie F. Davis, Mrs.
Chester G. Haynes, Rudolph Hoersch,
William LaFond, Griffie J. Lucas, Fay
O'Dare, Ervin R. Reister, John E.
Vanina.
596, St. Paul, MN— Mrs. Rudolph W.
Wanttie.
606, Virginia, MN— Mrs. Sulho E. Norri.
608, New York, NY— William J. Clarke,
Frank HefFernan, Noel L. Patterson.
609, Idaho Falls, ID— Alvin Engstrom, Mrs.
Lawrence F. Gillis, Fabyn A. Hanson.
620, Madison, NJ — Joseph Lamoglia, George
L. Silverthorne.
625, Manchester, NH — Romeo J. Lapierre.
626, Wilmington, DE — Norwood P. Speak-
man.
627, Jacksonville, FL — Garland S. Jarrett.
639, Akron, OH — Mrs. Ivan Lawson.
642, Richmond, CA — John C. Elderson,
Harry F. Hackbarth, Gilbert D. Price,
George H. Sorvig.
653, Chickasha, OK— Arthur H. Phipps, Sr.
665, Amarillo, TX— Merle R. Crawford,
Richard Z. Kelly.
668, Palo Alto, CA— Vestle F. Rogers, Mrs.
Robert Simpson.
670, Poison, MX — George R. Livingston.
678, Dubuque, lA — Ferdinand F. Schne-
beck.
690, Little Rock, AR— Hal S. Morgan
696, Tampa, FL — Mrs. Frank Delgado, Mrs.
John Mason, John C. White.
707, DuQuoin, IL— Harry H. Hearn.
710, Long Beach, CA — Mrs. James J. Doss,
Lloyd L. Heath, Henry L. Hendrix.
715, Elizabeth, NJ — Clarence R. Brown,
Mrs. Rocco Gargano, Floyd Kruse.
721, Los Angeles, CA— Clarence R. Temple.
726, Davenport, lA — Albert Creedon.
740, New York, NY— Edward Citarella.
742, Decatur, Il^-Clyde H. Slifer, Harry D.
StoUey.
743, Bakersfield, CA— Fred J. Wiley.
745, Honolulu, HI— Charles T. Yamamoto,
Thomas F. Yoshihara.
751, Santa Rosa, CA — Daniel Murlin.
756, Bellingham, WA— Mrs. Charles F.
Adams, Arthur R. Anderson, Mrs.
Leonard Thompson, Eugene A. Winkler.
764, Shrevcport, LA — James M. King,
Sidney P. Smith.
769, Pasadena, CA — August Burghardt,
Ralph E. Young.
770, Yakima, WA— Russell E. Sherman.
780, Astoria, OR — Bernard A. Anderson,
Victor E. Urell.
782, Fond du Lac, WI— Valentine J. Gau.
787, New York, NY— Tom Danielsen.
803, Metropolis, IL — Robert E. Davis.
815, Beverly, MA — Mrs. Henrv B. Marston.
819, W. Palm Beach, FL— Eric W. Ander-
son, William H. Hamer, Robert P.
Morie, Jr.
829, Santa Cruz, CA— Jack Gray, Paul L.
McCombs.
844, Reseda, CA— Nicholas Czar, Rudolph
F. K. Lange.
849, Manitowoc, WI — Lewis W. Wagner.
857, Tucson, AZ — Anthony Salvia.
873, Cincinnati, OH — Harrv Streithorst.
875, Panama City, FL— James O. Womble.
889, Hopkins, MN— Mrs. Donald A. Mack-
lin.
902, Brooklyn, NY— Alf N. Olsen, Carmine
Pastore, Larry Vignapiano.
904, Jacksonville, IL — John A. Booth.
911, Kalispell, MT— William J-. Blake.
921, Portsmouth, NH— Charles D. Hussey.
929, South Gate, CA— Donald L. Smith.
930, St. Cloud, MN— Mrs. John Leyk.
940, Sandusky, OH — George Bertsch.
943, Tulsa, OK— Carl Adams.
945, Jefferson City, MO— Elwood W. Free-
man, Mrs. Preston G. Nicholas.
954, Mt. Vernon, WA— Walfred C. Holm-
strom.
964, Rockland Co. & Vic, NY— Alfred J.
Raggi.
965, DeKalb, IL— Neo C. Johnson.
971, Reno, NV— Clarence Belli, Raymond L.
Brown.
973, Texas City, TX— Johnie H. Barrow,
David L. Driver.
977, Wichita Falls, TX— Jimmy A. Evans,
John M. Hervev.
978, Springfield, MO— William P. Keeling,
Lester E. Vaughn.
993, Miami, FL— William Robbert. Sr.
998, Royal Oak, MI— Don Bowers.
999, Mt. Vernon, IL— Clifford Scheppel.
1005, Merrillville, IN— Paul Hudspeth.
1006, New Brunswick, NJ — Edmond J. Car-
roll.
1024, Cumberland, MD— Samuel H. Clark.
1026, Hallandale, FL— Virgil D. Dugger.
1036, Longview, WA — Frank R. Wilma.
1042, Plattsburgh, NY— Roy D. Carmichael.
1043, Gary, IN— Glen E. Blue.
1049, Poplar Bluff, MO— William F. Rust,
Sr.
1050, Philadelphia, PA— Cosmo Ciccarelli,
Anthony Picozzi, Nicholas J. Travaglini.
1053, Milwaukee. WI — Louis G. Waech.
1054, Everett, WA— Doyle H. Box, Curtis D.
Jones.
1062, Santa Barbara, CA — Mrs. Laurence H.
Hoge.
1072, Muskogee, OK— W. Earl Dickey.
1073, Philadelphia, PA— Mrs. Theodore Sut-
ton.
1074, Eau Claire, WI— Marshall S. Olson,
Leslie M. Pitsch.
1089, Phoenix, AZ— Lloyd Reisland.
1091, Bismarck, ND— Albert M. Nelson.
1098, Baton Rouge, LA— Mrs. Robert Braud,
Joseph J. Guedry, Sr., Mrs. Michael W.
Kennedy.
1102, Detroit, MI— Lester S. Melton.
1108, Cleveland, OH— Anthony S. LeVigne,
William Pachinger, William E. Schultz.
1113, San Bernardino, CA — Raymond H.
Goodhue.
1125, Los Angeles, CA — Mrs. Stanley Au-
gustine, Kenneth C. Peyton, Mrs. Aleck
Schubert.
1128, La Grange, Il^Paul J. Riggle.
1138, Toledo, OH— James A. Howell, Sr.
1140, San Pedro, CA — Marvin C. Jones.
1147, Roseville, CA— Mrs. Robert S. Brad-
mon, Harold E. Morrill.
1149, Oakland, C A— Carl F. Fallert, James
H. Hess.
1152, Aurora, IL — James M. Fields.
1159, Pt. Pleasant, WV— Mrs. Trix C. Cau-
dill.
1181, Milwaukee, WI — John Marich, Mrs.
Joseph Wasielewski.
1184, Seattle, WA— Mrs. Dan Raetzloff,
Eilert A. Sundby.
1192, Birmingham, AL — Orie H. Folsom.
1199, Union City, IN— Frank L. Porter.
1207, Charleston, WV— Houston S. Hellems,
William H. Powell.
1216, Mesa, AZ — Mrs. Andrew Isban, Mrs.
Fred T. Mercer, Joseph Smith.
1222, Medford, NY— Mrs. George J. Blum-
enthal.
1226, Pasadena, TX— Mrs. Ida Aydelott.
1240, Oroville, CA— Edwin J. Finseth.
1243, Fairbanks, AK — John Ray Davis.
1245, Carlsbad, NM— Murt J. Sullivan.
1275, Clearwater, FL— Walter J. Agamaite.
1281, Anchorage, AK — Mrs. Norman F.
Craven.
1289, Seattle, WA— Walter N. Burkman,
Carl M. Dickinson.
1296, San Diego, CA — Herman Ellenberg,
Lars H. Legernes.
1301, Monroe, MI — Leo Russeau, Elmer
Smith.
1305, Fall River, MA— Kenneth J. Kelley,
John A. Odynecky.
1308, Lake Worth, FI^Dennis M. Beach,
Mrs. Howard W. Kuhn.
1319, Albuquerque, NM — William R. Sims,
Lewis A. West.
1325, Edmonton, AB, Can. — Maurice G.
Morin.
1329, Independence, MO — Mrs. Willard J.
Carver.
1339, Morgantown, WV— Edward R. Pride.
1341, Owcnsboro, KY — Alphonsus J. Col-
lignon.
1342, Irvington, NJ — Nicholas Gentilucci.
1353, Santa Fe, NM — Andrew A. Romero.
1355, Crawfordsville, IN— Floyd L. Hester.
1361, Chester, IL— Carl B. Hartenberger.
1363, Oshkosh, WI— Conrad J. Russell.
1365, Cleveland, OH— John Woloszyn.
1367, Chicago, IL — Frank Nieprawski.
1371, Gadsden, AL— William F. Waston.
1373, Flint, MI— Elwood L. Blackburn.
1386, St. John, NB, Can.— Robert Losier.
1388, Oregon City, OR— Walter R. Umber.
1394, Ft. Lauderdale, FL— Lonnie E. De-
Vault.
1397, North Hempstead, NY— John J.
Knespler.
1400, Santa Monica, CA— Mrs. William L.
Corlew, Jr., Galen E. Reiff.
1405, Halifax, NS, Can.— John C. Stevens.
1407, San Pedro, CA — Marigo A. Bregante,
Tiburcio Saldana.
1408, Redwood City, CA— Stanley W.
Tucker.
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37
1411, Salem, OR— Macey McMillin, Jr.
1416, New Bedford, MA — Mrs. Joseph
Leitao.
1428, Midland, TX— Carroll A. McKinney,
Mr. & Mrs. George D. Williams.
1437, Compton, CA— Mrs. Ralph E. Brock-
man, Cookson Carpenter.
1445, Topeka, KS— Ray Root.
1452, Detroit, MI— Mrs. Willy R. Kur-
kowski
1456, New York, NY— Raymond Barlh,
John Johnson, Richard F. Lensu, Axel
H. Lund, Conrad J. Schiano, Aksel
Stiihslad, Harry Wilco.x.
1463, Omaha, NB— Charles E. Peaker.
1471, Jack.son, MS — George W. Dean.
1478, Rcdondo Beach, CA— Lewis V. An-
drews.
1487, Burlington, VT— Wallace J. Judkins,
Edgar R. Wise.
1490, San Diego, CA — Victor Nelson.
1497, I.os Angeles, CA — Kenneth R. Brazier,
Claude C. Gaume, Peter P. Wasilchin.
1506, I.os Angeles, CA — Frank Lauer.
1507 , El Monte , CA — Fred Zimmerman,
Von A. Miscovich.
1519, Ironton, OH— Mrs. Ovie D. Estep.
1536, New York, NY — Louis Maragni, De-
metrio Zeni.
1540, Kamloops, BC, Can.— Russell E.
Grant. Raymond Mohus.
1544. Nashville, TN— James Arlhiir Hicks.
Jr.
1570, Yuba City, CA— Ernest E. Moore.
1573, West Allis, WI— Mrs. Edward A. Jan-
koski.
1583, Englewood, CO— William Bradbury.
1585, Lawton, OK— Ralph T. Mercer.
Harold L. Vance, Sr.
1588, Sydney, NS, Can.- Mrs. Mose Le-
Blanc.
1590, Washington, DC— Cliflford W. Bates,
Mrs. Everett C. Hinson.
1594, Wausau, WI — Lewis Plisch.
1595, Montgomery Co., PA — Chester P.
Bouc, Mrs. Harrv Buckner.
1596, St. Louis, MO— Harold A. Boll.
1622, Hayward, CA— John L. McWiUiams,
Kyle W. Moon, Robert L. Queen, Mrs.
Ward E. Lewis.
1635, Kansas City, MO — George F. Mc-
Carthy, Mrs. LeRoy F. Trocosso.
1664, Bloomington, IN— Ralph M. Quillen.
1685, Pineda, FL— John F. Parker, Sr.
1689, Tacoma, WA— Mrs. William Paul.
1693, Chicago, IL — Edward Mahoney.
1694, Washington, DC — Thomas M. Sillex.
1699, Pasco, WA— Anton R. Baker.
1707, I.ongview, WA — James M. Marx,
Clyde W. Townsend, Mrs. Bill C. Wil-
liams.
1723, Cols., GA— Dan A. Boswell.
1724, Liberal, KS — Mrs. Harry A. Walker.
1725, Daytona Beach, FL — Mrs. Emory Ed-
wards, Mrs. John V. Shull, Jr.
1729, Charlottesville, VA— Allen W. Gillis.
1741, Milwaukee, WI — Joseph Fargo, Ervin
Forljcs, Herbert Luebke.
1746, Portland, OR— Steve A. Simon.
1752, Pomona, CA — Joe Lee McClure.
1765, Orlando, FL— Nelson W. Bacon.
1775, Columbus, IN— Willis Brown.
1779, Calgary, AB, Can.— John Tereposky.
1780, Las Vegas, NV— Alfred A. Braccini.
1784. Chicago, IL— Ernst G. Krause, Elmer
Mayer, Gustav Pankoke.
1789, Bijou, C A— Charles A. Howard.
1792, Sedalia, MO — Ivan R. Montgomery.
1815, Santa Ana, CA — James A. Conner,
Mrs. John Jaworsky, Nick Mastro-
domenico.
1822, Ft. Worth, TX— Dewitt T. Choate,
Sr., William V. Hill.
1835, Waterloo, lA— Mrs. Ora D. Smith.
1837, Babylon, N\'— Peter P. Rene, John
Rowkacz.
1840, Faribault, MN— John M. Horazdov-
sky.
1844, Cloquet, MN— Lowell L. Small.
1846, New Orleans, LA— Earl M. Ash, John
F. Hardouin, Joseph P. Lombardo.
1849, Pasco, WA— Mrs. William Bures, John
H. Cunninglon, Donald D. Matthews.
1865, Minneapolis, MN — Theodore V.
Klinger.
1884, Lubbock. TX— Clovis E. Brown.
1889, Downers Grove, IL— Mrs. Eddie E.
English.
1897, Lafayette, LA— Raoul Prejean.
1904, N. Kansas City, MO— Harold B. Orr.
1906, Philadelphia, PA— Ernst H. Klein.
1913, San Fernando, CA — Mrs. Edward A.
Algiers, Roy 1. Cline, Mrs. George K.
Cox, Robert W. Tracy, John H. Niers.
1914, Phoenix. AZ— Herbert A. Wiley.
1916. Hamilton, Ont., Can.— Sydney V.
Wells.
1921, Hempstead, NY — August Strandberg.
1922, Chicago, IL— Steven J. Zittman.
1929, Cleveland, OH— James Pairick Mc-
Namee.
1947, Hollywood, FL— L. E. Wilson.
1971. Temple, TX— William F. Shull.
1976, Los Angeles, CA — Javier M. Marin.
1978, Buffalo, NY— Carl X. Koerner.
1993, Crossville, TN— George A. Burgess.
1994, Natchez, MS— Billy F. Givens.
1996, Liberfyville, IL— David E. Lundman,
Jr.
2018. Ocean County. NJ— Leo E. Draheim.
2020. San Diego. CA — George K. Terral.
2023, St. Marys, WV— Junior L. Dennis.
2043, Chico, CA— L. J. (Jack) Freese, Mrs.
Floyd M. Price.
2046, Martinez, CA— David C. Bush, Samuel
L. Davison.
2049, Gilbertsville, KY— Haywood Norman,
Augustus W. Pierce.
2073, Milwaukee, WI — Henry Knutson.
2078, Vista, CA— John G. Knapp.
2079, Houston, TX— Isaac Garza, Jr.
2083, Red Wing, MN— Nordle C. Hulverson.
2117, Flushing, NY— Isaac Met.
2127, Centralia, WA— Lyle H. Predmore.
2170, Sacramento, CA — Anthony J. Bacchi.
2202, Price, LIT- Charles B. Needles.
2235, Pittsburgh, PA— David Llewellyn,
Theodore C. Schucker.
2249, Adams Co., CO— Mrs. Alexander
Silva.
2250, Red Bank, NJ— Michael A. Longo,
Sr., Harold Martin.
2252, Grand Rapids, Ml— Arthur F. Bird.
2265, Detroit, Ml— Charles E. Callan.
2274, Pittsburgh, PA— David M. Blose.
2284, Shelbume, NS, Can.— Earl L. Jacklyn.
2287, New York, NY— Michael J. Mangan.
2288, Los Angeles, CA — Clarence T. Lund-
quist.
2311, Washington, DC— William B. Galla-
han, Jr., George E. Wooldridge.
2375, Los Angeles, CA— Beryl H. Hughes,
Henry E. Meadors, Robert W. Schafer,
Elmer E. Stewart.
2420, Newark, OH— George J. Lufaso.
2435, Inglewood, CA— Mrs. Albert L. Ham-
mel, J. Letcher Harris.
2472, Clarksvillc, IN— Clarence T. Pullra.
2486, Sudbury, Ont., Can.— Edward J.
Racicot.
2498. Longview, WA — Arthur J. Lackman.
2499. Whitehorse, YT, Can. — Mrs. Lawrence
H. Lee.
2519, Seattle, WA— E. Earl Crawford,
Charles Walters.
2540, Wilmington, OH — Stephen P. Grooms.
2576, Aberdeen, WA— Mrs. William E. Van-
Kirk.
2580, Everett, WA— Frank E. Stein.
2592, Eureka, CA — Thomas A. Rogers.
2628, Centralia, WA— Alfred G. Blair.
2652, Standard, CA — Mrs. John Edmonds.
2667, Bellingham, WA — Michael J. Messer.
2693. Thunder Bay, Ont., Can.— Francis W.
Roen.
2739, Yakima. WA — Marvin C. Kester.
2750. Springfield, OR— Mrs. James A.
Cooper.
2769, Wheeler, OR— William H. Johnston.
2777, Eugene, OR— Leo C. Gillett.
2780, Elgin, OR— Joe R. Erickson.
2784, Coquille, OR— Clarence L. Clayton,
Henry Fields, Jr.
2791, Sweet Home, OR— Russel Moffitt.
2805, Klickitat, WA— Jessie McAmis.
2834, Denver, CO— Reginald M. Moore.
2850, Philadelphia, PA— Albert O. Collins.
2851, LaGrande, OR— Bert Loveless.
2881, Portland, OR— Wm. F. Salzwedel.
2907, Weed. CA— Otis H. Mackey.
2924. John Day. OR— Eugene L. Spahn.
2931. Eureka. CA— Mrs. Ralph Briggs.
2949. Roseburg. OR— Mrs. Noel Conklin,
James A. Malone.
3074, Chester, CA— Sersie Shankle.
3083, Shippegan, NB, Can. — Arsene Hache.
3119, Tacoma, WA— Edna B. Culver.
3154, Monticello, IN— Robert Timm.
3161, Maywood, CA— Robert Jetter, Hamil-
ton Tucker.
3185, Creosote, WA — Haakon Carlson, Mrs.
Clyde E. Payntcr.
3219, Toronto, Ont., Can.— Stanley Stan-
bridge.
9074, Chicago, IL— Richard F. Hooker.
9251, Orlando, FL— Gary C. Jablonski, Wil-
liam J. Michalek.
9345, Miami, FL— Edward C. Foor.
AFL-CIO PLEDGES
Continued from Page 18
helped fund programs to train union
members "in assessing and dealing
with job hazards," and they in turn
have trained others.
Long-delayed health and safety
standards have been issued, Denison
noted, hazardous areas have been
identified, and serious injuries have
been reduced in targeted areas.
Denison stressed the AFL-CIO's
belief that the so-called small business
e.xemption is mere camouflage for "an
all-out attack" on the job safety law.
The original intent of Congress,
Denison wrote, was to protect all
workers from occupational hazards,
"not merely some categories defined by
occupation, or the number of em-
ployees in a workplace, or on an arbi-
trary determination that some work-
places are more hazardous than
others."
Denison noted that America's
unions were united in opposition to
the bill introduced in the last Congress
by former Sen. Richard S. Schweiker
fR-Pa.), now Secretary of Health &
Human Services in the Reagan
Cabinet, to exempt establishments
with acceptable safety records, regard-
less of size.
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A BETTER HANDLE
If you've ever hammered away for
hours, you know the wrist aches and the
pains along your lower arm which follow.
Workers in other trades get aches and
cramps with push brooms and other
tools, too.
This is because of the shape of the
tool handles, says John Bennett, now
with Dynamics Operational, Inc., of East
Peoria, 111., and others who have per-
fected the Bennett Hand-Tastic Hammer.
Bennett has done extensive work with
Brotherhood members John Ubody of
Granite City, 111., and Noel Logan of
Barrington, 111., and he made a presen-
tation at the 1980 Illinois State Council
meeting.
"The hammer with the bend in it elimi-
nates so much bending of your wrist,"
says Bennett. "And we've eliminated the
knob on the end of the traditional ham-
mer handle, which actually cuts into your
wrist and slows blood circulation."
The Hand-Tastic Hammer is now
marketed by Easco Tools, Inc., and is
available through Tru-Value Hardware
Stores, we are told. For more infor-
mation, write: Wayne Klehm, Easco
Tools, Inc., 6721 Bay Meadow Drive,
Glen Burnie, Md. 21061.
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15
Coldblatt Tool Co
13
29
Hydrolevel
Industrial Abrasives
13
Vaughan & Bushnell
27
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IN CONCLUSION
Tossing
the Bathuunter
and the Baby
Bock to
the States
The Reagan Administration's hasty
budget cutting may leave the states
unprepared to deal with many problems.
The services of the US government may go through
some fundamental changes this year, if the recom-
mendations of the new federal budget director, David
Stockman, and others in the Reagan Administration
have their way.
Heeding the false prophesies of disproven econo-
mist Milton Friedman and others, they are drastically
cutting federal services and, in effect, sending them
back to the states, doing what they call "taking the
federal government off the backs of the US tax-
payers."
Whether or not the states are prepared to handle
"the baby and the bathwater" tossed out of Wash-
ington remains to be seen.
As AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland pointed out
in a recent press conference, the federal government
is not, in all respects, a burden. He told of growing up
in South Carolina, where gullies were ruining the land,
where only the main street in his home town was
paved, where kerosene lamps lit farmhouses before
the days of the Rural Electrification Administration,
and where the social security system of that day was
"over the hill to the poor house."
He conceded that there are some federal programs
and some federal expenditures which have become
wasteful. The AFL-CIO doesn't consider all govern-
ment programs untouchable. Each program must
stand on its own merits.
But, if Congress undertakes a stringent reduction
in the budget — and much of the electorate seems to
be in agreement with such action — then the cuts
should be made in such a way that the whole economy
is not disrupted, causing more unemployment, keep-
ing housing costs high, and leaving states holding the
federal bags, with httle revenue to carry out their
responsibilities.
As the AFL-CIO President stated, it is more
equitable to make cuts throughout the federal estab-
lishment, than to completely eliminate certain services
in order to reach budgetary levels or please special
interest groups. It is true that Americans have indicated
that they favor reduced government spending and
reduced taxes, but they will think twice about reduced
government services which affect them personally.
Even such proposed reductions as the elimination of
Saturday mail deliveries hurts some citizens.
Article Ten of the Bill of Rights in the US Constitu-
tion states, "The powers not delegated to the United
States by the Constitution nor prohibited by it to the
states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the
people."
This portion of the Constitution has been the
traditional protection of state rights for more than
200 years. It has also been the cause of much con-
troversy over the years, as control of more and more
public services moved to Washington, D.C. and away
from the state legislatures and city and county
governments.
Whether it was appropriate or not for these services
to move to Washington in the first place, I will not
argue. The fact remains that many of them are now in
the nation's capital, and returning them to the states,
cities, and counties abruptly may adversely affect the
national economy at a time when it is already in
uncertain straits.
Let me summarize some of the areas of federal
regulation and service which may be adversely
affected by drastic budget cuts and deregulation:
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE — Under the
system built up over the years, the federal government
has "backstopped" state unemployment compensa-
tion programs. When state jobless benefits were run-
ning low and unemployment in a particular metro-
politan area reached a particular level, there was a
triggering mechanism which released federal funds for
extended jobless benefits in that particular area. This
extended-benefits program has saved many workers
and their families from starvation until the auto
industry, or the steel industry, or whatever the industry
in that state might be, could recover. One budget-
balancing proposal now before the Congress would
juggle unemployment figures by treating the long-
term unemployed as if they didn't exist. The effect
would be to end the extended-benefits program in 18
of the 26 states where it now exists . . . and leave it
up to the states to take care of their jobless citizens.
URBAN TRANSPORTATION — As more and
more people moved to the cities in recent decades, our
40
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cities liave faced complex problems of public trans-
portation. The tax revenues in our cities have been
unable to cope with the mounting needs of public
transportation, and, today, rural and small-community
taxpayers, through matching funds of the federal
government, help to pay for these city services. If such
funds are abruptly cut now, many city transportation
systems will be left incomplete.
N^EDS OF AGRICULTURE — Since the days of
the New Deal, the federal government has supplied
funds to farmers for soil conservation, for soil devel-
opment, and through various subsidies to maintain
income levels. As a result, America has become the
wonder of the world because of its bumper crops and
its farm productivity. The Reagan Administration has
already taken steps to remove or reduce some subsidies
and some federal services. Can we afford more? We do
not want our great Midwest and Southwest to become
dust bowls again. Our grain harvests have demon-
strated to the world our superiority over communist
collective farming methods. Can we expect the tax-
payers of the farm states to bear the full burden of
today's farming expense, while every citizen reaps the
benefits?
WELFARE — Aid for the needy in days gone by
consisted of food baskets from the neighborhood
church and limited funds from local welfare services.
During the Great Depression of the Thirties the
federal government stepped in and distributed crop
surpluses throughout the land, and it created federal
jobs through the WPA and the PWA. Jobless youths
were enlisted for the Civilian Conservation Corps.
From such beginnings have come a complex system of
federal social services which the Reagan Administra-
tion proposes to trim drastically through cuts in the
budget of the Department of Health and Human
Services. The food stamp program and the school
lunch program, particularly, are facing the scissors.
We suspect that some of the bureaucracy which has
been built up over the years to administer such pro-
grams is absorbing much of the federal funds appro-
priated by Congress, and we urge the Congress to
search this area for cuts and go easy on HHS funds
which actually go to the needy.
City, county and state welfare services are not pre-
pared or equipped to administer many such programs
at this time, and there are not sufficient state revenues
— except, as President Reagan suggests, in California
— to administer the federal programs now emanating
from Washington.
Members of craft unions like ours support the so-
called work ethic in our society. We oppose the
totalitarian controls of a welfare state. True craftsmen
offer a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. But we
recognize that there are millions of less fortunate
people in our society, who from time to time, need
social services. The days when church food baskets
could relieve the situation are gone. A systematic
and honest system for aiding the needy must be
maintained, whether it be at the federal level or at
the state and local levels, or all three. We urge the
Congress to make adjustments accordingly.
As we stated on previous occasions, we support
President Reagan in his efforts to curb inflation, but
we urge caution on the field of economic battle. Much
is at stake.
We call attention to the federal government's
"index of leading economic indicators." The purpose
of this index is to show federal officials and the pubUc
in which direction the economy is going, up or down.
To determine the index, a government agency checks
the prices of raw and manufactured materials, the
layoff rate for workers, the number of new orders,
the number of companies receiving slower or faster
deliveries of goods, the number of new contracts and
orders for plants and equipment, stock prices, and the
money supply.
The two latest reports on the leading economic
indicators (for December and January) — before
Mr. Reagan took office — show sligut declines in the
economy. These dechnes may continue for a time.
The Reagan budget-cutting proposals are now
approaching the critical time when Congressional
votes in committees and subcommittees will be crucial.
We urge our legislators in Washington to weigh care-
fully each attempt to return federal service to state
and local governments. Ask the basic question: Are
the states prepared to accept these new responsibiUties?
WILLIAM KONYHA
General President
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United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of Anyerica
Founded 1881
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GENERAL OFFICERS OF
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS & JOINERS of AMERICA
GENERAL OFFICE:
101 Constitution Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20001
GENERAL PRESIDENT
William Konyha
101 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
FIRST GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT
Patrick J. Campbell
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VOLUME 101 No. 5 MAY, 1981
UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
John S. Rogers, Editor
IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS AND FEATURES
One Hundred Years of The Carpenter 2
Front Page, Carpenter, Volume 1, Number 1 3
Building Trades Conference Cut Short by Shooting 6
Brotherhood Leader Helped Subdue Gunman 7
Canada Conference Discusses Issues — — 9
Bulletin on Building Trades and CLC — 10
North American Labor Supports Polish Workers — - 12
Building Trades Job Safety and Health Conference 14
Headache Ball for a Barn Grover Brinkman 16
Did You Know? The General Secretary's Office 18
THE
COVER
DEPARTMENTS
Washington Report
8
Ottawa Report 1 5
Plane Gossip 20
Consumer Clipboard: Changing Life Styles 22
Local Union News 24
We Congratulate - 27
Apprenticeship and Training 28
Service to the Brotherhood 30
In Memoriam 35
What's New? 39
In Conclusion William Konyha 40
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7St in advance.
This issue of The Carpenter marks
the beginning of a second century of
publication for the United Brotiier-
hood's official journal. You will note
in our masthead to the left that this
is "Volume 101, Number 5." That is
because publications such as ours
number their editions at the beginning
of each calendar year. This is the
101st year; hence, the 101st volume;
and the fifth month of this year,
hence, "Number 5."
To take a phrase from a commer-
cial advertisement, we've "come a
long way, baby." From a four-page
monthly newspaper selling for 50^ a
year, we have grown to a 40-page,
four-color magazine with an annual
subscription price of $7.50. (Members
of the Brotherhood in good standing
get it free ... as part of their per
capita dues.)
On Page 3 of this issue we show
you the front page of our very first
issue — Volume 1, Number 1, May,
1881. On our cover we show you
some of the 1200 issues of The Car-
penter which have been published,
going back a century to the early
newspapers at the top of the cover,
through the digest-size editions of the
early 1900s, to the colorful editions
of today.
NOTE: Readers who would like copies
of this cover unmarred by a mailing label
may obtain them by sending 50^ in coin
to cover mailing costs to the Editor, The
CARPENTER, 101 Constitution Ave.,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001.
Printed in U. S. A.
Begun as a four-page
newspaper, created
to establish a union,
The Carpenter now
serves V4 million
trade unionists as
'the organ of the craft.'
RIGHT: Peter McGuire,
founder of the newspaper
and founder of the union.
McGuire was 29 when The
Carpenter was first pub-
lished. This picture was
taken in the late 1890s.
ABOVE: Frank
Duffy, an early
and dynamic
general secretary
and editor, second
from left, reviews
manuscripts with
members of the
staff.
RIGHT: The cover
of the December,
1907 , issue of The
Carpenter shows
the "editorial
room" when the
General Office
was in
Indianapolis, Ind.
# CARPENTER
OPPOSITE PAGE: The front page of the first Carpenter.
In May, 1881 — 100 years ago this month — Peter J.
McGuire, a St. Louis joiner and future founder and
General Secretary of the United Brotherhood of Car-
penters and Joiners of America, wrote an article entitled,
"Organize a National Union."
Containing the impassioned words, "If the strong com-
bine, why should not the weak?", the article stressed the
need for the independent and scattered carpenter local
unions of the time to join forces and "meet the employer
on equal terms."
The article appeared in the first issue of a newly pub-
lished, monthly newspaper entitled. The Carpenter.
Peter McGuire 's philosophical words on the importance
of unionism proved to be both eloquent and effective, for,
as a result of his plea, 36 delegates from 1 1 cities gathered
at Trades Assembly Hall in Chicago, III., the following
August, "to unite in resisting the tyranny of the capitalist"
and to form a national association of carpenters.
Several previous efforts to form a national union had
failed because there was no formal way of communicat-
ing with affiliated unions. But McGuire had recognized
this problem and had decided that a medium of com-
munication was essential before a national organization
could be established.
McGuire's idea caught on, for, besides declaring a na-
tional Carpenters' and Joiners' platform and adopting a
Constitution and Laws, the delegates at that first conven-
tion designated The Carpenter as the "organ of the craft"
to be published monthly in New York City, the soon-to-be
location of the General Office.
In line with their declaration. The Carpenter has con-
tinued to roll off the presses every month for the past 100
years. And, this month, we celebrate its 100th anniversary.
PUBLICATION'S PURPOSES
Although its size, format, and place of publication have
changed several times over the years, the intent of The
Carpenter has remained the same — to inform the mem-
bers of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America and perpetuate and enhance the principles of
organizing.
In fact, in the very first issue of the publication. Editor
McGuire defined the purposes of the newspaper in just
this way: "Other organized trades, such as the iron mold-
ers, cigar makers, granite cutters, locomotive engineers,
and a host more, have their monthly trade journals. Why
should not the journeymen carpenters have a monthly
devoted to them? It is true that there are several monthlies
published in the interest of the trade, but not one of them
touches the question of most concern to us — the ques-
tion of organization, more pay and shorter hours.
