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A Monthly Journal, Owned and Published by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America, for its Members of all its Branches.
PETER E. TERZICK, Editor /Il«M«ESS|
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1959 — A Year Of Great Progress
Despite the current highly anti-union climate, despite passage of the Griffin-Landrum
Bill, our Brotherhood managed to malce 1959 a year of real progress in the areas
of yt/aget, organizing, and protecting our jurisdiction, the three bread-and-butter meas-
uring sticks by which we can really measuro our effectiveness.
8
The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D. C, provides a notable
exception to the trend of our times wrhen architecture places little value on beauty,
permanence or quality construction in the o!d tradition of genuine craftsmanship.
11
A review of the growing pains that our nearest northern neighbor has been under-
going since the end of World War II, and some of the gains hoped for by unions with-
in the next few years.
15
Some statistics on why many of those in the highly competitive field of construction
contracting go bankrupt.
19
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Construction Industry In Canada
Why Contractors Fail
These Movies Are Yours — Enjoy Them
Local Unions and Councils that have not booked showings of the many fine films
produced by our Brotherhood are passing up a good opportunity to educate and in-
form their members regarding the breadth and scope of our organization's operations.
22
National attention has recently been focused on a program between Buffalo's
District Council and three local employer associations that tests job applicants for
qualifications for employment on a basis that is fair to everybody.
32
The final article in a series dealing with inter-relationship of drug manufacturers,
pharmacists and doctors, who scratch each other's backs to extract the lost possible
penny from the consumer in providing modern drugs.
Buffalo Testing Plan Works Well
Why Do Drugs Cost So Much?
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OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Plane Gossip
Editorials
Official
In Memoriam
Outdoor Meanderings
Correspondence
To Our Ladies
Craft Problems
Index to Advertisers
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1959— A Year Of Great Progress
• • •
In any human institution, a solid past is
the greatest guarantee of a sound future-
General President M. A. Hutcheson
THE above words were spoken by General President Hutcheson on the
occasion of our 75th Anniversary celebration. Appropriate as they were
at that time, they are even more appropriate right now, as we enter
the decade of the 60's with all its uncertainties, insecurities and challenges.
A solid past, indeed, is the fundamental ingredient for a good future. It
is impossible to erect a sound structure without a solid foundation to build on.
The better the foundation, the sounder and more solid the structure must be.
Within the framework of this kind of thinking, it is interesting to assess
the operations of our Brotherhood during the past year. It goes without say-
ing that 1959 was not a kind year to
organized labor. At no time since the fields that really count for working
turn of the century was labor at-
tacked on as many fronts as it was
during 1959. Newspapers, radio and
TV incessantly blasted the labor
movement with or without justifica-
tion. Congressional investigating com-
mittees leaned over backward to mag-
nify every isolated union misdeed in-
to a major scandal. Even the Presi-
dent of the United States went on
television to recount the misdeeds of
a few unions without bothering to
point out that the overwhelming ma-
jority of unions have no truck with
such shenanigans.
The culmination of all this anti-
union hysteria was passage of the
Landrum-Griffin Bill with all its re-
strictive and punitive provisions.
Yet in this antagonistic climate our
Brotherhood made steady progress on
all fronts, at a time when many un-
ions were losing ground steadily. A
roundup of ofiicial figures for the year
1959 shows that the United Brother-
hood of Garpenters and Joiners of
America was leading the parade in
people.
Take the matter of wages. Our
United Brotherhood not only nego-
tiated the largest wage increase in
the building trades, but a higher per-
centage of our members bettered
their wages than any other trade in
the construction industry.
Nearly all building trades agree-
ments are reopened in the Spring
months. Spring figures released by
the Department of Labor show that
our members increased their wages
by 11.9 cents per hour as compared
to 9.9 cents for all the building
trades. The same figures show that
79% of our members advanced their
rates last year as compared to 55 to
67 per cent for most trades. Here is
the way a Department of Labor news
release dated August 3 summarized
the picture:
"Hourly wage scales of union build-
ing trades workers rose an average
of 3 per cent during the 3 months
ended July 1, the U. S. Labor De-
partment's Bureau of Labor Statistics
T HE C A R P E N T E R
reported. The gain was greater than
in the second quarter last year, but
less than the 3.4 per cent rise in the
1957 period.
"Reflecting numerous spring and
early summer contract reopenings,
wage increases in the quarter raised
the average hourly scale 9.9 cents.
Gains for the individual trades var-
ied from 4.2 cents for painters to 11.9
cents for carpenters. The average
union rate for all building trades
workers was estimated at $3.50 an
hour on July 1.
"Higher scales were reported for
2 of every 3 construction workers in-
chided in the Bureau's quarterly sur-
vey of 7 major building trades in 100
cities. Rates advanced for 79 per cent
of the carpenters, 75 per cent of the
bricklayers, 73 per cent of the build-
ing laborers, and from 55 to 67 per
cent of the workers in each of the
other surveyed trades except paint-
ers. About 38 per cent of the painters
had scale increases."
No figures are as yet available for
the shop industries covered by our
Brotherhood, but all indications are
that our members led the wage pa-
rade in the industrial branches too.
From the foregoing it is evident
that our Brotherhood is not allow-
ing anti-labor propaganda, Landrum-
Grifiin, Right-To-Work, or any of the
other anti-labor drives to interfere
with our primary purpose— to win for
our members a fairer share of the
v» ealth they produce.
On the jurisdictional front, too, our
Brotherhood chalked up a commend-
able record during 1959. Of 411
cases involving our Brotherhood pre-
sented to the Joint Board for the
Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes
during the first 11 months of 1959,
we came out on the short end only
123 times. The record shows that our
organization presented 204 cases be-
tween January 1 and November 30.
Other crafts presented 200, and the
employers instituted seven.
An analysis of Joint Board deci-
sions shows that our Brotherhood
gained 215 complete victories and 73
partial victories. In 123 cases we lost
out to the other trade.
Jurisdiction is the lifeblood of any
building trades union. It is the differ-
ence between working or not work-
ing for many of our members. With
the techniques and materials in the
construction game changing constant-
ly, the matter of maintaining our tra-
ditional jiu'isdiction is of utmost im-
portance. The figures conclusively
show that our Brotherhood is con-
sistently doing a good job defending
the jurisdiction of our members from
the onslaughts of ambitious trades
which are constantly pressing to take
over work that rightfully belongs to
us.
In the matter of processing wage
predeterminations our Brotherhood
also made 1959 a fruitful year. Dur-
ing the year, the General Office pro-
cessed some 35,000 wage predeter-
minations issued by the Department
of Labor. Some 5,000 of these were
found to be incorrect in that the rate
quoted by the Department of Labor
did not jibe with the negotiated rate
in the area involved. These predeter-
minations were protested to the De-
partment of Labor and in 90 per cent
of the cases the necessary upward
adjustment was made. There is no
way of measuring the amount of
wages thus salvaged for our mem-
bers, but it must run into many, many
millions.
Organizing is another activity
which is of prime concern to union
members. The existence of non-union
operations constantly holds back the
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progress that organized operations
can make. Consequently, every non-
union plant that is organized consti-
tutes a step forward for the labor
movement.
In the field of organizing, our
Brotherhood made solid progress
during 1959. The ofiicial figures tell
the story. NLRB statistics for July,
August, and September indicate that
unions won only 57.8% of the elec-
tions they entered during that period.
Our Brotherhood's percentage stood
at 69% for the first 11 months.
The statistics also show that our
Brotherhood is among the most active
unions in initiating NLRB elections.
In 1958, only one international union
participated in as many as 220 elec-
tions during the year. However, pre-
liminary figures indicate that we will
reach that plateau during 1959.
The figures thus prove not only
that we are initiating more NLRB
elections than virtually any other un-
ion, but also that we are winning
away more than the average number
of the elections we enter into. In this
day and age of strongly organized
anti-unionism, this constitutes real
achievement.
In summation, wages, jurisdiction,
and organizing are the yardsticks by
which union progress can be meas-
ured. Applying these yardsticks to the
activities of our Brotherhood for the
year 1959 brings out the fact that
we have moved a long way forward
in spite of the hostile climate that
existed.
If, as General President Hutcheson
states, a solid past is the greatest
guarantee of a bright future, we have
little to fear so long as we maintain
the impetus and momentum that
placed us in the vanguard of progres-
sive unions last year, and stick by the
sound union principles that served us
so well for over three-quarters of a
century.
ACCIDENT RATE HITS SIX YEAR HIGH
The all-manufacturing injury-frequency rate for the third quarter of 1959
was 13.4— the highest since 1953— according to preliminary reports compiled
by the Labor Department.
This rate was 14 per cent above the third quarter of 1958, when disabling
injuries were occurring at the rate of 11.8 per million man-hours worked in
manufacturing.
The gradual downward trend in injury-frequency rates in manufacturing
apparently had run its course by mid-1958. Except for the usual seasonal de-
cline in November and December, 1958, the monthly rates moved progres-
sively higher, to reach a peak of 14.4 in August, 1959— the highest rate since
August, 1953. Though September showed about the usual seasonal decline,
to 12.9, this rate was still the highest September figure since 1953.
The July and August increases were more than seasonal, and indicate a
continuation of the current upward trend in injury rates.
Despite the general upward trend in injury rates, 8 of the 138 individual
industries for which data were available recorded decreases of 1 full point or
more in their averages for the first 9 months of 1959, compared with the same
months of 1958.
Increases of 1 full point or more, however, were reported by 74— over half
—of the industries, and 56 showed little change between 1958 and 1959.
Monument To God's Glory, Man's Skill
• • •
SO rapid is the tempo of change today that architects in some cities
give consideration to demohtion problems even as they design build-
ings yet to be erected. It is not uncommon for an architect, even though
the first batter board has yet to be placed, to run off an extra set of phms
for the man who will be tearing the structure down 25 or 30 years hence to
make way for something more elaborate.
In such a climate, the pride of craftsmanship, the feeling of permanency,
the touch of immortality that inspired building tradesmen in bygone days is
absent. Too often these days a building is just a building; it is neither a work
of art nor an exhibition piece for skills and crafts laboriously mastered and
Several years ago the Shrine looked like this as building tradesmen translated the archi-
tects' dreams into marble and stone.
lovingly passed on from generation
to generation.
An outstanding exception is the
National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception in Washington, D. C.
Since 1919 the firm of Maginnis and
Walsh has been drawing plans for
the Shrine. Both Maginnis and Walsh
are dead but their firm, now Magin-
nis, Walsh, and Kennedy, is still de-
signing additions to and refinements
for the Shrine that may not material-
ize for generations to come.
Shortly after the turn of the cen-
tury, the Catholic Bishops of the Unit-
ed States decided that a monumental
church should be raised in honor of
the National Patroness of the United
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States, The Blessed Mother, Mary. Height of Campanile to top of
The National Shrine of the Immacu- Cross 329
late Conception was the fruition of Height of Roof 120
the Bishops' plan. Height of Dome to top of Cross 237
A campaign for voluntaiy contribu- Height of Dome, interior meas-
tions among the Catholics of the urement 159
United States was undertaken. As Height of Nave, interior meas-
funds became available, construction urement 100
was begun. Last month the first con- Diameter of Dome, outside
struction goal was reached. The measurement 108
Shrine now stands as one of the con- Diameter of Dome, inside meas-
struction marvels of our time. A few urement 89
The 175-foot boom on the crane at left gives
statistics point up the splendor and
glory of the Shrine. Here are some
of them:
Feet
Length, outside measurement- _ 459
Length, inside measurement 399
Width, outside at Transepts 240
Width, inside exclusive of
Porches 180
Width across Nave, outside
measurement 157
Width of Nave 58
some idea of the magnificence of the Shrine.
Capacity Seated— approximately 3,000
Capacity Total _'_6,000
However, the Shrine is far from
completed. Eleven more chapels are
on the drawing board at the present
time awaiting funds for their comple-
tion. The east and west walls will be
torn down when the construction of
these additional chapels gets under
way. Six are planned for the west
side and five for the east.
10 THE CARPENTER
Built on the order of ancient Euro- for years to come, the liuilding trades-
poan cathedrals, the Shrine is of solid men of the Washington, D. C. area
masonr\-. No structural steel of any will have an opportunity to work on
kind is' involved. When finished, the ^ structure dedicated to beauty, per-
roof will be mission tile and the dome manency, and the glory of God. Sons
•11 1 11 ..1 will follow fathers and fathers will
\\ili be polvclirome tile. , „ ,„ ., . . .i ,.
^ ' follow grandfathers m contnbutmg
As planned at present, the Shrine craftsmanship and skill to a struc-
will never be completely finished, ture whose glory will last until ma-
Refinements and additions will be add- sonry and stone have crumbled to
ed perpetually as funds permit. So dust.
JOHN L. LEWIS TO RETIRE
John L. Lewis is stepping down as president of the United Mine Workers.
The colorful leader of the Miners, a key figure in the meaningful and
turbulent labor history of this century, announced his plans in a letter to
UMW members. His successor, under the union constitution will be vice
president Thomas Kennedy. Lewis will be 80 years old on February 12.
The beetle-browed head of the Miners has served the union as its presi-
dent for 40 years. He made an indelible mark in labor history during this
period.
"The years have been long and individual burdens oppressive," Lewis
M'rote the membership through the United Mine Workers Journal. "At first,
your wages were low, your hours long, your labor perilous, your health dis-
regarded, your union weak, your fellow citizens and public representatives
indifferent to your wrongs.
"Today, because of your fortitude and deep loyalty to your union, your
waiges are the highest in the land, your working hours the lowest, your safety
assured, your health more guarded, your old-age protected, your children
equal in opportunity with their generation, and your union strong with mate-
rial resources."
Lewis rose to early prominence working for Samuel Gompers, founding
president of the AFL, from 1910 to 1916. Later he was assigned to his first
post in the international office of the UMW as a statistician.
He became president of the UMW on February 7, 1920. This was the era
of grim depression for the American coal industry and the coal miners fought
to hold together their organization with a Lewis-coined slogan: "No back-
ward step."
During the 1930's he was the leader and guiding spirit of the CIO and
pLued a major role in the organization of the steel, rubber and other indus-
tries. He left the CIO in 1940 and later rejoined the AFL only to disaffiliate.
In recent years the UMW has been an independent union.
Kennedy, 62, first joined the UMW in 1900. He was named to the union's
executive board in 1925 as secretary-treasurer to succeed William Green, who
became president of the AFL.
In 1934 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of the State of Pennsylvania.
In 1947 he was elevated to the UMW vice presidency.
11
Construction Industry In Canada
By John Brewin
* * •
CANADA, since the end of the second World War, has undergone the
growing pains that afflict all adolescents.
Hit hard by the depression of the 'thirties', Canada was barely more
than a collection of scattered communities, that produced primary goods for
her two bigger cousins, the United States and Great Britain.
The war, far from destroying what economic machinery the country
had, built and stimulated Canada. In 1945 the nation stood on the threshold
of an economic and industrial boom unparalleled among her allies. The
financial, governmental, economic and investing machinery had been geared to
a wartime economy and the switch to consumer goods kept the country from
falling back into pre-war stagnation.
Since 1945, Canadians have "never
had it so good," in terms of gross
national wealth and production.
There has been marked shift of popu-
lation to the cities that has provided
the new secondary industries with la-
bor and consumers.
This whole trend is clearly evident
in the construction industry. Cana-
dians have invested heavily in resi-
dential and non-residential capital
goods, while American investors too
have played a major part in this in-
dustrial and capital growth.
Let the figures tell the story:
Construction Expenditures 1951
Residential
New Construction $ 947,000,000
Repair and Maintenance $ 221,000,000
Non-Residential
New Construction $1,924,000,000
Repair and Maintenance $ 717,000,000
Total $3,809,000,000
The timber wealth of Canada is tremendous
and its full potential is yet to be developed.
1958
$1,782,000,000
$ 289,000,000
$4,174,000,000
$ 868,000,000
$7,113,000,000
New construction has more than years of prosperity, Canadians have
doubled in seven short years. And been told by their economic sooth-
whereas Pharaoh in Biblical days sayers that the present trend will
faced seven lean years after the seven more or less continue, barring, of
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course, an atomic war or the gross
mismanagement of our economy by
governments and big business.
The recent Royal Commission on
Canada's economic prospects, popu-
larly known as the Gordon Commis-
sion, has predicted an investment of
$43.7 billion in housing alone during
the next 25 years.
But let's deal with the future later.
What has been happening, more spe-
cifically, in recent years?
only a small number of contractors
and construction workers with any
substantial experience in house build-
ing. Building materials were also in
short supply.
To this alarming situation, there
soon was added another problem.
Marriages and births far exceeded ex-
pectations in the early postwar years
and there was heavy immigration.
The housing industry did have
some clear advantages. There was no
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Canadian cities are growing by leaps and bounds. Montreal, shown above, rates as one of the
world's 10 greatest.
Housing has been an important sec-
tor of the construction industry since
the war. Nearly 1.3 million housing
units were completed between 1945
and 1958, averaging 100,000 units a
year.
At the end of the war, Canada's
housing stock was in short supply.
Its growth had been impeded by the
depression, and the war and the de-
mands on the existing supply of
houses were intensified by the return
of the veterans. Moreover, there were
shortage of land, or mortgage money.
The National Housing Act, first passed
in 1944, enabled lenders to find a
market for investment funds and en-
abled many families to get mortgages
at relatively low rates of interest.
As a result, the past decade has
seen an expansion of Canada's con-
struction unlike anything that went
before— and it has covered all types of
construction and building. The fu-
ture, too, offers great potential.
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13
There will probably be a continu-
ing need for construction of all types.
Certainly the housing shortage is far
from solved and population experts
say the wartime boom in marriages
will soon be felt in terms of second
generation families. University enroll-
ments will double in the next ten
years and that means there will be
an equivalent boom in family forma-
tions. Immigration shows no sign of
slackening off and obsolescence (10
per cent of Canadian homes were
ning wide support for their demands
that low-rental housing be given a
priority and, after years of shilly-
shallying, action in this field may be
forthcoming.
Non-housing construction, too, gives
no indication of falling off. The Gor-
don Commission predicts that $47.5
billion will be invested in that sector
of the economy in the next 25 years
as companies and corporations reap
the profits of their investments in the
past 15 years.
A vast road building program is opening up wilderness areas rich in natural resources of all
kinds.
built before 1880) will produce new
housing needs.
There is a further demand for sin-
gle family dwellings as more and more
Canadian workers move into income
brackets that can afford the homes
which the construction industry has
been building.
Finally, low-cost and low-rental
housing, almost completely neglected
in the past, may finally receive the
attention of both public and private
groups in the next decade. Labor,
church and welfare groups are win-
Yet despite the glowing prospects,
many clouds loom on the horizon that
must be solved if the potential is to
be fulfilled.
The whole picture, of course, would
be changed if Canada and the rest
of the world became involved in a
catastrophic world war. Canadians of
all walks of life, including the con-
struction trades, must do what they
can to avoid this.
Also, a major economic dislocation
would shatter the dreams outlined by
the Gordon Commission. Mismanage-
14
THE CARPENTER
ment of the economy either l^y the
!^o\'ernment or by big business would
Ining the construction industry down
with CA'erything else.
Some problems are particularly
pressing in the industry itself:
Tight money. High interest rates
have slowed down demand in 1959
with the result that housing starts
are behind 1958. The government is
trying to balance the budget and has
cut off mortgage money for the re-
mainder of the year, thereby cut-
ting off virtually the only source of
money available. Unless this problem
is solved now it will continue to
plague the industry. Lack of money
wjir effectively put the lid on demand
and will curtail or retard expansion.
Winter construction. Canada's cli-
mate (many parts of the country
donl see the sunny side of 32 degrees
above zero for three months each
winter) makes construction difficult.
Lately, the industry in co-operation
with federal and provincial govern-
ments and with building trades unions
have attempted to tackle the problem
with some success.
Shortage of land. It is hard to visu-
alize Canada short of land, but on
consideration it is clear that serviced
and serviceable land around urban
centres is hard to come by these days.
The industry has been working on a
surplus of available land in the past
and has not faced the problem before.
There is the further complication that
speculators have pushed up land
prices beyond reason.
Influencial pressure groups demand
a shortage. Real estate operators in
most municipalities here are in the
driver's seat and don't mind keeping
the supply down. As a result local
government particularly is slow to im-
plement low-rental measures for ex-
ample. Nor are major governments
free from pressures to limit the money
supply for construction.
From the unions' point of view the
chief task of the next few years lies
in joining with other grovips to avoid
the pitfalls listed above and to see
that the fruits of the boom in con-
struction Canadians so confidently ex-
pect are shared fairly with those who
do the work.
In the past the construction worker
often couldn't afford the houses he
helped to build. The land speculators
and the real estate operators, along
with the large contractors were the
chief beneficiaries. Perhaps a worth-
while goal would be a prosperity
more evenly divided among all con-
cerned.
HIGH INTEREST RATES TO HURT HOUSING IN 1960
High interest rates brought on by the Administration's tight money policies
will cut private housing starts by 10 to 12 per cent in 1960, the National Asso-
ciation of Home Builders predicted.
The builders association said the expectation is that funds for FHA and
VA mortgages will dry up in light of the higher interest rates for government
securities and other investments.
The builders' prediction came as the U. S. Treasury accepted bids for its
issue of $1.2 billion of 91-day bills at an average interest rate of 4.638 per cent,
a new record for this type of issue.
The tight money policy was reflected also in an announcement by the
Bankers Trust Co. of New York which declared a 100 per cent stock dividend
and increased the quarterly dividend on current stock.
15
Why Contractors Fail
• •
TO a large degree, contracting in the construction field is a dog-eat-
dog business. The strong prosper and the weak and inefficient go
down the drain sooner or later. That is what makes contracting a
rugged game. It also is what makes contract construction the cheapest and
fastest method yet devised.
A recent survey by Dun and Bradstreet, pace setter in the field of business
statistics, sheds some interesting light on failures in the contracting business.
Some 2,162 contractors went to the wall in 1958. They wound up owing a
total of $115,115,000 to creditors. During the first nine months of 1959, the
failure rate was running somewhat
lower than the 1958 pace. However,
about 40 firms a week were throwing
in the sponge anyway.
Carpentry, apparently, is one of the
more stable fields in the contracting
game. Only 37 carpentry contractors
were involved in the 1,551 firms that
failed during the first nine months of
this year. By way of contrast, 261
were heating, plumbing and air con-
ditioning contractors. General con-
tractors accounted for 540 of the fail-
ures between January and October.
Some 86 were excavation and foun-
dation contractors, 76 were electrical,
and 87 roofing and sheet metal.
Analyzing the reasons for the 2,162
failures in 1958, Dun and Bradstreet
found that incompetence was respon-
sible for the greatest number of fail-
ures. Inexperience was the second
greatest cause of business breakdowns.
Inadequate sales forced a great many
firms to boards. Unrealistic bookkeep-
ing procedures took a heavy toll, too.
Competitive weakness and inability
to keep inventories properly adjusted
also tripped up many.
In this day and age when admin-
istered prices and fair trade agree-
ments keep prices artificially high in
many industries, construction con-
tracting is still a fiercely competitive
game. There are no guaranteed prof-
its or fixed over-ride. Each job is a
make-or-break proposition.
Though strikes and labor troubles
are often pictured as a major cause
of business failures. Dun and Brad-
street's figures show that only one-
tenth of one per cent of the failures
in construction during 1958 stemmed
from strikes.
If any conclusions can be drawn
from the statistics developed by Dun
and Bradstreet, it is that contracting
is a highly competitive game that re-
quires well rounded experience in all
phases of business— not just the pro-
duction end. Proper financing ar-
rangements, tight bookkeeping pro-
cedures and efficient inventory con-
trols are musts. The most efficient
builder in the world can easily go
broke if leaks in the office end eat
away the profits earned on the job
site.
The following three tables com-
piled by Dun and Bradstreet tell the
whole story in a few simple figures.
Members dreaming of the day when
they can branch out for themselves
would do well to study them care-
fully.
16 T IT E C A R P E N T E R
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION FAILURES
1934-1958
Year Number Liabilities
1934 826 $ 26,341,000
1935 686 22,151,000
1936 507 28,228,000
1937 584 11,625,000
1938 625 10,081,000
1939 646 11,031,000
1940 760 13,311,000
1941 701 10,671,000
1942 748 10,232,000
1943 S99 5,455,000
1944 164 2,376,000
1945 92 3,559,000
1946 139 4,340,000
1947 239 7,211,000
1948 439 15,609,000
1949 838 27,245,000
1950 912 25,851,000
1951 957 37,473 000
1952 838 36,145,000
1953 1,024 43,327,000
1954 1,305 56,829,009
1955 1,404 83,179,000
1956 1,834 100,803,000
1957 2,105 110,312,000
1958 2,162 115,115,000
Source: Business Economics Department, Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
This record includes those businesses that ceased operations following
assignment or bankruptcy; ceased with loss to creditors after such actions as
executions, foreclosure or attachment; voluntarily withdrew leaving unpaid
obligations; were involved in court actions such as receivership, reorganiza-
tion or arrangement; or voluntarily compromised with creditors.
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CONSTRUCTION FAILURES IN THE UNITED STATES
January to September, 1959 vs. January to September, 1958
First 9 Months, 1959 First 9 Months, 1958
Line of Construction Number Liabilities Number Liabilities
(000) (000)
General Building Contractors 540 $51,130 654 $47,207
Building Sub-Contractors 889 32,272 890 31,256
Heating, Plumbing, Air Conditioning 261 8,505 280 9,092
Painting & Papering 73 1,624 57 1,054
Electrical 76 2,923 94 4,764
Masonry & Stone Work 47 1,697 45 1,733
Plastering & Lathing 26 1,288 22 566
Terrazzo & Tile, etc 19 484 19 415
Carpentering 37 1,097 40 701
Flooring 37 613 30 526
Roofing & Sheet Metal 87 2,223 88 2,913
Concreting 33 1,596 48 1,280
General Building Maintenance 9 165 14 177
Structural Steel Erection 16 1,365 11 819
Ornamental Iron & Steel Work 7 194 4 60
Glass & Glazing 13 477 17 1,055
Excavation & Foundation 86 6,141 52 2,695
Wrecking & Moving 11 396 9 651
Installing of Machinery & Equipment. 3 372 14 461
Miscellaneous 48 1,112 46 2,294
Other Contractors 122 8,760 90 10,340
Highway & Street 67 6,134 32 5,958
Heavy Construction (Sewers, Dams,
Water Mains, etc.) 24 1,512 22 2,077
Marine Construction 3 155 2 356
Water Wells 4 165 10 244
Miscellaneous 24 794 24 1,705
Total Construction 1,551 $92,162 1,634 $88,803
Source: Business Economics Department, Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
This record includes those businesses that ceased operations following
assignment or bankruptcy; ceased with loss to creditors after such actions
as executions, foreclosure or attachment; voluntarily withdrew leaving un-
paid obligations; were involved in court actions such as receivership, reorgan-
ization or arrangement; or voluntarily compromised with creditors.
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These Movies Are Yours— Enjoy Them
•
Over the past 10 years our Brotherhood has completed a series of instruc-
tive and entertaining movies showing various phases o£ our operations. No
member can truly appreciate the breadth and scope of our Brotherhood until
he has seen these films.
These films are yours to use and enjoy. Any of them may be booked for a
showing by making arrangements with General Secretary Richard E. Living-
ston, 222 E. Michigan St., Indianapolis 4, Ind. Why not set up a program for
showing a film a month this year?
While these movies are particularly designed to enlighten our own mem-
bers as to the variety of skills and know-how our members must possess to
meet the demands of an ever-changing age, they are ideally suited for show-
ing at lodge meetings, PTA's, and especially at high school Career Days. They
make excellent good will ambassadors for the labor movement in general
and our Brotherhood in particular. Here is a list of films available from the
General Office:
THE CARPENTER. A dramatic 54-minute
film showing the many types of work per-
formed by our members from the woods to
the finished structure. Should be seen by
every member.
BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION. A 23-minute
film featuring the many phases of work
Brotherhood members carry on under and
above water in the construction of bridges
and piers.
PORCELAIN ENAMEL PANELS. A 24-
minute film graphically showing the uses
of this type of material in both new and
remodeling work.
SLIP FORM CONSTRUCTION. A short
but complete course in this type of con-
struction.
FLOOR COVERINGS. This short film cov-
ers the work of floor laying from A to Z,
whether hardwood, tile, or carpeting is in-
volved.
THE CARPENTERS HOME. A 25-minute
film showing the Home for Aged Members
at Lakeland, Florida in operation, providing
the kind of care that makes it a model
institution of its kind.
ACOUSTICAL INSTALLATIONS. A film
that shows acoustical application in its many
forms, and the skills that our members dis-
play in making such applications,
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. This film
outlines the many types of work done by
Brotherhood members in the construction
of modem highways.
BOWLING ALLEYS. Bowling alleys have
been springing up like mushrooms all over
the nation. This 20-minute film shows all
the detailed work involved in erecting a
bowling alley— from laying the alleys to
assembling automatic pin spotters.
LIFT-SLAB CONSTRUCTION. A pictorial
summation of this dramatic new method of
construction.
Films are booked on a first come, first served, basis. Be sure to request
films well in advance to insure getting the date you desire. All films are 16
mm in color and sound.
p
LANE U OSS IP
THERE'S NO WINNING
When the L a ndruni- Griffin Bill was
passed, someone dubbed it "a full employ-
ment bill for lawyers." Subsequent events
are proving that evaluation to be more
truth than poetry. Dozens of petty suits
against unions are being filed all over the
eountr\^ on the flimsiest grounds. From ehas-
ing ambulances, the shysters are switching
to chasing union members who think they
have a grievance. Under Landrum-Griffin,
with its confusing, ambiguous language,
fast-buck lawyers can conjure up a case out
of almost anything. In fact, the law even
tells them how in some instances.
Reminds us of the farm girl who was
walking down a country lane with a boy
\\ho had a pail in one hand, a cane in the
other, a chicken under one arm, and a goat
on the end of a piece of rope. As they
came to a woods, the girl said, "I'm not go-
ing into the woods with you. You might
try to kiss me."
"With a pail, a cane, a chicken and a
goat? How in the world could I?"
"Well," replied the girl, "you might push
the cane in the ground, tie the goat to the
cane and put the chicken under the pail."
"Here's another one, Ed! Now
stop me if you've heard this
one—''
TOO MANY BRANDS
A Kansas woman tells of going to the
city to attend a cattlemen's convention.
She made up her mind she would have
something unusual to wear on the trip, so
she made herself a blouse and embroidered
it with every cattle brand she knew of.
In the hotel where the cattle folks were
staying, she waited while her husband reg-
istered, and noticed two old cattlemen
really giving her blouse the once-over. Fin-
ally one of them remarked in a voice that
could be heard way up the canyon: "That
critter sure has changed hands a lot, ain't
she?"
* * •
ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT
A medical researcher finds that cheerful
people resist disease better than surly ones,
and they recuperate more quickly in case
they do get sick.
In other words, "the surly bird catches
the germ."
• * •
WE KNOW WHAT THE KNOGKING IS
In an effort to create a better climate of
understanding between labor and manage-
ment, the AFL-CIO has suggested a "sum-
mit meeting" between the top echelons of
the two groups. The Secretary of Labor has
endorsed the idea. However, the U. S.
Ghamber of Commerce has shown little en-
thusiasm for such a meeting up to now.
NAM wants to dictate in advance the terms
under which it will meet.
If tlie project falls through because of
the bullheadedness of some employer
groups, a fine opportunity to build a more
effective framework of collective bargaining
will be lost.
This gives us an opportunity to tell about
the college girl who was out riding with
her boy friend. As they were driving
through a lonely stretch of road, the car
developed a loud knock.
"I wonder what that knocking is?" the
boy asked.
"I'm sure I don't know," replied the girl,
"but I can tell you one thing. It ain't
opportunity."
THE CARPENTER
21
UP AND AT EM
With elections only a few months off,
labor faces the difficult task of trying to
pick reliable candidates to back. This is not
an easy thing to do because it is difficiolt
to find a man who thinks right on all issues.
However, passage of the Landrum-Griffin
Bill made the task much easier insofar as
the incumbents are concerned. Those who
voted against it are our friends; those who
voted for it, our enemies. This makes us
something like the recruit at bayonet drill.
It was an extremely hot day, and the
sergeant in charge of bayonet drill was try-
ing hard to get his listless men to attack
the stuffed dummies with more energy.
Finally he halted the drill and said, "Listen
men, those dummies are the enemy. They
have burned your house and killed your
parents. They carried away your sisters, stole
all your money and drank up all of the
whisky in the house."
The sergeant then stepped back and mo-
tioned the recruits forward toward the row
of dummies. The line surged ahead with
new purpose. The men with grim looks on
their faces showed eagerness to attack. One
recruit, his eyes stern and his lips drawn
back over his teeth in a snarl, paused to
ask: "Sergeant, which one drank that
whisky?"
• * •
AFTER CHRISTMAS THOUGHT
No wonder Santa's fat and jolly,
It's me that pays the bills, by golly.
• * •
EVERYONE HAS A TALENT
God gave each of us special talents. Who
is to say any are superior? All contribute
to the general good according to their gifts.
In the sight of Him we are all equal! The
proud and pompous need but remind them-
selves that Jesus was a carpenter. Moham-
med was a shepherd, and Moses was a
keeper of the flocks. The skill of each of us
is of importance to all of us. Let him who
looks down upon the farmer try to grow
his own food, or him who snubs the car-
penter try to build his own shelter, or him
who derides the tailor try to make his own
clothes, or him who belittles the laundress
try to iron his own shirts. Then he would
acquire respect for all God's children and
admiration and appreciation for the special
contribution each makes to our way of life.
—Millard Cass, Deputy Under Secretary of
Labor.
GOOD QUESTION
The current Congressional investigation
of the drug manufacturing industry is pro-
ducing some mighty interesting drama as
manufacturers, druggists, wholesalers, etc.
try to blame each other for the fact
that a bottle of pills that cost 30c to make
sometimes nicks the consumer as much
as $15.00. Everybody is a great, unselfish
benefactor of the human race, but "the
other guy" is the chiseler who makes drugs
cost so much.
Somehow or other the situation re-
minds us of the old one about the doctor
who was walking home from church with
his wife when a slinky chick with painted
eyebrows and skin-tight dress gave him a
big smile and a throaty "hello."
"Who was that?" enquired the wife.
"Oh, just a girl I met professionally."
"Yours or hers?" asked the wife acidly.
• • •
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
If you don't think this is a funny world,
consider the following item as reported in
LABOR:
Civil War?— In Memphis, Tenn., Ulysses
S. Grant was fined $11 for drunkenness
after a lawyer named Robert E. Lee re-
fused to defend him. Explaining the turn-
down, attorney Lee commented. "What
would people here say if I lost the case?"
519
"I'm new here. Where do I
hide when I'm caughl up
with my work?"
Buffalo Testing Plan Works Well
By Al Spincller
(reprinted from the Buffalo Courier-Express)
* *
A SECTION of the collective bargaining agreement between Buffalo's
Carpenters District Council and three local employer associations has
been attracting national attention in recent months.
The part of the agreement which has aroused the interest of employer
groups and unions in the construction field spells out a program for testing
the qualifications of men applying for jobs as carpenters.
It's a plan designed to certify qualified carpenters for employment and
weed out the unskilled job applicants.
Roger R. Logan, executive vice president of the Construction Industry
Emplo)'ers Association, and President Herman F. Bodewes of the Carpenters
District Council, say it is the first
program of its type in the country.
That's why they've been getting
enquiries from many parts of the
United States seeking details of the
agreement and how it works.
The plan is an outgrowth of the
1958 contract negotiations between
the union and the CIEA, the Niagara
Home Builders Association and the
Lumber Mill Owners Association.
Its purpose, as stated in the agree-
ment, is "to enable the employer to
secure at all times sufficient forces of
skilled workmen, to eliminate uneco-
nomical employment practices occa-
sioned by the hire of unskilled men
and to preserve classifications of the
various skills of the carpentry craft."
A Joint Policy and Qualification
Board, consisting of an equal number
of employer and union representa-
ti\es, was created to guide the over-
all administration of the program.
Several panels, also with joint la-
bor-management representation, test
the job applicants in the residential,
commercial and mill fields to deter-
mine if they are qualified for their
specialty. If the man passes the test,
he's considered a skilled craftsman
and is certified for employment.
Those who fail the first test are
entitled to a re-examination within
30 days. If they fail that one too, they
have the right to appeal the decision
to an appeal board headed by Dr.
Ernest Notar, dean of Erie County
Technical Institute.
More than 70 job applicants have
been tested in the seven months the
program has been in effect. Half
of them have passed the examination
and were certified as qualified car-
penters. The other 50 per cent
failed and were denied employment
as carpenters. And in every case taken
to the appeal board, the findings of
the panels have been upheld.
Union membership or the lack of
it has no bearing on deciding whether
a man is a qualified carpenter, Bo-
dewes said.
"The panels determine each case
strictly on the basis of what the ap-
plicant knows about his craft," he ex-
plained.
Bodewes believes the qualifying
system will increase the importance
of the joint union-employer appren-
ticeship program, which requires
young men to study night courses at
THECARPENTER 23
ECTI in addition to the practical plained. "If the employers don't get
training they get on the job. top workers, they are not getting
He points out that if a man were ^hat they should for their money."
able to get a job as a carpenter with- This, he said, would be detrimen-
out adequate training, it would un- tal to the industry and in the long
dermine the apprenticeship program. run would have an adverse effect
,„,^ , , , - „ , upon the union and its members.
Wed have dithculty convmcmg a \ i . i t, i
boy he should serve four years of %- Logan agreed with Bodewes com-
prenticeship at reduced wages and ^ents. We have long felt the need
study at night if he could earn jour- ^°^ ^ ^ona fide method of passmg
neyman wages without that training," "P°^ l^^ qualifications of employes
he noted ^ establishing basic qualm-
cations of skilled craftsmen upon
Furthermore, Bodewes believes, whom our industry must depend for
the qualifying plan will assure the efficient construction," he said,
employers of workmen who are skill- ^j^^ employers' representative he-
ed m the craft of carpentry. j-^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ program will raise the
"They are paying top rates and are standards of carpenter craftsmen in
entitled to skilled workers," he ex- this area.
HIGHBROW JURISDICTION
Oxford University's governing body has come up with a beauty of a
jurisdictional dispute.
It is debating whether to permit Jews to teach Hebrew at the university.
Since 1630 only a Church of England clergyman has occupied the chair. It's
suggested that the post be opened to others. "This is the thin edge of the
wedge," one professor said. "They will be getting Greeks to teach Greek next."
IN A BIKINI, WE HOPE
Hot Diggety, Men, Marilyn Monroe may be walking the picket line next month!
Some of the most famous men and women in the world may go on strike January 30.
On that date the current contract between the AFL-CIO Screen Actors Guild and
the Association of Motion Picture Producers expires, and so far there are no signs the
industry is willing to compromise on its firm opposition to a basic demand by the actors.
The Guild wants a formula for paying actors a share of the profits made by the
movie moguls if and when they sell movies for use on television. This is the key issue,
although the Guild is also seeking health and pension programs and other contract im-
provements.
The strike, if it comes, could have world-wide implications because several producers
have threatened to take all their production to foreign countries.
The union is preparing to meet this threat by working with the International Con-
federation of Free Trade Unions to set up an entertainment industry council composed
of unions throughout the world, and one aim of the SAG would be to get the cooperation
of other actors in other countries to refuse to act as "scab labor."
The actors want payment for movies made after August, 1948, and sold to TV.
The present contract permits the actors to strike if any firm now sells movies to TV
without first agreeing to pay their actors for performances in such movies.
Several deals for post- 1948 films have already been made, but the employer associa-
tion is resisting any move to make these arrangements formally wdth the Guild.
The Screen Writers Guild of America is already on strike against independent motion
picture studios over the same issue.
Editorial
The Housewife Has Her Own Yardstick
It is no secret to any housewife that the cost of Hving is cHmbing con-
stantly. She needs no government statistics to tell her so. Her efforts to feed
and clothe the family on the old paycheck prove it every week at the grocery
or clothing store as the struggle gets harder and harder.
Uncle Sam tells her that the cost of living rose 3.6 points between De-
cember, 1957, and September, 1959. But she figures it in how many fewer
quarts of milk or pairs of sox the paycheck will buy, and comes up with the
same answer.
The 3.6 figure issued by the government is not nearly as reliable a conclu-
sion as that arrived at by the harried housewife. The Bureau of Labor Statistics
makes a heroic effort to make its consumer price index a realistic one, but
in spite of all it can do its index fits very few actual cases. A drop in the price
of carpets or water heaters doesn't mean much to most families, but a
change in the price of canned peas or work shirts means a great deal.
Industry, of course, is making an all-out effort to pin the blame for infla-
tion on wages. However, a study of the consumer price index shows some
\'erv definite indications that administered prices are the real culprit. "Admin-
istered prices" is a new term that has come into use to describe those prices
that are fixed by undercover agreement between competitors in the same field.
This sort of thing is illegal under the anti-trust laws, but apparently it goes on
all tlie time in industries where a few firms dominate the field and have the
capacity to hold prices regardless of demand.
In the 1958 recession, despite a shrinking demand in many lines of goods,
prices stayed up and, in some instances, even increased in defiance of all laws
of supply and demand. Administered rather than competitive prices must be
the answer.
A check of the 1957-1959 consumer price index uncovers some significant
paradoxes. Wages, generally speaking, have advanced pretty uniformly
throughout all industries during the past two years. Yet in some lines prices
have actually decreased while in others they have climbed drastically.
For example, in fabrics, where a competitive battle is going on between
natural and synthetic fibers, prices dropped between 1957 and 1959. Wool
blankets that rated 126.7 points on the index in 1957 dropped to 122.4 by 1959.
Wool Axminister rugs slid from 156.9 to 151.7.
By way of contrast, the price of private cars CLIMBED from 128.6 to
135.3 in the two year period. Street shoes jumped from 131.5 to 138.5.
However, it was in the field of medical care that the greatest increases
showed up. All medical care skyrocketed from 140.8 to 152.2. Hospital care
jumped from 193.5 to 210.4 Dentists' fees scrambled up nearly seven points—
from 128.6 to 135.1. Needless to say, the medical profession has the closest
thing to a monopoly that exists in the nation today.
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Another thing the figures point up is that the members of our organization
are not culprits in the inflation picture. For example, the index for bedroom
suftes (a category where our members are employed) DECREASED from
101.0 to 97.9 in the period.
In view of these selected items picked out of the consumer price index, it
is obvious that labor's wages are not the contributing factor to inflation that
business likes to claim. Working people are the victims rather than the insti-
gators of inflation. And nobody knows it better than the housewife struggling
to make the paycheck do the essential job.
We Need Our Own Summit Meeting
It is too bad that the National Association of Manufacturers and the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce cannot see the value of a summit meeting between
labor and management, as recently proposed by the AFL-CIO. Such a meet-
ing is desperately needed. Relations between industry as a whole and organ-
ized labor have never been more strained. The steel strike, the pending
battle on the railroads, passage of the Landrum-Grifiin Bill, all contributed
something to development of the current hostile climate that exists in labor
relations.
A top echelon meeting to frame some general rules and principles is needed
to clear the atmosphere. Such a meeting would hardly solve specific problems,
but it could provide a vehicle for establishing broad principles of policy and
procedure.
To say that such a meeting is unrealistic because chances of success are
small is evading responsibility. After all, there is little hope that the summit
meeting President Eisenhower has been working for so desperately will cul-
minTite in universal and lasting peace. But the administration is pursuing the
idea doggedly, hopeful that at least better understanding between nations
will result. If a summit meeting between labor and industry resulted in
nothing more concrete than better understanding, it would be well worth-
while.
The American economic system has reached a rocky place in the road.
The Russian threat poses a challenge from without that is paramount. Auto-
mation, taxes, tight money, etc. add up to a domestic roadblock that can spell
disaster if not properly handled. Both management and labor have a vital
stake in the answers that are developed.
Fortunately, the ultimate aim of management and labor is the same-
preservation of the free enterprise system and progressive economic growth.
These things can be achieved only if both management and labor are pros-
perous. There must be balance. But management seems determined to grind
the labor movement into the dust. Steel is demanding the surrender of all
forms of job security as the price for industrial peace. The railroads give ever}^
indication of following suit when new negotiations fall due this Spring. "Clob-
ber Labor" seems to be the tlieme song of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce
and NAM.
This kind of hostility can only lead to prolonged and costly strife that
will help no one but the Reds.
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Labor and industry need to face the fact that we are in the midst of an
era of tremendous industrial and social upheaval. Automation and electronic
wizardry are making many products and many skills obsolete overnight. There
is little security for either side in such a situation. The factory manager who
suddenly finds his plant or product obsolete is as worried as the skilled trades-
man who wakes up one morning to find his skill outmoded. Both are going
to fight back as effectively as they can to maintain what they have.
This makes it mandatory that some new rules be laid down for introducing
change, Progress cannot be stopped. Nor, indeed, should it be. But there
ought to be order and gradualism in the process. This is where a summit
meeting could lay down some broad rules aimed at orderliness in industrial
change. If the worker knows that the plant will not be uprooted suddenly
and moved to a distant state without "by your leave" in his direction, he
can plan his future with some confidence. On the other hand, if management
can feel that labor will not arbitrarily hamstring essential modernization
plans unnecessarily, it, too, can plan ahead intelligently.
A summit meeting cannot evolve a magical formula that will eliminate all
problems at once. But it can set up a framework of procedure within which
some of the tensions, fears, and head-butting can be reduced. If the U.S.
C. of C. and NAM pass up the chance to establish such a framework they
simply will be breeding scabs on their noses that will cost them dearly in the
years ahead.
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'Twas Ever Thus
According to Senator Kefauver, who heads the committee investigating
the drug business, the drug makers spend $750,000,000 a year courting the
doctors and cultivating their good will. This, of course, is added to the cost
of drugs. It averages out to about $5,000 per doctor. Figuring that there are
somewhere in the neighborhood of 45,000,000 families in the nation, this works
out to around $16 or $17 per year that the average family must pay unneces-
sarily for drugs. No wonder that some drug companies charge $15 per gram
for preparations that cost them 14c to make.
Some promotional effort on the part of drug companies is justified, of
course. But an expenditure of $5,000 yearly per doctor is fantastic. Included
are free junkets to lush summer and winter resorts for the medics and their
families, free golf tournaments with prizes for practically everybody, ex-
pensive presents, etc. Naturally, doctors eat up this kind of treatment. In
return, they prescribe by brand name rather than by the basic drug. Since the
druggist cannot substitute, the doctor's word is law. The drug companies can
charge whatever they want for their brand-named drugs so long as doctors
write prescriptions calling for them rather than the basic drugs involved.
The drug manufacturers defend their prices by pointing out that they carry
on considerable research to develop new drugs and improve old ones. Un-
less this research leads to a new or better product, it is lost money, they
insist. Up to a point their argument is a valid one. Research is expensive and
often it pays no dividends when expected results fail to materialize. However,
the fact remains that the industry spends three or four dollars buttering up
doctors for every dollar it spends on research.
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However, what really fascinates us is the $750,000,000 figure. There are
somewhere in the neighborhood of 18,000,000 union members in the United
States and Canada. If their average union dues are $4.00 per month, or $48
per year, the total amount they pay into their unions is $720,000,000, or
$30,000,000 less than the drug companies extract from the general public for
promotional purposes.
There is another interesting contrast. If all the conclusions drawn by
the McClelland Committee regarding pilfering of union treasuries were true
(and most conclusions were nothing but conjecture and implication), some-
one once figured out that not more than $10,000,000 over the past 10 years
would be involved. This, of course, provides no absolution for the chiselers
in. the labor movement. A single dollar diverted to private gain is a sin. But
the fact remains that the investigations of labor unions uncovered a maximum
of $10,000,000 of possible chicanery compared to a $750,000,000 "promotional"
bite put on the public annually by the drug manufacturers.
It is interesting further to note that the newspapers, radio, TV, etc. set
up a furore and a hue and cry that even had the President of the United
States on the air pleading for "reform" legislation for labor. If there is any
clamor for similar legislation to regulate the pricing of drugs, it is the quietest
campaign in history. And we strongly advise that you not hold your breath
until such a campaign develops.
HOW DO WE SHOW OUR STRENGTH??
By John S. Wyse, Local Union 2172, Santa Ana, Cal.
Sometimes we hear the complaint that the Union is weak. So often this
claim is voiced the loudest by some brother who has never done a thing for
the Union except pay his dues— grudgingly. He never attends Union meetings
—not even the special ones called for elections or negotiations. He refuses to
serve as a steward, or committeeman, or officer, or delegate— "Let George
do it: I'm busy."
It is not unusual for such a member to come to the hall after he has
been laid off or fired and complain that he has not been paid scale, or that
he has been working overtime for straight-time pay, and then state that if
the Union amounted to anything— why do they allow this? Can the Union
collect for him?
But why did this member fail to come in with his check stubs the first
time he got a below-scale paycheck and file a grievance in writing?
A close investigation of such cases usually reveals two things. First, he
was sure that this "private deal" he had with his employer was a way of
making a "fast buck," and he was certain his employer would keep him as
long as he did not say anything about the discrepancy. Second, he was among
those who were telling his coworkers, and the boss too, that the Union was
weak or no good and interested only in his dues payments with which he
was usually behind as far as possible!
Well, Brother, the Union is only as weak or as strong as you are. If you
fail to abide by the working rules and trade agreements, then what can you
expect of your brothers, or of your Union because you are THE UNION.
Official Information
General 0£Bcers of
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS and JOINERS
of AMERICA
General Office : Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General President
M. A. HUTCHESON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
First General Vice President
JOHN R. STEVENSON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Secretary
R. E. LIVINGSTON
Carpenters' Building. Indianapolis, Ind.
Second General Vice President
O. WM. BLAIER
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Treasurer
FRANK CHAPMAN
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
District Board Members
First District, CHARLES JOHNSON, JR.
Ill E. 22nd St., New York 10, N. Y.
Sixth District, J. O. MACK
5740 Lydia, Kansas City 4, Mo.
Second District, RALEIGH RAJOPPI
2 Prospect Place, Springfield, New Jersey
Seventh District, LYLE J. HILLER
11712 S. E. Rhone St., Portland 66, Ore.
Third District, HARRY SCHWARZER
1248 Walnut Ave., Cleveland, O.
Eighth District, J. F. CAMBIANO
17 Aragon Blvd., San Mateo, Calif.
Fourth District, HENRY W. CHANDLER
1684 Stanton Rd., S. W., Atlanta, Ga.
Ninth District, ANDREW V. COOPER
133 Chaplin Crescent, Toronto 12, Ont., Canada
Fifth District, R. E. ROBERTS
1834 N. 78th St., Omaha, Nebr.
Tenth District, GEORGE BENGOUGH
2528 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver, B. C.
M. A. HUTCHBSON, Chairman ; R. E. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
All correspondence for the General Executive Board must be sent to the General Secretary.
Notice to Recording Secretaries
The Quarterly Circular for the months January, February and March,
1960, containing the quarterly password, has been forvs^arded to all Local
Unions of the United Brotherhood. Recording Secretaries not in receipt of
this circular should notify the General Secretary, Carpenters Building, Indi-
anapolis, Indiana.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
In the issuance of clearance cards, care should be taken to see that they are
properly filled out, dated and signed by the President and Financial Secretary
of the Local Union issuing same as well as the Local Union accepting the clear-
ance. The clearance cards must be sent to the General Secretary's Department
without delay, in order that the members' names can be listed on the quarterly
account sheets.
While old style Due Book is in use, clearance cards contained therein
must be used.
Jin M^ttntfxisctn
Not lost to those that love them.
Not dead, just gone before;
They still live in our memory.
And will forever more.
S^Bt itt P^ar^
The Editor has been requested to publish the names
of the following Brothers who have passed away.
ACKERMAN, NELS, L. U. 434, Chicago, 111.
ARNOLD, HOMER, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
ARROWSMITH, GUY, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
BARR, JOSEPH, L. U. 1167, Smithtown, N. Y.
BARSCHEWSKI, STANLEY, L. U. IS, Hack-
ensack, N. J.
BECKER, JAMES F., L. U. 2131, PottsviHe, Pa.
BETTIS, ORA H., L. U. 769, Pasadena, Cal.
BOGART, WILLIAM C, L. U. 19, Detroit,
Mich.
BOLDEBUCK, OTTO M., L. U. 558, Elmhurst,
111.
CALAHAN, ROY, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
CHAMPAGNE, RAY, L. U. 2396, Seattle, Wash.
CHAUNCEY, WILLIAM, L. U. 2396, Seattle,
Wash.
CHURKA, WENDELL, L. U. 2164, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
CLEMONS, HANNIBAL C, L. U. 101, Balti-
more, Md.
COUTTS, ALLAN, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
CRONK, EMERSON L., L. U. 982, Detroit,
Mich.
CRUEA, CURTIS W., L. U. 592, Muncie, Ind.
CURTIS, ROBERT J., L. U. 169, East St. Louis,
111.
DEATON, ROBERT L., L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
DELO, MERLE, L. U. 2396, Seatt'e, Wash.
DERRICOTT, EARL, L. U. 1849, Pasco, Wash.
DUBREE, HOLLIS, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
EADLER, EVERETT, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
FELTON, ROBERT, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
FEW, ROSWELL, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
FISHER, EMANUEL, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
GAGNIER, CHARLES, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
GARD, EUGENE, L. U. 434, Chicago, 111.
GARDNER, CHARLES, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
GARDNER, ESPIE, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
GIDLUND, EDWIN, L. U. 1394, Ft. Lauder-
dale, Fla.
GORDON, HENRY, L. U. 162, San Mateo, Cal.
GUTHRIE, LEE, L. U. 1786, Chicago, III.
HALL, S. v., L. U. 1849, Pasco, Wash.
HAMMON, ADOLPH, L. U. 2396, Seattle,
Vi/ash.
HANTELMAN, EMIL A., L. U. 937, Dubuque,
Iowa
HELLSTERN, WILLlAM T., L. U. 1849, Pasco,
Wash.
HERDEL, CHARLES, L. U. 1296, San Diego,
Cal.
HILLELSON, PHILIP, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
HIMES, DAN Sr., L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
HOFFERBER, CHARLES R., L. U. 1938, Crown
Point, Ind.
HURST, SOD, L. U. 841, Carbondale, 111.
IVANOFF, JOHN, L. U. 982, Detroit, Mich.
JENSEN, VICTOR T., L. U. 1849, Pasco, Wash.
KLUMP, FRED, L. U. 440, Buffalo, N. Y.
KREITZER, IRVIN, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
LANE, ALFRED B., L. U. 2396, Seattle, Wash.
LEWIS, JOHN H., L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
MARSHALL, RAYMOND, L. U. 104, Dayton,
Ohio
McGINNIS, HOWARD L., L. U. 2396, Seattle,
Wash.
McKINLEY, T. H., L. U. 1849, Pasco, Wash.
McNEAL, GEORGE, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
MERCER, CHARLES, L. U. 366, Bronx, N. Y.
NUMMER, JOHN C, L. U. 19, Detroit, M'xh.
OHLUND, FRANK, L. U. 162, San Mateo, Cal.
OLSON, LEO, L. U. 162, San Mateo, Cal.
OSTERLUND, EMIL, L. U. 1849, Pasco, Wash.
PAAGANEN, JOHN, L. U. 366, New York,
N. Y.
PASTOREK, STEVE, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
PEDERSON, ANDREW, L. U. 188, Yonkers,
N. Y.
PHILIPS, LYLE, L. U. 2396, Seattle, Wash.
POLIVICK, JOHN, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
POSEY, CLINE, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
QUISENBERRY, CLARENCE, L. U. 162, San
Mateo, Cal.
RANDALL, C. J., L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
REED, IRVEN, L. U. 169, East St. Louis, IH.
RICHISON, GUY E., L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
ROBERTS, HANSFORD, L. U. 982, Detroit,
Mich.
ROBERTSON, GEORGE, L. U. 19, Detroit,
Mich.
RUTLEDGE, THOMAS R., L. U. 1849, Pasco.
Wash.
SARVER, NOEL, L. U. 1849, Pasco, Wash.
SNEDIKER, CHARLES F., L. U. 104, Dayton,
Ohio
STANLEY, ROXIE, L. U. 169, East St. Louis,
111.
SZABO, JULIUS, L. U. 434, Chicago, 111.
THORESEN, PETER, L. U. 1367, Chicago, 111.
VALESTIN, LOUIS, L. U. 1786, Chicago, 111.
VALETT, HAROLD, L. U. 1849, Pasco, Wash.
WALLIN, HELGE, L. U. 791, New York, N. Y.
WALTON, FRANK, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
WARRENDER, ALEXANDER, L. U. 2164,
San Francisco, Cal.
WELLBANKS, MORLEY, L. U. 340, Hagers-
town, Md.
WEST, L. E., L. U. 1665, Alexandria, Va.
WESTHAVER, NAPEAN, L. U. 275, Newton,
Mass.
WHITE, LAWRENCE M., L. U. 331, Norfolk,
Va.
WIK, ALFRED, L. U. 787, New York, N. Y.
WILEY, CHARLES, L. U. 162, San Mateo, Cal.
WILLIAMS, A. Y., L. U. 1822, Ft. Worth,
Texas
WILLIAMS, EMMET, L. U. 387, Columbus,
Miss.
WILLIAMS, WRENNIE, L. U. 710, Long
Beach, Cal.
WINKLER, JOSEPH, L. U. 15, Hackensack,
N. J.
WOERTH, HENRY F., L. U. 1849, Pasco,
Wash.
WOLLERSHEIM, PETER, L. U. 657, Sheboy-
gan, Wise.
WOOD, CLAYTON G., L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
/Weanderingl
By Fred Goetz
According to the judges, it was a tough
job picking the ^vinning title for these jot-
tings. Almost all of the titles submitted
could have applied. But one had to be
chosen, and it shall head these writings
from here on out: OUTDOOR MEANDER-
INGS.
The title was submitted by Richard W.
