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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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4920 54th Avenue, North
Crystal, Minnesota 55429
Sixth District, Dean Sooter
400 Main Street #203
Rolla, Missouri 65401
Seventh District, Hal Morton
Room 722, Oregon Nat'l Bldg.
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Portland, Oregon 97205
Eighth District, M. B. Bryant
5330-F Power Inn Road
Sacramento, California 95820
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VOLUME 102
No. 1 JANUARY, 1982
UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
John S. Rogers, Editor
IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS AND FEATURES
Report on the AFL-CIO Convention 2
Predictions for the New Year 4
The Little Girl Without a Face, An Appeal 5
15th International Carpentry Apprenticeship Contest 7
Carpentry Contestants 8
Busy Day at the Contest 13
Mill-Cabinet Contestants 14
Millwright Contestants 16
The Judges .. 1 9
The Carpentry Training Conference 20
The Four-Hour Written Test 21
Job Corps Conference 22
Election Day '82 to be Solidarity Day II 25
DEPARTMENTS
Washington Report
Ottawa Report
Local Union News _.
Apprenticeship and Training ____
Consumer Clipboard: Hypothermia
Plane Gossip
Service to the Brotherhood
23
24
26
28
29
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32
In Memoriam 37
What's New? 39
In Conclusion William Konyha 40
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THE
COVER
Currigan Hall in downtown Den-
ver, Colo., was the site of the 1981
International Carpentry Apprentice-
ship Contest, November 11 and 12. A
vast exhibition center, able to hold
major national and international con-
ventions, the hall was marked off into
48 20-foot squares, where, for two
days, the state and provincial appren-
ticeship champions performed their
manipulative tests under the careful
scrutiny of the judges.
Millwrights and mill-cabinet ap-
prentices performed their manual
tasks on November 11, and the car-
pentry contestants took on their proj-
ects on November 12.
Our cover picture, taken from a
balcony of Currigan Hall, shows some
of the carpenters completing their
eight-hour project — a shed-like struc-
ture, covered on two sides by textured
siding, with two sides left exposed so
that judges could inspect the framing.
An air vent on the roof and composi-
tion shingles completed the project. In
addition, they had a form project to
complete.
The carved figures shown at the
lower left of the cover are the trophies
for the first place winners. Standing
approximately 18 inches high, they are
from left to right, the carpentry
trophy, the mill-cabinet trophy, and
the millwright trophy.
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The AFL-CIO's 14ih Biennial Convention was also its Centennial Convention — commemorating one hundred years of struggle
on behalf of the working population. Delegates filled the meeting hall in New York City for the anniversary event.
AFL-CIO Centennial
Convention sets
the stage for more
anti-recession
action in 7982
The big labor federation of North
America and the world — the AFL-CIO
— marked its centennial in November
at its I4th Biennial Convention in
New York City.
A total of 836 delegates from more
than a hundred trade unions assem-
bled in a time of recession and rising
unemployment, and they immediately
tackled the crucial issues before them.
Our spokesmen were among those
present and accounted for.
Ably representing the United Broth-
erhood at the sessions were 15 official
delegates headed by General President
William Konyha. (The complete list
of delegates is contained in the picture
caption at right.)
Among the significant policy posi-
tions taken by North American labor
at the convention were the following:
• The Federation called upon the
federal government and private indus-
try to do their utmost to provide the
people with low- and middle-income
housing.
• It urged the revival of emergency
public works programs.
• It called upon Congress to re-
store public service jobs for workers
unable to find jobs otherwise.
The United Brotherhood's official delegates to the AFL-CIO Convention, shown above
at a convention table, included General President William Konyha, First General
Vice President Pat Campbell, Second General Vice President Sigurd Lucassen,
General Secretary John Rogers, General Treasurer Charles Nichols, District Board
Members Joseph Lia, Raymond Ginnetti, Anthony Ochocki, Harold E. Lewis, Leon
W. Greene, Dean Sooter, Hal Morton, and M. B. Bryant: Robert Argentine, secretary
of the Western Pennsylvania District Council, and Paul Miller, secretary of the
Los Angeles, Calif., District Council.
• It called for the establishment of
a Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
as was done under the Roosevelt Ad-
ministration, to revitalize the economy
with loans, loan guarantees, interest
rate subsidies and targeted tax bene-
fits for retooling and growth of basic
industries, with special consideration
for high unemployment areas.
• It urged the placement of tem-
porary restrictions on harmful imports
to prevent added penetration of Amer-
ican markets by foreign producers and
further weakening of the nation's in-
dustrial base.
• The federal government was
urged to use its credit control author-
ity to offset tight money policy and ex-
cessive interest rates and to channel
funds into productive uses, including
housing, and to stop unproductive
credit flows that aggravate the eco-
nomic situation with speculative ex-
cesses and merger activities.
• To raise revenue for these pro-
grams and restore some equity in the
tax system, the AFL-CIO proposed:
• Limiting the individual income
tax cuts for 1982 to $700 per tax-
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payer, roughly the amount sched-
uled for those with incomes of
$40,000 and over.
• Cutting the 10% investment tax
credit back to its original 7%
level to preclude subsidizing the
same firms and investments as
does the huge new depreciation
system.
• Withdrawing oil windfall profits
tax giveaways to wealthy oil roy-
alty owners in the 1981 tax act.
In contrast to this kind of program,
the AFL-CIO said, "The Reagan Ad-
ministration response to rising unem-
ployment is to resurrect Herbert Hoo-
ver's economic policies of 50 years
ago with additional budget cuts that
will further weaken demand, reduce
output, and destroy more jobs.
"The Administration's economic pol-
icies," the resolution continued, "adds
up to class warfare against the dis-
advantaged, the poor and the working
people of America. . . . These policies
must be exposed, the damage mini-
mized and the course reversed."
Major programs to expand the ac-
tivities and services of the AFL-CIO
drew the support of the convention
with its approval of a two-step increase
in the federation's per capita payment
to provide the necessary funds. Be-
ginning this month, the monthly AFL-
CIO per capita tax paid by the Broth-
erhood and by other affiliates on their
US membership increased from 190
per member to 240. Starting with pay-
ments for January, 1983, the payment
will go up another 30, for a total of
270.
The AFL-CIO listed five areas of
expanded activity: more involvement
in public affairs through creation of
an Institute for Public Affairs and a
continuation of regional conferences,
reaflfiliation with the International
Confederation of Free Trade Unions,
construction of a George Meany Me-
morial Library and Archives, ex-
panded political education programs,
and continued cooperative organizing
drives, like the one currently under-
way in Houston, Texas.
Delegates took time during the ses-
sions to celebrate the first century of
achievement for the Federation, since
its birth as the Federation of Orga-
nized Trades and Labor Unions in
1881. An overriding theme of the con-
vention was the determination to carry
forward the new spirit of solidarity
with policies and programs to spur
union growth, preserve workers rights
and deal with economic and political
change in the years ahead.
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland and
Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Donahue
wave for the cameras following their
unanimous re-election to office.
Former US Vice President Walter
Mondale and Mrs. Mondale were
convention guests.
General President Konyha joins in the
welcome for US Senator Ted Kennedy
to the convention.
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General Secretary Rogers talks with
United Auto Workers President Douglas
Frazer. The UAW re-affiliated with
the AFL-CIO in 1981.
General President Konyha accepts
one of the three awards from ILPA
President Jim Cesnik.
Brotherhood Wins
Broadcast Awards
The International Labor Press As-
sociation recently held its first Film
and Broadcast competition, and the
UBC emerged with three awards.
Over 100 entries were submitted in 13
categories that covered film, radio,
filmstrip, and slideshow presentations.
Judging was conducted by a varied
group of independent judges selected
from labor, media, and the field of
education.
The UBC received its highest honor
in the television commercial category,
where it received first place for its
60-second spot "Building America's
Future." The judges cited the com-
mercial's creative scripting and the
viewer appeal of the toll free "800"
number. The spot was produced by
the Washington, D.C. public relations
firm Maurer, Fleisher, Anderson &
Conway. The Brotherhood also re-
ceived an award of honor for its radio
commercial of the same theme "Build-
ing America's Future." The radio spot
was also produced by Maurer, Flei-
sher, Anderson & Conway.
In the film strip and slide show
category, the Brotherhood received an
award of merit for the Organizing
Department's Audioscan presentation
"Let's Get Organized." The narrated
slide show was produced by Union
Communications of St. Louis, Mo.
The competition is designed to rec-
ognize the achievements of the labor
movement in the film and broadcast
fields, and to encourage greater use of
the media by labor organizations.
Well-deserved special commendations
went to the International Ladies Gar-
ment Workers Union for the song
that has benefited the entire labor
movement, "Look For The Union
Label."
JANUARY, 1982
Predictions of Things to Come
As We Enter an Uncertain 1982
As battle-scarred 1981 recedes behind us, the new year,
1982, stretches out unmarred before us. What's in store
for 1982? Here are some predictions, projections, and
changes from industry, labor and government sources:
INTEREST RATES — Owens-Illinois Chairman Edwin D.
Dodd's projections for 1982 have interest rates ranging
from \37c to 25%. This is in keeping with the belief held
by many economists that the drop in interest rates is
likely to be slow, and may not last. Although analysts
believe interest rates will be more stable in 1982 than last
year, this obviously isn't saying much: 1981 rates ranged
from 11% to21'/2%.
MOBILE-HOME OUTLOOK — Good news for mobile home
manufacturers — US domestic sales are expected to
continue to improve after a depressed period experienced
in the late seventies. For the 1981-1985 time period,
manufacturers project a 13.3% annual increase. The
largest increase in sales is expected in the Sunbelt and
Pacific regions.
SENIOR-CITIZEN OUTLOOK — Many supervisors are think-
ing that older workers perform better than their younger
colleagues. In a recent study, responses from 552 chief
executives show 76% would likely hire someone over age
50. According to an IRS ruling, employees staying on
beyond normal retirement age are prohibited from receiv-
ing increases in pensions for their service. But things may
be different in 1982. In December, the Labor Department
stated that starting January, 1982, certain retirees may
work past retirement age without forfeiting benefits.
SOLAR ENERGY — A new study of the solar energy market
suggests that activity in this field will move in leaps and
bounds during the next few years — in both Europe and
the US. In Europe alone, by 1985 solar energy equip-
ment shipments are expected to increase to over four
times the 1980 rate of $142 million. The 203-page report
by Frost & Sullivan Inc. forecasts a $3.2 billion solar
equipment market by 1990.
TAX PROSPECTS — And taxes will continue to be a major
topic of contention in 1982. President Reagan now says
that tax increases are not being completely ruled out, if
these increases "wouldn't conflict with the stimulative
nature of [his] economic plan." As a result of new tax
laws, if both a husband and wife hold jobs, they can now
shelter a total of $4,000 in individual retirement accounts,
even if they have a retirement program at their place of
employment. However, this seems only fair, since the
additional tax paid by two working individuals if they are
married has still not been completely eradicated for the
1982 year. Says Treasury Secretary Regan, "We did the
best we could."
Father Donahue, left, accepts a por-
trait of Jesus, "The Carpenter," from
Dennis So»ka of Roman Inc. at the
recent Brotherhood convention.
Father Joe: 41 Years of Service to God and Man
The Rev. Joseph L. Donahue, 76,
chaplain of the Chicago Building
Trades Council and the man who
delivered the invocation to our recent
34th General Convention and our
Centennial Banquet, died of a heart
aUack on December 7. He was
stricken just before addressing a
seminar of the Chicago District
Council of Carpenters at the Holiday
Inn in Oak Lawn, III.
Affectionately known throughout
the labor movement, as "Father Joe,"
the Rev. Donahue came from a trade
union family. His father was a Boiler-
maker, and he was himself an ap-
prentice Lather and later a journey-
man of Lathers Local 74, Chicago. It
was during his work as a journeyman
lather that he had the call to broader
service to God and man as a priest.
He was ordained in 1940, and he
later earned a master of arts degree
in social work and was a licensed
social worker.
In his lifetime, Father Donahue
undoubtedly delivered more invoca-
tions and addresses before trade union
gatherings than any other clergyman
in history.
Father Donahue was among the first
of his union of Lathers to support
affiliation with the Brotherhood. When
the affiliation was accomplished in
1979, he said, "The Lathers will have
a genuine trade union home by affilia-
tion with the Carpenters, to whom
Brotherhood is truly meaningful."
THE CARPENTER
Six-year-old Alice plays with a doll, feels
the warmth of a fireplace, walks down a
hospital corridor with her foster parents.
CARPENTERS'
HELPING HANDS
Tennessee Member and Wife Struggle
to Bring Joy to Handicapped Child
Alice is a little six-year-old girl who
does many things other little girls do.
She takes her dollies out of their
stroller, rearranges their dresses, and
coos gently to them. When she is un-
happy, she cries little girl tears. When
she is happy, she sometimes sings
songs.
She likes for some people to touch
her naturally curly blond hair and tell
her how pretty it is.
"But not many people do that," says
Nancy Cain, news editor of The Mary-
ville Daily Times, Maryville, Tenn.
"They may start to say something to
Alice when they walk up behind her,
but, if Alice turns around, they usually
don't finish their sentence.
"Some even scream.
"One lady went into hysterics in a
grocery store when she saw Alice.
Other adults just stare briefly, and
they won't look back. Children, a bit
more direct, call her a monster."
Alice, you see, was born with no
face ... in a delivery room at the
University of Tennessee Hospital on
September 6, 1975.
The Maryville news editor describes
Alice's birth:
"The atmosphere in the delivery
room and in the intensive care nursery
at the hospital, those who heard of the
incident say, was one of shock, dismay
and even revulsion.
"Alice's condition is medically called
bi-lateral cleft face.
"But the words cannot convey the
emotions any human feels, trained for
years in medicine or not, when he or
she sees a newborn child with no
face."
Where all her facial characteristics
were supposed to be — eyes, nose,
mouth — there were only holes opening
into moist mucus membranes. A regu-
lar-sized baby bottle could fit about
three inches down into the hole where
the mouth should be, and Alice nursed
in this way as an infant. She had eye-
lids, but they were on the sides of her
face. There were no eyes beneath
those lids. All her life, Alice will be
blind.
Immediately after her birth, Alice
was moved into the intensive care
unit at the hospital, and it was there,
30 minutes later, that the woman who
was to become her foster mother al-
most two years later first saw the little
girl to whom she would devote her
life.
Mrs. Thelma Perkins, wife of Ray
Perkins, a member of Local 50, Knox-
ville, Tenn., was at that time a licensed
practical nurse in the intensive care
nursery, and she vividly remembers
the trauma the baby Alice created in
the nursery.
"I remember I cried that any little
baby would have to be born like that,"
she says. "It was hard to see all those
perfectly formed little babies struggle
for life and then die and then to look
at Alice and see how well she was
doing."
Alice got the hospital's most careful
attention. Experts there began imme-
diately to try to find ways to help
Alice's mother and family cope with
Alice's handicaps. Other agencies were
called in to begin a long process of
helping Alice — a process which will
probably continue the rest of Alice's
life.
Alice, because she had no palate or
mouth to speak of (the lower jaw was
almost normal ) , had to be fed through
a tube which was inserted in her face
and carefully threaded into her esoph-
agus.
The portion of her face through
which she breathed had to be kept
cleaned to keep down infections.
But finally, Alice went home with
her mother, an amazingly healthy
baby for someone with no face.
Mrs. Perkins missed her. For some
JANUARY, 1982
Raymond Thompson helps Alice put her
money in a miniature church collection
box.
Mrs. Perkins walks Alice to a school bus in the early dawn. All photos are by
Maryville-Alcoa Times Photographer Tillman Crane.
reason, she had been immediately at-
tracted to the baby which so many
shunned. She had. after all, seen 1,400
babies come through the nursery
while she was there without forming
an unusually close attachment to any
of them.
But Alice was different. She had
often picked up Alice from her bassi-
net and had rocked her ("She loved to
be rocked.").
Whenever Alice returned to the
hospital's clinic for check-ups, Mrs.
Perkins would accompany the doctors
to the facility to see Alice again.
She also kept up with Alice's mother
and helped her as best she could to
cope with the problems Alice pre-
sented.
Alice did have problems. The tube
was difficult to insert. Breathing prob-
lems cropped up because she had no
nose, nothing to help filter the air
before it hit her lungs.
Alice's mother finally decided that
Alice would have a better life if she
had someone else care for her.
The Department of Human Services
was one of the agencies which had
helped Alice's mother from the first.
Through its usual careful, slow-mov-
ing, record-keeping routine, the de-
partment assumed Alice as its own.
With the blessing of Alice's mother,
Mrs. Perkins and her husband, Ray-
mond, came to care for Alice.
Alice was 16 months old. The Per-
kins' have been lovingly, valiantly
serving as foster parents to the little
girl since.
Now six years old, Alice has had 1 1
different surgeries to give her the
semblance of a face. Thanks to plastic
surgery, she now has a nose, gums,
and some teeth in her upper mouth.
She now has a palate and can chew,
taste, and even smell.
This has cost the state of Tennessee,
through its Department of Human
Services, well over $60,000. The re-
maining surgeries would push costs
over $300,000.
But it is almost impossible to put a
price tag on a little girl's face. Alice
can survive with her face as it now
appears. But the medical knowledge
and facilities are available to make her
look almost normal, if the funds can
be found. It may take a dozen or more
additional operations, and perhaps
years to complete.
General President William Konyha,
deeply touched by Alice's plight, has
decided to ask for donations from
everyone of the 800,000 members of
the Brotherhood. He asks that every
member contribute at least a dollar to
the cause of establishing Carpenters'
Helping Hands, Inc., to provide funds
for Alice and for other such projects.
The coupon below can accompany
your donation.
Carpenters Helping Hands, Inc.
1 01 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 2000?
Yes, I want to provide funds {or Carpenters' Helping Hands, Inc. to assist
Alice and provide help for others in need. Here's my cash, check or money
order amounting fo $ .
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SPECIAL SECTION
78 State and Provincial Champs Demonstrate Skills
At 15th International Carpentry Apprenticeship Contest
Three fourth-year apprentices — one
from British Columbia, one from Colo-
rado and one from California — won top
honors in the trio of final competitions
that marked the 15th Annual Apprentice-
ship Contest.
The three winners were
• Carpenter: Daniel Halsey, Local
1235, Turlock, Calif., employed by the
Curtis Adams Construction Company.
• Millcabinet: Edward Fisher, a mem-
ber of Local 1328, Vancouver, B.C., em-
ployed by J. R. Berganson Ltd.
• Millwright: Floyd Allen Collier of
Brinville, Colo., a member of Local
2834, Denver.
The winners, who competed for the
top honors in the national contest held
in Denver, November 8-13, were among
78 finalists selected in state and provin-
cial contests from among more than
60,000 UBC apprentices.
General President William Konyha
congratulated the winners and all the
contestants for "keeping alive the spirit
of fine craftsmanship and the develop-
ment of working skills which have al-
ways held high priority in the Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners."
First General Vice President Patrick
Campbell, who has primary responsibil-
ity for the apprenticeship training pro-
gram, said: "This educational effort,
which is financed by both the union and
employers, is our way of preserving and
improving skills in carpentry, cabinet
work and millwright work for the coun-
try's younger generation."
The contest awards $9,500 in cash
prizes, as well as trophies and plaques.
Top prize winners each receive a hand-
crafted wooden John R. Stevenson tro-
phy. Their names will be inscribed on
the Finley C. Allen trophy at the union's
Washington headquarters. The carpentry
champion also receives the Olav Boen
Award, presented by the Seattle North-
west Chapter of the Associated General
Contractors.
The Grand Ballroom of the Denver Hilton Hotel was the setting for the Awards
Banquet. Above, First General Vice President Patrick J. Campbell delivers the
opening remarks to the gathering.
A special Golden Hammer Award was
presented to General Representative Ben
Collins of El Paso, Tex., who has
served the annual apprenticeship compe-
tition as a coordinating judge or in some
other capacity since the 1968 contest
in Kansas City, Mo.
Contestants in the final round under-
went a four-hour written test. In addi-
tion, they worked against the clock on
manipulative projects, that demonstrate
the skills they have learned as appren-
tices.
As a joint labor-management effort,
the contest is designed to focus attention
First Vice President Patrick J. Campbell
and General Secretary John S. Rogers
discuss blueprint for carpentry manipu-
lative project, displayed in Currigan Hall.
A millwright manipulative project from
the previous day's competition is on
display in the foreground.
on the training of apprentices and the
contribution that they, as skilled crafts-
people, make to the economies of the US
and Canada. Sponsors of the contest are
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America, the Associated
General Contractors, and the National
Association of Home Builders.
Among the Awards Banquet speakers, from left, below were: Master of Ceremonies William Pemberton of the AGC; Fifth
District Board Member Leon Greene; A. James Gielissen, chairman of the state committee; Peter D. Herder, National Assn. of
Home Builders; and Richard Pepper, Associated General Contractors.
JANUARY, 1982
A special section honoring the 78
carpentry, mill-cabinet, and
millwright contestants at the
1981 competition in Denver, Colo.,
November 11,12,13.
Carpentry Contestants
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY STATES AND PROVINCES
First PiDCB Winner
CALIFORNIA
DAVID HALSEY, 27,
in his spare time, is
restoring a 1966 Corvette
convertible "from the
ground up." He is single,
and a member of Local
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1235 in Modesto. He
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would like to work into
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supervision or contract-
ing. He enjoys, as
hobbies, riding motor-
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cycles and skiing. He
has worked for Curtis
Adams Contraction Co.
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and David L. Berry Con-
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struction.
Secand Place Winner
MONTANA
J. DAVID HANSON,
25, likes to race sprint
cars in his spare time.
He and his wife. Ginger,
along with their five-
year-old child, Bracken,
live in Missoula, where
he received his appren-
ticeship instruction. He
is employed with Sletten
Construction in Great
Falls. The Montana
JATC sponsored him
for the contest.
Third Place Winner
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NEW JERSEY
JOHN F. PHELAN, III,
29, is currently renovat-
ing the home that he and
his wife, Pat, and their
six-month-old daughter.
Heather, live in. He
studied engineering for
a short time at Temple
University before enter-
ing the apprenticeship
program with Local 393
in Camden; an uncle
belongs to the Brother-
hood in Boston. He likes
to fish, water ski, and
play Softball.
Fifth Place Winner
NEVADA
HAROLD C. GEYER,
26, says he's "into
passive solar design and
building." He is a mem-
ber of Local 971, as is
his brother, Gary, winner
of the Nevada State
Contest in 1975. He and
his wife, Ula, live with
their son, Harry, in
Reno. He has future
plans of becoming a
contractor.
THE CARPENTER
ALABAMA
ARKANSAS
CONNECTICUT
BENNY RAY PAYNE,
a member, along with
his father Roscoe, of
Local 103, is finishing
his apprenticeship train-
ing at Brossfield and
Gorris. He is married
to Debra and has one
child, Lisa. When not
involved in carpentry,
he spends much of his
time riding and showing
his horses.
ARIZONA
DUANE BURRIS, 24,
would like to design and
fabricate agriculture
equipment. He is a
member of Local 1089,
and received his train-
ing from the Central
Area Arizona Joint
Apprenticeship Training
Committee. He is mar-
ried to Brenda, and
aspires to construction
management, and com-
pleting a degree in inter-
disciplinary engineering.
He lives in Glendale
and has attended Phoenix
College and Glendale
Community College,
DAVID C. MAYFIELD,
a member of Local 576,
of which his deceased
grandfather was also a
member, was sponsored
by the Arkansas Dis-
trict Council of Car-
penters. He would like to
become a general fore-
man, and be involved in
constructing a building
"that will be a monument
for my family to look
back upon." He would
also like to build his own
home for himself and his
wife Debbie. He has
constructed most of the
furniture in his home.
COLORADO
DAVID L. SPEARS, 24,
along with his father-in-
law Manuel Rodriguez
and brother-in-law
Jerome Alvarez, is a
member of Local 2249.
He is finishing his
apprenticeship training
at Sharp Construction
Co. He would like "very
much" to build his own
house for his wife Julie
Ann, and their 2 Vi -year-
old son. Earl James. He
trained in Denver and
lives in Thornton.
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
JOHN TORTORA, 25,
would like to "work
hard," and do some
traveling before settling
down. He is single, and
he and his father,
Anthony, are both
members of Local 24. He
would like to build his
own house, and "loves
friends, motorcycle
riding, traveling, and
girls . . . but not in that
order." He trained at Eli
Whitney and has worked
for Tomlinson, Hawley
& Patterson.
DELAWARE
WILLIAM N. JEANES,
27, was sponsored by,
and is a member of.
Local 626. He received
his apprenticeship train-
ing at Delcastle Technical
Vocational School. He
and his wife Sheila were
expecting a baby in
December, and he
aspires to buying some
land and building his
own house.
ROBERT G. NORTH,
26, says his hobbies are
basically all carpentry-
related. He Hkes building
his own tables, lamps,
and other furniture, and
would like to build his
own house. He is a mem-
ber of Local 132. He
describes himself as
"single, almost married"
to Annite Mindte. He
attended high school in
Annapolis, Md., and is
employed by C. J.
Coakley.
GEORGIA
DAVID W. FRAMBES,
25, has many interests,
including the collection
of carpentry tools and
running in cross country
and road races. He is a
foreman with the Walsh
Construction Company,
and would like to pro-
gress into higher super-
visory positions. A mem-
ber of Local 283, he is
also interested in teach-
ing in the apprenticeship
program. Some day, he
hopes to buy land, and
build his wife Sherry
and baby, Jessica, a
"dreamhouse".
JANUARY, 1982
[arpentry
Contestants,
continued
HAWAII
ALLAN S. MORIMOTO,
28, would like to start
his own remodeling
business. Obtaining his
apprenticeship training
at Maui Community
College, he and his
brother Michael, are
both members of Local
745. His wife's name is
Elsie, and he enjoys
fishing and jazz music.
He has worked for S.
Hiyakumoto and Bruce
Matson, Inc.
ILLINOIS
WILLIAM P. LARSON,
27, is a member of Local
141, and lives with his
wife, Stephanie, and
three-year old son,
Christopher Lawrence,
in Moline. He received
his apprenticeship train-
ing from the Rock Island
J. A. C, and at Jim
Manning Construction
and R. A. Hillebrand &
Son. He would like to
open his own wood shop.
INDIANA
SCOTT D. REINHOLD,
27, designed the home
that he is currently
building for himself and
his wife Debra. He is a
member of Local 413,
along with four other
family members: his
father Byron, Sr., and
three brothers, Byron,
Jr., V. Douglas, and
Jeffrey. He is currently
working for Gibson-
Lewis, Inc. in Mishawaka.
IOWA
KEITH C. HALSTEAD,
28, and his wife, Cheryll,
at the time of the con-
test, were expecting their
second child "any day".
His four-year-old son's
name is Danny. He was
sponsored by, and is
a member of. Local 106
of Des Moines. His future
plans, in his own words,
are to "keep pounding
nails." His employer is
Breiholz Construction Co.
KENTUCKY
MAINE
CHRIS G. BRIDGES,
21, of Mayfield has
recently purchased some
land upon (or should it
be within?) which he
plans to build a semi-
underground home for
himself and his wife
Cindy; plans include use
of passive solar energy
and alternate heat. A
member of Local 2049,
he has a family history
of membership in the
local union: his deceased
grandfather Thomas, his
father Gaylon, his uncle
Donald Hargrove, and
his cousin Joe Dowdy.
He is a deacon at Clarks
River Baptist Church,
and enjoys basketball,
Softball, and singing.
LOUISIANA
DENNIS JAMES
COLOMB, 27, recently
bought a house that he
plans to remodel. He
and his wife Kim have
one child, a two-month-
girl named Casey. A
member of Local 1098
in Baton Rouge, he is
employed by Taylor-
Samaha Construction.
He enjoys cars, hunting,
and fishing.
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33, built his own house
for himself and his wife
Jill at Monroe, Me. He
is a member of Local
621, in Bangor, and is
employed at H. P.
Cummings. He has
thoughts of someday
opening a millwork
shop. He was the oldest
of the contestants in the
1981 competition.
MARYLAND
FRANK TORSELLA,
27, and his brother,
Anthony, are both fourth-
year apprentices with
Local 101 in Baltimore.
He and his wife Ruth
have two children —
Jamie, age 10, and
Helen, age 1. He has
worked with different
companies during his
apprenticeship training,
and says he just enjoys
"working with tools."
Employers have included
H. C. Berk Co., Cummin-
Hart, and Stofflet and
Tillotson.
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THE CARPENTER
MASSACHUSETTS
PAUL RIENDEAU, 23,
of Berkley has dreams of
building his own house
for his wife Carol Anne,
and himself. He is a
member of Local 1305,
as is his cousin, Larry
Perreault. For hobbies,
he scuba dives and rides
horses with his wife. He
would like to some day
by a superintendant on
the job; he has worked
as an acting super-
intendant for three weeks
on one job. He works
for Cape Cod Lathe
and Plaster Co. •
MICHIGAN
CRAIG E. MTZEMA,
21, enjoys a variety of
outdoor activities — hunt-
ing, fishing, canoeing,
camping, archery, and
skiing. He is a bachelor
and a member of Local
335 in Grand Rapids.
His father. Dale, is also
a member of the same
local. He aspires to a
management position.
He has worked for
C-Way Construction,
Fennel Marine Inc., and
Ungersinger and Morse
Construction Co.
MINNESOTA
TIMOTHY SANDEEN,
27, a three-year veteran
of the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, would like
to be involved in a man-
agement position, pos-
sibly in a wood products
company. A member of
Local 1644, he and his
wife Michelle have two
children; Thomas Robert,
three years, and Brian
Timothy, four months.
He likes to hunt, trap
shoot, and is interested
in gun smithing. Ap-
prenticeship training was
in Minneapolis with the
Twin Cities Joint Ap-
prenticeship Committee.
Before military service
and since, Sandeen has
worked for Ravenhorst
Corp.
MISSISSIPPI
MARTY W. WILLIAMS,
24, an ex-football player
for Mississippi State
University, enjoys hunt-
ing, fishing, and, most
importantly, "being with
my family." His nearby
family includes his wife
Cathy, and his father,
Walter; both father and
son are members of
Local 1471. He would
like to build a home and
raise a family of his own.
MISSOURI
MICHAEL BLAINE, 28,
has future plans of
obtaining a degree in
architecture, and design-
ing and building his own
home. He's married to
Sherry, and has two
children, Thor, age 6,
and Tara, age 3. A
member of Local 1904,
he was sponsored for the
contest by the Missouri
State Council. He is
currently restoring an
older home, and his
favorite sport is frisbee —
"game of the future."
He received his training
at the W. W. Hutton
Training Center in
Kansas City.
NEW YORK
OHIO
PHILIP E. STILLER, Jr.,
is training with Local
964 in the Rockland
County area, and would
like to one day be
involved as an instructor
in the apprenticeship
training program. He is
married to Lori, has a
two-year-old girl, Alison,
and another child "on
the way." He has just
recently completed the
building of his own
home, and he is employed
by Fred L. Holt.
STEPHEN PAUL
JAVOREK, 24, enjoys
restoring old houses and
old cars. He is a member
of Local 11, as is his
uncle John. He is finish-
ing up his apprenticeship
studies at the Max Hayes
Vocational School in
Cleveland, and he is
currently working on
plans for a self-suflicient
energy home for himself
and his wife Teri. Em-
ployers have included
Gleeson Construction
and Donley Construction
Cos.
OKLAHOMA
RAY ALLEN PHIL-
LIPS, 27, lives with his
wife Ila and five children
in Sapulpa. He is a
member of Local 943;
his stepfather, Gunner
Benson, is also a member
of the same local. He is
employed with Charles
Self Construction in
Tulsa, and would like
to one day build his own
home.
JANUARY, 1982
11
PENNSYLVANIA
THOMAS C. BERES-
FORD, 27, is part of a
Brotherhood family: he,
his four brothers, and
his father all belong to
Pittsburgh area Local
462. His wife's name is
Jill. Currently employed
with Vraco, he was
looking forward to
spending some time at
one of his favorite
sports: After the Denver
contest, he was off to
the ski slopes.
RHODE ISLAND
STEVEN LANDRY, 22,
belongs to Local 342, as
does his brother Paul.
He and his wife Luann
live in Warwick. He is
employed with Building
Components in North
Kingston, and hopes
to work up to super-
intendent status. He has
won carpentry contests
before, receiving a com-
plete set of tools as an
award in high school.
TENNESSEE
RANDALL L. WATSON
lives with his wife Kathy
in Maryville and enjoys
working on fine furniture,
particularly display
cabinets. He is a member
of Local 50; three of
his uncles also belong to
the same local. He
obtained his apprentice-
ship training in Knox-
ville. He has recently
finished remodeling his
house, and now spends
much of his spare time
on a favorite hobby —
restoring antique cars.
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BRIAN S. ZIELINSKI,
24, would like to own his
own construction com-
pany. He is single and a
member of Local 213 in
Houston. His father is
also a member of Local
213. He is finishing up his
apprenticeship training
at Marxen & Son, Inc.
WEST VIRGINIA
JACK LIVINGOOD, 21,
last year completed a
home for his wife Jodi
and himself. He is a
member of Local 450.
He is employed with
Big "D" Construction,
and would like to move
into construction man-
agement. His favorite
application of his car-
pentry skills is making
cabinets.
WASHINGTON
DONALD W. TINK-
HAM, JR., is a member
of Local 1303 in Port
Angeles. His contest
sponsor was the Wash-
ington State District
Council. He is married
with two children, a 21-
month-old girl and a 6-
month-old boy. He has
obtained his apprentice-
ship training at Peninsula
College and a number
of area construction
firms.
RONALD BRENT
LYCANS, 24, father of
three with his wife Robin,
has plans to build his
own home. He, and his
brother Jeffrey, are both
members of Local 302.
He is currently employed
with National Engineer-
ing. When not doing car-
pentry work, he likes
to race go-carts. He lives
is Prichard.
WISCONSIN
JEFFREY W. KIR-
CHOFF, 24. has aspira-
tions of owning his own
building company. He is
single and a member of
Local 1741. His ap-
prenticeship training has
taken place primarily in
the Milwaukee area,
including employment
with Stearns Construction
and Hallmark Builders.
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WYOMING
STEPHEN L. SMITH,
29, enjoys designing
alternate energy homes
and working on old cars.
A member of Local 469,
he and his wife Patricia
have three children, ages
six, four, and one, and
live in Cheyenne. He is
receiving his apprentice-
ship training through the
Wyoming JATC. Em-
ployers has included
Commonwealth Electric
Co., Brand Insulation,
Hensel Philens, Morrison
— Knudson, and Centric.
ALBERTA
DENNIS WILLIAMS,
29, has plans to build his
own house in the near
future. He is a member
of Local 1325, and is
finishing his apprentice-
ship with Cana Construc-
tion Co. Ltd. He is
married to Vivian.
MANITOBA
STEPHEN B. SPROULE,
27, would like to build
a house in the country
some day. He is working
on his apprenticeship
training in the employ
of P. C. L. Construction
Ltd. He is a member of
Local 343 in Winnipeg.
He and his wife Donna
have two children, and
he enjoys playing soccer.
ONTARIO
ANTHONY VAND-
EREERDEN has in his
future plans traveling
and starting his own
company. He a member
of Local 494, and cur-
rently employed at
Hofly Construction Co.
Ltd. He and his wife
Michelle live in Ontario.
His hobbies are photog-
raphy and building
furniture.
SASKATCHEWAN
VICTOR FUCHS, 21,
would like to build an
"earth sheltered house."
He is single and belongs
to the same local as his
father; Local 1805. He
enjoys hunting, fishing,
and looks forward to a
future in the carpentry
trade. His training was
at Kelsey Institute in
Saskatoon. Employers
have been Smith Brothers
and Wilson.
Busy
Day
at the
Contest
Each contestant
received a white
windbreaker with
the Brotherhood's
centennial emblem
on the back.
Contestants unload their tools from buses at the contest site.
Lumber neatly stacked as the manipulative test begins.
Hundreds of vocational students witnessed the competition.
JANUARY, 1982
13
mill-Cabinet
[ontestants
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
BY STATE AND PROVINCES
First Place Ulinner
BRITISH COLUMBIA
EDWARD FISHER, 24, a member of Local 1328
is finishing his apprenticeship training with J. R.
Bezanson. Ltd. He and his wife, Darlene, own
their own home in Port Moody, His brother.
Arthur, is also a Brotherhood member. Soccer is
his favorite pastime.
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Second Place UJinner
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
WILLIAM P. CASWELL, 27, is a member of
Local 1694, along with his father, William B. He
and his wife, Lynn Katherine, have one son, Brian,
age 3, and they live in Fairfax, Va. For recreation,
he works on his "pride and joy," a 1974 Porsche
914, and attends S.C.C.A. sports car racing events.
He has worked for Athol Woodworking and Lank
Woodwork.
Third Place Ulinner
NEW YORK
LUCA VALENTINO, 33. is completing his ap-
prenticeship training with Theo. Amberg. He is a
graduate of the City College of New York, with a
degree in philosophy, and studied mill-cabinetry at
the New York City District Council Labor Tech-
nical College. He likes scuba diving, collecting and
using old tools, and would like to one day be
involved in making fine reproductions. He and his
wife, Claudia, live in Flushing.
CALIFORNIA
MICHAEL WARREN,
21, was the youngest mill-
cabinet apprentice com-
peting in the contest. He
is single and lives in San
Rafael. A member of
Local 42, he is finishing
his apprenticeship train-
ing in Mill Valley and
at Smelmack Cabinets.
COLORADO
GREG F. FISH, 24, a
member of Local 1583,
enjoys riding motor-
cycles and collecting old
tools, in addition to mak-
ing cabinets. He received
his apprenticeship train-
ing in Denver. Married
to Darva, he is em-
ployed at G. K. Custom
Cabinets.
Coordinating Judge Dick
Hutchinson, left, confers with
VBC Technical Director Jim
Tinkcom.
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THE CARPENTER
CONNECTICUT
ANTHONY GAGLI-
ARDI, 22, single,
aspires to "further my
learning in every way
and to one day have a
shop of my own." A high
school award winner for
advanced skills in con-
struction and cabinet
work, he enjoys boxing
at an area gym and has
considered "turning pro."
His dream is to build his
own house, from start
to finish. He is employed
by Eastern Woodwork
Co. of West Haven.
ILLINOIS
JOHANN MERK-
HOFER, 22, single, likes
skiing, motorcycling,
and working with wood.
His father is also a cabi-
net maker; they are both
members of Local 1784.
Trained at Washburn
Trade School, his ap-
prenticeship training has
taken place at Imperial
Woodwork company and
Form Corporation.
INDIANA
PATRICK E. BERZAI,
31, has the unusual
hobby of raising bonsai,
the miniature trees de-
veloped in Japan. He
also enjoys collecting
tools, sailing, and skiing.
He and his wife Denise
have three children, in-
cluding twins. He would
like to build a home
during the next two
years, and "restore old
landmarks that have
been destroyed."
KENTUCKY
KENNETH S. DIX, JR.,
26, would like to start
his own cabinet making
business. He and his
father are members of
Local 64. His wife's
name is Robin. He en-
joys working with wood,
in addition to hunting,
fishing, cooking, and
playing basketball.
Kister Wood Products is
his employer.
MARYLAND
BRUCE P. BROWN, 24,
with his wife, Linda,
would like to buy a
house and start a family.
He is completing his
apprenticeship training at
Knipp & Co. of Balti-
more. He collects old
tools, and enjoys build-
ing and collecting clocks.
He is a member of Local
974.
NEW JERSEY
RALPH PORTER, 23, is
getting married next
year and would like to
start his own business.
He has a father in Local
325, a brother in Local
15, and he is a member
of Local 620. Sponsored
by the New Jersey Ap-
prentice Committee, he
enjoys model railroading,
furniture making, and
toy making. He's em-
ployed by North Jersey
Acoustics.
OKLAHOMA
RANDY IVAN SAN-
TOS, 25, when he's not
working with wood, is
acting, dancing, and
entertaining; he has won
national dance awards.
He is interested in restor-
ing houses and plans to
get a degree in real
estate. He is single and
has aspirations of some-
day building his own
custom house. A member
of Local 943, Randy
lives in Tulsa.
PENNSYLVANIA
RONALD M. VICK-
LESS, 25, and his wife,
Freda, are the proud
parents of a two-month-
old baby boy, Joseph
Michael. Both he and his
father are members of
Pittsburgh locals — Local
1160 and Local 230 re-
spectively. He is complet-
ing his apprenticeship
training at Fort Pitt
Fixture and Custom
House.
WASHINGTON
BRUCE VREDE-
VOODG, 24, would like
to build his own house,
using heavy timbers.
Ideally, he would like to
own and work on a
small farm in the sum-
mers with his wife,
Nina, and spend the cold
months making furni-
ture. He plays classical
guitar, and likes to hike
and hunt. He is a mem-
ber of Local 756 and
lives in Bellingham. He
attended Northern Ari-
zona University for a
time, and his employers
have included Lummi
Construction, Benner
Corp., Trillium Corp.,
and Riverside Millwork.
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[ontestants
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
BY STATES AND PROVINCES
First Place Ulinner
COLORADO
FLOYD ALLAN COLLIER, 26. is obtaining his
on-the-job training in Denver through employment
with Westinghouse, Vanguard, Millwright Service
Company, and Western Power Services, and other
firms. He is a member of Local 2834. He and his
wife Judy live in Broomfield with their 18-month
old son. His hobbies are flying, hunting, gun-
smithing, and fishing.
Second Place Ulinner
WEST VIRGINIA
GARY LEE BREWER, 30, in addition to finishing
his apprenticeship training as a member of Local
2430, is also nearing completion of a business
degree from Marshall University. He and his wife
Kathy have three children, ages 7, 5, and 2. He
has work experience with Union Boiler Co.,
Pittsburgh Bridge & Iron, and Echileon Corpora-
tion. He looks forward to continuing his trade as a
member of the Brotherhood and to continuing
his work with Christian youth.
Third Place UJinner
KANSAS
STAN SHOWALTER is interested in becoming
involved in the shipbuilding industry as a mill-
wright. He, his wife Julie, and their son Edward
live in Kansas City. He is a member of Local 1529
His interests include hunting, racing motorcycles —
he has been competing in semi-professional events
for five years, and scouting — he achieved Eagle
Scout.
ARIZONA
MIKE R. HAYCOCK,
23, grew up in Page,
Ariz., and would like to
someday return to his
childhood home to live
at Lake Powell. He is a
member of Local 1914,
and he and his wife
Cheryl and his daughter
Maren Nicole currently
live in Buckeye. He is
employed with the
Bechtel Power Corpora-
tion. He likes to water
ski, and would like to
live in a self-contained
underground home. He
received his apprentice-
ship training in Phoenix.
CALIFORNIA
RICHARD H. WOR-
STER, 31, is looking
forward to a future as a
millwright. He and his
wife Susan live in Berke-
ley where he has taken
classes at the University
of California. He is a
member of Local 102
and is finishing his train-
ing with Boeing Airport
Equipment. He enjoys
woodworking and is
interested in philosophy.
THE CARPENTER
i
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
ILLINOIS
WILLIAM D. BLAKE,
23, would like to build a
log cabin. He is a mem-
ber of Local 1831. His
father, William C. Blake,
and brother, Jeff Blake,
also belong to the same
local. He and his wife,
Tina, have a two-year-
old son, Christopher
Beau. In his spare time,
he enjoys building and
riding motorcycles, and
playing guitar.
GEORGIA
PATRICK L. WHID-
DON, 22, has future
plans to, as a millwright,
"learn everything possi-
ble about the trade." He
is a member of Local
144, as is his brother
Ricky. He is employed
with Brennan Southern
Company in Atlanta. His
wife's name is Nancy,
and he lives in Marshall-
ville.
MICHAEL F. KOSCO,
25, is receiving hi&
training at Washburne
Trade School and with
the Hunter Corporation.
He is a member of Local
1693, along with his
father-in-law, Joseph
Faisiang. He is married
to Judy Marie. He cur-
rently enjoys painting
cars and water skiing,
and would like to learn
how to fly.
INDIANA
KENTUCKY
EDWARD C. NILSON,
30, is interested in some
day building an under-
ground home for his
wife, Pam, and their
two children. Heather
and Leif. He is a mem-
ber of Local 1043 in
La Porte. His father,
Edward, is also a mem-
ber of 1043. He looks
forward to a future in
the trade. His hobbies
are gunsmithing, gun
collecting, stamp collect-
ing and hunting. He has
been employed by
Morrison Construction
and by Calumet Con-
struction.
RICKY D. CLARK, 22,
has future hopes of con-
tinuing to e.xcel in the
millwright trade. He is a
member of Local 2209,
and is currently em-
ployed with Ziniz Inc.
He and his wife Sherry
are intending to start
building a house soon,
and plan on "doing
most of the work our-
selves."
MICHIGAN
LARRY TEUNESSEN,
29, is finishing up his
apprenticeship training
at Kalamazoo Valley
Community College and
McCormick Enterprises.
He and his brother
Robert are members of
Local 2252 in Grand
Rapids. He is single and
enjoys hunting and
fishing.
Firsl Vice Presi-
dent Pat Campbell
is interviewed by a
Denver television
crew at the contest
site.
MINNESOTA
WAYNE CIESINSKI,
31, looks forward to
excelling in his trade.
He is a member of
Local 548 in St. Paul,
where he is also receiv-
ing his apprenticeship
training. He is employed
with Rapistan Inc.
NEVADA
RONALD JENSEN, 28,
enjoys collecting old
tools and "all projects
involving working with
any precision tools." He
is a member of Local
1827 in Las Vegas, and
lives near by with wife
Sherry, and two children,
James and Cassandra. A
hobby of his is working
on car and boat engines.
He also enjoys water
sports and plans to build
his own home. He has
worked for Rexnord,
Jesco, CE, Catalytic,
Swineston and Walberg,
and Babcock Wilcox.
JANUARY, 1982
17
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milluiright
Contestants,
continued
NEW JERSEY
JOHN P. ATTANASIO,
30. enjoys hunting, boat-
ing, and working on
stock cars. He is a mem-
ber of Local 455, receiv-
ing training at Somerset
County Vocational
Technical Institution
and with the Campanella
Construction Co, He and
his wife Linda have two
daughters, ages IVi and
2 weeks, at the time of
the contest.
NEW YORK
OHIO
MARK CILLA, 26, and
his wife, Joni, are cur-
rently in the process of
restoring their 60-year-
old home. He is a mem-
ber of Local 740, as is
his father-in-law, Paul
Scolaro. He is finishing
his studies with the New
York District Council
Apprenticeship and
Journeyman Retraining
School and is employed
with Bing Engineering of
Chicago. He attended
the University of Massa-
chusetts.
ROBERT LEE REED,
23, of Portsmouth, is
interested in moving for-
ward in his trade and
becoming more involved
in the Brotherhood. He
is single and a member
of Local 1519. He is
receiving his training at
the Ashland Vocational
School. He likes to work
on cars and collect old
tools, and he'd like to
get more involved in the
internal workings of the
union.
OKLAHOMA
PENNSYLVANIA
DAVID EUGENE
EASTERBY, 28, of
Claremore, is in the
process of building a
home for his wife
Debbie, himself, and his
three girls. He is a
member of Local 1015,
training with Local 943
in Tulsa. His employ-
ment experience has
been with J. A. Jones
Construction and Austin
Power Inc. He enjoys
working with wood and
playing billiards. He
also rebuilds old pickup
trucks.
KURT KAHL, 28, says
he'd like to be the first
millwright on the moon.
He attended Ohio Uni-
versity before beginning
his apprenticeship train-
ing with Pittsburgh Local
2235. He has done work
for Westinghouse, Gen-
eral Electric, and Adam-
Stewart Erecting. He is
single, and enjoys scuba
diving, hunting, fishing,
and skiing.
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
MICHAEL O. WAL-
LING, 26, has skills
beyond millwrighting —
he rebuilds old cars and
Harley Davidson motor-
cycles. He attended
Memphis Area Voca-
tional Technical School
before beginning his
millwright apprentice-
ship. He is a member of
Local 1357 in Memphis
and is currently em-
ployed with Millwright
Service. His wife's name
is Johanna.
WENDELL WAYNE
KUHLMAN, JR., 22,
would like to continue to
learn more about his
craft, and eventually go
into business for himself.
He is single and a mem-
ber of Local 2232 in
Houston. He is finishing
up his apprenticeship
training with Mechan-
ical Craftsmen Inc. He
enjoys hunting, fishing,
and most water sports.
He attended the South-
ern States A.pprentice-
ship Conference in
Atlanta, Ga., last July.
WASHINGTON
TIMOTHY E. OST-
WALD, 23, is interested
in progressing to a
supervisory position and
pursuing the field of
engineering. He is a
member of Local 1699;
his father and brother
are members of Local
1132 in Alpena, Mich,
He has had employment
experience with Boldt
Construction, Wright-
Schuchart-Harbor, Rust
Engineering, and J. A.
Jones. He is married to
Christine. He enjoys
hunting, fishing, skiing,
and all types of sports.
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THE CARPENTER
ONTARIO
F. ALAN KIDMAN,
28, a member of Local
1592, has three other
family members in the
Brotherhood: George
Kidman, Local 1916,
Hamilton, and David
and John, both in Local
1592, Sarnia. He is
completing his appren-
ticeship training at
George Brown College in
Toronto and is em-
ployed with Comstock
International. He is
married to Mary; they
have two sons, Willy and
Jeffery. His hobbies
include playing hockey,
golf, and woodworking.
Three judges con-
sider the workman-
ship of a millwright
contestant who has
completed his
manipulative proj-
ect. At far right are
Coordinating
Judges John Pruitt
of the UBC and
Richard Hutchin-
son of the AGC.
JWVlK^ for the annual International Carpentry Apprenticeship Contest are
drawn from labor and management alike. With blueprints, checklists, tape
measures, pencils, and clipboards, they move about the contest site grading each
contestant on a long list of items, using a point system and knowing the contestants
only by their assigned contest numbers. The judges for the 1981 contest at Denver,
Colo., are shown in the pictures above and below.
CARPENTRY JUDGES
— John Casinghino, fore-
ground, briefs carpentry
judges. From left: J.
Natoli, management;
Tom Parkinson, UBC;
Wilbur Hays, UBC; J. F.
Cross, UBC; Galen L.
Frichie, management; and
Bob Sawatzky, Poole
Construction Co.
MILL-CABINET
JUDGES— i^oy/e Bran-
non of the UBC Appren-
ticeship and Training
Department reviews con-
test work with Mill-
Cabinet Judges Frank
Carlucci of Colonial
Millwork, Inc.; Donald
Reynolds, UBC; William
Hanselman, Mechanics
Planing Mill; and Jose
Aparicio, UBC.
MILLWRIGHT
JUDGES— Genera/
Representative Jim Hunt
goes over the details of
the millwright competi-
tion with Judges Charles
Duke of Duke & Duke
Co.; Arthur Timmons,
E. H. Hinds Co.; John
Irvine, UBC; Walter
Oliveira, UBC; Robert
Rose, UBC; and Everett
Holland, management.
JANUARY, 1982
First General Vice President Patrick J. Campbell keynotes the
conference by urging continued strong parlicipalion in the
PETS program. Among lite speakers at the opening session
were Bob Patton, Coordinator. Oklahoma State Dept. of
Vocational and Technical Education, left, and Duke Neilson,
Associate General Contractors, Denver. Colo., second from
left, with Technical Director Jim Tinkcom, third from left,
introducing the guests.
The Ballroom of the Denver Hilton Hotel
was filled to capacity, as training instruc-
tors, coordinators, and directors from all
over North America assembled for this
important conference.
Art Led ford of the
National Joint
Committee was a
speaker.
Training Conference Discusses
School Sites and Sessions
In one of the largest gatherings of its kind, the 1981
Carpentry Training Conference at Denver, Colo., Novem-
ber 9 and 10, set the stage for busy apprenticeship and
pre-apprenticeship programs in the new year.
Participants heard reports on additional participation
in PETS (Performance Evaluation Training System) by
local joint committees. They considered the problems
brought on by the federal government's budget cuts in
manpower training, and they vowed to stabilize and
strengthen the training system in spite of the economic
hardships of the construction industry.
Among the topics of the Denver conference were:
Selecting a Training Facility, Scheduling Apprenticeship
Training Sessions, Structuring a Pre-Apprenticeship Pro-
gram, and Selection and Orientation of Apprenticeship
Instructors."
Participants also viewed new slide series on lathing and
cabinetry.
II
A lOOlh Anniversary banner marked the
occasion in the hotel vestibule.
All of the contestunts in the 1981 contest, wearing special while jackets, were
presented to the conference.
20
THE CARPENTER
Four-Hour Written Test Checks Craft Knowledge
A four-hour written test
adds points to a contest-
ant's overall score at the
annual International
Carpentry Apprenticeship
Contest. Smalt calcula-
tors are permitted.
Under the watchful eyes of judges, con-
testants demonstrate their use of
precision tools.
Contestants are shown the proper use of
a surveying transit before being tested
on same.
International Appeals Committee in Session
The Brotherhood's Appeals Committee meets periodically at the General
Offices in Washington, D.C., to consider problems brought before it. Its most
recent session in November marked the final committee work for one member
— Mario Alleva, business representative of the Miami, Fla., District Council,
seated at right — who is retiring. Others shown from left, include: Anthony L.
Ramos, secretary, of the California State Council, chairman; George Tichac,
secretary, Indiana State Council; Tulio Miar, president, Local 2693, Port
Arthur, Ont.; and George Laufenberger, president of the Central New Jersey
District Council.
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Informational Campaign
At Ethan Allen Furniture
"If you expect and pay for quality craftsmanship . . . Read
this before you buy." So begins a leaflet now being distributed
to Ethan Allen consumers by Brotherhood members. The
leafletting was prompted by Ethan Allen's continued refusal
to grant a decent collective bargaining agreement to furniture
workers at the Company's Burnham, Maine plant.
The employees have twice voted for representation by the
UBC. But the Company has steadfastly refused to sign what
the employees most want: a union agreement providing decent
wages and working conditions. The workers first voted for the
UBC in September 1979 and two months later, the National
Labor Relations Board certified the UBC as the legal collec-
tive bargaining representative. However, after a year of union
efforts to secure an agreement, an attempt was made to de-
certify the union in January of last year. Again, the Burnham
workers voted in favor of the UBC, asking that Ethan Allen
sit down at the bargaining table and sign an agreement pro-
viding union wages and union conditions. Again, the Company
refused. As a result, the UBC has initiated a national infor-
mational campaign geared to consumers at Ethan Allen's
retail furniture outlets throught out the U.S.
The leaflet, now being distributed at Ethan Allen outlets,
explains:
"There are signs that Ethan Allen Furniture, now a sub-
sidiary of a diversified conglomerate called Interco, may no
longer be concerned about maintaining the high quality
skilled workforce that built the Ethan Allen reputation for
craftsmanship. The bottom line is that Ethan Allen refuses
to recognize the connection between retaining quality
craftsmen and paying a decent wage. Is Ethan Allen willing
to sacrifice its skilled craftsmen to keep its wages low?"
The pamphlet concludes by soliciting support, and asking
consumers to speak up to Ethan Allen management.
For further information about the dispute and the UBC's
efforts in support of the Burnham workers, contact the De-
partment of Organization at the General Office. (Councils
and Locals should not initiate action on their own.)
UBC members picket Ethan Allen's corporate headquarters
in Danbury, Connecticut.
Job Corps Conference
Reviews 1981 Training
A conference of Brotherhood coordi-
nators, instructors, and field representa-
tives working with the US Job Corps
assembled in Denver, Colo., in Novem-
ber, to meet during the week of the
International Carpentry Apprenticeship
Contest. A total of 165 attended.
Among the speakers, shown in the
picture at left, were Millard Mitchell,
assistant director of human resources pro-
grams, USDA Forest Service; T. R.
Delaney, manpower development special-
ist. Forest Service; Doug Smalt, Job
Corps specialist. Department of Interior;
and Edward Pritchard, contracting offi-
cer. Job Corps, Forest Service. Duane
Sowers, Brotherhood manpower and
training coordinator, is beyond the
rostrum.
Registration is at lower left and a view
of the participants is at lower right.
22
THE CARPENTER
Washington
Report
AREAS ADD TO LABOR SURPLUS
The U.S. Department of Labor has designated
seven additional areas in five states as labor
surplus because of high unemployment. Employers
in such areas are eligible for preference in obtain-
ing federal procurement contracts.
The additions, effective Nov. 1, 1981, through
May 31, 1982, are in Alabama, California, Maine,
Missouri, and Wisconsin. They bring the total
number of current labor surplus areas to 1,122.
The six new areas are: Alabama — Elmore and
Tallapoosa counties; California — Ontario City in
San Bernardino County; Maine — Androscoggin
County; Missouri — Howell County; and Wisconsin
— Clark County.
REAGAN NOMINEE REJECTED
John Van de Water's pro-management record
was too strong even for the Republican-dominated
Senate Labor Committee; so President Reagan's
nominee for chairman of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board was recently rejected by an 8-8 vote.
The administration's defeat was decided by Senator
Lowell Weicker (R.-Conn.), who joined seven
Democrats in opposing confirmation.
Efforts by Chairman Orrin Hatch (R.-Utah) to
obtain a vote to move the nomination to the Senate
floor — first without recommendation, and later
with a negative recommendation — also were
defeated.
SOCIAL SECURITY TAX UP
The US Social Security tax rose, this month,
from 6.65% each for employer and employee to
6.7%. At the same time, the amount of annual
income to be taxed rose, as well. This year Social
Security taxes will be taken from $32,400 of a wage
earner's income, up from $29,700 last year.
Under the law, the amount of income subject to
the tax raises automatically each year with inflation.
The combined effect of these increases in base and
rate will be to lift the maximum Social Security tax
this year by nearly 10%, or $195.75, to $2,170.80
per wage earner.
LABOR'S PATCO FAMILY FUND
The AFL-CIO fund to help striking members of
the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization
and their families meet severe financial problems
has pushed past the half-million-dollar mark as
contributions from unions and individuals poured
in from all over the country.
As of October 6, the PATCO Family Fund had
received $521,968, said Director Walter G. Davis
of the AFL-CIO Dept. of Community Services, which
sees disbursement of the funds.
"We haven't turned anybody down," Davis said.
So far, more than 300 claims have been approved
and checks totaling over $150,000 mailed out.
Hundreds of other applications for aid are being
handled by the department's 275 community
services representatives throughout the nation."
ANYONE FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL?
Now comes word that medical school tuition is
going up 25%. The bad news for would-be doctors
— and their parents — comes from the Association
of American Medical Colleges. Inflation and deep
cuts in federal aid are blamed.
According to the Association, a freshman medical
student at Georgetown University in Washington,
D.C. can expect to pay $23,990 a year.
PEACETIME DRAFT REMINDER
The Selective Service System peacetime registra-
tion was resumed last year, and young men who
reach their eighteenth birthday are still required
by law to register with Selective Service at any U.S.
post office.
Registration is a simple process. Within 30 days
of his birthday, a young man fills out a registration
form which asks only for name, address, phone
number, social security number, and date of birth.
The purpose of registration is to have available
on a computer the names of men born in 1960
and later years, who could be contacted quickly if
there ever were a national emergency and congress
were to declare an induction.
Peacetime registration will save the United States
at least 4 weeks time in mobilizing its manpower
in an emergency. This is especially important with
today's all volunteer force. There are only 2 million
men in the armed services today, but we would
need many more men quickly should an emergency
arise— for example, in World War II we had 10 to
16 million men bearing arms depending upon the
stage of the conflict.
Registration and revitalization of the selective
service do not signal a return to a draft. They are
simply emergency preparedness measures. Presi-
dent Reagan is firmly committed to making the all
volunteer force a success, supporting incentives
to recruit and retain volunteers.
To date, nearly 6 million men have registered.
Failure to register is a felony, punishable by a
maximum penalty of a $10,000 fine and/or five
years in prison.
JANUARY, 1982
23
Ottawa
Report
140,000 WORKERS LOSE JOBS
More than 140,000 workers have lost their jobs
in Canadian factories in the past three months and
Roy Phillips, president of the Canadian Manufactur-
ers Association, reports that the job prospects in
industry aren't much better for the next three
months. Manufacturers provide jobs for about one
in every five Canadians.
The industry has been reeling since September
from the growing recession in the United States —
which normally buys 20% of all Canadian manu-
factured goods — and from the effect of high
interest rates.
Phillips said in an interview that Canadian com-
panies laid off 85,000 in September, 25,000 in
October and 30,000 in November as a result of a
sharp drop in sales and a growth of inventories. In
Ontario alone, the Ontario Ministry of Labor reports
that 67 plants in the province — 34 of them in the
Metro area — have already shut down and another
89 have curtailed operations, leaving 15,561 em-
ployees without a job or on layoffs longer than three
months.
THIRD-QUARTER SETTLEMENTS
Wage settlements in major collective agreements
reached during the third quarter of 1981 produced
average annual increases of 12.2%, the Ministry of
Labor says. According to The Globe and Mail, the
rate, which is after compounding, was up slightly
from 12% in the second quarter and equal to the
12.2% rate of the first quarter.
The figures were based on 106 major settle-
ments, each covering 500 or more employees. The
approximately 1,000 major pacts monitored by the
ministry account for about two million of the 3.5
million organized workers under collective agree-
ments.
In the latest quarter, 22 of the settlements had a
one-year term, in which increases averaged 13.6%.
About 63 had a two-year term, with increases
averaging 13.4% in the first year and 12.8% in the
second. Twenty-one had a three-year term, in which
increases averaged 10.4% in the first year, 4.5%
in the second year and 4.6% in the third year.
LUMBER PRODUCTION DOWN 33%
Declining construction activity in Canada —
particularly the drop in housing starts — is having a
serious impact on national lumber production.
"It's as simple a case as that," Canadian Lum-
bermen's Association executive director Jake
McCracken said. "The decline in housing starts is
having a deadly impact because most of our lumber
goes to the housing industry."
Production at Canadian sawmills is down about
33%, man-hours worked 30%, and some mills are
now closed and shipping only from inventories.
British Columbia's mills had 6,795 workers
indefinitely laid off and were working 26% below
"normal" levels. Prairie mills showed a 16% drop
in manpower and a 21 % falloff in production levels.
Eastern Canada had 4,850 laid-off workers — about
35% of the normal workforce — and a 44%
decline in production.
BANK'S GOVERNOR SEEKS SUPPORT
Bank of Canada Governor Gerald Bouey is urging
the Government and all Canadians not to give up
the fight against inflation just because the economy
is in a slump. Last month, he told an audience of
Montreal businessmen that the economy is now
nearing "the moment of truth" when inflation may
be beaten. Alluding to the central bank's six-year
tight money policy, that Bouey claims has not been
tough enough, Bouey stated: "What I hope is that
the people will respond to the forces in the market._
And that they not insist on wage demands that put
them and other people out of work." However,
Bouey himself recently received a 10% salary
increase.
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY QUESTIONED
According to a new book on occupational health
and safety in Canada, Assault on the Worker, as
many as two in three on-the-job "accidents" are
caused by unsafe and illegal working conditions.
"The violation of safety and health standards or the
failure to establish adequate safety standards is a
premeditated and conscious choice between capital
expenses and business profits," contend the
authors. Sociologist Charles Reasons, Journalist
Louis Ross, and Lawyer Craig Paterson.
And Canadian establishments do not fare well:
international statistics indicate that, on a per capita
basis, five times more Canadians than Americans
are killed in manufacturing "accidents," and six
times as many in construction "accidents." In fact,
the third leading cause of death in Canada is
occupational hazards, surpassed only by heart
disease and cancer.
24
THE CARPENTER
Election Day 1982 Is Targeted
By Labor As Solidarity Day II
The AFL-CIO resolved to follow up
on the massive September 1 9 Solidarity
Day demonstration through "mobiliza-
tion for another Solidarity Day on
November 2, 1982," the date of
elections for congressional, state and
local offices.
On November 2, designated Solidar-
ity Day II, "the labor movement and
its allies must march to the polls to
elect a Congress that will reverse the
disastrous policies of the Reagan Ad-
ministration and restore humane
government to the American people,"
the AFL-CIO declared.
Speaking for the resolution before
its approval by delegate acclamation,
Machinists' President William Winpis-
inger declared that the September 19
protest in Washington was "just the
beginning of a new day in American
trade union history; just the beginning
of a trade union offensive to turn
the country around; the beginning of
the end of Ronald Reagan's regressive
raw deal; the beginning of the end of
our own defensive posturing in the
trenches of public esteem and opinion."
Continuing, Winpisinger said "Soli-
darity Day was the beginning of a
message to our government, to our
employers, and to all of corporate
America to call off their anti-union
dogs, that it was the beginning of the
end of their divide-and- conquer tac-
tics."
"We said that Solidarity Day was
a message to the politicians of what-
ever political spot or stripe, gypsy
moth or boll weevil, right-wing zealot
or left-wing snob, true Democrat or
"Couldn't you at least take off your
safety equipment when you come
to bed?'
true Republican, that we were going
to start writing some of the rules to
conduct the nation's business," said
Winpisinger.
"Above all else," said the Machin-
ists' chief, "we said that Sohdarity Day
was the beginning of a renewed dedica-
tion to the principle and a regeneration
of zeal in the house of labor."
Also speaking for the resolution,
William H. Wynn, president of the
Food and Commercial Workers, said
of the September 19 protest, "We re-
quest of this convention that our re-
spective membership continue the de-
monstration in the streets of New
York, in the streets of Boston, in the
streets of Detroit, in the streets of Los
Angeles, in the streets of San Francisco,
and in every area of this country
where we can assemble our members
and our friends."
Communications Workers President
Glenn Watts, who also spoke for the
resolution, said the outcome of the
1982 and 1984 elections will be very
favorable "with the kind of advanced
preparation that we engaged in to bring
about the successful Solidarity Day in
1981." (PAI)
P&G Soap Products
on Boycott List
The AFL-CIO Union Label and Serv-
ice Trades Department has removed Dal-
Tex Optical Company from the "Do
Not Buy" list and is supporting recently
launched consumer boycotts against New
Galax Mirror Company of Virginia, and
Procter & Gamble soap products.
The Procter & Gamble soap products
are manufactured in Kansas City, Kansas,
by members of the United Steelworkers
of America, who have been unsuccess-
fully attempting to negotiate a first con-
tract for more than a year.
The products include the powder
detergents, TIDE, CHEER, OXYDOL
and BOLD; the bar soaps, ZEST, CA-
MAY and IVORY; and the liquid deter-
gents, IVORY, JOY and DAWN.
New Galax Mirror's products are sold
by retailers in 12 Eastern and Mid-
western States. Since September 2, 1981,
the 65 members of the United Furniture
Workers of America" have been on strike
for a first contract.
The UL&STD took the actions in re-
sponse to resolutions adopted by the
AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in
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of the Brotherhood's recent centennial convention by three fellow New Yorkers, from
left, Legislative Advocate Kevin Campbell, First General Vice President Patrick
Campbell, and Terry Bodewes, business representative of the Buffalo, N.Y. District
Council.
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The Carpenters
District Council of
Houston, Tex., and
Vicinity recently moved into new and spacious offices at 2100 Hamilton St. in the big
Gulf Coast city. The picture at right shows Secretary Paul Dohson and other officers
gathered at the entrance. The Council formerly leased offices from Local 213 at
2600 Hamilton St., until its purchase of the new headquarters last summer.
Proclamations
The mayors of three communities in
the area served by Local 1176, Fargo,
North Dakota, recently issued proclama-
tions commending the United Brother-
hood on its centennial anniversary.
The three public officials assembled
with Local 1 176 President Dennis J.
Streifel for a picture. Shown, from left,
are IVest Fargo, N.D., Mayor Clayton A.
Lodoen, Moorhead, Minn., Mayor Morris
L. Lanning, Fargo, N.D., Mayor Jon G.
Lindgren, and Local President Streifel.
In his proclamation, Fargo Mayor
Lindgren said, "Testimonials abound in
this city to the dedication of the members
of this union to excellence in public and
private endeavor."
Happy Birthday,
Arthur J. Stedt
Last month, on December 2, 1981,
Brotherhood member Arthur J. Stedt
celebrated his 100th birthday. Of Swedish
ancestry, Stedt ar-
rived in the US in
1900, and joined
the Brotherhood in
San Francisco. He
then moved to
Minneapolis to be-
come a member of
Local 7, the local
that he has re-
mained a member
of to this day. A
great, great grandfather, Stedt is proud
of his American citizenship. Arthur J.
Stedt, we salute you!
Attend your local union meetings regu-
larly. Vote on all issues coming before
the local for consideration. Be an active
member of the UBC.
STEDT
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THE CARPENTER
Council Formed to
Lower Interest Rates
The United Brotherhood has joined
with several consumer, labor, business,
and citizen action groups to form a
national organization and fight for lower
interest rates and reform the Federal
Reserve Board. General President Wil-
liam Konyha has represented the UBC in
the early stages of the group's establish-
ment.
Known as the National Council for
Low Interest Rates, the coalition has an-
nounced it will lead a campaign against
high interest rates and reform Federal
Reserve Board policies. It also will cam-
paign to get more non-bankers on the
Board.
"The Administration and the Congress
have conspired to plunge us into eco-
nomic chaos by recklessly cutting ex-
penditures and taxes," said J. C. Turner,
president of the Operating Engineers and
chairman of the council. "Now we want
them to apply some of that same zeal
toward cutting interest rates so we can
rescue this country financially."
The council has two objectives. Turner
said. The first is to pressure the Federal
Reserve to make less money available for
corporate takeovers, commodity specula-
tion and condominium conversions and
therefore more money and credit avail-
able, at lower interest rates, for housing,
construction and manufacturing.
The second aim is to democratize the
Board which, at present, he said, is con-
trolled "by financial and academic types"
whose "narrow viewpoints and experience
have created the current unwise policies."
High interest rates are keeping the
construction industry depressed and have
caused residential housing starts to
dwindle to an annual rate of 918,000,
half the 1978 rate. Nearly 10 months
of 20% -range interest rates have dealt
body blows to auto and auto parts manu-
facturing, steel, iron, utilities and agri-
culture.
Members of the council, besides the
UBC, include representatives of the Na-
tional Farmers Union, Full Employment
Action Council, National Housing Con-
ference, NAACP, General Contractors of
New York, United Auto Workers, AFL-
CIO Industrial Union Department, U.S.
Conference of Mayors and American
Public Power Association.
HOUSING-COSTS LEAFLET
A leaflet published by the United
Brotherhood, The Real Truth About
Housing Costs, shows conclusively that
union wages and working conditions are
not factors in the rising costs of new
homes. (We published excerpts from this
important leaflet on Pages 6 and 7 of
our December issue.) You can obtain
copies of this leaflet, GO-451, from:
Director of Organization, United Brother-
hood of Carpenters and loiners of
America, 101 Constitution Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001.
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International Committees
Schedule Events for 1982
The National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Com-
mittee and the International Contest Committee, both of
which met in Denver, Colo., in November, have sched-
uled a full array of activities for the coming year.
MID-YEAR TRAINING CONFERENCE— First Vice President
Patrick J. Campbell, co-chairman of the National Joint
Committee, has announced that a Mid-Year Training
Conference will be held in St. Louis, Mo., April 19-22, at
the Chase Park Plaza Hotel. Registration cards for the
conference should be ordered from the Apprenticeship
and Training Department in Washington.
Campbell noted that the St. Louis meeting is expected
to be of special interest because the St. Louis Joint Com-
mittee has one of the largest and most progressive PETS
programs underway. A visit to the St. Louis Carpentry
Training Center is planned during the conference. Con-
ferees will be able to see a PETS program in action during
a typical training day.
1982 APPRENTICESHIP CONFERENCE AND CONTEST— The
National Joint Committee has firmed up plans for the
1982 International Carpentry Apprenticeship Conference
and Contest to be held in Baltimore, Md., September
12-18. The Baltimore Hilton Hotel will be headquarters
for the two events, and the contest will be held in the new
Baltimore Convention Center.
The Training Conference is set for September 13 and
14; the contest for September 15 and 16; and the awards
banquet for September 17.
OTHER ACTIONS AT DENVER— The National Joint Com-
mittee continued its study of ways to implement pre-
apprenticeship training and to improve journeyman train-
ing using the performance-based training material.
The Contest Committee reviewed plans for the Balti-
more gatherings next September. It paid special tribute to
General Representative Ben Collins of El Paso, Tex., for
his work on the committee and as coordinating judge for
the annual contests.
The National Joint Carpentry Apprenticeship anil Training
Committee members include, for employers: Co-Chairman
William Pcmherton, Marlin Grant, Lewis S. Kimball, Arthur
Leclforcl, Hans Wachsmuth, Peter Johnson, and Secretary
Christopher Engquist. For the UBC: Co-Chairman Patrick J.
Campbell, Ollie Langhorst, Louis Basich, James F lores, James
E. Tinkcom, and George E. Vest, Jr. Advisory members, not
present for the picture, are Jean Berube and Bradford M.
O'Brien.
The liucnialionat Carpentry Apprenticeship Contest Com-
mittee, clockwise, from left: Chairman James E. Tinkcom,
UBC: James Flores, UBC: Hans Wachsmuth, Associated
General Contractors: Bruce Campbell, employer: Arthur
Ledford, AGC: Ben Collins, UBC: Secretary Richard Hutch-
inson, employer, and Robert Lowes, UBC. Members of the
committee not pictured include Marlin Grant, NAHB; and
Malcolm Broxham, UBC.
Apprentice Film
Now Available
"Skills to Build America." the 16nim
movie made primarily at the 1980 Inter-
national Carpentry Apprenticeship Con-
test in Cleveland, O., and featuring the
narration of the noted actor, E. G.
Marshall, is now available for showings
by local unions, district councils, and
apprenticeship training schools.
Shown for the first time at the 34th
General Convention in Chicago, 111., last
September, the movie stresses the im-
portance of the four-year apprenticeship
training program.
For more information on how to ob-
tain this film for local showings, contact
the Brotherhood Apprenticeship and
Training Department at the General Of-
fice in Washington, D.C.
ID Cards Issued
To New Journeymen
Journeyman identification cards will be
issued to apprentices achieving journey-
man status in 1982 and thereafter, the
Apprenticeship and Training Department
recently announced. The issuance of
cards began January 1.
The new ID cards will be issued auto-
matically along with journeyman certifi-
cates, as they are requested by each local
union with whom an apprentice has been
indentured.
The cards will not be issued to appren-
tices who completed training and gained
journeyman status prior to December
31, 1981.
Job Corps Field
Coordinator Retires
Job Corps Field Coordinator Richard
Q. Lewis, Jr., recently received a Golden
Hammer Award in special recognition for
his service to the Brotherhood. The
award was presented to Lewis on the
occasion of his retirement at a Basic
Competency Workshop held in Las
Vegas, Nev., last September. Lewis, who
makes his home in Hopkinsville, Ky.,
began his work with the Job Corps in
July, 1968, and will long be remembered
for his dedicated and enthusiastic sup-
port of training programs.
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THE CARPENTER
REcnu
Under laws administered by the US
Consumer Products Safety Com-
mission, an estimated 176 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:
RoEhuuBll model 8
motorizeil Saius
The Power Tool Division of
Rockwell International, in coopera-
tion with the U.S. Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Commission, is volun-
tarily conducting a repair program
for approximately 70,000 Rockwell
Model 8 Motorized Bench Saws
which may have a defective switch.
Rockwell urges owners of its
Model 8 motorized saws (Catalog
No. 31-205), manufactured prior
to November, 1980, to discontinue
using the saws until the switch has
been replaced.
Breakage of a tab within the
switch mechanism may result in
the saw's remaining in an "on" or
a "temporary off" position, the
saw can be caused to restart with
a slight bump. Five reports of
lacerations have been received by
Rockwell.
Saws with potentially defective
switches can be identified by Serial
Numbers that fall between LL-100
through P-110 or between 80 A
00000 through 81 C 02615. This
problem does not affect saws
manufactured since December,
1980, which have a safety switch
with removable toggle. The saws
with the new safety switch have a
"Type 11" designation stamped on
the ends of the carton.
Rockwell urges that owners take
their Model 8 motorized saws to
the nearest Rockwell Service Cen-
ter for a switch replacement, free
of charge. Rockwell Service Cen-
ters are listed in the Yellow Pages
Continued on Page 30
Hypothermia
Could Happen To You
Hypothermia isn't exactly a house-
hold word, but maybe it should be.
Some experts now suspect it's the real
killer behind many outdoor deaths
blamed on drownings, heart attacks,
falls and other accidents. Anyone
heading into the outdoors would be
wise to learn about it.
Whenever the body's heat loss ex-
ceeds heat production, hypothermia
threatens. A relatively small decline in
the body's internal temperature can
kill.
Hypothermia is "a hazard for all
seasons." It doesn't take extremes of
cold for it to happen. Most cases occur
in temperatures between thirty and
fifty degrees Fahrenheit. Loss of body
heat is greatly speeded by wind, wet-
ness and especially both together.
Since the brain's efficiency drops
with body temperature, you may not
be thinking clearly enough to recog-
nize your danger and act.
Prevention is your best defense. Key
points authorities ' note include the
following:
Hunger, fatigue and alcohol are fac-
tors which increase susceptibility. The
"unfit" fatigue first. Eat properly be-
fore outdoor sports. Bring adequate
food with you, including high energy
"trail snacks" (dried fruits, nuts, etc.).
Important clothing considerations
include insulation and protection
against wind and wetness.
Bring proper protective clothing, ex-
perts urge. Hikers in particular should
note that even in summer, weather
can change with surprising speed in
mountain areas.
Dressing in layers slows heat loss by
trapping air between clothing. Wool
keeps more of its insulative value
when wet than do cotton and synthet-
ics. If hypothermia is a possibility,
jeans are not advised. Denim, being
relatively loose-woven, lets water in
and heat out.
The head has a particularly high
rate of heat loss if unprotected. Bring
good head covering that can keep
yours warm and dry. Know hypo-
thermia's symptoms and what emer-
gency measures to take. Persistent
shivering frequently means hypo-
thermia is imminent. It should never
be ignored. Neither should hunger,
fatigue, faintness or signs of bad
weather.
Don't hesitate to stop, seek shelter
or turn back when the situation war-
rants. Why try to "prove something"
at the risk of losing your life?
— (American Physical Fitness
Research Institute {APFRl))
RECnil
TOP DOOR
Corroding Uents on
mobile Home Furnaces
A program to repair as many as
55,000 liquid propane and natural
gas furnaces used in mobile homes
is being conducted by the HOME
Division of Lear Siegler, Inc., of
Holland, Michigan. The model
MMG "Miller"-brand gas furnaces
may pose a risk of death or poison-
ing by leaking carbon monoxide
gas if portions of the vent system
corrode.
The firm, in voluntary coopera-
tion with the U.S. Consumer Prod-
Continued on Page 30
EXTENSION
The Model MMG "Miller" Gas
Furnace with vent system prob-
lems.
JANUARY, 1982
29
CONSUMER CLIPBOARD, cont'd
Motorized Saws
Continued from Page 29
and in the Owner's Manual pack-
aged with each machine.
Rockwell also is making Switch
Retrofit Kits available, with easy-
to-follow instructions, for those
owners who want to replace the
switches themselves. Such kits can
be ordered, free of charge, by
writing to:
Rockwell International
Power Tool Division
400 N. Lexington Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15208
Attn: Customer Services Dept.
Rockwell asks that an owner
provide the serial number of the
saw when requesting a Switch
Retrofit Kit. Any questions regard-
ing replacements can be directed
to A. L. Larkin, Customer Services
Manager at Rockwell's address.
•
To verify any model numbers or
other information on any of these
corrective actions, consumers
should call the CPSC toll-free Hot-
line at 800-638-8326; in Maryland,
call 800-492-8363; and in Alaska,
Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands, call 800-638-8333. A
teletypewriter for the deaf is avail-
able from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
EST. National (including Alaska
and Hawaii) 800-638-8270. Mary-
land residents only 800-492-8104.
Mobile Home Furnaces
Continued from Page 29
uct Safety Commission, has agreed
to replace the flue-pipe extension
within the furnaces.
Corrosion in the flue-pipe exten-
sion and vent system may permit
carbon monoxide gas to be emitted
into the' living areas. CPSC has
been informed of 19 deaths since
1969 which have been associated
with carbon monoxide leakage
from the MMG model furnaces.
Approximately 46,000 furnaces
were manufactured from 1964
through 1971, and an additional
9,000 furnaces were converted to
liquid propane or natural gas, al-
though it is unlikely that all of the
furnaces still are functional be-
cause of their age. The furnaces
were sold exclusively for use in
mobile homes.
Mobile home owners should
check their gas furnaces for the
presence of the "Miller" brand
name on the top of the louvered
door. Consumers then should iden-
tify whether they possess an MMG
model by opening the door and de-
termining whether the large ver-
tical pipe inside is approximately
five inches across. If so, consumers
should call the manufacturer's toll-
free number at 1-800-253-3874 (in
Michigan, call collect at 1-616-394-
4326). The firm will arrange for
free installation of a new flue-pipe
extension.
Consumers who are uncertain
whether they own an MMG model
gas furnace after inspecting the in-
terior pipe are encouraged to con-
tact the manufacturer's toll-free
number for assistance in identify-
ing their furnace.
CPSC also is reminding consum-
ers that all gas furnaces require
periodic inspections and mainte-
nance by qualified personnel to de-
tect such hazards as vent pipe cor-
rosion. Consumers should contact
their local heating contractor for
suggestions on arranging such in-
spections.
•
To verify any model numbers or
other information on any of these
corrective actions, consumers
should call the CPSC toll-free Hot-
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call 800-492-8363; and m Alaska,
Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the
Vu-gm Islands, call 800-638-8333.
A teletypewriter for the deaf is
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p.m. EST. National (including
Alaska and Hawau) 800-638-8270.
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— UTU News
BUY U.S. AND CANADIAN
THE GOLDEN YEARS
SONNY: Grandpa, it says here
that there are 20 percent more
women at age 75 than men.
GRANDPA: At age 75, who cares?
BE IN GOOD STANDING
HIT n AGAIN HARDER
KIDS: Daddy, did you win?
FATHER: Kids, in golf it doesn't
matter so much if you win. But your
father got to hit the ball more times
than anyone else.
LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL
BE SURE TO DUCK
HUNTER: Wow, I got that duck.
How's that for a shot?
PAL: Big deal. The fall would
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LEGAL PRECEDENT
A young, newly elected justice of
the peace wasn't always sure about
local ordinances, so he often called
his predecessor, now retired.
One day a bootlegger was to be
brought before him. Since he
couldn't find a precedent to base
the fine on, he called the old judge.
"I've got a bootlegger coming up
this morning. What should I give
him?" he asked.
"No more than $4 a quart," the
old judge replied. "I never did."
— Union Tabloid
GET WISE! ORGANIZE!
BILL DIAGNOSIS
DOCTOR: You had a pretty close
call. It's only your strong constitu-
tion that pulled you through.
PATIENT: Well, remember that
when you make out your bill.
—UTU News
WILDCAT OPERATOR
A Texas oilman went to the den-
tist. "Perfect, perfect," said the
dentist, "you don't need a thing
done."
"Oh, go ahead and drill any-
way," said the oilman. "I feel lucky
today."
— Union Tabloid
THIS MONTH'S LIMERICK
There was a young woman
named Ruth
Who could down a whole fifth
of vermouth;
She would drink without pause
To a round of applause.
Then burp in a manner uncouth!
— Mrs. Thomas (Barbara D.'
Brunetti
Local 36, Orkland, Calif.
IT'S FUNNY, DEAR
Husband: What happened to
your head?
WIFE: These are curlers. I set my
hair.
HUSBAND: What time does it go
off?
— Union Tabloid
VOL AND CHOP NEED YOU
WOEFUL WELFARE
Folks on welfare can write the
darndest things. Here are some ex-
amples:
"I want money as quick as I
can get it. I have been in bed with
the doctor for two weeks and he
does not do me any good. If things
don't improve, I will have to send
for another doctor."
"Mrs. Jones has not had any
clothes for a year and has been
visited by the clergy regularly."
"I am very much annoyed to find
you have branded my boy as illiter-
ate as this is a dirty lie. I was mar-
ried to his father a week before he
was born."
"I am glad to report that my hus-
band who was reported missing is
dead."
"Please find for certain if my
husband is dead. The man I am
now living with can't eat or do
anything until he knows."
"You have changed my little boy
to a girl. Will this make any differ-
ence?"
"My husband got his project cut
off two weeks ago and I haven't
had any relief since."
— J. H. Luebbers
Local 1437, Compton, CA
JANUARY, 1982
31
S«rvice
TEm
lrolh*riio«d
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.
POINT PLEASANT, W.VA.
On September 12, 1981, a family picnic and
pin presentation ceremony was held by Local
1159 in honor of the Brotherhood's 100th
anniversary. Members receiving pins are
shown in the accompanying picture.
Front row, from left: 40-year member
Delbert Fisher, 35-year member J. C. Roush,
and 35-year member Robert Hunt.
Back row, from left: President Joseph Hall,
25-year member Lloyd Roach, 25-year member
Robert Brewer, and 25-year member George
"Shorty" Mayes.
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Waukegan, III. — Picture No. 1
Waukegan, III. — Picture No. 2
Waukegan,
WAUKEGAN, ILL.
Local 448 recently held its annual pin
presentation for members with 25 and more
years of service. In addition, Past President
Raymond Simms, shown in Picture No. 1, left,
with President Edward Ellis, received a pin
upon his retirement after 18 years as an
officer of Local 448.
Picture No. 2 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left: President Ellis, Arnold Dahl,
Wilbert Bolton, Richard McCole, and Norman
Flament.
Back row, from left: Norman Schreiber,
Alvin Gillman, Fred Hicks, and Gerald
Monnot.
Picture No. 3 shows 60-year member Toivo
Hannula, left, receiving pin from President
Ellis. Standing at left is 65-year member Karl
Gouweter, awaiting the presentation of his
pin.
-Picture No. 3
NANAIMO, B.C.
Local 527 recently
awarded service pins to
members with 20-35
years of service to the
Brotherhood. Members
receiving awards are
shown in the accompany-
ing picture, from left, as
follows: Don Talkington,
25-years; George Brown,
25-years; Hans Plowens,
20-years; Charlie Carter,
president; Hans Berch-
told, 20-years; Ed Stuck-
enberg, 30-years; and
Norm Jonston, 35-years.
Nanaimo, B.C.
TRENTON, N.J.
Local 31 recently celebrated its 100th
anniversary with a dinner dance and awards
ceremony at Cedar Gardens. Second General
Vice President Sigurd Lucassen was a special
guest at the event.
Awards were presented to Richard A. Smith
for 75-years of membership; Amedio Panantine,
Joseph Zenetti and Frank Renelt for 60-years
of membership, and Arthur W. Hamer, Sr.
and Michael L. Mark for 65-years of member-
ship.
The following awards were presented for
25-year membership: John Amadio, William R.
Bailey, James R. Bevins, Henry Biancha, James
Boyle, John Britton, William Burbidge, Charles
Chianese, Samuel J. Christopher, John K.
Cody, William J. Driver, Jr., Harry Dufficy, Jr.,
Bill Ewaskiewicz, Gerald Fawcett, Peter Fieri,
Arthur Gessner, Robert Homko, and Lewis
Hutchinson.
Additional members receiving awards are as
follows: Walter Kaniauk, Edward Klemm, Joseph
Leto, Joseph Mangone, Leo Nebbia, Ernest
Palillo, Louis Santini, Harold Sargent, Charles
W. Schaefer, Winfield Scott, Salvatore Sena-
tore, Ernest G. Silagyi, Richard L. Stebbins,
Edward A. Szeliga, Alfonso Tarangioli, Ernest
J. Tessein, Patrick V. Treglia, Peter F.
Wojnarski, and Stanley Zdanowicz.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO.
Robert Lamping, a
40-year member
of Local 1583, re-
ceived his serice pin
from Business Rep-
resentative Keith
Gushing at the local
union's regular
business meeting in
August.
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Quincy, III. — Picture No. 1
cTf*ga..Cfeiia' ^t-t^.r
Quincy, III. — Picture No. 2
QUINCY, ILL.
Local 189 recently held a recognition dinner
to honor members with 25 or more years of
service to the Brotherhood.
Picture No. 1 shows 25- and 30-year
members, front row, from left: Curt Clapper,
Bruce Solter, Art Lepper, Eugene Miller,
Robert Lefringhouse, and Lowell McGlaughlin.
Back row, from left: Andy Terwelp, Earl
Mowen, Merle Sharnhorst, Business Agent
Robert Strieker, Charles Heinze, East Central
Illinois District Council Secretary-Treasurer
Larry Mollett, Emmitt Steinway, Don Schmitt,
and Joseph Altgilbers.
Picture No. 2 shows 35-, 40-, and 45-year
members, front row, from left: Dave Howe,
Wilbert Clinging, Lester Zwick, Raymond
Eickelschutle, Joe FeicthI, and Dan Ohnemus.
Back row, from left: Business Agent
Strieker, Herman Steinkamp, Richard Hermann,
Secretary-Treasurer Mollett, Claire Schone,
Robert Waterkotte, Paul Hermann, and Grant
Steiner.
Picture No. 3 shows 50-year members, from
left; Business Representative Strieker, Ray-
mond Brinkman, Robert Waterkotte, and
Secretary-Treasurer Mollett.
Picture No. 4 shows
55-year members,
from left: Business
Representative
Strieper, Bernard
Kemner, Herbert
Kemner, and Secre-
tary-Treasurer Mollett.
Picture No. 5 shows
60-year member Leo
Liesen.
Quincy, III. — Picture No. 3
Quincy, HI. — Picture No. 4
1^ BROOKFIELD, ILL.
Local 1128 President Lyie Allison recently
had the honor of presenting a 70-year
service pin to Clarence T. Brown. Brown,
age 86, shown at right in the accompanying
picture with President Allison, was initiated
into Local 1128 on April 21, 1911.
Quincy, III.
Picture No. 5
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STICK IT
On Your Hard Hat
The Brotherhood Organizing Department
has Hard Hat Pencil Clips like the one
shown above available at 40<; 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
clip comes with a SVa" pencil stub
already clipped in and ready to go. Just
peel off the adhesive cover and apply
the clip to your hard hat.
Order a Hard Hat Pencil (G0406) as
follows: Send 40<; in cash, check or
money order to UBC Organizing Depart-
ment, 101 Constitution Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20001.
Be sure to enclose your full name and
address.
JANUARY, 1982
33
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Sheffield, Alo. — Picture No. 3
Sheffield, Ala.— Picture No. 2
SHEFFIELD, ALA.
In honor of the Brotherhood's centennial,
Local 109 held a barbeque and awards cere-
mony for members and their families. The
picnic took place in September at Spring
Park. Special guest speakers at the event
were Alabama Congressman Ronnie Flippo,
and Georgia AFL-CIO President Herbert Mabry.
General Representative R. H. Clay made the
presentations.
Picture No. 1 shows 45-year members, from
left: General Representative Clay, Newt
Peeden, G. R. Davis, Curtis Strickland, Dan
Johnson, F. B. Ison, James Peeden, and John
Thornton.
Picture No. 2, shows General Representa-
tive Clay, left, presenting 60-year pin to
Jack Hakola.
Picture No. 3 shows attendees lining up for
the barbeque; approximately 500 people
attended.
N. Miami, Flo. — Picture No. 3
N. Miami, Fla. — Picture No. 4
lo. — Picture No. 5
NORTH MIAMI, FLA.
A pin presentation ceremony was held on
July 2, 1981, for members of Local 1379.
Miami District Council President Earnest
Taylor awarded pins to deserving members.
Picture No. 1 shows 20-year members, from
left: Ed Kolakowski, E. K. Chandler, William
Masters, President Taylor, Stephen Whaley,
Ralph Woodward, and Gordon Webb.
Picture No. 2 shows 25-year members, from
left: R. J. Beck, Ira Rosenblum, Erik Seffer,
President Taylor, L. L. Albasi, James Rogers,
John Kelly, and L. M. Jacob.
Picture No. 3 shows 30-year members, from
left: Charles Rosenblum, Walter Golembeski,
Joe Richards, President Taylor, Johnny Lavin,
and Paul Krull.
Picture No. 4 shows 35-year members, from
left: J. C. Ouzts, W. Kanwischer, H. Ashby,
President Taylor, Robert Ross, F. Harrison,
and Morris Zell.
Picture No. 5 shows 40-year members, from
left: John Cathey, Lester Stewart, President
Taylor, and A. Baldoni.
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Jacksonville, Fla. — Picture No. 3
Jacksonville, Fla. — Picture No. 4
Jacksonville, Fla. — Picture No. 5
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
At "Old Timer's Night" last July, Local 627
awarded service pins to over 200 members,
including a father and son, and five members
of the same family.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, first
row, from left: Carl Ferbrache, Arthur
Derenthal, Tracy Clark, Elmo Busby, Ira
Bratcher, James Allbritton, James Bennett,
Bobby Bruner, John Dailey, D. W. Dix, Herman
Ibach.
Second row, from left: Jim Zuber, William
C. Williford, Hoyt Verner (30 year member),
Earnest Spivey, Carl Shelton, Russell Rainer,
Frank Lee, James R. Watson, Earl S. Huff, and
Louis Toth, with Emcee James "Mickey"
McClellan. Pins were presented by Earl Huff
and Louis Toth.
Honored members not present are as
follows: Sam P. Anderson, James J. Beattie,
Sam Booth, Claude Braddock, Laudric Brooks,
Jesse W. Bryan III, Rodwell Crawley, Virgil
Degolyer, William M. Graham, Windell Hall,
Dan Hartman, Charles Haworth, William N.
Hicks, John W. Jones, Sr., Ross I. Jones,
Talmadge Leslie, James W. Lewis, James Lock-
wood, Gordon S. Martin, George McClendon,
John W. Moody, Robert J. Moore, Charles W.
Morris, W. David Nettles, Kenneth Pittman, Bill
Pollett, Morris Rushing, John F. Sperry, William
A. Staats, William H. Turner, and L. M. Verner.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-years members, first
row, from left: Ivan Beam, Quillie Carter,
Lowell Crawford, John Holton, Jr., Homer
Jordan, Bernard Malsky, Ray McCargo, Lannis 0.
Smith, William Claud Turner, and Clarence
Verner.
Second row, from left: Tommy Thompson,
Charlie C. Howell, and John Willett, with
Emcee McClellan. Pins were presented by
Tommy Thompson and Charlie C. Howell.
Jacksonville, Fla. — Picture No. 6
Jacksonville, Flo. — Picture No. 7
Honored members not present are as follows:
Marvin G. Austin, Robert Bassett, R. W.
Bramlitt, Arthur L. Bruner, Marion E. Claypool,
Theodore 0. Cook, Ralph Courson Ed "Dick"
Covey, John P. Davis, Angus Dowling, Paul
Faircloth, Robert Gibbs, Raiford Giles, Harry
C. Gordon, Ed Harris, George W. Henderson,
James B. Hollis, Paul Jenkins, John D. Jones,
Jr., Locke H. Kale, William T. Key, Charles
Kinard, Ed Le Blanc, Amos T. Lee, Hume G. Lee,
Fritz H. L. Metts, Raiford Miller, ay Moon, Paul
G. Morgan, John Morton, Lee M. Overby, Leroy
Pacetti, Raymond Pickett, Lafayette Royal, T.
B. Sapp, Fred Sicker, James H. Simmons, Ed
A. Smith, Eugene F. Smith, John Smith, Joe
Sparkman, Charles Starke, Jr., W. W. Sweat,
James Tarrant, Lee R. Taylor, Hoyt Verner,
Joseph C. Walker, James H. Walton, and E. J.
Whitmore.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members, first
row, from left: John Ibach, George Holmes,
James Hayhurst, J. D. Dawson, Leroy Bradley,
H. C. Burney, Alex Cauley, H. H. Chitty, and
Grady Mullis.
Second row, from left: James M. Sides,
Frank Smith, W. 0. Taylor, Herman Vaughn,
Bert Walsingham, George W. Geiger, John Sea,
and Homer Prescott.
Honored members not present are as follows:
John C. Barfield, Lamar F. Baughman, Melborn
M. Baughman, E. C. Blume, Bruce Boger,
Lorenzo Bradley, Valene Carter, Harold Davis,
Marvin Davis, Harry Ervin, William M. Gafford,
Jesse L. Grimsley, Jr., H. J. Harrison, Haywood
L. Henderson, John T. Henry, Leon Jones, James
R. Kennedy, Roy Kilburn, Ralph Lee, Leslie
Moore, George G. Norton, Charles J. Pyatt, Sr.,
W. J. Rabb, John W. Rigdon, Miles S. Roberts,
Burl Spooner, Robert E. Todd, John E. Williams,
and Reid Wilson. Pins were presented by
George W. Geiger and John H. Sea.
Picture No. 4 shows 40-year members, first
row, from left: Leroy Amy, Gene Andring,
Anthony J. Autore, Dave Carrin, Roy Hart, S.
Earl Huff, Rudolph Ibach, William 0. Ibach, Sr.,
J. D. Ogden, and Elton F. Owens.
Second row, from left: Tommy Thompson,
Charlie C. Howell, A. B. Scarboro, and A. A.
Pittman. Pins were presented Tommy Thompson
and Charlie C. Howell.
Honored members not present are as follows:
George L. Allen, J. A. Baggs, Loren W. Bishop,
A. P. Boyette, Reld Buchanan, Thomas H.
Bulford, R. Lee Clark, Ray S. Dagley, Bob
Grimsley, Fred Grimsley, B. B. Hawkins, S. N.
Higgs, J. R. Hollingsworth, Jacob B. Jumpp,
Charles McDowell, Richard J. Smith, Carl
Stokes, Jack Stringer, N. D. Stringer, and W. A.
Underwood.
Picture No. 5 shows 45-year members, first
row, from left: Stanley Koscienley, Tommy
Thompson, George Geiger, Jr., J. Frank Newsom,
Earl S. Huff, and Louis Toth.
Second row, from left: W. R. "Billy" Webber,
W. C. "Bill" Williford, W. D. "B. J." Ibach, Jr.,
J. "Mickey" McClellan, and John Sea.
Honored but not present was Francis C.
Moore.
Picture No. 6 shows Business Representative
Earl Huff, left, presenting 40-year service pin
to his father S. Earl Huff.
Picture No. 7 shows two generations with a
total of 151 years of service to the Brother-
hood. First row, from left: 40-year member
Rudolph Ibach, 35-year member John Ibach, and
25-year member Herman Ibach.
Second row, from left: 11-year member W.
D. "B. J." Ibach, Jr., and 40-year member W.
D. "Bill" Ibach, Sr.
Honored members not present are 50-year
member J. L. "Dusty" Rhodes, and 60-year
member Andy Graveson.
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THE CARPENTER
in mEmoRinm
The following list of 521 deceased members and spouses represents
a total of $664,123.40 death claims paid in October, 1981.
Local Union, City
I. Chicago, IL — Rex A. Reynolds.
5. St. Louis, MO — Cornelius Herman.
7. Minneapolis, MN — Richard Paul Knapp,
Clarence A. Olson, Leroy A. Peters,
Walter Rieken, Peter W. Waukazo.
II. Cleveland, OH— Ray A. Fletcher, Mich-
ael Mach.
12. Syracuse, NY — Charles A. Falter, Mauno
E. Penttila, Milton John Pitts, Walter
A. Thayer.
13. Chicago, IL — Dominick Owens.
15. Hackensack, NJ — Hilmar Madsen.
16. Springfield, II^Russell H. Becker.
19. Detroit, MI— Francis Guyor, Paul D.
Moran.
20. New York, NY— John Repetti.
22. San Francisco, CA— William R. Burnett,
Joe H. Germain, Thomas S. Woods.
24. Central Connecticut — Neil Daniele, Peter
Gramm, Albert F. Kimball.
26. East Detroit, MI— James E. Howarth.
30. New London, CN — Kusti Jacobson.
31. Trenton, NJ— Joseph Zannetti.
32. Springfield, MA— Albert J. Laporte, Elli-
ott P. Walker.
33. Boston, MA — Dante Dercole.
34. Oakland, CA — Myron H. Griggs, John
Emil Nieminen.
36. Oakland, CA— Edward Brady.
40. Boston, MA — Andrew W. Saslow.
42. San Francisco, CA — Robert McPhun,
R. Walter Kuhn.
43. Hartford, CN— Frank L. Chabot.
47. St. Louis, MO — Orville Hemminghaus.
50. Knoxville, TN— Roy L. Davis, Austin F.
Walker.
51. Boston, MA— Carl V. Gustafson, Paul
E. O'Brien.
58. Chicago, IL — Ervin A. Garden, Harry
Johnson.
60. Indianapolis, IN — Robert Fulton, Henry
A. Gunderson.
61. Kansas City, MO— Lester J. Marzolf,
William C. Monroe.
62. Chicago, IL — Erving S. Johnson, Victor
V. Nelson, Max Plotz.
64. Louisville, KY— Robert J. Bennett, Jr.,
Jerome Gebhart.
65. Perth Amboy, NJ — Henry Nelson.
67. Boston, MA — Francis A. Alexander,
F. R. Sapochetti, Donald F. Schone.
69. Canton, OH— Ralph Wenger.
71. Fort Smith, AH— Grover Patton.
74. Chattanooga, TN— Miller H. Holcomb,
Castel R. Wilkerson, Henry Youngblood.
78. Troy, NY— Carl Boomhower.
80. Chicago, IL — Michael J. Kirrane, Viktor
A. Ost, Frank Summers.
81. Erie, PA— Clarence Davis.
85. Rochester, NY— Floyd A. Fishell,
Harold J. Preston, Elden N. Trenchard.
93. Ottawa, ON — Ulysse Lauzon, Ludwig
Prus.
94. Providence, RI — Thomas S. Betcher,
Angelo Caraccia, Warren R. Grist,
Anthony F. Olivo, John Rosa.
98. Spokane, WA— James B. Ray.
99. Bridgeport, CN— Joseph V. Goda.
101. Baltimore, MD— Emil Klaschus, Bel-
mont R. Markle, Edgar A. Mull, Jack
F. Reed.
102. Oakland, CA— Elmer A. Brockmann.
103. Birmingham, AI^-S. Y. Swindall.
105. Cleveland, OH— Walter J. Rees.
106. Des Moines, lA — Everett Ray Hommer.
110. St. Joseph, MO— Earl P. Bolten.
III. Lawrence, MA — Bruno Andrews, Jo-
seph Maugeri, David E. Weinerman.
Local Union, City
116. Bay City, MI — John A. Burgoyne.
117. Albany, NY— Francis S. Daggett, Carl
W. Graves, Charles Loden.
131. Seattle, WA— Verner O. Granlund.
132. Washington, DC— John Callahan, Clar-
ence E. Combs, Homer A. Gray, Craig
Kilroy.
133. Tcrre Haute, IN— OIlie V. Earhart.
134. Montreal, PQ — Pierre Aspirot.
135. New York, NY— Victor Filosa.
146. Schenectady, NY — Gordon L. Benson.
162. San Mateo, CA — William Bremner,
Olaf Skreden.
182. Cleveland, OH — Alois Mismas, Henry
Putre.
183. Peoria, IL— Edward Wilson Buhl, E. D.
Cafferty, William F. Heitzman.
184. Salt Lake City, UT— Doss A. Dean.
186. Steubenville, OH— Geo W. Smith.
187. Geneva, NY — Laurence Miller.
195. Peru, IL — Felix Martinitis.
200. Columbus, OH— Peter Culiar, Carl M.
Esselstein, Robert P. Leslie, Perlie
Morris.
218. Boston, MA — Eric Anderson.
225. Atlanta, GA— John R. Page.
226. Portland, OR— James R. Brock, Darrell
E. Brown, Peter H. Elmer, Frank J.
Kortas, Leroy L. Sanborn, John W.
Spainhower.
236. Clarksburg, WV— Argil Moody.
246. New York, NY — John Kreiner, Morris
Melnick, Paul Pompeo, Carl Sundin.
255. Bloomingburg, NY — George W. Diegel.
257. New York, NY— John Beck, John Paul-
son.
258. Oneonta, NY— Howard T. Austin.
261. Scranton, PA— Arthur Wilson.
262. San Jose, CA — John L. Perreira.
264. Milwaukee, WI— H. J. Zarske.
265. Saugerties, NY— Hans Brey.
266. Stockton, CA— Fred M. Howes, Fred
W. Moll.
267. Dresden, OH— William L. Weber.
268. Sharon, PA — George Branch.
275. Newton, MA — Mario J. DeFlorio, John
K. Tilton.
280. Niagara-Genesee & Vic, NY— Albert J.
Danieliwicz, Burton Wendler.
284. New York, NY— Robert Jaklitsch,
Herbert Lindstrom.
287. Harrisburg, PA — Edward J. Foster.
298. New York, NY— Albin Carlson.
299. Union City, NJ— Alfred William Bros-
zeit.
308. Cedar Rapids, lA— Stanley M. Alden,
Richard Velky.
314. Madison, WI— Charles R. Coole.
316. San Jose, CA — James Cooper, John F.
Crediford, Joseph J. Silva, Jack Tantillo.
325. Paterson, NJ — Anthony J. Quist.
329. Oklahoma City, OK— Earl Eugene
Armold.
343. Winnipeg, MB — J. E. Laurin.
345. Memphis, TN— Gilbert N. Irwin, Cur-
tis O. Smyth, U. T. Stapleton.
356. Marietta, OH — Ervin E. Skipton.
359. Philadelphia, PA— Rosco Parrish.
361. Duluth, MN — Benbow F. Alexander.
366. New York, NY— Harold Hall, Alfred
Schwinn, Alex Scialdone.
374. Buffalo, NY— Oswald T. James.
385. New York, NY— Richard Ruth, Agostin
Vizzini.
386, Angels Camp, CA — Hoyt R. Collins,
Jerry M. Silva.
393. Camden, NJ— Frank Goetter, Daniel D.
Shimp, James T. Strahan.
Local Union, City
403. Alexandria, LA — Jack Lacaze.
404. Lake Co., OH— Gust A. Nelson, Milan
A. Schott.
413. South Bend, IN— Herman G. Riedel.
416. Chicago, IL — William V. Keating.
418. Greeley, CO— Doyle Bolenbaugh.
421. Elwood City, PA — Dominick Fantone.
424. Hingham, MA — Arthur F. King.
440. Buffalo, NY— Elias T. Erickson.
448. Waukegan, IL — Eugene D. Hendee.
452. Vancouver, BC— Carl Hughes, Alan
Lonneberg, Jos. Staresinich.
455. Somerville, NJ — Charles C. Dreschsler,
Vincent Longo.
465. Chester Co., PA — Roy Kimes, Anthony
McFadden.
470. Tacoma, WA — Oscar Rasmussen.
488. New York, NY— John E. Jansson,
John Ottiwell, Jr.
490. Passaic, NJ— David Holster, Jr.,
Thomas G. Steffens.
512. Ann Arbor, MI— Alfred E. Erp.
530. Los Angeles, CA — Jesus Rios.
550. Oakland, CA — John S. Arcouette, John
Herrera.