"For years the carpenters of the whole country have
been disorganized and without any common understand-
Continued on Page 4
THE CARPENTER
THE CARPENTER.
A MONTHLY JOURNAL FOR CARPENTERS AND JOINERS.
Volume 1.
ST. LOUIS, MAY, 1881.
Number 1.
THE CARPENTER.
PUBLISHED MONTHLY
BY THE
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE
Carpenters and Joiners' National Union.
TERMS: — Fifty cents a year, in advance,
poatpaid.
Send all moneys and correspondence to
P. J. McGUIRE,
911 N. 19th St.. St. Louis, Mo.
ST. LOUIS. MAY, 1881.
NOTICE.
Owing to the low price of yearly sub-
scribers, some will find it difficult to send
us single subscriptions by mail. To ob-
viate this, a club can be formed and the
money sent by money order or registered
letter.
Take a postal and correspond with us
on the measures we advocate in this
journal.
A NATIONAL union of carpenters and
joiners means a more uniform standard
of wages throughout the country.
Local unions without a national or-
ganization are like carpenters outside of
a union — one works for one price, and the
other for fiifty per cent less.
What would the cigar makers, iron
molders, iron and steel workers, locomo-
tive engineers, and all the strong unions
do were they without a national union?
Donations, subscriptions and all
moneys sent to sustain this monthly will
be the best means to aid the work of na-
tional organization.
Labor is the foundation of all capital
and the mother of all civilization and
progress, and therefore has an eternal
claim upon the value and profits of its
own productions.
It is ridiculous to call out police and
soldiers to suppress strikes. Society
is held together not by soldiers and
armed force, but by ideas-the faith which
each man has in some principle other
than brute force.
The Amalgamated Society of Carpen-
ters and Joiners is a strong international
union, with headquarters in England. It
has several branches in this country, and
they always work in harmony with the
local carpenters' unions.
We are pained to know there are two
conflicting organizations of carpenters in
Chicago and a few other places. The in-
terests of labor suffer greatly through
such differences. Were there a strong
national union, one organization of the
trade would be all we need in each city.
In New York city an energetic agita-
tion is going on among the organized
trades for a half-holiday on Saturday.
The movement has been successful in
several European cities, and is worthy of
adoption in our own country.
PROSPECTUS.
For this number of The Carpknter we
make no apology. The reasons for its
publication are so urgent that its advent,
no doubt, will be gladly welcomed by the
journeymen carpenters.
Other organized trades, such as the
iron molders, cigar makers, granite cut-
ters, locomotive engineers, and a host
more, have their monthly trade journals.
Why should not the journeymen carpen-
ters have a monthly devoted to them? It
is true that there are several monthlies
published in the interest of the trade,
but not one of them touches the question
of most concern to us — the question of
organization, more pay and shorter
hours.
For years the carpenters of the whole
country have been disorganized and with-
out any common understanding. The
300,000 men of the trade have been at
the mercy of a few thousand contractors
and boss builders. This year life has
again pervaded our craft, and the men
have reorganized their disbanded unions.
To sustain these unions and strengthen
them, to organize new ones, and to bring
all together in one national trade organi-
zation is the object of this journal.
We propose to advocate the interests
of the journeymen carpenters and join-
ers.
We shall inculcate the principles of
labor organization, believing as we do,
that without organization the carpenters*
trade would become the prey of unfair
bosses, and the journeymen would be re-
duced to poverty and want.
We will strive to uplift the standard of
workmanship in the craft and keep our
readers fully informed on all discoveries
and matters of practical interest to the
trade. For that purpose we will devote
a department to technical carpentry, and
we hope to soon be able to publish dia-
grams and designs to illustrate the sub-
jects.
Our trade reports from various cities,
rate of wages, etc., will be gleaned from
reliable sources. Correspondence from
local unions will form one of the features
of our journal.
Carpenters! This journal is published
by the Carpenters and Joiners Unions of
St. Louis, and we desire to make it your
own journal. When a National Conven-
tion is held it will then become the organ
and property of the national organiza-
tion.
How many unions are willing to assist
in this work? This is a movement for
the benefit of the whole trade. We have
no doubt the local unions will show spirit
enough to share some of the expenses,
and that their members will step to the
front and subscribe for this journal.
OUR GERMAN DEPARTMENT.
We have given place to a German de-
partment in this issue, that we might
reach those of our craft who are Germans
and unacquainted with the language of
the land. As they comprise an over-
whelmingly large element of the trade,
and in this and other cities hosts of them
are active in organizing carpenters'
unions, we think it no more than right to
give them a hearing.
ORGANIZE A NATIONAL UNION.
For years the carpenters and joiners of
the United States have been either disor-
ganized, or banded together in isolated
local unions; no understanding between
them, with one scale of wages in one
city, and often a lower scale of wages in
adjoining cities.
Hence it was that when the panic
came, piece-work was instituted, wages
reduced and the hours of labor increased.
The occasion was too much for local
unions, and after many ineffectual strug-
gles, they one by one disbanded. Dur-
ing this time the iron moulders, printers,
bricklayers, and a few trades, kept up
their national unions and suffered but
little compared with the carpenters.
In the present age there is no hope for
workingmen outside of organization.
Without a trades union, the workman
meets the employer at a great disadvan-
tage. The capitalist has the advantage
of past accumulations; the laborer, un-
assisted by combination, has not. Know-
ing this, the capitalist can wait, while his
men, without funds, have no other alter-
native but to submit. But with organi-
zation the case is altered; and the more
wide-spread the organization, the better.
Then the workman is able to meet the
employer on equal terms. No longer
helpless and without resources, he has
not only his union treasury, but the
moneys of sister unions to support him
in his demands.
The learned professions have their
unions, for the avowed purpose of ele-
vating their calling. Manufacturers have
also discovered the benefits of united, in
place of divided, action, and they have
numberless unions, local and national.
In' various cities we find mechanics' ex-
changes composed of boss builders. They
look to each other's common interests.
Shall we not profit by these lessons? If
the strong combine, why should not the
weak?
Carpenters, you have spent years to
learn your trade; you have to furnish
many tools; you lose a great deal of
working time; you are continually sub-
ject to perils of life and limb, and to the
exposures of climate. Is your severe la-
bor worth no more than a hare existence?
Should you have naught but a beggarly
pittance? It is a shame to think that
carpenters in some cities have to work
for $1.75 or $2 a day. If the carpen-
ters were organized and banded together
all over the country they would command
more consideration.
We must have a national union, em-
bracing every competent carpenter, and
founded on a basis as broad as the land
in which we live. Single-handed we
can accomplish very little; but united,
there is no power of wrong we cannot
defy.
A national union will bring an under-
standing between the various cities, and
will lead to uniform and higher wages
generally.
This spring, some cities with good or-
ganizations have had the courage to de-
mand higher wages than others. But
there is danger that the high wages will
tempt carpenters to come from the
cheaper cities. Hence, every city should
be organzied, and the wages of all ad-
vanced to a uniform standard.
With a National Union the local unions
can act in conjunction and in strikes as-
sist each other financially. Men will not
then rush so readily from one city to an-
other and fill the places of their brothers
on a strike. The state of trade in each
city will he thoroughly known and the
occurrence of a strike will be announced
instantly. We can then maintain a
monthly journal devoted to our organi-
zation; but, best of all, strikes will be
ler.s in number, for employers will then
fear to oppose us.
For these and a score of reasons, we
appeal to you to help us organize a
National Union of Carpenters and Join-
ers. The St. Louis unions, impressed
with the necessity of such a movement,
have elected a provisional committee of
five to arrange for a national conven-
tion of the trade in some central city.
They ask your co-operation.
Let this appeal be read in your local
unions. Then vote on it and send the
result to the provisional committee. Re-
member the expense so far has been
borne by the St. Louis unions. All we
ask is that you shall rise up and help
this grand work, which will uplift the
carpenters of America.
It is said that in Bulgaria, if a build-
ing falls and kills or seriously injures
any one, the architect who designed and
superintended the structure is impris-
oned until it is shown beyond doubt that
the accident was not the result of ignor-
ance, carelessness or cupidity on his
part.
TO CARPENTERS* UNIONS.
You can find no better way to build up
your unions than to circulate this paper
among non-union men. The Carpen-
ter will be furnished to local unions at
the low price of $2 per hundred, or 300
for five dollars. Send in your order for
the June number.
STRIKES.
Strikes should not be undertaken with-
out thorough organization. To strike
first and organize afterward is ill-advised,
and the wrong way to work. Many a de-
feated strike can trace the cause of the
failure to the want of a strong union.
With thorough organization, many a
strike has been saved. Employers are
generally very reluctant to oppose their
workmen when they find the latter or-
ganized. And the better the national
organization, the stronger the local
union.
Carpenters desiring to form local
unions can be furnished with a copy of
Constitution and By-Laws by addressing
the office of this journal.
The Carpenter will be issued on the
10th of each month. Subscribe for it! ! !
A little help from our friends and
from local unions, and the next journal
will be enlarged to eight pages.
Local carpenters unions should take
up the question of National Union and
act upon it.
MAY, 1981
ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Continued from Page 2
ing . . . This year life has again pervaded our craft, and
the men have reorganized their disbanded unions. To
sustain these unions and strengthen them, to organize new
ones, and to bring all together in one national trade or-
ganization is the object of this journal . . .
"We shall inculcate the principles of labor organization,
believing as we do, that without organization the carpen-
ters' trade would become the prey of unfair bosses, and
the journeymen would be reduced to poverty and want.
"We will strive to uplift the standard of workmanship
in the craft and keep our readers fully informed on all
discoveries and matters of practical interest to the trade."
For 100 years and through 1200 editions, this theme of
organizing has pervaded the pages of The Carpenter.
Echoing the 1881 words of Editor McGuire, General
President William Konyha, in his first message to the
membership upon taking office in 1980, also stressed the
need to organize: "We are taking an aggressive stance in
our organizing program . . . There are still thousands of
unorganized workers in our crafts and industries, and our
33rd General Convention at St. Louis took resolute action
to expand our organizing activities. Under convention
mandate, we have established an Industrial Department at
the General Office, and . . . Our VOC program, under
which volunteer organizing committees go out and per-
sonally contact other industrial workers, is being
'reborn' . . ."
RIGHT: The covers of
The Carpenter in 1915
showed a carpenter
with while shirt, black
tie, and overalls at a
work bench.
BELOW: Peter Terzick.
editor of The Carpenter
for almost a quarter
century, seated at left,
was at one time presi-
dent of the International
Labor Press Associa-
tion. He is seen here
listening attentively to
a speech by the late
AFL-CIO President
George Meany.
Gb:
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PLACE OF PUBLICATION
The Carpenter has been published out of many cities
over the past century. As a rule, each time the General
Office changed location, The Carpenter went with it.
For the first seven months of its existence. The Car-
penter was published out of the union's provisional head-
quarters at 911 N. 19th Street, St. Louis, Mo., but, in
December, 1881, under convention mandate, it was
moved to New York City, along with the General Office.
It stayed there until 1884.
In the November, 1884 Carpenter, a notice appeared
announcing that the Brotherhood had moved its official
headquarters to Cleveland. By 1887, it had moved once
again, this time to Philadelphia. It stayed in Philadelphia,
changing local addresses several times, until its 1903 move
to Indianapolis, Ind.
For the first 12 years after it moved to Indianapolis,
The Carpenter was printed by an Indianapolis firm. But,
in 1915, as authorized by the 18th General Convention,
the Brotherhood built its own printing plant behind its
newly owned and erected headquarters building. The
magazine was printed in the Carpenters Printing Plant for
45 years, until the General Office moved to Washington,
D.C., in 1961.
Once again, in 1961, the magazine was contracted out
to a commercial firm. The vast technical changes in the
printing industry as well as the high cost of equipment
made it impractical for the organization to invest in a
modern high-speed press. The magazine has been printed
by a commercial firm in the Washington, D.C., area for
the past 20 years.
EARLY NEWSPAPER STYLE
The style, format, and contents of The Carpenter have
varied considerably over the years. The first two issues
were four-page, tabloid-size newspapers. From July, 1881,
until 1890, the publication operated as an eight-page, tab-
sized newspaper. Then in the 1890s, while printed from
Philadelphia, the newspaper increased to 16 pages, a for-
mat it maintained until March, 1905.
Most of these early issues of The Carpenter concen-
trated on the heroic organizing efforts which were being
carried out at the time from border to border and coast to
coast. Articles on the need for shorter work hours and the
fight for eight and nine-hour days were printed in almost
every issue, as well as news from local unions across the
country, listings of all local "corresponding secretaries,"
and "monthly reports" of all incoming local revenue.
The Carpenter also had a German section, which ap-
peared as early as the first issue, to make sure that the
many immigrants in the Brotherhood were kept informed.
McGuire explained, "As they comprise an overwhelm-
ingly large element of the trade, and in this and other
cities hosts of them are active in organizing carpenters'
unions, we think it no more than right to give them a
hearing."
In December, 1901, a French section was also added on
behalf of the Brotherhood's Canadian members.
DIGEST-SIZE MAGAZINE
In March, 1905, while printed in Indianapolis, The
Carpenter adopted a digest-size format upon the recom-
mendation of the 13th General Convention. Then-editor
Frank Duffy, General Secretary of the Brotherhood, gave
several reasons for the change:
"One was, its unsightly appearance; another that it was
of unusual dimensions; and still another, that it was in-
convenient to carry around without doubling it up and
thus spoiling it."
THE CARPENTER
n Caipenlcr the Fulu e Ca pen et a
Favonle Jounul, al home.
A page from an early issue.
The front page in 1895.
Pressmen check a 1961 edition.
As a magazine, The Carpenter generally carried edi-
torial and general information-type articles pertaining to
the trade. Special sections were devoted to organizing fea-
tures, local union news and correspondence, and carpen-
ter craft problems. German and French sections continued
to appear up until August, 1917, when American troops
first went into battle in France during World War I.
Commercial advertising of products relating to the trade,
which had appeared as early as the first newspaper issue,
continued to fill the pages of the publication.
An interesting feature of this early version of the maga-
zine was its front cover. Unlike the colorful variety of
covers which appear on the front of today's magazine,
most of the early front covers of The Carpenter were
simple, black-line drawings on a blue background. The
same picture often remained on the cover for years at a
time. It wasn't until October, 1937 that a true variety of
covers appeared, showing artistic and scenic views, photo-
graphs of the General Officers, and labor slogans. During
the World War II years, the magazine covers carried
patriotic illustrations.
For 38 years The Carpenter magazine generally ran 64
pages per month. But, in December, 1943, the length was
cut in half due to a paper shortage caused by the war. An
explanation appeared in the December, 1945 magazine:
"Although the war is over, the paper situation remains
extremely tight. Our quota is so limited that we must
continue confining The Carpenter to 32 pages instead of
the usual 64. Until such time as the paper situation im-
proves, this will have to be our right."
It wasn't until July, 1948 that the magazine expanded,
this time to 48 pages per month, which continued until
1961.
PRESENT VERSION
When the General Office moved to Washington, D.C. in
1961, The Carpenter adopted a new magazine format,
which it has maintained to this day. A special convention
issue, printed in September, 1960, had previewed this new
format.
Running 40 pages per month, the magazine included
more features, more pictures, more art work, and more
color, as well as a special Canadian section. A different
cover appeared on every issue, and local union and ap-
prenticeship and training news was published every month.
Since 1915, The Carpenter had been operating on a
five-cent per capita tax allocation. But, in 1961, with
printing costs quadrupled, the Brotherhood decided to in-
crease the amount to 10 cents. Today, the publication is
financed by a 25-cent per capita tax.
Subscription costs for The Carpenter have also changed
over the years. A century ago, a one-year subscription to
The Carpenter newspaper amounted to 50 cents per year.
When the publication became a digest-size magazine in
.1905, the cost rose to $1.00, and, today, the cost is $7.50
per year.
MAGAZINE EDITORS
Over the course of a century, only a handful of talented
men have taken pen in hand to write and edit The Car-
penter magazine. General Secretary-Treasurer Peter J.
McGuire served as editor until 1901, when General Sec-
retary Frank Duffy took charge. Duffy handled the reins
until 1948, when, under the direction of the new General
Secretary Albert E. Fischer, Peter Terzick was brought
in from the Union Register, a Portland, Ore., publication,
to serve as editor of the magazine. In 1961, Terzick was
named General Treasurer by M. A. Hutcheson, and he
continued to hold both the editor's and treasurer's post
until his retirement in 1971.
At this time. Associate Editor Roger A. Sheldon took
charge under the administration of General Secretary
Richard E. Livingston, and, in 1978, John S. Rogers be-
came General Secretary of the Brotherhood, assuming
control of the magazine. He currently works with a staff
of two, Associate Editor Roger A. Sheldon and Editorial
Assistant Kathy Addis.
For 100 years, The Carpenter has maintained its high
journalistic standards, spreading the ideals of trade union-
ism to a constantly growing audience of Brotherhood
members. As one of the major voices of our union, it will
continue to inform dedicated trade unionists for centuries
to come.
MAY, 1981
Labor Expresses Shock, Dismay
Building Trades Conference Cut
Short by Shooting of President
BY DAVID L. PERLMAN
AssislanI Editor, AFL-CIO News
America's trade union movement re-
acted with shock and outrage to the
attempted assassination of President
Reagan, and workers everywhere joined
in the prayers for the full recovery of all
the victims.
In Denver, hours after the shooting,
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland spoke
to participants in a 10-state regional con-
ference of the shock waves from the
gunfire.
Such mad violence threatens society's
foundations, Kirkland said, assaulting
"not only the public servants who stand
in the line of fire, but the people at large."
Democratic institutions such as the trade
union movement "require for their sur-
vival civilized discourse in a humane
society," he noted.
"Whatever our differences with the
President's policies," Kirkland said, "we
have never doubted that we share with
him an overriding common purpose —
the good of our country."
The trauma and dismay was especially
felt by more than 5,000 delegates and
guests at the legislative conference of the
AFL-CIO Building & Construction Trades
Dept., where Reagan had spoken just
minutes before the shooting.
Reagan had addressed the group at the
start of the afternoon session on the open-
ing day of what was scheduled as a three-
day legislative conference. It was his first
speech to a union meeting since he
assumed the presidency.
The President received respectful atten-
tion from an audience that had come to
Washington to lobby against many of the
policies and program cuts advocated by
his Administration. And there was warm
applause for his tribute to the courage of
Poland's workers and his insistence that
this country must be "strong enough to
remain free."
Backstage, White House Press Sec.
James S. Brady listened to the audience
reaction and made notes on his copy of
the President's text.
Reagan had jusi left the hotel and was
entering his limousine when the shots
rang out.
When the delegates convened the next
morning, the president of the building
trades department, Robert A. Georgine,
somberly asked their attention.
He spoke of the horror they all felt —
deeper and more painful, perhaps, be-
cause of their proximity to the event.
After the group had joined in the
prayer offered by the Rev. Joseph Dona-
hue, the department's long-time chaplain,
Georgine relayed the decision that had
been concurred in by the presidents of
the 15 affiliated unions, to adjourn the
formal proceedings of the conference. "It
is simply not appropriate that we con-
tinue." he said.
The building trades leaders made it
clear that they remained committed to a
program that in some areas puts them
firmly opposed to Administration poli-
cies, and to the protection of labor laws
and standards that have been special
targets of Reagan's right-wing supporters.
But they also made clear, before the
President's speech as well as in its after-
math, their readiness to cooperate with
the Administration in areas of common
purpose.
At the opening session of the con-
ference. Labor Sec. Raymond J. Donovan
spoke from the vantage point of a con-
LEFT: Secretary of Labor Ray Donovan
spoke to the opening morning session of
the Building Trades Legislative Con-
ference, before the Presidential
assassination attempt of the afternoon.
He stressed the Reagan Administration's
common goals with labor — full employ-
ment, productivity, and national defense.
BELOW: President Reagan addressed the
delegates at the beginning of the after-
noon session. There was warm applause
when he expressed support for the
Polish workers.
tractor who had negotiated with the
building trades and knew their industry
first hand.
Donovan stressed common goals, such
as "full employment through economic
growth," reiterated the Administration's
insistence on reducing what he called
"seemingly attractive programs that are
not cost effective," and asked that he and
the Administration be judged on "results"
that are achieved.
Neither Donovan nor Reagan, how-
ever, sought to gloss over the policy
differences between labor and the
Administration.
Reagan insisted that the first priority is
to curb government spending and that
Congress must enact his entire economic
program.
"If only part of the package is passed
by the Congress, we will only ease some
of our problems, and that is no solution
at all," Reagan said.
The nation's "economic mess" came
about "because our leaders have forgotten
that we built this great nation on reward-
ing the work ethic instead of punishing
it," the President insisted.
The cancelled days of the conference
were to have included workshops on po-
litical, legislative, organizing, energy, pen-
sion and legal issues as well as talks by
congressional leaders of both parties and
an address by AFL-CIO President Lane
Kirkland. Former Labor Sec. Ray Mar-
shall was a scheduled participant in a
panel on the Davis-Bacon Act.
THE CARPENTER
V\' x^^^
Organizing Struggles Ahead, Warns Konyiia
Many crucial organizing struggles confront Building
Trades unions in the 1980s, General President William
Konyha warned delegates to the BCTD Legislative
Conference workshop on organizing, which he served
as chairman.
"We all know that without solid organizing efforts,
the 4.5-million-member AFL-CIO Building and Con-
struction Trades Department would not be what it is
today," he said.
He introduced three workshop panelists who led the
discussions, including the Brotherhood's associate gen-
eral counsel. Bob Pleasure.
Brotherhood Leader Helped Subdue Gunman
Following Attempt on President's Life
Alfred Antenucci, president and busi-
ness representative of Local 1750, Cleve-
land, O., helped to subdue John W.
Hinckley following the attack on Presi-
dent Reagan at the Building and Con-
struction Trades Legislative Conference
in Washington, March 30.
In fact, news pictures show that
Antenucci was probably the first person
to fall upon Hinckley after the six shots
were fired from his pistol. He was
roughed up in the ensuing melee, as
Secret Service men swarmed all over the
suspected assassin.
It was a quick and strong response to
the tragic aftermath of the President's
visit to the BCTD conference, and
Antenucci checked into Georgetown Uni-
versity Hospital in Washington three
hours later because of an irregular heart-
beat and palpitations. He was in the in-
tensive care unit for several days, and,
as The Carpenter goes to press in mid-
April, Antenucci, age 67, is still recover-
ing from the ordeal.
The Cleveland leader told the press
that he and Frank McNamara, president
of the Cleveland District Council, arrived
late at the conference hotel. The Wash-
ington Hilton. Security was tight around
the conference hall, and they were not
allowed in, as the President had already
begun his talk to the afternoon session.
The two men decided to wait at a side
entrance to the hotel, hoping to get a
glimpse of the President as he left. They
were able to stand behind a rope near
the news reporters and photographers who
had hurried outside the building.
"I saw this kid in front of me with his
hands in his pockets," says Antenucci.
"I didn't think anything of it. Then I
saw him point a gun, and he shot two
shots. I didn't know who was shot. I
punched the kid in the back of the head
twice. He started falling. He fired two
more shots while he was going down. I
fell on top of him."
Then a Secret Service man elbowed
him to get him off the alleged assailant.
"Blood and bodies were all over,"
Antenucci described the scene later. "I
didn't know about the President."
On the day following the assassination
attempt, Antenucci received a call from
Paul A. Russo, special assistant to the
president, thanking him on behalf of the
White House for the role he played in
subduing Hinkley. Antenucci, a solidly
built former prize fighter, merely claimed
that he did "what any American would
have done, or at least what any construc-
tion worker would have done."
Several days later, California Con-
gressman Tom Lantos honored Antenucci
with a tribute that was entered into The
Congressional Record. Addressing the
Speaker of the House, Lantos said, "Mr.
Antenucci is a decent American who has
worked in the labor movement since the
Thirties. He is a man committed to his
country and to his union ... he knows
the realities of life as a hard working
citizen. On Monday he demonstrated the
most noble aspects of the American
character."
Both Antenucci and McNamara were
interviewed by the FBI and the news
media before Antenucci, who has high
blood pressure, went to the hospital.
Antenucci was later interviewed by the
CBS-TV program "Sixty Minutes."
The last serious attack on a president
occurred in September, 1975, as Gerald
Ford was leaving a San Francisco hotel.
Coincidentally, he, too, had been ad-
dressing a Building and Construction
Trades Department conference.
Al Antenucci,
above, was the
first man to jump
on alleged assailant
John Hinckley, Jr.,
shown being led
away at right by
secret service
agents and Wash-
ington, D.C.,
police.
— United Press
International
Photo
MAY, 1981
Washington
Report
CODES NOT TO SOLAR PROJECTS
National Bureau of Standards researchers have
completed a study which shows that existing build-
ing codes do not present major barriers to the
installation and acceptance of solar heating and
cooling systems. The study also concludes that code
officials need additional training and better back-up
material to evaluate systems and properly inspect
the installations.
Researchers gathered data from builders and
building code officials who had been involved with
projects sponsored by HUD and DOE during a
3-year period of the ongoing Solar Residential
Demonstration Program. HUD and DOE established
this program in 1974 to promote solar use across
the country. To determine if building code officials
tended to reject solar projects because of building
codes that did not adequately address solar
designs, HUD and DOE asked CBT to review the
responses of builders and building code officials.
An analysis of their reactions shows that:
• 80% of local building code officials believe that
there are no major barriers in building codes
which would impede the installation of solar
energy systems in their jurisdictions.
• Solar builders face no greater or lesser difficulty
in getting their projects approved by building
officials than do non-solar builders. However,
approximately 25% of the building officials
indicated that solar applications presently require
additional processing.
• Building code officials are concerned with toxic
fluids used in solar systems, the adequacy of
older structures to support the added solar
components, and the inherent complexity asso-
ciated with installing solar systems in large,
multifamily buildings.
• Code officials would be better prepared to eval-
uate solar installations if they knew more about
the different solar energy systems on the market.
Code officials reported that programs that train
evaluators and inspectors, develop manuals of
accepted practice, and certify solar equipment
would be beneficial.
NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER
Timber harvests from the National Forests should
be increased to meet booming demand in the 1980s
and help bring inflation under control, a forest
industry spokesman told Congress recently.
The 1982 timber sale program should be
increased from the 11.9 billion board foot level
recommended by the Carter Administration to a
minimum of 12.2 billion board feet; timber sale
targets for 1990 and 2000 should be 17.1 billion
board feet and 18.7 billion board feet, said John F.
Hall, vice president, resource and environment
programs, of the National Forest Products Associa-
tion. He testified at a Senate Appropriations sub-
committee hearing on the proposed fiscal 1982
Forest Service budget.
Housing starts in the coming decade are
expected to average two million annually. Hall said.
"Unless steps are taken to provide adequate sup-
plies to meet these demands, timber prices can be
expected to skyrocket, adding to inflationary
pressures," he said.
NOW CONFIRMED AT LABOR
In late March, the US Senate confirmed Thome
G. Auchter, a Florida construction executive, as
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety
and Health.
The new OSHA head said his highest priority is
"to make OSHA the leader in a coordinated and
cooperative approach by all concerned to solve the
problems involved in providing safe and healthful
conditions for American workers."
Albert Angrisani, a Chase-Manhattan bank
executive, was approved as Assistant Secretary for
Employment and Training, and Timothy J. Ryan, an
attorney for employer groups, was confirmed as
Solicitor of Labor.
REDUCE MIDDLE-INCOME TAXES
More than 20 U.S. senators recently sent Presi-
dent Reagan a letter expressing their total commit-
ment to pushing through Congress a tax cut for
hard-pressed, middle-income Americans. The letter
urged President Reagan to veto any tax plan which
did not include individual income tax reductions.
Declaring that "the middle-income family has
been forgotten by government," the letter called
the three-year, 30% tax cuts "urgent."
WATTS THE DIFFERENCE?
The honeymoon period ended very quickly for
some of the new Republican agency heads in
Washington, especially for those who tried to throw
their weight around in employee relations. When
James Watt, the new Interior Secretary, decreed
that all women employed on his 6th floor of the
Department of Interior building would have to wear
skirts and dresses, every woman lawyer in the
Department showed up in slacks the very next day.
8
THE CARPENTER
Canada Conference Moves Toward Greater Voice
In Internal Affairs Throughout the Provinces
Recenf Meeting in Toronto Adopts Bylaws, Faces CLC Challenge
In an effort to bring greater unity and
purpose to the Brotherhood's 184 local
unions and 16 district councils in Can
ada, the General Officers established, in
the 1960s, an informal policy group
known as the Canada Conference.
Designed to bring together Brother-
hood leaders from throughout the Cana-
dian provinces for a periodic examination
of administrative procedures, political
policy and organizing activities, the Can-
ada Conference has become the major
forum for Canadian leaders outside of
the General Convention.
The latest assembly of the Canada
Conference was held March 19 and 20 in
Toronto, Ont., with 19 official delegates
and almost two dozen guests attending,
in addition to General President William
Konyha, First General Vice President Pat
Campbell, General Secretary John Rogers,
Ninth District Board Member John Car-
ruthers, and Tenth District Board Mem-
ber Ron Dancer.
There was much discussion at this
year's sessions about the continuing dis-
pute between Building Trades unions and
the Canadian Labour Congress over con-
vention representation, per capita tax
payments, and actions of the Quebec
Federation of Labour. Though partici-
pants in the conference expressed con-
cern over the threat of suspension from
the CLC, they were assured by General
President Konyha that the Brotherhood
would continue to leave the door open
for an honest discussion of the issues,
but he made it clear that the Brother-
hood will not back down on the prin-
ciples involved in the dispute. (For a full
statement on the Brotherhood's position
on this matter, turn to Page 10.)
In a discussion of Brotherhood growth
in the provinces, western leaders asked
for more organizers to support their acti-
vities. The General Officers reminded
that there is already authorization for at
least two general organizers in each pro-
vince and that the Ninth District has
already reached this level of staffing.
President Konyha assured western leaders
that he will name two to each of the
western and prairie provinces of the
Tenth District when he receives names
of qualified candidates.
The 1981 conference took steps to
firm up its existence. A special commit-
tee has been meeting once a year since
1976 to write bylaws for the conference.
New amendments were presented at the
Toronto sessions, and a final set of laws
was adopted for submission to the Gen-
eral President.
The conference accepted a proposal
for financing its activities on a per capita
tax basis. General President Konyha as-
sured continued financial support "to get
On hand for the discussions at the Canadian Conference, at the head table, from
left, were: General Secretary John Rogers, First General Vice President Pat Camp-
bell; General President William Konyha; Leopold Lavoie, secretary-treasurer of the
conference; William Zander, president of the BC Provincial Council of Carpenters;
General Representative Ted Ryan; and Ninth District Board Member John
Carruthers. The pictures below show some of the participants in the conference.
the conference off the ground."
More vice presidents were added to
the organization, making a total of three.
The Yukon Territory was given delegate
status.
William Zander, president of the Brit-
ish Columbia Provincial Council, led a
discussion of the Brotherhood's continu-
ing jurisdiction problems with the Lab-
ourers. There were reports on the prob-
lem from Toronto, British Columbia,
and Newfoundland.
Tulio Mior gave a lengthy report on
the conflict between members employed
by Boise Cascade in northern Ontario
and local police authorities. The confer-
ence adopted a resolution to write the
attorney general of Ontario protesting
the continuing harassment of UBC mem-
bers by the Ontario provincial police.
Lome Robson reported continued
progress in the signing of reciprocal
agreements among the trustees of a num-
ber of pension plans in the Tenth District.
He invited plans in the Ninth District to
conclude similar agreements, so that a
member can work and travel throughout
Canada and receive credit for all of his
welfare and pension contributions.
As the conference closed. President
Konyha praised the progress made by
the Canadian leaders. He implored dele-
gates to set aside their differences and
work together to resolve the many prob-
lems that affect all Brotherhood members
across the nation.
MAY, 1981
Failure of Canadian
Labour Congress to
Solve Issues Involving
Building Trades
Threatens
Canadian Unity
Since its founding in 1956, the Canadian Labour
Congress has counted heavily upon the 14 Building
Trades unions of North America for its stability
and growth.
Almost 400,000 of its more than 2.3 million
members are Building Tradesmen. More than
70,000 of this total are members of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
As we go to press with this May issue of The
Carpenter, the CLC is prepared to sever its relations
with the Brotherhood and the other 20% of its
total membership in a factional dispute which
should have been avoided.
On March 11, CLC President Dennis McDermott
and the CLC Executive notified the 14 Building
Trades unions that they would all be suspended
from the CLC on April 30, 1981, unless they paid
up their per capita dues — which the unions have
not been paying in a joint boycott for more than a
year and which, they contend, they will not pay as
a matter of principle.
A special bulletin sent to all Canadian local
unions and councils, last month, by General Presi-
dent Konyha and reprinted at right, explains the
Brotherhood's position.