Kiejci of Central City, Iowa. Runner-up
winners for the Jensen lure packs were:
Eric Gudat, Box 12, Union Street, Wash-
ingtonville, Ohio; Frank Coffen, 237 Craig-
miller Ave., St. Johns, Newfoundland, Can-
ada; and Lewis Kindig, P. O. Box 49,
Bozeman, Montana.
Congrats to the wirmers. Sorry everybody
couldn't win.
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Glenn Pickering of Newton, Iowa, a
member of Local 1133, has a 6% ft. glass
spin rod and Pfluegar Pelican reel. He asks
for some verbal ramblin' on spinning and
bass fishing. We're happy to throw some
threadline philosophy on the fire for what
it's worth, and we'll cover the bass fishing
at a later date.
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The Siwash Indians were the first Amer-
icans to use a spinning reel. It was a crude
aflFair, naturally. Just an oblong frame about
three inches wide and six inches long, with
the line vnrapped around. The lure and
weight were attached to this line and the
line peeled off the frame.
No gears to this contrivance and the
line was retrieved the hard way. Couldn't
have gone over very big with the Siwash
for they gave it up in the 17th century
and started using a more advanced method
—the net.
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Trying to eliminate line twist in a spin-
ning outfit would be like trying to eliminate
the necessity of using oil in the old tin can.
It can't be done, not completely.
The following will help you cut line
twist down to a minimum. Don't wind the
reel when the fish is taking out Une. Change
lures occasionally with reverse spin-actions.
This will compensate twist. Don't use spin-
ners in fast drifts for more than two casts.
Use keel weights for small plastic rudders.
If excessive line twist develops, remove all
gear and strip free line into the current,
retrieving line under slight pressure. This
operation will remove most all of the twist.
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The following question and answer from
Dick Warner may be of some value to
otlier readers:
Q. I want to buy a good spinning rod,
but want to get some idea on what is the
best type. Can you help me out?
A. The type of rod depends on the type
of fishing you intend to do. For brush creek
work, would recommend a light, 6-"^ foot
rod with a fast tip so you can feel the
slightest tap of that fish nibbling on your
night crawler or single egg. For medium
spinning in coastal angling, we suggest a 7
foot medium action stick with good back-
bone in the tip. For winter, or steelliead
fishing, an 8 or 9 foot rod is best. Plenty of
backbone is needed here, enough to set a
good sturdy cluster-egg hook. For work in
heavy fast water, I urge a heavy spinning
outfit with as heavy a Une as you can man-
age to cast efficiently. Nothing is so ex-
asperating to your fellow angler as to be
inconvenienced by waiting a half-lT^ur while
a spin fisherman plays a big fish on too
light gear.
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One of the greatest assets to the deer
species is provided by Mother Nature to
the doe bearing young. Her newly bom
fawns have no odor, which protects them
from tlie many marauding forest predators
equipped with powerful sniffers. Naturalist
Eugene Burns told of a trained dog that
passed within a few feet of an infant fawn
deer and failed to detect it. Other protec-
tive wildlife gimmicks are the sensitive
hearing with which some animals are en-
dowed.
The dog is considered by many to have
the most perfect sense of hearing in the
animal kingdom, far better than that of the
human. Scientific tests have proven diat a
dog can recognize a quarter tone on the
piano, where many humans cannot recog-
nize a whole tone. (I couldn't recognize a
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31
whole tone until I learned to play the
ukelele, so tliere.) Another outstanding j^ro-
tective device is demonstrated when a dog
meets a cat. For instance: Dog sees cat.
Dog rushes at cat. Cat arches her back,
raises her hair, spits. The dog bristles. The
cat's tail goes up. The dog barks and moves
closer. The cat spits more \'igorously.
What's all this? Just a big bluff. The cat's
bluff is the protective process. Sounds rea-
sonable, doesn't it?
If the cat did not have that protective
process, could be the dog would have ex-
terminated the cat long ago.
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The following illustration is that of a
Shyster lure— one of the fish-gettinest lures
ever, we're told.
We would like to send all readers of this
column a pair of these angler's deUghts—
FREE!
Here's a smattering of "take-cm-for-what-
they-are- worth" tips for scattergunners:
1. Wait 'til the birds are in range bo-
fore you shoot. Shooting at birds too far
away doesn't add up to clean kills.
2. Use the correct shot size with maxi-
mum loads to insure a clean kill. Waterfowl
are hardy, tough birds to drop— you should
know.
3. Line up downed birds carefully, us-
ing trees, stumps, patches of vegetation or
other like-landmarks. Seek the downed
wingers as soon as possible.
4. For maximum waterfowl-hunter effi-
ciency use a good retriever dog. A good
retriever will eliminate a lot of bone chill-
ing work for yourself, and will cvit down
loss of crippled birds. If you can't take the
dog, be equipped to wade with sound, high
boots— and a change of socks, just in case
an emergency arises.
All you have to do to get one is to
drop us a few lines and accompanying
photo about an interesting hunting or fish-
ing or camping experience you've had. A
snapshot will do, and it doesn't have to
be a current one.
Write to: Fred Goetz
Dept. OM
404 Times Bldg.
Portland 4, Oregon
This offer is open to all members in good
standing and members of their families.
One pair of lures to a person, and please
state your union affiliation.
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Brother Carl A. Binder of 2043 Francisco
St. in Berkeley, California, tells about the
fish following his lure on tlie retrieve— but
faihng to strike.
Well, Carl, I've had die same trouble,
especially on minnow-simulating lures. I
guess that fish are just curious, as are all
wild critters. Occasionally when this hap-
pens, I have provoked a strike by stopping
the retrieve; letting the lure sink to the
bottom; and then jigging it gingerly near the
bottom. Try it the next time you run into
that problem.
W^iile on tlie subject of migratory water-
fowl, we note that a solution to a per-
plexing mystery concerning wild geese has
finally been solved.
From SYLVA, delightful publication of
the Ontario Dept. of Land and Forests,
comes the following question— excerpt from
a teacher's report: "In the fall, why do
wild geese fly south?"
It stimulated the following answer from
a logical Ontario schoolboy: "Because it is
too far to walk."
Wouldn't life be a lot easier if we could
all think as clearly as the young 'uns?
Here's a chart on the
of wildlife that might set!
or future argument.
"Young and Old"
le an old, current
Male
Female
Young
Elk
Bull
Cow
Calf
Deer
Buck
Doe
Fawn
Antelope
Buck
Doe
Fawn
Coyote
Male
Bitch
Whelp
Fox
Dog fox
Vixen
Kit
Goose
Gander
Goose
Gosling
Pheasant
Cock
Hen
Chick
Steelhead
Buck
Doe
Fry
Fred C. Larsen of 2069 Dayton Drive,
Lemon Grove, California, a member of
Local 1300, is a trailer and angHng fan.
He claims tliere should be more trailer
facilities in vacation and fishing areas.
Anyone want to join Fred in a crusade?
Why Do Drugs Cost So Much?
By David W. Angevine
(Third and last of a series on the drug business).
* *
SUGGESTIONS thus far advanced for arresting the cost of prescription
drugs are not encouraging.
The drug industry can hardly be expected to halt its dizzying pur-
suit of bonanza profits. A course to help physicians peer through the fog of
pharmaceutical merchandising is now offered at only one of the nation's 85
medical schools and, though hopeful, is essentially long-range.
New laws that might halt the flow of ineffective and unnecessary prescrip-
tion drugs without putting the industry and indeed the whole practice of
medicine in a strait jacket have not yet been devised. And physicians— either
as a profession or as a significant group within the profession— are unlikely
to bite the hand that feeds and fon-
their responsibility for the enlight-
ened care of their patients, and by
so doing to regain for the practice of
medicine its lost prestige.
Armed with the doctor's prescrip-
tion for a drug, rather than a prod-
uct, the fellow who's going to pay the
bill can then undertake a brief shop-
ping tour among nearby drug stores
and find out who will charge the
least. He is now well on his way to
reducing his prescription costs.
dies them, the drug makers.
In such a situation, it may well be
that the people who pay the prescrip-
tion bill and who support the whole
drug industry and the medical profes-
sion may need to take matters into
their own hands.
Through their labor unions, co-ops,
and community health centers, sev-
eral million people have already hired
physicians whose job it is to keep
them well. The American Medical
Association has recently given up its
long and bitter struggle to suppress
these groups, and an AMA investi-
gating team has publicly recognized
that they frequently provide their
members with the highest type of
medical service.
In such a group, the person who
pays the prescription bill not only has
a right to demand that his physician
surrender none of his responsibilities
to the purveyors of drugs but he has
the means at his disposal to enforce
that demand.
He may require the team of physi-
cians who serve him to prescribe
drugs and not products, to reassert
WANNA BET?
The current investigation of the drug
industry makes this series of articles
extremely timely. Evidence already pre-
sented at the hearings indicates that the
charges of abuse made in these articles
are extremely mild. Investigators have
heard that some companies get $15 or
$16 for pills that cost 30c to make; that
the industry spends as much as $5,000
per doctor per year courting good will;
that small producers are frozen out by
the giant firms that dominate the bus-
iness.
We presume that Congressmen Griffin
and Landrum are busy dravdng up a
"reform" bill for the drug industry pat-
terned after the labor bill they spon-
sored. Wanna bet?
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For example, if your doctor pre-
scribes Squibb's Raii-Sed, each drug-
gist will probably quote the same
price, thanks to the so-called fair
trade laws. Or, if your doctor calls
for Merck's Roxinoid, each druggist's
price will probably be identical.
On the other hand, if your physi-
cian prescribes reserpine and the
druggist knows you're demanding a
little competition, he can give you
Rau-sed, Roxinoid, Serpasil (Ciba),
Cyrstoserpine (Smith-Dorsey), Reser-
poid (Upjohn), Raurine (LD&W), Re-
sercen (Central), Serfin (Parke-Davis),
Serpanray (Panry), Serpena (Haag), or
some other brand-name product,
whichever is cheapest. For each of
them is reserpine, which your doctor
prescribed.
To save this shopping around and
yet hold down prescription costs,
some people have organized non-
profit drug stores. Sometimes they've
made them part of their he?lth co-
op. In other places, such as suburbs
near Washington, D. C, and San
Francisco, the people who buy pre-
scriptions are operating their own
modern pharmacies.
When they buy their prescriptions,
they may pay slightly more than it
costs to stock and handle the drugs,
but at the end of each year they put
this margin back in their own pockets
through the co-op refund.
These consumer-owned drug stores
in Maryland have recently figured out
how to save their customers' money
even if the doctor prescribes by brand
and despite the state's fair trade law.
Suppose your doctor prescribes
Brand X and it comes in 100-capsule
bottles. If you buy 100 capsules, the
law says the co-op must charge you
what everyone else does. If you buy
25 capsules, the co-op will charge you
one-fourth of the fair trade price for
100 but eliminate the standard "pro-
fessional fee" that nearly all druggists
add for transferring pills from a big
bottle to a little bottle, typing the
prescription, filing it, and so forth.
Retail druggists quite naturally
look on prescription buyers who serve
themselves with something akin to
horror. Even in the Stone Age, the
Ancient Order of Grinders and Chip-
pers of Flint threw the young war-
riors who made their own arrow-
heads into the volcano. The druggists
have ever been in the vanguard of
co-op opponents, and as consumer-
owned drug stores and dispensaries
multiply, they can be expected to re-
double their opposition.
They may even bring pressure on
the giant drug makers to find legal
or quietly illegal ways for withhold-
ing their products from co-op stores.
With such concentrated ownership as
exists in the drug industry today, a
few firms could make the boycott
quite effective.
To survive, the co-ops would need
to find their own sources of raw ma-
terials. They would probably find
themselves kicked into drug-making
—just as they found themselves kicked
into oil refining, crude oil production,
generation of electricity, phosphate
mining, and nitrate production.
This is where Celo Laboratories
may come in handy.
In 1948 several health co-op leaders
asked Harry Abrahamson to find out
whether they could benefit by pool-
ing their needs for drugs and vita-
mins they dispensed to their members.
Abrahamson was running the chem-
ical products division of National Co-
operatives, and they felt this might
be expanded into pharmaceuticals.
After a 2-year investigation, Abra-
hamson reported to directors of Co-
operative Health Federation of Amer-
ica (since merged into Group Health
Association of America) that they
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could get their drugs considerably
cheaper if they would buy them di-
rect.
Meanwhile, National Cooperatives
underwent a retrenchment that elim-
inated the chemical division, and
Abrahamson was free to organize the
drug co-op with CHFA help. He and
an assistant moved from Chicago to
Celo, N. Car.— one of the nation's
idyllic spots— and there founded Celo
Laboratories.
The two men agreed to run the co-
op and pay themselves $250 a month.
They knew the co-op would have no
money at all for salaries while they
were building the business and ac-
quiring an inventory. This proved to
be correct, and at first the two men
and their families depended entirely
on other resources.
Such was the promise of Celo Lab-
oratories, however, that Tom Lea, a
successful and retired businessman
living in Celo, joined the staflF on the
same salaries-when-we-can basis. To-
day the co-op in more than making
ends meet and has repaid most of the
back salaries it owes Abrahamson and
Lea.
Celo has slowly built up a sizeable
mail order business— all by one satis-
fied customer's telling his neighbor.
Today more than 4,000 families reg-
ularly write Celo for vitamins and
drugs they want. This is nearly a thu'd
of the co-op's sales.
The co-op doesn't recommend that
anyone take vitamins. It does say that
if you do, you can probably buy them
cheaper from Celo. This matter-of-
fact approach contrasts vividly with
the ordinary drug firm's assurance
that its vitamin products will correct
everything from skin blemishes to
sexual impotency.
Whether people need extra vita-
mins is a much debated question. A
careful Agriculture Department sur-
vey of the diets of 6,000 representa-
tive families recently showed that
25% were short on Vitamin C, 19%
on Vitamin B2, and 17% on Vitamin
Bi. These deficiencies showed up
everywhere— high and low income
families, small and large families, city
and farm families.
No one argues with American Med-
ical Association when it says, "No
vitamin-mineral preparation even re-
motely begins to compare with good,
wholesome food." From this, how-
ever, AM A concludes: "If you're well
nourished, you need no extra vita-
mins. If you're not, you need medical
advice."
From this viewpoint, there is sharp
dissent. Some doctors believe many
people who aren't in the best health
suffer borderline vitamin deficiencies
that won't show up in a clinical exam-
ination.
Compared with others, Celo's vita-
mins are clearly a bargain. Under the
labels of Squibb, Parke-Davis, or Eli
Lilly, 100 Vitamin A capsules, each
with 25,000 standard units, cost $4.10.
The same capsules under the Co-op
label cost 75c.
Squibb's Theragran costs $9.45 for
100 capsules, whereas Co-op Hi-Po-
tency Vitamin with exactly the same
formula costs $3.60 for 100 capsules.
Eli Lilly's Cevalin costs $1.98 for 100
tablets, whereas Co-op Vitamin C
costs 65c for 100 identical tablets.
Upjohn's Unicaps sell for $3.11 a hun-
dred, and Co-op Multiple Vitamin for
$1.50.
For its mail order customers and
co-op supermarkets, Celo handles
only 34 standard products. For co-op
pharmacies and dispensaries, it han-
dles a considerably larger number, in-
cluding several injections.
Celo buys these standard prepara-
tions in capsule, tablet, powder, or li-
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quid form from the big drug makers. As in so many co-ops, there's no waste
It then transfers these preparations or lost motion, nothing that approach-
from big bottles to little bottles and es the "hard sell," and no mumbo-
ships them out on order. jumbo about the way Celo operates.
DIVIDENDS LEAD PARADE AS 1959 ENDS
As 1959 came to an end, the statistics show that chief beneficiaries of
the year's recovery were recipients of dividend and interest income. Wages
and salaries came in third, while farm income plunged disastrously.
November figures issued by the Department of Commerce show that per-
sonal income through November was running at a record rate of $385 billion,
about $1 billion above the previous peak in June, the last full month not
affected by the steel strike.
The breakdown showed:
Wages and Salaries running at the rate of $260.2 billion, or 7 per cent
higher than in 1958.
Dividends running at a rate of $13.7 billion, or 10 per cent higher than
in 1958.
Personal interest income running at a rate of $23.5 billion for a boost of
10 per cent over 1958, and
Farm income running at a $10.4 billion rate or 26 per cent lower than in
1958.
Unemployment compensation payments were up slightly, mostly due to
heav}' benefits in the automobile industry which was hard-hit by the steel
strike.
On the dividend front every major industry showed gains, the only ex-
ception being mining where dividends dropped about 10 per cent instead of
conforming with the general 10 per cent increase shown by the rest of the
economy.
The sharp 10 per cent boost in interest income due to the "tight money"
policy has been reflected on the banking front by what the Wall Street Journal
called a "rash of increased dixidends, year-end extras and stock dividends."
At least nine New York banks boosted dividends from 2 per cent to 100 per
cent while banks in other financial centers such as Boston and Philadelphia
also boosted their dividend payments substantially.
The banking boom also was reflected in the stock market with bank
group stock averaging 20 per cent higher than the low point for the year.
Meanwhile, news from the job front was not so encouraging. The Depart-
ment of Labor reported that both new and insured unemployment under
State prcjgrams rose sharply during the week ending December 5. Jobless
\\-orkers filed 345,200 initial claims, almost 40,000 more than during the previ-
ous week. In all, 40 states showed increases.
CorrQspondQncQ
This Journal is Not Responsible for Views Expressed by Correspondents.
LOCAL UNION No. 680 HONORS FIFTY-YEAR MEMBERS
At special ceremonies held recently, Local Union 680 of Newton Highlands, Mass.,
paid tribute to five of its members who have more than fifty years of membership in our
Brotherhood.
Trustee John Drinkwater presented 50-year pins to the old timers and, on behalf of
Local 680, expressed the union's appreciation of the contributions these men have made
over die years. The Local was honored to have the District's Business Agent, Edward
Gallagher, present for the ceremonies.
Four of the five members of Local 680 who received 50-year pins are shown above. From
left to right are Alfred Albee, Joseph Allison, Angus McDonald, Michael McDonald. Business
Agent Edward Gallagher is on the extreme right.
Festivities were held at Ken's Steak House, where the membership and their guests
enjoyed a delicious dinner preceding the ceremonies.
PENNSYLVANIANS ORGANIZE TO HELP SENIOR CITIZENS
Earlier this year, in response to an inquiry from Senator McNamara (D., Mich.), chair-
man of the Senate committee studying problems of the aged. President Hutcheson set
forth some of the obstacles to be overcome in our present society in order to give older
citizens a better deal. President Hutcheson's program was printed in full in the September
issue of The Carpenter.
In at least one section of the country the problem was already being considered from
many angles at that time, and a plan of constructive action being initiated.
For some 9 months prior to last September members of the Central Labor Union in
Monroe and Pike Counties of Pennsylvania were working toward a solution in ^eir own
backyard for some of the unhappy situations that older people were experiencing.
It began when Thomas D. Douglas, a member of Local Union 501 at Stroudsburg
and delegate to the Central Labor Union, was- asked to form a Senior Citizens Committee
for Monroe and Pike Counties. As chairman of the new Committee Brother Douglas, with
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the able help of Eugene B. Striink, president of the Committee and financial secretary of
Locar Union 501, touched off the months of research to follow.
They found that in the two counties there were "8,200 people of 70 years and over
who needed to feel that they ha\'e not outlived their usefulness." They got in touch with
all tlie clubs that they felt would be interested in learning more of the problems of the
aged and in giving aid. They canvassed churches of all denominations of Stroudsburg
and East Stroudsburg, with the endorsement of the burgess and council of both cities,
who fully approved of the program. Next, Brothers Douglas and Strunk, with the coopera-
tion of other interested persons, got in touch with most of the local factories "to see if
there was any possibility of doing something for our senior citizens." The result was that
a number of programs were discussed, with management sympathetic. Brother Douglas is
of the opinion that factory officials contacted will have sometliing worthwhile to ofEer
in the way of aid for the elderly. As he puts it, "They feel as we do that the senior citi-
zen does not get enough in his old age pension."
The offshoot of the above spadework was the organization of the Senior Citizens
Club on September 23, 1959 at the sponsoring Central Labor Union Club in East Strouds-
burg. Over 40 jiersons from Monroe and Pike Counties attended this initial meeting. It
was voted tliat regular meetings would be held twice a month to provide entertainment
and companionship for the older members of the community.
The organizational meeting program included remarks by Chairman Douglas; the
invocation and benediction by Father John A. Essef, assistant pastor of St. Matthew's
Roman Catholic Church; and a welcoming speech by Stuart Pipher, CLU president.
Robert P. Lonergan, community welfare planning consviltant of the Ofiice for Aging of
the state's Department of Welfare, spoke on the topic "Objectives of a Senior Citizen's
Club."
Also on tlie committee for the new club are Stuart Pipher, Carl Woolever, James
Robert, Ethel Ruth, George Rung, Glenn Klinger, Robert Westbrook, Mary Jones and Ida
Krebs.
The club is open to all senior citizens of Pike and Monroe Counties, regardless of
race, creed or color. Through the efforts of the club it is hoped a better day will be in-
augurated for the older citizens of the area.
EIGHT MEMBERS OF SAVANNAH LOCAL RECEIVE PINS
At a special meeting in October, Roy B. Horton, president of Local Union 256 of
Savannah, Georgia, present-
ed t\^^enty-five year pins to
eight members of long stand-
ing. Shown in accompanying
picture are seven of these
members.
Reading from left to right
(front row):
J. A. Echols, initiated July 5,
1933; J. E. Stevens, May 1,
1924; Thomas Davis, April 18,
1923.
(Back row): J. W. Readdick,
initiated January 21, 1930; C.
O. Frisbee, November 10,
1925; E. Hoagland, December
29, 1925; and Alex H. Gray,
September 16, 1924.
Not shown in the picture was L. D. Chestnut who was initiated on November 9, 1926.
CHICAGO GRADUATES 113 APPRENTICES
The Chicago District Council on November 12, 1959, held graduating exercises for
113 apprentices and awarded them Journeyman Certificates attesting to the completion
of their training in a difficult field. As in each previous ceremony of the sort, each gradu-
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ating apprentice also received congratulations from the co-sponsoring Builders Association
of Chicago.
The excellence of the city's apprentice training program was thereby again demon-
strated. The joint efforts of the Chicago District Council and the Builders Association of
Chicago have for many years turned out a steady supply of competently trained young
men capable of holding their own in any situation the construction game can present.
In Chicago, graduating exercises are a semi-annual affair. This class of 113 is one of
the largest ever graduated in the area. Representatives from all the District's affiliated
local unions were in attendance to wish Godspeed to the young men entering journeyman
ranks.
They were addressed by a number of guests, among them General Vice President
John R. Stevenson, who, as usual, brought an interesting and informative message to the
assemblage. Vice President Stevenson recalled for the younger men his vast experience
in the construction field starting with his own apprenticeship in Scotland over half a
century ago.
Other guests who spoke at the event were: representatives of tlie Chicago District
Council; representatives of the Employers Association; the Chicago Building Trades
Council; the Illinois State Federation of Labor; the Bureau of Apprenticeship, and the
principals and staffs of the several schools concerned with the advancement of the training
program.
Co-chairmen for the occasion were Council Secretary Charles Thompson and President
Ted Kenney, who provided a wholesome buffet luncheon for those present.
As can be seen clearly in the faces of those pictured above, the evening was a complete
success, enriched by the continviing interest of the sponsors in apprenticeship affairs as well
as by the maxim "Competency Through Training" that has been the byword literally prac-
ticed by all those who helped to make each successive group of Chicago journeymen as
well equipped to meet their future career requirements as is humanly possible.
SIX RECEIVE 50- YEAR PINS-LOCAL 25
Last October, Local Union No. 25, Los Angeles, awarded 50-year pins to six old
timers who joined the union away back when carpenters had to ride to work in horse-
drawn streetcars. The six members honored for their half century of faithful service were
Cameron Bracken, Otto Kraude, WilUam D. Smith, Joe Giandini, W. W. Grouse, and
Carl Meister.
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Brothers Bracken, Kraude, Smith and Giandini were present at the ceremonies to re-
ceive their recognition pins from the hands of Local Union President E. G. Daley and
Past President Amrose Connors. Unfortunately, illness prevented Brothers W. W. Grouse
and Garl Meister from attending. Arrangements were made to deliver their pins to them
at a later time.
As the camera recorded the presentation ceremonies, the above picture shows (left to right) :
Amrose Connors, past president; E. G. Daley, president; old timers Cameron Bracken, Otto Kraude,
Willieim D. Smith, and Joe Giandini. On the extreme right is financial secretary James L. Keen.
Local Union No. 25 is especially proud of its roster of great old timers who helped
to carry the union through many trying days early in the century.
HISTORIC STEP FOR LOCAL 2683
Pictvued below is a group of officers of Local Union No. 2683 and officials of the Vir-
ginia Metal Products Company of Orange, Virginia, affixing first United Brotherhood labels
From left to right in the picture are: Stanley Gallihugh, secretary. Local No. 2683; Tom Davis,
Local president; Harvey Tinsman, Local vice president; Larry Felder, president, Virginia Metal
Products Company; W. A. Johnson, Brotherhood Representative; and Tom Lee, vice president
in charge of production for the company.
to products turned out by tlie firm. Recently the management and the union entered
into an agreement giving the company the right of displaying our Brotherhood's label on
the products it makes.
ACTIVE AUXILIARY CELEBRATES 20th ANNIVERSARY
To the Editor:
Greetings from Auxiliary No. 347, Van Nuys, California.
The members of this auxiliary send greetings to all sister auxiliaries. We are a very
active auxiliary, working very hard to live up to the obligation we all took when we became
members.
We are sponsored by Local No. 1913, Van Nuys, and are very proud of our lovely
meeting hall and the furnishings tliat they have provided for us. We have found them to
be very cooperative on our many money-raising events, etc. We serve refreshments on the
fourth Friday, and they very generously pay us $20.00 to cover the expense. In return,
we make every eflFort to be a cooperative auxiliary, and hope we have succeeded to the
extent that they are proud to sponsor us.
We are affiliated with the Carpenters Ladies State Council of California and are a
charter member. We are proud to report that we have had one of our members serving
on the executive board of the State Council each year. At the present time our president.
Ruby Goodwin, is serving as board member of the Third District.
We are also affiliated with tlie Los Angeles Union Label Council, and send two dele-
gates to each montlily meeting. Several members work hard each year, donating time at
die Union Label and Union Industries show when it is held in Los Angeles. We have
ten members who volunteered to work this year when the show was held in October.
Our auxiliary is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year. We still have a few charter
members active in the auxiliary.
We also worked hard on the Save Our State Committee this past year, against tlie
Right-to-Work bill, and were delighted when the bill was defeated in California.
We have several money-making events each year. The main one is a Fall Festival
held each year in October. We have many social events, some in the daytime and some
in the evening when the men can attend.
We contribute to many worthwhile charities. At the present time, in addition to tlie
many charity drives that we donate to, we send $60 a year to the San Fernando Valley
Association for Retarded Children for their scholarship fund.
We welcome visits from members of odier auxiliaries. We meet tlie second and fourtli
Friday evening at 8:00 P.M. in the Carpenters Hall, 7500 Van Nuys Blvd.
We had a very wonderful installation evening this year in July. Local No. 1913 invited
us to join them for a joint installation of officers, and the event included as guests our
husbands and their wives. After tlie installation ceremony we all enjoyed a very delicious
catered buffet dinner which had been provided by the Local.
Fraternally,
Inez M. Edwards, Secretary
6538 Costello Avenue
Van Nuys, California
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Carpentry
LESSON 374
By H. H. Siegele
Pantries.— There are still a great many
pantries in daily use, and there are still
many housewives who would not do with-
Fig. 1
out tlieir pantry. Pantries are not coming
back in the sense that every new home
will have one, but the housewife who has
a conveniently located and well arranged
pantry, will continue to use it, and it is
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quite likely that if she ever has a part in
making plans for a new home, she will
insist on a pantry, or something that will
answer as a substitute for a pantry.
A plan of the pantry tliat went with the
pattern kitchen, which was discussed in the
previous lessons of this series, is shown
by Fig. 1. Fig. 2 shows an elevation of
the left wall of tliis plan. Here we have
three shelves that are intended to hold rath-
er large utensils or other large objects that
are necessities in a home, especially in the
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kitchen. To the left is shown a place for
brooms, mops, cleaners and so forth. This
is located to the left of the pantry entrance.
To the right of the drawing there is floor
and wall space for storing card tables and
dow and under the shelving of the wall to
the right.
East
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Fig. 3
the like. Fig. 3 gives a cross section of
tlie pantry, showing the window in the
outside wall. The shelving to the left is
for large things, as already mentioned, but
to the right the shelving arrangement will
accommodate small and medium articles.
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the progressive carpenter can carry on and
build up a business of his own. This sug-
gestion should be remembered by the stu-
dent, as he reads and studies these lessons.
Almost any well-built house, no matter
how old-fashioned it might be, can be
modernized. What such householders want
is somebody who can first work out the
details, and tlien do the work in a man-
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Bathroom.— Fig. 4 gives the floor plan of
the modernized bathroom that belonged to
the old-fashioned home taken here as an
over-all pattern for tliese lessons. The
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Fig. 7
changes were: Batlitub with fixtures, cab-
inet lavatory, stool, and tile floor. Fig. 5
shows additional changes that were made
on the north wall, namely, two built-in
Section of
Clothes Cmutc
Fig. 8
cabinets for towels and other bathroom
necessities, a mirror with a light to the
right and left, and the tile wainscoting. Fig.
6 shows a cross section and the east wall.
Here, by dotted lines, is shown how the
cabinets are built into the wall, with part
of them extending into the room. The cab-
inet shown to the left is built into the
north wall, while the medicine cabinet
shown to the right is built into the south
wall. A cross section is given on this fig-
ure of tlie lavatory and the cabinet that
supports it.
Clothes Chute.— The clothes chute shown
toward the bottom of Fig. 6, is given in de-
tail in Figs. 7 and 8. Fig. 7 shows the floor
plan of that part of the lavatory cabinet,
South IV^ll
Fig. 9
where the clothes chute is located. The
drawing specifies %-inch plywood, but the
chute can be made of ordinary lumber
with good results. Fig. 8 shows how to
build the chute so it will drop the clothes
where they should be, rather than directly
under it. The part marked A was cut away
as shown at B, from the part marked C.
Medicine Cabinet.— Fig. 9 shows the ele-
vation of the south wall. Here are shown
the wainscoting, the medicine cabinet and
the different dimensions of this figure. Fig.
Sharpening
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10, to the right, shows a face view of
the medicine cabinet without the doors in
place. The doors are to be slab doors, such
as have been shown for the kitchen in the
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a'- 6"
Fig. 10
previous lessons. They are hung with con-
cealed hinges. The shelving here is made
of %-inch material, while the frame is
made of %-inch boards. To the left is shown
A pocket size book with the EN-
TIRE length of Common-Hip-Valley
and Jack rafters completely worked
out for you. The flattest pitch is l^
inch rise to 12 inch run. Pitches in-
crease y^ inch rise each time until
the steep pitch of 24" rise to 12"
run is reached.
There are 2400 widths of build-
ings for each pitch. The smallest
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1/4" each time until they cover a 50
foot building.
There are 2400 Commons and 2400
Hip, Valley & Jack lengths for each
pitch. 230,400 rafter lengths for 48
pitches.
A hip roof Is 48'-9i4" wide. Pitch
is IVz" rise to 12" run. You can pick
out the length of Commons, Hips and
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Calif omians Add 10c. Money back privilege.
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a cross section of the right half of the
medicine cabinet. Notice the small shelves,
which make possible additional storage
space for small objects, such as small
bottles, boxes, and so forth. The doors are
indicated by the dotted hne to the left.
The student should remember that the
explanations and the drawings of these les-
sons are hypothetical, and therefore open
for modifications— they should not be taken
as hard and fast.
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the membersliip of the United Brotherhood of
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All contracts for advertising space In "The Car-
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Index of Advertisers
Carpenters' Tools and Accessories
Page
Belsaw Machinery Co., Kansas
City, Mo. 4-46
Estwing Mfg. Co., Rockford, lU. 47
Foley Mfg. Co., Minneapolis,
Minn. 44-47-
3rd Cover
Hydrolevel, Ocean Springs, Miss. 43
Irwin, Wilmington, Ohio 3rd Cover
Paine Co., Addison, 111 46
Skil Corp., Chicago, III 1
Speed Corp., Lynwood, Cal 42
Swanson Tool Co., Oak Lawn, 111. 48
S. E. Vick Tool Co., Minneapolis,
Minn. 41
Yates-Amerlcan Machine Co.,
Beloit, Wise. 3rd Cover
Carpentry Materials
Beverly Mfg. Co., Los Angeles,
Cal. 41
Technical Courses and Books
Audel Publishers, New York,
N. Y. 48
Chicago Technical College, Chi-
cago, 111. 3
A. Riechers, Palo Alto, Cal 45
H. H. Siegele, Emporia, Kan 42
Simmons-Boardman Publishing
Corp., New York, N. Y 4
U. S. General Supply Corp.,
New York, N. Y 48
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New Estwing Supreme unbreakable
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# Forged One-Piece Head-Handle
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and both "combination" and cross-cut circular
saws. Foley shows how to establish a profitable
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The Foley Saw Filer files all hand saws, "com-
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24" in diameter, and all band saws to 43^" wide —
with 3 to 16 points per inch. Exclusive Foley
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SEND FOR FREE BOOKLET
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j Please send complete information on Foley Saw Filer and how
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ROOF FRAMING MADE EASY
WITH THE NEW ALL PURPOSE
SWANSON SPEED SQUARE
Made of Cast Aluminum— Rust Proof- -Light
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A simplifled precision made
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Gives the angles for all cuts
of rafters, roof boards, etc.
Only one number (the pitch
number) to remember. Pivot
the square, swing around to
number, mark, that's all ! All
the rafter lengths, for any size
building given in the rafter
length booklet furnished with
each square. Indispensable for
inside trim work and home
workshop. Is 3/16 in. thick.
Use as a gauge for electric
handsaw. No carpenter, home
owner or farmer handy man
should be without this modern
tool. Sold on a money -back
guarantee. No C.O.D. orders to
Canada.
Will Square
8" Material
Square with Rafter Book Postpaid
and construction folder $4.25
C.O.D. (Send $1.00 Deposit with Orders.)
Extra Rafter Length Books can be Ordered if Needed. 50c
SWANSON TOOL CO., 9] 13 S. SSrd Ave., Dept. HB, Oak Lawn, III.
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profit out of each dollar.
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. THE
MPENTER
y FOUNDED 1881
Officio/ ?\ih\\cQi\on of fhe
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America ^
FEBRUARY, 1960
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Copynghf 7955— THf MACHINIST lAl'
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United Brdtherhddd df Carpenters
AND Joiners of America
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PUZZLE: FIND AL
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Then, who's the figure standing out
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took three important steps:
1. Wrote to I.C.S. for their three fa-
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2. Enrolled for an I.C.S. job-related
course.
3. Started to apply— on the spot— what
he was learning.
Tiie otliers began to say, "Ask Tom, he
knows." The supervisor began to take
notice. The boss began to receive re-
ports on Tom's progress. And Tom began
to move!
It's a fact worth remembering: An
I.C.S. student always stands out!
P. S.— You'll find men like Al everywhere
—griping, hoping, waiting— reading this
and skipping on. But forward-looking
fellows like Tom will take time to inves-
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and get the three valuable career books
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short months from now, you'll see them
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— Co nt ent s —
Look What Science Finds In Trees!
Once simply a source of lumber, wood long since has become the basic row mate-
rial for a host of everyday products ranging from car tires to animal foods. And the
surface has scarcely been scratched, the boys with the test tubes proclaim.
Gleason's Dream House Of Wood
8
TV comedian Jackie Gleason doesn't do any joking >vhen it comes to selecting mate-
rials for his new dream home. He chooses wood not only for its warmth and beauty,
but also for its unbeatable acoustical properties and flexibility. At some future date
you may be seeing Jackie broadcasting from his self-designed, 20th century palace.
Shared Work Project Aids Youngsters - - 12
Hundreds of Youngstown small fry will enjoy the pleasures of camp life next
summer because organized labor successfully completed a rebuilding program at the
Father Kane Camp during the past year.
Labor Explores Prepaid Legal Aid - - - 16
Organized labor pioneered in the field of prepaid medicine. It took many years of
hard fighting to break down Medical Association opposition to group hea'th plans.
Now different unions are experimenting with prepaid legal plans to combat the high
price of legal aid.
Victoria Member Makes Sailing History - - 21
Brother John Guzzwell, a member of Local Union No. 2527, Victoria, recently wrote
the greatest saga in the history of small boat sailing. In four years he piloted a 20-
foot sailboat of his own make some 33,000 miles around the world.
The Carpenter And His Eye Glasses - - 32
"Business" Way Isn't Always Best - - - 34
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OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Plane Gossip
What's New
Official
Editorials
In Memoriam
Outdoor Meanderings
Correspondence
Craft Problems
Index to Advertisers
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28
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COVER PHOTO: Tug hauling several million feet of logs from the newly-opened Nass River
section of British Columbia.
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Congress, Aug. 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for
iu SectioD 1103, Act of October 3, 1917, authorized on July 8. 1918.
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Look What Science Finds In Trees!
* * *
HEN Pioneer IV plunged into outer space on March 3, 1959, it might
well have gotten its final boost into eternity from a tree— a western
hemlock or a southern pine.
Whether yes or no, the Army isn't saying. But a form of cellulose— "the
chemical from the tree"— might have provided the final charge for flinging the
missile into perpetual orbit around the sun. For nitro-cellulose, a powerful
explosive, is but one of the many uses to which science has put the tree's
major chemical.
Comprising 50% of the tree, cellulose is so important to man that one
authority reports "no hot or cold war can be won without it." For cellulose is
A 300 SL TAKES THE LEAD. Over 99% of the world's land speed records have been set
on cellulose cord tires like those on car 38 above. — Photo courtesy of Mercedes-Benz.
more widely used in our civilization
than any other basic commodity with
one exception: water.
As common as clay, as abundant as
air, cellulose is likely to be in the
food you eat, the clothes you wear,
the car you drive, even in the filter
of your cigarette.
It is in the photofilm you shoot,
the bed you sleep in— and in scores
of places you would least expect to
find it.
A finished cellulose product can be
as soft as plush— like rayon or surgi-
cal gauze. Or hard and tough like
the casing of your telephone or
the steering wheel in your car. Too,
it can be durable and shock resistant
like Tyrex cord for your auto and
truck tires.
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It may be transparent as it is in
cellophane— or a powder in a deter-
gent where it locks out dirt. It might
be the casing of a hot dog, a "leath-
erette" case for a camera or the coat-
ing of a vitamin pill.
It could be the lining in your best
shoes, the substance of a sponge, a
tool handle, or a plastic dish or cup.
It is in lacquers and your shotgun
shells and in just about every corner
and weeds. (For reasons of economy,
commercial cellulose comes from
trees.) However, its simplicity stops
there. As a very basic form of living
matter, it holds one of Nature's high-
ly guarded secrets. For scientists have
yet to make a particle of cellulose
synthetically. Perhaps that's why they
approach it with such healthy respect.
Nonetheless, within the past cen-
tury, millions of tons of cellulose
JUMBO! Weighing in at 7 to 12 tons, finished cellulose looks like white blotting paper. How-
ever, one gram of cellulose contains over 5,000,000 chemical fibers. — Photo from Rayonier.
of vour home— perhaps your home it-
self.
Chemically, cellulose is a carbohy-
drate. The formula for its basic unit
is exactly the same as the sugar "glu-
cose," minus one molecule of water.
A cellulose molecule is made up of
hundreds of these basic units linked
together in long chains.
Physically, cellulose is more easily
described. It is the skeleton of all
plant life— of the rose as well as of
the giant redwood; of grass, shrubs
from western hemlock and southern
pine— two popular sources— have been
turned out for hundreds of industries
producing over 6500 useful, everyday
products.
Science calls cellulose a "polymer,"
or giant molecule. It is from the
chemistry of polymers that come all
our synthetics, plastics and "miracle"
fibers in their wide range of colors
and textures.
As a natural resource of unimagin-
able potential, cellulose is unique in
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that it is replenishable. Unlike min-
erals or petroleum, cellulose is readily
replaceable— simply by growing new
trees.
One company, Rayonier, which pro-
cesses over a billion pounds of cellu-
lose a year, maintains vast tree farms
in the U. S. A. and Canada where
the land is re-seeded in a dynamic
and continuing conservation pro-
gram.
The same company also conducts
extensive research, exploring the pos-
sibilities of cellulose as well as its
potentially interesting "kissin' cou-
sins" only recently named tlie "silvi-
chemicals."
Researchers believe these silvi-
chemicals— tree chemicals other than
cellulose— can eventually become to
the forest products industries what
petro-chemicals today are to the oil
industry: valuable co-products. Ray-
onier is now marketing five of them.
One, for example, is important to oil
well drilling.
No one knows, and fewer still will
predict, what the future of these
amazing "chemicals-that-grow" may
be. However, in the wastes of the
cellulose industry perhaps lies a new
way to help feed the human race.
For right now some of these silvi-
chemicals are providing a new origin
for animal feeds.
And there are hints that whole
families of chemical-medicinal com-
pounds may emerge from this new
science of silvichemistry.
Such tree chemicals as tall oil, an-
other cellulose co-product, account
for a varied group of industrial chem-
icals whose applications, though nu-
merous, are growing vigorously. Tall
oil is nov/ in hundreds of products
ranging from paints, varnishes and lu-
bricants to linoleum and soap.
Meanwhile the expanding uses of
cellulose tell much about the scien-
tific progress of a country— and even
more about its living standard. For
cellulose is intimately associated with
better living: the more consumed, the
higher a nation's standard of living.
In the U. S. A., for example, we
use about 430 lbs. per person a year
—the world's top consumption. On the
other hand, a Russian "comrade"
squeaks by on just 27 lbs., and Red
China uses a scant three pounds per
capita annually. But a Chinese living
in Free Formosa consumes 14 lbs. a
year!
Chemists are the least inclined to
make predictions. However, they will
FALLEN GIANT. In the Northwest the big
trees are today's econonmical source of cellulose.
But in the South smaller, faster-growing south-
ern pine provide the chemicals.
go this far: "There is no limiting rea-
son why chemicals from trees can't
be further developed and marketed
to help fill almost all the basic wants
of the human race, at economical
prices." A pretty startling statement
when you analyze it.
But even as the scientists uncover
an ever-expanding storehouse of
chemical raw materials in wood, lum-
ber—the primary product of trees-
goes on improving, too. There is
every reason to believe that extruded
lumber— tailor-made to specifications
of density, hardness, and tensile
strength— is just around the corner.
Gleason's Dream House Of Wood
• •
TELEVISION and Stage Star Jackie Gleason, who is accustomed to
doing things in a big, spectacular way, has just completed building him-
self a new house— and by every count, it measures up to another "spec-
tacular." It also adds up to a tremendous tribute to the versatility, beauty, and
permanence of wood construction.
Seated like a huge dome cakepan on a rocky bluff overlooking the Hudson River is
Jackie Gleason's flamboyant new home of wood and glass. Called Round Rock, the half million
dollar spectacular echoes the personality of a man racing to become a true legend of Broadway
in the same tradition as Ziegfeld and George M. Cohan.
The house sits high on the rocky, forested hills that overlook the Hudson
River above New York City. The massive structure, weighing around 700 tons
with an overall length of 175 feet, is cantilevered from the hillside on trusses.
At night, with lights pouring from its floor-to-ceiling windows, the house
THE CARPENTER
seems to be weightless, hovering alone
in space like a giant oblongated fly-
ing sphere.
Architect Gerard Silverman, of
New York City, who translated Jackie
Gleason's thoughts and plans into a
flowing marble, wood, and glass
shovi^place, had to come up with a
new architectural category to describe
the Gleason design concept for news-
men. The word he found was "musi-
cal."
And "musical" is the key to the
"why's" and "how's" of Jackie Glea-
son's new architectural creation.
The job he put before the archi-
tects was a demanding one. The
house, he said, must be acoustically
perfect, so he could rehearse and
broadcast many types of shows— pan-
tomimes, dramatic sketches, dancing
and singing numbers.
The house was two years in the
building. It is of wood construction
except for some of its terraces, ramps,
and a small portion of the total floor
area; and being essentially circular in
form, the woods used in it have been
shaped to follow the curved pattern.
Even the three-quarter-inch wood
flooring planks have been individual-
ly laid into a continuous curve to
conform to the outlines of the rooms.
Solid wood doors have been care-
fully curved to carry out this circu-
lar over-all plan, as have the doors
of each bookcase and cabinet.
Because of wood's acoustical qual-
ities, as well as its beauty of grain
and texture, the architects designed
laminated boat-shaped rafters and
floor joists, employing them both for
structural support and for diffusion of
sound and light in a building whose
first need was for acoustical perfec-
tion. Laminated wood was shaped
out into compound curved railings to
serve the numerous ramps between
the house's three levels. Wood desks,
cabinets, chairs and tables were es-
pecially designed to conform to the
unique requirements.
The room lay-out is a complex pat-
tern of interweaving circles and semi-
circles.
The heart of the structure is the im-
mense studio-living room area of the
middle level. The room measures 55
feet from the front windows to the
rear wall— and connects with the rec-
reation room. Light shines into it
In this room on the upper level of the studio,
Jackie Gleason works at his semi-circular desk
(in right foreground) and can look at the short-
wave and television receivers housed in blond
wood cabinets at the left of the picture. Stout
wooden grill in rear of picture supplies graceful
decoration and added structural strength. At
top, note the boat-shaped rafters and, at right
top, the curved, suspended canopy of wood.
from all sides. Connections for mi-
crophones and other broadcasting
equipment were set inconspicuously
into its floor. A television projector
and a large screen for life-size tele-
vision showings have been built into
the studio ceiling, to come down or
retract by electrical control.
Along the front wall of the studio
stands a massive chimney of white
Carrara marble, with two interior
fireplaces facing into the room and a
third one, for outdoor barbecues, fac-
ing on a terrace. This 240-ton chim-
ney, custom-made in Italy, stands 40
feet high.
10
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A circular area about 30 feet in
diameter occupies the rear portion of
tlie combined living room and studio.
Around tlie edge of the circle runs a
1,500 gallon aquarium, its glass top
set flush with the floor. Small bass,
perch, and pike, caught in a nearby
Wooden canopies, suspended from
the ceilings of several rooms, house
speakers and indirect lighting. Each
was carefully fabricated into a com-
pound curve pattern at an outside
shop before being shipped to the site
for installation.
A far cry from the coldwater flat of Ralph Cramdon, this is the heart of Gleason's castle,
reached by a curving wooden stairway from the upper level. Where piano is, Gleason will put on
broadcasts and rehearsals. Note slim laminated wooden supporting columns with aluminum foot-
ings. At top, a central light well and the boat-shaped rafters with sound and light equipment
set in. — All photos by National Lumber Manufacturers Association.
brook on the nine-acre estate, swim
around in the semi-circular tank.
Banks of plants and vines grow
along the edge of the room, as they
do on several front terraces and in
other rooms.
The Gleason House abounds in
spectacular features.
Gleason's "work desk" is an eleven-
foot-long curved wood showpiece.
The desk is so planned that sitting
behind it on a revolving chair, he can
swing around to compose a tune on
an electric organ without getting up.
The bedroom is ranged around a
vast circular bed, eight feet, seven
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inches in diameter. A laminated wood ter to keep them clear of ice and
"canopy" has been placed directly snow.
over the bed with a television set xhe house sports a 20-ton air-con-
built into it. The screen is slanted for ditioning unit and an electrical sys-
direct viewing by the occupant of the tem, planned to handle broadcasting
bed who can select the programs and from the site, which require 600
adjust the image by remote control amperes to operate. A high-fidelity
without getting out of bed. sound system can send music through-
A handsome 22-foot bar has stools out the building from an automatic
carved from solid wood. selection of 400 recordings.
Marble terraces along the front of The recordings, of course, are Jack-
the building at the upper and lower ie's own compositions and arrange-
levels are electrically heated in win- ments.
POVERTY STILL HAUNTS MILLIONS IN U. S.
The glittering picture of an America filled with prosperity and comfort
—a picture painted by much of the press and many political leaders— is bit-
terly false for nearly a fifth of all Americans, or over 32 million people.
That's the conclusion of a study of the nation's "low income population"
prepared for the Congressional Economic Committee by Robert J. Lampman,
economics professor at the University of Wisconsin.
Using official figures, Lampman found that in 1957 fully 19 per cent of
all Americans had poverty incomes. He defined such incomes as $2,500 a year
or less (at 1957 prices) for a family of four— and correspondingly less or more
for smaller or larger families. For a family of two, for example, the poverty
income level would be $1,638 or less a year.
Thus, nearly a fifth of all Americans live in deep poverty. In addition,
Lampman found, 30 million more live on the fringe of poverty— making less
than enough to maintain modest but "adequate" living standards.
This minimum "adequate" income is officially estimated at $4,000 a year
(at 1957 prices) for a family of four. In 1957, Lampman found, 36 per cent of
all Americans— 62,000,000 people— had less than this minimum "adequate"
income.
The bright side of Lampman's report is that between 1947 and 1957 several
million Americans did manage to rise out of the lowest poverty level. The
percentage of all Americans below "the poverty level dropped from 26 per
cent in 1947 to 19 per cent in 1957, Lampman said.
*
LABOR TO HELP PROBE HOSPITAL COSTS
Organized labor in the Chicago area is backing a study of the constantly rising costs
of hospital care.
President William A. Lee of the Chicago Federation of Labor took the initiative in
calling a meeting attended by President John M. Fevvkers of the Chicago Teachers Union,
who is chairman of the Federation's Health and Welfare Committee as well as represen-
tative of the medical profession.
A committee was set up to study the situation. It included representatives of labor,
the Chicago Medical Society, the Chicago Hospital Council and the Blue Cross-Blue Shield
hospital and medical care plans.
The meeting, which was the first of its kind to be held in the Midwest area, voted to
invite representatives of management to participate in its work.
12
Shared Work Project Aids Youngsters
• •
A150UT this time of the year )oungsters begin dreaming seriously about
l-\ summer eamp and the joys of getting back to nature. Youngstown,
-^ -^ Ohio, voimgsters are no exception. And many of them from under-
prix'ileged homes will have their dreams fulfilled next summer because the
Building Trades Unions and the Steel Workers of Youngstown spent a good
deal of time last year expanding and refurbishing the Father Kane Camp.
The Father Kane Camp is operated by the Diocese of Youngstown and is
open to all youths 7 to 16 regardless of race, creed or color. Year by year
the camp facilities hav^e been insufficient to meet the growing demands made
on it. Last summer the Building
Trades Unions and Steel Workers de-
cided to take a hand.
They set up a program under which
the Steel Workers donated the neces-
sary material and the Buildinsf trades-
men donated the working time nec-
essary to expand and modernize the
camp.
The job started May 2, 1959, and
was completed July 2, 1959. The vari-
ous crafts worked for eight straight
Saturdays and Sundays to complete
the job.
The five cabins, on the camp site
\\hen the job was started, were com-
pletely remodeled with new asphalt
roofs, and general repairs were made.
Two toilets, two lavatories and a
drinking fountain were installed in
each cottage. Each cabin had a com-
plete paint job.
The dining hall was painted inside
and out. A completely new shower
room, 20 ft. x 20 ft., was built with
16 showers and a dressing room.
They also built five completely new
cottages with toilets, lavatories and
drinking fountains. The swimming
pool and other camp equipment were
all painted. A completely new sewer
system was installed, and slag drives
Brotherhood members in Youngstown demon-
strating that the word has a real place in our
name.
were made around and through the
camp at a total cost of a little over
$40,000.
Locals within the Building Trades
whose members donated many hours
of work include: Carpenters of Local
No. 171; Bricklayers of Local No. 8;
Painters of Local No. 476; Electri-
cians of Local No. 64; Laborers of
Local No. 125; Plumbers of Local No.
87; Sheetmetal workers of Local No.
5, plus men from the Steelworkers
who helped handle material on the
job and served lunches to the work-
men. In all, nearly 500 workmen had
a hand in making this project a suc-
cess.
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13
Father William Slipski, director of
the camp, in accepting the unions'
gift, said:
"Our prayers have been answered.
The public should be grateful,, as I
motive for our youngsters. Their ded-
ication should never be forgotten."
Charles Bishop, executive secretary
of the Carpenters District Council
and president of the United Labor
This is the spic and span environment in which many under-privileged Youngstown youngsters
will spend many happy hours this summer.
am, that we have such public-spirited
AFL-CIO leaders of all faiths, who
have joined together and undertaken
this project out of a humanitarian
Congress, served as chairman of the
project committee. Carl DeNiro,
Steelworkers staff representative, act-
ed as committee secretary-treasurer.
BUYING POWEK TOO LOW, SURVEY SHOWS
Consumer sentiment to purchase new cars, appliances and other products
"must improve considerably during the next few months if 1960 is to be a
really good year" for durable goods, the Survey Research Center of the Uni-
versity of Michigan reports.
The findings are based on a survey during October and November which
found that the steel strike had spread uneasiness and caution among con-
sumers. But aside from the steel dispute, said the survey, "the recovery in
sentiment from the 1958 recession was slower than the recovery from the
1953-54 recession."
In 1954, it noted, a sharp upsurge in optimism stimulated consumer de-
mand. In November, 1959, consumer expectations were not "sufficiently
buoyant" to provide the buying push in line with the rising level of spending
indicated by income trends.
Other factors giving rise to uncertainty among consumers are rising inter-
est rates and uneasiness over inflation. The high interest rate concern is re-
flected in a drop in the number of families planning to purchase homes in
1960, the survey said.
SSI P
OF CONGRESSMEN AND CATS
Congressman Albert Rains of Alabama
has introduced a new housing bill designed
to prop up the sagging home buying mar-
ket. Tight money brought on a serious de-
cline in housing starts last year and all
indications point to further declines in
1960 as tight money policy jells more
solidly.
Congressman Rains' bill undoubtedly will
get lip service from many colleagues in
preliminary skirmishes, but when the chips
are down on a final vote, most of them
will chicken out in one way or another.
The situation sort of reminds us of the
tomcat who was courting a real lovely.
"I love you so much I would gladly die
for >"0u," he breathed in her shell pink ear.
Being a very practical kitten, she asked:
"How many times?"
That's how it is with labor legislation; the
last \ote is the one that really means
something.
* * •
CANDID COMiMENTS
Think nothing of the rudeness all around
you tliese days, for it is almost impossible
to be polite without someone wondering
■\^'hat >ou want.
'*My last name is PRAUFITZl"
QUESTIONABLE BARGAIN
The exodus of northern firms to the
south on the promise of free taxes, docile
labor, no unions, etc., continues unabated
even though many such firms have found
out that cheap labor and inexpensive labor
are not always the same thing. A large In-
dian rubber plant recently sueeumbed to
the lure of no taxes and unorganized labor
proffered by a southern state.
The firms that swallow such bait are not
the only ones disillusioned at times. Many
southern towns that pirated northern in-
dustry found that their costs for more
schools, more sewers, more police and fire
protection more than over-balanced the ad-
vantages of an additional industry.
Every time we hear of such a case we
think of an Irishman who bought a broken-
down horse at the county fair for next to
nothing. When he got the nag home he
offered it a bucket of oats, but it refused
to eat. Then he offered it a bucket of water
and it refused to drink.
Turning to his son with a greedy gleam
in his eye, the Irishman said:
"Son, if he turns out to be a good worker,
we really got ourselves a bargain."
• * •
CASE DISMISSED
The judge was righteously indignant.
^"I can't think of anything worse than a
man beating up his wife," he said to the
defendant sternly, "What made you do it?"
"Well," said the man, "she kept saying:
'Hit me! Go ahead and hit me! I'll have
you brought before that bald-headed old
baboon of a judge in court, and he'll fix
you!"
• • •
SEE-WORTHY
On the beach a genial fat man watched
a group of shapely young ladies in scanty
swim suits as they went through their morn-
ing setting-up exercises.
"Do you think this sort of thing is real-
ly good for reducing?" a sour-visaged ac-
quaintance demanded.
"Unquestionably," beamed the fat man.
"Why, I walk three miles every morning
to watch it."
THE CARPENTER
15
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER
Not long ago, a beautiful waitress in a
Western town was awarded $10,000 in a
breach of promise suit against a wealthy
banker. As she was leaving the court a
car ran her down and fractured eight of
her ribs. In the same court she eventually
was awarded $17 in damages for the in-
juries she sustained.
Actually, there is not much to this story
except for the fact it contains a moral:
never play with a woman's heart— kick her
in the ribs instead.
* • *
CANDID COMMENTS
Nobody is lonelier than the parents in a
one-car family with teenage children.
• • •
FEATHERBEDDING AT ITS WORST
Having milked the "corruption" angle for
all it was worth, the Big Business spokes-
men are svdtching to "featherbedding" as
their new propaganda weapon against la-
bor. Day in and day out, unions are pic-
tured as obstructionists to progress who in-
sist on more men than a job demands.
Years ago such pipe dreams as bricklayers
laying only a specified number of bricks
per day and carpenters tearing down cab-
inets only to reassemble them were proved
to be hogwash. But they are still being
bandied about by paid propagandists.
And every job that doesn't have a man
working every second— regardless of the fact
that safety of life, limb and property may
be involved by his presence— is termed
featherbedding.
Apparently England, too, is having a rash
of featherbedding propaganda, because a
union official recently wrote the following
piece after attending a band concert:
For considerable periods the four flute
players had nothing to do. The number of
flutes should be reduced and the work
spread more evenly over the whole concert
to eUminate peaks and valleys of activity.
All 12 violins were playing identical notes.
This makes 11 featherbedders. If larger
volume is required, an electronic amplifier
could be used.
There was much needless repetition, too.
Scores could be pruned drastically. No use-
ful purpose is served by having the horns
repeat a passage that was just played by
the strings.
By putting in all these efficiency meas-
ures, the two-hour concert can be reduced
to 20 minutes with a 75% cut in stafi^.
NOT YET, BUT SOON
The encroachments of automation can
no longer be escaped even in death.
According to a clipping from the labor
press, a "mechanical grave digger" is now
at work in St. Louis. It can dig a grave in
half an hour— a task which is reported
formerly to have required eight hours for
two men with the traditional pick and
shovel.