562. Everett, WA— W. H. Hoag.
565. Elkhart, IN— Kenneth R. Henderson.
583. Portland, OR— Robert Bracken.
584. New Orleans, LA— Harold Ellis.
586. Sacramento, CA — James D. Demuth,
Edward H. Hofferber, Homer O. Kitch-
ens, E. Cecil Moore, Kenneth W. Nel-
son, Floyd C. Tittle.
602. St. Louis, MO — Elmer Jos. Lowe.
616. Chambersburg, PA— Walter D. Miller,
Guy J. Patterson.
620. Madison, NJ — Sidney Kinney.
624. Brockton, MA— Charles F. Checkman.
625. Manchester, NH — Amedee Bolduc.
627. Jacksonville, FI^Earl Samuel Huff,
Edmund E. Scydick.
635. Boise, ID — O. D. Boardman.
639. Akron, OH— Ernest Roy Cowger, Rob-
ert C. Hutsler, Sr.
665. Amarillo, TX— Ralph W. Davis, Robert
Richard Rhoades.
668. Palo Alto, CA — Lawrence J. Lavaly.
674. Mt. Clemens, MI — Fedel R. Badger,
Vernon Schulz.
690. Little Rock, AR— Robert Lee Clark,
Calvin Morrow, Fred Wingfield.
694. Boonville, IN — Doras Francis Ward.
695. Sterling, Il^Orlo D. Spotts.
698. Covington, KY— Charles H. Schaffeld.
701. Fresno, CA— Ross D. Caudle.
710. Long Beach, CA— T. R. Jackson, Claud
C. Perigen.
721. Los Angeles, CA— Roy T. Carlson,
Thomas E. Hancock, Lloyd X. Martin,
Harris C. Montgomery, John Nicsinger.
739. Cincinnati, OH— Edward G. Bross.
743. Bakersfield, CA— F. M. Matherly.
745. Honolulu, HI — Joseph Kekuna.
747. Oswego, NY — Richard Donald Hutton.
753. Beaumont, TX— A. W. Gietzen, Sr.,
Henry Ben Jacobson.
756. Bellingham, WA— Marvin G. Hovde,
Helmut B. Krebs.
764. Shreveport, LA — Fred Zachry.
766. Albert Lea, MN — Francis Peak.
769. Pasadena, CA — Frank Leroy Dewitt.
770. Yakima, WA— Philip Englehart.
783. Sioux Falls, SD— Lawrence Vellinga.
787. New York, NY— Rasmus Kyle.
792. Rockford, II,— Harold W. Carlson,
Harold Knapply, Samuel Thorson.
819. West Palm Beach, FL— Stanley Clegg,
Sr.
JANUARY, 1982
37
Local Union, City
844. Reseda, CA — Joe Livingston, Valentine
Madrid, Everett B. Taylor.
846. Lethbridge, AT — James Osachoff, Ja-
kob Priekschas.
870. Spokane, WA — Emery Burdge.
902. Brooklyn, NY— Herbert Ford, Alexan-
der Matos, Al Reiersen.
904. Jacksonville, IL — Edwin R. Zimmer.
906. Glendale, AZ— Allen F. Brittell.
925. Salinas, CA — Julio Duron.
971. Reno, NV— Harry Sells.
973. Texas City, TX— Thomas Hugh Martin.
978. Springfield, MO— Virgil A. Stout.
981. Pelaluma, CA— Arnold H. Volker.
982. Detroit, MI— Buford O. Barber.
998. Royal Oak, MI— Norman G. Arnold.
1000. Tampa, FI^-Donald R. Hargrove,
Carl C. Howell, Sr.
1006. New Brunswick, NJ — Curtis Hender-
son.
1021. Saskatoon, SK — Abe Kernelsen.
1050. Philadelphia, PA— Jefferson DeMarco.
1073. Philadelphia, PA— Robert F. Buschta,
Abraham Marks, Wolodynyr Wojcich.
1089. Phoenix, AZ — Wallace Kraus.
1093. Glencove, NY— Edward H. Stack.
1098. Baton Rouge, LA— Allan A. Babin,
Wm. Byron Cooper, Jr., Audibert Jo-
seph Fabre, Jr., Dewey B. Varnado.
1108. Cleveland, OH— Henry G. Bader.
1128. La Grange, IL— Fred H. Ganger.
1140. San Pedro, CA— Joseph A. Biehle,
Lee H. Bowen.
1142. Lawrenceburg, IN — Kirby H. Burton.
1143. La Crosse, WI — Michael Burroughs,
Arthur A. Leisso.
1156. Montrose, CO— Robert Browell.
1164. New York, NY— Felix Werney.
1176. Fargo, ND — Norman G. Kosen.
1204. New York, NY— Guido Andreis, Ben.
Leifman.
1207. Charleston, WV— James F. Gerwig.
1216. Mesa, AZ— Richard L. Reed.
1233. Haltiesburg, MS— Buford Webster
Dyess.
1243. Fairbanks, AK — John M. Hawes.
1256. Sarnia, ON — Emmett John LaMothe.
1266. Austin, TX — Frank Emmett Joy.
1273. Eugene, OR— John W. Gibney.
1274. Decatur, Al^-William B. Rice.
1275. Clearwater, FL — Henry D. Treadway.
1280. Mountain View, CA — Elias Ruiz.
1281. Anchorage, AK — Clarence N. Pilon.
1292. Huntington, NY — Edward Peterson.
1296. San Diego, CA— William M. Baldwin,
Matt P. Buday, Earl Kramer.
1300. San Diego, CA— Kenneth C. Bolden,
John Vanarum.
1305. Fall River, MA— Ernest Dion, Donat
Parent, Thomas S. Santos.
1311. Dayton, OH— Richard Gallagher.
1313. Mason City, lA— William F. Cahill.
1319. Albuquerque, NM — Samuel A. Boyer.
1325. Edmonton, AT— K. Kantor, Wesley
G. Stanton.
1342. Irvington, NJ — Leander E. Hansen,
Raymond J. Harrison.
1365. Cleveland, OH— Frank Zsoldos.
1369. Morgantown, WV— Ira B. Shane.
1388. Oregon City, OR— Sherman Hatcher,
Anthony H. Schaefer.
1391. Denver, CO— Joe H. Hamilton,
George Andrew Lauver.
1397. North Hempslad, NY— Ralph Bor-
chardt.
1401. Buffalo, NY— Eric Kosbab.
1418. Lodi, CA— William Q. Cotton.
1419. Johnstown, PA — John A. Stephens.
1437. Complon, CA — V. L. Herriman.
1452. Detroit, MI— Richard E. Enyeart, Ed-
win W. Weber.
1456. New York, NY— John L. Barry, Do-
menico Mignano, Asbjom Tobiasen.
Local Union, City
1461. Traverse City, MI— William Clark.
1463. Omaha, NE— Walter Dotson.
1478. Redondo, CA— Robert L. Howell.
1497. East Los Angeles, CA— Frank C. Rein-
hardt.
1498. Provo, LIT— Thomas L. Worley.
1505. Salisbury, NC— Robert Hill.
1506. Los Angeles, CA — Clarence J. Gean,
John J. Kennedy.
1509. Miami, FL — Thomas H. Mercer.
1536. New York, NY— Thomas Tanel.
1565. Abilene, TX — Henry L. Lenoir, Sr.
1571. East San Diego, CA— William P.
Hoffman, Roxy Albert Rulli.
1577. Buffalo, NY— Joseph G. Kryszak.
1581. Napoleon, OH— Arthur Schieber.
1588. Sydney, NS— Moses LeBlanc.
1590. Washington, DC— Carl H. Linne.
1607. Los Angeles, CA — Aldo E. Ferrero.
1620. Rock Springs, WY— Cody William
Boyd.
1622. Hayward, CA — James F. Armstrong,
Oscar R. Ervin, Donald W. Lillegard,
Sixton N. Lindberg, Joseph D. Senna.
1644. Minneapolis, MN — Manly H. Ander-
son, George O'Donnell, Fred Ruess.
1648. Laguna Beach, CA— Carl S. Tuck.
1650. Lexington, KY— Arnold K. Caudill.
1664. Bloomington, IN — Ben E. Hudelson.
1665. Alexandria, VA — Darrell M. Seekford.
1667. Biloxi, MS— O. L. Warren.
1685. Pineda, FI^Terry Caudill.
1693. Chicago, IL— Phillip J. Belski, Charles
R. Davis, Henry T. Duszka, Russell J.
Meek, Joseph F. Mitchell, Thomas J.
Strom.
1699. Pasco, WA— Lowell Woodrow Smith.
1707. Kelso Longview, WA — Richard V.
McFarling.
1708. Auburn, WA— Monty L. Prothero.
1715. Vancouver, WA — John A. Killman,
Arben W. Thompson.
1741. Milwaukee, WI — Charles Colby, Leon-
ard Schettl.
1746. Portland, OR— Fred W. Will.
1750. Cleveland, OH— Rocco J. Milia,
George Schmitt, Jr., Roy A. Wood.
1752. Pomona, CA — George E. Berard,
William S. Hansen.
1772. Hicksville, NY— Elias Nilsen.
1779. Calgary, AT — Niels Korgaard, Gun-
vald Krangnes.
1780. Las Vegas, NV — James D. Adams,
Darvel A. Sampson.
1795. Farmington, MO— Floyd Miller,
Royce L. Whitt.
1815. Santa Ana, CA — Julius Dumon.
1822. Fort Worth, TX— Homer A. Ashcraft,
Edward Lee Crane, Arthur Ray Myers.
1836. Russellville, AR— W. H. Formby, El-
mer B. Golden.
1837. Babylon, NY— Joseph J. Shaw.
1843. Chilliwack, BC— Clarence A. Hala.
1846. New Orleans, LA — Joel J. Bergeron,
Wm. Saffer, Frank J. Sagona, August F.
Usher, Jr.
1883. Macomb, IL— Scott E. Holmberg.
1913. San Fernando, CA— Alvin V. Hein-
bechner, W. C. Jorgensen, William G.
Keith, William H. Opfer.
1916. Hamilton, ON— Edward Collins, Larry
Albert Roemer.
1994. Natchez, MS— William Lee Netterville.
2006. Los Gatos, CA — Benjamin French.
2012. Seaford, DE— Phillip L. Bradshaw, Sr.,
E. Leroy Brohawn.
2014. Barrington, IL — Victor J. Haben,
James Q. Neely.
2018. Ocean County, NJ— Samuel R. Katz.
2020. San Diego, CA — Lewis J. Farling.
2042. Oxnard, CA— A. W. Stone.
2043. Chico, CA— Pearl M. Anderson.
2047. Hartford City, IN— George Virgil
Davis, Elmer L. Gilland.
Local Union, City
2050. Owen Sound, ON— Ivan H. Longhead.
2077. Columbus, OH— Harold D. Later.
2078. Vista, CA— Floyd E. Johnson, A. B.
Schram.
2101. Moorefield, WV— Viola R. Haggerty.
2114. Napa, CA— Karl Pedersen.
2163. New York, NY— Frank Conlon, Eric
Felt, Harry Schank.
2203. Anaheim, CA — Fred Walter Acken,
Jim A. Horsley, L. M. Rape.
2231. Los Angeles, CA— Jimmy M. Felan.
2248. Piqua, OH— Harry W. Elliott.
2250. Red Bank, NJ— Newton S. Johnson,
Ernest Mamberg, John Mullen.
2265. Detroit, MI— Charles Edwards, John
J. Levasseur.
2274. Pittsburgh, PA— Edwin P. Oliver.
2283. West Bend, WI— Joseph P. Koll.
2288. Los Angeles, CA — Raymond A. Her-
ber, Ernest Williams.
2308. Fullerton, CA— Alvin A. Hawkins,
Louis P. Stamand.
2352. Corinth, MS— George W. Duren.
2361. Orange, CA— Leroy Webb.
2403. Richland, WA— Charles T. Hanson.
2436. New Orleans, LA — Fuel G. Singletary.
2463. Ventura, CA— Leiand K. Smith.
2477. Santa Maria, CA— Kenneth F. Dun-
ham.
2554. Lebanon, OR— Everett R. Clark, Willy
Hardt.
2573. Coos Bay, OR— Rolla Ray Spencer.
2633. Tacoma, WA — Garrett Warmenhoven.
2691. Coquille, OR— Lloyd L. Ogbin,
2739. Yakima, WA— Clyde W. Betker, Sr..
George Kaluza.
2784. Coquille, OR— Harold E. Middleton,
Eldon F. Stange.
2791. Sweet Home, OR— William Walker.
2834. Denver, CO— Donald F. Larson.
2837. Mifflinburg, PA— Willard E. Hacken-
berg.
2882. Santa Rosa, CA— Cecil R. Cameron.
2907, Weed, CA — Orville Anderson, Virginia
Anderson, Ray L. Middleton, Sr., Paul
G. Painter, Giacinto Zanotto.
2927. Marlell, CA— Herbert M. Belyea.
2941. Warm Springs, OR— Bernard B. Ben-
zen.
2949. Roseburg, OR— Murray R. Welch.
2993. Franklin, IN— Jack M. Hatfield.
3025. Chicago, IL — Stanley Marcinkewicz.
3038. Bonner, MT— Larry P. Hambley.
3110. Black Mountain, NC— George Ed-
wards.
3161. Maywood, CA — Josephine Jones, Ed-
die Williams.
3204. Live Oak, FL— E. E. Terry.
3206. Pompano Beach, FL — Leonard Ab-
bate.
3223. Elizabelbtown, KY— Ernest Edward
Wyrick.
9009. Washington, DC— John Troy Brady.
9300. Bakersfield, CA— Pat Lloyd Green.
38
THE CARPENTER
NEW ROOFCAP NAILS
TOUGH 100-FT. TAPE
A new 100 ft. long fiberglass tape has
been introduced for the professional in
building/contruction, and industry where
a tough tape is required to stand up to
abrasion, solvents and working conditions
where steel tapes are not ideal. It will
not short out equipment and is partic-
ularly handy for utility companies. The
flexible blade made of parallel strands of
fiberglass is coated with PVC with a rein-
forced tip. Pliable and easy to rewind on
a large reel with a long and effective
crank, blade resists stretching and is more
accurate than a cloth tape. It lies flat,
following contours and curves and won't
even fracture if creased or run over. De-
signed to be easily cleaned, to hold and
to use, spool and blade will not rust and
will work even in extreme atmospheric
conditions. It comes with Va in. gradua-
tions in black and red foot markings con-
trasting sharply on a white blade. A true-
reading universal hook with double spurs
slips over a nail, or the ring section opens
to hook over the edge of the work. Fiber-
glass Long Tape (34-420) has a suggested
list of $24.95. Stanley Tools, Dept. FID,
Box 1800, New Britain, CT, 06050.
INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
Belsaw Planer 25
Black & Decker 35
Chicago Technical College 27
Clifton Enterprises 39
Craftsman Book Co 21
E. C. Mitchell 26
Estwing Mfg 39
Full Length Roof Framer 25
Industrial Abrasives 27
Irwin Auger Bit 33
Princeton Co 21
Vaughan & Bushnell 30
JANUARY, 1982
New roofcap nails feature large-sur-
faced domed heads, clipped -comers to
eliminate sharp edges and lock ring
shanks to provide maximum holding
power. Six lengths are available from
Va" up to 4". Ideal for installation of low
density rigid insulation sheets, plywood
roof decks and built-up roofing. Standard
finish is of bright steel. Hot galvanizing
is available.
For roofcap nail samples call or write:
Dickson Weatherproof Nail Co., P.O.
Box 590, Evanston, Illinois 60204, 312-
864-2060.
FREE PUBLICATIONS
HINTS FOR EPOXY— "Hints for Working
with Epoxy," literature designed to famil-
iarize the user with the basic principles of
mixing, applying and casting epoxy com-
pounds, is available from Devcon Corp.
The brochure explains the chemistry of
epoxies, provides surface preparation and
mixing instructions, and answers some of
the specific questions that often arise in
working with epoxy compounds. A sec-
tion on tooling explains how to cast low-
cost, dimensionally accurate parts while
avoiding the problems of shrinkage, bub-
bles and warping.
"Hints for Working with Epoxy" is
available free from: Devcon Corp., 30
Endicott St., Danvers, MA 01923.
ENTRYWAY IDEAS — Colorful ideas for
adding a warm welcome to a home are
illustrated in a new six-page brochure
just published by the Fir & Hemlock
Door Association.
The architect-inspired renovation proj-
ects include a "welcome garden" court-
yard, surrounded by fencing and a stor-
age wall; a passive solar entry addition,
and a space-building "welcome room"
with extra storage closets.
The 8'/2xl 1-inch, four-color booklet
also illustrates numerous designs of stile-
and-rail wood doors manufactured from
Douglas fir or hemlock by member firms
of the door producers' association.
Color photographs illustrate how the
doors, some with carved panels, hand-
somely accept different finishes, from
light stains accenting the natural beauty
of the wood, to colorful paints that com-
plement the home's decor.
Copies of "Ideas for a Warm Wel-
come" are available free from the Fir &
Hemlock Door Association, Dept. FH-5,
Yeon Bldg., Portland, Ore. 97204.
•
PLEASE NOTE: A report on new prod-
ucts and processes on this page in no way
constitutes an endorsement or recommenda-
tion. All performance claims are based on
statements by the manufacturer.
39
Carpenters,
hang it up!
m^'
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member, Local 1622,
Hayward, Calif.
(Patent Pending)
Clamp these heavy
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
load on your
shoulders. Made of
soft, comfortable 2"
wide red nylon.
Adjust to fit all sizes.
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Try them for 15 days, if not completely
satisfied return for full refund. Don't be
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Always wear Estwing
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IN CONCLUSION
IhB Tragic Euents
in Poinnd
nnd TiiBir meaning
tn a Troubied
UUorid
First redplent of the
George Meany Human Rights
Award again in bondage
On December 1 7, soon after the tanks and armored
vehicles began to roll in Warsaw, Poland, I sent the
following telegram to Romuald Spasowski, Polish
ambassador in Washington, D.C.:
"THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPEN-
TERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO,
REPRESENTING SOME 800,000 CRAFT AND
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN THE UNITED
STATES AND CANADA, VOICES ITS STRONG
PROTEST AGAINST THE POLISH GOVERN-
MENT'S ATTACK ON THE SOLIDARITY
TRADE UNION AND THE REPORTED DETEN-
TION OF THOUSANDS OF ITS OFFICERS AND
MEMBERS.
"OUR UNION, WHICH IS HONORED TO
HAVE MANY POLISH-AMERICANS AMONG
OUR MEMBERS, UPHOLDS THE RIGHT OF
WORKERS EVERYWHERE TO JOIN FREELY
IN TRADE UNIONS THAT WILL REPRESENT
THEIR JUST ASPIRATIONS FOR ECONOMIC
PROGRESS AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING. WE BE-
LIEVE THE ACTION OF THE POLISH GOVERN-
MENT VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL TREATIES
AND COMMITMENTS MADE BY YOUR GOV-
ERNMENT. WE CALL UPON THE GOVERN-
MENT OF POLAND TO SPEEDILY RESTORE
THE RIGHTS OF POLISH WORKERS AND
THEIR SOLIDARITY UNION."
Ours was not the only telegram sent to the Polish
Embassy that day. A flood of pleas, complaints, and
jeers must have reached Ambassador Spasowski; a
few days later the Polish envoy defected and asked
the US State Department for asylum. He, too, was
stunned and shocked by the swift, jarring military
takeover in his native land.
The stark reality of militant communism as prac-
ticed in Poland and the Eastern bloc countries of
Europe had showed once again that there is no
workers' paradise behind the Iron Curtain, as the
Soviets proclaim . . . that trade union democracy, as
we know it, is a myth in the USSR.
The tragedy in Poland and the suppression of the
trade union Solidarity is just one more example of the
Russian Bear's single-minded, geo-political expansion-
ism. Like a steamroller, Russian might has moved
into Hungary, Czechoslovakia, the Baltic States, and
Afghanistan.
This time, however, I believe, the Soviets have gone
too far. The timing is bad for them.
This time, I believe, we can begin to turn back the
Red Tide, if we have the will and the steady determi-
nation to apply it.
Surely the workers striving for freedom in the Third
World must now see that Soviet Communism is not
the protector of the working population. Surely they
can see that the Red Brigade and the PLO terrorists,
unleashed by Soviet arms and funds, do not offer sal-
vation for the common man.
The Soviet Union is going to face more and more
threats from within during the 1980's. The ruling
communist bosses have systematically withheld from
workers their fair share of the economic wealth they
produce. Workers behind the Iron Curtain, in most
instances, have been treated shabbily.
40
THE CARPENTER
When the Polish workers of Gdansk and Krakow
and Warsaw could no longer tolerate the oppressive
bureaucracy, they undertook work stoppages, slow-
downs, strikes, and demonstrations. Great leaders like
Lech Walesa came to the fore and called for action.
The Soviet and East European governments have
responded in the only way they know how — with cur-
fews, armed guards, and martial law.
But the pressures for change are mounting inside
the Soviet Bloc, and the Soviets' situation will grow
worse. The human rights activists and the dissident
intellectuals now have the big masses of workers be-
hind them. Nationalism is having its effect, too, as
ethnic peoples seek freedom.
These are conditions long recognized by American
labor unions. We meet with worker delegates from
other lands periodically. We quietly and effectively
fight communism in Latin America, in Africa, and
Asia with our worker training institutes.
When the Reagan Administration wanted a quick
assessment of the situation in Poland and in Solidarity,
it called upon AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland and
his staff for information.
American labor can take pride in its work with the
trade unions of other countries. Though our efforts
have not been widely recognized in the US and Can-
ada, American trade unions are well known in the
countries where workers are struggling to be free.
We take a hard line in our dealings with totalitarian
regimes. We call for grain embargos. We turn back
the products of slave labor. Our record and our pol-
icies are clear. We have always been wary of the
Soviet version of detente.
We hope the Reagan Administration and the Tru-
deau Administration in Canada will recognize that
true national freedom and secure international free-
dom lie in the minds and hearts of the workers of the
world, more than in the board rooms of multinational
corporations and the palaces of Middle East shieks.
The program of action adopted by Polish Solidarity
at its first congress, last year, stated, in part: "We
affirm government by the people as a principle which
must never be abandoned. Government by the people
cannot mean rule by a single group which places itself
above all others in society, which claims the right to
define its needs and represent its interests . . ."
The AFL-CIO recently declared the Polish free
trade union to be the recipient of the first annual
George Meany Human Rights Award. The Federation
had planned to present the award to Lech Walesa at
its recent centennial convention in New York, but the
tragic circumstances in Poland forced cancellation of
the trip. A convention resolution hailed the Solidarity
union as an inspiration to workers everywhere.
The AFL-CIO Polish Workers Aid Fund has raised
more than a quarter million dollars for the purchase
of office equipment and other supplies needed by
Solidarity.
We must continue our support of these valiant peo-
ple in the year ahead. Their struggle has yet to be won.
WILLIAM KONYHA
General President
The Brotherhood is
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MY DAD IS A UNION MILLWRIGHT
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MY GRANDDAD IS A UNION CARPENTER
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In T-shirts and jackets and caps, the 1982 UBC member tets
the world know that he or she is a union member in good
standing, working to protect a good way of life in an un-
certain world. New jackets, like the one obove have warm,
kasha linings and snap fronts. They bear the Brotherhood
emblem at left front.
Caps can be purchased with or without earflaps. T-shirts
with the big UBC emblem, as seen at lower left, come in
blue or white. Those with the slogans are white with navy
blue letters. Use the coupon below to order now . . .
TO: General Secretary John Rogers
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America
101 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Accompanying this coupon is cash,
order in the amount of $
the items checlod below . . .
check, or money
-. Please send me
large,
n Lined jacket, available in sizes small, medium,
and extra large.* $18.50
n Unlined jacket, same as above. $14.50
n Billed cap of twill, as shown above, with ear flaps,
adjustable to all head sizes. $5.75
n Billed cap, same as above, except that it has no ear
flaps. $4.25
n T-Shirt with large Brotherhood emblem, as worn at far
left, in white with blue trim in small, medium, large,
and extra large.* $4.25
n T-Shirt, same as above, except that shirt is heather
(blue) with dark blue trim, in same sizes. $4.35
* Adult sizes include: small (34-36), medium (38-40),
large (42-44), and extra large (46-48).
□ T-Shirts for other members of the family; all are white
with blue lettering and trim. $3.75
Please specify slogan and size by checking appropriate
blank below:
D My Dad is a Union Carpenter (Youth sizes, large 14-16)
D My Daddy is a Union Carpenter (Youth sizes, small 6-8
and medium 10-12)
□ My Dad is a Union Millwright (Youth sizes 14-16)
D My Dad is a Union Millwright (Youth sizes, small 6-8
and medium 10-12)
n My Mom is a Union Carpenter (Youth sizes, small 6-8,
medium 10-12, large 14-16)
n My Granddad is a Union Carpenter (Youth sizes, small
6-8, medium 10-12, and large 14-16)
All prices include cost of handling and mailing. Write
for quantity discounts. If you or your local union would
like to purchase in quantities of five or more.
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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.
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VOLUME 102
No. 2 FEBRUARY, 1982
UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
John S. Rogers, Editor
IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS AND FEATURES
Tennessee Carpenters Build a World's Fair
White House Seeks Cures for Low Productivity
Wheels of Yesteryear: The 'Wunder Wagons'
The Canadian Mega Project
Funds for Alice
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More Consumers Seek Union Label 21
Centennial Proclamations 22
General Organizers in Briefing Sessions
Maritime Trades and National Coal Policy
Brotherhood Tribute to the Ladies' Auxiliaries
UBC Continues Support for Ethan Allen Employees
THE
COVER
Winter is winter is winter. It always
has been, and as the entire continent
is experiencing this year, it always will
be.
Snow was the same fascinating,
often impossible, creature for early
settlers journeying west as it is for us
today. Our cover this month is a lin-
gering glimpse of a snow-covered, soli-
tary wagon wheel in the majestic
surroundings of Monument Valley,
Utah. A red sandstone bluff rises in
the background in an area world
famous for its natural bridges.
An inside story tells the history of
the "wheels of yesteryear." The early
wagon-wheelers were men and women
of dedication and courage. As we now
flounder in our cars on the freezing
causeways, covered-wagon travelers
also found the snowy cold a formid-
able foe — one they could not always
conquer.
The early settlers were builders of
a country then, as each of us con-
tinues to be builders of a country now.
And the wheels keep rolling . . . Photo
by M. Roessler from H. Armstrong
Roberts, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
DEPARTMENTS
Washington Report
Ottawa Report
Members in the News
Local Union News
We Congratulate
Consumer Clipboard: Sugar Consumption
Plane Gossip
Service to the Brotherhood
In Memoriam
What's New?
In Conclusion
William Konyha
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Energy Turns the World" is the
theme for the 1982 World's Fair to
be held in the southeastern U.S. city
of Knoxville, Tenn., this spring.
Seemingly an unusual choice for
the site of a world's fair, as head-
quarters for the Tennessee Valley
Authority, and with Oak Ridge, the
nation's atomic energy center, near-
by, Knoxville begins to appear as a
very appropriate location indeed for
this international symposium on
energy, and Knoxville is expecting
over 11 million visitors to the 1982
fair.
The fair, opening May 1, 1982,
and running through October, has
been in the making for six years. A
$100-million-dollar investment, the
fair is situated on a 72-acre, mile-
long site bordering the Tennessee
River and the main campus of the
University of Tennessee. As part of
a federally-funded urban redevelop-
ment project, the fair is expected to
turn what Knoxville Mayor Randy
Tyree has termed "an industrial
slum" into a modem commercial
and industrial center providing
nearly 12,000 new permanent jobs
for workers in the Knoxville area.
Nations from all over the world,
from Australia to Saudi Arabia to
Canada, and corporations and or-
ganizations from all over the
country, from Dupont to Federal
Express to Anheuser-Busch, are
scheduled to participate in the fair,
providing not only a myriad of
viewpoints on the world's energy
situation, but a wide variety of
crafts, cultures and foodstuffs. Per-
haps the most dramatic develop-
ment for fair officials has been the
announcement of the participation
of the Peoples Republic of China.
The Peoples Republic is planning a
major exhibit of ancient and modem
art and civilization, complete with
expert chefs to staff an authentic
Chinese restaurant.
The Brotherhood is an essential
component of this event — over 175
UBC Carpenters are currently work-
ing on the extensive construction
needed to get the fairground in
order for opening day. East Ten-
nessee District Council Locals 50,
1821, 1993, 2132, 2738, and 3257
are all involved in the massive
project; Millwright Local 1002 has
recently entered the activity. Work-
ing under a no-strike agreement,
Brotherhood members employed by
Rentenbach, Inc. of Knoxville, Gen-
eral Contractors, are putting up the
structures ahead of schedule and
under cost. Construction activities
include installing tent structures,
studs, framework, dry wall. In addi-
tion. Brotherhood members are cur-
rently negotiating with concession-
aires to continue installation work
after the opening of the fair.
The focal point of the fair, the
"theme structure," is a 266-foot-
high Sunsphere, topped by a giant
globe enrobed in glass manufactured
with genuine 24-karat gold dust.
The energy efficient gold-tinted glass
will give the sphere a glow that will
be seen for miles. Inside the sphere
is a two-level restaurant and three
observation decks that afford a
commanding view of the fair site.
The largest national pavilion be-
longs to the United States. The six-
story, cantilevered building will be
solar powered. The building will
house five exhibits on the descend-
FEBRUARY, 1982
1. One of several tension-fabric structures
erected on the fairgrounds by members of
the East Tennessee District Council. One
such tent-like building — The Tennessee
Amphitheatre — will have a seating
capacity of 4,000.
l.The framework of a national pavilion
rises behind them, as Charlie Myers and
A Ibert Weaver of Local 50 work on
concrete forms.
3. Eddie Tipton and James Dunkin stake
out a construction site. (Editor's Note:
These pictures were taken last fall during
early stages of construction.)
4. Joe Helton, steward, Henry P. Miller,
and a third member of Local 50 set up a
form for a walkway.
ing levels; interspersed throughout
the exhibits will be video terminals
and talkback computers.
In keeping with the energy theme,
recycled or recyclable material is
being used for the construction of
all exhibit buildings. For example,
the small, square food shops and
souvenir shops dotting the fair-
grounds are being built with remov-
able steel tube framing upon a con-
crete slab floor. The walls consist
of large square panes of secondhand
glass brought from a sheet glass
manufacturer who uses the glass as
molds between which to form
plastic. When the glass becomes
scratched and chipped, it is dis-
carded, but special moldings will be
used to hide these signs of wear for
the fair construction, and after the
fair, the glass will be sold for some
other industrial use.
But not all the buildings are new.
The fair's designers have incor-
porated several renovated historical
structures, including a row of
Victorian houses and Knoxville's
old Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Depot Hotel. After the fair, the old
train station will be used as a com-
mercial and professional center.
Plenty of international and na-
tional entertainment will be avail-
able, from the Prague Philharmonic
Orchestra to the Houston Ballet to
the Grand Kabuki Theatre of Japan,
yet the fair is striving for a tradi-
tional southern flavor in many of the
shows. The Stokely-Van Camp
Folklife Festival will showcase the
arts, heritage, traditions, crafts, en-
tertainment and foods of Southern
Appalachia and the Southern US.
On three performance stages,
visitors can enjoy bluegrass, fiddler
5. From a work plaiform in the theme structure, the Sunsphere, Ken
McCormick, business representative of the East Tennessee District Council, and
Ken Holbert, Local 3257, look out on the U.S. Pavilion and the Tennessee River.
6. George Tiller of Local 2132 offers
advice to Kelly Strickland, second-
year apprentice.
contests, gospel, storytellers, and
clog dancing, to name a few. Exhibit
demonstrations will include cooper-
ing (barrel making), tinsmithing,
the crafting of musical instruments,
and a genuine moonshine still. At
the opposite end of the fairgrounds,
on a Tennessee River showboat with
a 2,500-seat theater, General Elec-
tric's "Up With People" musical
revue will be in residence, and top-
name country entertainment will
also grace this theater.
Corporations exhibiting at the fair
have out done themselves. Occi-
dental Petroleum and Tenneco, Inc.
will show how the two companies
have joined to extract oil from shale,
Control Data is setting up a "hands-
on" exhibit of educational computer
systems — visitors will be invited to
experiment with the computers,
Texaco will exhibit a new gas pump
that accepts credit cards, and U.S.
Steel's oilwell division will bring a
working oil well to the fair.
Sports events to be sponsored by
the fair include the American Bas-
ketball Association International
Basketball Tournament, the Ameri-
can Baseball Association Interna-
tional Baseball Tournament, and a
National Football League exhibition
game.
Visitors' tastebuds will be tempted
by Belgian waffles, egg creams,
European sausage, stuffed potato
skins, international pastries, country
ham and biscuits, Filipino treats,
barbeque, and many, many more
regional national, and international
goodies. A gondola, chairlift, and
tramway will assist visitors in mak-
ing their way around the fairground.
The 1982 World's Fair committee
has chosen as its slogan "You've
Got To Be There." They just may
be right!
7. The work site for the 1982 World's Fair as
seen from a street intersection near the
University of Tennessee campus.
General President William Konyha between Secretary of the Treasury Regan and Secretary of Labor Donovan, just beyond
President Reagan, in the White House conference room during a meeting of the National Productivity Advisory Committee. Vice
President George Bush, at the right of the table, also addressed the group.
General President Konyha Joins White House Committee
To Seek Remedies for Declining Productivity Rate
President Ronald Reagan called a
panel of business and labor leaders to the
White House, last month, and asked them
to suggest ways to improve America's
dismal productivity performance of re-
cent months.
In a brief ceremony which served as a
prelude to the group's business sessions.
President Reagan asked for "concrete
suggestions and specific recommenda-
tions" on how the federal government
can help stimulate industrial output and
business capital formation in the United
States. He told the panel — the National
Productivity Advisory Committee — that
its work is "vitally important" in the
nation's current economic situation.
The rate of growth in productivity, or
output per worker, has been declining
since the mid-1960s. Worker productivity
was little changed in 1981 after falling in
the three preceding years. Labor Depart-
ment experts report.
SLOWS LIVING STANDARD
The trend is troublesome, as it slows
improvement in the U.S. standard of
living and makes it harder for U.S. com-
panies to compete in world markets.
William Simon, a New York business-
FEBRUARY, 1982
man and former Treasury Secretary,
chairs the 34-member committee. He
noted that "no subject has been more
studied than the subject of productivity"
and suggested that the time has arrived
"to do something." The committee, cre-
ated by presidential order, is to finish its
work by the end of 1982.
The committee's first session was ad-
dressed by Vice President George Bush;
Murray Weidenbaum, chairman of the
president's Council of Economic Advisers,
and the secretaries of Commerce, Labor
and the Treasury.
Mr. Bush told the gathering that the
administration's efforts to reduce the
regulatory burden on businesses would
aid productivity, but conceded that "we
have a long way to go."
The Vice President said he was par-
ticularly worried about the lack of rap-
port between government and businesses.
Treasury Secretary Donald Regan said
the President's economic program "will
allow for a strong resurgence and re-
vitalization of the American economy
and will boost productivity." He con-
cluded, however, that productivity has
been "far from satisfactory" and that the
committee's recommendations would be
"invaluable."
Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige
attributed part of the problem to man-
agement's inability or unwillingness in
recent years to come to terms with
changes in the world economy. Labor
Secretary Ray Donovan urged labor and
management "to recognize that their
goals have much in common and that
the best way to achieve these is through
cooperation."
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
In addition to General President
Konyha, other trade union representatives
come from the Teamsters, the Airline
Pilots, and the Boilermakers International
Union. The 35 committee members in-
clude Justin Dart, chief executive officer
of Dart Industries Inc., a unit of Dart &
Kraft Inc., and a close friend of the
President; John Dunlop, Harvard Uni-
versity professor and former Labor
Secretary: Clifton Garvin Jr., chief ex-
ecutive of Exxon Corp.; Jackson Gray-
son, chairman of the American Produc-
tivity Center in Houston, a private
research group; and Roger Smith, chief
executive of General Motors. The lone
woman member is Jayne Baker Spain,
a businesswoman who is teaching this
year at George Washington University.
Freight wagons lined up at an historic site in
Mid-America. These were the big "semis," the
tractor-trailers of their day — pulled by teams
of horses, mules, or oxen, they brought supplies
to America's frontier. — Photographs by the
author.
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BY GROVER BRINKMAN
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I HERE they stood, turned toward
the sunset, rotting on the empty plain.
With a bit of imagination one could
easily imagine that the wheels slowly
turned in a rutted trail. It was early
morning, a chilly rain falling at the
time, adding to the somberness of the
scene. The drab sky augmented the
low building in the background, an
ancient sod house.
Once these wagons, the ugly sod
house, were the homes of the pioneers.
Not so long ago, these same wagons
were filled with families, forging west.
Their entire possessions were inside.
Most of them followed the new trails
that crisscrossed the nation, east to west
from the banks of the Mississippi.
They headed for Independence, Mis-
souri, where the wagon trains had a
terminus, waiting for incoming wagon-
masters before heading out on a new
route called the Santa Fe Trail.
American history has turned many
pages since then, but the memories
linger.
Standing quietly in the patter of
rain, it was easy for me to envisage
the day when these wagons were
spanking new, as was the rutted trail
west; full-skirted women preparing the
evening meal at the cooking fires;
whiskered men herding the precious
livestock into a corral; guards with
rifles placed around the train's perim-
eter to ward off some Indian or outlaw
attack, a peril that greeted them each
day as they inched across the endless
plains that the Spaniards had named
llano Escatado.
It was no different then than now,
with one exception. If the carpetbag-
ger, bandit, or horse thief was caught,
he was either shot on the spot or left
dangling from the limb of the nearest
Cottonwood tree. There was no com-
promise in those days, and perhaps it
was all for the best.
Now we are looking at a revival of
the nation's lifestyle of yesterday,
when historic artifacts come into
sharper focus, as writers delve deeper
into the faded journals that were rec-
ords of this exodus. The old sod house,
the log cabin, the Conestoga wagon
(prairie schooner), the freight wagon,
all served in the great trek of Ameri-
can civilization, east to west. Man,
oppressed, sick of war, sought new
frontiers of freedom. He found them.
Often he paid dearly, but the overland
march continued, whatever the odds,
a fever gripping the land.
LIFE INSIDE THE WAGON
Bibles were read inside the wind-
whipped canvas; babies were born to
young mothers whose only attendant
was a midwife; old folks died before
they saw the "promised land." Yet the
wide-rimmed wagons kept rolling, the
trail ruts wearing deeper. Twelve miles
a day was rule of thumb. When some
homesteader found a valley he "cot-
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toned to," he threw up a sod house or
a one-room log cabin and called it
home.
On some days, the wagons made
even less than the proverbial twelve
miles; perhaps they halted to bury a
loved one alongside the trail. Or a
river had to be crossed, or a mountain
scaled. These were strong men and
women accustomed to physical hard-
ships that would soon stop today's desk-
bound, computerized urban dweller.
WAGON RUTS REMAIN
The wagon ruts are fading, but they
are still, there on the plain, if one hunts
for them. The Conestogas are rot-
ting, the sod houses and log cabins fast
disappearing. Yet our history books
and old diaries are alive with the ex-
ploits of these men and women. And
this is as it should be.
This was America in one of her
finest hours.
What momentous event put the
Conestoga wagon on the scene as an
"exodus vehicle?"
The finest animal-drawn vehicle
ever to be handcrafted by artisans —
that was the Conestoga, the "Wunder
Wagon" of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
The wagons served in the nation's early
wars, and opened up vast new frontiers
for dirt farmers seeking new lands for
their plows.
The Pennsylvania Dutch had settled
in great numbers in the Conestoga Val-
ley of the state. They found the area
a paradise to their talents. Soon they
were producing more food than they
could consume — and there were no
nearby markets. Waste was something
they could not tolerate, and it was also
against the tenets of their religious
faith as well. Ordinary farm wagons
mired down, broke wheels and axles,
or fell victims to unbridged streams as
they sought markets for their produce.
At last the elders of the church sum-
moned the men of the valley, to hold
an exhaustive council. In the group
were wheelwrights, wainwrights, car-
penters, blacksmiths, painters and other
artisans, all God-fearing men, shun-
ning apparent sin like the plague itself.
In the valley was a surplus of hard-
wood; there were also several crude
iron furnaces, as well as sawmills.
If the sin of waste was to be de-
feated, some vehicle must be built to
carry a large load of produce and meat
to the Philadelphia markets without
mishap on the trail!
So the Conestoga was born, a wagon
so strong, huge and rugged that it
could go anywhere an animal could
negotiate. It was a colossal hulk for
its day. Thirty-five barrels of flour
could be hauled in it. The iron-rimmed
wheels were wide, the wagonbed so
tight that it would float in a stream. Its
top was protected by billowing white
canvas, stretched tightly over curved
maple staves. The wagon was 17 feet
in length, weighed an almost unbeliev-
able 3,500 pounds.
In weeks the first wagon was com-
pleted, tested. The elders sang hymns,
prayed — and began work on more
vehicles. Not long afterward, the first
of these "wunder wagons," pulled by
six horses, rumbled over the streets of
the Quaker City, tempting the fat
purses of the citizens with home-cured
hams, flitches of bacon, supplies of
lard, butter, cornmeal, apple butter,
wheat flour, sauerkraut, potatoes and
fruits in season.
ALL UNDER ONE ROOF
When the great trek westward
The wheelwriglit of yesteryear was a
skilled woodworker who kept the wheels
turning, as the prairie schooners crossed
the plains.
The Conestoga Wagon was built before
the American Revolution, so they're
about gone. This one was photographed
years ago at the Lincoln Village of New
Salem, near, Springfield, III.
started, farmers loaded everything they
owned inside their "prairie schooners,"
and joined other wagons at Independ-
ence, Missouri to head into the great
unknown, uncharted west. Youngsters
were lulled to sleep under the billow-
ing canvas; school-aged tikes learned
to read and write as the wagons rocked
westward.
The birth of the Conestoga wagon
in Pennsylvania also saw the initiation
of new provincial highways there.
Finally, the first stone turnpike in the
nation was completed. It ran from
Philadelphia to Lancaster, a distance
of sixty-two miles, and was completed
in 1794 at a cost of $465,000, a
momentous sum in that day.
When we travel today we think of
the gas service station, the airport and
the motel. In those days it was the
wayside inn. The new turnpike had
more than fifty inns along its route.
A meal at one of these establish-
ments averaged 31V4 cents. Why the
one-fourth cent was added is an
enigma, for there was no coin of that
denomination. By stagecoach it cost
$20 to go from Philadelphia to Pitts-
burgh, a distance of 297 miles. Time
consumed: six to seven days, depend-
ing on the efficiency of the driver, the
endurance of the horses and the
vagaries of the weather.
The original Conestogas are all but
gone now, outside of a scattered few
in museums, on movie stock lots. In
the era of their popularity, nearly a
hundred thousand were crafted. Any
engineer, checking the physical aspects
today, admits it was an engineered job
par excellence. The question remains:
how did these farmers do it in that
day? They were not engineers, yet they
exerted a skill that was uncanny.
Also to be considered was the
variety of accessories that were incor-
porated in this "wunder wagon." The
toolbox itself was commendable, and
included most of the items needed on
the trail: a tarpot, water bucket, mat-
tress, jack, extra items such as chains,
pinchers, horseshoe nails, linchpins,
axle grease and other small replace-
ment items. Fully 250 handmade rivets
went into the wagon; the doubletree
pin was usually made in the form of a
hammer and could be used as such;
the feedbox was carefully lined with
strap-iron so the horses would not
gnaw upon it.
The transcontinental railroads and
better overland highways finally wrote
the doom of the Conestoga, but only
after a long span of usefulness that
shaped the nation. What a glorious
page in history is their reward!
FEBRUARY, 1982
Aerial view of the Mega Project from
high above Lake Huron.
A coiicrclc puiir for a bridge at the site.
Completed steam line trestles in the rear.
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Framing for fueling machine extension
at Generating Station A .
THE innRDiRn
mEcn PROjEn
Like the marines, Carpenters are
usually among the first trades people
on any construction project, and so it
was and is with United Brotherhood
members at the Bruce Nuclear Power
Development in Ontario.
Since the initial units were built in
1960, becoming the first commercial
nuclear generating station in Canada,
the Douglas Point Reactor on the
eastern shore of Lake Huron has em-
ployed Brotherhood members.
The Carpenters were totally in-
volved in the massive Generating Sta-
tion A, a four-unit 3,000 megawatt
station started in 1969, with a turbine
hall the length of five football fields.
They helped to erect at this multiple-
unit CANDU station a cylindrical, re-
inforced concrete vacuum building
with walls 3 feet, 9 inches thick, an
inside diameter of 160 feet, 6 inches
and an inside height of 149 feet. For
the continuous, seven-day pour of the
outer wall, a circular slip form was
used, rising about 12 inches per hour
and lifted by 60 25-ton jacks.
The Carpenters then formed a steam
transformer building and cradles for a
66-inch steam line to supply steam
from Generating Station A to the
heavy water plants, nuclear steam be-
ing much cheaper than oil-fired
steam.
Various other buildings took shape
on the 3,000 acre site: administration,
training centres, sewage treatment,
water treatment, low-level radiation,
waste reduction, storage, and perma-
nent warehousing — all taken in stride
by UBC members, part of the 3,600
construction force.
Generating Station A was well along
and nearing completion when, in 1976,
Generating Station B was started.
This nuclear station, complete with
vacuum building, will be another four-
unit, 3,000 megawatt station, and it is
about 40% completed.
Carpenters at the site are looking
after the future of their trade by teach-
ing and coaching apprentices on the
job.
Besides the construction of station-
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Brotherhood members installed forms for steam line cradle, as
the work progressed last fall.
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Overview of work on No. 7 turbine table at Generating
Station B, a major addition to the plant.
THE CARPENTER
ary and slip forms, UBC tradesmen
are responsible for all safety enclos-
ures and barricades for every structure
on the site.
In the summer, the Carpenters work
in hot, often humid temperatures. In
"long Johns", thermal boots, parkas
and lined safety hats, they continue
building in the bitter cold of winter,
with temperatures slightly above zero
and with the cursed winds blowing
constantly day and night.
Goderich, a community of 8,000
people and the home base of Local
2222, has supplied most of the man-
power for the MEGA Project, with
additional manpower being drawn
from Local 2050, Owen Sound; Local
2451, Stratford; Local 494, Windsor;
Local 1256, Sarnia; and Locals 1946
and 1316, London.
Editor's Note: We are indebted to
Gordon Reaume, assistant community
relations officer for the Bruce Nuclear
Development Project, and Canadian
Regional Director Tom Harkness for
information and pictures used in this
article.
A member at work in one of the buildings
at the Bruce Nuclear Power Develop-
ment.
CARPENTERS' HELPING HANDS
[ontributians Received
far mice's Surgery
General President William Konyha's recent request for donations to aid little
six-year-old Alice, a Tennessee member's foster child disfigured from birth,
which we reported in the January issue of The Carpenter has drawn a quick
response from many members and readers. Some of the early contributors are
listed below. If you have not already contributed, your donation is needed, too.
Use the coupon below.
Staff— Alice Blinzley, Wilma Clark,
Arthur Kay, Clellie E. Perry, Fire
Fighters' Editor — William Slusher,
Cindy Seymour, Karen Urrutia.
Local 5 — Henry F. Brand, Ben Charle-
ville.
Local 6 — Jas. J. Pisto.
Local 9— H. L. Byrd.
Local 15— John R. Deleo, William Eber-
ding, Elmer Grier, Roy E. Meyer.
Local 20 — Patricia & Louis Guarassio,
George Ward.
Local 27 — Charles R. Benigar.
Local 32 — Joseph D. Senecal.
Local 49 — Herve Chaput.
Local 53 — Carlton Carpenter, Arthur S.
Brown.
Local 61— Ernest P. Mourey.
Local 63 — Don L. Litherland.
Local 64 — Terry L. Tyler.
Local 65 — Edward Mallon.
Local 85 — Sam Sciascia.
Local 94 — Al Boisvert, Janet Hulbert.
Local 101— Mr. & Mrs. M. G. Choma,
Frank Grahe, Jr., Robert E. Grimes,
Rony A. Kunkel, Carl F. Santmyer.
Local 107 — Martin Markarian.
Local 110 — Lester Gray.
Local 117 — Ernest J. Campbell.
Local 118 — John Simeone.
Local 121— Martti J. Rahi, Lyal L. Whit-
son.
Local 124 — Hans Nicola.
Local 132— John P. Daley, Howard W.
Lester, John R. Phillips, Garrie L.
Shope, William E. Wilson, John M.
Wist.
Local 155 — Joseph Trenchick.
Local 171 — D. S. McLane, Mike Stahura.
Local 187— Glenn Sutterby.
Local 188 — John E. Nicholls, L. Saviano.
Local 210 — Gregory Nirschel.
Local 246 — Edmund Wondra.
Local 257 — Thomas Hill, Sr.
Local 265 — Roger Bel.
Local 268 — Rudy Fisher.
Local 287— Galen C. Lahr.
Local 288 — Robert L. Nicholson.
Local 311— J. S. Palmer.
Local 340— Kenneth L. Wade.
Local 359 — Theodor Van Bebber.
Local 369 — Jack Earning.
Local 393— Ted Helget.
Local 401 — Leo F. Kane.
Local 404 — Dale L. Waring.
Local 422 — Etsel Adams.
Local 433 — Jim & Nancy Tadlock.
Local 440— Harold W. Bulloch.
Local 454 — Len Cole, Joseph T. Domi-
nick.
Local 541— Ralph E. Ferry.
Local 532— John P. Billen.
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FEBRUARY, 1982
The UBC Presents • . •
''Building Union/'
a Training Program for
Construction Stewards
The UBC has developed, and is now making avail-
able to councils and local unions, an innovative
steward training program. The program, entitled
"Building Union," consists of a slide-tape program
with breaks for discussions by stewards and covers
such areas as the steward's duties under the agree-
ment and union by-laws, dealing with supervisory
personnel, safety and health, jurisdiction, provisions
of the agreement, organizing non-union work, appren-
tices, responsibilities to the business rep, and filing
reports with the local union or council office.
The program has been developed so that each local
or council can adapt the program to meet the needs
and conditions in its own area. In the coming months,
task force organizers will be training business reps
and officers to conduct the program for their stewards
and potential stewards. Upon finishing the program,
stewards will receive a parchment certificate of com-
pletion suitable for framing and mounting.
"Building Union" includes a trainer's manual for
the business rep leading the program, and can be con-
ducted either as a full-day program or in two evening
sessions. In his special introduction, General President
William Konyha explains the importance of the pro-
gram:
The Brotherhood has designed this special con-
struction steward training program for use by our
business representatives because we believe that
effective stewards are essential if the business rep is
to perform his job properly.
The steward is a direct reflection to the members
of the leadership provided by the business rep; for
many members, the steward is the most important
contact they have with the Brotherhood. An effective
group of stewards reflects well on the business rep
and the Brotherhood; poorly trained stewards raise
doubts in the members' minds about the effectiveness
of the business rep and our union.
It is thus vital to our Brotherhood, and to you as
business representatives, that our members have
access to well-trained, effective stewards on each
union job site.
The Making of
BUIlDinC
"Lights . . . Camera . . . Action . . . Take One."
The scene is not Hollywood, but a union construction
job site. The actors aren't professional, but Brother-
hood members. The steward? Well, he's actually the
union steward on the job. The business rep? You
guessed it; he is the council business rep. The photog-
rapher and light men are from the Brotherhood's
Apprenticeship and Training Department, the script
writer is a Brotherhood staff member, and the direc-
tor — an international representative.
A tool box is missing from one scene. Where's the
prop man? "Forget that," comes the answer. "I've got
my tools in my pick-up."
One scene takes place in a bar after work one day.
Plenty of volunteers there and somehow the scene
takes twice as long to shoot as the others.
Back on the job site. It's August, 80° and the
Brotherhood "actors" are working on the first floor.
The scene has to be reshot a second time and it is
now 90°. A third take looks necessary. The crew
suggests reshooting the bar scene for a ninth time.
On to the General Office for General President
Konyha's message to the stewards. The scene is more
serious as Brotherhood apprenticeship photographers
Dennis Scott and Charles Allen arrange the light
umbrellas for the best possible shots.
The shooting is finally completed and it's on to a
recording studio in Northern Virginia. The Brother-
hood calls on members of the Washington, D.C.-
Baltimore local of the American Federation of Tele-
vision and Radio Artists (AFTRA) for professional
narration of the roles.
Two months later. The Brotherhood's General
Officers review the slide-tape film in the General
Office auditorium. Revisions a;e suggested and made.
The program is at last ready for use by UBC councils
and locals throughout Canada and the United States.
It's not Hollywood, but who needs Hollywood
when you have the real thing. "Building Union," a
program for, by, and of Brotherhood members and
stewards. Coming to your union hall soon!
From the General Office, special thanks to the
Baltimore and Vicinity District Council, which ar-
ranged on-the-job filming locations and which sup-
plied the "actors" for the film.
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In a scene from the program, the steward, Tony
(Brotherhood Member Mike Piunti), receives instructions
and forms from Business Agent Thomas Ginn.
Tony and fellow carpenter, Ben {with tool box.
Brotherhood member Ben Glenn), meet super on the job
{Brotherhood member Jimmy Harrison).
Brotherhood Apprenticeship and
Training Department photographer
Dennis Scott lines up shot at General
Office.
General President Konyha
gives message to Brother-
hood stewards.
',
AFTRA professionals
narrate program in record"
ing studio.
Brotherhood and Company representatives meet before
filming. Left to right, Elmer Matters, Project Manager,
Henry C. Beck, Inc.; Leo Decker, UBC Representative;
Robert Barnes, Superintendent; Wally Malakoff, UBC Staff;
Nick Bassetti, Secretary, Baltimore and Vicinity District
Council.
FEBRUARY, 1982
11
A jour-day seminar for East Coast and Eastern Canada
organizers was held at the General Office in IVashinglon, D.C.,
December 14-18, to firm up plans for the coming year and to
brief the organizers on legal and administrative data. Sessions
were held in the auditorium and in the board room. Addressing
the group in the opening session were General President
William Konyha, Organizing Director Jim Parker, and
AFL-CIO Assistant Organizing Directors Charlie McDonald,
and Bill Reil. A highlight of the seminar was a brief session on
effective speaking, shown above, as Gene Morrill of the
AFL-CIO Labor Studies Center demonstrated speech techniques
with the use of a video camera and monitor.
12
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UBC delegates to the recent Maritime
Trades Convention attend to proceedings:
from left, New Orleans District Council
Secretary Laborde, First District Board
Member Lia, General President Konyha,
General Treasurer Nichols, and Seventh
District Board Member Morton.
Maritime Trades Unions
Press Coal Export Policy
To Revive Shipping
United States ships less than 4% of cargoes it generates in American flag vessels!
Unions in the AFL-CIO Maritime
Trades Dept. are looking to coal ex-
ports for an energy-hungry world as
a lever to revive U.S. shipping and
shipbuilding industries that have been
allowed to sink to dangerously low
levels.
A key resolution adopted at the
department's biennial convention called
for "rebuilding the U.S. dry bulk fleet
by means of legislation calling for the
carriage of a portion of our coal ex-
ports in U.S. -flag vessels."
The resolution noted that the United
States — "the world's leading trading
nation" — carries less than 4% of the
cargoes it generates in American flag
vessels. The nation's merchant fleet
includes "a mere 15 dry-bulk vessels,
mostly very old," the convention
noted. And there is only a single
coal collier flying the American flag.
Legislation to reserve a share of dry-
bulk cargo for U.S. vessels through
bilateral agreements with America's
trading partners has been approved
by the House Merchant Marine Com-
mittee as part of a port development
bill, and is now before the House
Public Works Committee, which shares
jurisdiction. Chairmen of both com-
mittees were among the convention
speakers, as were Senate sponsors of
companion bills.
TARGETED TAX RELIEF
The convention delegates, represent-
ing unions with 8.5 million members,
included in the maritime policy resolu-
tion a call for utilization of the mer-
chant fleet as a naval auxiliary. And
it urged "targeted tax relief" to streng-
then the competitive position of U.S.
shipping countries.
A report to the convention by the
department's executive officers — Presi-
dent Frank Drozak, Vice President
Stephen J. Leslie and Executive Sec-
Treas. Jean F. Ingrao — stressed labor's
continued strong opposition to any
export or exchange of oil from Alaska's
North Slope.
On the periodic proposals that have
been made to allow the sale of Alaskan
oil to Japan, a convention resolution
warned of lost jobs "in every martime-
related industry" and in pipeline and
refinery development, along with a
"dangerous" increase in the nation's
dependence on foreign oil.
JONES ACT SUPPORT
The department also took a strong
stand against any tampering with the
Jones Act, which reserves cargo and
passenger service between U.S. ports
for American-built, American-crewed
vessels.
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland
pledged the federation's continued sup-
port for the restoration of the nation's
sea power, which he linked to national
security goals.
"No matter how high the defense
budget goes," Kirkland told the dele-
gates, "America's safety cannot be
assured until we have the sealift capac-
ity and the maritime skills to transport
our military forces and sustain our
allies anywhere in the world."
House Merchant Marine Committee
Chairman Walter Jones (D-N.C.) said
his committee intends to make it
"crystal clear" that cargo preference
laws requiring transport of govern-
ment-originated cargo in U.S. vessels
must be "strictly and faithfully carried
out."
Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-N.Y.), chair-
man of the Merchant Marine subcom-
mittee dealing with the department's
legislative priorities, and House Public
Works Committee Chairman James
Howard (D-N.J.) stressed the impor-
tance of port development to achieve
the full potential of coal exports.
The convention also heard from two
Senate supporters of the department's
goals — Daniel P. Moynihan (D-N.Y.),
sponsor port development legislation,
and Charles Mc. Mathias, Jr. (R-Md.).
U.S. Maritime Administrator Har-
old Shear, who came to his post as a
Navy admiral, told the delegates he
shared their belief in "the importance
of a strong U.S. -flag presence on the
world's trade routes" and the need for
a strong merchant marine in time of
war. He promised to do "whatever is
humanly possible to reverse the declin-
ing trend in our shipping industry."
RESOLUTIONS LIST
The two-day convention dealt with
115 resolutions, covering the broad
range of labor's concerns as well as
the issues of special interest to mari-
time-related unions.
The department expressed concern
at attempts in Congress to weaken
the Longshoremen's & Harborworkers'
Compensation Act, protested the move
to enlarge the Hobbs Act so that
picket-line incidents would be pro-
secuted as federal crimes, and sounded
an alert against management con-
sultants hired to thwart the collective
bargaining process.
It urged the importance of the
Strategic Petroleum Reserve "to insure
immediate availability of oil supplies
in the event of a supply cutoff." And
it warned against allowing the skills
and capacities of the U.S. shipbuilding
industry to be lost through abandon-
ment to foreign shipyards.
FEBRUARY, 1982
13
A CREDIT TO THE BROTHERHOOD
Tne Ladies' Auxiliaries
"Behind every great man there's a woman." An historic saying . . . that
we may or may not agree with! But it goes without question that, throughout
history, our ladies' auxiliaries have been an important asset to the UBC,
through involvement in community service and Brotherhood activities, ever
since their inception many years ago. This month, we take a historic look at
the ladies' auxiliaries, and their many activities, past and present.
I o begin at the beginning, in the
words of Frank Duffy, past general
secretary of the Brotherhood:
"In the early part of the year 1903,
the Carpenters District Council of
Indianapolis, Indiana inaugurated a
movement to organize the men of
the trade in the city and vicinity
one hundred per cent if possible, so
that it could not be said in the
future that Indianapolis was the
most poorly organized place in the
country."
Indianapolis had just been selected, by
referendum vote, as the city in which
the Headquarters of the United Broth-
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America was to be located.
Despite the benefits union members
were entitled to, previous to 1903,
many members were lax with meeting
attendance, prompt dues payment, and
were not taking an active part in the
organization: members would drop
out from time to time, rejoining only
when they had to.
After moving UBC Headquarters
from Philadelphia to Indianapolis, the
first mass meeting to be held in the
Brotherhood's new home town took
place in 1903. At this meeting. Gen-
eral Secretary Duffy pointed out the
objects, aims, purposes, benefits, and
necessity of organization. He then
raised the question, what could be
done to get the ex-members back in
the union to stay? Mrs. D. L. Stod-
dard, attending the meeting with her
husband, a member of Local 281, In-
dianapolis, stood and said, "Organize
the ladies. Start an auxiliary and they
will educate the men to return to
unionism and stay with it." With that,
the ladies' auxiliary was born. Shortly
afterwards, Ladies' Auxiliary of Car-
penters Local 281, Indianapolis, Ind.
was organized.
But infancy was not to be without
its tumbles. Within a few years, a
number of ladies' auxiliaries had been
organized, but they were entities of
themselves; none were officially char-
tered by the Brotherhood. An applica-
tion was made to the General Offices
for a charter, but the application was
denied.
The issue was next presented in
1910 at the 16th General Convention
held in Des Moines, Iowa, by Delegate
Meadows of Local 75, Indianapolis,
Ind. After reviewing progress achieved
by the ladies, Delegate Meadows
stated :
"In the work of organizing ladies'
auxiliaries to the Carpenters union
the great drawback is that they have
no official head,
and we believe
that if your hon-
orable body will
take up this im-
portant matter
and permit the
ladies' auxiliaries
to be under the
guidance of the
United Brother-
hood of Carpen-
ters and Joiners
of America ... it
will be of great
benefit to them in
their work of
organizing. We
respectfully re-
quest that consent
be given at your
convention to
have the ladies'
auxiliaries to the
Carpenters' union chartered."
The Resolution was referred to the
Committee on Organization, that con-
curred, but when turned over to the
Convention, once again the request
was denied.
But those behind the ladies' auxil-
iaries were not to be discouraged.
Ladies' auxiliaries continued to orga-
nize; enthusiasm was particularly high
in the state of Texas. At the 1914
General Convention, nine Texas locals
—1885, 213, 1203, 397, 208, 300,
977, 1870, and 298— petitioned for a
charter for the ladies' auxiliaries. This
time they were to succeed. Delegate
Beam of Toledo, Ohio, a town in
which a "gallant little band of women"
had been particularly active in auxil-
iary work, introduced a resolution say-
ing, in part:
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"Whereas, A better and more eflfec-
tual organization can be obtained
through a proper recognition of
these auxiliaries by the United Bro-
therhood; therefore be it . . .
"Resolved that the General Presi-
dent be, and is hereby authorized to
issue charters upon application to
any ladies' auxiliary upon the recom-
mendation of the local union dis-
trict in which the application is
made."
The Convention adopted the report
unanimously. To make it legal, the re-
port was submitted to referendum
vote, and was carried by an over-
whelming majority. The ladies' auxil-
iaries were now recognized, and char-
tered as a part of the Brotherhood. In
1915, Ladies' Auxiliary No. 2 in To-
ledo, Ohio received its charter. This
charter was the second to be issued to
a ladies' auxiliary — the first having
been issued to the ladies in Indiana-
polis: the charter was awarded six years
after the Toledo auxiliary developed
by-laws and a constitution.
At the next convention, the 19th
General Convention, held in Fort
Worth, Tex., a supplementary report
on the progress of the ladies' auxil-
iaries was added to the proceedings. A
Texas state council of the ladies'
auxiliaries was also established, and it
was made official that ladies' auxil-
iary state councils be chartered by the
United Brotherhood and that a gen-
eral password be issued semi-annually
from the General Office in June and
December. At this time, there were 14
AUXHilABT NO. 267, TACOMA, WASH.
Editor, The Carpenter;
We have been very busy this aeaaon getting ready for the Convention of the
Washington State Council of Ladies Auxiliaries which was held in Everett. Wash,,
for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year and the transacting of such
business as came before it. Tacoma Auxiliary sent two delegates. Sister Eva liergLr
and Sister Thelma Stuart.
We were very proud too that Sister Algo Leek, who had been the first prp.sident
and organizer of the Washington State Council, was asked to be installing officer,
and our drill team. Sister Delite Meyers was installing conductress and Sister
Left to Right, Front: Sisters Pearle Baier, Delite Meyers, Grace Robmson, 01§a
Leek, Jane Knowfcs.
Middle: Sisters IMarie Weigman, Eva Berber, Mollic Bcatty, Cretchcn Jonas, Matilda
Lefebvre, Mary Rice, Thelma Stewart,
Top: Daisy Ansbcrry, Franco Currah, Karoline Torklcp, Edith Yenne, Anne Fisher,
Margaret Troalor, Katherine Hollyoak, Norma Garlick.
Grace Robinson, director and chaplain. One of our members. Sister Pearle Baier,
was elected to the office of state treasurer.
We attended a banquet given by the Men's Council, and heard many fine talks
on labor and patriotism, and enjoyed a trip through the Everett Pulp Mill, ivliicli
is the largest of its kind in the world.
Everyone who went to the convention reported having a wonderful time, ^^'e
have had a prosperous year under the leadership of President Eva Berger and her
'fine group of officers.
Beginning in May, 1938, "The Yarnin' Basket" was a monthly
feature in the CARPENTER for correspondence and news from
the ladies' auxiliaries. Toward the end of 1942, it was decided
that a more appropriate name for the feature was "Of
Particular Interest to our Ladies"; the feature faded out
altogether in the early part of 1960.
recognized ladies' auxiliaries, includ-
ing one in Canada. The ladies' auxil-
iaries' delegate report listed "excellent
work accomplished" as follows:
"Labor legislation, advocation of the
text-books, visiting and aiding the
sick and distressed, keeping mem-
bers of the United Brotherhood
from going suspended, forcing em-
ployment of union help and lining
up jobs, demanding the label, strike
and lock-out donations to various
organizations, social entertainments.
In fact, everything possible for the
upbuilding of the United Brother-
hood and the advancement of true
unionism."
The ladies had found their niche; a
niche they continued to deepen and
expand. In 1916, Ladies' Auxiliary No.
6, El Paso, Tex., raised $260.00 and
several packages of clothing for needy
miners and their families. Others
worked for free text books in public
schools, many devoted much effort to
obtaining national protective legisla-
tion for labor. During World War II,
one Canadian auxiliary received
thanks from an overseas Major for
sending candy bars and cigarettes to
the soldiers fighting the war. All gave
to the sick and needy, a practice which
has been continued to this day; and
the activity never stops.
Recent activities of the ladies' auxil-
iaries are many and varied. The
range of projects include financing sev-
eral acres of trees planted by the US
Forestry Department to contributing
to American Field Service Interna-
tional to promote these "fine young am-
bassadors" to raising money for the
American Parkinson Disease Associa-
tion and the March of Dimes, and
various medical services such as re-
habilitation centers and children's hos-
pitals, to visiting homes for the aged
to entertain and serve luncheons to the
residents.
From scholarship funding to raising
money for health and research founda-
tions to political action to continually
upholding the union label, the ladies'
auxiliaries are an extremely busy
group.
Today, a recent tally counted 224
US ladies' auxiliaries, 22 Canadian
ladies' auxiliaries, and 6 state coun-
cils. The General Secretary continues
to send out a Password twice a year to
all the auxiliaries to keep the ladies
posted on Brotherhood activities. As
the ladies' auxiliaries near their 80th
anniversary, just a few years younger
than the UBC itself, we doff our hats
to these dedicated women, and wel-
come them along for the next 100
years.
FEBRUARY, 1982
15
Washington
Report
PETITIONS FOR POLAND
The AFL-CIO has launched a nation-wide petition
campaign calling on the Jaruzeisl^i regime in Poland
to lift the martial law it imposed on December 13,
and to free members and officers of the Solidarity
labor federation detained since the crackdown.
The petitions, which AFL-CIO unions are being
asked to circulate among their members and others
in the community, also call on the Polish govern-
ment to resume good-faith negotiations with
Solidarity based on the principles of the August
1980 Gdansk agreement between the labor federa-
tion and the government.
The Gdansk accord gave Polish workers the
right to form free trade unions, to strike, and other
freedoms never before achieved in a communist
country.
The petitions are to be forwarded to the Embassy
of Poland, 2640-16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
20008, or to AFL-CIO national headquarters, which
will pass them along to embassy officials.
URGE REGULATIONS HIATUS
The National Institute of Building Sciences has
recommended to President Reagan and the Con-
gress that a one-year moratorium be declared for
all new federal actions that will further constrain
the housing and building community. Approxi-
mately 100 federal regulatory programs affect
the building process, according to a study released
by the Institute.
POSTING REMINDER
Employers with 11 or more employees are
reminded by the Labor Department's Occupational
Safety and Health Administration to post from
February 1 to March 1 the total number of job-
related injuries and illnesses that occurred during
1981.
To fulfill the requirement, employers need to
post the last page or right-hand portion of the
OSHA Form 200, "Log and Summary of Occupa-
tional Injuries and Illnesses." The form must be
posted in areas where notices to employees are
customarily posted.
HOME MORTGAGE PROPOSALS
A special presidential commission last month
recommended expansion of the powers of savings
and loan associations, mutual savings banks and
commercial banks so that all these financial insti-
tutions can pump more money into the home
mortgage market. The recommendations, contained
in a 55-page preliminary Report on Financing
Housing Needs in the 1980's adopted by the
President's Commission on Housing, proposed the
most massive structural changes in the nation's
financial institutions since their basic framework
was developed in the 1930s.
The report calls for a "new framework for the
delivery of housing" and "a more broadly based
and resilient mortgage finance system" to meet
the nation's housing needs in the coming decade.
The report generally parallels a draft paper re-
leased last December 4. A final report to the
President and to the Department of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) is due April 30. The
25-member presidential commission was estab-
lished by President Reagan last June to help
devise a national housing policy consistent with
his economic recovery program.
CALIFORNIA DISASTER AID
U.S. Secretary of Labor Raymond J. Donovan
announced last month, that speedy Disaster
Unemployment Assistance (DUA) aid will be pro-
vided to all eligible persons in a five-county area
of California declared a disaster area by President
Reagan.
The counties of Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo,
Santa Cruz and Sonoma, all in the San Francisco
area, were designated as the disaster areas as of
December 19, 1981, as a result of torrential rain-
storms and high tides causing heavy flooding,
mud slides, and loss of life and property.
Secretary Donovan said the U.S. Department
of Labor's emergency relief effort will be in the
provision of DUA benefits and job finding
assistance to all those not eligible for benefits
under the California jobless insurance program.
FIRM CANNOT DROP OUT
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled
that a company cannot withdraw from a multi-
employer bargaining association simply because
contract negotiations reach an impasse.
Under the ruling, a company which withdraws
from bargaining must comply with the terms of a
contract that is subsequently negotiated.
The NLRB permits employers to withdraw before
negotiations begin on a new contract. But once
the talks are under way, there must be "unusual
circumstances" or "mutual consent" under NLRB
guidelines before a company can back out.
JOB ABSENCE RATES LOWER
Job absence rates continue a downward trend,
representing a new low for any quarter in the
eight-year existence of quarterly surveys conducted
by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (BNA), a
private publisher of specialized information
services located in the nation's capital.
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Only Three of Twenty-two Are Union
UBC Continues Campaign
On Behalf of Ethan Allen Employees
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Of the twenty-two plants that are
part of the Ethan Allen furniture em-
pire, only three are organized with a
union contract.
The Burnham, Maine, plant, where
management refuses to grant an ac-
ceptable collective bargaining agree-
ment to Brotherhood members, is the
fourth to be organized. It is the first at
which the UBC is attempting to nego-
tiate with Ethan Allen's management.
The other three plants were working
under a collective bargaining agree-
ment with other unions at the time of
their acquisition by Ethan Allen.
Twice the Burnham employees of
Ethan Allen, Inc. have voted for repre-
sentation by the UBC, yet still the
company refuses to grant an equitable
union agreement to the employees —
an agreement providing decent wages
and working conditions and protection
against unfair treatment on the job.
The Burnham employees have
shown their support for the UBC and
the UBC, in turn, is showing its sup-
port for the Burnham employees.
Three UBC International Representa-
tives have been assigned to the Burn-
ham plant, and a UBC staff attorney
has traveled to Maine to investigate
Ethan Allen's alleged unfair labor
practices. From Florida to California,
Louisiana to Wisconsin, and points in-
between, UBC organizers and repre-
sentatives are leafleting Ethan Allen
customers, publicizing the company's
refusal to sign a fair union agreement.
A basic principle is involved in the
dispute: If an employer can ignore the
wishes of employees voting for union
representation, then the rights of all
union members are jeopardized.
For further information about the
dispute and what you can do to sup-
port the UBC's efforts to obtain a con-
tract for Ethan Allen workers at
Burnham, have your council or local
contact the Organizing Department at
the General Offices. (Councils, locals,
and individuals should not initiate ac-
tion on their own.)
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Three of the informational leaflets
being distributed on behalf of Ethan
Allen employees at Burnham, Me. The
top two go to employee members to keep
them informed of the issues in dispute.
The lower leaflet is being distributed to
consumers.
Centennial Exhibit Posters For Your Home Or Union Office
As part of its Centennial celebration, the United Brotherhood
presented a major exhibit of historic construction pictures at its
recent 34th General Convention. Partially funded by the National
Endowment for the Humanities, the exhibit brought together some
of the best photographs ever taken in the industry. The exhibit will
be shown in many parts of North America, and the three salon-
quality posters shown above will be made available to visitors at a
nominal fee. You can order personal copies of each of the posters,
or all three, at $3.00 each, or $7.50 for the set of three, by sending
cash, 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. If ordering
other than the full set of three, please specify by the numbers
shown. Allow two weeks for delivery.
FEBRUARY, 1982
17
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Report
I
AN ECONOMIC FORECAST
If the world economy continues on its present
course, Canadians can expect high rates of unem-
ployment and a gradually declining rate of inflation
over the next five years, according to the Conference
Board of Canada.
The non-profit economic research institution, in
its first medium term forecast, said that, on average,
8% of the labor force will remain unemployed over
the next five years— if the Federal Government and
the Bank of Canada maintain their restrictive
monetary and fiscal policies.
The board also predicts that productivity grovrth
in Canada (defined as output per worker) will
average only 0.8% a year for the next five years.
Given restrictive government economic policies, that
means real wage growth will also be meagre. In fact,
the board sees wages as barely keeping ahead of
inflation for the next two years and falling behind
again in 1984.
Real consumer expenditures are expected to
remain low as a result of continued high interest
rates, slow population growth and high taxes. That
in turn means the housing market will remain
somewhat depressed. Housing starts are expected
to average 195,000 units annually over the period,
compared with the 1976-80 average of 220,000.
$50 MILLION FIGHTS LAYOFFS
The federal government has allotted an extra
$50 million to be spent during the first half of 1982
to help combat the increasing number of employee
layoffs.
About $30 million will go to existing job-creation
programs in areas with "very severe unemploy-
ment," say Employment Minister Lloyd Axworthy.
One such "area" slated to receive funding is the
forest industry. The remainder of the funds will be
used to keep potential layoff victims on the job, and
to increase subsidies to workers moving to find
work.
However, even the government admits that the
plan is basically a "stop-gap" measure at best.
POVERTY ON THE RISE
During 1980 the number of people living in
poverty in Canada increased. Preliminary informa-
tion based on Statistics Canada's conservative
poverty lines indicates that 639,000 families plus
826,000 unattached individuals were living in that
desperate situation. Both groups increased in size
from 1979 and combined include more than three
million people who were forced to live on incomes
which did not provide a decent standard of living.
And apparently, families headed by women have
a far bigger incidence or chance of being poor than
families headed by men. Of all families headed by
women in 1980, 42% lived in poverty compared
with 7% for those headed by men.
CONSTRUCTION, UP AND DOWN
Continuing high interest rates have stalled
projects worth more than $30 billion to the Atlantic
provinces, says a report released yesterday by the
Atlantic Provinces Economic Council.
"Many of these projects form the basis for great
optimism for the region's economic progress in the
1980s and beyond," the council said, but develop-
ment "is slipping further and further into the
future," and the council's projection for the region's
economy is bleak to at least mid-1982.
Yet in Alberta, construction companies did
$13.6-billion worth of business in 1981, $300
million more than contractors in any other province,
and, according to the Alberta Construction Associa-
tion, will improve on that record in 1982. In a
year-end review and forecast for the industry, the
association said next year "dollar values for con-
struction performed will reach an all-time high— in
excess of $16 billion."
ARE MONDAYS HAZARDOUS?
If you've ever felt like not going to work on
Monday morning, you had more good reasons for
feeling that way than you thought. Two scientific
studies by researchers at the University of Manitoba
found that Mondays may be dangerous for your
health. One of the reports, covering studies of 4,000
men, concluded that "returning to work after a
weekend off may trigger heart attacks because of
physical strain, mental stress and pollutants." Men
who have had no prior health problems are more
likely to die from heart attacks on Monday; and
another six-year study found that Monday is the
most likely day for common colds to begin.
JOBLESS RATE SURGES TO 8.2%
The unemployment rate in Canada took its
sharpest jump ever, rising to 8.2% in September
from 7% in August.
Statistics Canada, a federal agency, said the
1.2% increase brought the jobless rate to its
highest level since November 1978, when it also
was 8.2%. The agency also reported a sharp drop
in employment, with the number of Canadians
holding jobs falling 63,000 over the month to
10,961,000.
18
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WAR HERO REMEMBERS
in the news
AN END TO FLYING PUCKS
Mike Sarrasin, Local 33, Boston, Mass., has been a hockey
fanatic for almost as long as he can remember. And this
interest must run in the family, for his son also plays hockey.
It was ten years ago, while
watching his son practice in a
junior hockey league, that he
got the idea for his recently
patented "hockey puck tether-
ri ing device" — called by those
M who know, "the puck handler."
As detailed in the Rhode Island
resident's area newspaper, the
simply designed gadget slips
onto the lower shank of any
hockey stick, incorporating a
puck on the end of a string, and
consequently, allowing hockey
hopefuls to practice puck han-
dling without continually leaving the puck behind. The length
of the string is adjustable by use of a spool located inside the
device. Sarrasin is hoping to find a manufacturer interested in
producing the device.
Last October, the US Holocaust Memorial Council, a
federally-established agency, sponsored the first International
Liberators Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference
is an effort to "belatedly pay tribute to those who liberated
Holocaust victims"; the council is to be a "watchdog on
genocide."
Helmer R. Winger, Local 213, Houston, Tex., attended as
one of the conference delegates. Winger, a building inspector
and apprentice instructor, served in the Army from March
1942 to November 1945 as a member of the 90th Infantry
Division combat troops, one of the first divisions to land at
Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. As detailed in The
Houston Post, during his service. Winger helped liberate
prisoners of Flossenberg, a concentration camp hidden away
in the Bavarian Alps.
RETIREE TURNED ARTIST
Chet Snider, a retired member of Local 215, Lafayette,
Ind., and resident of Norway, Ind., began his hobby while
vacationing in Arizona. He began painting scenery on various
pieces of wood and rock "because there wasn't anything else
to paint on." He has since taken up carving — his specialty
is rocking chairs, one of which he carved for President John-
son in memory of John F. Kennedy. According to the
Monticello Herald, the "Mayor of Norway", as Snider's
friends call him, has sold a dozen paintings. Snider's art
work is displayed for all to see in a bank window in
Monticello.
MOUNTAIN CLIMBER
Mt. McKinley, the highest mountain in
North America, was scaled and con-
quered by Michael V. Palmer, member of
Local 194, Oakland, California.
This tremendous feat was accomplished
May 10, 1981.
Brother Palmer, a 29-year-old resident
of Oakland, CA, is a very active partici-
pant in the International Hunger Project
— a campaign to end starvation in the
world by 1997.
The climbing party included two
others, one of whom made it also to the
summit. The outstanding achievement
took 16 days to scale the 20,320-feet-
high mountain. Six of those days were
during hard driving storms.
Palmer on top of Mt. McKinley
FEBRUARY, 1982
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California Gains
'Shared Appreciation
Mortgage' Program
Two new laws became effective last
month in California which are expected
to ease the mortgage burden for many
home owners in that state.
The legislation was initially drawn up
at the request of the Carpenters and
Joiners Pension Fund of Northern Cali-
fornia, which plans to offer $10 million
in mortgage funds immediately under one
of the two laws.
The legislation was sponsored by
Clyde Farrar Named
Project Director,
Construction Safety
General President William Konyha has
named Clyde W. Farrar, Jr., as project
director for the Brotherhood's Construc-
tion Occupational Safety and Health pro-
gram. The project is funded by a grant
from the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), U.S. Depart-
ment of Labor.
Farrar is a member of Local 132,
Washington, D.C., as was his father. His
Assemblyman Jim Costa of Fresno, and
it had the active support of the Sequoia,
Calif., District Council and the State
Council. The laws are known as AB-2167
and AB-2168, or SAM, short for "shared
appreciation mortgage" financing laws.
They are designed to lower monthly
mortgage payments by reducing interest
rates in exchange for a share of the
equity.
AB-2167 applies only to federally-
regulated pension funds, like those of
Northern California Carpenters. It estab-
lishes a one-third discount from prevail-
ing mortgage rates in exchange for a one-
third share of appreciation, payable when
the loan expires or the house is sold.
AB-2168 is more flexible and applies
to all home mortgage lenders. It doesn't
specify how much the interest rate must
be discounted or how much of a return
a lender is to receive on the appreciated
value of the property.
Both measures provide for terms of
from 7 to 30 years. They also permit
borrowers to take into account the cost
of improvements in excess of $2,500 in
determining their interest in the property.
In addition, the shared appreciation
mortgages that conform to the provisions
of the bill will have priority over other
liens such as those for a swimming pool
or secondary financing, according to
Peter Melnicoe, consultant to the Cali-
fornia Assembly's Housing and Com-
munity Development Committee. Melni-
coe added that the laws "will have much
greater application" in spurring the sale
of new homes than in the existing new
housing market.
work in the construction industry includes
20 years in the field of safety as an
inspector, safety engineer, and six years
as an OSHA compliance officer. He has
participated in numerous investigations
of construction and industrial accidents.
As director of the new project, Farrar
will work with Nicholas R. Loope, UBC
Director of Research and Occupational
Safety and Health. The new project will
be guided and evaluated by the soon to
be established National Carpentry Joint
Occupational Safety and Health Com-
mittee (NCJOSH), which includes repre-
sentatives of both labor and management.
Substantial efforts will be continued
towards the full development of a
national model joint occupational safety
and health program for the Brotherhood.
Clyde Farrar, left, with UBC
Safely Director Nicholas Loope
New Cabinet Plant
In Rhode Island
Is First of Two
The Rhode Island Carpenters District
Council recently completed negotiations
with a new kitchen cabinet company.
based in Spain, which now employs 60
Brotherhood members in a Rhode Island
plant and is exploring the West Coast for
the site of a second plant.
The Xey Corporation of America has
a high production type of operation,
according to Herbert Holmes, business
manager for the council. It produces
large quantities of kitchen cabinets and
bathroom vanities. The Rhode Island
plant has been in operation only about
one year and is producing at about 30%
of capacity. The plant expects to eventu-
ally employ 300 production workers.
Xey's Rhode Island plant was probably
the first to be organized by the UBC in
its second century. The Brotherhood won
an election there last August 14 and was
certified by the National Labor Relations
Board on August 21.
DC Council Goes
100% for 1% Checkoff
Among Full-time Officers
The full-time officers and business
agents of the Washington, D.C., and
Vicinity District Council have signed up
100% for a checkoff of 1% of their
salaries as voluntary contributions to
CLIC, the Carpenters Legislative Im-
provement Committee. As of December
31, a total of 1,022 local, district and
international UBC leaders participate in
CLIC's 1% -of -salary, political-action
program.
CLIC Director and General Treasurer Charles Nichols, center, shows a CLIC poster
to the new one-percenters from the District of Columbia, They include, from left:
R. Thomas Ponton, Lather BA; Don Andrews, William Pritchetl, Charlie Mackey,
Nichols, D.C. Secretary-Treasurer Jim Merkle; Art Cray: Huj^h Turley; and
Joe Stanalonie.
20
THE CARPENTER
The United Brotherhood's Union Label
More Consumers Seek Union Label,
AFL-CIO Label Department Reports
The 60th convention of the AFL-
CIO Union Label & Service Trades
Department in New York City in
November approved a per capita tax
increase to cover expansion of the de-
partment's union label and shop card
promotion programs and its boycott
activities.
Monthly per capita payments went
from three cents per member each
month to four cents on January 1,
1982. The constitutional change also
authorizes the executive board to raise
the per capita payment by another
cent after January 1, 1983, if that is
deemed necessary. Affiliates would be
given three months notice of the in-
crease.
The tax paid by local union label
and service trades councils will go
from $12 to $25 per year, and the
initiation fee for newly chartered
councils will rise to $25 from $15.
Sec.-Treas. Earl D. McDavid, re-
porting on activities since its 1979
meeting, stressed that the department
is "a servant of the entire AFL-CIO"
under its chartered responsibility "to
be of substantial assistance to the entire
labor movement."
McDavid announced that he will re-
sign as secretary-treasurer on February
28, 1982, but will remain on the staff
as a representative based in Seattle
to help improve the delivery of the
department's services to the Far West
and to organize local councils through-
out the western states.
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland
told the convention that the depart-
ment's growth and its record of success
with its programs have helped under-
mine the credibility "of some of the
heavy thinkers, academics and jour-
nalists who specialize in predicting
the decline and fall of the American
labor movement."
187 NEW CHARTERS
The department has chartered 187
new local union label and service
trades councils since the last conven-
tion, Kirkland pointed out, and he
praised its efforts to successfully re-
solve boycotts against the J. P. Stevens
Co. and Winn-Dixie Stores, "the lead-
ing anti-union forces in their respective
industries," as well as the action
against the Hussmann Refrigeration
Co.
More and more consumers, Kirk-
land said, are learning to look for the
union label in the marketplace as a
result of the department's programs.
"If these are signs of decline,"
Kirkland quipped, "we surely need
more of it."
He told the convention the AFL-
CIO is reappraising the labor move-
ment's public relations and com-
munications programs: and one of the
first results has been the setting of
new standards and streamlining of
procedures for handling boycotts.
One of the aims of the AFL-CIO's
exploration of new electronic com-
munications technology to improve
communications with members and
the public is to. help "increase the
scope and impact of work of this de-
partment, which is a vital part of the
AFL-CIO," Kirkland said.
In his summary of department pro-
grams. McDavid pointed out that since
1978, when the department began an
intensive regional effort to organize
local label councils within state and
local central bodies, 268 new councils
have been chartered, giving the depart-
ment a total of 373 councils.
In 1 980, he said, the department pub-
lished it 223-page consumer directory
of union-made products and services
and has maintained its policy of pro-
viding label and service trades infor-
mation on request to organizations
and individuals along with its pro-
grams promoting the purchase of
union-made goods.
BOYCOTT GUIDELINES
The AFL-CIO Executive Council
guidelines for boycotts put primary
responsibility for the action on the
union involved, McDavid pointed out,
stressing that the department is pre-
pared to support the boycott "to what-
ever extent that AFL-CIO union wants
support, whether it be money or man-
power, or whatever is needed."
Among the 72 resolutions that were
acted on by the delegates were mea-
sures covering:
• Encouragement of the use of
Continued on page
Six Decades of Leadership Described
In Major Biography of George Meany
In commemoration of the centennial
of the AFL-CIO, the Federation has
available a major new biography of
George Meany.
The 445-page book by Archie Robin-
son, "George Meany and His Times,"
covers six decades of Meany's career as
a labor leader, architect of the AFL-CIO,
lobbyist for progressive legislation and as
a public figure.
Robinson drew largely from taped in-
terviews that began in late 1975 and
ended in 1979, six months before Meany's
death, as well as interviews with Meany's
friends, associates and family and Robin-
son's experience covering labor for U.S.
News & World Report.
Also included are photographs of
Meany's life throughout his 85 years.
The biography may be ordered at a
substantial discount from: AFL-CIO
Books, P.O. Box 37473, Washington,
D.C. 20013. One to five copies are $12.50
each; six to 25 copies, $11.50 each; and
more than 25 copies, $10.50 each. Pay-
ment must accompany order; checks or
money orders only (PAI).
GEORGE
AND HIS
A BIOGRAPHY BY
ARCHIE ROBINSON
FEBRUARY, 1982
21
Many Cities and States Join
Centennial Commemoration
As our centennial year continues, so
does the celebrating. The states of
Arkansas, California, and Wyoming go
on record as passing resolutions to honor
the UBC Centennial. The Brotherhood
also received recognition in Springfield,
Mo.; Melrose, Mass.; Casper, Wyo.,
Cheyenne, Wyo.: and a proclamation was
issued to Local 904 members in Jackson-
ville, 111. Mayor James K. Sandison of
Casper, Wyo., commended members of
Local 1564 for "faithfully adhere[ing] to
the guiding principals of cooperative ef-
fort, responsible leadership, and com-
munity service." In Cheyenne, Wyo.,
Brotherhood members produced two cen-
tennial floats for area parades, taking first
place honors in both events.
And in Palatka, Fla., Brotherhood
members got together for a celebration
of their own: a birthday party with birth-
day cake.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Mayor Don Erikson
signs a prochmalion while members of
Local 469 look on.
In Palatka, Fla., Brotherhood members
and Brotherhood aspirants celebrate the
UBC Centennial. The cake is appropri-
ately decorated with tools, houses, and
carpenters.
The Brotherhood's Centennial con-
tinues to be recognized in all parts of
the country. The above picture shows
Kansas City, Mo., Business Representa-
tive Clyde .Sharp receiving a proclamation
from Pro Term Mayor of Springfield,
Mo., Jerrv Slarcns.
Wyoming Governor Ed Herschler places
his signature on a proclamation issued to
the Wyomiii;.; District Council.
In September of last year, a resolution
passed by the State of California com-
memorating the Brotherhood's centennial
was presented to the Bay District
Council of San Francisco by Speaker of
the House Leo T. McCarthy. Accepting
the proclamation in the picture above
are, from left: Bay District Council
President Russ Pool. Speaker of the
House McCarthy, and Bay District Field
Representative Joe Grigsby.
MORE CONSUMERS
Continued from Page 21
union label products and services by
public and voluntary agencies.
• Use of union-made clothing and
tools on the job.
• Continuation and expansion of
the department's boycott programs on
behalf of affiliates.
• Development of an awards pro-
gram to recognize achievement by
workers and their employers in the
production of union goods and use
of union services and skills.
• Increased activities in the Coors
Beer and R. J. Reynolds boycotts.
HELPING HANDS
Continued from Page 9
Local 620— Frank Bell, Jr., Coney H.
Delia.
Local 639— John Barrett, Robert W. Tilk.
Local 781— William A. Pencil.
Local 821 — George Pouris.
Local 845 — Arthur Cardamone.
Local 889— Delbert Rokeh.
Local 900— Mark Porter.
Local 902 — Leonard Flyntz.
Local 921 — Vincent Frank.
Local 964 — Peter Kuiken, Gerald Lyons.
Local 982— Donald W. Belanger.
Local 944— W. W. Jolly.
Local 945— Don Boffa.
Local 996 — Malcolm Lane.
Local 1050 — Gene Mecoli.
Local 1078 — Emmette E. Lancaster.
Local 1093— Edward Letellier.
Local 1145— C. W. Bruce Barger, Wil-
helm H. Engel, Jr.
Local 1160 — William James Holland.
Local 1162— Gerald H. Wittig.
Local 1207 — Henry F. Thomas.
Local 1342 — Paul Green, Anthony A.
Tartell.
Local 1345- Vincent Mitchell.
Local 1401 — Karl E. Brotz, Leonard R.
Eimer.
Local 1438 — Louis M. Ritz.
Local 1456 — Julio Mobilio, John Wester-
holm.
Local 1478 — Sidney Brown.
Local 1489— Thomas W. Richmond.
Local 1548— S. Schefski.
Local 1590— John Foley.
Local 1596— Gilbert L. Cattoor.
Local 1631 — Charles E. Menges.
Local 1665 — James P. Hicks, Guy Melton.
Local 1795— G. F. Yates.
Local 1922 — Richard Bunker.
Local 2018— Michael J. Walker.
Local 2022 — Joseph Gotto, Jr.
Local 2203— Frank E. McCarty.
Local 2214— Billy G. Eichelberger.
Local 2250— Emil N. Eilertsen, Paul S.
Hunt, H. A. Langenes.
Local 2274 — Robert C. Cameron, John
W. Cousins, Joseph M. Severino.
Local 3202— David Gerland.
22
THE CARPENTER
lomi union nEuis
First Organizing Seminar in Houston Sets Stage for Coordinated Drive
To bolster the Brotherhood's participation in the current
AFL-CIO membership drive in Houston, Tex., General
Organizer Walter Barnett recently conducted the first of a
series of organizing training seminars in the busy Gulf Coast
city.
Barnett is shown at left in the top picture. With him on a
panel are Task Force Organizers William Sharp and Ron
Angell. At far right is Sixth District Board Member Dean
Scoter. Other seminar participants are shown in the lower
picture.
New Northern California Facility
Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and San Mateo
County Calif., Carpenters Apprenticeship Committee members
and labor officials were on hand when Hans Wachsmuth, vice
president of Williams and Burrows and chairman of the 46
Counties board of trustees for the Carpenters Training
Program, turned the first spadeful of earth at the construction
site for a new apprenticeship training facility.
Shown in the picture. Front row: Frank Benda, training
program director; Board Member Russell Pool, Local Union
483; Wachsmuth; Frank Castiglone, Local 2046; Roy Fouche,
District Council; Bill Wright, Local 1408.
Back row, left to right: Ted Knudson, Local 1149; Jim
Green, board member; Joe Grigsby, District Council; Marvin
Tyrrell, Local 2046; Jerry Conners, Local 1622; Alan Linder,
Local 36; Tony Viola, Local 2046; Peter Shantz, Local 194.
Albuquerque Nurses
Open Contract Talks
Virginia Carpenter of the Southwest
Industrial Council, second from left, with
three Local 2208 officers: Margaret Brito,
recording secretary; Dona Elayn Segura,
president; and Maria Cordova, vice
president. Sally Pratt, not shown, is
treasurer of the new local union.
FEBRUARY, 1982
The 135 registered nurses at the
Veterans Administration Hospital in
Albuquerque, N.M., opened contract
talks with hospital management on
January 21, after almost eight weeks of
laying the ground work under Federal
regulations governing VA employees.
Certified last May 13 after an organiz-
ing campaign by the Brotherhood's South-
west Industrial Council, the nursing unit
now comprises Local 2208.
Ambulance Workers
Seek Bargaining
Forty-one ambulance workers at
Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque,
N.M., voted 32-9, last year, in favor of
representation by the United Brother-
hood, but hospital officials say they will
go to court to fight the bargaining unit.
The ballots were impounded after the
election when the hospital filed an appeal
with the National Labor Relations Board
in Washington, D.C., arguing that the
Albuquerque Ambulance Service em-
ployees do not constitute a proper bar-
gaining unit.
Ben Klausner, a paramedic who serves
on a five-member steering committee of
the unit said that he was disappointed
that the hospital refused to bargain. He
said the hospital's position "puts the lie"
to its assurances that it would do right by
its employees without pressures from a
union.
The first private pension plan offered by
a company was established in 1875 by the
American Express Company, according
to "Labor Firsts in America," a publica-
tion of the U.S. Department of Labor.
23
Hempstead Members Display Skills
in Framing Building With Steel
Members of Local 1921, Hempstead, N.Y., have been
working on some out-of-the-ordinary buildings projects at a
New York State College Campus. Hofstra University on
Long Island, N.Y., with the help of a federal grant, is
building two-story dormitories, framed in a normal manner,
but replacing the normal building material, wood, with metal.
All of the steel used in the wall and partition framing, the
ceiling joists, and the rafters is cut to fit on the job, "just like
a private home." John H. Overgaard, a member of Local
1921 , has preserved some of the construction process on film:
a sample before and after building is shown in the accom-
panying pictures.
Chris, Wayne
and Joe Simpson
combine wood-
working and
metalworking
skills at Hofstra.
Such skills are
adaptable to all
types of
construction.
Not Sleeping . . . Just Sawing
Wood On A Bed Frame
Carpenters have always been an innovative bunch, and
Claude Despres of Jewilt City, Conn., a Brotherhood
member, is no exception. The above picture shows
Despres standing next to a saw rig he made from old
bed frames and assorted scrap iron; the protective
guards are old refrigerator shelves. After completing the
rig, painting it, and installing a belt, Despres used his
contraption to cut wood for the winter for his family.
Retirees' Party In Hampton
Local 3130, Hampton, S.C, hosted its 13th Annual
retirees Christmas party on December 16 at the James A.
Parker hall in Hampton. Joining in the celebration were
representatives of the Westinghouse Corp. and officers of the
local. Each retiree was presented a box of fruit from the
union and a turkey from Westinghouse. A delicious luncheon
was prepared by Muriel Mixson.
Local 3130 held its first retirees party in December, 1969
and at tliat time had about 30 retirees. It now has about 145,
all former Westinghouse employees.
Miami DC Installs Officers
The Carpenters District Council of Miami, Fla., installed
new officers on January 6. They include, lefl to right, Paul
Quillen, Gene Perodeau, John Rcid, Bus. Rep. Kenneth
Berghuis, Jose Collado, Paul Walker, Jr., and Bob Stephenson,
secretary.
24
THE CARPENTER
A century of historical papers from the Carpenters' District Council of St. Louis,
Mo., were presented to the University of Missouri's Western Historical Manuscripts
Collection in special ceremonies on the University's Columbia, Mo., campus,
November 30. Presenting the documents was Council Executive Secretary-Treasurer
Ollie Langhorst, fourth from left, to University Chancellor Dr. Barbara Uehling,
fifth from left, and President Dr. James C. Olson, sixth from left. At the ceremonies,
from left, were Sixth District Board Member Dean Sooter; Missouri State Council
President James Meyers; Assistant Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the District
Council Leonard Terbrock {Langhorst, Dr. Uehline, D. Olson): Missouri State
Council Secretary-Treasurer Keith Humphrey; retired District Council officer Carl
Reiter and Council President William Steinkamp. The papers include manuscripts,
letters and local union minutes which are catalogued and then carefully filed by dates
for quick reference by researchers. — Union Communications Corp. photo
St. Louis Council
Historical Papers
As part of the Brotherhood's 100th
anniversary celebration this year, the
Carpenters' District Council of Greater
St. Louis, Mo. has donated 115 volumes
of historical records to the University of
Missouri's Western Historical Manuscripts
Collection.
Termed the most extensive collection
of union historical data ever received.
University President Dr. James C. Olson
accepted the gift, which he called "a
significant collection of basic source
material which will make a major con-
tribution towards understanding our past."
The presentation was made by a
delegation of St. Louis District Council
officers headed by Council Executive
Secretary-Treasurer Ollie Langhorst, As-
sistant Executive Secretary-Treasurer
Leonard Terbrock and President William
Steinkamp.
Olson noted that one of the great
shortcomings in historical writing is a
clear understanding of just how important
the labor movement really was in the
growth and prosperity of America. "In
great measure, the shortcoming is the
result of the lack of basic material from
which to draw historical information,"
he said. Stating that this donation will be
a major addition to the University's his-
torical files, which will be open to the
public and students alike, he stressed that
they will make a major contribution to
historically documenting the Carpenter
union's role in America's proud history.
In presenting the data — old minute
books, letters and other documents dat-
ing back to 1892 — Langhorst praised
the patience and skill of hundreds of
former local union secretaries who took
the time to compile such tedious and
accurate minutes, etc. He noted at one
time, union minutes were taken verbatim,
some in other languages such as German
(there were three German carpenter
locals in St. Louis at one time).
He pointed out that the carpenters'
locals throughout the state have played,
and continue to play, a major role in
the history of the state and the Uni-
versity of Missouri. "We're very proud
that you feel our records will make a
contribution to history just as our mem-
bers have made a contribution to the
growth of our state and this fine uni-
versity."
Langhorst noted that this gift was
particularly significant since the national
union's founder, Peter J. McGuire, was
a member of St. Louis 6 when he
launched the idea of a national union of
carpenters.
There are some 3600 individual col-
lections of letters, diaries, records and
documents stored by the Manuscripts
Collection, many are on microfilm with
a great number of the actual old records
stored in limestone caves near Kansas
City.
Among those collections are records
from St. Louis Typographical Local 8,
St. Louis Brewers and Maltsters, the
Missouri State Labor Council and the
St. Louis Central Trades Council and
Kansas City Labor Council.
Minnesota Local
Names VOC Group
Local 2465 of Willmar, Minn., has
named a four-man Volunteer Organizing
Committee to increase its membership
among employees of Goebel Fixture Co.,
Martin Systems, and other firms. Mem-
bers of the VOC unit include: Steven J.
Ahmann, Randy Bjerkisness, Claude Dob-
belaera, and Lynn Hagen.
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shown above available at 40<; 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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This project demonslrates the successful
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Dallas Pride in Union Construction
The advertisement above appeared in The Dallas, Tex., Morning News, last year, as
M. M. Sundl Construction Co. of Tucson, Ariz., expressed thanks to the union
Building Trades for a job well done. The company erected a slip-form core job on
the Otympia-York Office Tower Project in only two months, and union Carpenters of
the Dallas area performed much of the work.
"Tooling Around"
In Springfield
Schools in the Springfield, Mo., area
are hearing about Carpenters first hand.
Kansas City District Council Business
Representative Clyde Sharp, and Ray
Claar, Local 978, Springfield, Mo., have
developed a program for presentation at
local high schools on "Career Day." The
presentation includes an extensive tool
display, and a video screen presentation
of the history of organized labor in the
state of Missouri. Sharp and Claar have
already taken their message to four area
high schools.
Business Representative Clyde Sharp and
Springfield, Mo. Local 978's Ray Claar
stand by an extensive tool display, ready
to answer questions about the UBC.
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THE CARPENTER
First "Pile Doe'
In Missouri
Cathy Cookson on the job.
Cathy Cookson may very well be the
first "pile doe;" at least, the first woman
to invoke such terminology in Missouri,
according to The St. Louis, Mo., Labor
Tribune. In a job where workers have
long been called "pile bucks," Cathy is
out every day helping drive 97 foot by
18 inch sheets of interlocking steel into
the river bottom, and installing templates
to support the steel sheets. The project is
a new cofferdam to enable replacement of
the current Alton, Mo., lock and dam.
Cathy Cookson is a union piledriver.
Cathy, a mother of two, is a third-year
apprentice with Local 47, St. Louis, Mo.,
and she has been on the dam project for
nine months. She's always wanted to be
a carpenter, but spent eight years trying
to "break in" to a field that was pre-
dominantly male. After doing clerical
work for the county, her break came
when she got a job as a foreman on a
site development crew in the Department
of Public Works.
Although Cathy's current work is
dangerous, often working 30 feet above
the river's surface, Cathy is "thrilled" to
be a part of it. "Someday my boys can
point to the dam and tell their children
'your grandma worked on that.' "
Being Remodeled
Local 625 of Manchester, N.H., is
celebrating its 80th birthday and, to give
the local a facelift for the occasion,
members are remodeling the 1891 build-
ing, above, which serves as headquarters.
Shown outside, foreground, is Bus. Rep.
Fred Ebol and, walking into the building,
Albert Farland.
Craft Maid Kitchens
Told to Recognize
Craft Maid Kitchens Inc., Reading, Pa.,
was recently ordered by a federal ad-
ministrative law judge to cease unfair
labor practices in attempting to prevent
its employees from unionizing and re-
fusing to recognize the United Brother-
hood's Local 492 as the employees'
bargaining agent. The NLRB judge
ordered the company to recognize the
union, retroactive to February 6, 1980.
Mom, The Carpenter
In the recent days of old, when the
UBC had only two choices for children's
T-shirts, "Dad" or "Daddy," some
ingenuity was needed by youngsters with
a Carpenter parent that was not Dad
or Daddy. Apprentice Margaret Roth,
Local 1074, Eau Claire, Wise, sent us
this picture of her son's solution to the
problem.
Now, of course, "Mom" members can
order T-shirts which read "My mom is a
union carpenter" without such altera-
tions. "Mom" shirts are available in
white with blue trim in small (ages 6-8),
medium (ages 10-12) and large (ages
14-16). The shirts are $3.75 each, in-
cluding 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., Washing-
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Treasurer Peter J. Terzick entitled, "What
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and have been broadcast — are printed
on a stiff 9-inch by 12-inch poster board
and are suitable for framing. Individual
members or local unions may obtain
copies free of charge by writing to:
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IN TIME OF NEED
We recently received the follow-
ing letter from the president of
Local 829, Santa Cruz, Calif. Be-
lieving the membership would be
interested in what Jonathan Bou-
telle had to say, we are reprinting
the letter in its entirety:
December 22, 1981
Dear Editor:
On December 17, at 7:40 AM,
I was at my job at the Carpenters
Union when I received a telephone
call. It was from the wife of a
union member who said that her
husband had just been called by
Hal Lindsey, another carpenter.
Hal's 18-month-old son had been
missing overnight, in rugged Scotts
Valley terrain, and they were going
to expand the search during the
daytime. Could we help to get
some other people there?
I get right on the phone to con-
tact the membership. Within half
an hour, we had 15 carpenters on
their way out to help this family
in trouble. In every case, when
told of the emergency nature of
what was happening, and that a
brother could use some help, the
only response was "What's the
address?" and "I'm on my way."
When I checked back with the
Lindseys, I discovered that the boy
had just been found and was all
right, and stopped soliciting volun-
teers. The job was done. During
the test of the morning our office
received about 20 phone calls from
others who had heard of the emer-
gency and wished to help.
I was overwhelmed by the spirit
of people who wanted to help their
fellow beings, and the speed at
which each individual grasped the
problem and offered assistance. It
is this spirit of ready offering of a
helping hand that best exemplifies
the cooperative spirit of the human
race in general and the trade union
movement in particular. The proud
professionals of the Sheriffs
Mounted Posse and Jeep Posse,
and members of the community at
large all played their parts during
the long night's search. Each group
acted through its particular net-
work to respond to a community
crisis.
My point is this: I am proud of
our union membership, and the
community in which they reside,
that such support can be generated
for a family in trouble. And I would
urge that Union members, and
members of the community at
large think of the Unions as places
where they can turn to for a help-
ing hand in time of emergency.
Jonathan Boutelle
President
UIE COnCRIITULnTE
. . . those members of our Brotherhood who, in recent weeks, have been named
or elected to public oflfices, have won awards, or who have, in other ways "stood
out from the crowd." This month, our editorial hat is ofl to the following:
PALM BEACH RAISES MONEY FOR "JERRY'S KIDS'
The Palm Beach County, Fla., Dis-
trict Council has been busy raising money
for "Jerry's Kids." On Labor Day of last
year. Palm Beach District Council
Organizers joined with the WIZD radio
public relations staff to enter the "Bed
Race." The entry, shown above, won Best
of Show, the Media Award, and placed
second overall. Carpenters from Local
819, Palm Beach, Fla., and 1308, Lake
Worth, Fla., also entered the Building
Trades "Tug of War." Although the
lightest weight team, the Carpenters out-
pulled all craft teams, finishing second
only to the Building Trades Team. Money
raised as a result of many Labor Day
events totaled over $270,000.