To All Local Unions and Provincial Councils in
Canada:
As most of our Canadian members know, there is a
serious disruption in the Canadian labour movement,
brought on by the stubborn refusal of the Canadian
Labour Congress Executive to settle its long-standing
differences with the Building Trades and a refusal by
the CLC Executive to even discuss further these
differences before a suspension deadline of April 30.
It is truly a time when Brotherhood affiliates must
stand together, as we have for 100 years, one
continent, one union dedicated to the best interests of
all of our members and not torn apart by the false
hopes of some political factions.
We deeply regret the CLC action. However, the
principles at stake demand that we maintain our
concerted action with our sister unions of the Building
and Construction Trades Department.
Basically, the issues that separate us are a clear
case of taxation without representation and an attempt
by the CLC to intrude into the internal workings of
its affiliates, contrary to the basic, fundamental
principles of the Federation.
// is also a clear case of violating the Canadian
Federation's own constitution — by permitting, and
even encouraging, the Quebec Federation of Labour
and the Quebec Provincial government itself to sanc-
tion another Building Trades organization, in
competition with the existing Building Trades struc-
ture already functioning throughout the nation which
preceded the CLC.
Finally, it is a clear case of certain industrial groups
and certain public employee unions using the CLC to
their own advantage, attempting to divide Building
Tradesmen, including members of our own Brother-
hood.
Canadian and US Carpenters have been one
indivisible union since Peter McGuire first stepped off
a train in Southern Ontario in the 1880s and began
talking with Canadian Carpenters at the railway
station about plans for a united, continent-wide labour
organization.
Down through the years, Canadians and Americans
have participated equally in the functions of our great
organization. Our Canadian members must not allow
disruptive elements in the CLC to pipe the tune to
which they dance or to destroy what they have built
up over a century of progress.
The Brotherhood was instrumental in the founding
of the AFL a hundred years ago. It was also instru-
mental in the establishment of the Trades and Labour
Congress of Canada, predecessor of the CLC. In fact,
Tom Moore, a Brotherhood general organizer, served
as president of the TLC for almost 25 years — a full
quarter century.
When the CLC was founded almost 25 years ago —
before the great upsurge of the public employee unions
and the growth of Canadian industry in the modern
era — Canadian Building Tradesmen, including the
Carpenters, were vital components of the new federa-
tion and played a leading role in its growth and
prestige.
10
THE CARPENTER
As we see it, the Executive of the CLC has
tarnished the celebration of the CLC's silver anni-
versary, which we had hoped to share, by its unilateral
action on March 12, 1981, suspending Building
Trades unions, effective April 30, supposedly for the
non-payment of per capita dues.
The Building Trades have tried for years to obtain
fair representation at CLC conventions in order to
effectively present their grievances. Representation at
a CLC convention is based upon the number of local
unions which an affiliated national or international
union has, rather than on the number of its members.
Many of the CLC affiliates have a great number of
small local unions, each entitled to a delegate, whereas
the Building Trades and their international unions
have a smaller number of local unions with large
memberships.
Based on the application of the CLC Constitution,
public service unions, for example, have 27% of the
CLC membership and exercise 45.6% of the vote.
Building Trades unions have 15% of the CLC
membership and exercise only 7.2 % of the vote . . .
Certainly a clear case of unfair and unbalanced
representation!
In a separate grievance, the Building Trades have
protested to the CLC Executive against the actions of
the Quebec Federation in interfering with Building
Trades autonomy and then blatantly setting up a rival
Building Trades Council in Quebec.
In spite of our protests, the QFL persists in its
efforts to dictate to the rest of Canadian labour, and
the CLC Executive is unwilling or unable to take
appropriate disciplinary measures to correct the
situation.
For more than 15 months the Building Trades have
tried to resolve their differences with the CLC and the
QFL. It was only recently that the CLC agreed to sit
down with a negotiating committee of the Building
Trades. The meetings which followed produced no
mutually satisfying results.
Our major concern in all of this is that our
Brotherhood affiliates stand firm against this disrup-
tive action and rumors spread through the press about
impending raids against our unions and other
Building Trades unions. We have been threatened
many times before, and we are not afraid.
We agree with those who state that a divided
labour movement will serve the worst enemies of
organized labour and add to the many complex and
difficult problems facing the trade union movement
today.
However, we will not submit to any form of oppres-
sion or abandon our principles in this situation.
Our decision to withhold per capita tax from the
CLC was based upon sound trade union principles.
We refuse to continue to contribute to a body which
has adopted a policy of encroachment on the structure
of our union and other trade unions in Canada.
Neither the UBC nor other Building Trades unions is
opposed to trade union unity, nor do we wish this
impasse to continue.
Historically, in each generation, our Brotherhood
has been threatened by over-reaching Federations
seeking to disrupt our basic principles and autonomy.
We have been required on those occasions to suspend
affiliation temporarily until the basic, fundamental
challenges that gave rise to the threat to our autonomy
have been corrected. This situation is no different
from our temporary withdrawal from the AFL-CIO
in 1956, when assaults on our jurisdiction were spon-
sored by that Federation. Today, the QFL has been
given carte blanche by the CLC to undermine our
union.
Our impending expulsion will be the action of
President McDermott. It is he who has pushed this
situation to the crisis stage. To say the least, he has
shown poor judgment and a lack of understanding
and leadership.
The UBC stands ready to continue discussions, as
do our sister affiliates of the Building and Construc-
tion Trades Department.
It must be made clear that any break with the CLC
does not mean that our Canadian industrial affiliates
are cast adrift. Just the opposite is true. We are deter-
mined to support and to strengthen every unit of this
Brotherhood throughout the provinces, no matter
what the outcome of this confrontation with the CLC.
We urge our Canadian members not to break ranks
in the current situation. There is much to lose by such
action.
Your General Officers have discussed these prob-
lems fully with leaders of our Canada Conference and
with the leaders of the AFL-CIO Building Trades
Department.
Therefore, I can assure you that President
Georgine, and the Executive Committee of the
Canadian Building and Construction Trades Depart-
ment stand ready to continue their discussions in an
effort to resolve those pending issues which separate
us from the Canadian Labour Congress.
Our Brotherhood has always stood for trade union
unity and fair discussions of issues and will maintain
our principles during this present crisis.
I have, since meeting with the Canada Conference,
maintained an open line of communication with our
affiliates in Canada on this matter and fully under-
stand all of the ramifications.
Fraternally yours.
WILLIAM KONYHA
General President
MAY, 1981
11
North American Labor Continues Support
of Polish Workers in Time of Crisis
In response to the heroic struggle of
more than ten million Polish workers to
win government recognition of their right
to form free and independent trade
unions, the AFL-CIO established a Polish
Workers Aid Fund. This fund, created to
provide Polish unions with badly needed
financial aid as well as moral support, has
now passed the $200,000 mark.
The Polish union, Solidarity, divided
into 17 regions, seems to be persevering
even in the midst of ongoing struggle and
discouraging dispute. This is, in part, due
to the AFL-CIO Polish Workers Aid
Fund which has supplied electric and
manual typewriters, duplicating machines,
office supplies and small appliances, and,
in a larger outlay of funds, a small bus-
like vehicle which is now in regular use
by Solidarity.
Many individuals, locals, and inter-
national unions have sent in generous
contributions to the fund. Contributors
may wonder how the money is being
spent and whether any of the purchases
actually reach the Polish workers' unions
safely. In fact the actual money is not
SOLIDARNOSC!
Poland's new free trade unions
need our help to get off the ground.
You can help by contributing to the
AFL-CIO's POLISH WORKERS AID
FUND. Make checks payable to the
Polish Workers Aid Fund, and send
% AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer
815 Sixteenth St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006.
sent into Poland. Rather, purchases of
supplies and equipment are made in
response to the needs outlined by Soli-
darity officials, and these officials later
confirm the arrival of the necessary
supplies in Poland.
In addition to the Polish Workers Aid
Fund, Frontlash, the labor-supported
youth group, has formed a Polish Work-
ers Task Force. Frontlash leaders have
contacted student government and polit-
ical clubs on college university campuses,
and in recent weeks many committees
have been formed on campuses across
the United States to meet the response
of the students.
Last fall, AFL-CIO President Lane
Kirkland commented to the Polish Work-
ers Aid Fund General Board on the
importance of establishing a free trade
union movement in Poland as a "cause
of peace." He said, "... I see no reason
whatsoever why we should hesitate to
respond to the needs of our brothers who
through their own courage, and their own
risk and their sacrifice have undertaken
the enormous task of creating a viable
free trade union movement in Poland.
There is only one consideration that
guides me in this matter. And that is the
interest and the wishes of the Polish
workers themselves."
The AFL-CIO is prepared to support
an extension of American credits to
Poland, but only it such aid is condi-
tioned on the continued survival of that
country's new free trade union move-
ment.
"Only then can we be assured that the
Polish workers, through their free unions,
will be in a position to defend their
gains and to struggle for a fair share of
the benefits of Western aid," the Execu-
tive Council said.
From our own experience, we know
how important it is to form free trade
unions. Without genuine unions, workers
cannot advance their living and working
conditions. The struggle of the Polish
workers is far from over. It is important
for us to help them reach their goal by
continuing to contribute generously to
their cause.
Letters from Poland
Reveal True Feelings
With the Polish economy in chaos and
with Soviet troops hovering within and
about the country's borders, Joseph Jedd,
Polish-bom bursar at Stanford University
in California, is anxiously appraising the
most recent letters from his sisters at
home.
"It seems that they are naively thinking
that the Russians will allow this explo-
sion of Polish patriotism to continue," he
says gravely, holding a letter written
recently by his 71 -year old sister Janina.
He translates, "As you know, we are
living in difficult times. We are not
hungry, that is true. But it is very tiring
waiting for everything in lines. Before
Christmas I thought my legs would give
up. ... It is worse for those who have
children. An old person can do without
many things."
The letter continues, "This year does
not promise to be better as far as food
is concerned — maybe worse. But it will
be better as far as freedom and liberty.
We all belong to 'Solidarity.*
OFFICIALS WERE TRUSTED
"We went through a lot, and no one
knows what the future will bring. We find
with surprise that the people whom we
trusted (Polish government officials) were
without scruples and were lying to us and
stealing while talking about patriotism!
What irony!
"I think the authority of the Polish
Pope is of immeasurable value to us
Poles, and also the Nobel Prize that came
our way," Janina writes.
The almost defiant optimism of the
letter alarms Jedd, who left his native
Poland right after the German invasion
of 1939. A Stanford veteran of 20 years,
he has maintained close ties with his
home, visiting almost every year and
keeping abreast of news through a net-
work of Polish friends.
"The Russians are nervous — extremely
nervous about this situation," Jedd ex-
plains. "This battle, which is seemingly
for better working conditions, is really
a very patriotic thing in Poland. This is
something the West doesn't really catch.
'The Poles are a little more emotional
about things. They are almost fanatic in
their patriotism," he says. He notes that
the situation could result in horrendous
bloodshed should the Soviets decide to
invade.
In another letter, his youngest sister
Zosia, a music teacher in Krakow, asks
for an outsider's viewpoint: "So much is
happening here, giving rise to the greatest
hopes and at the same time to restless
inquietude," she writes.
"How does it all look from the out-
side? How does it look from your point
of view? How does it compare to the
truth? and finally, where lies the truth?
"Is it as bad as a card I received from
Contiiiued on next page
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A Thousand Years of Change for the Polish People
Pressure from outside influences such as the Soviet Union
are not new to Poland, the Polish People's Republic. Its
history is littered with invasions and assaults and the conse-
quent redrawing of borders. Poland first emerged as a state
around the year 1000 — a union of Slavic tribes. By 1492,
after successful wars, treaties, and dynastic unions, an en-
larged Poland counted the territories of Lithuania, Hungary,
Prussia, Bohemia, and Pomerania in its sphere of influence.
By by 1667 war and civil strife — as well as expansionist neigh-
bors — had eaten away at its borders. After three partitions,
Poland was devoured by Russia, Prussia, and Austria and
wiped off Europe's maps by 1795. Poland was reborn in the
early 1800s when Napoleon conquered Prussia and Austria,
and after his defeat in 1815 it became the Russian-ruled
Kingdom of Poland. Following World War I, Poland emerged
as a parliamentary republic, remaining free until Sept. 1, 1939,
when Nazi Germany invaded from the north, west, and south.
Soon afterward it was overrun from the east — by the Soviet
Union. After winning the war, the Allied Powers effectively
moved Poland westward, adding captured German territory
and leaving sizable Ukrainian and Byelorussian minorities
outside its eastern border. Today's Poland, its boundaries set
by the Allies, occupies almost the same territory it did a
millennium ago.
a friend in the U.S. which said, 'In view
of the impending calamities I wish you
much spiritual strength'? Or maybe it's
not as bad. I am more optimistic. I don't
believe it will end in catastrophe.
'The whole nation prays for the peace
and liberty so much fought for by our
forefathers," Zosia adds.
"In her last letter she was terribly
optimistic and euphoric. Now she wond-
ers why we are so pessimistic," Jedd
says. "It seems they are happy but
agitated."
Both of Jedd's sisters describe short-
ages of such basic commodities as butter,
yeast, matches, and of baby food for the
grandchildren. Zosia tells of being elated
over finding chocolate and almonds in
Budapest over Christmas.
"I listened recently (on the radio) that
Continued on page 26
MAY, 1981
13
Building Trades
Job Safety. Health
Conference Held
The Building Trades new Joint Occu-
pational Safety and Health Program con-
tinues to expand its activities with the
strong support of the United Brother-
hood and other affiliates.
Brotherhood Research Director Nick
Loope has been assigned additional re-
sponsibilities as occupational safety and
health director, and he arranged a special
conference of Building Trades safety
directors and representatives at the Gen-
eral Office in March.
At that time, Harlan B. Jervis, a
special adviser from the Labor Depart-
ment's Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, met with General Presi-
dent William Konyha and Loope to
discuss the development of a year-round
joint safety and health effort in the
Building Trades.
At an early meeting in December,
General President Konyha recommended
the establishment of a national joint
committee for occupational safety and
health.
OSHA Official Il.iil.u, Jcrvi'., :ii;hl,
meets witli General Hrcsident Konyha
and Nick Loope, the Brotherhood's
occupational safety and health director.
i
\
Members
of the Building Trades
occupational safety and health committee during a
March session in the Brotherhood's headquarters auditorium.
Konyha Named
To WISH Board
General President William Konyha has
been named to the board of directors of
WISH — the Workers Institute for Safety
and Health — an organization established
in 1979 to support the work of the gov-
ernment's Occupational Safety and Health
Administration and to expand union
activities in this area.
WISH is sponsored by the AFL-CIO
and its Industrial Union Department. It
is funded, for the most part by union
funds, with some government funding.
All of the officials of WISH are trade
unionists.
Some of the current WISH projects
include the provision of consultation to
individual unions on health and safety
problems, the institution of workers' com-
pensation training seminars in a number
of states, and the establishment of com-
munity medical surveillance programs
to aid workers at high risk of occupa-
tional disease.
Other union leaders named to the
WISH board with President Konyha are
Ironworkers President John Lyons and
Communications Workers President
Glenn Watts.
Also named to a high WISH post is
Eula Bingham, former head of OSHA un-
der the Carter Administration. She is now
a scientific adviser to the organization.
Ohio State Students
Aid History Project
The Labor Education and Research
Service of Ohio State University at
Columbus, O., is assisting the Ohio State
Council of Carpenters in compiling a his-
tory of the Brotherhood in that state,
according to State Council Secretary
Milan Marsh.
Under the direction of C. J. Slanicka,
approximately 25 college students are
devoting time to the research. In an
introductory meeting, Slanicka distributed
copies of the Brotherhood history
pamphlet, "They Kept Ahead of the
Future."
DC Area Shop Stewards Attend Training Seminar
Fourteen shop stewards of Local 1110, Washington, D.C:, who work primarily with
display and exhibit installation firms, assembled March 24, for a stewards' training
session. Using training materials supplied by the General Office, they were instructed
by staf} members of the Brotherhood's industrial department. Industrial Director Joe
Pinto is standing at center in the background of the picture, speaking to the group.
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OttciiMrei
Report
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O.R.I.T. MEETS IN TORONTO
For the first time in its 30 years of existence,
ORIT, the Inter-American Regional Organization of
the International Confederation of Free Trade
Unions, will hold its hemispheric congress in
Toronto, May 18-20.
The invitation to hold the 1981 convention in
Canada followed a special meeting of ORIT in
Mexico, last April, which adopted a policy of pro-
motion of social democracy in Latin America. A
three-day conference on the current situation of
democracy and freedom in Latin America will
precede the ORIT Congress.
Some 120 delegates from ORIT affiliates in North,
Central and South America and the Caribbean area
are expected to attend the sessions.
INFLATION CONTINUES
The failure of the federal government's so-called
anti-inflation program became evident last year as
the annual inflation rate in Canada, as measured by
the consumer price index, jumped to 10.1 % — the
highest rate since 1975.
Double-digit price increases will continue at least
through 1981 and probably beyond that, according
to federal agencies. High interest rates and the cost
of energy, food, housing and imports will push
prices up by an average of 11.5 to 12% in 1981.
High interest rates, which are supposedly being
used to slow price increases, will add to inflation as
farmers and businesses pass on the high cost of
borrowing.
The planned oil price increase of $4.50 a barrel
will add about three percentage points to the
consumer price index.
Food prices are expected to rise by 15% in 1981
and house prices will be up about 13%.
But that won't be the end of inflation. Data
Resources of Canada predicts a rate of inflation in
excess of 10% for the next three years and a
gradual slowdown to 7.5% in 1990.
ADS vs JOBLESS AID
The government will spend the same amount of
money on advertising to convince Canadians that in
Liberal hands "the universe is unfolding as it
should" as it will to help the 20,000 people laid off
last year because of Liberal policies, says David
Orlikow, MP for Winnipeg East.
The employment and immigration critic for the
New Democratic Party said recently that a govern-
ment that has watched lay-offs occur at the rate of
1,000 perday forover a year should have had time
to establish a policy to deal with Canada's industrial
decline.
Instead, a small amount of money — the same
as for the government advertising campaign — will
go to designated communities for "labour
adjustment."
UNEMPLOYMENT IN 1981
The year 1980 ended just as it began, with no
improvement in unemployment in Canada. The
annual "official" jobless rate stayed at 7.5% —
the fifth consecutive year in which unemployment
was over the record-breaking 7% point.
With a very poor overall economic performance
expected again in 1981 — barring a miracle —
unemployment will rise to more than 8% and may
well exceed the 38-year high of 8.4%, recorded in
1978.
WAGES LAG BEHIND FOOD COSTS
Nationally 75% of Canadians report that food
costs have climbed faster than wages, according to
the Gallup Poll released recently.
Only 16% believe that their wages have kept
pace with food costs and only 5% believe that wage
increases exceeded the hikes in food prices.
The impact of rising food prices was felt more
strongly in the Atlantic region where 83% of the
participants in the survey found that food costs
exceeded wage gains; and in Quebec, 82%.
In Ontario, 73% reported food costs much
higher than wage increases; while in the Prairies
and B.C., the rates were 68 and 69%.
RIGHT TO REFUSE UNSAFE WORK
The right of an employee in Ontario to refuse to
do unsafe work has been upheld in a Sault Ste.
Marie court.
The Algoma Steel Corp. was fined $1,000
recently in what is believed to be the first such
conviction under the new Occupational Health and
Safety Act (1979), which forbids discipline of an
employee who refuses to do unsafe work.
The United Steelworkers of America laid the
charges against Algoma Steel in April, 1980, after
an employee was suspended for refusing to clean
out a pit where heavy machinery was being used.
MAY, 1981
15
A change in the North American farm scene
by GROVER BRINKMAN
The blacktop road wound through
the hills like some Bunyon-sized ser-
pent. The interstate was far behind,
and this was the farm country I knew
so well, reminiscent of a Currier-Ives
print. But something was missing.
At first I couldn't pinpoint what it
was. Then topping a rise, I saw work-
men demolishing a large building. The
barns in that part of Illinois were com-
ing down, one by one. That was it, the
barns were missing at most of the
farmsteads along the road.
Why were they tearing down the
barns?
I fully well knew the answer: Barns
for centuries had been an American
institution, but there was no need for
them in today's farming technocracy.
Barns were built to house work
horses. And the horses were gone. So
the barns were being razed, one by
one. A feeling of sadness somehow en-
gulfed my thinking. I had had the same
feeling just a few weeks before, watch-
ing workmen raze a small railroad
depot. The depots, too, were going
down because they were not needed.
They, too, had been an institution over
the wide span of America. But the
passenger trains were down to a
trickle, so there was no need for a
depot. America was going through an
era of change. No more depots, no
more covered bridges, no more barns!
I pulled up in the farmyard and
sauntered over to the group of men,
busy at leveling the barn.
"Why are you tearing it down?" I
asked one of them, just to make words.
I knew why, but I had to ask, none-
theless.
"No need for these buildings any
longer," the workman said, wiping his
brow with a red kerchief. "No work
horses, no barns. As simple as that."
"Looks like the building is still
solid — "
HAND-FORGED NAILS
"You'd better believe it. They built
good in those days!" He stooped,
picked up something from the ground.
"Hand-forged nails. Square body,
blunt point, square head."
That meant the nail was a century
or more old. "May I have it, as sort
of a souvenir?" I asked.
"Scoop up a handful!" he assured
me. "The more you take the less to
clean up."
It was a huge barn. At one time it
must have been a haven for at least 20
"// was a huge barn. Al one time it must have been a haven for at least 20 horses. Twenty-two, if I remember correctly . . ."
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horses. Twenty-two, if I remembered
correctly. There were the individual
stalls, the feed troughs, the hallway
running the length of the building, and
a ladder leading to the loft. The gable
was being ventilated as wrecking tools
ate into the roofing, and shingles
floated down like aircraft out of con-
trol. Up there, secured to the gable tip
was the steel track that guided the
hayfork. More memories.
There was a feed cutting box,
powered by a gas engine that was lo-
cated at ground level in a small shed.
This cutting box, its cutting knives
whirring at frightening speed, macer-
ated the oats straw fed into it into
inch-long slivers that were fed to the
horses. The area farmers called it
"cutting haxel." But try as I might,
there was no word "haxel" in any dic-
tionary or encyclopedia. So the word
must have been strictly of local origin.
In a small boxlike cupboard at the
end of the hall were some old bottles,
begrimed and dusty. One of them had
a label that read Scott's Liniment. How
well I remembered that smelly bottle!
Each time a horse got cut on barbed
wire, or perhaps brushing through a
locust thicket, the wound was satur-
ated with Scott's Liniment.
Any boy who grew up on a farm
remembers the smells found only in-
side a horse barn, a pungent mixture
of hay in the loft, animals in the
stalls, and an overriding tang of lini-
ment and other balms.
PEGS FOR LANTERNS
There was no electricity in this barn,
but there were pegs on several of the
upright timbers to hold kerosene lan-
terns, while the farmer or one of the
hired men fed the horses at nightfall,
saw to their welfare. The lanterns, one
would think, would be a fire hazard in
any building, but strangely there were
very few barn fires attributed to care-
lessness with a lantern.
The fires I remembered were caused
by lightning. Once lightning struck a
barn, its loft filled with hay, the fire in
moments was an inferno that usually
burned the building to the ground.
In fair weather or
foul, the barn
offered roosting
places for the
pigeons, shelter
for the horses and
cattle. "But
nostalgia has no
place in practical
economics . . ."
Memories cling to a barn, mem-
ories of barn dances when the loft was
emptied of hay, the floor swept clean,
and young and old danced the night
away. Memories like that die slowly.
There were bologna sandwiches and
hard cider, not to mention camarad-
erie.
PRACTICAL ECONOMICS
Too bad the barns were going down.
Even the pigeons roosting in the gable
would miss their nesting places. But
nostalgia has no place in practical
economics, on a farm, or in an urban
center. Buildings come down in the
inner city because they have outlived
their uselessness; barns follow the
same category. One doesn't house an
expensive tractor or a grain combine
in a horse barn. One might deplore the
change but deep inside, he knows it is
necessary.
A door slammed at the farm house.
A man came down a ramp in a wheel-
chair, approached, a smile on his
weathered face.
"I had a persistent feeling that you'd
come back for a last look at the barn,"
he said.
"I came too late," I said, shaking
hands.
Suddenly I was 13, and he was two
years my senior, my big brother, al-
though we were not related. We had
been putting up timothy hay when a
rope broke on the haylift, and the re-
coil had sent both of us out of the loft
door, to the ground below. I had been
lucky, but he had suffered a back
injury that put him in a wheelchair for
keeps.
Memories, distant places, years of
separation. But now I was back,
watching them tear down the barn.
"My son Bill has a Cessna," he was
saying. "I had him fly over the farm
and take some pictures before the
razing started. I had an extra print
made for you."
He handed me a large color photo,
and there was the barn, intact. And
suddenly time reversed itself and we
were 20 years young.
Massachusetts House
Notes UBC, Council
Anniversaries in '81
The Massachusetts House of Repre-
sentatives, in a formal resolution, March
4, joined with the Massachusetts State
Council of Carpenters on the occasion of
their 83rd Annual Convention in con-
gratulating the United Brotherhood on its
100th anniversary.
The legislators extended "sincere best
wishes for the future" and commended
the Brotherhood for having made "sub-
stantial contributions to the benefit of our
nation and the commonwealth."
The resolution stated that Brotherhood
members have "expended much time,
efEort and money for the development
and encouragement of programs for our
youth, for good citizenship, and for
worthwhile charitable causes . . ."
The resolution was signed by Speaker
of the House Thomas W. McGee, Clerk
of the House Wallace C. Mills, and it was
offered by Rep. James J. Craven, Jr. A
framed copy of the resolution is now on
display at the General Office in Wash-
ington, D.C.
Kansas Council Plans
History Booklet
The Kansas State Council is planning
a history project in observance of the
centennial of the United Brotherhood.
Initial plans call for a 50-page booklet
covering Brotherhood history in the state
over the past century, which will be
distributed to local unions, state college
libraries, and community public libraries.
The council is seeking funding from
the Kansas Committee for the Humani-
ties. Co-directors of the project are
Council Secretary Treasurer Morris East-
land and Carl Graves, visiting assistant
professor of history at the University of
Kansas at Lawrence.
The council is also considering a series
of public radio spot announcements and
the holding of public meetings in various
communities to discuss the role of the
union in the state.
Illinois Carpenters'
History Underway
In commemoration of the 100th anni-
versary of the Brotherhood, the Illinois
Labor History Society has announced
that it will publish a popular history of
the Carpenters in Illinois. The book will
be researched and written by Richard
Schneirov, an expert on 18th century
Chicago labor, and Thomas Suhrbur, a
high school teacher and member of the
Brotherhood.
MAY, 1981
17
Second Floor
Office of
Cenerol Secretory
Is Center of
Bustling Rctiuity
As principal record keeper for the United Brotlierhood,
the General Secretary directs the day-to-day operations
of several essential departments within the organization.
Situated on the second floor of the
General Headquarters building, at a
crossroads of Washington, D.C., activity,
the office of General Secretary John S.
Rogers bustles with activity.
As prescribed by the Constitution and
Laws, the General Secretary is the
principal record keeper of the United
Brotherhood. This means that the tre-
mendous job of preserving all important
documents, papers, and charters and of
maintaining records of almost 800,000
dues-paying, dues-owing, resigned, ex-
pelled, and deceased members falls on his
shoulders.
In line with these responsibilities, the
General Secretary oversees and directs
the day-to-day operations of various
essential departments within the organiza-
tion. These include the Data Processing
Department, consisting of a Records Sec-
tion and a Computer Operations Section,
and the Bookkeeping Department, lo-
cated on the second floor of the General
Office, as well as the Purchasing and
Shipping Department and The Carpenter
Magazine Office, located on the first floor.
The United Brotherhood has one of the
most modern Data Processing Depart-
ments in the entire labor movement.
Operating by what is known as a "mem-
bership accounting system," this depart-
ment is able to simultaneously compu-
terize and keep on file recordkeeping and
billing data for every member and local
union in the Brotherhood. This includes
a history record of every member's
activity since initiation, including trans-
fers, suspensions, or arrears status.
Every month, the Records Section
staff prepares individual statements to
send to approximately 2,000 local unions
within the organization; these monthly
statements list the names of every mem-
ber in a particular local. It is the respon-
sibility of every local union financial
secretary to accurately fill out each state-
ment with proper membership data, in-
cluding status and mailing addresses, and
to promptly return it to the General
Office with a check reflecting member-
ship dues, initiation fees, and payment for
any supplies ordered over the course of
the month. The Records Section staff
then verifies the statements of monthly
activity and further determines what the
local unions owe to the international
based on membership. The local union
check is sent to the Bookkeeping Depart-
ment, and the statement is sent to the
Computer Operations Section for compu-
ter entry.
The Computer Operations Section
keeps a record on every member in the
Brotherfiood and updates its records on a
monthly basis, according to activity sub-
mitted by the local unions. Included in
these records are current mailing ad-
dresses to insure that every member
in-good-standing receives a copy of The
Carpenter Magazine. Also entered into
the computers are listings of local union
and officer addresses as well as ladies'
auxiliary information.
The Bookkeeping Department handles
and keeps records of all incoming reve-
nue. When this department receives a
local union check from the Records
Section, it analyzes it, breaking it down
in terms of money received for per
capita taxes, death and disability taxes,
and the sale of Brotherhood jewelry and
assorted office supplies. In this way, the
Bookkeeping Department maintains a
current financial account of transactions
between local unions and the Brother-
hood.
As stated in the Constitution and Laws,
the General Secretary must present a
report at each General Convention, re-
capitulating and summarizing the Broth-
erhood's financial and membership
activities since the last convention. He
prepares his report by studying and
analyzing the monthly statements and
accounts provided by the Data Process-
ing and Bookkeeping Departments.
The General Secretary's report gen-
erally includes a run-down of the total
number and geographic distribution of
members and local unions, an account of
membership status and of the number of
newly chartered, consolidated, lapsed, or
disbanded local unions, and a month-by-
month breakdown of all incoming reve-
nue. After this year's centennial celebra-
tion, the General Conventions will be
five years apart. Therefore, each of the
General Secretary's reports will sum-
marize five years of collected data.
The Purchasing and Shipping Depart-
ment also falls under the authority of
the General Secretary. As its name im-
plies, this department fills all of the
purchasing orders submitted by the vari-
ous Brotherhood departments and
handles shipping and receiving for the
entire organization. In addition, it col-
lects and distributes the massive quantity
of incoming and outgoing mail. Every
month, the Purchasing and Shipping
Department individually weighs and sends
out to approximately 2,000 local unions
the computerized statements prepared by
the Records Department. It also takes
care of special mailings from the Brother-
hood's Print Shop to all local unions,
district, state, and provincial councils.
Finally, this department fills all individ-
ual and local union supply orders by
mailing out Brotherhood jewelry, T-
shirts, hats, jackets, binders, etc.
The General Secretary is in charge of
The Carpenter Magazine, the United
Brotherhood's official monthly publica-
tion. He is also responsible for quarterly
issuance of the Circular and Information
Bulletins, containing the traditional pass-
word, the semi-annual preparation of the
Ladies' Auxiliary Circular, and the print-
ing of the Brotherhood's Constitution and
Laws.
Finally, the General Secretary acts as
education director for the Brotherhood,
coordinating seminars at the George
Meany Center in Silver Spring, Md., for
local union officers and representatives.
Judging from the enormous responsi-
bilities of the United Brotherhood's Gen-
eral Secretary, it is no wonder that
delegates to the 1902 Atlanta General
Convention voted to divide the then-
inclusive post of General Secretary-
Treasurer into two distinct positions. The
position of General Secretary tradition-
ally has attracted dedicated individuals
of strong endurance, for in the Brother-
hood's 100-year history, there have been
only five men to hold this post.
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;iI!TrfF-'f1
It takes two secretaries to manage the busy office of the
General Secretary. Above, General Secretary Rogers reviews
an office project with Rachel Thompson, center, while Doris
Flowers, right, takes dictation.
General Secretary Rogers discusses the day-to-day operations
of the Data Processing Department's Records Section with
Records Supervisor Sandra Rinehart, center, and senior staff
member Adeline Grimme, left.
RIGHT: Associate
Editor Roger
Sheldon, left, and
Editorial Assistant
Kathy Addis select
photographs for
the monthly issue
of the Carpenter
Magazine.
ABOVE: General Secretary Rogers
studies a computer print-out with Data
Processing Manager Don Mellin, left.
RIGHT: In the foregroimd, Theresa
Threlfall and Kim King record incoming
revenue for the Bookkeeping Depart-
ment, while, in the rear, a large Records
Section staff prepares monthly
statements.
Operators in the Data Processing Department's Computer
Operations Center enter the latest membership and billing
statistics into their computers and update their records.
Frank Middleton, left, Glenn Mattingly, center, and
Purchasing Agent Art Kay, right, coordinate activity in the
Purchasing and Shipping Department.