Even the toughest ground, previously re-
quiring loosening with compressed air
equipment, gives way before the machine,
it is said.
So far, there are no reports of mechan-
ized clergy presiding at the services. But
don't under-estimate Bell Telephone Com-
pany.
* * •
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
A new lawyer had just opened up his
office. "All! A client already," he thought
as he saw the door opening. "I must impress
him."
He picked up tlie telephone. "No, I'm
very sorry. I can't take your case, even for
$1,000," he said. "I'm too busy."
He replaced the receiver and looked at
his caller. "And now, what can I do for
you?" he asked briskly.
"Nothing, really," was the reply. "I just
came to connect your telephone."
"Union meeting?... Gosh, I'd
like lo, Fred, but I don't have
time!"
16
How To Buy Wisely
LABOR EXPLORES PREPAID LEGAL AID
* *
By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS
Labor's Consumer Expert
L\BOR UNIONS, which pioneered prepaid medical care for working
families, now are investigating the possibility of providing prepaid legal
■care. Los Angeles hotel and restaurant unions recently surveyed mem-
bers'* legal problems and are exploring ways to make available legal aid on a
prepaid basis. Other local unions have developed a number of methods of pro-
viding such help. The AFL-CIO Community Services Activities also is survey-
ing the various ways unions and other civic organizations provide legal help for
members as part of the CSA consumer-guidance program.
Undoubtedly your family, if it's at all typical, from time to time could
use legal protection and advice if it were available at reasonable cost. Many
of the financial scrapes working fam-
ilies get into would be avoided if
they could afford to consult a lawyer
first. No businessman ever signs a
contract without having a lawyer
read it first. No moderate-income
family ever does have a lawyer read
a contract, except in rare instances.
Many consumer frauds in the sale
of cars, home repairs, furniture and
other goods and services have their
roots in tricky contracts. Many con-
sumers don't even read contracts
themselves before signing. Even when
they do, the legal language is hard to
understand. Sometimes buyers even
sign contracts in blank, thus leaving
themselves open to serious over-
charges for finance fees. At the end
of this report you'll find a checklist of
gyps based on contract tricks, which
buyers need to beware of.
Consumer frauds are this depart-
ment's major concern, but aren't the
only reason a family may need legal
help. An analysis of the Los Angeles
survey by Paul Mendenhall of the
Community Services Activities staff,
found that the most frequent prob-
lems requiring ur-gent legal help
were traffic cases, followed by mari-
tal problems; cases involving collec-
tion of money; naturalizations; sales
of homes; non-job personal injuries;
landlord disputes, and violations of
law other than traffic cases.
Just as group health insurance pays
your medical bill if you get sick, the
Los Angeles plan would "insure"
wage-earners against legal expenses.
Workers and their employers would
contribute to a fund. Then a family
would get legal help when needed
without further cost or by payment of
only a modest fee.
One of the most important values
of such a group legal plan is that it
could provide "preventive" legal care,
just as the checkups provided by
group medical plans help prevent
small illnesses from becoming seri-
ous ones.
One problem is that a legal-care
plan may face the same opposition
from lawyers' associations— bar as-
sociations — that group medical - care
plans got from the American Medical
Association for many years.
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17
However, a number of individual
lawyers have announced approval of
the legal-care proposal. Los Angeles
attorney James Denison has pointed
out that without some such system,
in actual practice genuine justice is
only for the rich. A lawyer may un-
dertake a big case, such as a serious
accident injury, on a contingent basis.
That is, his fee would be a percen-
tage of the settlement if you win, say,
25-40 per cent. But it won't pay him
to take a small case on this basis.
Thus, moderate-income families who
have suffered some personal or finan-
cial wrong often must lick their
wounds in silence because legal ex-
penses come too high, Denison ob-
serves.
But the bar associations have a "can-
on of ethics" which opposes giving
legal help without fee to members of
an organization, by a lawyer em-
ployed by the organization.
Many union locals and lodges now
do have informal or even organized
methods of providing legal help. One
common method simply is to send
the member to the local's own attor-
ney who will provide at least an ini-
tial consultation with little or no fee.
Another method some unions use is
to provide a legal clinic one night a
week, when members can consult a
lawyer. Such a plan especially can
help avoid consumer frauds, if mem-
bers can be convinced to wait a few
days before they sign contracts. No
reputable seller tries to pressure buy-
ers into signing contracts right away,
but is willing to let you take the doc-
ument home to study.
One international union's legal de-
partment now conducts a column in
the union's newspaper discussing le-
gal problems sent in by members. Its
popularity is another evidence of the
need for legal help for wage-earners.
Without such organizational serv-
ices, families without much money
have a problem. There are Legal Aid
Societies in some large cities, but they
mostly take only the cases of nearly-
destitute people. Nor do they provide
the preventive advice people need to
keep out of legal jams.
Some local bar associations have a
referjal service for people of moder-
ate means. This provides names of
local attorneys who will take cases at
"minimum" fees. This system may be
of some help to you if need arises.
But it doesn't feally solve the prob-
lem. There is no insurance against
catastrophic legal problems in which
anyone can get involved, and the
"minimum" fees themselves are only
relatively moderate. In many cities
lawyers now charge $20 to $25 an
hour for their services if you pay the
full going fee.
In case of a serious legal involve-
ment in which you or a member of
your family might have to stand trial,
some cities have the Public Defender
system. This is a great liberal concept
since it guarantees defense for an ac-
cused person with little means. But in
reality, the Public Defender's office
often is understaffed and over-crowd-
ed with cases. Still, the Public De-
fender, where available, is considered
a more thorough plan than the court-
appointed lawyers used in some areas
to defend people without means.
Without a legal-care plan, it's dou-
bly important to watch contracts
closely. Here are tips on some tricks
you need to guard against:
—Most installment-purchase con-
tracts nowadays are turned over by
the dealer to a bank or finance com-
pany. Do you have written assurance
from the dealer that he will make
good on the guarantee or replace the
merchandise if it is defective? You
also need to read the guarantee itself
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carefully. Some complaints are now tution." So you've got to pay whether
being received from used-car buyers you get the promised bonuses or not.
that warranties are worded so that re- t> ^ -^ • „ ^ ^^^^A "^^
„ , 1 11 —Beware signmg so-called re-
pans arent really guaranteed on all • 4. " i,- u n- « -^
^ p , ^ ^ ceipts which canvassers sellmg ew-
parts or the car. 1 . i « v^ ' ,
^ elry or watches on approval may
-Add-on contracts are a special ^q^^ r^^vese often are actually pur-
problem in the installment furniture ^hase contracts which include an as-
business. The new purchase is added signment of your wages if you fail to
on to the old contract. This means p^y or try to return the merchandise,
you can lose goods all or mostly paid -Don't sign an FHA completion
for, if you default on the most recent certificate of a home-repair job until
purchase. ^^ jq]^ actually has been completed
—Beware referral schemes which to your approval.
promise you a bonus if you send in t 1 r ..i • i. •
^ r .1 { r 1 —Look tor the wage assignment m
names ot other prospects tor such „ t 1 i i
goods as garbage-disposers or fire- installment contracts. It may be hard
alarm systems. One contract this writ- *« 6^^^?^ '^ garnishee if an assign-
er recently saw, says specifically that ^ent is included, as it often is. Some-
"The referral program does not re- times a wage assignment may be
fleet or have any bearing on your palmed off on you at the bottom page
monthly payment to the lending insti- of the contract you are signing.
DRUG FIRMS EXPECT NO REFORM BILL
Exposures of price gouging and shocking profiteering in the drug industry
are not worrying the drug makers, if a survey conducted by the Wall Street
Journal is correct. The drug companies fear neither Congressional curbs nor
crack-down action by the Federal Trade Commission.
"Drug makers say they have rarely felt better," the Wall Street paper
reported after querying officers of 16 big drug manufacturers. "Drug pro-
ducers insist the (government) inquiries will bring little if any change in
present research and marketing activities . . . the companies have apparently
made no change in their business methods."
Behind the big drug makers' optimism, the WSJ indicated, lies the sub-
stantial rise in sales and profits they achieved in 1959 over the already high
1958 figures. "They look for more of the same in 1960," the Wall Street paper
added.
The Senate probers, after focusing first on anti-arthritis drugs, will also
hold hearings on high-priced antibiotics, tranquilizers and anti-diabetic drugs.
The drug makers expect a few "uneasy moments" from this, the WSJ indicated.
But the drug manufacturers note that after Kefauver and his group, in
previous years, exposed profiteering and price-fixing in steel and autos, neither
Congress nor the courts did anything to stop it. Drug makers, said the WSJ,
"take comfort" in that fact.
The fact that abuses uncovered in a few unions brought on the labor
"reform" bill apparently does not upset the drug makers. They realize that
a tremendous anti-labor campaign was necessary to put over the Landrum
Bill, and certainly Big Business has no intention of financing a similar cam-
paign against one of its own.
WhaVsJNev^
This column is devoted to new developments in materials and products of interest to members
of crafts which are a part of the United Brotherhood. The articles are presented merely to inform
our readers, and are not to be considered an endorsement by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America.
For information concerning products which are described in this column, please do not write to
THE CARPENTER or the General Office, but address all queries to the manufacturer, whose name
appears at the close of each article.
Williold Casein Glue is a new protein
glue for laminating beams, bonding oily
woods, and for use where joints are not
perfectly fitted. Bonds are said to be water-
iUllHCIIOI
tmesf quaitfy
CASEIN GLUE No. 541-A
POR WOOD LAMINATING
fEDERAL SPECIRCAIiON MMM-A-'-S
Type I itrtd i
and mold-resistant. The product mixes in
cold water and can be used at low tempera-
tures above freezing to over 100 °F. Com-
plies with Federal Specification MMI\I-A125.
Available in 5 Tb. cans and 50 IB. bags.
Write Wilhold Products Co., Div. of Acorn
Adhesive Co., Inc., Los Angeles 31 or Chi-
cago 44.
•
Shown is a new corner bar attachment to
run shower curtains around corners where
gaps between wall and curtain may allow
water to escape to the floor. A circular
clamp connects corner bar to curtain rod
wdth screw and bolt. Available from Forest
Specialties Co., 13000 Athens Ave., Cleve-
land 7, Ohio.
A new lightweight %" drill with %" ca-
pacity in steel and %" in hardwood is
claimed to give 50% more torque than
%" models. It featmres a series 2.6 amp
1,000 rpm motor, double reduction steel
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V_;'
gears and special bronze bearings, and
comes equipped with lock-type release trig-
ger switch, six-foot cord and auxiliary han-
dle. Write Portable Electric Tools, Inc.,
320 W. 83rd St., Chicago 20, 111.
A new burglar-proof window lock allows
ventilation and safety without possibility of
entry and can be installed on either side of
any double-hung window. Free acting on
'fl
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PATEkT
PENDING-
downward motion of sasli, the lock has posi-
tive locking position every two inches up to
eight inches when lower sash is raised.
Product of Foldo Products, 5846 Haverford
Ave., Indianapolis 20, Ind.
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THE CARPENTER
A new unit of a line of automatic equip-
ment for building complete, pre-assenibled
door and jamb units is the Turn-A-Bore
Hardware Application Machine, which cuts
time required to attach hinges, lock and
striker plate to two minutes, it is said.
The door is placed in the machine, where it
is mechanically positioned to successive re-
quirements as operator activates the power
screw gun, suspended from machine's bal-
anced radial arm, to apply hardware. Ma-
chine is also used to mortise door and jamb
for hinge butts, mortise and drill for striker
plate, drill for lock, mortise and drill for
lock piston, it is claimed. Address Dept. E,
Turn-A-Bore Equipment Co., P. O. Box
7072, Fort Worth, Texas.
One of a new line of 7 chain saws, the
McCulloch ONE/60 is a gear drive saw
for bucking pulpwood, cutting sileage, saw-
ing railroad ties, mine timbers or dock pil-
ings, and other jobs where extra power is
needed, cutting to within SVi" of ground.
The manufacturers also claim that two oil-
ing systems keep chain well lubricated in
any type of wood. Comes with either regu-
lar cutting bar or plunge bow. McCulloch
Corp., 6101 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles
45. Calif.
The Post Anchor protects wood posts rest-
ing on concrete slabs from termite rot and
deterioration. Type "A" has built-in anchor
for presetting on forms prior to pouring
slab. Anchor is automatically imbedded in
the concrete, and af-
ter the forms are
stripped a standoff
plate which keeps the
post off the bottom is
inserted in the metal
box. Weep holes
drain any water flow-
ing down the post.
Type "O" anchor is
available without built-in anchor and at-
taches to existing slabs for drilling for a V2"
shield and bolting with a lag screw. Write
to Advance Metal Products, Inc., 2445 N.
W. 76th St., Miami 47, Fla.
Two easily installed models of the auto-
matic Hydra-Close will fit most inside doors
and feature a hood that conceals the work-
ing unit for greater attractiveness. Of brass
finish, the closer's hydraulic action is her-
metically sealed for life and never needs
oiling or adjustment, it is claimed. Ad-
dress T & R Service & Manufacturing Co.,
P. O. Box 52, Dept. 25, Crystal Lake, 111.
A new precision-made extension for elec-
tric drill bits, the Irwin E88 is said to fit
all makes of power bits with Vi" shanks
and to provide an extra 12" reach. An Allen
wrench is supplied for tightening set screw
that securely locks extension to bit shank.
Two E88's can also be locked together by
set screw for 24" reach. For heavy duty
use. Manufactm-ed by the Irwin Auger Bit
Co., Wilmington, Ohio.
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Yictoria Member Makes Sailing History
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WHEN the unpaid bills pile up, when the job becomes monotonous,
when the hurry, hurry, hurry o£ modern living becomes nearly
unbearable, have you ever dreamed of chucking it all and heading
for far-off places? Do names like Mozambique, Tambora, and Savaii set your
blood to coursing faster?
If you are such a person (and who isn't?) the exploits of Brother John
Guzzwell of Local Union No. 2527, Victoria, B. C, must hold a special
appeal. Last Fall, Brother Guzzwell sailed his tiny 20-foot yawl, the Trekka,
back into Victoria Harbor after a 33,000 mile, four-year jaunt around the
world. All Victoria accorded him a tremendous welcome, since his sailing
feats surpassed anything ever attempted by any other sailor.
Brother Guzzwell left Victoria in — — — — —
Within two years the Trekka, as
neat and trim a yawl as ever sliced
through the waters of Victoria Har-
bor, was completed. Shortly there-
after he embarked on his record-shat-
tering journey that took him to most
of the remote corners of the earth.
Now Brother Guzzwell is back in
Victoria re-employed at his old job
and an active member of Local Un-
ion No. 2527 once more. The Trekka
rides at her moorage as stout and as
sound as the day she first hit the
water. But dusts and the memories of
far-off places still cling to them both.
Nearly two-thirds of Page 1 of the
Victoria Colonist was devoted to a
welcome-home story about Brother
Guzzwell and his unprecedented feat
of seamanship. It is the hope of Local
Union No. 2527 that the Provincial
Government can be prevailed upon to
purchase the Trekka and preserve it
as a monument to commemorate the
historic saga chalked up by the daunt-
less cabinetmaker-sailor.
Only a sailor can appreciate the ob-
stacles Brother Guzzwell had to over-
come in making his epic journey; the
problems of storm and tide and navi-
m
September, 1955, and reached Hawaii
in 29 days— fast time even for the
biggest ocean-going yachts. From Ha-
waii he sailed on to New Zealand,
Australia, the Barrier Reef, across the
Indian Ocean to Durban, South Af-
rica, around the Cape of Good Hope
to Barbados, and through the Panama
Canal back to Hawaii. He was crew,
cook, navigator and captain. The ship
he commanded was not much bigger
than the average rowboat people
drag around on the tops of their
cars on weekend fishing jaunts. Small
wonder the sailing fraternity looks
upon his trek as the greatest feat in
the history of small boat sailing.
Brother Guzzwell was born in Eng-
land 29 years ago. He learned his
trade (cabinetmaking) there. In 1953
he migrated to Canada and settled
in Victoria, where he deposited hi^
Amalgamated Society of Woodwork-
ers card in Local Union No. 2527.
Brother Guzzwell was employed as a
joiner by the Ace Furniture and Fix-
ture Manufacturing Company. The
son of a small boat sailing enthusiast,
he naturally began working on a boat
of his own.
1 1 I'] C A K V K N T E R
gation. But e\'en a landlubl^er who
ne\er saw a bodv of water bi2"2:er than
a bathtub can appreciate the loneh-
ness of weeks at sea without a soul to
talk to, the constant danger of sickness
or accident without any hope of med-
sailor of note. It was from him that
brother Guzzwell learned both sail-
ing and navigation. When John was
but three his father sailed him and his
whole family from England to Cape-
town and back in a fifty-footer.
ical aid, and the perilousness of bob-
bing about in a vast ocean in a craft
scarcely larger than a modern auto.
Sailing comes naturally to Brother
Guzzwell. His father was a small craft
Our sincerest congratulations to
Brother Guzzwell, a man who has
both the skill and the intestinal for-
titude to do things most of us only
dream about.
Official Information
General OflBcers of
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS and JOINERS
of AMERICA
Gexeral Office : Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
Gexerai. President
M. A. HUTCHEisON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
First General Vice President
JOHN R. STEVENSON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Secretary
R. E. LIVINGSTON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
Second General Vice President
O. WM. BLAIEK
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Treasurer
FRANK CHAPMAN
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
District Board Members
First District, CHARLES JOHNSON, JR.
Ill B. 22nd St., New York 10, N. Y.
Sixth District, J. O. MACK
5740 Lydia, Kansas City 4, Mo.
Second District, RALEIGH RAJOPPI
2 Prospect Place, Springfield, New Jersey
Seventh District, LYLE J. HILLER
11712 S. E. Rhone St., Portland 66, Ore.
Third District, HARRY SCHWARZER
1248 Walnut Ave., Cleveland, O.
Eighth District, J. P. CAMBIANO
17 Aragon Blvd., San Mateo, Calif.
Fourth District, HENRY W. CHANDLER
1684 Stanton Rd., S. W., Atlanta, Ga.
Ninth District, ANDREW V. COOPER
133 Chaplin Crescent, Toronto 12, Ont., Canada
Fifth District, R. E. ROBERTS
1834 N. 78th St., Omaha, Nebr.
Tenth District, GEORGE BENGOUGH
2528 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver, B. C.
M. A. HUTCHESON, Chairman ; R. E. LIVINGSTON. Secretary
All correspondence for the General Executive Board must be sent to the General Secretary.
Canadian Laboxu* Congress
CONVENTION CALL
To All AfBliated and Chartered Unions, Labour Councils, and Federations of Labor.
GREETINGS:
The Third Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress will be held
in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, beginning at 10:00 a.m., Monday, April 25, 1960,
and contmmng until its business is concluded.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
In the issuance of clearance cards, care sliould be taken to see that they are
properly filled out, dated and signed by the President and Financial Secretary
of the Local Union issuing same as w^ell as the Local Union accepting the clear-
ance. The clearance cards must be sent to the General Secretary's Department
without delay, in order that the members' names can be listed on the quarterly
account sheets.
While old style Due Book is in use, clearance cards contained therein
must be used.
Editorial
The Chickens Come Home To Roost
The steel strike has been settled. It is no exaggeration to say that the
Steelworkers achieved a fairly complete victory. They received something in
the neighborhood of 40c an hour in wage increases; but even more important,
the steel companies backed down from their original demand for sole authority
to set and enforce work rules.
Monday Morning Quarterbacking a strike is, generally speaking, a profit-
less gesture, but in this instance so many basic principles were involved and
so many morals can be drawn that a rehash seems advisable.
Fii'st, it ought to be noted that solidarity won the strike. The newspapers
are endeavoring to credit the strike settlement to Vice President Nixon, who
is pressing hard for the Republican nomination next summer. But the cold
facts show that the steel companies yielded only when a Taft-Hartley strike
vote loomed big on the horizon. Consensus is that the vote would have been
from 80 to 85% in favor of resuming the strike at the end of the enforced
cooling off period. Needless to say, the steel moguls were as aware of this
fact as anyone else.
An overwhelming vote for a resumption of the strike would have exploded
the steel companies' contention that the strike was an unpopular one insti-
gated and promoted by union "bosses." They knew, too, that the Steel-
workers, fortified by several months' pay checks, would stay out another
116 days if necessary. They also knew the labor movement was solidly lined
up behind the Steelworkers. So they capitulated.
The first lesson is: solidarity wins strikes.
A second conclusion that can be drawn from the strike is that the steel
companies allowed their antagonism toward unionism to get in the way of
theii- good judgment. An offer of eight or ten cents an hour in the beginning
probably would have been accepted by the steel workers. A token decrease
in the price of steel (entirely feasible in face of steel profits) would have
strengthened the steel companies' pleas that all have a duty to fight inflation.
The price cut could have been recaptured a few months later without much
criticism.
However, the steel moguls decided to try the union on for size. They
not only refused to offer any wage increase, they even insisted on a wage
cut in the form of revisions in the cost-of-living escalator clause. To make sure
the union could not accept their offer they demanded almost complete con-
trol over work rules. So the union had no alternative but to strike.
Five months later, five months of bitterness, lost production, and costly
strife, the steel companies granted a package wage increase several times
higher than the eight or ten cents that might have averted a strike in the
beginning. And they backed away from their original demand for sole con-
trol of work assignments.
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The second moral pointed up by the steel strike is that collective bargain-
ing works effectively only when both parties come into negotiations with clean
hands and open minds. The side that hopes to put something over on the
other party invariably stubs its toe.
The third lesson that can be drawn from the steel strike is that all organ-
ized labor shared in the victory of the Steelworkers. Had the companies suc-
ceeded in starving their employes into submission all other industries would
have been quick to follow the example set by steel. The right of any and
every union to have some say in work assignments would have been chal-
lenged. In this day of automation and far-reaching technological changes such
results would have sounded the death knell for many, many jobs, many trades
and many skills.
When all is said and done, the big question facing American workers in
the days ahead is simply this: shall the fruits of technological progress be
divided in such a way that part of the benefits accrue to working people
and the public, or shall management gobble them all up? If the benefits of
technological progress can be divided to help everybody, manager, worker,
and consumer, automation can be a boon. Otherwise, it can become a Frank-
enstein.
Labor has neither the power nor the desire to stop the march of techno-
logical progress. All it wants is some voice in the determinations that are
made in order that working people have at least a semblance of protection
during the transition period. Essentially, that is what the steel strike was all
about.
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Who Is Guilty Of What?
Last month a clerk in a New York brokerage house was arrested for em-
bezzling some $4,000 or $5,000 per month from the firm over a period of
several years. The chap developed an ingenious scheme for latching on to
part of his employer's funds. Every few days the firm would send him to the
postoffice with a check to deposit against the postage used by the mailing
meter. Only instead of depositing the full amount, the clerk usually took a
percentage in stamps, which he peddled to other people at a discount. For
example, if he had a check for $1,000 he might deposit $750 to the credit of
the meter and take $250 in stamps for resale to a fence.
The scheme worked beautifully for four or five years. Except for the fact
that he got too greedy around Christmas time, he might still be getting
awav with his pilfering. But someone noticed the December postage bill
jumped enormously. This led to an investigation and the jig was soon up for
the clerk.
On the surface this is just another case of a trusted employe turning sour.
It happens all the time. But what made us sit up and take particular notice
was the fact that after nearly 15 years of employment by the brokerage
house the clerk was getting the munificent salary of $62 per week take-home
pay-
Stealing is stealing, and there is no logical justification for it on moral or
ethical grounds. But certainly a bilked employer who pays a 15-year employe
$62 per week evokes no spontaneous outburst of outraged tears. In the eyes
26 THECARPENTER
of the law there is no doubt who is guiltier, but in the eyes of God we believe
it might rate as a tossup.
If the employer, could pay no more, it would be one thing. But a firm
that can sustain a loss of $40,000 or $50,000 per year for years without missing
it can hardly plead poor-mouth. Certainly if we were on a jury we would
like to know what the owners were paying themselves during the years the
clerk was stealing.
An employe of a financial institution can hardly wear overalls to work.
He must be well dressed at all times. And suits, shirts, hats, overcoats, etc.,
must be neat and clean too. All this costs money. Also it costs money to get
to and from work; probably 50c or 75c per day. Brokerage houses being on a
five and a half day week, this item alone shoots a sizeable hole in the weekly
$62. Then there is the matter of lunches; six of them a week.
Add all these essentials together and the residue left for the clerk to main-
tain his family on becomes brutally inadequate. Even under these circum-
stances his crime is not condonable; but certainly it becomes understandable.
Each of us can be goaded and tempted only so much. In some of us the
breaking point may be high, in some of us it may be low, but we all have a
breaking point.
As we see it, only the Lord can determine who is guilty of what in this
case. The employer cannot escape all responsibility in view of the kind of
treatment he handed out to his clerk for 15 years. If he had invested only five
per cent of the amount stolen as a pay increase for the clerk no theft ever
might have occurred.
In law there is a doctrine called "attractive nuisance" which holds that
a home owner is guilty of neglect if a neighbor's child wanders onto his
property and gets hurt playing with a tempting object. That the home owner
warned the child to stay away does not constitute exoneration of responsi-
bility.
It seems to us that some such doctrine applies here. The clerk committed
a very serious crime, but he had serious provocation in the form of starva-
tion wages.
But perhaps the first and biggest mistake the clerk made was in docilely
accepting peon wages year in and year out, without making any effort to
correct the situation. In the days before unions all workers got just this kind
of treatment from management. But the skilled craftsmen and production
workers found a solution. They formed unions, and through those unions
they won for themselves decent wages, fair treatment and agreeable working
conditions. The same pathway is open to all the white collar workers and all
the $62 men in the country. Sooner or later they will become smart enough
to realize it.
A Beautiful Thought
In interviewing Marian Anderson, widely acclaimed Negro singer, whose
voice has thrilled people all over the world, a reporter for a national maga-
zine recently asked her why she always used the editorial "we" in talking of
her musical accomplishments. "After all," said the reporter, "the voice is yours.
God gave it to you. You developed it. Why, then, do you always say 'we'
when you talk about your concerts?"
THECARPENTER 27
To this question Miss Anderson replied approximately as follows: "The
voice is mine, but without the aid of my inspired accompanist it would not
mean much. And without the beautiful music someone else wrote, there would
be nothing to sing. Furtliermore, the skilled craftsmen who made the piano
with loving care contributed an ingredient that is indispensable."
\\^hat a profound and beautiful thought! No man or woman achieves suc-
cess in a vacuum. He or she always has an army of dedicated little people
backing him or her up. The men and women who chopped down the trees
and mined the metal to make the piano that accompanied Miss Anderson
contributed something that was absolutely necessary. So did the people who
made the paper the music was printed on and erected the building in which
the concert was held. If you think about it long enough, you come to the
conclusion just about everybody contributed something to Miss Anderson's
success.
If every successful person mulled this fact over occasionally, this might
be a much better world, containing a great deal less arrogance, tyranny and
Business Morals (Canadian Version)
(Reprinted from "Canadian Labour")
The morals and political activities of a large Canadian industry were ex-
posed to public view during the combines' charges against Canadian Brewer-
ies Ltd., before the Ontario Supreme Court recently.
In a memo from Carlings to E. P. Taylor, chairman of the Brewing Corpor-
ation of Canada (now Canadian Breweries) price cutting is described as "the
most vicious form of competition that we could possibly engage in, as, event-
ually, nobody benefits but the consumer."
When Mr. Taylor decided to move into Alberta in 1950 his first step was
a friendly visit. "I would also like to see my friend, the Attorney-Ceneral, and
if possible the Premier," wrote Mr. Taylor to a colleague.
Later he urged the appointment of W. R. MacKenzie as general manager
of Western Canada Breweries, terming him "an extremely capable brewing
operator, in addition to which he knows how to handle the political side
with the provincial government."
In a letter, read to the court by the prosecution, Mr. Taylor, as far back
as 1934, boasted about the power he had in the brewing industry.
"I am sure," Mr. Taylor wrote, "we now have the power to control prices
and sales practices of the industry and while it may be necessary to start
local price wars here and there to discipline a small competitor, I am sure
the profits will prove most gratifying to the shareholders."
Another letter from Mr. Taylor to a fellow businessman reads as follows:
"As you are aware, any contemplated change in the laws of the province
will require the expenditure of a considerable sum of money for propaganda
to produce a favorable background for the government to take the necessary
action.
"In order to insure secrecy I felt it would be better under the circum-
stances to only ask the following to subscribe to the fund: . . . ." and here
he listed seven major Canadian breweries.
Jin 0ittnifvxsLtn
Not lost to those that love them.
Not dead, just gone before;
They still live in our memory.
And will forever more.
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The Editor has been requested to publish the names
of the following Brothers who have passed away.
ALLAN, CLARENCE, L. U. 642, Richmond,
CaL
ALLISON, F. H., L. U. 1752, Pomona, Cal.
ALLUMS, FRED, L. U. 642, Richmond, CaL
ANDERSON, AGNER, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
ANDERSON, ALBIN I., L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
ANDERSON, OSCAR, L. U. 355, Buffalo, N. Y.
ANDRE, GUS A., L. U. 1456, New York, N. Y.
ARMSTRONG, NATHANIEL, L. U. 15, Hack-
ensack, N. J.
ARNESEN, JENS, L. U. 791, Brooklyn, N. Y.
ASHWORTH, WILLIAM, L. U. 316, San Jose,
Cal.
BARDSLEY, WALTER, L. U. 1323, Monterey,
Cal.
BARLETTA, ENRICO, L. U. 493, Mt. Vernon,
N. Y.
BEDMARCZYK, PETER, L. U. 20, New York,
N. Y.
BENDA, JOSEPH, L. U. 257, New York, N. Y.
BENSON, ARTHUR, L. U. 12, Syracuse, N. Y.
BERG, ARNE, L. U. 1456, New York, N. Y.
BERGIN, THOMAS F., L. U. 350, New Ro-
chelle, N. Y.
BERNIQUEZ, ANDRE, L. U. 93, Ottawa, Ont.
BERNSTROM, FOLKE, L. U. 246, New York,
N. Y.
BLOUGH, WILLIAM W., L. U. 16, Springfield,
111.
BOBO, CLAUDE, L. U. 929, Los Angeles, Cal.
BORKOWSKI, JOHN, L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
BORMANN, LOUIS, L. U. 257, New York,
N. Y.
BRENNER, HENRY, L. U. 1154, Marine City,
Mich.
BRILL, HENRY, L. U. 1922, Chicago, 111.
BRITT, EDDIE, L. U. 642, Richmond, Cal.
BRODEUR, EDGAR, L. U. 33, Boston, Mass.
BUSCH, JOSEPH, L. U. 355, Buffa'o, N. Y.
BUTLIN, HAROLD, L. U. 1154, Marine City,
Mich.
CARLSON, CARL J., L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
CARTER, DEE WOOD, L. U. 1590, Washing-
ton, D. C.
CASSERLY, JOHN, L. U. 16, Springfield, III.
CAULEY, HARRY H., L. U. 1590, Washington,
D. C.
CECIL, CLYDE E., L. U. 642, Richmond, Cal.
CHERRIE, JOHN H., L. U. 1844, Cloquet,
Minn.
CHICHKAM, RALPH, L. U. 1784, Chicago, 111.
CHRISTMAN, PHILIP, L. U. 198, Dallas,
Texas
CHRISTOPHER, WILLIAM F., L. U. 101,
Baltimore, Md.
CLARK, ALEXANDER, L. U. 787, New York,
N. Y.
CLEMENT, JOHN E., L. U. 867, Milford, Mass
COFFMAN, CLAUDE, L. U. 1590, Washington,
D. C.
COON, ELZA E., L. U. 200, Columbus, Ohio
COONEY, JOHN J., L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
CORDTZ, HEROLD A., L. U. 2020, San Diego,
Cal.
CORNISH, CHESTER H., L. U. 642, Richmond,
Cal.
COUCH, J. ERNEST, L. U. 2020, San Diego,
Cal.
CRAWFORD, CLYDE, L. U. 1590, Washington,
D. C.
CRUMERINE, RAY, L. U. 133, Terre Haute,
Ind.
CRUMRIN, RAYMOND, L. U. 133, Terre
Haute, Ind.
DAVIDSON, H. A., L. U. 743, Bakersfield, Cal.
DAVIS, WALTER H., L. U. 1590, Washington,
D. C.
DeCAMP, GROVER, L. U. 316, San Jose, Cal.
DeLUCIA, GUIDO, L. U. 1939, Clifton, N. J.
DESIDERIO, LOUIS, L. U. 1590, Washington,
D. C.
DeSTORIES, THOMAS, L. U. 15, Hackensack,
N. J.
DILLEY, CHARLES A., L. U. 13, Chicago, III.
DOLLENMAYER, CHARLES J., L. U. 854, Cin-
cinnati. Ohio
DONAHOO, FOREST L., L. U. 1752, Pomona,
Cal.
DOUCETT, LEO, L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
DOWNS, GEORGE W., L. U. 642, Richmond,
Cal.
DOWNS, JESSE A., L. U. 1480, Bou'der, Colo.
DRANGSLAND, ANDERS, L. U. 787, New
York, N. Y.
Dubois, ALVA, L. U. lOOe, New Brunswick,
N. J.
DUER, ARTHUR, L. U. 316, San Jose, Cal.
DUNDER, VICTOR, L. U. 620, Madison, N. J.
DYER, JAMES, L. U. 715, Elizabeth, N. J.
DYKER, WILLIAM, L. U. 490, Passaic, N. J.
EASTERLING, O. E., L. U. 256, Savannah, Ga.
ELLIS, EARL, L. U. 184, Salt Lake City, Utah
FANNING, JOE, L. U. 1400, Santa Monica, Cal.
FENSTER, JOSEPH, L. U. 257, New York,
N. Y.
FRITZ, JOHN W., L. U. 1407, Wilmington, Cal.
FRY, M. B., L. U. 1822, Ft. Worth, Texas
GALLETTA, JOSEPH, L. U. 20, New York,
N. Y.
GARRETSON, F. M., L. U. 1323, Monterey, Cal.
GERWE, FREDERICK, L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
GLASS, BENJAMIN, L. U. 1513, Detroit, Mich.
GORDON, DAVID H., L. U. 184, Salt Lake
City, Utah
GRAY, ERNEST E., L. U. 642, Richmond, Cal.
GROVER, PAUL, L. U. 133, Terre Haute, Ind.
GUDICKSEN, WALTER, L. U. 1367, Chicago,
111.
GURULE, ANDREW G., L. U. 2020, San Diego,
Cal.
HALVORSEN, LARS G., L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
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HANLEY, THOMAS M., L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
HANRON, JOSEPH P., L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
HARFEN, MICHAEL, L. U. 1922, Chicago, 111.
HELBURG, VICTOR P., L. U. 1480, Boulder,
Colo.
HEPFNER, GEORGE W., L, U. 1489, Burling-
ton, N. J.
HERRING, JESSE F., L. U. 764, Shreveport,
La.
HIPPOLITUS, JOSEPH, L. U. 493, Mt. Vernon,
N. Y.
HOFFMAN, ARTHUR M., L. U. 1752, Pomona,
Cal.
HOOPER, F. E., L. U. 642, Richmond, Cal.
HUNT, JAMES C, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
HUNT, RALPH, L. U. 512, Ann Arbor, Mich.
HUTCHENSEN, OLIVER, L. U. 184, Salt Lake
City, Utah
JENSEN, AXEL, L. U. 65, Perth Amboy, N. J.
JOHNSON, CHARLES, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
JOHNSON, JOHN T., L. U. 1590, Washington,
D. C.
JORDAN, ARTHUR, L. U. 122, Philadelphia,
Pa.
JOSEFF, SAMUEL, L. U. 1513, Detroit, Mich.
JUDD, LEON E., L. U. 190, Klamath Falls, Ore.
KAPES, JOHN, L. U. 129, Hazleton, Pa.
KAUFMAN, ABRAHAM, L. U. 246, New York,
N. Y.
KING, V. C, L. U. 1400, Santa Monica, Cal.
KOOIMAN, ABRAM, L. U. 490, Passaic, N. J.
KORNOVITCH, FRANK, L. U. 35, San Rafael,
Cal.
KRIER, HARRY Sr., L. U. 122, Philadelphia,
Pa.
KURTH, FRANK, L. U. 1138, Toledo, Ohio
LANCE, ELLIS B., L. U. 122, Philadelphia, Pa.
LAND9N, JAMES O., L. U. 768, Kingston,
Pa.
LARMORE, GEORGE, L. U. 122, Philadelphia,
Pa.
LAW, JOHN H., L. U. 1846, New Orleans, La.
LAWHORN, H. W., L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
LAYN, JOHN, L. U. 246, New York, N. Y.
LEA, FORREST J., L. U. 642, Richmond, Cal.
LEITHUESSER, WILLIAM, L. U. 155, Plain-
field, N. J.
LENHART, CLAY C, L. U. 642, Richmond,
Cal.
LEONARD, JAMES, L. U. 715, Elizabeth, N. J.
LEONARD, MARSHALL, L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
LICURSI, EMIL, L. U. 20, New York, N. Y.
LINARDY, JOHN, L. U. 33, Boston, Mass.
LINDSTEDT, CARL, L. U. 2020, San Diego,
Cal.
LOFGREN, JOHN, L. U. 1922, Chicago, 111.
LOONEY, A. B., L. U. 1400, Santa Monica,
Cal.
LUFKIN, RAYMOND, L. U. 316, San Jose,
Cal.
MADDOX, ERNEST L., L. U. 1400, Santa
Monica, Cal.
MAKIEL, WALTER, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
MARCANTONIO, NICHOLAS, L. U. 620,
Madison, N. J.
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Pomona, Cal.
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MAURER, LOUIS, L. U. 2094, Forest Park, 111.
McGAUGHEY, O. R., L. U. 1822, Ft. Worth,
Texas
cmarmtu
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McVEAN, V. N., L. U. 1822, Ft. Worth, Texas
MEINERSMAN. WILLIAM, L. U. 715, Eliza-
beth, N. J.
MERRITT, T. S., L. U. 642, Richmond, Cal.
MEYER, JOHN, L. U. 246, New York, N. Y.
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III.
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NARDONE, POMPILIO, L. U. 366, Bronx, N. Y.
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NELSON, HENNING, L. U. 2164, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
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N. Y.
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D. C.
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Fla.
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N. J.
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Miss.
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Barre, Pa.
ZAKOVEC, FRANK, L. U. 1433, Detroit, Mich.
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/Weanderingl
By Fred Goetz
Knowing that a goodly portion of our
readerfolk are ironhead fishermen the fol-
lowing palaver is keyed to an important,
current subject, winter steelheading— Great
Lake or West Coast style:
If you're in a spot where Mr. Steelhead
has taken great gobs of line from your reel
on his downstream dash and you are, by
virtue of some stream bank impediment,
unable to follow him, try slacking off line-
not too much, say about 15 yards or so.
Chances are your slack-ofiF will be car-
ried downstream by the current creating
a bowed-line in back of the sulking steel-
head. This bowed-line, under pressure from
tlie stream's current, will be pulling in
back of the hooked fish and it is this
pressure that oftentimes prods the steel-
head into a panicky upstream dash— to-
ward you!
When this occurs, reel like mad, regain-
ing the slack line as quickly as possible.
When you're back in a "tight line" position,
the steelie will in all probability be con-
siderably farther upstream and in a much
better position for working to beach.
That's one advantage of the slack-off
method but we're not overlooking the fact
that it sometimes ends in fruitless effort.
If you happen to be slacking off in fast
water where the stream bottom is irregular
or snag-infested, you stand a mighty good
chance of hanging up and if you do, you've
had it and so has Mr. Steelhead— his free-
dom!
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained!"
« « *
One of the most noble and hunt-worthy
specimens of big game in this land is the
elk.
Unlike the deer, the elk has not been
able to adjust itself to advancing civiliza-
tion. Elk have found that the best place
for them is away from hunters' guns, in
high, isolated country.
For the most part, they are above the
foothills, in the "elk belt" just below timber
line. If the vidnter is mild, they stay real
high. When the winds of winter kick up a
fuss, they drive the elk down to lower
slopes and the hunter has a better chance
of meeting up wath one of these majestic
critters.
Funny about the name "elk." In Europe
the elk is called "moose." The nearest rela-
tive of our so-called elk is the red deer of
Europe. Quite a few years back, the Indian
name of "wapita" was substituted, but "elk"
is so well established that it will stick.
Elk take to heavy forest cover during the
daylight hours, especially during the hunt
season when the guns are a-booming. A
good trick is to get to some high lookout
point at the crack of dawn. You may be
lucky enough to observe a herd moving into
the forest thickets for the day. Then you can
soft-foot it through the woods, a-stalking
the wary critter; you stop, pick up a sign,
listen a spell (elk make a racket when they
move), soft-foot some more, listen and
so on.
Stalking must be done with least possible
noise. They seem to have a keener aware-
ness than deer. If they are spooked, they
really move out— not like a deer, which
may circle around, not leaving the immedi-
ate area. Elk, when alarmed, leave the
country— not hundreds of yards, but miles.
We would like all
our readers to have a
pair of these SHY-
STER lures free. All
you have to do to
qualify for these Im-es
is dig down in your
old photo file and
mail us a fishing or
hunting snapshot and
a few words as to
what the photo is all
about. Write to:
Fred Goetz
Dept OM
404 Times Bldg.
Portland 4, Oregon
This offer is open to all members in good
standing and the members of their family.
Please state your union affiliation.
THE CARPENTER
31
Sir Henry Wotton, friend of Izaak Wal-
ton, recognized the therapeutic value of
angling long ago.
He defined angling as a rest to tlie mind;
a cheerer of spirits; a diverter of sadness; a
calmer of unquiet thoughts; a moderator of
passions, and a procurer of contentedness.
Speaking of the therapeutic value of fish-
ing brings to mind a true story told to
me by and about Frankie Carle when he
appeared in Portland, Oregon, in connec-
tion with the Pacific International Livestock
event.
It seems that Carle, nationally famous
piano ^'irtuoso and author of "Sunrise Sere-
nade," had suffered a complete breakdown
some years ago and for many months
couldn't move a muscle.
Hospitalized for months, his progress was
painfully slow. When he was barely able to
walk, his doctor prescribed a "stay" at a
nearby lake resort and insisted that he go
fishing at least once a day. Carle was du-
bious.
Reluctantly at first, he started fishing, but
as the days wore on he developed a fond-
ness for the prescribed medicine of sun-
shine, relaxation and lots of fishing.
He picked up strength in the warm sum-
mer days, gaining all the pleasantries, as
described by Wotton, and in a few weeks
was completely well.
"Carle's been a confirmed fisherman ever
If you have a tank type vacuum cleaner,
you can quickly dry your rubber boots by
inserting the long hose down into the toe
of the boot and leave the current on until
the, boot is entirely dry. Leather boots may
be dried in this manner without danger of
the leather hardening.
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Here's one of several questions from
readers we've answered and from time to
time we'll throw them on tlie piscatorial
bonfire for what they are worth:
Q. How can I tell the difference be-
tween a fresh-run Chinook salmon and a
steelhead?
A. There are quite a few outstanding
exterior differences, such as: The mouth
lining of a steelliead is Hght in color, al-
most always white, whereas the Chinook's
mouth is dark. The dorsal fin of a steel-
head is rather heavily spotted; the salmon's,
lightly spotted. The tail of a steelhead is
square; the salmon's is crescent shaped. The
anal fin of a steelhead (underside next to
the tail) has from 10 to 12 rays; the salmon,
13 to 17. You can pick a Chinook up by
grasping it firmly above the tail. Try to do
this with a steelhead and you will fail.
The anal-fin ray count is the least vari-
able exterior characteristic and should be
heavily counted upon in the final analysis.
ANYBODY INTERESTED?
Dear Fred:
The only hunting I do anymore is for
my bifocals, Gunsmoke on TV, and a
sure cure for rheumatiz, but there was a
day when my Dad and I spooked half
the game in Central British Columbia
every Fall. Natural bias aside, I guess
my Dad was about the best camp cook
west of Powder River. He could do
more tricks with a handful of rice, two
spuds, and a hunk of venison than the
chef at the Waldorf could do with a
carload of beef tenderloin.
In those days we had to pack in every-
thing we needed. So the Trapper Nelson
pack board was always long on beans
and rice but mighty short on butter and
henfruit. But the Old Man always came
up with meals that put a strain on the
belt buckle.
Maybe the backyard grill will be the
only place I can try them, but how about
a contest to pick the best recipes for
camp cooking? I mean the kind of stuff
that can be whomped up when the near-
est A & P is 25 miles away. None call-
ing for pate de foie gras (I don't even
know how to spell it) or oregano or a
pre-heated oven of 450 degrees.
As a starter, does anyone have a good
recipe for bannock, the bread made in a
frying pan? I can still remember tlie
kind the Old Man made. When she was
all nice and fluffy and golden brown she
was about as digestible as buckshot, but
she sure tasted good.
So how about a recipe contest? Fish,
game, berries, and bearfat okay; anchovy
paste, truffles, cooking sherry nix.
This reminds me of the old prospector
who was given a cookbook for a present.
Some time later a friend asked him how
he liked it.
"She ain't worth a hoot," the ridge
runner replied. "Every recipe starts the
same— 'Take a clean dish'— and right
there's where she threw me every time."
Pete Terzick, Ye Ed.
32
The Carpenter And His Eye Glasses
by Ivan Sandrof
^ HE VISUAL requirements of the carpenter's trade are perhaps as
complex as any could be. The work involves seeing from a large
number of positions— overhead, straight down, at arm's length, side-
ways or even at an angle, as in roofing.
An additional factor, often overlooked, are the hazards inherent in car-
pentry; the splitting board, flying splinters or slipping tools. No carpenter has
to have these dangers pointed out, but how many of them include a pair of
safety spectacles as part of the equipment in their kit?
In considering the seeing needs of carpenters who wear glasses, probably
the first requirement should be that the spectacles worn during working hours
A thousand times a day the average car-
penter must twist or turn his head to accom-
modate his vision to the work he is doing.
Those who wear glasses have a particularly dif-
ficult problem. Properly made glasses can ease
the strain and provide eye safety as well.
have hardened lenses. Eyes cannot
be replaced like broken hammers, and
the minor additional cost of heat
treating a prescription is a very small
price to pay for the protection
afforded.
Hazards are everywhere on the con-
struction job and the experts advise
the use of Piano or No-Power safety
spectacles in such areas, even by those
who normally do not wear them.
If much outdoor work is performed,
tinted (sunglass) lenses reduce glare
and aid eye comfort. There are a sur-
prising number of eyeglass wearers
who do not realize that sunglasses
cannot only be obtained hardened
and in their own prescriptions, but
with bifocal or trifocal lenses as well.
If much work is done under the sun,
tinted glasses will certainly make the
job easier.
Due to the diversity of the work
performed in the construction field,
there can be no such thing as a hard
and fast rule as to what type of lenses
are best for carpenters. However,
there are an infinite variety of lenses,
in both bifocals and trifocals, that can
be prescribed by the eye care profes-
sions to cover most of the seeing
needs of the individual case.
As an example, a man who does as
much overhead work as he does look-
ing down, might be given a double
segment bifocal which has an area at
the top and bottom of the lens for
close vision and the center portion
allowing for distance seeing. If there
is little overhead work, a single seg-
T H E C A R P E N T E R 33
meiit at the bottom of the lens may seems to be to walk in and say, "Doc,
be all that is required. I think I need glasses; can you fix
It is important when having an eye "^^ ^^P-
examination that you explain the see- Next time you stop in, remember
ing requirements of your job to the to mention that you are a carpenter,
eye doctor. He can best evaluate, that you do a lot of sawing at arm's
from what you tell him, what lenses length, or do close finish work, or
will best serve your needs. whatever it is you do the most of
An amazing number of people, on the job. Knowing these facts, the
when they feel that glasses are need- eye specialist can really give you
ed, never think of occupational re- glasses, custom-tailored to your occu-
quirements. The standard procedure pational requirements.
CALIFORNIA DECISION UPHOLDS MAJORITY RULE
In an important decision that buttresses the right of a majority to protect
itself from the disruptive efforts of a dissident minority, a California state court
last month ruled that a union can properly discipline a member who backs a
right-to-work law in direct contradiction to the expressed will of an over-
whelming majority of the union.
Superior Judge Jesse J. Frampton denied a petition by two machinists
asking the court to order the International Association of Machinists to re-
instate them as members and pay them $111,000 in damages for the humil-
iation they suffered.
The members were expelled from the lAM last year in accordance with
the union's constitution as an outgrowth of their active campaign in favor of
right-to-work when virtually all the rest of the lAM was bitterly opposed
to the measure. In . addition to supporting the right-to-work measure, the
members denounced the union and its officers.
In denying their petition, the court said a union has the right to regard
right-to-work laws as a threat to its strength, if not its very existence; and
that members who support such laws can be justifiably classified as disloyal
to the union.
In the present climate, the case assumes real importance; first, because
it reaflfirms the principle that a majority has some rights too (something the
Landrum-Griffin Act tends to ignore), and second, because it has an impor-
tant jurist recognizing that right-to-work laws are a threat to union strength,
if not to the very existence of unions.
SAFETY TIPS FOR TEENAGERS
Tlie Department of Labor has just published a booklet telling young
workers how to save fingers, toes, eyes, and, possibly, their lives through safe
work habits. The pamphlet, entitled "We're Never Too Young To Learn
Safety," is the outcome of Departmental concern over the comparatively high
rate of work injuries among teenagers.
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"Business'' Way Isn't Always Best
* *
DURING the past seven years the great slogan of the administration
has been "to get the government out of business."
Joyfully supported by the Chamber of Commerce and the NAM,
which look upon the Federal Government as some foreign monster whose
whole purpose in life is to plague the American people and especially the
businessman, the campaign has made considerable strides.
"Business can do it better," "business can do it cheaper," 'let's save mil-
lions for the taxpayer" have been the slogans under which the Government
has been steadily divesting itself of many of the jobs that in the course of
the years it has found it necessary to take over.
How true are the slogans?
How much better has business
done certain jobs than Government?
How much more cheaply?
Gradually evidence has been accu-
mulating giving strong proof that the
slogans are not always true, by any
means.
Right now a Senate committee un-
der Senator Stuart Symington (D.,
Mo.) has been investigating the cost
of storing surplus grain by the Agri-
culture Department.
When the Eisenhower administra-
tion came into office, millions of tons
of grain were stored in government
bins. Even surplus World War II
ships laid up for want of use were
pressed into service. It was estimated
that the over-all cost to the Govern-
ment of storing such grain in its own
facilities averaged about three cents
a bushel.
But that was the big, bad Federal
Government and private interests in
the grain business wanted the busi-
ness for themselves. They got it, and
now Senator Symington is discover-
ing that the cost to the taxpayer,
who was supposed to be getting a
break, has shot up to 18 cents a
bushel.
"The Senator Was Astonished,"
said the headlines, and well he might
be.
Testimony brought out that private
grain storers were making profits that
ranged from 69 to 167 per cent a
year. What's more, they had been
granted special financial enticements
to make these huge profits, such as
fast tax write-offs and even loans.
While government bins lay empty,
new bins were being built in order
that their private builders could lease
them back to the Government at such
fantastic profits that within a year or
two they had become taxpayers' gifts.
But this is only money— taxpayers'
money.
What is even more serious is the
way in which the peacetime develop-
ment of atomic energy in the United
States is being hampered by the de-
termination of the business commun-
ity, especially the power groups, not
to permit its full development until
private business can skim the cream
from the milk.
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35
E\ery time there is atomic energy
legislation before Congress, powerful
business groups immediately appear.
They assure everyone that private en-
terprise will take care of the develop-
ment of atomic power for peacetime
use. They limit the role of the Gov-
ernment to the expensive preliminary
research and they fight every effort to
place patents in the public domain.
The sad fact is that peacetime
power will not be developed in the
United States until the private power
interests in the country can see their
way clear to making money out of it.
Evidence to this effect already has
been given by Rep. Chet Holifield
(D., Cal.), who is on the Joint Com-
mittee on Atomic Energy and is prob-
ably the best informed political fig-
ure on the subject in the country.
Only recently Holifield told the
Electric Consumers Information Com-
mittee:
"As of this date not one watt of
civilian power is being generated in
the United States by atomic reactors,"
except for one small government ex-
perimental reactor.
Holifield charged that the admin-
istration and the Atomic Energy Com-
mission too often ignore vital scien-
tic requirements to concentrate on
political matters such as "budgeteer-
ing" (keeping costs down), truckling
to "private enterprise" atomic power
utilities, and "haggling over con-
tracts."
All this means, he declared, that the
United States is likely to wake up
some morning "to find that we are in
second or third place in the world."
These are pretty serious charges.
We live, of course, in a private enter-
prise economy and private enterprise
has accomplished miracles. But there
are areas in the economy where the
private enterprise system need not
necessarily take precedence over the
government itself. The immense suc-
cess of the Tennessee Valley Author-
ity is one example.
The story of grain storage and our
failure to develop peacetime uses of
atomic energy are sharp warnings
that we can't afford to dump every-
thing into private profit enterprise
when the Government can do the job
better and more cheaply.— PAI
THE MUSIC AIN'T "WESTERN'
The American Federation of Musicians charge that the music on 16 TV series— 10 of
them Westerns— is produced and recorded in foreign countries.
Among these shows are Bat Masterson, Black Saddle, The Dupont Show, Johnnie
Ringo, Lassie, The Lock-Up, Men Into Space, Richard Diamond, The Rifleman, Robert
Taylor's Detectives, Sea Himt, Tales Of The Plainsmen, Tombstone Territory, Wanted
Dead or Alive, Wichita Town and Zane Grey Theatre.
While foreign musicians can be hired much cheaper than unionized American musicians,
they don't pay U. S. federal, state and local taxes; they don't spend their wages at
American stores and for American services; they don't support American churches and
charities; they don't give free concerts in U. S. parks on Sunday evenings and play "for
free" in patriotic parades. Nor, in a crisis, do the>- fight for tlie U. S. A. as American
musicians have done down through the decades.
May we suggest to our TV viewers that they write to the sponsors of all shows which
use foreign canned music and protest against this practice? You don't have to buy tlie
soap, beer, tobacco, toiletry, cars and other items these TV shows plug.
If this "Hire Foreign But Bu>' American" practice continues to expand in other fields
as well, the time will come when millions of unemployed Americans won't have the
money needed to buy these products, and TV won't be able to put on such shows because
of a lack of sponsors.— St. Louis Labor Tribune.
CorrospondoncQ
This Journal is Not Responsible for Views Expressed by Correspondents.
CHICAGO DISTRICT'S HENRY J. MOCK HONORED
Over 500 friends gatliered together in the Saddle and Sirloin Club of Stockyard Inn,
Chicago, on the night of December 16 to pay tribute to one of the grand old timers of
the Chicago District Council.
The honored guest at the testimonial dinner was Brother Henry J. Mock, for 37 years
business representative of Carpenters Local Union No. 242.
While Brotherhood members and fellow workers of Brother Mock dominated the gath-
ering, practically every trade in the city was represented.
Over the years his efforts have helped not only the members of his own organiztition
but also all working men in the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois.
Featured speakers during the evening were First General Vice President John R.
Stevenson; J. Earl Welch, president of the Illinois State Council; H. Mayne Stanton,
executive secretary of the Builders Association of Chicago; Earl J. McMahon, president of
In the picture, from left to right, are Earl Welch, Earl McMahon, Jack Stevenson, guest of
honor Henry J. Mock, Toastmaster Ted Kenney, Mayne Stanton, Stanley L. Johnson, and Msgr.
F. Mock, brother to Henry.
the Chicago and Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council; and Stanley L.
Johnson, executive vice president of tlie Illinois State Federation of the AFL-CIO.
The Invocation was asked by Monsignor Ferdinand Mock, a brother of the guest of
honor.
At the dinner a gold business card was presented to Brother Mock by First Vice
President Stevenson on behalf of the Local Union. In addition, the union voted him the
status of Business Representative Emeritus.
Few men have worked harder in the interests of die labor movement than Henry J.
Mock. The good wishes of untold thousands of working people go with him in his retire-
ment.
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APPRENTICE BUREAU HONORS NASHVILLE MEMBER
Tlie U. S. Department of Labor recently issued a certificate of meritorious service to
John E. Gatlin of Naslnille, Tennessee, Carpenter's Local 507. The certificate, signed by
Pictured at Nashville, left to right: I. L. Sewell, business agent. Middle Tennessee District
Council of Carpenters; Pat Meloan, chairman, Regional Staff Committee, U. S. Department of
Labor; Harry M. Garrett, John E. Gatlin, and Stanton E. Smith, president, Tennessee AFL-CIO.
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell and BAT Director W. C. Christensen, commends Mr.
Gatlin for his many years of service to the craft as Chairman of the Joint Apprenticeship
Committee. The certificate was presented by Harr>' M. Garrett, State Supervisor, BAT,
U. S. Department of Labor.
CHICAGO LOCAL HONORS 50- YEAR MEMBER
Another milestone has come and gone for Local Union 434 of Chicago. The occasion
was a meeting held in Novem-
ber, when another gold pin
presentation was made, this
time to honoree Nels Akerman
who served the union long and
well during 50 years of mem-
bership.
The occasion was also an
opportunity for Brother Aker-
man and fellow members Leon
Druse, business agent of Chi-
cago District Council, and
George McPhail, president of
Local 484, to get together and
talk about old days and the
changes that time has wrought,
both in the national and inter-
national scene and in the con-
struction industry.
Also brought out was the
fact that between the three
union brothers mentioned there
is a total of close to 150 years of service— a record of which Local Union 434 can well be
proud.
Pictured, from left to right, are: Leon Druse, George
McPhail and Nels Akerman, the honored guest of the event.
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60th ANNIVERSARY DINNER GIVEN BY LOCAL 282
Late last year, Local Union No. 282, Jersey City, New Jersey, celebrated its 60th
Anniversary with a dinner and social evening. A large attendance turned out to help the
union mark another important milestone in its long and honorable career.
Feature of the evening was the presentation of Achievement Trophies to five old
tuners whose efforts over the years contributed much to the progress of the union.