Radio staff and UBC organizers in the race, from left: Sanmntha Rutter, WIZD
radio: Ken Otterson. Local 819: Arvette Englehart, WIZD radio: Tom Deese, Local
819 organizer. Bill Geans, Local 819; and Jay Bayles, Local 819.
UBC members participate in the "Tug oj War." Participants included Jay Bayles,
Local 819; Bruce Barf ait. Local 1308; Charles DeMonaco. Local 1308; Doug Barry,
Local 819: Mike Carroll, Local 819; Tom Deese, Local 819; Charles Kranek, Local
819: Jay Broshoe, Local 819; and Robert Harris, Local 1308.
REPAIRS FOR GOODWILL
Eighteen members of Local 1419 Johns-
town, Pa., turned out recently to make
emergency repairs to a building owned
by Goodwill Industries of Johnstown.
Volunteers included Rudy Zakraysek,
Ralph Gillin, Roy Geisel, Jim Lohr, Wade
Howard, Bob Ulasky, Don Ressler, Dave
Bandzuh, Ed Trzeciak, Glen Lang, Stan
Miller, Warren Gearhart, Kurt Long, Joe
Kozar, Paul Mancini, Rick Watkins, Paul
Cummins and John Koshute.
Goodwill bought the building two weeks
before the 1977 flood. The damage from
the flood and vandalism, made it neces-
sary for the building to be totally boarded
up or razed. Goodwill had money for
neither.
Wilson Construction Company do-
nated the 2 X 4's, nails, scaffolding and
1 1 5 sheets of plywood — and the Carpen-
ters did the job.
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THE CARPENTER
A CENTENNIAL FEATURE
Minnesota Carpenters Were Busy
In What Was Once North Hibbing
North Hibbing, Minn., where the accompanying pictures
were taken in the early 1900s is no more, for North Hibbing
was sitting on a rich body of iron ore. Between 1919 and
1922, the community was moved, and by 1930, North Hibbing
was a large open pit mine.
These two historic pictures come to us from Robert
Schmid, a member of Local 1609 in nearby Hibbing, Minn.
Schmid's hobby is collecting old photographs. These particular
pictures, depicting Local 1609 activities, have special meaning
for Schmid and his family as his wife's grandfather, John
Toivola, shows up in both. The pictures show Brotherhood
members at work on the First M. E. Church of North
Hibbing in 1916, and in front of the finished church, 1917.
Schmid's grandfather, William Lundquist was also a member
of Local 1609, serving as president and financial secretary.
The group in front of the finished church include: Front
row, Gilbert Johnson, William Olson, Algot Lidholm,
Rudolph Ness; second row, Albert Johnson, John Fast, Joe
Bruelett, and Toby Pispa; third row, unknown, Joe Jule and
John Toivola; rear, Ben Santini; on scaffold, Jens Johnson.
MINNESOTA LABEL SHOW
Last fall, 96-year-old Local 87, St. Paul,
Minn., participated in the Minnesota
State Union Industries Show. The above
photo shows, left, Financial Secretary
Rod Danielson and, right. Business Agent
Dick Prior standing in front of a large
logo that was also used at the Centennial
Convention. Any profits from the show
were to go toward paying off the
mortgage on the new St. Paul Labor
Center.
RAINBOW DIVISION HEAD ^
The new national head of the Rainbow
Division Veterans is a Brotherhood
member: Garnett Jones of Local 16,
Springfield, 111. The Rainbow Division
Veterans trace their inception to the
famous Rainbow Infantry Division of
World War I. During World II, the
Rainbow Division was reactivated, 20,000
strong; an action that was partially
financed by the World War I group.
Jones, a member of the World War
II 42nd Infantry Rainbow Division, shot
off the lock on the Dachau Prison Camp
as the infantry released 33,000 inmates.
He was recently elected national presi-
dent at the Division's 63rd National
Convention in Reading,. Pa.
HELPING THE ARTS
Apprentices in Washington, D.C. re-
cently recieved commendations and
thanks for their help in making the
Jackson School Arts Center a reality.
The Washington, D.C. Board of Educa-
tion, in the first instance of this kind,
has allowed the arts community the
long-term use of a vacant school build-
ing. As arranged by Washington, D.C.
Joint Carpentry Apprenticeship Director
Anthony Giaquinta, apprentices donated
their labor to convert the school interior
to a gallery space for the center's first
exhibition. Backed by the Corcoran
School of Art, the Washington, D.C.
Board of Education, and A. Salon, Ltd.,
a cooperative artists' group, the center
is designed to expand the scope of arts
education programming in the Wash-
ington, D.C. area.
BUSY RETIREES
Carl Treiberg, retired member of Local
2463, Ventura, Calif., is still busy with
a hammer. He is helping out at his
church by working on a new addition.
Carl joined the Brotherhood at the age
of 20 in 1916, and has been a loyal
member ever since. His younger brother,
Herman, joined in 1924, and although
both are now retired, their involvement
with Local 2463 and their church's
activities just keeps right on going.
FEBRUARY, 1982
29
CLIPBOARD
Cast your eyes upon the table sugar
and you easily dismiss the health
warnings you've been hearing about it.
Surely, you think, something that white
and pristine can't be bad. Then, put a
few grains on the tip of the tongue
and you're convinced something that
tickles the taste buds so pleasantly
must have virtues.
But take heed. Researchers continue
to mount a bitter case against the high
indulgence in sweets which is charac-
teristic of Americans.
Each person in the U.S. annually
averages about 83 pounds of table
sugar plus 42 pounds of corn syrups,
honey and such, for a total that ac-
tually exceeds 125 pounds. Increas-
ingly, these caloric sweetners are con-
sumed as hidden ingredients in proc-
essed foods such as ketchup, salad
dressing and precooked dinners as well
as candies, sodas and pastries.
Laboratory experiments with rats at
the Agriculture Department's research
facilities in Beltsville, Md., have been
indicting all sugars and particularly
table sugar for almost a decade. In the
latest test comparing different kinds of
sugar, the scientists chose rats that
were genetically sensitive to carbohy-
drates and gave them a balanced diet
closely resembling what people eat in
the way of carbohydrates, fats, proteins,
vitamins and minerals.
However, one group of rats received
table sugar as their carbohydrates.
Table sugar, also called sucrose, is
classed as a dissacharide because it con-
tains glucose and fructose in a double-
molecule configuration. Another group
of rats received glucose and fructose
separately. These sugars are called
monosaccharides since they have
single-molecule structures.
In the end, sucrose looked pretty
bad. The rats who ate it had larger
livers, increased fat-inducing enzymes,
more fat in the blood, higher levels of
insulin in the blood (insulin is a hor-
mone that regulates blood sugar) and
more body fat, according to Dr. Otho
E. Michaelis, IV.
Most of the symptoms in the suc-
rose-fed animals are risk factors for
diabetes and heart disease in humans,
Michaelis said.
Nevertheless, don't conclude that
Watching Your Health?
Watch That Sugar!
by Goody L. Solomon
Press Associates, Inc.
corn syrups or fructose are good for
you, warns Michaelis. "Any sugar is
going to cause problems," he said,
"and the dissacharide is the worst."
A few years ago, USDA rat experi-
ments demonstrated that table sugar
was far more fattening than starch.
Back then, one group of rats received
a diet in which 54% of their calories
came from sucrose. Another group ate
54% of their calories in the form of
starch. All rats also received recom-
mended levels of essential minerals,
vitamins and protein.
The results: The sugar-fed critters
gained more weight; 35% which
was fat. What's more, they showed
MICROWAVE CAUTION
The U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture (USDA) has issued a public
warning to be sure pork cooked in
microwave ovens reaches 170° F.
throughout the meat.
Donald L. Houston, administrator
of Agriculture's Food Safety and
Quality Service, said, "Unpublished
studies indicate that under certain cir-
cumstances trichinae and food poison-
ing bacteria may not be destroyed by
microwave cooking," but he added
these studies need verification.
Fortunately, due to stringent regu-
lations, trichinosis is hardly a health
problem in this country anymore.
Only 1% of the hogs slaughtered com-
mercially have the living parasite in
their muscles when slaughtered, and
only 100-200 clinical cases of trichino-
sis have been reported annually, with
two or three deaths. Agriculture esti-
mates, however, that perhaps 100,000
people may experience extremely mild
trichinosis infections that are dis-
missed since the early symptoms of
upset stomach and vomiting resemble
many minor ailments.
To be on the safe side, USDA
urges all who prepare pork in micro-
wave ovens to follow these steps:
• Check the manufacturer's direc-
tion for appropriate cooking times;
• Rotate dishes during cooking;
• After removing pork from oven,
wrap it in foil and let it sit for sev-
eral minutes to permit more uniform
temperature distribution — microwaves
heat food on the outside first by
vibrating water molecules.
• After the pork sits, check various
places with a meat thermometer. If
any part of the chop or roast has not
reached at least 170 degrees, cook it
more.
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symptoms of adult onset diabetes,
namely higher levels of blood glucose
and insulin when fasting; also higher
fasting levels of triglycerides.
Applying all this to our eating
habits, it signifies that weight control
is not merely a matter of counting
calories. The kind of calories you con-
sume counts, too.
It's the refined sugar that can aug-
ment an individual's propensity to
obesity and diabetes. When we take in
natural sugar — from fruits, for in-
stance — along with vitamins and min-
erals, we consume fiber which may
have the ability of reducing the ill ef-
fects of sugar, according to recent re-
search. Then, too, the bulkiness of
natural sugar puts an automatic lid on
the amount we eat at one time.
Meanwhile, a starchy food like
potatoes or rice, once maligned as the
foe of dieters, can be their best friend.
You see, sugar needs almost no diges-
tion. It goes rapidly and directly into
the blood. But starch must be changed
into glucose, a gradual process that
keeps the blood sugar and insulin levels
at a more even keel. When blood sugar
doesn't sink too low, appetite is more
easily controlled. Another benefit of
starch is it satisfies better and longer
than sugar.
If you're looking for quick energy
just before a tennis game, sugar isn't
the answer. True, you'll get a boost as
a result of elevated blood sugar but
you won't burn up that sugar unless
you exercise very strenuously. Conse-
quently, the sugar will turn to fat.
30
THE CARPENTER
Carpenter Magazine
Costs More to Mail
Your Carpenter Magazine and, in fact,
all other union journals and non-profit
publications face staggering increases in
postal costs this year because of Reagan
Administration budget cuts.
Already paying second class mailing
charges of approximately $39,000 a
month, The Carpenter now must pay an
additional quarter million dollars per
year because of increased second class
postage rates which went in effect Janu-
ary 10.
At a special meeting, the US Postal
Service Board of Governors voted to
bring nearly all "preferred" rates imme-
diately up to levels that would not other-
wise have taken effect until 1987.
Rates would have been increased in a
series of steps over that period in a phase
rate schedule set up under the Postal
Reorganization Act as a way of easing
the impact of rate hikes on non-profit
organizations.
The Board of Governors said it was
forced to act "as a result of congressional
cuts in Postal Service appropriations."
In the continuing budget resolution
approved December 15 and signed by the
President, Congress cut the Postal Service
appropriations from $800 million to $614
million, including funds that would have
reimbursed USPS for the "revenue fore-
gone" by the agency for handling non-
profit mailings at rates below its actual
costs.
The new rates substantially increase
those announced by the Board of Gover-
nors as recently as November 1, 1981.
The only exceptions allowed for by Con-
gress in appropriating funds were for
fourth-class library rates and second-class
in-county rates. These rates were in-
creased to levels originally due in 1984.
The International Labor Press Associa-
tion of the AFL-CIO, which had been
fighting to maintain the phased-rate
schedule, is urging labor publications to
step up efforts to use the presortation
discounts now available to non-profit
mailers as a way of offsetting the impact
of the increases.
The discounts, won for the non-profit
press largely through ILPA's participa-
tion in cases before the Postal Rate Com-
mission, permit mailers to pay lower
rates in return for sorting and bundling
mail to several zip code levels and, in the
case of many larger mailers, to USPS
carrier route levels.
The ILPA pointed out that while the
failure of Congress to resist the budget-
cutting demands left the Board of Gover-
nors little choice, there is a slim chance
that Congress may still restore at least
part of the phasing when it acts on the
final budget bills. Both the Senate and
House versions of those bills contain
funding for the revenue foregone appro-
priations.
Heaviest impact will be felt in the
second-class outside county per piece rates
FEBRUARY, 1982
which will go from the current 3.5 cents
to 7.1 cents. Rates for mailers that pre-
sort to three and five zip code digits will
go from 1.9 cents to 5.5 cents, and mail
sorted to carrier route will go from 0.9
cents per piece to 4.5 cents.
Third class non-profit bulk rates will
jump from 3.8 cents to 5.9 cents at the
required sorting level, from 2.9 cents to
5.0 cents at the three and five digit sort-
ing level, and from 1.9 cents to 4.0 cents
for those mailers able to take advantage
of carrier route sorting.
US Elderly Face
Medicare Hikes
Elderly in the United States covered
by Medicare insurance will pay a greater
share of their health costs in 1982 as a
result of higher deductibles and premiums
announced by the Health & Human Re-
sources Department.
Fueled by soaring health costs, pre-
miums for the nearly 29 million enrollees
in Medicare's supplementary medical in-
surance program — known as Medicare
Part B — will rise by 11.2%, or $1.20,
to $12.20 a month in July. Medicare
Part B covers doctors' bills, outpatient
services, diagnostic tests, medical equip-
ment, home health services, and other
out-of-hospital costs.
About 28.8 million persons will be en-
rolled under Medicare Part B in the next
fiscal year, 26 million of them over the
age of 65 and the rest disabled under 65,
HHS said.
The increase in the monthly premium
comes on top of a '$15 increase in the
calendar year deductible, to $75 effective
January 1, that Congress passed as part
of last summer's budget-cutting legisla-
tion.
The premium increase is smaller than
last year's jump of nearly 15%, from
$9.60 the year before. Premiums have
gone up steadily since the program began
in 1966.
The government also announced that
Medicare's hospital (Part A) deductible
will increase more than originally antici-
pated. Effective Jan. 1, the hospital insur-
ance deductible became $260. It was
$204 in 1981. This means that when a
Medicare patient enters the hospital and
begins a new "benefit period" in 1982
he or she will have to pay for the first
$260 of covered hospital services.
The hospital insurance deductible has
increased almost every year since Medi-
care began. The Part B medical insur-
ance deductible increase is the first in
eight years.
HHS said the cost of benefits under
Part B is expected to increase to $17.3
billion in fiscal 1982's $14.7 billion. The
agency blamed increases in the program's
cost on doctors' fees and the number of
services furnished, a trend toward more
expensive services, and an increase in the
cost and use of outpatient services.
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CLOCK WATCHING
FATHER: I want you home by 1 1 ,
understand?
DAUGHTER: Really! You know
I'm no longer a child!
FATHER: I know. That's why I
want you home by 1 1.
CENTENNIAL YEAR
IT'S SHOCKING
Teacher: What is usually used as
conductor of electricity?
Goofy Gus: Why . . . er . . ."
Teacher: Wire . . . that's correct.
Now, Sammy, what is a unit of elec-
trical power called?
Sammy: The what?
Teacher: Absolutely right . . . the
watt!
— Jennifer Inglis
Thunder Bay, Ont.
LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL
AN EGO TRIP
SUE: You say he's conceited?
PAM: I'll say. He's convinced that
if he hadn't been born, people
would want to know why not.
A LOT OF £CONOAir
There are so many economists
who preface their remarks with "on
the one hand ... on the other
hand . . ." that President Harry Tru-
man once was heard to say: "Will
someone please bring me a one-
handed economist?"
BUY U.S. AND CANADIAN
PENNY WISE
BOY: Can I have a dollar. Dad?
FATHER: When I was your age
we asked for pennies.
BOY: Okay, can I have a hundred
pennies?
UNION DUES BRING DIVIDENDS
A LOT OF BULL
At the state fair a man, his wife,
and 13 children walked up to a side
show where a sign read. "The Most
Famous Bull in the World."
The man asked the ticket seller
the admission price to see the
famous bull, and he was told 250
per person.
The husband and father replied:
"I can't afford that! I have 13 chil-
dren!"
The ticket seller looked at him:
"You mean all these kids are
yours?"
"Sure are," said the man.
The ticket seller looked at him
again. "You just wait right here,
mister, and I'll bring the bull out to
see YOU!"
- — Sylvia A. Bolte,
Bellvue, Colo.
THIS MONTH'S LIMERICK
There once was a man in New
York
Who went for a walk in the park.
Twice he was mugged;
Once he was slugged.
Now he stays home after dark.
— B. A. Brogan
St. Amant, La.
A TURN-ON
Carpenter was swinging from a
ceiling joist and shouting: "I'm a
light bulb! I'm a light bulb!"
The boss looked up at him,
scratched his head, and said:
"Beatty, you better knock off and
go home."
The carpenter's partner then
climbed down from a ladder and
began putting his tools away.
The boss looked at the partner
and asked, "Where the #*#& do
you think you're going?"
Carpenter's partner: "I'm going
home, too. How do you expect me
to work without a light?"
—Ed Colder, Local 1337
Warren, Mich.
SHOW YOUR BUMPER STICKER
A LOT OF FEET
We went to a lumberyard to pick
up a yard of quarter-inch molding.
The young salesman said, "I'm
sorry, we don't sell lumber by the
yard. We only sell it by the foot."
We looked at the guy a minute.
"Okay, sell us three feet of quarter-
inch molding." He did, and we
went on our way.
— Dorlis Moore
Portland, Ore.
GET WISE! ORGANIZE!
MESS CALL
STEWARD: The captain would like
you to join him at his table tonight.
PASSENGER: The nerve. We pay
$3,000 for this voyage and they
want us to eat with the crew.
SUPPORT VOC AND CHOP
NEW ILLNESS
TOM: How's your mother?
JON: Terrible. She's got chronic
frontal sinusitis.
TOM: Good heavens, where did
she get that?
JON: From The Reader's Digest.
She read about it last month.
32
THE CARPENTER
Solidarity Day
Memento Tied To
Social Security Fight
The AFL-CIO is mailing individually
inscribed certificates to participants in last
September's Solidarity Day march as a
souvenir of the historic occasion and as
the start of a new grass-roots campaign
to save Social Security.
Persons who signed and returned the
Solidarity Day cards distributed by bus
captains and union marshals will receive
their certificates later this month in a
packet that includes a letter from AFL-
CIO President Lane Kirkland urging
them to continue to make their voices
heard.
The 400,000 concerned Americans who
came to Washington on September 19
made Solidarity Day "a smashing suc-
cess," Kirkland wrote, and helped
strengthen resistance to destructive Rea-
gan Administration policies.
Included in the packet are postcards
that recipients are asked to sign and mail
to their senators and representatives,
along with a return card to the AFL-CIO.
"Congress hears from major corpora-
tions, the oil industry and the special
interests. Make your voices heard, too,"
Kirkland urged.
The Solidarity Day certificate, made
out in the name of the marcher and
signed by Kirkland and AFL-CIO Sec-
Treas. Thomas R. Donahue, reads: "On
this historic day we marched together — •
400,000 Americans from all walks of
life — in behalf of jobs and justice and a
more humane America. Whatever the
challenge, whatever the adversity, these
shall remain our goals."
Participants who did not return Soli-
darity Day cards or who do not receive
the certificate, which is to be mailed out
on Jan. 18, can have the packet sent to
them by writing to: Solidarity Day,
Room 309, AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.
Eligible for a Solidarity Day certificate
is William DeRosa, president of the
Hudson County, N.Y., District Council,
shown here, on Solidarity Day, 1981,
with the youngest member of the Hudson
County team, his grandson, Arthur.
'Scuse me,
^ senior citizen,
T ^. but the con man
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Con man. Swindler. Crook. They all want
the same thing. Your money. As a
senior citizen, you're a likely target
for tricky crooks. Take, for Instance,
the so-caUed "hajik examlnei?'
He calls and asks for your
help in catching a "dishonest
bank employee!' You're supposed
to withdraw money from your
bank account, and give It to him.
Don't. He's a crook.
This is just one way to get conned.
There are lots more. Find out about
them. Write to: Crime Prevention Coalition,
Box 6600, RockvUle, Maryland 20850.
Beware the con man. Protect yoxorself,
and report them. That's a good way to help.
TAKE A BITE OUT OF
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A message from the Crime PrevsnUon CoaUUon,
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Hicksville, N.Y.— Picture No. 1
Sorvicc
To
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Brolh«rho«d
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.
Minneapolis, Minn.
HARRISBURG, PA.
Paul Watkins, left, recently received his
25-year pin at Harrisburg, Pa. Local 287's
annual pin presentation. Conferring ttie pin, on
right, is Vice President Elmer Faus; Keystone
District Council Business Representative
Richard Martz, center, observe: the ceremony.
Hicksville, N Y —Picture No. 2
HICKSVILLE, N.Y.
Members of Local 1772, Hicksville, N.Y.,
recently received service pins for 25-40 years
of service.
25-year members receiving awards are as
follows: Joseph Aiello, Hayo Broers, Patrick
Curtin, Michael Esposito, Gerald Grella, Charles
Hammersmith, Anthony Ingenito, George
Kolodinsky, Rocco Maori, Arne Nilsson, John
Portschy, Scarlett Algernon, and Joseph
Schlageter.
Picture No. 1 shows 35-year members, first
row, from left: Sal Cosentino, Walter Gebhardt,
Fred Grabow, and Anthony Chivaro.
Second row, from left: President Joseph
Boron, Tom Sacardi, Recording Secretary Paul
Zadrozny, Richard Sloan, Joseph Tammone,
Angelo Devito, Norman Balland, William Seiden,
and Business Representative Ernest Dunakack.
35-year members not pictured are as follows:
Edward Bodrewicz, Stanley Buchinski, Fred
Buchter, Andrew Classen, Hans Dahl, Henry
Diefenback, Erland Eriandsen, Kingsbury Frey,
Finn Granstad, Alfred Hurst, Herman Jacobson,
Roy Jacobson, Arther Kappstatter, Harold
Kasten, Risto Lilja, Frank Masterson, Joseph
Mulee, Sven Nelson, Charles Rubel, Philip
Schaag, William Schroeder, Reinhard Schuler,
Paul Schwenke, and David Snyder.
Picture No. 2 shows 40-year member Richard
Eisemann, center, flanked by President Joseph
Boron and Business Representative Ernest
Dunekack. Not pictured were two other
40-year members — Edwin Funtgeld and Alfred
Brand.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
Approximately 800 guests attended Local
1644's 75th Anniversary celebration and pin
presentation held in September of last year at
the Radisson South Hotel main ballroom.
Flowers were given to members' wives and
sweethearts, and two bands furnished continu-
ous music throughout the evening. Special
guests at the gala event included Fifth District
Representative Leon Greene, and his wife, Mrs.
Greene, and Secretary of the Minnesota State
Council Bert Dally, and his wife, Mrs. Dally.
Business Representative William Lukawski re-
viewed some of the local's history, and prog-
ress made since the local's 50th anniversary.
Members receiving 25-year service pins are
shown in the accompanying picture: Merle
Bloomdahl, Bernard Crowe, Roy Husbyn, Nestor
Korpi, Patrick McMilliam, Hiram Nickelson,
Gunnar Nesse, Le Ray Olson, Harold Spooring,
Edward Studniski, Donald Tuenge, James
Veiling, and Max Wefel.
25-year members not pictured are as follows:
Joseph Anton, Arthur Baker, Delmar Becker,
Charles Foskett, Gerald Johnson, Melvin Lee,
Glen Palm, Ernest Rasinski, Francis Trinka, and
Edward Zilka.
34
THE CARPENTER
Van Nuys, Calif. — Picture No. 1
VAN NUYS, CALIF.
On November 20, 1981, Local 1913 held its
annual pin presentation and dinner at Nob Hill
Restaurant In Van Nuys. Seventy Brotherhood
members, in attendance with their wives,
received service pins.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left: George Doherty, Wilbur Roberts,
Veikko Kautiainen, and John W. DenOuden.
Back Row, from left: Ben Huff, Pete
Kordakis, and Orville Wills.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, front
row, from left; Frank Alvarez, Joe Bencivenga
(Bus. Agent), Patrick Finan, Richard Cramer,
Rudolph Lopez.
Back Row, from left: Anton Steiner, Chris
Dunham, Manuel Lopez, George Carpenter,
Albert Manninen, Paul Ash, and G. R. Vannoy.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members, first
row, from left: Harry Karr, Lawrence Mogge,
Harold Bahrke, Veno G. Martinez, George
Ramirez, EInar Nelson, Paul Bennett, Ritsuo
Takeuchi, and Maurice Blais.
Second row, from left: Cecil Bell, Ted
Ishikawa, John Foote, Bill Adkisson, George
Cox, William Montgomery, C. W. Markley, L. W.
Hare, and Frank Schepis.
Third roWj from left: Ken Karr, John Kozlow-
ski. Jay Diediker, Leo Armellin, Frank E. Phil-
pott, Jr., Vern Lankford, Richard Lindquist, Ted
V. Lummus, Arthur Carsrud, Clellie Perry, Bob
Goodwin, Ray Gregory, and Wm. C. Tucker.
Fourth row, from left: Jim Maclsaac, Wm.
Gearhart, Robert Timson, Clarence P. Neuhaus,
Melvin Miller, Howard R. Dahlquist, Albert L.
Krauk, Harry Crowe, Alex Chavez, Ralph Davis,
and Ralph E. Lilly.
Picture No. 4 shows 40-year members, front
row, from left: Eugene Rollett, Ernie Hufford,
Robert D. Monroe, and Walter Garland.
Back Row, from left: James Almond (Bus.
Agent), Louis Reisman, Lecii Cantrell, Lyie G.
Rendall.
Picture No. 5 shows 45-year members, from
left: Howard Cooper, Marty Trenouth, Los
Angeles District Council Business Agent, and
Earl Harrison.
Picture No. 6 shows 60-year member C. M.
Sampson, with C. V. Reyes, president of
Local 1913.
Van Nuys, Calif. — Picture No. 4
Van Nuys, Calif. — Picture No. 5
Van Nuys, Calif. — Picture No. 6
CHAMBERSBURG, PA.
Local 616, Chambersburg, recently presented
service awards to seventeen members, ranging
in service from 25 to 60 years. Those members
receiving awards are shown in the accompany-
ing pictures.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, from
left: Ira Daniels, Ray Harrison, Durkee Bard,
and Guy Traux.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, from
left: Don Cutshall, Marvin Adams, Don Spidei,
and Raymond Sanders.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members,
from left: Charles E. Strock, Local 616 presi-
dent, Charles Gift, and Raymond Deshong.
Picture No. 4 shows 40-year members, front
row, from left: Ralph Brechbill and Guy
Brechbill.
Back row, from
left: Thomas Eyer,
Hugo Kabbel, and Paul
Washabaugh.
Picture No. 5
shows 60-year mem-
ber Hugo Kabbel. mkfA
Picture No. 5
Chambersburg, Pa. — Picture No. 3
Chambersburg, Pa. — Picture No. 4
FEBRUARY, 1982
35
Fort Wayne, Ind. — Picture No. 1
Picture No. 6
I -k I A ..r i ,U'
Picture No. 2
Picture No. 3
FORT WAYNE, IND.
Last September, Local 232 celebrated the
Brotherhood's Centennial with a dinner, dance
and service pin presentation honoring members
with 25 to 70 years of service.
Picture No. 1 shows 25year members, front
row, from left: Robert Beard, Glenn Ross, Earl
Hamrick, Robert Holman, and Lloyd Jeffrey.
Second row, from left: Harvey Milledge,
Elwood Tieman, Everett Keller, Cliff Parks,
Donald Norden, Paul Cattin, and James
Quaintance.
Third row, from left: Don Johnston, Arnie
Walker, Frank Crosby, George Lincoln, Alden
Swenson, and Charles Wulliman.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, front
row, from left: Ralph Westerman, John Helvie,
Jim Schory, Bryce Eiler, Duane Koch and
Charles Myers.
Second row, from left: Donald DeBrular,
Frank Goldman, Roland Schory, Ed Moeller,
Lewis Hendricks, Burdette Pontius, Vasco
Thornburg, Clarence Cochlin and Alva Kemple.
Third row, from left: Loran Skinner, Arnold
Ostermeyer, Ed Hess, Harry Christlieb, Virgil
McFadden, Elmer Gick, Fred Fennig, Robert
Justus and Marvin Hack.
Fourth row, from left: Howard Foster, Joe
Silveus, William Archer, John Kockert, Ted
Archer, Bennie Shepherd, Ray Yost, Robert
Parrish and Dennis Hatfield.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members,
kneeling is Alfred Gumbert.
First row, from left: Frank Lantz, Harvey
Jessup, Henry Rodenbeck, John Harris, Jack
Buckel, Ralph Wappes, Earl Rodgers, (Harry
Means and Eugene Byers.
Second row, from left: Arthur Thornburg,
Robert Pemberton, Ed Ainslie, Herman Klein-
schmidt, Ulysses Ratliff, Kenneth Sorg,
Lawrence Volk, Gary Fischbach and Oswin
Amstutz.
Picture No. 4
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ONT.
Local 222 members
received service pins
at the Annual Car-
penters Dance, held
October 3, 1981.
Honorees and officers
are shown in the
picture. Left to right:
Tom Harkness, Canadian Director of Organizing; Byron Black, business representative of
Local 2222; Bruno Cavasatto, 25-year pin; Gus Rinaldo, 25-year pin; Roderick Flynn,
35-year pin; Frank Blake, 25-year pin; John Carnochan, 25-year pin; Donald White, 20-year
pin; Clarence Tippin, 20-year pin; Lou Battaino, president of Local 2222. Members not in
attendance were Peter Malcolm, 20-year pin; Harry Buckley, 25-year pin; Leo Cormier,
30-year pin; Francis Grennon, 30-year pin; and Ray Thunstrom, 35-year pin.
Third row, from left: Clarence Hyser, Walter
Gremaux, Dave Richey, Willie Houston, Joe
Brandenberger, Carl Hull, Donald Sprunger,
Paul Parker, Norman Buuck and Arthur Monroe.
Picture No. 4 shows 40-year members, front
row, from left: Roy Guinn, Ed Schreiber, Eldon
Jeffrey, Frank Keller and Roy Flaugh.
Second row, from left: Carl Resac, Homer
Ratliff, Fred Gilbert, John Hoffman, George
Lyie and Morris Newhard.
Picture No. 5 shows 45-year members, front
row, from left: Herman Norden, Howard Worth-
man, Elmer Pool and Herman Grothaus.
Second row, from left: Lester Pool, William
Foulk, Walton Pfeiffer, Daniel Ratliff and
Jess Dau.
Picture No. 6 shows, front row, from left:
70-year member Oscar Meyers and 55-year
member Chester Edwards.
Second row, from left: President Al Gumbert,
Assistant Business Representative Doug Haupt
and Business Representative Henry Rodenbeck.
36
THE CARPENTER
'ASaaitfiti
Manchester, N.H. — Picture No. 1
Picture No. 2
Picture No. 3
Picture No. 4
Picture No. 5
MANCHESTER, N.H.
Local 625 recently celebrated its 80th an-
niversary with a banquet and pin presentation
ceremony. Members receiving awards are
shown in the accompanying pictures.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, from
left: Robert IVlartel, Karl Hoffman, Raymond
Jutras, Raymond Courchesne, Frederick Temple,
and Roger Belierose.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, from
left: William Dill, Adelard Gagnon, Alexander
Legence, Hector Gamache, Marcel Martel,
Pinard Martel, and Walter Martel.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members,
seated from left: Edward Stepanian, Edouard
Soucy, and Business Agent Fred Ebol.
Standing, from left; Omer Lussier, President
Alphee Lavallee, Edgar Rouleau, Charles J.
Paris, Ernest Herous, Arthur Kallenberg, and
Roland St. Pierre.
Picture No. 4 shows 40-year members, from
left: Oscar Dockx, Gerard Paquette, Henry
Gilchrist, and Samuel Martel.
Picture No. 5 shows from left: 55-year mem-
ber George Chalmers, 45-year member Joseph
Proulx, and 45-year member Leon Doiron.
Westloke,
La.—
Picture
No. 1
Westloke, la. — Picture No. 2
Westloke, La. — Picture No. 3
WESTLAKE, LA.
Millwright Local 1476 recently held its award
ceremony recognizing its senior members in a
special presentation. Pins were received for
20-25 years membership, pins and watches for
30-40 years, with all members receiving
baseball caps.
Picture No. 1 shows 20 and 25-year members
seated in last row, from left: Joseph Wild-
berger, Lee Savant, Robert Roy, Floyd Hunt,
Russell Roy, and Ed Hunt. Second row shows
30-year members, from left: Wasey Delcabre,
Lloyd Stakes, Bill Barousse, and Tom Perry.
Third row shows 35-year members, from left:
George Davis, Clarence Hunt, and Fred Elliott.
Fourth row shows 40-year members, from left:
Hugh Williams, and Rick Chaddick, receiving for
his father, George Chaddick, who is working
out of the country.
Members receiving pins but not present for
the ceremony are as follows: 20-year members:
George Winn, Carroll Smith, Evans LeDoux,
Allen Guillory, and Royce Hasha. 25-year
members: Robert Leger, Doran Bryant, Jerrold
Lyons, Joseph Dudoit, and D. J. LeDoux.
30-year member J. M. Berry.
Picture No. 2 shows Gerald Poissot, center,
receiving a special award from apprentices
Donna Barousse, left, and Jana Trahan, right.
Picture No. 3 shows Local 1476's oldest
member Hugh Williams, right, with Business
Agent Elvin Winn, left.
FEBRUARY, 1982
37
The following list of 240 deceased members and spouses represents
a total of $309,121.00 death claims paid in November, 1 98 1, (s)
following name in listing indicates spouse of member.
Local Union, Cily
2, Cincinnati, OH~Harley C. White.
7, Minneapolis, MN — Jens Christensen,
Knud Nielsen, Stuart E. Duncanson.
8, Philadelphia, PA — Davis B. Conaway,
Doffice Cohen.
12, Syracuse, NY — Joseph Woods, Wilfred
D. Collins.
14, San Antonio, TX — Eduardo R. Rodarte,
Manuel M. Sosa.
19, Detroit, Ml— Stelman R. Eye.
22, San Francisco, CA — Alfred Melodia.
42, San Francisco, CA — Otto W. Sammet.
53, White Plains, NY— Fred Brandt.
64, Louisville, KY — Arthur J. Miller.
67, Boston, MA — Mary E. McLaughlin (s),
Sarah P. Meade (s).
74, Chattanooga, TN — John H. Liner.
87, St. Paul, MN— Frank J. Buzicky, Harry
A. Godfrey, Harvey E. Swanson.
94, Providence, RI — James J. Alcock, Robert
Schofield, Santo L. Algiere.
101, Baltimore, MD — Rufus Poffenbarger.
109, Sheffield, AL— Sion T. Ingram, William
F. McGee.
110, St. Joseph, MO— Herbert L. Ritchie,
Roy L. Kackley.
111, Lawrence, MA — Andrew Trudell.
131, Seattle, WA— Forrest F. Freymuth,
Frank W. Cox, John M. Graff, Michael
A. Williams.
132, Washington, DC— Glenn D. Sheets.
135, New York, NY— Froim Weiser.
141, Chicago, IL — Joseph R. Hrozencik,
Minnie B. Caddick (s).
144, Macon, GA— Loette V. Hamilton (s).
171, Youngstown, OH — Louis Izzo.
191, York, PA— Carl L Noffz.
194, East Bay, CA — Marian Anna Ruther-
ford (s).
198, Dallas, TX— Aaron W. Morrison.
Arthur R. McCord, Charlie L. Helton.
199, Chicago, IL — Joseph Serici.
201, Wichita, KS— Edgar L. Hansard.
206, Newcastle, PA— William H. Fessler.
213, Houston, TX— Arnold R. Duren, Bobby
D. Riner, Charles Klawon, E. L. Man-
ning, John Ernest Clark HL
230, Pittsburgh, PA— Marshall D. Wolfe.
232, Fort Wayne, IN— Roy L Jackson.
235, Riverside, CA — Rudolph H. Janusche-
ski.
246, New York, NY— Frank Roth.
255, Bloomingburg, NY — Charles Holcak.
257, New York, NY— Antti Pelto, Mathilde
Larsen (s), Sigfrid Larsen.
262, San Jose, CA — Peter G. Mastora.
266, Stockton, CA— Thomas A. Russell, V.
C. Johnston.
275, Newton, MA — Ivan Getchell, Pearce G.
Boone.
281, Binghamton, NY — Jesse J. Kane, Sere-
nus A. Ward.
284, New York, NY — Benjamin Kesler.
287, Harrisburg, PA— Maurice E. Peck, Sr.
311, Joplin, MO— Ralph E. Maxwell.
337, Detroit, MI— Clandles E. Floyd (s).
362, Pueblo, CO— Charles A. Taylor.
365, Marion, IN — Harve Bertsch.
404, Lake Co, OH— Martin G. Vargo.
419, Chicago, IL — Anna Schaden (s), Wiking
A. Anderson.
453, Auburn, NY — James Allen Dec.
454, Philadelphia, PA— William Jack.
460, Wausau, WI — Clarence Henrichs.
472, Ashland, KY — Raymond Ferguson.
488, New York, NY— Martha Heins (s).
500, Butler, PA — Agnes D. Lunsford (s).
507, Nashville, TN— James A. Stewart, Wil-
liam A. Moffat.
528, Washington, DC— George Park.
Local Union, Cily
540, Holyoke, MA — Rita Anna-Yvonne
Gauthier (s).
556, Meadville, PA— Paul W. Smock.
564, Jersey City, NJ — Frederick Sorensen.
609, Idaho FaUs, ID— Burnett Clark.
626, Wilmington, DE — Matt Falkenberg.
637, Hamilton, OH— John Cheek.
660, Springfield, OH — James Wesley Powell,
Norman F. Cahoon.
665, Amarillo, TX — Ruth Crawford Hooks
(s).
674, Mt. Clemens, MI — Clare G. Franquist.
691, Williamsport, PA— Herbert S. Meek.
696, Tampa, FL — Arthur H. Chestnut, Simon
R. Sheppard, Sr.
703, Lockland, OH — Louis B. Gausman.
709, Shenandoah, PA — Edward J. Hanrahan.
710, Long Beach, CA— Carlos H. Borja.
740, New York, NY— John A. Brembs, Sr.,
Joseph D. Petrucci, Michael Bunkoczi.
743, Bakersfield, CA — Antonio Rangel,
Ludie B. Pickett (s), Richard E. Hamp-
ton.
745, Honolulu, HI— Hisao Yoshida, William
M. Sasaki.
756, Bellingham, WA— Ted Sparks.
770, Yakima, WA— Matilda King (s).
772, Clinton, lA— Velma Sinksen (s).
790, Dixon, II^Lyle A. Lewis.
792, Rockford, IL— William C. Canterbury.
836, Janesville, WI — Arthur R. Knitter.
839, Des Plaines, Il^-Curtis E. Burns.
851, Anoka, MN— Allen Williams.
865, Brunswick, GA— F. J. Beverly.
911, Kalispell, MT — Eugene E. Thompson,
Sr.
921, Portsmouth, NH — Clarence G. Gilman,
Orin S. Evans.
943, Tulsa, OK— Barvell Patrick, Clarence E.
Shaver.
954, Mt. Vernon WA — Herman I. Hanson.
955, Appleton, WI— Wilbert B. Hoes.
965, Dekalb, II^-Henry A. Bennett, Ray-
mond W. Haag.
982, Detroit, Ml— Herbert T. Osborne, Rus-
sell A. Tewksbury.
993, Miami, FL— Vincent W. Egan.
998, Royal Oak, MI— Gustav E. Rajal?,
Joseph A. Smith, Margaret Chachulski
(s).
1006, New Brunswick, NJ — Carlton Masters,
Sr.
1052, Hollywood, CA— Annikki Tikka (s).
1095, Salina KS— Gladys W. Byars.
1098, Baton Rouge, LA— Pearl L. Zeigler (s).
1108, Cleveland, OH— Carl W. Chimento,
Urban J. Bohland.
1109, Visalia, CA— Lige Sylvester Tolley,
Raymond Edward Weaver.
1113, San Bernardino, CA— Calvin Otto
Price, Jeannette Oberlin (s).
1120, Portland, OR— Cornelia E. Boyer (s),
David B. Webster.
1141, Baltimore, MD — Theresa M. Simmons
(s).
1184, Seattle, WA — August Conrad Ander-
son.
1196, Arlington His., IL— Cuthbert Bruns.
1204, New York, NY— Ben Gold.
1245, Carlsbad, NM — Viola Jewel Haynie (s).
1262, Chillicothe, MO— Leon C. Riddle.
1274, Decatur, AL — Casper A. Frost.
1275, Clearwater, FI^Robert F. Davidson,
Sylvena Rae Culver (s).
1280, Moutain View, CA — Thelma Marciel
Crawford (s).
1300, San Diego, CA— Alfred Garcia.
1320, Somerset, PA— Reed Miller. .
1341, Owensboro KY— Clifton Nalley.
1342, Irvington, NJ— Belle Kurland (s), Car-
mela J. Russomanno (s), John Janiak,
Morris Eagle.
Local Union, City
1359, Toledo, OH— William Lucas.
1367, Chicago, IL — Axel Finnberg.
1385, Espanola, NM— Clyde Chesshire.
1397, North Hempstad, NY— Anders H.
Lindberg.
1408, Redwood City, CA— Cecil D. Wil-
liams.
1445, Topeka, KS— Russell D. Howard.
1471, Jackson, MS— William A. Stuart.
1512, Blountville, TN — George Dewey Berk-
ley, Oscar Nathaniel Humphreys.
1564, Casper, WY— Wayne S. Chambers.
1590, Washington, DC— Robert E. Wood.
1596, St. Louis, MO— Marguerite Abbath (s).
1597, Bremerton, WA— Julia Billmark (s).
1607, Los Angeles, CA— Obie B. Sharplin.
1615, Grand Rapids, MI — Josephine Sophia
Karas (s).
1620, Rock Springs, WY— Clair L. Dean,
David B. Chapman, Larry D. Schmidt.
1650, Lexington, KY — John P. McNamara.
1665, Alexandria, VA — Cletus L. Comer.
1715, Vancouver, WA — John Franckowiak.
1725, Daytona Beach, FL — Angle Nelson (s).
1733, Marshfield, WI— Bert Grosbier, Joan
Smazal (s), Renata Peterson (s).
1752, Pomona, CA — Earl L. Dunham, Lucille
K. Evans (s).
1764, Marion, VA— Robert K. Estep.
1765, Orlando, FL— Edward Swatba.
1780, Las Vegas, NV— Hubert L. Knapp.
1792, Sedalia, MO— Charles R. Roberts.
1797, Renton, WA— Doffies Blevins, Howard
G. Martindale, James W. Bellmore,
John Gaidos.
1815, Santa Ana, CA— Carl O. Bigler.
1823, Philadelphia, PA— Margaret E. Ross
(s).
1832, Escanaba, Ml— Keith Perry.
1837, Babylon, NY— Frank O'Donnell.
1856, Philadelphia. PA— Paul Misuck.
1922, Chicago, IL— Ernest Rahlfs, Juan
Nunez Macias, Walter Kopacz.
1927, Delray Beach, FL— Vincent J. Grant.
1931, New Orleans, LA — James E. Chancey.
1953, Warrensburg, MO — Thomas William
Granfield.
1987, St. Charles, MO— Ina M. Dickmeyer
(s).
1996, Lihertyville, II^Goodwin Heil.
2023, St. Marys, WV— Dennis H. Mills.
2046, Martinez, CA— Donald D. Pinnell.
2093, Phoenix, AZ— Albert Leroy Herrin.
2158, Rock Island, H^Jacob P. Wirtz.
2203, Anaheim, CA — Gordon Christian.
2250, Red Bank, NJ— Robert T. Abbott.
2265, Detroit, MI— Doris Hudson (s).
2313, Meridian, MS — Adin R. Sasser.
2337, Milwaukee, WI — Leonard A. Radtke.
2398, El Cajon, CA— Clifton L. Wylie.
2436, New Orleans, LA — Raymond P. Hay-
del, Jr.
2519, Seattle, WA— Frank C. Bryner.
2580— Everett, WA— Robert Behme.
2608, Redding, CA— William A. Tarvin.
2659, Everett, WA— Louis O. Pratt.
2685, Missoula, MT— Clara B. Cook (s).
2687, Auburn, CA— Ned J. McGarva.
2761, McCleary, WA— Gloria J. Look (s),
Ray Leitner.
2791, Sweet Home, OR— Anna E. Delaney
(s).
2931, Eureka, CA— Charles Lloyd, Dean O.
Mitchell.
2949, Roseburg, OR— Wallace W. Nelson,
William O. Greer.
3064, Toledo, OR— Orville Wishon.
3088, Stockton, CA— Louis Rivera, Sr.
3141, San Francisco, CA — Mary C. Andrews.
3154, Monticello, IN — Irene Bose.
3161, Maywood, CA — Edwardo Moreno.
The AEG Power Tool Corporation in-
troduces two new portable circular saws
that combine four features not found on
any other circular saw: a parallel depth
adjustment, a blade sight window, a blade
lock and a zero angle adjustment.
The new series of saws, designated the
Powercut'^" 71/4 -inch PC 70 and the
Powercut^" 8^4 -inch PC 80 are the first
portable saws to incorporate all four of
these important features.
The parallel depth adjustment allows
the operator to hold the saw at a constant
angle regardless of the cutting depth.
With other saws, operators must uncom-
fortably adapt to different handle posi-
tions when changing cutting depths. The
depth adjustment scale is calibrated in
Vs" increments on an easy-to-read ano-
dized scale, for precise setting accuracy.
The saws also feature a zero angle
adjustment control which keeps the blade
at right angles to the shoe when the angle
adjustment is set at 90°. Since the zero
angle adjustment precisely places the
blade at the same position indicated on
the angle adjustment, an accurate cut is
insured.
In addition, the PC 70 and the PC 80
feature a blade sight window that gives
the operator a clear view of the blade as
it cuts the material. It provides complete
control clear through the cut. The saws
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also feature a blade lock designed to
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Other control and convenience fea-
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The PC 70 and PC 80 will accommo-
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For further information on the PC 70
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(203) 886-0151.
WELDER'S AIR UNIT
FEBRUARY, 1982
Racal Airstream, Inc, manufacturer of
the product that revolutionized powered-
air respiratory protection, has a new item:
The Airstream AH33 Vorstream Welder's
Supplied-air System provides head, eye,
face and respiratory protection, with the
increased personal comfort of Vorstream.
Vorstream is an air temperature regu-
lator attached to the worker's belt. It
provides the wearer with a simple adjust-
ment of the air supply to either cool or
heat the breathing air. A wide range of
temperatures is possible with Vorstream,
allowing the worker to adjust his own
environment for personal comfort.
The NIOSH-approved AH33 offers all
of the outstanding features of other Racal
Airstream products; lightweight, com-
fortable, and wearable personal protec-
tion in one integrated system. The AH33
incorporates a welding visor which flips
up and down over the raiseable face-
shield. It is designed for supplied-air
welding applications.
For further information on Racal Air-
stream's supplied-air and powered air
purifying products, contact Racal Air-
stream, Inc. 1151 Seven Locks Road,
Rockville, Maryland, 20854 (301) 279-
0747.
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IN CONCLUSION
Getting the Big
ilortii nmericon
Industriai inaiiiine
inouing Hgain
Why the drop in productivity?
how about aging industrial plants?
reduced industrial research?
the energy crisis? import competition?
management incompetence?
/Klong with all the other problems facing US and
Canadian industry today — energy shortages, the high
cost of raw materials, cheap imports, and air and
water pollution controls — there are the growing prob-
lems of productivity . . . how to get more goods and
services per hour out of a given number of workers
and factories, how to move more goods per day in the
marketplace.
Productivity is one measure of a nation's pro-
sperity, and, lately, according to the statistics, it
hasn't been as good as it was a few years ago.
The United States has been the world leader in pro-
ductivity for the past century — the pride of world
capitalism. There was a steady rise of a few decimal
points each year in America's gross national product
and in other statistical tallies which economists use.
In recent years, however, this began to change.
In fact, it now appears that France, West Germany,
Japan and Canada will all outdistance the United
States in overall productivity within the next decade.
This has caused growing concern in the Reagan
Administration as it did in the administration of
President Jimmy Carter. It means, in effect, that the
US and, possibly, Canada will become "second rate"
industrial nations.
To turn this all around ... to get the industrial
machines of North America to moving again ... to
put people back to work and, thus, get more revenue
flowing into public coffers and curb inflation, Presi-
dent Reagan has appointed a National Advisory Com-
mittee on Productivity, of which I am a member, and
we began, last month, to make an investigation of the
problem.
Right off the bat, I found that many so-called ex-
perts on productivity have been blaming rank-and-
file workers for the sad state of affairs. Union-
organized workers, in particular, have become the
scapegoats in the whole dismal productivity picture.
As these experts see it, all we have to do is get
those un-motivated workers to shoveling more No. 9
coal, toting more cotton bales, and producing more
automobiles.
Unfortunately, it is not as simple as that.
My own investigations, and those of others, leads
me to believe that much of the blame for our pro-
ductivity decline lies in a dozen places — poor business
management, the multinational activities of major
corporations, the continuing high cost of all forms
of energy, and high interest rates, to name only four
of the causes.
One protester against blaming the work force is
Dr. W. Edward Deming, one of the nation's leading
statisticians. While he agrees that improvements are
needed along many assembly lines, he calls for a
thorough overhaul of industry, starting from the top.
He concludes that 85% of all productivity problems
relate to management, while only 15% relate to
worker performance.
A member of President Reagan's own cabinet,
Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige, expressed
similar views. In a speech in Chicago he concluded
that "between our own complacency and the rise of
management expertise around the world, we now too
often do a second-rate job of management, compared
to our foreign competitors." He stated that today's
need is not for increased worker productivity so much
as management productivity.
A recent study of successful American corporations
by the management consultants A. T. Kearney Inc.
emphasized that the key to increased productivity is
better management and not continued attempts to
produce more pounds of automobile per worker. Ac-
cording to the Kearney study, applying the "manage-
ment productivity" techniques used by 16 top US
companies to American industry as a whole would
not only answer the productivity problem but actually
boost the nation's. profits by $380 billion!
The chairman of the board of the Bell & Howell
Company, Donald Frey, was quoted last year as
stating that many productivity problems are caused
by the poor performance of business managers, since
more than 80% of sales revenue is tied to areas
directly controlled by management, without help from
the government or the work force. Specifically, he
said, American management must develop new pro-
ducts and improve purchasing, planning and schedul-
ing to cut down on material costs, which average more
than 50% of sales revenue for manufacturers. Frey
also called for improved inventory control, admini-
stration, and communications to trim overheads, which
cut deeply into productivity.
5o, as you see, attitudes about productivity are
changing. Experienced and capable management is
coming to realize that it must get its own house in
order, if productivity problems are to be solved.
40
THE CARPENTER
Still, many experts continue to focus on increased
output per worker. They attempt to create more
automated assembly lines to turn out more goods
with fewer human hands . . . eventually creating new
problems of unemployment and low worker morale,
without improving productivity.
In all of my discussions I have not discounted the
fact that many American workers seem to have lost
"the work ethic" and do not share the work load.
Some workers have lost their pride in good work-
manship because of the shoddy manufactured goods
they must produce. Nevertheless, the output of the
North American worker is still the highest in the
world.
"On a scale of 100, with American productivity at
that figure, Western European output is about 90 and
Japanese output is about 70," states a University of
Michigan professor.
"The reasons for the drop in our improvement rate
have little to do with the individual employee," he
says. "They relate to aging plants, reduced research
budgets, the energy crisis, and planning mistakes by
management and government. When given the oppor-
tunity, the American worker has proved capable of
efficient and high-quality performance."
I need not remind you that a worker has an in-
centive to work when he or she receives good wages
and fair working conditions. He works best when he
has job protection and a hearing for his grievances,
when there are no blacklists and yellow-dog contracts
denying him work. He works best when there is trust
between labor and management and a realization that
teamwork between the two creates markets and a
shared profit.
It would be revealing, I am sure, to investigate the
parallel between the decline in productivty and the
growth of the open shop — the growth of non-union
work crews in construction and the increase in non-
union, and paternalistic operations in many industries.
There is litde doubt — even among the non-union
and the doublebreasted contractors in the construction
trades — that union craftsmen perform superior work
and usually in less time, especially when you consider
the faulty workmanship and the uncertainties of the
usual scab job. Trained journeymen cost more, yes,
but, in the long run, they accomplish more too. In
fact, they perform jobs which the poorly-trained scabs
cannot handle.
The president of a New Jersey firm of engineering
consultants stated recently that $20 billion in con-
struction productivity was lost last year because of
"poor management and indifference."
"The construction industry," says H. Murray Hohns
of Wagner-Hohns-Inghs, Inc., "which constitutes 13%
to 14% of this country's gross national product and,
according to the US Department of Labor, boasts a
national payroll of $100 billion, is reluctant to con-
front the fact that 20% of this figure is wasted monies.
"Instead of facing the real problem . . . getting the
most out of the men in the field in a way that they
feel appreciation, participation and reward . . . the
trend has been to build the waste factor into construc-
tion costs to account for the sloppy productivity of
non-motivated field forces."
Late starts; idle time because of poor supervision;
uncoordinated material deliveries or unavailable tools;
archaic work rules; and early quitting times are a few
of the factors that comprise our productivity losses,
says Hohn.
He also notes that lost productivity is the respon-
sibility of both labor and management; they're equally
guilty. Instead of finger-pointing, says Hohns, it is
time to recognize productivity losses as an organiza-
tional problem . . . something that must be viewed
within the context of a company's total operational
procedures.
I hope that many non-union and doublebreasted
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KNOCK ON WOOD
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No. 3 MARCH, 1982
UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
John S. Rogers, Editor
IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS AND FEATURES
"Knock on Wood," the Carpenters' Story 2
Outpouring of Free World Workers for Solidarity PAI 5
Building Trades to Invest Half-Billion Pension Funds 7
Board Member Ray Ginnetti Dies 7
Carpenters, Painters Sign Homebuilding Pact 8
'Helping Hands' Funds Still Needed for Alice 9
1982 Industrial Legislative Conference Announced 12
Peter J. McGuire, The Story of a Trade Unionist Mark Eriich 17
OSHA Clarifies Citation Policy for Multi-Employer Sites 27
DEPARTMENTS
Washington Report 4
Ottawa Report - 1 1
Local Union News
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Consumer Clipboard, Smoke Detectors
Service to the Brotherhood
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What's New? 39
In Conclusion William Konyha 40
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THE
COVER
A highlight of the United Brother-
hood's Centennial Year, which began
last August and continues until Labor
Day, 1982, has been, "Knock on
Wood," a "living newspaper" stage
presentation of the UBC's long and
colorful history.
First presented to delegates attend-
ing the 34th General Convention at
Chicago, last August 31, the show
ran all week for the general public in
the Arte Crown Theater at McCor-
mick Center in Chicago and was
videotaped live for tape and film
presentation to UBC members
throughout North America during
this busy Centennial Year. A 16mm
film of the play will soon be made
available to local unions and district
councils.
The pictures on our cover show
scenes from the production, with E. G.
Marshall portraying Peter McGuire in
the picture at upper right. Professional
actors from the Goodman Theater of
Chicago are seen in other photographs
on our cover. The bright red scene at
center is an audio-visual portrayal of
the Haymarket Riot in Chicago in the
1880s, which set back the American
labor movement for many years. The
large photographs are by D'Anne
Ogren, DO Photographers, Tulsa,
Okla. The small photos are by a staff
photographer.
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ABOVE: Actor E. C. Marshall portrays
Peter J. McGuire speaking at the found-
ing convention for the United Brother-
hood of Carpenters.
BELOW: A colonial town crier reads a
decree stating the hours and working
conditions of colonial carpenters.
In another scene from the play, BELOW
RIGHT, the famous Payne Lumber
Company Case which established the
Brotherhood's union label in court
proceedings is reenacted.
'KNOCK
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iff
AGreal Show!
stoning E.G. Monhall
Arie Crown Theolei
McCormlck Center. Chicago
Aug. 31 - Sept. 4 8 P.M.
A dramatic highlight of the United
Brotherhood's centennial convention
at Chicago, last September, was,
without question, the 85-minute
"living newspaper" stage production
written by Arnold Sundgaard that
ran all convention week at the Arie
Crown Theater in McCormick Place.
Entitled "Knock on Wood," the
living-newspaper production used a
technique first developed in this
country during the 1930s by the
WPA Federal Theater Project,
which functioned in the early years
of the Roosevelt Administration.
Arnold Sundgaard, the playwright
commissioned by the Carpenters,
had written "Spirochete" — one of
the three major living-newpaper
shows produced by the Federal
Theater Project on Broadway in the
1930s.
The technique joins scenes of
varying length with a multi-media
presentation that introduces and ac-
companies the action. "Knock on
Wood" starred E. G. Marshall, the
screen and television luminary,
along with six members of the
Goodman Theater group in Chicago.
It was directed by John Allen and
the musical direction and orchestra-
tion were by Ted Simons.
As the houselights dim for "Knock
on Wood," a musical overture ac-
companies a video-taped series of
images which appear above the stage
set. Starting with an imaginative
night view of Chicago's lakefront
skyline, the presentation continues
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with shots — distant and close-up —
of Chicago architecture . . . and
then the years are peeled away to
show various forms of building con-
struction and detail work reflecting
the skills of the Carpenters through
a century of changing tastes and
changing technology.
At the conclusion of the overture,
E. G. Marshall — playing the role of
Peter J. McGuire, the union's found-
ing secretary, took the podium, and
the 100-year history of the Brother-
hood was dramatized. "Knock on
Wood" was presented for the first
time to a closed audience of conven-
tion delegates. This premier show-
ing was held on the opening morn-
ing of the convention, August 31,
before the business session got un-
derway.
Delegates filled the Arie Crown
Theater at McCormick Place to see
the dramatization of our union's
founding, its growth through wars
and depression, its struggles in the
courts, and its rise to the forefront
of the North American labor move-
ment. Marshall played the three
roles of our founder, Peter McGuire,
early Secretary Frank Duffy, and the
late and reknowned UBC President
Bill Hutcheson.
The play ran for five nights, and
there were two matinee perform-
ances — one for the delegates and
one for wives, alternates, and guests
of the delegates. For each nightly
performance there was a large audi-
ence of Chicagoans, including thous-
ands of members of other trade
unions, who were afforded the op-
portunity to see the play at reduced
prices.
The play was videotaped during
the convention week, and the
General Office now has on hand
duplicate videotapes and 16mm
movie reels for special showings by
local unions and councils. Local
secretaries may obtain copies on
loan for local showings by writing
to General Secretary John Rogers at
the General Office.
NOTE: To purchase video cassettes or
16mm film, the prices are — $60 each for
home-style VCR video cassettes; $480
each for 16mm movies.
Early workmen went from city to city looking for better paying jobs. Thanks to Peter
McGuire and the union carpenters there before, St. Louis, Mo. in 1881 was a city
with better working conditions than most. The innovative stage set used for the play
at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago was used to its full advantage.
Repertory actors from the Goodman
Theater in a lively skit revolving around
union discussions on strike action against
employers.
E. G. Marshall as an early General
Secretary of the Brotherhood, Frank
Duffy, reads a resolution concerning
administrative matters.
Two of the first officers, Gabriel Edmonston, the Brotherhood's first president, left,
and Peter J. McGuire, the Brotherhood's first secretary, right, sit down for a heart-
felt discussion about finances, organizing, and other matters needing early attention
from the developing Brotherhood.
MARCH, 1982
Washington
Report
FOUR STATES EXTEND BENEFITS
Eligible jobless workers in four states — Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Rhode Island — will have
up to 13 additional weeks of unemployment
insurance (Ul), the Employment and Training
Administration announced last month.
Jobless workers in Ohio were able to collect as of
January 17; the effective date in the other three
states was January 24.
Workers who have exhausted their regular Ul
benefits of 26 weeks and are still jobless are eligible.
Extended benefits (EB) went into effect in Ohio
when the statewide ISweek average insured
unemployment rate (lUR) reached or exceeded 4%
on January 2 and the rate was also 20% higher than
it was during the same 13-week periods in the pre-
ceding two years (4.79% and 22% respectively).
Tennessee jobless workers became eligible when
the state's lUR reached 4.61 % and its two-year
average went to 20.5% on January 9.
Rhode Island's and Pennsylvania's EB was trig-
gered when their 13-week averages reached 5.2%
and 5.01% respectively.
Extended benefits will continue at least 13 weeks
in these states.
As of January 24, EB is operating in Puerto Rico
and 11 states: Alaska, Idaho, Mississippi, Ohio,
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Unemployment compensation is administered by
the Unemployment Insurance Service in the U.S.
Department of Labor's Employment and Training
Administration.
EMPLOYER-PAID INSURANCE
If your boss isn't providing you with free health
and life insurance, he's keeping you in a minority.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently found
that 96% of all fulltime workers receive such
policies. For 80% of the 23,500,000 employees
covered by the survey, the emolovers pay the full
cost of health insurance. And 72% have the life
insurance at no cost. Both benefits were almost
unknown before the late 1940s when unions started
writing them into collective bargaining contracts.
BUYING POWER DOWN 15%
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage
Earners and Clerical Workers rose 8.7% in 1981,
the smallest increase in four years, but workers'
real spendable earnings shrank 3.3% during the
same period, the Labor Department reported.
In its latest report, the department said the
inflation index for urban workers increased 0.3%
in December while real earnings for an average
income worker with three dependents fell 0.5% for
the month. Real spendable earnings are weekly
wages minus income tax and Social Security pay-
ments, and then deflated by the rise in the cost of
living.
During the past three-and-a-half years, workers
have suffered a cut of 15% in their average after-
tax buying power, according to AFL-CIO Research
Director Rudy Oswald.
'81 CONSTRUCTION UP 1%
A December rebound from the year-long deteri-
oration in the construction market brought 198rs
total construction contract value to $150.2 billion,
barely 1 % over the already depressed 1980 total, it
was reported last month by the F. W. Dodge Division
of McGraw-Hill Information Systems Company.
Commenting on 198rs disappointing results,
George A. Christie, vice president and chief
economist for F. W. Dodge said, "Two years of
monetarist Federal Reserve policy along with suc-
cessive rounds of budgetary restraint have created
a harsh environment for both housing and public
works construction. The only bright spot on last
year's construction scene was commercial building,
and it remains to be seen how much longer this
sector can weather the recession."
MORE WORKING MOTHERS
More than half the nation's children now have
mothers who work away from home, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported recently.
About 31.8 million children below age 18 —
approximately 54% of the nation's total — had
mothers in the labor force in March 1981. This
number has risen steadily throughout the past
decade, even though the size of the children's
population has declined substantially.
The most recent year-to-year increase in the
number of children with working mothers occurred
among those under 6 years of age. By March 1981,
a record 8.2 million (44.9%) of all preschoolers
had mothers in the labor force, up from 7.7 million
(43.0%) a year earlier.
NATION'S OUTPUT SLUMPS 5.2%
The nation's economy, mired in the depths of its
second recession in two years, declined at an annual
rate of 5.2% in the final three months of 1981, the
Commerce Department reported. It was the econ-
omy's worst showing since a 9.9% plunge at the
deepest point of the 1980 recession.
THE CARPENTER
CONTINUED, DETERMINED SUPPORT for Poland's
Solidarity trade union federation was assured by AFL-CIO
Secretary-Treasurer at a rally at AFL-CIO headquarters in
Washington. General President William Konyha and General
Secretary John Rogers can be seen at upper right in this
gathering.
DAY OF INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY with Polish
workers drew a crowd of about 3,000 to New York City rally
where AFL-CIO Sec.-Treas. Thomas R. Donahue condemned
the Soviet Union as "the real author of the savage oppression"
in Poland. The midtown Manhattan demonstration pledged
unstinting support for the Poles and demanded the release of
Solidarity leaders and an end to martial law in Poland.
1,000 WASHINGTON MARCHERS carrying the banner of
the Polish labor union federation on the Day of International
Solidarity wound their way to Lafayette Park in front of the
White House, where they draped the banner around the
statue of Polish Gen. Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a hero in the
American Revolution. The Washington march and rally was
one of dozens across the country.
From Australia to Detroit to Copenhagen:
Outpouring of Free World Workers
Shows Support for Polish Union
I housands upon thousands of workers
around the world turned out to demon-
strate support for suppressed Polish
workers on a Day of International Soli-
darity on January 30.
In the United States, union members
responded to a call from AFL-CIO
President Lane Kirkland to raise the
Solidarnosc banner, symbolizing Poland's
free trade union, in every state.
AFL-CIO-sponsored rallies were held
in 27 cities around the country, with
union, government, community and reli-
gious leaders demanding an end to the
martial law imposed on Poland on De-
cember 13.
Rallies and marches also were held
around the world — in Tokyo, Vienna,
Copenhagen, Brussels, The Hague, Berne,
a number of cities in Great Britain and
Australia, and in about 100 West German
communities.
Chicago was the highlight and largest
of the U.S. gatherings, due to the city's
MARCH, 1982
THE SOLIDARITY BANNER was displayed from the portico of the United
Brotherhood's General Offices in Washington. Here, Assistants to the General
President Jack Diver, Charles Brodeur, and Jim Davis; Second General Vice
President Sigurd Luccasen; and Assistant to the General President Don Danielson
unfurl the banner for its installation.
large concentration of East Europeans.
About 9,500 people came together in the
International Amphitheater to hear
speeches by Kirkland, Secretary of State
Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Longshoremen's
President Thomas W. Gleason and Polish-
American leaders.
Other major rallies across the nation
included:
NEW YORK — Some 3,500 demonstrators
rallied in midtown Manhattan. AFL-CIO
Secretary-Treasurer Thomas R. Donahue,
the principle rally speaker, called for
stronger sanctions against the Soviet
Union until martial law is ended and the
imprisoned Solidarnosc members are
freed.
Donahue, AFL-CIO Regional Director
Michael Mann, New York City Central
Labor Council President Harry Van
Arsdale, Jr., other labor leaders and
heads of Polish-American and religious
groups led a march to the Polish consu-
late following the rally.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Following a special
mass at St. Matthew's Cathedral led by
Roman Catholic Archbishop James A.
Hickey, more than 1,000 demonstrators
marched from the cathedral to Lafayette
Park across from the White House.
A Solidarity banner was draped around
the statue of Polish General Thaddeus
Kosciuszko, who fought in the American
revolution. A rally followed at AFL-CIO
headquarters, with speakers including
Ladies' Garment Workers President Sol
C. Chaikin, Senator Henry M. Jackson
(D-WA) and Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, U.S.
ambassador to the United Nations.
BOSTON — Some 500 people assembled to
hear speeches by Senator Edward M.
Kennedy (D-MA), Massachusetts Gover-
nor Edward King, Cardinal Humberto
Medeiros, Boston Mayor Kevin White
and Polish exile Stanislow Baranczak.
DETROIT — About 2,000 demonstrators at-
tended a rally in suburban Hamtramck
sponsored by the Metropolitan Detroit
AFL-CIO, the Polish American Congress
and the Roman Catholic Church. Speak-
ers included Metro AFL-CIO President
Thomas Turner, Senator Donald W.
Reigle, Jr. (D-MI), and Rep. Dennis M.
Hertel (D-MI).
COLUMBUS, OHIO — A huge Solidarity
banner draped over the state Capitol
served as a backdrop for a rally here.
Speakers included Governor James A.
Rhodes, Roman Catholic Bishop Edward
J. Herrman and Ohio AFL-CIO Presi-
dent Milan Marsh. Members of the Inter-
national Brotherhood of Electrical Work-
ers and the Sheet Metal Workers erected
the banner, which will stay up through
February.
MILWAUKEE — Some 500 people attended
a rally in Serb Hall. Speakers included
Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Robert
Miech, whose speech was taped for Radio
Free Europe, and President Eugene Kal-
uzny of the Wisconsin division of the
Polish-American Congress.
CLEVELAND — At a rally sponsored by the
Cleveland AFL-CIO and the Auto Work-
ers, more than 450 unionists and Polish-
Americans assembled in the Alliance of
Poles Hall.
PITTSBURGH — Steel workers President
Lloyd McBride told a rally here that the
"strongest kind of economic and diplo-
Continued on Page 38
The Rights of Workers
In the US and Poland
Texas Business Representative
Writes a Guest Column
Last year, J. W. Jackson, busi-
ness representative of Local 977,
Wichita Falls, Tex., wrote a guest
opinion entitled "Poland shadows
U.S. unionization" for one of his
area newspapers. Following are
some excerpts from this column:
"One of the leading news items
for the last several months has
been the efforts of workers to
organize unions in Poland. It
seems, suddenly, that everyone
from the President of the United
States on down is deeply concerned
about the rights of union members
and fearful for the safety of these
workers.
"Statements have been made by
our officials to the effect that we
would not tolerate outside inter-
ference from other countries and
that we would not stand idly by if
troops were used to crush the
attempt of these people to or-
ganize free trade unions.
"It is gratifying to hear these
remarks and know that people all
over the world realize that without
free trade unions there can be no
real freedom for people in any
country.
"I wonder how many people
know that just a few short years
ago, the same thing was happening
in America. . . . Many workers lost
their lives and many more were
imprisoned in the long fight to
establish free trade unions in
America . . .
"One of the well-known cases
was the Pullman Strike of 1894
when the members of the railroad
went on strike protesting the cut-
ting of their wages. They were
charged with the conspiracy to
interfere with and restrain trans-
portation. An injunction was issued
by the courts and federal troops
were called in to put down the
strike. The president of the union,
Eugene Debs, went to prison for
six months . . .
"It is good to hear our govern-
ment officials warn Russia and
Poland not to interfere with the
rights of the workers, but then in
my mind I can't help but wonder
how sincere they really are . . ."
THE CARPENTER
Building Trades Unions to Inuest
Half-Billion Pension Fund Dollars
in Job-Creating Programs
The 15 Building and Construction
Trades unions will try to place one-
half billion dollars of their various
local, regional and national pension
funds in job-creating investments,
Robert A. Georgine, president of the
Building and Construction Trades
Department, AFL-CIO, announced on
February 14.
Georgine said the goal could be
achieved through coordinated invest-
ment opportunities to be presented at
Pension Investment Expositions — ■ a
series of two-day meetings that will be
held in regions throughout the nation.
These Expositions would give pen-
sion fund trustees and other officials a
chance to hear presentations from
sponsors of job-creating vehicles and
to make initial contacts in pursuit of
investments through these vehicles.
Both management and union trustees
would be invited to attend, along with
legal counsel.
In addition, Georgine said, the
Building and Construction Trades De-
partment will undertake to facilitate
one major, cooperative pilot construc-
tion project jointly with federal, state
and local governments by providing
capital from Building Trades funds.
"Such cooperative ventures were
contemplated by Congress when
ERISA was enacted," Georgine said.
"It is time for us to take the lead in
bringing this on line."
In February, 1980, the 15 general
presidents of the Building and Con-
struction Trades Department approved
an educational program for local
unions which emphasized the tre-
mendous potential existing for the
investment of pension assets in ways
which were beneficial to the union
members.
"The goal of this initial program
was two-fold," Georgine said. "First,
it offered local unions who were taking
steps to control their pension fund
assets a means of learning more about
both the opportunities and pitfalls
which exist. Second, it gave them a
basic training in how to identify and
ward off the many charlatans who
were seeking to promote themselves,
under the guise of having concern for
our members and their pension funds."
During the latter part of 1980 and
early 1981, the Building Trades De-
partment conducted six regional pro-
grams — in Columbus, Ohio, Boston,
New York City, Los Angeles, Miami
and New Orleans. More than 700
union and management trustees, at-
torneys and investment professionals
attended the two-day lectures and
workshops.
Now, Georgine continued, a year
after the completion of the pension
investment educational program, the
pension community is experiencing a
renaissance which will change the
course of pension investments for
years to come.
"In virtually every region of the
nation," Georgine said, both public
and private pension funds are insuring
that investment strategies are not con-
trary to the overall needs and goals of
organized workers. And now it is time
to begin the next phase of our pension
investment program."
President Georgine released a report
covering the background of pension
plans, proposed programs, legal con-
siderations and current activity in the
pension area throughout the United
States.
General Executive Board Member Ray Ginnetti Dies
As this issue of The Carpenter goes
to press, word has reached the General
Office that Second District Board
Member Ray Ginnetti passed away,
February 22 in a Philadelphia, Pa.,
hospital after a long and recurring
illness. A private funeral service was
to be held on February 26.
Ginnetti was appointed to the Gen-
eral Executive Board in 1980 succeed-
ing Sigurd Lucassen, when Lucassen
became Second General Vice Presi-
dent. He had served as president of
the Pennsylvania State Council since
1972.
Ginnetti was bom in 1918 in
Philadelphia, Pa. Fresh out of high
school, he went to work in a wood-
working mill as an apprentice, and.
in 1936, he was initiated into Mill-
Cabinet Local 1050, following in the
footsteps of his father, James, who
was a charter member of the local.
During World War II, he served in
Hawaii after being drafted by the
Army in 1941.
Following the war, Ginnetti married
Margaret Scott and resumed work in
the field of carpentry. In 1947, he was
elected recording secretary of Local
1050, and he held that position for
18 years.
In 1952, Ginnetti was appointed
organizer for the Metropolitan Dis-
trict Council of Philadelphia, and, in
1954, former General President M. A.
Hutcheson appointed him as a general
representative.
Ray Ginnetti
MARCH, 1982
Carpenters, Painters Sign Homebuilding
Pact; Major Savings Seen Through Finance,
Technology and Productivity
'Structuralcomb'— a patented construction material— to be exclusively handled.
A "highly significant" national agree-
ment providing for the use of union mem-
bers on the prestructured building and
siting of residential and commercial
buildings featuring the use of a patented
"structuralcomb" component that will
dramatically reduce the cost of homes
was announced at Bal Harbour, Fla.,
on February 18, 1982 by President
Konyha and President S. Frank Raftery
of the Brotherhood of Painters & Allied
Trades.
The two union offlcials stressed that the
"agreement is of special significance to
us" in an era when housing starts have
dropped far below national needs, and
interest rates at record or near-record
high levels have kept millions of Ameri-
can families — particularly those in the
younger age brackets — from being able
to purchase decent housing. With con-
struction trades unemployment increasing
and no indications that the financial mar-
kets will soon begin to achieve a state of
normalcy, the two union presidents said
"We welcome the use of new materials
which promote high productivity, with re-
sulting savings for the consumer, plus
aggressive merchandising which will in-
evitably lead to the building of homes for
Americans and the creating of jobs for
construction workers."
FIVE-YEAR PACT
The five-year agreement, dating from
February 1, 1982, was signed by the two
unions with Construction Systems Insti-
tute, Inc., of Rancho Santa Fe, Cali-
fornia, which is headed by Dr. Thomas
Fair Neblett, a prominent West Coast
arbitrator and expert in labor-manage-
ment relations.
Specifically, the new agreement will
apply to the construction activities of an
Institute affiliate, the United Homebuild-
A cutaway section of Struc-
turalcomb, showing comb-
like material between
%t drywall sections.
ers of America, headquartered in Los
Angeles, which the Institute will represent
in the firm's relationships with the two
unions. Paul A. Ebeling, president and
chief executive officer of United Home-
builders, also serves as an officer of the
Construction Systems Institute.
The construction material that is fea-
tured in United Homebuilders' program
is "structuralcomb" — a system utilizing
a sandwich-type, glue-laminated panel
which has a core of specially treated
craft honeycomb. The core is faced with
drywall, gypsum board, plywood or other
material to produce structural compon-
ents in sizes of 4' x 8' or 4' x 10' or
4' X 12' X 4'/2". The material is a rigid
high strength component for use in the
assembly of walls, floors and roofs in one-
and two-story structures, and it offers
structural integrity to the entire building.
Because the material can be efficiently
produced at low cost, it can be used to
bring down the component costs of resi-
dential buildings. At the same time the
material has been proven, in a series of
tests conducted by university and other
impartial research organizations as fungus
proof and resistant to fire, water, insects
and rodents.
Under the contract between the two
unions and Construction Systems Insti-
tute, Inc., the employer recognizes the
Carpenters and the Painters as the exclu-
sive bargaining representative of its pro-
duction and maintenance employees em-
ployed in-plant in the prestructuring of
construction components.
For their job site operations, the em-
ployer recognizes the jurisdiction of the
two signatory unions on matters covered
in the national agreement, with local
agreements to cover wages, hours, and
other local conditions.
At the same time, the Institute agrees
not to "subcontract, sublet, or assign" any
work covered by the national agreement
to be performed at the job site except to
a contractor under agreement with the
two unions who agrees to observe the
terms of the local agreements between the
two unions and the Institute.
WORK PROVISION
The national agreement provides for
no strikes or lockouts pending the investi-
gation of the issues and efforts to reach a
peaceable solution, except in cases in-
volving wages due and fringe contribu-
tions. It provides for arbitration of issues
arising under the agreement.
President Konyha of the Carpenters
and President Raftery of the Painters, in
a joint statement commenting on the
agreement, said:
"We are extremely pleased to have
reached the highly significant agree-
ment with the Construction Systems
Institute Inc. covering the present and
future activities of the United Home-
builders of America.
"It is an extraordinarily important for-
ward step for three reasons:
"l.It provides jobs now and, we be-
lieve, an increasing number of jobs
in the future, for the members of
our two unions, under fair and
effective union conditions.
"2. It will provide, we hope and sin-
cerely believe, a supply of urgently
needed homes for the middle in-
come working people of America
through the use of space-age quality
materials at costs that will sharply
reduce the price of new homes for
people who cannot afford them now.
The working conditions for the em-
ployees and the scientific and engi-
neering expertise of the manage-
ment at United Homebuilders
should assure the public of a high
quality home product for their in-
vestment. At the same time, United
Homebuilders' decision to enter
into explicit partnership agreements
with business and contracting com-
panies in various locations assures
that both the quality of production
and the soundness of our labor-
management relationships will be
extended throughout the entire na-
tion.
"3. The agreement demonstrates that
there is a very important role for
cooperation among ingenious entre-
preneurs, scientific personnel and
progressive labor unions in the in-
terest of offering high-quality prod-
ucts to the American public at fair
prices. With the housing industry in
a most difficult situation for several
years, the Carpenters and the
Painters have been alert to the need
of encouraging worthwhile efforts
to resume this industry, and to pro-
vide employment with fair pay and
working conditions to the people
we represent. Cooperation can be
achieved, as this agreement shows,
without sacrifice of profit incentive
to management or deterioration of
Continued on Page 35
THE CARPENTER
More than 1,700 readers of The
Carpenter sent in donations to
"Carpenters Helping Hands" in the
first two weeks of our solicitation for
funds to provide corrective surgery for
the little six-year-old girl in Tennessee
born with a bi-lateral cleft face.
Thousands of dollars more are
needed if Alice is to enjoy a rela-
tively normal life.
Alice has had 11 different surgeries
to give her the semblance of a face.
Thanks to plastic surgery, she now has
a nose, gums, and some teeth in her
upper mouth. She now has a palate
and can chew, taste, and even smell.
This has cost the State of Tennes-
see, through its Department of Human
Services, well over $60,000. The re-
maining surgeries would push total
costs over $300,000.
The people of Tennessee and the
members of Local 50 at Knoxville are
contributing to this most worthy
cause, but it will take the combined
efforts of every member of the United
Brotherhood to get all of the funds
needed. If every member of the UBC
contributed 50f^ to Carpenters Helping
Hands, there would be almost $400,000
for Alice's corrective surgery and
funds for many other worthy causes
as well!
Please send your contribution now!
Editor's Note: "Carpenters Helping
Hands" has been incorporated under
the laws of the District of Columbia,
and we have applied to the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service for recog-
nition as a non-profit charitable
organization.
CARPENTERS'
HELPING HANDS
A total of $1 1,232.12 is raised in first two weeks of
appeal for funds to give six-year-old Alice a face.
Much, much more is needed for the complex surgery
necessary to give this foster child a happy future.
Little Alice, foster child of a Tennessee
member, plays with a doll as she awaits
her next hospital visit.
Recent Contributions To Carpenters' Helping Hands
Local Union, Name
1, Herbert W. Kuehne, Mitchell Gajda.
2, Floyd Tarvin.
4, Richard L. Davis.
5, D. Bigugno.
6, William R. Froh, Jeffrey DaCosta.
7, Jim Rack, H. V. Forsen, Jerry D. Fischer,
Ritchie Henrikson, Dewayne Jacobson,
Eddie Saltzman.
8, John Leidvanger, Hal & Rose Ogren, Ernest
Ulrich, Edward Coryell, Michael J, O'Con-
nor. Steve Condra.
10, Robert Civinelli. John Griffin, Henry C.
Koning, Matthew Mroczek, Ray Raymer.
11, John & Verna Baron, Barb & Ray Bennett,
Dave Brockman.. Julius Mosberger, Hank
Suabada, Larry Gusti, Charles H. Rhodes,
Frank Prijatel, George A. Tafat.
13, Ken Cyzen, Raymond P. Tazelaar, Andrew
A. Bergouist, Alex Zaleski, Sr., James
Hayes, Henry Millenbein, John T. Noonan,
John R. Fitzmaurice, Henry Prevot.
14, H. Mewaite, Robert G. Scott.
15, Howard Paterson, Frank Myslivecek, Emil
C. Gadda, Gregory Mallet.
Local Union, Name
16, Thomas A. Kane, Orville F. O'Brien, Kyle
A. Adams, B. V. Hoffman.
19, William M. Hoffman, Miller Noffsinger, John
H. Beno, Mack L. Johnson, Stephen S.
Slavinsky.
20, Vincent A. Shreck, L. O. Hendrickson, Nels
Odson, Erik Olson.
22, M. Adelson, Andrew C. Daiss, R. E.
Higuera, Larry Kelly, Richard Waddell,
Neal McLaudhlin, A. A. Murdock.
24, Carl Bonci, John Krasicki, S. L. Monarca.
25, Orville & Alice Sovereign.
26, Gilbert J. Curtis, John Krenzel.
27, George Heft.
30, Billy R. Painter, Fred W. Doyle.
32, Gordon Willcutt.
33, Eugene Belliveau, Robert J. Teece.
34, Albert F. Lagardo.
35, Bruce MacDougall. John Sokolic, Don Sayer.
36, Matthew E. Lockary, L. Darrel Gehrke,
Henry A. Lampi.
40, Paul H. Budd.
42, Harry C. Perry.
Continued, next page
/E YOU CONTRIBUTED?
Carpenters Helping Hands, Inc.
TOl Consfifufion Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
Yes, I want to provide funds for Carpenters' Helping Hands, Inc. to assist
Alice and provide help for others in need. Here's my cash, check or money
order omoun/ing to $ .
NAME
LOCAL UNION
ADDRESS
CITY
State or Province
Zip
SIGNATURE
MARCH, 1982
Local Union, Name
43, Clifton Good, Otto Koenig.
46, Robert L. Marshall, Mervin Norton.
47, Earle L. Bunte, Clifford Reed, R. A. Weis-
senborn. Melvin Street.
48, Ronald LeBlanc.
49, Adelbert Landry.
50, Charlie Myers, Pat Gray, George A. John-
son, Herbert A. Kelso, Earl S. Conner,
Howard Garland.
51, J. A. Moulaison.
54, Anton Zadak, Jerry J. Silhan, Joseph Sinde-
lar, Joseph E. Bukovsky.
55, Adam A. Laub, Waller Randall Neff, John
Plavnicky, Charles Wise.
58, Roy F. Burhop, Ellis F. Johnson, Ronald
Mercier, W. L. Wahnelah, Freeman Whit-
ney.
59, Elsworth L. Groff.
60, Ralph C. Skirvin, Louis J. Oliver, Thomas
W. Hutson.
61, James O. Mack, John A. Gilliam, Art Ebert,
George A. Guerra.
62, Charles Deacon, Lennart Henriksson. Phelim
Henry, Anthony Consola, Martin Paulsen.
63, Clyderay Gushing, Jessie Sandage, Vernon
Bolen, Ron Stewart.
64, Wanda Farmer, Ralph H. Bolton, Loyd L.
Milliner.
65, John Gotz, Einar Tonnesen.
66, Vinson Lund.
67, Gary Hovde, V. N. Marchese, Elmer R.
Graves, Edward Mulcahy.
69, A. J. Licking.
70, Robert G. Cox.
72, Michael M. Flow.
74, Melvin M. Garner, James L. Caelton, Doug-
las M. Gann, Larry E. Walker.
74-L, William Tyma.
80, Myron J. Coe, Thomas Hrinowich, Ken
Aronson, John Wyllie, Richard Gengel, Roy
Metoyer, Robert Sleiskal, O. L. Stensaker.
81, Maurice W. Gjertsen, Edward Nietupshi.
85, Frank P. Munt, M/M Earl E. Jones, Henry
Adamczyk.
87, Lawrence Edwards, Dan J. Person, Thomas
A. Pothen, Eurie Deiss, BUI Sieben.
89, Arlie Elder.
90, Henry P. Kares, Jr.
94, Earl T. Corbett.
95, James E. Bugdalski, S. J. Turk, C. Marvin
Grisham.
98, M/M Dale Beauchamp, Elmert J. Wisher,
Ralph F. Smith, Margaret Brodaczynski.
99, William Pategas, Anthony D'Agostino.
100, Vernon Herald.
101, Charles S. Byrnes. Herman L. Hellmig,
Martin F. Kuper, Michael P. Podgurski, Ed
Borkowski, David J. Henn.
102, Carl I. Carlson, Bruce Swisher, Don Lang-
enfeld.
104, Allen G. Renner, Raymond Cordial, Ewald
S. Nelson, Dale R. Porter.
105, P. Fasciano, John J. McGrath, John Smith,
Brian Sourman, Joe Pishura.
106, George Borlin.
107, Richard A. Krause.
109, Paul B. Smith, William H. Smith, Rufus J.
WUkes.
110, Hans Yunker.
111, Oarence Eichhorn, John Voter.
112-L, Richard P. Swan.
117, George Harlling.
117-L, James Felix.
120, Frank A. Bevilacqua, George N. Weber,
John B. Moylan, Ronald F. Youngs.
121, John W. Fowler.
122, James Tarducci, Andrew Anderson.
124, M/M Nicholas Kender, John Manganini,
Sam Ricco.
131, Waller P. Buchalz, W. G. Leininger, J. S.
Misner, Harry H. Rasmussen, Robert L.
House, Lloyd L. Lawson, A. Van Slyck.
132, Shelby Colbert. Edward Dustin, William
Edwards, George Graca, John A. Campbell,
Donald L. Ervin, Carlton A. Hall. Don K.
Ritter. Leonard W. Crews, James E. Snow.
133, Fred Mason, A Member, Ray Gibson,
Laura A. Kirkham. Freeman Stewart, Wil-
liam F. Wilson.
135, Gilbert Myers, Philip Giovansanti. Maurice
Hackman. Charles Shayman. Horst Stein.
141, Ralph B. Olson, Oliver B. Penn, Thomas C.
Tunstall, Sherman Jensen.
Local Union, Name
142,
144,
146,
149,
155,
159,
161,
162,
165,
169,
171,
174,
181,
183,
184,
186,
188,
191,
194,
198,
199
200
201
206
210,
211
213
218
225.
226
227,
228
229
230.
232
242
244,
246,
248
252
254
256,
257,
258,
259,
264,
265,
266,
268,
269,
272,
275,
278,
280,
283
Rocco Tatriano, James G. Munro, Edward
Smith, Carmen Monterossi.
Robert Willis, J. A. Campbell.
Fabian L. Mitchell, James Malo.
Stanley Mrug.
Donald J. Ward.
Otto C. Gregory.
Lawrence Stachon.
Kevin Fahey. M/M A. J. Gerlacher, Fred
L. Schorcht, Jean B. Sanchot, Curtis Nutt.
M/M N. V. Barbati.
Jesse Ramsey, Jim Mallery, John Waghorn.
Lloyd J. Walker, Walt Lederle. John Pear-
son, George Prine, George Peplow.
Philip J. Sorg, Ray Olsen.
Harold Farland.
M/M Charles Walker.
Walter W. NicoU, Lyle Johnson.
Larry A. Wilson.
William J. Fanning, Frank Miller, Anthony
Piscitelli.
Wilbur Gross.
Dan Herrera, John Harlman.
A. G. Stephenson, D. E. Griffin, Bobby
Simons, Wallie W. Williams, Cecil M. Britt,
Fred A. Jordan.
Edwin J. Zdrojeski, Willie T. Haynes.
Chester F. Allen, Lowell Booth, Willie V.
Cash, O. V. McFadden, Clement P. Rees.
Ed Kandt, John Kroeker, Anthony P.
Garibay.
Charles Dean, Joseph Ryan.
Frank Anthony, Tim Corroran, Edwin E.
Williams. L. J. Normand. Michael G. Salva-
tore. Wayne Wentworth.
William D. Bodish, Carl Silhanek.
Charles A. Gatons, A. R. Muses. Perry G.
Parmer. Jr.
Richard DeRienzo. George Robinson.
Tommy K. Turner, Mike Poole. W. H.
Gordon.
C. R. Aikins. Rudie Arnoldy, Rolf Togstad,
R. B. Walker.
Carrol Lindsay.
George J. Somers, Joseph A. Vadus.
Ernest Alden, Sr.
Wilbert H. Williams, Charles Holtz. Rus-
sell A. Nix, Russell E. Nix, Lloyd Zeiler,
Salvatore J. Arrigo.
Robert E. Holman, Harvey R. Jessup.
George Bulger. Bruno Serksnas.
John Lee. John F. Rogan, William B.
Thompson.
Joseph Murena, Moe Ross, W. Berberich,
Anthony Gruosso, Anthony Lala.
L. Helsel, Bruce Tuoker.
Lester H. Hasse.
Carroccio, John Gottschling.
Donald Adams, Tommy Adams, Harold
Dean, Terry Anderson, Patrick Oliver, L.
M. Nunn.
Reuben Barkus, George Obemuller, A
Member, Fredric Taussig, Fred Michaelson,
Sr., George Shaftic, Matthew Tyniec.
S. M. KeUy.
W. E. Goodrum. Everett Bobbitt, Marion
F. Williams.
F. A. Khone, Earl W. Sager, Michael
Balen. Sr.
Joel Vedder.
Ame H. Kerr. L. D. Gregory, Eugene E,
Harness.
Andrew Beres.
Jack R. Goodwin. Melvin B. Hill, Craig E.
Jones. L. Lee High.
Richard Kuwallick. Harry E. Mitchell.
J. Leo LeBlanc, Malcolm H. Budd.
Jefferson D. Lawyer.
David Bottom.
Dave Frambes, George R. Boyd, David P.
Rupert, Scott Jorden, Ricky Odom, Mel
Wall, Joseph Phillips, T. E. Roberts. M. R.
Newman. H. D. Goodman, Henry Jones.
Rickey Stoker, K. Tonier. Patton. D. W.
Hunt. J. A. Foster. B. S. Williams, F. G.
Gisson, Mike Napier. Wesley G. Thomas.
Dale A. Lovier, Keith Wall, Joseph Ward-
law. Maury Goodies. Terry Price. Harold E.
Thomas. Toni Monroe. Lee Preist, Russell
Wilson. T. Hemdon. John Campbell, Jr.,
Jim Jenkins. Derrell Tucker. Bobby M.
Shoee. Ray Wickstrom. Wayne Rodgers. Joe
Holbrook, Daniel Single, Billy Haynes, Wil-
Local Union, Name
lie Kuhy, Joseph Wiggins, W. C. Mullins,
Steven Sutsie, M. A. Rupert. Jr.. Jack Rich-
ards, E. Brent Johnson, Bruce Thomas, Tony
Newman. Garey Morgan, Mark A. Handi,
Jack Jankin, David Hayward. T. W. Shel-
ton. Jerry Wilson,, C. B. Williams, J. Ivey,
Howard Futcher, Doug Davis. Al Hux. Jack
Fond. Stan Lou. Charles Guill. Larry J.
Sammon. Dennis Funderburk & Michael,
Willie Brusher, R. Scott Bowden.
Walter Sobiesiak.
Merrill A. Homberger. Sigmund Horvath,
W. L. Metz. Roy Peifer. Robert Slothower,
Reynolds Glunt. Glen M. Junk. R. H. Getz,
Robert Shreve. Sr., Samuel E. Stetler.
John B. Arth.
Hanry Gromadzki.
E. B. Linville, Jr., Homer Lambert.
Larry M. Brannaman, Dan Sullivan.
W. Dean York.
Ray Westmore, Robert Lemberger, Milton
Anderson.
Curtis White. Felix L. Lauzon, William K.
Phillipson, WiUiam Fletscher, Thomas
Hokushin.
Louise Nieznalski.
Erlon Washburn.
Denver Berger, Fred M. Hagerman.
Mrs. John Jackson.
Howard Day.
David V. Bryant.
Oliver Burns.
George & Robert Biondich, Samuel De-
Simone, Larry McKinney, B. M. Remaley.
W. Guy Young. Robert Wheeler.
Richard Dekeyser, Chester Behe.
Reed S. Breakall.
Rudy Kasprzyk.
Raymond Zacharie.
Ron Abram, Everett Rankin.
Wayne B. Burns, John Denton, Frank A.
Favazza, Harry W. Owen, James Graham.
L. V. Foreman.
Joseph Pesacreta.
Samuel M. Reynolds.
John L. Oechsner, Mrs. Rita Walter, Leon-
ard DelRusso, Fred G. Kohler. Richard W.
Powell.
Bernard T. Imarata.
Steve Perrin.
Ray Crook.
Martin Poole, Jr.
Raymond Pearson, Andrew Ragogna,
Charles F. Gallo.
George Matthews, David Shultz.
Walter Johnson.
Coral E. Andrews, Earl Bishop, Marshall D.
Vess.
Charles Cooper, A. J. Vitchell, Sr., James
Gorman, Charlie Hunter, Henry Luczkie-
wicz.
Don G. Brown, Bruce Montague, Gordon
E. Brown. Ron Gaskell, Herman L. Thallas,
Floyd L Welliver.
Harry Gillette.
Joseph Stonelake.
Phillip Haberle.
Fred R. Morrow, Wendell Rust, Glen B.
Snyder.
Jack Zeilenga.
Henry A. Kummer. Amos J. Jackson, W.
Mogensen. Edward L. Wyland. Jr.
Guy A. Bruce. Sr.
284,
287,
295,
298,
302,
308,
311,
314,
316,
317,
320,
321,
323,
324,
329,
331,
333,
335,
337,
340,
341,
342.
344,
345,
347,
350.
356,
359,
366.
372,
378,
384,
385,
386,
387,
388,
393,
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405.
406.
413,
416
417,
422
434,
438.
442.
448.
454.
455,
458.
460.
461.
468.
470,
475.
483,
485,
488,
492,
Rich Carriel, M. G. Burkeen, A. Cimaroli,
Isidore M. Ibarra.
Gilbert Jorve.
Owen F. Mitchell.
Toivo M. Dahlbacka.
Charles J. Gorman, John Martin.
Rudy Schuler, Paul Seyfricd.
William J. Harris.
Fred Wchwalenberg, Lawrence Mishkar.
Bernhard Bass, Edward Sordyl.
Edwin Widen.
Thomas W. Ames, Iris Butler, Garfield
Sandoval, Robert A. Wolfe. Jr.
James F. Howley, Claude Giargiari.
Ralph L. Gehlken.
James H. Kirk.
Cesar & Carol Vega. Arthur Vigeland.
Hans Hoechner, Frank Schultz.
Continued on Page 35
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THE CARPENTER
Ottavra
Report
SHORT-WEEK PLAN FOR JOBS
In Ottawa, some employees might be able to
avoid tempoi-ary layoffs by agreeing to a work-
sharing program, working fewer days and earning
about 10% less, the federal Employment Depart-
ment says.
If employees agree, they and their employers can
sign agreements with Ottawa, which will provide a
maximum unemployment insurance benefit of $42
for each day lost.
Under work-sharing, a person normally earning
$70 a day or $350 a week would receive $322 for a
four-day week — $280 would be pay with the rest
in work-sharing benefits, a maximum of $42 or
60% of regular salary.
HOMEBUILDERS PROFITS FOR 1980
A total of 792 general contractors, chiefly
involved in residential building, reported revenues
of $1.8 billion in 1980, says a bulletin issued by
Statistics Canada. Of the total operating revenue for
the 792 companies in 1980, 2.7% was net, pre-tax
operating profit.
The bulletin, which reports financial ratios,
operating revenues, costs and profits, summarizes
figures for Canadian firms building new homes and
those engaged in renovations, additions or
alterations.
POPULATION GROWTH SLOWING
Canada's growth is slowing, according to interim
census figures just released by Statistics Canada.
According to the recently released figures, the
population rose 4.8% in the five years since the
1976 census, which counted 22,992,602
Canadians: as of June 3 of last year, Canadians
numbered 24,105,163. However, during the 1971-
1976 period, the population increased by 6.6%.
Growth has been uneven, with relatively slow
growth in the Maritimes and strong growth in the
West, says Francois Singh of Statistics Canada. A
preliminary study also has confirmed a shift in
population from the centres of major cities and a
shift of population to some new suburbs, Singh said.
JOBLESS INSURANCE PROPOSAL
In the spring of 1980, the federal government
established a task force on Unemployment Insur-
ance, composed of civil servants from the Canada
Employment and Immigration Commission. Its
report, which received Cabinet approval prior to its
release in July of last year, proposes a further
dismantling of the Unemployment Insurance Act of
1971. These changes, if enacted, would mean:
• an increase in the number of weeks one must
work, in order to qualify for U.I. benefits, from the
current level of 10-14 weeks depending on region,
to 15-20 weeks;
• a decrease in the number of weeks of benefit
entitlement for all people except those in the areas
with the worst unemployment;
• a doubling of the waiting period from 6 weeks to
12 weeks for people who quit without "just cause";
• abolition of the 3-week severance benefit payable
to all workers at age 65;
• an increase in the rate of benefit repayment, from
30% to 50% of benefits, for recipients with
incomes over $24,570 in 1981;
• a reduction in the government's share of the
costs of U. I., from 53.3% in 1975 to 14.4%, as
projected for 1983-84.
In total, these changes mean a "saving" of $220
million in U.I. costs, and a loss to the unemployed.
The most severe change is in the entrance
requirement, whereby claimants will need at least
six additional weeks of work in order to qualify for
benefits. According to the report, this will disqualify
16% of all recipients nationally. The impact is even
more drastic in the Atlantic provinces, where the
disqualification rate will be between 22% in Nova
Scotia to 41 % in Newfoundland. In total, the task
force recommendations would remove some $90
million from the economies of the four easterly
provinces.
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE
Unemployment in Canada in December equalled
the post- Depression record. Statistics Canada has
reported that the country's seasonally adjusted
unemployment rate in December was 8.6%, equal
to that of September, 1978, and the highest since
the Depression. The official number of jobless was
987,000, up from 928,000 in November. But
Statscan reported that another 84,000 had with-
drawn from the work force, so that the actual
number of jobless was past one million.
To make matters worse, as reported in The Globe
and Mail, Finance Minister Allan MacEachen has
recently introduced a budget that "changes the
taxation system, inhibits investment, discourages
saving, and produces an uncertain climate in which
companies will hesitate to develop or expand and
create jobs."
Bad feelings about the proposed budget were
strong enough to prompt Thorne Riddell, Canada's
largest firm of chartered accountants, to issue a
commentary for the first time in history. In the
commentary, a thorough condemnation of
iVIacEachen's proposal, one of the adverse effects
listed by Thorne Riddell was "deals a heavy blow to
the Canadian construction industry."
MARCH, 1982
11
New Industrial Advisory Committee Holds First Session
The 34th General Conven-
tion at Chicago, last year,
authorized the General Presi-
dent to appoint a special
committee from the indus-
trial membership "to study
the particular needs of our
industrial membership and
make recommendations" to
the General President and
General Executive Board.
The committee held its first
session at the General Office
Standing, from left: James Berryhill, Texas Industrial Council president; Nick Papalia,
Western Pennsylvania D.C. director of organizing: Meyer Chait, Local 3127 financial secretary
and business representative; Joseph Farrone, Mid Eastern Industrial Council secretary; Richard
Wierengo, Michigan Council of Industrial Workers secretary; James Parker, UBC director of
organizing; Garrold Brown, Southern Council of Industrial Workers secretary; Alan Maddison,
Local 2076 financial secretary and business representative; Merle Scriver, Local 1452 financial
secretary and business representative; Peter Budge, Local 2679 business representative; and
Robert Warosh, Midwest Industrial Council secretary.
Seated, from left; Joe Pinto, UBC industrial department director; Walter Oliveira, Local
2679 business representative; Anthony Ramos, California State Council secretary; Jim Bledsoe,
Western Council secretary; Don Danielson, assistant to the general president; William Konyha,
general president; and Charles Bell, Indiana Industrial Council secretary. Richard Hearn,
secretary. Mid- Atlantic Council, participated in the conference but was not present.
in Washington, D.C. last
month. A summary of the preliminary findings of the
committee will be presented to the General President and are
expected to be discussed at the Industrial Conference in
Washington, next month. (See story at right.)
Members of the In-
dustrial Advisory
Committee in session
at the General Office
at Washington, D.C.
UBC Industrial Legislative
Conference Called for April
General President William Konyha announced
plans for a three-day legislative conference in
Washington, D.C. on April 20th, 21st, and 22nd for
industrial representatives. The UBC, as it did last
spring, will conduct its own one-day conference at
the General Office and then join with representa-
tives from other unions in participating in the AFL-
CIO Industrial Union Department's (lUD) annual
legislative conference.
The UBC's conference will be held at the General
Office on Tuesday, April 20, and will be addressed by
General President Konyha and other resident general
officers. Legislative issues of special interest to
Brotherhood members will be discussed and a pro-
gram on how to involve union members in the
political process will also be presented.
Following the UBC conference, the lUD has
scheduled a program including a reception with
Congressional representatives, panels involving
Senate and House members on issues of concern to
labor, and visits by UBC and other union representa-
tives with Senators and Congressmen.
Among the subjects to be covered at the UBC and
lUD Conference will be: economic issues, including
social security, high interest rates, and the 1983
budget, OSHA; and the 1982 House and Senate
elections.
Over 350 delegates from 16 other AFL-CIO unions,
including our enthusiastic UBC delegation, attended
the June 1981 lUD Legislative Conference. An
Continued on Page 38
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General Treasurer Nichols, fifth from right, with members
of Local 1 109, Visalia, Calif. The occasion was a meeting
last December with the local to discuss legislation pertaining
to social security, medicare, and local union pension plans.
Softball Saga in New York
Last year, New York State was the scene of some gixul-
natured competition between Local 12, Syracuse, N.Y., and
Local 747, Oswego, N.Y. A series of three Softball games
between the "city boys" and the "country boys" culminated in
a clambake and pig roast, and the presentation of a trophy to
the winners. Local 747, by Local 12. Above, presenting the
trophy to Local 747 President Jack Simmons, left, is Local
12's Leon lllizski, while Local 12's John Meyers and Jim
Bolden look on. Also shown — the players in action.
Front Porch Returns to Texas
Readers apparently
enjoyed the article in
the July, 1981,
Carpenter, "The
Friendly Front Porch
Fades Into Yester-
year," but it seems
that front porches
have not been entirely
forgotten. When Jesse
Russell, Local 213,
Houston, Tex., built
his home, he added a
front porch which,
as the above photo-
graph shows, is any-
thing but neglected.
Shown on the porch
with member Russell are a sister-in-law, a niece, two grand
nieces, and Ids silver poodle Cooney.
Centennial Memento Carver
At the Centennial
Convention last year.
General President
Konyha was presented
by Northern New
England District
Council members
with a carving
depicting the
Brotherhood emblem.
The picture above
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carver, Alfred Davis,
a retired member of
Local 1487, Burlington, Vt., at right. Business Rep. Robert
La Marche is at left.
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"recognition of their service . . . their un-
selfish attitude toward their community
and fellowman in need shows a true
American spirit."
Retirement Party
For Pennsylvania BR
Herschel Marshall, business representa-
tive for Local 2274, Pittsburgh, Pa., for
31 years, was honored guest at a retire-
ment party.
He was presented with a plaque and
many special gifts from General Rep.
Michael Beckes, Western Pennsylvania
District Council Secretary Robert Argen-
tine, Millwright Rep. Ray Mitchell, Pile
Drivers Rep. Dick Keenen, and others.
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Strutt and Dennis Gilmore; standing,
Edward Lemke, Herschel Marshall,
Robert Gilmore, and Joseph Wolinski.
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parades last year and took top honors in both events. The
picture at upper right shows the Labor Day parade float:
the tower picture shows the Frontier Day parade float. The
picture immediately above shows a billboard sponsored by
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The Story Of
A
Remarkable
Trade Unionist
BY MARK ERLICH
In the busy 53 years of his life, McGuire traveled
up and down the land fighting for workers' rights,
leading campaigns for protective laws, establishing
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America, helping to found the American Federation
of Labor, and creating a lasting memorial to North
American workers — a national holiday. Labor Day.
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"/ will tell you what we want to see. We want the time to come
when there shall be absolute justice in the distribution of wealth;
when every man and woman who do the least shall not receive
the most; when the toiler's income shall not be limited to the
barren point of a mere existence; when the ennobling influence
of music, literature, and art, shall dwell in every home; when
there shall be no army of hungry, idle men, vainly seeking work,
while little children bend above the lathe and loom; when those
who toil are known as the noblest in the world, and idleness
shall be held to be an industrial disgrace."
— P. J. McGuire, 1891
A supplement to the Carpenter magazine, March, 1982 issue.
ODAY, the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America is
a prosperous and |x>werful organiza-
tion, with almost 800,000 members and
over 2,000 local unions. One hundred
years ago, the 36 carpenters assembled in the second
story of a Chicago flaxseed warehouse wondered if
their proposed union would survive, let alone thrive.
The delegates to the first convention, stiff and un-
comfortable in their formal morning coats, had no
idea what their work would lead to.
Unions are built on the dedication and sacrifices
of the thousands of members on the local level.
Sometimes, however, individual leaders stand out for
their inspiration and commitment. The early suc-
cess of the UBCJA cannot be separated from the
contributions of its first full-time ofificer, Peter J.
McGuire. Secretary-Treasurer of the Brotherhood
from 1881 to 1902, McGuire, for all practical pur-
poses, was the national office. Through his writing
and Sf>eak;ing, he never stopped promoting the idea
of unionism to American carpenters. His great talents
and tireless organizing raised him to the highest
plateau of 19th century labor leaders. The biography
of P. J. McGuire is more than the story of a remark-
able personality. It includes the birth of the Car-
penters' Union and much of the history of the early
American labor movement.
Early Struggle for Survival
Mc
IcGuire's parents were typical of the throngs of
Europeans arriving on America's shores. His mother,
Catherine Hand O'Riley, survived the tragic loss of her
first husband and six of their eight children in Ireland.
Ready to start over in the New World, she met John J.
McGuire, another young Irish immigrant, in the Lower
East Side of New York City. Peter, the first child of their
family of 5, was born on July 6, 1852.