MAY, 1981
19
GOSSIP
SEND YOUR FAVORITES TO:
PLANE GOSSIP, 101 CONSTITUTION
AVE. NW, WASH., DC. 20001
SORRY, BUT NO PAYMENT MADE
AND POETRY NOT ACCEPTED.
CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN
The old carpenter was holding
forth on the shortcomings of the
younger generation.
"Take clothes, for instance," he
said. "Look at that youngster over
there, the one with short hair, a
cigarette, and breeches. What is it,
a boy or a girl?"
"It's a girl," was the reply;
"she's my daughter."
"I beg your pardon, sir," the
man apologized. "I wouldn't have
said that if I had known you were
her father."
"I'm not," was the comeback;
"I'm her mother."
GET WISE! ORGANIZE!
AGRI-BUSINESS
"Why do prices go up?" repeated
the farmer when a city man asked
the question. "I'll tell ye. When the
farmer has to know the botanical
name of what he grows, the ento-
mological name of the pests that
try to destroy it, and the pharma-
ceutical name of the stuff to spray
it with, then, gol durn it, some-
body's got to pay for it."
YOU CAN CALL ME...
After completing arrangements
for William to start work, the new
girl in the contractor's trailer said:
"By the way, William, I am in
the habit of addressing new men
by their surnames instead of their
Christian names. What did you say
your surname was?"
"Darling, Madam."
"Er, well," said the young thing,
"that will be all for the moment,
William."
EVERY MEMBER GET A MEMBER
THE FINAL ROUND
The atmosphere around the
breakfast table was tense, but after
several false starts he half-belli-
gerently declared, "Well, I suppose
you're plenty angry because I came
home with this black eye last night.
"Why not at all, dear," she an-
swered sweetly. "You may not re-
member it, but when you camfe
home last night you did not have
that black eye."
BE IN GOOD STANDING
GOING DOWN
"How on earth did you break
your leg?" a solicitous friend asked
the piledriver on crutches.
"Well, you see it was this way;"
was the answer, "1 threw a ciga-
rette butt in a manhole and stepped
on it."
THIS MONTH'S LIMERICK
There was a young fellow of
Wheeling
Endowed with such delicate
feeling,
When he read on the door,
"Don't spit on the floor,"
He jumped up and spat on the
ceiling.
CALORIC INTAKE
"Do you know what this gun
sticking in your ribs means?" asked
the robber as he slipped out of the
darkness and up to the bar.
"Sure!" answered the millwright
with the lite beer. "It means I've
lost weight. Poke me again!"
BUY U.S. AND CANADIAN
SERVICE AND SMILE
The fussy wife of one of the con-
vention delegates was ordering
breakfast in the hotel restaurant-.
"Bring me two slices of homemade
bread toasted not too hard and
buttered with fresh country butter
not too salty; one strictly fresh egg
poached medium soft; and orange
juice, well strained, with only half
a cube of ice in it."
"Yes, Madam," replied the wait-
ress. "And would you prefer a plain
gold band or a floral pattern on
your dishes?"
DON'T GET BEHIND IN '81
NO POLISH JOKE
A farmer whose homestead was
on the Polish-Russian border was in
the position of not being certain
whether his farm was in Poland or
Russia. He got the advice of every-
body he knew, but he still couldn't
be sure. Finally he raised enough
money to engage the services of a
surveyor, and he waited nervously
for the authoritative word. At length
the report came through. His farm
lay in Poland.
"Thonk God," the farmer cried.
"Now I won't have to endure an-
other of those terrible Russian
winters!"
LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL
THE COLD, COLD GROUND
Fellow moved into the neighbor-
hood recently . . . claimed to be a
Southern planter . . . turned out he
was only a New Orleans under-
taker.
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Life expectancy is up; teen-age pregnancies remain
high; deaths from heart disease, stroke, and
cancer are down; smoking among teen-age girls up;
more Americans are making changes for good health.
nmERIM'S CHANCING llfESTVLES
The U.S. Surgeon General's re-
port on the nation's heaUh reads
Hke the popular line. There's some
good news and some bad news.
First the good news. National life-
styles have changed over the past
decade or so, with more people giv-
ing up smoking or cutting down on
tobacco consumption. Also, more
Americans are eating less of certain
calorie- and cholesterol-rich foods
like eggs, butter and cream, and
getting more exercise.
Now the bad news. One excep-
tion to the trend towards healthier
lifestyles is the rising number of
teenage girls who smoke — up 51%
in a ten-year period.
More good news. Regardless of
income, more people have access to
medical care. The percent of U.S.
population seeing a physician within
two years increased in every age and
color group, with the greatest rise
among the poor.
But the bad news is that the poor
still may not be getting the care they
require to meet their health needs.
Also, the poor get fewer preventive
services and less dental care than
the non-poor.
Following are some highlights of
the report:
• Life expectancy at birth con-
tinued to rise, reaching a record
73.3 years in 1978.
• From 1970 to 1978, the death
rate from heart disease — the na-
tion's number one killer — dropped
by 18%, the same amount as it did
in the 20 years between 1950 and
1970.
• Deaths from stroke — the na-
tion's number three killer — de-
creased by a greater amount from
1970 to 1978 than it did in the 20
years from 1950 to 1970, 33%)
compared to 25%.
• Deaths from cancer — second
only to heart disease in the number
of lives lost — has continued to de-
cline for people under age 45 and
has recently begun to drop for those
45 to 49 years old. However, mor-
tality for certain sites, including the
respiratory system, has been in-
creasing.
• Tlie United States continues to
have one of the highest rates of
teen-age fertility among industrial
nations although the birth rates for
this group are not as high as they
were in the early 1970s. Numerous
health risks — to mother and child —
are associated with early childbear-
ing.
• The infant mortality rate in the
Standard of Living
Worse, Says Survey
A growing number of Americans
say their standard of living is
worse now than it was a year ago.
In a nationwide survey, the
American Council of Life Insur-
ance found 38% of respondents
felt this way — up from 24% in
1976.
Forty-three percent said their
standard of living is comparable to
what it was the previous year, com-
pared to 56% in 1976. Only 17%
said they have a better standard of
living now, as against 21% in
1976.
Feelings of having lost ground to
inflation over the year are particu-
larly high among respondents aged
45-54 years (51%). In 1976, only
22% of this age group said their
standard of living had grown worse
between 1975 and 1976.
U.S., which is higher than the rates
in most advanced nations, was 13
deaths per 1,000 live births in 1979,
a 47% drop since 1965. The change
is attributed largely to improved
survival of low birth-weight babies.
Smoking is one cause of low birth-
weight. Another is inadequate diet,
especially in a teenage pregnancy.
Many interesting factors con-
tribute to good health or ill health,
including biological, lifestyle and
environmental factors.
The report points out, for exam-
ple, that "while the causes of most
cancers are unknown, many con-
tributing factors have been identi-
fied. For some, the extent of the
added risk has been measured; for
others, the results of research are
not yet conclusive."
"Some of the major risk factors,"
the report said, "are smoking, alco-
hol, radiation and chemical expos-
ures at the workplace and in the
water and air. Diet and heredity are
also implicated."
The risk factors for heart disease
and stroke — the nation's other top
killers — include smoking, high
blood pressure, high serum choles-
terol, diabetes, overweight and
physical inactivity.
Some factors can be manipulated
to help prevent illness and promote
good health. The report points out
that "some kinds of preventive ac-
tions, such as stopping smoking, can
be taken only by the individual at
risk. . . . Still others, such as the
control of toxic agents in the envir-
onment, demand the involvement of
many sectors of society — private
and government."
As far as individual behavioral
changes are concerned, the report
22
THE CARPENTER
indicates that more and more Amer-
icans are making changes that pro-
mote good health.
However, when it comes to gov-
ernment actions to help prevent dis-
ease, it appears that the nation may
be moving away from its health pro-
tection role.
In the area of environmental and
job health rules, for example, some
argue that industry cannot afford
the kinds of controls needed to re-
duce hazardous exposures.
They should consider the report's
assertion that "a very large portion
of our national health expenditures
is spent on the direct health care
costs of conditions for which pre-
vention is to some degree possible.
The nation also bears a heavy bur-
den of indirect costs from such con-
ditions."
The direct and indirect costs of
certain lifestyle and environmental
hazards include: about $15.4 billion
for alcohol abuse; $27.3 billion for
cigarette smoking; $20.7 billion for
work-related deaths and injuries and
$4.3 billion for air pollution.
The report estimates that "if pre-
ventive actions were successful in
cutting direct and indirect cost ex-
penditures by only 10%, reductions
would still equal billions of dollars."
Surgeon General Julius B. Rich-
mond concluded from the report
that "it is clear that our preventive
initiatives are bearing fruit."
In terms of the nation's top three
killers — heart disease, stroke and
cancer — it is encouraging that indi-
vidual Americans are taking steps
to reduce their own risks.
Considering such serious and per-
sisting health problems as teenage
pregnancy and infant mortality, it is
important that those concerned with
health care in the public and private
sectors continue efforts aimed at
further improvements.
The problem ahead is that over-
zealous efforts to cut costs in the
areas of workplace and environ-
mental health by freezing or delay-
ing regulations will prove pennywise
and pound-foolish.
The pendulum has been moving
towards prevention and it would be
a mistake to slow down the progress
in the nation's health by efforts to
save money in the short-run. (PAI)
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Visit the United
Brotlierliood's exiiibit
attlie 1981 Ul Show.
See displays of craft
skills. Talk with our
representatives at the
exhibit booths. It's
your show. Make the
most of it!
OVER 300 EXHIBITS
Produced and managed by
UNION LABEL &
SERVICE TRADES
DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO
MAY 8-13
BALTIMORE
CONVENTION CENTER
MAY, 1981
23
Locni union nEui!
Industrial Safety and Health Seminar at Kalamazoo, Mich.
Seminar participants were briefed by a team of General Office
instructors, using the manual of the Health and Safety Hazard
Identification Program.
During breaks in the training sessions, stewards and local
officers sliared their experiences in dealing with management
in various plants.
Seminar speakers included, from left above, OSHA Project Director Joe Durst; Scott Toby, assistant professor at Michigan
State University: Assistant General Counsel Kathy Krieger; Richard Wierengo, executive secretary, Mich. Council. At far right.
Delegate Kay Cagle and Howard Smith, council president.
Fifty local union leaders participated in the busy training sessions at Kalamazoo.
Fifty representatives of 12 local unions
affiliated with the Brotherhood's Michigan
Industrial Council assembled February 6
for an intensive one-day seminar on
safety and health problems on the job.
They gathered at the Kalamazoo, Mich.,
Holiday Inn, only a few miles from the
Michigan Industrial Council's office at
Battle Creek. The sessions were designed
primarily to acquaint shop stewards with
union rights and responsibilities in the
area of safety and health. They are part
of the Brotherhood's federally-funded
OSHA project for educating industrial
workers.
Peoria Members Settle
At Advance Millwork
After almost 1 1 months of boycott
action and picketing. Carpenters Local
183, Peoria, 111., has settled its dispute
with Advance Millwork, Inc.
Members of the union were replaced
by strikebreakers last May, and suppliers
and customers were encouraged to cross
picket lines. The company at one point
was charged with unfair labor practices.
The National Labor Relations Board
subsequently ruled in favor of the local
union, and members have returned to
work at the plant, anticipating satisfac-
tory negotiations for a new contract.
Deadline for 1981
Convention Delegate List
General Secretary John Rogers
reminds all local unions and coun-
cils that the deadline for sending
names of all duly-elected 1981
convention delegates to his oiBce
is June 1.
Before credentials can be issued
to any convention delegate, the
General Office must determine that
he or she is in good standing and
qualified to represent his organiza-
tion at the Chicago conclave.
Hoboken Local
Issues Newsletter
Local 467 of Hoboken, N.J., is now
publishing a regular, monthly newsletter
to keep its members informed of import-
ant local news events.
Local 467 President Carl Grimm indi-
cates that the first two newsletters of
1981 were devoted to a "history and
explanation of Robert's Rules of Parlia-
mentary Procedure and some of the spe-
cial uses to which they can be put."
Copies of the newsletter, together with a
copy of the General Constitution and
Bylaws, are presented to all incoming
local union members.
24
THE CARPENTER
Western Pennsylvania DC Exhibits at Center
More than 400,000 people visited the
new David L. Lawrence Convention
Center in Pittsburgh, Pa., during its
recent Grand Opening Exposition. The
exposition lasted for 10 days, and the
Carpenters District Council of Western
Pennsylvania was a major exhibitor, one
of three labor groups to exhibit at the
big exposition. The UBC exhibit, shown
above, was designed by Business Rep.
Thomas Pinney of the district council. It
showed photographs of many of the
activities of the council, and it explained
the relationship of the council to the
community.
Robert Argentine, executive business
manager of the council, left, and Howard
Pfeiffer, president of the JATC, with
State Senator Edward Zemprelli at the
exhibit booth.
Washington State Unionists Rally on 3-Way Bill
mi
Some 8,000 trade unionists — including many Brotherhood members — rallied outside
the Washington state capitol in Olympia recently to protest a measure before the
legislature that would slash workers' compensation benefits and allow private insur-
ance companies to write industrial coverage policies for profit. The state has operated
the non-profit program since 1911. The so-called Three-Way Bill, which already has
cleared the House, is being vigorously pushed by the Republican majority in the Senate
with the strong backing of big business and insurance company lobbies. The March 18
rally was cosponsored by the Washington Slate AFL-CIO and a coalition of
unaffiliated labor groups.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: For many years, The
Carpenter Magazine has published the ad-
vertisements of Foley Manufacturing Com-
pany (shown above) and other firms which
describe how readers can acquire the skill
of saw sharpening through correspondence
courses and supportive equipment.
The advertisements call attention to the
fact that a journeyman saw filer can earn
$8.00 an hour and more "sparetime or full-
time."
We would like to advise our readers that
members of the Brotherhood employed full-
time as journeyman saw filers are now mak-
ing close to $9.00 per hour in some parts
of the country, under provisions of union
contracts.
For example. Local 721 of Los Angeles,
Calif., currently has about 350 members
employed in the saw service industry. A
journeyman saw filer of Local 721 presently
receives $8.72 per hour, and a production
saw filer receives $8.62. They enjoy paid
vacations, paid holidays, paid sick leaves,
paid health, welfare, dental and retirement
benefits, cost of living adjustments, and
many other hard fought for provisions re-
garding job protection.
To maintain the standards of the industry,
the United Brotherhood supports union or-
ganization throughout the saw service in-
dustry and urges all members to patronize
saw-servicing shops which display the
Brotherhood's union label.
Publication of the advertisements of the
Foley Manufacturing Company and other
manufacturing and service firms should in
no way be considered an endorsement of
their products or services. Performance
claims are based on statements by the
manufacturer.
MAY, 1981
25
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Try them for 15 days, if not completely
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HARD HAT EMBLEM— Add the Brother-
hood's official emblem to your hard hat.
Your local union can now order Hard
Hat Emblem Decals (with adhesive on
the back) at $3.35 per hundred for
distribution to your local membership.
Individual members can order a single
emblem, free of charge, by writing
direct to the UBC Organizing Depart-
ment at the General Office. Send all
orders tO: General Sec. John Rogers,
UBC, 101 Constitution Ave,, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20001
Cox to Sixth District,
Hahn to General Office
Ed Hahn, standing, reviews the
responsibilities of his new office with
Richard Cox, assistant to the General
President, whom he succeeds.
Richard Cox, a general representative
and special assistant to the General
President, moved from the General Office
in Washington, D.C, last month, to be-
come a general representative in the Sixth
District. A member of Millwrights Local
1529, Kansas City, Kans., for more than
30 years. Cox has represented the
Brotherhood on jurisdictional matters in
the nation's capital for the past eight
years.
Cox has been succeeded as a special
assistant to the General President by
Edward Hahn of Massapequa, Long
Island, N.Y., who is a member and
officer of Carpenters Local 2117, Flush-
ing, N.Y. Hahn joined the Brotherhood in
1947.
Letters From Poland
Continued from page 13
the Poles in the U.S. are thinking about
our situation," Zosia writes. "They were
appealing to all Poles to send food
packages and whatever else they can
give. That's really nonsense. We need
different help. Food is not the most
important thing."
She adds, "There is a suspicion that
the food shortage may be intended to
bring about chaos so that eventually
'somebody' (implying Moscow) will have
to help."
That such a letter could even be
written in Poland is an indication of how
far the Polish people have come in their
struggle against communist domination,
Jedd notes. His main fear, though, is that
his country's elation over its new-found
political freedoms may be short-lived.
"They do not shout anti-Russian slo-
gans, but what they are shouting could
have consequences just as bad as if they
did," he says.
UNION LABEL PLAYING CARDS
Now you can order union-made, union-
printed playing cards from the AFL-CIO
Union Label and Service Trades Dept.
Each top quality, plastic-coated card
bears the "Union Label, Union Shop Card,
Made in USA, Jobs" logo of the depart-
ment, and the Allied Printing Trades Label.
You can use these cards as prizes, gifts,
donations to card clubs, to retired mem-
bers' organizations, etc.
The cords ore available in cartons of 24
decks each. The price is $17.00 per carton,
which includes handling and shipping. A
gross (144 decks) sells for $100.00.
To order, send check and order blank
below fo the Union Label and Service
Trades Department AFL-CIO.
MAIL WITH CHECK TO:
Union Label and Service Trades Depart-
ment AFL-CIO
815 Sixteenth St. NW Suite 607
Washington, D.C. 20006
Send carton(s) of Union Label Play-
ing Cards at $17.00, 24 decks per carton
to:
Name:
Organization:
Street Address:
City, Stale:
Zip:
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The Carpenter
ntitfioo
MAY 8-13
BALTIMORE
CONVENTION CENTER
UNION LABEL ( SERVICE TRADES DEPARTMENT. AFL CIO
26
THE CARPENTER
uiE concRniuinTG
. . . those members of our Brotherhood who, in recent weeks, have been named
or elected to public offices, have won awards, or who have, in other ways "stood
out from the crowd." This month, our editorial hat is off to the following:
Stage for MD Telethon in Harrisburg
Carpenters Local 287, Harrisburg, Pa., once again participated in the Annual March
of Dimes Telethon held at the Harrisburg East Mall in Harrisburg. The telethon
began Saturday evening, March 7, and ended the following day. For the past several
years. Local 287 has been responsible for the construction and the removal of the
stage used during the telethon. It donated more than $4,000 in materials and labor to
the stage erection. In addition, Local 287 members made a financial contribution to
MD.
Constructing the telethon stage, above, are: Lower level, foreground, left to right:
Leon Cichan; Linda Cichan, apprentice; Monte Bordner; Victor H. Landis, Jr.,
recording secretary; Richard W . Martz, business representative; and Ed D. Luzik,
apprentice coordinator. In background on platform, left to right: David Seace;
Emanuel Ventura; Ronald Walker, apprentice; Ackley Peffley, apprentice; Darryl
McLamb, apprentice; and Dudley Peffley.
ST. PATRICK'S MARSHAL
Joe O'SuUivan, a 55-year member of
Local 22, San Francisco, Calif., was
recently honored by the United Irish
Societies of San Francisco by being
selected as Grand Marshal of this year's
San Francisco St. Patrick's Day Parade.
Besides this most recent mission,
O'Sullivan has also served the Brother-
hood in many capacities over the years.
He has served as president of the San
Francisco Building and Construction
Trades Council, business representative
and financial secretary of Local 22, and
a 40-year delegate to both the San
Francisco Building and Construction
Trades Council and the Bay Counties
District Council.
SILVER BEAVER AWARD
On February 21, Charles Christy, an
18-year member of Local 1945, Colum-
bia, Mo., received the Boy Scouts of
America annual Silver Beaver Award for
"noteworthy service of exceptional char-
acter to youth in the community."
Christy first be-
came involved with
the Boy Scouts in
1965, when he
moved to Hallsville,
Mo., and became
scoutmaster of
Troop 12. He later
started Troop 718 at
the Oakland Chris-
tian Church, and,
since 1977, has Christy
served as unit commissioner for the
Boonslick District and chapter advisor
for Order of the Arrow Post 599, spe-
cializing in exploring Indian lore.
In 1974, Christy received the Columbia
volunteer action award and the George
Meany Award for distinguished com-
munity service to youth.
London, Ontario, Members Active in Canadian Scouting
The Boy Scout movement is active and strong in Canada,
and many Brotherhood members are leaders in Canadian
Scouting. The accompanying pictures show members of Local
1946, London, Ont., participating in the year-round program
for Scouts and Venturers.
In the picture at left above. Harm Heuvel of Local 1946
with a group of London Venturers following an official
ceremony. In the center picture, Don McDonald of Local
1946; Mrs. Grace Heuvel, wife of Harm Heuvel, Brother
Heuvel, and other adult leaders on a winter outing. At right,
Vern Brown and Chris Das cooking around a campfire at a
lake in Ontario on a cold winter morning.
MAY, 1981
27
RPPREniiiESHip & TRmninc
Ne>v Mexico Instructor Retires
On February 27, 1981, Clinton N. Abel, a full-lime ap-
prentice and journeyman instructor for the New Mexico
Carpenters Educational Program and a 35-year member and
former officer and business agent of Local 1319, Albuquerque,
N.M., was honored at a retirement party. From left are: Haskel
Wright, training director. New Mexico Carpenters Educational
Program: Clinton N. Abel: William H. Lang, New Mexico
District Council executive secretary; Mrs. Clinton N. Abel; and
Charles H. Reynolds, Local 1319 business representative and
financial secretary.
Graduates Honored in Oswego
Carpenters Local 747, Oswego, N.Y. recently gave recogni-
tion to three of its apprentices who completed training. The
three are now journeymen and were presented their certificates
by Gordon Miller of Walsh Construction Company, a member
of the joint apprenticeship committee.
Pictured above are the participants in the presentation
ceremony. From left. Loyal Simmons, business representative
of Local 747; apprentice Carlton Cullen; Gordon Miller;
apprentices Mark Mitchell and Gary Baker; and Jack Simmons,
president of Local 747 .
Antique Woodworking Machinery Sought
By Hagley Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
Located along the Brandywine
River on the site of the original
DuPont black-powder mills, the
Hagley Museum offers a unique
glimpse into American industrial life
in the 19th Century. Your trip back
in time begins at the main museum
building, above, where exhibits trade
America's industrial development
from colonial water-powered flour
mills to the giant steam-powered
industries of the late 19th century.
The Hagley Museum of Wilming-
ton, Delaware, is currently distribut-
ing a circular letter in search of wood-
working machinery, metalworking ma-
chinery, and gauges and appliances
of the 19th Century.
It would "buy, beg, or borrow" the
following woodworking machinery to
complete restoration of a millwrights'
machine shop in its museum:
• Planer, any Connecticut River
Valley make, ca. 1867.
• Rip & Cross Cut Saw, Wright &
Smith, Newark, NJ, ca. 1867.
• Scroll Saw, (Wright's patent — No.
2), Wright & Smith, ca. 1867.
• Cross Cut Saw, Wright & Smith,
ca. 1868.
• No. 1 single surface, 4 roll planer
& matcher, Witherby, Rugg &
Richardson, Worcester, Mass., ca.
1878.
• Daniels planer, 16 ft. x 24 inches,
Witherby, Rugg & Richardson, ca.
1878.
• Shaping machine, No. 2, Witherby,
Rugg & Richardson, ca. 1878.
• Band saw, Witherby, Rugg &
Richardson, ca. 1878.
• Rod or dowel machine, Witherby,
Rugg & Richardson, ca. 1878.
• Table saw, Witherby, Rugg &
Richardson, ca. 1878.
• Band saw setting & filing machine,
Witherby, Rugg & Richardson, ca.
1874.
• Planer, any Connecticut River
Valley make, ca. 1874.
• Wood shaving exhaust fan (Boston
Patent Exhaust Fan), ca. 1886.
• Rip & cross cut saw, Cordesman
Machine Co., Cincinnati, ca. 1888.
• Band saw, Cordesman Machine Co.,
ca. 1888.
• Wood Worker (surface planer &
joiner), Cordesman Machine Co.,
ca. 1888.
• Table Saw, Goodell & Waters,
Phila., 1898.
• Tenon machine, Atlantic Works,
Phila., ca. 1872.
• Mortising machine, H. B. Smith
Machine Co., pre- 1900.
• Moulding machine, 6", H. B. Smith
Machine Co., pre-1900.
• Single surface planer, 8" x 24",
H. B. Smith Machine Co., pre-1900.
• Cut-off saw, H. B. Smith Machine
Co., pre-1900.
• Rod or dowel machine, Rogers &
Co., pre-1900.
Such machinery was part of the
original Du Pont millwright and
machine shop which operated between
1858 and 1902 and which the Hagley
Museum is currently restoring and
opening to the public. Contact Frank
McKelvey, The Hagley Museum,
P.O. Box 3630, Greenville, Wilming-
ton, DE 19807. (302) 658-2400. When
you call or write mention that you
saw it in The Carpenter.
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The Tulsa mill-cabinet class with its project. From foreground, left, and clockwise:
Sandra Martin, Instructor Don Powers, Charles Doty, Mark Bledsoe, Rick Ronketty,
Rick Sink, Stan Cushenberry, John Simms, Coordinator J. A. Giesen, Jackie Gamble,
Rob Powers, Nathan Johnson, Thomas Rozensky, and Randy Dick.
Tulsa Mill-Cabinet Class Builds Scale Model
Of Local Department Store in 1 Nights
Wide grins on their faces indicate the
feeling of pride and accomplishment by
second-year mill-cabinet apprentices in
Tulsa, Oklahoma's Local 943, after com-
pleting a one-fourth scale model section
of a local department store.
The 5' X 12' project, if built to full
size, would have been 20 feet by 48 feet.
It took 10 class nights, or 40 hours, to
complete. Before the actual milling be-
gan, each apprentice was required to
furnish a sketch and all the milling
details, as if the project was full size. It
was then reduced to one-quarter size.
In addition to the milling, bench and
laminate work, the apprentices cut and
ground the mirrors and glass used and
reworked the hardware to scale.
The completed project will be loaned
to the Painters Apprenticeship Program,
to be used in their finishing classes. When
all the training has been extracted, the
project will be given to a charity organi-
zation to be used as a playhouse for
children.
Sandra Martin, lower left in the photo-
graph, was the first apprentice in the
Tulsa apprenticeship program to give
birth to a baby, a 10-pound boy.
All of the apprentices are employed by
the Oklahoma Fixture Company of
Tulsa.
Recent Women Graduates in Oregon
On February 19, Liz Ohmart, left above, became the first female member of
Jjjcal 583, Portland, Ore., to complete four years of apprenticeship training. She is
also the second female member of the Brotherhood to graduate in the State of Oregon.
Kate Barrett, in the same picture, was the first female to join the Brotherhood in
Oregon, having completed her apprenticeship training for Local 226, Portland, Ore.
In the picture at right, above. Local 583 President George Edwards, presents the
completion certificate to Ohmart at a Portland District Council meeting.
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CHICO, CALIF.
On January 20, 1981, Local 2043 presented
pins to members with 25, 30, 35, 40, and 60
years of service to the Carpenters Union. The
following photographed members received
their awards:
Front row, from left: W. Edmonds, 40-years;
C. Muster, 30-years; E. Haedt, 25-years; H.
Hillen, 40-years; E. Hartman, 60-years; Finan-
cial Secretary and Business Representative
J. Wrangham, 30-years; Golden Empire District
Council Secretary H. Haskins; W. Mulford, 35-
years; Treasurer G. Weiglein; and Recording
Secretary D. Palmerlee.
Second row, from left: Trustee J. Skripek;
R. Miller, 30-years; F. Stevens, 30-years; H.
Pound, 25-years; Past President D. Anderson;
R. Hudson, 35-years; C. Huffman, 35-years; H.
Gustafson, 25-years; A. Holland, 30-years; E.
Miller, 30-years; Past President E. Holderbien,
25-years; and I. Tucker, 40-years.
Third row, from left: W. Perry, 30-years;
C. Eddy, 25-years; R. Armstrong, 30-years; G.
East, 40-years; G. Curtis, 25-years; R. Fulton,
40-years; T. Bunnell, 30-years; A. Duchi, 25-
years; A. Wenz, 35-years; R. Olsen, 40-yearsj
and W. Hailer, 40-years.
Back row, from left: E. Williams, 30-years;
G. Crook, 30-years; M. Smith, 35-years; W.
Wood, 30-years; unidentified; D. Kling, 30-
years; D. Compton; President A. Middleton;
R. Karling, 30-years; Conductor G. Reeves; and
A. Anderson, 35-years.
ANCHORAGE, AK.
At a special order of business during its
regular meeting on December 1, 1980, Local
1281 honored long-time members at a pin
ceremony. Local President Eriing Christiansen
presented pins to each of the members in the
accompanying photograph.
Front row, from left to right: Peter
Halvorson, 25-ye3rs; Dean Corder, 30-yearS;
John Thomas, 30-years; Harold Aldrich,
30-years; Ben Perkins, 35-years; Richard
Schmitz, 25-years; and Arlo Jensen, 25-years.
Back row, from left to right: Douglas
Steward, 25-years; Charles Handy, 30-years;
Grady Ward, 30-years; Sam Trujillo, 30-years;
Willard Brotherston, 30-years; and Elmer
Richardson, 25-years.
Members who were honored but were not
present to receive their awards included:
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A gallery of pictures showing some of the senior members of the Broth-
erhood who recently received pins for years of service in the union.
Anchorage, Ak.
45-year member Robert P. Wells; 40-year
members B. C. Brandstrom, D. D. Clover,
Harold Curtis, Johnny Schafer, and Eugene
Westover; 35-year members Wallace Keiner,
Buster J. Rinehart, and Sid Larmer; 30-year
members Jerry Bolen, George Fredrickson, Eric
M. Harding, Ernest R. Matz, James H. Suter,
Thaddeus Ziemlak, Ed Abies, Aden Gates,
Lawrence Crider, C. F. Halvorson, Harry R.
Kast, Paul William Sauer, Vyron C. Wells,
Gordon Cooley, Gunnar Ekiund, Earl E. Larson,
Theron E. Saunders, and Allerton Willis, Jr.;
and 25-year members C. A. Beckles, Cecil F.
Burk, 0. W. Christenson, Glenn L Colpitis,
Stig P. Hoffman, Harold V. Jurgenson, Magne
Kalhovde, Patrick J. Kiernan, Roger N.
Lausterer, G. Mesenhimer, Dale R. Payne,
Donald E. Rogers, Guy M. Rupright, Walter M.
Seals, A. A. Tegtmeier, Jr., and James W.
Winkle.
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SEATTLE, WASH.
On October 12 and 19, 1980, pin presenta-
tion dinners were tield for members of Local
1289 with many years of loyal service to the
Brotherhood. Honored members are pictured in
the accompanying photographs.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left; Charles 0. West, Vernon 0.
Gestson, William Gath, Elmer Weflen, Ray
Elfving, Wilfred Lemm, and Wayne Peters.
Back row, from left: Robert C. Bowell,
Arnold P. Bugni, Ray Hall, Romeo Charbonneau,
Roger Williams, and Martin Drilevich.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, front
row, from left: Harold Nelson, Ed Lalk, Gilbert
Garden, Edward L. Kadlec, Marshall Williams,
Joe Pike, and John Martinson.
Second row, from left: Harold F. Larson,
Gunner Halverson, Asbjorn Solheim, John R.
Mustoe, Frank Liebrich, William W. Milton, Eric
Luth, and John C. Rude.
Back row, from left: Charles Thompson, Bob
Heminger, Arthur Painter, Elmer F. Gagosian,
Clifford H. Erickson, Sam Denton, and Kenath
J. Allen.
Picture No. 3 shows 25 and 30-year mem-
bers, front row, from left: H. K. Brandt, George
A. McCown, Edward Chmielewski, Paul Ockwig,
James Gasaway, Burton Rix, and Edward Jordan.
Second row, from left: Lee Rice, Kenneth
Ziegler, Sam Wright, Ove Clausen, Paul W.
Ulrich, Frank R. Miller, Leo Goldade, and
W. H. Penick.
Back row, from left: Cecil Rose, George
Cole, Clifford Rosand, Jim Butler, Wayne W.
Foley, Woodrow Moss, and Dwight Leonard.
Picture No. 4 shows 25 and 30-year mem-
bers, front row, from left: Bernard Mclntyre,
Herman A. Johansen, Dawain A. Turner, Fred M.
Brandt, 35-years; Sam Moore, SS-years; Vic
Montgomery, and Tom Sheridan.
Back row, from left: Jesse E. Stumbaugh,
Vagn Jensen, Raymond Juvet, Merle L. Morin,
Norman Destremps, Herbert Rundle, and
August J. Miller.
Picture No. 5 shows 35-year (or more) mem-
bers, front row, from left: Lloyd E. Stewart,
Alfred Flaten, Charles Updegraff, Eldon Stevens,
Erik Erikson, Lloyd Wallstrom, and Austin B.
Cain.
Second row, from left: Knut Rio, Hans M.
Busk, Art Petersen, Armon H. Miller, Malcolm
E. Broughton, E. A. Thomas, Die C. Alsvick,
and Jack Schwader.