Pictured are four of the five old time members of Local Union 282 who received Achievement
Trophies from the union as tokens of esteem for fine records of continuous membership. From left
to right they are: Harry Tompkins, Jr., Fred C. Russ, Fred Bollhardt and John Hansen. At the
extreme right is John Lynch, president of the Local Union, who made the awards. He is hold-
ing the trophy of Julius Kustner who was unable to attend the dinner.
The brothers so honored were Harry Tompkins, Jr., whose membership dates back
more than 46 years; Fred C. Russ, with 56 years of continuous membership; Fred Boll-
hardt, 46 years; John Hansen, 47 years, and Julius Kustner, 49 years.
The Achievement Trophies are gold statuettes mounted on a wooden base which
bears a plaque outlining the service record of the member. They are sure to become
cherished family heirlooms.
During the course of tlie evening a number of speakers recalled the long and often
bitter struggles that the local union had to overcome in its march to its present pinnacle
of success.
With the trophies awarded to the old timers went the good wishes of all the mem-
bers in the area.
FIVE MEMBERS OF CINCINNATI LOCAL HONORED
Due respect was paid to five long-
term Brotherhood members at a picnic
a few months ago when Millwright Lo-
cal Union No. 1454 of Cincinnati pre-
sented each with a pin, symbol of
years of selfless service on behalf of the \
local union. One of the honorees, Wal-
ter Ernst, has served a total of 50 dedi-
cated years, and the remaining four have
had 25 years of membership apiece.
Shown in the picture as they took
their place in the sun for the commemo-
rative occasion are, from left to right,
John Sper, 25 years; I. R. Wilkerson, 25;
Walter Ernst, 50; Earl Malphrus, 25,
and Charles Linville, 25.
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MT. VERNON LOCAL CELEBRATES 70th BIRTHDAY
Local Union 493 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
held its 70th Anniversary Celebration at the Turn Hall Restaurant, Mount Vernon, New
York, on Saturday evening, October 24, 1959.
A fine turn-out of members of the Local as well as guests from other Local Unions
tliroughout the county of Westchester were present. Mrs. John Reinheardt gave the Invo-
cation. __ , ..... ... _,. . .
Five who were honored for
Mty consecutive years' mem-
bership in the Local were
James Bennett, Thomas Don-
achie, Archie Kersalake, George
Gredney and Andrew Hamil-
ton. These brothers were
awarded gold membership
cards.
President John M. j^lexander
of Local Union 493 was pre-
sented a gold ring for his twen-
ty-two years of faithful, coop-
erati\e service to the union.
He had long served as vice
president and, for the past
seven years, as president.
Brother Donald Rose was
awarded a silver ring for his
seventeen straight years of ser-
vice as warden.
Three of the five members recently awarded Gold Mem-
bership cards are pictured above, seated from left to right:
James Bennett, Thomas Donachie, and Andrew Hamilton;
seated to their left is Business Agent Joseph L. Corcione.
Standing, from left to right: Recording Secretary Chester
Merola, President John Alexander, Treasurer and Chairman
of the 70th Anniversary Celebration Nils Larson, and Vice
President Anthony Vacca.
Treasurer Nils Larson, the
dean of all officers, was given
a gold watch by the Local for his 38 years as treasurer. Brother Larson served as chair-
man of the Dinner-Dance Committee, with Recording Secretary Chester Merola serving
as Dinner-Dance Secretary and also chairman of the Souvenir Journal.
Other committee members were: Joseph L. Corcione, business agent of Local 493;
President John Alexander; Vice President Anthony Vacca; Financial Secretary E. C.
Barletta, trustees; Anthony Pellicrio, Dominvi Vitro, and Joseph Cioffi. Also: Sal Pelliccio,
Harold Sparti, Donald Rose, Joseph Mottola, Robert Crentsberger, Julius Silano, Edward
Stanley, Frank Masiello, John Reinheardt, Fred Bates, and Anthony Barletta.
A GREAT NIGHT FOR N. CALIFORNIA OLD TIMERS
Retired carpenters from 42 counties, the first to become eligible for annual pensions
under the Carpenters Pension Trust Fund for Northern California, were honored at a
Presentation Dinner, Monday, January 4, at 7:00 p.m. at the Elks Club, San Francisco.
Pension checks were awarded 79 members, among them four men who have served
their union and industry for more than half a century, according to E. A. Brown of
Santa Rosa, Trust Fund chairman.
Harry Pretty, 84, of 1823 Thomas Avenue, Fresno, is the oldest member and has been
in Fresno Carpenters Local No. 701 for 56 years. Harry S. Lefliolz, 81, of 43 May Lane,
Los Altos, has been in Palo Alto Local No. 668 for the same length of time, and Enoch
Rhodes of 4672 East Madison Avenue, Fresno, has also been a member with Pretty of
Fresno Local No. 701 for 56 years. Adam Klingman of 724 42nd Street, Sacramento, has
been in his Local No. 586 for 52 years.
Industry Co-chairman of the Fund is J. I. Hennessy of Oakland, who is Executive
Secretary of the Associated Home Builders of Greater East Bay, Inc.
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Members of the Dinner Committee included Paul Lofton of Stockton, Union Trustee
from the San Joaquin District Council of Carpenters, and J. A. Stinson, Executive Secre-
tary of the General Contractors and Builders Association of the East Bay.
Among the distinguished invited guests were: Joseph F. Cambiano, of San Francisco,
8th District General Executive Board member of the Brodierhood of Carpenters and
Joiners, AFL-CIO; John F. Henning, State Industrial Commissioner representing Governor
Edmund G. Brov^^n; C. R. Bartalini, of Oakland, State Council of Carpenters president;
Fund Attorneys Thomas E. Stanton, for industry, and Charles P. Scully, for labor; Carroll
Lynch, resident partner of Martin E. Segal & Co., actuaries and consultants to the Fund,
and C. Bruce Sutlierland, Fund Administrator.
THIRD CONSECUTIVE SOFTBALL TROPHY WON BY LOCAL 1050
During 1959 softball was kingpin among sports as far as local unions affiliated with
tlie Metropolitan District Council of Philadelphia were concerned.
A large number of crack teams sponsored by various locals in the Council kept compe-
tition keen and interest high. The season's activities were marked with a sense of friend-
ly competition and fair play.
Those who witnessed the
games agreed it was nip and
tuck all tlie way through, vdth
tlie outcome uncertain until the
very end.
However, Local Union 1050
of Philadelphia emerged victor
for the third consecutive year.
The signal victory retired the
league's revolving trophy.
Very fine teams were fielded
by Local Union 1906 of Pliila-
delphia, whose players finished
second for the second straight
year; and by Philadelphia Lo-
cals 122, 454 and 1856, and
by Local 1462 of Bristol. All
games are played under the
watchful eyes of the South-
eastern Pennsylvania Umpires
Association.
Completion of the successful
season was celebrated on November 27th at the Fourth Annual Banquet of the District
Council Softball League, held at Palumbo's Restaurant in Philadelphia. Second General
Vice President O. William Blaier, as honored guest and principal speaker of the evening,
paid tribute to the Philadelphia Council and to its Educational Committee for their ac-
complishments in fostering friendship, mutual respect and unity of purpose among mem-
bers of the District.
The large attendance at the banquet gave visible proof that the program is succeeding.
Over 500 people, including members and their lovely wives, were on hand for the
occasion.
Local Union 1050's team and bat boys were presented with sweaters from their Local
in appreciation of their accomplishments.
Following the delicious dinner and the presentations, a very fine floor show was pre-
sented by the management of Palumbo's, generally recognized as one of the best night
clubs in the East. A truly enjoyable evening was topped off with dancing.
The Metropolitan District Council's plans for 1960 include a new revolving trophy
to be placed in competition. Already, several more teams have been pledged by Locals
that did not participate in 1959. So it looks as if the new year will be a banner year, not
only for the sports-minded but for each individual Brotherhood member as well, all of
whom will surely reap the benefit of the fellowship program inaugurated by the Council.
Shown are four members of Local Union 1050 who par-
ticipated in the Fourth Annual Banquet of the Metropolitan
District Council of Philadelphia.
From left to right are: Financial Secretary Roger Parker,
banquet manager; B. A. Sam Turco, president; Michael Car-
disio, manager of the Local's championship team; and Gen-
eral Representative Ray Ginnetti, recording secretary and a
member of the championship team.
Craft Probloms
Carpentry
By H. H. Siegele
LESSON 375
Power Tools.— The time is here when the
field carpenter can compete, on a legiti-
mate basis, with the mill carpenter. There
are, of course, many things that tlie mills
can do that the field carpenter, as a rule,
can not do. Therefore, the competition that
is mentioned here, will not hurt the mill-
without power tools would have been dis-
carded as scraps. The same carpenter, when
he built his home shaped all of the out-
side finishing material that he needed, and
Pl/»te Glass
16-0"
Fig. 1
worker, while it does help the field car-
penter. Properly equipped with power tools,
the use of wood will hold its own. For in-
stance, a few weeks before this writing.
Fig. 2
did a great many other tilings with his
power tools, in the interest of economy. He
had this advantage: He got just what he
wanted, since he made the things the way
Glass
5/LL-
VeNTIL(MION Ahib bRAlNAdB
Fig. 3
a neighbor with power tools literally used
scrap lumber and built two stair rails for
his basement stair. The newel rails and
spfrdlcs were all made of material that
he wanted tliem— result, a well appearing
home that is different, because many of the
features are the product of his own orig-
inality.
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A Simple, Small Store Front.-Fig. 1
shows a plan of a very simple front for a
little store. The entrance is placed to one
side, for two reasons: First, it leaves all
of the display space in one piece; and
Plaster I MGO v.;
second, this arrangement is more econom-
ical than placing the door at the center,
which is frequently done.
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not often that one sees all-wood settings for
show windows, but in this case the windows
are small, and that makes wood practical,
and at the same time economical. Fig. 2
shows a cross section of a simple wood set-
ting for plate glass. This construction is
not new. The sill projects IV4 inches be-
yond the face of the wall on which it rests.
Fig. 5
The glass rests on a leather cushion, and is
held in place with a quarter-round. On the
inside of the glass, a small gutter is shown
—the slanting dotted lines indicate holes
bored for draining off water that might
come into the gutter due to condensation
on the plate glass. The holes should be
bored at intervals from 12 to 24 inches, de-
pending on the amount of water that will
come into the gutter. If the air in the room
is dry, tliere will be little condensation, but
DivisroN Bar
Fig. 6
if there is a large amount of humidity in
the air, then the window condensation will
be increased accordingly. Fig. 3, to the
left, shows the same cross section, vdth the
glass indicated by the dotted lines and the
quarter-round stop omitted. Here the leath-
er cushion is pointed out— the drain is also
pointed out, which again is indicated by
dotted lines. To the right we have a face
view of what is shown to the left. Here
are pointed out the glass line, the leather
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43
cushion, and the hole for ventilation and
drainage. Study these drawings with what
is shown by Fig. 2.
Side Jamb.— Fig. 4 gives a section of the
side jamb, showing the glass, inside and out-
side stops, the sill, wall, and plastering. It
should be noted that the outside stops,
which are common quarter-rounds, are fas-
Pi. ate
Fig. 7
tened v.ith round-head screws. This makes
it possible for the workman to give the
glass just a little pla>'— that is, to prevent
the stop from holding the glass too tight.
When these stops are put on with nails, it
becomes difficult to loosen them if the nail
draws the stop too tight to the glass, often
resulting in cracks.
Corner and Division Bars.— What we are
showing by Figs. 5, 6, and 10, are sections
of bars inade of wood, because the show
windows for this little store front are small.
The wood used for these bars should be
stout wood that will not split easily— per-
haps white oak or its equal would fill the
requirements. The two parts, the inside
and the outside, can easily be shaped with
Fig. 8
a power tablesaw. These two parts are fas-
tened together with round-head screws. For
these screws holes should be bored, full
size for the outside part. For the inside
part of the bar, the holes should be small
enough to give the threads of the screws
ample anchorage. It should be remembered
that the purpose of using screws is to make
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possible proper gauging of the pressure on
the glass. The dimensional figures shown
booR Post
■JflMB
6lAS5'
Fig. 9
by Fig. 6, should also be applied, respec-
tively, to Figs. 5 and 10.
Fig. 7 shows the chord in part, and the
setting for the glass, which is practically
tlie same as what is shown by Fig. 4.
Another Plan.— Fig. 8 shows a plan that
is the same as what is shown by Fig. 1,
witli one exception— the glass to the left is
set at a 30-degree angle. Fig. 9 shows tlie
relationship of the jamb, at this angle, with
the door post, while Fig. 10 shows the
angle bar.
/^N6tE-BAR
6LA55^ Fig. 10
It should be noted that in this lesson we
are showing the simplest of store fronts,
and because the windows are small, we
are showing all-wood settings. The joints
and concealed surfaces of all-wood settings
should be well painted before they are put
in place, while the exposed parts should also
be properly painted. If this work is pains-
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wood settings will be substantial and will
have a pleasing appearance.
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British Woodworkers Aim For Security
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of Woodworkers is playing in building a good life for our carpenter brothers across
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Dick Gray Resigns
15
After 17 years of outstanding service, Dick Gray finds it necessary to resign his
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mittee, which includes General President Hutcheson, seeks a successor.
Anti-Unionism Crosses Into Canada
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adjusting of bits and cutters.
You don't have to take our word for it. Try a B&D
Router, one of the Kits, or any other B&D wood-
working tool at your supplier's next chance you
get. You won't want to put it down!
QUALITY PO^ER TOOLS
Which Way Business Ethics?
* * *
THE Congressional investigations of TV and the drug industry continue
making headlines. The Kefauver Committee digs up new evidence of
fantastic markups in tranquilizers, and the Harris Committee is just
scratching the surface in its probings of "payola" in the record business.
But for all the headlines that the drug and TV investigations are making,
a quiet and relatively unpublicized struggle now going on between the Fed-
eral Trade Commission and advertising agencies ultimately may determine
how much protection the general public can expect from shady business prac-
tices. In recent weeks the FTC has issued a number of complaints against
prominent TV advertisers. The FTC charges that real sandpaper is not used
in the tests showing a safety razor
scraping a piece of sandpaper clean
after lathering with a canned shaving
cream. It also maintains that some of
the filter "tests" used by cigarette
companies are phony; that Brand X
aluminum foil is deliberately torn;
that the "flavor buds" bragged about
by a margarine maker are artificial.
In reprisal, some of the advertising
agencies are attacking FTC right and
left. Some agencies are taking full
page newspaper ads of their own to
blister FTC for interfering with what
they call "imaginative selling." Be-
hind the scenes, tremendous pressure
is being exerted on the government to
call off the FTC dogs.
Like the FTC, the Pure Food and
Drug Administration is getting be-
hind-the-scene lumps from food proc-
essors because it dared to condemn
tainted cranberries last fall and pro-
test the use of hormone preparations
in the fattening of chickens for the
broiler market. Some processors seem
to think it is un-American for govern-
ment agencies to demand that food
products be free of injurious chemi-
cals and cancer-prone preparations.
All this brings up a logical ques-
tion: which way business morality?
The drug investigations showed
unmerciful price gouging of people
least able to pay— the sick and the in-
firm. The TV probings uncovered
rigged quizzes and widespread pay-
ola. FTC protests against misleading
and downright untruthful advertising
evoke cries of Gestapoism from the
advertising agencies doing the deceiv-
ing. The Food and Drug ban on food-
stuffs treated with dangerous agents
sets up a hue and cry for scalps in
the administrative agency. Added to-
gether these things do not present a
very pretty picture of the level of
ethics prevailing in business.
Apparently other people have
asked the question, "Whither business
ethics?" because several publications
recently have commented on the sub-
ject. One was a publication of the
National Industrial Conference Board;
the other was a pamphlet compiled
by the School of Business at Indiana
University from opinions expressed by
businessmen themselves.
The words in both pieces were
fancy and involved, and perhaps we
misinterpreted some of them, but the
conclusion we reached after reading
each of them is that the most impor-
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tant responsibility of business man-
agers is to make money.
Certainly there is no quarrel with
the proposition that business should
make money. But if making money is
to be the one and only goal of busi-
ness there is small hope for survival
of the free enterprise system.
Away baek in the middle years of
the last century, the philosophy of
business was that anything goes so
long as it is profitable. Many business-
men considered the ideal wage a
wage that was high enough to pro-
\ide the worker with sufficient food
to keep him going, and strong enough
to do his job: more than that would
only lead to drunkenness, idleness and
mischief. Before there were unions
most business enterprises operated on
this theory.
With the appearance of unions, the
picture was gradually changed. Em-
]:)loyes gained some rights and privi-
leges. Companies sought to establish
reputations for integrity, honesty and
fair dealing. Are we now coming
around the full circle, when making
money again becomes the be-all and
end-all of business, and to hell with
employes, dealers, and the general
public?
All the questionable practices we
have named above resulted in extra
profits for the people involved. Are
the practices, therefore, to be con-
doned? Are the men who instigated
them to be looked up to as successful,
admirable business managers? If mak-
ing money is to be the sole measuring
stick, then certainly the answer must
be "yes."
However, we cannot believe that
business ethics has retrogressed so
far so fast. Many companies must be-
lieve that thek prime responsibility is
to put out a product or service so
good that people will buy it at a
profitable price year in and year out.
Some of them must feel they owe
an obligation to the community they
grew up in, even if competitors pull
up stakes, lock, stock and barrel, to
move to greener, low wage pastures.
Some must even have a sense of re-
sponsibility and obligation to the em-
ployes who helped them grow over
the years.
But the payola boys, the drum
beaters who call outright prevarica-
ting "imaginative selling," the super-
salesmen who employ call girls, set a
pace that eventually may force all
others to descend to their class. That
is why the nation needs to ask itself
the question, "Which way business
ethics?"
And there are those who insist that
unions, too, are falling prey to the
"success at any price" philosophy. Is
this assumption valid? Of course a
few chiselers were found in respon-
sible positions in two or three unions.
In their fast-buck operations these
union officials took a page from the
book of many so-called business ty-
coons. They put a fast buck ahead of
loyalty or principle.
But wrongdoers in labor were sur-
prisingly small in number. By innu-
endo and implication the McClellan
Committee besmirched the names of
many honest union officials. However,
the number actually caught with a
hand in the till could be counted on
the fingers of one hand. Certainly
payola, chiseling and under-the-table
deals touched only a very few organ-
izations.
Where organized labor may be sub-
ject to some finger pointing is in the
slot machine concept of unionism that
has been allowed to grow up in the
minds of too many union members—
you put in so many pennies per year
in union dues and drag out so many
dollars in wage increases and fringe
benefits.
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Wages, of course, are important,
but wages are not the only benefits
members receive from unions. Most
union members would get full value
received for their union dues if they
never got a penny in increased wages.
Actually, the labor movement is the
only effective force working for the
general welfare of the working man.
Most people will agree that the Fo-
rand Bill (which would establish med-
ical services for retired workers as a
part of Social Security) is a good
thing. Who other than labor is actu-
ally fighting for this bill? The church-
es? The lodges? The bowling clubs?
The Rotary clubs? Here and there
one of these organizations may be
plugging for the bill, but, by and
large, most of them do not even
know it exists. Labor is providing
nine-tenths of the strength behind the
measure.
The same is true in the fields of
better housing, more schools, greater
safety, more realistic unemployment
insurance, a higher minimum wage,
etc. All these things are beneficial to
the working man; and the labor move-
ment is the only effectively organized
force fighting for them. When we
achieve them the lion's share of the
credit must go to organized labor.
In addition to these items of na-
tional import, many unions provide
benefit programs for their members.
They operate credit unions and recre-
ational programs; they sponsor health
plans and fellowship parties; they
maintain homes for aged members
and benefit programs to help the less
fortunate.
Added together, these things make
a union card a bargain if no wage in-
creases were involved. But too few
union members realize this fact be-
cause they have never thought the
matter through.
Business may feel its prime respon-
sibility to be the making of money
by any means not strictly illegal. But
the vast bulk of the labor movement
considers service to the membership
the only excuse for its existence.
Wages may be a part of that service,
but only a part. And to the ex-
tent that organized labor forgets that
wages are only a part, it makes a
grave mistake.
WHERE ARE THE JOBS COMING FROM?
Ten years from now there must be thirteen and a half miUion more jobs than there
are today if full employment is to be achieved.
The nation's total work force, now estimated at seventy-three and a half million, will
grow to eighty-seven million by 1970, predicts a new Department of Labor pamphlet
entitled "Manpower: Challenge of the 1960's." This increase of thirteen and a half million
represents a 20% growth in the size of our work force.
In view of the fact automation is eliminating jobs nearly as fast as new workers are
entering the work force, a better title for the pamphlet might be "Where Are The Jobs
Coming From?"
This, however, seems not to be the major concern of the Department. In fact, the De-
partment seems to be more worried about how industry vdll be able to recruit enough
workers to man all jobs adequately.
In releasing the booklet, Secretary of Labor Mitchell said the changes in the labor
force will "require a major overhaul in the employment policies of many businesses."
"Employers who do not abandon policies against hiring workers because of age, sex,
race, reUgion or nationality, or because they may be handicapped in some way, may have
real trouble finding enough workers in the decade ahead," Mitchell warned.
(Note: "Manpower: Challenge of the 1960's" may be obtained from the Superintendent
of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C, at 25 cents a copy.)
10
British Woodworicers Aim For Security
By FINLAY C. ALLAN, Assistant to the General President
THE ties between the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America and the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers are both
long-standing and close.
Over the years the two organizations have worked together closely on many
matters aflFecting the welfare of building trades workers throughout the world.
A substantial number of our members once held Society membership before
migrating to the U. S. or Canada.
Therefore, I was very happy when General President Hutcheson assigned
me, late last year, to visit the Amalgamated Society to discuss mutual problems
and further cement these fraternal ~ — — -7 — ;
In general, I found that construc-
tion methods used in England are
very similar to ours except that self-
supporting tubular scaffolding is used
to a greater degree. The exterior of
this entire job was scaffolded to its
full height, and all trades used the
scaffolding when necessary and will
continue to do so until the job is
completed.
The head safety engineer, a car-
penter by trade, escorted me through
the entire project. It appeared to me
that safety is given a great deal of
emphasis in English construction, and
employers seem to cooperate enthusi-
astically in the prevention of job ac-
cidents.
Housing, in particular, appeared to
be very active in the British Isles. I
was taken to an apartment project
being constructed for the London
County Council, consisting of a great
many apartment buildings— some of
them 18 stories high. The structures
are of reinforced concrete, and the
exterior walls are pre-cast concrete,
with exposed aggregate finish in white
calcined flint, supported on rails bolt-
ed to the structure. All exterior win-
dows and balconies have been de-
ties. Several months previously, Mr.
E. Stan Taylor, an executive council
member of the Society, visited our
General Office for the same purpose.
My visit to the Society was a re-
warding and instructive experience.
The resident officers of the Society
were courteous and patient in brief-
ing me on the problems confronting
British carpenters and the steps the
Society is taking to solve them. I also
was given an opportunity to visit a
number of typical construction pro-
jects.
I feel that the impressions I gained
of the construction industry in Britain
and the operating methods of the
Amalgamated Society may be of some
interest to our own members— par-
ticularly those who once may have
held membership.
Generally speaking, construction in
England is booming. I visited one
project in London employing some
2800 building tradesmen. The project
is a 26 story layout undertaken by the
Shell Oil Company. It consists of
office building, stores, theatres, and
underground parking facilities to ac-
commodate 1500 cars.
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signed so that maintenance and re-
painting can be done without the
need of exterior scaffolding. Most
buildings contain 68 2-bedroom apart-
ments.
From London I traveled to Wake-
field, a town o£ approximately 60,000
population located 200 miles north of
London in a coal mining district.
Here, too, work appeared to be good
for building tradesmen; I noticed a
good deal of store modernization. The
self-serve system of our chain stores
seems to be invading much of Eng-
land.
From Wakefield I traveled to Thur-
so, at the northern tip of Scotland. A
new fast breeder reactor atomic plant
was put into operation while I was
there. A housing project for the per-
sonnel necessary to operate the plant
was under construction in the area.
Many of the houses were what we
would call 2 story duplex homes. The
exterior walls were constructed of ce-
ment blocks, over which a coating of
rough cement, plaster, or stucco was
applied. Dry wall was used almost
exclusively in the interior. It is my
opinion that these apartments and
homes are well constructed. However,
they lack some of the modern con-
veniences and appliances that we are
accustomed to in the United States.
For all the housing activity in the
British Isles, I failed to see any large
scale, speculative single-home build-
ing. A large number of single homes
were under construction, but as far as
I could find out, practically all of
them were being custom built. Specu-
lative building apparently is not pop-
ular in the British Isles.
As to working conditions in the
British construction industry, the 44-
hour week seems to prevail rather
generally. The hourly rate is approxi-
mately 70c an hour. I found that over-
time is the general rule rather than
the exception. I was also surprised to
learn that incentive pay, or a bonus
system, prevails on a good deal of
heavy construction such as the afore-
mentioned Shell Oil Company project.
I was told that the building trades-
men on this job average $17 per week
bonus pay above the basic hourly
rate.
Wages and working conditions are
negotiated on a nationwide basis
through the machinery of the National
Joint Board for the Building Industry
which, as the name implies, is made
up of representatives from manage-
ment and labor. Although some local
variations are permitted under un-
usual conditions, generally speaking
all building tradesmen work under
the same basic agreement.
The basic journeyman rate for all
crafts is 4s. 6d. (61.6c). However, the
wage rate is tied to the retail price
index. The 61.6c rate is based on a
retail price index of 100. For every
two points the index goes up, wages
are increased }4d. (about ^c). Cur-
rently, the index was high enough to
bring the basic rate up to about 70c
per hour.
On top of the basic rate, there is a
rather complicated scale of premium
pay. This amounts to about 6.6c per
hour for work assignments involving
discomfort, inconvenience, or risk
(high work, underground, wet, or
dirty work). Premium pay also pre-
vails on assignments involving extra
skill or responsibility. Several other
regulations provide for premium pay
for work requiring extra know-how,
effort, or inconvenience.
A particularly interesting feature of
the working rules is the tool allow-
ance provision. British carpenters re-
ceive a tool allowance of about 4.4c
per day to compensate for wear and
tear, loss, and other hazards that con-
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struction work entails for tools. A shift
differential of 5.5c per hour also seems
to be standardized.
The work week varies slightly from
district to district and according to
seasons. Ho\\'ever, 44 to 46j/^ hours,
including a half day Saturday, seems
to be standard. Overtime rates are
figured at IV4 times the regular rate
for the first 2 hours, and then from
V/z to 2 times as the overtime mounts
up.
Other features of the British sys-
tem I found interesting were vaca-
tions, national holidays, and pay for
lost time. Annual vacations and pub-
lic holidays with pay are covered by
agreements. The agreements set up a
centralized fund to provide paid va-
cations and holiday pay for workers
of the building and civil engineering
contracting industries. Although the
bookkeeping is done separately for
vacations and for paid holidays, the
administration is handled in the same
way.
Each worker is given a book which
he deposits with his current employ-
er, who credits him weekly with his
allotted time. If the worker goes to
a new employer he takes his book
with him.
When the benefits fall due, the
worker is paid by his cuiTcnt em-
ployer, who in turn is reimbursed by
the central fund.
Each worker receives a two- week
vacation with pay equal to his week-
ly allotted sum, times the number of
weeks he has been employed. Holi-
days vary from locality to locality, but
a worker's holiday pay is determined
by the credit he accumulates in cov-
ered employment.
An especially interesting feature of
the British agreement is the clause
covering pay for lost time. A current-
ly employed worker who loses time
because of bad weather, breakdown.
lack of materials, etc., is paid for half
the time lost, or a guaranteed week-
ly minimum of 32 hours' pay. How-
e\^er, he must be present and ready to
work during his normal hours, and
must be willing to perform any other
building trades work of which he is
capable, or accept employment on
another site where work is available.
Travel pay also is covered by the
agreement. The general purpose of
the travel clause is: a. To pay a work-
er for his time (one way) spent in
traveling to a job site beyond the nor-
mal working area. Such pay is at
straight time. b. To pay him for any
expenses, fares and lodgings incurred
in traveling outside of his normal
area. The lodging allowance is 8s.
($1.12 per night). "
Working conditions are spelled out
rather precisely in the agreement. The
agreement contains a code covering
conditions of work in regard to shel-
ter from bad weather, accommoda-
tions for clothing and meals, washing
facilities, sanitary conveniences, first
aid, etc.
All in all, it seemed to me that con-
ditions of work are spelled out quite
broadly in the agreement, and the
British workers have ample protec-
tion from over-zealous bosses and the
normal hazards of construction work.
Apprenticeship is also administered
by the National Joint Council of the
Building Industry through a Joint
Apprenticeship Board. This national
board sets standards, supervises the
general plan, and serves as an appeal
board from decisions of the regional
joint apprenticeship committees. All
crafts are covered by the one plan.
Wage rates and working conditions
of apprentices are regulated by the
National Joint Council. Wage rates for
apprentices are expressed as a percent-
age of journeyman pay, and are grad-
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uated according to the age of the ap-
prentices. The apprentice pay rate
ranges from 25% at age 15 to 87M% at
age 20. The period of apprenticeship is
5 years. This may be reduced by one
year by the completion of a "full pre-
apprenticeship course," or by two
years by completing "whole time sen-
ior day course of not less than two
years."
Attendance at technical classes is
required until age 18. Employers pay
class fees and pay the apprentice rate
for time spent in class. Apprenticeship
may begin at 15 or 16 (depending on
the region) with a 6 month probation
period. The apprentice must finish his
training between his 20th and 21st
birthday, although some exceptions
may be made by the committee in
unusual circumstances.
An agreement between the National
Federation of Building Trades Em-
ployers and the National Federation
of Building Trades Operatives (work-
ers) spells out the manner in which
disputes must be handled. The agree-
ment binds the parties to try to joint-
ly prevent work stoppage and to ex-
pedite the resumption of work when
a stoppage does occur, pending refer-
ence of the dispute to an appropriate
conciliation board.
The agreement outlines the various
steps a dispute must follow, starting
at the local level and carrying on
through the regional machinery to the
national level. A Joint Emergency
Dispute Commission is the highest
tribunal to which a dispute can be ap-
pealed. Such a commission makes a
report with recommendations to the
National Executive Committee, which
may approve or disapprove, in whole
or in part.
If both parties on the committee
approve, the decision is put into ef-
fect. If not, further and indefinite
steps are provided for, but no final or
binding decision can be imposed on
anyone.
As I mentioned before, safety regu-
lations are spelled out rather compre-
hensively in a safety code. A Chief
Inspector of Factories is charged with
the responsibility for policing the reg-
ulations. The code provides that any
contractor who normally employs 50
persons or more at one time must ap-
point an experienced worker to su-
pervise general safety and ensure that
all work is done in accordance with
the prescribed regulation.
The safety regulations cover every-
thing from lighting to safety nets and
dust.
All in all, I gained the impression
that British construction workers are
well protected in all areas: job haz-
ards; lost time through bad weather,
breakdowns, etc.; and excessive work
loads.
By our standards, British wage
scales appear to be low, but tradition-
ally Old World unions have concen-
trated more on security than on hour-
ly rates. In the area we term "fringe
benefits" the British carpenters have
built a solid program that affords
them a considerable degree of pro-
tection against the hazards and un-
certainties of building trades work.
Many of the protections the British
building tradesmen enjoy we also
have achieved since the war: health
and welfare plans, paid vacations,
paid national holidays, pensions, etc.
Altogether, it appeared to me that
our British brothers have built a satis-
factory way of life for themselves. It
must be appreciated, of course, that
the British standard of living does not
include some of the appliances and
gadgets the average American work-
ing family seems to think normal and
necessary.
I found the oflBcers of the Amalga-
mated Society to be keen, dedicated,
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hard working trade unionists. They
extended me every consideration and
courtesy. General Secretary G. F.
Smith and Assistant General Secre-
taiy W. J. Martin were very cooper a-
tiAc ill arranging visits to construction
projects for me.
I also had the pleasure of renewing
acquaintance with Su* Richard Cop-
pock, president of the National Build-
ing Trades Council, whom I had pre-
\'iously met at an ILO conference in
Rome in 1949, and at a Building
Trades Convention in Hamburg in
1953. During my stay in London, the
executive council of the National
Building Trades Council was in ses-
sion. I was invited to pay them a
visit and the executive council re-
cessed while I was introduced.
Since the Executive Council of the
Society was also in session while I
was there, I had an opportunity to
meet all Council members.
I found the district members of the
Council- J. C. Hill, First District; E.
Stan Taylor, Second District; J. H.
Mills, Third District; J. Youngs,
Fourth District; and G. I. Brinham,
Fifth District— to be informed and co-
operative buHding trades workers.
From them I learned a great deal
about the aims and ideals of the Brit-
ish labor movement.
If there is any particular section of
the world that truthfully can be des-
ignated the "cradle" of trade union-
ism, I believe that section is England.
Industrialization advanced faster in
England than in any other nation dur-
ing the previous century. Consequent-
ly, British workers faced the ills of
an industrial society long before most
other workers did.
From the time of the Tolpuddle
martyrs, British workers have been
diligently building a union structure
capable of providing workers safety,
security, and a decent living standard
in a highly impersonal social and eco-
nomic structure.
It was obvious to me that the
Amalgamated Society is working in
this great tradition. Regardless of the
obstacles and challenges that may lie
ahead, I am sure the Society can be
counted on to continue fighting the
good fight for a better tomorrow for
all workers in general and building
tradesmen in particular.
I certainly appreciate the oppor-
tunity General President Hutcheson
gave me to enhance my knowledge of
the Amalgamated Society and the
program it is pushing for the well-
being of its members and the safety
and security of the nation.
APPRENTICESHIP STAMP MERITS SUPPORT
AJl the people connected with apprenticeship training in Idaho— in cooperation with the
State AFL-CIO— have undertaken a campaign to persuade the Post Office Dept. to issue a
special commemorative stamp as a tribute to the whole concept of apprenticeship training.
The idea is an excellent one. And the Idaho people already have an appropriate design.
Several years ago they drew up a windshield sticker bearing the legend "Apprenticeship
(is) The Nucleus Of Craftsmanship." The design is attracti\'e and the message is appro-
priate. It would make an attractive and eye-catching postage stamp.
Commemorative stamps ha\e been issued on behalf of causes far less worthy than
apprenticeship training. There is no logical reason why this important phase of our indus-
trial life shouldn't get the same kind of recognition. Untold thousands of people in many
walks of hfe devote long and dedicated hours to promoting apprenticeship training. The
only reward involved is the satisfaction of seeing young men develop diemselves both as
craftsmen and as disciplined human beings.
Already we have sent letters boosting the idea of an apprenticeship stamp to tlie Post-
master-General and the Secretary of Labor. We sincerely hope diat all readers who believe
in tlie princii>les of apprenticeship training will do likewise.
15
Dick Gray Resigns
* *
A FTER some 17 years of outstanding service, Richard J. (Dick) Gray last
/-\ month resigned his post as president of the Building and Construction
-^ -*- Trades Department of the AFL-CIO. Brother Gray tendered his resig-
nation at the Department's Executive Council meeting in Miami Beach to
become effective March 1.
Brother Gray became acting president of the Department in 1943. Three
years later he became its permanent president. Consequently fate tagged him
to guide the destinies of the Department through some of the most turbulent
years in its history.
During his tenure in office the con-
cluding campaigns of World War II
were fought. Wage freeze and man-
power regulations were at their
height. Then came the readjustment
years of peace, complicated by mate-
rials shortages and the rise of anti-
union hysteria. The Korean War
brought new wage controls and gov-
ernment restrictions. Mergers added
additional problems.
Through all these trials and tribu-
lations Brother Gray conducted him-
self in a statesmanlike manner. At
every turn in the road he fought un-
ceasingly to protect the best interests
of the people he represented.
He haunted the corridors of the
House and Senate Office Buildings to
acquaint Congressmen with the injus-
tices that were accruing to building
trades workers through government
edicts. He fought passage of the Taft-
Hartley Act to the bitter end, and
not a man on Capitol Hill could say
that he did not know how strongly
the Building Trades Department op-
posed the Landrum Bill of last year.
In every crisis for the labor move-
ment Dick Gray was in the thick of
things, swinging with both hands.
His resignation was accepted with
regret by the Executive Council. A
four-man administrative committee
was named by the council to select a
successor to Mr. Gray. The committee
consists of Maurice A. Hutcheson,
General President of our Brother-
hood; Peter T. Schoemann, head of
the Plumbers; Gordon Freeman, pres-
ident of the Electrical Workers; and
Peter Fosco, secretary-treasurer of the
Laborers.
The very best wishes of the entire
labor movement, and especially the
building trades union, go to Dick Gray
on the occasion of his retirement.
16
Progress Report
OUR NEW HOME TAKES SHAPE
The architect's concept of what our new headquarters building in Washington, D. C. will look like when
completed early next year.
An aerial view of the lot before construction got under way.
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WiTED BROnSVOCD, OM>r«»b • il
JMIA. nut Bawo
Another February 15 view looking toward Washington Monument
p
LANE UQ^SSIP
HOPELESS CASE
A frustrated man walked into the office
ot a psychiatrist and told him he was mis-
erable. "I have two cars, a swimming pool,
and a very attractive girl li\ing next door.
But still I'm unhappy."
"But why aren't you happy?" asked the
doctor.
"Because," replied tlie patient, "I lost my
driver's license, I can't svnm and the attrac-
tive girl next door is married."
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THIS CURIOUS WORLD
If you don't think this is a funny world,
consider the following items as reported
in LABOR:
Back-Seat— David Jenkins got into his
car in Scarborough, England, and immedi-
ately the woman in the back seat began
bawhng him out for being late. She only
stopped when she suddenly realized she was
in the wrong car, having mistaken Jenkins'
auto for her husband's.
Theft— Burglars who broke in at a St.
Louis auto dealer's took only one item—
a camera hidden there by police to trap
burglars.
-saBEBs-
''The clause in \he union con-
trac\ that vou object to, sir,
was copied from Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation! "
NO PROBLEM
Thanks to a continuation of the adminis-
tration's tight money policy, residential
building is slowing down to a walk. Last
month Congressman Rains, a real authority
on the subject, pointed out that we are
building a third less houses today than we
built in 1925. In 1925 we were building
110 new houses per 100,000 population; to-
day we are down to 76.
We are frank to admit that high finance
is over our heads. Inflation, money man-
agement, credit controls, etc. are mostly
just words to us. But we do know that
millions of new houses are needed, and that
house building is a major factor in our na-
tional prosperity. Housing cannot be stifled
for very long without economic repercus-
sions. How the administration hopes to keep
prosperity rolling while house building with-
ers on the vine baffles us.
To our way of thinking, it is something
like the movie producer who proposed to
make the most spectacular movie of all
times. The battle scene was to have 10,000
extras on each side.
"But how in the world will you be able
to finance such a project?" asked a friend.
"Easy," answered the producer, "I intend
to use real bullets."
* * •
WHAT KINSEY DOESN'T KNOW
Bennett Cerf credits a Wall Street statis-
tician with producing a Kinsey report of
his own. According to this statistical genius,
a man's relationship with the opposite sex
can be divided into seven stages:
1. Wha-a-a! I want my mummy!
G'wan, beat it. We don't want no old
girls playing with usf
Gee, Alice, you're beautiful!
If you don't marry me, I'll shoot
myself!
All right, go home to mother and
see if I care!
I admit she is considerably younger
than me, Alice, but she understands
me.
Kichy-koo! Did you hear that, Alice?
She said "grandpa" as plain as any-
thing.
6.
7.
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19
STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE'S
MOUTH
Last month a Congressional committee
was delving into the status of our missile
program and the adequacy of our defense
set-up. No two generals seemed to agree
as to our military strength compared to the
Russians'. If anything, the hearings only
made a confused situation more confused.
However, diere is one thing of which
we can be certain: Our Air Force has better
bartenders, valets, and houseboys than the
Russians. A New York newspaperman un-
covered a bulletin published by the Air
Force that tells enlisted men how to serve
tea gracefully, how to sterilize garbage cans,
and how to mix cocktails. The object of the
bulletin is to provide generals and other
top brass with properly trained flunkeys.
The flunkeys, of cotirse, come from the en-
listed ranks.
But getting back to the investigation,
hardly any two generals seem to agree as
to the state of our preparedness. The situa-
tion sort of brings to mind the story of the
sergeant who was chauffeiu: to Marshal
Foch during World War I. Every day news-
men quizzed the sergeant to find out if the
marshal had given any hint of when the
war would be over. Every day the sergeant
replied that the marshal said nothing.
This went on for months, but one day the
sergeant excitedly announced that the mar-
shal had finally spoken.
"What did he say?" the newsmen all de-
manded.
"Today," replied the sergeant, "he said to
me, 'Pierre, when do you think this war is
going to end?' "
* * *
STRICTLY FAIR
A news dispatch says that record com-
panies are getting many phone calls these
days from disc jockeys that go something
like this: "This is Curley McBurley, DJ on
Station xyz. I just remembered that $500
I borrowed from you. I've just dropped a
check in the mail." The investigation of
TV certainly improved a lot of memories
in a hurry.
Reminds us of an old-time Nevada judge
who one day opened his court with the fol-
lowing statement:
"Gentleinen, I have in my hand a check
—a bribe you might call it— from the plain-
tiff for $10,000, and another from the de-
fendant for $15,000. I propose to return
$5,000 to the defendant and decide the
case on its merits."
DOUBTFUL IMPROVEMENT
Business magazines, corporation presi-
dents, and various other spokesmen for big
business are vying with each other trying
to picture the endless prosperity that the
Sixties will bring.
With four million out of work, debt at a
record high, farm prices at a new post-
war low, and automation eliminating jobs
constantly, our enthusiasm is a little more
restrained. If the Sixties are going to be so
fabulous, things are going to have to get
moving before long. We hope the Wall
Street drum beaters are right, but our fing-
ers are crossed.
Most of all, we hope it doesn't turn out
to be like the case of the St. Louis grocer
who moved to Arizona for his health. After
a few months in the west he up and died.
The body was returned to St. Louis, and
two friends were paying their respects at
the mortuary.
"My," said one, "he certainly looks good."
"Doesn't he?" replied the other. "Ari-
zona must have done him a world of good."
• * •
KEFAUVER COMMITTEE FINDS THE
ANSWER
If you ever wondered why diey call some
of the new drugs "miracle" drugs, the cur-
rent Congressional investigation of the drug
manufacturing industry supplies a logical
answer.
It is a miracle anybody can afford them
at the prices that are being charged.
516.
^*They call us the office force.
Thai's a laugh! We'll never be
a 'force' unless we organize 1"
20
Anti-Unionism Crosses Into Canada
• • •
A DELAYED action bomb wrapped up in the Ontario Select Committee
Report on Labor Relations may well explode some of the cherished
rights possessed by building trades unions in this province.
This committee's 64-page report was issued last February but the Ontario
government deferred action. Now it seems ready to embody many of the
committee's anti-union recommendations in amendments to the Labor Rela-
tions Act, amendments it will try to push through the Legislature.
What does the committee propose?
Take picketing, for example. The committee's report erects a veritable
hedgerow of obstacles.
Building trades are seriously concerned about changes which might be made to Ontario Labor
Act, In addition to series of meetings which they are holding across the province, various Labor
Councils are backing up the OFL campaign to educate the MPPs and the public about Labor's
policies. Here is group at Toronto and District Labor Council meeting in Carpenters Hall, Jan-
uary 12th: seated. Chairman Henry Weisbach, Regional Director of Education, Canadian Labor
Congress, and guest speaker Doug Hamilton, secretary-treasurer, Ontario Federation of Labor,
which is coordinating the campaign. Standing, left to right: P. Schlotzhauer, IBEW; A. L. Agate,
Ironworkers Local 721; Ken Rose, IBEW; Fred Leach, Carpenters Local 3233; M. Kostynyk, IBEW
Local 353; U. Davidoff, V. Guy and A. Jeneveaux, Laborers Union Local 506.
The report suggests a ban on or-
ganizational picketing. It urges the
same sort of ban on jurisdictional
picketing.
Thus unions would be prevented
from applying pressure to a non-union
employer and deprived of a tradi-
tional method of protest against incur-
sions of a rival.
The committee also introduces a
drastic provision limiting other picket-
ing to those actually in the bargaining
unit of the employer aflFected. With
such a regulation in effect, a small
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21
unit in a composite building trades
local could be cut off from support
and destroyed.
The committee's report takes dead
aim at the right to strike itself. It rec-
ommends a ban on strikes where es-
sential services are involved.
But who is to determine what are
"essential services"? The government,
the labor board, the courts, lawyers?
What would stop some vaguely
constituted authority from ruling as
essential a hospital construction job
faced by a Carpenters' Union strike?
The committee proposes a tougher
hurdle for unions seeking to organize
new units. Instead of the present 55
per cent, the report urges a sign-up
of 75 per cent of the employees in a
bargaining unit before certification is
granted without a vote.
And if there is a vote, the commit-
tee wants to assure "freedom of
speech" for the employer. This recom-
mendation would permit the employer
to call meetings to "explain" his point
of view.
With such a "captive audience" for
the employer, how could union repre-
sentatives compete? Even now unions
must often operate in an atmosphere
bristling with covert threats and
promises traced to the employer.
The committee report embraces a
little-noted section which would make
it virtually impossible for building
trades unions to reach pre-job con-
tracts.
This section rules out a contract
with a closed shop or union shop pro-
vision unless the union is first certified
by the labor board as bargaining
agent of the unit affected. If a car-
penter or bricklayer local had to wait
out such board procedure, the project
might be completed in the interim.
The report does nothing to speed
up conciliation procedure; in fact, it
does the opposite in some cases.
It suggests that in matters "affecting
the public interest," a new industrial
inquiry commission be superimposed
on the normal conciliation procedure
with no strike to be called until such
a commission reports.
The committee makes a strange so-
journ into the union welfare and pen-
sion fund field. It proposes that all
such funds and those financed jointly
by unions and employers be invested
and retained in Canada.
For many of the international
building trades unions, this would be
impossible. How could they separate
and withhold a portion of the dues
which go to provide and maintain rest
and retirement homes in the U. S., for
example?
In what seems like a sweeping invi-
tation to endless delay, the committee
winds up by urging that all labor
board decisions be open to appeal in
the courts. This might be paradise for
lawyers but it would undercut union
organization.
To counter any government move
to introduce such broad new curbs on
unions, the Ontario Federation of La-
bor has organized a massive postcard
and publicity drive in favor of its own
proposals for improving the labor act.
Mass meetings of building trades-
led off by a session sponsored by the
Stonemasons, Bricklayers and Marble,
Tile and Terrazzo Workers— are being
held in support of this campaign.
Doug Hamilton, the federation's
secretary-treasurer, has indicated that
Canadian management is aping the
U. S. pattern of focusing on the tiny
fraction of labor misdeeds: "If you
cry wolf often enough, you'll get some
action."
Ontario unions seem convinced
now it's time to do some shouting of
their own ff they're to fend off the
threat to their continued Iffe and
growth.
What's New
This column is devoted to new developments in materials and products of interest to members
of crafts which are a part of the United Brotherhood. The articles are presented merely to inform
our readers, and are not to be considered an endorsement by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America.
For information concerning products which are described in this column, please do not write to
THE CARPENTER or the General Office, but address all queries to the manufacturer, whose name
appears at the close of each article.
Greatly improved protection against lad-
dcr slipping and tilting is provided by a set
of ladder shoes now^ available from Mine
Safety Appliances Co., Pittsburgh. Called
M-S-A Rialto Safety Ladder Shoes, the at-
tachments are equipped with ten suction
cups to provide firm gripping on wet,
greasy, muddy, or uneven surfaces. En-
larged level contact area increases protec-
tion against tipping of ladder in slanted
area. Three connecting bolts provide perma-
nent attachment of shoes to the ladder. For
furtlier information write Mine Safety Ap-
pliances Co., 201 N. Braddock Ave., Pitts-
burgh 8, Pa.
A clamp diat holds work firmly on any
surface, without being limited to positions
near the edge, has been marketed recently.
The clamp attaches to
any wood or metal work
surface by means of a
bolt spotted in the mid-
dle or along the edge of
the work area. Slot in "^-r_fl| A |
base of clamp engages
protruding head of
holding-bolt so that
clamp slides into work • -
position instantly. When not in use, clamp
may be removed, leaving work area unob-
structed. For either production set-ups or
quick-change operations on drill press or
machine table, holding-bolt fits into "T"-
slots or existing holes to hold work solidly.
Additional information about the 1623 "Jor-
gensen" Hold-down Clamp is available from
the manufacturer. Adjustable Clamp Com-
pany, Dept. HC-1, 417 N. Ashland Ave.,
Chicago 22, 111.
Timber Engineering Company, Washing-
ton, D. C, recently introduced a new line
of joist and beam hangers for various size
wood members. Unique
design utilizes only the
metal actually necessary
to provide proper bal-
ance between the load
capabilities of the
hangers and the load
limitations of the joist
or beam. To eliminate
any chance of error
through improper
choice of nails, special
nails designed to provide maximum shear
value are fiurnished with each carton of
hangers. A booklet giving load values and
design information is available upon request
from Timber Engineering Co., 1319 18th
St., N.W., Washington 6, D. C.
General Industrial Company of Chicago
has developed a circular slide rule designed
to make simple calculations easy in multipli-
cation, division, and proportion. The com-
pany has offered to provide our readers with
one free of charge. For your free circular
slide rule write on your business letterhead
to General Industrial Co., 1788J Montrose
Ave., Chicago 13, 111., and be sure to men-
tion the name of this magazine.
23
What Is The Construction Picture?
Expert Sees Tripled Volume In 60'$
• •
THE next decade will see the U. S. spend more money on new con-
struction—$670 billion— than was paid out for that purpose in the
previous 35 years.
Forecast by the professional building magazine, Architectural Forum, this
coming expenditure far exceeds the total value of all goods and services pro-
duced by U. S. industry in 1959. It is more than twice as big as the national
debt, and 60 per cent more than the money spent on new construction during
the 1950's.
Holding the building spotlight in the decade to come will be the trend of
private non-residential construction. The annual rate of expenditures in this
category is slated to increase 71.8 per
cent between now and 1960 to almost
$15 billion. The total of this kind of
building for the decade is expected to
be $125 billion.
Forum's ten-year forecast for the
major categories of private non-resi-
dential building construction: indus-
trial, up 72 per cent; commercial, up
48 per cent; religious, up 11 per cent;
hospitals and institutions, up 62 per
cent.
Private residential building expend-
itures, while they will be larger than
those for non-residential buildings,
will rise only 27 per cent to an annual
rate of $28 billion by 1969. The total
for the decade will be $248 billion, of
which new dwelling unit construction
will account for over $180 billion.
By the end of tho next ten years.
Forum says, total annual expenditures
for new construction (in 1959 dollars)
will be close to $80 billion— about 46
per cent higher than in 1959.
By 1969, the government's share in
construction expenditures will be
about 33 per cent as compared to 29
per cent during the 1950's. The an-
nual rate of public building will have
reached $24.8 billion, up 52.8 per cent
from 1959, and total government out-
lays during the decade will be at
least $200 billion.
The major category of public build-
ing construction is educational. Ex-
penditures in this field will increase
72.1 per cent to an annual rate of
$4.5 billion.
Despite its staggering size, the $670
billion forecast is "quite conserva-
tive," says Forum. For one thing, it
is measured in 1959 dollars and does
not take any future inflation into ac-
count.
Also, it is based on the assumption
that future building activity will pro-
vide no faster improvement in living
standards and industrial capacity than
has taken place over the last decade.
If, as seems likely, there is an increase
in the U. S.'s rate of economic growth,
then there will probably be more
building than the forecast indicates.
If construction is to achieve the mira-
cles Usted above, action must be initiated
soon. There can be no more slavish ad-
herence to the policy of save now, cure
unemployment later; save novi', eliminate
slums later; save now, purge our streams
later; save now, educate later; save now,
build housing later— as a recent New Re-
public editorial points out.
Editorial
This Story Won't Be In Your Daily Paper
You won't read anything about this story in your daily paper because it
demonstrates how cooperative and civic minded a good union can be. If an
officer had dipped into the till or taken a bribe from someone, the chances
are good your local paper would have had it on page one. But in this case the
union was bailing out an employer facing bankruptcy, so you will have to
read it here or never hear about it.
Herkimer is a small town in upstate New York. The Chamber of Com-
merce lists its population at 10,000. For years one of its leading industries has
been the Standard Furniture Company, a family-owned firm that makes top-
notch \\'ooden desks and office furniture. For three-quarters of a century the
firm has given employment to some 300 citizens of Herkimer. They long have
been organized in Local Union No. 3115.
In recent years, however, bad times have befallen the firm. Jerry-built
desks and fixtures made at home and abroad began cutting into their market
substantially. In this price-conscious age, when price rather than quality
governs a good deal of buying, such competition becomes rough.
For the past several years the company has lost money. By last month
the finances of the company were stretched to the breaking point. Samuel D.
Earl, company head and grandson of the firm's founder, called on the mayor
to announce that the firm had to close its doors unless it could raise $150,000
iminediately.
This was tragic news for the town. But when the news got out things
began to happen. A citizens' committee was formed to organize a fund drive.
Local Union No. 3115 called a meeting that brought out virtually every mem-
ber. The plight of the company was laid before the members honestly and
fairly. Before the meeting was over, some $75,000 was pledged by members to
help bail out the company. Another $12,000 was raised among supervisors and
office personnel. Canvassers secured enough other pledges to bring the total
up to $100,000 in jig time.
The plan for raising the money entails the sale of bonds bearing a six
per cent interest rate. Bondholders are to have representation on the board
of diiectors.
So the Standard Furniture Company will continue turning out first class
wooden office furniture for a long time to come. Company prospects for the
year 1960 appear to be good now that the financial crisis has been averted.
The whole community deserves credit for the effective job done in saving
an important industry. However, without the efforts of Local Union No. 3115,
the campaign might never have gotten off the ground. The union not only
raised a lion's share of the necessary funds from its own membership but it
also provided committee members and canvassers for the general appeal.
THE CARPENTER 25
This is the story of Local Union No. 3115 you will never read about any
place but here. But if there ever comes a clay when a Herkimer unionist gets
in trouble, you'll get the story with your coffee next morning. Probably on
page one too.
•
Make Your Voice Heard On The Forand Bill
The Forand Bill (technically known as HR 4700) is scheduled to come up
for action before the House Ways and Means Committee before long. As we
have pointed out before, this is the bill that would include medical care for
retirees under the Social Security system.
The medical societies, the insurance companies, and many powerful in-
dustries are opposed to the bill and actively fighting it. Unless there is a great
outpouring of grass roots demand for its passage, the bill well may die in
committee.
To make your voice heard on the matter, a letter to your Congressman is
the most eflFective weapon you have at your command. If your Congressman
is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee— well and good. If he
is not, send him a letter anyway, telling him you favor passage of the bill. And
be sure to mail a copy to the chairman of the committee.
Here are the names of the House Ways and Means Committee members:
Wilbur D. Mills, Arkansas, Chairman
Aime J. Forand, Rhode Island James B. Utt, California
Cecil R. King, California Jackson E. Betts, Ohio
Thomas J. O'Brien, Illinois Bruce Alger, Texas
Hale Boggs, Louisiana Albert H. Bosch, New York
Burr P. Harrison, Virginia William J. Green, Jr., Pennsylvania
Victor A. Knox, Michigan John C. Watts, Kentucky
John W. Byrnes, Wisconsin Frank Ikard, Texas
Howard H. Baker, Tennessee Thaddeus M. Machrowicz, Michigan
Thomas B. Curtis, Missouri James B. Frazier, Jr., Tennessee
Eugene J. Keogh, New York John A. Lafore, Jr., Pennsylvania
Frank M. Karstein, Missouri Lee Metcalf, Montana
A. S. Herlong, Jr., Florida Noah M. Mason, Illinois
To reach any member, all the address you need is: House OflBce Building,
Washington, D. C.
•
Wildlife And Water
Like humans and all other living things, wUdlife needs water. This need,
varying with requirements of different birds and mammals, is highlighted
during the annual observance of National Wildlife Week, March 20-26, spon-
sored by the National Wildlife Federation and its state affiliates.
Northern potholes, or small water areas where waterfowl nest, are being
drained with an inevitable reduction in the overall numbers of ducks and
geese. Marsh areas all over the nation are being filled to create residential
or industrial sites, destroying habitat for fur-bearers as well as waterbirds.
Reservoirs are being drained of all water to satisfy questionable irrigation
requirements, despite enormous fish losses.
26 THECARPENTER
Theme of the National Wildhfe Week observance this year is: "Water-
Key to Your Survival." Certainly, water is the key to survival of many species
of wildlife.
The value of wildlife cannot be computed entirely by dollar-and-cent
standards. Fur-bearers, of course, have a definite economic worth. And, many
resort areas and businesses dealing with transportation and sporting goods
enjoy specific gain from recreational activities based upon fish and wildlife.
Most of all, however, these wild creatures are important because of the
pleasure they provide people. Fishing and hunting, based directly upon fish
and wildlife, offer recreation to millions. Wildlife is also an important part
of the enjoyment of those who participate in boating, picnicking, hiking,
camping, nature study, etc.
It is recognized that water must be used for such purposes as municipal
supplies, industry, agriculture, navigation, power generation, etc. But should
these special uses of water be to the complete exclusion of wildlife and
other public recreational values? Under the appropriation doctrine of water
rights, widely applied in the western United States, fish and wildlife and
other recreations are not considered "beneficial" uses of water. Eastern and
midwestern states, some of which are considering modifications of their ri-
parian water rights doctrines in favor of special use benefits, might well keep
this fact in mind.
Water conservation means "'wise use." In view of conflicts of interest
arising from demands of an increasing population, adequate provision must be
made for wildlife. This requires intelligent planning. It also calls for pollu-
tion abatement, siltation control, and halting abuses which damage or destroy
values of water for beneficial purposes.
There is an old poem that tells how a kingdom was lost for want of a
horseshoe nail. For want of sufficient useable water our industrial progress
eventually may be slowed down to a crawl. The hour of decision faces us now.