McGuire once described the neighborhood of his youth
as a "living grave." The dreams that carried immigrants
across the Atlantic quickly came up against the harsh
realities of tenement life. Six families often crowded into
buildings meant for single-family use. The least fortunate
huddled in dank cellars, hidden from the sun and filled
with garbage. The crush of people strained the minimal
sanitary facilities of the houses, and, inevitably, life
spilled into the streets and alleys.
The McGuire family struggled to survive. Young Peter
never had the luxury of a carefree childhood. When his
father enlisted in the Union Army in 1863, the 11-year-
old boy became the family's primary breadwinner. Peter
left his local parish school to take on a variety of jobs:
hawking papers, shining shoes, and cleaning stores.
Eventually he settled into a regular job as an errand boy
at Lord and Taylor's department store.
McGuire 's formal education had elided, but his natural
curiosity and hunger for knowledge persisted. From his
father, a full-time porter and a part-time instructor in the
Celtic language, he learned about the customs of his
parents' homeland. From his friends and neighbors, he
absorbed the crafts, folklore, and languages of the rich
mixture of cultures in the city's 17th Ward. His fluency
in German, picked up in street-corner marbles games,
The Cooper Union in New York City was a center for
continuing education for the poor in the late 1800s. There
young Peter McGuire learned to debate and acquired
principles of economics and labor.
helped him in later organizing campaigns among German-
American carpenters and cabinetmakers.
McGuire attended courses and lectures at the Cooper
Union, a center for continuing education and a regular
meeting place for radical and reform movements. He
enjoyed the excitement of the nightly meetings and
impassioned speeches on the social issues of the day. The
Cooper Union was a vital place; many of the labor lead-
ers of the era got their first taste of economics, labor
theories, and public speaking at Peter Cooper's school.
McGuire was a member of the Rising Star Debating
Society. It was there that he met another foreign-born
student who was to work with him in founding the
American Federation of Labor — Samuel Gompers.
McGuire decided to learn a trade. At the age of 17,
he started his apprenticeship in the Haines Piano Shop.
The long hours, low wages, and difficult working condi-
tions of his working days reinforced the teachings he
received at night. The importance of labor organization
was a message that the gangly teen-ager took to heart.
His first experience of practical activism came in 1872.
McGuire marched alongside the one hundred thousand
workers who struck for the eight-hour-day in the spring of
that year. Years later, McGuire remarked that the events
of 1 872 convinced him of the value of a militant labor
movement.
It did not take long for the young piano-maker to
translate his beliefs into action. The following year, he
led a fight against a wage reduction at his piano shop.
Despite a strong show of unity, the workers at Haines'
lost. Harassed for his leading role in the strike, McGuire
left to find work at a nearby finish shop. By now, he was
a skilled journeyman, confident of his ability to hold down
a job. Unfortunately, times were changing. For McGuire
and millions of other workers, a willingness to work
would make little diff'erence in the dark days ahead.
American industry expanded dramatically in the years
after the Civil War. Industrial production rose by nearly
47% between 1865 and 1870. The unprecedented boom
in railroads, building and manufacturing industries raised
hopes of better times for all. But the economic bubble
Peter McGuire at age 20.
burst in 1873. For the next six years, workers suffered to
an extent that was not matched until the Great Depression
of the 1 930's. Production ground to a standstill as unem-
ployment skyrocketed. In December, McGuire got the bad
news. He became one more number on the rolls of the
tens of thousands of unemployed workers in New York
City.
McGuire's exposure to
the political clubs and or-
ganizations had prepared
him to respond to adversity.
When organizations of the
unemployed sprang up in
many cities, he joined the
New York committee. Every
night McGuire spoke on
soap boxes in the vacant
lots of his neighborhood,
urging his fellow citizens to
demand work or relief. His
forceful and dynamic speak-
ing style drew crowds and
attention. His reputation
was still limited to his ward
until he was elected to the
Committee of Safety, the umbrella organization that co-
ordinated demonstrations for public relief in the winter
of 1873-74. His role as a city-wide spokesman for the
unemployed catapulted him out of obscurity and led the
proper New York Times to brand him as a "disturber of
the public peace."
City officials ignored the demands for public relief and
rent suspensions. The business community pretended the
growing army of marchers was unrepresentative. The
Times insisted that "these agitators will find no support
among the great masses of the laboring classes" and
blamed the activities on a "foreign class" of workmen.
But desperation mounted as the gloom of winter set in.
Rallies swelled in size and became more frequent.
McGuire spoke daily at meetings and churned out hand-
bills and flyers between demonstrations. The city, no
longer able to dismiss the movement, changed strategy.
As part of a campaign to discredit the Committee of
Safety, police officials arranged for John McGuire to
issue a public denunciation of his notorious son's "radical
and atheistic" behavior. The timing of the father's state-
ment was set to cause the greatest possible embarassment
for the son. In the midst of sensitive negotiations over the
right to a parade permit, a Police Commissioner informed
McGuire of his father's comments, made on the steps of
their parish church. The 21 -year-old leader burst into
tears and had to be helped from the room. As Samuel
Gompers wrote in his autobiography: "McGuire was
tender-hearted and the treatment hurt, but he stood by the
cause."
McGuire continued his work, leading up to the famous
Tompkins Square rally of January 13, 1874. This
demonstration occupies an important place in the pages
of American labor history. The battle for workers' rights
has often met stiff resistance, and the park in Tompkins
Square will always be remembered as the site of a violent
attack on the young labor movement.
"Riot Quelled" screamed the headline of the New York
Daily Tribune the following day, but as McGuire cir-
culated among the crowd on that cold winter's Tuesday
morning, he had no reason to expect anything out of the
ordinary. Ten thousand demonstrators quietly waited for
the speeches to begin. Without warning, police, on horse
and foot, charged into the crowd with clubs flying. Panic-
stricken, the ralliers fled, tumbling over one another to
avoid the crack of the nightstick. From 1 1 a.m. until dusk,
the Lower East Side was turned into a sea of chaos.
Anyone on the streets was liable to feel, in the words of a
Tribune reporter, the "wholesome influence" of the
officers' clubs. By day's end, 35 had been arrested, and
dozens more were injured.
The police action worked, up to a point. The blood
spilled in and around Tompkins Square slowed the pace
of organizing, but it also had the unintended effect of
galvanizing a number of young activists into a life of
labor organizing. Though the unemployed councils faded
with the arrival of spring, one of their leaders, P. J.
McGuire, was just beginning a new career.
Hopping Freights to Organize
For the rest of the decade, McGuire divided his time
between organizing and work in the trade. He worked in
finish shops and piano factories, mostly to finance his
political life. He spoke up and down the East Coast,
throughout the Midwest and the South. He helped form
the socialist Workingmens' Party and travelled on its
behalf. The number of his speaking engagements was as
extensive as his funds were limited. On a tour of New
England in 1877, McGuire walked from city to city
enrolling hundreds of new members in the party with each
speech. When his feet gave out, he hopped freights.
During one six-week stretch, he is said to have made
107 speeches, usually to audiences of several thousand.
A New York tenement house in the 1870s. Laundry stretched
between windows and fire escapes. The buildings teemed
with newly-arrived European immigrants.
McGuire's rich voice and biting wit rarely failed to
move audiences. Since the American labor and socialist
movements of that time were filled with foreign-language
speaking members, a good English-speaking orator was
highly prized. McGuire spoke plainly and directly to
building trades workers, and voiced their desire for
dignity.
A contractor can estimate to a certainty what he has to
pay for his hardware, for his lumber, for his nails. Yes,
a dumb, dead keg of nails, has a price fixed on them —
that is fixed by the Western Nail Association. But a live
two legged carpenter has no price fixed on him. He
takes what he can get.
Audiences appreciated the gifted speaker. A Cincinnati
editor wrote: "It is worth a long summer day's march to
hear McGuire. Sharp, incisive, trenchant, he cleaves
asunder, dividing the bones and the marrow. We do not
remember having had our spirit so completely refreshed."
A member of the Workingmen's Party, lamenting
McGuire's hectic schedule, asked: "Can't you divide
McGuire, make two of him, keep one and send the other
here?" Even his opponents respected his talents. One
unfriendly observer grumbled about McGuire's ability to
"vigorously say nothing for two hours and nevertheless
hold his audiences spellbound."
McGuire's speeches challenged his listeners to question
the economic system that produced boom-and-bust busi-
ness cycles, an insecure, underpaid labor force, and
wretched working conditions. McGuire warned that
workers were condemned to harsh and trying lives as
long as the capitalist's desire for profits determined
economic and political choices. He urged independent
political action and the creation of a working-class party
Slum dwellers suffered terribly in the winters of the late
1800s. Slumlords, unable to resist profits of 50% to 70%
on their investments, squeezed tenants mercilessly.
to speak in the name of labor. Always ready to practice
what he preached, McGuire managed campaigns for local
and state offices in Connecticut, and received over 9000
votes in a Cincinnati election, despite being there for only
six weeks.
Ever restless and on the move, McGuire and his family
relocated to St. Louis. The Workingmen's Party had
mobilized St. Louis workers during the great railroad
strike of 1877, and McGuire imagined the city would be
fertile ground for organizing. He was not disappointed.
Representing the local Trades and Labor Assembly, he
lobbied the Missouri State Legislature for bills on mine
ventilation and child labor. In 1 879, he convinced the
legislators to establish a State Bureau of Labor Statistics,
and was subsequently appointed Deputy Commissioner.
McGuire had wasted little time in making a name for
himself. As the St. Louis Republican remarked in an obvi-
ous understatement: "All workingmen know McGuire."
But McGuire was not cut out for the life of a state
appointee. He soon grew impatient with the Bureau's
limited authority. Conflict with his supervisor heightened
his dissatisfaction with watching labor struggles from a
distance. After six months he quit and returned to the
trade — to promote trade unionism and fight for the
eight-hour-day.
Old System Breaking Down
McGuire could see that the trade was changing.
Economic developments in the post-Civil War era
affected the world of the carpenter. Up until that time, a
carpenter's life followed a predictable course. Beginning
as an apprentice, the typical carpenter could expect to
follow the steps of his employers to journeyman and
master carpenter status. Masters, journeymen, and ap-
prentices worked together on projects, divided only by the
skill levels that came with age and experience. As the
building industry grew, however, the individual master
could not keep up with the increased demands for capital
and labor. In some cases, speculators from outside the
trade stepped in; in others, masters put down their tools
and became full-time contractors.
The old system was breaking down. Contractors now
coordinated and supervised construction, while the
journeymen and apprentices wielded the hammers and
saws. By the 1 880's, the number of large building em-
ployers multiplied, threatening the average carpenter's
dreams of becoming an independent master.
I he new breed of employers cared little for the quality
of building or the pride of the craftsman. "Jerry" build-
ers and "botch" work became the order of the day as the
lure of great profits led contractors to drive their workers
harder and harder. J. W. Brown, a carpenter from
Connecticut, recalled times of old when the employer
"felt himself under a moral obligation" to the working
carpenter and his steady employment. Under the new
arrangements, according to Brown, the carpenter had
become "accustomed to look upon himself not only as a
wage worker for life, but as an appendage to a monstrous
machine for the production and distribution of wealth."
McGuire recognized the effects of this new way of
working. The carpenter's position worsened as building
employers introduced modern business methods to con-
struction, turning craftsmen into "modern" workers.
McGuire described a common situation in which carpen-
MARK ERLICH, author of this biography of
Peter J. McGuire, has been a member of Carpenters
Local 40 of Boston, Mass., since 1974. A 1970
graduate of Columbia University, New York City,
with a bachelor's degree in history, Erlich is cur-
rently teaching labor history at Tufts University,
Medford, Mass., in addition to working at the
trade. He is also lecturing on labor history to
apprentices attending the Boston Carpenters Ap-
prenticeship and Training School.
ters "who have worked for employers twenty to thirty
years now have as many as twenty or thirty employers in
a year."
McGuire knew the life of the carpenter firsthand. Over
the years, he had added the skill of the outside carpenter
to his knowledge of the trade. His insights and observa-
tions about the trade were based on experiences on the
job. In January of 1881, he wrote a letter to a friend
describing his current job, building a self-supporting roof
120 feet in the air in "arctic weather." Work was hard to
come by and he did not complain: "I keep the job
because it will last until summer and it pays $2.50 per
day of 9 hours."
He also saw developments in the trade through the
eyes of an experienced organizer. He believed that work-
ers could only combat powerlessness through organization.
If the trade of the carpenter was under attack, there was
only one thing to do — protect and defend the trade
through the collective strength of the workers. In May of
1881, McGuire issued a stirring call for action:
For years the carpenters of the whole country have
been disorganized and without any common under-
standing. The 300,000 men of the trade have been at
the mercy of a few thousand contractors and boss
builders. ... 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
disadvantage. The capitalist has the advantage of past
accumulations; the laborer, unassisted by combination,
has not.
It was logical that McGuire should deliver the call for
a national union. His leadership in the Workingmen's
Party, the St. Louis Trades Assembly, and in a successful
strike of St. Louis carpenters in 1881, made him the
country's best known organizer of carpenters, though he
was still just 29.
Representatives from 11 cities answered his invitation
to the Chicago convention. Four days of heated discussion
produced a constitution and a structure. The delegates
disagreed on a number of issues, but there was no dis-
agreement on the new union's leader. P. J. McGuire was
unanimously elected to the post of General Secretary.
The UBCJA's early years were difficult. The union
grew slowly, from a membership of 2,042 in 1881 to
5,789 in 1885. Some cities were well organized, while
others remained entirely non-union. At the national level,
McGuire spent 18 hours a day speaking, writing, and
organizing to keep the organization afloat. The national
office followed him — ■ to St. Louis, Chicago, New York,
Philadelphia — as he moved around, responding to crisis
after crisis. He rarely collected his $20 weekly salary, and
if he did, it immediately went towards union expenses.
In early 1882, McGuire and the union were penniless.
The March issue of the Carpenter, the official monthly,
was printed thanks to a friend's $30 loan. McGuire did
not mind personal poverty, but he dreaded the collapse of
the union. Disheartened by the financial problems, he
wrote to Gabriel Edmonston, first General-President, for
advice and support.
We must never think of giving up The Carpenter!
Rather give up anything but that. I would sell my
sewing machine and mortgage everything I have before
that paper goes down. It is our life — our hope — our
only power to hold the unions true to each other. I will
work at the trade, give up my salary, and kill myself at
night to keep things going, if necessary to keep up our
paper.
Events in the larger labor movement would influence
the fate of the UBCJA. Though growth seemed painfully
slow, American labor was beginning to flex its muscles.
The railroad strike of 1877 had been crushed, but the
seeds of organization had been planted. In the early
1 880's, local unions blossomed in dozens of trades, from
small specialty shops to giant industrial concerns. The
desire for better working conditions was an unstoppable
force.
Sensing the stirrings of a new labor militance, UBCJA
leaders decided the time was ripe for a national demon-
stration of American workers. In 1884, Gabriel Edmon-
ston proposed a general strike for the eight-hour day to
take place on May 1, 1886. At the time, Edmonston and
McGuire hoped the work stoppage might be a successful
symbolic action. Neither man could have anticipated the
response that emerged one and a half years later.
Historians have labeled 1886 as "the year of the great
uprising of labor." Never before had so many American
workers acted in unison for a common goal. 340,000
workers demonstrated for shorter hours in cities across
the map. As the Wisconsin Commissioner of Labor put it:
Non-CnIon!sm.
Ten or twel7e hours a day, piece
work, low pay, often idle and on the
tramp.
Unionism.
Kijjht hoars a day, steady work,
hifchest wagee, a cheerfal home and
manly independence.
McGuire depicted the contrast between the union workman
and the "scab" with these illustrations in the Carpenter
newspaper. As general secretary and editor, McGuire was
paid $20 a week.
"the agitation permeated our entire social atmosphere. . . .
It was the topic of conversation in the shop, on the street,
at the family table, at the bar, in the counting rooms, and
the subject of numerous able sermons from the pulpit."
Workers from every industry participated, but build-
ing tradesmen were the central force. UBCJA locals led
the marching columns in every city, inspiring others with
their determination. And, not surprisingly, the Brother-
hood's top officer was one of the major national spokes-
men for the May strikers. McGuire criss crossed the
country calling for reduced hours to countless audiences.
His involvement was so complete that he had to tem-
porarily suspend the regular business of the union.
McGuire and Edmonston's proposal paid handsome
dividends. Union carpenters won higher wages and/or
decreased hours in 53 cities. The successes of the union
and the dynamic character of its leader attracted
thousands of unorganized carpenters. By the end of the
summer of 1886, the Brotherhood had swelled to 21,423
members. Four years later, membership topped 50,000
and McGuire reported that the UBCJA was "now the
largest and most powerful organization, numerically, of
any special trade in the whole civilized world."
I he eight-hour strikes of 1886 and 1890 transformed
the struggling Carpenters' Union into a flourishing organi-
zation. Through most of the 1890's, the annual budget
was in six figures. In addition to his skill as an organizer,
McGuire was increasingly recognized as an astute and
The first major Labor Day parade was held in New York City
in 1882. History shows thai Peter McGuire presented the
idea for the big demonstration to the Central Labor Union of
the city and that Matthew Magiiire, a Machinist and secretary
of the CLU, sent out the notices to attend. P. ]. McGuire then
led a campaign to make the day a national holiday.
capable executive. He was amused by his new-found
respectability and fame, once commenting on the change
from the past when "labor agitators were a much
despised class, often without a dinner or a meal. Now
they have mayors and governors to welcome them when
assembled in convention."
McGuire was justifiably proud of the union's stability
and its capacity to offer a full range of benefits to
members, but he insisted that the union had a broader
purpose.
We should not lose sight of our character as a trade
union, and sink ourselves into a mere benevolent society
or insurance company.- . . . We must elevate the craft,
protect its interests, advance wages, reduce the hours of
labor, spread correct economic doctrines and cultivate
a spirit of fraternity among the working people regard-
less of creed, color, nationality or politics. These
principles are the foundation principles of our
organization.
The union was safely established. There was no longer
a question of survival, but rather of identity — that is,
what kind of union would the UBCJA be. Coming from
the national leader, McGuire's beliefs served as the
union's guideposts. He set ambitious goals for the
Brotherhood. Meeting those goals required applying
certain cardinal principles of unionism.
Internal Democracy — McGuire emphasized the im-
portance of democracy and an informed membership. In
an era without sophisticated communication networks,
McGuire used the Carpenter to keep members abreast of
important developments.
The four-page paper, first issued in May 1881, rapidly
expanded in size and stature. Its unusual mixture of
articles was entertaining, instructive, and clearly written.
Instructions on framing Victorian turrets were laid out
next to philosophical discussions of the relations between
employers and employees. McGuire printed news of the
trade, prospects for employment in different areas, and
analyzed issues facing the union, the labor movement, and
the nation. He opened his columns to the finest writers on
the American labor scene. Within a few years, the
Carpenter was one of the best newspapers for American
workers.
I he high quality of the Carpenter reflected McGuire's
belief that a union's strength flowed from its members'
participation. Involvement demanded information, and
he used the monthly to transmit internal union news.
McGuire gave space to the members to propose or com-
ment on constitutional amendments and new policy
directions. Debates on the dues structure, the best number
of national officers, types of benefits, and the union's place
in reform movements filled the pages of the paper.
McGuire believed deeply in the connection between
unionism and democracy. In response to the occasional
complaints of inefficiency in his methods, he thundered:
"Do we love more to be ruled by delegates and officers
than to rule ourselves?"
Labor Solidarity — McGuire linked the well-being of
carpenters to the fate of all other workers. Just as the
carpenter lost his independence, the Industrial Revolution
turned native and immigrant workers into a mechanized
factory-based workforce. Similar problems called for
McGuire in the 1890s.
united actions. In 1890,
McGuire said: "We are not
a narrow, selfish trade orga-
nization, entirely for our-
selves. We have been and
always will be ready to do
our share in the general
labor movement, whether it
be to help the poorest or the
highest-paid worker."
Solidarity meant nothing
to McGuire unless it was
based in organization. He
devoted most of his time
away from the Brotherhood
to the national labor forma-
tions, the Knights of Labor
and the American Federa-
tion of Labor. Each contained elements of McGuire's
vision of a successfully united body of American workers.
The Knights mirrored a country at the crossroads. On
the one hand, they yearned for the days before indus-
trialization when divisions between workers and employers
were less rigid. As a result, they favored organization of
all "producers," not just workers, and opposed affiliation
on strict trade union lines or class-oriented actions such
as strikes. McGuire rejected this backward-looking view,
but he endorsed much of the Knights of Labor program
— their willingness to organize across race and sex lines
and their insistence on the educational component of
labor organization. Though he tried and failed to redirect
the Knights from their anti-union stance, he remained a
member until the Knights faded in the 1 890's.
National Federation Emerges
The Knights' dismissal of trade unionism prompted
members of the largest unions (the Carpenters, Cigar-
makers, and Printers) to demand better national repre-
sentation. Under the direction of McGuire and Samuel
Gompers, leader of the Cigarmakers, the American Fed-
eration of Labor emerged as the national arm of the
trade unionists. The two organizations competed for
several years until the decline of the Knights insured the
AFL's supremacy. Though relations were tense between
many leaders of the two societies, McGuire tried mightily
to bring them together. Despite being one of the highest
officers in the AFL, he supported the Knights' continuing
efforts to organize the unorganized. He believed both
groups could work in harmony. Workers must be
organized, McGuire argued. Their particular affiliations
were a secondary matter. "What difference does it make
to the workingman whether he is a Knight of Labor, a
trade unionist or a member of the Brotherhood of United
Labor, the interests of all are the same."
ivic
IcGuire applied his message of solidarity to workers
covered by the Brotherhood's jurisdiction. He backed the
Amalgamated Wood Workers International Union's
campaign to organize industrial woodworkers even though
the UBCJA constitution theoretically included those mill
hands. His priority was more and better organization.
McGuire greeted the development of building trade
councils in many cities as another step on the road to the
complete representation of all workers. National unions,
district councils, central labor bodies all built the move-
ment. "They are all wrapped up in each other's welfare.
When one is attacked all are alike ready to rush to the
rescue."
The Importance of Education — Unions should act,
said McGuire, as "primary schools for industrial thought."
He wanted the UBCJA to be a model for all trade unions;
he wanted the locals to be arenas of discussion, debate,
and education so that they could "prepare [workers] for
the changes to come."
In an era when great fortunes were flaunted alongside
extreme poverty, McGuire warned that social tensions
were approaching a breaking point. Only an educated and
active working class could make its needs known. He
urged the local unions to set up libraries, train members
in the art of public speaking, and consider issues of
politics and economics. On the national level, McGuire
used the Carpenter to examine current controversies,
political theories, international developments, and the
role of labor in society.
Education led to social involvement and McGuire
endorsed political action by labor. Ultimately, he hoped,
the labor movement would lead the American people to
the "co-operative commonwealth," a society free of the
bitter conflicts between social classes. But his dreams were
firmly grounded in reality. He had studied the various
reform philosophies — Populism, Socialism, Nationalism,
the Single-Tax, Co-operation, and Christian Socialism —
and had abandoned hope of finding a single source of
salvation.
The labor movement, and its immediate problems,
came first and foremost. Though he encouraged political
activism, he warned impatient labor organizers not to
neglect their unions. A political movement for workers
was a hollow shell without the organizational backing of
the trade unions. A steadily advancing labor movement
was the only certain basis to further workers' interests.
The visionary goals and the bread-and-butter demands
were part and parcel of the same union. The educational
and cultural aspects of the Brotherhood rested on the
day-to-day security of the members. McGuire's union
fought for improved working conditions, represented the
workers in their grievances, and provided benefits for
crises of sickness and death at home.
Union carpenters won impressive gains during
McGuire's reign. The average wage in 1881 was $2 a day.
Twenty years later, it had doubled, and was as high as
$5 in the larger cities. By 1902, UBCJA carpenters
The union carpenter was
declared "the master builder"
in tliis iUttslration from an
early issue of the Carpenter
newspaper. In those days,
before the rise of industriali-
zation in the construction
industry, tlie carpenter often
served as general contractor
and "jacli of all trades" on a
building project.
Peter McGuire, left, with an early associate in the American
labor movement. McGuire was ready at all times to assist
unions in other trades to form their own national
organizations.
worked eight-hour-days in nearly 500 cities, at a time
when ten and twelve -hour days were still common in
many industries.
The Machinery Wears Out
Success never comes without a cost, as McGuire was
learning. The years of his grinding schedule were finally
taking their toll. By the turn of the century, his body was
wracked with disease. Infirmity crept up on him with little
respect for his actual age. He was struggling to keep up
with his responsibilities in the UBCJA and the AFL.
Some of the other leaders who disagreed with his
policies of reform and jurisdictional cooperation used
his condition to question his ability to carry out the duties
of General Secretary. McGuire was reluctant to leave the
office that meant so much to him. But after months of
confusion, charges and counter-charges, the handwriting
was on the wall.
McGuire resigned at the 1902 convention in Atlanta.
Looking considerably older than his 50 years, the frail
leader told the delegates he could not and would not
continue. "A man wears out like a piece of machinery,"
he said, and he offered the convention his final words of
advice: "United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America, keep together; no split, no division, no dis-
organization . . . take means and care to preserve the
organization."
McGuire retired to his home in Camden, New Jersey.
For all his years of service to the labor movement, he was
still a poor man. He lived a quiet life with his family,
punctuated by occasional visits with old friends.
American labor had entered a new century, but
McGuire was to see few of its promises. Four years after
his resignation, on February 18, 1906, Peter J. McGuire
died. Even in his final moments, the organizer would not
be stilled. According to his daughter, "He kept talking
about Local 22 in California. He kept saying he had to
get there, that the men were in trouble."
Union carpenters have made enormous progress in the
seventy-five years since McGuire's death. Today's
carpenter, however, still faces uncertainty on the job. The
steady technological development of our society threatens
to displace many carpenter's tasks. Pre-fabricated materi-
als strip away traditional skills and new types of work
organization take jobs away from the construction site
and deliver them to the factory gate.
Building is slowing down in some parts of the country
and expanding in others, but, everywhere, the non-union
sector is growing. Non-union or double-breasted con-
tractors take jobs in the renovation of the older cities of
the Northeast as well as the new construction of the towns
in the South. Open-shop construction jumped from 20%
to 60% of total construction in the last decade.
The current political climate welcomes non-union
construction. Congress and state legislatures are now con-
sidering more anti-union legislation than at any time in
the last 25 years. Threats to reverse gains in occupational
safety and health and labor's legal right to organize
affect the entire workforce, but the building trades have
been singled out. Campaigns directed by right-to-work
groups have targetted the Davis-Bacon Act and the right
of on-site picketing for repeal.
P. J. McGuire knew how to face hard times. His
strategy was direct and his message was unmistakeable.
His motto was printed on the masthead of every issue of
the Carpenter. This message, perfect in its simplicity,
challenged labor in 1881 and challenges it today, in 1981:
"Organize, Agitate, Educate"
Near the grave site of Peter McGuire
in a cemetery at Merchantsville, N.J.,
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America erected this
memorial to its great leader. The
inscription above the columns reads:
"In memory of Peter J. McGuire,
founder of UB of C & J and Father
of Labor Day."
UIE lOnCRRTULRTE
. . . 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:
ONE-MAN MD FIGHTER
Fort Worth Carpenters
Repair Girls' Club
The Fort Worth, Tex., Girls' Club is a
United Way agency for girls 5 through
18. The club moved into a former church
five years ago, where energetic volleyball
and basketball players proceeded to
knock gaping holes in the accoustical tile
ceiling and damage the light fixtures on
the club's half-court gymnasium.
The Girls' Club board instructed Diana
Cronin, club executive director, to obtain
bids to remedy the situation last May,
the same month she became director of
the organization. It didn't take long to
learn that the required repairs would be
more than the club's budget could handle.
In desperation, Ms. Cronin turned to
Clark McDonald, business representative
of Carpenters Local 1822 in Forth Worth.
"The whole project snowballed from
that point," recalled Ms. Cronin. "The
board, staff and girls watched in awe at
the display of community comraderie
and assistance."
Sixty UBC members from Local 1822
went to work to completely reconstruct
the ceiling — installing new sheet rock,
accoustical tile and a framework for the
tile. Next, apprentices from the Electrical
Workers union came in to repair some
wiring and install recessed ceiling light
fixtures with protective coverings. To
finish the project, members of the Paint-
ers union applied acoustical paint to the
ceiling and painted the gym walls. All
totaled, the volunteers spent about 10
evenings and a few Saturdays completing
the joint project; the only cost to the
Girls' Club was $1,000 for materials.
Girls' Club staff members expressed
their appreciation for the donated reno-
vation work by serving the volunteers a
turkey dinner last November 12. That
was a little early for a Thanksgiving
menu, but the Fort Worth Girls' Club felt
it had a lot to be thankful for.
AIRPORT COMMISSIONER
Perry Joseph, business manager of Car-
pet, Linoleum, Hardwood and Resilient
Tile Layers' Local 310, has been named
by Mayor Vincent C. Schoemehl Jr. to
the St. Louis, Mo., Airport Commission.
Joseph is to serve a full, four-year term
on the commission.
Joseph, is a director of the St. Louis
Ambassadors, the Industrial Development
Authority of the city of St. Louis, and he
is associated with several other civic and
charitable entities.
B'NAI B'RITH HONOR
David K. Roe, Lathers 190, Minneap-
olis, Minn., has a long and distinguished
history in labor. In addition to serving
two years as busi-
ness representative
for Local 190, 13
years on the Min-
neapolis Building
Trades Council,
and 10 years as
president of the
State Building and
Construction
Trades Council,
Roe is currently
ROE
serving as president of the Minnesota
AFL-CIO, a position he has held since
October, 1966. He also serves as a board
member for many organizations, includ-
ing the Salvation Army, Cerebral Palsy,
and the Governor's Commission on Em-
ployment of Handicapped Persons, in ad-
dition to being elected to the Board of
Regents of the University of Minnesota
last year. Roe recently received a very
distinguished public service award, the
International B'nai B'rith American Tra-
ditions Award. During presentation of the
award, the highest honor for public serv-
ice bestowed by B'nai B'rith, guest speaker
Warren Spannaus, Minnesota attorney
general, praised Roe's work on behalf of
the elderly, education, and the poor.
GEORGE MEANY AWARD
^ f ^*,'
Douglas G. Scheel, a member of Local
14 in San Antonio, Tex., recently
received the George Meany Award for
outstanding service to youth as a
volunteer Scouting leader. The presen-
tation was made by Clifford White,
Labor Liaison for the San Antonio United
Way, at a San Antonio AFL-CIO Council
meeting. Scheel was cited for 18 years
of volunteer leadership. The above
picture shows award winner Scheel,
center, with Labor Liaison White, left,
and Scheel's wife, Joy, on right.
Albert E. VerCruysse, a 64-year old
retired member of Local 1345, Buffalo,
N.Y., recently sent a letter to the General
Office with the information that he had
not been getting his Carpenter magazine.
However, in his own words: "It is no
fault of yours ... I have been on the go
too much this past year for it to catch up
to me." A modest understatement from
a motorcycle enthusiast dedicated to
fighting Muscular Dystrophy (MD), the
disease that killed his wife 6Vi years ago,
and kept her wheelchair-bound for 22
years.
Since his wife's death, VerCruysse has
become a self-proclaimed "Ambassador
of Goodwill," constantly traveling to
publicize the campaign against MD, and
appearing on the annual Jerry Lewis
Telethon. Last year, VerCruysse made
what he calls a "love run" from coast-
to-coast to publicize the cause, and
"thank the American people for their
generous support in our annual drives."
Riding a Harley-Davidson, VerCruysse
charted 6500 miles across the country,
averaging 320 miles a day.
VerCruysse claims he's not a "young
lad" anymore, but he tries "to keep a
young mind." Last fall, he remarried and
is currently making plans for the next
"love run," with one addition: this time
there will be two VerCruysses taking that
Harley across the country.
SAN DIEGO UPDATE
Last year, The Carpenter reported on
the activities of some members in San
Diego who were rallying to raise money
for jet-turbine helicopters for the San
Diego County Sheriff's Department. The
idea originated with Art Chaskin, San
Diego District Council business agent,
who is now vice-chairman of the newly
formed non-profit organization ASTREA
(Aerial Support to Regional Enforce-
ment Agencies) under chairman Bill
Cowling, president of Dixieline Lumber
Company. Dennis Bond, another mem-
ber of the committee and recording
secretary of Local 2020, San Diego,
Calif., has designed a solid bronze
limited edition belt buckle with the
ASTREA logo that is being used as
one of the major fund raisers; the belt
buckle is available to contributors of
$25 or more.
MARCH, 1982
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HPPREniicESHiP & TRninmc
Mid-Year Training
Conference Plans
First Vice President Patrick J. Camp-
bell, co-chairman of the National Joint
Committee, has announced that a Mid-
Year Training Conference will be held
in St. Louis, Mo., April 19-22, at the
Chase Park Plaza Hotel. Registration
cards for the conference should be or-
dered from the Apprenticeship and Train-
ing Department in Washington.
Campbell noted that the St. Louis
meeting is expected to be of special
interest because the St. Louis Joint Com-
mittee has one of the largest and most
progressive PETS programs underway. A
visit to the St. Louis Carpentry Training
Center is planned during the conference.
Conferees will be able to see a PETS
program in action during a typical train-
ing day.
Cleveland PETS
An apprentice in the Cleveland. O.,
training program finishes a framing
project under the PETS (Performance
Evaluation Training System).
Nassau County Honors Mill-Cabinet Grads
The Joint Carpenters Apprenticeship &
Journeymen Retraining Committee of
Nassau County. N.Y., recently held a
cabinetmaker graduation ceremony and
dinner dance. Special guests at the grad-
uation included General Secretary John
Rogers and Executive Board Member
Joseph Lia. Graduating apprentices are
shown in the picture above, standing,
from left: S. Garran, J. Conlin, G. Bono,
T. Wikman, C. Krizek, B. Moore, J.
Meyer, A. Ehl, G. Beach, S. Batt, A.
Siano, and R. Fitzgerald. Guests are
seated, from left: Local 1772 Business
Representative E. Dunekack, Local 1093
Business Representative G. Merkel. New
York State Coordinator M. Torruella,
Executive Board Member Lia, General
Secretary Rogers, Local 1397 Business
Representative Wisnieswski, Nassau
County Coordinator J. Howard, Local
2765 Business Representative J. Baker,
and Local 1292 Business Representative
J. Fuchs. In the picture on the right, first
place winner of the Nassau County Car-
pentry Contest James Meyer receives a
commemorative plaque from Coordinator
John Howard. Looking on are, from left,
NYS Coordinator Torruella, Nassau
County J AC Chairman Frank Nastasi,
Executive Board Member Lia, and Gen-
eral Secretary Rogers.
Labor of Love for a Fellow Apprentice at Michigan Training School
Carpenter Apprentices from Local 1449,
Lansing, Mich., gather in shop area to
present their handicraft to one of their
own. Penny Bogart Gamble, an expectant
mother, was the recipient of the cradle.
Back row, from left: Daria Hyde, Ken
Oliver, John Chamberlain, Les Sage, Dan
Steward, Mark Hill, Luke Klein, Dave
Hopkins, Instructor Don Lockwood, and
Joe Cantin.
Kneeling from left: Penny Bogart
Gamble, Mary Madonis, Jim Ricci,
Christopher Hanson. Missing when
picture was taken — Christine Melcher
and Gina A licia.
26
THE CARPENTER
OSHA Clarifies Citation Policy
For Multi-Employer
The Department of Labor's Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) announced a revised policy de-
signed to clarify who is accountable for
violations of safety and health standards
at multi-employer worksites, such as those
in construction.
"OSHA's basic policy of holding em-
ployers responsible for the safety and
health of their own employees remains
unchanged," Assistant Secretary of Labor
Thorne G. Auchter, who heads OSHA,
said.
"However, there have been instances
in the past, such as at multi-employer
construction sites, where OSHA cited the
employer with the general control over
the worksite for a violation which was
actually the responsibility of a secondary
employer, such as a sub-contractor, who
more immediately exposed employees to
job site hazards," Auchter said. "In many
instances, the controlling employer has
been forced to seek relief from such
OSHA citations by contesting them.
"Our revised policy will finally clarify
which employer is most immediately
accountable for violations at multi-
employer worksites," he added. "It en-
sures that the employer most responsible
for and the best able to correct a worksite
hazard will receive a citation."
Auchter said that the new policy was
developed from recommendations sug-
gested to him by labor unions and
industry representatives of OSHA's Ad-
visory Committee.
Auchter said that under the revised
policy, citations will not be issued to
employers who meet specific conditions
constituting a "legitimate defense." All of
the following conditions must be met for
such a defense.
— ^The employer did not create the
condition.
— ^The employer does not have the
authority or ability to correct the
hazard.
— The employer has made a reasonable
effort to persuade the employer who
does have control to correct hazard.
— The employer has taken feasible
steps to minimize his/her employees,
exposure.
In very rare situations when all expos-
ing employers at the worksite meet the
above conditions and, therefore cannot
be cited, the employer in the best posi-
tion to correct or assure correction of the
hazard may be cited. In such cases, how-
ever, the citation must involve a violation
of a specific OSHA standard, not a viola-
tion of the general duty clause which
obligates an employer to provide a safe
and healthful workplace for his/her own
employees when no specific OSHA regula-
tion covers the situation.
The new policy is contained in OSHA
Instruction CPL 2.49. It became effective
Dec. 23. Single copies of the new instruc-
tion can be obtained from the OSHA
Office of Information and Consumer
Affairs, Room N3637, U.S. Department
of Labor, Washington, D.C. 20210 by
sending a self-addressed mailing label.
$1 Billion In Outlays
Tied To 24,000 Jobs
For each $1 billion spent for new
construction during 1980 there were
about 24,000 workers employed for a full
year, according to a study by US Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS) economist
Robert Ball, published in the December
issue of the agency's Monthly Labor Re-
view. More than half of the jobs created
were in industries that produce, sell, and
deliver materials and equipment required
for construction, Ball says.
The BLS survey, which was begun in
1959, covers a variety of public and pri-
vate construction activity. It provides in-
formation on the amount of labor time
required to complete the various types of
activity per $1,000 of construction con-
tract cost. Both onsite and offsite esti-
mates are provided.
Economist Ball reports that for 1980
the fewest jobs were generated in com-
mercial office buildings and civil works
land projects (nearly 22,000 jobs per
billion dollars) and the largest were in
public housing (26,000 per billion).
AMOCO Boycotted
For Non-Union Work
At the recent AFL-CIO Building
Trades Convention in Atlantic City, N.I.,
a resolution submitted by the Houston
Gulf Coast Building Trades Council was
adopted calling for the boycott of Ameri-
can Oil Company (AMOCO) products
and services. AMOCO recently awarded
a IVi million dollar contract to Brown
& Root, Inc., a non-union contractor, for
a plant facility in Texas City, Texas.
Brown & Root operates nation-wide on
an open-shop basis, depriving many
skilled union craftsmen of employment.
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AVE. NW, WASH., D.C. 2000!
SORRY, BUT NO PAYMENT MADE
AND POETRY NOT ACCEPTED
FLY NOW, PAY LATER
TRAVELER: I'm worried. This is
my first airplane ride.
STEWARDESS: If it wasn't safe,
would we let you use a credit card?
CENTENNIAL YEAR
GOOD OLD DAYS
CUSTOMER: Give me two big,
thick porterhouse steaks.
BUTCHER: Boy, you sure don't
look like on Arab.
LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL
NOT MUCH CHOICE
NIT: Would you like your coffee
black?
WIT: What other colors do you
have?
BUY U.S. AND CANADIAN
SIGN OF THE TIMES
A supermarket in Dallas has the
following sign: "Express Lone . . .
$75 or less."
HE'S CONVINCED
"You must also remember," said
the real estate salesman, "that the
death rate in this community is the
lowest in the state."
"I can believe that," said the
potential buyer. "I wouldn't want to
be caught dead here myself."
UNION DUES BRING DIVIDENDS
FRONT OF THE BUS
The man who gets into a cage
full of lions impresses everyone ex-
cept a school bus driver.
SHOW YOUR BUMPER STICKER
COMING CLOSE
HUSBAND: Well, did the doctor
find out what you had?
WIFE: Almost. I had $40 and he
charged me $38.
GET WISE! ORGANIZE!
GENERATION GAP
OLD DUDE: Honey, where you
been all my life?
SWEET THING: For the first 40
years or so I wasn't born yet.
ATTEND UNION MEETINGS
MUTE COMMUTER
A commuter hurrying to catch a
suburban train stopped short when
she saw a woman bent over
her steering wheel. "Is anything
wrong?" she asked solicitously. The
woman nodded in dismay. "For 10
years," she wailed, "I've driven my
husband to the station to catch the
7:05. This morning I forgot him!"
THIS MONTH'S LIMERICK
There was an old man from Lenore,
With a mouth as wide as a door.
One day when he grinned.
He slipped and fell in.
And lay inside out on the floor.
— B. F. Barrow, Local 14
Son Antonio, Tax.
SURE SIGN, LADY
The bus was crowded, the high-
way crowded and icy and the
woman passenger persisted in ask-
ing the driver if they had come to
her stop yet. Finally, she asked:
"How will I know when we get to
my stop?"
"By the big smile on my face,
lady," said the driver.
SUPPORT VOC AND CHOP
ENERGY SHORTAGE
This farmer out in Kansas put up
three windmills to produce his own
electricity, but he had to take one
down. There was only enough wind
to run two.
— C. Edwin Miller
Local 287, Harrisburg, Pa.
UNION DUES BRING DIVIDENDS
HIGHER FINANCE
BERT: Your son got a job as an
executive?
BUD: Yep. He's a loan officer at
a gas station.
BUY U.S. AND CANADIAN
RETROACTIVE PLAY
MILLIE: You're all in black. Did
your husband die?
TILLIE: No, but he's been so im-
possible lately that I went back into
mourning for my first husband.
BE IN GOOD STANDING
ONLY A DAY DREAM
BILL: My wife says every night
she dreams that she married a mil-
lionaire.
PHIL: You're lucky. Mine thinks
that in the daytime.
LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL
MAYBE A FUR PIECE
GAL: That fur is sure pretty, but
who would pay $12,000 for it?
SAL: I don't know, but I'll find
him.
28
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and power with an economy plus:
gas mileage ratings even a
4-cylinder '82 Toyota pickup with a
5-speed transmission doesn't beat.
FEDERAL
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Use estimated MPG for com-
parisons. Your mileage may differ
depending on speed, distance,
weather Mileage will be less in
heavy city traffic. Actual highway
mileage lower
Some Chevrolet trucks are
equipped with engines produced
by other GM divisions, subsidiaries,
or affiliated companies worldwide.
See your dealer for details.
More leg room than any full-size
pickup. More leg and head room
than a Toyota or Datsun pickup.
With the available V6, S-10 has
twice the towing power of the
imports. The optional V6 and
optional Heavy-Duty Towing
Package let a properly equipped
Chevy S-10 haul up to 4,000 lbs.,
THE NEW-SIZE
including trailer and cargo. What's
more, a Heavy-Duty Payload
Option lets tough Chevy S-10 with
V6 haul bigger payloads than
many full-size pickups.
S-10's newest domestic competi-
tion doesn't offer a V6. And
neither do the imports.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN
ATRUCK LIKE IT BEFORE.
CHEVY TRUCKS
CHEVY IS THE POWER
IN TRUCKS.
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Location of detectors in relation to
air supply and air relurn registers.
Installation for a
one-floor home
with all bedrooms
on one level.
Locale smoke
detector between
the sleeping area
and living area.
Diagram indicates
other possible
detector locations.
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Whether you live in an area that re-
quires smoke detectors, or your home is
in an area where the installation of smoke
detectors is left to the homeowner's dis-
cretion, basic information concerning
smoke detectors should be required read-
ing for all homeowners. Simply and in-
expensively installed, smoke detectors
provide a reliable early warning system
in the event of fire, and understanding
how these devices work in order to keep
them operating effectively could save your
and your family's lives.
How do smoke detectors work?
Smoke detectors work by sensing the
rising smoke from a fire and sounding an
alarm. They can detect smoke far from
the origin of the fire. Smoke detectors are
most valuable at night — alerting family
members to the presence of fire when
they are asleep.
Two types of smoke detectors available
are the photoelectric smoke detector and
the ionization chamber smoke detector.
The photoelectric smoke detector uses a
photoelectric bulb that sends forth a beam
of light. When smoke enters the detector,
light from the beam is reflected from
smoke particles into a photocell, and the
alarm is triggered.
The ionization chamber smoke detector
contains a small radiation source that
produces electrically charged air mole-
cules called ions. The presence of these
ions allows a small electric current to flow
in the chamber. When smoke particles
enter the chamber they attach themselves
to these ions, reducing the flow of electric
current. The change in the current sets off
the alarm.
Is the radioactive material in an ioniza-
tion chamber detector a hazard?
No. Before smoke detectors containing
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market, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) performs a radiation
safety analysis to make sure that the de-
tectors meet safety requirements.
Which detector is better, the ionization
chamber smoke detector or the photo-
electric smoke detector?
Both types of detectors are equally
effective in the home. If properly in-
stalled, they can provide adequate warn-
ing for the family. Some differences exist
between the two when they operate close
to the origin of the fire. Ionization detec-
tors will respond more quickly to flaming
fires. Photoelectric detectors will gener-
ally respond faster to smoldering fires.
These differences, however, are not crit-
ical. The detector you buy should be
approved by a major testing laboratory
such as Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
(UL).
Where is the best place to install my
detector?
Because smoke rises, the best place to
install a detector is on the ceiling or high
on an inside wall just below the ceiling.
However, if the ceiling is below an un-
insulated attic or in a mobile home, the
detector should be placed on the wall
15-30 cm (6-12 in.) below the ceiling. In
a multi-level air-conditioned home, a de-
tector is needed on each level. On the
first floor, the detector should be placed
on the ceiling at the base of the stairwell.
Sleeping Areas. Detectors should be
installed close enough to the bedrooms
so that the alarm can be heard if the
doors are closed. Do not install a smoke
detector within 92 cm (3 ft.) of an air
supply register that might blow the smoke
away from the detector. A detector
should not be installed between the air
return to the furnace and the sleeping
area as the smoke will be recirculated
and diluted resulting in a delayed alarm
(see diagrams at right). If you usually
sleep with your doors closed, you might
consider installing an additional detector
inside the bedroom. If a fire starts in the
bedroom, the detector inside that room
will respond faster than the one in the
hallway.
Basement. The detector should be
located on the basement ceiling at the
bottom of the stairway for the best pro-
tection.
If I have a detector in the basement will
I be able to hear it in the bedrooms?
If you are sleeping, it may be difficult
to hear a detector located away from the
Continued on Page 35
30
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Mattoon, III. — Picture No. 1
Mattoon, III. — Picfure No. 2
Mattoon, 111. — Picture No. 3
Service
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Brotherhood
Tulsa, Okla. — Picture No. 1
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.
TULSA, OKLA.
Millwrights Local 1015 recently honored
members with 20 and more years of service at
its award banquet. Special guest Executive
Board Member Dean Sooter assisted with the
pin presentations.
Picture No. 1 shows 40-year members, from
left: Jimmy Pitson and Elmo (Blackle) Burke.
Picture No. 2 shows 35-year members, from
left: Jim Rozell, George Hannah and Norbert
Smith.
Picture No. 3 shows 30-year member Bud
Gilmer.
Picture No. 4 shows 25-year members, from
left: Robert (Cotton) Alberty, Jerry Delacerda
and Don White.
Picture No. 5 shows, from left: General
Executive Board Member Dean Sooter, Former
Business Agent Jim Weir, who received a plaque
for appreciation of outstanding service, and
Business Agent George Moore. Former Presi-
dent Steve Keck (not pictured) also received a
plaque for appreciation of outstanding service.
Picture No. 6 shows, from left: General
Representative Fred Purifoy, Millwright
Business Agent George Moore, and General
Executive Board Member Dean Sooter.
Members receiving service pins but not
present are as follows: Delbert Gray, Paul
Jackson, Don Marks, Bob McDowell, and Marvin
Stockton.
MATTOON, ILL.
Local 347 held Its annual picnic and pin
presentation on October 11, 1981. Service pins
were awarded to members with 25 to 45-years
of service.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, from
left: Robert Lawhorn and Carl Browning.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, from
left: Roy Patrick and Earl Dennis.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members, from
left: Dean Eldredge, Ora Cole, and Roy
Turrentine.
Members receiving pins but unavailable for
pictures are as follows: 25-year members
Dennis Neal, Russell Rutan, and Claude
Webster; 30-year members Paul Burry, Orval
Frazier, Conald Maynard, Alva Ogden, and
Charles E. Poynter; 35-year members Harry
Bathe, Lennox Crooks, Ernest Judy, Clyde
Morr, James McComas, Richard Refiner, and
Robert Shoot; 40-year members Emit Allen,
Delbert Hamilton, and Arthur Kneller; and
45-year members Henry Beyers, and Howard
Cobb.
Tulsa, Okla. — Picture No. 2
Tulsa, Okla.
—Picture No. 4
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Tulsa, Okla. — Picture No. 5
Tulsa, Okla. —
Picture No. 3
Bud Gilmer
Tulsa, Okla. — Picture No. 6
MARCH, 1982
31
Tulsa, Okla. — Picture No. 1
Picture No. 2
Picture No. 3
Picture No. 6
Picture No. 7
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Picture No. 8 Picture No. 9
TULSA, OKLA.
On October 23, 1981, Local 943 held its
annual pin presentation, banquet, and dance.
The keynote speaker was Rick L. McKinney,
executive vice-president of the Oklahoma
chapter of the Associated General Contractors
of America. In keeping with the centennial
celebration and honoring the members with
longevity in the Brotherhood, McKinney spoke
of the progress Oklahoma Carpenters and the
Associated General Contractors of Oklahoma
have made in the past 100 years of working
together.
Many special guests attended. Among these
were Sixth District Board Member Dean Sooter,
General Representative Fred Purifoy, Secretary-
Treasurer of Oklahoma State Council of
Carpenters Henry Baldridge, business repre-
sentatives from Locals 329, Oklahoma City,
Okla., and Local 1399, Okmulgee, Okla., and
Business Representative L. C. Taylor, Local
1565, Abilene, Tex.
The 125 members honored have over 4,000
years combined service.
Picture No. 10
Picture No. 1 shows 20-year members, from
left: Marion Massey, James Cox, and Jay
Phillips.
Picture No. 2 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left: Kenneth Westfall, and Tony
Mrosek.
Back row, from left: Silas Davis and John
Helt.
Picture No. 3 shows 30-year members, from
left: Charles Hoskins, Charlie Brown, and
Richard Wilson.
Picture No. 4 shows 35-year members, first
row, from left: T. D. Mize, John Owen, and
W. W. Reynolds.
Second row, from left: Ray Bowman, A. A.
Maledea, and Jack Westfall.
Third row, from left: Earl Tackett, Jewel
Bush, Clarence Fain, and Monrel Hambrell.
Picture No. 5 shows 35-year members, first
row, from left: Clent Lewis, and Perry Rice.
Second row, from left: Dick Henson, Ray
Inglett, and Fred Kampen.
Third row, from left: Jack Campbell, B. W.
Carpenter, Leonard Davis, and George Henson.
Picture No. 6 shows 40-year member Louis
Elliott.
Picture No. 7 shows 40-year members, first
row, from left: Jesse Stevenson, James Roberts,
and Lester Wlaston.
Second row, from left: Bill Wagner, Leslie
Bates, Kenneth Cummins, and Wayne Crown.
Third row, from left: Hooley Benge, Lee
Donaldson, Ned Hansen, and L. Kragel.
Picture No. 8 shows 55-year member Louis
"Red" Gibson.
Picture No. 9 shows Mrs. Carl Huffman
receiving a 60-year pin for her deceased
husband from Executive Board Member Sooter.
Picture No. 10 shows 65-year member
Charles Robinson.
The following members, scheduled to receive
pins, were unable to attend:
20-year members John M. Angus, Jimmy
Butler, Benny England, Melvin E. Goss, James
C. McKellop, J. D. Meredith, Jay C. Phillips,
John P. Watkins, and Lester C. Watson; 25-year
members William Brown, Charles G. Hager,
Earl J. Pfluger, Jimmy Joe Henson, Sr., Harry
Pankratz, and Billy D. Woodall; 30-year
members Harold Sommars, Harvey G. White-
cotton, James H. Calhoun, Kenneth Eads, James
H. Jones, Floyd Stanfield, L. A. Taylor, Luther
Taylor, Jim Wilson, Bobby Fleming, Walter
Harris, Herman H. Henderson, Ligmund G.
Kaplan, and Lester Littlefield; 35-year members
Carl R. Cleveland, Earl W. Curry, R. B. Dunn,
Levi G. Harrison, Harrison Humphrey, Luther
Johnson, George D. Munns, Bob E. Noble, Cecil
O'Neal, Charles H. Pratt, Richard Pritchett,
J. C. Scott, Paul Sorries, Frank Stainbrook,
Carl S. Tidwell, Ford Tinsley, Delmo Todd, Owen
Baker, Lucien Binge, C. M. Blackwell, Andy
Haskins, Herschel Jaggars, Robert L. Jennings,
L. D. Jones, Vernon C. Jones, Charles Lancaster,
R. T. Langston, John W. Nichols, Fred A.
Peterson, Melvin Ray, Lawrence L. Rippetoe,
Lawrence A. Smith, Tomy E. Tucker, Thomas E.
Wise, and Andy J. Lane; 40-year members G. L.
Bryant, Cliff L. Cunningham, Turner D. Jones,
Garland King, H. B. Klassen, C. R. McDonald,
Walton Rice, Ray Rothammer, DePurda Willits,
Jesse B. Wright, 0. W. Bruce, Emil W. Colburn,
Leonard Eckenrode, Earl L. Hopson, Realis
Merrell, Lee Porter, and Joe E. VanLandingham;
45-year members Jimmy Mclntire, W. B.
Millspaugh, W. J. Harmon, and Charles Schmall.
32
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Picture No. 2
Picture No. 3
Picture No. "^
MARCH, 1982
CLINTON, I A.
In conjunction with the centennial celebra-
tion of the United Brotherhood and the 80th
birthday of the local, Local 772, at its yearly
"Recognition Night," honored Brotherhood
members with service pins.
Picture No. 1 shows members receiving 25,
30, and 35-year pins, seated, from left: R.
Shumake, J. Rickerl, W. F. Timmons, E. Salutz,
and C. Bunn.
Standing, from left: M. Scroeder, S. Richter,
D. Lord, R. Dierks, R. Goddard, D. Nagle, E. J.
Gravert, T. Roling, T. Noble, J. Damhoff, L.
Sinksen, L. Greenwalt, and E. Johnson.
Picture No. 2 shows 40-year members,
seated, from left: T. Wiebenga, A. Burt, L. F.
Hudson, and C. Scott.
Standing, from left: C. Banker, R. Banker, S.
White, R. L Miller, H. Triphahn, E. Milder, and
A. Mulder.
Picture No. 3 shows 45-year member Gordon
Piatt, center, with Vice President Keith
Luckritz, left, and President Larry Cook, right.
Picture No. 4 shows 50-year member William
Lawrenz, center, with President Cook, left, and
Financial Secretary Gene Judge, right.
Picture No. 5 shows Fluor Constructors Inc.
Safety Engineer Lyie Rice, left, presenting
Fluor Safety Award belt buckle to retiring
member David Haring.
The first investigation of old age asso-
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Massachusetts Bureau of Labor Statistics,
according to a publication of the U.S.
Department of Labor.
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STICK IT
On Your Hard Hat
The Brotherhood Organizing Department
has Hard Hat Pencil Clips like the one
shown above available at A0(^ 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
clip comes with a SVi" pencil stub
already clipped in and ready to go. Just
peel off the adhesive cover and apply
the clip to your hard hat.
Order a Hard Hat Pencil (G0406) as
follows: Send 40<;: in cash, check or
money order to UBC Organizing Depart-
ment, 101 Constitution Ave., N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20001.
Be sure to enclose your full name and
address.
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PITTSTON, PA.
Local 401 recently honored members with 25
to 40 years of service to the brotherhood.
Local President John Godomski presented the
pins. The 33 members honored represent a
total of 1,059 years of service.
Shown in the picture are, first row, 40-year
members, from left: Alfred Ninotti, Philip
Maurizi, Ilio Maurizi, Vincent Lanunziata,
Dominick Recine, Patrick L. Colarusso, Angelo
Arfanella, Daniel Mancini, and 35-year member
Leo Kane.
Second row, from left: Thomas Tirva, 35-
years; Joseph Volvonas, 35-years; John C.
Dudnov, 35-years; Pete Coletti, 30-years; John
Seashock, 30-years, Michael Lombardo, 30-
years; Frank Stuccio, 25-years, and Gene J.
Cossa, 35-years.
Third row, 25-year members, from left:
George J. Chroback, Carlo S. Romaldini, John
Endrusick, George Zarychta, Nick Portanova,
and President Gadomski.
Honored members not present for the picture
are as follows; 25-year members Joseph
Skarbowski, James J. Lombardo, Herman
Salerno, Donald Brady, and Paul A. Hreha; 30-
year members Paul A. Condurso, Dominick
Nardone, Nick D. Solano, Frank M. Drost; and
35-year members Ed Doreskewicz and Sam
iorfida.
MADISON, N.J.
At Local 620's Christmas party, members
received service pins for 25-years of Brother-
hood membership. The pins were presented by
the local's President George Laufenberg.
First row, from left: Frank Giordano, Robert
Johnson, Harold Conover, John Gallan, Kurt
Dubberke, Dominick Romanelli, and Harry
Bennett.
Second row, from left: Joseph Moschella,
Anthony Esposito, Charles Thonus, Benjamin
Cappelo, and Rudolf Lonn.
Third row, from left: Coney Bella, Charles
Krebs, President Laufenberg, Anthony Mer-
candante, Joseph Caivano, and William
Anderson.
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are as follows: John Adickes, Monroe Baird,
Ragnar Bentzen, John Brachocki, John Bryson,
Herbert Demarest, Roy Engstrom, C. L.
Facchinei, Maurice Giroud, George Gray,
Raymond Greene, Thomas Krebs, Anthony
Pellegrino, Gunthardt Wagner, and George
Wythe.
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crooks. They know the GUstraps are out of
town. What the crooks don't know is that
right now, the neighbors are calling the cops.
Find out what you and your neighbors
can do to help each other. Write to: Crime
Prevention Coalition, Box 6600, RockvUle,
Maryland 20850. You can help.
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CARPENTERS' PAINTERS
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working conditions for employees.
Because of these factors, both the
California affiliates of the Carpen-
ters, and the Glaziers, an affiliate
of the Painters and Allied Trades,
have invested substantial amounts
from their trust funds in United
Homebuilders, which we look upon
as a prudent and desirable invest-
ment. These investments will make
possible permanent mortgages be-
low market rates, thus assuring the
affordability of these homes to
average consumers."
United Homebuilders holds an exclu-
sive license or U.S. Patent (No. 3665667)
on the material it calls "structuralcomb."
The material has been used in large quan-
tities throughout the aircraft and aero-
space industries because of its light weight
and exceptional strength characteristics.
The company sees it making "substantial
savings" in construction costs while pro-
viding "unlimited design flexibility."
Associated with United Homebuilders,
in addition to its chief executive officer,
Paul A. Ebeling, who has had 20 years
experience in construction, finance and
marketing, are:
• James A. Merriam, president of United
Homebuilders Development Corpora-
tion, an expert on launching new busi-
nesses and products.
• A. Lynn Castle, inventor of structural-
comb.
• William Seay, administrator of several
building trades union pension funds.
• Peter Verkerke, an official of the
Southern California and Arizona Glaz-
iers, Architectural Metal and Glass
Workers as well as of the union's pen-
sion fund.
• Mark A. Mischel, president of the
Harris Glass Company and chairman
of the union-management pension fund
in southern California and Arizona.
• Barbara Lockhart, an internationally
recognized designer.
• Dr. Thomas Fair Neblett Ph.D., head
of the Construction Systems Institute
and an experienced arbitrator, negotia-
tor and member of government labor-
management relations agencies.
HELPING HANDS
Continued from Page 10
493, Richard Colomna.
496, Lloyd W. White.
499, Franklin R. Dean.
503, Frank Mislimko, Ronald Spaeth,
504, Asher Ezrachi.
507, M/M Edgar N. Hagewood, Earl Cunning-
ham, Thomas Wayne Smith, Felto M. Ball,
508, Ken Pankey,
514, Edward P. Blazejewski, Sr., William F.
Cackowski, S. Marko.
515, Mrs. S, R. Archuleta, Fred L. Bunch.
517, George L. Simmons,
522, Memory of Gamett W, Hamlett,
526, Juan N, Flores, Alvin Marks.
528, Theron V. HiUis.
537, R. D. Fulmer, Harold Brandett.
538, Harry I. Olson,
558, Stanley E, Holmes, Joseph Repetny.
559, Roger Hazen.
563, William E, Petersen.
569, Thomas C, Plylar, Jr,
571, Thos W. Stripp,
578, Arnold Bischoff, Joseph Shoney,
586, Ernest Adam, Loren Hilton, Freddie D,
Lansdon, Marion J. Smith, Mauris N. Wat-
kins, John Stoman, Sr.
595, Peter A, Ruggeri.
601, Carl Story.
602, Bob Leonard, Charles V. Meyers.
603, Robert Conway.
606, Gordon Anderson.
607, Huber C. D'Ameron.
608, A. Gordon, Thomas H. Hansen, Kenneth
Caprio.
610, Joe Kelsey.
617, Douglas A. Skoog.
620, M/M E. L. Donovan, Robert Nearpass,
John F. Seiter, Frank Wasko, Jr., M/M
Paul E. Lozier, M. A. Petrone, J. F.
Schneider, John Pedersen, Peter Lee Brillon.
621, Daniel Tarr, Gerard P. Desjardins, Louis I.
Sproul.
624, J. R. Rumsey.
626, Wayne L. Snavely, Alan E. Stetson, E. D.
Beazley.
627, Rudolph Ibach.
635, A. C. Shurtlift.
639, John J. Duck, W. H. Bess, Dick Dunlap,
Bill Ferris, Loren Woods.
642, Frank C. Lunghi, George Meyers, Thomas
Rains.
650, Greg George, Robert W, Reed.
654, William M. West.
660, Garry R. Smith.
665, Anthony M. Danile, Bob Gregg.
668, Herbert Dietz, H. A, Wiklander, Henry M.
Kolbaba.
674, George W. Wolfe.
682, Fred Striegel.
685, Robert Sayre.
690, George W. Smith, Woodrow Roachell.
698, Robert A. Wiechman.
701, Steve Bebee, Thomas J. Sykes, George
Esmay.
703, David Lloyd, Sr., Roy Greene.
710, Donald R. Pierce, Frank X. Rabalais, H.
D. Tidwell, Ron Diggle, Eugene R. Hughes,
Norm Nelson, John C. McComb.
713, Don Goodfellow.
714, Arnell Lawman.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Space limitations pre-
vent us from listing- all current con-
tributors. We will continue tixe list in our
April issue.
SMOKE DETECTORS
Continued from Page 30
bedroom area. If you are installing more
than one detector, consider purchasing
units that can be interconnected. That
way, when one unit detects smoke, all
detectors will sound an alarm.
How are tlie detectors connected?
Smoke detectors can be connected two
ways: by pulling wires through the walls
or by a wireless system. Pulling the wires
through the walls is a more permanent
method and may require the services of
an electrician. The wireless system op-
erates on the same principle as home
wireless intercoms. Either procedure is
effective.
How are smoke detectors powered and
installed?
Detectors are powered two ways: by
batteries or by household electric current.
Battery-operated detectors are the easiest
to install. They require no outlets or
connections to household wiring. How-
ever, the batteries must be replaced ap-
proximately once a year to keep the
detector operating properly. The cost of
replacement batteries is between $2 and
$10.
All UL (Underwriters Laboratories,
Inc.) approved battery-operated smoke
detectors are required to sound a trouble
signal when the battery needs to be re-
placed. This "chirp" signal usually lasts
7 days. If you are away from home for
an extended period of time, it is advisable
when you return to check your detector,
according to manufacturer's instructions,
to make sure the battery has not lost
power.
Smoke detectors that operate on house-
hold current can be powered two ways.
The detector, equipped with a 240-270
cm (8-9 ft.) electrical cord, can be
plugged into an existing wall outlet. A
detector powered this way should not be
operated with an on-off switch, as it may
be accidentally turned off. It can also be
wired permanently into your home's elec-
trical system. This procedure requires an
electrician, and the cost is usually between
$25 and $50.
Will a fire disable a detector that is wired
directly to the household electrical power?
A fire in the home electrical circuit
that would interrupt power to a smoke
detector is a remote possibility. If an ap-
pliance, such as a TV set in the living
room, starts the fire, a smoke detector
located outside the bedroom area should
sound an alarm before the fire reaches
the electrical wiring. This is particularly
true if the TV set and smoke detector
are on different circuits.
How do I get the best service from my
detector?
Dirt, extreme changes in temperature,
and cooking exhaust smoke can cause a
false alarm or a malfunction of a smoke
detector. To prevent false alarms, locate
the detector away from air vents, air
conditioners, and fans. Keep the grillwork
of the detector free of dirt by dusting or
vacuuming regularly. Check and replace
batteries periodically. Test your detectors
every 30 days by using the test button, if
provided, or by blowing smoke into the
unit.
What do I do if the alarm goes off?
The best fire detection equipment can
only tell you that there is a fire. AH fire
alarms should be used with a family
escape plan. A smoke detector in working
condition will usually give you at least 3
minutes to evacuate the house. Fire drills
should be held so that all family mem-
bers know what to do. Each person
should be aware of all escape routes in
the home, including bedroom windows.
Do not try to fight the fire yourself.
Choose a meeting place outside so you'll
know everyone in the house has escaped.
Don't stop to call the fire department
from your home — use a neighbor's
phone.
Reprinted by courtesy of the U.S. De-
partment of Commerce National Bureau
of Standards.
MARCH, 1982
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The following list of 687 deceased members and spouses represents
a total of $818,438.00 death claims paid in December, 1981. (s)
following name in listing indicates spouse of member.
Local Union, City
4, Davenport, lA — Dorothy D. Pauly (s),
Keith Gruenhagen, Orton G. Fisher.
5, St. Louis, MO— Bealy Hugh Milton.
8, Philadelphia, PA— Regina D. Minnar (s).
11, Cleveland, OH— John H. Gibson.
12, Syracuse, NY — George F. Raynor.
14, San Antonio, TX — Ophelia P. Rodriguez
(s), W. J. Bonham, William DeGroat.
15, Hackensack, NJ— Gladys C. Engel (s).
16, Springfield, IL — Gertrude E. Sullivan (s).
19, Detroit, MI — John C. Martin, Raymond
F. Kowalski.
20, New York, NY — Ivar Johansen, Olivia
Olsen (s). Peter J. Scannapieco.
22, San Francisco, CA — John Rusk, Norval
W. Ashworth. Sam Sciume.
24, Central, CT — Florence Nesci (s). Gustave
Haversat, Paul W. Wyser, Robert L.
Newton.
27, Toronto, Ont., CAN.— Alice L. Thom-
son (s), Burtchill H. Smith, Mary Violet
White (s).
30, New London, CT— Arthur X. Bessette.
John K. Niemi, Nicholas Scarlato.
32, Springfield, MA — George H. Remillard,
Jules T. Caron.
35, San Rafael, CA — Alfred Alson, Alonzo
D. Whearty, Burl Copes.
36, Oakland, CA— Floyd E. Miller, Louis T.
Jackson.
37, Shamokin, PA — Julia Turlis (s).
38, St. Cafhrns. Ont., CAN— Thomas Hall.
40, Boston, MA — James P. Fardy, John Car-
nell.
41, Woburn, MA — Spark Ledrew.
42, San Francisco, CA — Albin Lindblom.
44, Champaign Urba, IL — Ramon H. Suther-
land.
47, St. Louis, MO — Bernard M. Crissup,
Lloyd L. Erickson.
S3, White Plains, NY — Henry Johnson. Julia
Morgado (s). Rosina Sabatino (s) Warren
Ackerly.
55, Denver, CO— Calvin S. Kennedy, Paul
Bryan.
58, Chicago, IL — Alfred Swanson, Edward
A. Brennan, Elmer Morner.
60, Indianapolis, IN — Arthur P. Bailey, Cecil
Bain, Frieda C. Bottin (s), Martha
Marie Fischer (s).
61, Kansas City, MO— Esther Helen Kobby
(s), Ethel G. Headding (s), Felix Chris-
tianson, Gerald O. Stroud, James W.
Fleming. Richard Hampton Lee, Wil-
liam A. Lancaster.
62, Chicago, IL — Axel Edward Anderson,
Claus Solerlind, Frank A. Bretschneider,
Oscar H. Engdahl.
63, Bloomington, IL — Lyie Oren Dobbins.
64, Louisville, KY — Cecil E. Lowery. Robert
R. Thompson. William F. Stratton.
69, Canton, OH— Weldy E. Anderson.
71, Fort Smith, AR — James H. Sanderson.
73, St. Louis, MO— Mary Ella Byrd (s).
78— Troy, NY— Fred W. Cardany, John
Knauer.
81, Erie, PA— Robert C. Quigley, Sr.
82— Haverhill, MA— Barbara Bacheller (s),
Ernest W. Poulin.
83, Halifax, N.S., CAN— Charles W. Yea-
don. Demont Lloyd, Felix Saulnier.
85, Rochester, NY— Joseph R. Panello.
88, Anaconda, MT — John Arthur Swanson.
89, Mobile, AL— Barbara J. Burch (s).
90, Evansville, IN— Carl D. Hauschild, John
G. Nester. Nellie L Farrar (s).
93, Ottawa, Ont., CAN— David Romain,
Leon Pommainville.
Local Union, City
94, Providence, RI— Alice B. Siok (s), Ed-
ward J. Marchant.
95, Detroit, MI— Owen Rene, Sterk Vir-
ginia (s).
98, Spokane, WA — Dean Nagle, Evelyn L.
Adams (s), Gerald E. Pluth.
99, Bridgeport, CT— Emily Doty Carlson (s).
100, Muskegon, MI — Phyllis Sniegowski (s).
101, Baltimore, MD — Harry Greenwalt,
Jioachin, Cangelosi, Mary Leola Gesell
(s), Robert L. Anderson, Robert V.
Smith, Roland L. Tawney, Verna E.
Palumbo (s).
102, Oakland, CA— Elizabeth C. Fey (s).
104, Dayton, OH— Arvid N. Anderson, Clif-
ford F. Howe.
105, Cleveland, OH — Gunnar Franzen.
106, Des Moines, lA — John Thomas.
112, Butte, MT— John J. Markovich, Jr.
116, Bay City, MI— Perl D. Eckerd.
131, Seattle, WA— Evert Marjulin.
132, Washington, DC— Elizabeth Thorpe (s),
Gunther H. M. Kniest.
134, Montreal, Que., CAN — Felix Poirier,
Marie Reine LaPlante (s), Romeo Laro-
chelle, Leo Langlois, Marguerite Perusse
(s).
135, New York, NY— Isaac Goldwag, Ottilia
Moberg (s).
153, Helena, MT— Ethel A. Magill (si,
Sharon R. Knutson (s).
154, Kewanee, IL — Alfred Greiert, Sr.
161, Kenosha, WI— Bertha Barnett (s).
162, San Mateo, CA — Louis Mangini.
165, Pittsburg, PA— Nancy R. Seller (s).
171, Youngstown, OH — Alice Winifred An-
derson (s), Frank J. Smolik, Swenson
John Albert.
181, Chicago, II^Gwendolyn Engh (s).
185, St. Louis, MO — Ralph Turnbaugh.
194, East Bay, CA— Averd A. Conway, Ella
Mae Francis (s).
198, Dallas, TX— Charles E. Speir, Cleve H.
Culpepper, Robert E. Hamm, Harvey
G. Korkames, Jose Rocha Chacon.
199, Chicago, Il^Carl G. Strom.
200, Columbus, OH— Earl Rickard.
201, Wichita, KS — Ajulian Lewis Manning,
Erma Ann Phillips (s). Nix Webb.
210, Stamford, CT— Elliott H. Kuhne.
215, Lafayette, IN— Elmer C. Bogan, Har-
vey O. Parvis.
225, Atlanta, GA— William M. Crim.
226, Portland, OR— Charles F. Heber, Evelyn
Jean Hokenson (s). Otto Libke, Wello
M. Forrest.
228, Pottsville, PA— William M. Franken-
stine.
235, Riverside, CA— Martha Chesley (s),
Philip J. Paxton.
242, Chicago, IL— Fred R. Gomoll.
246 — New York, NY — Alfonso Dambrosio,
Ann Kleber (s), Livio Salviani.
249, Kingston, Ont., CAN— Samuel Rippi.
254, Cleveland. OH— Robert N. Andler,
Sophie L. Zirnfus (s).
256, Savannah, GA — Helen Newman Sparks
Ashmore (s). Ruby Shuman Rahn (s).
257, New York, NY — Arne M. Marthinsen,
Irving Rubinfeld, Max Huckstadt, Oscar
Prince, Charles Syrak.
264, Milwaukee, WI — James Tngbretson.
266, Stockton, CA— Willis S. Robbins.
267, Dresden, OH— John Richard Byrd.
272, Chicago Hgl., IL — Jeffrey F. Grigson.
275, Newton, MA — Kostant Sucich.
280, Niagara-Gen & Vic, NY— Joseph
Washak.
Local Union, City
283, Augusta, GA — Jimmy Lewis Brooks,
Joe H. Whitaker.
284, New York, NY — George Hetterich,
Irving Mestel, James Fulton.
286, Great Falls, MT— Gordon D. Mindt.
287, Harrisburg, PA — Clair E. Firestone,
Nancy L. White (s), Vance E. Bricker.
299, Union City, NJ— John L. Bonaldi.
302, Huntington, WV— C. Herbert Wilson.
Harry M. Gladwell.
311, Joplin, MO — Lawrence E. Akins, Rad-
ford A. Murphy, Raymond A. Gass,
William Ed Tarter.
316, San Jose, CA— Robert R. Pallan.
317, Aberdeen, WA — Thomas H. Hughes.
329, Oklahoma City, OK— Joseph M. Trib-
ble.
331, Norfolk, VA— Juanita Hodges (s).
334, Saginaw, MI — Dwain Preston Rippie.
335, Grand Rapids, MI — Fred W. Bamman.
337, Detroit, MI — Aune Reinholm (s), James
E. Riggs, Kenneth C. Beckman, Nels O.
Foseide.
340, Hagerslown, MD — John S. Rockwell.
342, Pawtucket, RI— Edgar E. Boucher,
Thomas H. Bannon.
343, Winnipeg, Mani., CAN — Alexander Hill,
Elmer Hanson.
344, Waukesha, WI — Theresa Wagner (s).
345, Memphis, TN — Albert Anderson, Alfred
L. Roberson, Nellie V. Earnest (s).
347, Mattoon, IL — June Maxine Shoot (s).
350, New Rochelle, NY— Anthony J. Car-
riero.
360, Galesburg, IL — John Terry Busse.
361, Dululh, MN — Marcella Bourgeault (s).
374, Buffalo, NY— Fred J. Hawkes.
377, Alton, IL— Rupert E. Creeling.
385, New York, NY— Antonio Current!,
James Innes, John Lipuma.
393, Camden NJ — Elizabeth Vernamonti (s).
398, Lewiston, ID — Anna Lucile Pearson (s).
403, Alexandria, LA — Wilfred J. Dauzat,
David R. Scroggs.
404, Lake Co., OH— Charles J. Fedor.
411, San Angelo, TX— Leslie H. Lammers.
415, Cincinnati, OH— Clifford E. Jones.
422, New Brighton, PA— Charlotte Ber-
nauer (s).
424, Hingham, MA — Evelyn A. Lavigne (s),
James A. Morgan.
425, El Paso, TX— Flora Lou Palmore (s),
K'ermit Koerth.
433, Belleville, IL — Loyd Stanton.
434, Chicago, IL — Elmer Biterlin, Henry
Goos.
448, Waukegan, IL— Jack J. Fish.
452, Vancouver, B.C., CAN— George W.
Furu, John Penner, Michael Andrew
Ffau, Robert Thomas Moore.
454, Philadelphia, PA— David J. Parker.
462, Creensburg, PA— H. Ronald Sell.
470, Tacoma, WA — Ernest D. Simkins, Lyle
W. Hedden.
480, Freeburg, II^W. Nowlen Cook.
482, Jersey City, NJ — Frank Lentini.
483, San Francisco, CA — Lewis Franklin
Stone.
488, New York, NY— Joseph Daidola.
494, Windsor, Ont., CAN— Robert S. Gra-
ham.
500, Butler, PA— Charles H. Riley.
504, Chicago, IL — Morris Buyer.
507, Nashville, TN— Clara J. Winfree (s).
508, Marion II^Ralph E. Allen.
541, Washington, PA— Ora O. Williams.
543, Mamaroneck, NY — Vincenza Pinto (s).
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THE CARPENTER
Local Union, City
550, Oakland, CA — Edmund Engbrock,
George E. Jensen.
562, Everett, WA — Vince Zuanich.
579, St. John, NF, CAN— Janie M. Knee (s).
583, Portland, OR— James A. Willing.
586, Sacramento, CA — Margaret E. Azary
(s).
600, Lehigh Valley, PA— Anna R. Haberle
(s), Esther May Roth (s), Jennie P.
Campbell (s), Raymond Parastino.
608, New York, NY — Mary Sweeney (s),
Richard M. Mendick.
623, Atlantic County, NJ— Leon L. Wool-
bert, Wade E. Archer.
624, Brockton, MA — Martin F. Brewster.
626, Wilmington, DE— Mary K. Little (s).
627, Jacksonville, FL — Benjamin F. Dryden,
William D. Gadsden.
633, Madison, IL — Francis H. Clanton.
635, Boise, ID — Benjamin H. Minger.
642, Richmond, CA — Joseph Borges.
643, Chicago, IL — Thomas T. Lovero.
655, Key West, FI^Esmond W. Albury.
658, Millinocket, ME— Mellon C. King.
666, Etobicoke, Ont., CAN— Emma R. Gray
(s).
668, Palo Alto, CA— Walter A. Harju.
674, Mt. Clemens, MI — ^Ted A. Jazenski.
678, Dubuque, lA — Donald N. Jaeger, Ro-
land W. Jamison.
691, Williamsport, PA — Ronald E. Daugh-
erty.
695, Sterling, IL— Albert J. Pratt.
696, Tampa, FL — Edward L. Horn.
698, Covington, KY— Edna M. Schuchter (s).
703, Lockland, OH— George A. SchefFer.
710, Long Beach, CA— T. J. Aker, William
V. Wenzell.
715, Elizabeth, NJ— Rheo O. Turcotte.
721, Los Angeles, CA — John J. Lejeune,
Angel Ralph Rodriguez, Saul Ramer.
725, Litchfield, II^-Herbert F. Johnsey.
727, Hialeah, FI^— Joseph C. Koutnik.
732, Rochester, NY — John L. Judge.
739, Cincinnati, OH— Albert C. Daiber.
743, Bakersfield, CA— William D. Harrison,
Worley C. Broce.
745, Honolulu, HI — David Tatsuo Nakanishi,
Evagelia Tuiloma, Roy R. Nobuhara.
753, Beaumont, TX — Eddie Lester Frasier,
Willis B. Morse.
758, Indianapolis, IN — Arben A. Anderson.
761, Sorel, Quebec, CAN— Madeleine Bert-
hiaume (s).
764, Shreveport, LA — George F. Hunt, James
C. Reeves.
769, Pasadena, CA — Wilbur Josephson.
770, Yakima, WA— Alfred J. Lee, Jessie W.
Green.
780, Astoria, OR— Jacob B. Seppala, Victor
A. Martin.
783, Sioux Falls, SD— Grace Rotherham (s),
Herbert Henry Heuer.
787, New York, NY — Benjamin Seaver, Ivar
Bjornsund, Olav Jacobsen.
790, Dixon, IL — Donald Eugene Henley,
Robert G. Bales.
792, Rockford, IL— Olaf H. Koines.
801, Woonsocket, RI — Antonio A. Godin,
Constance f ernandes (s).
815, Beverly, MA— Robert E. Russell.
819, West Palm Beach FL — Abram Nottage.
Lee M. Frank, Richard H. Maxson.
838, Sunbury, PA— Ralph R. Rovito.
845, Clifton Heights, PA— Carl L. Campbell.
849, Manitowoc, WI — Raymond L Payette.
851, Anoka, MN— E. Dale Thomas.
857, Tucson, AZ — Luther E. Spurgeon, Roger
G. Dean.
870, Spokane, WA — Harry Bernard William-
son.
873, Cincinnati, OH— Christine O. Wurzel-
bacher (s).
875, Panama City, FL — Henry Lewis Cole.
Local Union, City
889, Hopkins, MN — Edward Buesgens, Gust
O. Youngquist.
900, Altoona, PA— Jesse H. Hoyt.
902, Brooklyn, NY— Frank Zecca.
929, Los Angeles, CA— Waldo F. Hobbs,
Wenzel O. Miller.
933, Hermiston, OR— Cecil V. Smith.
943, Tulsa, OK— Carl R. Huffman, Lura
Christina Lewis (s).
944, San Bernadino, CA— Edith Pratt (s),
Lauri Jean Schene (s), William H. Bau-
com.
953, Lake Charles, LA— L. H. J. Primeaux.
955, Appleton, WI— Harold Hoier.
971, Reno, NV — James Byars.
977, Wichita Falls, TX— Eunice E. Strick-
land (s).
978, Springfield, MO— Ruby L. Lea (s).
981, Petaluma, CA — Anton S. Matson.
982, Detroit, MI— Clifford C. Duston, Floyd
Lynch, Louise Chafin (s), Paul R. Tuck.
993, Miami, FL— Edward R. Teasley.
998, Royal Oak, MI— Clarence F. St. John.
999, Mt. Vernon, II^Dewey F. Ray.
1003, Indianapolis, IN — Francis M. Lowe.
1005, Merrillville, IN— Carl M. Berg, Dal-
phine Tucker (s), John N. Mager.
1014, Warren, PA— Frank P. Piscitelli.
1017, Redmond, OR — James A. Young.
1022, Parson, KS— Glenna Faye Fricke (s).
1024, Cumberland, MD — Austin Jacob Ward,
Philip M. Reuschel.
1040, Eureka, CA— Robert Perry Starritt.
1050, Philadelphia, PA — Leon Gazzara, Leon
Wright.
1052, Hollywood, CA — Amos Edgar John-
son, Howard B. Perry.
1053, Milwaukee, WI — Oscar N. Jackson,
Otto H. Schumacher, Paul Phillips.
1062, Santa Barbara, CA— Bernhard A. Ped-
ersen, Howard C. Olsen.
1072, Muskogee, OK — William Owen John-
son.
1074, Eau Claire, WI— Ingvald N. Pederson,
Rueben A. Burrington.
1078, Fredericksburg, VA— Charles K. Letl-
ner.
1084, Angelton, TX— Warren Carroll Brewer.
1089, Phoenix, AZ— Dorcas Griggs (s), Helen
Knox (s), John W. Arnould, Lawrence
N. Feuerriegel, William C. Preston.
1093, Glencove, NY — Mary C. Macaulay (s).
1098, Baton Rouge, LA — Lewis J. Howard.
1102, Detroit, MI— A. Leo Baydoun.
1104, Tyler, TX— James Dewey Cross.
1108, Cleveland, OH — Frank Hasman, Ben
G. Jaworske, John Sziber.
1109, Visalia, CA — Homer Shaw, Roland
Turner.
1120, Portland, OR— Adolph Kaylor, Fay F.
Foster, Lavene Cook.
1134, Mt. Kisco, NY— Ernest Finch.
1140, San Pedro, CA — Ambrosio C. Sando-
val.
1142, Lawrenceburg, IN — Thomas Richard-
son.
1146— Green Bay, WI— Arnold Willems, Wil-
liam Adriansen.
1149, San Francisco, C A— Alfred N. Bel-
laria, Lillian E. Bergene (s).
1155, Columbus, IN— Albert Lee Miller.
1160, Pittsburgh, PA— Ella K. Kundrat (s).
1164, New York, NY— Wilma Buksch (s).
1165, Wilmington, NC— Margarett Buff kin
(s).
1172. Billings, MT— Dorothy T. Weidler (s),
Maria Silva.
1185, Chicago, IL — Brian O. Baker, Henry
L. Christiansen, Jr., Joseph A. Karecki,
Sue Martin (s).
1187, Grand Island, NE — Jacob Jarzynka,
Norbert W. Kalb.
1204, New York, NY — Max Portnoy, Morris
Cohen, Nathan Solomon.
Local Union, City
1207— Charleston, WV— Golden Perdue.
1208, Milwaukee, WI— Anna B. Kolp (s).
1224, Emporia, KS — Henry J. Kempker.
1235, Modesto, CA — Christian H. Hansen,
Henry H. Hesterley.
1240, Oroville, CA— John C. Hearn.
1242, Akron, OH— Charles C. King.
1243, Fairbanks, AK — Magnus Allen Peder-
sen.
1250, Homestead, FL — Mary Brausam (s).
1251, N. Westminster, BC, CAN— Arsene
Theodore Hebert.
1258, Pocatello, ID— Rachael R. Kjolsing (s).
1263, Atlanta, GA — Charles Ray Fleming,
Jr.
1267, Worden, IL — Harold F. Stamer, Louis
F. Mor, Jr.
1274, Decatur, AI^-Floyd E. Preston.
1280, Mountain View, CA— Wilburn R.
Gant.
1289, Seattle, WA— Harriet L. Johnson (s),
Ida Monta (s), Ingeborg M. Alsvick,
Johan Edwin Johnson.
1296, San Diego, CA— William A. Tuggle.
1300, San Diego, CA— George N. Buell.
1301, Monroe, MI— William C. Christie.
1305, Fall River, MA — Arthur Paul, Joseph
P. Roy.
1311, Dayton, OH— Ronald Cart Santell.
1313, Mason City, lA — Lorenz Larry Fran-
zen.
1314, Oconomowoc, WI — William Henry
Ashley.
1325, Edmonton, Alta., CAN— John A.
Logan.
1335, Wilmington, CA— Sylvia Gladys Vi-
lander (s).
1340, Fort Collins, CO— Gilbert G. Ostran-
der.
1341, Owensboro, KY— Elmer G. Kempf.
1361, Chester, IL — Woodrow C. Minemann.
1371, Gadsden, AL — Charles Ross Raiford,
Irene Morris (s).
1381, Woodland, CA— Riley Alvin Mc-
Michael.
1382, Rochester, MN — ^William A. Kraayen-
brink, Sr.
1394, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl^Opal M. Price (s).
1397, North Hempstead, NY— Ann Leah
Boudreau (s), Jan Malinovsky.
1400, Santa Monica, CA — Gloria Bennett
(s), Raymond J. Selly .
1407, San Pedro, CA— Carl E. Hinds, Sr.
1408, Redwood City, CA— Manuel J. Soto.
1423, Corpus Christie, TX— John H. Giere,
Sr.
1449, Lansing, MI — Alfred Personious.
1452, Detroit, MI— Bert Freeh, Marvel
Troutman, Oscar J. Backstrand.
1453, Huntington Beach, CA — Howard A.
Struble, Roy R. Harris.
1454, Cincinnati, OH— William A. Oldfield.
1456, New York, NY— Alfred Andersen,
George Davidson, Gina Pedersen (s),
Jean Berruti, Thomas Davis.
1460, Edmonton, Alta, CAN— Harold James
Wright.
1471, Jackson, MS — Joseph C. McNair.
1478, Redondo, CA— Charles E. Sheeney,
Elenora Treece (s), Joseph Sherbo, Mil-
ton W. Carter. William D. Savage.
1489, Burlington, NJ— Karl A. Persson.
1490, San Diego, CA— Glen H. Fowler, Mel-
voureen M. Wyckoff (s).
1497, E. Los Angeles, CA— George R.
Haynes.
1506, Los Angeles, CA — Bobby D. Jones.
1521, Algoma, WI— Herman Dax, Judith F.
Stack, Willard Massey (s).
1529, Kansas City, KS— Helen L. Kitchen
(s).
1539, Chicago, Il^Clifford L. Pearson.
1565, Abilene, TX— John R. Ray.
MARCH, 1982
37
Local Union, City
1570, Marysville, CA — Benjamin Cravens,
William E. Whitney.
1571, East San Diego, CA— John M. Markey.
1588, Sydney NS, CAN— John A. F. Mac-
Donald. Robert Donovan.
1590, Washington, DC— Albert L. Phillips,
Gust J. Blomquist, Johnny O. Simpkins.
1595, Montgomery County, PA — Thomas
Wisler.
1596, St. Louis, MO— Andrew Wnuk.
1597, Bremerton, WA— Gilbert R. Moore,
Mildred Eliason (s).
1622 Hayward, CA — George E. Haynes,
Orbon O, Hudson.
1635, Kansas City, MO— Fred Pilsl.
1644, Minneapolis, MN — Charles J. Carling,
Heitman M. Jorgensen.
1665, Alexandria, VA — Beulah Agnes
Thomas (s). Kemper Meadows.
1669, Ft. William, Ont., CAN— Bernard P.
Bohler. Hans A. Hallin, Rose Nowak (s).
1689, Tacoma, WA— Avis Ruth Olsen (s),
Harry W. Cole, Violet A. Hedberg (s).
1707, Kelso Longview, WA — Leonard E.
Buhman.
1708, Auburn, WA— Ronald D. Torrev.
1723, Columbus, GA— Fred H. Wills, Robert
E. McCuIlough.
1752, Pomona, CA— Ralph L. Weber.
1755, Parkersburg, WV — Marjorie Robinson
(s).
1765, Orlando, FI^Howard P. Sanders.
1775, Columbus, IN — Grover Baker.
1778, Columbia, SC— Nell Virgin Marvin (s).
1779, Calgary, Alta., CAN— Henry E. Cor-
nell, Herbert Tomm, Margaret Setter (s).
1780, Las Vegas, NV— Glen Stark.
1797, Renton, WA— Orville W. Calkins.
1808, Wood River, II^Howard L. Short.
1815, Santa Ana, CA— Alvin L. Miller.
1822, Fort Worth, TX— Harry E. Martin,
Howard Roberts, Joe C. McGill.
1835, Waterloo, lA — Lorenzo Marcellini.
1839, Washington, MO— John H. Gildehaus,
Michael J, Gildehaus (s).
1846, New Orleans, LA — Arthur Porche,
Merwin J. Moskau.
1849, Pasco, WA— Eugene Thibault, Gladys
Dunbar (s). Ken R. Williams, Otis W.
Wales. Philip W. Vanzandt.
1856, Philadelphia, PA— Agnes Winters (s),
Harry B. Cochran, James T. Fullerton.
1865, Minneapolis, MN — Joseph B. Basil.
1871, Cleveland, OH— Frank J. McNamara.
1889, Downers Grove, IL — Janet A. Gehrke
(s).
1896, The Dalles, OR— Ethel Mae Moore (s),
George B. Dejarnatt.
1906, Philadelphia, PA— John J. Harkins,
Leo J. Wysocki.
1913, San Fernando. CA— Carl Walter Sal-
gren, Frank A. Randise, George C. Cole
(s), Lupe Casillas.
1922, Chicago, II^-Gustaf W. Carlson,
Marek. Frank.
1934, Bemidji, MN— Albert E. Wells.
1946. London, Ont., CAN— Alberta Gladys
Irvin (s), Gladys Norris (s).
1959, Riverside, CA— Leiland C. Weakland.
1961, Roseburg, OR— John Quibell, Kenneth
K. Hanna.
1963, Toronto, Ont., CAN— Antonio Griso-
lia, Lenine P. Victoria.
1971, Temple, TX— Charles T. Allen.
2007, Orange, TX — Raymond N. Moore.
2018, Ocean County, NJ — Guy Thomas Mo-
linaro.
2020, San Diego, CA— Marcos M. Estrada.
2024, Miami, FI^Ralph C. Mills.
2037, Adrian, MI — Robert D. Isenhowcr.
2046, Martinez, CA— Cora Lena Peete (s),
Donald L. Enfield. Ernest Fuller, Fred-
erick E. Ebben, Rudolph F. Peterson,
Timothy Bier.
Local Union, City
2047, Hartford City, IN— Claude C. Tarr,
Reeson Hughes.
2066, St. Helens Vic., OR— Cleo W. Horn.
2073, Milwaukee, WI — Maxine Florek (s).
2074, San Diego, CA— Herman L. Suter.
2110, New York, NY— Sanford V. Rowe.
2114, Napa, CA — Florence M. Carlson (s).
2127, Centralia, WA — Romine Eugene.
2132, La Follette, TN— Oscar Walden.
2139, Tallahassee, FI^Homer C. Windsor.
2155, New York, NY— Edith Morelli (s),
Louis Holzman, Morris O. Kremen,
Murray Inspector.
2198, Milton, PA— Leonard E. Patrick.
2203, Anaheim, CA — Andrew J. Williams.
2205, Wenatchee, WA— Glen Gault.
2213, Mission City, BC, CAN— Sylvia B.
Haugseng (s).
2214, Festus, MO— Leonard M. Ballard.
2231, Los Angeles, CA— Walter W. Berry.
2232, Houston, TX — Justino, Poliseno, Mar-
jorie M. Nichols (s).
2241, Brooklyn, NY— John W. Blake.
2249, Adams Co., CO— George W. Dunn.
2264, Pittsburgh, PA— Natalie L. Pietrzyk
(s), Richard Gapinski.
2287, New York, NY— Thomas Saccente.
2288, Los Angeles, CA— Charles S. Bartlett.
Eddie Page, George V. Brewer, William
B. Estes.
2308, Fullerton, CA— Gladys Jane Maurer
(s).
2309, Toronto, Ont., CAN— Margaret Emma
Murray (s).
2375, Los Angeles, CA — Cecil R. Popejoy.
2398, El Cajon, CA— Clarence M. Winters,
Diane White (s), Horace M. Bowers, Jr.
2404, Vancouver, BC, CAN— Roye Frost.
2405, Kalispell, MT — Frank Sommers.
2463, Ventura, CA — G. Royce Benson, Jr.,
William A. Cox.
2486, Sudbury, Ont., CAN — Thomas Gervais.
2498, Longview, WA— Elsie L. Gunter (s).
2499, Whitehorse, YT, CAN— Stanley H.
Herrling.
2517, Cuba, NM— Steven Toledo.
2581, Libby, MT— Gene W. Dedic.
2633, Tacoma, WA — Leeman C. Larson.
2649, Riggins, ID — Ardy E. Johnson.
2667, Bellingham, WA — Marvin Campbell,
Merle Smith.
2693, Pt. Arthur, Ont., CAN— Toivo Kuoppa
Aho.
2715, Medford, OR — James E. Merwin, Wen-
dell J. Frank.
2750, Springfield, OR— Norman W, Stur-
deuant.
2761, McCleary, WA — James N. Crosswaite,
John Glanz.
2765, Nassau Co., NY— Minnie Glick (s).
2772, Flagstaff, AR— Willie Tindell.
2787, Springfield, OR— Harry J. Skelton.
2816, Emmett, ID— Kenneth L. Coflfelt.
2825, Nashville, TN— Helen Juanita Burk-
hart (s).
2834, Denver, CO— Ira M. Head.
2881, Portland, OR— Clyde E. Gumm, Jay
B. Gannon.
2902, Burns, OR — Ramon Zorrozua.
2907, Weed, CA— Earnest E. Doke.
2947, New York, NY— Edward Olszewski,
George B. Schnapp, Herman Dauster,
Octavius Brown, William Orsini.
2949, Roseburg, OR— Avis Blozvich, Ralph
W. Cole (s).
2982, Staunton, VA — Judge Caywood.
2993, Franklin, IN — George T. Thompson.
2995, Kapuskasng, Ont., CAN — Dominique
Galarneau, Joseph Gordon Richardson,
Maurice Vallee.
3031, Jackson, MS — Bernice Stewart.
3091, Vaughn, OR— Loraine F. Daily (s).
Local Union, City
3161, Maywood, CA— John T. Dilworth,
Joseph A. Amormino, Patrocino Car-
penter.
3175, Pembroke, Ont., CAN— Lois J. Gale.
3210, Madison, IN — Samuel B. Armand.
3227, Brampton, Ont., CAN— Ludwig Os-
wald.
3233, Richmon H. Ont., CAN— Thomas M.
Allen,
9224, Houston, TX — Lawrence E. Zaleski.
1982 Conference
Continued from Page 12
equally large turnout is expected this
April as the full effects of the Reagan
Administration's program are felt by
union members.
For further information on the con-
ference, including registration materials,
contract the Industrial Department at
the General Office.
Solidarity Support
Continued from Page 6
matic sanctions" are needed against the
Soviet Union until martial law is lifted.
HOUSTON — Ironworkers President John
H. Lyons led the speakers at a rally here
that included five Polish sailors, members
of Solidarity, who jumped the Polish
freighter Zabrze in the port of Houston
just after martial law was declared in
Poland in December.
DENVER — A crowd of several hundred
rallied in the parking lot of the Denver
Center to cheer speeches by Governor
Richard Lamm, Senator Gary Hart (D-
CO), Reps. Timothy Wirth (D-CO) and
Patricia Schroeder (D-CO), Denver
Catholic Bishop George Evans and Henry
Podzinski, a leader in the city's Polish
Community.
SAN FRANCISCO — A rally was held in
front of the international headquarters of
the Bank of America, the biggest U.S.
lender to Poland to protest the bank's
monetary policies, according to John F.
Henning, executive secretary-treasurer of
the California AFL-CIO.
Other rallies took place in Dallas-Fort
Worth, Tex., Philadelphia, Pa., Los An-
geles and Sacramento, Calif., Boise, Id.,
Seattle, Wash., Lincoln and Omaha, Neb.,
St. Louis, Mo., Austin, Tex.; Buffalo and
Syracuse, N.Y., Jersey City, N.J., and
New Castle, Pa. (PAI)
38
THE CARPENTER
NEW NAILHOLDER
COMPACT DISC GRINDER
A new, compact, lightweight 4'/i" disc
grinder with a thumb controlled AC/DC
switch is nov/ available from Skil Cor-
poration. The Model 915 is equipped
with a 4.5 amp burnout protected motor
and is both easy to handle and ideal for
maneuvering into tight areas.
For operator convenience, an inter-
changeable side handle is provided that
can be mounted on either the left or
right side of the grinder. The AC/DC
capability makes the Model 915 perfect
for home shop, farm or professional
small weld applications.
Spiral bevel gearing offers the user
greater strength, reduced noise level and
smoother power transmittal. Other fea-
tures include four sealed ball bearings
that keep lubricants in place, prevent
abrasive dust contaminants and assure
longer tool life. Motor inspection of the
tool is also simplified with removable
rear housing.
For more information: Skil Corpora-
tion, 4801 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago,
111. 60646.
PLEASE NOTE: A report on new prod-
ucts and processes on this page in no way
constitutes an endorsement or recommenda-
tion. All performance claims are based on
statements by the manufacturer.
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Chevrolet 29
Chicago Technical College 15
Clifton Enterprises 33
E. C. Mitchell 27
Estwing Mfg. Co 27
Full Length Roof Framer 39
Industrial Abrasives IS
Irwin Auger Bit 39
Vaughan & Bushnell 16
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the name of "Mar-No-More", is useful
in nailing in those hard to reach places
where fingers or the materials, such as
aluminum siding, trim and gutters, can
be damaged. The nail is placed in the
tube, positioned where the nailing is to
be done and the spring loaded plunger is
struck by the hammer to set the nail. The
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steel for years of dependable service, re-
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Dust, grit, shavings, fibers, powders, min-
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There are 2400 widths of build-
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There are 2400 Commons and 2400
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A hip roof is 48'-9%" wide. Pitch
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MARCH, 1982
39
IN CONCLUSION
Congress must Hot
Budget Huiuv
Social Security
Protections
Labor proposes several ways to restore
financial balance to the system without
drastic cuts in benefits
por almost a half century — since 1935 — the US
Social Security Law has provided Americans with a
measure of financial stability that they never had
before.
Coming out of the depression of the 1930s, this
New Deal legislation has assured America's wage
earners that they would continue to have a share of
the nation's abundance after they became too old or
too disabled to work.
All went well with the Social Security System until
recent years, when big increases in both the younger
population and the older generation combined to
strain and drain the financial resources of the Social
Security Administration.
Because of this situation, there is, today, a major
struggle in Congress to change the system: On the
one hand, the ultra conservatives — much like those
who opposed Franklin D. Roosevelt's legislation back
in the Thirties — continue to chip away at the benefits
provided by the law, supposedly in an effort to help
the Reagan Administration achieve its budget-cutting
goals. On the other hand are the growing number of
senior seniors dependent on Social Security, the so-
cially-conscious organizations which realize the dire
consequences of Social Security cuts, and that great
mass of workers across the country known as the
AFL-CIO and its affiliates, who stand to suffer most
in the final decades of this century.
The United Brotherhood stands firmly against cuts
in Social Security benefits, and it joins the AFL-CIO
in offering several reasonable and sensible suggestions
for keeping the system financially stable in the years
ahead.
We firmly believe that the proposals made to cut
benefits are not necessary to restore financial balance
to the system.
We join the AFL-CIO Executive Council in offering
these reasonable recommendations for stabilizing the
system:
• The immediate problem of a likely funding
shortfall during the next 5 to 10 years in the Old Age
and Survivors' Trust Fund (OASI) can be met by
borrowing from the Disability and Medicare Trust
Funds which are running surpluses and for a back-up
provision allowing for the use of general revenue to
protect against any potential cash-flow problems.
After that, the OASI trust fund situation will improve
and remain favorable well into the next century.
• In addition, the Congress should remove the
social security trust funds from the consolidated
federal budget so that social security policy can be
determined by program and not general budgetary
considerations.
• We continue to oppose the taxation of social
security benefits.
• The AFL-CIO urges the introduction of some
genera! revenue financing to provide relief for workers
from the scheduled increases in the payroll tax to
strengthen the financing of the system. Partial general
revenue financing was anticipated by the founders of
the system and is to be found in practically all indus-
trialized countries. It has been advocated in recent
years by the Carter Administration, the National
Commission on Social Security, the chairman of the
House Subcommittee on Social Security and by the
ranking minority member of the House Ways and
Means Committee.
• The AFL-CIO is concerned about withdrawals
from Social Security by hospitals and other non-profit
institutions permitted under current law. The Congress
should act to correct this defect in the law by manda-
tory coverage of the employees of these institutions.
• The AFL-CIO urges the Congress to restore the
minimum benefit for all present and future retirees.
• We urge the Congress not to be unduly influenced
by transitory economic and political events and adopt
proposals that will do irreparable harm to the social
security rights of American workers and to their con-
fidence in the program. American workers must not be
denied social security benefits which they have worked
and paid for during their working lives.
Every Congress in the past has made clear beyond
question its pledge to the American people that the
social security commitment will be honored. The pres-
ent Administration proposes to violate that commit-
ment. We will do everything possible to make sure
that the Congress does not.
40
THE CARPENTER
• While we must direct our energies now to resist-
ing disastrous cutbacks in long-standing social security
protections, the AFL-CIO will not lose sight of the
continuing need to improve the law.
When the social security program was enacted, the
typical American family consisted of a working hus-
band and a wife who was an unpaid homemaker. Since
that time major changes have occurred in patterns of
work and family relationships. Labor force participa-
tion of married women and their divorce and remar-
riage rates have greatly increased. Though the Social
Security Law treats equally men and women with the
same work and earnings record, modifications should
be made in the law to better relate to these changing
work and family patterns. Because the disproportion-
ate number of elderly women in poverty is a particular
concern, high priority should be given to more ade-
quately meeting their needs.
As a member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council,
I joined with other council members, last month, in
supporting all efforts to deal with Social Security prob-
lems which are truly aimed at improving the financial
stability of the system and safeguarding its basic pro-
tections.
In a resolution issued at that February meeting, we
stated, in part:
"The economic security of most Americans, includ-
ing millions of AFL-CIO members and their families,
depends on social security. They rely on it to safeguard
themselves and their families against economic catas-
trophe when earnings stop because of old age, dis-
ability or death. That economic security is now in
jeopardy because the Reagan Administration has
proposed further cutbacks in addition to those enacted
at its insistence last year.
"The recent defeat of drastic proposals for further
slashes in social security could be only a temporary
victory unless Administration efforts to achieve these
cuts by other means are thwarted. At the request of
the President, a 15 -member National Commission on
Social Security Reform has been appointed, including
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland. Five members
were appointed by the President and five each by the
Republican and Democratic Congressional leadership.
Thus, the Commission has a membership likely to
assure a majority sympathetic to the Administration's
viewpoint . . .
"The Administration has already achieved a number
of major cuts in the social security program — largely
through the budget reconciliation process. These in-
clude phasing out benefits for dependent children in
college or post-secondary schools, ehminating mini-
mum benefits for new applicants and burial benefits
for some and levying social security taxation on sick
pay. At the same time, the Administration has initiated
a massive effort to eliminate up to 20% of disability
beneficiaries from the rolls through the regulatory
process. In the fiscal 1983 budget the President has
recommended major cuts in Medicare — a basic part
of the overall Social Security program. He made this
recommendation in spite of his promise not to call
for further Social Security cuts pending the report of
the National Commission.
"Administration efforts to gut the program continue
in spite of expressions of public opposition. Numerous
polls have shown overwhelming opposition to cuts and
even a preference for additional financial burdens
when the alternative would be a reduction in benefits."
"We will fight any further cuts in Medicare. We will
also do everything possible to thwart the Administra-
tion's denial of benefits to the disabled.
"The AFL-CIO pledges to defend the social secu-
rity program and the fundamental protections it pro-
vides for American workers, active and retired, and to
play a constructive role in placing the system on a
sound financial basis."
WILLIAM KONYHA
General President
BUCKLE UP
WITH THE
BUCKLE or
YOUR CRAFT
The General Office has
just added three new belt
buckles to its array of seven
buckles identifying members
of the UBC. They are shown
at right among the "regu-
lars"— LUMBER & SAWMILL
WORKERS, INDUSTRIAL
WORKERS, and CABINET
MAKERS.
BUCKLE
The official emblem of the United Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
is now emblazoned on seven types of
buckles, and you con order such buckles
now from the General Offices in Washing-
ton. Manufactured of sturdy metal, the
buckle is 2Vb 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.
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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
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John S. Rogers
101 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
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Charles E. Nichols
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Washington, D.C. 20001
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m. a. hutcheson
William Sidell
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS
First District, Joseph F. Lia
120 North Main Street
New City, New York 10956
Second District,
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
Sixth District, Dean Sooter
400 Main Street #203
Rolla, Missouri 65401
Seventh District, Hal Morton
Room 722, Oregon Nat'l Bldg.