Back row, from left: Lester Uphaus, Everett
W. Hising, Ernie Gross, Frank P. Hatch.
Continued on next page
Seattle, Wash. — Picture No. 1
Seattle, Wash. — Picture No. 2
Seattle, Wash.— Picture No. 3
Seattle, Wash. — Picture No. 4
Seattle, Wash. — Picture No. 5
Seattle, Wash. — Picture No. 6
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SEATTLE, WASH, (continued)
Woodrow Fagerlie, John Usrey, and Edward 0.
Christianson.
Picture No. 6 shows 35-year (or more) mem-
bers, front row, from left: Cede F. Meditz,
Bryon Greene, Nils Jorgensen, Arthur
Desmarais, William E. Lum, Fred L. Holm, and
Harold Stjern.
Second row, from left: Seth Forsgren, C. K.
Schwab, William A. Chramosta, Waldo Chris-
topherson, Joe Klungness, Clarence Rodenberg,
William H. Bengston, and Myron Callison.
Back row, from left: Les Tingley, Oscar E.
West, William Daschner, Ambrose A. Elliott,
Fred Brody, Lief Nelson, and Jens Simonsen.
Picture No. 7 shows 35-year (or more) mem-
bers, froni row, from left: Harold H. Giese,
John P. Hatzenbiler, Al Ferency, Larry Butte-
dahl, Louis V. Benson, Jim M. Carico, and
Leo J. Zimmerman.
Second row, from left: Harold Fithen, Walt
Wooley, Jacob H. Nedrow, Thomas R. Weitz,
Ernest C. Homestead, Harry L. Doremus,
Clifford P. Smith, and Clarence J. Miller.
Back row, from left: Lawrence W. Thompson,
Arthur L. French, John B. Weller, Willard A.
Neumann, Martin Mickelson, Richard P. John-
son, Leiand Henry, and Peter Wolvert.
Picture No. 8 shows, from left: Frank Arm-
strong, 30-years; Guy D. Adams; Anton Hanson,
58-years; President Tod Stewart, and Financial
Secretary Gus Miller.
WESTMONT, ILL.
Longtime members of Local 1889 were hon-
ored last December at a 1980 Christmas party.
Donald Gorman, president of the Illinois State
Council of Carpenters, and Wesley Isaacson,
secretary-treasurer of the Chicago District
Council, presented the pins.
Some of the following 25-year pin recipients
are shown in Picture No. 1: Richard F. Antos,
Charles Armstrong, Norman Benson, Ervin F.
Bentley, Howard P. Carlin, Donald W. Carter,
Norman 0. Green, Tom J. Hood, Edward L.
Ingram, William Kearns, Frank G. Kilianek,
Richard D. Kuffel, Edward Mazurowski, James
H, Oldham, Richard F. Pajer, Glen G. Panikis,
Davie Prestidge, Wallace Roofener, Donald
Sagen, Harold E. Senft, James Sikich, Robert
A. Smith, Jack L. Snyder, Donald Stillson, Harry
Stow, Harold Strubler, and William D. Weisheit.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, from
left: John E, Birch, Eugene Laky, Chester Sroka,
James D. Nelson, Clarence Wetzel, David
Speigler, William Meister, Owen Jungles, and
Ralph W. Sauper.
Picture No. 3 shows the following officers:
Treasurer Jerry J. Mulac, Financial Secretary
Roland C. Johnsen, Illinois State Council Presi-
dent Donald Gorman, Wasden Joseph Shuster,
Anthony Ortloff, Vice President Edward
Mazurowski, President Arthur Prokaski, Frank
Dean, Chicago District Council Secretary-
Treasurer Wesley Isaacson, Business Repre-
sentative Lester Nelson, Conductor Paul Surin,
Westmont, III. — Picture No. 1
Westmont, III.— Picture No. 2
Westmont, III.— Picture No. 3
Trustee F. Henry Kilianek, Recording Secretary
Robert Erickson, Trustee Robert Arnolde, and
Trustee Gerald Prokaski.
Picture No. 4 shows 35-year members, from
left: Anthony Ortloff, and Frank D. Dean.
Members who received pins but were not
present for the photograph included: 30-year
members Andrew J. Bsier, Donald Binns, John
Devereux, John R. Elza, Steve R. Hacker, Pete
Hultman, Robert C. Johnson, Earl L. Kubis,
Edward J. Mazour, and Thomas E. Smith; and
35-year members Herbert Flemm, Vincent
Pokorny, and Ed Steinhauer.
Headed for Trouble
Without Your Hard Hat
A recent Bureau of Labor Statistics
survey of head injuries stiowed ttiat eight
out of ten workers hurt were not wearing
hard hats at the time of the accident, and
half of those surveyed said such protec-
tion was not required or normally used
on their jobs.
The most typical head injury was
caused by a falling object, the BLS
reported, and the second most common
accident was caused by workers' heads
hitting a stationary object.
The survey is part of a series of studies
being conducted by the BLS to help the
Occupational Safety & Health Adminis-
tration develop standards on the use of
personal protection equipment.
Westmont, III. — Picture No. 4
Hard Hats Protect Heacb
Savings Bonds Protect Futures
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VAN NUYS, CALIF.
On December 20, 1980, Local 1913 awarded
its 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45-year members at its
annual pin presentation ceremony. Those who
were honored are shown in the accompanying
photographs.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left: Sigurd Gjelsvik, James Hill,
Woodrow Hite, Onni Loponen, and Charles
Morton.
Back row, from left: Lewis Winter, Frank
Rising, Hugh Story, Gilbert Zamora, and Joe
Silvia.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, front
row, from left: unidentified, John Campbell,
Guide Fosso, Lee Kully, Wilburn Garrett, Wil-
liam Green, and Marvin Klone.
Back row, from left: Rene Wille, Harold
Kelsch, Carl Little, Frank Monroe, William
Plantenberg, Frank Randise, Albert Shepard,
and Charles Pierce.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members, front
row, from left: Karl Dahlsten, Lee Critchfield,
Robert Hauger, William Jones, and Victor
Jensen.
Back row, from left; Financial Secretary Vern
Lankford, Sidney McCaleb, George Nagy, and
President C. V. Reyes.
Picture No. 4 shows 40-year members, from
left: Richard Heflin, Dave Burris, and Nelson
Chute.
Picture No. 5 shows 45-year members, from
left: William Nilsson, Hugh Freeman, and Nels
Swanson.
Van Nuys, Calif. — Picture No. 5
Edmonton, Alta. — Picture No. 2
EDMONTON, ALTA.
On February 7, 1981, Local 1460 honored its
20 and 25-year members at a banquet and
dance held at the Londonderry Hotel. Tenth
District Board Member Ron Dancer made the
presentations to the following honorees pic-
tured in the accompanying photographs.
Picture No. 1 shows, from left: President
Bill Jamieson with 20-year members Al
McDonald, Frank Dorval, Paul Dowhaniuk,
Gordon Hay, Aldo Buffone, and Tenth District
Board Member Ron Dancer.
Picture No. 2 shows 25-year members, from
left: Al Hanke, Bob Blais, Art Evers, John
Anderson, Bill Bilida, Karl Hossfeld, Tony
Heimannsberg, Paul Lumme, Red Mills, Lorenz
Pitka, Howard Roberts, Norm Cusack, and
Ed Brenner.
The following members also received their
pins: 20-year members Tilmon Albert, Floyd
Cromwell, Art Doucette, Alf Harrison, Norman
Herst, Sig Ladd, Nick Moisey, Ray Tanner,
Wallace Wereley, Sam Yarrow, and Ted Yarrow.
25-year members Ed Allen, Ted Jandura, Art
Vallentien, Henry Neugebauer, Gerry Eberle,
Phil Leclair, Ab Kemshead, Austin Hall, Ed
Ferrer, Al Macauley, Howard McDonald, Hugh
McDonald, Gerry Palutke, Art Semenjuk, Fred
Wrubel, and Nels Shead.
MAY, 1981
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Cleveland, O.
Glendale, Calif.
CLEVELAND, O.
On December 16, 1980, Local 1108 held a
party to honor 33 members for their 25 years
of loyal service to the Brotherhood. Pictured
in the accompanying photograph, front row,
from left, are: Donald Walker, John A. Mclver,
Siegfried Franke, and Nikolaj Kluczarow.
Second row, from left: Howard Oper, Melvin
Gustin, Joe Bedrick, and George Matusek.
Back row, from left: Fred Meyers, Gilbert
Bachna, Joe Borocz, and Donald Milla.
Other members who received pins but were
not present for the photograph included: Mike
Billak, Banner Conn, John Cox, Claude W.
Driver, Mike Flynn, Robert Hakola, Charles
Hartman, Edward Konjura, Ronald Kratochvil,
Paul Leszko, Juozas Liuima, Ivan Lowe, Ray-
mond H. Meyers, Harry Moehle, Charles
Purpura, Harland Ruhrkraut, Franz SeidI, Colin
Townsend, Edward Vinca, Myron Wells, and
Rade Zubrick.
GLENDALE, CALIF.
On December 19, 1980, Local 563 held an
awards ceremony to honor the following long-
standing members, shown in the accompanying
photograph from left to right: Rudi
Rubschlager, 25-years; Financial Secretary
Harold Miller, President Ralph Zabrecky;
Roland Peters, Curtis Lundeen, and Manley
Suess, all 25-years; Harry Talley, 50-years;
and Dan Turko, 25-years.
HAMILTON, ONT.
Local 18 recently celebrated a 25-year
dinner and social evening in honor of its long-
time members. Guests at the gathering in-
cluded Ninth District Board Member John
Carruthers, new Democrat Bob McKenzie, and
Hamilton Mayor Bill Powell, a former member
of Local 18. The following members received
service pins.
Picture No. 1— Front row, from left to right:
John Jalsevac, Charles Cox, George Peacock,
Ninth District Board Member John Carruthers,
Bernard LeBlanc, and George Richards.
Back row, from left to right: President Tom
Casey, Paul Chicuti, Michael Lochner, Eric
Wittke, John Sexton, Bill Duncan, Past Presi-
dent.Glenn O'Hara, Bob Ducharme, and Busi-
ness Representative and Past President Jack
Tarbutt.
Picture No. 2— Front row, from left to right:
John Lochner, Ewald Bluemke, Bob Habszy,
John MacLean, and George Chafe.
Back row, from left to right: Candido
Cavallin, President Tom Casey, Recording Sec-
retary Tom Fenwick, John Zabeiga, and Busi-
ness Representative Jack Tarbutt.
Picture No. 3— From left to right: New
Democrat Bob McKenzie, Ewald Bluemke,
Hamilton Mayor Bill Powell, and Jack Tarbutt.
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Hamilton, Ont. — Picture No. 2
Hamilton, Ont. — Picture No. 3
Write Congressmen,
Write Canadian MPs
Interest rates are too high in the
United States and Canada . . . particularly
mortgage interest rates. It is within the
power of our legislators to do something
to bring about interest-rate reductions.
The high cost of money spreads
throughout the economy and is built into
the cost of all goods and services. High
interest rates choke the economy and
prevent expansion. High interest rates
and high unemployment are the major
contributors to a high budget deficit.
We urge Canadian members to write
to their Members of Parliament and that
American members write their Congress-
men and Senators, urging action now to
reduce interest rates.
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in mGmoRinin
The following list of 888 deceased members and spouses repre-
sents at total of $1,134,890.30 in death claims paid for February.
Local Union, City
Local Union, City
Local Union, City
1, Chicago, IL — Anthony Brinati, Mrs. Peter
Kosjer.
2, Cincinnati, OH — Mrs. Henry Snyder.
5, St. Louis, MO— Arnold W. StefTens.
7, Minneapolis, MN — John F. Grommesch,
Arthur F. Holcombe, Gust R. Johnson,
Erick G. Larson, William H. Lender,
John Nycklemoe.
8, Philadelphia, PA— Westley E. Colson,
Giuseppe Fusto, Joseph Godfrey.
11, Cleveland, OH — Edward J. Adomines,
Charles J. Vanek.
12, Syracuse, NY— William E. Gee, Mrs.
Werner Wanzenried.
13, Chicago, IL — Axel W. Anderson, Walter
S. Bose, Frank J. Franckowiak, John J.
Nagle, Carl Peterson, William R. Ryan.
14, San Antonio, TX — Richard B. Kuehm,
Adolph G. Schattenberg, Albert F.
Sestak.
15, Hackensack, NJ — Charles Bisig, Kristian
A. Bleik, Joseph Dragone, Mrs. J. Wil-
bur Grau, John W. Laamanen.
16, Springfield, IL — Olon J. Beeby, Mrs. Lee
W. R. Goby, Charles Marcy, Firth D.
Tomlinson.
18, Hamilton, Ont., Can. — Antoine Seeburger.
19, Detroit, MI — John Mag Brown, John
Devereaux, Mrs. Ernest J. Gatesy, Les-
ton Justice, Mrs. Lloyd D. Schlegel. .
20, New York, NY — Martin Skelson, Joseph
Zandrino.
22, San Francisco, CA — Mrs. James O. Mc-
Gaughy, Mrs. John J. Payne, Alfred C.
Rindal.
24, Central CT— John Belli, Edward Davis,
Gabriel H. Poulin, Sr., Richard Soper,
Thomas Frank Welch.
25, Los Angeles, CA — Woodrow A. Roy,
Harold J. Smith.
26, East Detroit, MI— Anthony M. Koch,
Clive W. Maxwell, Charles F. Nyberg,
William J. Robb, Emmett O. Thompson,
John Ward.
27, Toronto, Ont., Can. — Adalbert Friolet.
30, New London, CT— Harold Lindell.
31, Trenton, NJ — Mrs. James Goslin, Paul
C. Parsons, Frank J. Shestko.
32, Springfield, MA — Antonio Dionne.
35, San Rafael, CA— Francis A. Baptiste,
Julius Horvath, Aloys J. Jordan, Gun-
nar A. Nordstrom.
36, Oakland, CA— Howard Wallin.
41, Woburn, MA— Lester J. Dickey, Alex-
ander Goldsworthy.
43, Hartford, CT— Anselrae J. Belliveau,
Harry Bendell, David M. Konover, Paul
A. Walstedt.
44, Champaign, IL — William O. Martin.
47, St. Louis, MO— Mrs. Robert L. Erick-
son, Mrs. Orville W. Hemminghaus,
Mrs. Eugene R. Smith.
48, Fitchburg, MA — Mrs. William Flink-
strom.
50, Knoxville, TN— Charles A. Henry, Albert
A. Johnson, Roscoe B. Johnson, Mrs.
Otha Satterfield, George M. Yancey.
53, White Plains, NY— Mrs. Louis Costabile.
54, Chicago, IL — Mrs. Frank Krejci.
56, Boston, MA — Louis G. Allain.
58, Chicago, II^Mrs. Adler Bergfield, Carl
Duhn, Ernest Engstrom, John Lindgren,
Conrad Schodin, Edward Zeches.
60, Indianapolis, IN — Mrs. Kenneth E. Bier-
baum, Herman Langosh, Henry C. Wolf.
61, Kansas City, MO — Ernest J. Blunk, Mrs.
Wayne E. Collins, Howard E. German,
Clayton W. Guthrie, Sr., Glen C. Hobbs,
Mrs. James Kedigh, Herbert H. Maid-
ment, Garrett G. Sadler, Claude H.
Vanderpool, Alfred Weinbrenner, Oval
A. West.
62, Chicago, IL — Victor A. Deutsher, Elon
J. Ringbloom.
64, Louisville, KY — Paul J. Culver, Henry
Heick, Mrs. Charles D. Thompson,
Thomas J. Zurschmeide, Sr.
65, Perth Amboy, NJ — John G. Sorensen.
67, Boston, MA— Edmund F. Ward.
69, Canton, OH— Mrs. Samuel B. Miller,
Merriam B. Snyder.
74, Chattanooga, TN — Mrs. Leonard F.
Card, Lorenzo B. Hadden, Ralph W.
Hulsey, Kenneth E. Kirby.
78, Troy, NY — Joseph M. Lettko.
80, Chicago, IL — Ernest G. Gomoll, Berten
Hagen, Kenneth H. Shepherd.
85, Rochester, NY — Joseph L. Abert, Her-
man R. Blankenship, Paul R. Tischler.
87, St. Paul, MN— Michael Wahl.
90, Evansville, IN — Joe P. Burris.
94, Providence, RI — Gustav E. Bloom, Ray-
mond E. Candelet, Robert E. Eldredge,
John L. Manni, Mrs. Herman Medeiros.
95, Detroit, MI — Archie Bain, Mrs. Willie A.
Brown, Mrs. Robert Weiler.
98, Spokane, WA — Frank F. Bennett, Martin
Nielsen, William J. Perry, Ernest E.
Stromgren.
99, Bridgeport, CN — Mrs. John Chimini,
Mario DeCarli, Ernest Johnson, Mrs.
Thomas Newman, Anthony Puglisi.
101, Baltimore, MD— Mrs. Don L. Houck,
Marvin L. Mason, John W. Ritter.
103, Birmingham, AL— Odis H. Blackmon,
Berry H. Shedd.
104, Dayton, OH — Deo Hocker, Herman R.
Perry.
109, Sheffield, AL— Earnest B. Shelton, Alvin
H. Smith.
112, Butte, MT— David Birrer.
117, Albany, NY — James Conklin, Mrs. John
F. Jansen, Otto Lake, James M. Neely,
Mrs. Erling Stiansen, Charles J. Wiley.
120, Utica, NY— Henry P. Wagner.
128, St. Albans, WV— John W. Tabor.
131, Seattle, WA— Fritz Arno, I. Glenn
Boone, Hollis H. Hawn, Eugene Lahore,
Mrs. Harold G. Stirtan, James McNeill.
132, Washington, DC — Maldon Duncan,
Harry W. Fletcher, Robert E. Newby.
133, Terre Haute, IN— G. Arthur Pugh.
134, Montreal, Que., Can. — Mrs. Roger
Audet, Theodule Castilloux, Mrs. Jules
Fortin, Mederic Guay, Leonidas Lajoie.
135, New York, NY — Michael Ferrara,
Thaddeus T. Presby, (Issie) Izi Strong-
water.
142, Pittsburgh, PA— John Shorts, James P.
Wilson.
146, Schenectady, NY— Henry C. Specht,
Mrs. Ralph J. Whiteman.
149, Tarrytown, NY— Mrs. Joseph Lanza.
162, San Mateo, CA— Kenneth G. Adams,
John L. Hardiman, J. Kent Hopkirk,
William O. Johnson, Alfred L. Gates.
166, Rock Island, IL — Harold G. Crow,
Mrs. Bennett K. Norton, Orval W.
Ward.
169, E. St. Louis, IL— Mrs. Augustine Bell.
171, Youngstown, OH — Mrs. Glen Dingee.
1302, New London, CT— Lloyd Lyons.
1305, Fall River, MA — Victor Aubry, Aime
J. Laferriere.
1308, Lake Worth, FL— Columbus P. Wallen.
1319, Albuquerque, NM — Alfonso M. Cruz,
Fred Romero, William C. Yocom.
1325, Edmonton, AB, Can. — Anton Eich-
mann.
1329, Independence, MO— Clyde W. Bene-
field, Mrs. Hugh F. Johnson, Sr.
1342, Irvington, NJ — John Delvecchio, An-
thony Drazdowsky, Carl J. Garofalo,
Anthony Guerino, Adolf Hansen, Mul-
ford Kocher, Frank I. Mellin, John M.
Szymanski.
1345, Buffalo, NY— Colin A. McDonald,
John G. Mitchell.
1353, Santa Fe, NM — Jose A. Montoya.
1357, Memphis, TN — Jesse C. Morgan.
1359, Toledo, OH— Newton H. Basore.
1365, Cleveland, OH — Michael Schwarz.
1367, Chicago, IL — Frank Fromkin.
1371, Gadsden, AL — Mrs. Homer S. Burke.
1372, Easthampton, MA— Mrs. Russell C.
Ulm, Sr.
1382, Rochester, MN— Mrs. Oliver Olson.
1393, Toledo, OH— Elmer McGregor.
1394, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl^-John H. Graham,
Mrs. Edward B. Hughes, Mrs. Randolph
Sturdevant.
1396, Golden, CO— James M. Hunt, Ken-
neth J. Wagner.
1397, North Hempstead, NY— John J. Knes-
pler.
1401, Buffalo, NY— Isadore Mahlmeister.
1408, Redwood City, CA— Lee B. Colby,
Paul S. Snipes.
1412, Paducah, KY— Robert L. Mittendorf.
1418, Lodi, CA— Mrs. Earl D. Campbell.
1437, Compton, CA — Adolph Aye, Mrs.
Joseph L. Cunningham, Claude A. Reed.
1445, Topeka, KS— William ¥'. Layport.
1447, Vero Beach, FL — George J. Haug.
1453, Huntington Beach, CA— Ralph L.
Ames, Mrs. Phillip L. Barnes, Mrs.
Louis A. Dybell, Henry E. Erbe, Bobby
D. Patterson.
1454, Cincinnati, OH — Carl Metzger, Nor-
man F. Probst, Robert B. Spratt, Allen
D. Zinkhon.
1456, New York, NY— Olaf Ausland, Joseph
Bertucci, Joseph Miller, Mrs. Vincent
Naglieri, Michael P. Sedmak.
1462, Doylestown, PA— Carl Frank.
1471, Jackson, MS — Hance W. Barron, John
Herman King.
1487, Buriington, VT— William G. Gagnon.
1489, Burlington, NJ— William T. Britton.
1496, Fresno, CA— Clifford W. Hubbart,
Jesse R. Olson.
1497, Los Angeles, -CA- Robert E. Ball,
Charles V. Schultz.
1498, Provo, UT— Glenn O. Rowe.
1506, Los Angeles, CA — Lester M. Keiper,
Henry Monk.
1507, El Monte, CA— Wilbur K. Bartlett, Jr.,
Joseph W. Leavitt, William J. Rheaume.
1509, Miami, FI^-Mrs. Jean B. Stcyr.
1512, Blountville, TN— Frank Keplinger.
1529, Kansas City, KS— James E. Schiller.
1533, Two Rivers, WI — Louis J. Malczewski.
1536, New York, NY — Joseph Passalaqua,
Mrs. Frederick Simons.
1559, Muscatine, lA — Mrs. Forrest Ballew.
1570, Yuba City, CA— Calvin W. Dunlap,
Mrs. Charles M. Schaeter.
1571, San Diego, CA— Wallace B. Girton,
Ernie L. Williams.
1581, Napoleon, OH— Virgil E. Hefflinger,
Frank Zak.
1585, Lawton, OK — Edmond O. Franklin.
1590, Washington, DC— Leif S. Hunsbedt,
Soren C. Nielsen.
1598, Victoria, BC, Can. — Victor Mortimore,
Arthur O. Ramsfield.
1607, Los Angeles, CA— Wilbur A. Shores.
1632, San Luis Obispo, CA — Francis J.
Jewell, Selvin W. Reynolds.
1635, Kansas City, MO— Oscar R. Berglund.
1644, Minneapolis, MN — Richard Mulvihill,
Mrs. Ivan Wolf.
1648, Laguna Beach, CA — Jim R. (Joachim)
Pfeiffer.
1654, Midland, MI — Mrs. Raymond Lam-
bert.
1659, Bartlesville, OK— Donald R. Robert-
son.
1667, Biloxi, MS — Irvin J. Thibodeaux.
1669, Thunder Bay, Ont. Can.— Leslie Ray-
mond Kivisto.
1689, Tacoma, WA— Alf Anderson, John H.
Begley, Mrs. Ray A. Parker.
1701, Buffalo, NY— Walter Frosztega.
1715, Vancouver, WA — Arthur I. Isaacson,
Mrs. Josef R. Teuscher.
1733, Marshfield, WI— Herbert F. Burow,
John Raab.
1739, St. Louis, MO— Mrs. Herbert Barth,
Mrs. Leroy Schuhwerk, RoUa William-
son.
1741, Milwaukee, WI — John Nygard, John
Schroeder, Mrs. Carl Zahn.
1749, Anniston, AL — Wiley Oliver.
1752, Pomona, CA — Mrs. Ulysses Bucking-
ham, Otis H. MuUis.
1759, Pittsburgh, PA— James S. Fordyce.
1764, Marion, VA— Fred W. Wyatt.
1765, Orlando, FL — Guy Oren.
1772, Hicksville, NY— Hans O. Asdahl, An-
thony Cok, Samuel G. Fitzroy.
1775, Columbus, IN — Lewis Green.
1778, Columbia, SC— Daniel S. Agnew.
1780, Las Vegas, NV — Eric Petersen, Joseph
D. Robinson.
1795, Farmington, MO — Walter B. Johnsoii.
1797, Renton, WA — Mrs. Merriman M.
Rubens.
1807, Dayton, OH— Mrs. Basil Jones.
1815, Santa Ana, CA— Mrs. Clifford A.
Couch, Walter H. Langridge.
1822, Ft. Worth, TX— Delmar Cason.
1845, Snoquahnie, WA— Mrs. William Kra-
mer.
1846, New Orleans, LA — Turner S. Burge,
Fleming C. LeBlanc, John P. Maus,
Frank M. Narcisse, Mrs. Edwin J.
Pennine.
1849, Pasco, WA— Mrs. Harold E. Frede.
1856, Philadelphia, PA— Stanley J. Bacans-
kos, Bernard Devereaux, Roy G. Schjav-
land.
1862, Spokane, WA — ^Henry G. Jacobson.
1865, Mpls., MN— Charles A. Engdahl,
Allan B. Larson.
1871, Cleveland, OH— Mrs. Kenneth Calvey,
Alfred Dottore.
1884, Lubbock, TX— Virgil Weldon Hus-
bands.
1888, NY, NY— Archibald Alleyne.
1890, Conroe, TX— Robbie L. Clifton.
1896, The Dalles, OR— George L. White.
1913, San Fernando, CA — George J. Gom-
bar, Mrs. Kenneth G. Smith.
1925, Columbia, MO— C. Parker Jenkins.
1929, Cleveland, OH— Daniel H. Corrigan,
Wilbur C. Perkins.
1946, London, Out., Can.— Joseph R. Horth.
1961, Roseburg, OR— Mrs. Theodor A.
Korntved.
1987, St. Charles, MO— Wilbert J. Brune.
MAY, 1981
37
Local Union, City
Local Union, City
Local Union, City
1996, Libertyville, IL— Richard F. Halvor-
sen.
2006, Los Gastos, CA — Leonard Bannister.
2015, Santa Paula, CA— Elbert R. Hooper.
2024, Miami, FL— Sevald M. Nielsen.
2035, Kings Beach, CA — Elmer Warmuth.
2037, Adrian, MI — James H. Sanderson.
2042, Oxnard, CA— George H. Dooley.
2046, Martinez, CA — Floyd L Turnage.
2049, Gilberlsville, KY— Shelton Davis.
2067, Medford, OR — Lawrence E. Burnette,
Elva L. Frederick, Lyle E. Kay.
2070, Roanoke, VA— Dennis W. Stafford.
2078, Vista, CA— Clarence E. Acock.
2114, Napa, CA— John Alden Luntey,
George C. Spurling.
2172, Santa Ana, CA— Anthony Schiller.
2203, Anaheim, CA— C. Carl Allison, Meade
R. Lawrence.
2209, Louisville, KY— Irvin W. Bevis.
2214, Festus, MO— Ernest Barks.
2231, Los Angeles, CA— Ernest W. Van-
derplou.
2232, Houston, TX— William F. Carlson.
2239, Fremont, OH — Mrs. Orville Dawson,
Mrs. Paul Kenneth Seislove.
2248, Piqua, OH— Charles R. Emerick.
2265, Detroit, MI— Frank H. Dunsford.
2288, Los Angeles, CA — Lawyer K. Dancy,
Mrs. Gabriel Figures, Jesus R. Lopez,
Francis J. Milligan, Louie J. Ramos, Jr.
2309, Toronto, Ont., Can.— Mrs. Rex Willis.
2315, Jersey City, NJ— Fred J. Schiess.
2337, Milwaukee, WI — Marion P. McGinnis.
2352, Comith, MS — David Noel Epperson.
2375, Los Angeles, CA — Thomas W. Mobias,
Alva Pullman.
2396, Seattle, WA — Gunnar Langaker.
2398, El Cajon, CA— Raymond E. Kelley,
Jerald A. Marshall, Mrs. Charles L.
Miller.
2404, Vancouver, EC, Can — Lloyd F. Evans,
Alexander F. Mclntyre.
2411, Jacksonville, FL — Luke D. Bryant,
William R. Flanders.
2416, Portland, OR— John K. Prepula.
2427, White Sulpher Springs, WV— Delbert
L. Crizer.
2435, Inglewood, CA— Mrs. John T. Edis,
Rocco Marinaccio.
2436, New Orleans, LA — Norwood White.
2453, Oakridge, OR— Charles D. Dickerson.
2463, Ventura, CA — Lawrence E. Brinker-
hoff.
2477, Santa Maria, CA— Mrs. Thomas S.
Butcher.
2519, Seattle, WA— Clarence A. Davis.
2521, Triangle Lake, OR— Mrs. Harold C.
Batch.
2522, St. Helens, OR— Vivian R. Johnson.
2554, Lebanon, OR — John Wesley Thomp-
son.
2564, Grand Falls, NT, Can— Benjamin A.
Paynter.
2565, San Francisco, CA — Mrs. George
Bremer.
2608, Redding, CA— Merle A. Shoup,
Harold H. Spaulding.
2633, Tacoma, WA — Thomas E. Brierley,
John T. Jackson, Mrs. Albert White.
2652, Standard, CA— Mrs. Lloyd G. Brown,
John O. Stevens.
2667, Bellingham, WA— Christian A. Nelson.
2684, Greenville, MS — Harry Lee Davis.
2685, Missoula, MT — Edgar T. Thorn.
2693, Thunder Bay, Ont., Can. — Leonas
Ramanauskas.
2698, Bandon, OR— George L. Nodurft.
2701, Lakeview, OR— Eli J. Susie.
2739, Yakima, WA— William R. Kirstine.
2748, Rensselaer, IN— John E. Wood.
2750, Springfield, OR— Harold L. Ferguson.
2755, Kalama, WA— Percy L. Hall.
2767, Morion, WA — George Anderson, Mrs.
Albert Bangs, Allen C. Tappan.
2816, Emmett, ID— Mrs. Veldon Wyant.
2841, Pesha.stin, WA— Hubert J. Johnson,
John C. Long, August V. Rosenquist.
2851, LaGrande, OR— Ralph L. Puckett.
2859, Rainier, OR— Mrs. James P. Carmell.
2881, Portland, OR— Mrs. Ralph O. Sutton.
2907, Weed, CA— Mrs. William Data.
2910, Baker, OR— Freeman S. Griffith.
2987, Chesapeake, VA— William Jackson.
3038, Bonner, MT— Neal W. Montelius.
3074, Chester, CA— Kenneth E. Crawford,
John L. Stapley.
3130, Hampton, SC— Charles F. Harriott.
3154, Monticello, IN — Wayne N. Lontz.
3161, Maywood, CA— William T. Hall.
3189, Cambridge, Ont., Can.— Manol Glides.
3202, Warrenton, MO— LaVetter Smith.
3233, Richmond Hill, Ont., Can.— Mrs.
Henry M. Pockett.
3251, San Juan, PR — Mrs. Roman Gonzalez.
9030, Dayton, OH— Joseph V. DeBrosse.
9190, Minneapolis. MN— Carl Slav.
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animals.
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It's not too late.
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IN CONCLUSION
Eternal Uigilance
on Capitol Hill
Is the Price of
Fair lUoges ond
lUorlfiing
Conditions
Conservative Republicans
try to turn back the clock
in the name of Reagan
Fiscal '82 budget-cutting
A harmless-looking, blue, paperback book was de-
livered to the office of every Congressman and Sena-
tor on Capitol Hill in Washington, last month.
The title on the cover reads "Additional Details
on Budget Savings," and it came from the Office of
Management and Budget, Executive Office of the
President.
It looks straight-forward enough, but on Page 398
and an accompanying information sheet are a few
sentences which, if they took effect, could cause
wages of union Building Tradesmen all over America
to drop considerably.
Fortunately, our legislative department read the
fine print soon after it appeared in Congressional
offices, and it alerted your General Officers and the
Building Trades to its vital significance. As a conse-
quence, Building Trades representatives are walking
the corridors on Capitol Hill, this month, contacting
legislators, and warning them on your behalf, of the
consequences of those few sentences on Page 398
of the "Budget Savings" book.
PREVAILING WAGES— The sentences to which I
refer cover federal administration of the Davis-Bacon
Act. Davis-Bacon, as most construction workers know,
requires that the "prevailing wage" in a locality must
be paid to all workers on a federal construction
project. Currently the prevailing wage is calculated
by a formula which requires that, if a percentage of
the wages paid to a particular trade in a given area
is exactly the same, that rate is declared to be pre-
vailing. Since union wages are usually the only ones
which are exactly the same, union wages are consid-
ered "prevailing."