Why Dishonesty In Organized Labor?
By PIERRE DeNIO, President, Local Union No. 1600, Cannonsville, N. Y.
For nearly a century the American labor movement struggled for survival
against almost insurmountable odds. Many times the men waging that struggle
were killed in action. During the strike of the American Railway Union against
the Pullman Palace Car Company in 1894, 25 men were killed and 60 others
were injured, but there was no charge of dishonesty leveled at the leaders.
Those pioneers in the work of building our unions— men who died for their
ideals and loyalty— made it possible for the workers of the present time to
enjoy a way of life that to those union men could be only visualized.
Those pioneer union men, who sacrificed their time and effort, took an
active role in developing the labor unions and their status in society. No
scandalous or dishonest activity was tolerated. Years later when the Wagner
Act was made the law of the land the labor unions were at a very low point
numerically. Soon after, however, the demand for all kinds of workers, espe-
cially skilled, began to reach unprecedented numbers. Men by the thousands
came into the different unions.
The stage for corruption affecting a very few leaders of organized labor
was set by this influx of hundreds of thousands of new members who have
THE CARPENTER 27
no particular interest in their union other than it guarantees them union
wages. They draw their weekly pay check, go to the store where they buy
television sets and fast automobiles, but they send their wives to the union
office to pay their dues.
Over 30 years of membership in organized labor I have tried to under-
stand the government of the unions. The constitutions and bylaws of the trade
unions are democratic documents, all conform to the laws of our country.
These constitutions set forth clearly the rights and privileges of the member-
ship. Any corruption found during all the political fanfare and investigation
that has been carried on by the McClellan Committee would never have been
there had the laws of the unions been enforced.
What has happened during the past four or five years that has given the
opponents of the trade unions the weapons with which to suppress us? It is
our own irresponsible attitude toward our own organization; the organization
that assures us a decent and respectable way of living and earning our bread
and butter.
Now we are faced with the nullification of decades of work and sacrifice
in building a better society. The concentrated wealth and power in America
are dedicated to the abrogation, by legislative action, of the American labor
movement that they have been unable to destroy by direct action.
The amazing fact that has emerged from all the investigations during the
past three years of congressional hearings relative to alleged corruption in
organized labor, is that out of the thousands of leaders in responsible positions
one may ccTunt on the fingers of one hand the men who have betrayed their
trust.
Unions are made up of human beings who are subject to the same urges
and desires as other human beings such as bankers or ministers. When the
right man finds himself in a position where he has access to millions of dol-
lars and no one seems to care about what he does with those dollars, then
the union members themselves must share the shame of any dishonesty that
prevails.
I was a member of one local for five years that had, at times, as many as
500 members. This union held meetings twice each month and if 30 members
were present it was a cause for wonder. Three hours each month couldn't
be given to the union that made it possible for them to live as men should—
with dignity and self-respect.
Last year there appeared a letter published in one of the nationally known
magazines, in which the writer stated: "I don't give a damn what (an officer)
does as long as he furnished me with a job at union wages." There is the
answer to the McClellan Committee and to Senator Goldwater that explains
well the reason for bad actions by a few leaders in one or two unions.
The only time the general membership gets the least bit excited about
their union is when they get out of work; then they come to the union office
with blood in their eye.
When the members of all the unions pay as strict attention to the conduct
of their union as they do to the "funny" papers or the racing form, the troubles
of unions will be over.
Official Information
General OfiBcers of
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS and JOINERS
of AMERICA
General Office : Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General President
M. A. HUTCHEbON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
First General Vice President
JOHN R. STEVENSON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Secretary
R. E. LIVINGSTON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
Second General Vice President
O. WM. BLAIER
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Treasurer
FRANK CHAPMAN
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
District Board Members
First District, CHARLES JOHNSON, JR.
Ill E. 22nd St., New York 10, N. Y.
Sixth District, J. O. MACK
5740 Lydia, Kansas City 4, M6.
Second District, RALEIGH RAJOPPI
2 Prospect Place, Springfield, New Jersey
Seventh District, LYLE J. HILLBR
11712 S. E. Rhone St., Portland 66, Ore.
Third District, HARRY SCHWARZER
1248 Walnut Ave., Cleveland, O.
Eighth District, J. F. CAMBIANO
17 Aragon Blvd., San Mateo, Calif.
Fourth District, HENRY W. CHANDLER
1684 Stanton Rd., S. W., Atlanta, Ga.
Ninth District, ANDREW V. COOPER
133 Chaplin Crescent, Toronto 12, Ont., Canada
Fifth District, R. E. ROBERTS
1834 N. 78th St., Omaha, Nebr.
Tenth District, GEORGE BENGOUGH
2528 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver, B. C.
M. A. HUTCHESON. Chairman; R. E. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
All correspondence for the General Executive Board must be sent to the General Secretary.
LOCAL UNIONS
2476
2595
2598
2599
2612
2614
3266
Cornell, Wisconsin
Winnfield, Louisiana
Caldwell, Idaho
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Pine Falls, Manitoba, Canada
Fayetteville, New York
Grants, New Mexico
CHARTERED
3108 New York, New York
3267 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2641 Barberton, Ohio
2662 Alliance, Ohio
2644 Louisville, Kentucky
2665 Santa Ana, California
IMPORTANT NOTICE
In the issuance of clearance cards, care should be taken to see that they are properly
filled out, dated and signed by the President and Financial Secretary of the Local Union
issuing same as well as the Local Union accepting the clearance. The clearance cards must
be sent to the General Secretary's Department without delay, in order that the members'
names can be listde on the quarterly account sheets.
While old style Due Book is in use, clearance cards contained tlierein must be used.
^ n 0.ttnortntn
Not lost to those that love them.
Not dead, just gone before;
They still live in our memory.
And will forever more.
The Editor has been requested to publish the names
of the following Brothers who have passed away.
ABRAMSON, ANDREW, L. U. 361, Duluth,
Minn.
ALLAIRE, OVILLA, L. U. 778, Fitchburg,
Mass.
ANDERSON, EDWIN, L. U. 488, New York,
N. Y.
ANDRE, NORMAN, L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
ANDRE, VICTOR, L. U. 1456, New York, N. Y.
ARNOLD, LAYNE, L. U. 710, Long Beach, Cal.
ARTKOP, JOHN, L. U. 998, Berkley, Mich.
ARVIN, GEORGE L., L. U. 696, Tampa, Fla.
ASPELUND, LUDWIG, L. U. 361, Duluth,
Minn.
ATKINS, T. S., L. U. 764, Shreveport, La.
AXELSON, JOHN, L. U. 488, New York, N. Y.
BADEN, H. P., L. U. 403, Alexandria, La.
BALL, HENRY T., L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
BARRON, HENRY L., L. U. 696, Tampa, Fla.
BAUMGARTNER, HENRY, L. U. 946, Los
Angeles, Cal.
BID WELL, REUBEN, L. U. 261, Scranton, Pa.
BISHOP, HENRY E., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
BOISSONAULT, JOE N., L. U. 361, Duluth,
Minn.
BOURGEAU, PERRIE, L. U. 998, Berkley,
Mich.
BOUTILIER, CLARENCE I., L. U. 67, Rox-
bury, Mass.
BOYD, WILLIAM, L. U. 1162, Flushing, N. Y.
BRANIGAN, HARRY, L. U. 329, Oklahoma
City, Okla.
BUTLER, J. T.. L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
CARR, DEAVER P., L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
CARY, E. H., L. U. 946, Los Angeles, Cal.
CASTELLI, GUISEPPE, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
CATER, R. C, L. U. 225, / tlanta, Ga.
CHERRY, J. W., L. U. 250, Jackson, Tenn.
COLEMAN, F. S., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
COLLET, PIERRE, L. U. 1941, Hartford, Conn.
COSNER, C. A., L. U. 329, Oklahoma City,
Okla.
CREE, A. W., L. U. 710, Long Beach, Cal.
CROSTHWAIT, EDWARD J., L. U. 268,
Sharon, Pa.
DANIELSON, MARTIN C, L. U. 361, Duluth,
Minn.
DARBY, C. MILTON, L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
DAVIDSON, J. H., L. U. 710, Long Beach, Cal.
DAVIS, GEORGE W., L. U. 198, Dallas, Texas
DECKERT, AUGUST, L. U. 512, Ann Arbor,
Mich.
DEWSBURY, T. A., L. U. 388, Richmond, Va.
DICKENS, JOSEPH L., L. U. 710, Long Beach,
Cal.
DISTAFANO, JOSEPH, L. U. 1204, New York,
N. Y.
DOCTER, LOUIS A., L. U. 169, East St. Louis,
III.
DOLLARD, AUSTIN. L. U. 1529, Kansas City,
Kans.
EHRICK, WILLIAM C, L. U. 828, Menlo Park,
Cal.
EPPES, S. O., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
ERICKSON, EDWARD, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
FARRELL, O. S., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
FERRELL, J. T., L. U. 388, Richmond, Va.
FIGLUZZI, LOUIS, L. U. 350, New Rochelle,
N. Y.
FLETCHER, ALTON, L. U. 998, Berkley, Mich.
FRIEDEL, JOHN Jr., L. U. 488, New York,
N. Y.
GILL, H. L., L. U. 946, Los Angeles, Cal.
GRAY, EVERETT, L. U. 329, Oklahoma City,
Okla.
HALL, JOHN W., L. U. 132, Washington, D. C.
HALLDEN, CHARLES, L. U. 791, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
HANSEN, VIGGO E., L. U. 1478, Redondo
Beach, Cal.
HAUER, MERVIN C, L. U. 191, York, Pa.
HAWKINS, A. S., L. U. 132, Washington, D. C.
HEATH, OSCAR, L. U. 1941, Hartford, Conn.
HEDEMANN, OSCAR, L. U. 710, Long Beach,
Cal.
HELGETUN, OLE J., L. U. 361, Duluth, Minn.
HENCH, HAROLD L., L. U. 1478, Redondo
Eeach, Cal.
HICKS, R. T., L. U. 388, Richmond, Va.
HILTZ, BERNARD B., L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
HINDMAN, GEORGE R., L. U. 225, Atlanta,
Ga.
HOLMES, PATRICK H., L. U. 132, Washing-
ton, D. C.
HOLT, CARL W., L. U. 361, Duluth, Minn.
HOOD, GEORGE, L. U. 1906, Philadelphia, Pa.
HOWELL, M. A., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
HUFFMAN, ROY, L. U. 1202, Merced, Cal.
HUNTER, WILLIAM C, L. U. 627, Jackson-
ville, Fla.
INGRAM, SHELDON B., L. U. 1749, Anniston,
Ala.
JOHNSON, CHARLES M., L. U. 710, Long
Beach, Cal.
JOHNSON, FRANK, L. U. 350, New Rochelle,
N. Y.
JOHNSON, OLLIE M., L. U. 184, Salt Lake
City, Utah
JOHNSON, WILLIAM, L. U. 299, Union City,
N. J.
JONES, C. W., L. U. 2214, Festus, Mo.
JONES, PERCY C, L. U. 696, Tampa, Fla,
JONES, RUFUS, L. U. 28, Missoula, Mont.
JOST, PETER P., L. U. 828, Menlo Park, Cal.
KEAG, JOHN D., L. U. 828, Menlo Park, Cal-
KEEN, CHARLES A., L. U. 329, Oklahoma
City, Okla.
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REISER, HENRY, L. U. 1172, Billings, Mont.
KILLEN, RALPH, L. U. 696, Tampa, Fla.
KILLIP, FRED, L. U. 72, Rochester, N. Y.
KOHEN, YOKIM, L. U. 1513. Detroit, Mich.
KOHLER, ALFRED, L. U. 998, Berkley, Mich.
KRAFT, CONRAD, L. U. 261, Scranton, Pa.
KRAUSE, A. H., L. U. 627, Jacksonville, Fla.
LANSFORD, EARL W., L. U. 329, Oklahoma,
City, Okla.
LARSON, CARL O., L. U. 361, Duluth, Minn.
LAWHORN, H. W., L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
LEARY, PAUL C, L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
LEATHERY, HARRY R., L. U. 191, York, Pa.
LEMING, MARION, L. U. 329, Oklahoma City,
Okla.
LeROY, RUEBIN, L. U. 184, Salt Lake City,
Utah
LINDSTROM, JOHN A., L. U. 388, Richmond,
Va.
LINVILLE, WILLIAM, L. U. 946, Los Angeles,
Cal.
LOCKRIDGE, LESTER B., L. U. 946, Los An-
geles, Cal.
LONG, W. J., L. U. 1478, Redondo Beach, Cal.
LUOMA, LEVI, L. U. 361, Duluth, Minn.
MacDONALD, JOHN A., L. U. 40, Boston,
Mass.
MADREY, JOHN C, L. U. 982, Detroit. Mich.
MASON, L. P., L. U. 1518, Gulfport, Miss.
MATHESON, RODERICK, L. U. 2164, San
Francisco, Cal.
MAYOTTE, ALBERT, L. U. 2466, Pembroke,
Ont.
McDONALD, JAMES £., L. U. 388, Richmond,
Va.
MICKA, MARTIN J., L. U. 764, Shreveport,
La.
MOON, G. T., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
MOORE, SAM, L. U. 998, Berkley, Mich.
MORGAN, JAMES E., L. U. 388, Richmond,
Va.
MORIN, ALFRED J., L. U. 28, Missoula,
Mont.
MOTLEY, B. D., L. U. 388, Richmond, Va.
NEWHOUSE, LUTHER, L. U. 998, Berkley,
Mich.
NEWMAN, V. O., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
NOREN, AUGUST, L. U. 361, Duluth, Minn.
OCUTO, JOSEPH, L. U. 1397, Roslyn, N. Y.
OLSEN, OLE, L. U. 488, New York, N. Y.
OMAN, A. W., L. U. 583, Portland, Ore.
OZENBAUGH, W. A., L. U. 1055, Lincoln, Neb.
PARKHILL, EARL M., L. U. 982, Detroit,
Mich.
PARKS, ALBERT W., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
PETERSEN, AXEL J., L. U. 314, Madison, Wis.
PETERSON, ARTHUR C, L. U. 1367, Chicago,
111.
PETERSON, MARTIN S., L. U. 361, Duluth,
Minn.
PILON, EDMOND, L. U. 10, Chicago, III.
PRATER, R. W., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
PUGLIS, ANTHONY, L. U. 299, Union City,
N. J.
PUTNIN, RUDOLF, L. U. 1456, New York, N. Y.
RAPPAPORT, ELI, L. U. 1204, New York,
N. Y.
REIF, PENCHAS, L. U. 1367, Chicago, III.
RIEHM, GEORGE, L. U. 79, New Haven, Conn.
RINKER, HARRY, L. U. 998, Berkley, Mich.
Icmoriam
ROBICHARD, EDMUND, L. U. 67, Roxbury,
Mass.
ROBINSON, ARTHUR, L. U. 261, Scranton, Pa.
ROYSTER, G. H., L. U. 388, Richmond, Va.
SADBERRY, MURL, L. U. 329, Oklahoma City,
Okla.
SALE, H. L., L. U. 388, Richmond, Va,
SAMPLE, T. E., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
SCOTT, WILLIAM H., L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
SEMINOFF, ALEX, L. U. 35, San Rafael, Cal.
SEVERTSEN, AXEL, L. U. 488, New York,
N. Y.
SIEGEL, SAM, L. U. 1204, New York, N. Y.
SIMS, D. T., L. U. 946, Los Angeles, Cal.
SINATRA, CHARLES, L. U. 821, Union, N. J.
SISMEY, LEWIS, L. U. 72, Rochester, N. Y.
SMITS, GIRARD, L. U. 355, Buffalo, N. Y.
SMYSER. GEORGE H., L. U. 191, York, Pa.
SNELGROVE, AMBROSE, L. U. 33, Boston,
Mass.
SODERSTROM, KARL, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
SOLTIS, THOMAS, L. U. 10, Chicago, 111.
SPANIER, EMIL, L. U. 946, Los Angeles, Cal.
SPILLERS, TOM, L. U. 329, Oklahoma City,
Okla.
STAMEY, IRA F., L. U. 512, Ann Arbor, Mich.
STAMPFL, JOHN, L. U. 257, New York, N. Y.
STARRY, FLOYD O., L. U. 642, Richmond, Cal.
STEEVES, RALPH B., L. U. 67, Roxbury,
Mass.
STEINBACH, FRANK, L. U. 336, La Salle, 111.
STEINER, HAYDEN, L. U. 1138, Toledo, Ohio
STEVENS, HENRY, L. U. 361, Duluth, Minn.
STEWART, F. L., L. U. 198, Dallas, Texas
STONE, MORTON H., L. U. 388, Richmond,
Va.
STUEBER, HERMAN, L. U. 419, Chicago, lU.
SWENSON, BERNT O., L. U. 20, New York,
N. Y.
TAYLOR, C. O., L. U. 2020, San Diego, Cal.
THIELEN, GUST, L. U. 1478, Redondo Beach,
Cal.
THOMAS, BIRD P., L. U. 1478, Redondo Beach,
Cal.
THOMPSON, CHARLES G., L. U. 213, Hous-
ton, Texas
THOMPSON, FLOYD C, L. U. 184, Salt Lake
City, Utah
THORBERG, ALLEN A., L. U. 361, Duluth,
Minn.
TOMICH, PAUL, L. U. 488, New York, N. Y.
TOWNSEND, WARREN, L. U. 767, Ottumwa,
Iowa
TREY, HERMAN, L. U. 12, Syracuse, N. Y.
TURNER, ROBERT I., L. U. 621, Bangor, Me.
UITSLAGER, CORNELIUS, L. U. 2020, San
Diego, Cal.
VALENTINE, TOM, L. U. 329, Oklahoma City,
Okla.
VANDERAH, ARTHUR, L. U. 937, Dubuque,
Iowa
VERNOLD, CHARLES, L. U, 12, Syracuse,
N. Y.
VIZZARD, W. J., L. U. 743, Bakersfield, Cal.
VOCK, ALBERT, L. U. 1784, Chicago, III.
WADDELL, ALEXANDER, L. U. 2164, San
Francisco, Cal.
WAHL, AUGUST, L. U. 1590, Washington,
D. C.
WAIBEL, ERNEST, L. U. 316, San Jose, Cal.
utdoor
/Weanderingi
By Fred Goetz
Joe Zelenka of Benld, Illinois, a member
of Local 1267, had an unusual experience.
Seems like Joe caught
a nice mess of catfish
on a trot line in Gil-
lespie lake, Gillespie,
IlUnois. Here's his story:
"We caught a nice
mess of catfish on our
trot hne, Fred, and put i
tliem on a cotton string-
er. When we got the
boat into shore, I Hfted
the fish up to wash
them oflF. The stringer broke and the fish
got away. We looked high and low for
tliem and couldn't find tliem.
"Next morning we ran tlie hne again and
the string of fish was caught on the trot
hne— all but one fish, as I recall, the small-
est one.
"I'm enclosing a picture of the fish to
prove my point as I guess that wouldn't
happen again in a thousand years."
» # #
Here's a question and matching answer
we're passing along to all: I would hke to
know the difference between strip casting
and bait casting outfit, also the methods.
Answer: A customary strip-fishing outfit
would consist of a single action fly equipped
with 8-pound, limp monofilament nylon and
an 8^/^ -foot fly rod with a fairly stiff tip.
The strip-caster strips off the reel the
amount of line he wants to cast and by
virtue of light weights (anywhere from 3/0
split shot to a V2 ounce) can cast distances
almost as great as the spin fisherman. The
strip-caster retrieves his hne by pulling it
back through the guides. This method re-
quires practiced technique when it comes
to controlling the accumulated line on the
cast and with a fish on. There are many
variations of strip fishing; the aforemen-
tioned is but an average set-up. A con-
ventional bait-casting rig consists of a level
wind casting reel having a capacity of 100
yards of braided nylon and a medium ac-
tion 5-foot casting rod. Casting weights
vary from Va ounce to 2 ounces, depend-
ing upon tlie heft of your equipment. This
remains currently as the most popular form
of angling in America. Aside from the
foregoing, it can be said that any time an
angler casts bait, he is performing the
bait-casting method.
» * #
Carpenter Hugo Frank of Boise, Idaho,
a member of Local 635, is an avid fisher-
man. He's 70 years young but still hkes to
pack in to those Idaho wilderness lakes.
Last time out, last year, he took some
dandy rainbow trout, many of 'em going
over 14 inches, but he ran into a little
difficulty with a black bear. Seems like he
surprised the critter in a turn of the road.
Hugo recalls that the bear was just as
frightened as he was, though. He let out
a war whoop and took off for parts soutli
—and Mr. Bruin took the north road.
Hugo says that bear made the wide open
spaces as stuffy as a phone booth and he
doesn't care to meet up with any more.
* * *
Clifford L. Storms asks the following:
"I often wondered if it is wise to return
the small fish to the river after they have
been hooked. Seems to me that they will
die anyway."
Answer: I personally believe it is a good
idea to return the small fish to the water.
It is an established fact that a lightly
hooked and gently handled trout is seldom
harmed. In a recent survey conducted by a
well known Canadian biologist. Dr. Richard
B. Miller of Alberta, it was found that of
the 151 trout caught and released only
eight died. The few fatalities were no doubt
from deeply hooked fish.
# « *
A study of returns from banding opera-
tions conducted by "Ducks Unlimited" re-
vealed the mallard as the "Mr. Smith" of
the duck world. The streamline pintail
proved next most numerous. A list of tlie
other species in order of abundapce were
as follows: Bluewinged teal, lesser scaup,
shoveller, baldpate, canvasback, green-wing-
ed teal, gadwell, redhead, ringneck and
ruddy.
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The oldest wild duck on record was shot
on the Sartain Ranch in California on De-
cember 27, 1952. It was banded at Lake
Merritt, California, on December 8, 1932,
making it over 20 years old when downed.
# » #
When our good friend and fishin' and
huntin' buddy, Harold Bell, took the knot-
tying plunge, he made the slow walk down
the long, narrow corridor after a whirlwind,
six years' courtship. (Ratlier impulsive fel-
low.)
Friends in attendance showed their ap-
preciation after the ceremony by auctioning
off the bridegroom's fishing and hunting
equipment. Bell put up a violent struggle
protesting the sale, but the missus adopted
a philosophical take-it-as-it-comes attitude.
Oh well, Mr. Bell, there's always model
airplane building.
# * #
Brother Raymond Hansen, a member of
Local 1089, Phoenix, Arizona, says the
greatest recreation in .m». ' "
the world for young- -^^
sters is tlie great out- - * r • .'
doors. The famous
Judge Long, who pre-
sides over the juvenile
court in Seattle agrees
vidth Ray and contends
that of all the boys that '«
have come before his
court, few, if any, have 1
had the opportunity of J
participating in fisliing "^
and hunting sport with their dud.
Brother Hansen sent in the following
photo of him and the youngster resting
during a fishing outing at Lake Prescott in
Arizona. Ray's son's favorite pastime is fish-
ing and his activities are limited as he is a
heinophiliae.
We tip our topper to Ray and his boy
for their fishing prowess.
Some of the duck hunters have better
alibis than fishermen. Take, fer instance,
die honker stalker who was caught afield
with a gun in hand but no license in the
pocket. He was taken before the judge, and
when asked for an explanation, produced
a bankroll of $1,600 in cold cash. He de-
clared he needed the gun to protect the
dough.
The judge proceeded to relieve him of
The old belief that a whale spouts water
is a misconception. After making a dive, the
whale comes to the surface, exhaling
through his nasal openings in the top of his
head. This column of warm air immediately
condenses to water vapor upon contact with
the surrounding cool atmosphere.
'Tis often said that fishing and hunting
have never been considered as a branch of
medical science, but it can sure cure many
ills that pills can't touch. Anyway, that's
what I keep tellin' the little woman.
If the following applies to any reader of
this column, the similarity is purely coin-
cidental.
"Who's the stranger. Mother dear?
Look— he knows us. Ain't he queer?"
"Hush, my son, don't talk so wild;
He's your father, dearest child."
"He's my father? No such thing!
Father died 'way back last spring."
"Father didn't die, you dub.
Father joined a Fishing Club."
"But now the season's closed, so he
Has no place left to go, you see.
No place left in the fields to roam
So that is why he's come back home.
Kiss him— he won't bite you, child;
All those fishing nuts look wild!"
# » #
Conservation officers of the Utah Depart-
ment of Fish and Game recently observed
one of nature's oddities— a mallard duck
nesting high in a tree. The mama mallard
occupied an old magpie nest and six duck-
lings resulted from a clutch of seven eggs,
the little ones apparently successfully sur-
viving what to them was a high tumble from
the nest.
# » «
The oldest known eastern brook trout in
the world were recovered during a fish and
game study of Castle Lake, Siskiyou
County, California. The brookies were
planted as fingerlings in 1947 and were
more than 10 years old when taken.
# # «
Bill Eisenmenger recently killed a Canada
goose at Forest Lake in Minnesota tlrat was
carrying a stick embedded in its breast.
The 20-incli stick, three-quarters of an inch
in diameter, protruded from the breast on
either side and apparently had been em-
bedded for a considerable time.
THEOARPENTER 33
BE READY FOR YOUR CENSUS TAKER
Some time within the next few weeks every family head and
single householder in the United States will receive a census form to
fill out as a part of the 1960 population census. The census officially
gets under way April 1.
With something like 180,000,000 people in the country, the job of
counting noses naturally is a tremendous one. It can succeed only if
citizens show a willingness to cooperate with the census takers.
The Bureau of Census has asked this publication to alert its readers
to the importance of cooperating with the census takers. This we
are most happy to do because the statistics developed by the census
form the basis for all sorts of intelligent actions by Congress and
state legislatures. Only when lawmakers know what conditions actu-
ally are can they frame workable legislation, whether it be in the field
of social legislation, school planning or farm policies. The 10-year
census gives tiiem the information they need.
This year the census will include a check of occupations followed
by working citizens. Every fourth household will be asked to answer
the question, "What kind of work was he doing?" for each person
14 years of age or older.
In order that the occupational statistics be developed as accurately
as possible, the Census Bureau has asked that we pass along to our
readers a reminder that this question on occupation should be an-
swered completely and precisely. In most cases the answer should
consist of at least two words to properly pinpoint the specific kind of
work followed. The Bureau cites the following examples as acceptable
entries for the section of the questionnaire dealing with occupation:
Cabinet maker
Sanding-paper-machine operator
Carpenter
Millwright
Ship caulker
Apprentice carpenter
If every citizen will cooperate in the census, the statistics devel-
oped thereby can lay the groundwork for the building of a stronger,
l;iealthier and more prosperous nation. Please do your part.
CorrospondQncQ
This Journal is Not Responsible tor Views Expressed by Correspondents.
FRANKFORT, INDIANA LOCAL HONORS 2 OLD TIMERS
Two members whose skill and know-how helped to build Frankfort, Indiana from a
sleepy town to a bustling city were honored by the officers and members of Local Union
1465 on the night of December 12th.
The two old timers so hon-
ored were Merton Dimmitt and
Nathan Ruch, each of whom
has a record of more than 50
years of continuous membership
in tlie United Brotherhood.
Brother Ruch joined tlie
Brotherhood in Tulsa, Oklaho-
ma, 53 years ago, while Broth-
er Dimmitt first joined at Ko-
komo, Indiana some 56 years
ago.
A dinner party at the Izaak
Walton cabin was the site of
the happy affair. A large turn-
out enjoyed a fine dinner and
joined in paying tribute to the
two old timers. Fifty-year mem-
bership pins were presented to
Brothers Ruch and Dimmitt by
George Cloud, president of tlie
Local.
All in all, it was a grand evening for everyone, especially for the two old timers,
whose efforts over the years contributed much to the development of botli Local Union
No, 1465 and the community of Frankfort.
•
AWARDS GO TO 2 OLD TIMERS OF LOCAL UNION 153
During the banquet held in connection
with the 44th Annual Convention of the
Montana State Council of Carpenters at
Helena, Montana, two long-time mem-
bers of Local Union No. 153, Helena,
were singled out for special honors.
The members so honored were Broth-
ers Herman Lindstrom and Mitchell
Lovely. Both brothers joined Local Un-
ion 153 as apprentices in the year 1909.
Both have maintained continuous mem-
bership ever since. Both members have
been pillars of strength in the Local
Union. Over the years tliey have filled
virtually all offices within the union.
Brother Lovely served as recording
secretary for many, many years, and
Brother Lindstrom is, and has been,
treasurer for the past 25 years. In 50
years of membership Brother Lovely has never taken a clearance card.
Shown, from left to right, are Brothers Nathan Ruch
and Merton Dimmitt, who are receiving 50-year member-
ship pins from George Cloud, president of Local 1465.
Although ill health prevented Brother Mitchell
Lovely from attending the banquet, his heart and
soul were both there.
THE CARPEXTER
35
Local Union 153 has lived through many rugged times during the past 50 years, and
in every challenge or crisis that
confronted the union Brothers
Lindstrom and Lovely vi'ere al-
ways ready and willing to de-
vote tlieir time and effort to
periDetuating and building the
union.
Those attending the banquet
gave tliem a tremendous ova-
tion when Board Member Lyle
Hiller presented them with
50-year pins. Unfortunately,
Brother Lovely was unable to
attend because of ill health,
and his award had to be made
in absentia.
Local Union 153 is supreme-
ly proud of its two veteran
members who have never hesi-
tated manning the laboring oar
whenever tliere was a job to be done for the labor movement in the State of Montana.
The best wishes for many more happy years of useful life were extended to botli veteran
members by the entire delegation of the Montana State Council of Carpenters.
Board Member Hiller in the above picture is congratu-
lating Brother Herman Lindstrom upon his fine record of
service to the United Brotherhood as his charming wife,
Mrs. Lindstrom, looks on.
JOHN TANK HONORED BY SANTA ROSA COUNCIL
Last montli, the North Coast Counties District Council of Carpenters, Santa Rosa,
California, suspended the regular order of business to pay tribute to an old timer whose
faithfulness and dedication must set some sort of a record.
The man so honored was
Brotlier John Tank, a delegate
to the Council for some 14
years.
The meeting was held on
Brother Tank's birthday. After
the usual reports had been
made by Council ofBcials,
Brother Tank was asked to
come forward and take his
place at the head of the table.
The delegates were then ad-
vised that the day was Broth-
er Tank's Birthday.
A review of Brother Tank's
record as a delegate to the
Coimcil from Local Union No.
1040, Eureka, showed that he had attended 156 meetings. Since it is 167 miles from
Brother Tank's home to the Labor Temple in Eureka, each meeting represents a round
trip of 334 miles; multiphed by 156 trips, this adds up to a grand total of 52,104 miles
traveled to attend meetings of the North Coast Counties District Council.
The reading of this record evoked a tremendous round of applause from Council dele-
gates. Brother Tank was then advised that tlie delegates had a birthday present for him.
Business Representative Max Vance of Local Union 1040 came forward v^ddi a salmon
trolling rig— rod, reel, line, leader, hooks, sinker, and even a frozen herring for bait. The
outfit was presented to Brother Tank, together with a birthday card signed by many mem-
bers who were in on the plan to honor him.
In response Brother Tank said that he enjoyed every meeting he had attended and
that he hoped to continue on as a delegate for many more years and drive many more
thousands of miles in the interest of tlie Council.
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NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS HONORS ITS OLD TIMERS
Recently Local Union No. 275, Newton, Massachusetts, took time out from its routine
business to honor a large group of veteran members whose dedication and loyalty over
the years made continuing sue-
cess of the Local possible.
Three veteran members
whose membership dates back
more than 50 years were
awarded 50-year membership
pins, and some 27 members
whose records of continuous
membership date back more
than a quarter of a century,
were awarded 25-year pins.
Too often days slip into
months, and months slip into
years while the efforts of hard-
working people are appreciated
but not properly acknowledged.
The intention always is to do
something "nice," but the time
never seems appropriate, and
soon those who should be hon-
ored are gone. Then it be-
comes too late to show any
appreciation.
Local Union No. 275 determined that this should not happen to its fine old timers,
who helped to carry the union through many perilous times. Consequently, the award
Pictured, from left to right, at Local Union 275's pre-
sentation ceremony are: General Repf-esentative Harry
Hogan, Mrho presented the 50-year pins, and old timers
Angus MacLean, George Knox, Sr., and Peter J. Dwyer.
Those members of Local 275, Newton, Mass., who received 25-year pins are shown, from left
to right:
First roiu— John DiFlorio, Henry Poirier, Walter Elkins, Ernest Ruggles, Clyde Nunn, Harry
Oldford, Douglas Gregg, and Guy Hopwood. Second row — John Arsenault, Charles Henley, Henry
Belliveau, Joyce Hirtle, Anton Cubranich, George Knox, Jr., Ear'e Littlefield, Aubrey Morash,
Philias Guillette, Harry Myra, Johan Wood, and Riley Uh'man. Third row — Fred Atwell, Felix
Arvisais, Willis Brett, John O. Brown, Pearce Boone, Paul Butles, and Robert Desrochers.
ceremony was carried out and the Local Union had an opportunity to show its apprecia-
tion for those who contributed a great deal over a long period of time.
CENTRAL MASS. DISTRICT COUNCIL HOLDS BANQUET
On the theory that all work and no play is no better for a union than it is for an indi-
vidual, the Central Massachusetts District Council has inaugurated an annual banquet.
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37
This year's affair was held in the Monticello Restaurant in Framini^hLtm on November
4th. All Local Unions affiliated with the Council had representatives in attendance, and a
wonderful evening was enjoyed by all present.
Featured speaker of tlie evening was General Representative Harry Hogari.
A fine banquet opened the festivities, and a splendid show provided topnotch enter-
tainment. Approximately 150 guests were present for the occasion.
So much good fellowship and fraternal feeling has stemmed from these banquets that
it is the hope of the Council to carry them on for many, many years to come.
"IN APPRECIATION OF YOUR LONG AND EFFICIENT SERVICE" . . .
The history of Local Union No. 83, Halifax, Nova Scotia, dates back many, many
years. The charter of the Union was installed January 23, 1885, and the membership
history of Harvey S. Home as a member of the Union reaches back nearly as far.
Brother Home has been a
faithful and dedicated member
of the Union for 52 years. As
a member of the Union he has
helped to solve many problems
and overcome many difficulties.
At the last meeting of tlie
Local, held on January 5th, a
scroll was presented to Brother
Home as an expression of
gratitude from his brother
members. The scroll reads as
follows:
"In appreciation of your long
and efficient service with this
organization since your initia-
tion, August 20, 1907; also,
your period of office as finan-
cial secretary from 1927 to
1957. Kindly accept with our
best wishes for continued good
health and happiness, this ac-
companying gift."
The presentation was made by Brothers Barker Cruickshanks, president, and Reginald
Doyle, vice president.
Brother Home is one of the oldest members of the Halifax labor movement, and his
influence over the years has helped to advance the movement to its present position of
progress.
From left to right are shown: Parker Cruickshanks, pres-
ident of Local Union 83, Halifax, N. S., and Reginald Doyle,
vice president of the Local, who are congratulating Harvey
S. Home for his 52 years of dedicated service.
MILWAUKEE AUXILIARY 713 PAYS FIRST VISIT
To the Editor:
We noticed that in your Carpenter magazine you have an article about the ladies once
in a while.
We would like you to know that we have been organized from Local 1741 (Milwaukee)
since February of 1955 and we have twenty members.
Last October we gave four special chairs for the transporting of crippled children
to and from cars bound for various places, including therapy treatment at the Curative
Workshop in Milwaukee. This cost one hundred and fifty-four dollars, which we donated.
Sincerely,
June Mcintosh, Secretary
1501 S. 84th St.
Milwaukee, Wise.
SASKATOON AUXILIARY CAN BOAST OF ACTIVITY IF NOT NUMBERS
To the Editor:
Greetings from Auxiliary 727, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The members of this Auxiliary send greetings to all sister Auxiliaries. We are a small
but active group with a membership of about 12. But we work hard; in 1959 we raised
considerable money, which we have put to good use. In fact, we raised nearly enough to
furnish the kitchen in the new Trades & Labour Hall with dishes and stainless steel pots
and pans for a dinner that we put on for 100 people.
We cooked and served several turkey dinners at Christmas; we sponsored the Christ-
inas Party for the children of the Carpenters Local, and a real old-fashioned Christmas
Concert. We also had a bake sale. One of our members, who is also a secretary in the
Carpenters Local, sells coffee to the Carpenter members who come into the office.
We meet once a month in the Trades & Labour Hall and have a lunch and fellowship
period after our meeting. The occasion is enjoyed by all.
We would love to hear from any Auxiliary with new or old ideas.
Fraternally,
Mrs. Mabel Pederson, Recording Secretary
614 Walmer Road
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Editor's Note: We of the Carpenter staff thank those of you who have been contribut-
ing to your Ladies Auxiliaries pages and want at this time to say again that we publish
all such letters received. We especially welcome pictures with your letters. Do not hesi-
tate to make your activities known to the rest of us through this column. To let your
sister auxiliaries know what you are doing and to learn what they are doing can be an
invaluable means of lending zest and imagination to the plans and activities of all, if
you choose to help make it so. The point is that each auxiliary's doings are different in
some respect from all others,' and that's what makes your individual contributions inter-
esting. These pages are reserved for you. Why not exchange your ideas and the benefit of
your practical experience?
Craft ProblQms
Carpentry
By H. H. Siegele
LESSON 376
Store Fronts.— Here is a field for the
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Then see how many of them really need
working over, and how many of those
fronts you could remodel in such a way that
they would have a pleasing appearance,
and gi\e the proprietor something that will
draw customers to his place of business. If
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Fig. 1
jewelry store needs a display window that
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a clothing store has its own particular needs
for displaying that line of merchandise. In
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Fig. 2
their ovni individual needs for displaying
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Plans of Store Fronts.— Fig. 1 shows a
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front. Here a liberal amoimt of space is
provided for displaying merchandise. The
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vestibule gives considerable shelter for pros-
pective customers, in case of inclement
weather. Fig. 2 shows a modification of the
layout shown in the previous figure. This
/Metal
Fig. 3
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Bar
Metal Angle Bars.— The top drawing of
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the plate glass. The bottom drawing shows
a plan of a similar but not the same bar
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The Bulkhead.— There are a great many
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Moldings for Metal Window Settings.—
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Fig. 9
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Evans Rule Co., Elizabeth, N. J. 43
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Skil Corp., Chicago, 111 1
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Stanley Works, New Britain,
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General Office Negotiates Bond Program - 5
As the result of a great deal of negotiating and comparative shopping the General
Officers procured a bonding plan that meets Landrum-Griffin provisions and yet only
costs a fraction of the $11.25 rate the commercial bonding companies suggested In
their "blue book." This plan undoubtedly v/ill set the pattern for the v/hole labor
movement.
Biggest Building Trades Conference - - 7
Some 3,500 delegates attended the Building Trades Conference in Washington last
month. For four days the delegates concentrated on hammering out a legislative pro-
gram capable of getting the country's economy back in high gear. Some 400 Brother-
hood delegates held a conference of their own in the form of a dinner sponsored
by the General Office and presided over by Second Vice President O. Wm. Blaier.
Cape Canaveral, Showcase Of Skills - - 9
Whenever a missile soars skyward from Cape Canaveral the skills and know-how
of hundreds of Brotherhood members help to make the event possible. Many of our
members are employed at Cape Canaveral not only in erecting new facilities but also
in remodeling and maintaining old ones. The missile range is a fabulous product of
the space age.
Elastic Roof Adds Plastic Bag - - - 19
A huge plastic balloon is being used to enable workmen to start installing deli-
cate machinery before the "elastic roofed" post ofTice at Providence is even fin-
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Know Your Social Security
31
Many people are losing Social Security benefits because they do not know all that
is involved and the rules the Social Security Administration follows in granting bene-
fits. However, there are many harsh standards the Administration sticks to to make dis-
ability benefits almost impossible to collect. A campaign for more liberal standards
in this area is definitely in order.
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What's New
Editorials
Official
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Index to Advertisers
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General Office Negotiates Bond Program
* * *
As the result of a great deal of investigating, negotiating and comparative
shopping, the General Officers have succeeded in securing a bonding
^ arrangement that fulfills the strict bonding requirements of the Lan-
drum-Griifin Bill and still keeps costs within reasonable limits.
As outlined in the synopsis of the new law which was distributed in pam-
phlet form last October, the officers and employees of a labor organization
must be bonded. The amount of the bond is based on the funds or other
property the ofiicer or employee handled during the last preceding fiscal year
of the organization which he serves.
annual fidelity bond rate is $7.50 per
year per $1,000. The requirement of
the new law that our bonds cover
faithful discharge of duties increases
that rate to $11.25 per year per $1,000.
Under the plan now being nego-
tiated by the General Office, the esti-
mated total cost to subordinate bod-
ies will be approximately $6.00 per
year per $1,000.
Furthermore, if each subordinate
body handled its own bonding prob-
lems, the administrative work in-
volved would impose a substantial
and unnecessary burden upon the
individual Local Unions and Coun-
cils and their officers.
In addition, by maintaining central
control and a centralized records sys-
tem of all bonding information, the
possibility of Local Union or Coun-
cil officers or employees failing to be
in compliance with the law, through
inadvertence or otherwise, will be
minimized as a continuing check can
be made of the records to insure cov-
erage of all individuals who have
been reported to the General Office
as being subject to the bonding re-
quirements of the law.
Because of the amount of work in-
volved in establishing procedures and
The General Office is completing
arrangements with a surety company
which qualifies under the strict re-
quirements of the law to provide for
the bonding of officers and employees
of Local Unions and State and Dis-
trict Councils so that they will be in
compliance with the provisions of the
law. Although the law does not apply
in Canada, the bonding procedure
which is being established will also
cover Local Unions and District and
Provincial Councils in Canada, so that
a uniform bonding procedure will be
available to all subordinate units of
the United Brotherhood. (The surety
company is licensed to do business in
all provinces in Canada).
The General Executive Board, act-
ing pursuant to the provisions of Sec-
tion 15 K of the Constitution and
Laws of the United Brotherhood, de-
cided to establish this bonding pro-
cedure for all subordinate bodies for
several reasons. Among the more im-
portant considerations is the fact that
with such over-all coverage the total
premium, and, therefore, the indi-
vidual cost to each subordinate body,
will be substantially less than that
which would be charged to any Local
Union or Council which obtained its
own bonds. For example, the usual
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records systems, some time will be
required before actual bonding can
begin. It is intended and expected
that all necessary bonds will be is-
sued and in effect by July 1, 1960.
All officers and employees author-
ized to handle funds and subject to
the law will be covered by the bond
obtained by the General Office. Cov-
erage will be obtained by each Local
Union and Council submitting to the
General Office the name and other
pertinent data concerning each per-
son to be bonded.
The bond premium will be paid
initially by the General Office. After
analysis of all pertinent information,
each Local Union and Council will
be notified of the cost of the bond
covering its officers and employees,
based on the number of its personnel
who are bonded and the amount of
funds which they handle. The esti-
mated total cost to each Local Union
and Council, as noted above, will be
approximately $6.00 per year per
$1,000 of bond coverage reduced to
2V2 X $6.00, or $15.00, for a three-
year period. All bonds will be issued
for a three -year period.
The basis for determining the
amount of the bond coverage for each
subordinate body is illustrated by the
following example: If a Local Union
had income of $100,000 during its
last fiscal year and has assets (other
than real estate and other fixed as-
sets) of $25,000, the bond coverage
will be $12,500, which is 10% of the
$125,000 total of income and assets.
The premium will be 12.5 x $15.00
for a total of $187.50 for the period
July 1, 1960 to June 30, 1963.
There is no doubt but that the
bonding provisions of the Landrum-
Griffin Bill are unnecessarily harsh
and expensive, since they call for
"faithful performance of duty" rather
than merely financial honesty. How-
ever, the Act is the law of the land,
and our Brotherhood has respected
law and constituted authority for all
the 79 years of its life. The Landrum
Bill will be no exception. Since the
Bill calls for a specified type of bond-
ing, our General Officers have made
provision for that kind of bonding at
a rock-bottom price that represents a
real triumph of careful shopping and
negotiation.
NLRB FROWNS ON LOCKOUT THREATS
A lockout or threat of a lockout as a means of forcing acceptance of a management
Avage offer has been outlawed by the National Labor Relations Board.
A tliree-man Board panel agreed with an NLRB Trial Examiner that in the case before
it, it was clear that "the threat of a lockout and the lockout itself, were resorted to pri-
marily not as an economic weapon necessitated by a strike hazard, but for the purpose
of forcing a quick acceptance of the employer's contract proposals.
This, the Board held, was inadmissible. It ordered the employer to cease and desist,"
and to reimburse employees for the wages they had lost during a four-day lockout.
Tlie case involved Locals 19, 57, 348 and 466 of the Plumbers and the Utah Plumb-
ing and Heating Contractors Association of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Testimony before the Board showed that the Association had threatened a lockout
unless the union's negotiators gave assurances that the employers' wage offer would be
given a favorable recommendation. The negotiators refused and the lockout followed.
Eventually the union membership accepted the offer and the lockout ended.
However, the Board ruled the threat of the lockout and the subsequent lockout were
unfair practices inasmuch as there was no threat of a strike at the time the lockout was
ordered.
Biggest Building Trades Conference
• •
IN 1955, barely 1,000 delegates showed up for the first legislative confer-
ence sponsored by the Building and Construction Trades Department.
Last month, some 3,500 delegates from all 50 states swarmed into Wash-
ington to make the sixth such conference the biggest and most successful in
history.
For four days, from March 14 through March 17, the delegates concen-
trated on promoting a legislative program capable of getting the economic
gears of the country back into high. The first day of the conference was de-
voted to pinpointing the legislative reforms needed to eliminate the many
injustices existing in the building trades. The program adopted by the con-
ference called for a strengthening and
broadening of the Davis-Bacon Act
to make prevailing wage provisions
more automatic on all construction fi-
nanced indirectly, as well as directly,
by Federal funds. It urged reversal
of the Denver case, which placed a
curb on the right of a union or un-
ions to picket a job site when a sub-
contractor violates established union
work rules. This ruling has in effect
forced union building tradesmen to
work side by side with non-union
men. For years it has been a millstone
around the necks of building trades
unions.
The conference further implored
the government to initiate immedi-
ately a broad program aimed at en-
couraging the construction of badly
needed schools, hospitals, airports,
and slum redevelopments. The atten-
tion of the government was also fo-
cused on the tremendous need for
millions of additional middle-class
homes— a need that is being unmet
because of tight money policies that
discourage speculative building in
this category.
In addition, the conference backed
the entire legislative program of the
AFL-CIO, including a higher mini-
Vice President Blaier addressing the Broth-
erhood get-together-^pAofo courtesy of Merkle
Press.
mum wage, aid to depressed areas.
Federal standards for unemployment
insurance, and medical insurance for
retirees through Social Security.
For two days the various state dele-
gations roamed the House and Senate
office buildings urging support for
these measures. Practically every Sen-
ator and Congressman was called on
by constituents from his own district.
Some delegations were warmly re-
ceived; some got lukewarm treat-
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ment. But by tlie time the confer-
ence was over, no Congressman could
say that he did not know and under-
stand labor's position on the vital eco-
nomic questions of the day.
The last day of the conference the
various state delegations reported
wires when issues of vital interest to
working people are up for action.
Included among the conference
delegates were some 400 members of
our Brotherhood. Brotherhood mem-
bers from virtually every state in the
union were in attendance.
The cameraman catches Ueft to right) Board members Joe Cambiano and J. O. Mack; General
Secretary Dick Livingston; Air Force Colonel James Tracy, and Solicitor of Labor Harold Nystrom
chatting before the dinner — photo courtesy of Merkle Press.
back to the conference the kind of
receptions they received from their
Congressmen. From these reports it
^^ as obvious to all delegates that the
^•isits paid off handsomely in increased
support for labor's program.
Board member Rajoppi at Brotherhood dinner
— photo courtesy of Merkle Press.
However, politicians have notori-
ously short memories, and the
groundwork laid by the visits to Con-
gressional offices needs to be supple-
mented with follow-up letters and
Wednesday evening, March 16, the
General OfBce sponsored a dinner at
the Statler Hotel for the Brotherhood
delegation. Some 420 in all attended.
Special guests at the dinner included
O. William Blaier, Second General
Vice President; R. E. Livingston,
General Secretary; General Executive
Board members Raleigh Rajoppi, J.
O. Mack, and Joe Cambiano; Colonel
James Tracy of the Air Force; and
Harold Nystrom, Solicitor of Labor.
The occasion enabled Brotherhood
members from widely scattered parts
of the country to meet each other and
share experiences. It was a highlight
of the conference for the Brotherhood
inembers who were included among
the delegates.
The conference itself enhanced the
prestige of organized labor on Capi-
tol Hill. But it also emphasized the
need for more concerted and effective
political action on the part of labor
if a sound and constructive legislative
program is to be enacted to get a grow-
ing economy under way once more.
Cape Canaveral, Showcase Of Skills
• • •
WHEN a missile is about to be launched at Cape Canaveral, Florida,
some 15,000 to 20,000 people literally hold their breath. All of them,
in one way or another, have contributed something to the climactic
moment represented by the launching. Some are scientists, some are military
personnel, some are clerical and maintenance people. For long periods of time
all their efforts, their skills and knov^-how were directed toward this moment.
If the launching goes smoothly, all feel a glow of pride; if it fizzles, they
feel frustrated and let down.
Among the people who make Cape Canaveral tick are some 1,200 building
tradesmen— a sizeable percentage of whom are Brotherhood members. They
constantly are adding new installa-
tions and remodeling old ones to ac-
commodate the changing needs of
rocket and missile development. Hun-
dreds of other Brotherhood members
who are millwright specialists help to
maintain the complex and far-flung
mechanical component of the project.
Every rocket and missile that hurtles
into the sky owes something to men
who carry the same kind of union
card that you and L do.
But Cape Canaveral is only a part
of the Atlantic missile project, official-
ly known as Air Force Missile Test
Center. The Center extends from
Cape Canaveral clear to the Ascen-
sion Island off the Coast of Brazil. A
series of tracking stations stretch all
along the 5,000-mile range. Each has
its complement of specialists— includ-
ing Brotherhood members.
The dateline "Cape Canaveral" has
become world-famous— a symbol of
the free world's missile progress. Lo-
cated 15 miles north of Patrick Air
Force Base, Cape Canaveral— official-
ly called the Cape Canaveral Missile
Test Annex— is where the AFMTC
checks out and launches missiles.
Nine years ago, except for a light-
house and a handful of people, this
Major-General Yates — Official U. S. Air Force
photo.
15,000-acre tract was largely uninhab-
ited scrubland. Today, more than
8,000 people work at the Cape. Along
its southern edge a deep water port
has been developed for missile track-
ing and recovery vessels and the ships
and submarines needed for the Navy's
POLABIS program.
When missiles arrive at the Cape
they are sent directly to the Indus-
trial Area, where nineteen large mis-
sile hangars and supporting facilities
are assigned to missile contractors for
missile component check-out and fin-
al assembly before launching. These
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hangars are similar to aircraft hang-
ars, \\'ith extra shop space on either
side, and modified to meet the user's
needs.
The Cape is presently divided into
three main missile launching areas.
Along the northeast border there are
the TITAN and ATLAS ICBM
launching pads. The southern border
is used for medium-range missiles.
These include launch pads and serv-
ice facilities for the Air Force's THOR
f
j
1
Service towers, or gantries, sometimes are as
tall as ll-story buildings — OfUcial U. S. Air
Force photo.
and JUPITER, the Navy's POLARIS,
and the VANGUARD satellite vehi-
cles.
At the tip of the Cape are located
the launch pads for cruise-type mis-
siles such as the Air Force's SNARK,
the BOiMARC and MATADOR, as
well as small experimental rockets.
Launch facilities for the Air Force's
MINUTE MAN ICBM and the
Army's PERSHING missile and the
SATURN booster are now being con-
structed at the Cape.
The launching pads for cruise mis-
siles and small experimental rockets
are comparatively simple affairs. They
consist of a paved area for mounting
a zero-length launcher and a block-
house from where the launch is con-
trolled.
Launching facilities for flight-testing
ballistic missiles, on the other hand,
are more complex. For example, the
ATLAS service tower or gantry is al-
most eleven stories high. It and near-
by supporting facilities provide a
work tower, fuel, compressed gases,
electrical power and coolant water.
Service towers are usually mount-
ed on rails. Thus they can be posi-
tioned over the launch pads or
moved away to permit firing. Plat-
forms at various levels enable missile
Reinforced concrete, often several feet thick,
predominates in much of the construction at
Cape Canaveral — Official U. S. Air Force photo.
crews to perform final check-out and
servicing operations. In the newer
TITAN launch pads, the service tow-
ers work on the erector principle.
They are raised for pre-launch ser-
vicing operations and then lowered
for the launch.
Near each pad is located the block-
house, a steel-reinforced concrete
building in which action is taken to
launch the missiles. In the case of the
ATLAS, the blockhouse is about 750
feet from the launch pad. It was de-
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signed to withstand an explosion
equivalent of 50,000 pounds o£ TNT
at a distance of 50 feet.
During a flight test, the blockhouse
is occupied by the launching agency.
In the case of the TITAN, for ex-
ample, Martin crews are used. Even-
tually, military crews of the Air
Force's Strategic Air Command will
launch TITAN missiles.
After launch action has been ac-
complished at the blockhouse, Cen-
tral Control again takes over and su-
pervises the flight data collection
activities.
Coordination is the key factor in
the success achieved by the Air Force
Missile Test Center. Launching site
and tracking stations must work as a
highly polished team. This they do to
Form work can get pretty complicated in some of the structures— Oflicia/ U. S. Air Force
photo.
When a missile is readied for firing,
over-all direction for the test ema-
nates from the Central Control Build-
ing at the Cape. Here all of the in-
strumentation and other essential
preparations are coordinated, infor-
mation on range clearance and safety
established, and the final O. K. for
the launch passed on to the block-
house. Central Control is literally the
nerve center for operations on the
Atlantic Missile Range during a flight
test.
a remarkable degree, despite the com-
plexity of the operation.
The man responsible for the high
degree of efficiency is a tough, sea-
soned Air Force veteran— Major-Gen-
eral Donald N. Yates, Commander of
the Center. General Yates has been
in command of the Center since 1954.
Under his leadership the vast project
has been developed and brought to
its present peak of excellent perform-
ance.
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Over the years Geiieral Yates has
proved himself to be fair, consci-
entious and understanding of civihan
prol:)lems. Only shoddy performance
and neglect of responsibility arouse
his iie. In his dealings with organized
labor he has never adopted a superior
attitude or tried to throw his weight
around. Military personnel and civil-
ian workmen alike respect him for his
fairness and dedication to principle.
Next month: A description of the tracking
station chain.
C. J. Haggerty Succeeds Dick Gray
• •
C. J. Haggerty, a long-time stalwart of the West Coast labor movement,
on April 1st succeeded Richard J. Gray as president of the AFL-CIO Building
Trades Department. Gray recently retired after 17 years' exemplary leader-
ship of the Department.
Haggerty, former California AFL-CIO executive secretary-treasurer, brings
to his new job a wealth of experience that began with his membership in the
Los Angeles Lathers Union, where he served as president of his Local. Later
he became West Coast organizer for his international and was elected an inter-
national vice president. Eventually he
became secretary of the Los Angeles
Building Trades Council, and then
secretary-treasurer of the former AFL
state body.
When the California AFL and CIO
bodies merged to form the California
State Federation, he was named ex-
ecutive secretary-treasurer.
Born in Boston in 1894, Hag-
gert^''s sound relations over the years
with prominent California political
figures and his zeal to promote the
best interests of labor were invalu-
able aids to the successful 1958 cam-
paign to defeat "right-to-work" legis-
lation in that state. In the same year
he led labor's fight to elect as gover-
nor Edmund C. Brown, a Democrat,
with whom he is on intimate terms.
With similar spii-it of dedication to
the task at hand, Mr. Haggerty has
served his community well in many
capacities.
It is apparent to all who are ac-
quainted with the new president that
the Building Trades Department has
been fortunate, indeed, to acquire a
man of his experience and stature to
take over the exacting job relin-
quished by Dick Gray.
THE CARPENTER extends con-
gratulations to Mr. Haggerty and
best wishes for a long and successful
term in office.
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Pankonien Bequest Enriches Library Fund
* *
o
SCAR PANKONIEN was a good union member in life. And even in
death his dedication to the principles of brotherhood, charity, and
concern for one's fellowman shines through.
Brother Pankonien passed away in 1952. For years he had been a tower of
strength in Philadelphia Local Union No. 454 and the Metropolitan District
Council. He served his Local Union long and well in many capacities. When
he passed away eight years ago, it was found that by the terms of his will the
residue of his estate was to be equally divided between the Jefferson Medical
College of Philadelphia and the Library Fund of our Home For Aged Mem-
bers after certain primary obligations had been fulfilled.
General
Recently, the General Executive
Board was notified that the primary
obligations of the will had been car-
ried out and that the Home Library
Fund was to share equally with Jef-
ferson Medical School in a residue of
some $16,000 in cash and 90 shares of
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company stock.
Board minutes for January, 1960
contain the following notation:
"General Executive Board was ad-
vised of the bequest of Oscar Pan-
konien, Local Union 454, Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania to the Library
Fund at Carpenters' Home, Lakeland,
Florida, in the amount of $8,073.33
and 45 shares of American Telephone
and Telegraph stock.
"It was moved, seconded and car-
ried unanimously that an article be car-
ried in THE CARPENTER advising
the members of this bequest and that
a scroll be placed in the library com-
memorating this bequest. Preparation
and placing of the scroll is to be left
in the hands of the First General Vice
President John R. Stevenson."
Brother Pankonien's bequest came
at a very fortunate time. The Library
Fund was virtually exhausted as of
the first of this year. There was bare-
ly enough money in the Fund to re-
new magazine subscriptions for 1960.
However, thanks to Brother Panko-
nien's concern for his union brothers,
a Fund crisis has been temporarily
averted.
The Home library is one of the
most popular features available to
Home occupants. It is used very ex-
tensively.