610 S.W. Alder Street
Portland, Oregon 97205
Eighth District, M. B. Bryant
5330-F Power Inn Road
Sacramento, California 95820
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 0G3
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VOLUME 101 No. 4 APRIL, 1982
UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
John S. Rogers, Editor
IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS AND FEATURES
Eugene Debs Award Presented President Konyha 2
A New Home for the Spruce Goose 4
With Babies and Banners: A TV Special 5
Your Executive Board in Action 6
FDR's Legacy to American Workers Les Finnegan 8
'Living Newspaper' Revived with 'Knock on Wood' 8
National Carpentry Joint Safety and Health Committee 10
Back Pay Won at Croft Metals 1 1
What Happens When You Dump the Union Potters Herald 13
UBC Centennial Noted in Many State Histories 14
Contributions for Helping Hands Still Needed 16
Computer Record Keeping Group Meets 21
Gigantic Union Industries Show Next Month 21
Organizations Do Not Live by Dues Alone NadineKeiper 25
Labor Joins in Local Health Coalitions Robert B. Cooney 29
DEPARTMENTS
Washington Report
Ottawa Report
Plane Gossip
Local Union News -.
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24
Apprenticeship and Training 26
Consumer Clipboard: Your Rights Over Age 50 — 27
Service to the Brotherhood — 32
In Memoriam 36
What's New? 39
In Conclusion William Konyha 40
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THE
COVER
A buoy, by definition, is any
"floating body employed to mark the
navigable limits of channels, their
fairways, sunken dangers or isolated
rocks, mined or torpedo grounds,
telegraph cables, or the position of
a ship's moorings when they have
been slipped."
However, the buoys on our front
cover this month are not used for
any of these purposes, but to mark
lobster traps, and the colors are more
than pleasing to the eye — floating on
the water, each marker reveals the
ownership of the lobster trap below.
Generally found bobbing in shallow
water over rocky terrain, many of
these color-controlled buoys have
announced a particular family's
domain for generations.
All types of buoys these days,
whether marking channels, "sunken
dangers" or a fisherman's traps, in
most parts of the world, have set
colors or patterns with specific mean-
ings, but in the old days, wood
workers would call to play skill and
imagination in designing and coloring
the wooden markers.
Our cover this month catches these
markers in at least a temporarily
decorative capacity — brightening a
boat house wall near Booth Bay
Harbor, Maine. — The photograph is
by James Blank, and the information
is supplied to us by Lobsters Un-
limited of Ellicott City, Md.
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UIHnT GOES on HERE
General President William
Konyha, right, acknowledges the
tribute paid to him by the Social
Democrats USA , as they presented
the Eugene V. Debs Award.
Participating in the testimonial
to the General President, below,
were, from left, Don Slaiman of
the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Office.
President Konyha, AFL-CIO
Secretary-Treasurer Thomas
Donahue, and Rita Freedman,
executive director of the Social
Democrats USA.
Ai a large gathering of labor leaders and public officials in New York Cify,
March 9, General Presidenf William Konyha was presented the Eugene V. Debs
Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Social Democrats USA to those
persons whose lives best typify the life and spirit of the early labor leader for
whom the award is named.
Among those who praised President Konyha at the testimonial dinner in his
honor were AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Thomas Donahue, AFL-CIO Civil Rights
Director Don Slaiman, AFL-CIO Director of Organizing Alan Kistler, Baynard
Rustin, National Chairman, Social Democrats, USA; and Piotr Naimski,
spokesman for the Committee in Support of Solidarity.
Kistler told the assembly that "President Konyha's commitment to organizing is
as long in duration as his very membership in the union he now heads."
Kistler particularly praised the work of the Brotherhood in the current AFL-CIO
organizing drive in Houston, Texas.
In acknowledging the tributes, Konyha said, "I accept this award less as a
compliment to me personally than as a tribute to my union, the United Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America." The text of his address is at right.
President Konyha I
An address by VBC General President
William Konyha upon acceptance of the
1982 Eugene V. Debs Award.
In the one hundred years since the
creation of our trade union in the
summer of 1881, we have in many
ways followed in a fine tradition very
much like that of Eugene Debs.
Like Debs, the Carpenters have a
democratic tradition that is thoroughly
and fundamentally American. Like
Debs, the Carpenters are not afraid to
listen to new ideas, or to formulate
our own programs of action, or to
stand fast by our principles when we
believe we are right.
Like Debs and like the Social
Democrats USA, we believe in the
freedoms guaranteed by our Constitu-
tion; and we know that in a modern
society, those who ignore the need for
social progress are in fact turning their
backs on our American democratic
heritage.
A quick look at history shows that
the young founding fathers of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and young
Debs both came to adulthood at a
time of angry reaction to the un-
pleasant by-products of America's
Industrial Revolution.
Gene Debs was elected national
secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen in 1880, at
the age of 25. Peter J. McGuire was
well on the junior side of 30 when he
was elected secretary of the Carpenters
at our founding convention in 1881.
He has been a hero to many genera-
tions of Carpenters.
McGuire and Debs were friends
and Socialists. Both of them were
idealists, both were orators able to
sway large audiences, both believed in
the humanitarian promise of the
socialist idea.
Furthermore, they worked together.
In his biography of Debs — entitled
"The Bending Cross" — the author,
Ray Ginger, describes Peter J.
McGuire as "a genial and persuasive
Irishman who headed the Carpenter's
union." He recalls that when McGuire
visited Terre Haute, Indiana, "Debs
quickly called together several of his
acquaintances and helped McGuire to
found a new local in the craft."
DEBS AIDED U.B.C.
So, among Eugene Debs' many
claims to fame, let us hail his work as
an organizer for the Carpenters union!
It was natural that Debs and
McGuire should be partners in the
THE CARPENTER
at today's uiorld through the eyas of o labor pioneer
effort to make America a better place
for all its citizens. In the first issue of
the Carpenter Union's magazine,
McGuire voiced a sentiment that very
easily could have been stated by Gene
Debs. McGuire wrote: "If the strong
combine, why not the weak?"
In the years that followed, both
McGuire and Debs put that philosophy
to work — Debs primarily through
politics and the American Socialist
party, McGuire through the Carpent-
ers Union and the labor movement.
And I am sure that both these
pioneers would agree that a century
later, the inheritors of both their tra-
ditions have a lot more work to do.
72% UNORGANIZED
Our American trade union move-
ment, confronted by vast changes in
our economy, needs to be able to
organize more than 28% of the work-
force.
And I am sure that you who are
members of Social Democrats USA
would agree that the idea of demo-
cratic humanism needs more support
on the American political scene!
The scene today, a century after
Debs first became a union official and
a century after McGuire helped or-
ganize the Carpenters, is tremendously
more complex than when those two
young men set out to build a better
America.
It is interesting to speculate what
Eugene Debs would say if he looked
out at the world of 1982 with his clear
and penetrating vision.
Frankly, I think Debs would be
pretty depressed . . . and angry.
He would see a considerable portion
of this global real estate under the
domination of a super-power that says
it practices some kind of "socialism"
— but is in fact a dictatorial Russian
state capitalism.
SOCIALIST FRAUD
He would see the workers of
Poland, who built a union named
Solidarity, waging a brave under-
ground struggle against a military
dictatorship installed by a regime that
has the nerve to call itself "socialist."
But in addition to situations that
are clearly evil, Eugene Debs might
find other situations that to an 1880
socialist would be totally perplexing.
For instance:
• Debs would see a Socialist party
generally in control of democratic
West Germany and presiding over one
of modern capitalism's outstanding
success stories.
• In the Middle East, Debs might
have trouble interpreting the philoso-
phies of various Arab governments
dominated by people who call them-
selves "socialists" but whose primary
political hatred is directed against a
country called Israel — which is both
more democratic and more socialist
than any of its enemies.
• And here in the United States, I
think that he would be puzzled to in-
terpret the policies of our Republican
capitalist government — an Adminis-
tration which has, in its first 14 months
of policy-making and program-direct-
ing, created nervous jitters not only
among the descendants of McGuire
and Debs, but in such staunchly con-
servative groups as the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce and the Business Round
Table!
Debs might very well ask:
What goes on here, anyway?
The answer is: Many things go on
that are very bad. Debs would see . . .
• Unemployment, bringing misery
in its wake, and apprehension among
those who still have jobs.
And he would see . . .
• A housing industry that is ... to
mix a metaphor . . . lying dead in the
water. The American dream of a de-
cent job and a decent home for the
family are becoming "an impossible
dream" for millions of young Ameri-
cans and older Americans.
And he'd see . . .
Continued on page 30
EUGENE DEBS . . . for whom the award is named
Out of the troubled Pullman strike
of 1894 there emerged two develop-
ments destined to leave their marks
on American labor: the advent of
Eugene V. Debs as a militant crusader
for the working man and the adoption
by the Federal Government of the
use of the injunction as a weapon
against unions.
In the depression of 1893 the Pull-
man Company had laid off more than
half of its 5,800 workers and cut
wages from 25 to 40% — but con-
tinued to pay dividends. The Ameri-
can Railway Union, founded and led
by Eugene V. Debs, sought arbitra-
tion, but failed and was compelled to
strike. The union had risen to 150,000
members and it made its economic
strength felt.
Management invoked assistance
even to the extremity of court injunc-
tion, despite vigorous objections of the
liberal Illinois governor, John Peter
Altgeld. The injunction prevailed and
Debs was jailed for six months for
contempt, but he became a martyr.
He emerged as a leader of great
stature and he dedicated his life to the
workers. He ran for President of the
United States five times as a Socialist.
Although he failed, even his economic
and political enemies grew to respect
his life and his sense of dedicated
service.
'Gene Debs is identified — as a vic-
tim — With the coming of "government
by injunction," the introduction of
which was a dark chapter in labor's
history and 88 years later organized
labor must still fight against this
weapon.
APRIL, 1982
Above: Building Tradesmen ease the big flying boat into her
final berth. Below: The Goose as she looked in 1947, just
prior to her one and only flight. Many oldtimers of Local
1553 remember the eventful day.
Howard Hughes and a team of skilled
union carpenters and industrial
workers built her in the 1940s
of spruce and other woods.
She flew a half century too soon.
Union Carpenters built her, and union Carpenters
helped to ease her into her final nest . . .
On February 1 1 , the Spruce Goose, world's largest air-
plane, known officially as the Howard Hughes Flying
Boat, was floated by barge across the harbor of Long
Beach, Calif., from Terminal Island to Pier J. It was then
winched along a temporary steel landing bridge, tail-first,
to its new home — the world's largest clear-span aluminum
dome — to rest beside the RMS Queen Mary, world's
largest oceanliner.
It was truly a coming together of superlative manmade
creations, and a crowd of spectators watched from the
fantail of the Queen Mary as Brotherhood members of
the Long Beach area and other workers moved the big
plywood plane under the 130-foot high, 415-foot wide
Temcor Aluminum Dome.
THE CARPENTER
Four 70-foot high sections of the
lower portion of the dome, facing the
channel, were left unassembled, pro-
viding an opening for the 320-foot
wing span of the Spruce Goose.
In the late evening hours of Wed-
nesday, February 10, workmen from
Temcor removed a triangular portion
from the crown, providing an opening
for the plane's tail section, which rises
more than 100 feet above ground.
The Spruce Goose began its voyage
across the harbor early Thursday
morning, February 11. At 12:27 p.m.,
it was safely on shore with its tail
section under the dome's crown.
By late afternoon, Temcor crewmen
had re-assembled the missing portion
of the crown and the plane was
maneuvered completely within the
confines of the massive dome.
The remaining portions of the all-
aluminum dome have been assembled,
and Building Tradesmen are now pre-
paring interior facilities for the thous-
ands of tourists expected, once the
Goose is opened to the public, late this
year.
The Spruce Goose has an interesting
history. Designed by the wealthy and
eccentric Howard Hughes, it was to
be the world's largest flying boat. Built
of wood, it would be capable of flying
men and material to overseas war
zones. The federal government ad-
vanced money to Hughes during
World War II to build the prototype
of his big flying machine. Hughes had
demonstrated his skills in designing
racing planes, and Hughes Aircraft
Co. of Culver City, which still em-
ploys members of our Local 1553
today, had the skilled Brotherhood
workmen to do the job.
A long and arduous project, it was
not completed until after World War
II had ended. On November 2, 1947,
the Spruce Goose moved at full
throttle on its eight propeller-driven
engines across Long Beach harbor
with Hughes at the controls. After a
seemingly endless sail across the
choppy waters of the harbor, it lifted
into the air to a height of 70 feet,
flew a short distance, and returned to
the waters of Long Beach harbor.
That was it — the only flight. Hughes
and the men and women who built
her were sorely disappointed. Congress
decided to make no further appropria-
tions, and the big plane went into
drydock.
The Spruce Goose was, perhaps,
built a half century too soon. Aircraft
designers today speculate as to whether
or not the big craft would fly with
today's jet engines and today's tech-
nology. The world will never know.
WITH BHBIES RHD BRnHERS:
The Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
Featured in a 60-Minute Public Affairs Special on PBS, May 7th
One of the most significant films ever
made about women in the labor move-
ment will be broadcast May 7th at 10:00
p.m. in a national Public Broadcasting
System television premiere. The dramatic
story of the women's dynamic role in the
Great General Motors Sit-down Strike of
1937, WITH BABIES AND BANNERS won the
highest awards thoughout Europe and the
United States including an Academy Award
nomination.
The WITH BABIES AND BANNERS PBS
special challenges the persistent media bias
against labor unions that was noted in the
recent lAM study on television program-
ming. The study, released in 1980, showed
that television rarely presents organized
labor's role in improving working conditions
and the quality of life in this country.
Labor's support for this program will
encourage PBS to continue creative and
positive labor programming. At a time
when the gains of 50 years are being
eroded by the Reagan Administration's new
federalism, WITH BABIES AND BANNERS'
dramatic account of how these gains were
won becomes even more important.
This special is endorsed by the United
Auto Workers, the Coalition of Labor Union
Women, the AFL-CIO Education Department,
the International Association of Machinists,
the Service Employees International Union
and others, and is made possible through
the generous support of the American In-
come Life Insurance Company. The special
will feature a commentary with a repre-
sentative from the AFL-CIO, working women,
and labor historians, moderated by PBS
commentator Charlayne Hunter Gault.
News of the Great General Motors Sit-
down Strike sent Shockwaves across our
country deep in the Depression. After
44 bitter, winter days and nights, the
sit-downers emerged victorious, and this
famous 1937 event became the turning
point in the ClO's drive to organize millions
of industrial workers. WITH BABIES AND
BANNERS is the story of the women who
fought alongside the men and changed the
course of history.
This internationally award winning film
recreates the story of the Women's Emer-
gency Brigade, a small band of ordinary
women who grew by the hundreds to
defend their communities under extra-
ordinary circumstances. They helped estab-
lish the United Auto Workers as a force
to be reckoned with in the automobile
industry.
Rare historical footage, beautifully
edited, draws us into this powerful drama,
as women from the Brigade regale us with
their experiences on the front lines. The
women, in a surprise action at the 40th
anniversary strike celebration, dramatize
the relevance of other experience for to-
day's labor movement.
For further information or to obtain a
richly illustrated study guide designed for
high school and adult educational use in
conjunction with the television showing,
write the Educational TV and Film Center,
1747 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20009, 202/387-2213.
APRIL, 1982
Vour
EKBCutiUE Board
in Hction
u
nder the Constitution and Laws of the Brother-
hood, "the General Executive Board shall be com-
posed of the General President, First General Vice
President, Second General Vice President, General
Secretary, General Treasurer, and one member from
each of the districts of the United Brotherhood,
who between Board meetings shall devote their
entire time to the interest of the United Brother-
hood, under the supervision of the General
President. . . . The General President shall chair
the General Executive Board and the General
Secretary shall be its Secretary; they shall hold
quarterly meetings, or when required, and shall
hold special meetings at the call of the Chair . . ."
Most meetings of the General Executive Board
are held in the board room on the fourth floor of
the General Offices in Washington, D.C. The
pictures on these two pages show the Board in a
recent, typical working session in that spacious
facility. It was the last official gathering of the GEB
to be attended by the late Second District Board
Member Ray Ginnetti, seen at left in Picture No. 4.
In this session, the board was implementing
actions of the 34th General Convention, held last
September in Chicago, and preparing for the busy
1982 program of the Brotherhood.
I. and 2. General President Konyha opens the meeting,
flanked by General Treasurer Nichols and General
Secretary Rogers. 3. First Gen. Vice Pres. Pat Campbell
makes a point in a discussion. 4. Board Members
Ginnetti and Lia. 5. Third District Board Member
Ochocki speaks, foreground. 6. President Konyha reports
on AFL-CIO Council activity. 7. Second Gen. Vice Pres.
Lucassen reviews the work of his office. 8. Board
Members Bryant and Morton. 9. Board Members Dancer
and Carruthers. 10. Board Members Sooter and Greene.
II. Board Members Lewis and Ochocki.
8 *j->*£?V
The USA observes a 100th birthday
FDR's Legacy to
FDR, though partially crippled by polio,
liked to get out onto the street and talk
with his fellow Americans.
J%cross the United States, organized
labor, more than any other group, will
pay heartfelt tribute to President
Franklin D. Roosevelt during 1982.
The younger generation of American
unionists will not fully understand why
working men and women of the 1930s
and 1940s were so deeply devoted to
FDR, why their votes insured his
election to the presidency an unpre-
cedented four times, why they fer-
vently supported his New Deal legisla-
tive program and how that program
answered their desperate needs in a
period of economic catastrophe, and
why his memory will be revered during
this centennial of his birth by the
workers who were part of FDR's
crusade on behalf of "the common
man." Here are some of FDR's words
that rallied working people to his
cause:
■ "No business which depends for
its existence on paying less than living
wages to its workers has any right to
continue in this country. By living
wages I mean more than a bare sub-
sistence level — I mean the wages of a
decent living." (1933)
■ "The economic royalists com-
plain that we seek to overthrow the
institutions of America. What they
really complain of is that we seek to
take away their power. Our allegiance
to American institutions requires the
overthrow of this kind of power."
(1934)
■ "I see an America where the
workers are really free and through
their great unions, undominated by
any outside force or any dictator
within, can take their proper places at
the council tables with the owners and
managers of business; where the dig-
nity and security of the working men
and women are guaranteed by their
strength and fortified by the safe-
guards of law." (1936)
I
J
^Knock on Wood' Recreates a ^Living News
"Injunction
Granted" was a
Living Newspaper
dealing with the
history of the
American labor
movement. The
play features a
demagogue who
incites workers
against industry.
Diabolically, he
mouths both
viewpoints, imper-
sonates members
of each group.
As part of his New Deal legislation in
the Thirties, FDR enacted the Works
Progress Administration, a federally-sub-
sidized program to put workers of all
types back to work. One component of
the WPA was the Federal Theater Pro-
ject (FTP). The FTP hired jobless actors,
directors, and technicians to produce
plays for audiences that had no means
to pay for such entertainment. In four
years, the FTP produced over 2,700
plays, and played to a total audience of
30,000.000, many who had never before
seen a live performance. The perform-
ances ranged from classics to children's
plays to dance drama to musicals to re-
ligious plays to pageants to the famous
FTP innovation, the "Living News-
papers."
The Living Newspapers were the big
hits of the FTP. They made "drama of
news and news of drama." Original
dramas like "Power" and "One-Third of
a Nation" dealt with the eras all-encom-
passing social and economic issues of
the New Deal. Opening in 1936, "Triple-A
THE CARPENTER
us Workers
by LES FINNEGAN
Press Associates
Roosevelt talks with a miner in the coal fields.
■ "The royalists of the economic
order have conceded that political
freedom was the business of the gov-
ernment, but they have maintained
that economic slavery was nobody's
business." (1936)
■ "Concentration of economic
power in all-embracing corporations
. . . represents private enterprise be-
come a kind of private government
which is a power unto itself — a regi-
mentation of other people's money and
other people's lives." (1936)
■ "We stand committed to the
proposition that freedom is no half-
and-half affair. If the average citizen
is guaranteed equal opportunity in the
polling place, he must have equal op-
portunity in the marketplace." (1936)
■ "I see millions of families trying
to live on incomes so meager that the
pall of family disaster hangs over them
day by day.
"I see millions whose daily lives in
city and on farm continue under con-
ditions labeled indecent by a so-called
polite society half a century ago.
"I see millions denied education,
recreation, and the opportunity to
better their lot and the lot of their
children.
"I see millions lacking the means to
buy the products of farm and factory,
and by their poverty denying work
and productiveness to many other
millions.
"I see one-third of a nation ill-
housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished." (1937)
■ "Among us today a concentration
of private power without equal in
history is growing. This concentration
is seriously impairing the economic
effectiveness of private enterprise as a
way of providing employment for
labor and capital and as a way of
assuring a more equitable distribution
of income and earnings among the
people of the nation as a whole."
(1938)
■ "There is nothing mysterious
about the foundations of a healthy
and strong democracy. The basic
things expected by our people of their
political and economic systems are
simple. They are:
"Equality of opportunity for youth
and others.
"Jobs for those who can work.
"Security for those who need it.
"The ending of special privilege for
the few.
"The preservation of civil liberties
for all.
"The enjoyment of the fruits of
scientific progress in a wider and con-
stantly rising standard of living."
(1941)
■ "I believe now, as I have all my
life, in the right of workers to join
unions and to protect their unions."
(1943)
paper' of the FDR Era
Plowed Under," the first Living News-
paper production, gave the "people's
view" of the nation's farm problem, deal-
ing with New Deal policies such as the
limiting of farm production.
The purpose of the Living Newspapers,
as seen by FTP Director Hallie Flanagan,
was to portray the "struggle of many
different kinds of people [in an effort] to
understand the natural, social, and
economic forces around them."
In an age of growing awareness of the
media, the Living Newspaper productions
incorporated techniques established in
Europe, adding American creativity to
produce original and impressive effects.
The productions featured rear projection
screens, film, black-outs, intricate lighting
sequences, music, and loudspeakers. The
productions also used statistics and graphs
to make a point, for as Director Flanagan
stated, "facts are high explosives."
Organized like large daily newspapers,
the staflfs of the Living Newspapers in-
cluded editors and reporters, and strove
for factual presentation of the issues.
It was a dramatic media for a dramatic
period in American history — a form of
entertainment and instruction which died
out over the years until it was resurrected
by the United Brotherhood, last year, for
a stage presentation of the UBC's 100-
year history.
The Brotherhood commissioned Arnold
Sundgaard, a playwright who had written
several Living Newspaper productions in
the 1930s, to write a script for our
centennial play. A Broadway director,
John Allen, was hired to bring the
script to life. Called "Knock on Wood,"
Sundgaard's dramatic recreation of our
history was first presented at the Arie
Crown Theatre in Chicago, during the
Brotherhood's 34th General Convention.
Videotapes and 16 mm film reels of
"Knock on Wood" are now being made
available on loan to local affiliates and to
outside groups for special showings to
their members. For more information on
this, unions are urged to contact UBC
General Secretary John Rogers at the
General Office in Washington, D.C.
A scene from "Knock on Wood," the
Brotherhood's own Living Newspaper
production, starring E. G. Marshall.
Sundgaard
Allen
APRIL, 1982
UPPER LEFT: General President Konyha addresses the Joint Committee on the
second day of its formative sessions. To his left is First General Vice President
Patrick J. Campbell, who also spoke. Sealed at far left in the picture is Andy Dann
of the Florida State Council, who will serve as labor co-chairman of the group.
LOWER LEFT: Nick Loope, the Brotherhood's research and occupational safety
and health director, discusses future plans. Seated from left are Leonard R. Dodson of
Olson Construction Co., Alan Hollingsworth of S. J. Groves and Sons Co., Frank R.
Palmer of John H. Hampshire, Inc., Thomas K. Kollins of the Specialized Carriers
and Rigging Assn., and Howard Hobbs, assistant to the director of the Brother-
hood's research and occupational safety and health department.
LOWER RIGHT: Across the table, from left, were Cheryl O'Neal, administrative
assistant for the OSHA project; Kathleen Gill (partially hidden from view), national
coordinator of the OSHA project for the Brotherhood; Leonard Scales, education
and training specialist for the UBC; Frank McHale, business manager of Local
2287, New York City; Perry McGinnis, safely director of the Colorado Building
and Construction Trades Council; and Robert Lavery, safety and welfare
representative, Cleveland, O., DC.
National Carpentry Joint Occupational Safety and Health
Committee Meets in Washington
Stage set for comprehensive program under OSHA 'New Directions' Grant
The United Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters and Joiners of America and three
national employer groups — The Asso-
ciated General Contractors of Amer-
ica, the Ceiling and Interior Systems
Contractors Association, and the Spe-
cialized Carriers and Rigging Associa-
tion — held the first meeting of their
newly-formed National Carpentry
Joint Occupational Safety and Health
Committee on February 25, 1982, at
the Quality Inn — Capitol Hill in Wash-
ington, D.C.
The purpose of the meeting was to
discuss the development of a joint
labor-management, private-sector ap-
proach to improving on-site construc-
tion safety. The innovative program
is being initiated with the help of a
"New Directions" grant from the Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Adminis-
tration of the U.S. Department of
Labor.
The national joint committee will
oversee the development of training
manuals for the various crafts within
the Carpenter's jurisdiction, including
millwrights, piledrivers, commercial
divers, and floor, wall and ceiling
workers, and others. In addition, the
program calls for enhanced safety edu-
cation and training in vocational and
apprenticeship programs. The national
joint committee will be structured to
serve as a model for the development
of standardized and uniform joint
labor-management committees at every
level of the industry.
The initial meeting was convened
by Nicholas R. Loope, the Brother-
hood's director of research and occu-
pational safety and health, who served
as chairman pro-tem. Loope outlined
the joint concept, saying, "It holds out
the best promise for the private sector
to supplant the government at impos-
ing on-site disciplines that would be
more conducive to hazard control."
Later, at a dinner held to celebrate
the first meeting, Thorne G. Auchter,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Oc-
cupational Safety and Health, noted
that ". . . in fiscal year 1981 (OSHA)
focused 45% of its inspections on
construction — the highest percentage
in the agency's history. But, . . ., OSHA
inspections alone are not the solution
to construction hazards. Real progress
in protecting workers takes voluntary
initiatives — labor and management
putting their brains and determination
together to solve problems. That's
what this joint committee is all about."
Mr. Auchter hailed NCJOSH as
"the kind of project that will con-
tinue to make our 'New Directions'
grant program a success," and com-
mended those present for "launching
a program that will benefit millions of
workers and set an example of co-
operation in workplace safety and
health for labor and management
everywhere."
Loope, speaking on behalf of Gen-
eral President William Konyha, said
that "The General President is more
determined than ever that we, jointly,
with our fair employers and others,
put forth more time, better talents,
stronger efforts and that we commit
sufficient resources to stop the de-
vastating costs in suffering to our
members — and losses to our fair em-
ployers. No matter how you look at
it, both workers and their employers
are heavy losers when accidents de-
stroy lives, limbs and property. This
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can be dealt with more efficiently and
effectively if we will deal with it
jointly and not as adversaries. Nothing
can beat cooperation and team-
work." Also making remarks were:
Dr. Robert M. Worthington, assistant
secretary for vocational and adult
education, USDE; Robert E. P.
Cooney, general vice president, Inter-
national Association of Bridge, Struc-
tural and Ornamental Iron Workers,
on behalf of Building and Construc-
tion Trades President Georgine and
Dennis M. Bradshaw, assistant execu-
tive director for Manpower Services,
AGC.
A second meeting was held on
Friday, February 26, in the auditorium
of the UBC International Headquar-
ters, at which time Andrew E. Dann,
Sr., executive secretary-treasurer of
the Florida State Council of Carpen-
ters, was elected the Labor co-chair-
man, and Leonard E. Dodson, execu-
tive vice president and secretary of
the Olson Construction Company of
Lincoln, Neb. and a representative of
Continued on page 30
At the founding dinner, Loope intro-
duces guests. From left: Lee D. Garrigan,
special assistant to the director of OSHA;
Bob Cooney, vice president of the Iron
Workers; and Assistant Secretary of
Labor Thorne Auchter.
Also at the head table, above, right,
were Dr. Robert Worthington, assistant
US secretary for Vocational and Adult
Education; and Dennis Bradshaw,
assistant director for Manpower
Services, AGC.
Court Fines Employer
Croft metal Strikers
lire niuarded Baik Pay
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
at New Orleans, La., has fined the
Croft Metals Company of McComb,
Miss., $50,000 for unfair labor prac-
tices growing out of a prolonged labor
dispute with Brotherhood Local 2280,
and it has ordered the company to pay
more than $100,000 in back pay and
Christmas bonuses to former strikers.
A total of 137 former employees
have shared in $80,674.48 back pay
to date. Many have relocated since
the dispute with the company, and the
Brotherhood's Southern Council of
Industrial Workers is seeking their
whereabouts to award the long-over-
due pay.
Lead men at Croft's McComb
plant were denied a Christmas bonus
during the course of the strike. A total
of $35,000 was awarded to them
under the court's decision.
In addition, six employees in the
company's tool and die room were
awarded $36,000 to compensate them
for an unfair labor practice, in which
the company attempted to coerce the
men into signing individual employ-
ment accounts or be fired.
Members of Local 2280 went on
strike in January, 1976, at two Croft
plants — in McComb and Magnolia,
Miss. — after years of fruitless efforts
to obtain a contract. An NLRB elec-
tion was won in 1971, but manage-
ment of the company refused to
bargain in good faith for a contract.
In 1977, Croft Metals Co. agreed
to an order which found it to have
violated a court mandate to bargain
in good faith and consented to reme-
dies for contempt of court.
In order to avoid a trial before a
Master of the 5th Circuit Court of
Appeals in New Orleans, the company
agreed to an out-of-court "settlement
stipulation" with the National Labor
Relations Board. The Board then
asked a representative of the court to
approve the company's settlement
stipulations.
Croft's labor-management practices
were cited on two occasions before
Congressional committees in Wash-
ington, D.C., as an example of em-
ployer ability to delay collective
bargaining.
A nationwide boycott of Croft
Metals products has been conducted
by AFL-CIO affiliated unions at the
behest of the United Brotherhood.
Under settlement stipulations agreed
to by the company in 1977, Croft
Metals was to:
• Fully comply with and obey
NLRB orders previously issued to
show its good-faith bargaining.
• reinstate and make retroactive
the Christmas bonuses for all leadmen
and leadwomen unilaterally discon-
tinued in 1976.
• agree to a rigid schedule of col-
lective bargaining for "no less than
two consecutive days per week during
regular business hours until all con-
tract proposals have been considered
and action taken in relations thereto."
• treat all employees who went on
strike on January 16, 1976, as "unfair
labor practice strikers," which means
that they would be entitled to all
rights provided by the National Labor
Relations Act, including full reinstate-
ment to their former jobs.
When Croft subsequently violated
its settlement, the NLRB rein-
stated contempt proceedings and later
brought an additional contempt case
concerning the coercion of tool and
die room employees. It is this latest
round of contempt litigation which
brought the company back to the bar-
gaining table and brought the Local
2280 members their money awards.
BrotherhoDd Shoius Early Cains
In Houstan Organizing
As of last month, more than 2,000
Houston, Tex., area workers had
joined or re-joined various AFL-CIO
affiliated unions under the cooperative
Houston Organizing Project (HOP),
launched last October.
Ron Angel, the Brotherhood's co-
ordinator for HOP, reports that 18
area contractors have signed agree-
ments with the Houston District
Carpenters Council since HOP began.
District Council Executive Secre-
tary Paul Dobson says that's added
more than 300 new members to the
Council's affiliated locals during the
past several months. In the last three
months alone, between 75 and 100
new members have also been added
to the Council's industrial affiliates.
Dobson also says there are almost
daily inquiries from local contractors
seeking information now about agree-
ments with local unions. Recently, he
Continued on page 30
APRIL, 1982
11
BUSINESS DOMINATES PACS
Washington
Report
SOCIAL SECURITY'S COSTS
Although administrative costs of the Social
Security Administration amount to only $1.50 for
every $100 collected, a public opinion survey
found that most people think the costs are much
higher.
The survey, based on interviews with 2,000
adults, showed that respondents thought SSA spent
a median of $53 for every $100 it receives from
social security taxes — nearly 35 times higher than
the agency's actual administrative expenses in
1980.
Only 2% of the persons interviewed by the
Roper Organization thought the administrative
costs were below 10% of contributions. SSA noted
that the 1.5% expense ratio for 1980 was y,o of
1% lower than it spent on administration in 1979.
HEAVY BARGAINING CALENDAR
Labor faces a heavy bargaining year, with major
agreements expiring or reopening for some 3.6
million private sector workers, compared to some
2.6 million in 1981.
In addition, major contracts covering more than
500,000 public sector workers will be negotiated
this year.
Major industries involved in negotiations include
rubber, whose contracts expire in April; electrical,
with contracts expiring in June and July; and
meatpacking and auto, with contracts up in
September.
Unions anticipate a tough bargaining year. Key
issues are expected to be job security and the
retention of previous gains, especially cost-of-living
adjustments. About 56% of workers whose con-
tracts are scheduled for expiration or reopening in
1982 are covered by COLA clauses.
The Reagan Administration has joined the busi-
ness community in calling for wage restraints or
concessions from labor, which they view as crucial
to slowing inflation. The "get tough" attitude of
industry could make negotiations especially
difficult.
So-called political action committees (PACs)
have proliferated since Congress in 1974 put limits
on direct campaign contributions.
The Federal Election Commission has reported
that since enactment of the campaign "reform"
legislation in 1974, the number of PACs
2,901 at the end of 1981 has grown
five-fold. These include 1,327 corporate PACs; 608
trade association PACs; 539 "independent" PACs,
most of which are right-wing or single-issue
oriented, and 318 labor PACs. The rest are 41
cooperative PACs and 68 privately-held
company PACs.
The FEC said, "PACs are viewed by many cam-
paign finance experts as a predominant force in
politics. Their numbers, as well as the amount of
money they spend in campaigns, have continued to
increase with each election cycle."
'SUNSET' REVIEW SOUGHT
The federal government should develop and
administer a uniform procedure for the "sunset"
review of federal rules, regulations and implement-
ing documents affecting housing, building and
land development.
This recommendation for action is one of four
approved by the National Institute of Building
Sciences' board of directors as being of primary
importance in relieving the regulatory burden on
the nation's troubled housing and building
community.
BUDGETING BUDGET CUTTERS
The ancient maxim, "Do as I say, not as I do,"
has come into high favor in the top levels of the
Republican Administration. For example. Budget
Director David Stockman has been demanding that
Congress make deep cuts in popular social pro-
grams for the poor, elderly and handicapped.
Stockman's endless refrain is that government
spending must be ruthlessly cut and economies
must be imposed everywhere in government. But
not apparently when it come to Stockman's own
agency. The great economizer has demanded a
larger staff for himself and a jump in his appropria-
tion from $32 million last year to $36 million this
year. And how about the White House itself?
President Reagan had promised to reduce the size
and expenses of his own staff. But the White House
budget proposal asks for an increase from $18
million this year to $22 million next year, much of
it for staff salary hikes.
IMPORT RELIEF: NUTS AND BOLTS
The AFL-CIO has petitioned U.S. Trade Repre-
sentative William Brock to extend import relief for
nuts, bolts and large screws. The federation said
the import of these industrial fasteners has caused
job losses throughout the country. Many such hard-
ware items are now imported from Europe and Asia.
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Things Do Change
Ulhat Happens Ulhen
Vou Dump the Union
I am writing to you to hopefully warn you to avoid
what has happened to me and other union members in
this plant.
We were once members of an international union with
the usual gripes about union dues, slow grievance proce-
dures, seniority disputes, incentives, overtime arguments,
etc.
We thought of our stewards and union officers as free-
loaders with jobs that commanded no respect and that the
company would treat us just as good with or without
them, and were in agreement when someone said, "The
union is selling us out," never the company.
Well, this was in 1978 and now we no longer have
these old problems, for in October, 1978, we voted to
decertify and break away from the international union.
We are now non-union and no more dues!
We no longer have seniority disputes because we are
placed by ability, which means whoever is the bosses' pet.
And the same with overtime. Our grievance procedure is
no longer slow, it is nonexistent.
We don't have an absentee problem; if you miss one
day, you must have a doctor's slip, so most absentee
problems were fired long ago with nobody to represent
them.
Our incentives now are: Do more work or you will be
disciplined for refusal to work.
All this for less money, smaller hospitalization benefits,
fewer holidays and seven days without overtime, if it's an
emergency — ^which is almost every week.
Our ex-stewards and union officers are no longer a
problem; most of them have been discharged on one
technicality or another, or set-up in a discharge situation.
How did this happen? Well, one night at a local tavern
a supervisor I know got drunk and was laughing and
bragging to a friend of his about how they got rid of the
union. This is what I overheard from my booth in the
tavern.
The supervisor said the company hired a union-busting
firm out of Chicago at several hundred dollars an hour
to come in and train their supervisors and foremen in the
skill of union busting, with the threat that any foreman
disclosing this would be fired.
He explained that there are a lot of companies in the
business (of union busting) now because they think the
time is right with high inflation, plant closings, conserva-
tive Republicans and Democrats being elected, and a
general fear of a job loss in a lot of plants.
He said they held a lot of management classes and
were taught the following 10 rules (he held a piece of
paper he read them from and I tried to jot them down).
1 . Try to confuse the senority system for lay-offs, move-
ups and overtime to get employees jealous of one another.
Then, when employees complain, send them to the union
— thereby shifting the blame, even if you have to use
racial or sexual disputes. Most important: create fear
and mistrust.
2. Draw out grievances as long as possible.
3. Threaten employees if they file grievances or safety
complaints.
4. Increase discipline for even minor offenses, to cause
an overload for the union, slowing down their effective-
ness on timeliness.
5. Make sure employees get all benefit books or letters
on insurance benefits, pensions, etc., saying that the com-
pany gives these, not that they are union negotiated.
6. Increase management trainees or substitute foremen.
7. Get your stool pigeon-big mouth employees (every
area has them) to criticize union officials and union dues.
(You know who these are.)
8. Hold department meetings with employees to con-
vince them that you agree with their problems, but that
the union has to do something. (Deliberately scheduling
improperly is a very good example to use in this step.)
9. Convince them that you are on their side about a
job-class increase or incentives on the job, but that your
hands are tied and it's up to the union.
10. Last but not least, the company must become the
Big Brother, the good guy, and the union becomes the
enemy by distorting the truth about the agreement. By
the time the truth is known, they won't trust the union
anyway.
When I heard this, I realized they followed the game
plan perfectly. All of these things happened to us and
they were laughing at us the whole time. So, I felt I had
to write this letter to warn you how easily we were led
down the road to disaster.
I only hope in some little way this will help you avoid
what happened to us. Don't go back 40 years in time like
we have. Are any of these things going on in your com-
pany? They may be training your management now. Be-
ware!
I cannot sign this letter in fear of my job and family.
Hopefully, someday I will be back with you without fear.
It's a terrible lesson to learn.
Editor's Note: The letter above is reprinted from an issue of the Potters Herald, the
official publication of the AFL-CIO International Brotherhood of Pottery & Allied Workers.
APRIL, 1982
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Tii¥ Piij
wo years of struggle by more than five generations
of use members to be told by research studies
undertaken by scholars and locals in 22 states.
L ast year, in recognition of the UBC
Centennial, the National Endowment
for the Humanities, a U.S. federal
agency, awarded the United Brother-
hood a grant of $202,800 to aid in
conveying "to the widest possible
audience of Americans an apprecia-
tion of the history of the crafts sup-
ported and preserved in the past
century and an understanding of the
central roles which the Carpenters
Union has played in shaping the
American labor movement and, there-
by, American social and economic
history."
In addition to aiding in the produc-
tion of the living-newspaper produc-
tion "Knock On Wood," a traveling
exhibit, a series of interviews on
National Public Radio, and a series of
special newspaper articles, the grant
enabled the UBC to actively work with
state Humanities Councils in produc-
ing individual histories of the Carpen-
ters in various states.
At final count, history projects have
been completed, or are in the process
of being completed, in 22 states. Four
additional states have projects in the
developmental stage, and are expect-
ing funding and near-completion by
late 1982. Financial support in the 13
states with figures available amounts
to $345,674 for these history projects;
using these figures as an average, the
projection for total funding for the
committed 22 states is $585,002.
The following is a summary of
efforts by participating states:
ALABAMA. A $12,000 project on the
history of the Carpenters Union in
Alabama was made possible by a grant
from the Alabama Committee for the
Humanities and a matching commitment
by the Center for Labor Education and
Research. The project, directed by Dr.
Higdon Roberts, is a joint labor history
study of carpenters and sheet metal
workers in Alabama. This history project
is part of a series of craft union histories
produced by the Center for Labor Educa-
tion and Research. Expectations are that
after the first year the project will have
organized archives, collected photographs
(private), collected tools for exhibition,
developed school programs on appren-
tices, and published a brief history of the
Carpenters Union. A traveling exhibition
will be mounted in the coming year. A
film on Alabama labor history is in
progress which includes all of the trades.
ARIZONA. The Assistant Secretary of the
Arizona Carpenters District Council,
Vince Cardinal, has written a summary
history of the union. As a result of
interaction with Cardinal, Professor
Foster Burton at Arizona State Univer-
sity is forming a project team and
developing a proposal to be submitted to
the Arizona Humanities Council. The
proposal, if accepted, will provide for a
statewide comprehensive archival and
oral history project.
CALIFORNIA. With a grant of $17,000
from the California Council for the
Humanities, the Center for Labor,
Research and Education of UCLA has
undertaken a history of the Carpenters
in California. The project is being
directed by distinguished labor historian
Jack Blackburn, chairman of the Center
for Labor, Research and Education.
Blackburn reports that the first six
months of work on the project have been
"a pleasure rather than a duty" because
of the "marvelous help of the state
Carpenters council and its leadership."
COLORADO. After an unsuccessful at-
tempt to reach an agreement with the
staff of the Colorado Humanities Pro-
gram, the Colorado State Council decided
to support a history project on its own,
at a total cost of nearly $12,000. The
effort includes the hiring of a humanities
professor at Loretta Heights College who
is conducting oral history interviews with
union leaders and coordinating the com-
pilation of historical research by individ-
ual Carpenters locals into a statewide
history. The final history is planned for
publication and for free distribution to
all of Colorado's state colleges. Edward
Rylands, secretary of the Colorado State
Carpenters Council, has been a driving
force behind the continuation and com-
pletion of this project.
CONNECTICUT. Although no project deal-
ing specifically with the Carpenters was
developed, the state humanities council
did fund a state AFL-CIO project en-
titled "An Interpretation of the Develop-
ment of the Labor Movement in
Connecticut" which covered some aspects
of the Carpenters' history in Connecticut.
HAWAII. The Hawaii Carpenters State
Council has independently commissioned
Professor Edward Beechert, distinguished
labor historian at the University of
Hawaii, to research and write a volume
on the history of the Hawaii Carpenters.
This history is currently near completion.
IDAHO. The Idaho Humanities Program
has commissioned two historians to work
with the Rocky Mountain District Coun-
cil of Carpenters in developing a proposal
for a Carpenters history project. Pro-
posal completion is scheduled for a
June, 1982 funding deadline.
ILLINOIS. Leslie Orear, president of the
Illinois Labor History Society, is project
director of the Illinois Carpenter history
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project. The project is being funded by
the Illinois Humanities Council, the
Chicago District Council of Carpenters,
and the ILHS. Culmination of the his-
torical research is to be the publication
of a book with the working title,
"Carpenters of Illinois." The book will
be based almost exclusively on archival
research concentrating on the 19th
century. Projected completion date of the
book is May, 1982. A preview of a
portion of the book occurred when two
chapters were read at a recent conference
commemorating "100 Years of Organized
Labor in Illinois."
KANSAS. The Kansas Committee for the
Humanities awarded a $24,800 grant to
support a research and publication project
on the history of the Carpenters in
Kansas. The project director. Professor
Carl Graves of the University of Kansas,
is researching the history of the Car-
penters Union and the carpentry trade
in Kansas from 1881 to 1981, and writ-
ing a 50-page booklet for distribution to
state libraries. Graves is also writing a
series of articles for use in the daily and
weekly newspapers in Kansas and is
organizing open, public presentations in
10 Kansas communities that will feature
a slide/tape show on the result of his
research, and guest speakers to include
Morris Eastland, secretary-treasurer of
the Kansas State Carpenters Council, who
was instrumental in initiating the project.
The following is an excerpt from an
article by Professor Graves in the
September/October 1981 humanities pub-
lication Federation Reports discussing the
scope of the compiled history.
"The Kansas Carpenters' History
Project illustrates the issues common to
work and the humanities. It seeks to
answer three questions. First. What was
the nature of carpentry work in Kansas?
The skills and hazards involved, changes
due to mechanization, worker response
to changes, the impact of change on the
structures that carpenters built and on
the meaning of being a carpenter — all
are topics relevant to the subject of
working in wood."
"Second. What was the role of the
Kansas carpenters' union in these work
changes? The union has attempted to
keep the craft a skilled one by insisting
on a long (four year) apprenticeship
period . . ."
"Third. How did the Kansas carpen-
ters' union fit into the state's government
economy, people, and communities?
Under this heading will go the study of
the relationships (a) between farmers
(many of whom were part-time carpen-
ters) and the union, (b) between the
union and the state's various ethnic
groups (some of which clustered in
carpentry while others did not), and
(c) between the union and state govern-
ment (a right-to- work law was passed
in the late 1950s)."
LOUISIANA. The Louisiana Committee
for the Humanities and the Louisiana
State Carpenters Council have jointly
committed over $30,000 to support the
Carpenters history project in Louisiana.
The project is being run under the
auspices of the Louisiana Historical
Association and is being directed by Joel
Gardner, founding director of the Oral
History Program of the Louisiana Secre-
tary of State's Archives and Records. A
project consortium has been created,
made-up of six humanities scholars from
different regions of the state including:
an oral historian, a librarian, three labor
historians, and a professor of history
and government. At the annual meeting
of the Louisiana Historical Association
this spring, a report on the consortium
and an exhibit on the history of the
carpenters will be presented. Three weeks
later the Louisiana Library Association
will meet in Lake Charles; the exhibit
will be on display throughout that ses-
sion, thereby receiving considerable extra
attention. Additional public programs will
be arranged by each consortium in his or
her locality and the exhibition will stop
in the home city of each to accompany
and compliment these public presenta-
tions.
MICHIGAN. The Michigan Council for
Humanities and the Carpenters' locals
throughout Michigan jointly funded a
carpenters history project in Michigan;
total project cost is $15,775. Professor
Phillip Korth, an historian at Michigan
State University, is conducting oral inter-
views with carpenters and doing archival
work with a focus on changes in the
trade during the life-time of the inter-
viewed carpenters. Twenty-five interviews
have been completed — more are planned
to provide geographic cover of the entire
state. Professor Korth will begin writing
a book on the Michigan Carpenters this
spring. Using visual materials collected
by Korth, a slide program will be used
in public presentations throughout the
state. The book's completion date is
projected to be late summer, 1982.
MISSOURI. In Missouri, a project whose
costs total $51,580 has been conducted
under a grant from the Missouri Com-
mittee for the Humanities with major
union contributions of services and cash.
The project includes the creation of an
exhibition, the writing of a book and the
assembling and broad use of a slide/tape
program. The exhibition and slide/tape
program were first shown at the Missouri
State Fair in September of 1981 for two
weeks. They have subsequently been
shown at union halls throughout the state
with the general public invited free. The
project is under the direction of Dr.
David Thlen, Department of History,
University of Missouri-Columbia. Dr.
Russell Clemens, a historian at the Uni-
versity of Missouri-Columbia, has com-
pleted a history of the Missouri Car-
penters. The booklet is now being
distributed throughout the state to union
locals, universities, and libraries. A spin-
off of the project has been the decision
by a number of local carpenters unions
to make available their historical records
and minutes to the University of Missouri-
Columbia Archives. Betty Carter has
been coordinating the project for the
Carpenters state council, and she and Dr.
Clemens have presented several historical
programs to local unions and local his-
torical societies. When the project is
jifficially completed in June 1982, the
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CARPENTERS'
HELPING HANDS
continues its vital support
of six-year-old Alice
and others in need
Alice explores the contents of a shopping bag with her foster father, Ray
Perkins, a member of Local 50, Knoxville, Tenn. Alice's ever-present doll lays
on a nearby sofa.
K esponse from members and friends
in giving funds to help Alice, a Ten-
nessee member's foster child disfigured
from birth, has been extensive and
heartfelt. Many members have written
asking to be kept up-to-date on the
fund-raising effort, and on the pro-
gress of little Alice, who was scheduled
to go to Nashville for more tests at
the end of March. As we go to press,
the Carpenters' Helping Hands Fund
contains $23,099.30!
Alice and her family still need your
help. If the state feels that Ray and
Thelma Perkins have the means to
take care of Alice's financial needs,
they may permit the Perkins to legally
adopt Alice — a measure that has not
been approved up to this time. Please
send whatever donation you can.
In addition to presenting a con-
tinued listing of contributors, we have
excerpted a few letters from some
members who were kind enough to
share their feelings with us:
"Times are very bad for carpenters
and their families . . . the past two
years have been scary at times. I've
tried to put our plight in perspective.
When I talk to myself, I list the good
things we have. My husband and I
have each other, our health, a roof
over our heads, food in the fridge and
two very lovely teenage daughters
with pretty faces which smile back at
us (most of the time).
"I hope Alice's inside smile can
someday be seen on the outside.
Thank you for asking us to help."
"I suggest that you make one more
request for contributions to this fund
wording it thusly: (I am sending $20.00
cigar money;) surely every working
member could send the price of one
six-pack, or one carton of cigarettes,
or one shot and a beer. But by the
grace of God this could be your child.
"I hope in following issues you will
report on the success of this project."
"After arriving home late for sup-
per, due to an extra Iraffiic clogged
freeway from a day of everything go-
ing wrong on the job, I was tired,
grouchy, and feeling a little sorry for
myself. Then I read "Carpenter^
Helping Hands" in Carpenter, January
1982.
"The story of Alice and Ray and
Thelma Perkins really touched me.
Their strength and love as a family
is a living example of pure dedication.
Thank you for brightening up my day
and sharing Alice with my family and
me. Enclosed is a check. . . ."
16
THE CARPENTER
Organizations,
BspBciaiiy unions,
do not liuB
by dues oione
THERE ARE NO 'THEYS' IN THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD
Nadine Keiper, wife of LaPorte, Ind.,
Local 1485 member Valentine Keiper, in
addition to being the Koontz Lake
librarian, is also a columnist for the
Starke County Leader. In the aftermath
of the PATCO (Air Traffic Controllers)
strike, Mrs. Keiper wrote a column for
the South Bend Tribune originally titled,
"There Are No 'Theys' In The Union."
The following are excerpts from this
article:
By NADINE KEIPER
In any organization, large or small,
there is a nucleus of members who
truly believe in the principles which
unite them. This core group takes a
beating from those opposed to these
principles. They are vulnerable.
They are also busy people who often
do not have the time to spend in
defending their goals and actions.
Whether it's the PTA, Boy Scouts,
Firemen's Auxiliary or whatever, the
majority of the members of any
organization does little to help except
to pay their dues.
No doubt many of these people de-
fend their non-participation by re-
affirmation of this latter fact; as if by
paying their dues they are giving their
share of support. However, organiza-
tions do not live by dues alone, to
paraphrase an old cliche. If they did, it
would be very simple for us just to
mail in our dues as we do our taxes.
NO SHRUG OFF
Now, we might shrug off the recal-
citrant members of a school, church,
or service organization. There might be
various, perhaps even viable, reasons
for their inactive role. But what excuse
will suffice when the organization
whose support they are shirking is the
one that is responsible, not just for
their higher wages and better working
conditions, but possibly for their hav-
ing a job in the first place?
Anyone who is a union member and
refers to that union as "they" is not
going to elicit much sympathy from a
good union person. There are no
"theys" in the union. If you're a
member, you are the union. No one is
going to look out for you. They may
help, but if you have a complaint, you
are the one to make it, and you are the
one to follow it through.
Union members from all over the
world may be your backup, but you
carry your own load. If you want the
decent hours, good wages, and fringe
benefits that unionism has brought
about, then to paraphrase again; you'd
better put your mouth where the
money is!
BAR-STOOL TALK
The union member who sits in a
bar on meeting night and airs his
gripes to his fellow chug-a-luggers is
as much an enemy of the union as the
big business person who blats to all
and sundry that the labor unions are
wrecking the country. The member
who tells a story of an injustice being
done him and follows the tale by ad-
mitting he doesn't attend union meet-
ings, is useless to himself as well as
to the union.
You're not hiring a bodyguard,
retaining legal counsel or paying for a
wet nurse when you pay your union
dues. You are making an ongoing
contribution toward keeping alive and
active the organization that helps you
to help yourself.
It's also the organization that has
worked, fought and in part succeeded
in making the working person a first
class citizen. The most important other
contribution you can make is attend-
ing meetings and speaking up for the
principles for which your union stands.
A large organization has clout. Its
members represent votes, backing for
candidates who, if elected, will help
them fight for their rights. One person,
alone, can lose his job for trying to
assert himself. Two hundred or two
thousand are not likely to get fired.
GREASING THE WHEELS
Someone has to keep the wheels of
industry turning. The firing of the air
controllers is a glaring and shameful
exception. They had, for the last 10
years been protesting that they were
working with obsolete equipment, and
putting in too many hours for the kind
of stress their jobs entailed. But as
long as they continued to honor their
no-strike oath, nothing was done to
alleviate their problems. Their com-
plaints went: unheeded.
Then Ronald Reagan, during his
campaign, seeing a substantial block of
votes among the controllers, their
families and sympathizers, assured
them in a very gracious letter that he
recognized their plight and promised
that he would, if elected see that their
needs were met. He got their support
and he was elected president, but his
oath wasn't kept. So they broke theirs.
Why should their oath be more im-
portant than that of the president of
the United States? What they asked
for was nothing more than fair treat-
ment. What they got — was fired.
WHO ARE THE VILLAINS?
And it was strange how many union
members felt that the controllers were
the villains. At a time when every
union member in the world should
have backed them, they stood almost
alone.
Why? Why didn't their union
brothers and sisters put their mouths
where their money was? There were
twice as many union people against
them as were for them. It appeared
that as long as their own paychecks
kept coming, they couldn't be both-
ered. Besides, they were being incon-
venienced in traveling by air! The
Solidarity march in Washington, D.C.,
would have had far greater impact had
it been staged at the time the con-
trollers were being unjustly fired.
Where were the voices of indignation?
I've a feeling that every union mem-
ber in this country had better keep an
eye out behind him, as Satchel Paige
used to say, "to see who's gaining on
him."
If one union-busting attempt is suc-
cessful, it is unreal to expect that there
won't be others. And when your own
ox is gored, who will raise their voices
for you? As Benjamin Franklin put it,
"We must, indeed, all hang together
or, most assuredly, we will all hang
separately."
APRIL, 1982
25
HPPREnTiiESHip & TRnininc
CETA Funding Level Reduced,
Vice President Campbell Reports
The United Brotherhood has again
been granted a prime contract allowing
the continuation of training activities
under CETA (the Comprehensive Em-
ployment Training Act). Such CETA
funds are distributed under subcontract
arrangements to affiliated local unions
and councils.
In a memorandum dated March 1,
First' General Vice President Patrick
J. Campbell notified local unions and
councils that this year's funding level has
been reduced from the training capacity
of last year's funding and that, conse-
quently, the General Office in Washington
is greatly limited in the number of sub-
contracts it can provide to affiliates.
The reduced funding reflects the cut-
backs made by the Reagan Administra-
tion in the federal budget in recent
months. Apprenticeship and training
leaders have anticipated such reduced
funding for several months.
Under the new CETA contract, train-
ing is provided only in pre-apprenticeship.
All persons trained under this CETA
contract must be from the disadvantaged
sector. There continues emphasis on
veterans, women and new emphasis on
displaced workers.
Local affiliates are instructed to ad-
dress their request for training to Patrick
J. Campbell, First General Vice-Presi-
dent, so that we may evaluate your
request for priority fund implementation.
"Our funding level is not sufficient that
we may be able to grant subcontracts to
all of the affiliate local unions and dis-
trict councils that so request," Campbell
noted. "We will scrutinize all requests
and make effort to determine the areas
of greatest need so that we may make
optimum utilization of the funds granted
Red Bank Graduates
A I the Christmas meeting of Local
2250, Red Bank, N.J., five apprentices
were awarded journeyman certificates.
The above picture shows apprentices,
front row, Brian Provini, left, and John
Otexa, right. Standing behind the new
journeymen are, from left. Bus. Rep.
James A. Kirk, Jr., President Atvin C.
Birkner, and Fin. Sec. Charles E.
Gorham. The three graduating appren-
tices not available for the photograph
are iMwrence Belmonte, Charles Pessler,
and Stephen Seber.
South Carolina Grads Receive Certificates
Five apprentices recently received journeyman certificates from Local 1778,
Columbia, S.C. F. R. Snow, financial secretary and business representative, is shown
above, left, presenting certificates to Danny N. Baily, Larry A. Broome, and
Michael L. Berry. New journeymen Dexter E. Graham and Donald L. Atkinson
were not available for the picture.
Apprentices Training in
Des Plaines
Local 839, Des Plaines, III., recently welcomed 10 new
apprentices. The new members — including one young woman
— are shown in the accompanying picture, first row, from
left: Bus. Rep. Robert Griskenas, Steven G. Diduch, Donald
E. Troka, Terry N. Thvedt, and Bus. Rep. T. Richard Day.
Second row, from left: Hugh Cushley, Daniel E. Thomas,
Kevin L. Reiken, John Patrick Duffin, Michelle R. Hoyer,
John Koontz, and John Dimiceli.
Planning Northern California Center
Final touches to plans for the California Bay Area Carpenters
Regional Training Center were completed at the meeting of
the Carpenters 46 northern California counties apprenticeship
and training trust last November. The center wilt serve the
needs of apprentices in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco
and San Mateo counties. Present to accept the plans for the
project were, left to right: Apprenticeship Program Director
Frank Benda, Vice-Chairman Joseph McGrogan, Board
Chairman, Hans Wachsmuth, Trustee Charles Neve and
Assistant Carpenter Funds Administrator Arthur Elkins. The
groundbreaking was held recently, and construction will
begin at the Pleasanton site soon.
26
THE CARPENTER
<'.{»
Too young fo retire but
'too old' for some of life's
conveniences? Moyte you
should know what the law
guarantees you. . . .
Vour Rights Ouer Hge 50
Much has been written about the
legal rights of people over age 65, but
how about those over 50 in that 50-65
age bracket, considered by many as
too young to retire but too old for our
youthful market place?
Many Americans in this age bracket
have been unable to obtain and hold
jobs or obtain credit and plan for a
financially secure future.
To educate this sector of the popu-
lation to their rights, the American
Bar Association has prepared an
understandable and informative book-
let "Your Rights Over Age 50."
Following are some excerpts from this
valuable booklet:
The Right to a Job
A relatively recent federal law, the
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
(ADEA), has extended the mandatory
retirement age from 65 to 70 in most
jobs and has abolished it completely in
most federal jobs. The law supports your
right to have a job you want if you are
qualified for it, regardless of age, and it
protects you against arbitrary age dis-
crimination while on the job. In addition,
many states have also passed laws pro-
hibiting age discrimination in employ-
ment.
My employer says that I don't have to
stop working at 65, but I will have to
accept a job with less responsibility and
less pay. Is this legal?
If you are one of the majority of
Americans who are covered by federal
law, your employer cannot pressure you
to retire before the legal limit. In general,
this means that you can't be threatened,
forced to take a less responsible job,
given fewer privileges, paid less, or
treated differently from other, younger
workers.
I want a new job. As long - as I'm
qualified, can an employer refuse to hire
me just because I'm "too old?"
If an employer is covered by federal
law, it is illegal for that employer to
discriminate in hiring strictly on the basis
of age, unless age is a "bona fide qualifi-
cation" for the job. The chances are that
you are legally entitled to be considered
equally with other applicants, regardless
of age. You may also be protected by
state law against age discrimination in
employment.
What about pensions and benefits? If I
change my job late in life, does my new
employer have to give me the pension
and benefits that a younger employee
would receive?
This is another matter that is still being
decided. The important thing to remem-
ber is that an employer can not use
benefits or pension programs as an
excuse not to hire you for a job for
which you are qualified.
I believe that I've been a victim of age
discrimination. What can I do about It?
File a "charge" with the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission
(EEOC) whose personnel have been spe-
cially trained to handle ADEA charges
and to counsel complainants. The EEOC
and all other federal agencies are listed
under U.S. Government in the telephone
directory.
The charge should be in writing. Give
your name, age, and how you can be
reached. Identify the company against
which you are making the charge and
carefully describe the action you believe
was discriminatory. The more specific
you can be, the better.
The Right to Credit
Since it was amended in 1977, the
Equal Credit Opportunity Act has for-
bidden discrimination on the basis of age
in the granting of credit. This includes
not only consumer credit, such as charge
accounts, but also mortgages.
Under the law, you cannot be dis-
couraged or prevented from applying for
a loan, refused a loan if you otherwise
qualify, or be lent money on terms differ-
ent from those granted another person
with similar income, expenses, credit
history, and collateral — simply because
of your age or because you are retired.
You do, however, have to meet the
creditor's standards. The Act does not
guarantee that you will receive credit.
I retired at 62. Despite having a good
credit history and a good retirement
income, I suddenly find that I can't bor-
row money. Am I being discriminated
against?
You could be a victim of illegal age
discrimination. Under federal law, credi-
tors are required to calculate your retire-
ment income in rating your credit appli-
cation.
Can a creditor consider my age?
The creditor can consider certain
information related to your age insofar
as this information has a clear bearing
on your ability and willingness to repay a
debt. Say, for example, that you apply
for a 30-year mortgage. You are now 63
and intend to retire at age 65. Your
income will be reduced when you retire.
The creditor can legally deny you a loan
because your pending retirement affects
your ability to repay the loan.
Special Note to Women
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act also
extends extensive protection to women in
credit matters. In general, the Act for-
bids discrimination in the granting of
credit on the basis of sex or marital
status and contains provisions which
allow you to create and maintain your
own credit history (which will allow you
to obtain credit in the future). A married,
divorced, separated,' or widowed woman
should make a special point to visit or
call her local credit bureau or bureaus to
make sure that her credit history does
appear in a credit file under her own
name.
The Right to Try
Thanks to a relatively recent federal
law — the Age Discrimination Act (ADA),
which is not to be confused with the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act —
older Americans can now take advantage
of opportunities for education and train-
APRIL, 1982
27
ing that once probably would have been
closed to them. Neither higher education
nor job training can any longer be con-
sidered the exclusive property of the
young.
I'm 55, and I want to go to medical
school. Can I?
Since June of 1979, federal law has
stated that, in general, colleges, uni-
versities, and other institutions of higher
learning, if they receive federal funds,
cannot discriminate in admissions on the
basis of age. Most colleges and universi-
ties do receive some sort of federal aid.
I want to go to school, but I need
financial assistance. Am I eligible?
In general, adults should be eligible for
the same student-aid programs that young
people are eligible for. Your school's
financial aid officer can help you investi-
gate this matter further.
Is a school ever allowed to discrimi-
nate?
The law does allow institutions to
create programs specifically for certain
age groups, as long as other age groups
are not deprived of services. For ex-
ample, it would be legal for a school to
create a program that would encourage
adults to return to school.
There also are some circumstances
under which an institution might be
allowed to set up age criteria in admis-
sions. One of these is if the age distinc-
tion is specifically contained in a federal,
state or local law.
The Right to Financial Security
Generally speaking, a pension is a
program through which an employer, an
employee, and/or a union put aside
money to help an employee live after
retirement. The Employee Retirement
Income Security Act (ERISA), most of
the provisions of which took effect in
1976, is now the principal law regulating
pensions. But there are many protections
not offered by the new law, and it is
important to know what your particular
pension program offers you.
It is also important to know that
ERISA does not affect pension benefits
to which you became entitled before the
Act became effective.
I want to retire before the age of 65.
Will my pension he affected?
Many pensions provide that your bene-
fits will be reduced by a set percentage if
you begin taking them before the
"normal retirement age," usually 65.
Plans are not required to pay you a
pension until you reach 65, even if you
do retire early.
What will happen to me if my em-
ployer shuts down or stops its pension
plan?
Most, but not all, plans are insured.
Even if your plan is insured, you are
protected only if your pension has vested.
What happens to my pension if I leave
my joh temporarily, then return?
In general, you cannot be deprived of
credit you earned before a break in
service if the "break" doesn't last longer
than the years you worked before the
break. For example, say that you have
been covered by a pension plan for six
years and now want to take a year off.
You won't lose credit for those six years.
On the other hand, say that you have
participated in your employer's pension
plan for only a year when you are laid
off for 18 months. When you are rehired
you may find that you have lost the
benefits you accrued during that one year
of covered employment.
Breaks in service that took place before
ERISA took effect in 1976 are not
covered by the law.
The law considers any year in which
you worked 500 or fewer hours to be a
break in service.
A pension belongs to the pensioner,
not to the pension's spouse or former
spouse. If you are married to someone
who is entitled to a pension, the pen-
sioner can provide for you, but is not
required to do so.
How are my benefits from Social
Security determined? Will I receive
enough money to live on when I retire?
The actual amount of the benefits you
receive depends on several factors. First,
you must have credit for a certain num-
ber of years worked. In 1981, those
turning 62 need credit for IV2 years of
Readers may obtain the com-
plete booklet, "Your Rights Over
Age 50," by mailing $1.00 to
Circulation Department, American
Bar Association, 1 155 E. 60th
Street, Chicago, III. 60637.
Any Canadian members know
of similar material available for
Canadians over 50? If so, we'd like
to hear about it.
work. Those turning 62 in 1991 or later
will need credit for 10 years of work.
A second factor is the amount of your
average earnings over a certain number
of years. Those born in 1930 or later
average their income over 35 years.
A third factor is the maximum amount
of your earnings taxed by Social Security
in any of those years. In 1981. $29,700
of your earnings can be taxed for Social
Security purposes. In averaging your
income over the necessary number of
years, you can only count the maximum
earnings that were taxed.
The Social Security Administration will
help you estimate your potential retire-
ment benefits. You can get this help by
contacting your local Social Security dis-
trict office. It is highly likely, however,
that your Social Security benefits will not
be enough to live on when you retire.
I want to retire at 62. As this is before
the "normal" retirement age, will my
Social Security benefits he affected?
You can generally start receiving re-
tirement benefits from Social Security at
the age of 62, although generally you
cannot receive benefits earlier than that
age. But if you do begin receiving bene-
fits before age 65, the amount you re-
ceive each month will be reduced.
I want to work at another joh after I
"retire." Will my Social Security benefits
he affected?
Currently, those aged 62 to 64 can
earn up to $3,720 a year with no
reduction in their benefits. Those aged 65
and over can earn up to $5,000 without
reduction. Anyone over 72 (70 as of
1982) can earn as much as she or he
likes without reduction of benefits.
If you are receiving Social Security
benefits and are working part time, you
must file with the SSA an estimate of
your income for the coming year. The
SSA uses that estimate to calculate the
reduction in your benefits. At the end of
the year, you file a statement of your
actual earnings and any needed adjust-
ment will be made.
Can a husband or wife receive Social
Security benefits based on his or her
spouse's earnings?
Both husbands and wives are eligible
to receive retirement benefits based on
the work record of a spouse. In order to
receive these benefits, you must be 62
years old or older. The benefits you
receive usually will be half of your
spouse's benefits, and will be less if you
begin taking benefits before you are 65.
My husband is not retired yet, but he
wants to he sure that I will he provided
for if he dies before retirement. What
must he do?
He can be relatively sure that you will
be provided for only under the following
circumstances:
1. His plan must allow early retire-
ment.
Continued on Page 30
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THE CARPENTER
Labor Joins Doctors, Business
In Local Health Coalitions
BY ROBERT B. COONEY
PAl Staff Writer
Setting aside sharp national dif-
ferences, an unusual coalition of
organized labor, health care providers,
insurers and big business has agreed
to cooperate at the local level to bring
health costs under control.
There is a "new climate" in which
the federal government is withdrawing
its functions and funding, the parti-
cipants noted. And, since health care
costs are climbing rapidly, it made
sense to pursue local efforts now under
way in some 70 communities.
John Dunlop, former Secretary of
Labor and now a Harvard University
professor, organized the coalition and
will coordinate its efforts. Dunlop told
a press conference here that repre-
sentatives of six major organizations
have been discussing the local coalition
approach for six months.
Bert Seidman, AFL-CIO Social
Security Director, represented labor
at the briefing. Also present were lead-
ers of the American Hospital Associa-
tion, American Medical Association,
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associa-
tions, Health Insurance Association
of America and the Business Round-
table. The Roundtable is made up of
the chief executive officers of some
200 major corporations and has been
active in lobbying Congress.
Service Employees President John
J. Sweeney and Melvin Glasser, health
expert of the United Auto Workers,
also have been involved in the coali-
tion talks but did not attend the brief-
ing.
Dunlop, who is coordinating the
coalition effort, said the organizations
came together "out of a deep concern
with the rate of increase in health care
costs and the effects of public and
private policies on the quality and
access to health care."
He said the coalition members re-
cognize their strong differences over
national policies and legislation, yet
agreed to cooperate locally in today's
new circumstances.
Seidman agreed. "The chances of
achieving legislation are much less" at,
the present time, he said, and so labor
is responding in "a pragmatic way"
as it has done in other fields.
Seidman noted that the federal
government was "pulling back from
APRIL, 1982
its responsibilities" and so unions
would be encouraged to work with
other groups at the local level.
Labor's aim, he said, would be not
only to restrain costs but to seek
broader access to quality care for
working people, the unemployed and
those now lacking health care.
Seidman made it clear that labor
was not giving up its goals of national
health insurance or federal legislation
to contain hospital costs. AHA Presi-
dent J. Alexander McMahon also said
the "Voluntary Effort" coalition —
which unites providers, insurers and
business against federal legislation —
was a national and state approach and
was not part of the local coalition.
In a common statement, the six
organizations endorsed "coalitions" on
a local, state or regional basis. They
urged first, an inventory of local re-
sources and problems.
They advised local groups to focus
on a few priorities, such as decreasing
the emphasis on expensive in-patient
technology and stressing alternative
care such as ambulatory and home
care.
They also urged efforts to finance
and provide care for the unemployed
and others without it and efforts to
offset federal, state and local budget
cuts.
In a later telephone interview, PAI
asked AHA President McMahon if
local cooperation could succeed as
long as some hospitals were fighting
unionization by nurses and other em-
ployees and hiring consultants to keep
unions out.
McMahon said members of the
coalition recognized they have dif-
ferences and made no attempt to gloss
them over. But legislative differences
and labor-management relations are
not part of the coalition-building pro-
cess, he said. He also said hospitals
are voluntary members of AHA.
McMahon did say that broader
areas of agreement might emerge from
discussions by coalition members, but
the current focus was on cost control.
A number of unions are organizing
in the health field and are facing stub-
born opposition from management.
The Service Employees, Teachers,
Auto Workers, Teamsters and the Re-
tail, Wholesale and Department Store
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• A rising cost of living which,
although it is down a little bit, makes
life miserable for the millions of our
fellow citizens on fixed incomes.
Debs would see, and probably
recognize . . .
• A rich man's philosophy, sound-
ing like an echo of the 19th Century
robber barons ... as expressed in a
bold full page advertisement in the
Wall Street Journal of March 5. That
ad proclaimed "The Fallacy of Work-
ing for a Living." It said that "you
concentrate on your career at the
expense of accumulating wealth,
sacrificing your chance at financial
independence." (In other words, let's
wise up; get rich quick!)
And he'd see . . .
• An economic theory that has
welcomed the rise of the multi-
national corporation, which says the
greed for super-profits need have no
national boundaries. This theory
makes it easy to turn reason on its
head, so that presumably intelligent
people argue that the national interest
is somehow served by destroying or
emasculating once prosperous Ameri-
can industries like steel, or auto, or
textiles, or electronics — while import-
ing these once home-made items at a
cost of billions of dollars a year.
(Madness — officially approved!)
And, to Deb's dismay, he would
see . . .
• A banking and money system
dominated by a Federal Reserve Board
so far removed from influence by the
will of a democratic majority of the
people that its headquarters might just
as well be on the far side of the moon.
Come to think of it, things might get
better on planet Earth if we did move
the Fed to the moon! To help that
process along, unless the Federal Re-
serve Board responds more to the
needs of the American public, I think
we can find some Carpenter Union
members who would be glad to donate
their labor for building shipping cases
to hold the Federal Reserve's paper
records of wrong decisions and wrong
policies.
So, to sum it all up, I suppose
Eugene Debs would say: "In the 55
years since my death, the American
people have accomplished wonderful
things. They have demonstrated what
I have always believed: that we have
the resources and the skill and the
sense of good will to build a society
where nobody need be poor, where
freedom is respected, and where
genius and skills will be rewarded."
But, Debs would add, "There is an
awful lot yet to be done. You who
believe in democratic progress had
better organize, organize!"
And perhaps Debs would quote
from his favorite poem, by William
Henley. That poem ends with these
lines;
"I am the master of my fate.
"I am the captain of my soul!"
Fellow masters, fellow captains:
Let's get to work. America needs it.
NATIONAL JOINT SAFETY
Continued from Page 11
the AGC, was elected the management
co-chairman. General President Wil-
liam Konyha and First General Vice
President Pat Campbell spoke to this
meeting. Dann chaired the Friday
meeting, and Dodson was to chair the
second meeting, March 29.
The other labor members of the
committee are Robert E. Lavery,
safety and welfare representative of
the Cleveland District Council of
Carpenters; Perry McGinnis, safety
director of the Colorado Building and
Construction Trades Council; and
Francis McHale, business manager of
Local 2287, New York, N.Y.
The AGC was also represented by
Alan Hollingsworth, area safety super-
visor of S. J. Groves and Sons Co.,
Springfield, 111. CISCA was represented
by Frank R. Palmer, president of John
H. Hampshire, Baltimore, Md., Inc.,
Scholarship Guide
Compiled By AFL-CIO
Thousands of college students are re-
ceiving some kind of financial assistance
from the labor movement. Among those
receiving aid are sons and daughters of
members in those Brotherhood local
unions and councils which sponsor
scholarships. Other students are obtaining
aid from state federations of labor.
Although our international union, like
most international unions, does not offer
college scholarships itself, it does encour-
age efforts by local unions to offer
financial assistance to students in need.
A guide to union-sponsored scholar-
ships and awards has been compiled by
the AFL-CIO Department of Educa-
tion. The guide includes information on
scholarships given by national and inter-
national unions, state and local central
bodies and local unions as well as a
directory for other sources of student aid.
Single copies of the guide are available
free from the AFL-CIO Department of
Education, 815 Sixteenth St., N.W.,
Room 407, Washington, D.C. 20006.
and the SC&RA by Thomas K. Kollins,
director of the Crane and Rigging
Group of the Association, Washington,
DC.
HOUSTON ORGANIZING
Continued from Page 1 1
says, in response to advertising by the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners one contractor called claiming
he wasn't even aware a union existed.
According to Dobson, that contractor im-
mediately decided to reach an agreement
with the appropriate local union.
Meanwhile, L.ocal 2437 held its first
election under the auspices of the Hous-
ton Organizing Project. The February
18th election was a success with 80%
of a 26-person unit of Brand Export Inc.,
a shipping crate manufacturing firm,
voting to join the Brotherhood. The
organizing drive emphasizes solid votes
such as this for strength during contract
negotiations.
Despite odds predicted by labor-man-
agement consultants and the prevalent
propaganda about the Sunbelt, the or-
ganizing efforts are beginning to show
other results.
The Houston Federation of Teachers
developed a drive in which more than
1200 secondary school teachers re-joined
the HFT. In that membership drive, an-
other 500 teachers also became new mem-
bers, showing strong support for the HFT.
In the third week of February, the
United Steelworkers of America soundly
defeated a decertification attempt at
Flexitallic Inc., an oil industry equip-
ment manufacturer. The USWA currently
has more than half a dozen organizing
efforts in progress.
More than 60 organizing drives are
underway as part of the joint Houston
Organizing Project drive, in which around
30 international unions and their local
affiliates are participating. Many of the
campaigns began in earnest within the
past four months.
The Houston Organizing Project began
as a response to the needs of Houston's
local unions. It is a contemporary version
of the successful Los Angeles-Orange
County Organizing Committee established
more than 19 years ago.
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2. He must not die before reaching
the "early survivor option" age,
usually 55. In many cases, widows
of men who died before reaching
55 have been left with no pension
money.
3. He must sign a form stating that
he wants his pension benefits re-
duced when he retires. Having
signed this form, he must not die
of a heart attack, cancer, or other
"natural causes" within two years.
If he dies within two years of
having signed this form, you are
likely to get nothing.
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THE CARPENTER
Health Costs in
Canada vs. US
The Reagan Administration is seeking
cuts of nearly $5 billion in Medicare
and Medicaid in the coming year.
Last year's cuts and the proposed cuts
would be totally unnecessary if a national
health insurance program were enacted
in the US similar to Canada's, the AFL-
CIO observed at its recent meeting in Bal
Harbour, Fla.
In 1965, Canada spent 6.1% of its
Gross National Product on health care —
before it enacted national health insur-
ance. The US spent less than Canada
that year, 5.9%.
By 1970, Canada was spending 7.1%
and the US was up to 7.5%. In 1975,
Canada held at 7.1% and the US rose
to 8.6%.
Since 1975, health care spending in
Canada declined to 7% and has stayed
there through 1980. In the US, health
costs soared to 9.4% of GNP in 1980.
BC&T Urges Boycott
Of Reynolds Tobacco
The Bakery, Confectionery and To-
bacco Workers have urged us to boycott
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco products, remind-
ing us of the companies continued suc-
cess in using "firings, intimidations, and
fear" to keep the workers from organiz-
ing. International President John
DeConcini explains, "Twice in this
century Reynolds' workers have voted for
union representation and both times the
company was successful in subsequently
breaking the union ... we call on you
to stand with us in our boycott of
Reynolds Tobacco products."
The list of boycotted products is as
follows: Camel, Winston, Salem, Van-
tage, Now and More cigarettes; Win-
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Albert, Apple, George Washington and
Madiera mixture pipe tobacco, and
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during a recent seminar on the older
worker.
Said Dr. Smith: "The single known
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DANVILLE, ILL.
Local 269 held Its annual Christmas party
and pin presentation last year at the
Danville Moose Lodge. A special plaque was
awarded to 93-year-old James Shipman
commemorating his 40 years of service with
Local 269. Before retiring, Shipman was a
millworker for the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Railroad and Elliot Lumber. Pins were
presented by Trustee Malcolm Tucker and
East Central Illinois District Council
Secretary-Treasurer Larry Mollett.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members,
from left: Malcolm Tucker, Gerald Dorsey,
Donald Ehlenfeld, Astin Thomen, Fridel
Gerbsch, and Sec.-Treas. Mollett.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members,
from left: Clarence Kizer, Dean Pearson,
Frank Carroll, Henry Silvestro, Joshua Prink,
and Sec.-Treas. Mollett.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members,
kneeling, from left: Ernest Zonder and Melvin
Hill.
Standing, from left: Elmer Engelman, Walter
Wade, Denver Walker, Harry Pettigrew, Orville
Bonebrake, Craig Jones, Charles Ice, and
Sec-Treas. Mollett.
Picture No. 4 shows 40-year members,
from left: Charles Downing, James Shipman,
Russell Huff, John Jarking, Tom Day, Elvin
Harper, and Sec.-Treas. Mollett.
Members eligible for service pins but not
present for pictures are as follows: 25-year
members Bill Atwood, Donald Dickerson,
Virgil Ferrante, William Cocking, Russell Hall,
Fred LeClaire, James LeClaire, Bill Pearson,
Sr., Merle Smith, Ruben Standridge, Gary
Thiede, and William Thornton; 30-year mem-
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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.
bers Karl Await, Emil Carpenter, James Davis,
Melvin Denhart, Al Estock, Sr., Clair Evans,
Harold Farrell, August Finet, Earl Ford, Ray
Hicks, Clarence Kilbey, Wilson Kinderman,
Herman Linne, Neal Machledt, George May,
Sam Meiker, Joe O'Neal, Lowell Osborne,
Wilbur Troxel, Clarence Unitis, and Jonathan
Wise; 35-year members Clyde Carney, George
Cunningham, Robert Ehlenfeld, Harry Golden,
Charles Haworth, Russell Miller, George
Porter, Walder Sheffer, Kenneth Thornton,
Max Whitlock, and George Zick; 40-year
members Fay Bales, Clarence Lutz, Raymond
Rouse, Leo Songer, and Leon Thompson; 45-
year members J. A. McDowell and Joe Mullen;
and 50-year member Wilbur Hiatt.
COLUMBIA, S.C.
Robert G. Campbell of Local 1778 recently
received his 30-year membership pin. Campbell
is shown below receiving his pin from Fin. Sec.
and Bus. Rep. F. R. Snow.
THE CARPENTER
DES PLAINES, ILL.
On December 7, 1981, a special meeting of
Local 839 was called to tionor members with
25 or more years of service to the Brother-
hood. The highlight of the evening was the
presentation of life membership cards to two
members, Clarence L Wille and Charles Kane,
with 50 or more years of service.
Members who received 25-year pins are as
follows: Michael Abbinati, Chester P. Allard,
Harley Phillips, James A. Black, Russ W. Sawin,
Jr., John V. Macejak, Harold S. Byrne, Ben W.
Daszek, Donald Habetler, Raymond F. Heppner,
Trevor Bauman, Walter H. Krause, Vitalijs
Lackajs, Edward C. Loween, Jr., Buford N.
Lowe, Fred Moeller, Robert Ostrowski, Richard
C. Gayan, Ernest P. Price, Charles E. Ross,
Thomas W. Simpson, Frank M. Moore,
Hubbard D. Hicks, Byrne McClung, Joseph G.
Wintz, Alfred L Wintz, Richard 0. Weijhner,
Herbert H. Weide, Edwin H. Stade, Jr., Ralph
N. Smith, William J. Noehring, and Peter St.
George.
Members who received 30-year pins are as
follows: Thomas E. Birong, Russell J. Bregmas,
Joe P. Calabrese, Joseph Cerek, Donald
Chartrand, John J. Daniels, Roger H. Erber,
Edward W. Fritz, Jr., William Gartke, Frank
Kofler, Leonard Larson, Tom Nebl, Delbert J.
Quirin, William T. Ribbon, Casimir Robak,
Lloyd R. Scharf, Peter J. Vetrano, Robert
Zbikowski, Albert Jacobsen, Roger J. Larsen,
and Maurice Jensen.
Picture No. 1 shows members receiving
35-year pins, front row, from left: Sherman
Dautel, Nick J. Current, Edward C. Green,
Harry Holm, Joe Micketts, Walter C. Nelson,
Cornelius Vanderwiel, Jr., and Curtis Roe.
Back row, from left: George Schrambeck,
Arthur Paine, Donald Van Pool, Henry Wiegel,
Jr., William Wiegel, Cyril F. Wray, Donald
Trager, Kenneth Messenger, Anton Hribar,
Robert Blume, and Harvey Bally.
Picture No. 2 shows 40-year members, from
left: Oscar Christ, Albert Greenenwald, Melvin
Mensching, and Richard Niemeyer.
Picture No. 3 shows life members with
officers, front row, from left: T. Richard Day,
president and bus. rep., Clarence L. Wille, life
member; Charles F. Kane, life member;
Sherman Dautel, pros, emeritus; and Robert
Griskenas, bus. rep.
Back row, from left: Raymond Nowakowski,
treasurer; Robert Knippen, conductor; Dennis
Huels, trustee; Frank Guttler, vice-president;
William Uhler, warden; and Trevor Bauman,
trustee.
Picture No. 3,
right
Des Plaines, III. — Picture No. 2
APRIL, 1982
St. Catherines Honors 94- Year-Old Member
Local 38, St. Catherines, Ont. recently celebrated the Brotherhood's
100-year anniversary with a gala evening affair. Special guest at the event was
94-year-old Bill McLean, a member of Local 38 for 71 years. McLean was
active at the trade, working for Newman Brotliers, until 1960 when he retired at
the age of 73.
The picture on the left shows General Representative Ted Ryan, left, pin-
ning a 71-year gold pin on McLean. The picture on the right shows Sec.
Treas. of the Ontario Provincial Council Bob Reid, left, presenting a painting
of a water mill to McLean, center, with the help of Hap Hague, retired
business representative and past president of OPC.
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MEMPHIS, TENN.
Last November, Local 345 held a pin
presentation ceremony, presenting service
pins to almost 200 members. Recipients are
shown in the accompanying pictures.
Picture No. 1 shows 20-year members, from
left: Joe E. Boyd, and A. R. Little.
Picture No. 2 shows 25-year members, from
left: Jerrold Eason, Joe R. Bryant, H. D. Ellis,
and Charlie Norman.
Picture No. 3 shows 30-year members,
from left: H. J. Cannon, J. D. Cook, T. J.
Holden, J. C. Lemmons, Willie Moore, Jr.,
J. H. Stanford, I. W. White, and Ottis Wilbanks.
Picture No. 4 shows 35-year members, front
row, from left: Ralph Bledsoe, C. J. Campbell,
Leiand Cross, 0. T. Glover, John Denton, L. C.
Gould, H. F. Hawkins, Homer Williams, J. E.
Winberry, and A. T. Tutor.
Back row, from left: Roy Ballard, OIlie
Richardson, Stanley Pike, N. R. Delk, Herbert
Gentry, H. C. Patterson, Rodney Jones, W. T.
Marr, Smith Luttrell, and George Trumble.
Memphis, Tenn. — Picture No. 1
Picture No. 2
Picture No. 3
Picture No. 4
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Picture No. 5
Picture No. 6
Picture No. 5 shows 40-year members,
front row, from left: E. B. Thompson, D. L.
McClure, N. D. Davenport, H. W. Owen, H. G.
Sealy, J. A. Thompson, H. W. Grantham, and
J. M. Hartsfield.
Back row, from left: Clinton Arbor, C. E.
Barbee, Clifford Burrell, D. A. Miles, Joe 0.
Edwards, E. J. Gattis, Woodrow Goodrich,
Elmer Yarber, W. C. Kee, and H. L. Sitton.
Picture No. 6 shows 45-year members, from
left: Will G. Davis, E. R. Dill, W. E. Hill, C. H.
Jones, Oscar McLain, J. B. McKell, Herschel
Wade, B. C. Walding, Otto Schlafer, Hugh
Mitchell, and Joel H. Tyson.
Members receiving pins but not present
for the ceremony are as follows: 20-year
members Vernon Armstrong, P. E. Bryson, D. G.
Burt, P. L. Davenport, Joseph Dobias, R. E.
Dunn, C. M. Dyer, F. J. Gibert, W. R. Godwin,
R. D. Goodson, E. W. Jeftery, R. E. Lawrence,
B. D. McGee, D. B. McGee, S. N. McLennan,
J. W. Martin, J. T. Olds, T. M. Ramsey, Dale
L. Smith and Sollie Sneed; 25-year members
James M. Belk, H. W. Canaday, V. L Green-
slade, D. F. Jameson, C. M. Johnson, Jr.,
W. W. McMon, W. G. Marshall, Raymond
Navarre, F. A. Parker, G. I. Pratt, L W. Roach,
B. E. Roberts, W. Y. Stone, B. V. Wakham
and A. L. West; 30-year members Howard W.
Brown, V. G. Brown, J. F. Cannon, Billy G.
Daniels, W. B. Head, C. B. Holland, Norman
Houston, A. L. Jameson, J. L. Lamb, E. H.
Lewis, Billy Morgan, G. F. Parich, S. F. Scott
and Paul B. Vaughn, Sr.| 35-year members
C. H. Albright, C. L. Bates, C. L. Belk, R. H.
Boyd, Randolph Brown, C. W. Cannon, L. W.
Casteel, E. R. Cook, F. L. Dacus, E. A. Dalton,
H. B. Davis, John DeHoff, Albert Floyd, A. J.
Gordon, H. W. Green, W. T. Higginbottom,
A. A. Jaco, C. H. Jernigan, C. S. Klipsh, W. G.
Lackey, Herman Ladd, H. V. Lovelady, H. E.
McKeller, B. L. McMillian, 0.
A. Miles, F. H. Moore, Joe
Nicholas, E. D. Norville, Mell
Pruett, G. E. Richmond, E. C.
Sanders, George B. Scott, E.
P. Williams, E. T. Williams
and R. J. Willis; 40-year
members E. S. Autry, M. L.
Beauchamp, C. H. Bishop, Roy
Blanchard, Russell Buntin, J.
H. Clark, John V. Clark, J. B.
Cloyd, J. W. Collins, J. H.
Cooper, W. D. Crum, T. H.
Crump, Gene S. Davis, Earlie
Evans, F. W. Grantham, J. 0.
Haas, W. N. Hicks, D. F.
Hoffman, J. D. Kerley, T. G.
Lawrence, H. K. Livingston,
Robert McCaskill, J. A.
Newman, J. F. Newman, T.
W. Nicholas, T. W. Oglesby,
C. L. Poston, C. C. Priddy, J.
E. Reece, C. A. Reed, Ray
Rice, R. E. Sherman, D. H.
Taylor, D. W. Walker, Jr., E.
P. Watson, and J. M.
Williams; and 45-year
members R. J. Adams, V. E.
Davis, Burton Estes, H. B.
Garner, H. L. Jeter, and
D. T. Lewis.
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Fairbanks,
Alaska-
Pictures
Nos. 1 and 2
San Antonio,
Texas —
Pictures
Nos. 1 and 2
FAIRBANKS, AL.
Longtime members of Local 1243 were
honored last December at the local's 1981
Christmas Party. A separate ceremony was
held for 45-year member Matt Wold at the
Alaska Pioneer Home in Fairbanks.
Picture No. 1, from left: Grant Nelson, 30-
year member; James Mount, 35-year member;
Edd Maddux, 30-year member; Don Swarner,
president; Nils Braastad, 30-year member;
John Verbeek, 25-year member; Ernest Kauhs,
25-year member; E. B. "Burl" Davis, 35-year
member; Louis Perme, 35-year member; Alva
Ditch, 40-year member; George Moen, 40-year
member; Richard Barnett, 25-year member;
and Esko Helenius, 25-year member.
Picture No. 2, front row, from left: Les
Gowen, Pioneer Home resident and former
member; Matt Wold, 45-year member; Floyd
Akin, Pioneer Home resident and former
member; and James Mount, 35-year member.
Back row, from left: Ralph "Whitey" Kraus,
conductor; James Kelly, warden; Ed Perkowski,
bus. rep. and fin. sec.-treas.; Joseph Voelker,
vice president; Gary Slay, trustee; Richard
Kacsur, recording secretary; and Don Swarner,
president.
Other members honored but not available
for the photographs are as follows:
25-year members: Anthony Dutton, James
Griffin, Richard Hodges, Doyle Hutsell,
Leonard Johnson, Thomas Murphy, Ken
Pettingill, and John Vicars.
30-year members: Clifford Coates, Maurice
Holvoet, Tad Neil, Lee Roy Parham, and
Goebel Sisson.
35-year members: Carl Bance, Frank Leffett,
Karl Lind, Frank Lucas, William Jack Norman,
Oliver Ollila, Thor Orrestad, Bert Prestbo,
Lawrence Wengelewski, and Frank Westover.
40-year members: William Hoyer, Lawrence
January, Bruce Robinson, John Warrenfeltz,
Jessie Whitney and Olaf Thorgaard.
SAN ANTONIO, TEX.
At a Special Call meeting in January, Local
14 awarded service pins to members with 25
to 60 years of service.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left: Joe Resales and Alvin Zidek.
Back row, from left: president Fred
Bartholomew, Julius J. Keller, and bus. rep.
Vernon L. Gooden.
Picture No. 2 shows 40-year members, front
row, from left: Thomas Krzewinski, Bernard
Kneuper, Manuel Zepeda, and Thurman
Ragsdale.
Back row, from left: Orville Wright, presi-
dent Bartholomew, Ernest Haufler, Lester C.
Chatman, Terrell W. Roberts, Henry Flores,
and Bus. Rep. Gooden.
Picture No. 3 shows 60-year member William
Hugh Ash, center, receiving a pin and plaque.
San Antonio, Tex. — Picture No. 3
flanked on either side by president
Bartholomew, left, and Bus. Rep. Gooden,
right.
Red Bank,
New Jersey,
25-Yeor
Members
RED BANK, N.J.
At Local 2250's regular Christmas meeting
held on December 14th, 1981 the 11 members
were awarded 25 year service pins.
Pictured, first row, from left: Raymond
Binaco, Karl Nordin, Charles Capro, Daniel
Hornik, Frank Grabowski, and William
McComas.
Second row, from left: James A. Kirk Jr.,
business representative; Alvin C. Birkner,
president; and Charles E. Gorhan, financial
secretary.
Pin recipients not present for the photo-
graph were Stanley Boylan, Harold Hayek,
Kenneth Kelly, Richard Kriess, and Arthur
Roussell.
APRIL, 1982
35
in mEmoRinm
The following list of 753 deceased members and spouses represents
a total of $941,673.96 death claims paid in January, 1982. (s)
following name in listing indicates spouse of member.
Local Union, City
1, Chicago, IL — Gene Krstich, Jack Di
Pietro, Ruth Blanton (s).
2, Cincinnati, OH — Ivan P. Bixler.
3, Wheeling, WV— Lois L. Magers (s), Wil-
liam L. Kinney.
4, Davenport, lA — Edwin Nelson, Jr.
5, St. Louis, MO— Donald G. Hanlon.
7, Minneapolis, MN — George W. Linnee,
Lewis E. Keck.
8, Philadelphia, PA — M. Otto Marcussen,
Sr., Robert E. Foreman, Sr.
10, Chiacgo, IL— Edith M. Curt (s), Frank
J. Eneman, Jr., John Deuerling.
11, Cleveland, OH — Edward Osborne, George
Lucak, Hattie B. Johnson (s).
12, Syracuse, NY — Harry A. Cummins,
James W. Cosbey, John F. Gale, Louis
E. Duciaume, Stuart C. Simpson.
13, Chicago, IL — Frank Angellotti, Jacob
Ropp, Marjory S. Manly (s), Ted R.
Piech.
15, Hackensack, NJ — Alfred Andersen, Eliz-
abeth Daly (s), Louis C. Makris,
Ommund Kristiansen.
20, New York, NY— Carl Rodin.
22, San Francisco, CA — Clinton E. Ross, Sr.,
Harold O. Burton, James Lester Sheals,
Salvatore Rakele.
24, Central, CT— Anthony Barile, Charles
Nystrand, Elvira Demarlin (s).
25, Los Angeles, CA — Alvin O. Hight,
Donald Jones, Edmond J. Elie.
26, East Detroit, MI— Carl A. Krause, James
P. Welch.
34, Oakland, CA— Dorothy Mae Schug (s),
Thomas S. Opheim.
35, San Rafael, CA— Arnold B. Reeves,
David A. Paul, William H. Gross.
36, Oakland, CA — Alma Adele Jacobsen (s).
42, San Francisco, CA — John Shoflfa.
43, Hartford, CT — Joseph R. Baroni.
44, Champaign Urba, IL — Rosa Rege (s).
48, Fitchburg, MA — Edward Jarvela, Everett
Manson.
50, Knoxville, TN— Arnold D. Bigarel,
Carlos D. Henderson, Charles M.
Houser, Floyd H. Mason, James W.
Wheeler, Joe L. Clotfelter, Lloyd S.
Pridemore, Mary Tindell (s), Nina B.
Giles (s), Roy L. Brown, Rufus G.
Moore.
54, Chicago, IL — Frank Patera, George H.
Mills, Sr., Harriet A. Russin (s), Rosalie
Petrucha (s).
55, Denver, CO— Jim Norton, Stella V. Rak
(s).
56, Boston, MA — Henry Arsenault.
58, Chicago, IL — Adeline Lesney (s), Albert
T. Ackermann, Carl F. Carlson, Gunnar
E. Adler.
60, Indianapolis, IN — Alvin H. Thompson,
Ethel D. Dorsett (s), Frank H. Rairdon,
Jesse E. Rader, Joseph A. Talkington.
61, Kansas City, MO — Calvin Reichling,
Charles W. Pippenger, Edna M. Whit-
ney (s), Herman J. Gruis, Paul Rich.
62, Chicago, IL — Albert Riemerts.
63, Bloomington, IL — Charles T. Sunkel.
64, Louisville, KY — Charles R. Crume,
Joseph F. Gratzer, Urian Lee Sebastian,
Willis H, Sallee, Jr.
65, Perth Amboy, NJ — A. Peter Stafflinger.
69, Canton, OH — Blanche E. Adams (s),
David E. Schall, Willard H. Gravius.
74, Chattanooga, TN— Charles W. Harris,
Floyd C, Young, Frank A. Pierce.
78, Troy, NY — James Haughney, Oliver
Rainville.
Local Union, City
80, Chicago, IL — Allie H. Spencer (s), Am-
brose Schickley. Eleanor Martinson (s).
81, Erie, PA— Beth Albert (s), Edward Little.
87, St. Paul, MN— Charlotte E. Leisinger (s),
Ercyle M. Arnes, Henry L. Diehl,
Knute \. Sandstrom, Victor E. Hansen,
William P. Sower.
89, Mobile, AL — Ernest Lee Rainer.
91, Racine, WI — Elinore I. Masik (s), Evelyn
S. Stocker (s), Jerome H. Doughty, Sr.
93, Ottawa, Out., CAN — Guy Landry, James
M. Simser.
94, Providence, RI — Armando Lanni, Carl
Emile Carlson, Ernest Armstrong, Jr.,
Eva S. Caruolo (s), John C. Carlson,
Michael Angelo Defrancesco, Philomena
Rocchio (s).
95, Detroit, MI — Alexander Smith.
98, Spokane, WA— Albert C. Anderson, Al-
bert Knesal.
106, Des Moines, lA — John August Johnson,
Philip Gilbert, Robert Pugh.
109, Sheffield, AL — Leonard O. Manous.
Ill, Lawrence, MA — Elizabeth J. Gelinas
(s), John S. Zaccari, Stephen F. Kennis.
117, Albany, NY — James A. Cardinal, Joseph
Michael Carr.
120, Utica, NY— Walter Kaminski.
128, St. Albans, WV— Ralph O. Covert.
131, Seattle, WA— Carl E. Thoren.
132, Washington, DC— Don McMahon, Ora
L. Vess, Walter Conley.
134, Montreal, Que, CAN — Albert Daigne-
ault, Andre Gaboriault, Knuo Anker
Nielsen.
135, New York, NY — Hyman London,
Samuel Schultz.
141, Chicago, IL — Catherine M. Lennon (s),
Peter Hansen.
146, Schenectady, NY- Betty West (s), Flor-
ence J. Reisinger (s), John G. Kemmer.
149, Tarrytown, NY — Constantino Rapi-
sarda.
159, Charleston, SC — Edward Thomas Hay-
nie.
162, San Mateo, CA— Helen M. Birchak (s),
Mary Jane Alles (s).
165, Pittsburg, PA — Norman Bernard Ful-
mer.
168, Kansas City, KS— Harry T. Guss.
169, East St. Louis, Il^Ceslaws Parda,
Katherine M. Jones (s), Ralph Nevieus.
174, Joliet, II^Harold Horn.
180, Vallejo, CA— Alfred R. Webb.
181, Chicago, IL — George Machasick.
182, Cleveland, OH— Donald Mcintosh, John
W. Stana, Peter K. Heinz.
186, Steubenville, OH— Bernice M. Reitter
(s), John O. Preston.
190, Klamath Falls, OR— Harold O. Rau.
194, East Bay, CA — Florence Carlson (s),
Frank Cichantek, Mary L. Thomas (s).
198, Dallas, TX— Ellis Castaneda.
200, Columbis, OH — Harley Lyons, Howard
F. Baumann, Lorena Ruth Kline (s).
201, Wichita, KS— Margaret I. Scott (s).
210, Stamford, CN— Angelina Orlando (s),
Herman Koch, John E. Satta, Sr.,
Michael Moore.
211, Pittsburgh, PA— Earl E. Forster, Ed-
ward A. Boyd.
213, Houston, TX— Harry L. Lewis, Mattie
Stewart (s), Michael A. Baker, OIlie M.
Clyburn, Sr., Richard H. Wasser, Wm.
E. Hickey, Sr.
215, Lafayette, IN— Orris A. Collins.
225, Atlanta, GA— Charles W. Greer, Ronald
L. Howard, William C. Helton.
Local Union, City
232, Fort Wayne, IN — A. Rosemary Gold-
man (s).
242, Chicago, IL — Adolph Swanson, Glen
W. Nyblom.
246, New York, NY — Joseph Ferrara, Lajos
Meszaros.
248, Toledo, OH— Elwood W. Mock.
250, Lake Forest, Il^Walter J. Stolarz.
255, Bloomingburg, NY — Adam Papuga, Jr.,
Amos J. Deyo, George Newman.
256, Savannah, GA — Martha Frocene McEl-
veen Newman (s).
257, New York, NY— Charles Henry, John
P. Noone, Joseph Benson.
258, Oneonta, NY— Bertha May Brightman
(s), Delos E. Decker, Jr., Robert L.
Nelson.
261, Scranton, PA— Joseph W. Botek.
262, San Jose, CA — Margaret D. Buzzetta
(s).
264, Milwaukee, WI — James T. Blair, John
P. Mahlberg, Joseph Witzke.
278, Watertown, NY— Robert C. Dowd.
281, Binghamton, NY — Ateo Folli, George
J. Wenskus, George Nicol Gibson, S.
Grant Zanker.
283, Augusta, GA — Horace C. Quarles.
284, New York, NY — Angelo Vivolo, Arne
Braaten.
287, Harrisburg, PA— Sara Belle Miller (s).
292, Linton, IN — Orville Eugene York.
297, Kalamazoo, MI— Frank S. Duflf.
298, New York, NY— John C. Radossich, Sr.
299, Union City, NJ— Carmine Velardi.
311, Joplin, MO— Jack Stahl, Thomas J.
O'Brien.
S13, Pullman, WA— Arthur L. Ross.
314, Madison, WI — Leo H. Janzen, Terry A.
Hubbard, Wilmer E. Rinard.
316, San Jose, CA — Alice L. Davis (s),
George F. Kaae, Henry N. Prizmich,
Joseph Miller.
329, Oklahoma City, OK — John Francis
Byrns, Leo Weeks.
333, New Kensington, PA — Charles Ira
Bryan.
334, Saginaw, MI — Gertrude Evah Lange (s),
Laura Edrena Datte (s), Nicholas C.
Doerr.
337, Detroit, MI— Agnes E. Blake (s), Careta
R. Johnson (s). Carter Goulding, Charles
Pearson, Clarence Bradley, Hubert H.
Simpson, Jackie M. Allen, James L.
Johnson.
338, Seattle, WA— Raymond A. Senneff.
344, Waukesha, WI— Charles E. Hollweck.
345, Memphis, TN— Essie R. Gibson (s), Ira
E. Cornelius (s).
359, Philadelphia, PA— Herta Emmi Muech-
ler (s).
361, Duluth, MN— Edmund W. Johnson,
Lawrence Zetterlund.
365, Marion, IN — Paul L. Johnson.
366, New York, NY— Anthony Russo, Gus-
taf E. Gustafson, Harold E. Walthers,
Kornell E. Olsen, Olaf Vigmostad.
372, Lima, OH — James A. Dean.
385, New York, NY — Antonio Livia, Mario
Ciarletta, Peter Inzerillo.
399, Phillipsburg, NJ— Glenn W. Fulmer.
403, Alexandria, LA — Madeline Mae Bettevy
(s).
404, Lake Co. OH— Ira W. Coon, Sr., Orrie
R. Huffman.
413, South Bend, IN— William R. Greiff.
417, St. Louis, MO — Anthony Gittemeier.
424, Hingham, MA — A. Sinclair MacLeod.
434, Chicago, IL — George J. Frymire.
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Local Union, City
452, Vancouver, BC, CAN— Gloria Ann
Rasmussen (s), Jan Adolf Vopelka.
454, Philadelphia, PA— Patrick Whelan,
Stanley J. Kobylinski.
455, Somerville, NJ — Michael Lazorisak.
458, Clarksville, IN — Phyllis Armstrong (s).
470, Tacoma, WA— Harold G. Lincoln, Sr.,
Herbert J. Isackson.
472, Ashland KY — Edward Dean Prewitt,
George H. Cripple, Sherman Allen.
475, Ashland, MA— Alice M. Hildreth (s).
478, Oakland, CA— Berlyn Swartzell, Wil-
liam Arsenault.
480, Freeburg, IL — Eugene Wehrle, Michael
R. Rakers.
483, San Francisco, CA — George Strom,
Louis V. Debenedetti, Mike Gooch.
486, Bayonne, NJ — Albert Barone, Arthur
Daly.
492, Reading, PA — David E. Hinnershitz,
Leon G. Brumbach.
493, Mt. Vernon, NY — Joseph Sassano,
Julius Silano.
494, Windsor, Ont., CAN— Walter Glajch.
496, Kankakee, IL^Jo Ann Stein (s).
500, Butler, PA— HoUace V. Rodgers.
507, Nashville, TN— Ed Wilkerson, Marvin
N. Best.
508, Marion, IL — Carmeletha Josten (s),
Claude V. White.
514, Wilkes Barre, PA— Albert E. Clarke.
515, Colorado Springs, CO — Charles Omer
Weaver, Dave Moyer, Paul Earl Fea-
therby.
517, Portland, ME— Ava G. Oliver (s).
530, Los Angeles, CA — Robert L. Higgins
(s).
532, Elmira, NY— Harold F. Clemons,
Homer E. Wright, Howard L. Becraft.
548, Minneapolis, MN — Clarence E. Os-
mond, Gustav G. Bredehoft, Sylvia
Lemmon (s).
556, Meadville, PA— Wallace K. Foulk.
558, Elmhurst, ID— Frank G. Golding,
Harold F. Rabe.
559, Paducah, KY— Frank H. Thurman.
562, Everett, WA— John W. Engelen, Sr.
563, Glendale, CA— Earl R. Becker.
568, Lincoln, IL — Henry T. Strange.
576, Pine Bluff, AR— Hugh Bradley Guynn,
John Odell Raley.
583, Portland, OR— Clifford W. Clark.
586, Sacramento, CA— Albert W. Hawk,
George W. Collins, Thomas M. Sterba.
596, St. Paul, MN— Elmer B. Holmes,
Kathryn Regina Seifert (s).
599, Hammond, IN — Martin Bergstrom, Paul
Brown, Ruth A. Govert (s).
600, Lehigh Valley, PA— Emil J. Zelena.
602, St. Louis, MO— John R. Canady.
603, Ithaca, NY— Emma L. Juhl (s), Niilo
Passi.
606, Va Eveleth, MN— Edwin William Koeh-
ler. Jack Edwin Makkyla.
621, Bangor, ME — Clive M. Barstow.
624, Brockton, MA — Albert M. Leonard.
625, Manchester, NH — Louis Israel Martel,
Rose Alma Giroux (s).
639, Akron, OH— Albert J. McGeary, Josiah
W. Macklin.
642, Richmond, CA — Palmer W. Cunning-
ham.