Now, the President, upon the advice of his Budget
Director David Stockman, proposes to change Davis-
Bacon regulations — which have been the law of the
land, incidentally, for almost 50 years — so that
"average" wages and not union wages will prevail
in any particular area.
I hardly need point out to you that in many areas
average wages are much lower than union wages. To
use the average wage as the prevailing wage is to
destroy the original intent of the Davis-Bacon Act —
which was to discourage the arbitrary use of cheap,
unskilled, scab labor and the unqualified, lowest bid-
der on federal construction projects.
The Office of Management and Budget also recom-
mends that the federal government establish new job
titles for workers in construction, instead of the union
titles which have been used for so many years.
The US Senate Budget Committee has already
taken up some aspects of the Reagan Administration's
Davis-Bacon proposals. Making what it calls "budget
assumptions," the committee has declared that Davis-
Bacon, as it stands, is highly inflationary and that
Administration changes could save the government
$216 million in 1982 and over $1 billion by 1988.
Well and good, say the budget cutters, and the
non-union contractors.
But, we ask in reply, what about the $216 million
in lost income to construction workers? What about
the tax revenue lost to the federal government because
of the loss in income for millions of construction
workers? What about the loss in purchasing power
among a large part of our population, because
"average" wages are paid instead of fair union wages?
Is this what President Reagan had in mind when
he promised to cut inflation and put more buying
power into the hands of middle and low income
families? We don't think so.
There is a clear and present economic danger in
this latest attempt to destroy the Davis-Bacon Law.
Most previous attacks on Davis-Bacon have been out-
right legislative proposals to repeal the law. This
latest move is a quiet, back-door attempt to weaken
the law to the point that it is completely ineffective.
All of labor must muster union members to defeat
the OMB proposal.
We are currently urging all of our American mem-
bers to write the White House urging President
Reagan to reconsider this budget-cutting, income-
cutting proposal and leave Davis-Bacon intact and
the law of the land.
THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY— There is also another
legislative proposal on Capitol Hill this month which
I would like to tell you about. It's one which would
sharply affect all workers and which requires moni-
toring and counter action. This is a proposal by
40
THE CARPENTER
Senator Bill Armstrong, Colorado Republican, and
others, to lengthen the work day and shorten the
work week in the name of clean air, energy savings,
and other imagined benefits to the taxpayers.
Senator Armstrong introduced his bill (S.398) in
February, and he has painted a glowing picture of its
benefit to American workers. As it is worded, it
would allow federal contractors the option of a
ten-hour day, four-day week work schedule instead
of the current eight-hour, five-day week.
"Quite simply," says Senator Armstrong, "this
option is one way to get the most done in the least
time at the lowest cost . . . pretty revolutionary for
the federal government."
What he does not emphasize initially is that the
bill would repeal the Walsh-Healey Act of 1936,
which requires the government to pay time-and-a-half
for more than eight hours of work a day.
The senator's proposed legislation would directly
affect some 36 million workers nationwide who work
for companies under contract to the federal govern-
ment. In addition, it would undoubtedly adversely
affect millions of other workers, including members
of the United Brotherhood, whose working condi-
tions over the years have been adjusted to conform to
Walsh-Healey and the eight-hour work day.
It would mean, in brief, loss of premium pay, if
you work longer than the regulation eight-hour, five-
day work week.
Senator Armstrong tells his fellow legislators that
the ten-hour, four-day work week would bring higher
worker output, due to reduced start-up and close-
down time; lower absenteeism, tardiness, and turn-
over; and substantial energy conservation in terms of
reduced commuter costs and energy usage for heating
and cooling the work place. He brought in experts to
show a Senate Labor subcommittee that reduced
travel to and from the work place would reduce the
emission of pollutants and, thus, help to keep the air
clean. What he does not point out distinctly is that
many of those benefits would be for the contractors
and for management and not for the workers.
It was determined a century ago that an eight-hour
work day is long enough for most workers. In fact, it
was the Carpenters — our own United Brotherhood —
which in 1886 and thereafter led the fight for the
American Federation of Labor to achieve the eight-
hour work day.
As early as the late 1860s, immediately after the
Civil War, the Carpenters' Eight-Hour League led a
fight to establish the eight-hour work day. The league
devised a stamp which identified lumber made in
planing mills under an eight-hour day, distinguishing
it from the output of numerous ten-hour mills.
And, I should point out, this was not only the era
of the ten-hour work day. It was also the era of child
labor, of lockouts and yellow-dog contracts . . . when
workers had few, if any, legal rights. Do we want
to go back to all of that?
The only compensation for the worker, in the years
since, is the premium pay offered for overtime —
usually time-and-a-half for weekdays and Saturdays
and double time for holidays and Sundays.
By repealing the Walsh-Healey Act, the senator
from Colorado and his colleagues would eliminate
this premium time and leave working hours to the
whims of employers . . .
Instead of pushing for ten-hour, four-day work
weeks, we urge advocates of Senate Resolution 398
to push for extensive air pollution regulations, thereby
not only achieving the cleaner air they seek but also
offering more job opportunity to construction workers
. . . now laid off in great numbers because of the
inflated economy.
Instead of creating energy savings by leaving the
worker's car in the garage an extra day a week (and
who's going to do that on an extra day off?), we urge
more federally-supported research into cheaper energy
sources . . . thus achieving the same purpose and
putting people to work, as well.
Finally, we urge Senator Armstrong and other
supporters of Walsh-Healey repeal to practice what
they preach — institute the four-day work week them-
selves. It is a well-known fact in the nation's capitol
that the staffs of many Congressmen, Senators, and
Congressional committees are among the most over-
worked people in Washington. But, then again, as
President Carter and his successor in the White House
have said, maybe we'd all be better off, if there was
less sound and fury on Capitol Hill anyway.
-U) yCJt^Ul^i'i^ /u^7<J^K<K,
WILLIAM KONYHA
General President
FATHER'S DAY, MOTHER'S DAY
• §^f^^ f^^ ^^^ occasions
CUFF LINKS, TIE TACK
$8-00
set
Beautiful set with emblem. Excel-
lent materials and workmanship.
EMBLEM RING
This handsome ring has been added to the
line of the Brotherhood's official emblem
jewelry. It may be purchased by individuals
or by local unions for presentation to long-
time members or for conspicuous service.
Gift boxed. Specify exact size or enclose
strip of paper long enough to go around
finger.
OFFICIAL LAPEL EMBLEM
Clutch back. Attrac-
tive small size. Rolled
gold.
.^3
.00
sterling silver,
$58-00
each
The official emblem of the United Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
is displayed in full color on the jewelry
shown here. Such bright and attractive
articles are a good way for Dad to show
membership in our Brotherhood. He'll wear
them with pride on special occasions. . . .
The materials used in the official jewelry
and their workmanship are strictly first-
class. There is a continuous demand for
these items— especially as birthday gifts,
as Christmas gifts, and as gifts for special
union anniversaries.
Please print or type orders plainly. Be sure
names and addresses are correct, and that
your instructions are complete. Also, please
indicate the local union number of the
member for whom the gift is purchased.
OFFICIAL WRISTWATCH
The official Brotherhood Daymatic Self-
winding Calendar Watch, made by Hamilton;
yellow gold finish,
waterproof, shock-
proof, quick-change
calendar, expansion
band, guaranteed in
writing for one year.
i
WINDBREAKER
A sturdy, waterproof, nylon windbreaker
jacket in navy blue with the Brotherhood's
official seal displayed as shown at right
Jacket has a snap front, tie strings
at bottom. Four sizes: small,
medium, large and extra large.
$14-50
each
OFFICIAL T-SHIRT
T-Shirts with the Brotherhood's emblem, as
shown at right, in small (34-36), medium
(38-40), large (42-44), and ex. large (46-48).
White with blue trim, as worn
by young man at far right:
$4-25
each
Heather (light blue) with blue $/I -35
trim, as worn by young woman ^
at right: each
The official emblem of the United Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
is now emblazoned on special Carpenters',
Millwrights', Ship-
wrights', and Mill-
men's belt buckles,
and you can order
such buckles now
from the General Of-
fices in Washington.
Manufactured of
sturdy metal, the
buckle is 3Vi inches
wide by 2 inches deep
and will accommo-
date all modern snap-
on belts. The buckle
comes in a gift box
and makes a fine gift.
OFFICIAL CAP
As shown on models below. One size fits
all. An elastic band keeps the cap snug
on your head. There's a blue mesh back
for ventilation.
$4
-00
each
All prices include cost of handling and mailing. Send order and remittance — cash,
check, or money order — to: General Secretary John S. Rogers, United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America, 101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001.
June 1981
Unifed Brotherhood of Carpenfers & Joiners of America
OUR CENTENNIAL
BUMPER STICKER
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GENERAL OFFICERS OF
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS & JOINERS of AMERICA
GENERAL OFFICE:
101 Constitution Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20001
GENERAL PRESIDENT
William Konyha
101 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
FIRST GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT
Patrick J. Campbell
101 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
SECOND GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT
Sigurd Lucassen
101 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
GENERAL SECRETARY
John S. Rogers
101 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
GENERAL TREASURER
Charles E. Nichols
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Washington, D.C. 20001
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VOLUME 101 No. 6 JUNE, 1981
UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
John S. Rogers, Editor
IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS AND FEATURES
Plans For the Centennial 2
Economists Express Concern About Reagan's Domestic Policies ..PA! 4
A Long-Ago Lap Barbara Bauer 7
Early Craftsmen Advertised with Tradesmen's Cards .___ 8
Exhibit and Display Workers on the Job 10
Crane and Rigging Millwright Group Agreement 12
Redwood Employees Protection Program 12
Business Agents' Seminar at Labor Studies Center 13
Did You Know? General Treasurer's OfFice 14
DEPARTMENTS
Washington Report 6
Ottawa Report 1 7
Local Union News 18
Apprenticeship and Training 22
Plane Gossip 24
Consumer Clipboard: Hamburger at Its Best 26
Service to the Brotherhood 27
In Memoriam - 35
What's New? 39
In Conclusion _ William Konyha 40
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THE
COVER
In today's fast-moving society the
automobile bumper sticker has become
one of the simplest and most effective
ways to get a short message across to
the North American public.
It has now become a way in which
the United Brotherhood is letting it be
known that it is celebrating its 100th
birthday in 1981.
The first supply of UBC bumper
stickers arrived from the printers in
early May, and four of the Brother-
hood's General Officers took time out
from their busy pre-convention sched-
ules to apply one to the photographer's
automobile. General Secretary John
Rogers applies the sticker, as General
President William Konyha checks the
accuracy of his alignment. "Sub-
foremen" are General Treasurer
Charles Nichols and Second General
Vice President Sig Lucassen.
There are two versions of the new
sticker — one for US members and
another for Canadian members, and
you'll find one of these stapled into
the center spread of this issue of the
magazine, between Pages 20 and 21.
We urge you to remove it and apply
it to your automobile today. We're
proud of our 100th anniversary.
Almost three-quarters of a million
UBC members will receive bumper
stickers this month. Let's use this
means of letting North America know
that we'll soon be starting our second
century.
NOTE: Readers who would like copies
of this cover unmarred by a mailing label
may obtain them by sending 50^ in coin
to cover mailing costs to the Editor, The
CARPENTER, 101 Constitution Ave.,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001.
CARPmjEFi
Printed io U. S. A.
We Prepare
To Celebrate
Our Centennial
Stage productions, radio and television spots,
book-length histories, and state and provincial
projects are among many ways v^e'll call
attention to our one hundredth birthday.
The United Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters and Joiners of America, which
was formed in August 1881 at the call
of Peter J. McGuire, will mark a cen-
tury of achievement and growth this
year with a series of events built
around the theme of "workers helping
workers to better their lives."
General President William Konyha
has announced that the 34th General
National Endowment
Awards $202,800 Grant
The National Endowment for
the Humanities, a federal agency,
has awarded a grant of $202,800
to the United Brotherhood to aid
it in conveying "to the widest pos-
sible audience of Americans an
appreciation of the history of the
crafts supported and preserved in
the past century and an under-
standing of the central role which
the Carpenters Union has played
in shaping the American labor
movement and, thereby, American
social and economic history."
In a letter to General Secretary
John Rogers, Joseph D. Duffey,
chairman of the National Endow-
ment, said, "We are pleased that
the Endowment is able to provide
funds for this project and look
forward to the contribution it will
make to learning in the human-
ities."
The grant will enable the Broth-
erhood to produce a traveling ex-
hibit, a series of interviews on
National Public Radio, a series of
special newspaper articles, and a
readers' theater for colleges, uni-
versities, and state humanities
groups.
Convention, which opens in Chicago
August 31, will be the curtain-raiser
for a variety of Brotherhood Centen-
nial projects.
Included in the roster of these proj-
ects are:
• Television and radio spots to pro-
mote the Brotherhood and attract new
members.
• An advertising campaign by local
and district affiliates.
• A "Living Newspaper" historical
pageant, starring E. G. Marshall and
written by Arnold Sundgaard.
• A scholarly two-volume history
of the UBC by Professor Walter Gal-
enson of Cornell University.
• A popular one-volume history
about the Brotherhood's first hundred
years — "The Road to Dignity" — by
labor historian Tom Brooks, which is
being published in hardback and
paperback editions by Atheneum
Press.
• A special movie for apprentice
carpenters, cabinetmakers and mill-
wrights about the history and tradi-
tions of the union.
• A unique series of state history
projects conducted by leading inde-
pendent academic figures in most of
the 50 states and financed by grants
from the states' endowments for the
humanities.
In a statement, President' Konyha
said:
"This is a time of special pride on
the part of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners as we move
into our second century of service to
the workers and the public in both the
United States and Canada.
"We are proud of what we have
been able to accomplish to raise the
living standards of the people in our
union.
"We are proud that Peter J.
McGuire, our first secretary-treasurer
and the 'father of Labor Day', played
a leading role in the creation of the
modern labor movement, whose cen-
tennial the AFL-CIO is celebrating this
year.
"But 1981 is not a year in which
we can merely take pride in the past.
It is essential that we recognize the
challenges mounted by many anti-
labor groups which would like to de-
stroy or set back the American trade
unions through direct legislative action
and by indirect efforts to erode our
strength.
"Furthermore, we must make every
effort to anticipate the effect of future
changes that our next century will
bring about so that this union may
adapt successfully to its responsibilities
in the years ahead."
The first round in the stepped-up
communications program will be a
new 60-second UBC television sppt to
appear on nearly 50 stations in 30
cities during a six-week period that
began in mid-May. A similar UBC
radio message will be heard during
afternoon drive-times three times a
week for six weeks on the CBS Radio
News network.
In addition, the UBC has prepared
advertising material for use in news-
papers; billboard paper and car cards
will be available to local unions and
councils in various parts of the nation.
The UBC's advertising program and
centennial publicity program is being
handled by the Washington agency of
Maurer, Fleisher, Anderson & Conway
Inc., working in close association with
the International Union officers and
staff. The Centennial program is being
coordinated for the UBC by General
Secretary John S. Rogers.
THE CARPENTER
The Centennial Convention, which
will be held at the McCormack Center
in Chicago from August 31 to Sep-
tember 4, will bring some 6,000 dele-
gates and their families, plus alternates
and guests, to the city where the union
was created by a small group of found-
ing Carpenters in mid-August 1881.
The Centennial pageant — called
"Brotherhood" — will be played at 10
performances during the convention
week at the Crown Theater in Chi-
cago. It will feature music, flash-back
scenes and narration to vividly recall
the union members' upward struggle
and progress, and the human problems
of workers in America seeking to im-
prove their economic conditions and
their family security.
Dr. Galenson, who is working on
the union history volumes, is widely
known as one of the country's leading
scholars in the field of labor union
activity. His work will be completed
during the UBC Centennial year.
Tom Brooks, who wrote the shorter
and more "popular" history, "The
Road to Dignity," is the author of
"Toil and Trouble," a history of the
American labor movement.
Arnold Sundgaard, the writer of the
UBC pageant "Brotherhood," has
authored numerous historical pageants
Playing the leading
role in "Brother-
hood" will be the
well-known stage
and screen actor,
E. G. Marshall,
shown at right,
speaking during an
awards ceremony
of the National
Council of Senior
Citizens.
RIGHT: Thomas
R. Brooks is the
author of "The
Road to Dignity,"
a Brotherhood
history.
FAR RIGHT: A
scene from a new
motion picture
about the UBC
apprenticeship
program.
and plays during a career of many
years.
E. G. Marshall is a prominent figure
in the entertainment world who has
also been an active member of the
Screen Actors Guild.
TV Areas
Mlaml/FL Uixtenttte
The Brotherhood's radio and television messages will be widespread across North America. Spot announcements will
be heard on the 397 stations of the CBS Radio Network, three times a week. Shaded areas on the map show
television coverage via 46 selected stations. Many of these stations also provide extensive coverage into southern
Canada. More Canadian "spots" are planned. Local unions and councils are being asked to arrange additional coverage.
JUNE, 1981
Some Economists See Danger Ahead
From Reagan's Domestic Policies
*%side from basic questions about
the equity of the Reagan Administra-
tion's budget and tax program, a
growing array of economists have
been expressing grave doubts about
whether the program, if enacted, will
achieve its stated goals.
So let us ignore, for the moment,
criticisms that the proposed cuts in
social programs would cause much
human suffering and that the pro-
posed tax cuts would reward the rich
at the expense of the majority of
tax-paying Americans.
Instead, let us focus on what non-
Administration economists think will
happen to the nation's economy if Con-
gress follows the presidential script.
Robert J. Gordon, professor of
economics at Northwestern Univer-
sity, says that "instead of the soaring
output boom that the Reagan planners
predict, and on which their budget
assumptions are based, a more likely
scenario is sluggish output growth,
continued high unemployment, and
large budget deficits."
The Congressional Budget Office
reports that the Administration's un-
derestimation of future unemployment
throws off its budget deficit estimates
by tens of billions of dollars since the
government would take in less tax
revenue and spend more for unem-
ployment compensation and other sup-
port programs.
BUDGET DEFICIT
Rather than the budget surplus by
1984 projected in the Administration's
scenario, the result would be the
nation's first budget deficit of more
than $100 billion, predicts a study by
the Democratic staff of the Joint Eco-
nomic Committee (JEC) of Congress.
In addition to staggering deficits in
the mid-1980s, says the JEC study,
there would be little change in infla-
tion, unemployment and high interest
rates.
The study, said JEC Chairman
Henry S. Reuss (D-Wis.), "just con-
firms common sense. Big tax cuts and
super-tight money, in a time of ram-
pant inflation and raging interest rates,
is only a prescription for disaster."
Walter W. Heller, chairman of the
Council of Economic Advisers under
Presidents Kennedy and Johnson, says
that a tight money policy will not
increase the money supply sufficiently
to support the investment which the
large tax cuts are supposed to spur.
Heller says the result would be greater
competition for scarce credit, further
driving up interest rates.
"Tight credit and high interest rates
are already stifling business investment
and housing,'' Heller notes, adding:
"A new twisting of the monetary noose
could strangle them."
MILITARY SPENDING
Economists also point out that the
Administration's scenario fails to ac-
count for the effect on inflation of the
huge projected increases in military
spending.
Under the Reagan program, the
military's share of the budget would
go from the current 24.1% to 32.4%
by 1984.
The program's large individual tax
cuts — 30% over three years un-
der the Administration-backed Kemp-
Roth proposal — are said to be needed
to encourage personal savings, money
which would be available for invest-
ment.
The big tax breaks, which would go
to high-income individuals in contrast
to the relative pittance to middle and
low-income taxpayers, is justified, says
the Administration, because wealthy
people are more inclined to save and
invest. However, recent studies con-
clude that any new saving resulting
from the Kemp-Roth tax cuts would
be very slight.
Further, economists note that there
is no reason to believe that any in-
creased investment would flow into
socially useful sectors such as plant
modernization and job creation where
it is most needed.
When money is tight, notes a labor
economist, investment is more likely
to occur "in high yield but high risk
THE CARPENTER
ventures unrelated to the needs of
the economy," such as company take-
overs, condominium conversions,
gambUng casinos and speculation in
commodities.
While "supply-side economics" is
often touted as a bold new approach
to rescue the nation from the failures
of old economic models, it bears a
strong resemblance to the shop-worn
"trickle-down" economics of past
Republican administrations.
Indeed, Reuss says the current GOP
program "almost exactly parallels the
Harding-Coolidge 'Program for Eco-
nomic Recovery' of the 1920s."
Back then, notes Reuss, taxes for
the affluent were cut by more than
two-thirds. Instead of investment,
much of the savings "went into luxury
consumption goods and speculative
investment," says Reuss.
Also, the Congressman points out,
Harding-Coolidge budget cuts were
accompanied by "regulatory reform,
achieved by installing friends of reg-
ulated industries as the regulators."
"The redistribution of income away
from the worker and farmer, and
toward those at the top of the income
scale," says Reuss, "produced the
bust" known as the Great Depression.
More recently, a program similar to
the Administration's has been tried — •
in Great Britain. The results have
been dismal. The tight money and
social spending cuts imposed by the
Conservative Thatcher government
have produced the highest unemploy-
ment in Britain since the Depression.
Business failures are epidemic. And
inflation, the target of the policies,
remains at double-digit levels.
The President's program admittedly
relies to a large extent on the hope
that the public's "inflationary expecta-
tions" will subside. These expectations
are supposed to become self-fulfilling
by changing buying habits, investment
patterns and, last but not least, wage
demands.
However, economists say that ex-
pectations play a far smaller role on
the course of inflation than Adminis-
tration theorists contend.
As some critics put it, the Reagan
program is a high-risk gamble, with
workers and the poor taking the risks
and the wealthy as the only sure
winners.
lUaUh for the BrothErhood's new TV [ommercial.
It'll Rppenr on thesE 4B TEleuision Ihannels
Last month, the United Brotherhood
launched a six-week program involv-
ing a 60-second commercial message
that will be viewed in 30 cities. The
message will run again this fall, mid-
September through October. The
60-second spot will be shown in
connection with sports programs or
outstanding special events. Stations
showing the message are listed below.
Alexandria, LA KALB (NBC)
Channel 5
Atlanta WSB (ABC) Channel 2
Baltimore W]Z (ABC) Channel 13
WMAR (CBS) Channel 2
Birmingham WVTM (NBC) Channel 13
WBRC (ABC) Channel 6
Chicago WBBM (CBS) Channel 2
WLS (ABC) Channel 7
C/eve/anc/WJKW (CBS) Channel 8
WE'WS (ABC) Channel 5
Dallas WFAA (ABC) Channel 8
KXAS (NBC) Channel 5
Denver KBTV (ABC) Channel 9
Detroit WJBK (CBS) Channel 2
WXYZ (ABC) Channel 7
Houston KTRK (ABC) Channel 13
Indianapolis WISH (CBS) Channel 8
Jacksonville WJXT (CBS) Channel 4
WTLV (ABC) Channel 12
Little Rock KARK (NBC) Channel 4
Los Angeles KABC (ABC) Channel 7
KNBC (NBC) Channel 4
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale WTVJ (CBS)
Channel 4
Minneapolis/St. Paul WCCO (CBS)
Channel 4
Mobile WKRG (CBS) Channel 5
WEAR (ABC) Channel 3
New York WCBS (CBS) Channel 2
WABC (ABC) Channel 7
Orlando/ Day tona WFTV (ABC)
Channel 9
Pittsburgh KDKA (CBS) Channel 2
WTAE (ABC) Channel 4
Portland KATU (ABC) Channel 2
KOIN (CBS) Channel 6
Sacramento/Stockton KCRA (NBC)
Channel 3
San Diego KFMB (CBS) Channel 8
KGTV (ABC) Channel 10
San Francisco KPIX (CBS) Channel 5
KGO (ABC) Channel 7
Seattle /Tacoma KOMO (ABC)
Channel 4
Shreveport KTBS (ABC) Channel 3
St. Louis KMOX (CBS) Channel 4
KSDK (NBC) Channel 5
Tampa/St. Petersburg WTVT (CBS)
Channel 13
Tucson KVOA (NBC) Channel 4
Washington, D.C. WDVM (CBS)
Channel 9
WJLA (ABC) Channel 7
Four members of the Brotherhood who are shown in segments from the 60-second television commercial. — Photos by Tony Evans.
JUNE, 1981 5
Washington
Report
URBAN FAMILY NEEDS $23,134
The federal government's hypothetical budgets
for a family of four required $14,044 for a lower
standard of living, $23,134 for an intermediate
standard and $34,409 for a higher standard of
living as of autumn 1980.
In issuing the updated estimates for the family
budgets, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported the largest over-the-year
increases since 1974. The lower budget rose
11.6%, the intermediate 12.8% and the higher
budget 13.5% since autumn 1979.
HOMEMAKER PENSIONS?
Legislation which would permit career home-
makers to establish Social Security retirement
accounts has been introduced in the Senate by
Sen. Spark Matsunaga (D-Hawaii).
"My bill would give official recognition to home-
making as a career for the first time," said
Matsunaga in a speech on the Senate floor.
"In addition," said the Hawaii lawmaker, "it
would permit homemakers to establish a pension
plan based on their own labor and not dependent
on the labor of another working person."
Under the provisions of the voluntary program
proposed by Matsunaga, a homemaker could elect
to receive credit for a Social Security retirement
pension as a "self-employed person." The benefits
would be based on a 40-hour week, with earnings
at the level of the hourly Federal Minimum Wage.
ARMY HIT ON JAPANESE TRUCKS
A new program to help the automobile industry
by accelerating planned government purchases
of motor vehicles has no value if the vehicles are
foreign made, AFL-CIO Research Director Rudy
Oswald stressed in a recent letter to Transportation
Secretary Drew Lewis.
Oswald said labor's concern stems from a recent
purchase by the Department of the Army of 40
Japanese-built Datsun trucks for use at Ft. Devens,
Mass.
EXTENDED JOBLESS BENEFITS
Because of a drop in unemployment in California,
the state ceased to pay extended unemployment
insurance benefits to eligible jobless workers for
weeks of unemployment after March 21, 1981,
the U.S. Department of Labor has announced.
The extended benefit (EB) period for California
began last July 20. The EB program provides up
to 13 weeks of additional benefits for persons who
have exhausted the regular 26 weeks of unemploy-
ment insurance eligibility. The EB program goes
into effect during periods of high unemployment
in a state or in the nation.
EB continues to operate in Puerto Rico and
23 states — Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware,
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan,
Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia,
and Wisconsin.
Unemployment insurance is administered by the
Unemployment Insurance Service in the Labor
Department's Employment and Training Adminis-
tration and the states.
'80 CONSTRUCTION PAY UP
Union wage rates in the building trades in large
cities climbed by 9.9% to an average $12.62
per hour during 1980, the steepest annual rate
of increase in nearly nine years, the U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics reports. In the fourth quarter of
1980 alone, pay for unionized construction workers
advanced 1.3%. About three-tenths of those
covered by the survey were in bargaining units for
which wage rate changes became effective during
the fourth quarter; these increases averaged 4%.
When employer contributions to benefit funds
are added to wage rates, the average 1980 increase
was 9.7% to $15.54 per hour. The quarterly
increase was 1.3%.
The average pay hike in 1980 was $1.13 per
hour. Carpenters received the biggest adjustments
-10.6% or $1.23 per hour.
SAVINGS ON POSTAGE
The AFL-CIO International Labor Press Associa-
tion, of which The Carpenter is a member, has won
a four-year fight with the Postal Rate Commission
to entitle non-profit publications to discounts for
pre-sorting mail according to zip codes. Susan
Dunlop, ILPA secretary-treasurer, said the new rate
structure will result in more than $1 million in
savings in 1981 to labor papers that pre-sort. The
Carpenter pre-sorts by zip-code.
ISRAEL HONORS GEORGE MEANY
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland will be the
special guest of honor at the dedication of a square
in downtown Jerusalem in memory of George
Meany. Jerusalem's mayor, Teddy Kolleck, will
preside at the ceremony recognizing Meany's
unfailing friendship for Israel.
THE CARPENTER
ILoMi
by BARBARA BAUER
I can remember, in the days before
television invaded the American family
scene, when my father's lap was a
source of comfort, love, security and
adventure for me. He would come
home from a construction job with his
battered black lunch pail in one hand,
outweighed by a heavy toolbox in the
other. Tucked between the saws, files,
planes, and other carpenter tools,
would be the daily newspaper.
His smiling face would be streaked
with dirt and the justified sweat of his
trade. The cuffs of his pants, the
cracks in his starched clothes, and
even his pockets would hold treasures
of aromatic sawdust and curled plane
shavings. Large stubby hands would
show bulged veins through accumu-
lated layers of dried oil and grease.
When he took off his cap, one could
see a distinct boundary line of white-
ness around his graying hair where
the sawdust failed to enmesh itself.
He smelled of sweat, dry wood shav-
ings and perhaps even a little beer or
whiskey, of which he had only a "short
snort" with his friends, after the day's
work.
After stowing his gear in the second
room on the left of our railroad apart-
ment, I'd watch him begin the clean-
ing-up ritual from my seat on the
bathtub rim. Rolling up his "Made in
America by Union," workshirt sleeves,
he'd wash his hands and arms with
canned gritty hand soap. Washing his
face involved splashing water over and
through his hair and ears, not so much
to clean them as to get the dust out of
them.
Drying himself, he'd gather me up
in his arms and we'd set off down the
hallway to the dining room, where we
would sit in his favorite chair and
read the comic strips together. I'd
retrieve his faded and wrinkled slip-
pers, his "old-smelly-pipe," and his
can of tobacco. It was the honored
task given me to crumble the tobacco
in a pouch, by rubbing it's sides to-
gether. Occasionally, Dad would check
my progress and when the tobacco
was ground to his satisfaction, a
blunted and battered forefinger would
pack the brown-green grains into the
bowl of his pipe. I was then allowed
to light the wooden safety match and
blow it out while he was sucking in
the smoke.
Encircled in Dad's arms, the day's
traumas receded. I would measure my
hand against his by placing the palm
of my left hand into the palm of his
right hand. I did this every day in the
hope that perhaps I would soon be
grown up and my hand would be as
large as his.
I hated to leave the close comfort
of his arms when I was called to set
the table, but I knew that after supper
we'd gather around the radio and lis-
ten to the serials, Ben Grauer's news-
casts, "The Answer Man," or "Twenty
Questions," and I would once again
Continued on Page 38
Felix Pike came to America after
World War I and stayed to become
one of its builders, as bis daughter,
Barbara Pike Bauer, describes it.
After a period in Newfoundland,
be joined Local 2305 and later Lo-
cal 1483 in tbe New York City
area. Eventually be retired from
Local 1222 of Medford, N.Y.
Barbara Bauer's memories of her
childhood with a carpenter father
are heartwarming, and we publish
them here in tribute to all those
Brotherhood fathers across the
land, this Father's Day, 1981.
JUNE, 1981
EARLY AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN
ADVERTISED THEIR SKILLS WITH
The early North American cabinet-
maker was a skilled craftsman, often
doubling as an upholsterer, a carpenter,
a joiner, or even an undertaker — for who
was better suited than he to cut the hard-
woods and join and seal the timbers into
coffins? He was a man who repaired
furniture and restored priceless chests
from Europe. He carved ornamentation
along ceilings and stairs in the houses of
wealthy farmers and merchants. He was
sought out for his services in every vil-
lage and township. His shop was a busy
establishment in any community.
Many early-day wood craftsmen ad-
vertised their availability with "trades-
men's cards" — ornately printed handbills
and postcards which showed their loca-
tion and their services. These they dis-
tributed in taverns and coffee houses or
door-to-door. There was no "sales pitch"
as we know it today. None was needed.
Such cards — colorful examples of the
printers' art — are now collectors' items
and prized possessions of many Ameri-
can museums. The ones shown here are
reproduced from originals in Winterthur
Museum, Delaware; the New York His-
torical Society; the Library Company of
Philadelphia, Pa., and other sources.
Tlie wliitewaslted walls of the cabinet
shop at Old Sturbridge Village, Mass.,
seen through the spokes of a wheel used
to run a hand lalhe.
A modern-day craftsman works in early American style among the tools of the Old
Sturbridge Village Cabinet Shop, producing stools, gavels, decoys, and cabinets of
many styles. Skilled colonial workers had little time to advertise their services.
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Installing the column cover above are Owen Foster and William Chicanes of
Local 132. Working in the background is Cliflon Follin.
ABOVE LEFT: John Kohansby, financial secretary of Local 11 10, taking
measurements for a plexiglass insert in a light box. ABOVE RIGHT: Terry
Davis lifts a display section into position for Lou Bower on the ladder. Both
are members of Local 1110. BELOW LEFT: A falher-and-son installaton — ■
Mandel Wilson of Local 1590, father, and Keith Wilson of Local 1 1 10, son,
whose head and shoulder is at lower right in the picture. LOWER RIGHT:
David Graybeal of Local 1145 cuts a plywood section.
A crew of Brotherhood memben
from Washington, D.C., area
locals install exhibits for
Navy League Convention under
watchful eyes of Navy security.