The Library Fund was started in
1946, after the Home and Pension
Committee recommended such a fund
to the 25th General Convention,
which voted full approval. Establish-
ment of the Fund was publicized in
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was immediate. Local Unions and
Councils immediately began making
contributions. Ladies Auxiliaries were
particularly active in supporting the
Fund. Some $10,000 was raised to
build up the Home Library.
Over the past 10 years this money
has been used to provide a variety of
magazines for Home occupants. Since
there are some five reading rooms in
the Home, each of which requires a
copy of a magazine, the drain on the
Fund is heavy. As we mentioned be-
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fore, the Fund was all but depleted
after magazine subscriptions for the
year were renewed.
Brother Pankonien's bequest has
put the Fund back in the black, but
another crisis is inevitable unless con-
tributions keep coming in from time
to time. A few dollars donated to the
Librar^' Fund can contribute more to
the contentment and welfare of Home
occupants than almost any other one
thing.
Anv donations to the Fund should
be sent to the Carpenters Home Li-
brary Fund. In some instances Lo-
cal Unions and Auxiliaries have paid
directly for magazine subscriptions.
This has led to an excess number of
some magazines and a shortage of
others. Only by having the Fund it-
self responsible for all magazines and
periodical purchases can a balanced
program be maintained.
However, there is a way in which
contributions can be made directly to
the Home Library. Home occupants
are particularly fond of small books,
popularly referred to as "pocket edi-
tions." Any number of these can be
used by the Home— westerns, who-
dunits, histories, adventure stories,
travel books, etc. Such books may be
forwarded directly to:
Mr. CM. Goddard
(for Carpenters Home Library)
P. O. Box 80
Lakeland, Florida
Thanks to the Library Fund, our
Home has built up one of the best
libraries to be found in any compar-
able facility. Brother Pankonien's be-
quest has given it a needed shot in
the arm. His bequest may be small
compared to some grants made by
great tycoons such as Carnegie and
Ford. But his came from the heart
while some of the bigger philanthro-
pies stemmed from guilty consciences
brought on by exploitation of employ-
ees who created the wealth. And
there is room for suspicion that some
of them even were motivated by tax
advantages.
Brother Pankonien gave because
he wanted to give. With such an ex-
ample the Library Fund is destined
to endure and even grow for years to
come, giving pleasure and content-
ment to old timers who fought the
good fight for a higher standard for
the trade of carpentry and a better
world for all people to live in.
NATIONAL LABOR MUSEUM CONSIDERED
The AFL-CIO is exploring the possibility of setting up a National Labor
Museum in Washington, D. C. to tell the full story of the American labor
movement through books, records and exhibits.
The idea, presented to the Executive Council by the AFL-CIO Commun-
ity Services Committee, calls for the gathering together in one place of mate-
rial on the history of the labor movement where "the stories of the men and
women who built it can be found by the scholar, the student, the union mem-
ber or the interested citizen."
One of the proposals for the name of such a museum is "Labor Hall of
Fame," but AFL-CIO President George Meany told reporters that he felt
that it should be broader than simply a tribute to prominent labor leaders
and should serve as a needed center for the vast amount of material on
labor's history, including its great figures, that is now scattered in many places.
He expressed hope that such a museum could be set up.
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Sometimes You Can Win
Lyons, Oregon
Mr. Peter E. Terziek, Editor
Dear Mr. Terziek:
I always find something of interest to me in "The Carpenter" and some-
times information that means more immediate cash in my pocket.
One such article was the recent series dealing with the inter-relationship
of doctors and drug manufacturers.
I am taking a drug (stilbestrol, 50 mg., one tablet twice daily) that cost
me over $14.00 for a month's supply.
After reading the final article in the series, "Why Do Drugs Cost So
Much?" I asked my doctor to please write for me another one of his prescrip-
tions for the 50 mg. stilbestrol tablets, because I would like to shop around
to find out which drug store might charge less than I was paying.
As I was then in Portland, where I had just seen my doctor at the Vet-
erans Administration Hospital, I was going to do my first shopping at the
Consumers Drug Corp., only to find out that it had moved to southern Cali-
fornia because it could not make a go of it in Portland.
Then on my way home from Portland, I tried shopping in Salem. I found
one druggist (after his checking about 15 minutes) who could supply the
drug to me for a little over eleven dollars per month. But I still felt that was
too much.
So I made a side trip to another town (Lebanon) on my way home. After
a short bit of checking, a druggist there said he could give me a month's
supply for $3.60. So I told him to please give me enough for two months.
"Well, for a two months' supply we could make it an even $7.00," he said.
To which I wanted to ask about a year's supply.
So by just reading "The Carpenter," I now save enough each month on
my little pills to pay my Union dues for two months, with money left over
to pay my gasoline bill in making the trip after my little pills.
I was so pleased with it all that I had to tell all our members at the
Union meeting today, and I just thought you might like to know that your
printing of the series, "Why Do Drugs Cost So Much?" was of much value.
The current investigation of the drug industry raises the question in my
mind as to just how many ways (that are assumed by the American people to
be legal, and by many as even fair) there are of becoming unreasonably or
excessively wealthy. I can only think of three ways:
First way— over-charge those whom one serves.
Second way— under-pay those who serve us.
Third way— do both the first two ways at once.
Can you or any of the readers of "The Carpenter" tell me of other ways
(that are considered as legitimate by much of the American general public)
that one may use, whereby he can amass or accumulate an excessive amount
of monetary wealth?
Just because much of the American general public is gullible and lack-
ing in the ability to think straight, can that make a thing right or just?
Very truly yours,
L.D.
p
LANE
UD
HERE WE GO AGAIN
As this column was being written, dis-
armament talks were being resumed for the
umpteenth time. Meanwhile, all nations
were frantically trying to develop more and
bigger missiles. The only comment we see
fit to make is to tell the story of the lieu-
tenant who had a company of soldiers out
on a hike. After a full day of marching it
finallj^ dawned on the looie that they were
hopelessly lost. So when they came to a
farmhouse the officer stopped to ask how
far it was to camp. "About tliree miles,"
replied the farmer.
So the marching resumed; but after a
couple of hours had elapsed the officer
again stopped at a farmhouse to ask how
far it was to camp. Again the reply was,
"About three miles."
Several more hours of hoofing brought the
company to another farmhouse instead of
the camp. When the officer asked the usual
question, he got the usual answer— "About
three miles."
Turning to his men, the shavetail re-
marked:
"One thing about it, boys, at least we're
holding our own."
153-SlEEHS-
''llo, I didn't ask for thai raise
today. I got laid off before
1 had a chance lo see any-
one about it!"
HARD TO WIN
At long last the daily press seems to
recognize the threat that foreign-made
goods create for American workers. More
and more papers are editorializing on the
need for a careful look at our whole for-
eign trade policy.
As we have pointed out many times be-
fore, foreign trade is an exceedingly knotty
problem. When foreign goods enter the
United States and Canada at too low a
price, the jobs of our workers are jeopar-
dized.
On the other hand, many American work-
ers depend on exports for their livelihood.
If we do not buy from foreign nations,
they cannot buy from us, and thus the jobs
relying on exports are undermined.
The experts who have to hammer out
our trade policies thus are impaled on the
horns of a dilemma; if they do, they are
damned; if they don't, they are also
cussed.
Their plight brings to mind the story
of the hillbilly grandmother who was ad-
vising her granddaughter on the eve of her
wedding.
"Child," said Granny, "I hope you have
it easier than I did. All my wedded life I
had two burdens to carry— Pa and the wood
stove. Every time I turned to look at one,
the otlier went out."
• * *
NO TRICK AT ALL
According to official figures, the cost of
living dropped a fraction of a point for
January. However, January, 1960, was still
nearly a point and a half higher than
January, 1959. If it's any comfort to you, a
travel magazine reports that the price of
polo ponies has decreased, too. Swimming
pools and pipe organs show little change.
We never report on living costs but what
we think of the story of the traveling sales-
man who was called on the carpet by the
auditor because of his expense account.
"Your expense account amazes me," said
the auditor. "Tell me, how do you manage
to spend $16 a day for food?"
"That's easy," replied the traveling man.
"I skip breakfast."
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NO SHOW, NO GO
To add to the woes of the drug manu-
facturers, brought on by recent Congres-
sional price-gouging investigations, a for-
mer researcher for one of them testified
that many people will be killed by "mira-
cle" drugs because drug firms are free to
advertise in any way they see fit to doctors.
Still, we hear no great clamor for a
Landrmii-Griffin bill for the drug industry.
Instead, the industry probably will be ad-
monished to regulate itself. But don't hold
your breatia until all this is accomplished.
For no reason we can think of, this seems
to be an appropriate place to tell of an
incident that recently happened in Aus-
tralia.
An Australian newspaper reports that one
morning not long ago a man called a taxi
company and complained that a cab he
ordered to take him to the Kingsford-Smith
airport had not arrived.
The girl who took the call apologized.
"I'm very sorry the cab isn't there yet, sir,"
she said. "But don't worry. The plane is
always late."
"Well, it certainly vdll be this morning,"
the caller said sharply. "I happen to be
the pilot."
• • •
TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE
The war against water pollution suffered
a serious setback last month when the Presi-
dent vetoed a measure that would have
obligated Uncle Sam to provide financial
aid to communities interested in eliminat-
ing the sources that contribute to contam-
inated streams and lakes.
Since a great deal of pollution stems from
industrial wastes dumped into rivers and
streams wdthout prior treatment. Big Busi-
ness was opposed to the measure. And the
Big Business point of view prevailed.
Pollution already is a serious problem.
With populations destined to increase dra-
matically in the next generation, the prob-
lem cannot help but become intolerable.
Prompt action now might have avoided a
national crisis at some future date.
To our way of thinking, veto of the
anti-pollution bill puts us in the position
of the fisherman who wanted to send home
a box of fish during a particularly warm
September. He carefully boxed the fish and
addressed the box to his wife. But he also
affixed a label saying: "If not delivered in
five days— never mind."
THE PAUP FORMULA
Shortly, the President's Conference on
Children will be meeting to consider ways
and means of combatting juvenile delin-
quency and providing a more wholesome
climate for youngsters to grow up in.
Far be it from us to pose as experts in
child rearing, but we like old Joe Paup's
analysis of the current situation.
"The juvenile problem," Joe once said, "is
not so much ruling youngsters with a firm
hand as it is using a firm hand with the
ruler."
• * •
ALMOST A CINCH
After several years of deficits, the budget
seems to be headed for a fairly sizeable
surplus. And the great debate is on as to
what should be done with the extra money.
Some want it used to reduce the national
debt, others want the money spent to make
the nation stronger tlirough conservation,
public works, etc. A few even advocate tax
cuts for next year.
One way or another, the surplus will be
gobbled up. And taxes will continue to bear
down as hard as ever. Herb Shriner, In-
diana's gift to TV, probably summed it up
best when he said:
"I think Congress will do something
about hidden taxes this year. They won't
do away with tliem, but they probably will
hide tliem better."
"He obeys my every command,
J.B.I — Egad! If his kind
could only volel"
■•GREATE5T,AMMUAL LABOR-MAMAGEMENT SHOW OM EARTH
Sfu».»^»cd»ndf,n^ccd6^ UNION LABEL AND SERVICE TRADES DEPT., AFL-CIO
REMEMBER UNION INDUSTRIES SHOW
, .^'^^^^i?"*^""' D. C, as the nation's Capital, is used to spectacles, promotions, and
exiiibits. They are relatively common occurrences. But during the week of May 6 to 11,
the Capital will see something entirely different when the Union Industries Show opens
its doors at the Armory.
The Union Industries Show is unique because it is staged jointly by management and
labor. Through its multi-million-dollar array of ghttering exhibits the productive miracles
American know-how can achieve when management and labor work in harmony are
presented to the world in an endless array of unexcelled goods and services. Foreign
legations and their staffs would do well to pay the Show a visit. Here, the fruitfulness of
free enterprise will be spelled out, not in words or propaganda, but in products and services
that set a standard for the world.
As usual, our Brotherhood will sponsor one of the largest and most extensive exhibits
m the Show. The District Council, with the advice and guidance of the General Office, is
working hard to make our exhibit outstanding. It gives every promise of being just that.
Those who live in the vicinity of Washington or expect to be in the area that week
should reserve a date for attending the Show. It is all free and there is a tremendous list
of free prizes and souvenirs. Remember the time and place: the Armory, during the week
of May 6—11.
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Elastic Roof Adds Plastic Bag
* *
A HUGE balloon that will never get free of the ground is helping speed
completion of the new $20,000,000 "elastic roofed" post office at Provi-
■ dence, Rhode Island, described in the November, 1959 issue.
Actually a giant floating building within a building, it is designed to enable
workmen to begin installation of sensitive electro-mechanical equipment while
the hustle of construction of the new post office building continues around it.
The inflated structure is the largest of its type in the world, measuring 200
feet long, 80 feet wide and 40 feet high.
The complex building plans for the post office called for roofing the struc-
ture before the walls were erected. The roof, which is about the size of three
'': .■''f-f !■/■''
A giant vinyl-covered nylon balloon being inflated at Providence, R. I., by technicians to
speed up the installation of delicate machinery while construction work on the new post ottice
continues. — ITT
football fields, is nearing completion,
but the builders were faced with the
problem of how to install some deli-
cate machinery even before the walls
were up. Readers of the previous arti-
cle will remember the "elastic" feature
of the roof.
Engineers of International Tele-
phone and Telegraph Corporation's
Intelex Systems, Inc., decided to lit-
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erally take to the air. The result is a
vinyl-covered nylon building, support-
ed only by air and enclosing 12,500
square feet of space.
The inflated building took weeks of
careful design which, in itself, posed
special problems for engineers since
die top center of the balloon is a
saddle-back, dipping 14 feet in con-
tour to permit clearance under a giant
crossbeam which is part of the sup-
port for the concrete roof.
the door is closed behind it, and then
the second door into the interior is
opened, thus preventing the air from
escaping and destroying the lifting
power.
Workmen enter through two small-
er doors, each resembling the type
found aboard naval vessels, and the
doors snap-seal themselves once a
person has moved past them.
Within the balloon, workmen are
beginning the installation of the first
Automatic sorting and mail handling equipment being installed inside the giant inflated
balloon, 200 feet long, 80 feet wide and 40 feet high. The balloon is used to protect equipment
and men from cold weather and dust while the walls of the new automatic post office are erected.
Trucks and workmen enter through air locks to prevent loss of pressure.— ITT
Inflated by three motor-driven cen-
trifugal fans, the balloon building, de-
signed as a hyperbolic paraboloid,
holds approximately a half million cu-
bic feet of air. Pressure within the
balloon is a half pound more per
square inch than the normal pressure
at sea level of nearly 15 pounds.
As the balloon is inflated, its desire
to soar is frustrated by anchors im-
bedded 46 inches apart in the concrete
floor. Each anchor is capable of re-
sisting 500 pounds of lift.
Much like a submarine, the balloon
building has two air locks at either
end to permit trucks and machinery
to enter. A truck moves into the lock,
of eleven semi-automatic letter sort-
ers, each more than 64 ft. long and 11
ft. high. The sorters will be a part of
the electronic equipment that will
make up this post office of tomorrow.
And, although the weather outside
has been below freezing, the men in-
side the balloon work at room tem-
perature in an atmosphere carefully
controlled to provide freedom from
dust and moisture changes.
Completion of the structure seems
to be "in the bag" for this fall.
The unresolved question remains:
what is going to become of the
men the electric mail handlers dis-
place?
Progress Report
Bad weather during late February and early March interfered with work
on our new headquarters building in Washington a bit. However, work is still
ahead of schedule. These two shots show what the job looked like on March 15.
'., c. c.
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What's Ne\^
This column is devoted to new developments in materials and products of interest to members
of crafts which are a part of the United Brotherhood. The articles are presented merely to inform
our readers, and are not to be considered an endorsement by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America.
For information concerning products which are described in this column, please do not write to
THE CARPENTER or the General Office, but address all queries to the manufacturer, whose name
appears at the close of each article.
Now available for the first time are
adjustable shelf and pole brackets which
eliminate notching and fitting. These brack-
ets aie adjustable to fit closets with or
\\itliout hook strips, say the manufacturers.
The bottom section of the bracket swings to
one side, leaving an open space for easy
mounting. Contact Raymond Products Co.,
1536 West County Road B, St. Paul 13,
Minn.
A precision instrument to replace the old
cornering system in staking out foundation
lines has been introduced under the name
"Minute Man Batterboard." The new bat-
terboard is made of steel and aluminmn
and comes equipped with sliding, built-on
le\'els and retractable rules for each arm.
A ball-and-socket corner joint allows level-
ing of each horizontal arm independently
without distortion to the other. Made by
Richcy Manufacturing Co., 2801 Rochester
Road, Springfield, 111.
A new marking device called the No. 133
Giant Magic Marker has
been developed to write
clearly and durably on all
difficult surfaces such as
concrete, rough lumber,
metals, wall materials, wir-
ings, etc. It has a stainless
steel, ball-type, instant
valve-action head on an un-
breakable and refillable po-
lyethylene "squeeze" bottle
container. It writes with a
new heavy lacquer- base
opaque ink called Speedry
D/O Ink. Colors available:
black for light surfaces,
white and yel-
low for dark
surfaces. Prod-
ucts of Speedry Products, Inc., P. O. Box
97, Richmond Hill, Jamaica 18, N. Y.
A new 5% x 7-inch SpeedTable intro-
duced by Speedway Division of Thor
Power Tool Company converts SpeedWay
No. 17 portable electric jig saw into sta-
tionary jig. The SpeedTable is fastened to
the edge of the workbench by means of
screws and the inverted jig saw attached,
beneath the jig table, by means of locking
nut and bolt. A variety of difficult cuts are
made with the portable jig thus fastened in
stationary position. Jig table can be left at-
tached to the bench and jig saw removed
for portable use. Write the company for
further information at: 1421 Barnsdale Rd.,
LaGrange Park, 111.
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A Duplex Rabbet Plane and Fillester has
been introduced by Great Neck Saw Manu-
facturers, Inc. of Mineola, New York. Called
the RP-8, this rabbet plane has two cutter
seats: one for regular work, the other for
buUnose work. An adjustable fence which
can be used on either side of the plane
regulates width of cut. A depth gauge is
also included to regulate depth of cut. The
rabbet plane can cut with or across the
grain. The blade is made of special chrome
alloy tool steel. Handle and body are cast in
one piece. The body is black Japan finished
and parts are plated against rust. Overall
length— 8^/4 "; cutter is 1%". For further
information write to Michael Fain Advertis-
ing, 381 Fourth Ave., New York 16, N. Y.
Stanley Tools, one of the oldest names in
the business, has introduced a new forming
tool called Surform No. 297. This new
round file-type tool enlarges holes in wood,
aluminum, plastic tile, etc., and cuts the
same materials with controlled ease on
decorative work, according to the makers.
Rounds edges and cuts half circles on the
edges of boards and beams. For further in-
formation write Stanley Tools, Dept. PD,
111 Elm St., New Britain, Conn.
Activated by daylight and dark, an elec-
tronic device automatically controls lights
and other electrical appliances in home and
industry. The MAJ-I switch comes in two
models, M-lOO, equipped with cord and
plug-in attachment for domestic installation,
and M-200, a three-wire circuit for perma-
nent outdoor use. It is further described as
having 500 watt capacity and weighing less
than 10 ounces. Address manufacturers, Po-
laris Electronics Corp., 2600 Grand Ave.,
Kansas City, Mo.
If you are interested
in a handbook on car-
pentry offered by D. A.
Rogers, 5344 Clinton
Ave., Minneapolis
19, Minnesota, the au-
thor claims this pocket
sized book covers near-
ly all the practical
rules for laying out
work. Can be carried
in the pocket or tool
chest. Write D. A. Rogers at above address.
A ne\y tool set for mounting locks prac-
tically eliminates the chances of error, say
its manufacturers. Time Saver Tools, Inc.,
^Hordened steel
drill guide socket
Hardened steel
drili guide socket
Door Face adapte
plate
27 E. Park Ave., Mundelein, 111. Cylinder
hole bits are available in sizes from Wa"
to 2Vs" . Write the company for further in-
formation.
Editorial
God Ain't Scientific In New Jersey
One of these days there is going to be a big, fat revolution in this country:
not a revolution against the government or the Constitution, but against the
growing and increasingly arrogant band of head shrinkers who equate human
beings with guinea pigs and believe that human emotions and reactions can
be measured with the scientific precision of jelly bean-sorting. In this cate-
gory falls the growing army of testers, prodders, interviewers, psychologists,
motivational researchers, advertising experts, and all the other broad A guys
who claim they can analyze and classify human beings the way a farmer
candles eggs.
More and more these egg-domed guys dominate our lives. They confront
us on the job with questionnaires, aptitude tests, intelligence tests. They
throw at us so-called scientific incentive plans and wage determinations. At
home they blare at us from the TV set and through magazines and news-
papers. In schools they harass and bedevil our youngsters with treatment that
differs little from the treatment a bug on the end of a pin gets from a zoology
student.
Whichever way we turn they are analyzing us, measuring us, prodding us,
and generally poking into our innermost souls. One of these days, enough
people are going to get so fed up there is going to be an explosion.
And to our way of thinking, the case of little Alice Mary Combs is going
to hasten that day considerably.
If you read the newspapers at all, you know that Alice Mary is a four-
year-old girl who has lived with the Combs family of New Jersey since she
was a baby. The arrangement originally was made by the Welfare Board.
Over the years the family became attached to Alice Mary and asked to adopt
her legally. But the Welfare Board decided otherwise. It came to the con-
clusion that Alice Mary is too bright to be left in the hands of the Combs
family. She wouldn't get an opportunity to develop her full potential while
living in the Combs' home, they insist.
God Himself must have some qualms in determining what children to
allocate to whom, but not the New Jersey State Board of Child Welfare. Its
oflBcials have all the answers. With their "scientific" tests, proddings, ques-
tionnaires, etc. they know exactly who belongs where in this life. You under-
stand that God does not have the advantages of the "scientific" measurements
psychologists and sociologists have developed for them.
Maybe Alice Mary is bright. But the Combses are no dumbbells either.
He is a sheet metal apprentice whose take-home pay is $102 a week. He
and Mrs. Combs have two daughters of their own. The Welfare Board has
not yet suggested taking them away from the Combses, too, but the thought
mav occur to them later if they succeed in recapturing Alice Mary. For all
we know, they may be dreaming of the day when they take over from God
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the job of deciding who should ha\e children and how many and what kind,
because His ^^-ork isn't scientific.
What this case all adds up to is this: how do }'0u measure the worth of a
human being, and who is qualified to do the measuring? The W'elfare Board
says the Combses are not suitable parents for Alice Mary because they do not
have a lot of books in their home.
Is the inference that people who own books are better than those who
do not? Seems to us we read somewhere that Abe Lincoln's parents were
prett}" short on books, too, but thev raised quite a son anvhow. On the other
hand, Leopold and Loeb lived in houses filled with books, but thev com-
mitted one of tlie most \^icious and senseless killings in Chicago historv.
And juvenile delinquency no longer breeds exclusively in tenements and
slums. More and more the silk stocking areas are responsible for a sizeable
share of the rapists, hoodlums, unwed mothers, and juvenile coiu-t cases in any
city. And not even the head shrmkers have been able to come up with any
statistics proving that book readers are better citizens than non-readers.
The Board also appears concerned that the Combses may not be inclined
or financially able to send Alice ^L^ry to college. Is the inference that college
people are superior or more desirable than those who do not get there? And
if able kids from workinsi: class homes cannot aflFord colleo;e, doesn't the
answer lie in re\'ising the educational s\'stem to make abilit\^ to learn rather
than ability to pay the onh.- ^'ardstick for college entrance?
It seems to us this is one time the head slirinkers ha\^e gone too far.
Neither books nor college nor fanc\' surroundings make a good citizen. Hon-
esty, sincerity and willingness to work do. And these characteristics can be
found south of the railroad tracks just as readily as they can north. Nobody
has a patent or a monopoly on them.
And there is no way of measuring the true worth of an individual human
being. If you use money as a measuring stick, Elvis Presley is the most im-
portant man in the country because he will earn over a million in the next
12 months. If an epidemic thi-eatens, the doctor is temporarily tlie most im-
portant man in the community; if a dam threatens to flood a cit}% it is the
man who can use dynamite; if it is a building that threatens to collapse, it is
the carpenter who can do a fast shoring job. The truth of the matter is that
every kind of work is important, and e\'ery person performing the work hon-
estly and eflBciently is, too.
For the head shrinkers to assume the role of God is just too much. On
behalf of all the Combses everywhere we hope the Welfare Board gets its
ears pinned back properly.
The Future You Protect Will Be Your Own
Last month the Building Trades Department held its annual legislative
conference in the nation's capital. Thousands of building tradesmen from all
50 states spent four days telling their Congressmen what labor needs and
wants in the way of decent legislation to bulwark our sagging economy and
get our people back to work.
The legislative conference is a fine thing. It gives union leaders a chance
to buttonhole their Congressmen and indoctrinate them ^^^th a few basic
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26 THECARPENTER
truths about economic facts of life. But other groups— some of whose aims
are completely contrary to ours— buttonhole Congressmen in their offices, too.
In fact, they do it almost daily. Against this kind of opposition, our lobbying
ejfforts are comparatively puny.
Why are they puny? Because most politicians know that working people
often are lax about registering and voting. From 40% to 50% of all eligible
voters fail to cast ballots on the average election day. The politicians know
that the bulk of the non-voters come from the ranks of working people. So
they downgrade suggestions of labor leaders proportionately.
The program spelled out by the Building Trades Department and the
AFL-CIO is not only a sound one, but also a necessary one if the economy is
to get oflF dead center. For several years we have been barely holding our
own while school needs grow, slums in our cities develop faster than they
are being eliminated, and depressed areas sink farther into economic stag-
nation. A bold new approach is needed. Such an approach is offered by
organized labor's program.
The Building Trades Conference got the ball rolling by carrying the
story to Capitol Hill. But we doubt if this is enough. The real showdown
will come on election day. If enough working people register and vote for
candidates who have the welfare of all the people at heart, the economic
bandwagon can be started along the pathway of progress once more. If they
stay home as usual, more marking time will follow.
Working people are gradually waking up to the fact that the ballot box
has a very close connection with their future welfare. The various right-to-
work campaigns and anti-labor drives have stung them into action. The
percentage of working people registering and voting is increasing encourag-
ingly.
However, there still is a very long way to go. Too many reactionary Con-
gressmen and State Legislators are elected by default because the working
class voters too often say, "Let George do it."
Registering and voting are two things citizens must do for themselves.
No one else can do it for them. It takes a little time and individual initiative,
but it is a very small price to pay for the privilege of being free and having
a voice in one's own destiny.
In other parts of the world, untold thousands of people are fighting and
dying right now, trying to establish the right to vote. In the face of this, it
seems incredible that millions of Americans could forego the right to vote
without a twinge of conscience— particularly since our own right to vote was
purchased at a high price in blood and tears by those who went before.
However, such is the sad case.
Next month, a number of states will be holding primary elections. If you
live in such a state, time is running short. But whenever your particular state
holds its primary, make sure you are qualified to vote. And equally important,
make sure you do vote.
•
If This Ain't Deception, What Is?
(Reprinted from News For Electric Consumers)
The chairman of the Illinois commerce commission doesn't want to "in
any way try to deceive the public." But he thinks the state regulatory agency
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and utility companies "should more closely cooperate" on the "timing" of rate
increase announcements and profit reports.
Writing in a recent issue of Public Utilities Fortnightly, George R. Perrine
declares "the usual timing of the average rate order release is wrong so far
as the Illinois commission is concerned. The last six major rate cases that it
has resolved have been rather large in dollar amount even though small per-
centagewise."
Perrine adds: "Blaring headlines have covered the front page of the daily
major newspapers announcing the multimillion-dollar increases. Down in
the main part of the story, if the reader gets that far, he can determine about
how much this means to the individual consumer per month or year, which
invariably is not a great amount of money, and quotes from remarks by the
commission chairman or the president of the utility involved are frequently
included."
Now comes what is apparently the real sensitive spot: "Then," says the
Illinois commission head, "as one turns to the financial page, he invariably
finds that the utility concerned has just announced its quarterly earnings are
far in excess of the year before."
But Perrine isn't blaming the newspapers. "So far as the timing of these
orders, there is no one to blame but the utility and the regulators. But I think
this is one area where perhaps the commission and the company should more
close]}' cooperate."
"Mind you," he carefully points out, "I am not saying it should in any
way try to deceive the public— I do not mean to imply this at all— but be-
cause of the lack of public knowledge in regard to these matters, I think it
would be highly advisable that the news releases be further spaced in point
of time.
"It is unfortunate that the average reader can see only the blaring head-
lines that 'Utility Rates Are Increased by Millions' and does not pursue the
article to see how little he is actually affected as an individual consumer."
Despite his disclaimer about not wanting "to deceive the public," we sug-
gest that it is unfortunate that the chairman of the Illinois agency which is
supposed to protect consumers by properly regulating utilities, actually pro-
poses what is, in effect, collusion by the commission and utility companies on
the timing of rate increase announcements and profit reports.
Perrine urges this "because of the lack of public knowledge in regard to
these matters." We suggest that Perrine would be better serving the people
and the state of Illinois-and in the long run, the utilities themselves-if he
instead made some effort to counter the "lack of public knowledge in regard
to these matters."
Consumers are not stupid. If Perrine and other regulators would give them
the facts, consumers would more often than not reach conclusions which
would be just to the utilities, to the regulators and to themselves.
But as long as regulators use the alibi of "lack of public knowledge" to
justify manipulation of utility news, they will be suspect. They will give cre-
dence to the popular consumer belief that too many regulators are controlled
by the utilities they are supposed to regulate. And they will make consumers
wonder if someone is indeed trying to "deceive the public."
Official Information
General OfiBcers of
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS and JOINERS
of AMERICA
General Office : Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General President
M. A. HUTCHEhON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
First General Vice President
JOHN R. STEVENSON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Secretary
R. E. LIVINGSTON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
Second General Vice President
O. WM. BLAIEK
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Treasurer
PRANK CHAPMAN
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
District Board Members
First District, CHARLES JOHNSON, JR.
Ill E. 22nd St., New Yorlj 10, N. Y.
Sixth District, J. O. MACK
5740 Lydia, Kansas City 4, Mo.
Second District, RALEIGH RAJOPPI
2 Prospect Place, Springfield, New Jersey
Seventh District, LYLE J. HILLBR
11712 S. E. Rhone St., Portland 66, Ore.
Third District, HARRY SCHWARZER
3615 Chester Ave., Cleveland 14, Ohio
Eighth District, J. F. CAMBIANO
17 Aragon Blvd., San Mateo, Calif.
Fourth District, HENRY W. CHANDLER
1684 Stanton Rd., S. W., Atlanta, Ga.
Ninth District, ANDREW V. COOPER
133 Chaplin Crescent, Toronto 12, Ont., Canada
Fifth District, R. E. ROBERTS
1834 N. 78th St., Omaha, Nebr.
Tenth District, GEORGE BENGOUGH
2528 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver, B. C.
M. A. HUTCHESON, Chairman ; R. E. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
All correspondence for the General Executive Board must be sent to the General Secretary.
Notice to Recording Secretaries
The quarterly circular for the months of April, May and June,
1960, containing the quarterly password, has been forwarded to all Local
Unions of the United Brotherhood. Recording Secretaries not in receipt of
this circular should notify the General Secretary, Carpenters Building, Indi-
anapolis, Indiana.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
In the issuance of clearance cards, care should be taken to see that they are
properly filled out, dated and signed by the President and Financial Secretary
of the Local Union issuing same as well as the Local Union accepting the clear-
ance. The clearance cards must be sent to the General Secretary's Department
without delay, in order that the members' names can be listed on the quarterly
account sheets.
While old style Due Book is in use, clearance cards contained therein
must be used.
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Not lost to those that love them.
Not dead, just gone before;
^tntfvxHtn
They still live in our memory,
And vv'ill forever more.
IS^0t in l^mtt
The Editor has been requested to publish the names
of the following Brothers who have passed away.
AHLIN, OSCAR L., L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
ARCHIBALD, EARL, L. U. 450, Ogden, Utah
ARNOLD, JAMES W., L. U. 1913, Van Nuys,
CaL
BAER, LELAND, L. U. 414, Nanticoke, Pa.
BARCHESKI, CHARLES F., L. U. 129, Hazle-
ton. Pa.
BARONINS, JOHN, L. U. 1325, Edmonton,
Alta.
BARTELL, LEW, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
BENELEIT, GUSTAV A., L. U. 143, Canton,
Ohio
BIDDLE, RAYMOND H., L. U. 311, Joplin, Mo.
BLAKEMAN, JAMES, L. U. 115, Bridgeport,
Conn.
BLENDAUER, E. J., L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
BONACCORSl, PETER, L. U. 1050, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
BOND, LEWIS E., L. U. 1140, San Pedro, Cal.
BRABEC, FRANK, L. U. 1786, Chicago, 111.
BRANDENBERG, CHARLES, L. U. 1, Chicago,
111.
BROLIN, WILLIAM, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
BROWN, HENRY, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
BUCHER, ALFRED, L. U. 253, Omaha, Neb.
BURMEISTER, RICHARD R., L. U. 2288, Oak-
dale, La.
BURNETT, CLYDE, L. U. 1, Chicago, 111.
BURNETT, OTTO, L. U. 103, Birmingham,
Ala.
CALABRO, DEMETRIO, L. U. 1050, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
CAMERON-STUART, CLYDE C, L. U. 1, Chi-
cago, 111.
CAMPBELL, JOHN LEONARD, L. U. 472,
Ashland, Ky.
CARLSON, EINAR, L. U. 2094, Forest Park,
111.
CARLSON, NICHOLAS, L. U. 257, New York,
N. Y.
CHAPMAN, EARL N., L. U. 767, Ottumwa,
Iowa
CHEATHAM, CAP, L. U. 103, Birmingham,
A!a.
COZZOLINO, GIRO, L. U. 1050, Philadelphia,
Pa.
CRANDALL, JOHN, L. U. 950, New York,
N. Y.
CRAVEN, ARTHUR, L. U. 266, Stockton, Cal.
CRONIN, RICHARD, L. U. 1, Chicago, 111.
CUPP, LUTHER, L. U. 1880, Carthage, Mo.
DAVENPORT, LOUIS, L. U. 1846, New Or-
leans, La.
DAVIS, WILLIAM E., L. U. 1, Chicago, 111.
DEMPSTER, JAMES, L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
DePALO, ANDREW, L. U. 1050, Philadelphia,
Pa.
DESANTO, ANTHONY, L. U. 129, Hazleton,
Pa.
DICKEY, J. E., L. U. 103, Birmingham, Ala.
DiGIRALAMO, JOSEPH, L. U. 1050, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
DITMAN, MAURICE S., L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
DIXON, H. M., L. U. 144, Macon, Ga.
DOCKERY, C. C. Sr., L. U. 764, Shreveport,
La.
EHRNLUND, NILS, L. U. 257, New York.
N. Y.
ESCHBACK, CONRAD, L. U. 495, Streator, III.
ESPOSITO, SALVATORE, L. U. 1050, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
ETTORE, LOUIS, L. U. 1050, Philadelphia, Pa.
FAHEY, G. L., L. U. 1140, San Pedro, Cal.
FINE, O. v., L. U. 266, Stockton, Cal.
GAHMAN, OTTO, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
GERAGHTY, MICHAEL, L. U. 13, Chicago,
III.
GILBERT, H. W., L. U. 1, Chicago, 111.
GLENN, HARDING, L. U. 90, Evansville, Ind.
GORES, JACK, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
GRABOWITH, FRED, L. U. 419, Chicago, 111.
GRIFFIN, H. G., L. U. 1, Chicago, 111.
HALFORD, W. W., L. U. 1723, Columbus, Ga.
HALL, M. W., L. U. 1371, Gadsden, Ala.
HAMRICK, A. C, L. U. 103, Birmingham, Ala.
HANSEN, CHRISTIAN, L. U. 257, New York,
N. Y.
HANSEN, MAURICE A., L. U. 1913, Van Nuys,
Cal.
HARDIN, CLAUDE Sr., L. U. 103, Birming-
ham, Ala.
HARRIS, E. L., L. U. 1723, Columbus, Ga.
HECKER, CLARENCE, L. U. 2435, Inglewood,
Cal.
HENDERSON, WILLIAM, L. U. 1050, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
HENDRICKSON, JAMES, L. U. 1880, Carthage,
Mo.
HENRICKSON, PAUL, L. U. 1913, Van Nuys,
Cal.
HILTZ, B. B., L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
HOFFMAN, FRED, L. U. 1, Chicago, 111.
HOLLAND, C. T., L. U. 764, Shreveport, La.
HOLLANDER, ALFRED E., L. U. 253, Omaha,
Neb.
INGRAM, A. A., L. U. 103, Birmingham, Ala.
JACKS, F. A., L. U. 764, Shreveport, La.
JAEGER, FRED H., L. U. 1, Chicago, 111.
JANKOWSKI, STANLEY, L. U. 13, Chicago,
111.
JENSEN, HARRY C, L. U. 253, Omaha, Neb.
JOHNSON, CHARLES, L. U. 1367, Chicago,
111.
JOHNSON, LEON, L. U. 311, Joplin, Mo.
JOHNSON, LEONARD G., L. U. 4, Davenport,
Iowa
JOHNSTON, E. M., L. U. 1325, Edmonton,
Alta.
KARLSEN, REIDAR, L. U. 787, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
KEENAN, THOMAS, L. U. 465, Ardmore, Pa.
KNIGHT, F. G., L. U. 1822, Ft. Worth, Texas
KORING, JOHN L., L. U. 90, Evansville, Ind.
KOWALIG, PETER, L. U. 1367, Chicago, 111.
KREWUSIK, STEVE, L. U. 1325, Edmonton,
Alta.
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LAIDMAN, DAVE, L. U. 1367, Chicago, III.
LANE, WILLIAM H., L. U. 281, Binghamton,
N. Y.
LaRIVIERE, W. E., L. U. 266, Stockton, Cal.
LARSH, LEO, L. U. 13, Chicago, lU.
LEO, JOSEPH, L. U. 2094, Forest Park, III.
LINDEBLADE, SIGFRIED, L. U. 495, Streator,
111.
LINDOFF, GUSTAV, L. U. 1, Chicago, 111.
LIVINGSTON, BRUCE L., L. U. 103, Birming-
ham, Ala.
LOBB, PAUL, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
LORDEN, LEO P., L. U. 2164, San Francisco,
Cal.
LUEPKE, GERHARD, L. U. 1913, Van Nuys,
Cal.
LUGGI, ARMAND, L. U. 1050, Philadelphia,
Pa.
LUND, ROBERT, L. U. 787, Brooklyn, N. Y.
MASON, TERRY, L. U. 1050, Philadelphia, Pa.
MAZZUCCA, FRANK, L. U. 1050, Philadelphia,
Pa.
McCRACKEN, ERNEST, L. U. 1880, Carthage,
Mo.
McDonald, WILLIAM a., L. U. 337, Detroit,
Mich.
MICHON, ALBERT M., L. U. 1, Chicago, III.
MILLAGE, ELMER C, L. U. 166, Rock Is-
land, IP.
MILLER, ALBERT A., L. U. 1, Chicago, 111.
MIXON, A. G., L. U. 103, Birmingham, Ala.
MIZE, CLARENCE E., L. U. 974, Baltimore,
Md.
MORALES, RAFAEL E., L. U. 1967, Santurce,
San Juan, P. R.
MORAN, ELMUS T., L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
MOSHER, CLARENCE, L. U. 1449, Lansing,
Mich.
MOTT, NELSON G., L. U. 2288, Oakdale, La.
MUNDIE, WILLIAM, L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
MURAWSKI, ANTHONY S., L. U. 1160, Pitts-
burgh, Pa.
MURTHA, MICHAEL, L. U. 115, Bridgeport,
Conn.
MYERS, JOHN B., L. U. 230, Pittsburgh, Pa.
MYRICK, J. F., L. U. 1518, Gulfport, Miss.
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NOCELLA, PASQUALE, L. U. 1050, Philadel-
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Pa.
PETERSIMES, LEO, L. U. 2435, Inglewood,
Cal.
PILLA, FRANK, L. U. 1050, Philadelphia, Pa.
PUGH, CLIFFORD, L. U. 200, Columbus,
Ohio
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RAWLETT, HENRY E., L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
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port, Conn.
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RINNE, SULO, L. U. 257, New York, N. Y.
RIVERA, JOSEPH, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
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Beach, Cal.
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leans. La.
cmoriattt
SAND, NELS, L. U. 1325, Edmonton, Alta.
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Iowa
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111.
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Pa.
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Ga.
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Ohio
STRAIT, GEORGE E., L. U. 1, Chicago, 111.
STUBSTAD, BERNT, L. U. 787, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
THOMPSON, CHARLES, L. U. 257, New York,
N. Y.
TIBBS, EVERETT C, L. U. 90, Evansville, Ind.
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TWIGG, CLYDE VINCENT, L. U. 4, Davenport,
Iowa
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Van NAMEE, SIMON, L. U. 495, St: eator. 111.
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WENTZELL, JAMES S., L. U. 33, Boston,
Mass.
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WESTBERG, OSCAR, L. U. 15, Hackensack,
N. J.
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N. Y.
WILLIAMS, E. L., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
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Md.
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Ho\^ to Buy
Know Your Social Security
• •
By Sidney Margolius, Labor's Consumer Expert
SOME people who became eligible for Social Security payments under
recent changes still haven't applied, officials report.
One of the largest groups believed to be passing up benefits is elderly
parents who were dependent on deceased workers. Another group that some-
times fails to apply is totally disabled workers.
Ex'en wives do not always realize they and the children can get payments
if tlieir breadwinner dies. Too, families often are unaware the children can
have payments if a working mother dies even though the father still lives.
But while many people forfeit benefits for lack of knowledge, harsh rules
and secretive procedures have blocked many disabled workers who did apply.
Representatives of several unions and
the AFL-CIO Social Security Depart-
ment have protested present rules un-
der which a disabled worker in one
state may qualify for benefits, while
officials in another state may deny a
similar claim.
Let's first get the record straight
on dependent parents. If you pro-
vide more than half the living ex-
penses of an elderly parent, he or she
can get payments if anything happens
to you. Under the 1958 amendments
your parent is eligible even though
you also leave an eligible child or
wife.
In fact, dependent parents of cov-
ered workers who died any time
since 1939 can still apply for pay-
ments.
In the case of disabled workers, tlie
Social Security Administration has
screened its files to locate those made
eligible by the recent easing of work
requirements. But from some, it never
got applications and can't tell who
they are. Workers disabled even as
long ago as October, 1941 still have
until June 30, 1961 to get full benefits.
Young disabled workers can't get
payments until they're 50. But they,
too, need to apply by June 30, 1961
to have their wage records frozen
retroactively. A worker who had not
accumulated enough coverage to be
fully insured when he became dis-
abled, could lose all rights to pay-
ments if he doesn't apply for the
"freeze."
The 1958 amendments also made
eligible for payments the dependent
children of disabled workers getting
benefits, and their wives if over 62
or with dependent children in their
care.
The disability payments are really
one of the most important features
of modern Social Security. They pro-
tect you against a universal fear of
workers— that they may become crip-
pled by accident or illness and unable
to earn a living.
But there are two big loopholes
which have frustrated many disabled
workers and urgently need fixing.
One is the present requirement that
you must be 50 to get payments. Ac-
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tually, younger disabled workers need
payments even more than older ones.
They generally have more depend-
ents. The age-50 reqiurement could
be eliminated without increasing the
present disability-insurance tax you
pay, deputy Social Security Commis-
sioner George Wyman recently said.
The other loophole is the present
vague rule about what constitutes "to-
tal disability," and the fact that Con-
gress left it to the state rehabilitation
agencies to determine who is wholly
disabled.
An Alabama union official, Ther-
mon Phillips, recently charged that
the law is being administered "on the
assumption that a claimant for disa-
bility benefits or for a wage freeze
must practically be dead." He re-
vealed that some workers disabled
enough to qualify for company pen-
sions have been turned down for So-
cial Security disability benefits.
Similarly, a worker in West Vir-
ginia qualified for insurance company
benefits but was denied Social Secur-
ity payments, U. S. Representative
Cleveland M. Bailey of that state re-
ports.
In Oregon, reported the late Sena-
tor Richard L. Neuberger, the state
rehabilitation division rejects 50 per
cent of the Social Security disability
claims compared to a national average
of 38 per cent.
In Montana, U. S. Representative
Lee Metcalf has said, miners consid-
ered totally disabled by state silicosis
boards have been denied Social Se-
curity benefits. Dr. William A. Saw-
yer, medical consultant for the Inter-
national Association of Machinists,
also has testified to Congressional in-
vestigators that a common set of dis-
ability standards is needed by Federal
and State agencies and that the state
examiners and reviewers need more
training to help solve the Social Se-
curity disability argument.
There's even at least one case in
which a man approved for a V. A. dis-
ability pension was turned down by
Social Security.
The real problem is that Congress
never defined "total and permanent
disability" very closely, and the pres-
ent interpretation is a severe one. A
legless man who can't work at his
usual occupation still might be able
to run a newsstand, thus, might be
denied benefits. That's what a Social
Security official told this reporter.
If you ever do become disabled,
note that the ofiicials check closely
into your ability to travel to a job,
even if you haven't got one. If you're
able to come to the Social Security
office to make your claim, there's al-
ready a question in their minds. The
officials will further try to determine
whether you can do any "substantial
gainful work" even at home.
That doesn't mean they can tell a
skilled worker he can address enve-
lopes even if housebound. They're not
supposed to reduce your work status
that much. But they'll still evaluate
how much work of any kind you may
be able to do.
Even the American Bar Association
has criticized the fact that the stand-
ards used to determine disability
aren't revealed to the public, and that
the advice medical consultants give
examiners is kept secret from claim-
ants.
The AFL-CIO Social Security De-
partment is battling to get this prob-
lem straightened out through more
liberal standards and giving the Fed-
eral Social Security agency final say
in judging whether a worker is dis-
abled. At present the Federal agency
merely can "suggest" that a state give
further consideration if it feels state
officials were too severe.
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Even if turned down on a Social strata your disability. Alxnit one out
Security claim you can ask for an ap- of seven such recent disability ap-
peal—on other types of claims as well peals was successful. The rate of
as disability. You'll then get a hear- success on Social Security appeals
ing before an impartial examiner, and of all types is a bit higher— about
a chance to tell your story or demon- one out of six.
FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR JOBLESS PAY ESSENTIAL
'The states have failed" in setting up adequate unemployment insurance
laws and "it is now clearly up to Congress to enact legislation that will put a
floor under the state programs."
This analysis of the jobless benefits system in the United States, was made
by the AFL-CIO Executive Council in a statement calling on Congress for
prompt action.
"Unless Congress enacts permanent improvements this session," the state-
ment warned, "it will be too late to be of any help for the unemployed of
the next recession. The business decline predicted to begin in 1961 leaves
barely enough time for action by Congress and subsequent response by the
states,"
The statement called sharp attention to the fact that in 1954 President
Eisenhower called on state legislatures to extend protection to more workers,
to 26 weeks where they were lower than that.
"When the President made this plea, no state had met these goals," the
statement declared. "Today— six years later— only one state has met them.
"By the President's own standards, the states have failed. In these six
vears this country has been through two recessions with millions of unem-
ployed suffering from the shortcomings of the state programs."
The Council declared that it is only by the Federal government laying
down adequate standards "that the competition for low-cost (and therefore
low-benefit) programs between states can be halted. Employer contributions
average only one-third of the tax rate of 20 years ago. The weekly benefit
amounts have declined substantially in every state relative to that wage loss
which jobless payments are supposed to restore."
The Council endorsed the Federal Standards bill now before the House
and Senate and called for urgent action.
ANOTHER MYTH GOES
.\nother employer myth has blown up— the myth that unemployment compensation
for strikers would "encourage more strikes."
New York and Rhode Island are the only states that give jobless benefits to strikers.
Yet, figures from the U. S. Labor Department show that those two states have fewer
striicers, per capita, than New Jersey.
Between 1956 and 1958, latest figures available, total man-days in New Jersey lost
in strikes as a percentage of the total working time were higher than those for New York
and Rhode Island, were equal to the national average in 1956 and 1958, and above the
national average in 1957.
The figures were cited by Paul Krebs, president of the New Jersey Industrial Union
Council, in tagging management charges as "specious." The Council is pushing a proposal
in New Jersey to authorize jobless payments for strikers.
/WcanderingH
By Fred Goetz
In the February issue of THE CAR-
PENTER, ye old editor, Peter E. Terzick,
came up with what I think is a good idea.
He suggests sending in some good old-
fashioned recipes for camp cooking . . . the
kind of stick-to-the-rib vittles that can be
whomped up without the aid of one of
those built-in ovens— pre-heated jobs.
You know, something involving fish,
game, berries and the like.
So get out your outdoor-cooking memo
book, or dream up one on the spur of the
moment and send it along to:
Fred Goetz
Dept. OMLK
920 S.E. 11th St.
Beaverton, Oregon
The six best recipes will receive one of
the illustrated Luhr Jensen Lure Kits.
This outdoor-recipe contest is open to all
members of the Carpenters Union in good
standing and the members of their family.
Be sure to state your Union AFFILIA-
TION!
Deadline for judging the recipes shall be
May 5th and the winners will be announced
in the July issue.
o o *
Here's some take-it-for-what-it's worth
data to shooters:
"In dry shooting when pointing at a mov-
ing target with your UNLOADED rifle, al-
ways swing a bit ahead of it before pulling
the trigger. And be sure to follow through
with your swing after the hammer falls.
You cannot hit a moving target by shooting
straight at it, so remember that the "follow
through" is as important in shooting as it
is in golf. Shooting behind the target is a
very common error, generally caused by
stopping the swing of the rifle.
« « «
Betcha didn't know that in 1913, robins
were classed as game birds in some south-
ern states . . . The snapping turtle never
feeds out of water because it cannot swal-
low unless its head is submerged . . . The
nuthatch is the only tree-climbing bird that
climbs down the trunks of trees— head first
. . . The goby, a curious frog-like fish of
Africa, climbs trees to feed on wood ants.
Often one goby will climb while others
stay below to nab dislodged victims.
* * «
A letter from B. D. Patton of 4645 N.
Harrison Street, Fresno, California, says that
his dad, a Journeyman Carpenter of Local
701, is one of the most avid of bass fisher-
men.
According to the following photo he
sent in, his dad is also one of the most
ingenious for sneaking up on those big
largemouth in the hard-to-get, seldom-fished
places.
We've heard of a few other guys that
have got up a similar rig and most of them,
to give them more get-up-and-go, use
swim fins on their feet and keep a ping-
pong paddle handle handy for on-the-dime
maneuvering.
» « *
Here's some verbal meandering concern-
ing the frequently asked question, "Can fish
hear?":
In the laboratory tests it was discovered
that fish were perfectly capable of hearing
many of the frequencies of human speech.
However, out on the stream it's a different
story, for there a great loss in intensity
occurs when sound passes from air to water.
So, unless your stream partner is a basso-
profundo and shouting at the top of his
voice, I don't think it is necessary to good
fishing that he shut up.
Boat fishing presents a somewhat differ-
ent problem. Using the bottom of the boat
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35
as a soundboard, vibrations like the drop-
ping of a tackle box or the scraping of
hard-soled shoes are transmitted directly
to the water. Again in stream fishing, the
impact of a heavy foot on hard bottom
streams acts as a vibration-transmitter.
Remember, if you put any sound vibra-
tions in the water, the fish can hear all
about it.
* « *
A letter from Mrs. R. Markstrom, wife
of Ruben Markstrom, a member in good
standing of Local 181, Chicago, for 30 years,
tells us that she and Ruben are among
the most outdoor -minded folk ever.
Ruben built a 14-foot, 225-pound out-
board in the living room— of their second-
floor apartment! With the aid of friendly
neighbors they succeeded in getting it out
of the back window, down on the street
and onto a trailer.
They also built a cabin in Minnesota,
town of Emily, Chain o' Lakes region, about
600 miles from Chicago.
Mrs. Markstrom says: "It was built for
our retirement in about four years— Lord
willing— and provides real outdoor pleasure
for us, our nephews, brothers and their
wives and children. We prescribe outdoor
meandering for the healthy, the ill, the
young and the old— it's good for all."
Here's a photo of Ruben and his fishing
pals, George and Mike, doing a little pis-
catorial prospecting with the new boat on
Ruth Lake, near their cabin home.
Ketchin' any, fellows?
« * «
Didja know that: The largest reptile in
modern times is the leatherback, a marine
turtle. Specimens have weighed almost 1,-
500 pounds and measured eight feet in
length . . . The trumpeter swan, with maxi-
mum weight of 40 pounds, is the heaviest
flying bird in North America . . . While the
owl cannot move its eyes in their sockets,
it does have a great area of vision because
it can rotate its head 273 degrees. . . .
A recent survey on a famous eastern
brook trout stream indicated the following:
Fly fishermen were more than twice as effi-
cient as bait fishermen in taking large trout;
almost four times as efficient as bait fisher-
men in taking small trout. Fly fishermen
also consistently took bigger brookies than
bait fishermen.
One of the most philosophical attitudes I
have ever heard concerning the piscatorial
arts was brought out by an old-timer, a'
fishin' fer crappies.
In reply to my inquiry— "Having any
luck?" he said, "Ketchin' is turrible. Son,
but the fishin' is always good." ....
# « «
"Conservation is not a subject to be writ-
ten about merely as recreation, something
you can take or leave, turn on or off."
"Conservation is an attitude, a part of our
living, as important as the air we breathe."
"Conservation is a way of life; conserva-
tion is a crusade. ..."
# » «
The Secretary of the Michigan United
Conservation Clubs says the term "litter-
bug" is much too innocent-sounding for the
fellow who clutters up our land and water
with bottles, cans, papers, etc.
He suggests the name "Litter Bum."
# e o
Somebody once said: "If a gal is in love
with a fisherman, she should learn to fish."
It means she's sharing his fun on a partner-
ship basis— a good start for a happy mar-
riage.
« * #
Following is one man's answer (your writ-
er's) to the question: How do you use a wet
and dry fly, fishing for trout v/ith a spin-
ning outfit?
Answer: There are several productive
methods of fishing wet and dry flies with
a spinning outfit. The most popular method
of spin-fishing with a wet fly is to use a
moderately light line around 4-pound test,
a 4-foot leader, 2 to 3-pound test. Use split
shot, enough to get the cast out, placed
about 18 inches from the fly, and drift it
on the bottom.
A small, clear plastic bubble widi a re-
movable cap for inserting weight is used
in spin-fishing with a dry fly. Again a 4-
pound test line, a 4-foot leader of 3-pound
test with the weighted bubble at the end.
The fly is secured in the junction loop of
line and leader by virtue of an 8-inch
dropper line.
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T ME C A R P E X T E R
GUARD YOUR FAMILY
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This Journal is Not Responsible for Views Expressed by Correspondents.
DETROIT COUNCIL GRADUATES 183 APPRENTICES
Some 400 guests were present at the Detroit District Council's 14th Annual Apprentice
Graduation Banquet to help welcome some 183 young men into journeyman status.
This was one of the largest apprenticeship classes ever graduated by the Detroit Dis-
trict Council.
Representatives of management, education and municipal government, as well as
many distinguished labor officials, were on hand to pay tribute to the young men who
have tlie skill and tenacity to finish a difficult task they set themselves 4 years before.
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Featured speakers of the evening were Finlay C. Allan, Assistant to General President
Hutcheson and a former secretary-treasurer of tlie Detroit Building Trades Council; L. M.
"Boots" Weir, secretary-treasurer of the Carpenters District Council and president of tlie
Michigan State Building Trades Council.
Short addresses were also delivered by Corporation Council Nathan H. Goldstick,
pinchhitting for an ailing Mayor Louis C. Miriani.
Graduating Apprentice Donald Murray acted as spokesman for the class.
Brother Allan extended the best wishes of General President Hutcheson and all tlie
officers of the United Brotherhood. To the graduating apprentices he said: "You are the
young men to whom we must look to take over tlie construction industry and use your
talent and skills to advance current metliods."
He pointed out to the new journeymen tliat tlie way was open to them to go as far
and as fast in the construction industry as their talents and ambitions will take them. He
urged them to take an active part in union affairs and help tlie organization elevate tlie
status of carpentry to the high pinnacle it deserves. He pointed out that pure economic
conditions had caused a setback in construction over the past 2 years, but tliat in 1959
the Carpenters Union had gained some 600 members in the five-county area surrounding
Detroit: an indication that the industry is bouncing back with vigor.
Brother Weir summed up his address by saying: "I think you have chosen a good
trade and I think it will be good to you."
All the new journeymen are graduates of the Detroit Apprenticeship Training School.
The class was composed of 145 carpenters, 31 floor decorators, and 7 millwrights.
The Detroit District Council traditionally has devoted a great deal of time and effort
to the promotion of apprenticeship training, and the size and quahty of the current gradu-
atini: class is an indication that the program is progressing steadily.
38
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DENVER OLD TIMERS ARE RUGGED LOT
Maybe it's the pure mountain air, maybe it's the good working conditions estabUshed
by tlie union, or maybe it's a combination of the two, but whatever the cause, Denver
seems to provide a healtliy environment for carpenters. Denver Local Union No. 55 on
the night of February 17 tendered a testimonial dinner to its old timers. Believe it or not,
32 Brothers were eligible to attend as 50-year members. Length of membership ranged
up to 60 years.
It was a fine affair. Nineteen of tlie old timers were able to be present. The other
13 were indisposed or out of towoi. Board member J. O. Mack was on hand to help make
the evening a success. Following an excellent dinner. Board member Mack presented the
old timers with 50-year commemorative pins.
Pictured above and reading from left to right, are some of the old timers whom Local Union
No. 55 recently honored.
First row — Otto Anderson, 52 years' membership; Walter A. Jouno, 58; Marco Sparks, 59;
John E. Corcoran, 59; Lewis Jones, 51; Harry Stratton, 55; and James Garrison, President of the
Local.
Second row — Michael Sweeney, 54 years' membership; Axel Hanson, 51; Iver Villa, 52;
Arthur English, 52; George Walton, 51; and Ben Mi.ler, 51.