643, Chicago, IL — Ben L. Kloep.
661, Ottawa, IL — Robert E. Anderson.
665, Amarillo, TX — Ruben E. Hawkins.
668, Palo Alto, CA— Warner H. Webb.
675, Toronto, Out., CAN — Vincenza Raso
(s).
682, Franklin, PA— Viola E. Goodman (s).
690, Little Rock, AR— Everett McConnell,
Joe T. Hill, Othal Leon Sanders.
691, Williamsport, PA— David H. Houtz,
John E. Rupprecht.
696, Tampa, FL— George F. Shaffer.
Local Union, City
698, Covington, KY — Harvey L. Beers.
703, Lockland, OH— Edward J. Biehle.
709, Shenandoah, PA — Peter J. Slivinsky.
710, Long Beach, CA — John Balzer, Lola
Lee Ella Cullen (s), Marie D. Fonua (s),
Oliver K. Weesner.
715, Elizabeth, NJ — Rocco Gargano.
720, Baton Rouge, LA — Samuel Williams,
Jr.
721, Los Angeles, CA — Bunty R. Kuhn, Eric
C. Godley, John J. Delperdang, Leland
G. Leach, Richard Crumble.
722, Salt Lake City, UT— Henry R. Ullarich.
732, Rochester, NY— Frank Pandina.
739, Cincinnati, OH— Joseph Voskuhl.
740, New York, NY— Alexander C. Corbett,
Anna Jansson (s), Sherman Hartnett,
Walter Copeland.
743, Bakersfield, CA— Conley W. Shippey,
Davie H. Landis.
747, Oswego, NY— Anne C. Woods (s),
Elizabeth Marie Bugno (s).
751, Santa Rosa, CA— Basil H. Wagner,
Edward L. Matheson, Frank D. Marsh,
Lawrence Weems, Samuel S. Furia.
752, Joliette, Que., CAN — Joseph Turcotte.
753, Beaumont, TX — Curley P. Jagneaux,
William L. Hall.
764, Shreveport, LA — Obie C. McDonald.
767, Ottumwa, lA — Laris Ray Smith.
769, Pasadena, CA — Audrey W. Sullivan (s).
770, Yakima, WA— Frank E. Richardson,
Wyvil D. Brons.
777, Harrisonville, MO — Robert H. Lan-
caster.
787, New York, NY— Gertrude Blank (s),
Gustaf A. Swanson, Karl H. Eckman,
Theodore Bertelsen.
792, Rockford, IL — Anthony C. Trussoni,
Carl Nesemeier.
815, Beverly, MA— Leo P. Pelletier, Mary
J. Arsenault (s).
824, Muskegon, MI — Joseph Stein.
836, JanesvUle, WI— Mildred B. Dix (s).
841, Carbondale. IL— Cecil L. Childers, Gil-
bert Fred Hill, Otto Stein.
844, Reseda, CA — Anthony Palladino, James
W. Rose.
845, Clifton Heights, PA— William G. Dillon.
873, Cincinnati, OH — Orlando Kirchner,
Raymond Kemptner.
891, Hot Springs, AR— Clara F. Lev/alien
(s).
898, St. Joseph, MI— Wayne Russell Kober.
902, Brooklyn, NY— Arnold N. Sealander,
Noah W. Gill, O. Ellis Anderson.
906, Glendale, AZ— Homer J. Mayer, Pearl
E. Taylor (s).
916, Aurora, IL — Dale Seppelfrick.
925, Salinas, CA — Herbert Oswald Boesch,
Leo L. Brown.
929, Los Angeles, CA — Oliver Lawson, Jr.
944, San Bernardino, CA — Anna Virgelene
Goss (s), Edward Swanson, Herman C.
Rogers, Sr., Martin Gaustad.
947, Ridgway, PA — Samuel Yorns.
948, Sioux City, lA— Neola Vlaanderen (s)
951, Brainerd, MN — Silas Sannan.
954, Mt. Vernon, WA — Leo Schloemer.
958, Marquette, MI— Henry A. Bilski.
964, Rockland Co., NY— John A. Dales-
sandro, Philip Beers.
971, Reno, NV— Craig L. Walker, Marion
A. Hanson, Otto A. Ommen, Rodger L.
Eckles.
973, Texas City, TX— Henry C. Burks.
982, Detroit, MI— Billy Ray Goff, John A.
Czyzewski, Margaret Clink (s), Markle
L. Starick.
993, Miami, Fl^Clifford Naylor, Dewey H.
Varner, Ino J. Kimmell.
998, Royal Oak, MI— Frank E. Rinne, Lome
B. Seeley, Zena M. Vandercook.
Local Union, City
1003, Indianapolis, IN — ^Herman D. Way-
man.
1016, Muncie, IN— Cecil W. Faris.
1018, Gainesville, GA— Bobby Raymond
Wells.
1020, Portland, OR— Ellen Martha Lofthus
(s), Josie Muriel Jones (s).
1026, Miami, FL — Robert Edward Fouraker.
1048, McKeesport, PA — Patricia Evelyn
Shirer (s).
1050, Philadelphia, PA— Frank S. Cerasoli,
Grace Persia (s).
1052, Hollywood, CA— Thomas A. Pulici.
1053, Milwaukee, WI— Martha Zeller (s).
1065, Salem, OR— Edward Piennett.
1080, Owensboro, KY— Jessie P. Millay (s).
1084, Angleton, TX— John Jacob Kubricht.
1086, Portsmouth Navy Yd., VA— Cecil A.
Kilgore.
1089, Phoenix, AZ— Frank Folta, Margaret
E. Schuderer (s).
1092, Marseilles, I^— Tipton McCawley.
1094, Albany Corvallis, OR— Philip L. Sitch.
1097, Longview, TX— John E. Nicely.
1098, Baton Rouge, LA — Dorothy Vidrine
Thibodeaux (s). Elite Breaux Barras (s).
1108, Cleveland, OH— Henry Rechner,
Wanda Gatzke (s).
1109, Visalia, CA— Paul A. Chitwood.
1143, La Crosse, WI— Claus A. Skundberg.
1149, San Francisco, CA — Anthony Zanolin,
James F. Hunt.
1150, Saratoga Springs, NY — Anna Marie
Orisek (s).
1153, Yuma, AZ— Olen Hudgins.
1155, Columbus, IN — Kimberly S. Davis.
1164, New York, NY — Ciriaco Limone, Ed-
ward J. Lamothe.
1165, Wilmington, NC — Maggie Coombs (s).
1204, New York, NY— Esther Ciporen (s).
1222, Medford, NY— Harold T. Jensen.
1235, Modesto, CA — Leo Anderson.
1241, Columbus, OH— Gerald H. Leeth.
1266, Austin, TX— Martin Freeland.
1273, Eugene, OR — Gordon L. Fetters.
1277, Bend, OR— Bert E. Smith.
1280, Mountain View, CA— Arthur Walker,
Virgil S. Stokes.
1289, Seattle, WA— Albert D. Hanson,
Esther Maud Sluman (s), Jacob H.
Nedrow, James W. Arkills.
1296, San Diego, CA— Robert Earl Thomas.
1298, Nampa, ID— Delmar E. Palmer.
1300, San Diego, CA — Elva Hernandez (s).
1307, Evanston, IL — John Zipperer, Stanley
J. Mlodzik.
1319, Albuquerque, NM — Blanche Cook
Wells (s), Darrell L. McKay, Joe T.
Black.
1323, Monterey, CA — Annette Nabozny (s),
Anthony Tripoli, Carlos Yanes.
1325, Edmonton Alta, CAN— Joseph O.
Painsonneault, William Szutiak.
1332, Grand Coulee, WA— Leslie P. Adams.
1335, Wilmington, CA — Harold C. Johnson.
1342, Irvington, NJ — Charles G. Grimm,
Mario Fiorellino, Sarah Cortese (s).
1351, Leadville, CO— Adolph M. Koroshetz.
1359, Toledo, OH— Howard Smith, John F.
Haltom.
1362, Ada Ardmore, OK— David S. Allred.
1363, Oshkosh, WI — Carl Hemminghaus.
1367, Chicago, IL — Catherine Rizza (s),
Charles W. Lussow, Walter Rajchel.
1371, Gadsden, AL — Arthur L. Thomason.
1377, Buffalo, NY— Charles Schmidt, Wil-
liam A. Meyers.
1379, North Miami, Fl^E. Bert Gibbs,
Maurice L. Wright.
1382, Rochester, MN — Nancy Jean Mensink
(s).
1388, Oregon City, OR— Josiah W. Rogers.
1393, Toledo, OH— Alfred E. Schunk.
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Local Union, City
1394, Ft. Lauderdale, FL— Charles S. Rhyne,
Eugene J. Capazzo, Friedrich W. Vul-
pius, Herbert K. Franzen.
1396, Golden, CO— Thurman D. Bedell, Wil-
liam A. Melcher.
1397, North Hempstad, NY — Andrew Scu-
deri, Sr.. Carl O. Nordquist, Dorothy
L. Drago (s).
1400, Santa Monica, CA — Walter G. Armer.
1407, San Pedro, CA— Isabel F. Felix (s),
J. C. Murray, Teresa Pauluzzi (s),
Thomas J. Rose, William Clifford Hill.
1408, Redwood City, CA— Arthur West,
Edgar J. Anderson, James B. Clanton.
1421, Arlington, TX— Charles S. Wood.
1423, Corpus Christie, TX— Alfred A. Fuhr-
ken.
1428, Midland, TX— Roger J. Smith.
1447, Vero Beach, FL— James W. Walker,
William Glenn Kolb.
1452, Detroit, MI— Frank Hedy.
1453, Huntington Beach, CA — George D.
Linn.
1456, New York, NY— Emil Nielsen, Karl
G. Hansen.
1464, Mankato, MN — Edmund L. Behnke.
1478, Redondo, CA — William O. Lewelling.
1485, La Porte, IN— Beverly Rogers (s).
Crystal Salzer (s), Elmer G. Butts, Wil-
bur J. Shermak.
1488, Merrill, WI— August W. Paul.
1489, Burlington, NJ— Clarence H. Boogher,
William Thomulka.
1497, E. Los Angeles, CA— Lewis L. Webb.
1505, Salisbury, NC— Vance E. Parker, Sr.
1507, El Monte, CA— Cecil Robert Murphy,
Henry E. Lebrecht, Herbert Harrison
Cope, Idella Elizabeth Hamilton (s).
1519, Ironton, OH — Charles Crum.
1526, Denton, TX— J. D. Simmons.
1529, Kansas City, KS — Dana Gerster (s).
1532, Anacortes, WA— Samuel V. Vitalich,
Virgil W. Erlandson.
1536, New York, NY— Gladys Vazquez (s).
1553, Culver City, CA— Charles A. Fikes.
1559, Muscatine, lA — Delmar D. Hinter-
meister.
1571, East San Diego, CA— Roy Schow.
1573, West Allis, WI— Moldenhauer Flor-
ence Meta (s).
1577, Buffalo, NY— Conrad Bochenski,
Frank Benzino.
1588, Sydney Nova Scotia, CAN— Harold
R. Mackenzie.
1596, St. Louis, MO — Sam Lipkind.
1597, Bremerton, WA— Clara Klaus (s).
1598, Victoria BC, CAN— Robert Grant.
1599, Redding, CA— Ed Jaensch, Minnie
Rachel Piper (s).
1622, Hayward, CA— Mary P. Ashcraft (s),
Maude E. Pugh (s), Vernon T. Schiager.
1664, Bloomington, IN — Wendell E. Combs.
1665, Alexandria, VA — Lawrence A. Hart.
1683, El Dorado, AK— Susie Taylor (s).
1694, Washington, DC--Oscar B. Purvis.
1701, Buffalo, NY— Cornelius, Klas.
1715, Vancouver, WA — Bryan O. Joslin,
Clinton M. Myers.
1723, Columbus, GA — Lomax Morgan, Sr.,
Ralph C. Land.
1739, Kirkwood, MO — Henry Zingre.
1743, Wildwood, NJ— William W. Steelman.
1750, Cleveland, OH— Abraham Wachter.
1753, Lockport, IL — Robert E. Cyphers.
1757, Buffalo, NY— Chester Sobota.
1759, Pittsburgh, PA — Melvin J. Garber.
1772, Hicksville, NY— David Snyder.
1780, Las Vevas, NV— Frank J. Eller, Her-
bert E. Hueftle.
1789, Bijou, CA— Oliver W. Harmon.
1797, Renton, WA— Ivan N. Butler.
1805, Saskatoon, SASK— Robert Polnicky.
1815, Santa Ana, CA — Loren W. Shearer,
Peter W. Pelrovich, Stanley W. Craft.
Local Union, City
1822, Fort Worth, TX— Alva O. Smith, Joe
W. Youngblood. Sr.
1823, Philadelphia, PA— John F. Rush.
1835, Watertoo, lA— Roy W. Wagner.
1843, Chilliwack BC, CAN— Henning Gro-
dahl.
1845, Snoqualm Fall, WA— Timothy J.
Walch.
1846, New Orleans, LA — Ernest Monaret,
John W. Barfield, Leticia P. Duroncelel
(s), Lucretia Parker (s).
1849, Pasco, WA — George D. Bruce, Gwen
E. Smith (s), Lorraine D. McKay (s),
Ted Paulson.
1856, Philadelphia, PA— Frank Moskalski,
John Ryan.
1871, Cleveland, OH— Charles Skubovis.
1889, Downers Grove, IL — Genevieve
Kilianek (s).
1896, The Dalles, OR— Buster Hart, Ida A.
Crane (s), John C. Sauls.
1897, Lafayette, LA— Francis E. Smith.
1913, San Fernando, CA — Adela Muro (s),
Victor M. Delgado.
1921, Hempstead, NY— Millie Smejka (s).
Vernal Grimes.
1947, Hollywood, FI^-Blanchard L.
Mowers, Einar Madsen, Freeman T.
Berry, Lambert T. Voet, Sr., Winifred
L. Crabtree (s).
1959, Riverside, CA — Andrew Fiedler.
1962, Las Cruces, NM — Natalia Chavez (s).
1971, Temple, TX— Cecil C. Naylor.
2004, Itasca, IL — Henry Schulze.
2007, Orange, TX— Rochelle D. Bryan.
2012, Seaford, DE— Clark S. Baker.
2014, Barrington, II^Daniel R. Miller.
2024, Miami, FL — Albert A. Sciavicco, Lem
D. Luke.
2035, Kingsbeach, CA — Socorro Maria Rod-
riguez (s).
2046, Martinez, CA— Bjarne M. Olsen, Clar-
ence H. Griffin, Ernest L. Richard.
2087, Crystal Lake, IL— Herman P. Etten.
2117, Flushing, NY — Antonio Falco, Toralf
Fosse.
2127, Centralia, WA — Isaac S. Agren.
2163, New York, NY — Duncan George.
2170, Sacramento, CA — Carmelo J. Fica-
relli, Gerald G. Osborne.
2182, Montreal, Que., CAN — Monique
Tondreau (s).
2203, Anaheim, CA — Ervin L. Schorer,
Lowell C. Dawkins.
2205, Wenatchee, WA— Fred R. Goodwin.
2209, Louisville, KY — Daymon Ingram,
Robert P. Jones.
2230, Greensboro, NC — Tay M. Friesland.
2244, Little Chute, WI— Jay Austin.
2248, Piqua, OH— Betty Penrod (s), Leonard
Walters.
2250, Red Bank, NJ— Arthur Deigert.
2274, Pittsburgh, PA— Edward T. Vidic.
2288, Los Angeles, CA — Dominic J. Pascale,
Luis Renteria.
2291, Lorain, OH— Robert C. Hardwick.
2313, Meridian, MS — Aubrey Hines.
2315, Jersey City, NJ — Molfred Monsen-
Hagevik.
2317, Bremerton, WA — Michael J. Lowen-
stein.
2350, Scranton, PA — Mjchael J. Kazmerick.
2391, Holland, MI— Samuel Moffett.
2403, Richland, WA— Claude E. Babcock.
2404, Vancouver, BC, CAN— Rosina Stant
(s).
2416, Portland, OR— Otto A. Flohaug, Vir-
ginia Reagor (s).
2435, Inglewood, CA — Marjorie B. Chowka
(s).
2436, New Orleans, LA — Christine B.
Farmer (s).
2453, Oakridge, OR — Ruth Ann Johnson (s).
Local Union, City
2467, Florence, CO — Sarah Helen Blanchard
(s).
2471, Pensacola, FL — Arthur C. Williams.
2519, Seattle, WA— Timothy A. Scott.
2522, St. Helens, OR— Percy J. Stickler.
2536, Port Gamble, WA — Irving Jennings,
John W. Robben.
2554, Lebanon, OR — Charlotte Louise Parks
(s), Lula Schumaker.
2555, Port Angeles, WA — Ross Ziba Lamkin.
2577, Salem, IN — Doris Barron.
2581, Libby, MT— Charles B. Lundin.
2600, San Diego, CA— Harry Seaward.
2605, Chambersburg, PA — Kenneth M.
Home, Sr.
2628, Centralia, WA — Elmer L. Vanquae-
Ihem.
2633, Tacoma, WA — Frank Kovacich, Nettie
Wiggin, Thomas J. Moore.
2649, Riggins, ID — Lones M. Meek.
2679, Toronto, Ont., CAN— Ivan Robert
McDonough.
2682, New York, NY— Andrew Gerbino.
2687, Auburn, CA— Gordon E. Hugi.
2691, Coquille, OR— Johnny Ray Wright.
2693, PI. Arthur, Out., CAN— Real A. Le-
compte.
2698, Bandon, OR— Abraham Smith.
2736, NW Minst., BC, CAN— Harry Stuart
Rae.
2739, Yakima, WA— Merrion H. Knobel (s).
2750, Springfield, OR— Gilbert J. Roles.
2767, Morton, WA — Herman H. Wassenaar.
2795, Ft. Lauderdale, FL — Lawrence Pearce.
2902, Burns, OR— Woodrow R. Gregg.
2942, Albany, OR— Hattie Elizabeth Dewall
(s).
2949, Roseburg, OR— Charles S. Dias, Gil-
son R. Mardin (s), Walter R. Bernal.
2995, Kapuskasng, Out., CAN— Lionel Le-
clair, Onil Plourde, Robert Chapman.
3038, Bonner, MT— Warren L. Shattuck.
3054, London, Ont., CAN— Lyle G. Kadey.
3074, Chester, CA— Riley Bowles, Robert L.
Todd, Victor M. Espana.
3099, Aberdeen, WA— Elsie A. Young (s).
3127, New York, NY— Faustino Carabello,
Francisco R. Negron, James Green.
9033, Pittsburgh, PA— Vernon P. Reid.
A Special
'In Memoriam'
100-year old member Ivar
Jenseth passed away on January
13th of this year; he would have
been 101 on February 26th. He
was born in 1881 — the year the
United Brotherhood was founded
in Chicago, 111.
In a letter written to Jenseth's
local, Local 131, Seattle, Wash.,
Brother Jenseth's family leaves us
with some parting thoughts of this
loyal Brotherhood member: "He
was proud of his affiliation with
the Carpenters Union and proud
to be a Carpenter. He passed away
. . . frail in body, but sound in
mind and spirit. He has left us a
great heritage of courage, strength
and a will to work hard for what
we believe in."
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MINI HACKSAW
MAGNETIZE
DEMAGNETIZE
MAGNETIZER TOOL
A new rare-earth magnetizing tool
from General Hardware Co. provides a
low-cost way to magnetize your screw-
drivers, tweezers,
and other small
tools instantly.
Simply pass a
screwdriver to be
magnetized through
the center-hole
opening in this
super-efficient mag-
net a few times,
remove the screw-
driver, and it is
magnetized.
Whenever an
extra-strong mag-
netic force is
needed, you can leave flie tool mounted
on the screwdriver. This is an ideal way
to hold screws or bolts and pick up
dropped metal objects.
To remove the magnetism, simply
place the screwdriver in the grooved
channel on the outside of the magnetizer/
demagnetizer. A few strokes will remove
the magnetism.
This new tool retails for under $3.00
and may be available in your local hard-
ware store. If not, write to: General
Hardware Manufacturing Co., Inc., Dept.
MD, 80 White Street, New York, NY
10013, for a dealer's name.
PLEASE NOTE: A report on new prod-
ucts and processes on this page in no way
constitutes an endorsement or recommenda-
tion. All performance claims are based on
statements by the manufacturer.
INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
Belsaw Planer
29
Chevrolet
23
Chicago Technical College . .
31
Clifton Enterprises
29
Estwing Mfg. Co.
39
Hydrolevel
39
Industrial Abrasives
31
Professionals now have a solution for
cutting those hard-to-reach places not
accessible by large, conventional hack-
saws. Stanley's new Professional" Mini-
Hack'^" provides the strength and com-
pactness needed for tough jobs such as
cutting frozen nuts and bolts, yet flexible
enough for sawing pin bases or screws.
Constructed of heavy-duty, rigid steel,
the hacksaw measures approximately 8%
inches. The unbreakable high impact
molded handle has been ultrasonically
welded. A serrated thumb grip has been
designed for extra holding power. The
large thumb screw secures blade in place
and allows for use of new, broken, or
used blades and easy replacement. Fits
in any tool box or tool vest for easy stor-
age. Available both uncarded and carded.
Suggested retail for the #15-510 Mini-
Hack is $7.65; #15-510A is $7.29. For
more information: Manager, Public In-
formation, The Stanley Works, 195 Lake
Street, New Britain, Conn. 06050.
DRYWALL BACKER SPRING
New Stud-Claw backer springs can in
some situations eliminate comer fram-
ing in common drywall construction.
The floating comer
method effectively
reduces cracking and
nail pops resulting
from stress at inter-
secting walls and
ceilings, according to
the manufacturer.
The unique springs
were invented by
Union Carpenter
Roger Weinar of
Local 369, North
Tonawanda, N.Y. Powerful talons grip
both sides of the studs so they won't
shift on knots or deflect in use.
For information: Roger Weinar, Cy-
max Systems Inc., 164 Buffalo Street,
Hamburg, N.Y. 14075.
Estwing
First and Finest
Solid Steel Hammers
One Piece Solid Steel.
Strongest Construction
Known.
Unsurpassed in temper,
quality, balance and finish.
Genuine leather cushion grip or exciu^
sive molded on nylon-vinyl cushion grip.
Pulls, prys, lifts
and scrapes. Wide tapered blade
for mar proof prying and easy
nail pulling.
Always wear Estwing
Safety Goggles wtien
'ji^p^ using tiand tools. Protect
■'-''^ ^ your eyes from flying panl-
V i^'!l cles and dust. Bystanders
stiall also wear Estwing
Safety Goggles.
If your dealer can't supply Estwing tools,
write:
write:
Estwing
Mfg. Co.
2647 8th St., Dept. C-4 RocMord, IL 61101
LAYOUT LEVEL
ACCURATE TO 1/32"
REACHES 100 FT.
ONE-MAN OPERATION
Save Time, Money, do o Better Job
With This Modern Woter Level
In just a few minutes you accurately set batters
for slabs and footings, lay out inside floors,
ceilings, forms, fixtures, and check foundations
for remodeling.
HYDROLEVEL®
... the old reliable water
level with modern features. Toolbox size.
Durable 7" container with exclusive reser-
voir, keeps level filled and ready. 50 ft.
clear tough 3/10" tube gives you 100 ft. of
leveling in each set-up, with
1/32" accuracy and fast one-
man operation— outside, in-
side, around corners, over
obstructions. Anywhere you
can climb or crawl!
Why waste money on delicate '^^'^
instruments, or lose time and ac-
curacy on makeshift leveling? Since 19
thousands of carpentere, builders, inside tra
etc. have found that HYDROLEVEL pays for
itself quickly.
Send check or moDcy order for S16.95 and
your name and address. We will rush you a
Hydrolevel by return mail postpaid. Or— buy
three Hydrolevels at dealer price - $11.30 each
postpaid. Sell two, get yours Erce! No C.O.D.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money back.
FrRST IN WATER LEVEL DESIGN SINCE 1950
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\
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APRIL. 1982
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IN CONCLUSION
Federal nctfon an
niartgage Rates
and Hausing
Is needed noui
A million unemployed construction
workers in North America can
provide the manpower
The current session of the U.S. Congress has
several legislative bills before it which concern the
nation's housing.
They come from so many directions and so
many political persuasions that America's wage
earners might be either harmed or helped by their
passage.
Because of the serious nature of these bills, we
have joined with several groups concerned with
housing in a major effort to enact the soundest,
most progressive housing legislation possible, this
year.
We strongly support the National Housing Con-
ference when it states: "The time has come, we
believe, to gather the forces who are concerned
about housing and community development. We
cannot recall a recent time when we have faced
such drastic proposals for changing the nation's
housing policies. Those who have proposed to
dismantle the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), terminate the Federal Hous-
ing Administration (FHA), and the Government
National Mortgage Assn (Ginnie Mae), eliminate
or decimate housing production, housing assist-
ance and community development programs wiU
carry us back to 'the good old days of 1929.' "
Among the bills in the Congressional hopper are
budget proposals which would trim rural housing
programs drastically under the Farmers Home
Administration, proposals that would place credit
budget ceilings on FHA mortgage insurance and
GNMA-MBS guaranty programs, measures to
eliminate the tax deductibility of mortgage interest,
and proposals to amend the Bankruptcy Reform
Act to protect real estate mortgage lenders.
There are still some people in this nation who
actually believe that there is no housing shortage
and that the housing problems of the poor are
simply income problems. There are also those
among us who believe that housing is not the busi-
ness of the federal government at all. There are
those who believe that the United States can no
longer afford to continue federal housing assist-
ance.
I would urge these people to look at the facts
and to open their eyes to the needs of their fellow
Americans.
This year, the United States reflects on the
legacy left by its 32nd President, Franklin D.
Roosevelt. It was FDR who told the nation, a half
century ago, that a third of the nation was ill-
housed and ill clothed. I was a young man then,
but, like many of our senior members, I well
remember the shanties and the hobo jungles and
the breadlines of the Thirties. We can be thankful,
today, that the federal government — thanks to
FDR and those presidents who followed — has
provided many protections from those tragic
aspects of a depression. But we must not be misled
by the changes of the past 50 years or the apparent
prosperity of today. In 1982 we are suffering a
recession in the midst of inflation, and we are
sharing this recession with workers in many other
parts of the world. The U.S. dollar, as well as the
Canadian dollar, does not buy what it once did.
Housing, particularly, is in a state of depression.
The prospects for families to become home
owners, to have apartments and to enjoy a decent
standard of living are declining rapidly and the
prospects for the future are not promising. Mean-
while, the Administration's economic policies are
actually acting to worsen the situation by taking
back needed Federal housing assistance through
the budget process and at the same time raising
interest rates to unconscionable levels to put hous-
ing out of the reach of the many.
Home mortgage interest rates have been in a
historically high range, pushed to these levels by
the Federal Reserve's tight money policy. Mortgage
interest rates have risen steadily from under 10%
only a few years ago to 16 and 17% or more in
1981 and 1982.
This has slowed construction and sales of new
homes and apartments and has thrown hundreds of
thousands of workers in construction and related
industries out of work, contributing to the current
recession with about 10 million unemployed.
The total number of housing starts in 1981 was
less than 1.1 million units. This number was a
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record low dating back to 1946. It was also about
one-half the number of units produced in 1978,
the last peak production year, when over 2 million
units were started in the country. An annual level
of housing production of about 2Vi million units
is required to meet the need for housing. This num-
ber is well above the present rate of homebuilding.
The Labor Department estimates that there was
an annual average of about 800,000 unemployed
construction workers in 1981. At the present time
there are even more. The construction industry
unemployment rate was 18.1% in February. There
were 928,000 unemployed construction workers.
The high level of interest rates and bad business
conditions brought on by the Administration's
economic policies have led to a worsening of the
business failure rate across the spectrum of busi-
nesses as well as in construction. In the first five
months of 1981, for example, the number of con-
struction business failures increased by half over
the same period the year before. This involved
general business contractors, building sub-con-
tractors and other contractors. In the same period
construction failures accounted for one in five of
all business failures.
The high mortgage interest rates and the lack of
new home building have caused extreme afford-
ability problems for buyers.
Home buyers are strapped when they over-
extend themselves financially to buy a home. Only
a very small proportion of households are able to
afford to buy a home with a reasonable share of
income when mortgage rates are as high as they
have been.
The high and rising interest rates represent an
actual and important erosion of purchasing power.
Even if families are able to buy a home, the high
rates and the high monthly payment limit what
they can buy and make them vulnerable to losing
everything if there are bad times such as a job
loss due to recession.
Consider a family trying to buy what we now
consider a modestly priced $70,000 home with a
$55,000 mortgage at 17% interest. Monthly pay-
ments on the loan would amount to ahnost $800.
And this amount would not include property taxes.
It would not include insurance or utilities or
repairs or emergencies. Who can afford payments
like this?
We need to revive the economy, create jobs and
reduce social hardships and we need to do it now.
These are some actions which should be taken:
• Congress should turn down the Administra-
tion's plan for ending all but a few additional
commitments for production of new public housing
and Section 8 housing after 1982. We need all the
new and rehabilitated housing we can possibly
produce.
• Congress should also act to preserve and
strengthen programs which support housing, such
as the Federal Housing Administration and the
Government National Mortgage Association and
rural housing under the Farmers Home Adminis-
tration, instead of cutting them back.
• It should restore the below-market mortgage
interest subsidy programs for middle-income home
ownership. Toward that end we should all get
behind the Gonzalez-St. Germain housing bill now
before the Housing Subcommittee. It will provide
for over 250,000 subsidized housing units, mostly
in new rental construction and also in a revival of
the Section 235 home ownership assistance pro-
gram.
• Finally, the Administration and the Federal
Reserve Board should use the authority of the
Credit Control Act of 1969 to regulate credit to
assure adequate funds at affordable rates for
financing essentials such as housing.
We need to take strong action now to end the
depression in housing.
WILLIAM KONYHA
General President
BUCKLE UP
WITH THE
BUCKLE OF
YOUR CRAFT
The General Office has
jusi added three new beli
buckles to its array of seven
buckles identifying members
of the UBC. They are shown
at right among the "regu-
lars"— LUMBER & SAWMILL
WORKERS, INDUSTRIAL
WORKERS, and CABINET
MAKERS.
BELT BUCKLE
The ofFicial emblem of the United Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
is now emblazoned on seven types of
buckles, and you con order such buckles
now from the General OfTices in Washing-
ton. Manufactured of sturdy metal, the
buckle is 3V8 inches wide by 2 inches deep
and will accommodate all modern snap-
on belts. The buckle comes in u gift box
and makes a fine gift.
All prices include cost of handling and mail-
ing. 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., Wos/iingfon, D.C. 20001.
Lively, dramatic stories . . . of
union courage; workers fired for
their beliefs; unity in the face of
anti-labor conspiracies . . . vic-
tories and advances in the strug-
gle of workers to enjoy the
rewards of their labors.
The exciting history of the UBC
The United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners,
"We've come a long way!"
• Written by Thomas R. Brooks, a noted author of popular history.
• With a foreword by Professor John R. Dunlop, Former U.S.
Secretary of Labor
• Published by Atheneum Press
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SEE PICTURES AND
STORY ON PAGE 14
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
101 Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
GENERAL PRESIDENTS EMERITI
M. A. Hutcheson
William Sidell
DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS
Secretaries, Please Note
In processing complaints about
magazine delivery, the only names
which the financial secretary needs to
send in are the names of members
who are NOT receiving the magazine.
In sending in the names of mem-
bers who are not getting the maga-
zine, the address forms mailed out
with each monthly bill should be
used. When a member clears out of
one local union into another, his
name is automatically dropped from
the mailing list of the local union he
cleared out of. Therefore, the secre-
tary of the union into which he cleared
should forward his name to the Gen-
eral Secretary so that this member
can again be added to the mailing list.
Members who die or are suspended
are automatically dropped from the
mailing list of The Carpenter.
First District, Joseph F. Lia
120 North Main Street
New City, New York 10956
Second District, George M. Walish
1903 Spring Garden Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130
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
Sixth District, Dean Sooter
400 Main Street #203
Rolla, Missouri 65401
Seventh District, Hal Morton
Room 722, Oregon Nat'l BIdg.
610 S.W. Alder Street
Portland, Oregon 97205
Eighth District, M. B. Bryant
5330-F Power Inn Road
Sacramento, California 95820
Ninth District, John Carruthers
5799 Yonge Street #807
Willowdale, Ontario M2M 3V3
Tenth District, Ronald J. Dancer
1235 40th Avenue, N.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2K 0G3
William Konyha, Chairman
John S. Rogers, Secretary
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UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
John S. Rogers, Editor
IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS AND FEATURES
The Building Trades Agenda Summed Up: Jobs Calvin Zon 3
The Housing Crisis: Solutions or Gimmicks? 5
George M. Walish Named 2nd District Board Member 6
Raleigh Rajoppi, Former Board Member, Dies 6
The Installation of Officers and Board 7
Apprentices Restore Truman Home, NJ Mansion 8
The Roots of Labor Lingo .Archie Green 9
Logger Language, A Special Kind of Lingo 10
Washington Seminars for Business Agents 12
Brotherhood Fights for Diver Safety Standards 14
Our Nev/ Lobby Exhibit at the General Office __.. 14
Four Members Die in Indiana Bridge Collapse 17
Noise on the Job and Hearing Phillip P. Shakoff, M.D. 22
Helping Hands Continues Support of Alice ., 24
DEPARTMENTS
Washington Report
Ottawa Report
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Local Union News 18
Apprenticeship and Training 23
We Congratulate 25
Consumer Clipboard: Buying, Selling Family Chariot 26
Plane Gossip 28
Service to the Brotherhood 31
In Memoriam 36
What's New? 39
In Conclusion William Konyha 40
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A major two-part exhibit is now
on display in an alcove of the Brother-
hood's General Offices lobby in Wash-
ington, D.C. Installed in March, the
exhibit was designed and produced
by Design and Production, Inc. of
Alexandria, Va., a firm which employs
members of our Local 2957. The
actual creation of the exhibit was
under the direction of General Secre-
tary lohn Rogers. Artifacts and photo-
graphs for the displays were selected
with the assistance of Dr. Nathan
Sumner, a consultant on the UBC
centennial observance, and Associate
Editor Roger Sheldon.
In facing displays, the exhibit con-
trasts the UBC's long struggle since
its founding in 1881 with its growth
and increased service to its member-
ship today. The smaller picture shows
the early-days display. The larger
picture shows the many aspects and
the broad activities of our union to-
day. Looking at the exhibit in the
large picture are Business Representa-
tive Frank Krajacich and John Monica
of Ocean County, N.J., Local 2018,
who were delegates, last month, to the
AFL-CIO Building and Construction
Trades Legislative Conference in
Washington. For more about the ex-
hibit, turn to page 14. — Photographs
by a staff photographer.
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General President
William Konyha
served as modera-
tor for a work-
shop on "Organiz-
ing". Here he
introduces panel
members.
Intent on the pro-
ceedings of the
conference were,
from left, 8th
District Board
Member Bryant,
General Secretary
Rogers, 7th Dis-
trict Board Mem-
ber Morton, and
Second Gen. Vice
Pres. Lucassen.
Associate General
Counsel Bob
Pleasure was a
panelist for the
workshop discus-
sions of legal prob-
lems facing the
Building Trades.
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Speakers, from top:
President Reagan,
Sen. Kennedy,
Secretary of Labor
Donovan, Former
Vice Pres. Mondale,
AFL-CIO Pres.
Kirkland, and Build-
ing Trades Pres.
Georgine.
Industrial Depart-
ment Director Joe
Pinto, left and
General Treasurer
Nichols, third from
left, with other
United Brother-
hood delegates to
the conference.
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Building Trades agendo
summed up in one uiord: JOB!
Ulashington conference hits Rdminislrntion policies
by CALVIN ZON
Press Associates
In an address to the annual con-
ference of the Building Trades unions,
AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland
called for passage of pending legisla-
tion to revive the nation's construction
industry, which he said is "facing the
bleakest outlook since the Great De-
pression of the 1930s."
The 4,000 delegates to the legisla-
tive and political action conference
also were addressed by President
Ronald Reagan, Labor Secretary
Raymond Donovan, Republican Na-
tional Chairman Richard Richards,
Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.)
and former Vice President Walter
Mondale.
In his keynote speech opening the
three-day conference, Robert A. Geor-
gine, president of the AFL-CIO Build-
ing and Construction Trades Depart-
ment, declared, "We have gathered in
Washington with an agenda that can
be summed up in a single word: Jobs."
Kirkland, in his address, said "the
best alternative to the Administration's
non-housing program" is a bill spon-
sored by Rep. Henry Gonzales CD-
Texas) to "provide thousands of new
housing units in 1983."
Kirkland also endorsed the Home
Mortgage Capital Stability Bill, spon-
sored by Rep. Fernand St. Germain
(D-R.L), to shore, up failing thrift
institutions and "make available at
least some mortgage money at 12%."
"In the long run," he continued,
"only direct action as authorized by
the Credit Control Act of 1969 can
assure the survival of the savings and
loan industry and enable the housing
industry to meet the nation's need for
shelter and jobs." He called for mak-
ing the Act permanent.
Calling for government action and
tax policies to lower interest rates,
Kirkland declared, "In our economy
today, we have a simple, basic choice
— you either pay your taxes to your
government, or you pay them in the
form of exorbitant interest rates to
the bank. And paying taxes in the
form of interest rates is the most
ruinous and crushing form of regres-
sive taxation."
The federation chief said the govern-
ment should channel credit into pro-
ductive use. "It is preposterous and
ruinous that there are apparently un-
limited funds available for corporate
takeovers and mergers and for unpro-
ductive speculation, but none for
housing, none for mass transit, for
highways and port facilities that would
vastly expand this nation's capital
assets and speed up recovery from
the recession."
Georgine also called for "a program
to reduce interest rates" and for
channeling credit to housing.
Georgine said the Building Trades
had been among those ready to give
the Administration's "economic pro-
gram a chance. It has had that chance.
It hasn't worked and it doesn't appear
that it will work unless it is modified."
He added, "Our unemployed mem-
bers can't afford to wait for the trickle
to reach them — if it ever does."
Georgine said the nation's 4.1
million construction workers are
"angry" about the lack of work, about
being denied unemployment insurance
and food stamps and about "attacks
on their wages and their unions."
"And they are angry about being
taken for granted by the Democrats
and shunned by the Republicans,"
Georgine continued. "They are tired
of being wooed by politicians and
then getting left at the altar after the
election."
"There is a new militancy among
our membership," declared the Build-
ing Trades leader. "Construction
Continued on Page 16
MAY, 1982
Washington
Report
$700 TAX-CUT CAP, LABOR URGES
The AFL-CIO has called on Congress to enact its
alternative tax program to "correct the worst
inequities in last year's tax legislation" and to raise
enough revenue to "fund programs to provide jobs,
incomes and purchasing power to lift the economy
out of recession."
AFL-CIO Legislative Director Ray Denison,
testifying before the Senate Finance Committee,
said labor's alternative to Reaganomics requires "a
complete reversal of the tax policies of the past
year and a recognition that a major error was made
and a will to correct it."
Denison stressed the federation's proposal to
limit the income tax cuts scheduled for this July
and July 1983 to $700 per year. He said this would
retain the full tax cut for most families earning
$40,000 a year or less while recouping $20 billion
of the revenue lost by the 1981 tax cuts.
REAGANOMICS HITS HOME
The Reagan Administration's cutbacks in social
services are forcing the shutdown of public
institutions across the land, including the Dixon
Developmental Center in the President's hometown,
according to President Gerald W. McEntee of the
State, County and Municipal Employees.
Illinois Governor James Thompson has
announced the closing of the Dixon Developmental
Center in Reagan's hometown, Dixon, III. The Center
housed some 800 disabled people from around the
state and employed 1,200 workers represnted by
AFSCME District Council 31.
JOBLESS HIT 10% IN 19 STATES
Unemployment rates in 19 states reached 10%
or more by January compared with six states a year
earlier, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported.
Fifteen of the 19 states with the high jobless rates
were in a nearly contiguous area in the north-
central and southern part of the nation. These
states were Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Arkansas, Missouri, and Iowa.
The other four states, in the northwest, were
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska.
Unemployment rates increased in 41 states and
the District of Columbia over the year, the
bureau said.
FEWER RULES, HIGHER COSTS
The success of President Reagan's promise to
cut prices and costs was dramatically illustrated by
the Federal Register, the official publication that
reports all new federal rules and regulations. Just
recently, the subscription price was hiked from $75
a year to $300.
LOVE BOAT REACTIVATED
Seafarers President Frank Drozak praised
President Reagan for signing legislation which will
return the modern S.S. Consf/tut/on to service
under the U.S. flag.
Drozak, who also heads the AFL-CIO Maritime
Trades Department, said the new law would help
revitalize the maritime industry.
The Const;fut/on will join her sister ship, the
S.S. Oceanic Independence, in cruising the
Hawaiian Islands. The Independence, since 1979
the only active oceangoing passenger ship flying
the U.S. flag, is used in a weekly cruise service.
Drozak said the two ships will provide 900 new
jobs and are to be maintained and repaired in U.S.
shipyards. He said the law also provides that they
would be available to the U.S. Navy as hospital
ships or to the military as troopships in the event
of national emergencies.
RESTORE SURVEYS, LABOR URGES
The AFL-CIO has urged Congress to restore funds
for 16 Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys which
provide needed information for labor negotiators
and policymakers.
"Without such statistics, we won't know where
we are, and we won't know where we're going,"
Markley Roberts, an AFL-CIO economist and
chairman of the BLS's Labor Research Advisory
Council, testified at a recent hearing of the House
Banking Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Instead of restoring BLS programs which have
been eliminated or reduced in the last two rounds
of budget cuts, Roberts said the Administration's
Fiscal 1983 budget proposal of $120 million for
BLS "continues to perpetuate serious underfunding
and elimination of important BLS statistical
series."
Roberts said, "The AFL-CIO strongly urges that
Congress restore $4 million to the BLS budget to
make sure that BLS continues to produce wage
surveys, collective bargaining agreement data and
analysis, employer compensation studies, and
wage chronologies."
THE CARPENTER
THE HOUSinC [RISK:
Solutions or CImmuks?
The housing industry, a linchpin of
the American economy, is in deep
trouble.
In 1981, fewer new housing units
were built than in any year since 1946.
The 1.1 million units that were built
were less than half of those needed to
provide for new households and re-
place old housing.
Pounded by the current recession
and continuing high interest rates,
home construction will dip even fur-
ther this year, predicts the National
Association of Home Builders. The
group's president recently told a con-
gressional committee that "the housing
collapse that we feared, but prayed
would not occur, is upon us."
The American dream of home own-
ership has been put out of reach for
all but a small minority of prospective
buyers. Rental housing is shrinking,
with the vacancy rate the lowest ever
recorded.
MILLION UNEMPLOYED
The past three years of depression
in the housing industry has left nearly
a million construction workers unem-
ployed — a jobless rate of over 18%.
An equal number have become unem-
ployed in dependent industries ranging
from lumber to home appliances.
Thus about one out of four of the
nation's jobless has been laid off from
home construction or construction-
related employment.
Bankruptcies among home builders
have become epidemic. Skilled trades
workers have been forced out of the
building industry — a costly waste of
human and material resources.
What is the response from the
White House to the nation's deepest
housing crisis since the Great Depres-
sion?
Instead of stimulating housing pro-
duction to remedy the serious short-
age, the Reagan Administration is
moving in the opposite direction.
The Administration's proposed bud-
The average price of a new home:
$64,500
$48,800
$18,800
1949
1977
1980
Source — Estimated on the basis of percentage changes
In average FHA Insured new homes sold In
1949, 1977 and 1980.
Alof-e than SOO'Vo increase
in three decades for
the average home.
Administration would
eliminate almost all
federal assistance.
A Breakdown of Costs
for a New Home —
1949 1977 1980
!$$$$$?
15% 17%
PflLJIll^
Financing
5% 11% 12%
33% 17% 16%
Materials 36% 30% 31%
11% 25% 23%
get for Fiscal 1983 would eliminate
almost all new federally-assisted hous-
ing. The budget even calls for can-
celling unused spending authority
from prior years that would support
new construction.
Instead of providing below-market
interest rate financing to make new
housing saleable and rentable, as has
been done in past recessions, the Ad-
ministration is cutting back longstand-
ing programs. The authority of the
Federal Housing Administration and
the Government National Mortgage
Association to insure mortgages is
being curtailed.
SUBSTITUTE OFFER
In place of four decades of federal
programs designed to stimulate the
production of housing for low- and
moderate-income families, the Admin-
istration wants to substitute a so-called
rent voucher system for the poor.
With these vouchers, distributed on
the basis of income, low-income fam-
ilies would compete for housing on the
open market.
The Administration plugs its
voucher system as being cheaper than
subsidizing new housing. It fits nicely
with its free market ideology. One
advocate billed it as a bold new initia-
tive "toward people, not toward
structures."
But the General Accounting Office,
an investigative arm of Congress,
came up with less rosy conclusions.
The GAO reported that a voucher
program could be "more expensive
than new construction" in tight hous-
ing markets. The GAO added that
such a program wouldn't address the
special difficulties that poor families
or black families headed by women
sometimes face because of discrimina-
tion in the rental housing marketplace.
The GAO also noted that the
voucher idea isn't new, but that op-
Continued on Page 38
MAY, 1982
George M. Walish Named
Second District Board Member
George M. Walish has been ap-
pointed to the position of Second
District Board Member, filling the
vacancy created by the passing of
Ray Ginnetti.
Born and raised in Pennsylvania,
Walish joined Carpenters Local 8,
Philadelphia, Pa., in 1948, and was
a charter member of Millwrights and
Machinery Erectors Local 1906,
Philadelphia, Pa., in 1954. He served
as a business representative for 18
years.
Elected secretary-treasurer of the
Pennsylvania State Council in 1963,
Walish went on to become president
of the council in 1965. In 1972, he
resigned as council president to accept
appointment to the position of General
Representative.
A flight engineer with the 9th Air
Force during World War IL Walish
flew 25 combat missions, receiving
the Distinguished Flying Cross, and
air medal, and five battle stars.
Active in civic and charitable
organizations, Walish is past president
of the Greater Delaware Valley
Chapter of the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society, an organization for
which he currently serves on the
board of trustees. He is also a member
of the board of directors of PALM,
the Philadelphia Area Labor Man-
agement Committee.
Walish is married to the former
Carolyn Rose O'Neill of Ridley Park,
Walish
Pa. They have been married almost
36 years, and currently reside in New-
ton Square, Pa. The Walishes have
four children; Mrs. Patricia Short, age
34; George Walish, Jr., age 32, Mrs.
Gerald Aigeltinger, age 26, and Mari-
anne Walish, age 24; and four grand-
children.
Raleigh Rajoppi^ Former 2nd District Board Member^ Dies
On March 17, Raleigh Rajoppi,
past Second District Board Mem-
ber, passed away. A quiet family
service was held to mark his pass-
ing.
Rajoppi gave many long years
of service to the United Brother-
hood. He began his affiliation with
the Brotherhood when he joined
Local 1113, Springfield, N.J., in
1924 as a 19-year-old apprentice
carpenter. Despite his youth, his
fellow members recognized his
Rajoppi as he spoke to a United
Brotherhood meeting in Toronto,
Onl., in April, 1974, jour years bejore
his retirement.
leadership abilities, and in three
years he was president of the local.
During his presidency. Local 1113
won an 1 1 % wage increase, and
moved from a temporary meeting
place in a public school building to
permanent quarters in Springfield.
Rajoppi become a General Re-
presentative of the Brotherhood in
1948. In January, 1952, Rajoppi
was appointed to the position of
Second District Board Member, a
position he held until his retire-
ment in 1978. He was an early
advocate of bargaining for fringe
benefits and played an active role
in the political education of mem-
bers of District 2. In 1962 he was
named a member of the National
Joint Board for Settlement of Juris-
dictional Disputes.
In addition to his many Brother-
hood activities, Raleigh always
found time for general service to
others. He was appointed, volun-
teered, and served on multiple public
boards and commissions. Governor
Cahill of New Jersey named Raleigh
chairman of the Commission on
Vocational Education in Correc-
tional Institutions. He served on
Rajoppi
the Commission for the Rehabilita-
tion of the Physically Handicapped
Persons, the Advisory Council on
Disability Benefits, and the Com-
mittee to Study Needs of Voca-
tional Education in New Jersey.
He also served on the Carpenters'
Committee to raise funds for Seton
Hall Medical College and the
Rutgers University Institute of
Labor and Management.
Always a family man, Rajoppi
is survived by his wife, the former
Edna Mildred Hamilton, and his
two daughters, Carol and Joanne.
THE CARPENTER
From the left on the platform are: Board Members Dean Sooter, Joseph Lia, George Walish;
General Treasurer Charles Nichols, General Secretary John Rogers, General President William
Konyha, General President Emeritus William Sidell, First General Vice President Patrick
Campbell, Second General Vice President Sigurd Lucassen; Board Members Anthony Ochocki,
John Carruthers, M. B. Bryant, Ronald Dancer, Hal Morton, and Leon Greene.
General Officers and Board Members Installed
The General OflBcers and Dis-
trict Board Members of the Brother-
hood, elected at the General Con-
vention in Chicago, last year, were
sworn into office in a traditional
ceremony April 1 . As is the custom,
the ceremony was held in the audi-
torium of the General Offices in
Washington, D.C. with headquarters
staff and guests in attendance.
The installing officer was General
President Emeritus William Sidell.
In a brief address. General Presi-
dent Emeritus Sidell remarked that
what is "needed today more than ever
before in any organization such as
ours is loyalty — loyalty to the
General President, loyalty to the
officers, to the organizers, to the
councils, and the local unions and
councils." He stressed that only with
loyalty from all members can the
UBC continue to move forward.
and achieve the progress needed.
General President Konyha took
the podium to address the audience,
noting the solemnity of the occasion,
and that this event was "only one of
the many democratic ceremonies at
the heart of this union." General
President Konyha went on to say
that, although officers and local
members come and go, the office
remains, now with a full century of
tradition behind it. He finished with
a call to action: "Our past is certain;
our future is to be determined . . .
Let us forge a future worthy of our
past."
General President Emeritus Sidell administers the oath of office to the General
Officers and Board Members while members of the General Office staff and guests
view the ceremony.
MAY, 1982
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Although the Carpenters have done
an extensive amount of reconstruction
and modernization in the house, visi-
tors to the mansion will probably not
even begin to realize the extent of
reconstruction work done, for most of
the modernization has been hidden,
and the changes which have been
made have not marred the purity of
the mansion.
The first floor of the mansion was
opened in March for public events;
the Governor is expected to move in
sometime this summer.
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Building Trades leaders survey the condition of the Truman farm house at
Grandview, Mo. and discuss plans for its renovation. — Photo by Drew Mendelson for
the Kansas City Labor Beacon.
Missouri Apprentices to Restore Truman Home;
New Jersey Apprentices Renovate Gov's Mansion
Brotherhood members have been
steeped in history this year, with both
the Brotherhood and the AFL-CIO
celebrating centennial anniversaries.
But not all history involvement has
been our own, as members working
on historical renovation projects all
over the continent can attest. Some of
the most recent renovation work is
being done by apprentices in Missouri
and in New Jersey.
In Grandview, Mo., the long-
neglected childhood home of Harry
S. Truman will receive a "facelift,"
courtesy of area Building Trades ap-
prentices. Built in 1880 in the Queen
Anne architectural style popular at
the time, the house has received litde
attention.
Last year, after two years of effort.
The Harry S. Truman Farm Home
Association acquired the house and
its 5'/2 acre plot — the only land
remaining of the 600-acre Truman
farm— with the help of a $380,000
grant from the US Department of the
Interior. Under an agreement between
the association and the Building and
Construction Trades apprenticeship
programs, the home will be thoroughly
restored as a project for apprentices.
To help the project along, a num-
ber of area suppliers have agreed to
donate building materials, but Tyson
Whiteside, attorney for the association,
remarks, "Without the sizeable dona-
tion of apprentice labor, the project
would fold."
The renovation is expected to be
completed by 1984 — in time for the
Truman Centennial.
Meanwhile, in New Jersey, ap-
prentices of Local 781, Princeton,
N.J., are busily renovating an early
19th century mansion called Drumth-
wacket — the soon-to-be official resi-
dence of the state governor. The
apprentices are working under the
instruction of four journeymen of
Local 781 — John Butrym, Jr., Howard
Dilts, Jr., Gerry Scarborough, and
Robert Richardson.
The main structure of the magnifi-
cent Greek revival mansion was built
in the 1830s. The east and west wings
of the mansion were added around the
turn of the century. The mansion's
name, Drumthwacket, is, appropriately
enough, from the two Scottish words
"drum" for hill and "thwacket" for
thicket or wood.
Carpenters working on the project
are highly approving of the beautiful,
highly polished wood in the mansion,
such as the dark oak paneling in the
Tudor-style library. The library, with
its vast stone fireplace, has been the
site of detailed reconstruction work.
The governor of New Jersey will soon
occupy Drumthwacket, the magnificent
Greek revival mansion shown above,
being renovated by UBC apprentices.
Gerry Scarborough adds a finishing touch
to the main colonial staircase in the
front hall of the New Jersey mansion
Local 781 Bus. Rep. Henry Jones, left,
and Superintendent Nick Scozzari review
plans on Drumlhwacket's front steps.
— Photos at Drumthwacket by Fred
Jimenez.
8
THE CARPENTER
IRISH BUGGY . AFRICAN DIESEL • GAFFER • WOODBUTCHER • DINGBAT
THE ROOTS OP LABOR LINGO
PIPEBENDER • SHANTY • HIGH-MUCKITY-MUCK • HICKEY • LIVE WIRE
By Archie Green
Special to PAI and the Carpenter
All American workers from high
steel to steno pool use special language
— slang as verbal shorthand — to iden-
tify tools and techniques, persons and
practices. Such on-the-job talk, touch-
ing work itself, composes but one ele-
ment within shared repartee on family,
sports and politics.
At work, we usually engage in con-
versational matters about TV's "Dal-
las" or the neighbor's broken window.
Occasionally we focus our talk spe-
cifically on mechanical or consensual
tasks: a faulty machine, an unfair rule,
a tough quota, a pusher's barked com-
mand. We are capable of going
through a full shift without ever "rap-
ping" about production; we also can
worry a job problem to death, eventu-
ally turning its solution into a memor-
able anecdote.
Some work terms are fully hidden
from the public-at-large, while others
creep into general speech. Phrases
widely known include "he's a live
wire" and "her circuits are over-
loaded." Just as we take pleasure in
wordplay and jokelore, we enjoy hear-
ing job language in fresh settings.
Similarly, we judge acquaintances
by their familiarity with or curiosity
about our work. Do others appreciate
or deprecate dialectical peculiarities?
We sense that digging for the roots of
esoteric lingo adds to the meaning of
personal lives. Essentially, we assume
that deep knowledge of colloquial lan-
guage gives us some power over indi-
vidual destinies.
No individual, not even a jack-of-
all-trades, can master the language of
every occupation. Old skills sink into
disguise; new sci/fi technology invades
the marketplace; workers of diverse
stock rub shoulders at the loading dock
and water cooler. Accordingly, job talk
shifts dramatically to accommodate
innovative life styles, but also bends
slightly to conform to underlying so-
cial scenes. Elements of class, race,
sex, and region combine to keep work
language functional. Why do I hear
the same utilitarian wheelbarrow
called an "Irish buggy" on one job,
and an "African diesel" on another?
Most job slang is specific to a call-
ing, but some labor terms are common
across craft boundaries. Unionists in
lettuce field and auto plant, or insur-
ance trust and shopping mall, share a
common vocabulary not of device and
custom, but of attitude and dogma.
Does one believe in solidarity? Does
one refuse to scab? To join a union
implies a shared ideological code that
is manifest in song, story and slang.
We expect anthropologists and liter-
ary critics to explore culture. Why
cannot union activists, who deal with
contract, grievance, convention resolu-
tion, and political action committee,
also explore their own language? One
begins with any unusual term, and
pursues it from speech community to
dictionary. A worker, who hears an
unusual expression at picketline or bar-
gaining table, can ask: "What does the
word mean? Who used it first?" By
looking at the social history of words,
we begin to uncover our occupational
roots, thereby learning about our own
past.
Here, I draw a verbal example from
past experience to note both a handful
of work terms and a few adventures in
word sleuthing. For more than 400
years, English rural folk have used
"gaffer" respectfully to address elderly
villagers. By 1841, reapers applied this
figure to their harvest crew leader and,
a few decades later, miners extended it
to coal-bank boss and to shift boss.
During my shipwright apprenticeship,
I heard marine machinists label their
chief "nutbuster" as a "gafller," and
explain that, like a fisherman, he fig-
uratively hooked or speared his crew
members when he pulled them from
the water. The gaffer flopped his men
about the launching ways or hull site
as if they were landed fish.
Many sharp terms denominate
authority figures: "the man," "cap-
tain," "brassnuts," "his nibs." One of
the best I have heard used by a fellow
"woodbutcher" (house carpenter) while
framing "dingbats" (cheap tract
homes) was "high-muckity-muck,"
which moved into English following
the Chinook Indian description of an
arrogant person who had plenty of
salmon to eat.
Carnival, tent show, and dog-and-
pony circus workers continue to use
"gaffer" for their employers. Within
such shows, the head electrician has
been called a "shanty," perhaps de-
rived from chandelier, perhaps dis-
tantly related to the shantyman who
guided work at sea by chanted songs.
In Hollywood's earliest days, the
shanty somehow became the gaffer,
either because he moved (gaffed) lights
about, or simply because he was lead
electrician.
I have not heard construction elec-
tricians call their head man "gaffer."
Electricians in high-rise work —
whether steel frame or reinforced con-
crete — do call each other and their
foreman "pipebenders" because they
constantly shape light metal conduit to
conform to walls, floors, pillars, and
beams. The tool indispensable for
bending conduit is a "hickey." Has
anyone heard building trades electri-
cians explain the origin of this basic
tool's name? We are reasonably cer-
tain of the progression in speech for
gaffer from rural England to con-
temporary television studio, but
hickey's journey still mystifies us.
ARCHIE GREEN has been called "the dean
of American folklore." He is currently a
lecturer at the University of Texas in
Austin, Tex., although he plans to retire
this month, after a lifetime of writing and
teaching American and labor folklore.
Green has been an active member of the
United Brotherhood since 1941 when he
joined Shipwrights Local 1149, Oakland,
Calif. He has taught labor history and
folklore at the AFL-CIO's George Meany
Labor Studies Center, where the accom-
panying picture was taken.
Photo By Phil Yonngcr
MAY, 1982
Language
A rearing crew, or jam crew,
seeks the key log that will
permit this jam to "haul."
hese days, loggers' work-
ing lives are probably not
too different from most
peoples': they go to work
in the morning, put in
a full day, and come
home at night. But that's
not how it used to be.
Until the end of the
19th century, loggers, or
"timber beasts" as they called them-
selves, were nearly all single men that
worked together and lived together in
logging camps. In their seclusion, they
developed a language so specialized
that even the sawmill workers they
occasionally came in contact with
sometime had trouble understanding
them.
The loggers' boss was known as
the "bull of the woods." A lumber-
ing operation was a "logging show,"
and if the loggers were a particularly
hard-working group, it was called a
"highball show."
No matter how much food he piled
JAM CREW
The "jam crew" pictured in
newsreels dynamiting away at
a log jam was the exception
rather than the rule, for this
method destroyed too much
timber. Rather, an effort was
made to pitch the logs into the
river properly, and avoid the
jam in the first place.
Potlatch
STOMACH ROBBER
The cook below appears to be
doing anything but preparing
to "rob" the loggers' stomachs.
Actually, cooking in the logging
camps for the hardy, robust
and hungry loggers was quite an
operation. The now familiar
griddle cakes were a favorite
for breakfast.
American Forests
WHISTLE PUNK
Often the youngster in the
group, the "whistle punk" kept
the yard crew and the man
operating the donkey engine in
contact. Often, the "whistle
punk" would stand at the crest
of a hill, enabling him to give
and receive messages to men at
both ends of the cable.
American Forests
10
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A SPECIAL
VARIETY
OF
LABOR LINGO
on the table — and the cooks were
always sure to provide plenty — the
cook was called a "stomach robber."
The man diligently prodded the un-
ruly bulls down the skid road was
called a "bull whacker. "-
An "apprentice" logger would
more than likely get the job of
"whistle punk" — the worker who
signals to the "donkey puncher" (the
operator of the donkey engine) that
a log is ready to be pulled in. After
the "choker setter" (the logger who
fastened a metal cable around the log
in preparation for transport) set up a
log, the "rigging slinger" would at-
tach the cable to the main line. The
boss of the yarding crew, the
"hooker," would then yell "Hi" to
the "whistle punk" who would use
an electric signal to tell the "donkey
puncher" (who was generally out-of-
sight of the yard crew) to "reel 'er in!"
An innovation was the use of a
"spar tree." A topped tree (topping
performed by a "high climber")
would be outfitted with pulleys and
heavy cables that ran up from the
donkey engine and back down to the
logs. This enabled the "donkey
puncher" to reel the log in twice as
fast, since it couldn't catch on any
rough terrain. The man who put the
pulley on the spar tree? But of course,
he was called the "ape."
The man who measured the diam-
eter and length of each log for the
company record, the "scaler," was
called the "cheater" by the loggers; the
measuring stick he used was dubbed
the "cheat stick." So when payday
came around, the loggers, remember-
ing that the "cheater" had to be
watched, referred to the day as "alibi
day." With money to spend, the log-
gers would often head into town
"barefoot" — wearing smooth soled
shoes instead of their rough logging
boots.
Confusing? Maybe to most of us,
but to the loggers of old, this descrip-
tive and specialized manner of speak-
ing enlivened their days, and helped
them get the job done.
USDA Forest Service Photo^rraphs
DONKEY PUNCHER
Exactly where the donkey
engine got its name is a bit of a
mystery, but it's no mystery as
to why the man operating the
so-named machine was called
the "donkey puncher." Though
long out of use today, when
introduced, a century ago, these
specialized machines made the
logger's job much easier.
The photographs above show
two types of "donkey" opera-
tions decades ago. The top
picture was taken at a logging
operation in Snoqualmie
National Forest in the State of
Washington in 1911. Logs were
skidded along a chute road and
swung into the air on a crotch
line for stacking in the loading
area. The photograph was taken
by A. G. Varela. This machine
was called a "road donkey."
The lower photograph
shows a "duddler" or "walking
donkey" in operation in Mason
County, Washington, in 1901.
This was part of the woods
operation of the Simpson
Logging Company in its
Douglas fir acreage. The photo-
graph was taken by Collier of
Olympia, Washington.
In New England, steam
donkey engines were also used
with cables to pull logs from
mill ponds.
MAY, 1982
11
General President William Konyha called for renewed organizing and administrative
efforts in 1982 to overcome the problems of high unemployment.
Local Business Agents Trained
In Week-Long Institutes in DC
Addressing the local leaders, from left, were: First General Vice President Patrick
Campbell, Second General Vice President Sigurd Lucassen, and General Treasurer
Charles Nichols.
Organizing Director Jim Parker called for greater local organizing initiative and
promised the full support of the General Office.
Fulltime local union officers and
business representatives of the
United Brotherhood elected or ap-
pointed since January, 1980, were
called to Washington, D.C., March
21-26, for a week-long training
institute.
A total of 21 representatives of
industrial locals and councils and
47 representatives of building trades
locals and councils participated in
the institute sessions.
It was the second seminar to be
held for industrial representatives at
the George Meany Center; the first
was held in October, 1980.
The training is mandated by Sec-
tion 31C of the Constitution and
Laws, which requires "all fulltime
officers and business representatives
of the local unions and councils to
attend seminars when scheduled by
the General Office and that all
expenses incurred for travel, food,
or lodging shall be the responsibility
of the local union or council."
The training sessions were held
at the AFL-CIO's George Meany
Center for Labor Studies in nearby
Silver Spring, Md. Housing was also
provided there. One day of training
was spent at Jhe General Office, be-
coming familiar with the administra-
tion of the Brotherhood's headquar-
ters and listening to brief talks by
the five General Officers.
Among the topics on the training
agenda were: the history of the
United Brotherhood, taught by
General Secretary John Rogers; the
UBC's occupational safety and
health project, taught by project
director Joe Durst, Jr.; legal issues
by Assistant General Counsel Kathy
Krieger; effective speaking by Gene
Morrill; collective bargaining by
William Gillen, assistant director of
the center; union political action by
John Perkins, director of the AFL-
CIO's Committee on Political Edu-
cation; and steward training by
Wally Malakofi", industrial depart-
ment's economist.
The agenda also included a film
and explanations of the work of the
AFL-CIO, presented by the George
Meany Center staff.
A reception and graduation
banquet was held on Friday night,
March 26, as certificates of comple-
tion were presented to the graduates.
12
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Participants In
The Brotherhood s
1982 Leadership
Training
Institutes
BUSINESS AGENTS, INDUSTRIAL lOCALS-Front row, left:
General President William Konyha, First General Vice
President Patrick Campbell, General Treasurer Charles
Nichols, Local 721 Business Rep. David Peterson, Local 1407
Financial Secretary and Business Rep. Alfonso Hernandez,
Local 1160 Business Rep. Thomas Pinney, Western Pa. DC
Special Rep. Donald P. Donovan, and Local 724 Business
Rep. Adolph Little. Second row, from left: Local 3141 Asst.
Business Rep. Mariano Rosario, Metropolitan DC Business
Rep. Mario Venneri, Suffolk County DC Business Rep. John
Powers, Local 2077 Financial Secretary and Business Rep.
Jeffrey Gray, Local 1359 Financial Secretary-Treasurer and
Business Agent James J. Johnoff, Local 963 Financial
Secretary and Business Rep. John W. Manovich, and Local
1689 Financial Secretary and Business Rep. Michael Smith.
Back row, from left: Director for the Brotherhood OSHA
Project Joe Durst, Local 2679 Business Rep. Walter Oliveira,
Local 1120 Financial Secretary and Business Rep. Larry
Hodgin, Southwestern Industrial Council Executive Secretary
Pete Baldwin, Rhode Island District Council Business Rep.
Fred Pare, Chicago DC Business Representative Joseph
Kadlec, Local 3119 Business Rep. Harvey J. Lister, Mid-
western Industrial Council Exec. Secretary-Treasurer Robert
J. Warosh, Assistant Director for the Brotherhood OSHA
Project Scott Schneider, Indiana Industrial Council Business
Agent Raymond Parks, and Brotherhood Staff Economist
Wally Malakoff.
BUSINESS AGENTS, CONSTRUCTION LOCALS-(not in order in
picture) Michael R. Adkinson, Sr., Asst. BR, Local 1650,
Lexington, Ky.; Ken Busch, BR, Ohio Valley District Council;
Cincinnati, O.; Wilfred Cherry, BR, Local 337, Warren,
Mich.; James S. Grill, BR, Milwaukee District Council,
Milwaukee, Wise; Earl Henninger, BR, Metropolitan District
Council, Philadelphia, Pa.; H. B. Hill, Jr., FS & BR, Local
2430, Charleston, W. Va.; Virgil C. Hollins, FS, Local 2375,
Wilmington, Calif.; Rickey Howington, FS BR, Local 1018,
Jefferson, Ga.; Joseph Ippolito, BR, Metropolitan District
Council, Philadelphia, Pa.; Clifford R. Jewell, FS & BR,
Local 3024, Atlanta, Ga.; Ronald M. Krochmalny, BR,
Local 1102, Warren, Mich.; Donald Landis, BR, Local 496,
Kankakee, III.; Edward W. Layton, Asst. BR, Local 200,
Columbus, O.; Wayne M. Moore, Asst. BR, Local 1391,
Denver, Colo.; George Parzych, Asst. BR, Local 1536, New
York, N.Y.; Gary D. Reedy, Organizer, Denver District
Council, Denver, Colo.; James Rowden, Sr., BR, East Central
Illinois District Council, Decatur, III.; Robert St. Clair, BR,
Ohio Valley District Council, Cincinnati, O.; Ned R. Simons,
BR, Local 674, Mt. Clemens, Mich.; John E. Stewart, BR,
Local 198, Dallas, Tex.; Albert Thornhill, Asst. BR, Local
329, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Marvin R. Vinson, FS & BR,
Local 1060, Norman, Okla.; Stewart Watkins, BR, Local 56,
Allston, Mass.; Duane C. Brown, BR, Local 621, Brewer, Me.;
Donald E. Bybee, BR, Local 1391, Denver, Colo.; Robert
Daley, BR, Seattle District Council, Seattle, Wash.; Paul
Hastings, BR, Metropolitan District Council, Philadelphia,
Pa.; Jerry Don Hibdon, FS & BR, Local 1884, Lubbock, Tex.;
Dale P. Hilton, FS & BR, Local 1091, Bismarck, N. Dak.;
Clyde David Hurst, BR, Local 1102, Warren, Mich.; Ray L.
Jacobson, BR, Local 161, Kenosha, Wise; Thomas W.
Kniceley, BR, Local 1255, Chillicothe, O.; Ervin L. Krueger,
Organizer, Local 2834, Denver, Colo.; John Lauer, BR,
Fox River Valley District Council, Appleton, Wise; Donald
J. Meitner, BR, Local 91, Racine, Wise; Thomas O'Kelly,
FS, Local 608. New York, N.Y.; James R. Purcell, BR,
Local 1428, Midland, Tex.; William J. Roehr, BR, Milwaukee
District Council, Milwaukee, Wise; Gary Ruhl, BR, Fox
River Valley District Council, Appleton, Wise; Sarkee R.
Sanoian, BR, Local 280, Lockport, N.Y.; Glenn N. Smith,
Asst. BR, Local 200, Columbus, O.; James P. Thompson,
Asst. BR, Local 329, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Matty J. Waldron,
BR, Southern Colorado District Council, Colorado Springs,
Colo.; William E. Wroblewski, BR, Local 1301, Monroe, Mich.,
Raymond Macy, Secretary, Wabash Valley District Council,
Plymouth, Ind.; Bob G. Pierson, Organizer, Colorado State
Council, Lakewood, Colo.; John Wise, Representative,
Miami Valley District Council, Dayton, O.
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Associate General Counsel Pleasure
presents testimony to the Congressional
Committee. He was accompanied by
Kevin Campbell, legislative advocate,
left; Tim Alsop of the General Presidents
Offshore Committee, right; and Assistant
to the Gen. Pres. Don Danielson, rear.
In testimony before the Manpower and
Housing Subcommittee of the Congres-
sional Government Operations Commit-
tee, March 19, the United Brotherhood
took strong exception to a Reagan ad-
ministration effort to revoke or water
down the health and safety standard for
commercial divers.
"The diving standard appears to be on
a fast, fast track to oblivion," Associate
General Counsel Robert J. Pleasure told
the subcommittee. "We were given about
40 days from February 26, 1982 (by
OSHA and the President's Task Force
on Regulatory Relief) to state why the
whole diving standard should not be
revoked. Not a word about possible
improvements to protect workers."
Speaking for the Brotherhood's com-
mercial diving members and almost 3,000
American workers "in the most danger-
ous occupation in the world," Pleasure
Brotherhood Deplores Task Force
Attack on Diving Standards
CHARGES CONFLICT OF INTEREST, NOT NIT-PICKING
deplored the Task Force's action in
singling out the diving standards for
deregulation.
"The diving standard is the only
occupation standard targeted by the Task
Force at anytime to date!" Pleasure
noted. "Out of all the safety standards,
including those specifying the height at
which fire extinguishers must be mounted
to toilet requirements ... all of the
allegedly nit-picking regulations we heard
about during the (Reagan) campaign
. . . none were targeted. Diving safety
was."
"Is commercial diving dangerous? You
bet it is. You know it is ... So what is
going on?"
The UBC spokesman suggested there
may be more conflict of interest than
nit-picking in the Presidential Task
Force's unilateral action.
Vice President George Bush, chairman
of the Task Force, first announced last
August 12 that the OSHA Commercial
Diving Standard was targeted for review.
The Vice President stated at that time
that the group's action was supported by
vast numbers of business comments and
formal submissions by contractors.
"When the Task Force was asked by us
to identify any such comments or formal
submissions for the diving standard, none
could be found, and, we believe, none
exist," Pleasure told the subcommittee.
"Significant numbers of comments and
formal submissions exist for every other
standard targeted that day and on other
days. None for the diving standard."
In the course of his testimony. Pleasure
accused Vice President Bush's chief legal
advisor of contacting industry officials
before ordering a review of the regula-
tions. He indicated that the Task Force
counsel has substantial personal holdings
in the Halliburton Company of which
Taylor Diving and Brown & Root are
subsidiaries. Both of these subsidiaries
are heavily involved in the oil and gas
industry, and both have been opposed to
the standards.
OSHA issued diving health and safety
standards in 1977 after a two-year battle
by the United Brotherhood to gain such
protections for its diving members.
Pleasure reported to the subcommittee
that the Brotherhood wrote a letter to
Vice President Bush on August 17, 1981,
five days after Bush's original announce-
ment of an investigation.
"We received an acknowledgement last
week (in March, 1982), after the damage
to the regulatory process was done," the
legal counsel continued. "We filed com-
ments with OSHA prior to its Advanced
Notice of Proposed Rule Making and
witnessed OSHA picking up nearly ver-
batim the industry's request to water
down the standard and not a suggestion
that they even read the diver's repre-
sentative's comments."
The UBC issued a strong plea to the
subcommittee to hear the diver's voice
"in such a secret non-forum."
Creation of an Exhibit
Experience, imagination, and craft
skills went into the creation of the
General Office's lobby exhibit shown on
our front cover. The exhibit was pro-
duced by Design and Production Inc. of
Alexandria, Va., a imion shop under
contract with Local 2957. The displays
were executed under the direction of
Patricia L. deLashmutt-Robbins of
Museum Services and Senior Designer
Ann Rossilli. Ms. Rossilli is shown at
right with George Newson, detailer,
discussing plans for a sawmill-blade
pedestal. Below, right. Shop Steward
Leroy Carroll and Bob Burroughs mount
tools and other artifacts. At far right,
two members of Local 1590, Jack Glenn
and Jimmy Price {on the ladder) install
the basic display cabinetry, which was
done in D&P's shop by John Zoldak.
Leonard Woodhurst participated in
preliminary planning.
14
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JOBLESS MAY CLIMB TO 16%
The construction industry is expecting one-third
more of its workers to be out of work this year,
compared with 1981 levels, and industry unem-
ployment in Newfoundland could jump to 44% .
An average 16% of the construction labor
force across Canada, or about 125,000 people, is
likely to be unemployed during 1982 — the highest
unemployment rate for the industry since 1978,
says a report from the Canadian Construction
Association.
Weakening construction demand is blamed for
the increase.
While employment in the industry grew faster
than its labor force last year, the pattern is ex-
pected to be reversed this year, with employment
growth predicted to be 2% and the labor force
growing by 6%.
The Newfoundland industry is expecting an 18%
drop in construction employment this year.
INTEREST RELIEF IN MANITOBA
Manitoba's New Democratic government
announced a $23-million interest-rate relief pro-
gram on February 5. The plan, an NDP election
promise, is a one-time emergency measure for
homeowners, farmers and small businessmen who
can prove they are victims of high interest rates.
Homeowners with mortgages of $40,000 or less
whose monthly payments exceed 30% of total
household income will be eligible for grants of up to
$275 a month. About 4,000 homeowners likely
would qualify for this relief at current interest rates.
Agriculture iVIinister Bill Uruski said, in announcing
the program in Winnipeg.
A farmer could receive up to $6,000 a year, half
of which would be an interest-free loan, if the
farm's gross income was less than $70,000 in
1981 or in two of the last three years.
Similar assistance would be available for small
businessmen whose gross income was less than
$350,000 in 1981 or in two of the last three years.
In all three categories, the program is intended
to help legitimate hardship cases resulting from
high interest rates, Uruski said.
TRUDEAU DEFENDS HIGH INTEREST
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau says he sympa-
thizes with Canadians hit hard by the current
"depression," but insists his government must
stick with high interest rates.
Easing up on tight money policies or pumping
vast amounts of government money into the
economy to stimulate jobs would only fuel Canada's
future economic problems, Trudeau said during a
recent news conference. "You can't solve this
problem by just throwing money at it," he said,
defending Ottawa's economic stand as "the one
which everybody seems to say is the only one we
can adopt."
According to Trudeau, many of Canada's prob-
lems are caused by high wages, which are forcing
the country toward "a high-cost society." His
reference to the current economic recession as a
"depression" appeared to be a momentary slip of
the tongue.
SASKATCHEWAN SUBMISSION
The Annual Submission of the Saskatchewan
Federation of Labour to the Provincial Cabinet has
the theme "Security for Labour." Following are
highlights of the brief:
Federal government monetary policies have been
surging through the economy, causing massive
layoffs, plant closures, business and farm bank-
ruptcies, inflation and soaring unemployment.
Labour's share of the national income has declined
while profits have increased steadily.
The Federation calls on the government to use its
influence to stem the rising tide of unemployment
by increasing public involvement and ownership in
managing the provincial economy.
The brief points out that while we are witnessing
bankruptcies and mortgage foreclosures as work-
ers, farmers and small businesses carry the burden
of high and unstable interest rates, bank profits
have risen every year. "In 1981, bank profits
increased an average of 38% to a total of $1.7
billion."
The brief commends the government for reject-
ing wage controls as the solution to our economic
problems and requests an affirmation of this
position.
The brief further commends the government for
swift passage of the Homeowners' Protection Act
which will protect homeowners from threat of
foreclosure.
The Federation recognizes the need for and
supports in principle a public disability insurance
program.
QUEBEC DROPS MANDATORY RETIRING
The Quebec National Assembly recently adopted
a bill abolishing mandatory retirement, making
Quebec the first province to allow workers to
retain their jobs beyond age 65.
Termed a "major social step" by the Opposition
Liberal Party which supported it, the legislation
affects all workers in Quebec, except those who
come under federal labor codes, including com-
munications and airline employees.
MAY, 1982
15
East Central Illinois 'Builds Union'
in Two Local Unions of Council
In March, 34 members of Local 189, Qiiincy, III., attended
the new steward training program entitled "Building Union"
presented by the East Central Illinois District Council. The
council plans to present the program to all of its affiliated
locals. Participants are shown in the photo above, front row,
from left: John Hart, Sam Martin, Gene Faulkner, Dave
Wombles, Roger Bernard, Bill Phillips, and East Central
Illinois DC Representative Jim Rowden. Second row, from
left: Eric Sprati, Junior Plunkett, Bill Vandiver, Ray Kennedy,
Melvin Powell, Grant Steiner, James Behring, and Neil Sprati.
Third row, from left: Al Brink, Dave Hamilton, Lou
Wardlow, Bill McKenzie, Ken Gates, Bruce Phillips, and
Roger Schoenekase. Fourth row, from left: East Central
Illinois DC Representative Bob Acree, Lowell McGaughlin,
Local 189 Business Representative Bob Strieker, Herman
Steinkamp, and Dave Kattelman. Back row, from left: Fred
Martin, Okey Travis, Art Nelson, Carl Bartlett. Joe
Scharnhorst, Bob Wavering, John Yates, Russell Miller, and
Gene Miller.
Sfewards of Illinois
local unions among
firsf to train under
new Industrial De-
partment seminar
program.
The East Illinois District Council also presented the new
steward training program, "Building Union," to Local 904,
Jacksonville, III. Eleven members attended the program,
which was well received. Participants are shown in the picture
above, front row, from left: District Council Business
Representative Bob Acree, John DeLong, Kenneth Glass,
Ronald Megginson, and Chuck Burger. Back row, from left:
Frank Dixon, Robert R. Walters, Jim Piper, Ron Tribble,
Marlin Spencer, and Carl Seymour.
Building Trades
Continued from Page 3
workers are simply not going to be
anyone's patsy. We'll make certain we
are heard in November."
President Reagan's speech was to
the same audience and at the same
place, the Washington Hilton Hotel,
as when the attempt was made on his
life as he left the hotel one year earlier.
Reagan's 30-minute speech drew
mild applause when he touched on
patriotism or Poland, praised trade
unions, pledged not to seek repeal of
the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage law,
or reiterated White House support for
the Luken amendments to the Clean
Air Act.
The delegates' cool response to the
President was punctuated by scattered
boos when he entered the conference
hall. Delegates muttered when he
seemed to blame Congress for the
recession, saying that it might have
been avoided "if the first phase of the
(Administration's) tax cut had not
been so little and so late."
Later during the conference, de-
legates booed, shouted and laughed
during the speeches by Donovan and
Richards.
Donovan, pleading for patience re-
garding the Administration's economic
policies, declared, "No, the jury is not
back. No, our program has not failed."
GOP Chairman Richards told the
delegates he had "asked for the in-
vitation" to speak "to discuss building
bridges between labor and the Re-
publican Party."
Richards said the Republican Na-
tional Committee is forming a labor
advisory committee. He warned against
"efforts of the Democratic National
Committee to move the AFL-CIO
into the Democratic Party."
Kennedy and Mondale, potential
rivals for the Democratic Presidential
nomination in 1984, both received
rousing responses from the delegates.
Both attacked Reaganomics and sup-
ported public works, credit controls,
pressuring the Federal Reserve Board
to lower interest rates and repealing
Administration tax cuts.
Teamsters President Roy Williams,
who sat on the podium with the presi-
dents of the 1 5 Building Trade unions
during much of the conference, spoke
briefly. He declared, "Just because
the Teamsters and the AFL-CIO have
been separated, it doesn't mean that
the Teamsters have ever left the build-
ing trades councils. Regardless of what
we do at the top, we all need each
other."
Williams said the Teamsters want
to use its pension funds for home
construction at affordable interest
rates. He said legislation is needed to
facilitate this.
Daniel Mundy, the Building Trades'
legislative director, said during a work-
shop that legislative priorities were
preserving Davis-Bacon, preventing
amendment of the Hobbs Act to in-
clude labor disputes, and preventing
enactment of the Anti-Racketeering
bill proposed by Senator Sam Nunn
(D-Ga.).
Mundy said the Building Trades are
supporting the Luken amendments
to the Clean Air Act and coal slurry
legislation.
Workshops also were held on
organizing and pension fund invest-
ments.
16
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Four Members Die, Two Seriously Injured in Bridge Collapse
TOTAL OF 12 BUILDING TRADESMEN DIE, AS SECTIONS DROP 'LIKE DOMINOES'
An unfinished ramp for a bridge
project in East Chicago, Ind., collapsed
April 15, killing 12 workmen, includ-
ing four members of the United
Brotherhood.
Officials said there were about 75
workers on the structure or at the con-
struction site. Most of the dead and
injured worked for the Superior Con-
struction Co., Gary, the primary con-
tractor for the interchange project.
Dead are John Chester, Fred Kreig,
Sr., and Robert Kaser of Local 1005,
Merrillville, Ind., and Harold "Junior"
Carlson of Local 599, Hammond, Ind.
As we go to press, two other members
are in critical condition — Bill Newman
of Local 1005 and Harold Warren of
Local 599.
Crews were pouring concrete on a
50-foot-high span.
"All I remember was there was a
loud noise, and then it started coming
down," said Robert Gilbert of Gary,
Ind., who was working nearby when
the accident occurred at about
10:30 a.m.
Carpenter James Brannock narrowly
escaped injury. He said that the road-
way collapsed in three sections. He and
John Chester, a man with whom he
had worked for 15 years, had been on
the section that came down first, a
section where workers were laying
fresh concrete to form a roadway sur-
face over the span.
When the structure began to shud-
der, Brannock cried, "Let's get out of
here. It's collapsing." He ran for
another section of the span and reached
it just in time to see the roadway go
down behind him, as Chester and
other workers fell to their deaths.
Moments later, according to The
Chicago Tribune, a second section
collapsed, killing and injuring several
other workers. A third section, which
Brannock found himself standing on
along with about eight other workers,
began to shake.
"They say it kept standing for 10
minutes, but to me it seemed like less
than a minute," Brannock said. "I'm
sitting up there, and it's just swaying
away."
The section on which he found him-
self was now a free-standing island in
the air. The men atop the section
began shouting for help. There was
nothing that rescue workers could do
for them at the time.
Brannock said he wasn't sure how he
did it, but he reached some scaffolding
that supported the section and he
scrambled down as it was swaying
toward collapse. He reached the
ground moments before the whole sec-
tion came tumbling down.
"I just can't figure out what hap-
pened," Brannock said later as he
surveyed the tragic scene.
At this point, many other workers
on the job aren't sure either. The
Indiana Department of Highways has
hired the engineering firm that re-
cently tested the suspended walkways
in the Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel —
Construction Technologies Laborator-
ies of Skokie, 111. — to make the investi-
gation. It may be weeks before the
exact cause of the bridge failure is
known, but one expert, Seymour Bortz,
senior engineering advisor for materi-
als and manufacturing technology at
the Illinois Institute of Technology's
Research Institute, believes failure of
the supporting scaffolding resulted in
the collapse.
Rescue crews used cranes and fork-
lifts in an effort to free trapped
victims. Paramedics said they attached
intravenous tubes to supply blood
plasma to the injured as others worked
to free them from debris.
Artie Vasquez, 30, an emergency
medical technician for the East
Chicago Emergency Medical Services,
said he and others worked at least 2Vi
hours to free one victim from the
rubble, using jacks and cutting torches.
He said the man was pierced by two
steel reinforcing rods — one in the
chest and another in the back.
A temporary morgue was set up
for a time at the Jones & Laughlin
Steel Corp.'s Indiana Harbor Works.
Also crushed under the debris was
a State of Indiana truck that had been
parked beneath one of the spans. Wit-
nesses said the truck had been com-
pressed to no more than a foot in
height.
The multi-million-dollar bridge proj-
ect, known as the Cline Avenue Ex-
tension, was begun in February, 1981,
and was reported to be about 40%
complete, with completion scheduled
for September, 1983. State highway
officials are now adding extra years to
completion.
Brotherhood members in the East
Chicago area, meanwhile, are doing
what they can to aid families of those
lost in the disaster. Robert Farkas,
business representative of the North-
west Indiana District Council, reports
that he and other leaders have
established the Carpenters Family
Assistance Fund at the Mercantile
National Bank, 5243 Hohman Ave.,
Hammond, Ind. 46320.
MAY, 1982
17
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Solidarity Rally
In Maryland Capital
More than 5,000 union members, and
their families marched on the Maryland
State House for a state Solidarity Day
on March 13.
The banner-carrying demonstrators lis-
tened to more than two hours of speeches
and joined in union songs, their spirits
undampened by a drizzling rain.
Spearheaded by the Maryland-District
of Columbia AFL-CIO, the rally was
called to protest Reagan Administration
policies and voice support for labor-
backed measures now before the state
legislature.
Thomas M. Bradley, president of the
Maryland-D.C. AFL-CIO, called on the
Maryland General Assembly "to show
good faith to Maryland's workers and
consumers by repudiating the Reagan
economic philosophy."
Specifically, Bradley called on the pre-
dominantly Democratic legislature to
raise unemployment benefits, now a
maximum $140-a-week; to pass a wind-
fall oil profits tax; to allow public em-
ployees to bargain collectively; to pass
plant closing legislation; to reject a
"workfare" bill; to reform the state's
system for handling workers' compensa-
tion claims, and to maintain the state's
ceiling on usury rates.
Josh Williams, president of the AFL-
CIO Metropolitan Washington Council,
declared, "We're trying to tell them
(legislators), don't go jellyfish on us.
The conservatives want Maryland. We
want to keep Maryland."
William Lucy, secretary-treasurer of
AFSCME, told the crowd, "The number
one item on the agenda of this nation is
jobs, jobs, jobs."
Maryland's unemployment rate cur-
rently is 9.7%, well above the national
average.
One AFSCME banner declared,
"Money for Jobs and Human Needs —
Not the Pentagon."
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First Interior Systems Pact in Philly
The Interior Finisli Contractors Assn. of the Delaware
Valley recently signed a working agreement with the
Brotherhood's Metropolitan District Council of Philadelphia,
Pa., and Vicinity, and Local 53L. It is the first directly
negotiated pact with the Interior Finish Contractors, and it is
a supplemental agreement to one signed with the Master
Plasterers of Philadelphia.
Shown at the pact signing are: Seated, from left, Harry
Short, business representative. Local SSL; John Gara,
president of the contractors assn.: and Gary Moran, district
council secretary. Standing are Charles Brodeur, assistant to
General President Konyha; George Walish, former general
representative and now Second District board member; Ed
Coryell, district council president; and Harry Dooley,
assistant council secretary.
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THE CARPENTER
Industry Magazine
Praises Local 1310
In a first-of-a-kind, tradition-breaking
action, Logic, the leading floor-covering
industry magazine published by Arm-
strong floor covering company, has pub-
lished an extensive article on St. Louis,
Mo., Floor Layers Local 1310 (a
Brotherhood affiliate). The article singles
out Local 1310 as a national example
because of its quality apprentice-training
and member-upgrading programs and the
union's on-going history of excellent
labor-management cooperation.
"It's a cooperation nurtured by the
realization that either we all work to-
gether to enlarge the economic pie, or we
all end up eating crumbs," states the
article in Logic.
The lead article features photos of
Local 1310 Business Manager Perry
Joseph, President Joe Pijut and Ap-
prentice School Coordinator George
Clark.
Solidarity Day,
1981, Lives On
SOLIDARITY DAY remains in the
news — six months later, the strong senti-
ments made known by the crowds that
gathered in Washington, D.C. in Septem-
ber, 1981, are still being felt.
Earlier this year, on the title page of
"The Week In Review" in The New
York Times, a photo was run show-
ing Brotherhood member Guisseppe
D'Acunto of Local 210, Norwalk, Conn,
in a SOLIDARITY DAY photo under
the caption "Social justice in the Reagan
era: A debate."
The AFL-CIO is planning to stage an-
other Solidarity Day in Washington, D.C,
next fall before the November elections.
The big demonstration is planned to
stimulate the labor vote.
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In other SOLIDARITY DAY news,
we recently received a picture of three
Brotherhood members who traveled from
Florida for the event. Shown in the
accompanying picture with commemora-
tive plaques they received are, from left:
Floyd C. Stanley, Millwright Local 1000,
Tampa, Fla.; James T. Harvey, Mill-
wright Local 1000 apprentice, Tampa,
Fla.; and Edgar Hunt, Carpenters Local
2217, Lakeland, Fla.
UBC Joins 2,000
Marchers in Oregon
Members of the Western Council and
the UBC district councils of Oregon
joined 2,000 marchers recently for a
"Jobs and Justice" Rally in Portland, Ore.
The labor-sponsored demonstration
made plain the fact that too many of the
state's workers are in need of jobs. There
was a parade through downtown Port-
land and a massed assembly at Schrunk
Park, with 90 unions participating.
Reps Take Training
In March, General Treasurer Charles
Nichols gave an address to the California
State Council in Sacramento, Calif.
Present at the session were Governor
Jerry Brown and Mayor Tom Bradley of
Los Angeles, shown above with General
Treasurer Nichols.
Build
Union
UniorvLabel & Service Trades Department
After the new steward training program,
"Building Union," was prepared, Task
Force Rep. Jerry H. Jahnke arranged for
representatives of the East Central
Illinois District Council and Illinois State
Council to participate in the training
seminar. They are shown above, front
row, from left: East Central 111. DC
Secretary-Treasurer Larry D. Mollett,
Rep Jahnke, Illinois Council Secretary-
Treasurer Jack Zeilinga, and Organizer
Art Velasqug. Back row, from left:
Organizer Hank Eversman, East Central
III. DC Business Rep William Acree, and
East Central III. DC Business Rep Hank
Eversman.
He's Ready for More at Age 104
Eadie at his Carolina home.
Pressley Y. Eadie is going to be
104 years old this month — May 21st
to be exact. Recently made a lifetime
member of Local 159, North Charles-
ton, S.C., Eadie has been a member
of that local since his original initia-
tion into the Brotherhood in May,
1939. He worked at the trade until
the age of 70.
A staunch Southern Baptist and
honorary deacon of his church, nowa-
days Eadie is just taking life as it
comes, "at the pleasure of the Lord."
He and his third wife, Anna, attend
church every Sunday, and are active
socializers during the week. As Eadie
says, "I like to visit around," and his
family alone could keep him quite
busy — he has 8 children, 31 grand-
children, 44 great-grandchildren, and
3 great-great-grandchildren.
Eadie attributes his long life to
wholesome living. Although his father
died relatively young, Eadie's grand-
father lived to the ripe old age of 107.
MAY, 1982
19
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California CLIC Donation
Delegates to the recent California Slate Council convention
contributed $3,280.00 to the Carpenters Legislative
Improvement Committee (CLIC). General Executive Board
Member M. B. Bryant presented a check for that amount to
General Treasurer Charles Nichols at the convention. In
the picture above, from left: General Representative Lloyd
Larson, Sacramento District Council Secretary Warren
Stevens, Evecutive Board Member Bryant, General Treasurer
Nichols, and Sacremento Local 586 Financial Secretary Jim
Larsen.
Steward Training in Cicero
Certificates of completion were recently awarded to members
of Millwright Local 1693, Cicero, III., upon conclusion of a
stewards training program. Members that completed the
program are shown in the accompanying picture, from left:
Stuart Boley, Julius Brawka, John Burdew, Primo Campana,
Theodore Demos, David Dejnowski, James Jones, Joseph
Korso, Anthony Luketich, Timothy McManigal, Joseph Nemec,
Sr., Joseph Nemec, Jr., Harry Pluchrat, Sal Sprovieri, James
Skurzewski, Thomas Skurzewski, Richard Steinhaus, Michael
Swan, Paul Varichak, and Edwin Zieleskiewicz.
Steward Training in Idaho
Local 1298 members in Nampa, Id., recently participated in
the new UBC shop steward training program. Attendants are
shown in the picture above.
20
THE CARPENTER
Hamilton Local 18 Celebrates 100 Years
On Saturday, January 30, 1982, Local
18, Hamilton, Ont., was 100 years old,
and members of Local 18 celebrated the
event in a grand manner. Second Gen-
era! Vice President Sigurd Lucassen was
on hand for the day's commemorative
events, which included a formal welcome
from Hamilton Mayor Bill Powell (a
former member of Local 18.) Saturday
evening. Local 18 held a lavish banquet
at which Mayor Powell proclaimed the
day as Local 18 day, and January 31-
February 26, 1982 as United Brother-
hood of Carpenters' Week.
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A bagpipe musician heralded the head
table guests into the banquet hall. Guests
included Local 18 President Tom Casey,
Ninth District Board Member John
Carruthers, and Second Vice President
Lucassen.
Canada's Federal Minister of Labour
Charles Caccia presents a congratulatory
message from Prime Minister Pierre
Trudeau to Master of Ceremonies Jack
Tarbutt, financial secretary and business
manager.
Hamilton Mayor Bill Powell presents a
sculptured gift to Second Vice President
Lucassen on behalf of the City of I
Hamilton.
Local 18 member Rcmillard and Second
Vice President Lucassen with a plaque
carved by Remillard and presented to
the local by the Municipalities of
Hamilton-Wentworth Regions in recog-
nition of its contributions to the craft
and the community over the past 100
years.
Master of Ceremonies Tarbutt accepts
a tribute on behalf of Local 18 from
Hamilton/ Wenlworth Regional Chair-
person Anne Jones.
'Pile Does' Abound
In Seattle Area
In the February Carpenter, a picture
and brief article told the story of Cathy
Cookson, the first "pile doe" in Missouri.
After the February magazine came out,
the phone of William Sullivan, financial
secretary and business representative of
Pile Drivers Local 2396, Seattle, Wash.,
began to ring. As Sullivan says, "She
(Cookson) may be the first in Missouri
but not the first in the good old USA."
Pile does in Local 2396 include Jackie
Costigan, Flora Smith, Sandra Raymond,
and Billie Jean Chaney — a "cover girl"
on the April 1981 Carpenter.
A total of 26 female pile driver
trainees are currently participating in the
apprenticeship program in Seattle, Wash.
But, not to be outdone, Sullivan tells us
that, as of December 18, 1981, Doug
Hamilton and Sara Wagner Hamilton,
both journeyman pile driver persons of
Local 2396, are the proud parents of a
baby pile doe.
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If you possess home movies,
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would like to hear from you. The
Vietnam Project is a straightfor-
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American involvement in the Viet-
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first-person accounts by former
soldiers who will use their own
"home movies" and still pictures
to describe what it was like for
them in Vietnam. No names will
be used. If you are interested in
participating in this project, please
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telephone (703) 528-4806. If he is
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MAY, 1982
21
noise on the Job
■How it Affects Hearing
By PhilUp L. Polakoff, M.D.
Director, Western Institute for
Occupational/ Environmental Sciences
Most workers tend to think of occu-
pational hazards in terms of things
they can see, smell, taste or touch:
fumes, gases, liquid and solid toxic
substances, machinery and so on.
But you can't apply these tests to
one of the most widespread and poten-
tially dangerous health hazards —
noise. It surrounds us all the time at
work, at play, even at rest. And, at
excessive levels, it is a definite risk.
To understand this risk, it helps to
know how your sense of hearing
works. Sound begins as a vibration of
the air. The air between you and the
source of a sound is filled with parti-
cles too tiny to see. The vibration of
the air agitates these particles into a
wave-like motion. It is this motion —
not the particles — that reaches your
eardrum and makes it vibrate.
WHAT TAKES PLACE
Beyond the eardrum are three tiny
bones connected to each other. The
"sound wave" that makes the drum
vibrate also moves these little bones.
The bones transmit the motion to a
snail-shaped organ called the cochlea
(Greek for snail) which is filled with
liquid. The liquid passes the motion
along to tiny hairlike structures or
nerve endings. These hairlike cells
change the motion to electrical energy,
sending signals to the hearing center
of the brain which interprets the
sound.
This interpretation — the particular
character of the sound — depends on
the frequency of the air motion's ups
and downs that reach the eardrum.
Frequency is usually measured in
cycles per second (cps). A frequency
of 15 cps would be similar to the
vibration of the lowest note on a
church organ. A high whine from your
TV might reach 15,000 cycles per
second.
Just as freqency lets your brain
know what range of sounds you are
hearing from high to low, intensity
measures the amount of agitated air
reaching your eardrum which the brain
interprets as volume or loudness.
The miracle of hearing takes place
instantly. I have traced the various
steps in detail to emphasize what a
marvelously complex organ the ear is,
and to suggest why such a sensitive ap-
paratus needs to be protected against
noise abuse.
The little hairlike cells that turn
motion into electrical impulses can
take just so much energy. Ordinarily,
they ought to last you most of a life-
time. But if they are unduly agitated
and overloaded by prolonged exposure
to loud noises they wear out before
their time and your hearing suffers.
Noise intensity is measured on a
decibel scale. There are several such
scales, but the one most often used is
the A scale because it most closely re-
sembles human hearing. You will
usually see the scale written as a num-
ber follpwed by dBA.
Here are some decibels and corre-
sponding sounds: Using as a refer-
ence level, 10 dBA would be the sound
of rustling leaves; 30 dBA a ticking
watch, and 60 dBA normal conversa-
tion. At 80 dBA, hearing damage can
begin; 100 would be about the level of
a food blender at two feet, or a circu-
lar saw, or the noise inside a construc-
tion plant. A level of 140 dBA — a jet
with afterburner — can cause pain.
ACCEPTABLE LEVELS
Exposure to industrial noises of 85
to 115 dBAs is not uncommon. Some
work laws set an acceptable level of
exposure for an eight-hour shift
around the lower end of such levels.
But studies have shown that exposure
to 90 dBA for eight hours can cause
serious hearing difficulties in one out
of five workers, and one in 20 can be
so severly affected that compensation
is indicated.
Remember, the decibel scale is
based on powers of 10 (logarithmic)
and not on simple arithmetic. A read-
ing of 10 dBA, for example, means
that the sound is 10 times the refer-
ence sound. But 20 dBA doesn't mean
that the sound is merely twice as loud
as at 10, but 100 times as intense
(10 X 10). A level of 30 dBA would
be 1,000 times as loud ( 10 X 10 X 10)
and so on.
As long as you remember that each
additional 10 dBAs means the sound
is increased tenfold, you won't be
taken in by anybody who talks sooth-
ingly of "a few more decibles" as if
they were counting apples. Each in-
crease of 3 on the scale, for instance,
represents a doubling of intensity. So
93 decibles is not "just over 90." It
means that twice as much sound en-
ergy is pounding into your ear.
There is much more to this subject
of hearing and noise. In a later article,
I will discuss the adverse health effects
of noise — hearing loss is just one of
them — and what can be done to re-
duce the risks.
22
THE CARPENTER
HPPREIITICESHIP & TRRinmC
Grads at New Castle
Bellingham Honors
Hands-On Training
Four apprentice members of Local
626, New Castle, Del., recently completed
their apprenticeship training and received
journeymen certificates. The new
journeymen are shown in the accompany-
ing picture. Seated from left: D. Kowal,
W. Jeanes, C. Harvey, Jr., and J.
Matinog. Standing are, from left,
Business Representative Robert
McCullough, President Charles Pote,
and Asst. Business Representative
Norman B. Harris.
At a recent awards ceremony. Local
756, Bellingham, Wash., honored
members who had been instructors in the
apprenticeship training program before
the adoption of PETS. Instructors
receiving awards are shown in the picture
above, from left: Glen Dixon, Jerry
Pruiett, Tom Peterson, and Bill
McKenna. Instructors receiving awards
but not present for the photograph are
as follows: Vernon Aarstol, Jack Drafs,
Bill Gold, Lex Kaligis, and Jim Metz.
Connecticut Grads Receive Certificates
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Journeymen certificates were recently awarded to members
of the 1981 graduating class of Central Connecticut
Carpenters Local 24, Cheshire, Conn. Graduating apprentices
are shown in the accompanying picture, from left: Anthony
Gagliardi, millcabinet contestant, 1981 International Contest;
John Tortora, carpenter contestant, 1981 International
Contest; Salvatore Monarca, coordinator; and new Carpenter
journeymen Edward Colavolpe, Mark Fresquez, and George
Eason. Not available for the picture was carpentry graduate
Richard Danio, Jr.
Mid-Year Training
Next month The Carpenter will
report on the Apprenticeship and
Training Department's Mid- Year
Training conference, held in St. Louis,
Mo., April 19-22. The conference in
St. Louis, Mo., is of special interest
because the St. Louis Joint Com-
Conference Report
mittee has one of the largest and most
progressive programs in the country,
and conference attendants were able
to observe the program in action.
Structure and funding of pre-appren-
ticeship training was a major topic
at the conference.
Three apprentices at the Cleveland
O., Carpentry Training School study a
framing project and take measurements
in the shop.
$1 per Apprentice
Asked for Contest
Under the authority of the National
Joint Apprenticeship Committee, the In-
ternational Contest Committee is again
asking all local unions and apprentice-
ship trust committees to contribute funds
to defray the costs of the annual Inter-
national Carpentry Apprenticeship Con-
test.
Donations amounting to $1 for each
apprentice registered in their programs
will help to finance the 1982 contest in
Baltimore, Md. the week of September
12-18, 1982.
A memorandum with the request has
been distributed by Contest Committee
James E. Tinkcom and Committee Secre-
tary Richard Hutchinson. All checks or
money orders are to be made payable to
the International Carpentry Apprentice-
ship Committee and forwarded to the
General Offlce in Washington, D.C.
The 1982 International Carpentry
Apprenticeship Conference and Con-
test will be held in Baltimore, Md.
September 13-17. The contest begins
on September 15.
MAY, 1982
23
Alice's Foster Parents Thank Donors,
As Hundreds Join 'Helping Hands'
Alice, the little six-year-old girl
with severe facial anomolies, for whom
Carpenter readers are offering finan-
cial assistance, recently traveled over
200 miles to see her doctor. Dr. John
Lynch, at the Vanderbilt University
Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Lynch,
reputed to be one of the top ten plastic
surgeons in the U.S., is pleased with
her progress.
To date, Alice has had ten opera-
tions. Understandably, her doctor feels
she needs to rest for awhile. As the
medical authorities see Alice's situa-
tion at this point, this young girl will
be undergoing operations until the age
of 18. Her next surgery will probably
be scheduled for sometime next year.
In the meantime, Alice is receiving
what educational help she can from
the public school system. Plans are
being formulated to enter Alice in a
school for the blind in Nashville, Tenn.
Support for Alice's future is coming
from many areas: a major New York
bank recently contributed a sizeable
sum to the fund for Alice, and a pro-
fessional organization of plastic sur-
geons is sending a reporter to Ten-
nessee to see Alice and to acquire
information on this unusual medical
case.
Raymond and Thelma Perkins, fos-
ter parents of Alice, recently sent a
letter to the Brotherhood General
Office, thanking UBC members for
their support. Ray Perkins is a mem-
ber of UBC Local 50 of Knoxville,
Tenn.
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The Carpenters' Helping Hands
Fund has novk- reached $42,492.07.
Alice has come a long way, but she
still has a long way to go. Please send
whatever contribution you can to Car-
penters' Helping Hands, Inc., 101
Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20001.
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The recent letter to our readers
from the Perkins family reads as fol-
lows:
April 2, 1982
Dear Brothers,
Helping Hands, Inc. is an answer to
our prayers. We have prayed, and others
have prayed, that somewhere there was
money for her surgery, so we could adopt
Alice, and now we are in the final steps
of adoption — she needed a permanent
home and a family.
Our deepest thanks to each of you for
your love, concern and gifts to the trust
fund.
The letters we received from the D.C.
office from you people were encouraging.
Some of you were unemployed and some
were retired, and our deepest thanks to
you.
We, as carpenters, have on example —
our Lord Jesus Christ — he was a car-
penter, and his hands have helped many,
many people.
. . . Alice is doing fine, growing, she
loves to be outside. She has a swing set,
and a merry-go-round; she loves to walk
around in the grass. We love Alice very
much and want the best for her, as each
of you have wanted for your children . . .
Again, thanks to each of you for mak-
ing Helping Hands, Inc. possible; without
your love and concern it would not be
possible . . . thank you. This is inappro-
priate, but our hearts cannot express in
words how we feel for your kindness.
Alice went to Vanderbilt March 30th
for her check-up, which was good. Dr.
Lynch is pleased with her progress.
Have a Happy Easter.
Your Brother,
Raymond,
Thelma,
Alice Perkins
Recent Contributions
I, Clarence F. Domke, Timothi R. Hirz, Henry
P. Priebe.
6, Gus Monahan.
8, Henry L. Betiis, Jerome Harbora, Millard
Hensley, Frank McWilliams, James Pluck,
Eric Riley.
II, Frank Kosarko, Joe Veneziano.
13, James V. Mastrino.
14, Jaems C. Collins.
15, Arthur Caruso.
19, Leonard Cheplicki, Victor W. Muzzin,
Buford O'Brien.
22, Ray Fitzsimmons, Silvio Guinasso, Floyd O.
Hughes. W. Moller Loswick, Maurice
Collins, Joseph Trapani.
24, Francis Danaher.
25, Eugene H. Goad, Larry S. Teruya, Dean A.
Thie.
26, William Beels.
27, Wm. Victor Smith.