If you've ever watched a circus
come to town . . . saw the "big top"
go up . . . the gaily-painted animal
wagons move into place ... the side
show set up its colorful banners and
gaudy tarps . . . and noted the speed
and precision with which circus people
go about their work . . . then you have
some idea of the skill and know-how
of Exhibit and Display Carpenters, as
they set up displays in an exhibition
hall.
Our cameraman recently photo-
graphed such skilled display men in
Washington, D.C., as they set up ex-
hibits for a convention of the US
Navy League in the exhibition hall of
a major Washington hotel. Working
under tight security — since many of
the exhibits dealt with national defense
hardware — and with an absolute dead-
line of five days, the members of
Locals 1110, 1590, 1145, 132, and
974, Baltimore, moved in quickly to
open exhibitor's crates, set up booth
frames, curtains, and all the other
paraphenalia of the trade.
Local 1110, a local chartered in
1972, has 186 members and was the
prime source of manpower for the
work. It called upon the District of
Columbia District Council to supply
additional members from other locals
to get the job completed on schedule.
Local 1110, incidentally, also has
members employed fulltime with sev-
eral firms which specialize in the de-
sign and creation of many of the
exhibits.
OPPOSITE PAGE, from top: 1. Keith
Wilson, employed by Installers and
Dismantlers, Inc. of Decatur, installs a
frame for an exhibit floor. 2. Assisting
two exhibitors (second and third from
left) are Dale Spears, Richard Wink, and
Robert Hancock, all of Local 1110. 3.
Removing displays from their crates, as
an exhibitor .stands by (second from left),
are Darrell Hewitt and Steve Fowler of
Local 974, Baltimore, Md. 4. Chris Kitts,
Paul Patterson, and Robert Jennings
(partially shown) set up an exhibit.
Standing with a "walkie-talkie" is Mike
Miller, business agent for Local 1 1 10.
5. Robert Hewitt of Local 974 and Jim
Daskam (atop the ladder) install a blue
valance along the ceiling of the exhibit
hall.
10
THE CARPENTER
Karen Silkwood's
Story In Stage Play
On November 13, 1974, Karen Silk-
wood, an employee at the Kerr-McGee
Plutonium facility in Crescent, Okla.,
was killed in a car crash. A local leader
of the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Work-
ers Union (OCAW), she had been col-
lecting documented evidence of the
health and safety violations at the plant.
On the night of her death, all of her
documented evidence disappeared from
the car.
CAUSE OF DEATH?
A profes'sional accident investigator,
hired by the OCAW, concluded that
Karen Silkwood's car had been hit from
behind and forced off the road. The
National Organization for Women even-
tually called- for a Congressional investi-
gation into the case on counts of con-
tamination and conspiracy.
In May, 1979, the Federal District
Court of Oklahoma, in an unprecedented
decision, levied a $10,500,000 judgment
against the Kerr-McGee Corporation for
willful negligence and absolute liability
for the contamination of Karen Silk-
wood. This case is currently on appeal.
Meanwhile, the conspiracy case has not
yet gone to trial.
The story of union activist Karen
Silkwood beams an important message
for all working people. It is now being
portrayed in a theater production en-
titled, Silkwood. This is the first show
produced by Union Sister Productions,
Inc., a new, non-profit Actors Equity
Company created to portray to working
people the struggles of .working women.
The one-act play, starring actress Jehane
Dyllan, takes place in the union hall
where Karen Silkwood met with other
union members to fight the dangerous
and degrading conditions of her work-
place.
LABOR SUPPORTED
Union Sister Productions, Inc., is a
labor-supported group which pays union
wages and uses a union crew. It has al-
ready performed before audiences in
Washington, D.C.; Laurel, Miss.; and
Hyannis, Mass.; and its 1981 tour will
include union conventions, safety and
health meetings, and college campuses.
Union Sister Productions is also a
young company struggling to meet its
expenses and to pay the cost of bringing
its productions to small communities. In
order to stay alive, the company has
sent to the large local unions and central
labor bodies in the United States a
letter of appeal, signed by actor Ed
Asner. The final line of the letter sum-
marizes the cause: "Big business puts a
lot of money into cultural events. Silk-
wood, which deals with health and safety
issues in the shop, won't interest them.
If the labor movement wants the story
told, it will have to be willing to foot
part of the bill."
Jurisdiction, Topic
Of Indiana Seminar
On February 20, 1981, the Indiana
State Council of Carpenters held a juris-
ditcional seminar at the Marriott Inn in
Indianapolis, Ind., for local union and
district council members.
Third District Board Member Pete
Ochocki, General Representatives Jack
McMillan and Mitchell McCandless, and
Business Representative Harry Gowan of
Local 1003, Indianapolis, served as
panelists for the seminar, answering any
questions that arose. Business Representa-
tive James Bohlen of Millwrights Local
1043, Gary, was the seminar moderator.
In line with the theme of the educa-
tional seminar, discussions centered on
agreements, decisions, drafts, memoran-
dums, and understandings that the
Brotherhood has made with regard to
its jurisdictional rights.
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Anthony "Pete" Ochocki, Third District
General Executive Board Member, was
one of the speakers at the Indiana State
Council Jurisdictional Seminar.
I.R. Jack McMillan took his turn at the
podium during the Carpenters Seminar.
Jim Bohlen, business representative.
Northwest Indiana Millwright Local
1043, helps to explain some of the
Jurisdictions outlined on the state map.
— All photos by Indiana Labor News
JUNE, 1981
11
Redwood Employees Protection Program Threatened
By New Administration's Eligibility Requirements
As a result of an Act passed by
Congress in March, 1978, which au-
thorized expansion of the Redwood
National Park, many forest products
companies were required to sell timber-
lands to the federal government, leav-
ing thousands of Northern California
forest product workers unemployed.
Among those laid off as a result of this
government action were approximately
1 500 members of the United Brother-
hood.
Under the Redwood Employees Pro-
tection Program which followed, how-
ever, these members and other desig-
nated employees became eligible to re-
ceive compensation benefits until 1984,
depending on their length of employ-
ment, if they were initially laid off
between May 31, 1977 and September
30, 1980. Under the program, em-
ployees were able to receive protection
regardless of whether they were able
to obtain employment for limited
periods after their first layoff. As of
the end of February, 1981, 2,631 em-
ployees, laid off as a result of the
National Redwood Forest expansion,
program, had been paid $31,000,000.
There have been several attempts
this year to reduce employee benefits
and coverage under the Redwood Em-
ployees Protection Program, but, each
time, the Brotherhood has stepped in
to rectify the situation. In February,
without previous warning. Brother-
hood recipients received word that
their benefits had been suspended.
Legislative Director Charles Nichols
contacted California Congressmen Phil
Burton and Don Clausen, California
Senator Alan Cranston, and Labor De-
partment Representative Ron Glass
concerning the matter. He was assured
that the situation would be resolved
satisfactorily.
Then, in March, U.S. Department
of Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan
proposed a change in the eligibility
rules for employees seeking benefits
under the protection program. As op-
posed to entitling employees originally
laid off between May 31, 1977 and
September 30, 1980 to receive benefits
until 1984 wheiierer on layoff, the
proposed rules would require employ-
ees who returned to work for an orig-
inal employer after September 30,
1 980 to reestablish their eligibility for
benefits, demonstrating that the layoff
was related to the expansion program.
While Labor Secretary Donovan is
responsible to make rules and regula-
tions to implement the law, he does
not have the right to change Con-
gressional intent of the law. The
Brotherhood feels that this is what he
is doing.
On behalf of the Brotherhood,
Legislative Director Charles Nichols
addressed a letter to Labor Secretary
Donovan with regard to the proposed
rules. Summarizing the Brotherhood's
views, he wrote, "In short, the position
of the United Brotherhood of Car-
penters and Joiners of America is that
the proposed rules exceed the De-
partment of Labor's authority. . . . The
rules serve to dismantle the Redwood
Employee Protection Program by
denying benefits to workers who, under
the law were to be protected and to
receive benefits until September 30,
1984."
The Labor Department acknowl-
edged receipt of Nichols' letter, assur-
ing that it would give full considera-
tion to his comments and that it would
"address all major issues in the final
regulations." Meanwhile, the Brother-
hood is continuing to follow this issue
closely, representing the best interests
of its members.
Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association
Signs National Millwright Agreement with UBC
For several years, the United
Brotherhood has developed formal re-
lationships with numerous employer
associations whose memberships com-
prise individuals and firms which em-
ploy our members. Many of these
relationships developed into formal
international agreements which have
aided the UBC in providing protection
to our trade autonomy and increased
employment opportunities.
The most recent such agreement is
one signed in April with the Special-
ized Carriers and Rigging Association,
covering the work of millwrights em-
ployed by members of this association.
Employers covered by the new agree-
ment are now known as the Crane and
Rigging/Millwright Group.
Authorization to begin negotiations
with the Millwright Group was given
by the Brotherhood's General Execu-
tive Board several months ago. Dis-
cussions with industry leaders fol-
lowed, and the agreement was formal-
ized at the annual convention of the
Specialty Carriers and Rigging Assn.
in San Diego, Calif., in late April.
The new agreement with the Crane and Rigging Millwriglit Group was signed
in General President Konyha's office in Washington, D.C. Representing the
Brotherhood besides the General President were General Secretary John Rogers,
Second Gen. Vice Pres. Sig Liicasscn, and First Gen. Vice Prcs. Pat Campbell,
second, third, and fourth from left, standing, sigining for the employer associa-
tion was Donald Sanders, Chairman of the Millwright Group. With him were
Leo M. Cyr, executive director of the Millwright Group, standing, and Gent
Brymer, executive vice president of the Specialized Carriers and Rigging
Association, seated right.
12
THE CARPENTER
New Fulltime Officers
And Business
Representatives
Attend Seminar
The Brotherhood held a leadership training seminar
April 26 - May 2 at the George Meany Labor Studies Center
in Silver Spring, Md., just outside Washington, D.C.
The seminars are designed to acquaint new full-time ofRcers
or business representatives with the duties and responsibilities
of their office. Due to General Convention preparations, the
April seminar will be the only one held this year.
Participants in the training seminar:
Kenneth E. Acree, Local 904, Jacksonville, 111.
James F. Almond, Local 1913, Van Nuys, Calif.
Bob Beaver, Local 1849, Pasco, Wash.
James R. C. Braggs, San Diego District Council, San Diego,
Calif.
Richard Breckenridge, Local 891, Hot Springs, Ark.
Edward L. Brumbaugh, Local 912, Richmond, Ind.
Joseph F . Borza, Finger Lakes Vic. D. C, Geneva, N.Y.
John W. Cogar, Local 1332, Grand Coulee, Wash.
Harold J. Cones, Jr., Houston District Council, Houston, Tex.
Dewey F. Conley, Local 213, Houston, Tex.
Joseph F. Coombs, Local 43, Hartford, Conn.
John A. Crockett, Local 1408, Redwood City, Calif.
Neil L. Daley, Local 12, Syracuse, N.Y.
Jon C. Echols, Local 1982, Seattle, Wash.
Fritz Fischer, Fox River Valley D. C, Sheboygan, Wis.
Richard Fultz, Local 1003, Cayuga, Ind.
Wallace Hahn, Local 1855, Bryan, Tex.
George W. Harlow, Jr., Local 356, Marietta, Oh.
James A. Howes, III, Local 1969, Logan, W. Va.
Leslie A. Hunt, Lower Ohio Valley D. C, Tennyson, Ind.
Raymon Iholts, Palm Beach County D. C, West Palm Beach,
Fla.
Edward C. Kelley, Local 1871, Cleveland, Oh.
James Kelley, Local 1914, Tucson, Ariz.
James P. Lindsey, Local 3265, Albany, Ga.
Clifford E. Lloyd, Sr., Local 1723, Columbus, Ga.
Lyle L. Lubke, Local 410, Fort Madison, la.
Ralph Lyon, Local 472 Ashland, Ky.
Gene McCrary, Local 1192, Birmingham, Ala.
Robert J. Mathews, Local 1461, Traverse City, Mich.
Walter R. May, Local 302, Huntington, W. Va.
Earl A. Mitchell, Local 1506, Los Angeles, Calif.
Roger Newman, Gen. Rep., Rocky River, Oh.
Rodney Gene Ogle, Local 1964, Vicksburg, Miss.
James W. Osburn, Local 690, Little Rock, Ark.
Daniel E. Packard, Local 269, Danville, 111.
Vinton B. Peterson, Local 184, Salt Lake City, Ut.
Sheldon Price, Local 2232, Houston, Texas
Kenneth Rice, Hudson Valley D. C, Oneonta, N.Y.
Edward Robinson, Ohio Valley D. C, Cincinnati, Oh.
Andy Sanders, Local 1849, Pasco, Wash.
Paul G. Sines, Local 1281, Anchorage, Alas.
Darvin Stark, Local 779, Tacoma, Wash.
John Theiss, Local 182, Cleveland, Oh.
Terry Thweatt, Madison County D. C, Granite City, 111.
Ed White, Local 34, Oakland, Calif.
John B. White, United Counties D. C, Youngstown, Oh.
Elvet Whitelock, Local 470, Tacoma, Wash.
Burton H. Wilber, Local 769, Los Angeles, Calif.
Elvin O. Winn, Local 1476, Westlake, La.
Luke C. Wiskes, Local 105, Cleveland, Oh.
Frank J. Matusz, Local 120, Rome, N.Y.
The General Office
can now supply official
Brotherhood wind-
breaker jackets in
quantity orders which
display not only the
emblem but the number
and city of your local
union, as shown at
right. For details, call or
write: Art Kay,
Purchasing Agent,
United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners
of America, 101 Consti-
tution Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C.
20001, Telephone
202/546-6206 Ext. 200
JUNE, 1981
13
The General Treasurer's office oversees the
demanding activities of the Brotherhood's
financial and political departments.
Keeping the Brotherhood's financial
affairs in order is a complicated and
never-ending responsibility. But that's not
the only duty of General Treasurer
Charles Nichols and his staff.
As stated in the Brotherhood's Con-
stitution and Laws, the General Treasurer
also handles all death and disability
claims and supervises the Brotherhood's
political and legislative activities.
In accordance with these responsi-
bilities, the General Treasurer oversees
the daily operations of the Brotherhood's
Payroll Department, Claims Department,
Legislative Department, and political
program.
The Payroll Department works in con-
junction with Controller Lowell King in
managing the Brotherhood's financial
affairs. Of primary importance is daily
maintenance of the general ledger. This
is a record of the Brotherhood's entire
bookkeeping operation. It includes day-
to-day accounts of all incoming and out-
going revenue as well as statements of
the Brotherhood's depreciations, invest-
ments, assets, and liabilities. Each month,
the Payroll Department prepares a sum-
mary of these financial operations. Gen-
eral Treasurer Nichols incorporates all of
this data into itemized financial state-
ments which he must present at meetings
of the General Executive Board.
PAYROLL DEPARTMENT
As its name implies, the Payroll
Department also handles the payroll
for the International's headquarters and
out-in-the-field staff, keeping track of
hours worked, vacation and sick time, and
pay increases. In addition, the Depart-
ment pays all of the Brotherhood's bills
and keeps a record of accounts receivable
for local union and district council
pension funds. Finally, the Department is
responsible for maintaining all tax rec-
ords, including state and federal tax
forms and returns.
Every month the Brotherhood pays
out funeral donations to approximately
700 to 900 families of members who have
died during a specific month. This task is
handled by the Brotherhood's Claims
Department. When a member dies, his or
her local union financial secretary sends
a death claim to the General Office. It
is the responsibility of the Claims
Department to approve or disapprove
payment of the claim.
Approval is based on the age of the
member upon joining the Brotherhood,
the number of years he or she served as
a member, and the age of the member at
death. Based on these statistics, payments
range from $50 to $2,000 per claim. In
order to qualify for payment, a person
must have been a member of the Brother-
hood for at least two years.
Approximately 20 death claims are
disapproved each month either because
the person was not a member for the
minimum two years or because he or
she was in arrears in dues payments at
the time of death.
The Brotherhood's legislative and poli-
tical activities also fall under the super-
vision of the General Treasurer. The
Legislative Department acts as a liaison
between the Brotherhood and the Con-
gress. Each day, a legislative advocate
represents the Brotherhood at hearings
in the House or Senate which in any
way pertain to the Carpenters Union. His
assistant follows these bills by reading
through the daily Congressional Monitor,
making note of hearings concerning such
matters as wage protection, job safety,
anti-union legislation, unemployment, or
forest lands.
The legislative advocate also represents
the Brotherhood at receptions and fund-
raising affairs. Four times a year, by law,
the Legislative Department must send a
report of the Brotherhood's lobbying
activities to the House and Senate.
The Legislative Department also main-
tains a current voting record of the
Senators and Congressmen on Capitol
Hill. The legislative advocate's assistant
reads through the daily Congressional
Record and keeps track of issue votes
made either for or against the Brother-
hood. Each year, a summary of this
voting record is prepared for Brother-
hood members.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
General Treasurer Nichols also directs
CLIC — the Carpenters' Legislative Im-
provement Committee — which is the
Brotherhood's voluntary political pro-
gram. By soliciting voluntary contribu-
tions from Brotherhood members, CLIC
General
Treasurer's Office:
Focal Point
of Critical
Activity
in turn, offers donations to candidates for
the US Presidency, the US Senate, and
the US House of Representatives who
will best serve the needs and interests of
Brotherhood members and all working
people.
CLIC collects voluntary contributions
in several ways, including solicitation
through local union financial secretaries
as well as through a checkoff list where
Brotherhood members agree to contribute
1% of their income, on a regular basis,
to the Committee.
In compliance with Federal Election
Commission requirements, the CLIC staff
must maintain complete and accurate
records of all voluntary political con-
tributions. Yearly CLIC reports are pre-
pared and sent out to all local unions
and district and state councils as well.
Finally, the CLIC staff is responsible
for awarding contributing members and
local unions with lapel pins or an array
of certificates, depending on the nature of
their donations.
WORD PROCESSING
The entire cobweb of the General
Treasurer's operations runs smoothly
thanks to a tool of modern technology —
a Lanier word-processing machine. A
clerical assistant types a letter onto a disc
placed inside the machine, along with a
list of names and addresses of those
people who will receive the letter. Within
minutes the machine produces multiple,
original-looking copies of the letter with
the appropriate name and address on
each. The letters are then individually
signed before mailing. Discs are up-
dated monthly.
By facilitating communication on a
broad basis, the word-processing machine
has enabled the Brotherhood to keep
abreast of many important issues. The
machine is used by all of the General
Officers as well as by any department that
must send out five or more copies of
a single letter.
The clerical assistant prepares letters
for the Legislative Department to be sent
to all Senators and Congressmen, and
she updates the weekly Congressional
Index and the monthly Federal Election
Index. Individual letters are also pre-
pared for CLIC donators as well as for
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General Treasurer Charles Nichols, left, reviews the day's political
activities with Legislative Advocate Kevin Campbell, center, and •
Secretary Pat Alder sley.
Betty Polito types a letter onto the Lanier word
processing machine for over 500 Senate and
House members while General Treasurer
Nichols prepares to sign each one individually.
The busy Payroll Department keeps an accurate account of the Brother-
hood's financial affairs. From left and clockwise are: Romona Bulkiss,
Assistant Controller David Wrigley, General Treasurer Nichols, Con-
troller Lowell King, Charlotte Buff aloe, and Barbara Wilson, in the
foreground. Missing from the photograph is Karen Urrutia.
Assistant to the legislative advocate Isabella
Moulton, left, and Peggy Rash, of the CLIC
staff, review a political action handbook
which summarizes the Brotherhood's legisla-
tive and political activities.
Claims Department staff Dorothy Campbell,
left, and Jack Manning, right, approve death
claims of deceased members, as Controller
Lowell King, standing behind, makes note of
all outgoing funds.
new financial secretaries. Finally, the
machine is used to record monthly list-
ings of deceased members and American
Parkinsons Disease Association con-
tributors for The Carpenter magazine.
The Brotherhood's General Treasurer
is a key figure in the network of officers
who oversee the organization's opera-
tions. Besides being responsible for the
receipt, care, and disbursement of funds,
he supervises the workings of a Claims
Department, a Legislative Department,
and a political committee, always bearing
in mind the interests of approximately
800,000 dedicated individuals.
JUNE, 1981
15
Safety Precautions To Be Increased
Death of St. Louis Carpentry Apprentice
Results in OSHA Citation and Fines
Last December, 27-year-old Ter-
rence L. Mitchell, a carpenter appren-
tice employed by McCarthy Brothers
Construction Co., was killed when a
concrete form fell on him at the
General Motors construction site in
Wentzville, Mo. Two days earlier, a
member of the Laborers Union, em-
ployed by the J. H. Barra Construction
Co., had been killed at the same job-
site when a sewer trench caved in. A
coroner's jury was appointed to in-
vestigate these deaths.
Following the investigation, the
Occupational Safety and Health Ad-
ministration (OSHA) fined McCarthy
Brothers Construction Co. $20,800
and J. H. Barra Construction, Inc.
$9,000 on counts of willful and serious
safety violations in connection with
the deaths. The citation for willful
violations carried charges that the
companies were aware of hazardous
conditions at the Wentzville site and
had failed to make an effort to elimi-
nate them. The citations for serious
violations concerned additional safety
precautions that should have been
taken at the jobsite.
According to an OSHA spokesman,
both companies had been cited several
times since 1974 for violating the
Occupational Safety and Health Act
of 1970.
Labor leaders in the St. Louis area
were enraged by the lack of adequate
safety conditions at the GM site at
the time of the two deaths. A meeting
was held between building trades
representatives and contractors at the
site. St. Louis District Council Busi-
ness Representatives Jim Rudolph and
Leerie Schaper represented the Brother-
hood at the meeting and cited instance
after instance of safety violations at
the jobsite, demanding that they be
corrected.
As a result of the meeting, the com-
panies agreed to increase safety pre-
cautions and education at the jobsite
in the following ways:
• Forms for concrete walls would
not be removed for at least 48 hours
to ensure that the concrete had set
sufficiently to hold restraining anchors;
• Trenches for pipes would not be
dug more than 50 feet ahead of pipe-
laying crews and trenches would not
be left open overnight;
• Speed limits for trucks and other
equipment would be posted on the
construction site;
• Weekly safety meetings would be
held;
• Monthly safety meetings would
be held with job stewards and repre-
sentatives of the contractors on the
project;
• High voltage wires would be bet-
ter marked;
• The distance between trench
shoring braces would be reduced; and
• A safety inspector would be
added, bringing to two the number of
fuUtime safety inspectors on the job-
site.
The project administrator also said
that safety manuals had been issued
to all sub-contractors, and he assured
the union leaders that, in the future,
telephone operators would be in-
structed to call them if a worker was
hurt or killed on the job.
In addition, he emphasized that
workers themselves must observe good
safety practices on the job, and must
report violations of safety rules in or-
der to reduce and eventually eliminate
accidents. Richard Mantia, executive
secretary-treasurer of the St. Louis
Building and Construction Trades
Council, also called for increased
safety consciousness on the part of
workers.
West Virginia Rejects
Right-to-Work Bid
The West Virginia legislature buried
an attempt to saddle the state with a
so-called right-to-work law, becoming the
sixth state to reject a compulsory open
shop law this year. In the 1981 session
just ended, the legislature also approved
a series of important labor-supported
bills.
The open shop bill, dubbed a "right
to freeload" measure by State AFL-CIO
President Joseph W. Powell, was intro-
duced in the state senate following a
statewide media and personal appearance
blitz staged by officials of the National
Right to Work Committee based in
Arlington, Va.
Powell's head-on rebuttals of the anti-
union organization's arguments and his
testimony before the senate labor com-
mittee contributed heavily to that com-
mittee's voice vote to postpone action on
the bill indefinitely.
"Right-to-work" measures were killed
earlier this year in Maine, Vermont, New
Mexico, Idaho and Montana.
NY Legislature
Notes UBC's
'81 Anniversary
The New York Legislature, in a
formal resolution, April 3, congratulated
the Brotherhood on its lOOlh anniversary.
The New York Assembly and Senate
joined the Brotherhood to "publicly and
jubilantly" proclaim that the Brother-
hood's efforts "will always be to elevate
the moral, social and intellectual condi-
tions of every carpenter in this great
State and Nation." The resolution also
called attention to the fact that one of
the first local unions chartered was in
Buffalo, New York.
The resolution was offered by Senators
Flynn, Levy, and Winikow and Assembly-
man Reilly. The resolution was signed by
Roger Thompson, secretary of the Assem-
bly, and Catherine Carey, clerk. A
framed copy is now on display at the
General Office in Washington, D.C.
Victoria, B.C., Local
Plans 1 OOth-Year Fest
The first "Local 48" of the Brother-
hood of Carpenters in Western Canada
was chartered in 1883 in Victoria, B.C.
Local 1598 of Victoria, the successor to
Local 48, is now planning elaborate
centenary celebrations for the year 1983
to mark this anniversary.
One of the many projects under study
by the local's Centenary Committee is
a history of the unionized carpenters of
Victoria. To this end, it is appealing to
anyone with factual information, docu-
ments, and historic artifacts relating to
the union and this area to please contact
the committee.
Any assistance is welcomed and appre-
ciated, says J. Schibli, president. Write
to E. T. Staley, chairman. Centenary
Committee of Local 1598, 9-2750 Quadra
Street, Victoria, B.C. VST 4E8.
Konyha Named to
AFL-CIO PR Group
The AFL-CIO Executive Council re-
cently reactivated its Standing Commit-
tee on Public Relations. General Presi-
dent William Konyha was among those
chosen to serve as a committee member.
A number of ad hoc committees
established in recent years will now come
under the jurisdiction of the Public Rela-
tions Committee, including a panel that
has been exploring ways to improve the
public relations aspects of union organiz-
ing campaigns.
The Federation, this year, is observing
its centennial, calling attention to its
establishment in 1881 as the Federation
of Organized Trades and Labor Unions.
This will increase the public relations
activity during the current year.
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OttaiMfa
Report
W.C.B. RECOMMENDATIONS
The Ontario Federation of Labor (OFL) has come
out largely in support of Paul Weiler's report on
the administration and practice of the Workmen's
Compensation Board (WCB). A spokesperson for
the OFL says that the report "should go a long
way toward overcoming many glaring injustices
that have existed to date."
Weiler's report, recently submitted to Labour
Minister Robert Elgie, included the following
recommendations:
• decentralization of the WCB with direct
claimant access to the Board's decision-
making authority
• a new independent Tripartite Appeals Tribunal
with representation from labour
• an independent Medical Review Panel to
assess disputed claims
• a policy planning secretariat to develop
ongoing compensation policy within the WCB
structure
• inclusion of domestic servants in WCB
coverage
• requirement of employers to maintain such
fringe benefits as private health and pension
plans during a total temporary disability
• raising of the income ceiling on insurable
earnings from $18,500 to $40,000 to reflect
inflating incomes
• index of the income ceiling and other criteria
for calculating compensation claims to the
rise in the average industrial wage
• changing the name of the WCB to Workers'
Compensation Board
'ARMY OF UNEMPLOYED'
Bob Rae, Member of Parliament for Broadview-
Greenwood, the finance critic for the New
Democratic Party, has said that Prime Minister
Trudeau and Finance Minister MacLachen have
drafted "an army of unemployed" to fight their
war against inflation.
Noting the increasing number of unemployed,
Rae was responding to the Statistics Canada
announcement that in 1980 Canada had the
highest annual increase in inflation since 1975.
N.S.F.L. CALLS FOR WORKERS' RIGHTS
Recalling that Michelin Tires (Canada) Ltd. had
persuaded the Government of Nova Scotia to
"legislate away workers' rights," in a brief recently
presented to the Nova Scotia Cabinet, the Nova
Scotia Federation of Labour proposed a new pro-
vincial Trade Union Act which would recognize the
right of workers to join the union of their choice.
Modernization of the steel industry is a recurring
promise during federal and provincial elections.
Hence, the NSFL strongly urged government
commitment to upgrading of the Sydney plant.
"There is a proven market for products from a
diversified modernized plant," the brief noted; and
jobs are needed in industrial Cape Breton.
Other proposals in the 40-page NSFL submission
included: a minimum wage of $4.50 an hour;
mandatory overtime pay; equal pay for work of
equal value; retraining programs for workers
displaced by automation; a construction program
to increase the supply of low-cost rental
accommodation for families; and enactment of
occupational health and safety legislation,
preceded by labour consultation.
WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION
As a result of predicted manpower shortages,
John Sandusky, past president of the Toronto
Home Builders Association, and Jean Gravel, senior
industrial consultant for the Canadian Employment
and Immigration Commission, told delegates to a
recent housing conference that female construction
workers will become more prevalent in the future.
"If the women are given the opportunity and
the chance to acquire these new skills, I have no
doubt that they will jump at the chance to enter our
industry," said Sandusky.
Noting that women are already involved in the
.trade, some operating equipment and driving heavy
trucks and vehicles, he said there is a wide range
of jobs in the industry which women can fill if they
have the skills.
PROMOTING HERITAGE DAY
The Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF), a
national charitable foundation entrusted with
preserving Canada's built-up heritage, continues
its campaign to make Heritage Day — the third
Monday in February — a national holiday.
Pierre Berton, chairman of the board of the
HCF, believes that the great post-war construction
boom that provided so many jobs is nearing an
end, and that the preserving of old buildings gives
people a feeling of continuity while providing new
jobs for thousands of workmen. Berton says,
"Preservation is the wave of the future . . . and
preservation is a labour-intensive industry."
As part of its total effort, the HCF has
contributed large sums of money to various
conservation efforts, launched massive education
campaigns to train artisans in the techniques of
preservation, and engaged in experimental projects
to find new uses for old buildings.
The HCF's newest effort is to effect a change
in the income tax act which now makes it cheaper
to tear down an old building and build a new one
than to preserve the original building. As Berton
states, "It simply doesn't make sense to destroy
a building that is structurally sound."
JUNE, 1981
17
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Northeast Louisiana
Local Signs with NLCA
On March 9, Local 1811, Monroe, La.,
announced that it had signed a two-year
contract with the Northeast Louisiana
Contractors Association for undisclosed
wage and benefits increases.
"There was an increase, but both
sides decided it would be best if we
didn't publicize the actual wage figures.
We just didn't feel it was necessary,"
said Glen Salisbury, Local 1811 business
agent.
The contract, which took effect in
early March and expires Dec. 31, 1982,
breaks tradition in its length of term.
Up until now, the union has signed one-
year pacts with the NLCA, an affiliate
of the Associated General Contractors
of America, Inc.
The agreement affects about 500 con-
struction workers in a 15-parish area
around Monroe.
Chicago Locals Fight
A Loop Open Shopper
A Chicago, III., firm is "trying to create
an open-shop island in one of the best
organized construction markets in the
nation," Chicago's Loop. That's the report
of The Chicago Federation News in a
recent article showing Local 13 Business
Manager Thomas J. Ryan issuing instruc-
tions to informational picketers Odell
Sumrell and Elmer Engell. Painters and
other Building Tradesmen joined the
picket line at a loft building being turned
into condominium apartments by Techcon
Construction's Downstate Restorations.
Local in Trusteeship
Expresses Thanks
Local 385 of New York City, which
has been under trusteeship, recently voted
unanimously to bestow honorary mem-
bership for the life of Local 385 to Gen-
eral Executive Board Member Joseph Lia,
the trustee, and his assistant, General
Representative Samuel Ruggiano.
The membership stated that since they
have been under trusteeship, everyone
gets equal treatment and everyone has
had the right to express his or her views
at the proper time.
Some old timers, who have been mem-
bers for over 50 years, stated that they
have never seen this local run as well as
it has been run in the last two years
under the trusteeship of Lia and Rug-
giano.
Three Generations
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Three generations of union carpenters
were honored recently by Local 132,
Washington, D.C. Jim Merkle, secretary
of tlie District of Columbia District
Council, standing, and Dean Hardman,
recording secretary, seated at rear, joined
in commending, from left, the father,
Jerry Roger Lewis, a 17-year member;
J. B. Lewis, the grandfather, a 30-year
member; and Jerry R. Lewis, Jr., a
second-year apprentice.
Local Demonstrates
Unity With Machinists
Local 678, Dubuque, la., recently joined
several local unions to support the strike
of Machinists Local 1238, Dubuque, at
Richardson Motors. The various groups
united in a day-long demonstration to
show their uniform disapproval of Rich-
ardson's management's decisions. After
the rally, a motorcade of over 150 vehi-
cles proceeded to the UAW 94 hall for
discussion.
Mid-America Red Cross
Notes Joint Birthday
In recognition of the Brotherhood's
centennial celebration, the Mid-America
Chapter of the American Red Cross,
based at Chicago, recently sent con-
gratulations to Chicago District Council
President George Vest.
An official resolution, authorized by
Mid-America Chapter Executive Director
Harold L. Johnson and Mid-America
Chapter Chairman Grover J. Hansen,
commended the Brotherhood for its
active support of Red Cross prograins.