Third row — George Peterson, 50 years' membership; Oscar Ekblad, 53; Richard O. Shively,
Financial Secretary; Charles Moore, 51; Edward Amos, 54; Anthony Epping, 50; M. E. Strom-
quist, 54; Robert England, 55; J. O. Mack, General Executive Board member. Sixth District; and
Harry Stewart, Local vice president.
Members unable to be present and, therefore, not in the picture are: John Groholek, 52 years'
membership; I. L. Martz, 52; William A. Slaughter, 53; Harry E. Allen, 60; G. A. Carlson,
58; C. A. Stromquist, 60; John Anderson, 55; John D. Clark, 55; E. Lindstrom, 56^ H. A.
Redford, 54; A. H. Ruehmann, 55; A. R. Millington, 51; and Andy Rumpeltes, 51.
Denver was barely more than a western frontier town when most of these old timers
joined the United Brotherhood. Over the past half-century they helped change Denver from
somediing resembling a movie set for "Gunsmoke" into a thriving, bustling city that domi-
nates a vast section of the Rocky Mountains. And they helped to pilot Local Union No.
55 through many perilous and uncertain times. Naturally, the union is proud of every one
of its half-century veterans.
Percentagewise, it is doubtful if any union in our Brotherhood has a higher proportion
of 50-year members. And the Local is looking forward to the day when it will be able
to award 75-year pins to some of its rugged old timers.
EIGHTEEN ATTAIN JOURNEYMAN RANK IN TUCSON
In view of the rapid changes that are taking place in technology and materials, no
one can definitely say what the construction industry will be like a generation from now.
Whatever changes take place, southeastern Arizona can be assured of an adequate supply
of really skilled craftsmen, thanks to the apprenticeship training program jointly maintained
by the Southeastern Arizona District Council and their employers.
At an apprentice initiation meeting held on February 2, Local Union 857 welcomed
18 graduating apprentices into journeyman status. These young men, through four years of
rigorous training, proved their ability to handle any carpentry job that may come up.
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39
Fifteen
Union 857
of the eighteen who recently were initiated into journeyman status by Local
of Tucson, Arizona, are shown in the picture, reading from the left to right:
Front row — Alfonso Macias, Everett Nelson, Tony Rodriquez, Carlos Hava, Frederic Roof,
Walter Roszko, and Georgfe Reitz.
Back row — -Carl Nesbitt, John Rigas, Gerald Pelaar, Edward Blankenheim, Gerald Kornelle,
Robert Lamb, Harold Yettaw, and Richard Ward.
Initiated but not shown in this picture were: Raymond LaRue, John Lopez, and Harry Millsap.
Scheduled for initiation at this meeting but unable to attend were Clyde Baker and Edward
Mager.
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TESTIMONIAL DINNER HONORS 6 OLD TIMERS
Late last fall, Local Union No. 762, Quincy, Mass., tendered a testimonial dinner to a
group of its members who have devoted more than 50 years of their lives to the advance-
ment of tlie trade of carpentry and the growth of the United Brotherhood.
Six oldtimers were the
guests of honor. The roster of
veteran members was headed
by Victor Olson whose mem-
bership dates back 61 years.
Other veteran members hon-
ored included George A. Oster,
with 50 years of membership,
who is president and business
representative of the union;
John Mattson, 54 years a mem-
ber, and Dave Wohlander, 50
years a member; Charles Child-
stedt, only living charter mem-
ber, and Gustav Oster, who
was president of the Local for
a quarter of a century. Unfor-
tunately, Brothers Childstedt
and Oster were unable to at-
tend because of ill health.
Si>eakers of the evening in-
cluded Mike Harrington of Lo-
cal No. 56, who is president
of the Suffolk Council of Carpenters, Congressman James Burke; Quincy Mayor Amelio
Delia Chiesa; City Council President James Mclntj're; Councillor John J. Quinn; Tom
Foley, president of the East Massachusetts Council of Carpenters; and Karl Lowell, business
representative of the South Shore District Council.
The speakers emphasized the great odds that the Union had to overcome in bygone
years and pointed out that the younger members of today could profitably take inspira-
tion from the achievements of old timers such as those being honored at the occasion.
Shown in the photo, from left to right, are: Victor Olson,
Ed Gallagher, George A. Oster, John Mattson and Dave
Wohlander.
Craft Probloms
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By H. H. Siegele
LESSON 377
Window Shoppers.— The best and most
inexpensive advertising that any merchant
can utihze in his business is the show vdn-
dow. Here is the place where real customers
are made. If the windows and display
space, together with the arrangement of the
displays, are made attractive, customers will
come to that place of business; first, to see
Fig. 1
the merchandise on display, and then to
enter the store and talk business with tlie
sales people.
If the store is on a busy street, especially
one that receives a great deal of pedestrian
traffic, the depth of the show-window vesti-
Fig. 2
bule should provide ample space for win-
dow shoppers to observe and study the
various displays. Here is where the artist
belongs— one who is a good showman. For
if he can quicken the imagination of the
shoppers to a real sense of beauty, his ar-
tistic productions will realize substantial
dividends for his employer. Primarily a
window shopper is in quest of beauty, and
when he has found it he will not abandon
it, but will forthwith make arrangements to
acquire the objects of loveliness that he has
found. The same principle will apply when
the purpose of the merchandise on display
is that of utility, rather than beauty.
i-j'-o\ r'-o'
, s-Q' j
25- 0"
1
10-0 la-c,
Fig. 3
Plans of Display Space.— The design
shown by Fig. 1 is suitable for a rather
large store on a busy street. Here the right
half is shown in full, while the other half
is a duplicate in reverse of what is shown.
This design provides a liberal amount of
space for displaying merchandise, such as
Fig. 4
clothing for men, women, and children.
Only one double-door entrance to the store
is provided in this design, but there are
two sidewalk entrances to the vestibule, one
on the drawing shown, and the other on the
part that is omitted here.
Fig. 2 is a sort of perspective elevation
of the front of the design shown by Fig. 1,
THE CARPENTEIl
41
in plan. The name and sign panels above
the show windows and sidewalk entrances
to the vestibule, should be finished in keep-
ing witli the face finish of the bulkhead.
These spaces are left blank here, because
the material used must be determined by
the owner. Here are a few suggestions:
Fig. 5
Brick, stone, tile, stucco or some other
available material could be used. It is im-
portant that the finish used above and
below the show windows is carefully se-
lected. Figs. 1 and 2 should be compared
and studied.
Fig. 6
Fig. 3 is a modification of what is shown
by Fig. 1. This design has the advantage
of two double-door entrances to the store,
although only one is shown by the drawing.
The other entrance is in the duplicate half,
Fig. 7
in reverse, to the left, that is omitted here.
The island showcase, shown to the bottom,
left, has a center screen, indicated by dot-
ted lines, which can be omitted if desired.
A front elevation in perspective is shown by
Fig. 4. Here can be seen the advantage of
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Car Display Room.-A plan of a car dis-
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by Fig. 5. Here the display space thai
joins the show windows is rather narrow.
The purpose is to display small articles that
Fig. 8
will leave a full view of the car on display.
A wide door is provided, so that cars can
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to the left of the driveway. A different car
display room is shown in part by Fig. 6.
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Fig. 9
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Look Who Thinks We're Important Now - 5
NATION'S BUSINESS, a magazine that has bitterly opposed every round of wage
increases since the day it was founded (by the U. S. Chamber of Commerce), suddenly
finds that the high earnings of skilled workers make up a new, important pool of buying
power. "Go after the blue-collar buck" is the advice the magazine gives advertisers.
This Is Enlightened Management?
8
Every day some drum beater for big business is saying unions are no longer neces-
sary because management has become enlightened and far-sighted. The farm industry
shows just how enlightened management can be when there is no strong, established
union to stand up for the >fvorkers.
Cape Canaveral, Showcase Of Skills
11
Cape Canaveral is only a small cog in a vast network of installations that make
up the Atlantic Missile Range. Scientists, technicians and skilled craftsmen, including
many Brotherhood members, man these installations that stretch from Florida to the
South Atlantic far below the equator.
Bozeman Member's Son Wins Scholarship
15
Joseph F. Cullen, son of Brother Joseph T. Cullen of Local Union No. 557, Bozeman,
Mont., walks off with one of labor's most coveted scholarships. It will enable him to
complete four years of college work— compliments of the labor movement.
The Bridges Of Man
18
Remnants of bridges still standing give an important clue to the kind of civilizations
that built them. Today, America is embarked on the greatest era of bridge building in
human history. A thousand years from now, some of these will still be standing.
Hazards Of Heavy Lifting
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OTHER DEPARTMENTS
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Official
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Index to Advertisers
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Look Who Thinks We're Important Now
• • •
BRACE YOUR FEET, Brother, the advertising "geniuses" are zeroing
in their heaviest artillery on your pay check and mine. We have become
the No. 1 pigeons for the guys with the grey flannel suits and the purple
worsted mouths.
We, the skilled workers of the nation, are the new mass market at which
the big sales pitches will be aimed from now on. The computer boys have
suddenly found that we make pretty good money and that we buy a lot of
the goods that roll off the assembly lines. Their immediate aim is to sell us a lot
more.
The whole thing was explained in
a recent issue of NATION'S BUSI-
NESS, the slick magazine published
by the U. S. Chamber of Commerce.
Blue collar workers, the magazine
pointed out, now make up the na-
tion's biggest market for luxury mer-
chandise and services. They buy more
autos, watches, jewelry and air con-
ditioners than any other single class.
They want quality too, and the bar-
gain basement approach is out of
date. Here is how the magazine puts
it:
"Formerly it was easy for the econ-
omist to grade people on an income
basis and assume that the white-
collar people and business and pro-
fessional people were the best— often
the only— market for many products.
Now surveys in metropolitan Chi-
cago—which indicate a national con-
dition—show that the income of the
average skilled blue-collar worker is
equal to that of the average white-
collar worker. What's more, the elite
of the skilled blue-collar groups earn
considerably more family income than
the average white-collar worker and
the intelligentsia. Particularly do they
have more choice in spending it.
"A recent study of the whole field
of savings in metropolitan Chicago
showed more families with savings ac-
counts in banks and savings and loan
associations in the blue-collar group
than any other. Banks from one end
of the country to the other are chang-
ing their strategy to appeal to this
market which helped the savings and
loan associations grow so rapidly.
"Not only do these people ha\e
money to spend but they far out-
number the white-collar workers. On
the basis of census studies, we find
that 64 per cent of the people li\'ing
in metropolitan Chicago are in this
group. The same proportion holds for
innumerable cities."
Had this piece appeared in a maga-
zine other than NATION'S BUSI-
NESS it might have left a better taste
in the mouth. NATION'S BUSINESS,
being a venture of the U. S. Chamber
of Commerce, has been particularly
vehement in fighting every wage in-
crease organized labor has gained
during the past 20 years. Ever\^ in-
crease was going to fan the fires of
inflation, drive businesses to the wall,
price us out of the world market, dis-
courage expansion, and just about
bring on the end of the free enter-
prise system. These same old argu-
ments have been used over and over
until they sound like a broken record.
THE CARPEXTER
Look Where We Are
Percentage
bought
Business
and
Professional
White-
collar
Workers
Skilled
Craftsmen
Unskilled
Labor
T. V. sets
13%
25%
44%
16%
Food freezers
15
25
45
10
Washers
15
28
43
13
Room air conditioners
28
22
46
4
Vacuum cleaners
13
31
49
7
Refrigerators
14
26
48
9
New furniture
20
32
38
9
New rugs & carpets
14
29
44
11
Landscaping & shrubbery
25
35
31
7
Boats
31
34
25
6
New luggage
28
35
31
6
New autos
21
34
36
7
New watches
21
31
35
12
Auto insurance
16
34
41
7
New homes
19
39
36
6
Home remodeling
21
31
37
10
Bus travel
9
24
47
19
Life insurance
16
32
42 .
10
Railroad travel
27
31
30
11
Jewelry
27
32
33
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Now, suddenly, the magazine that
opposed these increases so bitterly
finds that they have created a huge
new mass market for luxury goods.
By and large, blue-collar workers are
union workers. And the unions are
the instruments through which their
wage scales are set. The magazine
could have substituted the term "un-
ion worker" for 'T^lue-collar worker"
as easily as not. At any rate, the mag-
azine is now gloating about the abil-
ity of skilled workers to buy and pay
for first class goods and services even
though it bucked the upward march
of labor all the way.
Change your advertising pitch to
appeal to the blue-collar worker and
his wife, is the magazine's advice to
manufacturers. For instance, it points
out:
"The blue-collar worker is much
less likely than the white-collar work-
er to dream about investments and
travel abroad. He has more concrete
needs and wants which are well met
in advertising such as that of depart-
ments stores, drug chains and grocery
chains. This advertising may have a
complete lack of creative esthetics in
the copy and art, it may completely
fail with the Colonel's lady, but it
certainly gets through to Judy O'-
Grady. It is worth emphasizing that
one thing to be avoided in communi-
cation to this market is to suggest a
lower status. If you want to show the
worker on the job, be sure that his
ego and dignity are protected. Also,
these women are quick to see immor-
ality where others might see only
sophistication."
So look ahead to a barrage of ad-
vertising aimed at your pay check.
The models won't be wearing patched
overalls that are common on most
jobs, but they won't be wearing tux-
edos either. And the women won't
have fingernails two inches long when
they are trying to sell a craftsman's
wife who is up to her elbows in dish-
water and diaper washings most of
the day. All of us blue-collar work-
ers can take this new attention from
the advertising fraternity as a compli-
ment, but little thanks for this state of
affairs goes to NATION'S BUSINESS
which always did its utmost to stymie
the upward march of skilled workers.
In the long run, the credit goes to
organized labor that had to battle
publications like NB every inch of
the way to put the blue-collar man
where he is.
INCOME GAINS SLOW DOWN IN MARCH
Personal income during March was only slightly higher than in February, with the
year so far showing a slowdown from the sharp increases of last November and December.
Wages and salaries, at an annual rate of $269 billion, were about the same as for
February, with gains in State and local payrolls and the hiring of 160,000 temporary
Census workers being ofiFset by decreased construction, automobile and aircraft payrolls.
The over-all wage and salary picture for the year thus far showed a gain of 7 per cent as
compared with the first three months of 1959.
Business and professional income showed a 5 per cent gain during the first quarter as
compared with the same period in 1959, while dividends were up 6 per cent. As usual,
personal interest income, due to the Eisenhower tight money policy, led tlie procession \\dth
a 14.6 per cent gain for the year so far.
Farm income, which is down 9 per cent for the first quarter over a year ago,
dropped again in March as compared with both January and February. Farm income
for March was running at an annual rate of $10.3 billion. A year ago during the same
month it was running at a $12 bilhon rate.
This Is Enlightened Management?
• • •
HAVE UNIONS outlived their usefulness? More and more, right-to-
workers, business magazines, and various and sundry other apologists
for big business argue that unions are no longer needed.
The gist of their argument runs about as follows:
"Unions probably were necessary in the bad old days when employers
were unenlightened and short-sighted. But over the years employers have
seen the light. They now know that high wages make for prosperity. They
know that good pay and good working conditions increase efficiency. There-
fore, the need no longer exists for unions."
Anyone who has served on a union negotiating committee knows how
l^aseless such arguments are. Every nickel pay raise generally involves more
frustration, ulcers, sweat and tears
than anything other than a fire or
flood. A session or two at the bargain-
ing table probably could do more to
straighten out the thinking of these
authors than a thousand hours of ar-
gument. It is at the bargaining table
that you find out how enlightened
and far-sighted many employers are.
Another argument the anti-union-
ists present is that many unorganized
plants pay as good wages as organ-
ized plants. Figures compiled by the
x\FL-CIO knock this argument in the
head by proving that union wages top
non-union wages by anywhere from
lie to 20c an hour on the average.
However, some non-union plants do
meet union wage scales, but they only
do so to forestall organization. Gen-
erally, they more than make up the
difference by imposing impossible
work loads, ignoring seniority, and
hiring and firing in an autocratic
manner. But the main point is that
the union negotiating committees set
the wage pace. Anything else any-
body gets is dictated by the wage
scale set by the union.
For an example of how enlightened
and far-sighted employers can be in
an industry that is virtually unorgan-
ized, take a look at farming. And
don't fall for the argument that farm-
ing is not big business today. Hired
farm workers in 1958 totaled 2,319,-
000. The bulk of these people worked
for "factory farms" where farming in-
cludes processing, freezing, packing,
etc. Texas offers an example of what
is happening. Due to the growth of
super-farms, the average farm size in
the Lone Star State has grown from
250 acres in 1930 to 500 acres today.
Twelve per cent of the farms grossed
60 per cent of farm products in 1954.
Since then, concentration has in-
creased even faster.
What kind of progress have farm
workers made in this industry where
they depend almost entirely on the
enlightenment and far-sightedness of
the employer? The 1959 report of the
National Sharecroppers Fund, an or-
ganization of citizens dedicated to
elevating the status of farm labor,
sheds some interesting light. The fol-
lowing excerpts are reprinted from
the report:
Housing. A Maryland study reports
that a 1957 state survey of housing
THE CARPENTER
conditions found that 66 per cent of
the camps had unapproved water sys-
tems; that privies in 72 per cent of
the camps were below minimum sani-
tary standards. The newspaper report-
er found a camp with migrants hving
in small shacks, 8 by 10 feet, equipped
with cots, a small cook stove, and a
light bulb. Swarms of mosquitoes and
flies made a depressing picture which
can be duplicated across the country.
Health. Both the poverty of the mi-
grants and the temporary nature of
the situations in which they live in-
crease their health hazards. The U. S.
Public Health Service found that state
residence requirements for aid pro-
vided a major obstacle. "Major differ-
ences between requirements for pub-
lic health and public welfare services
nullify, in some instances, the tuber-
culosis efforts of the health agencies,"
it said. There is hope in news out of
Washington that proposals are being
made for federal aid in "general as-
sistance" programs and to modify or
end the residence qualifications of the
various states.
Accidents. Agriculture still ranks as
the third most hazardous industry.
In highly industrialized New Jersey,
farming had more work accidents in
1958 than any other industry— more
than 100 a month. The latest over-all
figures, compiled by the National
Safety Council, are: Farm death rates
per 100,000, 54.3; total farm resident
fatalities, 11,300; injuries, 950,000.
Agriculture is the only industry in
which the death rate has risen over
the 10-year period 1948-58, with a
rise of 4%.
But no statistics can convey the
horror of the death of a 12-year-old
girl working on an Idaho farm, caught
in a potato-digging machine. (The lo-
cal school system was having a "har-
vest vacation" so that the children
could work in the fields). Nor could
a system of workmen's compensation
make adequate recompensation. But
when accidents occur, it is worth re-
flecting that in most states agricul-
tural workers, despite their high
liability to accident, are not in-
sured as are industrial workers— one
more senseless "exclusion."
Federal Aid. One of the problems is
that most federal aid continues to go
to the bigger farms and corporations.
Senator Williams of Delaware has
called attention to the 250 cotton pro-
ducers who received government
price-support loans of $100,000 or
more on 1958 crops. The largest of
these was nearly $1,500,000 (Westlake
Farms, Inc., California).
Foreign Workers and Domestic
Wages. The first illustration of this
problem given in last year's report
was of peaches in Sutter County, Cali-
fornia; for this year (1959) the peach
crop aroused national attention, with
press reports of the crop rotting due
to a shortage of peach pickers.
Background is important. When
miscalculations on the part of grow-
ers combined with weather conditions
which runted the crop, peach grow-
ers felt the only place left to cut ex-
pense, to save profits, was on harvest
wages.
But the growers were frightened
by two possibilities: 1) an organizing
campaign was going on among farm
workers, who wanted better instead
of worse wages; 2) a scandal in tlie
state placement service regarding its
handling of the Mexican program
threatened the supply of Mexican
workers used in previous years to
keep wages down.
Hence a dramatic publicity cam-
paign was developed; 30 newspaper
men and editors were flown into the
area in chartered planes; the cry of
ruin was raised. The union consistent-
ly reported domestic workers avail-
able, but the grower pressure was
10
THE CARPENTER
successful; the Mexicans arrived. The
wage rate (which last year dropped
from 15-18 cents a box to 12 when
Mexican workers arrived) this year
started at 15 (14 in Sutter County)
and at times was only 12. The do-
mestic workers never had a chance.
Agricultural wages in the United
States are in a relatively worse posi-
tion than similar wages are for most
other industrial nations. This is shown
in a report in the International La-
bour Review for November, 1959,
which points out that farm wages in
the U. S. have gone up less in the ten-
ye<u' period, 1948-1957, than in any
other of the western nations.
0 <f *
The above excerpts from the 1959
report of the National Sharecroppers
Fund give some indication of how
well workers fare in an industry
where a union has not been able to
gain a solid toehold— the modern
enlightenment and far-sightedness of
employers notwithstanding.
Furthermore, farming provides a
good example of how unorganized
people can expect to make out under
automation. Automation has advanced
faster in farming than it has in any
other single industry. The above re-
port spells out how farm workers have
"benefited" therefrom while depend-
ing on the enlightenment of 20th Cen-
tury employers.
Enlightenment and far-sightedness
of employers you can have— we'll take
a strong, democratic, militant union.
ANOTHER REASON FOR A SHORTER WORK WEEK
As a promotion stunt to advertise its products, the manufacturer of pre-
hung doors sponsored a contest at a convention of the Michigan Retail Lumber
Dealers Association. Starting with the rough opening, the object of the con-
test was to see which delegate could un-
crate and install a door, its casement, the
knob, and the lock hardware in the short-
est possible time. A transistor radio was top
prize.
When the contest was over, it was found
that the winner had turned the trick in
three minutes and 16 seconds.
The whole thing was a publicity gag, of
course, and there is little relationship be-
tween conditions prevailing at the contest
and on the job. However, there are sober-
ing implications nevertheless.
A door installed in three and a quarter
minutes means 17 doors an hour; 136 a day;
680 a week.
Looking at it from another angle, three
and a quarter minutes' work at an hourly
wage of $3.50 makes the cost of hanging the door somewhere around 20c
—about half what it was when wages were $2.00 per day and a man was hump-
ing to hang five doors in a day.
Anybody got a better argument for a shorter work week and higher pay?
11
Cape Canaveral, Showcase Of Skills
* *
THE DATELINE on any stories dealing with missile firing on the
Atlantic Coast usually reads "Cape Canaveral." This is only natural
because Cape Canaveral is where the firing actually takes place.
However, there is a vast network of tracking stations and check centers
stretching 5,000 miles into the South Atlantic. Cape Canaveral and these
eleven other stations together make up the Atlantic Missile Range operated
by the United States Air Force. Each station has a definite part to play in
the successful launching of a missile because the highest degree of teamwork
is absolutely essential.
And Brotherhood members are using their skills wherever these centers
are located. Old facilities constantly are being refurbished and new ones
built. The Brotherhood members who work anywhere in the vast complex
that makes up the missile range are
helping to bring the space age one
step nearer.
The Cape Canaveral Missile Test
Annex is Station 1 of the Atlantic
Missile Range. Station 2 is located
about 100 miles south of the Cape
at Jupiter Inlet, Florida. In addition,
there are also several small tracking
sites on the Florida mainland which
are manned only during flight tests.
The first oflF-shore station on the
range is Station 3 at Crand Bahama
Island. Stations 4 through 9 are at
Eleuthera Island, San Salvador, Moy-
aguana, Grand Turk, the Dominican
Republic and Puerto Rico, respective-
ly. Station 9.1 at Antigua was estab-
lished primarily for ballistic missile
programs. Station 10 at St. Lucia, on
the other hand, was used for cruise
missile tests and is presently on a
standby status.
Farther south on the Brazilian Is-
land of Fernando de Noronha is lo-
cated Station 11. It is 230 miles of
the coast of Brazil, and 3,900 miles
from Cape Canaveral. The last island
tracking station is at Ascension Is-
land, a British Crown Colony in the
South Atlantic Ocean, over 5,000
miles from the Cape.
At a typical down-range station,
there are from 120 to 160 full-time
technicians and maintenance person-
nel. Because the stations are located
on small, sparsely populated islands,
there is often no local economy to
support them. Thus, practically all of
the necessities of life must be brought
in by boat or aircraft along with the
electronic parts, supplies and techni-
cal equipment needed to operate
them. At many of the tracking sta-
tions rain water must be used for
fresh water. Where rain is infrequent
such as at Fernando de Noronha, sea
water is distilled to meet the station's
requirements.
Each down-range station is com-
manded by an Air Force officer who
also serves as the Range Safetv
Ofiicer.
The AFMTC's down-range stations
are unusual communities of technical
personnel. The size of each station,
the type of buildings and even its
location is dependent on the type
and quantity of the tracking instru-
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The domes and blockhouses are mighty heavy construction.
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mentation required at a particular
location.
However, all of the stations have
certain similar instrumentation. This
usually includes tracking radars used
to track missiles in flight and record
their position, and a telemetry re-
ceiver site to "listen" to and record
functions taking place inside the mis-
sile. Each station also has a timing
signal generation which ties together
investment. With it, the numlier of
launchings required from prototype
to operational missile in a given pro-
gram has been reduced to a mere
fraction of what they were less than
ten years ago.
The primary purpose of the Cen-
ter's flight tests is to record the per-
formance of missiles under the most
exacting laboratory conditions. Dur-
ing lift-off and up to about a mile
to a split second all of the instrumen-
tation at all of the stations being
used for a particular test.
THE INSTRUMENTATION
The instrumentation needed to
gather missile flight data at the At-
lantic Missile Range is the most so-
phisticated of its kind in the world.
It is designed so that at precisely any
given instant the performance of a
missile can be determined. From a
cost standpoint, this instrumentation
represents a major portion of the Cen-
ter's half-billion-dollar capital plant
from the launch pad, it is relati\"ely
easy to measure a missile's position
to an accuracy of inches by using
high speed cameras. Beyond this
point, and up to 15 miles, theodolites
and long-range cameras are used for
an accuracy within about 30 feet.
However, the problem becomes far
more difficult when the missile reach-
es an acceleration of from 10.000 to
15,000 miles per hour at altitudes
of several hundred miles. For these
measurements a system called Azusa
is used by the AFMTC. Azusa pro-
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\'ides what has been called the ulti-
mate in electronic phase comparison
techniques. Located at Cape Canav-
eral, the Azusa system can collect
precision data on missile position and
velocity at the rate of 10 impulses
per second with exceptional accu-
racy. This information is gathered by
eight ground antennas housed in pres-
surized radomes. It is then fed into
an IBM high-speed digital computer.
In addition to the velocity and the
position information, Azusa is also
Concrete igloos challenge carpentry skills.
used for safety purposes since it pro-
vides a continuous prediction on
where a missile will impact at any
given instant should its flight be ter-
minated.
However, it is telemetry which is
the primary means used by AFMTC
to obtain missile flight data. Up to
75 per cent of the information gath-
ered during a missile flight test is ob-
tained by telemetry.
The principle of telemetry is com-
paratively simple. It consists of small
radio transmitters placed inside the
missile which send information on as
many as 175 separate functions on
each flight. This information is picked
up by receiver stations where it is re-
corded on magnetic tape. Thus, long
after the actual flight the Center can
re-fly a missile in the laboratory again
and again. Examples of some of the
information obtained through teleme-
try include missile altitude, attitude,
battery voltage, temperature, vibra-
tion and acceleration.
After a test launch, all of the data,
the magnetic tapes, the radar plots,
and other information are rushed to
the Center's data reduction facility at
the Technical Laboratory at Patrick
AFB. Here the raw data are fed
through automatic reduction process-
es and in a matter of days the end
product of thousands of man-hours
expended on a specific test is avail-
able. This is the flight test report,
which takes the nation one more step
forward in its missile development
program.
THE AFMTC's ACCOMPLISHMENTS
In recent years a spectacular record
of "firsts" in the nation's military mis-
sile and space programs has been
compiled at the AFMTC. Among
them are the first firing of a U.
S. Satellite, the first full-range AT-
LAS intercontinental ballistic missile
launching, remote firings of the BO-
MARC interceptor missile in conjunc-
tion with the Air Force SAGE system,
and many more.
All of the nation's long-range mis-
siles have been or are scheduled to be
tested at the Atlantic Missile Range.
Against this backdrop of spectacu-
lar achievements, even more impor-
tant military, satellite and space pro-
grams of the Armed Forces, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration, and the Advanced Research
Projects Agency are now underway at
the Air Force Missile Test Center.
15
Bozeman Member's Son Wins Scholarship
* *
IT is very likely that man will make his first trip to the moon within a
few years. And it is entirely possible that the problems of such travel
will be solved by a member of our Brotherhood. It well may be Joseph
F. Cullen, the son of Joseph T. Cullen, a long-time member of Local 557
of Bozeman, Montana.
Young Cullen recently was chosen the winner of an AFL-CIO Merit
Scholarship in a nation-wide competition.
Each year the AFL-CIO offers six 4-year scholarships to outstanding
students who demonstrate their ability to profit by college work. These
scholarships allow winners to enroll in any accredited college or uni\"ersit}^
in the United States, and no limita-
tions are placed on the courses of
study they may want to pursue.
The AFL-CIO scholarship program
is part of an over-all effort by Amer-
ican trade unions in this field. Many
trade unions, from the local level to
the national and international level,
offer various types of scholarships that
run well over $500,000 per year.
In announcing the award winner,
AFL-CIO President George Meany
said: "The AFL-CIO looks forward to
the day when all of America's young
people will be able to complete a
college education. Federally financed
scholarships for college study would
be a long step forward toward a
stronger democracy and would show
the world that in America opportuni-
ties are equal."
However, this day may be some
distance off. In the meantime, the la-
bor movement is doing its utmost to
make it possible for bright students
to go on to college through scholar-
ship awards.
Winner Joseph Cullen has elected
to enter the California Institute of
Technology where he will major in
Chemical Engineering in preparation
for a career as an industrial scientist.
In addition to being an outstanding
student, young Cullen has been ac-
tive in many constructive activities.
He is a fine musician and a member
of the Musicians Union. He has
played in the school band and the
City Concert Band. In addition, he
has held a number of offices in stu-
dent legislative assembly and is class
treasurer. Other activities include
treasurer of the Key Club and the
Latin Club, representative to Boys
State, and the head of the Prom Com-
mittee. He has manifested an interest
in collecting stamps and coins and in
promoting arts and crafts. In his spare
time he has helped other youngsters
advance their musical training by gi\"-
ing lessons. Altogether, he achieved a
fine record, both in book work and
in student activities at Bozeman High
School.
Young Cullen is the son of Mr, and
Mrs. Joseph T. Cullen. Brother Cullen
has been a member of the United
Brotherhood for 17 years and has al-
ways maintained an active interest in
the welfare of his organization. Con-
gratulations to the entire Cullen fam-
ily, and especially to young Joseph
F. Cullen.
Pla-H
fCr
JUMPING AT CONCLUSIONS
Unemployment took another unhealthy
jump of 275,000 between February and
March, a period during which the Depart-
ment of Labor expected joblessness to de-
cline. But the experts had a fast explanation:
storms. Unseasonable storms kept plants and
industries from expanding their operations
as quickly as expected.
We hope tlie explanation is the correct
one, although we wouldn't want to bet
much on it.
We see an analogy between this case
and tlie case of the ofRce boy who produced
a pocket knife when the boss wanted one.
It seems the boss asked all his office staff
to loan him a knife. Not a one of the
clerical help could produce one. It seems
they all had left their knives at home. Fin-
ally the boss asked the office boy, and he
immediately produced one.
"Now there's the smartest guy of the
staff," boasted the boss. "He didn't forget
his knife."
"It ain't that I'm smart," replied the office
boy, "it's just that you don't pay me
enough to have more than one pair of
pants; so I always have my knife with me."
"Why, yes, it will be a steady
job— unless my wife sees
you!"
IT'S EASY TO BE FOOLED
These things were said— in testimony be-
fore a House subcommittee— by retailer
spokesmen who don't want their workers
brought under wage-hour coverage and who
don't want the wage floor raised to $1.23
an hoiu":
A Michigan store owner said he saw no
need to extend or raise the minimum wage
because "not one" of his employes "ever
starved" on pay of less than $1 an hour.
An Illinois retailer claimed tliat most store
clerks don't have to work and "these are
the people mostly responsible for the so-
called two-car family." He acknowledged
under questioning that he didn't know if any
of his employes, who started at 85 cents an
hour, have two cars.
Remarkable what employers think people
can do with 85c an hour. And speaking of
thinking, remember the old one about the
young gal who went swimming in the nude
in a quiet mountain lake? She thought she
was all alone, but when she looked up she
spotted a couple of fishermen peering out of
the bushes. Thoroughly flustered, the sweet
young thing pondered what to do, but then
she saw an old wash tub in the lake bottom.
Holding it up in front of her, she began
backing toward her clothes.
"Don't you have anything better to do?"
she shouted at the peckers. "Do you know
what I think?"
"Yes, ma'am," replied one of the Peeping
Toms. "You think there's a bottom in that
wash tub."
• * *
PRACTICAL EXPLANATION
The negotiating session was bogged down
over the wording of the seniority clause.
Agreement could not be reached as to
whether the word "qualified" or "able"
should be used in a particul..r sentence. The
wrangling went on and on. Finally some-
one asked:
"Just what is the difference between
'qualified' and 'able'?"
For a long time no one said anything.
At last a weather-beaten old boy from the
union's side of the table piped up:
"The way I see it is this: my wife is able,
but Marilyn Monroe is qualified."
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WHEN DUTY CALLS
A young fellow in the naval reserve was
telling several friends that if he was ever
called for active duty he would like to be
assigned as commander of an LMD.
"What's an LMD?" asked a friend.
The young fellow quickly replied: "Why,
it's a Long Mahogany Desk."
• • •
THEN THE WAR WAS ON
Shucks! The strike of film actors has been
won wdthout Marilyn Monroe appearing on
the picket line once. The Screen Actors
Guild concluded a satisfactory contract af-
ter one month of strike. It not only was the
first strike in the history of tiie entertain-
ment imion, but also one of the quietest in
labor annals. Since all the top talent was
involved in the walkout, it was not even
necessary to maintain a picket line. The ac-
tors merely stayed home and that was it.
Naturally, we are overjoyed that the ac-
tors came out on top, but the idea of some
of the million-a-year glamour dolls walking
a picket line did have a certain amount of
appeal. Somehow or other, the situation
brought to mind the old one about the
Texan who was driving an eastern visitor
through that arid and barren part of the
state where everything that doesn't bite
you pricks you.
Mile after mile they diove along in si-
lence. Finally a gaudy and brightly hued
bird darted across the road.
"What was that?" asked the visitor.
"Bird of Paradise," replied the rancher.
The next mile or two was driven in
silence.
"Pretty long way from home, isn't it?" the
easterner finally commented.
• * •
A WORD TO THE WISE
This being an election year, union mem-
bers once more are being reminded tliat
registering and voting are essential parts
of good citizenship. Besides, the last few
years prove that bad legislation can nulUfy
many of the gains won at the bargaining
table.
Every union member should ponder the
words of a West Coast worker who wrote:
"Unless we elect a liberal Congress this
fall, I foresee a rapid return of the small
community store. After all, I ran a corner
A & P myself back in the Thirties— Apples
and Pencils."
KEEPING THINGS STRAIGHT
Thirteen years after passage of the Taft-
Hartley Law the NLRB is finally getting
around to holding an election in the con-
struction industry, if our information from
Tennessee can be trusted. As this was being
written, the Board was scheduled to hold
an election among the employees of the
Trammell Construction Company of Bristol,
Virginia. The Board found that the com-
pany only keeps about five regular employ-
es on the payroll all the time. However,
these five served as a nucleus for the for-
mation of work crews that included as many
as 652 construction workers in the past
three years. So the Board ruled that many
of these men have worked for the company
long enough and often enough to have a
continuing interest in company working con-
ditions.
Maybe this case vdll become an entering
wedge whereby building trades unions may
yet gain tlie status of first-class citizenship
from the NLRB. To date, the NLRB and
construction unions have plowed separate
fxUTOWS.
In this connection, we keep thinking
about tlie carpenter who was filling out an
application for insiuance. After he finished
he handed it to the salesman. After study-
ing it a moment the salesman said:
"Everything is fine except for one thing.
You'll have to change this part where it
asks the relationship of Mrs. Smith to your-
self. You should write 'wife' instead of
'strained.' "
C^-^eL Sp!Mli>ir-2.
*'Yes, I see, J.B. Your arduous
struggles for success has
put you way out in front 1"
IS
The Bridges Of Man
• •
IT MAY have happened this way:
Lightning flashed across the skies as a cave dweller stared in terror
from his shelter.
One streak cracked loudly into a tree nearby. Its trunk groaned loudly . . .
then fell with a mighty crash across an adjoining stream.
After the storm the cave man examined Nature's violent act. Then he
realized: a way to cross the treacherous stream at last!
Thus— quite by accident— Neolithic man probably learned the advantage
of a felled tree across a waterway. And that's how man's first bridges came
to be.
General view of George Washington Bridge,
Century bridge engineering, looking toward the
Generations later, the world's first
"engineers" laid log beams across high
stones they had placed in a stream.
These were the first many-spanned
l^ridges- complete with intermediate
piers.
In the tropics strong swimmers
braved rapids with long lines
clenched in their teeth. These ropes
were connected with a woven mat— a
bridge floor.
considered by many a classic example of 20th
Jersey side of the Hudson River.
From ancient India: another new
idea. Parallel cables— suspenders of
thin rope— were hung vertically. These
supported a roadway platform at a
lower level. It was the world's first
suspension bridge!
The true arch was born in Meso-
potamia, around 4000 B.C. Legend
has it that a Sumerian, erecting an
arch of horizontal bricks, playfully
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turned them on end. The arch ring
stayed in place!
But the warrior Romans spurred
bridge-building as did no people be-
fore them. Caesar and Hannibal built
pontoons for advancing armies . . .
stone bridges were constructed to last
tlu'ough the centuries. And last they
did; their semi-cii-cular, massive piers
were made so that if one was de-
stroyed, the others would still stand.
While their bridges survived, the
Roman Empire crumbled. Barbarians
bridge that would span the Thames.
The project began in 1176. Thirty-
three years later: the old London
Bridge.
For 600 years it knew no peer. Its
19 pointed arches held many shops
and dwellings; it was the exciting cen-
ter of London life.
But time wore even this magnifi-
cent structure down; in 1831 it was
to be replaced by the new London
Bridge, still considered one of the
world's outstanding spans.
What skill and know-how can accomplish. One of the nunierous new bridges on the Erie
Thruway.
roamed Europe, destroying and pil-
laging . . . many civilized people fled
to the sanctity of monasteries to
record wisdom in elaborate manu-
scripts.
Travel was so disordered— and
dangerous— as the 12th century ended
that Central European churchmen
formed a "Brotherhood of Bridge-
builders" to aid voyagers.
In France a similar group was
founded. One of its masterpieces: the
picturesque bridge at Avignon.
At the same time an English monk,
Peter of Colechurch, proposed a
Even London Bridge meets its
match when it comes to romance-
Florence's charming Ponte Vecchio.
In Longfellow's words, it "described
itself":
"Taddeo Gaddi built me; I am old.
Five centuries old. I plant my foot
of stone
Upon the Arno, as St. Michael's own
Was planted on the dragon, fold bv
fold ...
And when I think that Michaelangelo
Hath leaned on me, I glory in myself."
Ponte Vecchio was one of the great
Renaissance bridges which reflected
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the spirit of surrounding communities.
Others of that age include the Ri-
alto over Venice's Grand Canal . . . the
Ponte Notre Dame, over the Seine.
The bridge builder became, for the
first time, a "civil" engineer.
A new era for bridge-building
dawned in the 18th and 19th cen-
turies. Jean Perronet perfected the
masonry arch . . . covered bridges
Gate. . . New York's George Washing-
ton Bridge . . . Germany's Cologne . . .
Brazil's Florianapolis. These suspen-
sion bridges span more than 1000 feet
across waters; connect formerly im-
possible-to-close gaps.
But modern bridge-building recent-
ly saw yet another innovation: the
first prefabricated bridges. A Pitts-
burgh firm decided in 1953 that even
Rough terrain and dizzy heights challenge the
job done.
came into vogue; many still dot our
New England countryside— a remnant
of the more romantic past.
Wrought iron bridges were an at-
tempt at improvement— but a dismal
failure. They were not only unattrac-
tive, but often failed to survive strong
\\'ind blasts or heavy loads.
In 1878: a new concept. A steel
bridge was built in remote Glasgow,
S. D. It answered the need for a
modern, sturdy, easy-to-build bridge.
It led to some of the world's great-
est bridges— San Francisco's Golden
bridge builder of today. But they always get the
the slight margin for error in steel
bridge-building was too much; that
if bridges were assembled in their
own fabricating plant, perfect fits
could be assured when sections are
hoisted in place.
It's not easy to imagine a sizeable
highway bridge— put together and
complete— inside a building. But it's
no trick at all. It just takes know-how
and a mighty large building.
The time and effort pay off on the
job site, when the sections arrive
ready for assembly. The bridge goes
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Up fast and sure, and the erecting advance can be measured by its
crew know that everything will match bridges.
exactly with no pieces left over. ^oday, thousands of Brotherhood
What next m the constant restless- members are devoting their know-
ness of our bridge-building pioneers? how and skills to the erection of
It's difficult to say. But one thing's bridges that will be standing when
certam: then: creations stand as sym- the year 3000 rolls around. If bridges
bols of the triumph of human spirit really are a symbol of civilization,
and mgenuity. these Brotherhood members are leav-
From the first tree that fell across ing an indelible imprint of theii-
a waterway to the artistic prefab craftsmanship on the saga of our
bridge of our generation, civilization's times.
•
AFRICAN HIGH SCHOOL NEEDS INSTRUCTION BOOKS
If you have any spare books on woodworking, carpentry, masonry, plumb-
ing, or construction in general, there is a wonderful way in which you can put
them to good use.
Brother Isadore Friedman, who is part-time instructor in woodworking at
Peninsula School, Menlo Park, California, writes of a challenging project that
the institution has undertaken. Peninsula School is interested in helping to
get a struggling new high school launched in East Nigeria. Among the most
pressing needs of African teachers is for instruction books on construction.
Owa-Omammu High School in East Nigeria was started by Dr. Ben U.
Nzeribe, a graduate of Stanford University. The students made their own
bricks and erected theii- own simple structures. With very little financial aid
available from the government, the school is struggling to make it on its own.
Since the policy of the school is not to turn anyone away because of race,
color, creed, or financial standing, the going is rough. A few donated text-
books on construction crafts could help the school greatly.
Peninsula School is willing to act as a forwarding agent for any books
donated. Here is a chance to get rid of those old books that have been clutter-
ing up the house and catching dust. Simply wrap them up and mail them to
Brother Isadore Friedman, Peninsula School, 2747 Xavier St., Palo Alto, Cali-
fornia. So long as they help teach a construction trade they will be welcome.
«
72% OF U. S. AGREEMENTS PROVIDE 7 OR MORE PAID HOLIDAYS
The percentage of collective agreements in the United States that granted
seven or seven and a half paid holidays a year increased from 40 to 44, and
the percentage that granted eight or eight and a half days increased from 11
to 20 between 1957 and 1960, according to a survey by the Bm-eau of National
Affairs, Inc.
The agreements providing nine or more paid holidays increased from 6
to 8 per cent of the total, while the percentage of agreements granting six or
six and a half days dropped from 30 to 16. The proportion that provided for
no paid holidays fell from 10 per cent to 9 per cent.
Premium pay for work done on paid holidays was specified in 94 per cent
of the agreements.
The survey was based on a continuing analysis of 400 representative union
contracts.
utdoor
/Weanderin£pl
By Fred Goetz
A very practical little device for remov-
ing fish scales can be made by nailing a
]x)ttle cap to a short piece of wood and
dragging the ragged edges of the cap cross-
grain to the fish scales. Scaling should be
done as soon as possible after the fish are
caught. Let the fish cool off and the scal-
ing operation can get mighty tough, espe-
cially on bass, crappies, shad, etc.
« « «
One of the oldest members of Local 690
in Little Rock, Arkansas is J. T. Bono. He's
been a member since 1916, a good carpenter
and an avid fisherman to boot.
In his varied out-
door career, J. T. has
sampled the outdoor
bounties of this na-
tion's far-flung states
from the mountains of
Oregon to the lakes of
Arkansas.
He likes to take
things slow and easy
now and, although he
clings to fond memo-
ries of strenuous
mountain deer hunts,
he still derives the greatest of pleasure
from dunking a worm in the home state
waters of Arkansas.
Here's a photo that J. T. sends in, show-
ing him with a nice string of bass and
crappie that he coaxed from Lake Ouachita
in Arkansas.
His son owns a tackle shop thereabouts,
selling all kinds of bait, lures and other nec-
essary gear.
J. T. hopes to catch "old granddad," a
six-pound largemouth, from the lake this
year and we wish him the best of luck.
We're sending jou along a pair of lures,
J. T., that we hope will help you turn the
trick.
Lewis Elliott of 12 South Lawton Street
in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a 20-year member of
Local 943, says the best thing in the world
with which to bait up a trot line for chan-
nel cats is cut shad and branch frogs.
Before trying your luck on opening day,
make sure this year you're gonna put your
best foot forward. In other words, check
your fishing tackle and relative items com-
pletely:
The reeh— Take it completely apart.
Cleanse all parts with gasoline and wipe
dry. Oil the parts and assemble. Introduce a
good grade, highly refined grease to all
working parts of the reel (nylon reels ex-
cepted). If you have a spinning reel, it is
imperative that you check the roller bearing
in the bail or pick-up arm. A nicked roller
will ruin a line in short order.
The rod:— Check the guides thoroughly. A
chipped guide will destroy a new Hne.
The line:— If it's a fly line, remove last
summer's dirt and grease with a solution of
warm water and mild, alkaline-free soap.
Redress the line with graphite, after making
sure that there are no breaks in tlie varnish.
A monofilament or braided casting or
spinning line should be gone over, every
inch of it, for nicks and abrasions. Don't
take a chance on a slightly frayed line— re-
place it.
Boots:— Make sure there are no leaks in
your boots or waders. It's no fun fishing all
day with your feet in cold water.
Spinners, wobblers, etc.:— "Shine 'em up."
Hooks:— Make sure they are "needle
sharp."
And last, but far from least, don't be like
some guys (I won't mention any names),
who did all these things last opening day,
but like the football player who ran 90
yards for a touchdown— without the ball—
— and left the fishing license home! ! !
A strong contender as the most frequent-
ly asked question among fishermen is, "What
is the best lure?" This query could pertain
to any type of game fish, and a lure might
well be anything from a garden worm to a
gold-plated "Doodad." Tons upon tons of
literature have been written by outdoor
writers on the subject, plus an equal amount
of illustrated descriptive material designed
by lure manufacturers to glorify their prod-
uct. Old timers— lovable old tobacco-juice
THE CARPENTER
23
fishermen— will tell you that their concoc-
tion is top fish-bait and go on to prove their
point with limit catches. Then there's the
guy who is so good he can catch fish out
of a mop bucket and credits his peculiar
brand of lure as the one and only fish-
getter.
Now giving the question much thought
and wdth respect to all parties, this writing
man concludes that the angler's lure is sec-
ondary, and the most important thing is
"confidence." What I mean is, faith in what-
ever you are using as fish bait. Consider the
water conditions that prevail, choose a lure
that is a proven fish taker, whether it is
bait or hardware; use it long enough to
become acquainted with its action, and be-
fore long you'll hit on a winning combina-
tion. Coining a piscatorial proverb, I would
sum up the entire situation and say, "Fickle
fishermen fetch few fish. . . ."
« « «
The son of Tom
Barnett of Almont,
Michigan, a member
of Local 674, is an
ardent follower and
an accurate one with
the knife-edged trian-
gle and shaft.
No species of game
is too swift for his
prowess. Here's a
photo of Tom Ben-
nett's 13-year-old young un' with a rabbit
he nailed from a way off. He also employs
the bow and arrow in carp fishing and,
mark our word, one of these days we're
gonna hear about this lad knockin' off a
bear with the longbow.
Nice going, lad.
« o «
When a wife persuades her husband to
go fishing, that's news.
When that same little wifey brags about
her husband's prowess as an angler, that's
news also. But when a husband comes right
out and says that the little woman is the
champion fisherman in the family, that is a
banner headline.
Such is the case, according to Joe Mi-
keska of 3920 N. W. 11th St., a member of
Local 329, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Joe says the missus fished the Bull Shoals
Lake in Arkansas for three days last year
and came home with 150 pounds of fish—
crappie, black bass and walleye.
A tip of the topper to you, Joe; you're a
lucky guy in more ways tlian one.
Shades of last year's deer hunt, here's a
photo from H. Caruthers of Twist, Wash-
ington, a member of Local 2894. He's a
buck stalker from the word "go." And so
is the missus.
H. C. admits that he nailed his buck last
year but humbly concedes that the little
woman got the biggest one.
« « «
A letter from reader John Baxter reminds
us that a fishing creel made of old-fashioned
wicker is the best of the lot. He had one for
10 years and kept it so clean that his wife
got the bright idea to use it for a sewing
basket. It seemed the logical thing for tlie
missus to use, placing the ball of yam in
the basket and running the free end through
the hole in the lid where the fish are placed.
Last we heard, the creel is being used fcr
fish again, and a near tragedy just missed
the divorce courts.
A highway store in Texas offers the fol-
lowing "Creek Bank Special": Fi«h-hne,
hook, cane pole, float, sinker and a 12-
cent can of snuff or package of plug to-
bacco—all for 78 cents. Seems like there
are still places in the world where a man
can do a lot of living for a small investment.
* a «
Clifford Scherf of
7115 Garden Street
in Fremont, Ohio, the
president of Local
116, says the pickerel
fishing around tlie is-
lands of western Lake
Erie hasn't been good
in the last couple
years but, according
to rehabilitation ef-
forts and recent test nets set in that area,
the fishing should be hot this year.
We hope so. Cliff.
Editorial
Foreign Trade Policies Need Overhauling
Last year saw imports of foreign-made goods jump nearly 20 per cent
during the time when unemployment in our nation was hovering at around
5 per cent. This tremendous increase in the influx of foreign goods was not
counterbalanced by any comparable increase in exports.
During 1959 foreign countries doing business with the United States added
a record total of 3.7 billion dollars to their gold and United States currency
holdings through their stepped-up sales here.
No method is available for translating this vast amount of money into
the number of jobs that are represented thereby— jobs that were taken away
from American workers and exported to foreign workers. However, the figure
must be very substantial.
But the vast growth in dollar value of imports does not tell the whole
story. More and more, foreign nations are exporting finished products rather
than raw materials to us. In 1950, finished products made up only about 18
per cent of the goods we imported. By last year the figure had climbed to
34 per cent.
So we are not only importing many billions more of foreign goods than
we used to, but also a much greater percentage of the goods we do import
comes in the form of finished products, with all the work already done.
Consequently, thinking people are becoming very seriously alarmed about
our import situation. Last year's increase in imports was something of a
bombshell. And a continuation of this pace can spell only disaster for Amer-
ican workers.
Recently, John A. Barr, Chairman of Montgomery Ward Company, touched
on the seriousness of the situation in a speech before Harvard Graduate School
of Business. In part, he said:
"We of the United States have long been substantial importers of goods
and materials. We have imported raw materials which were not domestically
available in needed quantity, and we have imported manufactured goods to
satisfy a domestic demand for fashion, design, or quality. In the past, price
has not been a major motivation for importing goods. However, as inflation has
pushed our general price level higher and higher, more and more buyers have
gone abroad to purchase at lower prices. At Ward's, about thirty of our buy-
ers will make trips abroad this year. Ten years ago, in 1950, none of our buy-
ers went abroad. We would much prefer to buy American goods, but we
are being forced to buy more and more foreign merchandise because such
goods better serve our customers' needs. . . .
"The evil of this is that it means less products and, consequently, fewer
jobs in this country. . . .
"It is high time and extremely urgent, in my opinion, that organized labor
recognize the seriousness of this menace. Labor must join forces with man-
THE OAR.PENTER 25
agment in our manufacturing industries to develop a program to meet this
tlireat to our economy. . . ."
We agree completely with Mr, Barr. The situation is serious and becoming
even more serious month by month. However, what Mr. Barr fails to point out
is that American industry, itself, is largely responsible for this growth in im-
ports. American firms are building subsidiary factories in foreign lands at an
unprecedented pace. Those that are not building foreign factories are nego-
tiating sales contracts with foreign firms. Thus they protect themselves against
any and all eventualities. If they sell their American-made goods, they make
a profit. But they also make a profit if they sell their foreign-made goods.
And there is some indication that they do better on the sales of their goods
made abroad. Thus the situation holds little worry for them.
It is the American workers who are bearing the brunt of the evils brought
on by the foreign-goods invasion. There was a time when the American worker,
because of his technological superiority, could out-produce a foreign worker,
despite the fact that he might be getting two or three times the wages. But
there has been a tremendous narrowing of the technological gap between the
United States and foreign producers. Foreign workers often work on machines
identical with those used at home.
The tremendous growth of foreign factories, financed by American firms,
made this process inevitable. The firms that built factories in foreign lands
naturally equipped them with the newest and most efficient machinery they
could find. In some cases, the foreign factories are even better equipped than
the parent factories at home, because they are newer.
All these things point up the need for a prompt re-evaluation of our entii-e
foreign trade policy.
The problem has been a nagging one for years, but the explosive increase
in foreign imports in 1959 indicates that the problem can no longer be ignored.
Automation is shrinking jobs at home fast enough. When imports make addi-
tional inroads on the job market at the same time, prompt action is needed.
To date, all the Administration has seen fit to do is to try to stimulate the
sales of our goods to foreign countries. This is well and good. Exports make
jobs too. But over the long haul the real menace is almost limitless imports.
First, there needs to be some sort of legislative governor added to the
foreign-trade mechanism.
Second, some system is needed to discourage, or at least slow dov/n, the
exodus of American productive capacity to foreign lands. If American firms
want to build factories abroad, certainly they should be permitted to do so.
But they should not be allowed to use those factories as springboards for
flooding the American market with low-cost products.
o
Arch-Conservatives Seek To Dominate The Church
Probably satisfied that they have the vast percentage of the daily press,
TV, and other methods of communication safely in their pockets, the big-
business arch-conservatives of the nation appear to be moving in on the
churches.
More and more, evidence is accumulating that powerful men with un-
limited bankrolls are putting pressure on ministers and priests to discourage
them from involving themselves in social issues.
26 THECARPEXTER
At a recent convention in Chicago, J. Howard Pew, 78, a multi-millionaire
from Pennsylvania whose fortune is estimated to run into nine figures, re-
jjorted that a number of heavy contributors were threatening to withhold
contributions from the Presbyterian Church because of some of its recent
pronouncements on matters such as collective bargaining and civil rights.
Among the church's pronouncements that roused the ire of multi-million-
aii'e Pew was the General Assembly's indorsement of the principle of collec-
tive bargaining and its defense of union security contracts.
Recently, the New York Times carried almost a full-page story on the
pressures that are being exerted on the church by wealthy individuals who
contribute generously.
The whole proposition was touched off by the recent uncovering of an
Air Force Manual that warned of high echelon infiltration of churches by
Communists. The manual has been withdrawn by the Air Force, but tiie
arch-reactionaries are still using it to club ministers into line.
A number of pastors have been courageously fighting the efforts of the
arch-conservatives to gag ministers. But the trend seems to be growing rather
than diminishing.
The Times article disclosed that there are a number of church-based
organizations actively attacking the churches and ministers who speak out
against social injustices. All of these anti-social-progress groups are financed
by contributions from arch-conservatives.
The article cited one small radio station in Illinois being offered $5,000 a
week to broadcast a radio program sponsored by one of these groups.
Oddly enough, some of the most outspoken critics of the churches' partici-
pation in secular affairs have no objection when the churches' pronounce-
ments follow the ultra-conservative line. Pew, who threatened the crack-
down on churches that "meddle in secular affairs," himself has helped lavish-
ly in financing an organization called "Christian Freedom, Incorporated."
One of the publications issued by this group is called "Christian Eco-
nomics," and is sent to over 175,000 Protestant ministers. By and large, the
publication confines itself to beating the drums for the most reactionary type
of economics. Recently, "Christian Economics" has been repeating the feather-
bedding charges made against the railroad unions by railroad management.
No effort is made to present the workers' side. This, Mr. Pew does not seem
to find objectionable. In fact, his contributions helped to start the publica-
tion. So his objection is not to the church taking note of economic issues so
long as the Big Business line is followed. It is only when a church thinks
that some social conditions need overhauling that he sees red and threatens
to bring his purse into play.
Fortunately, high church officials are not being stampeded, either by the
mounting criticism and economic pressure from the extreme right, or by the
unsupported charges of Communist infiltration from other areas. Some
churches may receive substantial percentages of their financial support from
wealthy donors. But we, the working people, make up the vast percentage
of all congregations. If men of wealth are going to try to subvert churches
into mouthpieces for arch-conservatism, we face a challenge that we must
meet head on, lest the churches become as subservient to the Big Business
point of view as many newspapers and magazines are.
THE CAKP ENTER 27
Credit Can Be An Untender Trap
The man who invented the term "easy credit" belongs in the Burhngton
Liars Chib. Credit has been getting harder and harder as finance charges are
jacked up through various devices, many of them hidden. This has inspired
Senator Douglas to introduce a bill calling for full disclosure of finance
charges.
Every time credit has been "eased" the down payment has been made
smaller, but the interest rate has been stepped up, so that over the long haul
the buyer has had to pay out bigger and bigger sums for the privilege of
installment buying.
This system has just about run its course. Look at the ads in the average
newspaper and count those that feature the plirase, "no down payment," in
large type. You will notice that most ads offer this sort of inducement. Cer-
tainly, it is impossible to go any farther along this line unless merchants start
actually giving a cash bonus for taking merchandise on the installment plan.
This they may well do because many no longer make their profits from selling
the merchandise but rather from the interest they collect on installment
purchases.