28, Vern Huckaba.
30, Armand W. Leclair.
32, Herve St Cyr.
33, Bill Chisam, Gerrit J. Thomas.
35, James A. Holland, C. Molyneux.
36, Curtis M. Kness, Everett Pierson, John W.
Rogers.
40, C. R. MacWilliams.
41, Eugene F. Nutile.
44, ClifT Cameron. C. E. Toliver.
46, Robert Sibbald.
SO, M/M C. L. Julian, Eldridge Payne. Hubert
& Melba Rackley, Sr., William E. Siephens,
Sr., Henry Western, Kenneth E. Whitton.
53-L, Thomas H. Miller.
54, Terry Hamerman.
55, Henry F. Western.
56, Anthony Biancucci.
58, Joseph Deluca, Dirk Jarvis & Kathleen
Koch, John R. Klingstedt, Russell J. Lea-
veck.
60, George Dretske, Leiand E. Schraub.
62, Dennis Bartolotta, Charles E. Lonko.
64, Richard Bottorff, M/M Homer Mann.
66, Gerald G. Raub.
Helping Hands
Tax Exemption
In a notice dated March 24,
1982, The U.S. Internal Revenue
Service has granted Carpenters
Helping Hands, Inc., exemption
from Federal income tax under
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code.
Carpenters Helping Hands is the
special non-profit organization set
up by the United Brotherhood to
receive and administer donations
for charitable purposes, such as the
current effort to raise funds for the
surgery and care needed by six-
year-old Alice, described in the
accompanying article.
In the opinion of counsel, dona-
tions to Carpenters Helping Hands
are tax deductible under the
Internal Revenue Code.
71, Freddy Howard.
74, M/M Elton Frerichs, Ted C. Vamer, Samuel
B. Wyatt.
74-L, Robert E. Prost.
81, Patrick J. Clarke.
85, Gerald L. Goodman, Guy R. Smith.
87, M. F. Klinkhammer, Norman Kozberg,
Frank J. Beck.
90, Geo. A. Chastain, Sr.
94, Anthony Andrews, Ted Coburn, M/M David
Hamel.
99, Lewis M. Vail & Children from Thomas
Hooker School.
100, Carl E. Johnson.
101, Local Union, David R. Gibson, Laura E.
Michael, Charles F. Smith, Jr.
102, James H. Clarke, R. D. Davis.
104, Maurey J. Black.
105, Frank Andrze Jczyk, Vincent Bove.
106, M/M Joe Wood.
107, Francis G. Zecco.
109, W. E. Kelley, James R. Marsh, Jr., Billy
Patrick.
Ill, Wm. Ratte.
120, Stanley Baldigo, William Brennan.
131, M/M R. E. Anderson, Paul White, MarUn
Wiksten.
132, Alexandrs Dzenity, Leonard McCuUough,
Robert L. Moore, Richard Sherbert, John
R. Smith.
135, Joel Nelson, Herman Samet, Jack Zinick.
141, E. H. Goff.
146, Fred M. Samek.
153, Kenneth Marin, Dave Merdink, Robert F.
Moe.
154, Alfred H. Greiert Memory of,
161, Geo. Hoffmann.
163, Chas. D. Lent.
165, Richard L. Marsico.
171, Wilbur Morian,
180, Doug & Lori Peter.
181, W. M. Maciejewski.
182, Wm. A. Lehr.
184, Elvin Bunker, E. E. Collins, Steven L.
Larsen.
191, John H. Booth.
194, Al Lamkin,
198, Mark A. Vandiver.
199, Phillip Bronowski, John Cowan.
203, George Staib,
206, Barney Desantis.
210, Samuel Dimauro, Jr., Mario Fiore, Thomas
Pistininzi,
211, Joseph E. Muenz.
218, Joseph A. Petitpas.
225, T. H. Cleveland, Robert W. Rice.
226, Gerald Murray.
229, HaUy E. Weller.
230, Local Union, Raymond Vogel, Jr., Paul W.
Grebner, Geo. E. Smith.
235, Chilton. Jay Glover, James M. Landrum,
Morris E. & Ann Ramey, Noble Tyler.
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UIE [OnCRIITUlllTE
. . . 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:
PHOTOS ON DISPLAY
Martha Tabor, a Washington, D.C.
photographer and member of Local 2311,
Washington, D.C, recently opened a
one-woman photography show at the
Rutgers Labor Education Center at
Rutgers State University in New Bruns-
wick, N.J. The show, "a pictorial tribute
to American labor," consists of photo-
graphs of Americans at work. Specifi-
cally, the 35 photographs portray the
working lives of construction and govern-
ment workers in Washington, D.C.
The first half of the exhibit will depict
her experiences as a construction worker
involved in building the Washington,
D.C, subway from 1974-78.
The second part, featuring photographs
of government workers, was ' partially
supported by the Washington, D.C,
Commission for Arts and Humanities.
Following the Rutgers showing, the
exhibit will be on display at the Wash-
ington, D.C, offices of the Public Em-
ployees Relations Board.
GEORGE MEANY AWARD
Robert Eyre, a 24-year member of
Local 116, Bay City, Mich., is a recent
recipient of the AFL-CIO's George
Meany Award for distinguished com-
munity service to youth through the pro-
grams of the Boy Scouts of America.
Eyre has been active with the Scouts
since the ^ge of 12, is an Eagle Scout,
and has served as senior patrol leader,
assistant scoutmaster, and scoutmaster of
Troop 142 — a position he holds cur-
rently. Eyre has also served as a round-
table commissioner for the Shoreline Dis-
trict of Lake Huron Area Council, and
has received his Wood Badge, and the
Silver Beaver Award — the highest award
a volunteer can receive. According to
his wife. Eyre uses his time off from his
superintendent's job every summer to
spend a week at camp with his troop.
George Meany Award Recipient Robert
Eyre is shown above, left, receiving
award from Ambrose Reif, AFL-CIO
Bay County Labor Council president.
EAGLE CONGRATULATED
John F. Tobin, Jr., son of Business
Representative Jack Tobin, Local 124,
Passaic County and Vicinity, N.J., re-
cently achieved Eagle Scout status, the
highest level of Boy Scouting. Among the
well-wishers was New Jersey Senator Bill
Bradley, who wrote, "It is important for
young people to demonstrate such qual-
ities as dedication, leadership, honesty,
and integrity. These qualities distinguish
John F. Tobin as a person of whom his
parents, his friends and I, as your Sen-
ator, can be proud."
Following graduation from high
school this year, John, Jr., will be at-
tending, by Congressional appointment.
Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy.
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
Thomas B. Waller, son of 20-year
member Thomas J. Waller, was recently
chosen by Local 16, Springfield, 111., as
the 1981 recipient of Local 16's Earl
Welch memorial
scholarship. The
$1,000.00 scholarship
is renewable each
year, for four years,
as long as the re-
cipient remains a
full-time student at
an accredited uni-
versity, college, or
trade school.
Young Waller will
gradute from Porta
High School, Petersburg, 111., this spring,
and has been accepted by Southern Illi-
nois University, Carbondale, 111. He plans
to major in Agriculture.
THREE FOR WOOD BADGES
William Angle, Local 180, Vallejo,
Calif.; Wilbur Augenstein, Local 1014,
Warren, Pa.; and Anthony DeNito,
Local 993, Miami, Fla., are all proud
recipients of a 1982 AFL-CIO Wood
Badge Scholarship, enabling them to at-
tend the Boy Scout leaders' Wood Badge
training course.
With practical experience in outdoor
living, the scout leaders undergo training
to demonstrate the aims and methods of
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MAY, 1982
25
Buying a car can be a complicated
adventure, or a frustrating ordeal, de-
pending upon how well prepared you are
before you go into a dealership to make
a purchase. The following is a summary
of what to watch for and how to pre-
pare for the sales pitch, compiled from
the advice of former car salesmen Remar
"Bubba" Sutton, the author of Don't Get
Taken Every Time: The Insider's Guide
to Buying Your Next Car.
Take it from an ex-car salesman — -
the auto sales business is a "tricky
and complex maze," and only the
knowledgeable can negotiate success-
fully. But with a bit of pre-planning,
both you and your salesman can come
out winners.
First of all, if you're trading in your
old car, find out the wholesale value of
the car before you drive up to the
new-car showroom by getting pur-
chase offers from other car dealers,
new and used. Once you have an idea
of your car's value, you are in a better
position to judge your salesman's
offer.
And "don't forget to dicker. ... If
they say $4,500, ask for $5,000, and
maybe settle for $4,700." According
to Sutton, relying on "Blue Book"
prices is a sure sign that "you're a
sucker. . . . These books are simply
the average prices for which particular
cars have been selling at various used
car sales around the country."
If you're willing to make the effort,
put an ad in the paper and try to sell
the car yourself. Once you know the
wholesale price, you can add the same
kind of profit a dealer would expect —
often several hundred dollars. "A
nice, low-mileage, medium-sized car
is worth anything you ask. The most-
wanted cars are those you can buy for
$2,000 to $3,000."
Secondly, arrange for financing be-
fore you go to the dealership. If you
belong to a credit union, this is prob-
ably where you'll find the best rate.
Check into bank loans next, only con-
sidering dealership terms as a last
resort as dealership financing costs
tend to be higher. Also arrive at a
Continued on Page 27
Buying, Selling, Trading
The Family Chariot
Tactics of a Car Salesman
As run in a special section of The
Washington Post, Sutton details what
you should watch for:
"Virtually every car dealer in
America will sell you a car for less,"
says author Remar Sutton. "All you
have to do is ask. And know a few
things in the process, like how to
handle salesmen." Among the tactics
he says you should watch for:
y The Demo Ride: You should
test-drive a car, but remember the
salesman figures "you've got to like
the scent of new plush, and he hopes
your reason will be smothered under
all this beauty and comfort."
y The T.O. (Turn Over) System:
The salesman can't get you to bite, so
he calls in the sales manager who
then turns you over to the general
manager to dicker some more — on the
theory that "a fresh face can do
miracles." You are so worn down,
you buy just to get out of the place.
Tell the salesman "you would prefer
to deal with him alone or not at all."
• Getting a Deposit: Often sales-
men will attempt to get a deposit
during the negotiation, which means
you probably are less likely to walk
away without buying. Don't make a
deposit, says Sutton, until your offer
on a car has final approval from the
management.
• The Raise: The salesman agrees
to a deal but comes back a few
minutes later to tell you his boss
won't sign unless you pay a few
bucks more. Don't fall for it.
• Lowballing (or Highballing):
You are shopping several show-
rooms. On your way out, one dealer
quotes you a price he knows no one
else can match. You come back
exhausted from your search to find
that price no longer holds, but you
buy anyway to end it all.
• Sales Promotions: "The prices
may not really be lower," says Sutton,
"but the pressure to sell is greater. At
sale times a good bargainer may not
get a better deal but may have an
easier time negotiating that deal."
• Ads: Read them carefully. The
low-cost lure may apply to only one
or two specific cars on the lot. The
sales staff will try to get you to buy
something else.
26
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CONSUMER CLIPBOARD
Continued from Page 26
price limit — and what size payments
you can handle — before going into
the showroom rather than choosing a
car first and then trying to figure out
how you can meet the payments.
And as a last preparatory step, find
some specific cars that "fit your
needs," and then figure as closely as
you can what these cars actually cost
the dealer. This can be done by check-
ing the manufacturer's window stick-
er, and then comparing the prices with
the latest edition of Edmund's Car
Prices Buyer's Guide (available in
many bookstores.) "Have your facts
on paper. ... If you know the true
wholesale value of your terms before
you shop, salesmen won't be able to
lead you on some mini-safari around
their lot."
Toll-Free Numbers
For Consumer Aid
The U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs,
the American Telephone and Telegraph
Company, and the Consumer Information
Center have developed a pocket-sized
booklet listing toll-free telephone num-
bers for federal and state consumer
services. For a free copy of "Direct
Contacts for Consumers," send a post-
card with your name and address to:
Consumer Information Center, Dept.
599K, Pueblo, Colo. 81009.
AFL-CIO Safety
Conference in May
The AFL-CIO second conference on
Occupational Safety & Health will focus
on the impact of the federal retreat in
protections against workplace hazards.
The sessions will be held in Washington,
May 23-25.
In announcing the national conference.
Federation President Lane Kirkland noted
that the Reagan Administration is con-
tinuing its efforts to "unravel the fabric
of the Occupational Safety & Health and
Mine Safety Acts as a major part of its
campaign to do away with the proper
and necessary regulation of business."
Kirkland pinpointed several areas where
the Administration has moved to under-
cut worker safeguards, including reduced
enforcement, shutdowns of local OSHA
offices, attempts to weaken standards, and
slashes in worker training grants.
He urged federation affiliates to partic-
ipate fully in the conference. Major
speakers, in addition to Kirkland, will
include AFL-CIO Vice President J. C.
Turner, chairman of the federation's
Standing Committee on Occupational
Safety & Health; COPE Director lohn
Perkins, and Dr. Eula Bingham, OSHA
administrator during the Carter Adminis-
tration.
MAY, 1982
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SORRY, BUT NO PAYMENT MADE
AND POETRY NOT ACCEPTED.
METHUSELAH'S DIET
Methuselah ate what he found
on his plate, and never as people
do now.
Did he note the amount of the
calorie count, he ate it because it
was chow;
He wasn't disturbed as at dinner
he sat, consuming a roast or a pie.
To think it was lacking in gran-
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He cheerfully chewed every spe-
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or fears.
Lest his health might be hurt by
some fancy dessert, and he lived
over nine hundred years.
— Asa Clouse
Local 19, Detroit, Mich.
ATTEND UNION MEETINGS
LABELING NOTE
CUSTOMER: What does "shrink
resistant" mean on these socks?
CLERK: It means, sir, that they do
shrink — but they don't want to.
THE SEVEN-DAY WEEK
Internationally known evangelist
Billy Graham tells a favorite story
about another evangelist who was
preaching about the dignity of
work:
"But the Lord has seen to It," said
the preacher, "that you don't have
to labor every day. Because of
Moses, you have Saturday off and
thanks to Jesus you have Sunday
off. Isn't that wonderful?"
At the rear of the church, a voice
exclaimed, "Sure is . . . five more
Jewish boys like that and we'd
never have to work."
BE IN GOOD STANDING
DOCTOR'S ORDERS
Then there was the case of a
doctor who wanted his patient
given a combination antibiotic and
local anesthetic to relieve an aching
right ear. The doctor wrote Instruc-
tions that the eardrops be put in
the "R ear," neglecting to put a
period after the letter R.
A nurse dutifully applied the
drops to the patient's rear on three
occasions.
SUPPORT VOC AND CHOP
AND NO FERTILIZER
"I hate to complain about the
service from the post office," la-
mented one neighbor to another,
"but last spring I ordered some
seeds and this morning, the mail
carrier delivered a packet of pump-
kins."
—Union Tabloid
THIS MONTH'S LIMERICK
I once knew a girl oh so small
Who married 300-pound Paul.
She was so endearing.
But she kept disappearing.
Behind the groom, she wasn't at all!
— Murriel H. Beaulieu
Nashua, N. H.
HEAVENLY HOPES
Two retired carpenters were dis-
cussing whether or not heaven has
a carpenter shop. They came to an
agreement tfiat the first one to go
would come back and let the other
one know.
Joe died first and the next night
his friend Bill was awakened by a
rapping on his bed. There was the
ghostly figure of Joe standing be-
fore him.
Joe said: "Well, Bill, I have some
good news and some bad news."
"What's the bad news?" Bill
asked. "No carpenter shop?"
"That's the good news," said
Joe, "The bad news Is they don't
have a foreman in it."
"That's not too bad," said Bill,
whereas Joe replied: "You're It on
Friday."
— J. Pieczynski
Local 141, Chicago, III.
GET WISE! ORGANIZE!
BEDSIDE PATIENCE
WOMAN: My doctor doesn't be-
lieve in unnecessary surgery.
FRIEND: Mine either. He won't
operate unless he really needs the
money.
VOC AND CHOP NEED YOU
FORE SCORE
WIFE: You think so much of your
golf game you probably don't even
remember when we were married.
HUBBY: Sure do, honey. It was
the day I sank that 40-foot putt.
BUY I .^ '^ " f^ ANADIAN
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TOM: We'll have to stop the car.
It's overheating.
SALLY: You guys are such liars.
You always blame the engine.
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CENSUS TAKER: Who was your
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We Hear From Some 'Old Timers'
Collectively, 92-year-old Adolph Schnake and 82-year-old
Richard Schnake represent 130 years of Brotherhood service.
Both members of Local 357, Centralia, III., Adolph has been
a member for 68 years; his nephew, Richard, has been a
member for 62 years. The pictures at the top show Adolph
with an example of his handiwork — a cabinet he made for his
wife. The lower picture, shows Richard taking a breather
from his work bench. He currently constructs gun racks.
D. L. Bruce, Local 483, San Francisco, Calif., is
95 years old. Bruce has been a member for 77 years,
and he thinks that may be a record. We ask our
readers: Is it?
Following is an excerpt from a letter which Bruce
sent to Bay Counties District Council President and
Local 483 Financial Secretary Russ Pool:
Dear Brother Pool,
This is a story of how, as a young fellow, I started to learn
the trade of carpentry. Way back in 1905, I became an
apprentice in Brooklyn, Mass. My Father died when I was 5
years old, leaving my mother with 6 children to look after.
My oldest brother, then 17-years-old, said the family would all
work. . . . He thought a building trade was a good one to get
into, and three of the boys became carpenters. . . . With a
good deal of struggle we all got along through the hard times.
In 1907 , after the earthquake in San Francisco, my brother
William sent for my older brother and me. He said there was
a lot of rebuilding going on in San Francisco, and there was
plenty of work. 1 brought my membership card with me and
joined Local 483 of the Carpenters Union. . . . The slogan at
that time was United Brotherhood of Carpenters — United We
Stand, Divided We Fall. I am pleased to have been a part of
Labor's sturggle to make wages more equal and life better for
America's labor. I have watched the unions raise the standards
of the American home. They have helped make this a land of
great opportunity with more money and freedom for all. . . .
[Now] it is Inflation we must battle before it becomes a
Frankenstein that will destroy us all. We need to appreciate
[our] freedom and help keep . . . all the things we have fought
so hard, so many years, to get.
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THE CARPENTER
S«rvi«e
Bir«lhorho«d
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.
New Orleans, La. — Picture No. 3
New Orleans, La. — Picture No. 2
MAY, 1982
New Orleans, La. — Picture No. 5
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
On November 7, 1981, Local 1931 honored
members with 25 and more years of service
at a service award banquet. Business Repre-
sentative Anthony Cucchero and International
Representative Gene Hill made the award
presentations. Members receiving awards are
shown in the accompanying pictures.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left: IVlack Knobloch, Grady Bell,
John Guerra, Thomas Walton, and Warren
Nunez. Back row, from left: C. E. Greene,
O'Neal Alfonso, Gerald Andry, Charles Soultant,
E. W. Patrick, Jonal Leopold, David Clark, and
Oscar Davis.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, front
row, from left: Ted Hammers, Alley Rome,
Marvin Gibson, Vincent Cuccia, Albert Andry,
and Alvin Koerkel. Back row, from left: Sam
Lucido, Joseph Saltalmacchia, Orson Zingler-
son, Leroy Garcia, Lucien Boudro, Calvin Carlin,
Irwin Joubert, Robert Pell, and E. J. Guerra.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members, from
left: Elmore Poirrier, Marshall Webre, Byron
Hudgins and Earl Siles.
Picture No. 4 shows 40-year members, from
left: George Dantin, William Chancey, Gilbert
Andry, Vincent Casey, and William Stapp.
Picture No. 5 shows 48-year member Sam
Lewis (middle) being congratulated by Business
Representative Anthony Cucchero (right) and
International Representative Gene Hill (left)
for his many years of service to the United
Brotherhood.
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DES MOINES,
Local 106 recently held a pin presentation
ceremony for members having 25 years of
membership. Award recipients are shown in
the accompanying picture, from left: Eugene
Buchman, Sherman Robbins, Dalton White,
Charles E. Robbins, Jr., Robert Zimmerman,
and Milo Lincoln.
Hillsboro, Ore. — Picture No. 1
HILLSBORO, ORE.
Local 2130 recently held a buffet and pin
presentation ceremony for members with 20
to 40 years of service to the Brotherhood.
Members who received awards are pictured in
the accompanying photographs.
Picture No. 1 shows, from left: Oregon State
District Council Executive Secretary Marvin
Hall; Local 2130 Financial Secretary Marion
E. WardlO; 40-year member Marcel J. Moret;
and Local 2130 President pro-tern Eldo (Brick)
Nofziger.
40-year members not pictured are as follows:
Ray Dolan, J. A. Olovson, and P. R. Stark.
Picture No. 2 shows 35-year members, from
left: Howard Gardner, Carl Hoffman, Darrell
Kent, Cliff Lane, R. A. Morgan, Russell Rice,
John Spreng, Leo Wilson, and President
pro-tern Nofziger.
Picture No. 3 shows 30-year members, from
left: Lue B. Cunningham, John Billings, William
Graber, Donald Helms, Eldon McCann, William
Shull, Ed Vanderznaden, and Financial
Secretary Wardle.
30-year member A. J. Vanderzanden is not
pictured.
Picture No. 4 shows 25-year members, from
left: Oregon State Executive Secretary Hall,
Kenneth Barton, Tom Clapshaw, Charles (Red)
Linden, Howard Naylor, Harold O'Neel, Thoralf
Refsland, and Willard Roberts.
Picture No. 5 shows 20-year members, from
left: President pro-tem Nofziger, Harold G.
Brown, Bjorn Clausen, Gyle Hodson, Harold
Mael, Sr., Willard G. Matney, Charles T.
Meeker, and B. C. Stecher.
Hillsboro, Ore. — Picture No. 3
Hillsboro, Ore. — Picture No. 4
Hillsboro, Ore. — Picture No. 5
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THE CARPENTER
CHICAGO, ILL.
On December 2, 1981, in conjunction with its annual Christmas party, Local 13 awarded
service pins to members with 25 years of service. Members shown in the accompanying
picture are as follows: Carmen Cardamone, Charles Coykendall, Harold L Davis, John
Fitzgerald, Michael J. Galagher, John Gaughten, Thomas R. June, Joseph A. Krozel, Russell
J. La Croix, Andrew R. Monas, Jr., Carmen J. Napolitano, Michael A. Natale, Jerry A.
Permoda, John Radivoy, William Salus, John C. Starzec, Michael E. Teper, Edward R.
Wilczynski, and Anthony Capron.
25-year members eligible for pins but not present for the picture are as follows: Edgar
J. Bauer, Patrick J. Burke, Louis F. Cairo, Edward F. Chiapetta, James Coyle, Dave Engel,
Ralph M. Fisher, Carl J. Halper, William R. Hill, Michael E. Hopkins, Donald P. Jackowiak,
Henry S. Kasprzak, Thomas Keady, and James J. Kozak.
MIAMI, FLA.
Local 993 recently held its annual pin
presentation ceremony for members with 25
or more years of service to the brotherhood.
Fourth District Board Member Harold Lewis
presented the awards to the following eligible
members.
Picture No. 1 shows, front row, from left:
25-year members George Elias, Robert Hood,
Olivi Juuti, Harold Stapp, and Fourth District
Board Member Harold Lewis.
Second row, from left: 30-year members Bob
Shelton, Wallace S. Bray, H. F. Wade, Gilford
York, and Business Representative Ken
Berghuis.
Picture No. 2 shows 35-year members,
front row, from left: Lloyd Lady, B. T. Russell,
Gaston Hebert, Osmond C. Russell, Robert
Jenkinson, Sid Weinstine, and George Williams.
Second row, from left: Larry Groom, Eldon
Schraeder, Ernest Herron, Tom Underwood, E.
Jimmy Jones, 0. C. Jones, and Paul Joscsak.
Third row, from left: George Alderman,
Menis Anderson, Walter Banasiak, Jack Benson,
Ray Bessell, Executive Board Member Lewis,
and Roy Downey.
Picture No. 3 shows 40-year members, front
row, from left: Business Representative
Berghuis, Milford Olson, Anthony Zamper, Bill
Underwood, Robert Ward, and Executive Board
Member Lewis.
Second row, from left: Oreste Casalini, Joe
Edenfield, J. W. Hazard, Don Mayer, and
Rondell Pedigo.
Picture No. 4 shows, from left: Business
Representative Ken Berghuis, 50-year member
Trygve Anderson, and Fourth District Board
Member Harold i.ewis.
Miami, Fia. — Picture No. 2
Miami, Flo. — Picture No. 4
MAY, 1982
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Maurice Gentile, and Joseph Valiente.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, front
row, from left: Alex Klucik, George Newton,
Joseph Pastore, Charles Perna, and Joe Urso.
Second row, from left: Joseph Strate, John Brown, Clifford Cole,
and Louis Imbrogno.
Picture No. 3 shows 35year members, front row, from left: Mario
Bedini, Paul Hvizdak, Corrado Faico, Daniel Patore, and Earl Erickson.
Second row, from left: Albert Denicolo, Joseph Pankowski, John
Fink, Joseph Fekety, and John DiPietro.
Picture No. 4 shows 40-year member Edward Jamroga.
Picture No. 5 shows 50-year members, front row, from left:
Frederick Festo, Leo Fagan, and Thomas Yoczik.
Second row, from left: Joseph Marzullo, and William Westerhoff.
Picture No. 6 shows 55-year members, front row, from left: John
Fado, John Deilla, William Baldauf, and Fred Sabanski.
Second row, from left: Louis Coppola, James Driscoll, Earl Cooper,
and Anthony Calabrese.
Picture No. 7 shows 75-year member Barney Hagan.
THE CARPENTER
New Castle, Del. — Picture No. 2
NEW CASTLE, DEL.
Members of Local 626 with 2540 years o1
service recently received pins for their years
of longstanding service. Three retirees v^ere
given special recognition at the ceremony.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, front
row, from left: T. Milligan, J. Lewis, J. E.
Pedicone, and C. Paolino.
Back row, from left: J. Wilcox, J. Zimath,
A. Dunfee, H. Camp, J. Alderson, and F.
LaRosa.
Picture No. 2 shows 30-year members, front
row, from left: C. Kraft and D. Dunfee.
Back row, from left: M. Lorenzut, C. Walls,
L. Ro.ck, C. McGlothlin.
Picture No. 3 shows 35-year members, front
row, from left: E. Sobieski, D. Myers, W.
Locke, J. Graney, J. Gebhart, C. Dale, W.
Johnson, and J. Anker.
Back row, from left: R. Quillen, R. Marks,
A. Janaman, F. Catts, G. Todd, T. Dunfee, R.
Holding, L. T.' Coulbourne, I. Pinder.
Picture No. 4 shows 40-year members, front
row, from left: P. Price, C. Wheeler, J. Collins,
and A. Gooden.
Back row, from left: L. Futty, R. Sapp, H.
Green, and E. Richards.
Picture No. 5 shows retirees, from left:
Henry Wallace, Harvey Camp, and Delbert
Cogdell.
New Castle, Del. — Picture No. 4
New Castle, Del. — Picture No. 3
BELLINGHAM, WASH.
New Castle, Del. — Picture No. 5
Local 756 recently presented service pins
to members with 25 years of service at a
dinner dance and awards ceremoy at the
Bellingham Country Club. Members receiving
pins are shown in the accompanying picture,
from left: President Russell L. Haggen, Howard
L. Benjamin, Bernard Quiram, and Business
Representative James H. Freeman.
Members receiving 25-year pins but not
present for the photograph are as follows:
George Beanblossom, Donald C. Haaland, and
Ervin C. Rude.
MAY, 1982
CICERO, ILL.
Millwright Local 1693 recently held its annual pin presentation ceremony. Twenty-five
year pins were awarded to 26 members for longstanding service to the Brotherhood.
Members are shown in the accompanying picture, front row, from left: Michael Kramer,
Thomas Danihel, Earl Paraday, John Pavao, Ronald Jurgeto, Trustee Richard Fisch, and
President/ Business Representative Earl Oliver.
Back row, from left: Ronald Carlson, Business Manager W. Bud Mine, Recording
Secretary John Bailey, Trustee Robert Johnson, and Trustee Thomas Rush.
Those receiving awards but not present for the photo are as follows: Wally Bednarek,
Gene Bingenhimer, Wally Boyda, Leonard Burch, Jack Clesson, Raymond Dejonowski,
Richard Farrar, Daniel Ferrar, Edward Ficek, Joseph Florian, Gene Hillgoth, Anthony
Jeleniewski, Jack Ottinger, Gary Painter, Richard Peterson, Norman Reid, Sr., Lloyd Robins,
Earl Souza, George Sustr, and Henery Taylor.
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The following list of 716 deceased members and spouses represents
a total of $892,463.91 death claims paid in February, 1982. (s)
following name in listing indicates spouse of member.
Local Union, City
I, Chicago, IL — Clarence Rudolph, Dorothy
F. Sleeman (s), June Agatha Vanderley
(s).
3, Wheeling, WV— Charles A. Berry, Thomas
A. Baron.
4, Davenport, lA — Theodore R. Struck.
5, St. Louis, MO — Frank J. Beck, Frank
Ulrich.
7, Minneapolis, MI — Anna Leines (s), Arvid
T. Shjefte, Elmer W. Best, Fred T.
Burger, Gustave S. Rodberg, Olaf L.
Lindstrom, Sigurd B. Myklebust, Urbane
L. Davis.
II, Cleveland, OH— Carl F. Zipfel, Ernest
Brown, Henry T. Kamis.
13, Chicago, IL — Catherine Polk (s), Ervin
J. McCollum, Frank Rolnik, Meyer
Miller, Stanley C. Weaver.
14, San Antonio, TX— Galen B. Berkley,
Jovita I. Galvin (s), Milda Sophie
Perido (s).
15, Hackensack, NJ — Louis F. Hoick.
19, Detroit, MI— Albert E. Mitchell, Ross
Richards.
20, New York, NY— Carl Mattson, Rosario
Messina, Sigvart Rasmussen.
22, San Francisco, CA — Dolores J. Murphy
(s), William B. Wilson, William O.
Anderson.
24, Central CT— Connie P. Serra, Harold V.
Lane, Ralph Farnocchia.
25, Los Angeles, CA — Beatrice T. Ozuna (s),
Halger G. Skonberg, Henrietta A.
Peterson (s), Marie Kabat (s), Murl A.
Gordon.
26, East Detroit, MI— Stanley Land.
30, New London, CT — Florian G. Galipeau.
32, Springfield, MA — Napoleon H. Archam-
bault.
34, Oakland, CA— Clayton Solvang, Ruby
R. Henderson (s).
35, San Rafael, CA — Andrew B. Schweig-
hofer, Archie E. Douglas.
36, Oakland, CA— Victor U. Eld, Jr., Wayne
Alvin Luoma.
40, Boston, MA — Frank Terrizzi, Raymond
Piercey.
42, San Francisco, CA — Ivan J. Chetvernia,
Rosario Piazza.
44, Champaign, Urba, IL — Albert P. Schantz,
Francis Mildred Fish (s), Louis J.
Oestreich.
47, St. Louis, MO— Carol Ann Rudolph (s),
Harry J. Volk, Virginia E. Ewald.
49, Lowell, MA — Adrien J. Niquette, Paul
W. Welch.
50, Knoxville, TN— Claude Bates.
51, Boston, MA— Marilyn Kelly (s).
53, White Plains, NY — Madeline M. Deveau
(s), Nicola Sestito.
55, Denver, CO — Christian Bohm.
56, Boston, MA — Gordon C. Addy, James
J. Cavanaugh.
58, Chicago, IL — Urho Edward Viita.
60, Indianapolis, IN — Marion Knight,
Mayme Esie Moore (s).
61, Kansas City, MO— Howard C. Howell,
Joseph J. Taegel, Lawrence E. McMur-
ray, Lowell G. Keel, Oscar D. Moore,
Roby B. Matthews.
62, Chicago, IL — Herman Peterson, John
Leyden. John Trontell.
64, Louisville, KY— Carl A. Smith, Charles
Raymond Andes, Herbert F. Shields,
James P. Williams, Tony Free GofT.
65, P'erth Amboy, NJ — Carl E. Sundquist,
Chris Lehman.
74, Chattanooga, TN — Jimmy Wm. Brooks,
Winston L. Barnes.
Local Union, City
77, Port Chester, NY — Dominick Cotroneo.
78, Troy, NY— George W. Dallaird, John A.
Buckley, Konrad Bothe.
80, Chicago, IL — Fred C. Abrahams, Gary
C. Graeff, Konrad E. Knutsen.
85, Rochester, NY— Nellie Wray (s).
89, Mobile, AL— Max E. Mccord.
94, Providence, RI — Elsie Britle Backstrom
(s), Henry L Smith, Herve J. Hudon.
95, Detroit, MI — Adrian Lazar, Robert J.
Miles, Thomas Pierson.
98, Spokane, WA — Earl W. Rogers, Harry
W. Hendrickson, Lawrence R. Rogers.
101, Baltimore, MD— Christian S. Heintz-
man, Sr., James M. Maxwell, John Paul
Jones.
103, Birmingham, AL — William B. Murray.
104, Dayton, OH — James B. Deskins, John
Wesley Harvey, Lillian M. Debrosse (s),
Richard D. Taylor, Royal E. Latham,
Sheridan P. Roark.
105, Cleveland, OH — James J. Hanlon.
106, Des Moines, lA — Gretchen Bailie (s).
107, Worcester, MA — Einar C. Erickson,
Michael J. Danko.
109, Sheffield, Al^Irene Pounders (s), Paul
H. Snider.
117, Albany, NY — Elmer M. Havens.
129, Hazleton, PA — Levi Bradigan.
131, Seattle, WA — Bert A. Ziegenbien, Bjorn
Bjornson, Donna Mae Norman (s), Iver
Hendrickson, Warren A. Orme.
132, Washington, DC— Basil Holden, Carl
C. Grimes.
141, Chicago, II^Albert E. Becht, Jr., Ar-
thur J. Grantz, Edward F. Stack, Ed-
ward H. ijoylan.
142, Pittsburgh, PA— Stanley Kanoza.
146, Schenectady, NY — AUister Wallace.
149, Tarrytown, NY — Roosevelt Goss.
155, Plainfield, NJ— Jean R. Wickett (s).
161, Kenosha, WI — James Stella.
162, San Mateo, CA — Robert Rommel.
165, Pittsburgh, PA — Raymond P. Quinten.
169, East St. Louis, IL — Everett Fry.
171, Youngstown, OH — Fred A. Snowden.
181, Chicago, IL — Aanen Faland, Arthur B.
Nelson, Carl F. Jensen.
183, Peoria, II^Edwin C. Motteler, Law-
rence W. Spray.
184, Salt Lake City, UT— Elva May Allen
Behunin (s), Evan Matesen, Lula B.
Jorgensen (s), Steven K. Stanton.
188, Yonkers, NY— Fred Defilippo, Sr.,
Thomas J. Pyne.
194, East Bay, CA— Austin B. Allinder.
198, Dallas, TX— Henry H. Baker, Ruby
Frank (s), Valdemar G. Martinez, Wilina
Allenon Allen (s).
200, Columbus, OH— Harold Hayes.
201, Wichita, KS— Harold Oneil.
203, Poughkeepsie, NY — Marguerite J.
Longobardi (s).
204, Merrill, WI— Lawrence Lohff.
210, Stamford, CT— Charles S. Goulart,
Dorothy Salvatore (s).
211, Pittsburgh, PA— Elmer B. Jackson,
Waller Schroeder, Wilbur G. Simon.
215, Lafayette, IN— Rex D. Tedder.
218, Boston, MA — Louis R. Canuel.
222, Washington, IN — Josephine Allene Pad-
dick (s).
225, Atlanta, GA — Ernest H. Yearwood, Sr.,
John B. Dixon, John L. Jones, Stephen
A. .Smith. Wade S. Dobbins, Willie Delia
Moore (s).
226, Portland, OR — Aynor Houtari, Howard
Moulton, Oliver J. Mcbee.
230, Pittsburgh, PA— Peter S. Madison.
Local Union, City
235, Riverside, CA — Edward A. Hoffman.
241, Moline, IL — Edward James Vaughn.
246, New York, NY— John Raible.
255, Bloomingburg, NY — Walter Hamilton.
257, New York, NY— Lillian Nordmark (s).
262, San Jose, CA — Arnold J. Howell, Dale
L. Livingston.
264, Milwaukee, WI — John B. Farrington,
Sr.
266, Stockton, CA — Curtis W. Cain, George
T. Freeman, Sylvia J. Victor (s).
280, Niagara-Geneva & Vicinity, NY— Ralph
A. Pacitto.
281, Binghamton, NY — Darlene Marie Zizak
(s), Ralph E. Hildebrand, Thure E. Stein.
284, New York, NY — Helge Jensen, Ruby
Kobylarz (s).
286, Great Falls, MT— Rudolph Heide.
287, Harrisburg, PA— Carroll H. Ritchie,
Sr., Clara J. Watson (s), Dorothy Mae
Hockensmith (s).
288, Homestead, PA — Richard Johnson.
297, Kalamazoo, MI — Norene Miller (s),
Paul Capone.
298, New York, NY— Marie Verderber (s).
299, Union City, NJ— Ludwig Dillinger.
302, Huntington, WV— Opal L. Miller (s).
308, Cedar Rapids, lA — William E. Emanuel.
311, Joplin, MO — Howard E. Carey.
313, Pullman, WA— Kenneth D. Gayraan.
316, San Jose, CA — Edgar Cruce, Elizabeth
Honea (s), Elza R. Galford, Melvin C.
Vandusen, Raymond T. Hoagland,
Rosemarie Adamo (s).
321, Connellsville, PA — Harry E. Taxacher.
323, Beacon, NY— Mary Cioffi (s).
329, Oklahoma City, OK— Margaret Claus-
sen (s).
337, Detroit, MI— Inez Sewell (s).
338, Seattle, WA— Richard M. Dunne (s),
William Carbines.
345, Memphis, TN — Doris A. Davis (s),
Ernie P. Robison, Joel H. Tyson, Sheila
Howard (s), William D. Dunn.
350, New Rochelle, NY— Thomas Wilson.
356, Marietta, OH— Harold L. Doan.
359, Philadelphia, PA— William F. Patek.
360, Galesburg, IL — Clara Ametta Oakley
(s), Paul R. Erlandson.
366, New York, NY— Elizabeth Miller (s),
Florence Bernstein (s), Harry Schiffer,
Neils Buhl.
367, Centralia, IL— Flossie M. Saak (s).
369, N. Tonawanda, NY — Edward A. Kor-
thals.
379, Texarkana, TX — Toland K. Cowling.
385, New York, NY— Stefano Delucia.
386, Angels Camp, CA — Emil A. Enzi.
388, Richmond, VA — Thomas J. Harvey.
393, Camden, NJ — Frank W. Mathews, Ida
Mae Batten (s), John B. Winslow, Theo-
dore A. Helget, Willie Buckhalter.
396, Newport News, VA — George C. Helms.
400. Omaha, NE— Harold Wm. Heedham.
403, Alexandria, LA — Donna Jane Land (s),
Randolph Plumlee.
410, Ft. Madison & Vicinity, lA— Richard
H. Montgomery, Theodore W. Miller,
William J. Land.
413, .South Bend, IN — Lawrence Kubsch.
417, St. Louis, MO — George H. Brunnerl.
424, Hingham, MA — Frederick J. Talbot,
Ralph C. Gronlund.
430, Wilkensburg, PA— Lloyd I. Stevens.
433, Belleville, IL — Doris Teresa Steiner (s),
Shirley L. Bellmann (s).
437, Portsmouth, OH— William C. Fannin.
438, Mobile, AL — Frank J. Dickens.
442, Hopkinsville, KY — Harvie H. Joiner.
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THE CARPENTER
Local Union, City
454, Philadelphia, PA— Claude W. Cower,
Francis W. Steindl.
455, Somervillc, NJ — George A. Hauck.
469, Cheyenne, WY— Elmer N. Judy.
470, Tacoma, WA — Avery D. Babcock, Roy
Peterson.
475, Ashland, MA— Emi! J. Mailhiot.
483, San Francisco, CA — Adell D. Mc-
Gowan, Earl Proschold.
496, Kankakee, IL — Franklin G. Thometz.
497, Crossett, AR— Clifford Lloyd Horn.
508, Marion, II^Ray Updike.
512, Ann Arbor, MI — Edward C. Laski.
515, Colorado Springs, CO — Archie D. Hen-
derson.
522, Dnrham, NC— Garnett W. Hamlett.
532, Elmira, NY — Richard J. Congdon.
548, Minneapolis, MI — Helen Moore (s).
550, Oakland, CA— Thelma Maud Witschel
(s).
556, Meadville, PA — Raymond Peterson.
558, Elmhurst, II^Henry Sheffler.
559, Paducah, KY — Early Harold Baucum.
562, Everett, WA— Adolph F. Nelson, Den-
nis Mark, Marion Skinner, Pauline D.
Peters (s).
563, Glendale, CA— Charles D. Walker,
Helen E. Dimaria (s).
573, Baker, OR— Harry J. Yount.
583, Portland, OR— Lyle A. Ewing.
586, Sacramento, CA — Chesney E. Brown,
Hazel L. McFarland (s), Inez Alma
Milam (s), James E. Brewer, Jr., John
Speck, Jr., Nicholas Zine.
596, St. Paul, MI— Arthur W. Andersen.
600, Lehigh Valley, PA— Clayton B. Pred-
more, Florence M. Cinamella (s).
602, St. Louis, MO— Charles N. Williams.
603, Ithaca, NY— Charles Terpening, Sr.,
Leon Benjamin.
606, Va Eveleth, MI— Eino J. Kauppinen.
608, New York, NY— George E. Nelson.
609, Idaho Falls, ID— Donald V. Fellows.
614, Elkins, WV— Paul Lowell Bennett.
623, Atlantic County, NJ— Clarence D.
Cramer, Robert G. Keenan.
624, Brockton, MA — Evelyn R. Skinner (s).
637, Hamilton, OH— Jack M. Hammel,
James L. Anders.
639, Akron, OH— Joseph B. Geffert, Wesley
Rogat.
642, Richmond, CA— Lois C. Babb (s).
650, Pomeroy, OH — Leslie Vaughn Wheeler.
665, Amarillo, TX— Era D. Echols (s), Loyce
R. Cox.
696, Tampa, Fl^Stella Elizeus (s).
700, Coming, NY— Robert Franklin White.
701, Fresno, CA— Ernest W. Oaks, Sam
Manske.
705, Lorain, OH — Joseph Kozloski.
709, Shenandoah, PA— Boley P. Domaleski.
710, Long Beach, CA— Lloyd O. Fraizer.
715, Elizabeth, NJ — Angelo Fred Demarco.
721, Los Angeles, CA— Charles G. Wright,
Gregorio M. Alcocer, Victoria Kay
Lewis (s).
722, Salt Lake City, UT— William A. Boyer.
734, Kokomo, IN— Charles E. Small.
736, Tucson, AZ — Harold Reynolds.
739, Cincinnati, OH— Arthur A. Wissel.
742, Decatur, II^-Floyd L Trimmer, Her-
man E. Kirkwood.
745, Honolulu, HI — Hihumi Tanigawa,
James H. Matsunaga, Percy Park.
755, Superior, WI— Edward C. Dens.
756, Bellingham, WA — George Arrington,
Hjalmer Edward Hanson.
758, Indianapolis, IN — Leonard A. Mullis.
764, Shreveport, LA — ^Felmer Ann Batten-
field (s).
766, Albert Lea, MI — Manuel E. Krause.
769, Pasadena, CA— Fred C. Smee.
770, Yakima, WA— Alonzo F. Wade, Wil-
liam H. Koester.
Local Union, City
111, Watsonville, CA— Albert Marshall.
773, Braddock, PA — Josephine Delia (s).
787, New York, NY— Kristoffer Moen, Sy-
vert Solberg.
790, Dixon, H^Clifford S. Gilroy.
792, Rockford, IL— Bertha Carney (s), David
R. Henke, Fern Buerkens (s). Renins E.
Wallin.
795, St. Louis, MO— Clyde E. Heath.
799, Jessup, PA — Louis Ferretti.
815, Beverly, MA — Yvonne Mary Fischer
(s).
819, West Palm Beach, FI^Euzema G. Ard.
821, Springfield, NJ— Carlos Rivera.
839, Des Plaines, IL — Armand Cassone,
Joseph A. Woolfe.
848, San Bruno, CA — Horace Banker.
851, Anoka, MI — Marvin A. Peterson.
857, Tucson, AZ — Michael Putter.
889, Hopkins, MI— Ernest O. Pauslon.
891, Hot Springs, AR— Clark Runyan, Edith
Viola Tanner (s).
899, Parkersburg, WV— John W. Rolston.
902, Brooklyn, IVY — Anton Sutela, Johan
Hugo Stromholm, Joseph Parrinello,
Salvatore Digiorgio, Sebastiano Lom-
bardo.
906, Glendale, AZ — Alma M. Thompson (s).
929, Los Angeles, CA — Andrew E. Dunlap.
938, Richmond, MO — Imogene Carmichael
(s).
943, Tulsa, OK— Delbert J. Fitzgerald,
France Farris Johnson, James A. Gillen.
944, San Bernardino, CA — Cora Rachelmae
Kiefer (s), Elmer E. Hooks.
948, Sioux City, lA— Gordon W. Moss, John
Naughton.
953, Lake Charles, LA — Joseph B. Manuel,
Lloyd E. Hennigan.
965, Dekalb, II^Hans M. Petersen.
971, Reno, NV— Margareta B. Alfred (s).
974, Baltimore, MD — Frederick Schmalge-
meyer, George J. Soellner.
976, Marion, OH— William F. Riley.
977, Wichita Falls, TX— Mary Frances
Castles (s).
982, Detroit, MI — Bert Kerbyson, George
Martin Roberts, George W. Rich.
998, Royal Oak, MI— Arthur E. Bergeron,
John P. Sharp, William C. Gnegy.
1000, Tampa, FL — Sherman A. Herrington.
1006, New Brunswick, NJ — Carolyn Heick
(s), John S. Klein.
lOltf, Muncie, IN — George A. Barker, Henry
V. Fiscus.
1040, Eureka, CA — Janice Claire Christian-
sen (s).
1043, Gary, IN— Willadene Long (s).
1044, Charleroi, PA — Eugene C. Evans.
1048, McKeesport, PA— Arthur H. Palm.
1050, Philadelphia, PA— Edward J. Conway,
Sr., John Kohut.
1052, Hollywood, CA — John Thomas Green.
Thomas Scott Brown.
1055, Lincoln, NE— Donald C. Plymate.
1072, Muskogee, OK— Ezzell B. Thompson,
Glenn Curtis Sloan.
1078, Fredericksburg, VA— Emmett P.
Clore, Piers Dalkeith James.
1079, Steubenville, OH— Harry Moore.
1089, Phoenix, AZ — Everett Price, Sr., James
H. Petersen, Lester E. Ervin, Melvin
Hprton.
1098, Baton Rouge, LA — Beatrice P. Lentz
(s), Beauregard Joseph Melancon,
Charles Hutchinson, Charlie L. Crowe,
Sr., Henry L. Coleman, Plaze H. Lake.
1102, Detroit, MI— Bert L. Thompson,
George H. Boussie, Glenn W. Reynolds,
Paul R. Davidson, Robert Wayne John-
son, William C. Hassen, William L.
Gaines.
1105, Woodlawn, AI^J. Lloyd West.
1108, Cleveland, OH— Harvey G. Held.
MAY, 1982
Local Union, City
1109, Visalia, CA— Clifford Watkins Tebeau,
Marshall G. Odell.
1113, San Bernardino, CA — Helen Frances
Gales (s).
1120, Portland, OR— John Richhold, Oscar
I. Peterson.
1129 Kittanning, PA — Clarion, C. Kammer-
diener.
1140, San Pedro, CA— Harold H. Huskey,
Henry Poellot.
1142, Lawrenceburg, IN — Hobert S. Morris.
1146, Green Bay, WI — Ambrose Delahaut,
Janice M. Steinbrecher (s).
1147, Roseville, CA — Arvid Leroy Olson,
John A. Collier.
1148, Olympia WA — Bernard G. Kinnersley,
Joseph T. Holder.
1149, San Francisco, CA— Adolf E. Graalfs,
Alice Remolif (s), Mary L. Hochstetter
(s).
1150, Saratoga Springs, NY — Ralph Young.
1153, Yuma, AR— Samuel R. Zug.
1164, New York, NY — Julius Scherrer,
Michael Lanxner.
1176, Fargo, ND— Fred J. Bax.
1181, Milwaukee, WI — Vernon C. Reese.
1187, Grand Island, NE— Walter S. Schlick.
1207, Charleston, WV — Nina Maude Martin
(s).
1224, Emporia, KS— Myron C. Hill.
1227, Ironwood, MI — Samuel E. Karinen.
1235, Modesto, CA— Edwin H. Currey, Elsie
G. Borrelli (s), Robert Morton Oleson.
1245, Carlsbad, NM— Omer V. Daniel.
1248, Geneva, ID— William Tejes.
1258, Pocatello, ID— Charles E. Perkins.
1266, Austin, TX— Decker A. Carlson.
1273, Eugene, OR— Clifford J. Macy, Milan
R. Lueders
1274, Decatur, AL — Arthur C. Lee, Don L.
Kent.
1296, San Diego, CA — Earl L. Hansen (s),
Frances R. Jones.
1301, Monroe, MI — Harry L. Rothman.
1305, Fall River, MA— Rene L. Coulombe.
1319, Albuquerque, NM — Byron Edw. Hen-
derson, Richard F. Torres, Royal F.
Heibert, Sr.
1332, Grand Coulee, WA— Lewis B. Adams,
1334, Baytown, TX— Adam C. Smith.
1337, Tuscaloosa, AL — James Robert McKee.
1341, Owensboro, KY — Thurman Woodward
Bell (s).
1342, Irvington, NJ — Alexander Calamai,
Bertha Strecker (s), Leo H. Isherwood,
Richard S. Murach.
1345, Buffalo, NY— Edgar D. Oakley, Henry
J. O'Brien.
1357, Memphis, TN— Terry W. Cook.
1362, Ada Ardmore, OK— Earl V. Stovall.
1365, Cleveland, OH— Pasquale John Cali-
guire.
1367, Chicago, IL — Joseph Jaje.
1371, Gadsden, AL — Jefferson D. Melton,
Robert L. Hawkins.
1373, Flint, MI— Frank C. Chvatil.
1381, Woodland, CA— Harry Gravink.
1388, Oregon City, OR— Charles S. Johnson.
1393, Toledo, OH— Jack A. Sampsel.
1397, North Hempstead, NY— Sigmund Tar-
nacki.
1407, San Pedro, CA— Edith C. Autrand (s),
Hester L. Proifitt (s).
1423, Corpus Christi, TX — Marie M. Crotser
(s).
1434, Moberly, MO— Jerry Delbert Walker.
1437, Compton, CA — John Martino.
1445, Topeka, KS— Vernon B. Gross.
1452, Detroit, MI — Antonio Gabriele, James
I. Trojan, Thomas J. Saski.
1453, Huntington Beach, CA— Gail M.
Gallo.
1454, Cincinnati, OH — Burne D. Anderson,
Marion Cox.
37
Local Union, City
14S6, New York, NY — James Dunne.
1485, La Porte, IN — Aloysius J. Tomaszew-
ski, Oscar T. Hult.
1487, Burlington, VT— Floyd K. Mack.
1490, San Diego, CA— Ellis J. Colburn.
1494, International Falls, MN — Henry T.
Tessier.
1495, Chico, CA — Tandy Lee Farley.
1497, E. Los Angeles, CA — Amador D.
Vargas, Sophia E. Castro (s), Walter L
Noll.
1498, Provo, UT — Patricia Ann Broadbent
(s).
1506, Los Angeles, CA — Charles O. Fuson,
Lazelda Brennan (s), Sherman Jackson.
1507, El Monte, CA— Ralph Criswell,
Thomas Warfield.
1512, Blountrille, TN— James T. Kelley.
1532, Anacortes, WA — Dewey M. Whitney,
Louis Welch, Jr.
1536, New York, NY — Joseph Jasulonis
Robert L. Artis.
1539, Chicago, IL — Leonard Allen Taylor.
1545, Wilmington, DE — Herman Regens-
burg, Jr.
1553, Culver City, CA— Donn R. Michaels,
Lucille Ford, Nash Joseph Romero,
Theodore Davis.
1564, Casper, WY— Elvin W. Carpenter.
1565, Abilene, TX— Ira D. Wheeler.
1582, Milwaukee, WI— Arthur C. Behrens.
1583, Englewood, CO— Virgil K. Sanders
1585, Lawton, OK — Loren W. Jarvis, Sr.
1587, Hutchison, KS — Edgar A. Shepherd.
1590, Washington, DC — Benton A. Brining,
Carl H. Cutlip, Manueleta Riggs Lane
(s).
1599, Redding, CA— Chester A. Haskins,
Robert A. Waltz, Willie Leon Bledsoe.
1607, Los Angeles, CA — Homer M. McCoy,
Lawrence S. Berg.
1622, Hayward, CA— Glenn O. Bower, Hans
C. Braaten, Helen Ruth Cross (s). Jack
Strange, Jewel P. Ashley, John C. Davis,
Mereno J. Quartaroli, Toralf W. Lee.
1641, Naples, FL — James Asa Horton.
1644, Minneapolis, MN — Arndt Petersen,
Axel E. Anderson, Clarence E. Johnson.
1665, Alexandria, VA — Leonard Eugene
Vass.
1694, Washington, DC— Philip R. Cosmin-
sky.
1707, Kelso Longvew, WA— Kenneth G.
Reed.
1708, Auburn, WA— Cornelia Bugh (s), Jo-
seph V. Starkovich, Thomas E. Burdick.
1725, Daytona Beach, FI^-Ernest B. Mas-
sey, Mariano Disalvo.
1729, Charlottesville, VA — Eursel Eugene
Elliott.
1739, Kirkwood MO— Harry O. Wiedner,
John Eck.
1746, Portland, OR— Clarence W. Rogers.
1750, Cleveland, OH— Michael E. Ambrose,
Sam Wiener.
1752, Pomona, CA— Edward H. Price, Rubio
J. Garcia, Sandra Joan Buse (s).
1759, Pittsburgh, PA— Harry A. Hirsch, John
P. Marchwinski.
1765, Orlando, FL— Harry Seitz, Robert W.
Andrews, Jr., William E. Gillis.
1772, Hicksville, NY— Elizabeth J. Bukowy
(s), Ernest Strauss, Magnuss Klavins.
1780, Las Vegas, NV— Steven A. Hlebechuk.
1811, Monroe LA — Henry F. Sumrall.
1815, Santa Ana, CA— Edna C. O'Leary (s),
Leeora Summa (s).
1822, Fort Worth, TX— Grady Paul Gibbs,
Jim M. Howard, Luther H. Wood,
Michael David Holland, Roberta E.
Chastain (s), Russel Myron Reed.
1823, Philadelphia, PA — Anthony Siciliano,
John W. Gawlinski.
Local Union, City
1835, Waterloo, lA— Robert W. Leistikow.
1836, Russellville, AR — Jasper E. Farmer.
1840, Faribault, MN — Vernon J. Peper.
1845, Snoqualm Fall, WA— Louis T. Will-
hight.
1846, New Orleans, LA — Anne E. Gravois
(s), Marvin L. Richardson. Norman M.
Carter, Paul J. Lagarde, Philip Rome,
Raymond Williams, Sadie H. Gomez (s).
1849, Pasco, WA— Gordon S. Lucas, Le-
moine Hopper, Margie Perryman (s).
1856, Philadelphia, PA — Joseph Ambruoso.
1857, Portland, OR— Ralph R. Shamek.
1861, Milpitas, CA — Forrest Hawk Craw-
ford.
1865, Minneapolis, MN — Alfred Zuber,
Marie A. Bingen (s).
1869, Manteca, CA— John L. Griggs.
1871, Cleveland, OH— Ruth E. Farabaugh
(s).
1883, Macomb, Il^Jessie F. Wayland (s).
1888, New York, NY— Ethel B. Powlis (s).
1889, Downers Grove, II^Herbert C.
Flemm.
1906, Philadelphia, PA— Earl L. Shappell.
1911, Beckley, WV— Leota D. Phillips (s),
Toney Marino, Sr.
1913, San Fernando, CA — Herman Alford.
1921, Hempstead, NY— Elsie Bruckner (s).
1961, Roseburg, OR— Charles N. Jones.
1971, Temple, TX— Geraldine Underwood
(s).
2007, Orange, TX— Richard M. Coon, Sr.
2010, Anna, IL — George Walter Baumann.
2014, Barrington, IL — Stanley A. Neiman,
Jr.
2018, Ocean County, NJ — John C. Hartman,
Sr.
2020, San Diego, CA— Laurie M. Walker.
2035, Kingsbeach, CA — Daniel C. Mawhin-
ney.
2046, Martinez, CA — Edgar B. Sprague.
2067, Medford, OR— Bernice L. Huston.
2073, Milwaukee, WI— Gladys Viola Stark.
2078, Vista, CA— Melvin O. Brown, Seal T.
Alexander.
2099, Mexico, MO— Merle R. Jones.
2127, Centralia, WA— Mildred Henson (s).
2143, Ukiah, CA— Mary O. Mason (s).
2214, Festus, MO— Helen K. Ballard (s).
2249, Adams County, CO — Augustine Buena.
2250, Red Bank, NJ— Rachel C. Wymbs (s).
2274, Pittsburgh, PA— Harold A. Fletcher.
2275, McMinnville, OR — Lester G. Young.
2279, Lawrence, KS— Edgar J. Redford.
2283, West Bend, WI— Mathew F. Linden,
Ruth E. Weasler (s).
2287, New York, NY— Arthur W. Abraham-
sen, Sr., William Healy.
2288, Los Angeles, CA— Donald A. Deluz,
Francis E. Wagg, James W. Price, Louis
O. Marchand.
2311, Washington, DC— Alvin L. Felts, Sr.
2313, Meridian, MS — George L. Watkins.
2337, Milwaukee, WI— Anne T. Fletcher (s).
2375, Los Angeles, CA— Wesley H. Ledig.
2413, Glenwood Springs, CO— Arthur C.
Rice.
2420, Newark, OH— Forrest W. Zigan.
2435, Inglewood, CA— Leo A. Wilt.
2436, New Orleans, LA — Guy W. Singlelary.
2484, Orange, TX— Tom Reed.
2505, Klamath, CA— Thomas Edward Wright.
2506, Marion, OH — George F. Persinger.
2519, Seattle, WA— Clarence T. Howard.
2549, Chicago, IL — Luis Deleon.
2554, Lebanon, OR— Waller G. Schmidt.
2629, Hughesville, PA— Willard Puterbaugh,
Jr.
2633, Tacoma, WA — Jack Kuznek, Paul
King.
2652, Standard, CA — Ramon L. Baxley.
2659, Everett, WA— Bert Lenz.
2667, Bellingham, WA— Alfons Biendl.
Local Union, City
2714, Dallas, OR— Berenice M. Riha (s).
2739, Yakima, WA— Samuel R. Babcock.
2750, Springfleld, OR— Haven Holmes.
2767, Morton, WA— Elry Whipple.
2791, Sweet Home, OR— Ernest T. Robert-
son.
2805, Klickitat, WA— Edwin W. Eaton.
2816, Emmett, ID— Cassius Hill, Dorothy
Raye Swander
2834, Denver, CO— Charles A. Davis,
Phillip J. Cassidy.
2848, Dallas, TX— Max Petty.
2881, Portland, OR— Neva M. Kline (s),
Victor R. F. Holmes.
2896, Lyons, OR — Frank J. Sherwood, Jr.
3074, Chester, CA— Henry J. Gooderham,
Herman C. Kurpjweit.
3088, Stockton, CA — Linda Diane Lance (s).
3127, New York, NY— Louis O. Clair.
3208, Loveland, CO— Otto M. Keller.
3223, Elizabethtown, KY— Gaines Love.
THE HOUSING CRISIS
Continued from Page 5
ponents of public housing had ad-
vanced it as early as 1937.
Critics of the voucher proposal,
which include organized labor, argue
that it would do nothing to increase
the supply of housing. They predict it
would accelerate rent inflation by in-
creasing competition in a tight rental
market.
Rather than going along with the
Administration's plan to get the fed-
eral government out of the housing
field, House Democrats have intro-
duced legislation to provide badly
needed aid.
Sponsored by Rep. Henry B. Gon-
zalez (D-Texas), who chairs a House
subcommittee on housing, the legisla-
tion would provide $18 billion for new
housing construction and rehabilita-
tion, and for rental and operating as-
sistance to existing public housing.
The Gonzalez tjill also provides for
below-market interest rate subsidies
for middle-income families, and
emergency loans to home-builders fac-
ing foreclosure through no fault of
their own.
The bill has been endorsed by orga-
nized labor as a step in the right direc-
tion and as an alternative to Reagan's
"non-housing policies," including his
voucher proposal.
However, labor has urged that the
Gonzalez bill be strengthened to pro-
vide more low-rent housing.
A federal stimulus to housing is
needed to give that industry, and the
economy as a whole, a needed boost
out of the recession and to start
putting people back to work.
Enactment of the Gonzalez bill
would be a welcome move on the road
to labor's ultimate goal of a housing
industry which can provide a decent
home for every American family.
38
THE CARPENTER
NEW TOOL GRINDER
TWO-WAY SCREW
Starline Fasteners of Wisconsin is in-
troducing an innovative product new to
the packaged hardware field. It is the
Starline Pan Head Screw that combines
a slotted and Phillips head screw into
one! The screws are
packaged from >/4 "
to 3" lengths in a
variety of thread
sizes in boxes of 100
and in masters which
consist of 5 boxes.
All screws are zinc plated.
For specific information on the Pan
Head Screws available write Star-Line
Fasteners, P.O. Box 997, Janesville, WI
53545. Starline offers a complete line of
packaged thread fasteners and other
hardware products.
DECORATIVE WOOD BEAMS
Rusticated beams, hollow three piece
rustic beams, are made of knotty white
pine with a glued joint. No nails are used
and the glue line is nearly impossible to
see. Rusticated beams are available in a
variety of sizes, profiles and styles for
applications on ceilings or walls in both
existing and new construction. For a 16-
page color catalog write: Rusticated
Beams, Inc., 1542 Main- Street, West
Warwick, RI 02893.
INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
Black & Decker 29
Chicago Technical College 27
Clifton Enterprises 25
Estwing Mfg. Co 39
Industrial Abrasives 27
Irwin Auger Bit 39
Strongbox 21
Vaughan & Bushnell 30
Industrial metal and cutting tools can
be precision ground on the new Model
380 manufactured by the Foley Company,
Minneapolis, MN. Specially made for
volume grinding, the simplified design
with several stop-fingers reduces set-up
time by 50% over previous models.
The grinder is ruggedly constructed to
handle high-speed metal cutting and car-
bide tools. It also grinds end mills, spiral
planers, router bits, reamers and taps to
a .001 tolerance. The new twelve digit
indexing workhead with a locking knob
assures grinding accuracy.
Machine has easy to read calibrated
wheels, a dial height scale, horizontal and
vertical hand wheels for accurate grind-
ing wheel adjustment, 110/220 v. 1 phase
Vi h.p. motor.
The new Foley grinder sells for $2,199.
For information call Foley, 1-800-328-
7140 or write Foley Mfg. Co., 3300 Fifth
Street, N.E., Minneapolis, Minn. 55418.
WOOD-SPLITTING TOOL
The new "Fireside Friend" wood split-
ting tool is now available from Estwing
Mfg. Co. This handy tool is all steel
construction, weighs approx. 3V4 pounds
and is approx. 15'/4" in length. Available
from: Estwing Mfg. Co., 2647 8th St.,
Rockford, IL 61101.
Estwing
First and Finest
Solid Steel Hammers
One Piece Solid Steel.
Strongest Construction
Known.
Unsurpassed in temper,
quality, baiance and finishi.
Genuine ieather cushion grip or exciu^
sive moided on nylon-vinyi cushion grip.
Pulls, prys, lifts
and scrapes. Wide tapered blade
for mar proof prying and easy
nail pulling.
Always wear Estwing
Safety Goggles when
using hand toots. Protect
your eyes from flying parti-
cles and dust. Bystanders
shall also wear Estwing
Safety Goggles.
If your dealer can't supply Estwing tools,
write:
Estwing
Mfg. Co.
2647 8th St., Depl. C-5 Rockford, IL 61101
3 easy ways to
bore ho/es faster
1. Irwin SpeedborS "88" for all electric drills.
Spade-type head, exclusive hollow ground point.
Starts fast, cuts fast in any wood. 17 sizes, Vi"
to ^V^", and 4, 6 and 13 piece sets.
2. Irwin No. 22 Micro-Dlals expansive bit bores
35 standard holes, Va" to 3". Fits all hand braces.
And you just dial the size you want. No. 21 bores
19 standard holes, W to 1^4".
3. Irwin 62T Solid Center hand brace type. De-
livers clean, fast double-cutter boring action.
Balanced cutting head. Medium fast screw pitch.
Heat treated full length for long life. 18 sizes,
Vt" to V/2", and sets.
Every Irwin Wood Bit precision-made of finest
quality tool steel, heat tempered full length and
machine-sharpened to bore fast, clean, accurate
holes. Buy Irwin . . . buy the best.
Strait-Line Chalk Line Reel Box
50 fL& 100 ft. sizes
Popular Priced Irwin self-chalking design
Precision-made of aluminum alloy. Easy
action reel. Leak proof. Practically
damage proof. Fits pocket or hand.
IS Registered U. S. Patent Odice
every bit as good
:} as tlie name
at Wilmington, Ohio 45177, since 1885
MAY, 1982
39
IN CONCLUSION
Hammer Out
The US Budget
to noil Douin
more Jobs
It's worse than the thirties
in many industries
employing Brotherhood
members
The Congress of the Unhed States, this month, is
hammering out a budget for next-year — Fiscal
Year 1983. The decisions concerning that budget
could very well determine if we will have another
year of impossible interest rates, continued depres-
sion in housing and housing-related industries, and
severe unemployment among our members. Unless
there are some major amendments to Mr. Reagan's
proposed budgets . . . and that is what is being
discussed right now in Congress . . . the Adminis-
tration's budget manipulations could very well
spell disaster for our members and send our whole
country toward a depression.
Housing, as you know, is in nothing short of a
depression. The annual level of housing starts in
1981 was only half of what it was in 1977 and
1978. The February level was below the 1 million
annual rate for the seventh month in a row.
In short, 1981 was the worst year for homebuilding
in 35 years.
What has this depression in the housing industry
meant for our industrial sector — for our members
in lumber, plywood, cabinets, millwork, and furni-
ture? It is estimated that for every on-site job
created by new construction, there is another job
created in related industries. The reverse is also
true: for every job lost in on-site construction, there
is one job lost in related industries.
Let me give you the number and percentage of
jobs lost in the last three years in our industries to
show you what the housing depression has done to
our members:
Sawmills: 46 thousand jobs lost. That's 22% of all jobs
in the industry lost in the past three years.
Hardwood dimension and flooring: 7 thousand jobs
lost. That's a 22% job loss.
Millwork: 16 thousand jobs lost. That's a 25% job loss.
Wood kitchen cabinets: 10 thousand jobs lost — a 22%
job loss.
Veneer and plywood: 14 thousand jobs — a 20% job
loss.
Household furniture: 40 thousand lost jobs or a 14%
job loss.
Mobile Homes: 17 thousand lost jobs or a 37% of the
total jobs in the industry lost.
In just the industries I mentioned, there have
been almost 150 thousand jobs, 20% of all jobs in
the industries, lost in the past three years. That is
incredible! If 20% of all jobs in our economy had
been lost in the past three years, we would have,
with the growth in population, a national unem-
ployment rate of 28% — worse than the Great
Depression.
Most experts agree that we need an annual level
of housing production of between 2 and 2.5 million
units per year to meet our nation's need for hous-
ing. In 1977 and 1978, 2 million units were started
each year. Today, we're at only half that level. We
could double the level of new house and apartment
construction, and we still wouldn't be meeting our
needs.
So why aren't we producing more housing to
meet our nation's needs? The demand is certainly
there for affordable housing. The skilled labor
supply is certainly there.
What is the problem? The most basic problem
today, as you all know, is interest rates. Mortgage
interest rates, which were at 9% only 5 years ago,
are today at 16%.
The average price of a new house in December
was $70 thousand. With a 10% down payment
and a 16% mortgage, monthly payments were
$846 a month. And that doesn't include property
taxes, insurance, utilities, repairs, or emergencies.
Who can afford payments like this?
Let me point out another thing about the effect
of these high interest rates. Some of you have been
asked by your companies in negotiations to forego
a wage increase or even to make wage concessions
because of the depressed state of the housing and
related industries.
One of the proposed programs to aid the hous-
ing industry would offer mortgage subsidies to
homebuyers to bring their mortgage interest rates
down 4 points. For the $70 thousand home, if the
interest rate was brought down from 16% to
12%, monthly payments would drop by $199 per
month.
Let's compare this $199 reduction to the effect
that a wage freeze or wage concession in your
industries would have. For the sake of argument,
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let's suppose costs for all the materials for the
$70 thousand new home were cut by 10%. Now
10% is a large reduction in costs — greater than
would be produced by wage cuts or concessions —
but for the sake of argument let's take a look at
what effect it would have.
A 10% drop in the cost for all materials in a
new home would save the homebuyer $28 per
month compared to the $199 per month that would
be saved from the lower interest rates. In fact,
even if all material costs were cut in half, it still
wouldn't have as much effect on homebuyers'
monthly payments as would a 4% drop in the
interest rate. In other words, a mortgage interest
subsidy program, such as the one that has been
proposed in Congress, is going to do far, far more
to bring down the cost of housing than any cut in
wages or wage concession would do.
The crime here is not only that there is a real
housing shortage in this country and that there are
thousands upon thousands of workers unemployed
in those industries that produce housing and its
components. The crime is that the Administration
does not seem to recognize that home construction
is a sure-fire way to pull our whole economy out
of the recession.
Thus far, Mr. Reagan has refused to support
below-market mortgage interest subsidy programs
to make new housing and apartments affordable.
Following a free-market approach, Reagan tells us
that as inflation recedes, mortgage interest rates
will come down and in the meantime the govern-
ment should not offer assistance or intervene in the
free-market. As the Federal Reserve Board follows
a tight-money policy and the country sinks deeper
into recession, we are told to wait, things will get
better. Sounds a little like Herbert Hoover, doesn't
it?
In the area of federal government housing pro-
grams — Section 8 housing assistance for new and
rehabilitated housing, rural housing under the
Farmers Home Administration, mortgage insur-
ance authority for the Federal Home Administra-
tion and the Government National Mortgage
Association — all would be drastically cut under
Reagan's proposed fiscal year 1983 budget. At a
time when housing construction has come almost
to a standstill, Reagan responds with his Stockman
formula of cutting government spending and pro-
grams as if that were the real problem.
There is, therefore, a message you must take to
your Congressmen and Senators this month: We
need government assistance now to get the housing
industry back on its feet. Interest rates must be
brought down.
What we are supporting is:
• Below-market mortgage interest subsidy programs
for homebuyers.
• Opposition to the Reagan Administration's plan for
ending all but a few additional commitments for products
of new public housing and Section 8 housing. We need all
the new and rehabilitated housing we can possibly
produce.
• The Administration and the Federal Reserve Board
must use the authority of the Credit Control Act of 1969
to regulate credit to assure adequate funds at affordable
rates for financing essential needs such as housing.
• Congress must act to preserve and strengthen pro-
grams which support housing, such as the Federal Hous<
ing Administration and the Government National Mort-
gage Association and the Farmers Home Administration
instead of cutting these programs back.
The best bill now in Congress in these regards is
the Gonzalez housing bill. It would activate a
program of federal subsidies for homebuyers, pro-
vide emergency mortgage assistance to workers
losing their jobs, and provide additional authority
for public housing construction and other govern-
ment housing programs. We must give strong
support to such legislation in this session of the
Congress.
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
AFL-CIO Industrial Union Conference Lobbies Congress 2
Plant Shutdowns, What Can Be Done? PA! 5
The Incredible Rescue Robert Bowden 6
'Hi, I'm Gail' 8
Let's Start Building Houses US Sen. Bob Packwood 9
Ohio Carpenters on the Defensive, A State History 10
More World's Fairs Promise Construction Nat'l Geographic 15
More Than 300 Take Steward Training in New York 18
The Time for CLIC Action Is Now 20
Contributions Continue for Little Girl in Tennessee 24
DEPARTMENTS
Washington Report
Ottawa Report
Local Union News __
Plane Gossip
Apprenticeship and Training
Consumer Clipboard: Medical Lingo
Service to the Brotherhood
In Memoriam
What's New?
In Conclusion
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THE
COVER
Off New England's scenic Route
100, near the town of Peru, Vermont,
the barn on our front cover quietly
presides, its red roof showing up
boldly against the majestic country-
side. The sturdy structure has
weathered many years of unpredict-
able and often severe New England
weather and yet appears quite capable
of weathering a great many more.
But remembrances of cold, buffet-
ing winters, and unpredictable often
drenching springs, slip away as the
first days of summer arrive, bringing
the golden days that are June in New
England. Poet James Russell Lowell
could easily have had Vermont in
mind when he wrote the lines:
And what is so rare as a day in June?
Then, if ever, come perfect days;
Then Heaven tries the earth if it be
in tune.
And over it softly her warm ear
lays.
As summer begins on June 21st,
the sun has reached the peak of its
northward climb. For several days
during the summer solstice, the sun
appears not to move; in fact, the
name for the period comes from
Latin and translates to "When the sun
stands still." Would that this were
true! Unfortunately, it is an illusion —
the sun continues to proceed on its
course, bringing the warmer days of
summer. But while the beautiful days
of June are here, anything else is, and
should be, just a misty memory . . .
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lUD President
Howard Samuel told dele-
gates that neither political party has dis-
tinguished itself this year.
AFL-CIO Industrial Union Conference
Congress On Key Legislation
'We want a sensible
budget for America
that supports social
programs for the de-
fenseless, including
the victims of layoffs.'
General President Konyha
and General Treasurer and
Legislative Director Charles
Nichols with Senator Donald
Riegle of Michigan.
Some 500 delegates to the AFL-CIO
Industrial Union Department's recent
legislative conference in Washington
discussed major economic and politi-
cal issues facing the nation and lob-
bied their senators and representatives
on specific bills. Forty UBC delegates
participated in the sessions.
The delegates, representing 21
unions, including the United Brother-
hood, focused their discussions and
lobbying efforts on high interest rates,
domestic content legislation for autos,
and job safety and health problems.
Opening the conference, lUD Presi-
dent Howard D. Samuel declared:
"With the more than 10 million Amer-
ican workers unemployed, with some
industries facing disaster, we are in
the midst of one of the worst eco-
nomic busts in recent history. Presi-
dent Reagan's supply-side economics,
coupled with tight money and high
interest rates, have compounded the
difficulty faced by many industries —
but neither party in Congress has dis-
tinguished itself this past year."
Reviving the economy requires di-
rect action by Congress, Samuel said,
adding: "We want a sensible budget
for America that supports social pro-
grams for the defenseless, including
the victims of layoffs. We need to
revive our largest industry — auto as-
sembly and auto parts and supplies —
through auto local content legislation.
And we need to relieve the strangle-
hold of high interest rates that are
squeezing the life out of industry after
industry, and community after com-
munity."
LOW-INTEREST-RATE ACT
The day before the conference
opened, legislation was offered in Con-
gress to bring down high interest rates.
The Low Interest Rate Act of 1982
(H.R. 6124), introduced by House
Banking Committee Chairman Fer-
nand St. Germain (D-R.L), would
extend the Credit Control Act of 1969,
which gives the Federal Reserve Board
and the president the authority to re-
allocate credit.
The measure would encourage the
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Fed to redirect credit from nonproduc-
tive uses — such as corporate take-
overs and commodity speculation —
to productive uses such as housing
construction and home mortgage, new
plant and equipment for business, and
state and local government investment
in roads, mass transit, ports and
bridges.
The National Council for Low In-
terest Rates, a coalition organized by
lUD, played a major role in drafting
the legislation.
Pointing to the need for the bill,
UBC President William Konyha
stated: "Interest rates won't come
down as long as Dupont is able to
borrow $3 billion of your mortgage
money to buy Conoco. Why should
the Hunt Brothers be allowed to bor-
row $1 billion in one week for silver
speculation when that money is needed
to rebuild the industrial base of this
country?"
Konyha was joined in the panel dis-
cussion on the economy by Utility
Workers President James Joy and
three liberal Democratic senators fac-
ing unusually diflficult elections:
Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio, Donald
W. Riegle of Michigan, and Paul
Sarbanes of Maryland.
THREE 'TARGET' SENATORS
Joy commented that the three Sen-
ate sneakers were special targets of
the National Conservative Political
Action Committee, the right-wing
group that bragged it could elect
Mickey Mouse to the Congress if it
had enough money. "They proved
their point and did just that in 1980,"
he said.
Each of the senators stressed that
the ultimate remedy for dealing with
the economic and social problems
created largely by the Reagan Ad-
ministration and its allies in Congress
is defeating them on Election Day in
1982 and 1984.
In the area of job health and safetv.
Operating Engineers President J. C.
Turner called attention to the "silent
epidemic of occupational disease
sweeping across America's work places
virtually unrecognized." Every year,
100,000 workers die from occupa-
tional diseases and another 400,000
are disabled, he said. But only some
5% of these dead or disabled vic-
tims receive any compensation under
state workers' compensation programs.
Complicating the problem. Turner
continued, is that in most cases the
diseases show up 20, 30, or 40 years
after workers are exposed, and thus
often after state deadlines for filing
claims.
Sen. Paul Sarbanes of Maryland, one of several friends of labor under attack
by right wing groups, speaks to the assembly. He called for strong political
action by union members in 1982.
General President
Konyha at the micro-
phone with Sen. Howard
Metzenbaum of Ohio,
one of three liberal
Democratic senators who
spoke at the sessions.
Former Asst. Sec. of
Labor for OSHA Eula
Bingham, who achieved
greater worker protec-
tion during the Carter
Administration, warned
that OSHA regulations
must continue strong.
Four UBC delegates in
a huddle. From left,
Tony Anastasi, president
of Local 1694, Washing-
ton, D.C.; Larry
Rozolsky, Local 1300,
San Diego, Calif.; Joseph
Scully, Jr., president of
Local 1300; and Kenneth
Wade, business rep.,
Local 340, Hagerstown,
Md.
JUNE, 1982
Washington
Report
DIRTY INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
Millions of Americans living near 312 industrial
plants that pollute the air with three billion pounds
of toxic substances a year run high risks from
cancer, lung disease and other life-threatening
illnesses, according to the National Clean Air
Coalition.
The coalition of environment groups said its
information was obtained from studies done for the
Environmental Protection Agency. The coalition
said the findings prove that the 1970 Clean Air Act
needs to be strengthened to force the EPA to set a
timetable for dealing with three dozen pollutants
now suspected of causing cancer or other ill health
effects. Congress currently is considering legislation
which would strengthen clean air standards as well
as legislation which would loosen standards.
The coalition said the populations most at risk
are in areas where the plants are most heavily
concentrated. These include New Jersey; the Gulf
Coast of Texas: southeastern Louisiana; and near
such cities as Buffalo, N.Y.; Chicago, III.; Gary, Ind.;
Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio; Pittsburgh, Pa.;
San Francisco and Los Angeles, Calif.
The main polluters include chemical plants, oil
refineries, coke ovens, and other industrial facili-
ties that emit more than 10,000 pounds of toxins a
year.
FAMILY BUDGET TO $25,407
A typical American family needed $25,407 last
year just to maintain a middle-income standard of
living, a 9.8% increase over 12 months earlier, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
At a lower, more austere level, the same family
would have required $15,323 a year while a family
on a higher budget affording a few simple luxuries
would have needed $38,060, up 9.1 and 10.6%,
respectively.
The figures are derived from BLS's annual
compilation of hypothetical expenses of an urban
family of four at three different living standards as
of last autumn. The amounts are nationwide
averages, and represent before-tax income.
Most American families were far short of the
middle-level standard of living reflected by BLS's
1981 intermediate budget.
JOBLESS EXTENSION ASKED
The AFL-CIO and its affiliates urged an additional
13 weeks of unemployment benefits for recession
victims and pressed Congress to reject new slashes
in safety-net programs.
A House Ways and Means subcommittee is con-
sidering President Reagan's budget proposal for
further cuts in various entitlement programs,
including family assistance and social services for
the needy as well as unemployment insurance. But
labor witnesses insisted that the real need is to
repair some of the damage Congress inflicted last
year at the Administration's urging.
AFL-CIO Social Security Director Bert Seidman
warned that some 3 million unemployed workers
will have their benefits curtailed in the coming fiscal
year if the "ill-considered" actions taken by
Congress aren't rectified.
He noted that Congress had abolished the
national trigger for extended benefits and raised the
state trigger points just as the unemployment rate
was starting its climb to the highest level since the
Great Depression.
During this same period, Seidman reminded the
panel, 750,000 needy families with dependent
children have had their AFDC benefits reduced or
terminated. The further cuts proposed by the
Reagan Administration would hit an additional
921,000 AFDC families, he protested.
HOUSING STARTS DROP
Housing starts dropped 6% in April to a sea-
sonally adjusted annual rate of 881,000 units, the
Commerce Department reported.
It was the ninth month in a row that the annual
rate of starts failed to reach a million, itself a
relatively depressed level.
Building permits for home construction, an
indication of building activity in coming months,
had risen 9.4% in March to a seasonally adjusted
annual rate of 870,000 units.
For permits, it was the fifth monthly increase in
a row. However, the March level was still 25%
below the year-earlier rate.
Economists and housing analysts said home
construction would remain at depressed levels until
interest rates decline. Mortgage rates have been
averaging about 17.5%.
In 1981, construction was begun on a total of
1,084,000 housing units, the lowest figure since
1946, when 1,056,000 units were started. Analysts
say this year's number may not exceed last year's.
In labor's view, the nation needs 2.5 million housing
starts a year to replace obsolete housing and keep
up with new family formation.
March starts were 28% below the year-earlier
rate of 1,318,000 units.
Starts of single-family homes rose 8% in March
to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 606,000
units. But work on multifamily units declined 6.6%
to an adjusted 341,000-unit annual rate.
Home construction picked up in the North
Central region and in the West but declined in the
Northeast and the South.
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PLANT SIIUTDOM'?
What Can Be Done?
J9
In recent years, plant shutdowns
across the nation have left in their
wake severe economic, social and
family distress.
Are these plant closings to be
viewed as a kind of natural disaster,
much to be feared but impossible to
prevent? Is there little that can be
done to cope with the crises which
shutdowns typically cause in the lives
of workers and their communities?
There's a lot that can be done, and
things are being accomplished in sev-
eral large and small cities. Communi-
ties don't have to sit passively by as
plants close and local economies
wither.
That's the message of a just-
released study called "Shutdown — A
Guide for Communities Facing Plant
Closings." The 63-page report pulls
together in a concise, readable way the
kind of information which can be
useful in preventing shutdowns and
dealing with their effects when they
occur. The report also shows that
communities can rebuild and renew
themselves economically and in spirit.
DOCUMENTED REPORT
The richly-documented report is the
product of a year-long study by the
Northeast-Midwest Institute, founded
in 1977 to study the economy of the
18-state region that has long formed
the nation's industrial heartland. The
Department of Housing and Urban
Development funded the research for
the study.
Among the report's observations
and conclusions are these:
The best time to avert a shutdown
and begin alleviating its adverse
effects is before it happens, and the
sooner the better. Workers and com-
munities should be warned by the
danger signals, a long list which would
include aging equipment that a com-
pany is unwilling to replace or mod-
ernize, a slowdown of operations, and
transfer of parent operations to an-
other site.
Thus alerted, those with power and
influence in a community — including
union, business, civic, and elected
leaders — can join together in a kind
of "economic action team."
The team, or committee, can seek
ways of keeping the plant open, pos-
sibly arranging low-cost loans, or find-
ing a new owner, or helping the plant's
employees to purchase it.
In one case, in 1976, when Sperry
Rand announced the closing of its
plant in Herkimer, N.Y., labor, busi-
ness, government, banks and private
citizens formed a holding company,
the Mohawk Valley Community Cor-
poration. The group packaged a deal,
sold stock and bought the plant.
If keeping the plant open isn't
feasible, the community team can
make preparations to mitigate the
hardship which hits not only plant
employees but sends economic ripples
throughout the area.
For those suddenly thrown out of
work, special efforts can be made to
cushion the financial and psycholo-
gical blow. Crisis centers and tele-
phone hotlines can answer questions
ranging from unemployment benefits
and mortgage protection to family
budgeting and marital conflicts.
Job workshops can help prepare the
newly unemployed for new careers
and refine skills helpful in finding
employment. Job fairs can bring
workers and employers together.
Programs to retrain these jobless
workers have proved helpful and
should be greatly expanded. The
Illinois State AFL-CIO created a Man-
power Assistance Program in 1978 as
an informational and technical re-
source center in the event of plant
closings. The program's Concentrated
Industrial Outreach was set up in 1980
to expand private sector-union involve-
ment in employment and training pro-
grams.
The Wyandotte community outside
Detroit three years ago developed a
comprehensive retraining, job coun-
seling and employment center called
the Downriver Community Confer-
ence. The center, assisted by a U.S.
Labor Department grant, has served
some 7,500 jobless employees of four
firms.
Such eff'orts as job counseling and
retraining are vitally important in
"maintaining a strong, viable work-
force, which is essential to putting a
community back on its feet and ulti-
mately attracting new business," the
report stresses.
A "strong public and private sector
commitment" can attract new industry
and revive communities hit by plant
closings, the report explains.
TRY DIVERSIFICATION
Communities which had depended
on a single industry can be put on a
stronger footing than before through
economic diversification and by foster-
ing growth industries.
In Detroit, federal urban develop-
ment and mass transit grants served as
a lever for private investment to create
Cadillac Mall, a project to renovate
the central business district.
In Baltimore, business leaders and
the city government reversed inner
city decline by revitalizing the city's
once-bustling waterfront with federal
help. Harbor Place attracts thousands
of visitors to its shops and restaurants.
Federal programs which can assist
local industrial and commercial re-
vitalization have been shrinking as a
result of budget cuts, the report notes.
More, not less, federal help is
needed to help breathe new life into
the nation's vital industrial regions.
No good reason exists to abandon
the cities to decay, for much energy,
resources and hope remain there.
As the study notes, "All the ghost
towns are still in the West."
JUNE, 1982
THE
INCREDIBLE
RESCUE
SUDDENLY
I was falling,
plunging toward
the bristling
steel construction
rods.
By ROBERT BOWDEN
Member, Local 2250
Red Bank, New Jersey
The following story is reprinted by permission from Guideposfs Magazine (copy-
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I'm a carpenter, an ordinary man
who works hard with his hands. I say
this because the experience I'm going
to tell you about is a strange one, and
I want you to know I'm not the kind
of man to go around making up out-
landish stories.
TTie winter of 1971 was a tough one
for the building trades in Monmouth
County, New Jersey, where my family
lived. I write country-western music
on the side and play the guitar and
sing, so I was able to pick up a few
jobs on weekends, but not enough to
support my wife and three kids.
Then, just before Christmas, I
landed my first solid job in months, on
the nuclear power plant that was under
construction at Salem, New Jersey,
129 miles from our home in Oakhurst.
I was grateful for the work, even
though it meant I had to live at a
motel in Salem and only got home to
see my family on weekends.
The nuclear plant was a massive
project, involving over 4000 men. I
was on the crew building the huge,
250-foot cooling towers, like the ones
at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania.
My particular job was to erect the
work platforms and the wooden forms
— plywood sheets nailed to heavy
frames — into which the concrete for
the thick tower walls was poured.
All my working life I was used to
heights, but climbing the steel to the
tops of those towers, as high as a 20-
story building, made me nervous. In
fact, the whole job made me nervous.
On such a vast project there often are
lots of injuries. Every day we heard
stories of men losing fingers and toes
and even arms and legs.
One day in February, about three
months into the job, I sat eating break-
fast in the motel luncheonette with my
buddy John. "Hey Bob," he said, "you
know the motel manager's wife, Mrs.
Schmidt? Well, I was passing the office
late last night and I heard her crying. I
guess business is pretty bad. . ."
"Yeah, well, we all have problems,"
I replied. "Hey, we gotta get going."
John was silent as we drove to the
work site. It was a clear, sunny day but
bitterly cold. I was glad I'd be working
inside the tower, fairly close to the bot-
tom, out of the wind, stripping the
forms off the hardened walls.
HIGH AND COLD
Before I had been at the site ten
minutes, the cold was numbing my fin-
gers. High above, sunlight streamed
through the circular mouth of the
tower. Around me, in the freezing
semi-twilight at the bottom, there was
bedlam as workers swarmed over the
scaffolding. From the unfinished floors,
a bristling bed of upright steel con-
struction rods protruded.
1 grabbed a hammer and a stripping
crowbar and paused, looking up at the
platform'where I'd be working, 35 feet
above the floor.
"Hey Jake!" I called to the foreman,
my breath steaming the frigid air. "You
only got one plank on that platform!"
"It's all right. Bob" he said, trotting
over. "If we put up another plank, you
won't have room to pull the forms
away from the wall. Just be careful."
"Okay," I replied, but I was doubt-
ful; an eight-inch-wide board isn't
much to stand on.
I climbed up and began prying the
forms loose. It was slow and hard,
working so close to the wall on that
shaky plank, and the plywood forms
were heavy and awkward to handle.
By ten o'clock I had managed to get
one off. I paused to warm my numbed
hands. Down below, I could see my
co-workers picking their way through
the forest of upright steel rods. Nasty
things. They were for reinforcing the
floor; each one was five-eighths of an
inch thick, and they varied in height
from one to three feet. Their tips were
flat. All the same, I had seen a fellow
THE CARPENTER
worker impaled on such rods about
two years before. All it took was one
careless move. . . .
I began prying the second form
loose. It wouldn't budge; it .was stuck
to the concrete. I pulled harder. Sud-
denly the crowbar slipped, throwing
me off balance. I plunged forward to-
ward the foot-wide opening where the
other plank ordinarily would have
been. I knew I was falling. Fear tore
through me. I cried out, "God, help
me!"
Then, incredibly, it happened. The
wooden form and the gray wall of the
tower vanished in a blaze of brilliant
white light. In the middle of that beau-
tiful, clear light, yet not part of it,
stood a Man. He was dressed in a white
robe made of some kind of silky cloth.
There was a rope around His waist and
sandals on His feet. His head was cov-
ered by a hood that appeared to be
part of the robe. Framing the Man's
face, and just visible under the hood,
was dark brown, shoulder-length hair.
He had a beard with a small part in
the middle. His dark brown eyes were
commanding but kindly.
Then He spoke. The voice was not
in my head, but a real, external voice,
beautiful and deep, and it seemed to
echo. There is a verse in the Bible that
reminds me of it: ". . . and His voice
was like the sound of many waters."
(Revelation 1:15, RSV)
As long as I live, I will never forget
His words: "Son, I am going to save
you. Just trust in Me. Don't fight Me."
Then He vanished. And I was fall-
ing, plunging face down toward those
upright steel rods, each one a dagger.
Strangely, all fear had left me. As
my body hurtled down toward death,
I thought: Should I try to save myself
somehow? Is there anything I can grab
. . .? There was nothing.
DON'T FIGHT ME
Don't fight Me, the Man's voice
echoed through my mind. I abandoned
myself to whatever might happen.
Suddenly, I felt some kind of Power
turn my body. Now I was no longer
falling face down but sideways, rigidly,
like a ruler on edge.
I slammed down between the steel
rods. My back grazed the concrete
floor, then I was jerked up as if on a
giant string, bouncing crazily. Then
everything was still.
Everybody came running. "Oh, my
God! My God!" Jake kept saying.
"He landed on the rods — they're
clean through him!" someone cried.
"I can't look! I'm gonna be sick!"
somebody else said.
"No ... no ... I'm air right," I
Continued on Page 8
What Are Your Experiences?
No one likes to relive accidents — one's own or another's. Unfortu-
nately, accidents do happen, . . . but a more upsetting thought is the
realization that many accidents could be avoided.
This month, we are reprinting one member's story: Although Robert
Bowden's experience turned out to be a positive one, many accidents
have heartbreaking conclusions. Robert Bowden will surely think twice
before once again working on an airborne platform that's only half the
normal width — ^narrower than the length of a person's foot.
We surmise that many of you have experienced accidents, as a
spectator or directly, and, as a result, many have some valuable informa-
tion to share with other members regarding special situations to watch
out for or points to be remembered.
Following is a simple questionnaire designed as an outline for stimu-
lating some thoughts on the subject of safety measures. You may put
your thoughts and suggestions on separate sheets of paper, if you want to
describe your experiences at length. Please feel free to detail any sugges-
tions, with anecdotes if applicable, that you feel could benefit other mem-
bers, and send the completed questionnaire and any related material to:
Preventive Safety, CARPENTER magazine, 101 Constitution Ave.,
Washington, D.C. 20001. (We hope to compile your responses in a later
issue of the CARPENTER.)
Can you remember any particularly outstanding incident that you've
witnessed, or been a part of, during your worldng career where an
accident could have been avoided had some specific precautions been
attended to? Or, a dangerous task where the risk was avoided because
of specific precautions?
Any unnecessarily dangerous situations that members are asked to
work in on a repeated basis, without remedying the problem? What's the
solution?
Do you have any specific tips or suggestions that you run your
worldng day by — be it carpenter, millwright, industrial worker, etc. —
"Rules" that you benefit from almost daily, yet others may not have that
same knowledge? (Please, even if something seems not worth men-
tioning to you, stop and think if that's so only because it's become such
an automatic part of your work day — like not removing your hard hat
until you're completely free of the construction area — and could actually
benefit other members who may not yet have been exposed to the same
situations or series of events.)
The Incredible Rescue
Continued from Page 7
gasped. "Cut . . . my belt . . ."
A couple of guys rushed in to cut
my belt. Suddenly I could breathe
again.
"Good God!" Jake said. "I've never
seen anything like this. How come
those rods didn't go through him?"
My plummeting body had passed
between the rods. The belt loop on my
pants had snagged the tip of the tallest
rod, about three feet above the floor.
Miraculously, the loop held, breaking
the force of my fall. Except for grazing
my lower back on the concrete, I was
suspended above the other rods.
Gently my co-workers lifted me off
the rods and laid me on the floor. TTiey
gasped in shocked surprise when, a
few seconds later, I stood up.
"I don't believe it!" one of the guys
said. "He should be dead, but he's
standing here!"
"Bob, the Lord was with you to-
day." Jake said, "or this never could
have happened!"
"TTiat's right, Jake," I said fervently,
"the One Who saved me was Jesus
Christ. He gets the credit!" I was about
to tell them what I had seen, but
something stopped me. I figured they'd
never believe me, in spite of the mira-
cle they had just witnessed.
At the hospital. X-rays revealed no
broken bones. My only injury was a
large bruise on my lower back, where
it had hit the floor. The doctor pre-
scribed muscle relaxants and sent me
home.
Back at the motel, Mrs. Schmidt was
already running a hot tub for me. She
had heard the news. "You sure you're
all right, Mr. Bowden?" she asked,
concern etched on her careworn face.
"Just a little woozy from the pills,"
I replied, sinking down into a chair.
"Well, don't you try going out for
supper," she said. "I'll bring you a nice
home-cooked meal. You called home
yet?"
I told her I hadn't but would, and I
thanked her for her concern. Then I
remembered John telling me that he
had heard her crying, and I felt a pang
of remorse at my indifference . . .
The next morning John was sur-
prised to see me at breakfast.
"You're not going in today, old
buddy, are you?" he asked.
"Sure," I replied, munching a piece
of toast. "I'm okay."
"God was really with you yesterday.
Bob," he said, studying me.
I looked back at him, and decided to
tell him the truth. "John, just as I fell
off that scaffold I saw Jesus Christ."
He slowly lowered his cup and
looked away. "That's impossible."
"No," I replied firmly, "it's not im-
possible. I saw Him, and He saved my
life." Then I told him about the vision.
"Bob," he said, after I had finished,
"It's not that I doubt your word . . .
but I still think it's impossible. Still,
you're here today, alive and healthy . . .
so maybe it's not so impossible."
All that day I found myself wonder-
ing why the Lord had shown Himself
to me, and had saved me. Why had I
been singled out for a miracle? Did
the Lord want me to do some great
work in the world? How could I? I
was just an ordinary workingman . . .
You can he kind, a voice seemed to
say in my heart — and so that night I
sought out Mrs. Schmidt to thank her
for taking such good care of me the
night before, and to chat with her for
a while.
All of this happened nine years ago.
I'm still a carpenter, and I still write
songs and play and sing. If God has a
big job for me, it's still in the future,
but I'm open to it. Meanwhile, I just
try to be helpful and kind to troubled
people wherever I meet them. That's
something I can do right now — it's
something we all can do.
Sometimes, when I think people will
accept it, I tell them about the day
when I saw Jesus and He saved my life.
And their eyes light up with hope.
They know that even if they can't see
Him, if He reached down and helped
Bob Bowden out of a tight spot, then
He'll surely help them, too. And I'm
reminded of the words of Jesus Him-
self: ". . . because thou hast seen Me,
thou hast believed: blessed are they
that have not seen, and yet have be-
lieved." (John 20:29)
'Hi, I'm Gail'
We. Jua-t-v^
Gail sits in her window perch, holding
a hard hat given to her by tlie crew.
Brotherhood members on a worksite
in Seattle, Wash., had no idea that this
job would be any different from any
other. That was before they saw a sign
taped in a hospital window above the site,
"Hi, I'm Gail." The writer of the sign
was six-year-old Gail Voho of Cebanse,
III. — a patient at the Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center.
The crew, Ray Atkinson, Local 131,
Seattle, Wash.; Dwain Rawley, Ix)cal
1289, Seattle, Wash.; Dave Marberg,
Local 1289; Steve Austin, Local 131; and
Dave Skidmore, Local 131; countered
with some signs of their own. "Each day,
we'd have something fresh [to say], and
she would have signs in the window,"
Dave Skidmore recalled.
In the beginning, the crew did not
realize the severity of Gail's condition;
and, as it became apparent, were reluctant
to believe she was dying. "There was a
lot of anger over what this child had to
go through," Dwain Rawley relates. "We
just didn't want our baby suffering."
After a bone-marrow transplant in
March of this year. Gail could no longer
go to the window — so the workers went
to her. At times, the whole crew would
fill up the hospital room to visit the
amazingly good-spirited little girl. "She
was an inspiration," Rawley continues,
"she was happy with what she had. And
she made the best of the situation until
the end." As a last effort, the crew took
up a collection for Gail's parents, John
and Mary Yoho. In Mary's words, "They
helped us in a real hard time."
And it was Mary that took on the
task of posting the final message. It ap-
peared on a Monday in the customary
spot: "Thank you for caring. Gail says
goodbye."
UBC members gather outside the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Center, where Gail
lost her final battle against cancer. From
left, Ray Atkinson, Dwain Rawley, Dave
Marberg, Steve Austin and Dave Skid-
more. Photographs by The Seattle Times.
8
THE CARPENTER
REBUIlDinC OUR ECOnORIV:
iBt's Start Building Houses
On March 17, 1982, I joined with
Senator Lugar and others in introduc-
ing legislation (S. 2226) designed to
revitalize the housing industry. My
goal was, and is, to put hundreds of
thousands of unemployed Americans
in the building trades industry back
to work.
Put very simply, S. 2226 would cre-
ate thousands of jobs in a short period
of time, and put back to work many
who are tired of feeling the brunt of
a weakening economy.
As I have traveled throughout my
own state of Oregon, I have met with
many in the building trades industry
who are unemployed, many who are
telling me that unless something occurs
to spur the home building industry,
that they may be forced to pack up
their families and move somewhere
else in the country.
The legislation introduced by Sen-
ator Lugar, myself, and others would
do more than put people back to
work — it also would assist young
married couples and others to pur-
chase a home. We all know that with
interest rates soaring around 17%,
that most Americans can't afford to
purchase a home without some kind
of financial assistance. S. 2226 would
help them.
These are the specifics of the legis-
lation we have introduced:
First, the legislation would make
available about $5.1 billion over the
next five years to reduce mortgage
rates on new homes, up to 4%.
Second, only low and middle-income
families with gross incomes of $30,000
By U.S. Senator Bob Packwood
Republican, Oregon
or less a year would be eligible for
this reduced mortgage rate.
Third, subsidized mortgages would
be available in every state.
Fourth, the funds for the reduced
mortgage rate would be allocated to
the states based on three state factors:
1 . State population
2. Unemployment
3. Rate of decline or lag in new
housing starts
Fifth, individuals who qualify for
this special program would have to
repay the federal government the full
amount of subsidy that they received
upon the resale of their home. How-
ever, provisions have been written into
the bill to protect consumers to make
sure that all of the homebuyer's
equity is not taken away by the gov-
ernment.
There is no question that emergency
actions are necessary to put Americans
back to work, and spur our nation's
economic recovery. In addition, I
think that we all agree that we must
set in place today the necessary instru-
ments to help ensure we can meet our
housing needs ten years down the
road, and beyond.
In Oregon, half the lumber mills
are either closed or barely operating.
Our problem is compounded by the
fact that unemployment in the forest
products industry has reached almost
50%. Many in Oregon are being
forced to sell their homes and move
somewhere else in the country.
The time to act is now. With
summer approaching. Congress has a
responsibility to do what it can to
create jobs. This is one Senator who
is committed to curbing rising unem-
ployment and putting Oregonians
back to work.
BOB PACKWOOD (R-Oregon) has been a
member of the Senate for over 12 years,
serving on numerous subcommittees in-
cluding a chairmanship on the Subcom-
mittee for Taxation and Debt Manage-
ment and the Subcommittee for National
Ocean Policy Study. A practicing at-
torney before his election to the Senate,
while in office, Senator Packwood has
supported a bill deleting the exemption
of military construction projects from the
Davis-Bacon Act, and he fought for labor
law reform and situs picketing in pre-
vious sessions of Congress.
JUNE, 1982
From one of 26 UBC State Histories:
Ohio Carpenters on the Defensive
1900-1910
BY EILEEN MURRAY AND HANS HOFMANN
Building Ohio, 1881-1981, is the title of
an 80-page illustrated booklet sponsored
by the Labor Education and Research
Service of Ohio State University and the
Ohio State Council of Carpenters. Pre-
pared in commemoration of the United
Brotherhood's centennial, the boolclet
describes in 14 chapters, or essays, the
establishment and growth of the UBC in
this vital Midwest state.
The following article is an abridged
version of one of the essays, telling of
the struggles of UBC members at the
turn of the century.
Working under the direction of Milan
Marsh, executive secretary-treasurer of
the state council, local unions and
councils made available to Ohio State
students many records, journals, and
other data. The project was coordinated
by C. J. Slanicka, director of the Labor
Education and Research Service, work-
ing with Warren VanTine, Marie Bell
Sickmeier, and Gail Arch Vorys.
Ohio Carpenters struggled to preserve the 8-hour day in 1900.
I he 1900s were period of union
organization and development for
Ohio carpenters. New locals were
sprouting up throughout the state,
while established ones steadily in-
creased membership. It seemed as if
the early 1900s would be a time for
union prosperity. The use of the union
label, which distinguished union-made
work, and the beginning of no-strike
contracts were major tools which re-
sulted in tremendous increase in
union membership. By 1905, Ohio
unions had joined other states in using
the carpenter's label on their work.
Shops using the labels could only
employ union workers.
GUILT TACTICS
Throughout the decade, efforts were
made to recruit non-union carpenters
in the struggle against the contractors.
In March 1900, journeymen car-
penters of Cleveland tried to gain
support from non-imion carpenters in
a movement to increase wages. They
challenged all the carpenters in the
vicinity to demand and get $2.80 per
8-hour day. Guilt tactics were also
employed when trying to persuade
non-union carpenters to join the local
union. In 1902 in Canton, for ex-
ample, union organizers pleaded with
non-union carpenters to help pave the
way for their children. Apparently this
worked, for 24 men filled out union
applications that night.
Since small local unions were rela-
tively weak in making demands upon
large, powerful contractors of the area,
locals began to unite their efforts in
order to make a stronger appeal. As
early as 1901, Toledo Locals 25, 168
and 557 held a joint session and
adopted resolutions for the 8-hour day
at 20'!^ per hour. This increase in
strength no doubt brought about
greater influence over contractors in
the Toledo area. . . .
A major step in the development of
the Carpenter's Union was a movement
in early 1901 to enforce the card sys-
tem. Employers were slow to accept
this challenge, and even after they
did, it was common for some to go
back on their agreements. A remedy
often used to keep employers in line
was the boycotting of certain con-
tractors until they went back to the
established agreements.
Business agents were often em-
ployed by local unions to stimulate
more awareness of the union, and
thereby increase membership. Youngs-
town carpenters, as early as 1902,
were employing agents to recruit non-
union carpenters.
This strategy paid off, for, at the
time, there were over 500 union car-
penters in the Youngstown area.
SOME BACKED OUT
Ohio carpenters' successful organi-
zational drives met with harsh opposi-
tion. Many contractors tried backing
out of their union agreements; others
simply refused to hire union men.
Contractors, who felt that their posi-
tion as employers was being threat-
ened, occasionally resorted to unethical
means to decrease the strength of the
union carpenter. They would adver-
tise in out-of-town newspapers for
carpenters in order to flood the local
market with idle men, thereby forcing
down wages. Employer associations
were formed seemingly for the pur-
pose of ignoring union demands, and
to break up labor organization. In
the summer of 1906, a Cleveland
employers' association offered men
$5.00 per day and steady work if they
would disown the union. Although the
number of hours per day was not
specified, it is not surprising that some
10
THE CARPENTER
men deserted the union since at the
time the scale was $3.00 to $3.50 per
8-hour day. Similarly, the Meader
Furniture Company of Cincinnati re-
sisted the organization of their factory
yet boasted they could get union
members for the right price . . .
in some cases the temptation tended
to be too great. One local's members
in Youngstown, for example, were
persuaded by the Wayne Brewing
Company of Pennsylvania to erect a
storage building as non-union car-
penters. . . .
One incident concerning the strug-
gle over non-union labor is particularly
interesting. The American League
Baseball Grandstand at Cleveland was
erected by non-union labor despite
the assurance of Mr. Kilfoyle, presi-
dent of the Cleveland Baseball Club,
that the entire job would be "straight,"
meaning that the contract would have
a "union labor only" clause. This as-
surance was made to a Building Trades
Council Committee (BTCC). How-
ever, on the day of the closing game
a contract, with the union clause
scratched out, was handed to the
Hunkin Brothers Construction Corh-
pany, a notoriously unfair firm. Th?
following day the Cleveland news-
papers announced that the grand-
stand was to be built under "open
shop conditions." Thereupon, the
BTCC waited on Mr. Kilfoyle for an
explanation. He claimed to have re-
ceived piles of letters from influential
business and professional men and the
Manufacturing Association, demand-
ing that the grandstand be built with
non-union labor since they were the
ones paying the high admission fees
and that the union men, as a rule,
only occupied the bleachers. The
BTCC then went to Mr. Johnson, the
president of the American Baseball
League, who agreed to take up the
grievance but later informed them that
he could do nothing about the matter.