In addition, the resolution praised the
Brotherhood for its active volunteer par-
ticipation in disaster service and the use
of its craftsmen to repair damages in
crisis situations.
Like the Brotherhood, the American
Red Cross also celebrates its 100-year
anniversary this year. In acknowledg-
ment of this shared anniversary, the
American Red Cross Mid-America
Chapter resolved to recognize the service
that the Brotherhood has provided to its
organization and the nation, further stat-
ing that organized carpenters and joiners
have actively been a part of the Ameri-
can heritage.
Northern California
Vacation Benefits
Northern California Carpenters re-
cently reaped more than $49 million in
vacation benefits, thanks to contractual
arrangements with employers. The funds
were distributed to 38,500 UBC members.
Officers and Trustees of Local 385 with Lia and Ruggiano, left to right: Allen Davis,
warden; Ignazio T. Fazio, vice president; Anthony Musich, trustee; Victor Bernandon,
trustee; Frank Calciano, president and business agent; Joseph Lia, General Executive
Board Member; Joseph Calciano, recording secretary; Marcello Svedese, financial
secretary-treasurer and business agent; Representative Samuel Ruggiano; and Angelo
Lopez, trustee. The conductor of Local 385, William Woodley, was not present at
the time the picture was taken.
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Western Council Supports Multiple-Use Plan
For Mount St. Helens Following Aerial Sortie
Twelve O'clock Poet
The US Forest Service found itself with
a major economic puzzle following the
1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens in
Oregon. Thousands of square miles of
timberland were devastated, wildlife was
destroyed by the dust and lava, and com-
munities in the national forest area were
disrupted.
Eight alternative plans for the rehabili-
tation of the area have been under con-
sideration by the Forest Service. These
alternatives provide for protection and
management of volcanic features as well
as management of other resources, timber
salvage, and rehabilitation of the area.
Two representatives of the Western
Council of Lumber, Production, and In-
dustrial Workers — Researcher Bradley K.
Witt and the executive secretary of the
Portland Coast-Columbia District, Jay
Perrizo — recently made an aerial survey
of the devastated area as guests of the
Industrial Forestry Assn.
Following the tour, the two men urged
adoption of the Forest Service's Alterna-
tive Plan 6, with modifications, which
they say "will not only protect the unique
volcanic landscape but also accommodate
multiple-use interests."
Missouri Council
Has History Project
The Missouri State Council has re-
ceived a grant from the Missouri Com-
mittee for the Humanities to run the first
state Carpenters history project from the
mid-America region.
In observance of the Brotherhood's
Centennial, the project was originated by
Secretary-Treasurer H. Keith Humphrey.
It consists of collecting and assembling
historical data from Missouri locals and
district councils as well as material on
Peter McGuire, a St. Louis resident rec-
ognized as founder of the Brotherhood
and originator of Labor Day.
The project was well underway as early
as February, when Russell J. Clemens,
from the University of Missouri-Colum-
bia History Department, interviewed
Brotherhood leaders and long-time mem-
bers in Kansas City and studied records
of local unions there.
THIS JOB
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Daniel Thompson reads verse outside
Cleveland Arcade for lunch-hour
passers-by and members of Carpenters
Local 182 who have set up an informa-
tional picket line to protest the hiring of
non-union workers and the failure to
pay the prevailing wage for a Post
Office project in the Arcade. Thompson,
a family counselor for Cuyahoga County
social services, had treated shoppers
at the downtown complex to regular
poetry readings until the picket line
went up. Then he moved outside with
the pickets.
Convention Dates
The 34th General Convention of the
United Brotherhood will be held in Chi-
cago, 111., August 31 through September
4, 1981.
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JUNE, 1981
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New Directions For
Hispanic Unionists
The Labor Council for Latin Ameri-
can Advancement (LCLAA) has re-
cently received a grant from the U.S.
Department of Labor for a special
Occupational Safety and Health Admin-
istration Project. The goal of the project
is to aid Hispanic workers in organizing
around health and safety issues and to
educate their union leaders about the
specific health and safety concerns of
Hispanic workers. Alfonso Rodriguez,
Sante Fe General Representative, has
been chosen to serve as a vice-chairper-
son on the project committee.
The LCLAA was formed in 1973 by
Hispanic trade unionists to increase the
participation of workers of Latin des-
cent and their families in the labor
movement and the nation's political pro-
cesses. Membership is voluntary and
open to all union members who support
the program. The LCLAA is supported
by the AFL-CIO, the UAW, and individ-
ual international unions.
This special OSHA project intends to
increase health and safety awareness by
offering labor program service, OSHA
leadership training, referral service, and
a resource center.
Ernesto Gandara, vice president of
Carpenters Local 993, Miami, Fla., right
above, is also a vice president of the
Labor Council for Latin American
Advancement's Dade County, Fla.,
chapter. He is shown here with General
President Konyha, center and Eugene
Perodeau, President of Local 727, at a
recent LCLAA banquet in Miami.
Chartered One Year, California Local
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On April 12, Local 20S0, Escondido,
Calif., was one-year-old. A nd, from the
time it was presented its charter one year
ago by General President Emeritus
William Sidell, it has grown from a mem-
bership of 22 to 108.
Forty members were present to cele-
brate this first milestone at a regular
meeting held in early April. Among the
celebrants were, from left to riglit:
California State Council Representative
Art Eisele, Vice President Mike Canton-
wine, Recording Secretary Ellsworth
Lindsley, San Diego Business Manager
Bill Rae, Trustee John Landis, Financial
Secretary and Treasurer Dan Fleming,
International Representative Paid Cecil,
President Jack Nelson, and Warden Bill
Thompson.
First Union Victory In Okaloosa County
On March 6, five employees of City
Glass Co. in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.,
voted to unionize under the United
Brotherhood. Contract negotiations were
scheduled to begin in early April.
Gary Anderson, a local organizing
committeeman, said the vote represented
the first time an international union has
been able to "break the anti-union bar-
rier" in Okaloosa County.
Previous attempts by the labor move-
ment to organize private workers in
Okaloosa County had failed.
Eight employees of City Glass Co.
participated in the National Labor Rela-
tions Board election. Representative Wil-
lard Masters worked with the employees
to achieve representation.
Steward Training in Everett
Twenty-one stewards, officers, and members of Local 1054,
Everett, Wash., recently gatlicrcd at the Everett Labor Temple
for a day-long, steward training seminar. Assisting with the
program were Paget Sound District Council President Keith
Brown, Local 1054 Business Representative Frank Dennee,
and Local 2633 Business Representative Dennis McGinnis.
Members who completed the program and received
certificates are shown in the accompanying pliolograpli. They
include: Bud Parmenter, Steve Ginnard, Hildegrade Aurdal,
Albert Nusli, Art Lewis, Bradford R. Pilkenton, George
Groenwold, Royce Shatto, Tom Selk, Patricia Steele, Linora
Dockter, Richard N. Mickles, Wallace Mandsagen Dan D.
Wampler, Patrick John Dennee, Eldo Dockter, Donald B.
McCallister, Margery Price, Ron Pclzel, Jerry Haugstead,
and Frank Dennee.
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Above is your own personal bumper sticker and your c/iance
to s/iow your pride in the UBC in t/iis centennial year. Simply
detach the bumper sticker from the magazine, remove the back-
ing, and affix to your car bumper. Join the UBC celebration.
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To stimulate the sluggish construction industry and pro-
mote jobs for union construction workers, Union Labor Life
Insurance Company, which serves unions and union policy
holders, is continuing its policy of investing in major con-
struction projects which hire trade unionists. Among the
most recent 'J for Jobs' projects funded by ULLICO mort-
gages are the two shown here, which are underway in the
Pacific Northwest.
/ --'*, .
One project is a warehouse in Kent, Wash. Shown in front
of this job site are, from left, ULLICO Sales Representative
Dave Jordan, Seattle District Council of Carpenters Bus.
Rep. Gerry Marsh, Washington State Building and
Construction Trades Council Vice President Bill Crooke,
Laborers Local 242 Bus. Mgr. Cliff Baker, Elevator
Constructors Local 19 Bus. Agent Howard Hansen, and
Mortgage Banker Jerrold Congleton.
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A second project is the Gateway Office Plaza located in
Springfield, Ore. The group in this picture includes:
Dick McFarland of Allied Commercial Realty Co., Dave
Jordan, Mortgage Banker Jim Kelty, Retail Clerks 201 Pres.
Jim McCormick, Local 201 Bus. Rep. Joyce Dippel, Lane
County Labor Council Sec.-Treas. Irv Fletcher, Carpenters
1273 Bus. Rep. Emsley Curtis, Sheet Metal Workers 332
Bus. Rep. Frank Long, Jay Bloom of the Eugene Building
Trades Federal Credit Union, Painters 1277 Bus. Rep. Ron
Gillette, Lane Building Trades Sec.-Treas. Doug
Dinsmore, Plumbers 481 Bus. Rep. Jay Jensen and
Bricklayers 6 Bus. Rep. Tom Tallerday.
JUNE, 1981
21
nPPREIITICESHIP & TRHinmc
Omaha Apprentices
Give Tool Workshop
Imagine a van load of 50 girls aged
10-14 tottering down the street on stilts.
This was the scene at the Girls Club of
Omaha on February 7, 1981, following a
workshop provided to the Club by several
apprentices from Carpenters Local 400,
members of the Omaha, Neb., Carpenters'
Joint Apprenticeship and Training Com-
mittee. In the process of building a pair
of stilts, each girl learned how to use
tools and some basic construction tech-
niques.
This workshop, "Tools Aren't Tricky,"
held at the Metropolitan Community Col-
lege in Omaha, is an example of how
your local union can support a Girls
Club in your community. Several Girls
Clubs across the country are conducting
youth employment projects and career
education programs and would welcome
any assistance your local could offer. For
further information contact:
Mildred Kiefer Wurf, Director, Wash-
ington Office, Girls Clubs of America,
Inc., 1725 K Street, N.W., Room 408,
Washington, D.C. 20006, phone: 202-659-
0516.
Apprentices of
Local 400, Omaha,
Neb., show Girls
Club members
how to use car-
pentry tools. Each
girl left the work-
shop with her own,
personally-made
pair of stilts.
British Carpentry Contest
Tlie Brotherhood isn't the only organization that
holds an annual international carpentry contest. In
England, every year, the Institute of Carpenters and
the Worshipful Company of Carpenters, a 15th Century
English guild, runs an English Carpenters Craft Com-
petition. Whereas the United Brotherhood's competition
is only open to apprentices, the English competition is
open to all Institute members from Britain as well as
from two overseas sections in A ustralia. A former winner
of the competition is shown displaying his work in the
photograph above. A master carpenter from Western
Australia, this 63 -year-old won his division with a
miniature offertory table made from jarrah, a wood
previously known as Australian Western mahogany.
Contest and Graduation Banquet, Fresno
On March 28, 1981 , the Central Valley, Calif., Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship
and Training Committee held a completion ceremony and apprenticesliip contest
banquet for 21 new journeymen members of Local 701, Fresno, Calif.: Local 1 109,
Visalia, Calif.; Local 83-L; Fresno, Calif.; and Millmen's Local 1496, Fresno, Calif.
Receiving a completion certificate was Valita Robison, the first woman ever to
graduate from the Central Valley Carpenters JATC.
Winners of the apprenticeship contest included Martine Borges, first place in
carpentry: Ronald McClusky, second place in carpentry; Steven Mitchell, first place
in millcahinelry; and Richard Simtnons, second place in millcabinetry.
Pictured in the photograph arc, from left to right: Local 1496 Representative
William Nutt; Local 1109 President Jerry Dignan; completed apprentice Gary Smith;
Local 701 President Walter Jameson; completed apprentices Jack Favila, David
Otten, Randy Hatler, Tony Castillo, Perry Hemman, Donald Brillhart, Kevin
Powers, and Valita Robison; Division of Apprenticeship Standards Consultant
William Meyers; and Local 701 Financial Secretary and Master of Ceremonies
Gene Auslon, in the background.
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Apprentice Graduates, Duluth
The members shown in the accompanying photograph
recently received their journeyman's certificate for successfully
completing four years of apprenticeship in Local 361 of
Duluth, Minn. Front row, left to right, Wm. "Chuck"
Aspoas, and Richard Swanson. Back row, left to right,
Dennis Eckstrom, Thomas Dusek, Randy Coning, John C.
Meining, and Andy Strom.
Members who received certificates but were not present
for the photograph were: Eric Lindberg, Jr., John Moe,
Oliver Rowe, Herbert Sellin, Timothy Shobak, Mark Sunberg,
John Taskey, and Charles Thaler.
New Journeymen in Eugene
On February 20, 1981, Local 1273, Eugene, Ore., held a
completion dinner in honor of apprentices who have
completed four years of training. Pictured in the accompany-
ing photograph are, front row, from left to right: James D.
Smith, Financial Secretary Emsley Curtis, Committee
Chairman Phil Cass, Committee Member Steven Dorman,
and Assistant Business Agent Donald Smith. Back row, from
left to right: Robert Poling, James E. Johnson, Michael D.
Mellor, and Michael J. Hanneson.
Sarnia Apprentice Graduates
Four graduating apprentices from Local 1256, Sarnia, Ont.,
attended an annual apprenticeship banquet on February 28,
1981. Shown with Lxical 1256 President John Hammond, far
right in the photograph, they are, from left: David McDonald,
Mark Pulyk, Mark Smith, and Paul Rudys.
Campbell Stresses Pre-apprenticeship
At Mid-year Training Conference
First General President Patrick J. Campbell addressed
over 200 participants in the Mid- Year Carpentry Train-
ing Conference held in Niagara Falls, N.Y., April 28
and 29. After reviewing the agendas for the five
regional sessions to be held the first day and various
discussions and demonstrations of new materials in the
different craft areas, First General President Campbell
called particular attention to the growing need for pre-
apprenticeship training.
Excerpts from his address follow:
"The agenda of this conference has five major points:
"1. We have planned meetings on a regional basis so
that problems common to a region may be discussed.
At these meetings we want to determine your problems
and work with you on solutions.
"2. We have structured meetings for each of the craft
areas, carpentry, millwrighting, piledriving and mill-
cabinet so that those interested in these specific craft
areas can review the new material prepared for them
and discuss their particular plans for implementation.
"3. We have arranged time for the presentation of all
new material across all craft areas so that all can see
the general development.
"4. We have particularly focused on the need and
know-how for establishing pre-apprenticeship training
so that those entering apprenticeship are better prepared
to survive.
"5. We have reviewed the best operating PETS pro-
grams and will share with all of you the means of estab-
lishing the best program your space and budget will
allow.
"Of these topics I particularly want to call your atten-
tion to the need for pre-apprenticeship training . . .
"Many of the people coming out of high school have
not learned basic arithmetic. Further, they have not had
the opportunity or the need to know how to use basic
tools, such as the saw and the hammer. They do not
know the terminology. They have no idea of structure.
Consequently, when assigned to a construction project
they have no productive capability.
"Employers are reluctant to take on to project people
who have no basic understanding of the construction
industry, people who have no skill knowledge, no termi-
nology knowledge and have never stood up for 40
hours, let alone work for 40 hours. . . .
"It is our feeling that there are many young people
who really want to become carpenters, millwrights, etc.
and who will really make an effort, if given the oppor-
tunity, to get ready for employment, understanding thst
getting ready will give them a greater chance to survive
in the industry.
"A good pre-apprenticeship program that teaches peo-
ple what the work will be and how to work will weed
out those of only lukewarm interest. A challenging pre-
apprenticeship experience will select those of the high-
est interest and motivation. Consequently, the utilization
of apprentices will improve, the apprentices will be bet-
ter equipped to survive on the project. Less money will
be spent on drop-outs. Apprenticeship related-training
time and money will not have to be utilized to teach
basic tool skills and remedial arithmetic.
"We have prepared good basic tool competency train-
ing material, good measurement training material, and
a practical remedial arithmetic program. We assure you
that if this material is correctly used anyone who com-
pletes a pre-apprenticeship program will be ready for
project work. . . ."
JUNE, 1981
23
GOSSIP
SEND YOUR FAVORITES TO
PLANE GOSSIP, 101 CONSTITUTION
AVE. NW, WASH., D.C. 20001
SORRY, BUT NO PAYMENT MADE
AND POETRY NOT ACCEPTED
'WHAT AM I OFFERED?'
A clerk in a department store,
receiving a very nominal salary,
suddenly began to lead a very gay
life. He dressed in the height of
fashion, bought an expensive car,
and gave every evidence of having
great wealth. The personnel man-
ager kept an eye on him, and
finally called him into his office.
"How is it, young man, that you,
who are receiving a salary of only
$140.00 a week, can spend what
must certainly amount to well over
$200.00 a week. Have you been left
a fortune, or what's the answer?"
"It's very simple, sir," the clerk
replied, unabashed; "there are
more than 200 employees upstairs
here, and every payday I raffle off
my salary at $2 a ticket."
BE IN GOOD STANDING
FEATHERWEIGHT CLASS
"What did you learn at school
today, darling?" asked the doting
mother.
"I learned two kids bettern' to
coil me mamma's little darling!"
OK, YOU'RE FADED
It was pay day, and the job
superintendent was feeling good.
He felt so good that he sang out:
"I've got ten dollars for the laziest
man here!"
Everybody but one man jumped
to his feet and sprang forward to
tell how lazy he was.
The exception didn't even stir.
He merely drawled: "Just roll me
over, Buddy, and slip the money in
my pocket."
DON'T GET BEHIND IN '81
TIME TO LIGHT UP
An old-timer was sitting in the
waiting room for expectant fathers
at the local hospital.
"Is your wife here, sir?" he was
asked by a nurse.
"Not this time, miss," he replied.
"1 just came in for cigars."
LOOK FOR THE INION LABEL
GET WISE! ORGANIZE!
THE MALE ANIMAL
This choke setter we know gets
out of bed every morning and
splashes such stuff on himself as
Brute, Karate, Command and El
Toro. He walks out to his driveway
and gets into his car, called Mus-
tang, a Cougar, a Fury, a Wildcat,
or something like that. . . . We think
some of our fellow citizens are
right. TV is causing too much vio-
lence in the land . . . not the pro-
grams . . . those macho commer-
cials!
— Thanks to Lou Erickson,
The Atlanta Journal
THIS MONTH'S LIMERICK
President Reagan enjoys jelly
beans.
With them he fills his belly.
I'm lucky to get just a few beans . . .
I can't afford the jelly!
- — Nancy AA. Green
Portland. Ore.
ESCALATOR CLAUSE
Sometimes the new generation
seems a little lazier than the last.
We were on a department store
escalator, riding behind a mother
and her two young daughters. The
younger child asked, "Why didn't
we go in the elevator?"
The older girl replied very seri-
ously, "Because we need the exer-
cise, dummy!"
BUY U.S. AND CANADIAN
BEARDING THE LION
Walter B. Hicks of Local 1497,
East Los Angeles, Calif., read the
story in our April issue about the
Minnesota member who grew a
beard until the American hostages
in Iran were set free. He was re-
minded of this story his father told
him many years ago:
When the Democrats lost the
election in 1897 to William McKin-
ley, a middle-aged statesman
vowed to not shave until a Demo-
crat was again seated in the White
House.
History tells us it was 16 years
before Woodrow Wilson was
elected in 1913. This distinguished
gentleman decided to shave and
surprise his lovely wife that night.
He came home, slipped gently into
the bed beside his wife and
snuggled up to her. She felt his
face and said, "Young man, you
better hurry up, the old man will
be here any time now!"
VOC AND CHOP NEED YOU
DEFINITION OF A LOSER
A man who lived in Cuba and
was arrested for political cam-
paigning against Castro, spent
many years in jail, finally suc-
ceeded in escaping, got to the sea-
shore and through a small fishing
boat, arrived in Florida, took off
on a plane for Chicago, and the
plane was promptly hijacked back
to Cuba.
— Plasterer and Cement Mason
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When Is
Hamburger
At Its
Very Best?
It's cookout season again, and, as you
clean off your grills and hibachis and buy
charcoal and lighter fluid, keep in mind
the following tips on hamburger and
ground beef, prepared by the Food and
Safety Quality Service of the US De-
partment of Agriculture (USDA).
Q: Sometimes the words "regular,"
"lean," and "extra lean" are used in
labeling ground beef, and other times the
terms "ground chuck," "ground round,"
and "ground sirloin" are used. What's
the difference?
A: "Regular," "lean," and "extra lean"
refer to the fat content in ground beef.
"Ground chuck." "ground round," and
"ground sirloin" refer to the cut of meat.
USDA standards for these names only
apply if the beef is ground and packaged
in a federally inspected or state-inspected
plant. If beef is ground in local super-
markets, which is often the case, the
supermarkets may label their packages
as they please. If you want to be abso-
lutely sure of what you buy, select the
piece of beef you desire and have the
supermarket grind it for you.
Q: What's the difference between "ham-
burger" and "ground beef"?
A: USDA distinguishes between "ham-
burger" and "ground beef" only if the
meat is ground and packaged in a fed-
erally inspected or state-inspected plant,
as opposed to a local supermarket. Ac-
cording to the USDA, "hamburger" im-
plies that seasonings and beef fat may
have been added while the meat was
being ground. "Ground beef" implies that
no extra fat has been added. Seasonings
may be added, however, as long as they
are identified on the label. No water,
extenders, or binders are permitted in
either "hamburger" or "ground beef."
Both "ground beef" and "hamburger" are
limited to 30% fat by weight. Finally,
meat that has been federally ground and
packaged will carry a USDA-inspected
mark and will comply with USDA stand-
ards.
Q. From what kind of beef is ground
beef made?
A: Generally, ground beef is made
from the less tender and less popular cuts
of beef. Trimmings from higher priced
cuts may also be used, and these may
contain varying amounts of fat and lean.
Because ground beef is so popular, many
butchers may buy less popular or tender
meats specifically for grinding, or they
may import frozen boneless beef and
grind it after adding trimmings from
their meat cutting operations. While most
steaks come from younger steers or
heifers, much ground beef is prepared
from the meat of older animals, which
is tougher. Grinding tenderizes it, and the
addition of fat reduces its dryness and
improves flavor.
Q: How much fat is in "regular,"
"lean," and "extra lean" ground beef?
A: Most, but not all, stores follow
this rule-of-thumb: "regular" — no more
than 30% fat: "lean" — approximately
23% fat: "extra lean" — approximately
15% fat. A USDA Science and Education
Administration food technologist, how-
ever, claims that there is practically no
diflference in cooked hamburger made
from extra lean or regular ground beef.
He explains that, although, there is a
difference in the levels of fat in raw
meat, regular ground beef loses more fat
during cooking while extra lean ground
beef loses more water, in the form of
vapor which is less noticeable. The end
result is that two patties of varying fat
content, which weigh the same before
cooking, will weigh approximately the
same after cooking, regardless of the raw
fat content. The only major difference
is that hamburgers made from regular
beef may be juicier and a bit tastier than
hamburgers made from extra lean patties.
Q: Why is prepackaged ground beef
often red on the outside and dull, grey-
ish brown on the inside?
A: The pigment responsible for the
red color in meat is a natural substance
found in all warm-blooded animals.
When exposed to air, this natural pig-
ment combines with oxygen to produce
the red color, which is referred to as
"bloom." The interior of the meat does
not have the red color due to lack of
oxygen exposure.
Q: How should ground beef be pur-
chased and stored?
A: To preserve freshness and reduce
the growth of bacteria, select a package
of ground beef that feels cold, and make
sure the package is not torn. Make this
one of your final purchases, and refrig-
erate it or freeze it as soon as possible.
If you plan to refrigerate it, make sure
it is wrapped in transparent, plastic
wrap and place it in the coldest part
of the refrigerator or in a special meat
drawer. If you plan to freeze it, wrap it
in aluminum foil, freezer paper, or plastic
bags. You can store it for up to three
months with little loss of quality. Keep
track of storage time by marking the
freezing date on each package.
Q: What is the best way to thaw
ground beef?
A; Ground beef should be thawed in
the refrigerator to prevent growth of
bacteria. If you must thaw ground beef
rapidly, place it in a water-tight wrapper
and immerse it in cold water. Or, place
it in a closed double paper bag at room
temperature. Cook it as soon as it is
thawed.
Q: Why does ground beef release a lot
of "juice" while cooking?
A: In making ground beef, some stores
grind the meat while it is still frozen.
Ice crystals, which are incorporated into
the meat, melt when the meat is cooked.
The same think can occur from home
freezing. If large packages of ground
beef are frozen, freezing will be a slow
process and will cause large ice crystals
to form in and eventually break the
cell walls, permitting release of cellular
fluid or meat juice during cooking.
Q: What causes ground beef to shrink
while cooking?
A: All meat will shrink in size and
weight during cooking. The amount of
shrinkage depends on the fat and moist-
ure content of the meat, the temperature
at which it is cooked, and the length of
time it is cooked. Generally, the higher
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S«rvio«
To
The
Brothorhoed
A gallery of pictures showing some of the senior members of the Broth-
erhood who recently received pins for years of service in the union.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.
A total of 261 Local 515 members and guests
gathered at the Four Seasons in Colorado
Springs on October 4, 1980 to honor L A. Ader
for 40 years of dedicated service to the Broth-
erhood. Ader, pictured at right in the accom-
panying photograph below, has served Local
515 as president, treasurer, financial secretary,
and business agent over the years. He started
in the Brotherhood as an apprentice, and, as a
journeyman, he served as foreman and
superintendent to contractors. From 1960 until
his retirement in 1980, he held office as
president of the Southern Colorado District
Council of Carpenters. Shown in the picture at
left, making the presentation to Ader, is Local
515 President Dale Olson.
COLUMBUS, O.
On February 20, 1981, Pile Drivers Local
1241 held an award banquet to honor
members with 20 or more years of continuous
service. Pin presentations were made by
Robert L. Jones, executive secretary of the
Capital District Council, and J. Robert Woods,
apprentice coordinator for the Council.
Picture No. 1 shows 20-year members,
front row, from left to right: Ralph Stevens,
Ralph Smith, Ronald Sparks, and Paul
Morgan.
Back row, from left to right: Bill Tomblin,
Charles Que, Jasper Provens, and Paul
Karamalakis.
Picture No. 2 show 25-year members, front
row, from left to right, Donald Selvage,
Thomas Pinto, and Richard Hildenbrand.
Back row, from left to right: James Jones,
William Deime, and Carl Paugh.
Picture No. 3 shows 30-year members, from
left to right: Edgard Henderly, Sr., Gerald
Kenney, Oscar Leach, Delbert Van Meter,
and Raynor McGlnnis.
Picture No. 4 shows, from left to right:
President Albert Reed, Executive Secretary
Robert L. Jones, 40-year member Charles
Abbitt, 35-year member Frank Abbitt, Appren-
tice Coordinator J. Robert Woods, and Business
Representative Ronald L. Sparks.
Members who received pins but were not
present for the photographs were: 20-year
members Clyde Durst, Edward Franklin, Stanley
Henderly, James Kilbarger, Charles Layton,
and Warren Self; 25-year members Harley
Doss, Gerald Leeth, John Liptak, Con Lay
Sparks, Chester Szall, Joe Thompson, and
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Bellew, Paul Harvey, Lawrence Henderly,
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Hialeah, Fla.— Picture No. 1
Hialeah, Fla. — Picture No. 2
Hialeah, Fla. — Picture No. 3
HIALEAH, FLA.
On January 15, 1981, Local 727 held a pin
presentation ceremony and honored members
with 25, 35, and 50 years of experience with
the Brotherhood. Honored members are
pictured in the accompanying photographs.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left: Vernon Thrift, Jr., Grady Pate,
Simas Naujokas, Anthony Lee Kwak, Alton
Hicks, and Earl Bailey.
Back row, from left: Financial Secretary
Michael Prince, Miami District Council Business
Manager Mario Alleva, and President Eugene
Perodeau.
Picture No. 2 shows 35-year members, front
row, from left: Howard Wulf, Arthur Simon,
Vincent Rusiniak, Helmuth Nielsen, George
McMurtrey, Rele La Bonte, Earl Garrow, and
Austin Douberley.
Back row, from left: Financial Secretary
Michael Prince, Miami District Council Business
Manager Mario Alleva, and President Eugene
Perodeau.
Picture No. 3 shows from left: Financial
Secretary Michael Prince, Miami District
Council Business Manager Mario Alleva,
50-year member William Martin, and President
Eugene Perodeau.
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NEW CASTLE, DEL.
Local 626 recently held a pin presentation
ceremony and honored the following deserving,
long-time members.
Picture No. 1 shows 20-year members, front
row, from left: Irvin Tucker, and Joseph Jacobi.
Back row, from left: Carl Bickling, and Pete
Mulrooney.
Picture No. 2 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left: C. R. V^heeler, G. Squares, and
W. Hyland.
Back row, from left: J. Naylor, B. Fernandez,
Bill Tucker, J. McMillan, and F. Melchior.
Picture No. 3 shows 30-year members, from
left: B. Roark, Herbert Lewis, and Richard
Schnechinger.
Picture No. 4 shows 35-year members, from
left: J. Lachman, George William, Ned Lucas,
and S. Pienkos, Sr.
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INDEPENDENCE, MO.
Local 1329 recently held a service awards
ceremony for its longtime members. Virgil
Heckathorn, secretary treasurer of the Kansas
City District Council, presented pins to the
following honored members:
25-Year Members— Robert Allen, Clarence
Banes, Clyde Beatie, Alfred Bishop, John
Bowen, Billy Bowling, Robert Brightwell,
Gerald Clark, William Crick, EIroy Danielson,
James Epperson, Floyd Green, Howard Imhof,
Louis Neador, Theo. Messina, Charles Patton,
Francis Raines, Leonard Shaw, Raymond
Spainhour, and Joe Strahan, Jr.
30-Year Members— Elton Ahlberg, C. E.
Anderson, Stanley Batson, James Benefield,
Albert Bonkoski, Arvid Cruchfield, George
Dusselier, Henry Dusselier, Alvin Fisher,
Edward Hooper, Bernley King, Ed Lanpher,
Eugene Look, Roy McAllister, George Munro,
Alfred Neugebauer, Gene Palmer, Lawrence
Potts, Charles Pyle, Ora Reynolds, Charles
Rice, Wayne Sarver, Tony Smith, Claude Tate,
Virgil Tobaben, William White, and Glen H.
Williams,
35-Year Members— Woody Bradberry, Carl
Brown, Robert Cody, Paul Harter, R. H.
Hollenbeck, Porter Watkins, Edgar Smith,
Melvin Swaim, and Peter Schneller.
45-Year Member — William C, Fields.
65-Year Member— Frank Noynaert.
A TTEND your local union meetings
regularly. Be an active member.
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HUTCHINSON, KANS.
On February 13, 1981, Local 1587 held an
awards dinner for members with 10 to 45 years
of service in the Carpenters Union. Some of
the members receiving pins are shown In the
accompanying photograph.
Picture No. 1— From left: Lee Wright, 20-
yearsj Steve Thompson, 10-yearsi and Willard
Brown, 20-years.
Picture No. 2— Front row, from left: 30-year
members Leroy Beach, MyrI Hamby, Carl
Stramel, Vern Becker, and Martin West.
Back row, from left: 25-year members Bob
Ford, and Henry Goertzen; and 30-year mem-
bers Albert Smith, and Allen Stroberg.
Picture No. 3— From left: 35-year members
Harold Simpson, Charles Chaifant, Alfred
Roehr, and Fred Dearing.
Picture No. 4— From left: Clinton Saylor,
45-years; Orval Deffenbaugh, 40-years; G. F.
Friezen, 45-years; and John Friezen, 40-years.
Other members who received pins but were
not photographed were: 10-year members
Leiand Morley, Elvin Northcutt, Gerald Oberle,
Joe Oriet, Arnold Ruebke, Lawrence Smith, and
John Ratzlaff.
IS-year members R. J. Krusemark, William
Nowlan, and Don Sayer.
20-year members Emil Burns, Sam Giliiiand,
Eugene Jones, George Mack, Howard McClure,
Willard Pitts, Clifford Powell, and Bob Sinclair.
25-year members Harry Byrant, Oscar Lible,
Clyde Massengill, and John Pescador.
30-year members Lynne Bunge, Fred Gilbert,
Kenneth Gitchell, F. R. Johnson, Hugo Kohrs,
James Long, Allen Prior, Edgar Shepherd,
Wilbert Voth, and John Wilkerson.
35-year members Charles Cook, Arthur
Graves, Henry Gross, Norman Jackson, Harold
Might, B. L. Shoemaker, Marion Simmons, and
Jasper Walker.
45-year member Bill Huffman.
CHICAGO, ILL.
In December, 1980, Local 419 honored its
longstanding members at an annual party. The
following members, pictured in the accompany-
ing photographs, were awarded.
Picture No. 1 shows, front row, from left:
George Hansen, 45-years; Eugene Arnold, 40-
years; Robert Neumann, 40-years; Gottfried
Foerster, 30-years; Matt Follman, 55-years;
Anton Mergenthaler, 40-yearSi and Harvey 
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