The BTCC then decided to inform
union labor in the cities where games
were to be played about the matter
and asked them not to attend the
games of this "Cheap Baseball Team,"
as a lesson to other cities planning to
build such a structure.
The boycotting of contractors and
materials proved to be an effective
measure taken by union men when
employers violated agreements. "Un-
fair Lists" were also published in the
Carpenter Journal, but it seems as
though discrimination against union
members, unfavorable public opinion
toward the union, and the willingness
of non-union carpenters to work for
yery low wages, all helped the con-
tractors gain the upper hand.
Some of the fighting took place in
the courts. The Kahn Construction
Company of Detroit got an injunction
from a Judge Rogers against a local
in Youngstown. Later, in circuit court,
the injunction was dismissed and an
$800,000 contract to build a new
courthouse was given to "fair labor."
It is remarkable that in Ohio the
courts seemed to favor labor in this
decade of largely anti-labor union
court decisions. In 1910, Judge
Morton of Toledo, handed down a
decision in favor of the boycott. Ac-
cording to Judge Morton, "The right
of the defendants to publish and make
known to the public their grievances,
real or imaginary, in the manner the
evidence shows they acted, is guar-
anteed by the Constitution of the
State."
At the turn of the century, car-
penters throughout Ohio made de-
mands upon the contractors for which
they worked. Smaller towns struggled
to work only a 9-hour day with pay
in the vicinity of 25('' per hour. Small
local unions in these towns apparently
lacked the strength needed to demand
the same wages as those being re-
ceived by carpenters in larger cities.
In 1900, Akron Local 84 asked 25^
per hour as the minimum wage for
their workers as well as the 9-hour
day. At the same time, the carpenters
of Cleveland decided to make a stand
for 35«> per hour and to maintain the
8-hour day already achieved. . . .
By mid-1905, carpenters in Cleve-
land were asking for 45';'' per hour and
one half day on Saturday. Contractors,
however, set wages at 40<r which led
to a walkout of employees. Again, the
Cleveland carpenters held firm until
their demands were recognized and
the open shop policy was abandoned.
By the close of the first decade of
the 20th century, all areas of Ohio
showed an increase in wages as well
as a decline in the number of hours
worked. Carpenters in small towns
throughout the state were working
towards or had already attained the
8-hour day. The wages being de-
manded were about 351^ per hour, a
wage already secured by the cities at
the beginning of the decade. Cleveland,
Columbus, and Cincinnati were con-
sidered 8-hour cities by 1900. Car-
penters' main efforts in this decade
were concerned with increasing wages.
In mid 1910, Cincinnati carpenters
were asking around 52i^ per hour in
order to keep up with the rising
prices, although half of their men
were unemployed.
The Chicago American Contractor
reported that out of 47 leading cities,
only 14 showed gains in building from
1907-1908. The rest showed losses
from 6 to 84%. In Ohio, Cincinnati
showed a loss of 35%, Columbus a
loss of 32%, and the greatest loss in
Ohio was Toledo which took a 65%
drop.
WORK DISPUTES
Although most of the locals spent
the slow times planning for the future,
some engaged in jurisdictional dis-
putes, and some even attempted to
become contractors themselves. In
January 1908, there was a jurisdic-
tional dispute between the members
of the United Brotherhood and mem-
bers of the Structural Iron Workers as
to the placing of wooden seats in a
public building in Cleveland. The
United Brotherhood Executive Board
decided that the work belonged to the
carpenters and instructed the members
to retain control of it. At the same
time, another Cleveland local com-
municated to the Board an interest in
forming a stock company to start a
union construction company. The
Board refused to sanction this en-
deavor. This was because the purpose
of the union was to better the work-
ing conditions of the carpenters and
not to transform some carpenters into
employers.
The Ohio carpenters from 1900-
1910 were a group of men with many
challenges ahead of them. They were
only beginning to strive for what they
deserved on the economic scale for
that day. Through organization and
development they achieved a number
?)f successes. It was these men who
overcame great barriers to make the
Carpenters a leading union organiza-
tion today.
Thu CiM Muil ht Shpwn When Rfqutitfrf
A UBC membership card
certifying that John Soldat
was a member in good stand-
ing of Local 1365, Cleve-
land, O., in the year 1907.
The card was punched along
the bottom as each month's
dues were paid.
Building'Trades>Section
This certifies that
i-^ .1 member iri'good iianding of . '//, , . . ''
..■±..y^'.-^ 'S Fin S.c-y
IF CARD IS PUNCHED TO DATE.
C*I. r^v. ^^-c. 1Q07
W».n ,., rt.,.i,„ „..!,..» I.,,l„ UNION C,M<0.,.d,i„ UUION LABCL
JUNE, 1982
11
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Report
HOUSING STARTS STILL LOW
Earlier this year, the Canada Mortgage and
Housing Corporation issued its quarterly forecast,
indicating that, due to high interest rates and
consistently high mortgage rates, housing starts
would fall by 9% over 1982, from 177,973 units
in 1981 to a predicted 162,000 units.
Housing start predictions by different groups of
experts have ranged from a low of 140,000 to a
high of 185,400 units, but these figures are gen-
erally below the industry's performance in past
years. Housing Minister Paul Cosgrove hopes that
actual housing starts will be higher than even his
own officials are predicting. "With interest rates
maintaining some stability, I expect there will be
more activity in the housing sector than most of
the forecasts are talking about."
National Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent
suggested one way of stimulating the depressed
housing industry. After conducting a cross-country
economic development tour to determine the
public's views regarding the Canadian economy,
he called for an excess profits tax on the banks,
saying that this money could be channelled in the
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to help
solve the housing crisis.
OFFSHORE OIL RIG SAFETY
The recent Ocean Ranger oil rig disaster off the
coast of Newfoundland that cost 84 lives was
partially due to bureaucratic wrangling between the
Federal government and the Newfoundland pro-
vincial government over the oil rig's jurisdictional
affiliation, according to Ed Finn, columnist for the
Toronto Star. Intra-government disagreement may
have been the reason behind the Ocean Ranger's
ineffective safety regulations, insufficient safety
drills, and general neglect of precautionary
practices, Finn contends.
At one time, federal jurisdiction set the pace in
safety legislation, but, because it divides its health
and safety programs among many departments and
agencies, as opposed to a single department as in
the provincial systems, its safety laws are now
considered the weakest in the country.
EMPHASIS ON SAFETY
As Director of the Ontario Ministry of Labour's
construction health and safety branch, Walter
Melinyshyn is responsible for administering a
governmental program aimed at reducing and
eliminating workplace health and safety hazards.
One of his major goals is to bring about a "marked
drop" in lost-time injuries and fatalities.
According to Melinyshyn, there has been a down-
ward trend in lost-time injuries and fatalities since
1973, when the Ontario government assumed
responsibility for the enforcement of construction
health and safety legislation. Yet, the fatality rate is
now leveling off rather than declining. Falls and
accidents resulting from moving equipment have
accounted for an increasing number of jobsite
fatalities. A large number of young people are also
killed in construction-related accidents.
Melinyshyn's strategy for controlling the problem
includes involving both labour and management
in task forces on falls and moving equipment
accidents, safety committees and organizations,
construction associations, and the branch's safety
inspections. With the authority to lay charges and
prosecute offenders of safe worksite conditions,
safety inspectors have a high 81 % average
prosecuting success rate. In 1980, the inspectors
issued 29,500 orders to correct improper jobsite
situations. Out of 268 prosecution cases between
April and December, 1981, 216 resulted in
convictions.
Melinyshyn also has emphasized the need to
train and educate young workers entering the
labour force on the dangers present on the jobsite.
CONSTRUCTION JOBLESS
Almost one-quarter, or 23.8%, of Canada's con-
struction labor force was unemployed during the
month of March, according to Statistics Canada.
During that same month, the seasonally-adjusted,
overall unemployment rate rose to a record 9.0%,
leaving for the third consecutive month over one
million people without work. Of these, 165,000 were
construction workers.
Statistics Canada said that the unemployment
rate increased in all provinces except Newfound-
land, where the rate declined by 0.5% to 14.2%.
In Prince Edward Island, the unemployment rate
rose by 1.5% to 12.6%; in Quebec, by 0.8% to
12.2%; in Nova Scotia, by 0.7% to 12.5%; in
New Brunswick, by 0.5% to 13.5%; and in Ontario,
by 0.1% to 7.7%.
HARD-HAT PREVIEW PLANNED
On September 12, 1982, workers involved in the
construction of the $39 million Roy Thomson Hall,
formerly the New Massey Hall, will attend a "hard
hat" preview one day before the hall's gala opening.
Featured will be the Toronto Symphony and the
Mendelssohn Choir, the two primary users of the
hall. The hall seats 2,800 people and is located on
a 2.5 acre site in downtown Toronto.
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THE CARPENTER
Lomi union nEui!
Californians Plan
Family Jamboree
Brotherhood members in Santa Clara,
San Benito, Santa Cruz, and San Mateo,
Calif. Counties who take pride in their
work, enjoy country western music, and
like good, old-fashioned competition, will
find a potpourri of exciting activities on
June 5, 1982, at a family jamboree spon-
sored by the Building Trades Councils of
the four county areas. The event will take
place from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on
the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.
The purpose of the jamboree is to
bring together workers in the construc-
tion industry. Local unions will set up
individual booths to display the unique-
ness, skill, and history of their different
crafts. Members will participate in craft
skill competitions, and apprentices, too,
will vie for prizes and awards by entering
apprenticeship contests.
Other activities will include entertain-
ment by country western singer Merle
Haggard, athletic competitions, including
an arm wrestling contest sponsored by
The World Free Style Arm Wrestlers
Association and a tug-of-war, an exhibit
of photographs.
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California members prepared and
distributed a broad array of promotional
items — leaflets, bumper stickers, flyers
about the jamboree and the concert.
VOC Certificates
The Volunteer Organizing Committee
(VOC) of Local 2465, Willmar, Minn.,
was recently presented certificates in
recognition of its work in enlisting new
members. Local 2465 Vice President
James Ernst, right, made the presentations
to Randy Bjerkisness, Steve Ahmann,
and Claude Dobbelaere. Committee
Member Lynn Hagen was not present.
California State
Auxiliary Officers
The California State Council's Ladies'
Auxiliary recently elected the following
officers and district board members to
serve a two-year term, from 1982 to
1984: President Lois Wilhite, Vice Presi-
dent Rose Waters, Secretary Hope Cain,
Treasurer Beverly Dilling, District One
Board Member Edna Agasse, District
Two Board Member Virginia Reinhardt,
and District Three Board Member Linda
Glendenning. The council has prepared
two special information sheets for aux-
iliaries — one on organizing a new aux-
iliary, and another on why a local union
should sponsor a ladies' auxiliary.
Steward Training in Champaign
On April 10, 1982, the East Central Illinois District Council
presented the new steward training program, "Building
Union," to 26 members of Local 44, Champaign, III. Partici-
pants of the program are pictured in the above photograph.
First row, from left: Jim Dorsey, Doc Ribbe, Jim Canull,
Rich Molina, David Johnson, Dan Bruce, Roy Lewis, and
T. G. Rhoads. Second row, from left: Chuck Bruns, Robert
Lewis, Allen Mansfield, Julius Hufmeyer, Chris Henderson,
Richard Baxley, Robert L. Roberts, Michael Smith, Vernon
L. May, John Ferree, Rob Elmer, and Jerry Weeks. Third row,
from left: Business Representative Bert Hacker, Moke Dum-
mitt, Gary Swinford, Barclay A. Burke, Assistant Business
Representative James Dunn, and Darrell Holzhauser.
OSHA Safety and Health Seminar Held in St. Louis, Missouri
Joe Durst, director of the Brotherhood's OSHA-supported
safety and health project, conducted a special one-day seminar
at the St. Louis, Mo., Carpenters Hall on April 13. The
seminar, for both construction and industrial stewards, was
arranged by Ollie Langhorst, executive secretary-treasurer of
the local council. At left above are shown some of the
participants in the seminar. At upper right. Durst, left, talks
with a participant and Donald Brussel, business representative.
JUNE, 1982
13
Two Groups of Stewards Train in Cumberland, Md.
Twenty members of Local 1024, Cumberland, Md., attended
one Construction Stewards Training Program last March. The
program was presented at the Carpenters Union Hall in
Cumberland, Md. Attendants are shown in the above picture,
front row, from left: Trainer Dale Crabtree, Orlow Wright.
Stan Taylor, John Roach, Leo Berg, and Lowell Berg. Second
row, from left: Gene McGill, Sheridan Logue, William Fertig,
Jack Adams, Luther Moon, and Vivan Watls. Back row, from
left: William DuVall, Curl Dieterle, Ray Fike, Martin N ester,
Sr., Dale Cardwell, Tanny Whitt, Ralph Sites and Ralph
Mowery. The special training, called "Building Union," was
recently developed by the General Office staff, to supplement
a similar industrial union training program.
On March 9 and 16, 1982, members of Local 1024, Cum-
berland, Md., attended a construction stewards training
program, "Building Union," given at the Apprentice Center
for Training in LaVale, Md. Business Representative Dale
Crabtree acted as instructor for the following members,
pictured above. Front row, from left: Steven Clark, Chris
Twigg, Ken Fike, Robert Shaffer, Joseph Reuschel, Robert
Rodeheaver, and Dale Evans. Second row, from left: Leonard
Berg, Ron Tasker, Jeff Mauzy, Don Edwards, Ken McCusker,
Richard Taylor, Dale E. Crabtree, and Wayne Logsdon. Third
row, from left: Floyd Householder, Ronald Paugh, Gerald
Flanagan, Glenn Brooks, Robert Slider, George Brown, and
Harold Bowers.
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dated its membership with that of Local
2961, St. Helens, Ore., and, according to
Jay Perrizo, executive secretary of the
Portland Coast-Columbia District Coun-
cil, all details of the merger have been
determined.
Financial and membership records of
the locals will be maintained at the district
council office in Portland, and all other
records will be kept by the recording
secretary of Local 2961. Finally, meet-
ings of the combined membership will be
held once a month.
Carved for Local 32
Local 32, of Springfield, Mass.,
recently purchased a new headquarters
building, and 24-year member Ernest A.
Rzeznik, Sr., was quick to establish the
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proudly displaying the wooden sign he
deftly carved for the front of his local's
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THE CARPENTER
More World's Fairs Promise
Construction Work in Future
BY BORIS WEINTRAUB
National Geographic News Service
While Americans decide this sum-
mer whether to attend the Knoxville
World's Fair, George W. Burke will
be thinking about another world's
fair: the one he hopes will take place
in Chicago in 1992.
Burke is secretary of Chicago
World's Fair-1922 Corp., the non-
profit group trying to bring a "uni-
versal exposition" to Chicago to mark
the 500th anniversary of Columbus'
arrival in the New World.
Already Burke and his associates
have received federal support and have
spent more than half a million dollars
on a presentation to the Paris-based
Bureau of International Expositions
(BIE), the organization that sanctions
world's fairs.
The presentation made last Decem-
ber included a 750-page document in
English and French outlining the Chi-
cagoans' plans and an 18-minute
multimedia show, also bilingual, sum-
marizing the document.
"That just blew them out of the
water," Burke reports.
FIRST ONE IN LONDON
The world has been convening at
fairs since the first one in London in
1851. They have served as the back-
drop for unveiling of inventions and
blossoming of new ideas. The highlight
of the 1876 fair in Philadelphia was
the display of the first telephone, and
the 1904 world's fair in St. Louis gave
birth to the ice cream cone.
Preparing for a world's fair is no
simple matter. Folks in Knoxville have
been getting their fair ready since
1974, when the idea first struck a city
official at a meeting addressed by the
general manager of the 1974 Spokane
fair.
Meanwhile, New Orleans is arrang-
ing a 1984 world's fair, and other
fairs are scheduled for Vancouver in
British Columbia and for a Tokyo
suburb later in the decade.
And the biggest obstacle to the
Chicago plans is the desire of Paris to
hold a world's fair in 1989, the 200th
anniversary of the French Revolution.
The rules governing world's fairs bar
universal expositions so close together.
But officials say there is "a spirit of
compromise" a foot that might bend
the rules enough.
Those rules are contained in a 1972
protocol agreed to by the 38 nations
that have signed the 1928 treaty setting
up the BIE. The United States signed
only in 1968.
"There was a world's fair in New
York in 1964 and 1965, and many
of the nations of the world did not
come, partly because it was not sanc-
tioned by the BIE," says George L. B.
Pratt, director of international exposi-
tions at the Commerce Department.
"That led to a push to have us sign
the treaty."
The protocol provides for two cate-
gories of world's fairs, universal and
special. The first is designed to "il-
lustrate progress in all branches of
human endeavor;" the second is de-
voted to a single theme.
The proposed Chicago and Paris
fairs would be universal, the first since
the 1970 Osaka, Japan, fair; Chicago's
1992 title is "Age of Discovery."
Knoxville's is a special fair, "Energy
Turns the World," as is New Orleans'
"The World of Rivers."
Apart from thematic differences,
there are two sets of financial rules.
In a universal fair, BIE member na-
tions erect pavilions at their own ex-
pense. In special fairs, member nations
have to be lured, and, if they attend,
the fair organizer will build the pa-
vilion and can charge rent.
Size is a factor, too. A universal
show requires 300 to 400 acres of
land, must attract more than 50 mil-
lion visitors, and will cost at least $600
million to mount, according to Petr
(cq) L. Spurney, general manager of
the New Orleans fair.
His fair, by contrast, will require 80
acres and will cost a mere $160 million
to attract an estimated 12 to 15 million
visitors.
In all nations except the United
States, fairs are organized by the na-
tional government. Here the job is up
to local non-profit groups which must
win federal money.
When the organizers have their
plans together, they go to Pratt and
his Commerce Department associates
for federal approval and then on to
the BIE.
The BIE sends an inspection team
to the prospective host city, and if the
team's report is favorable, a date is
set. After a 120-day period for chal-
lenges from other nations, the date
becomes permanent. BIE rules set the
schedule: A fair, for example, can run
no longer than six months and uni-
versal fairs must be spaced at least
10 years apart, with occasional excep-
tions.
Once a U.S. fair is registered, the
government invites other nations and
requests federal funds for building,
staffing, and running a pavilion. Nearly
$21 million was appropriated for
Knoxville, whose fair opened May 1,
1982.
SOME NO-SHOWS
Even after registration, fairs are not
home free. The BIE approved a 1976
fair in Philadelphia and a 1981 fair
in Los Angeles, but neither came off.
And sometimes opposition develops
within a host city. There was an out-
cry in Knoxville when some landlords
evicted tenants to rent out housing to
fairgoers at higher rates.
Burke is confident this won't happen
in Chicago.
"We ran all kinds of surveys to
determine public attitudes, and an ad-
vertising man who saw the results told
me that if this was a soap, he'd bring
it to market tomorrow," Burke says.
When a fair's run is over, the host
city is left with "residuals" — benefits
that remain. An earlier Paris fair left
the Eiffel Tower, Seattle's 1962 fair
left the Space Needle, Knoxville will
have redevelopment of a blighted
downtown area.
"Those are just the tangible things,
though," says S. H. (Bo) Roberts Jr.,
president and chief executive officer
of the Knoxville fair. "More impor-
tant to me are some of the intangibles:
the feeling of accomplishment, of
pride, the way a fair raises the level
of expectation aesthetically and cul-
turally.
"Besides, I think it's going to be a
lot of fun."
JUNE, 1982
15
GOSSIP
SEND YOUR FAVORITES TO
PLANE GOSSIP. 101 CONSTITUTION
AVE. NW, WASH., D.C. 20001
SORRY, BUT NO PAYMENT MADE
AND POETRY NOT ACCEPTED
SHORT ORDER FILLED
A young salesman entered a
restaurant, sat down, glanced at
the menu and then at the waitress.
"Nice day, little one," he began.
"Yes, it is," she answered, "and so
was yesterday — and my name is
Ella — and I know I am a little
peach and have pretty blue eyes.
I've been here quite awhile and
like the place — and I don't think
I'm too nice a girl to be working
here; if I did I'd quit the job. My
pay is satisfactory and I don't think
there is a show or dance in town
tonight, and if there is, I shall not
go with you. I'm from the country
and I am a respectable girl. My
brother is cook here and weighs
200 pounds and last week he mop-
ped up the floor with a guy like
you who tried to date me. Now
what will you have?"
ATTEND UNION MEETINGS
TURNING THE SWITCH
SAL: Your date was boring?
JILL: I'll say. He lights up a room
when he leaves.
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
Three men were sentenced to die
by a firing squad — a millwright on
Monday, a carpenter on Tuesday
and an iron worker on Wednesday.
Monday came around, and the
millwright was put up against the
wall. Thinking fast, the millwright
yelled, "Tornado!!!" Everybody
took shelter, and the millwright
got away.
On Tuesday, the carpenter was
put up against the wall and, know-
ing how the millwright got away,
yelled, "Hurricane!!!" Everybody
took shelter, and the carpenter got
away.
On Wednesday, the iron worker
was put against the wall, and
knowing how the millwright and
carpenter got away, yelled, "Fire!!!"
So they did.
— Randy Hughson,
Local 1832, Escanaba, Mich.
SUPPORT VOC AND CHOP
DOWN, BOY, DOWN
Pushing ahead of all the other
shoppers waiting in line at the
supermarket, a young man with
only one item hurriedly tried to pay
for it.
"You don't mind if I get ahead
of you just to pay for this one can
of dog food, do you?" he asked the
woman ahead of him.
"Goodness, no," she replied
sweetly. "If you're that hungry, go
ahead."
— Union Tabloid
THIS MONTH'S LIMERICK
There was a young craftsman
named Dennis.
His parents wanted him to ploy
tennis.
But he tried to explain
It just wasn't his game
So he became a carpenter
apprentice.
— Mike Fadeff
Local 22, San Francisco, Calif.
FAMILY LOSS
A state trooper pulled a driver to
the side of the road and asked him
if he realized he was driving with-
out tail lights.
Seeing the motorist was visibly
shaken by the news, the officer
added reassuringly: "Don't worry,
it's not a serious infraction."
"It may not be serious to you,
but it is to me," said the motorist.
"I've lost a trailer, my wife and
three kids."
— Union Tabloid
UNION DUES BRING DIVIDENDS
SIBERIAN EDEN
The Russian school teacher asked
a pupil, "Who were the first human
beings?"
"Adam and Eve," the young boy
replied.
"What nationality were they?"
"Russian, of course."
"Fine, fine," the teacher com-
mented, "and how did you know
they were Russians?"
"Easy," said the boy. "They had
no roof over their heads, no clothes
to wear, and only one apple for the
two of them — and they called it
Paradise."
— Asa Clouse
Local 19, Detroit, Mich.
BUY U.S. AND CANADIAN
PERSONAL HYGIENE
TEACHER: John, wash your
hands. What would you say if I
came to class with dirty hands?
JOHN: I'd be too polite to men-
tion it.
BE IN GOOD STANDING
VOICE CHANGE, TOO
MOTHER: Our son has reached
puberty.
FATHER: How do you know?
MOTHER: He's quit asking where
he comes from and refuses to tell
us where he's going.
— UTU News
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More Than 300 Take Steward Training
In New York City District Council
Members from several locals in the New York City and
Vicinity District Council recently completed the Stewards
Training Program, "Building Union" and received certifi-
cates of completion. Instructors were General Representa-
tives William Bronson and Carl Soderquist and Task
Force Organizers Kevin Thompson and Stephen Flynn.
RIGHT: Task Force Organizers Kevin Thompson, left, and
Stephen A. Flynn, right, conduct "Building Union"
Construction Stewards Training Program at New York City
District Council Labor College.
m tfllL
1 — Local 17, Bronx, N.Y., front row,
from left: John J. O'Conner, New York
City District Council vice president;
Charles Phipps, Raul Ramos, Michael
Russo, Gregory Rago, Frank Salzano,
Frank Calciano R. R., Anthony Florio,
Eldwin Barrow, Charles R. Stone, and
Tony Musich.
Back row, from left: Richard Fragian-
como, Francis Calciano, Joseph Calciano,
Robert DeMaria, Gilbert Medina, Billy
Jordan, Frank Capolino, Bill Woodley,
Alan Davis, Joe Mammana, Albert
Lepore, Ignazio Peter Palazzo, Darrell
Witter Eric Duke, and Task Force
Organizer and Program Instructor
Stephen A. Flynn.
2 — Local 17, Bronx, N.Y., front row,
from left: John J. O'Conner, New York
City District Council vice president;
James D'Agostino, Bobbie Kellough,
Joseph Cardita R. R., Joseph DeCicco,
Edward J. Persina, Enrico Roulolo, and
Domenico Schiraldi.
Back row, from left: James D'Agostino,
Albert Avakian, Daniel Coined,
Leonardo Caputo, Anthony Moretti,
Raymond Gonnella, Mario DeSimone,
Task Force Organizer, Kevin Thompson
and General Representative and Program
Instructor William Bronson.
3 — Local 17, Bronx, N.Y., front row,
from left: New York City District
Council Vice President John J. O'Conner,
Henry Hernandez, Business Rep. Sam
Palminteri, Louis J. Villafana, Carmelo
Vazquez, Anthony S. Bordone, Rocco
Craparotta, and Sal Spatola.
Back row, from left: Linden Anderson,
Kevin Rainone, Michael Errico, Roy C.
Scott, Ken Palminteri, Task Force
Organizer Kevin Thompson and General
Representative and Program Instrucor
William Bronson.
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4 — Local 17, Bronx, N.Y., front row,
from left: Richard Simmons, Eric Duke,
Conrad DeLeon, Richard Markland,
Oliver Corbin, William Francis, Levis
Greaves, and Task Force Organizer and
Program Instructor Stephen A. Flynn.
Back row, from left: General Repre-
sentative William Bronson, New York
City District Council Vice President
John J. O'Conner, General Representa-
tive Carl T. Soderqust, and Task Force
Organizer and Program Instructor Kevin
Thompson.
5— Local 468, New York, N.Y., first
row, from left: Rudy Knorr, Thorn
McCormack. Antonio Campos, Fred
Herbert, Herb Aries, Mario Marasco,
Frank Napalitano, and Peter Ruggieri.
Second row, from left: James Krum-
menacker, Joseph Varrone, Harry Denni,
New York City District Council Vice
President John J. O'Conner, Business
Rep. Rudolph F. Houdek, Business
Rep. Anclo Pancia, Aldo Bassi, and
Mike Moroso.
Third row, from left: Dan Zarro, Pat
Castagnaro, Joe McKinney, Mike Hayes,
Bill Ericksson, Paul Bertuglia, Al Phillips,
Walter Nolan, Al Jordan, George Adier,
John Finney, Anthony Rodin, Robert
Knorr, and Joseph Farella.
6— Local 257, New York, N.Y., front
row, from left: Michael King, John
Conlon, Felix Korn. Richard E.
McCloskey, Joseph Schinina, Michael
Siracuse, James Smith, and Bob Olsen.
Back row, from left: John Rullo, Gary
DiMaria, Al Giovanni, Scott Danielson,
Joe Williams. Bill Hanlcy. Mike Walsh,
Pat Adams, Frank J . Carson, and New
York City District Council Secretary-
Treasurer Denis R. Sheil.
7— Local 2287, New York, N.Y., first
row, from left: Mike Zemski, Norman
Goldstein, Business Rep. Frank Perez
and George L. Poole.
Second row, from left: Thomas
Monaco, Frank Cudequest, Edward
Haskell. James Cheng, Rudolph Ferrari,
Morris Lappin. Robert Leek, Sam
Zamiello, and Robert Arberg.
Third row, from left: Robert Santoro,
John Diviney, Herbert Pritchard, Robert
Fisher. James P. Toner, Andrew Jonyer,
Bob O'Hare, Bruce Ogden, Malcum
Threadgill, John Wilson, Dan Henderson,
Richard Hennessy, Don Hook, and New
York District Council Secretary-
Treasurer Denis R. Sheil.
8— Local 2287, New York, N.Y., front
row, from left: Joseph Scott, Frank
Cirino, Angleo Angelico, Steve Cregan,
Robert Post, John Mintz, Tim Walsh,
Anthony Caiazza, Tim Miller and Busi-
ness Rep. Frank Perez.
Back row, from left: Richard Zanfini,
Ernest Thomason, Douglas Chenery,
Kevin McHatc, William McHenry, Irvin
M. Green, Rich Alhanti, Michael P.
Minando, Samuel Jegede, Frank
Martocci, Tom Cotter, Joe Keane, Angela
Fazio George Timiani. Bob Rambadt,
and New York District Council
Secretary-Treasurer Denis Sheil.
9 — Ney York City District Council
Secretary-Treasurer Denis R. Sheil, left,
presents a certificate of completion to
Bruce Odgen, center, of Local 2287, New
York, N.Y. Instructor and General
Representative Carl Soderquist stands
at right.
10— Local 135, New York, N.Y., and
Local 902, Brooklyn, N.Y., front row,
from left: Dean Ca.fsano, New York City
District Council Vice President, John
J. O'Conner Joe Creighlon, First General,
Vice President Patrick Campbell, Richard
Continued on Page 20
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Picture No. 3 — Local 17, Bronx, N.Y.
Picture No. 4 — Local 17, Bronx, N.Y.
Picture No. 5 — Local 468, New York, N.Y.
Picture No. 6 — Local 257, New York, N.Y.
Picture No. 7 — Local 2287, New York, N.Y.
Turn to
Page 20
For
Additional
Pictures
Picture No. 8 — Local 2287, New York, N.Y.
Picture No. 9 — New York City, N.Y,
Picture No. 10 — Local 135, New York, N.Y.
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Picture No. 11 — Local 608, New York, N.Y,
Picture No. 12 — Local 608, New York, N.Y.
NYC STEWARD TRAINING
Continued from Page 18
Pantoliano, Celestino Valeria, Jean
Charles, Sal Bcnducci, and Al Varshay.
Back row, from left: Arthur Campbell,
Paul Salatino, Business Rep. Gus Sabatino
Bill Morace, Artie Giangrande Business
Rep. Sal Buffa. New York City District
Council Vice President, James Viggiano
Bob Cassano, George W. Lewis, Anthony
Cordelia, Lorenzo Gentile, Lcroy Roach-
ford, Peter Silva, Jr., Eugene J. Kelly,
and Task Force Organizer and Instrucor
Stephen A. Flynn.
11— Local 608, New York, N.Y., first
row, from left: John Boyle and John
F. O'Conner, business reps.
Second row, from left: Noel Casey,
Tony Friel, New York City District
Council Vice President John J. O'Conner
Business Rep. Martin Forde, First
General Vice President Patrick Camp-
bell, Jim Gavin, New York City District
Vice President, James Viggiano Connie
Douglas, and Peter Sheridan.
Third row, from left: Mike Keenan,
Mike Reina, Tom Derasmo, Vin Anzano,
Picture No. 13 — Local 902,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Red O'Conner, Noel McGee, David
Hergecock, Martin Heanue, Eugene
McSweeney, Frank Boal, Frank Brady,
William Holden, James Ruddy, Joseph
Hanrahan, Antonio Cipollone, Edward
Fitzgerald, Michael Forde, Patrick
Deloughery, Patrick Harvey, and Eddie.
Forde.
12— Local 608, New York, N.Y., first
row, from left: John Muldoon, Patrick
O'Neill, Michael Treanor, Business Rep.
John F. O'Conner, Hugh McCarville,
Daniel Carmony, Herbert Young,
and Patrick O'Conner.
Second row, from left: Tony McGuin-
ness, Patrick Lalloway, Raymond
McCann, New York District Council
Vice President John J. O'Conner, First
General Vice President Patrick Camp-
bell, Business Rep. John Boyle, New
York City District Vice President James
Viggiano, John Whelan and Williani
Salmon.
Third row, from left: Patrick Burke,
Patrick Doyle, Tom Scanlon, James
Conneely, Patrick Oates, Thomas
Ryan, Timothy Keohane, Business Rep.
Martin Forde, Jim Walsh, Matty Reilly,
Michael Hartney, John Jennings, William
O'Conner, Alan Donnelly, Mike Holden,
George Richards, Haskell Grenidge, John
McPartland, Cornelius Brosnan, John
Reilly, and Task Force Organizer and
Instructor Kevin Thompson.
13— Sal Benducci, left, of Local 902,
Brooklyn, N.Y., receives a certificate of
completion from First General Vice-
President Patrick Campbell, center, and
New York City District Council Second
Vice President James Viggiano, right.
YOU CAN
COUNT-.
ONUS!
The Time For Action Is Now
The 1982 membership campaign of the Carpenters
Legislative Improvement Committee is now underway.
Each year you are called upon to renew your support
of the Brotherhood's vital legislative and political
programs. Don't let this year be an exception. Your
membership contribution fights your causes for you in
the nation's capital every day of the year. Join CLIC
today. . . .
. . . And once you join, wear your CLIC lapel
emblem proudly.
Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee
A copy of our report filed with the appropriate supervisory officer
is (or will be) available for purchase from the Superintendent of
Documents, United States Government Printing Office, Washing-
ton, D.C. 20402.
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RPPREiiTiiGsiiiP & TRnininc
As host of the conference, Ollie Langhorst, executive
secretary-treasurer of the St. Louis District Council, welcomes
delegates, above left. At right, above, from left, John
Hinkson, St. Louis apprenticeship director; David Volk,
president, Associated General Contractors of St. Louis;
Technical Director Jim Tinkcom; Langhorst; First General
Vice President Pat Campbell; William Pemberton, co-chair-
man of the National Joint Apprenticeship Committee; and
John Mulligan, chairman of the St. Louis JATC.
At right, First General
Vice President Campbell
calls attention to local news-
paper reports on the
recession in the construction
industry. Pemberton, center,
reminded the audience that
joint labor-management
training efforts must con-
tinue at full schedule;
Mulligan, far right, pro-
mised continued support.
Mid- Year Training Conference Focuses on Industry Problems
The Mid- Year Training Conference
was held in St. Louis, Mo., April
19-22, at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel.
A large group of instructors, coordina-
tors and local union leaders was in
attendance.
The Conference was acclaimed very
successful by those who attended.
The focal point of the Conference
was a presentation by the St. Louis
program director, John Hinkson,
and Apprenticeship Coordinator Len
Toenjes, which was followed by a
visit to the St. Louis Training Center.
Conference participants were im-
pressed by the quality of the training
program and the expertise of the
training staff.
The conference was welcomed to
St. Louis by District Council Executive
Sec. Treas. Ollie Langhorst and David
Volk of the Associated General Con-
tractors. Opening remarks were by
William Pemberton, representing man-
agement, and First General Vice
President Patrick J. Campbell, repre-
senting the Brotherhood. John Mul-
ligan welcomed the participants on be-
half of the St. Louis JATC.
First General Vice President Camp-
bell stated his concern for the
conditions of the industry and the
effect it was having on our affiliate
local unions and their apprenticeship
programs. Campbell expressed opti-
mism for our training future, based
upon the effectiveness and dedication
of the affiliate program directors, com-
mitteemen and instructors, who have
demonstrated their abilities by creat-
ing effective programs, particularly as
to implementing PETS, Performance
Evaluated Training. Citing our past
effectiveness, the First General Vice
President expressed strong hope as he
felt the industry must become vitalized
again, due to the demand for housing
and other structures.
Other features of the conference
were presentation of new, additional
PETS material in the craft areas of
millwrighting and mill-cabinet.
Everyone appreciated the hospitality
and positiveness of the St. Louis hosts.
Technical Director James Tinkcom
reported.
JUNE, 1982
21
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Picture No. 1
Central Valley
Awards
Certificates
and
Special Plaques
Picture No. 2
Picture No. 3
Picture No. 4
On March 13, 1981, the Central Valley Carpenters Joint
Apprenticeship and Training Committee presented comple-
tion certificates to its graduating apprentices from Local
701, Fresno, Calif., Local 1109. Visalia. Calif., and Local
1496, Fresno, Calif., and, for the first time, gave awards for
outstanding contributions by management and labor.
Local 701 President Walter Jameson, Local 1109 President
Jerry R. Dignan, and Millmen's Local 1496 President Fred
Martin presented certificates to the apprentices.
Picture No. 1, from left, Local 1 109 President Jerry
Dignan; Senior Consultant, Division of Apprenticeship
Standards, William Meyers; Dennis Clark; Local 701
President Walter Jameson; Stephen Mitchell; Local 1496
President Fred Martin; Doris Honn; Rodney Alter; Gary
Roche; Marline Borges; and Henry Zepeda.
Picture No. 2 shows apprenticeship contestants, from left:
Mark Vernon, third place winner; Ronald DeLuca; Steven
Siqueiros, second place winner; Tal Rhea, apprenticeship
coordinator and presenter of certificates; Mark Zigerelli;
David Hernandez, first place winner; Robert McPhetridge;
and Gayland Hilton, mill cabinet first place winner.
Picture No. 3 shows Cal Roberts, left, a Central Valley
JATC member, presenting an award to Larry W. Null,
Sequoia District Council executive secretary, for his out-
standing labor contribution to the committee.
Picture No. 4 shows Gary Fisher, left, president of R. G.
Fisher, Ind., accepting on behalf of R. G. "Bud" Fisher,
industry chairman, an award for outstanding management
contribution from W. G. "Buff" Parker, the Central Valley
JATC secretary.
Certificates in Keystone Council
Pennsylvania's Keystone District Council Area 3 Joint
Apprenticeship Training Committee recently awarded certifi-
cates to 1 1 four-year apprentices and journeymen who
completed a supervisory training program sponsored by local
union members and area building contractors. Pictured in the
above photograph are, front row, from left: Larry Gorski,
James Rebarchak, James Belusko, Carl Kolbush, Jr., Lewis
Wolf, and Wayne Rough. Back row, from left: Instructor Joe
Purcell, Michael Delenick, Joe Balay, William Kalinowski,
George Pajovich, Michael Hozella, and Noble Quandel, Jr.,
chairman of the Schuylkill County Joint Apprentice Com-
mittee Area 3.
CETA Trainees Aid Handicapped
Local 469, of Cheyenne, Wyo., is sponsoring a CETA
youth employment program, and Bill Holmes, Sr., a journey-
man carpenter, is the instructor for the 14 members enrolled
in the class.
Recently, in conjunction with the Governor's Committee
for the Handicapped, the class remodeled a bathroom for a
man paralyzed from a stroke. As shown above, the group
replaced the existing bathroom fixtures with a partially open
shower, complete with grab bars and a ramp, a special
vanity, and an extra-wide door made to accommodate a
wheelchair. Most of the building materials were donated by
local merchants.
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William Beaudoin ready for work.
H.O.W. INVESTIGATOR
William Beaudoin, a building inspec-
tor in planning and development for the
San Mateo County Government, and a
member of Local 162, San Mateo, Calif.,
recently became a construction investi-
gator for the Home Owner's Warranty
(HOW) Corporation in San Mateo.
In this new position, Beaudoin will be
responsible for investigating the quality
of construction and technical competence
of HOW builders to ensure compliance
with HOW standards. He will also moni-
tor the effectiveness of government build-
ing departments in performing and en-
forcing required inspections, identify areas
with inadequate inspection control sys-
tems, and prepare technical training pro-
grams for builders, subcontractors, and
consumers.
A LABOR 'FIRST' - The first state to study
occupational safety was Massachusetts,
in 1850, according to "Labor Firsts in
America," a U.S. Department of Labor
publication.
uiE concRnTUinTE
. . . 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:
POLLUTION BOARD
In February, 1982, Russell W. Domino,
business representative of Local 851,
Anoka, Minn., was appointed to the
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
citizen board by Minnesota Governor
Albert H. Quie.
Prior to this ap-
pointment. Domino
served for five years
on the energy and
environment com-
mittee of the AFL-
CIO state conven-
tions, handling reso-
lutions on energy and
the environment.
His background as
a carpenter also Domino
helped prepare him for his new assign-
ment. While working for Knutson Con-
struction Company, helping construct
buildings, streets, and parking lots, he
was especially concerned with preventing
air and water pollution and preserving
the environment.
FIRST-DAY COVERER
R. J. Neumann of South San Francisco,
Calif., is an avid stamp collector, espe-
cially of what collectors call "first day
covers," which com- — —
memorate the first
day a stamp is dis-
tributed. The recent
issue of a new stamp
commemorating the
birth of Franklin D.
Roosevelt, one hun-
dred years ago,
brought out the best
in him. Recalling the
New Deal Thirties,
Neumann prepared first-day covers of
many types. One displayed six different
commemorative US stamps which have
portrayed Roosevelt.
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17 th District (the Youngstown
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JUNE, 1982
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CARPENTERS' HELPING HANDS
[Dntributions [antinue
for little Cirl in Tennessee
$53,838.70 RAISED TO DATE
The story of little Alice, the child
who was born with a condition called
bi-lateral cleft face that left her vir-
tually "faceless," is, although a heart-
breaking story, also a heartwarming
one. Since her birth over six years ago,
people from all walks of life have will-
ingly come forth to help Alice with
medical attention, care and donations.
One such person is Thelma Perkins,
a nurse in the intensive care nursery
where Alice spent the first days of her
existence. Nurse Perkins was drawn to
Alice from the start. After struggling
with the many medical problems posed
by Alice's condition, Alice's natural
mother decided she could be better
cared for by someone else. The Ten-
nessee Department of Human Services
assumed 16-month-old Alice as it's
own; Thelma Perkins, and her hus-
band, Ray, a member of Local 50,
Knoxville, Tenn., have been serving as
Alice's foster parents ever since. The
Perkins are now in the final stages of
adopting Alice as their own.
Alice has undergone many opera-
tions to date, but she has many more
to go. She does many of the things
little girls generally like to do — plays
with dolls, sings when she's happy —
but Alice is permanently blind, and
must soon begin instruction at a school
for the blind.
All these needs take money, and
although the Perkins have received an
abundance of help, more help is
needed. Once more we call upon you,
our readers, to help this little girl live
a close-to-normal life . . . the medical
knowledge and facilities are available
to make her look almost normal; it's
the funding that's lacking. Send your
contributions to Carpenters Helping
Hands, Inc. (Checks should be made
payable to Carpenters Helping Hands.
Your donation is tax deductible.)
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RECENT CONIRBUIORS
Contributors to Carpenters Helping:
Hands are listed by local unions. Addi-
tional contributors are shown at the
end of each accumulated list. If your
name does not yet appear, bear with us.
It will be published later, as space per-
mits.
244, M. E. Lorimer.
246, M. Rabinow.
248, Donald Homan.
255, Stephen Chojnacki, Albert Poshadel.
257, John Cann.
264, Eugene J. Malson, Thomas W. Stout.
266, Robert Scatena.
267, Loren Lugar.
272, Thomas Mosely Cleveland, Harold De
Ruiter.
283, James A. Poole.
284, Gerard T. Carroll, J. Maurin, Olaf Olafsen.
286, Martin Oase.
287, Carl Edwin Miller.
307, Edward Lueck.
308, Edward H. Langer. Vernon L. Steffen.
314, Bob Dries, Joseph A. Gugel.
316, Dean Sargent.
319, Albert L. Surface.
323, Nunzio & Gregory Ricottilli.
338, Gary D. Cole. Larry McCue.
342, Peter Notargialdmo, Robert Stewart.
343, Malachy Gorman.
345, Paul L. Davenport, Harold W. Green, Sr.
347, Clyde Steams.
354, Ralph Sabbatini.
361, Thomas C. Netzel.
362, John Linam.
366, Peter H. Franceschina, Arthur Gustafson.
372, Billy C. Allen.
374, Wilhelm Felgemacher, Carol Fuller.
384, Patrick H. Weldin.
385, H. Dikkeboom.
386, Charlie Mayo.
393, Wm. J. Tourtual, Charles L. Walton.
404, James E. McConnell.
410, Walter Wilkins.
413, Robert L. Jones.
416, John Ligtvoet.
422. Charles P. Carroll.
424, Steve Duchaney.
433, Ben Bassler.
434, Alphons H. Styns.
448, George Machie.
452, Tom Kline, Alex Mclntyr.
454, Charles Welsh.
458, H. J. Mutchler.
465, Terrence G. McGinn.
468, Raymond Straub.
472, Edmond Caudill, J. M. Childers, Ollie J.
Lawson.
483, Dan Buflington, Clifford Martin, Robert E.
Noe.
488, Lawrence Tischbein.
494, Renato Chemello.
508, Louis Jones, Wm. Stift & Jean Olsen.
515, William R. Crowther, Walter H. Gay, Bob
KeUy.
526, Joe Gonzales.
534, Roy L. Moyers.
532, Brenda Brown & Kenneth Brenza.
540, Frank P. Kopec, Pierre A. Lucas,
548, Mervin Schonert.
557, Kenneth Zickovich.
563, Kenneth Shoebotham's.
579, Jonas Glover, Angus McLean, Ross Roberts.
583, D. W. MacKinnan.
586, John J. Amaral, Sr., Joseph V. Chacon,
Howard E. Kroeger.
595, Kevin E. McGinness.
599, W. L. Volker.
601, Lloyd Carter.
602, Jim Stephens.
605, Richard Christofiferson.
608, William Hauser, Joseph C. Papcsy, Ernst
Prosser, Carl E. Sundstrom, Alfred Ursin.
618, Gedrge Pullum.
620, Jito Collucci, Adrian D. Intveldt.
623, James F. TroUer.
625, Roland St. Pierre.
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THE CARPENTER
633, Ray Sharp, Jr.
642, Andy Martindale.
643, Robert Steurich.
665, Al Hickmott, H. H. Rodgers.
669, Richard Vaughn.
696, John T. Aulick, Sr.
700, Jesse R. Colegrove.
70S, Walter J. Thomas.
710, Duane North.
721, John A. Wozab.
734, Harold Sampson.
740, Russell Terwilliger, Alson Van Vleck.
750, Whetstine.
751, Joe Kaperick.
764, Paul Hopkins.
769, Alfred R. Johnson.
771, Gerald M. Baldwin.
772, Carl W. McDonald.
783, Larry I-euthold.
792, Charles Burkett.
798, Harold D. Allen.
819, George Thiery.
839, Arnold Ghilardi, Edward E. Nelson.
844, A. K. Braeuninger, David K. Duncan,
Merlin C. Gentle, Harold L. Phillips.
845, James Crystle, James P. Dawson.
848, James L. Pacatte, Albert Schauer.
849, Siegfried Tittl.
857, Andrew G. laderosa, Hubert Kluck.
871, Darrell D. Lewis.
898, Gerald Grier & Karen.
899, Norman W. Smith.
902, Eluf C. Holmgren.
906, Robert Cumbie, Ralph E. Gilman, Gail
Neill.
911, Geo. H. French.
916, W. E. Corbin.
925, Silvy A. Foletta.
929, C. H. Friesen.
933, James E. Whaley.
944, Roland J. Jennings, Wilbur L. Myers.
948, Rudolph C. Carlson, Charles Johnson.
953, Robert D. Johnson.
954, Earlie Franks, James A. Horton, Elden
Nelles.
955, D. J. Kleinschmidt.
958, William Barkkari, Dewayne Stebbins.
964, Raymond E. Peterson.
971, Harold B. Johnson, K. P. ViUiams.
978, Orie Wright.
981, Albert Wulff.
982, Edson Blakey, Ronald A. Mouland, Verne
L. Sanford.
998, Lauri H. Keranen.
1001, Fabian Hare.
1024, William B. Fertig.
1026, Howard Holmes.
1042, Tucker K. Reed.
1044, James J. Pauley.
1046, Joe Armin.
1052, Rholander Butler, Earl Ross, John W.
Thorp.
1053, Fred C. Gudopp.
1054, Robert Cowley.
1061, Wm. Sarkell.
1067, W. Morelli, James Muldoom.
1069, Robert D. Bennett, Joe P. Lyon.
1088, Local Union.
1089, Wm. A. Boardman.
1098, E. J. Ardoin, James R. Davis, Jr., Alton
J. Desselle, Edgar Mizell, M/M Clifton R.
Wheat.
1100, Dan Atkinson.
1102, No Name.
1107, Thomas Jackson.
1108, aaude W. Driver, Dan Parobek.
1125, R. G. Langford.
1140, Charles R. Stefter.
1145, Dallas E. Eichilberger.
1147, Wayne K. Burnett, H. L. Hamilton.
1149, R. N. Clazie, Charlie Lackey, Edward T.
Maples.
1159, Carl Hall.
1150, Paul Hoffman, Frank Squillace.
1160, Otto SciuUi.
1172, Ruban Sayler.
1181, Robert L. Szeflinski.
1185, Merwell D. Ellerson, Andrew P. Haaning.
1216, Cecil E. Landes, W. J. Steffen.
1222, Frank Martling, Stuart Thomson.
1227, R. Laurinaho.
1235, William A. Clover.
1240, Spiro Theveos.
1256, Leo Dallaire.
1275, Joseph R. Narkiewicz.
1280, Lee Aaron Mullen.
1289, A. P. Bugni, Arvo Hampa, Robert A.
Hansen.
1296, L. R. Bourgerie, Felix Cerasoli, M/M Gust
Glinos.
1298, L. Werlinger.
1307, WiUiam A. Nielsen.
1308, Claude W. Brown.
1323, Donald A. Whitaker, George Womack.
325, Edward Dyke, R. McCallister.
1327, Frank L. Lindsey.
1332, George Garner.
1335, G. Battung.
1340, M/M Raymond Knox.
1341, Isaac Lowe.
1342, Ernest Craig, Andrew C. Simons,
1367, Leonard Selby.
1391, Donna Corrigan.
1400, John Vandiver.
1402, M/M Henry P. Wilson.
1408, Thomas B. Clark, James S. Creen, Archie
Sloan.
1410, Barry Laframboise.
1415, Clifford Lane Davis.
1418, John ReiUy.
1419, James D. Makin.
1437, Olan E, Nelms.
1447, Frank M. Corso, Sr.
1453, James E. Lynett, Robert K. Reddell.
1456, Albert E. Kristiansen, George Voss.
1461, Jess Schaaf.
1476, Bonnie & Tony Gutierrez.
1478, M/M Saraceno.
1480, James A. Byrum.
1485, Irving F. Nelson.
1498, Glen F. Johnson.
1506, Dean N. Lindley.
1507, Edmund B. Friend, James A. Hansen.
1526, Leon Carter.
1527, D. Weissing.
1534, G. W. Parrish.
1539, Edwin R. Lawson.
1553, Frank Wootan.
1583, Daniel & Kathy Snyder.
1595, Gerald Sherwood, Leon F. Weiss.
1596, Donald S. Schmitt.
1598, Mark Ambery.
1599, Norman Fifer.
1607, John Mesec.
1622, Scott Bahr.
RECONSTRUCTED FEB. 25,82
1622, Richard Boell, Chris & Edith Rong, C.
E. Sherrill.
1635, Dale Langshaw.
1644, Lyle Brandon.
1664, Rudy G. Allee, Ivan Davis, Richard
Dewar.
1689, G. M. Rasmussen.
1693, Ray Augustyniak, St., Arthur Bigbee.
1707, M/M A. S. Oies.
1708, David Dehline.
1715, H. C. Dugger.
1729, Sherwood L. Hensley.
1732, Matt Padgett.
1739, Joseph J. Mueller.
1759, Wm. Kaditus, Kenneth Logan.
1762, Perce Colston.
1772, Reinhart Schuler.
1780, Dave E. Cutting, Clyde H. Jarman,
Kenneth D. Laub, Robert E. Smith, Sr.
1789, G. L. Robison.
1797, Peter P. Kapioski.
1815, William Delnero, M/M George A. Roush.
1821, L. A. Fountain.
1822, Raymond Lee Wallace.
1823, Howard Hail, WilUe Hughes.
1837, G. C. Michels, Charles Urgola.
1839, Glenn A. Crawford.
1846, Roy C. Eichhom, Jr., Dennis Fitzpatrick,
Joseph Mendoza.
1849, Ted H. Claybrook.
1856, Richard Gabriele & Family.
1865, Einar G. Hagberg.
1889, W. S. Edwards & Family, Paul Hoffman.
1897, Gary Smith.
1906, Samuel Shearer.
1913, James Beihl, Fredrick H. Caylor, Chas. W.
Godown, Don Soderberg, Ronald P. Vincelli.
1914, J. A. Holladay.
1921, Johm N. Alsguth, Folke Ellison.
1922, Alfred R. Deering, John A. Roseland, Jr.
1925, Mike Dowling.
1931, Gary Buchwalter.
1954, D. S. Pekarscik.
1969, Dan & Pam Dack.
1987, James C. McMenamy.
1993, & 50 Raymond & Robert Perkins.
2004, Paul A. Dudka.
2006, Louis T. Bleily.
2014, Charles Schwall.
2018, Margo Eiermann, Robert L. Nokes.
2042, Faustino M. Covarrubias.
2046, Dehner Cagle, Tom Hudlin, E. C. Mathers,
June Owens.
2047, Edwin Morgan.
2094, Joe Dombroski.
2114, Eric R. Johnson.
2117, M/M R. O'Connor, Ernest Van Dyke.
2132, Kenneth P. Powell.
2163, Robert Cipriani.
2164, John A. Cardinez.
2203, Leo J. Callahan, Robert Fisher, Howard
M. Koger, Tony Norman, Jr.
2205, Bob Montgomery.
2214, Wm. A. Jeude.
2231, D. R. Gunderson.
2235, Richard J. Surman.
2247, No Name.
2264, Mr. Conrad Rozanski.
2287, Arthur J. Seeger.
2288, E. G. Walker.
2315, Patrick Sullivan.
2375, Walfred E. Carlson, Frank P. Cathcart,
Gilbert Davila, Benjamin E. Perkins.
2391, Ray Wallick.
2398, C. Williams.
2427, BiUy M. Gabbert, Jr.
2435, Paul Tutle, Jr.
2436, Roy Cmapise.
2463, George Shewmaker, Edgar Yocham.
2470, E. A. Allen.
2477, John N. Perry.
2554, Charles R. Lamb.
2564, Lawrence GiUis, Percy Humphries.
2592, Elmer K. Affleck.
2601, No Name.
2608, Bryce ModreU.
2641, Mrs. Evelyn Buettner.
2652, Leslie Kunkle.
2654, Arthur Parsons.
2669, Joseph Malenda.
2693, Brad Lundquist.
2710, Charles Raffa.
2714, Gordon Frey.
2738, Henry N. Ehnore.
2765, Frank Thieme.
2834, D. F. Crutchiield, James Wieheff.
2947, Alfred Amen.
2949, Linda Alvarez.
3038, Boys of L. J. Donovan Family.
3206, James Miller, Gus Vass III.
3233, Denis EprUe.
3265, Ronald Everson
Individuals and Groups — New Jersey State
Council, Debbie Alexander, Arsene R.
Bennett, Joe Bertoldi, Paula Broussard,
Edgar Clinton, Mr. Henri Crognale, Ray &
Marilyn Ehert, B. G. & Debbie French,
Louis Grandmont, James & Patricia
Johnson, M. Johnson, Jr., M/M Douglas
Lacassin, Mrs. Desolina Martin, Frank &
Mildred Meehan, Clyde Pauley, George
Pavao, Betty Polito UBC, Howard Shirley
Staff, Mike & Dian Smith, Donna Sturde-
vant, John Williams, Vernon Werner, Ruth
Wolff, Pauline Woods, Dale & Bemice
Wyscarver, No Name, D. Rodriguez.
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS
1, Louis M. Engert, Ralph M. Carter, Bernard
Carlson.
2, O. L. Wardlow.
3, Robert K. Mozena.
4, Merlin E. Madsen
5, R. Ostendorf.
6, Hugh Cuthbert, F. D. Ancipink.
7, Jasper Eggen, Ted A. Matushak,' A. B. Raun,
James G, Gaasvig, Sterling Polyak, James
Wejcman, Alvin Streich.
8, Sigmund J. Serepy.
12, Patsy Rizzo.
13, Daniel Nyblom.
14, Joe L. Dupnick.
15, Charles Dole, Thomas Miuccio, Joseph Hall.
16, Mark Klos.
19, No Name.
20, Jack Van Stratum.
24, Edgar P. White, George B. Eldridge, Edward
Skarupa.
30, Alfred Minucci.
32, David M. Carpenter, M/M W. Mann.
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33, Bob Norton.
34, Charles Gibson.
35, Michael H. Fitch.
36, A. G. Brown.
47, Harry W. Landis.
50, Clyde J. Price, Merle Robinson, Ronnie
Giles, Homer L. Potter, John Allen Phillips,
Neal A. Mason, Margaret Cox, Bill Tindell,
Letha Meredith, Roy W. Hundley, Paul T.
Stamps, Kenneth McCormick, Fred Weaver,
Danny Maples, W. R. Harper, M. E. Evans,
Sam Whitehead, R. W. Hundley, Roy M.
Taylor, Wm. C. Bridges, Ivan M. Hance,
Wayne Fair, Clyde L. Arwood, Craig Ar-
wood. Claude Turner, D. R. Gilbert, Carl
E. Tipton.
54, Milton Kopecky.
55, C. H. Beach.
58, Thomas Hay.
61, Robert Comforth.
62, K. Cozzie, Kay Pettiunis. William H. Julius,
G. O. Haglund.
64, John French & Family, Retiree Club, Paul
Hauber, Lester G. Casey, Jess Allen, Clyde
Alvey, Joseph Garrett, A. Reinstedler, C.
Boerhart, W. Scott, Gene Evans, Tommy
Thompson, C. J. Kuerzi, A. Fruechtenucht,
Lou Whalm, Papy Grace.
65, Joseph Adams.
67, Leo P. Evans, James M. Hunter.
70, Eddie Perreira.
74, Clyde Wm. Jenkins.
80, Willard Hobbs, Bard H. Valvatne, Arthur
Carlson.
82, Ted Dembowski.
85, Don Shaw.
87, William Salmon, Jr., Henry Novak.
90, Davis Greenfield.
94, Donald L. Paquette, Louis B. Bernier., John
Chaves.
95, Konrad Schubach.
99, Walter Zavenak.
101, George M. Moretz, John Christopher, John
A. Dalton, Melvin J. Hauer.
102, M/M Larnce Smith.
104, No Name.
105, Harry Giles.
107, Francis G. Zecco.
109, Bobby Radford.
112, Fritz Bjorklund, Ed Ryan.
117, Local Union.
121, S. Raymond Mills.
124, Members.
129, James J. Flaim, Walter E. Bacher.
131, F. Werder.
132, Local Union.
144, Douglas M. Foust.
146, Endre Rutsky, Ronald Neadle.
153, Andy Anderson.
12, Ivan Anderson, Mrs. Nels E. Hansen, Harry
Void.
171, Don Weaver, Jr.
174, Anthony Weese.
181, Mr. Otto Berns.
185, Kevin J. Rupp.
188, Michael Bucko.
199, Carl R. Hardwick.
200, Thomas F. Lindsey, Renea L. Hushour,
Harry C. Butler, B. Dault.
210, C. James Miller, Thomas Gallagher, Wm.
E. Byxbee. H. E. Victor, Earl E, Erickson.
213, A. W. Ray
218, Byron Parker
222, Stanley Williams, Jr.
225, Robert E. Boatman.
226, Andrew Stoltz.
230, Richard D. Barbour.
248, Leo R. Mapes.
256, P. D. Tyson.
257, A. Gunnar Johanson, George McNeil, Ray
Mc Dermott.
259, Douglas Kemp.
262, M/M R. Cantu. Melvin Cornett.
264, Lawrence W. Kitzinger.
265, Carl Merena, John W. Krueger, Charles
Reichel.
266, Joe Longstreet.
269, Daniel E. Packard.
272, John Fedak, Jamie N. Argo.
278, Donald Potter.
287, Harold Lengel.
297, Clarence Taylor.
308, Karl P. Ham.
313, F. Michael Roach.
314, Michael Hart.
316, David E. Swanson.
319, Raymond O. Brown.
325, Alfred Costa, Ed. J. Buschmann, Sr.
329, Aven Bull.
337, Anthony Ochocki.
340, Members.
343, Rudolph Ferchoflf, Harry Winter.
344, Clyde F. Williams.
345, Ted Lawrence. Joe Nicholas.
359, Harvey J. Heinly.
361, Raymond S. Erickson,
369, Rodney L. Albon.
374, James R. Miller.
392, A. T. Cotnunh.
393, Robert L. Bair.
413, Dale Kalwitz, Ken Sells.
417, Edw. J. Fitzgerald, Jr.. Charles P. Muno-
schenk, Frank E. Muenks
424, Reginold H. Grover, Joseph M. McNeil.
425, Wynona & B. Collins.
448, Gerald Sircher.
448, Gerald Sircher.
452, Abe Nipkan.
453, James McKeon.
458. H. E. Zumstein.
465, S. Prusinowski.
475, Donald A. Chase.
480, Gary S. Dulle.
483, E. C. Anderson.
488, Rolf Gundersen.
492, Wm. M. Bauer, Harold Bowers.
526, James P. Rayner.
550, Wilbur Falsker.
557, A. Charles Teixeira, Senior Citizens Group,
M/M Harry Cluen, Pearl Stevens, Colleed
Mitchell, Bernice Merritt, M/M Don
Church, Ruth Nicholas, John Dubois, Bettt
Sorubgy & Buelow Guidebeck.
558, Walter Hermenitt.
563, B. M. Morris.
578, Edward G. Duras.
579, Harvey & Calvin Adams, Percival Tiller.
586, Martin Ciezadlo,
599. Hesby Nash.
601, Carl H. Shepherd.
608, Emil Hocosck, Joseph Donahue, Wm.
Nemes, Robert T. Taylor, Ted Bleckman.
619, Gilbert Robinson.
621. Armand Gravel.
625, Richard Trottier.
626, Taddeo Ditaddeo.
627, Robert E. Moneyhan.
637, Charles Meehan.
644, Donald Lind.
651, Michael Adamick.
668, Tim Hamilton.
678, Roy Kaufmann.
698, Loren Carlton.
710, E. S. Grzesik, Michael Riggs.
714, Peter T. DeNucci.
721, Mr. Juan M. Bermudez, Sr., Jules Ressegue,
John S. Nummelin.
743, Wm. H. Pinckard.
745, Lester Fujitani, James Nakamura, David
J. Vander Hoek, Jose S. Gonzalez, Ray-
mond M. Akase, Antonio Espirity. Stanley
K. Oya. Shigeo Tenno, James K. Akamine.
766, Arthur E. Sauke.
772, Lawrence Greenwalt.
781, Alfonso Robertiello, William A. Hand, Jr.
836, John David.
839, Edward Haerie. Byrne McClung.
840, Local Union.
845, L. R. Dunn.
848, Adolph L. Coruccin.
857, Harold Q. Fleury.
898, Frank Quinn.
902. Georgee Merritt.
906, Robert A. Peterien.
916, Ralph C. Anderson.
929, David Wood.
930, Charles Cushing.
953, Thomas T. Nixon, Mark Conner, Jerry
Baldwin.
964, Richard F. Curran.
990, Don Marti.
998, Robert Nielsen, Thomas Simula.
1005, C. E. Mcllroy, Gordon & Jean White,
1019, Mr. Glenn Teeter.
1052, James S. Willens.
1058, John W. Wheeler.
1073, Tom Krwanwecz, Howard & Mary Jack-
son, Wm. H. O'Donnell.
1097, Local Union.
1098, D. A. Simpson.
1108, Roger D. Driver.
1109, Charles E. Nichols.
1126, Roy E. Radcliffe, Jr., Einar A. Johnson.
1134, Karl Jurson.
1138, Richard J. Rowland, Sr.
1140, Wm. W. Thebaut.
1145, Local Union.
1149, V. Wiss.
1162, Hugh McKay.
1164, M/M H. Biegler. Joseph Chirico, Jack
Handel.
1184, Charles Logerfeldt.
1185, O. F. Goddard, Curtis Hoover.
1188, Raymond Keepes.
1204, Carmine M. Vespa.
1205, John H. Armstrong.
1206, Steven Yunghluth.
1216, Frank Otero, Earl Miller.
1243, Members.
1251, Alpo Kuusisto.
1263, W, T. Nipper.
1289, Richard H. Grenfell, Martin Mickelson,
Otto A. Johnson.
1296, Arnold C. Sanders.
1301, Ronald Gubbini.
1302, Keith Kelly.
1307, Floyd A. Stoner.
1311, Earl L. Owens.
1319, Jack W. Carter, H. R. Bobb, Aaron V.
Bell.
1323, Gary Rust, Qifford Benes, Edmond
Vienneau.
1325, Dan Wiebe.
1340, C. F. Gilleland.
1342, Fred Valese, Thomas Gallagher.
1345, J. H. Wiese.
1348. Gary Dormanen.
1352, S. J. Byrd.
1360, Ornel Detmer.
1361, Lawrence Nagel.
1364, Brian Borlow.
1373, J. F. Newcomer.
1397, William M. Grilling,
1400, Fred J. Otting.
1410, No Name.
1437, Art B. Fox.
1453, Robert O .Voyles.
1456, Rudolf Wilson (Deed), K. Kingsor &
Employees of Hartz Mountain Industries.
1462, Harry P. Kerr.
1471, B. R. Upton.
1486, Floyd L. Self.
1490, Michael Swaney.
1507, Aubrey L. Travers.
1512, Edward Malone, Walter Bennett.
1519, Robert Hartwig.
1539, Franklyn Wornhoft.
1540, Des Angove.
1545, John F. Hickey.
1553, Leo A. Fraedrich.
1554, D. Burrows.
1569, W. Chantler.
1570, Charles F. HUlis.
1578, Members.
1583, Clyde Rothfuss.
1587, Arnold L. Reubke.
1588, Jack Bona.
1595. Eugene A. Genay, Roy E. Kopp, Edward
Kapral.
1607, David A. Mancuso.
1620, David Van Blaricom & Charles Lugg.
1622, Rudolph Hill.
1644, Lowell W. Anderson.
1673, Morganton.
1699, Gene W. Patton.
1733, Gary Greenwald &
2129, Ray Greenwald.
1741, Lloyd Saleska.
1752, Donald & Gladys Arendsee, Carl Kaiser.
1772, Ted Batorsky.
1775, Mike Powell.
1780, Wm. L. Parish, Kenneth J. McQueen.
1784, Joseph F. Nerat, Benedict Benco, Paul
Antol.
1786, M/M George Halka.
1846, Loil Cannon.
1865, Frank Gwiazdon.
1884, R. L. Montgomery.
1889, Elworth Rohr.
1896, Ed Martin.
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MORE CONTRIBUTORS
TO HELPING HANDS
22,
26,
35,
42,
43,
1, Glenn E, Husby, Norbert Polcyn, Ronald G.
Schwerdt.
3, Harold M. Roby.
5, Barnard J. Darian, Rey Binder, Wilbert
Lichtenberg, John Uebel, John Zakibe,
Kurt Smith, Bob Everett. John E. Schott,
Terry Nelson, Ed Goza, Walter Niederecker,
Jesse Favier, Mike Sedovic, Bruce Siebert,
Tim Beckemeier, William Wagner, Gene
Meyer, Ed Alexander, Gregory Trokey,
Nick Messmer, Robt. W. Busch, Maurine
Wismar, Bob Haetner, Norm Otto, Ed
Winzen, Eugene Wetzel, Paul Siebert, Leo
Kremer, Fred Wellmann.
6, Felix W. Nowak.
8, J. Barger.
13, Henry Prevot.
15, Arthur Wronn, James R. Hogan, William
Takacs, Don Schultz, Robert Gunza.
17, Bemd Georgi.
229, Christopher Brayman.
20, Harlow Hargensen, Sr., Edward & Doris
Currier.
Robert C. Fletcher, Earl Gustafson, Michael
Halligan.
H. Pearson.
25, James E. Peabody.
30, Anthony Novak, Parris E. Dufl.
33, Ben Ulrich, Wm. L. MagiU, Hammon
Adams.
K. G. Sieboldt, Frank Corbelli, Arthur
Bradley.
Chester W. Johnson.
, J. Perone.
44, Ed McDannell.
47, Earle Bunte, Lloyd N. Hall.
54, Alex Gimbels.
56, Edward Gear.
62, Albert Paliakas, Edw. Eble.
63, Roger Kiper.
64, P. L. Pfister.
66, C. Arthur Nordine.
69, Jeff Lough.
77. Thomas Teresh Cahill.
78, James P. Marchione.
80, Bud Rogers.
87, James G. Lally.
95, Robert C. Lowes.
98, Layne Johnson.
101, M/M Alan D. Cauey.
103, Ophir O. Tilley.
106, Bruce Sharp.
107, John Doe, Raymond D. Carlson.
109, J. A. Hakola.
122, J. J. Andrews, Frank Tobin, Richard Etter.
124, Felix A. Rendina.
131, William J. Campbell, Robert Johns.
132, Cleveland Loeffler, James T. Stokes.
133, Neil P. Sullivan & Friends.
135, M/M Dennis Durant.
141, Jack Turek, M/M Robt. Bearlund, Robert
E. Zadesty.
146, Reinhold Haino.
176, Joseph Rodericks.
181, John Cunney, Edward J. Tomasovic, Local
Union, Members.
182, Tom Rosenbaum, Nicholas Nestor.
188, Henry E. Wege.
191, Carpenters, Edmond T. Pendleton.
194, J. W. Nixon.
198, S. E. Turner.
199, John O'Donnell.
200, Herbert Dusz.
203, Frank Gaudioso, Wm. Korber.
210, Mr. Samuel R. Brown, Frank A. Koniecki.
211, Robert Fink, James Henglesberg.
213, Tommy Cook, Paul M. Dobson, Carpenters.
229, Philip St. John.
232, Tim & Tommy Shepherd.
235, Michael U. Belcher, Sr., Sidney Lubrich.
236, Carpenters.
257, William F. Texter, Jos. Kentrup, Michael
Murray.
261, Chas. J. Pumilia.
264, Leland W. Anderson.
267, Carpenters Ladies Aux.
272, Thomas G. Dixon.
281, Ron Sargent.
283, John Teston.
287, Elmer F. Faus, Russell S. Byers.
345, James L, Kerley, James E. White, Alva
Jackson.
361, Thomas Gunderson.
372, T. V. Kennedy.
379, Wilton & Martha Elwick.
387, William P. Rogers.
393, Robert L. Williams.
407, Clair Barstow.
413, Michael J. Kruk.
417, Frank O. Gall.
422, Warren Grimm, Ladies Aux. #665, Carl
Hodge.
433, Robert E. Zimmerman.
452, Roger Ceotto.
454, Dennis J. Boyce.
455, Richard Anzivino.
468, Bro. Tom McCormack.
470, Rex Geroy, Milton H. Patterson.
475, Acey Knowles.
512, M/M Tom Hayes & Family.
514, Donald Purvin, Stanley Soboleski, J. Har-
vey Scouto.
532, Members.
541, David L. Allen.
550, Marsden N. Haws.
562, Barry Pellegrini.
563, Curtis O. Lundeen.
578, James K. & James Q. Spence.
586, Leo H. Wilhelm, M/M James Winkle,
Thomas Moran.
600, Alfred R. Knecht, Sr.
608, Charles Gorey.
620, Edward Kudlacik.
624, Richard Koroblis.
628, Thomas Tamer.
633, Donald Gerstenecker.
637, Daniel W. Steiger, Jr.
668, Robert J. Cooper.
674, A. Macpherson.
696, M/M Pete Dossey.
698, Paul Steffen.
701, Carl D, Hazen.
710, Foye Crooks, David M. Weir.
715, Thomas R. Thomas.
721, David H. Huber, Felipe V. Gonsales,
Kirby Babcock.
728, Doug Berry.
742, Mrs. Floyd I. Trimmer.
943, Anton T. Mrosek.
944, Bert A. Peterson.
745, Mils Kaneshird, Chiyoki Marushima.
753, L. W. McSween.
769, F. L. McKeever, Ernest Garcia, Norman
Gurwell.
781, Russ Smith, R. H. Hood.
792, Harold Kewquist.
797, Members.
815, Norman M. Souza, Mrs. Wm. Tucker.
845, Albert Friel.
849, Wm. Bredesen.
893, Jack R. Fisher.
902, John E. Goode, Al Reiersen.
906, H. T. Grant.
921, Thomas C. O'Meara, Carl Rogaiski.
943, Clarence & Inez Adams.
944, Paul Lopez, W. B. Campbell.
064, WiUiam Sopko.
973, S. R. Estep.
996, Gordon C. Schutz.
1005, Erik Johanson.
1010, George Zebley.
1020, R. H. Ungemach.
1044, Roth E. Perlinger.
1050, Ernest Mezzaroba, M/M John Anello.
1053, WUliam Peters.
1055, Lloyd R. Whitney.
1062, Bill & Joyce Millar, H. Phillip Pritchard.
1065, Avis K. Woodrum.
1067, Michael Collins.
1073, Chas. T. Cummings.
1081, Alpo Tienaho.
1091, Dale E. Jones.
1108, Paul A. Tilk.
1109, W. R. Wade.
1128, Leonard F. Anderson, Stephen Portner.
1143, Richard C. Neefe.
1146, M/M George Kust, Ted Ahlers.
1147, W. W. Swopes.
1148, H. A. Engelmann.
1149, Ted L. Knudson.
1162, August Kadak.
1185, William J. Collins.
1194, Willie C. Bishop.
Rowh, Glenn Payne, Coy C.
Peter O'Donoghue,
Joseph E. Ambrose.
1207, Coy A
Mathews.
1216, Melvin Hackler.
1222, Bob & Cathy Leach.
1235, George Carston.
1245, Jerry Sieberg.
1248, Tad Hemming.
1274, Jim P. Perkins, James A. Adams.
1307, Richard W. Sembach, John C. Cajka,
Robert Schuett, Harvey J. Schneider, Jeff S.
Poole, Thomas F. Poole, Joseph Ficek,
Frank Calocicco, Wilfred Blades, John
Jarger, Frank Jarger, Tony Volcek, Jeff
Sanden, Art Tambourine, Jim Manninen,
Angelo Giannosa, Bruce Cairn, John Mc-
Cormick, David G. Bleser, Leon Schwanz,
Wainio Sulo, Dieter Krause. Morris Ader-
son, Brian McGuinn, Don W. Bobart.
1308, Stanley Timmerman, Local
1323, James Rudisill, Earl Garretson.
1325, Seamus Logue.
1333, Victor Mort.
1342, Pasquale Quagliato,
Anthony F. Quaghato,
1370, Glen Reichenbaugh.
1397, Harold Vlasak.
1400, Frank N. Norris.
1402, John H. James, Jr.
1418, Jon Hildebrand.
1426, Carl L. Fuchs.
1445, Lynn Wilson.
1447, Ray Guzmon.
1453, Donald Mathews.
1456, Bror. E. Pearson, Mrs. O. Grodahl, Julio
Mobelio, Arthur A. Harkin, Jr.
1462, Richard J. Cunningham.
1480, Fred Thomas.
1487, Howard A. Shand.
1489, Local.
1497, Frank Kopachy, Oscar Aubrey Long.
1506, Rex & Helen Grarelin, Forest Miller.
1507, Cornelius Hoogenboom.
1509, German Hidalgo.
1512, Jack & Joyce Harmon.
1548, Carl R. Dester.
1583, Paul J. Skizinski.
1590, Francis E. Cray, Alan Stephens.
1594, Dianna Reynolds.
1595, Samuel Alba, Joseph Skreenock.
1598, Peter Morris.
1644, Bob Swanson, Marvin Archer.
1648, M/M James Applebury.
1650, Wm. Edwin & Margaret Furlong.
1664, Carpenters
1665, James P. Hicks.
1693, B. Patterson.
1729, John T. Jackson.
1733, Richard Berdan.
1743, Chuck Mclvaine.
1750, Irwin L, Stein, Robert Goodrich.
1752, Richard A. Parker.
1780, Kenneth P. Reid.
1797, Frank W. Prothero, Robert A. Johnson.
1815, Steve L. Ellis.
1822, George Allen Smith.
1823, Harlan P. Anderson.
1837, Thomas Casoria, Erling K. Tellefsen.
1861, Rudy Wade, Joseph A. Jacob, Sr.
1884, Frank A. Randeau.
1889, Leo Beduar.
1906, John C. Ruckle.
1913, C. L. Hudspeth, M/M James Fitzgerald,
Lynne Haggett.
1921, John Lupski.
1922, Jermone Ciolek.
1947, Newton W. Belcher.
Reconstructed Mar 23, 82.
1948, Orville Corbin.
1962, Cliff Walters.
1971, Henry F. Dreyer.
1987, Carl Ostmann.
1993, Alice Perkins.
1996, Wayne Markus.
2007, W. M. Piatt.
2014, Ray Hubbard.
2015, M/M Joseph N, Duran.
2025, Merlyn Dubach.
2046, F. E. Hinkle.
2067, Wayne & Karen Barrows.
2071, Dean B. Moors.
2078, Tester L. Morrison, Members.
2094, L. Brouillette, Jim Carlson, Steve Neu-
wirth.
2117, Red Mazzarella.
2119, Irvin L. Schulte, Local.
2164, William McFarland.
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2203, Ronald W. Buroker, Erwin W. Kind.
2212, Local.
2214, Joseph A. Bakewell.
2217, Peter J. Marchese.
2250, Mr. John M. Jones.
2235, Paul Rakers.
2246, Members.
2250, Otto Corra. Albert Aschettino.
2283, Wilmer A. Tews.
2287, Sam Zamiello.
2323, Steve Pansier.
2360, Lex Chandler.
2361, Dave Vasquez.
2465, Roy E. Bailey.
2477, Larry Greer.
2490, C. B. Self.
2564, Ralph Payne, Newman Sinnicks, Mike
Sinnicks, Roy Dalley, Oliver Mills.
2581, George H. Powell.
2592, Bruce Trump.
2652, John Davis.
2669, Nick Gorgone.
2682, Helen Dooley.
2693, Lorenzo Bergeron, Clifford H. Enosse.
2900, Mrs. Barry Smith.
2947, Daniel Moreau.
3038, George & Alice Yeager.
3138, Helen Dowell. Eugene Dowell.
3230, Members. Individuals and Croups —
Central New Jersey District Council,
D.C. Houston & Vicinity, Tnternall. Un. of
Oper. Engineers, First Presbyterian Church
of Hackensack, Mt. Hebron Church, George
A. Belleville, Harlan Breeden, Mrs. W. H.
Hendley, Richard J. Jamison, Mary C.
Kust, Mrs. Fello. Minter Construction Co..
Barbara O'Brien, Shirlen Riboo, Helen
Stilz, Roy & Janice Tornabene, Jay
Versprille, Edna White, Mrs. David Kopit-
sky, Mrs. Pauline Grabowski & Bob &
Alberta Herb. Anonymous, Anonymous,
Anon., Anne Kust.
MORE CONTRIBUTORS
TO HELPING HANDS
1, Chester Pribile.
2, Robert S. Herbert.
3, Donald Wright, A. H. Knutsen.
4, N. L. Mumey.
5-L, Don McGovem.
6, Charles H. Morrison, Gerald Pellegrino.
7, Robert A. Reese.
8, Francis McKenna, John E. Frascone.
10-L, Edward John, Iries & Drury L. Bums,
George Stamos, Alex Goeringer.
12, Stuart W. Turner.
13, Irvin Goldner, C. Pawlak, Thure H. East,
Charles Chiappa.
15, Edward Lang, Louis Tognoli, Eric Lind,
Howard Paterson, Alex Prodigo.
17, Robert E. Suneson. Thomas Uldal, Angelo
Morsut, James H. Griffiths, Daniel Colucci.
19, Charles W. Cain, John Grueter.
20, Michael Wagner, Joseph Levin, Tony Burns.
22, Ed Vella, Donald Junkin, Arthur Paymiller,
Kuchan Ivan.
24, M/M Armando Fabbri, Wayne Hennessey.
26, Dermot O'Meara, Raymond Leysen, Robert
Gibbons.
30, Ray Occhialini, Joseph G. Barile.
31, H. B. "Scoop" Slack.
32, Robert Willcutt, Joseph C. Rugani.
33, Charles B. Dingwell, David McGhee, Stan-
ley Zablocki.
34, W. M. Gerringer.
35, H. R. EUwood.
36, Robert L. Loder, Henry T. Kaika, Roy E.
Johnson, Alfred L. Anglin.
40, Local, Kenneth J. Fancy, Thomas G. Nelson.
42, Glen I. Johnson.
47, Wallace Ravens.
SO, John B. Moore, Allan R. Cox, Local.
S3, John & Kim Byrne.
55, Charles F. Roberts, James Hammock, Rich-
ard H. Levinson.
60, William J. Tegethoff, Shannon L. Shepherd.
61, Howard Johnson, Antone C. Meziel, M. W.
McMahon.
63, Remo Rice.
102,
107,
132,
133,
135,
141,
149,
153,
64, Carl R. Sanders.
65, William Buechler.
66, Nathan C. Frank, Richard John Dooley.
69, Ben Crall.
71, W. H. Pesterfleld.
74, John H Myszka.
77, Joseph J. Albino.
80, Ken Aronson, Stewart Robertson, Douglas
Fraser.
87, Francis Rivard.
91, Herbert Friedrich.
94, John E. Delpha III.
95, Darwin Mangsen, Jim Foster, Mark Schniers.
98, Wilson O. Highfield, Wayne A. Beauchamp,
Peter J. Brown.
100, M/M Harold Prowant.
101, Russell Claridge, James W. Parks, Charles
Sellers, John Hellmann, Bruce & Jean
Moore, C. E. Perko, Kurt Weygant, Sr.,
Edw. A. Hand, Jr.
Doris Wright, Darrel Owen
Harold A. Carlson, Francis G. Zecco, Wil-
liam R. Dame & Family, William Depatsy.
117, John Nitsky, James R. Willig.
120, Royce Gali.
122, William J. Kelly, Sally & Wm. Koerner-
Beard.
124, John Ricker.
131, J. E. Sandin.
William Taylor, Craig Celich.
Jerry W. Moss, John H. Archer, Walter E.
Fisher, Reno Casassa.
Dominick Russo, Ruben Mattson, Benja-
min Lipman.
M/M Albert Zadesty, Robert H. Penn, Jr.,
Frank G. lole.
Evert V. Johnson.
Glenn Lowry.
161, Jeff Bush.
162, Helen M. Schneider, Michael Dillon, Otto
Cattich.
165, M/M Albert Bruno & Mom, Donnina
Santucci, Sexton Peterson.
169, Eugene Ganschinietz.
171, Nick Marsh, Harvey Anderson, W. Redifer,
Ray Gaydos.
174, Art H. Pohlman, Robert Ukovich.
181, Samuel E. Cortese, Dennis Henry, Elmer
H. Knuth.
182, Steve P. Lassan, Joseph H. Long.
183, M/M Mike Martin.
184, Francis Brems, James Wilcox.
188, Robert Jones.
195, Jim Lehn.
198, Billy F. Chapman.
Families of J. Hooker.
Eugene Bongiorn.
Anon.
Jay Endick.
Herman H. Zuler.
Michael W. Bogan.
Wm. E. Kadis.
Calvin E. Mead.
230, Kenneth Ross, Andrew Weston.
232, Joe G. Silveus, Mark S. Gremaux.
242, H. Matthys.
252, M/M Eugene Rohan.
254, Carpenters.
255, Harry Peterson.
257, John A. Michaelson, John H. Johanson.
259, Johnny Harston.
Maurice W. Howes.
F. H. Bailey, Ben F. Long, Raymond
Forrester.
Elmer J. Gillan.
280, Richard P. Davison.
281, Lynn Gillingham, Robt. P. Kane.
283, Ricky B. Hobbs.
287, Harry Peiffer, Ida Horning, Chester L.
Hartz.
298, Paul Rutigliano. John Buonsante.
302, E. B. Linville, Jr.
Karl P. Ham.
Edward A. Perkins.
Fred Bromschwig.
199,
201,
203,
213,
214,
215,
228,
229,
260,
266,
278,
308,
310
316
321
Bob McGuinness,
329, Earl Fugleberg.
333, John R. Talbot.
334, Wm. Callaghan.
337, Rene Miller.
340, L. B. Izer.
343, Wm. Turchyn, A
345, Frank Lunceford,
350, John Gibson.
355, Jeffrey Tarrant.
356, Samuel M. Reynolds.
359, Joseph De Benedictis.
Robert.
Dennis Davison.
361, Gust Savola.
362, James D. Rumsey.
363, Mel Horton.
364, Bert W. Goss.
369, Austin Nobles.
379, Mike Young.
380, William A. Esies.
386, George Zigler.
388, Harry T. Hankins.
393, Harold R. Wenstrom, Clement R. Mitchell,
Jr., Ralph M. More.
400, Kenneth D. Johnson, Norman L. Rabe.
413, Julius Robinson, Harold M. Craft.
417, Milton L. Mitchell.
422, James R. Black, Jeffrey W. Bruce.
430, H. J. Burger.
433, Cyrus H. Holcomb, Andrew Schaefer.
434, Vincent ZuUo, Ken Popp.
440, Bonnie L. McLaughlin.
448, Ron Starostovic, Lloyd Carlson, Jack
Kerpan. Sr.
462, Daniel Acita.
465, Edwin J. Donlon.
468, Carl M. Trotta, Richard W. Mayer.
469, Marvin R. Mills.
470, G. Ben Mueller.
475, James F. Howley.
483, William V. Amoroso, E. F. Taylor.
492, Owen Kazmar.
493, Hector M. Reyes, Albert J. Pellegrino.
496, F. Clatterbuck, Waldo Grigsby.
500, Warren R. Weisenstein.
504, Harry Cohen.
SIO, Reinie R. Foster.
514, Paul A. Hanko, Joseph J. Solano, John
Helfrich.
515, John S. Williams, A. D. Smiley, Arthur
Ledeboer, Joseph Acerra, Gail P. James.
517, Leo A. Green.
537, Roger D. Barrs.
548, Jack Tharaldson.
556, John C. Cervone.
563, Ladies Aux. 403.
571, Louis Snyder, Jr.
583, Roy W. Olson.
S86, Delbert Wilcox, Edw. T. Chaney.
S9S, Thomas J. Brown, Frederick C. Salois.
S99, Kenneth Stigall, BUI Simmons.
603, Bm McGuire.
608, Richard Caprio, Mike Keenan, George
Morholt.
620, Adam R. Wasag, Thomas R. Small, Walter
& Claire Hutton, John Boardman, Frank
Cyphers, Patrick MeliUo, Sr., Samuel Fee,
George Laufenberg, Anthony G. Pennucci,
Lawrence Plante, Sr., Local, Dominick
Pennella.
623, Ronadl Hesse.
625, Steve Walker, Fred Ebol.
626, John F. Shockley, Haywood Humphries,
Gus Y. Kuratle.
637, WUliam S. Bradley.
639, M/M Ernest Barr, George Cantor.
642, Bernard Barnes.
643, Boyd A. Benson.
651, Zoltan Papp.
668, George W. Fowler, E. B. McGinty.
690, Frank Simmons.
694, Lawrence Bendzen, Jr.
700, Calvin O. Walker.
701, Ralph E. Hood, M/M Luther Perkins.
703, Melvin T. Houser.
710, David M. Weir, Wayne Cole, Dale C.
Wren, Jr., Eugene Nichols.
715, Robert H. Baker, William Schmid, Local.
721, John B. Meese.
740, M/M Alson Van Vleck.
747, Robert S. Jacobs.
751, N. Houghtaling.
770, James P. Ellis.
772, Eugene Judge.
773, James R. Franco, Sr.
783, M. Earl Rotherham.
787, M/M K. Wm. Thorden.
812, C. O. Buchanan.
815, Edward E. Livesey.
819, Local & Members.
821, Thomas May.
839, Emil N. Baranko, Henry Wiegel, Jr.
844, Richard Jardin.
845, William J. Kammerer, Ed & Dot Kam-
merer.
857, Mac Doty.
899, Gale L. McCain.
943, David McCord, Jack L. O'Donnell, Lloyd
C. Honeycutt, Charles J. Abele.
28
THE CARPENTER
958, Local.
971, Donald L. Haynes, Rene Genesse.
977, E. C. Phillips, Merrill D. Beam.
982, Martin Pitek, Sidney Beemer, Fred Bou-
dreau.
999, Lester Page.
1001, Jack F. Lewis.
1003, William WUson.
1005, Harry L. Eaton.
1006, Gerry Dobenski, Floyd Moore.
1043, Gerald A. Gaskey.
1044, Charles Grago.
1046, Henry D. Yandell.
1048, Robert Brook.
1062. Ame Iverson, Elmer V. Rasmussen.
1065, Alex W. Agalzoff.
1069, Steve Shanko.
1074, Margaret Roth & Children.
1088, Leslie S. Peace.
1089, Henry Detsch, Bob Ray.
1092, Ron Terry.
1093, Michael Cunsolo.
1097, Jim Shamberger.
1098, M/M Thomas E. Murray, Basil Alexander,
Glenn Melon.
1102, Charles Cooper, Bemie Fleming, Joe Guar-
neri, Ronald E. Steams.
1107, Gerald Depaul.
1108, James Henson, Lawrence & Donna Mauer.
1121, Robert Molyneaux.
1132, Leonard J. Sova.
1138, Jerry Van Gilder.
1140, Gus A. Bates.
1141, John W. Paugh.
1146, Joseph Reed.
1147, M. Brown.
1150, Herbert Ernst.
1162, Louis ludica, Fred Krausch, John J.
Hughes.
1164, Arthur Tramposch.
1185, M. E. Ellerson, B. K. Drathring, Sr.
1200, Donald J. White.
1205, Eldon D. Smith.
1208, Michael T. Schmidt.
1217, Wally Birge.
1222, John Hutchinson, Tom Blake, Jr., Joseph
F. Gatz.
1226, John T. Kersten.
1235, Lonnie J. Parker, Donald A. Drury.
1245, Alex Aragon.
1248, Carpenters.
1251, Dennis Honaizer, K. G. Hiebert.
1274, Marion R. Sims.
1276, G. H. Simmons, Jr.
1289, Walter Estabrook.
1301, Tom Roberts, Charles Walker.
1303, W. W. Bloomquist.
1305, Arthur Anctil.
1308, Dominic Lorenti.
1319, Richard B. Gallegos, Ernest L. Best, G. L.
Blacksher, Michael Isaminger, Vemon R.
Linam.
1323, Terry Dombrowski, Ross D. Ricks.
1333, James T. Parry.
1341, Eugene Adkins.
1342, Thomas Caprio, Karl Karlsen, Einar E.
Peterson, Rocco L. Cardell, Eric L. John-
son, Anthony G. Aiello, Walter Dziedzic.
1353, Irvin W. Opperman.
1354, L. K. Stone, Jr., Robert L. Jones.
1357, Hafford K. Carter, James F. Spencer.
1361, John W. Zeidler.
1365, Thaddeus Krolikowski.
1367, Robert Szymkowiak.
1373, Donald C. Anderson.
1396, William C. Hayes.
1397, Lewis Sasso, Sture Peterson, George Pan-
ning, William H. Hoffman, Edward Kist,
R. Wickboldt.
1400, Wm. G. Kirkpatrick, Hyman Allenick.
1407, W. R. Finger, Harold & Evelyn Omdahl.
1408, John M. Feyling, Stanley Sobotka, An-
thony J. Poderis,
1437, M/M H. H. Meinert.
1441, Tom Connolly.
1447, Richard W. Schaefer.
1449, Lloyd Mattson.
1452, Paul Zieger.
1453, Linus Decant.
1456, Julio Mobilio, Olf Gilstad, Edward E.
Drickson, Daniel T. Dom, M/M Everett
McNulty.
1462, Leonard G. Contino.
1471, Allen J. Patterson.
1477, Edison Stevens
1478, Arch Forrest & Friends, R. J. Koonz,
William Frank Allen.
1485, Don J. Wood, Harold & Aileen Mahl.
1486, Edward J. Viscia.
1489, George & Elaine Ryll, Harry Von Duhn.
1495, Raymond A. Rolf, Patty Floraday.
1497, Tony Peters.
1498, PhU EUgen.'
1506, L. G. Buchanan, Daniel S. Schenk.
1507, Emery J, Schwartz, H. J. Baumgartner.
1509, George H. Buehler.
1512, Howard Bays.
1526, Local Union.
1527, George T. Williams.
1535, Dale E. Frank.
1536, Alfred M. Zannotti.
1545, Fred M. Russell.
1553, W. Michik, Mrs. L. L. Cassell, Stella M.
Gallegos.
1564, W. E. Copperfield.
1570, Clarence McDaniel.
1578, Wm. J. Smith.
1583, Lee D. Coleman.
1590, Carl H. Erickson, Christian Ellenes.
1595, Charles Maggio, John Lacina.
1599, Sam & Marion Rubino, Milion L.
Schmidlin.
1607, Alvin Kronbetter.
1618, James F. Leach.
1622, Steven E. Allen.
1632, Phil Baron.
1644, James Taylor, Robert Kramer.
1650, Clifton Abel, Norbert Kennerknecht.
1667, Joseph A. Ellis.
1683, James A. White.
1693, Charles & Cora Tyrolt. Eugene C. Mason.
1699, Harold & Eve Brown, Raymond Anderson.
1708, Leo and Pearl Hardersen, Joe Satterlund,
Robert L. Fletchall.
1715, Gary Stanley, Scott Shideler, Donald R.
Jole,
1739, J. Leuthen, Howard C. Holman, Roy G.
Manian, Nancy & Bud Lueddecke.
1741, J. Clayton Shaver, A. W. Eichstaedt.
1743, M/M Ackroyd.
1752, Joseph C. Eickholt.
1765, Christ Altergott.
1771, Darrel Miller.
1772, Frank Rossett, Paul Schwenke, Wm. Hill.
1780, Lee M. Romeo, Kevin Kirwan.
1784, G. Pfeiffer, Bernard J. Ozga.
1807, James F. Neely.
1815, James H. Carder.
1822, Thomas W. Cortes III, Charies Sondecker.
1836, Gary L. Carter.
1837, Daniel Eginton.
1856, Kenneth McKenzie, Robert Gliwa, Andrew
Rysnik.
1861, William E. Terry.
1871, James Finch.
1884, Len, Debbie & Mandy Bevers, R. Y.
Oldham.
1889, Joseph Shuster, Bruce Norman.
1904, Grover O'Dell.
1911, Mr. John M. Morrison.
1913, Ronald Vincelli, John Waldrip, Albert J.
Krug, Richard Trute.
1922, Philip Uthe, August Knuth.
1929, Oliver Lillvis.
1939, Mrs. Peter DeLotto.
1947, Arthur Arneson.
1987, Michael A. Waelder.
1996, James Aim.
1997, Maurice Mudd.
2004, Wilhelm Troesken.
2006, S. M. Pietrosanti.
2008, Fred Voelzke.
2014, Jerome P. Kelpsch, Mont L. Anderson.
2020, Tommy Anderson.
2046, Elmer H. Swanson, Theodore L. Larsen.
2049, Orbie Culver, Sr.
2078, Tony Pupping, Martin Rojas, Johannes
Pupping.
2114, William R, Ransford.
2117, Edward Hahn, Thomas Shields.
2119, Lewis 1. Gibson, Hermann Henke.
2127, Mark McGeary.
2164, Robert Kerns, Orlando Lacayo, John
Lindstrom.
2202, N. M. Potter.
2203, Brian German, Harry G. Kamke, Clarence
E. McKeel.
2214, William O, Hammond.
2217, Andrew J. Alvey, Ralph E. Walker.
2239, Henry F. Lindhorst.
2250, Walter Frattin, Tom Bucco, George R.
Pyott.
2264, Matthew D. Beck, Ed. Mialki, Robert
Crone.
2275, Clyde Hickman.
2287, David Davidson.
2288, Jay Kimball, Jr.
2308, Don Matthews, R. Anderson, Jr.
2310, James W. Howton, Boyce Towery.
2311, William Scheu.
2351, Walter A. Wadzinski.
2361, Mike J. Nemcik.
1435, J. J. Castellano.
2436, Hagwood Cannon.
2461, George Parker.
2477, Lee T. Kissick.
2535, Mark Depree
2554, Dave & Debbie Stumpff.
2592, Carl Newman.
2686, Jane J. Pedrazoli.
2698, James R. Counts.
2693, Richard Moffatt.
2734, B. F. Jarman.
2748, Esther Richards.
2761, Russell McMillian.
2791, E. Pendergraft.
2907, Gino Mazzoni.
3035, Daniel Hoff.
3127, Irving Nachman.
3138, Helen Cleveland.
3206, Harvey Moreau, Harold Engman.
3223, Doss Decker, Kenneth R. Sidebottom.
Individuals and Groups — Bay Counties D.C.
Russ Pool, Jim Green, Joseph Grigsby,
Vera Messer, Mary Kanellis & Ellie Matus,
Nassau County District Council, East Enn.
D.C. Members, Alaska State Council of
Carp, American Legion Post 162, Mrs.
Herman J. Bodewes, Dorothy Berkley,
Mr. Frank Coy, Mary Collins, John
Dickens, Edwin M. George, Alex Halcomb,
M/M Wm. Jacobson — In Memory of Hugo
Stromholm, David Jefferson, Andrea Kmetz,
Pauline Kriynovich. Ted Mallasch, Nichols
Construction M/M Harold Surface, Mrs.
Florence Lutz, Act Teens-Grandvlew Bap-
tist Church, Thomas Shepard, South Subur-
ban Grandmothers #462, United Methodist
Women, Penn., Cathy Verret, Richard &
Linda Watson, Anonymous, Anonymous,
Kathy L. Krieger UBC, Barbara McNatt
UBC, Joseph Pinto UBC.
THE CENTENNIAL
TAPE CASSETTE
1981— the United Brotherhood's centen-
nial celebration ... and you were there!
Here is the perfect memento of the
UBC's 100th birthday. Every owner of a
tape recorder will want to have one as
a memento of the anniversary.
SIDE 1 is a half-hour recording of a
National Public Radio broadcast, "The NPR
lournal," featuring interviews with his-
torians, a playwright, oldtime carpenters,
and UBC leaders.
SIDE 2 is the musical soundtrack from
"Knock on Wood," the living-newspaper
production depicting the UBC history, as it
was staged in Chicago during the Centennial
Convention, September, 1981.
If you were a delegate, you'll want this
tape!
Only $6.00 each
Send cash, check or money order to:
Gen. Sec. John Rogers, United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of America, 101
Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.
20001.
JUNE, 1982
29
HYPERGLYCEMIA?
MYALGIA?
DYSMENORRHEA?
GASTROENTERITIS?
FIBROID?
MEDICAL LINGO
Learning How to Talk to Your Doctor
By Phillip L. Polakoff, M.D.
Director, Western Institute for
Occupational/ Environmental Sciences
How would you like to play a little
word game that might help you under-
stand some of those big medical terms
your doctor sometimes uses? Let's go.
"Ralphsmithjunior" at first glance
is as mind-boggling as "hypergly-
cemia." But let's separate the two
words into their various parts. That's
the trick of understanding medical
terminology.
In the first word, pick out "smith"
in the middle. That's a family name,
but there are lots of Smiths. We need
to narrow the field, so we add Ralph
at the beginning. That's better, but
there's a father and son. So, we tack
"junior" on the end. Now we know
exactly who we're talking about.
Hyperglycemia is a medical term.
To understand it, you follow the same
process you did when you unraveled
"Ralphsmithjunior." In place of
Smith, you'll find "glyc" in the middle.
That's part of the old Greek word for
sweet or sugar. But, just as in the
first example, we need to focus more
closely. What about the sugar? So, we
add "Hyper-" at the beginning.
"Hyper-" means above, or beyond, or
too much. Now we know that some-
thing is too sugary. But what? The
ending "-emia" gives us the final clue.
It means blood. So that's it. Hyper-
glycemia means an excess of sugar in
the blood.
The opposite of "hyper," inci-
dentally, is "hypo," meaning below or
deficient. Hypo-giyc-emia, then, would
mean low blood sugar.
You might ask, "Why don't doctors
just say high (or low) blood sugar in
the first place?" It's a good question,
and there's a good answer.
Many of the earliest physicians
were Greek, and they were good ob-
servers of the human body and its
condition. They gave graphic, down-
to-earth names to what they saw. Take
the old Greek word "karkinos," mean-
ing crab. We still use it today, in a
slightly different spelling, for the
medical term "carcinoma" — cancer. It
would be hard to improve on "crab-
like" as a description of a malignant,
invading tumor that spreads.
Besides Greek, other medical terms
are of Latin origin. The old classical
languages are universally understood.
They don't have to be translated for
the various nationalities. That helps
physicians and other health profes-
sionals share information around the
world.
These ancient medical root words
are also handy for grafting parts onto
to help explain the meanings, as we
saw in the example of blood sugar.
Here are some other clues to look
for as you play medical terminology
detective:
"Cardi-" tells you the subject is the
heart. Put it together with "electro-"
(pertaining to electricity) and "gram-"
(from the old Greek word "gramma,"
meaning writing) and you have elec-
trocardiogram — a graphic record of
your heart beat made by an electrical
device.
"Enter-" refers to the intestines.
Add "-itis" (which means inflamed)
and you have "enteritis" — inflamma-
tion of the intestines. If the trouble is
more extensive, we can add "gastro-"
(stomach) and come up with "gastro-
enteritis" — inflammation of both the
stomach and intestines.
"Dys-" at the beginning of a word
is not the name of a body part. It
tells you that the part that follows
isn't working right. It means bad,
difficult or painful. Put it in front of
"enter," add a "y" on the end, and we
have "dysentery" — gut pain that often
goes along with inflammation of the
intestinal mucous membrane.
Dysmenorrhea is a combination of
"dys-" (painful); "men" (month), and
"rhea" (flow), with a couple of con-
necting letters thrown in. So, dys-
menorrhea means painful menstrua-
tion.
A few other body parts to look for
are: "my-" (muscle), "osteo-" (bone),
"pneum-" (air) and "pulmo-" (both
of which will refer to the lungs.)
Here are some endings to remember:
"-ectomy" means that something is
going to be removed. Now you know
what is meant by "appendectomy" and
"tonsillectomy."
"-osis" refers to a diseased condi-
tion of the word it is attached to. Used
with "scler" to form "sclerosis" we
have a hardening condition. Add that
combination to "arterio-" (artery) and
we have arteriosclerosis — hardening of
the arteries.
"-algia" means pain. Neuralgia is
nerve pain. Myalgia is muscle pain.
"-oid" on the end of a word means
"like." A fibroid tumor is a tumor that
looks like fibers. Rheumatoid would
mean resembling rheumatism. Rheu-
matoid arthritis refers to a condition
in which inflammation of the joints
(like rheumatism) may often be ac-
companied by marked deformities (as
in some arthritis).
A word of caution: Don't try to
diagnose an ache or pain just because
you know a few medical terms. Use
your new understanding, instead, for
belter communication between you
and your doctor. When in doubt — ask
questions.
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THE CARPENTER
Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT.
Local 446 recently held a banquet to
celebrate the Brotherhood's 100th anniversary
and to honor its 25 and 30-year members.
General Representative Ted Ryan presented
pins to the members pictured in the accom-
panying photograph, front row, from left:
Matti Rahkola, John Ramsey, Karl Goericke,
Toivo Virtanen, Simon Dorion, Albert Bourgeois,
Earl Alkenbrack, and Leonard Strom.
Back row, from left: Ontario Provincial
Council President Ted Ryan, William Living-
stone, Forest Duggan, Armas Hautala, Aarno
Vuotilainen, Lauri Kontulainen, Lasse Kakela,
Toivo Kortesmaki, Paul Gingras, Olgerts
Briedis, Floyd Hurdle, and Ontario Provincial
Council Vice President Bryon Black.
Service
Te
The
IreliMrheed
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.
ORANGE, CALIF.
Local 2361 members with 25, 30, and 35-years of service to the Brotherhood received
membership pins at an awards ceremony held on January 25, 1982. Shown in the
accompanying photograph are, first row, seated: Leslie Combs, 35-years.
Second row, from left: Carl Shuster, Edmond Riley, Lawrence Zeulner, and Eura Rogers,
all 25-years; Elmer Campbell, 35-years; Lyie Casey, 30-years; and Paul Richardson,
35-years.
Third row, from left: Business Representative Gene IVIaag; Curtis Jackson, Roy Ferguson,
and David Savage, all 25-years; and Financial Secretary Jim E. Jones.
Fourth row, from left: Business Representative and Local President Bill E. Perry; Glenn
Sare, 35-years; John Richmond, 30-years; Ben Richmond, 25-years; Theodore Heath,
35-years; and Business Representative Randy Thornhill.
RENO, NEV.
Local 971 recently held a dinner party
honoring its members with 40 or more years
of service to the brotherhood. Eighth District
Board Member M. B. Bryant presented the
awards.
Picture No. 1 above, shows guests of honor
at the ceremony, from left: Elizabeth isakson,
her granddaughter, Terry Derrah, and her
husband, 64-year member Karl Isakson.
The picture at left
shows 40-year member
Frank Sowerwine.
The following mem-
bers also received
awards:
SS-year members
Silvo Ferrari, James N.
Byars, Reichenback,
and Andy Swalley.
45-year members A.
B. Christensen, Dale
Hanna, L. F. Jacaway, Ovey C. Jacobsen,
Bernard Mertha, William S. Webb, K. P.
Williams, Lawrence Wright, Ernest Giossi, Ray
Keller, Al Odie, Otto Ommen, Lawrence J.
Quadrio, William S. Webb, and Lawrence
Wright.
40-year members IVIarvin Alexander, J. K.
Anderson, Robert Ambrose, Benedict Barnard,
Richard Bowen, Stanley Briggs, Ellis Bradley,
Nathan Bradley, Rayburn M. Brown, Gerald W.
Cameron, Raymond J. Carlton, Charles Cundiff,
Calvin Day, Otto Depping, Alfred E. Forson, Jr.,
John S. Frank, Sr., 0. D. Gable, Earl Hancock,
Ralph Hanshaw, Marion Hanson, C. W. Hedger,
Howard C. Hughes, Ben Savage, Lloyd E. Jones,
Jack Landers, Cecil W. Lowe, Vincent Lynch,
Lake Manly, Donald E. Masters, Marco
McCauley, George Meadows, Ralph E. Miller,
Willis Mose, G. L Morini, John 0. Morman,
Elvin E. Olds, James C. Parks, Marion Rice,
George Roger, Kenneth Rogers, James
Rosevear, Delmar Scott, ByrI Sheen, Ray
Sheen, Herbert L. Smith, E. A. Stiles, Stanley
Stone, Paul Tremblay, Oliver Tremewan, Roy
Weatherman, Jack E. Webb, Melvin L. Webb,
Lawrence Willbanks, and George M. Yuill.
JUNE, 1982
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Seattle, Wash. — Picture No. 1
Seattle, Wash. — Picture No. 6
SEATTLE, WASH.
Last September, Local 1289 held a pin
presentation dinner at the Carpenter Center
Building in Seattle, Wash. Members with 25-45
years of service were awarded pins.
Picture No. 1 shows 25-year members, from
left: William E. West, Elmer P. Weflen, Vernon
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