We have not been able to uncover any reliable statistics regarding the
amount of income the average working-class family contributes to installment-
buying interest. But it must run rather high. The man with take-home pay of
$100 per week probably is paying $20 to $30 per month interest on a mort-
gage. If he is buying a car on time, the interest nick could be nearly as high
because car rates run considerably steeper. If there is a TV or electrical
appliance involved, another $10 can be gobbled up by finance charges. All
told, it is easy for a family to get jockeyed into the position where it is paying
from 15% to 20% of its disposable income in finance charges.
This money is always siphoned off the purchasing power of the family.
The $15 a week that goes into the interest charges cannot be used to purchase
additional goods the family may need or desire.
With the market for gadgets constantly shrinking, the sales pressure mounts,
and it becomes increasingly difficult for a family to maintain a sensible atti-
tude toward installment buying. In fact, it becomes downright difficult not
to get sucked into the credit whirlpool too deeply.
Here are a couple of rule-of-thumb measurements for evaluating your
credit purchases. These are the measuring sticks that bankers use in making
loans.
First, never allow your installment purchases to tie up more than 15% of
your discretionary, disposable income— that is, the income you have left after
you pay the rent, utilities, and other fixed charges.
The second good rule is to never allow your total installment purchases to
exceed an amount equal to 10% of your income for two years. That is, if your
income is $400 per month, do not get yourself on the hook for more than $960
at one time. This, of course, does not include mortgage payments which, gen-
erally speaking, count as rent.
We merely pass along these two rules-of-thumb for measuring your own
credit transactions.
Official Information
General Officers of
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS and JOINERS
of AMERICA
General Office : Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General President
M. A. HUTCHESON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
First General Vice President
JOHN R. STEVENSON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Secretary
R. E. LIVINGSTON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, In-d.
Second General Vice President
O. WM. BLAIER
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Treasurer
FRANK CHAPMAN
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, ln<d.
District Board Members
First District, CHARLES JOHNSON, JR.
Ill E. 22nd St., New York 10, N. Y.
Sixth District, J. O. MACK
5740 Lydia, Kansas City 4, Mo.
Second District, RALEIGH RAJOPPI
2 Prospect Place, Springfield, New Jersey
Seventh District, LYLE J. HILLER
11712 S. E. Rhone St., Portland 66, Or€.
Third District, HARRY SCHWARZER
3615 Chester Ave., Cleveland 14, Ohio
Eighth District, J. P. CAMBIANO
17 Aragon Blvd., San Mateo, Calif.
Fourth District, HENRY W. CHANDLER
1684 Stanton Rd., S. W., Atlanta, Ga.
Ninth District, ANDREW V. COOPER
133 Chaplin Crescent, Toronto 12, Ont., Canada
Fifth District, R. E. ROBERTS
1834 N. 78th St., Omaha, Nebr.
Tenth District, GEORGE BENGOUGH
2528 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver, B. C.
M. A. HUTCHESON, Chairman ; R. E. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
All correspondence for the General Executive Board must be sent to the General Secretary.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
In the issuance of clearance cards, care should be taken to see that they are
properly filled out, dated and signed by the President and Financial Secretary
of the Local Union issuing same as well as the Local Union accepting the clear-
ance. The clearance cards must be sent to the General Secretary's Department
without delay, in order that the members' names can be listed on the quarterly
account sheets.
While old style Due Book is in use, clearance cards contained therein
must be used.
LOCAL UNIONS CHARTERED
2732 Columbus, Georgia
2577 Salem, Indiana
2620 Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands 2745
2666 Plymouth, Indiana 2757
2692 Columbia, Mississippi 3268
3269 Inez, Kentucky
Santurce, Puerto Rico
London, Kentucky
Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada
^n 0ittnoxt^tn
Not lost to those that love them.
Not dead, just gone before;
They still live in our memory.
And will forever more.
The Editor has been requested to publish the names
of the following Brothers who have passed away.
ALEXANDER, LINWOOD W., L. U. 388. Rich-
mond, Va.
ANDREWS, PHILIP, L. U. 1595, Conshohocken,
Pa.
ARTHUR, JOHN W., L. U. 101, Baltimore, Md.
BACKMAN, REINHOLD, L. U. 22, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
BAGBY, SAMUEL M., L. U. 110, St. Joseph,
Mo.
BARNHILL, STROUD R., L. U. 1822, Ft.
Worth, Texas
BEARDEN, WILLIAM A., L. U. 1587, Hutchin-
son, Kans.
BEURNEZ, FERNAND, L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
BOHM, ERIC A., L. U. 15, Hackensack, N. J.
BOUDREAULT, CLEO., L. U. 93, Ottawa, Ont.
BOYTON, FRANK E., L. U. 710, Long Beach,
Cal.
BRITNELL, ROBERT E., L. U. 388, Richnjond,
Va.
BRITTAIN, JAMES E., L. U. 1423, Corpus
Christi, Texas
BYSTRY, WILLIAM, L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
CANFIELD, CLARENCE D., L. U. 281, Bing-
hamton, N. Y.
CARLSEN, K., L. U. 22, San Francisco, Cal.
CARTER, HAROLD E., L. U. 388, Richmond,
Va.
CASSELS, GEORGE, L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
CAWLEY, MARTIN J., L. U. 401, Pittston, Pa.
CHARLES, WILLIAM T., L. U. 710, Long
Beach, Cal.
CHERRY, J. W., L. U. 259, Jackson, Tenn.
CHRISTENSEN, ALBERT, L. U. 1456, New
York, N. Y.
CICCARELLI, FRED, L. U. 218, Boston, Mass.
CLAUSON, SVEN J., L. U. 10, Chicago, 111.
COLOGGI, JOSEPH, L. U. 322, Niagara Falls,
N. Y.
COSTANZO, NICK, L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
CRAMER, HENRY G., L. U. 388, Richmond,
Va.
CRAWFORD, HAROLD S., L. U. 226, Portland,
Ore.
CROCKER, ALBERT P., L. U. 16, Springfield,
111.
CROCKETT, VERN M., L. U. 583, Portland,
Ore.
CUNNINGHAM, ALEX A., L. U. 350, New Ro-
chelle, N. Y.
DAMMER, PHIL, L. U. 266, Stockton, Cal.
DANGERFIELD, CLAUDE, L. U. 10, Chicago,
111.
DATZENKO, MICHAEL, L. U. 1595, Consho-
hocken, Pa.
DAVIS, LYNN, L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
DAWSON, EMERSON, L. U. 253, Omaha, Neb.
DeLEO, ANTHONY, L. U. 1921, Hempstead,
N. Y.
DE-MOUGIN, LAWRENCE, L. U. 133, Terre
Haute, Ind.
DISTEFANO, LORETO, L. U. 608, New York,
N. Y.
DOOLEY, HERMAN T., L. U. 2024, Miami, Fla.
EADIE, ALEXANDER, L. U. 72, Rochester,
N. Y.
EDBROOKE, HARRY, L. U. 44, Champaign-
Urbana, 111.
EMERSON, JOSEPH, L. U. 493, Mt. Vernon,
N. Y.
ERICKSON, EDWIN, L. U. 87, St. Paul, Minn.
ESCHBACK, WILLIAM, L. U. 10, Chicago, 111.
EWING, W. H., L. U. 22, San Francisco, Cal.
FAROTTE, GRANT, L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
FEDORCZAK, HARRY, L. U. 711, Mt. Carme',
Pa.
FLINN, RALPH, L. U. 322, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
FORD, GEORGE, L. U. 608, New York, N. Y.
FOSTER, JOHN F., L. U. 16, Springfield, 111.
FOSTER, WALTER E., L. U. 44, Champaign-
Urbana, 111.
FRAZER, LOUIS W., L. U. 289, Lockport, N. Y.
FREEMAN, AUGUST, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
FRIDHOLM, CARL, L. U. 493, Mt. Vernon,
N. Y.
FRIESE, WILLIAM, L. U. 710, Long Beach,
Cal.
GAUDET, DENNIS, L. U. 218, Boston, Mass.
GIBSON, HAROLD, L. U. 602, St. Louis, Mo.
GIERE, MAURICE, L. U. 1176, Fargo, N. Dak.
GIRARD, F. J., L. U. 22, San Francisco, Ca!.
GOLDING, LESTER C. Sr., L. U. 19, Detroit,
Mich.
GRAFTON, THOMAS A., L. U. 764, Shreveport,
La.
HALLERAN, JOSEPH, L. U. 1921, Hempstead,
N. Y.
HALLIDAY, CLARENCE, L. U. 769, Pasadena,
Cal.
HARBISON, R. I., L. U. 22, San Francisco, Cal.
HELMICK, JASON, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
HENDERSON, CALVIN, L. U. 218, Boston,
Mass.
HENDRICKSON, WILLIAM, L. U. 2416, Port-
land, Ore.
HILLMAN, WILLIAM G., L. U. 289, Lockport,
N. Y.
HIRSCH, SEBASTIAN, L. U. 608, New York,
N. Y.
HOHMAN, EDWARD, L. U. 72, Rochester,
N. Y.
HUBER, JOSEPH W., L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
HUGHES, ALBERT, L. U. 322, Niagara Falls,
N. Y.
HUNT, B. T., L. U. 22, San Francisco, Cal.
IKE, CHESTER, L. U. 1176, Fargo, N. Dak.
INCE, A. L., L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
JACOBSON, ARVID, L. U. 218, Boston, Mas-.
JEFFORDS, FRANK, L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
JOHANSON, JOHAN, L. U. 10, Chicago, 111.
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Jlln ,Mcm0X-ium
JOHNSON, ELIEL, L. U. 1456, New York, N. Y.
JOHNSON, JOHN O., L. U. 10, Chicago, l\\.
KELLY, JOHN J., L. U. 1921, Hemi.stearl,
N. Y.
KISCH, WILLIAM, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
KRAUTH, ALOIS, L. U. 10, Chicago, 111.
LAMMERS, JOHN G., L. U. 1527, Wheaton,
111.
LANE, FRED, L. U. 493, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
LASWELL, SAMUEL, L. U. 16, Springfield,
III.
LEA, W. H., L. U. 22, San Francisco, Cal.
LEACH, DAVID, L. U. 16, Springfield, III.
LENGE, GEORGE, L. U. 493, Mt. Vernon,
N. Y.
LIVERMAN, HARDY, L. U. 331, Norfolk, Va.
LORINZINI, JOHN, L. U. 246, New York, N. Y.
LOWRY, CHARLES O., L. U. 1480, Boulder,
Colo.
MARSTON, ARTHUR, L. U. 72, Rochester,
N. Y.
MARYNOSKI, STANLEY, L. U. 1921, Hemp-
stead, N. Y.
MASTERS, THOMAS, L. U. 72, Rochester,
N. Y.
MATTSON, ALEX, L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
MAYTA, RUDOLPH M., L. U. 22, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
McCLURE, ROY W., L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
McGRAW, V. L., L. U. 226, Portland, Ors.
McGUIGAN, LAWRENCE, L. U. 60S, New
York, N. Y.
McKAY, ALDEN, L. U. 22, San Francisco, Cal.
MILLER, RAYMOND K., L. U. 19, Detroit,
Mich.
MITCHELL, JAMES H. Sr., L. U. 974, BaUi-
more, Md.
MOHN, DAVID, L. U. 1138, Toledo, Ohio
MOORE, ARTHUR, L. U. 218, Boston, Mass.
MORAN, MICHAEL J., L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
MORGIS, EDWARD, L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
MORIARTY, EUGENE, L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
MORROW, HOMER E., L. U. 767, Ottumwa,
Iowa
MOUGHLER, ROY, L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
MULLOY, FRANK H., L. U. 10, Chicago, 111.
NAAZ, WILLIAM, L. U. 1921, Hempstead,
N. Y.
NAWROCKI, NICHOLAS, L. U. 493, Mt. Ver-
non, N. Y.
NEELEY, FRANK A., L. U. 1822, Ft. Worth,
Texas
NORBY, WILLIAM A., L. U. 583, Portland,
Ore.
NOYES, GEORGE A., L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
PARKER, GEORGE U., L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
PARSONS, GEORGE, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
PATTERSON, ALEX, L. U. 2024, Miami, Fla.
PATTERSON, DUNCAN C. Sr., L. U. 331,
Norfolk, Va.
PERSON, E. S., L. U. 22, San Francisco, Cal.
PETZOLD, WILLIAM, L. U. 133, Terre
Haute, Ind.
PFEIFFER, FRED, L. U. 16, Springfield, 111.
POTTER, LEWIS, L. U. 322, Niagara Falls,
N. Y.
RAINEY, JASPER P., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
RAMSEY, C. L., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
REINIKKA, JOE A., L. U. 2416, Portland, Ore.
RIDDLE, JAMES R.|, L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
RIDING, ABEL S., L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
ROSS, DICK, L. U. 22, San Francisco, Cal.
ROSS, JOHN, L. U. 44, Champaign-Urbana,
III.
RUGER, HOFFMAN, L. U. 289, Lockport, N. Y.
RUNDBERG, ARTHUR, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
SATARIANO, JOSEPH M., L. U. 22, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
SCHAFFER, JOHN, L. U. 129, Hazleton, Pa.
SCHOOLCRAFT, DANIEL, L. U. 22, San
Francisco, Cal.
SCHRODT, PAUL, L. U. 117, Albany, N. Y.
SCOTT, JAMES N., L. U. 218, Boston, Mass.
SEESTEDT, ANDREW, L. U. 87, St. Paul,
Minn.
SENG, HENRY, L. U. 246, New York, N. Y.
SHAW, CLARENCE B., L. U. 2416, Portland,
Ore.
SHELTON, ERNEST, L. U. 2039, New Or-
leans, La.
SMITH, PERCY L., L. U. 1595, Conshohocken,
Pa.
SMITH, RAYMOND A., L. U. 1423, Corpus
Christi, Texas
SMITH, WILLIAM C, L. U. 218, Boston,
Mass.
SNYDER, CHARLES A., L. U. 239, Easton,
Pa.
SNYDER, FRANK, L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
SODERSTROM, HERMAN, L. U. 35, San Ra-
fael, Cal.
SOLES, FRANK, L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
SONJU, EUGENE J., L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
SPINNIETS, ARTHUR, L. U. 1921, Hempstead,
N. Y.
STEIGLER, GEORGE, L. U. 1921, Hempstead,
N. Y.
STEPHENS, THEODORE, L. U. 2287, New
York, N. Y.
SVEJSTRUP, KARL, L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
SVENNINGSEN, JOHN, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
TANNER, J. M., L. U. 1394, Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla.
TARBELL, EARL, L. U. 871, Battle Creek,
Mich.
TEDDER, MARVIN G., L. U. 1394, Ft. Lauder-
dale, Fla.
THINIUS, ED L., L. U. 710, Long Beach, Cal.
THOMAS, ANDREW C, L. U. 1478, Redondo
Beach, Cal.
TUCKMAN, LOUIS, L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
TURNER, J. T., L. U. 764, Shreveport, La.
ULIONE, CAESAR, L. U. 15, Hackensack, N. J.
VANDERKIN, PETER C, L. U. 2416, Port-
land, Ore.
VAUGHAN, RUFUS, L. U. 710, Long Beach,
Cal.
VI VINO, FLOYD, L. U. 15, Hackensack, N. J.
WAGNER, RAY, L. U. 335, Grand Rapids,
Mich.
WARD, ELBERT, L. U. 366, Bronx, N. Y.
WARREN, HENRY, L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
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Hazards Of Heavy Lifting
By Dr. W. Schweisheimer
* *
A MAN was going to move a heavy timber. He looked around for help
but everybody was tied down with another job.
He didn't feel there was time to wait for help, so he lifted it himself
impatiently to "get it over with."
He felt a strange sensation, a kind of sudden pain in the groin on his
right side. The pain did not disappear.
The next day he saw his doctor who found a hernia on his right side.
It was probably caused or at least aggravated by the heavy lifting of the day
before.
Lifting heavy loads is part of the routine job for the carpenter, the wood-
worker, the man in the furniture in-
dustry, for everyone working with
wood. Excessive strain is placed on
back, shoulders, abdominal (belly)
muscles and heart muscle. Proper pre-
cautions should be taken either by
providing mechanical lifting appli-
ances where practicable, or if lifting
operations are done by hand, provid-
ing suitable aids in order to reduce
vertical lift as much as possible.
How Lifting Affects the Heart
A healthy heart, well trained by
long practice, will not revolt against
extra strain imposed upon it by heavy
lifting. A man can be an excellent
woodworker or lumberman without
being athletically built. His heart may
do a good job for the average kind of
work, while it may suffer under ex-
aggerated strain. The heart is a mus-
cle; it may get tired by overstrain
just as arm or leg muscles get tired.
Experts have figured out that men
should not lift loads more than 130
lbs. in weight, and women should not
lift loads of more than 65 lbs. for in-
termittent work and 50 lbs. for con-
tinuous work. Raising a load from the
feet is particularly difficult.
Repeated overstrain may produce
enlargement of the heart muscle.
Such enlargement caused by excess
physical exertion is referred to as
Athlete's Heart. Excessive exertion
gives rise in a healthy man to signs
of breathlessness, palpitation of the
heart, giddiness, fatigue. Pain in the
region of the heart may result. Such
signs are the normal answer of the
body to physical strain. Healthy
woodworkers require considerable ex-
ertion before the feeling of distress
appears; weaker men require much
less exertion.
The best advice is to avoid over-
exertion and call a fellow worker for
assistance when lifting heavy loads.
A man who feels he has overstraiiied
himself had better put in a few days
of rest. Of all remedies and cures this
is the best way to bring the heart
back to normal.
How Lifting Affects Nerves
A woodworker overstretched his
right arm while he was carrying a
heavy load, probably in connection
with a brisk movement. The next day
he felt a dull pain in and below the
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right shoulder. An important nerve
had been under pressure because of
the heavy load. He could not move
his arm in the normal way; all arm
movements were weakened. Despite
different kinds of treatment the con-
dition did not improve for quite some
time.
The nerve fibres which join muscles
and brain, are mostly wrapped in a
good layer of fat or connecting tis-
sues. On some places, though, they
are more superficial, and strong pres-
sure may hurt and injure the fibres.
Traction on the arm, a fall on the
shoulder, or pressure on the shoulder
from above by a heavy load may af-
fect one or several nerves.
The muscles in that part of the
arm then feel weak. They may lose
strength. The arm or hand may be-
come paralyzed. A nerve going to the
muscles of the shoulder is the long
thoracical nerve. When it has been
injured by excessive strain such as
carrying a heavy sack, some time may
be required for full recovery. Proper
treatment and avoiding heavy lifting
will restore the normal function of the
nerve.
A Cause of Backache
The onset of acute backache (lum-
bago) may be dramatic in its sudden-
ness. A woodworker or carpenter lifts
a load too heavy for him which puts
an excessive strain on the muscles of
his back. Some muscle fibres are rup-
tured, and he is struck with agoniz-
ing pain in the small of the back. No
movement is possible, he must lie
down on the floor, cannot get up.
Later the pain eases. He can move
again. Others are not as fortunate.
They cannot move by themselves.
Particularly while working in stooped
or twisted positions, a sudden move-
ment may be suflBcient to injure the
back muscles.
Although lumbago is a very acute
and disabling ailment, return to nor-
malcy may be quick. There is every
reason not to repeat the heavy exer-
tion for a long time. People who have
suffered from lumbago are suscep-
tible to a recurrence for several
months.
Advantages of Material-Handling
Devices
Knock-knees and other leg condi-
tions are less frequent today, due pri-
marily to the use of mechanical de-
vices instead of mere hands and arms.
Many jobs of lumbermen and wood-
workers are performed more sat-
isfactorily by means of a mechan-
ical aid. Where this is not possible,
the best means of lifting the loads
by hand have to be decided, taking
into account whether construction of
platforms, racks, benches or similar
aids will reduce the amount of verti-
cal lift required.
Continuous standing at hard work
and lifting heavy loads may produce
weak foot and flat foot. Taxi drivers
and desk workers are hardly ham-
pered by flat feet. Lumbermen and
wood workers are on their feet for
many hours. They may suffer from
pain in foot and back, cramps in the
calves, and burning sensations in the
soles of the feet unless something is
done to relieve the trouble.
The feet carry the weight of the
whole body. Additional overweight in
lifting loads presses the arches down.
After repeated strain they stay down,
flat feet develop. An inborn tendency
to flat feet is made worse by heavy
lifting. Arch supports in one form or
another may bring relief. Many work-
ing people have good results with this
method. There are factory-made arch
supports of different size and shape,
and there are individually construct-
ed arch supports. It is advisable to
provide non-slip material for the floors
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in tliose areas where lifting opera- whose injury we have described was
tions are carried out. a small lump under the skin. Normal-
r tj • ^y *^® belly muscles are one firm wall.
Causes ot Herma g^^^ sometimes there are small gaps
If a lumberman or carpenter feel between the muscle fibres. Here the
unfit to perform weight-lifting opera- content of the belly may press for-
tions, he better be careful. People are ward in the groin or just below the
more prone to accidents and injuries groin on the thigh.
due to muscular strain when they are a • i ^ i.- i ^ .. •
.J. 1 T • 1 1. 11111 A violent exertion, a sudden strain,
indisposed. Lio;nter work should be i-r^. i . i i i
Fj J c 1 ■ T-. . lirtmg or pushing a heavy load may
provided lor sucli occasions. Experi- , ° ^i ^ ° ■, ^ i .
^ J ^ T 1 ^ , enlarge the gap and cause a hernia,
enced carpenters can do much good -rxri ° u i. i j-
, J \_ ^- n 11 Whoever has a natural disposition
by demonsti-atmg the correct methods .i . iii . Vv,-
^ ,.r . * to herma should not over-exert him-
°' self. Trusses are not always sufiicient
A hernia or rupture is a protrusion to keep the hernia back. An opera-
of a loop of intestine through a weak tion may be necessary to restore full
spot on the muscle wall of the abdo- working capacity and efficiency to a
men. This loop cannot be seen as it man suffering from a hernia and who,
is covered with skin and fat. All that being a carpenter or woodworker,
could be seen in the woodworker cannot avoid lifting heavy loads.
DRUG MAKERS GET NEW LUMPS
During the past month a long string of top-flight scientists testified that
the drug manufacturers are pursuing a public-be-damned policy in advertis-
ing as well as price. Following is some of the testimony presented to the
Kefauver Committee by men who have an intimate knowledge of the business.
Dr. Chauncey D. Leake, president of the nation's largest scientific society
—the American Association for the Advancement of Science— accused the drug
industry of treating doctors as "simpletons" by flooding them with "flamboyant,
exaggerated advertisements."
Dr. Dale Console of Princeton, N. J., the former medical director of a large
pharmaceutical house, said the drug industry is foisting many "relatively
worthless" but expensive drugs and medicines on doctors and their patients
with high-pressure sales pictures.
He called for restrictive, new Federal legislation, saying that at present
a drug can be marketed "if it cannot be shown that it will kill too many
people."
Console served for five years as an executive of E. R. Squibb & Sons, divi-
sion of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation.
Dr. Frederick H. Meyers of the University of California told the sub-com-
mittee that many drug advertisements were "at best incomplete and at worst
dishonest."
"Some ads become so expensive that they approach 'payola,' " he declared.
Dr. William Bean of the University of Iowa Medical School said the drug
companies were trying to profit on the "quick pill"— medicines that he consid-
ered only partly tested.
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Progress Report
By the time oui- new headquarters building in Washington, D. C. is
completed it probably will be the best "superintended" building ever erected
there inasmuch as members from many states and provinces have looked it
over while visiting the Capital. For the rest of us who have not had the
opportunity, these pictures show what the project looked like on April 30.
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CAL. RETIREES GET INITIAL "FUND" BENEFITS
Long and constant effort to attain retirement benefits for Southern Counties veteran
Union Carpenters became a material reaUty on March 7th at a Special Presentation Awards
banquet held in Biltmore Bowl, Los Angeles, California.
Approximately 600 guests paid honor to 152 members of the Brotherhood eligible for
benefits under the Carpenters Pension Trust.
Of this number, 101 were present to receive first checks, presented by William Sidell,
co-chairman of the Pension Fund's Board of Trustees and secretary-treasurer of the Los
Angeles County District Council.
The occasion marked realization of joint endeavor by the union and management asso-
ciations to provide pension benefits for qualifying veterans and in recognition of long years
of service given to the building construction industry.
In a welcoming address John ^V. Bernard, Pension Trust co-chairman, representing
Associated General Contractors, told of the Trust's prime object— to furnish maximum bene-
fits to the greatest number of members.
In his introduction of guests who included union and contractor officials. Pension Trust
personnel, administrators, counselors and their wives, Bernard commended all those whose
accomplishments, he said, followed more than five years of arduous work.
Especially congratulated was the 10-member joint Board of Trustees whose benevolent
efforts were given without remuneration, Bernard emphasized.
Joining in tlie welcome. Co-chairman Sidell said, "it was a pleasure to see so many
there— especially the veteran members and their wives.
"Evidenced from their dancing ability here tonight, there's lots of Hfe left in these 'old
timers'," he commented.
He remarked on the great number of contractors present, lauding those who helped
establish the Pension Trust. In their attendance they demonstrate "respect for our retiring
veterans who ha\e given so much to the industry, and cooperation with the pension pi'o-
gram," the Council official said.
Sidell regretted that a previous commitment prevented attendance of tlie Brotherhood's
General President, M. A. Hutcheson, who, however, was represented by Joseph Cambiano,
General Executi\e Board member, who was introduced.
Also introduced were Chris T. Lehman, General Representative; Harry Harkleroad,
secretary of the State Council; Joseph J. Christian, executive secretary, Los Angeles
Building and Construction Trades Council; Tom Randall, AFL-CIO staff representative;
Federal Mediator Earl Ruddy, and Willis A. Smith, business manager, Sheet Metal Work-
ers Local No. 108.
^AJso present were staff representati^•es of the Los Angeles District Council, officials of
numerous local unions and their wives.
General Executive Board member Cambiano extended congratulations to the veteran
pensioners. "In this great occasion we owe these old timers a debt of gratitude," he said.
He emphasized their early trails in tlie labor mo\ement \^■hicll helped clear a less-rugged
road.
"I know the loyalty of these old-time members and I hope the younger men will credit
them for progress we have made."
Cambiano paid tribute to those contractors who have proved to be right— and coopera-
tive. "No place in our nation is tliere a better contract than here in California, and through
our Master Agreement much has been gained, including the Pension Plan," he declared.
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State Public Relations Officer John Henning conveyed regards from Go\ernor Edmund
G. Brown, who was unable to attend because of Sacramento legislative commitments.
Regarding retirement provisions, Henning asked: "Who among us here tonight thought
they would live to see tlie day when Carpenters would receive pensions?"
"We're writing history— and we've come a long way," he said.
In the awards ceremony which followed, each of the 101 veteran members were greeted
with sustained applause as they received their first pension check benefits from Fund
Trustee Member Sidill, who added his congratulations.
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Honored at the special Presentation Awards Banquet were these retired Southern
California Brotherhood veterans who received first Pension benefits issued by the Car-
penters Pension Fund of Southern California embracing 11 southern counties. Those shown
in the photo include:
John W. Anderson, Walter R. McCoy, John A. Boyce, Charles T. Ellhaesser, Adolph W.
Erickson, John Gunsten, Lee R. Hackney, Henry W. Hagen, James F. Kearns, Alexander
V. Kerr, Jack Kupersmith, John J. Langenegger, Martin C. Lehmann, Louis A. Marcotte,
Lloyd E. Miller, R. W. Nelson, WiUiam R. Pollock, Benjamin T. Price, Earl D. Sutherland,
Verne Armstrong, Ehme H. Aukes, Berend Barton, Harry Beal, George C. Bentson,
Claude M. Biddick, James S. Bird, B. S. Brannan.
Lyle W. Brown, Einar E. Carlson, Asa B. Chelf, Herbert M. Craw, Albert E. Croft, Axel
G. Day, William Doran, William A. Dowse, Robert Dunsmoir, James R. Pryor, Alex
Roseman, Andrew H. Fram, Joe Ginsberg, Alfred J. Godden, James S. Guier, George
Hammond, Edward H. Hoffman, Lawrence R. Howard, James Jack, Otis L. Jackson, A.
Roy Joyce, Harry Karlin, Otto A. Keister, A. C. Leonard, Boyd C. Lee, Hilbert O. Lee.
Carl Lindquist, William Madill, George M. Naughtin, Hayman Pinsky, Melvin T. Saffell,
George F. Smith, Abe M. Trester, Romie Urban, William Watson, Andrew J. Williams,
Roy E. Wilson, Richard L. Brookbank, George V. Prong, James Girton, Max Witt, Axel N.
Carlson, Eli Hyman, Baxter McFall, Alvin J. Miller, Frank Rosenberg, Peter W. Ross,
George B. Sandifer, Raymond S. Schneider, Gilbert T. Serfass, Carl C. Sherwood, Herbert
L. Shipley.
Harry Slaferman, John N. TuUis, Morris Wax, Thomas B. Wilson, David Morrison,
Herschell C. Fulk, Thomas J. Alnes, Duncan A. Mackintosh, Samuel E. Froman, Nathan
Smookler, George A. McCoy, John Vance, Ern S. Upright, William Bibby, Leslie N. Po-
land, Jake Kleiner, James M. Pryor, Alex Roseman, Clifton Mace, and Max Witt.
Fifty-year Brotherhood members include James M. Dupes, Clyde D. Allen, Robert G.
McLeod and Edmund E. Holm. Fred C. Ohlrich has served 46 years as a union craftsman.
PHILADELPHIA LOCAL HONORS SENIOR MEMBERS
Recently, Local Union No. 359, Philadelphia, took time out from its routine activities
to pay special tribute to a group of old timers whose memberships date back more than
half a century. Commemorative gold pins were awarded to the old timers.
The affair was highlighted by a speech given by Second General Vice President O.
William Blaier. Vice President Blaier reminded the audience that organized labor lived
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37
through many troubled times during the past half-ecntury, and a great deal of the credit
for the progress made in these tough times must go to the old timers who stuck by their
organization through thick and thin. There were anti-labor drives before, and tiierc were
anti-labor laws in the past, but the members who kept their shoulders to the wheel rolled
the union bandwagon over all the rough spots.
"Members such as those we are honoring here on this occasion provide an inspiration
and a challenge to the younger members that cannot be over-estimated," Blaier said.
The historic occasion is captured in the above picture. The 50-year members being
honored are seated in the front row; from left to right they are Ralph J. Smith, 54 years;
Albert Kesten, 50 years; Louis Maurer, 54 years (and still working); John F. Otto, 63
years (known to many as a former United Engineers foreman); Joseph Urban, 50 years; and
George Lockard, 55 years.
In the second row, presenting the pins, are: L. U. 359 officers. Treasurer George
Pauley, Recording Secretary Charles Shedaker, and President Benjamin Gray; Vice
President Blaier (a No. 359 member for 44 years); Financial Secretary Harry Fletcher,
and District Council Secretary R. H. Gray.
ROSCOE J. CONKLIN OF LOCAL 1973 HONORED
Recently, Local Union 1973, Riverhead, New York, took time out from its routine
business to pay special tribute to one of its great old timers. The man so honored was
Brother Roscoe J. Conklin, who for 41 years served the union as an officer.
The history of the union and the history of Brother Conklin are nearly one and the
same. Through the years he has diligently worked for the betterment of the organization,
and the high degree of respect that the union enjoys today can be traced to the efforts of
men like Brother Conklin.
While serving as financial secretary. Brother Conklin recently wrote a brief history of
the tips and downs of the union and the changes in conditions the union has established.
In his history he tells of a job he worked on in 1910, when he had to take a 6:00 a.m.
train to Manor, take his bicycle out of the freight shed, ride three miles to tlie job, put in
nine hours, ride the bicycle back to the freight shed, and take the 6:00 p.m. train home.
For this kind of a day the wage was $3.00 for the whole day. But out of this had to
come 54c for carfare.
By contrast, Brother Conklin shows that the union elevated wages from $2.10 per hour
in 1948 to $4.40 per hour in 1959. The story of the union's progress is well told in these
figures. And nnich of die credit must go to the old timers like him who never faltered in
their union loyalty.
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At the testimonial dinner for Brother ConkHn the union voted him a special pension
of $15 per month although the union has no pension fund. His pension is paid from the
Contingent Fund and is an indication of the high esteem in which he is held by his
brother members. Although in his 84th year, Brother Conklin still takes a very active inter-
est in the affairs of the organization he helped to build.
LOCAL 606 DEDICATES NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
Saturday, February 27th, was "United Brotherhood Day" in Virginia-Eveleth, Minne-
sota. On that date Local Union No. 606 dedicated its great new headquarters building.
Prominent labor officials from all over the state were on hand to help the union ofiBcially
dedicate its new headquarters.
Union "get-togethers" in a "House of Labor" open to all unions help improve labor
unity, International Representative Elmer SchaflFer of Duluth said at the ceremonies.
Schaffer, carrying congratulations from international headquarters at Indianapolis, said
Virginia-Eveleth Local 606 had every right to be proud of its new building. He recalled
the progress Carpenters in the two cities have made since they merged their once-
separate locals.
f^ In Schaffer's opinion, there is a
'~X^ A m ESk clear need for more such buildings
V . ifcA LJ rS Ba ». . where various union craftsmen and
their families can get together to
"learn and understand each other's
problems better."
Leon Green, St. Paul, secretary-
treasurer of the Minnesota State Coun-
cil of Carpenters, said no other Car-
penters Building in Minnesota can
compare with the facilities at Vir-
ginia. He reviewed the financial trou-
bles Local 606 encountered in getting
the project started.
' Minnesota AFL-CIO PubUc Rela-
tions Director Jerry Schaller of St.
Paul called the building a symbol re-
yl J^g^l^*"'''hsW -'^^^^B iW»' • > minding younger unionists that the
i?^HPv^j^Hr^^^ff' 17^* advantages they enjoy today are due
^IrWKnr " JWw^MH frtV^' *° ^^^ efforts of labor pioneers who
'flj^^^^p S^^^^^^H p preceded them and they therefore
^^^^Ksmi w f^^^H^K have an equal obligation to protect
such advantages for the next genera-
tion of union members.
Virginia Mayor John Vukehch and
6th District St. Louis County Com-
Leaders at the recent dedication of the new Virginia niissioner Ernest Luoma termed the
( Minnesota > Carpenters Building included, as shown i .u- „ « i i." 4. iU \7: „.•„,■
'^ * building a real asset to the Virginia
Local 606 Business ' Agent Leonard Snell, Duluth area. Local 606 President Roy Ran-
Local 361 Business Agent Otto High, State Council yj^ jold the audience the building's
Secretary-Treasurer Leon Green, and International Rep- j , .
resentative Elmer Schaffer. At the right is John Ross- purpOSe WaS tO advance and improve
man, business manager of the Iron Range Building the position of all Organized labor
throughout the East Iron Range.
The Reverend Father William Lutar of Virginia gave the invocation and benediction.
Milton Pry served as master of ceremonies.
Congratulations were extended by Charles Gardner, Hibbing, president of the Iron
Range AFL-CIO Labor Assembly; Joseph Wiesinger, representing the Duluth AFL-CIO
Central Body; Roy Marino of the Hibbing area Carpenters; Tom Cunningham of the Grand
Rapids area Carpenters; Otto High of the Duluth Carpenters; John Rossman, Virginia,
business manager of the Iron Range Building Trades Council; Joe Bergman, Duluth, of
Operating Engineers Local 49; Gus Pappas, Duluth, of Iron Workers Local 563; Henr>
Pappone of Virginia Steelworkers Local 1938; Tony Sante of the Biwabik Steelworkcrs:
Gil Ewer of Retail Clerks Local 1116; and several other union delegates to the dedication.
Craft ProblQm s
Carpentry
By H. H. Siegele
LESSON 378
Store Front Field.— How big is the store
front field, and what is it? Let's take it store
by store as they come to mind: grocery,
meat market, hardware, clothing, jewelry,
china, drug, sporting goods, dr>' goods,
paint, book, haberdashery, shoe, milUnery,
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automobile accessories, variety, ready-to-
wear, cigar, fishing tackle, dime stores, and
many others. Most of these stores can be
put into two classifications, large and small.
Requirements.— The requirements of store
fronts are many, and they vary in many
ways. What is suitable for one store, sel-
dom meets tlie requirements of some other
store. In many cases the similarities in the
layouts are inevitable, but these can be
concealed by differentiating the outstand-
ing features. In the first place, available
space is an important factor, especially for
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other hand, shoe stores, jewelry stores, and
Fig. 3
stores that deal in trinkets, need higher
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Fig. 5
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Belsaw Machinery Co., Kansas
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Construct-O-Wear Shoe Co., In
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Convention Call -____- 5
The ofFicial call for the forthcoming convention.
Are Wages Jeopardizing Our Exports? - - 7
For a long time Epokesmen for Big Business have been predicting national calamity
because hiqh American wages are pricing our goods out of world markets. A University
of Michigan professor gives the proposition a long, hard look and concludes that poor
merchandising practices and not union wage standards are the fly in the ointment in-
sofar as world trade is concerned.
Union Show Plays To Great, Humble - - 10
Hundreds of thousands of visitors thronged National Guard Armory, Washington,
D. C, to marvel at the miracles American industry can produce when management
and labor work together harmoniously. As usual, our Brotherhood's exhibit was among
the largest and best.
Outstanding Architects Plan Our New Home
15
Hoiabird and Root, one of the nation's top architectural firms, began business in
Chicago a scant 12 months after our Brotherhood was born there. Over the years the
firm has won many signal honors. Now it is utilizing all its experience and skill in de-
signing and supervising the erection of our new headquarters building in Washington,
D. C.
First Intelligent Approach To Automation
20
Haloid Xerox, a Rochester photographic supply manufacturer, finances the learning
of a new skill for men whose [obs are destined to fall prey to automation. And
the company pays them an average wage while they are going to school.
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CONVENTION CALL
May 23, 1960
TO THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF LOCAL UNIONS OF THE
UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS
OF AMERICA.
Greetings:
You are officially notified that in accordance with the action of the
General Executive Board on January 20, 1960, a Special General Con-
vention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
will convene on September 26, 1960 and continue in session until Sep-
tember 30, 1960, at the Morrison Hotel, Chicago, Illinois.
This Special General Convention is being called in order that the
International may more effectively carry out the purposes and duties of
the organization under present working methods and requirements of
State, Provincial and Federal Laws relating to labor organizations, and
in particular to comply with the requirements of Labor- Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, Public Law 86-257.
To recodify and adopt new form of Constitution, General By-Laws,
General Laws, and rules for subordinate bodies.
To consider and act upon all other matters which may properly be
brought before a General Convention under the Constitution and Laws
of the United Brotherhood now in effect, to receive and act upon a re-
port of committee or committees appointed by the General President to
consider and recommend to the Special General Convention provisions
for the Brotherhood Constitution, General By-Laws, General Laws and
rules for subordinate bodies.
To approve form of this notice and ratify calling of Special General
Convention.
The basis of representation in the convention in accordance with Sec-
tion 18 C is: "One hundred (100) members or less shall be entitled to one
delegate; more than one hundred (100) members and less than five hun-
dred (500), two delegates; more than five hundred (500) members and
less than one thousand (1,000), three delegates; one thousand (1,000) or
any greater number of members, four delegates."
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A Local Union owing two months' tax to the General Office is not
entitled to representation in the convention.
Names of delegates elected are to be in the General Office not later
than August 26, 1960.
A member to be eligible as a delegate or alternate and in order to be
in full compliance with our General Constitution and Laws, we direct
your attention to Section 18 and Section 31 D, which provides in part
that the member has been twelve consecutive months a member in good
standing of the Local Union and a member of the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of America for three years immediately prior
to nomination, unless the Local Union has not been in existence the time
herein required.
All delegates are to be elected by secret ballot.
Each delegate will be entitled to one vote. Proxy representation is not
allowed. Each delegate establishes claim to a seat in the convention
through official credentials supplied by the General Office which must
be properly filled out and signed by the President and Recording Secre-
tary of the Local Union which he represents, with the seal of the Local
Union affixed thereto.
A delegate must have his Due Book with him to show that he has
been a member in good standing twelve months prior to his election
and the expense of each delegate attending the convention is to be paid
by the Local Union he represents.
The Recording Secretary must report at once to the General Secretary
the name and post office address of the delegate and alternate under
penalty of fine as provided in Section 18 F of our General Laws. When
the name and address of the delegate is reported to the General Office
and the elected delegate's membership is found to be in compliance with
our Laws, blank credentials and further information will be sent to the
delegate.
All proposed amendments to the General Constitution must be sub-
mitted in accordance with Section 63 D and E.
Fraternally yours,
General President. General Secretary.
Are Wages Jeopardizing Our Exports?
• • •
THE IMAGINATION some employers can muster to resist a wage
increase often puts fiction writers to shame.
Twenty years ago the writer of this article served on a committee
studying the feasibility of increasing the statutory minimum wage in the ply-
wood industry from 30c an hour to 40c. One of the employer representatives
pointed out that Brazil was developing a process for making a substitute for
plywood out of surplus coffee beans. This, he insisted, was going to demoralize
the plywood market, and any increase in plywood wage rates would spell com-
plete elimination of the industry.
With coffee now selling at close to a dollar a pound, the episode seems
fantastic, but it actually happened.
mittee for Economic Development
(CED).
In his Journal article, Dowd cites
Michigan's prominence in world trade
as one reason for believing wages
alone are not handicapping develop-
ment of international markets for
American manufacturers. While
Michigan has the highest average
wage rates of any state, it originates
the largest volume of exports, he
notes.
Moreover, for the U. S. as a whole,
some of the largest volume exporters
are the highest wage industries— coal
($3.02 hourly), tires and tubes ($2.74),
and metal working machines ($2.56),
for example.
Since 1953, he adds, foreign wages
have risen at the same or faster rates
than the U. S. "To charge all the de-
cline in our exports to high wages is
simply a lazy man's excuse," he com-
ments.
Nor is there evidence that the U. S.
has "priced itself out" of world mar-
kets, he continues, even though some
firms may have lost markets by try-
ing to maintain a high margin for
overhead, interest and profits.
What brought it to mind is the cur-
rent campaign of many business pub-
lications predicting complete loss of
our export market if American wages
go up any more. Their theme song is
that American wages are increasing
so fast our goods cannot compete in
world markets. The fact that govern-
ment figures show little change in ex-
port volume year by year does not
dampen their ardor.
Are American wage scales jeopar-
dizing our important export business?
Poor marketing practices are a big-
ger barrier to expansion of America's
exports than high wages and prices,
a University of Michigan expert con-
tends.
In an article prepared for The Jour-
nal of Marketing, Laurence P. Dowd
(Ph. D.) of the U-M School of Busi-
ness Administration declares, "Very
few American industries can attribute
their loss of overseas markets to their
price structure, and even fewer can
attribute it to wage costs."
Dowd directs the Michigan Busi-
ness Executives Research Conference,
a group of 35 Michigan companies
studying international business with
the financial support of the Com-
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"If the U. S. were being priced out
of world markets, there would be
definite changes, in the composition of
our exports— finished manufactured
goods would decline, while raw and
semi-finished materials would in-
crease," he declares.
"This has not happened. With the
exception of 1956 and 1957, finished
goods have steadily increased as a
share of our total export volume.
"In 1956 and 1957, several unusual
conditions prevailed— our cotton ex-
port prices were lowered, stimulat-
ing heavy shipments overseas; large
volumes of wheat were used to allevi-
ate famine in Asia, and oil exports
soared during the Suez crisis.
"Firms and industries which have
reported continued declines in ex-
ports in recent years include some
for which there had been high prod-
uct demand in the postwar period and
which enjoyed an essentially monopo-
listic position in world markets," he
continues. "In some instances, these
companies have failed to recognize
the revival of foreign competition,
both in terms of increased production
and in application of modern market-
ing techniques."
Among the specific shortcomings of
American marketing overseas which
Dowd cites are-:
Product planning: "The glamour
of American products as such has
weU nigh disappeared."
Advertising and sales promotion:
"Few firms undertake real campaigns
of this type in foreign countries. In-
stead of training salesmen to secure
orders, they commonly wait for cus-
tomers to come to them."
Credit: "How long would an Amer-
ican firm which insisted on cash in ad-
vance of shipment remain in business
when its domestic competitors grant-
ed liberal credit terms? Yet these are
precisely the terms used in selling
foreign firms and insisting on a letter
of credit."
Currency: "We insist on quoting
dollar prices and usually require pay-
ments in dollars. No wonder we are
losing business to competitors who
are willing to quote prices and ac-
cept payments in foreign currency."
Delivery: "Traditionally, American
suppliers have had the reputation of
prompt and promised delivery. In re-
cent years this tradition seems to have
been disappearing overseas."
Service: "All too frequently, the
basic policy of American suppliers is
to maintain stocks only in the U. S.
Foreign suppliers— especially British,
German, and Japanese— are establish-
ing parts supplies close at hand to
serve customers quickly."
All of these factors are more im-
portant than mere price in the buying
decisions of foreign customers, Dowd
adds. "If we are not expanding ex-
port markets, it is not because of price
but because we are failing to apply
the principles of modern management
we know are vital in domestic mar-
keting."
Other factors which handicap this
expansion, Dowd says, include:
Raw material prices: "With various
forms of government intervention . . .
raw materials constantly are becom-
ing more costly to American industry
competing in world markets."
High margins: "During 1958, when
many foreign firms reduced prices on
world markets despite increased costs,
many American companies still quot-
ed high export prices to maintain
profit margins or cover overhead ex-
penses."
Taxes: "American producers bear
an exceptionally heavy burden of
taxes . . . heavier than that on any of
our major foreign competitors. One
substantial advantage enjoyed by
some foreign producers is the remis-
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sion of taxes on products sold in ex- From the foregoing arguments of
port markets." Professor Dowd it is apparent that the
Productive organization: "Tradi- business publications are not above
.. n A -J u 1 drawing on the imagination a bit to
tionally, American producers had an , o ^ ° r t^i
^ ^ T. -, . . rr> . make a case tor a wage freeze. Ine
outstanding advantage m efficient ^ ^^^^ ^^^j, ^J ^^^^ A^^^.
plant and management. But this ad- .^^^ workers are the exports of jobs
vantage is disappearing, for our for- ^^ ^^e low-wage areas where Amer-
eign competitors are building mod- jcan corporations are building factor-
ern plants and studying our manage- ies to make goods for the American
ment methods intensively." market.
•
Conference For Fund Trustees Scheduled
What The 6th Annual National Workshop
Who Sponsored by the National Conference of Health, Welfare and
Pension Plans
When October 10, 11, 12, 1960
Where Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
Why For Study, to Inform Management and Union Trustees and
Administrators on "Health, Welfare and Pension Fund
Management."
The objective of the Workshop is to give the welfare and pension trustees
the latest information, to give them a cross-section of ideas from all parts of
the country, to make them aware of what pitfalls should be avoided, to have
experts educate trustees, and in general to make sure that all trustees and
administrators are well informed so that they can do a good job.
The National Conference is a non-profit group, and its Workshops are
attended by usually an equal number of union and management trustees who
sit down to 3 days of intensive study with a common goal in mind. Delegates
at the past sessions have come from approximately 42 of the 50 states. Since
it must, of necessity, be limited to 750 conferees, interested trust plans are
advised to take the necessary action now to send delegates to the Conference
Workshop next fall.
»
IT'S THE UNION PIN THAT PAYS OFF
In London, England, Mrs. Margaret McKay, top woman leader of the
British Trades Union Congress, had some strong words to say to England's
working class girls in a speech to a woman's conference of the Amalgamated
Engineering Union.
Said Mrs. McKay, "You marriage-crazy girls are undermining the trade
union movement. Teen-age girls today think of nothing but getting married as
quickly as possible. Training for a career is hardly considered."
Her eloquence rising to a dramatic climax, Mrs. McKay concluded: "The
working girl's best friend is her trade union. In fact, most young girls would
be better off today with a trade union pin rather than a wedding ring."
10
Union Show Plays To Great, Humble
• •
CROWDS are nothing new to the
D. C. Many important events h
echoed to the chimp of Army
But during the week of May 6—11 it
excitement, and
showmanship.
The occasion
was the 1960 ver-
sion of the annual
Union - Industries
Show. From noon
until late at night
thousands of visi-
tors meandered
National Guard Armory, Washington,
ive been held there. For years it has
boots as reserve units drilled there,
witnessed a new high in crowds, in
through the long
aisles admiring
and marveling at
the myriad exam-
ples of craftsman-
ship displayed by
the various exhibits.
The theme of
this year's show
was "Democracy
at Work." A more
appropriate theme
could hardly be se-
lected, for the Ar-
mory was bulging
with goods and
services exemplify-
ing the productive
mar\'els that Amer-
ican labor and
management can
achieve when they
work together
within the frame-
work of our tradi-
tional collective bargaining system.
On e\'ery hand the visitor saw union
craftsmanship in action and the fruits
of such craftsmanship. Even the
DEATH CALLS B. B. BLACKBURN
A pall was cast over the entire
Union Industries Show by the sud-
den death of B. B. Blackburn, Secre-
tary-Treasurer of the Washington, D.
C. and Vicinity District Council.
He was struck down by a sudden
heart attack while at the Show on
Sunday, May 8, and passed away be-
fore medical aid could be summoned.
Born near Richmond, Virginia,
Brother Blackburn joined the United
Brotherhood there in 1922. In 1926
he moved to Washington and trans-
ferred his membership to Local Un-
ion No. 132 of that city. His keen
interest in union affairs and his ca-
pacity for hard work soon won him
many loyal friends. He served as
president of the District Council, and
in 1943 he was elected secretary-
treasurer, a post he held at the time
of his death.
As a delegate to several general
conventions and many state meetings,
he acquired a wide acquaintanceship
throughout our Brotherhood, and his
passing will be mourned in many,
many areas.
Brother Blackburn leaves a wife,
Mary, and two daughters, Mrs. Mar-
ian B. Humphrey and Mrs. Alma G.
McCann, and a son, Raymond E.
Blackburn, a member of Local 132.
He also leaves six grandchildren and
a host of friends.
Services were held Wednesday,
May 11, with burial in Mitchell Me-
morial Park Cemetery, Falls Church,
Virginia.
President of the
United States was
amazed by the
scope and breadth
of American pro-
ductivity as under-
scored by the ple-
thora of outstand-
ing products and
services exhibited
at the show.
And the citizens
of Washington and
vicinity were im-
pressed, too. Every
day they kept the
Armory jam-pack-
ed. Even a hard,
pelting rain on
Sunday did not
keep them away.
Closing time had
to be extended to
get the hall cleared.
For the first time
in history the show
was a "sell-out"
weeks before op-
ening day. Some
375 exhibitors in
all participated in
the show. Music,
souvenirs, and
drawings for thou-
sands upon thousands of dollars'
worth of merchandise— all of it union
made— permeated the show with a
carnival atmosphere. Everyone learn-
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11
President Eisenhower cuts the ribbon to officially open the show.
General Officers help place the last label replica in our Brotherhood's exhibit. Reading from left
to right: Second General Vice President O. Wm. Blaier; General Secretary Richard E. Livingston;
General President M. A. Hutcheson; First General Vice President John R. Stevenson; and General
Representative Tom Murray.
12
THE C A It I» 1'". X T r. 11
Apprenticeship training
got plenty of emphasis.
Hardwood flooring won
many friends, too.
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13
ed something about the value of
craftsmanship as represented by the
union label. Everyone had fun. And a
large number of lucky winners went
away loaded with loot.
As usual, our Brotherhood spon-
sored one of the largest and finest
exhibits in the show. The project was
a joint venture of the General Office
of apprenticeship training and the
part our Brotherhood is playing in
developing an adequate supply of
properly trained craftsmen for the
future.
A display of union label en-
largements was the handiwork of
Brother George P. Ratte, Local Un-
ion 2456.
Located in the center of the Show, our Brotherhood's exhibit was generally surrounded by
crowds of visitors.
and the Washington, D. C. and Vicin-
ity District Council. Located in the
center of the huge hall, our exhibit
dramatically demonstrated the quality
and craftsmanship that are inherent in
goods bearing our label. There were
examples of custom-made millwork,
fine fixtures, and quality floors cre-
ated by Brotherhood craftsmen.
There were booths demonstrating
what trained mechanics can achieve
with the aid of modern tools.
One booth demonstrated the intri-
cate work that can be achieved with
modern glued-lamination techniques.
Another— set up with the cooperation
of the U. S. Forest Service— told the
conservation story and emphasized
the need for husbanding our forest
and water resources carefully. A
large booth vividly told the story
All in all, our exhibit impressed
hundreds of thousands of visitors with
the unquestionable fact that a Broth-
erhood label on a piece of merchan-
dise stamps that product as the out-
put of a properly trained man or
woman enjoying an American stand-
ard of living.
Impressive ceremonies opened the
show. The Reverend Monsignor
George G. Higgins of the National
Catholic Welfare Council deli\'ered
the invocation. J. J. Mara, president
of the Boot and Shoe Workers and
president of the Trades and Label De-
partment; Joe Lewis, director of the
Department; and AFL-CIO president
George Meany delivered short ad-
dresses. The most important guest in
the show's history— the President of
the United States— made a brief tour
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of the show. In an off-the-cuff address
he said:
"After touring the show, the reac-
tion I had was that of reahzing anew
what can be achieved by real co-
operation."
As a memento of his visit to the
show, President Eisenhower was pre-
sented with a pair of union made golf
shoes and a pair of hunting boots
from the Boot and Shoe Workers. By
the time the show was over, hundreds
of dignitaries from labor, government,
and even foreign embassies, toured
this outstanding exhibit of the pro-
ductive might of America.
Next year's show will be held at
Detroit.
"Stagnating Economy"—
FACTORY WORKER WORSE OFF THAN YEAR AGO
Despite claims of a prospering economy, the average American factory
worker was worse off in April than he was a year ago.
A combination of a record high increase in the cost of living and cutbacks
in the auto, metals and machine industries served not only to drive down
take-home pay as compared with April, 1959 but to decrease purchasing power
as well.
Based on latest figures of the Department of Labor, spendable earnings
for factory workers fell by about 85 cents a week or 1 per cent during the
month of April, to $80.20 for a worker with three dependents and to $72.66
for a worker without dependents whose income taxes are higher.
"The decline," said the Department of Labor, "resulted from shorter hours
of work, which reflected cutbacks in the auto, metals and machinery indus-
tries, and to some extent the occurrence of religious holidays in the survey
week. The drop in spendable earnings, together with a rise in consumer prices,
cut factory workers' purchasing power by 1.5 per cent over the month."
Compared with a year ago, cash take-home pay was down about 50 cents
a week, while purchasing power was down 2.5 per cent.
Heaviest blow to the workers' pocketbook came with a four-tenths per
cent boost in living costs, raising the Consumer Price index to a new record
high of 126.2, again contradicting claims that the inflationary thrust has been
blunted by wise Administrative policies, including "tight money."
The Department of Labor reported that most of the April increase resulted
from a 1.5 per cent boost in food prices, the sharpest since March, 1958,
when bad weather caused the price of fresh fruits and vegetables to shoot up.
This April, all foods went up in price except dairy products and some
vegetables. Prices rose mostly for meats, particularly pork, eggs and tomatoes.
Prices for most other products and services went up slightly, being count-
ered by another sharp drop in the price of used cars which are suffering heav-
ily from competition with the new compact cars. New car prices, however,
continued stable although they usually drop at this time of year.
15
Outstanding Architects Plan Our New Home
• •
SCARCELY a year after 36 delegates, representing 14 independent unions,
met in Chicago in 1881 to form the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America, two of the city's outstanding architects, WilHam
Holabird and Martin Roche, decided to go into business together. Now, nearly
80 years later, the architectural firm that they created in Chicago in 1882 is
supervising the erection of our United Brotherhood's new headquarters build-
ing in Washington, D. C.
The histories of the United Brotherhood and the architectural firm of
Holabird and Root (as it is now known) closely parallel each other. Both were
born in Chicago. Both soon will be celebrating their 80th year in existence.
University of Illinois Research & Educational Hospitals, Chicago.— //cdrfcA-B/essing
Both have grown and prospered over
the years. Consequently, it is fitting
and proper that they should be col-
laborating in the designing and erec-
tion of a great, new United Brother-
hood headquarters building in the
nation's capital.
Third generation descendants of
the founders are directing the afiaii's
of Holabird and Root today. The firm
survived the great depression of the
late Twenties and early Thirties,
when many architectural firms went
to the wall. Since then, it has made
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new strides into public housing, And the firm has long since out-
into radical changes in design of hotel grown its Chicago environment. To-
accommodations, and into the rela- day the firm is supervising work all
Tamanaco Hotel, Caracas, Venezuela. Another example of H & R versatility. — Hedrich-Blessing
tively new fields of air conditioning over the United States and in many
and cold cathode lighting. It has pio- foreign lands. The vast and magnifi-
neered improvements in the design cent New India Center of Delhi was
New India Assurance Bldg., New Delhi, India, shows the H & R touch.
and functional utility of skyscrapers, designed by the firm. So was the
laboratories, research centers, and American Battle Monument at Henri-
government buildings called on to ac- Chapelle, Belgium, and the Intercon-
commodate whole armies of workers. tinental Hotel at Istanbul, Turkey.
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The towering First National Bank
Building of Minneapolis now abuild-
ing originated on the drawing boards
of Holabird and Root. Buildings on
many college campuses, such as Notre
Dame, Northwestern, and Illinois dis-
play the Holabird and Root touch.
And the firm is no stranger to the
designing and erecting of union
headquarters. In recent years it has
been responsible for the planning and
erection of new homes for the Team-
sters, the Operating Engineers and
the Bakers.
'Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wis.,
a Holabird and Root creation. — Hedrich-
Blessing
The firm of Holabird and Root has
many architectural "firsts" to its cred-
it. In the year 1887 it designed the
Tacoma Building, a Chicago show-
place at the time of its erection. Ac-
cording to Colonel W. A. Starrett,
late president of the George A. Fuller
Company, the Tacoma Building was
"the first structure in which any outer
wall carried no burden and served
no purpose other than ornamental
and keeping out wind and weather,
which became one of the fundamen-
tals of skyscraper design."
The work of the firm ranges from
modernistic art galleries and libraries
to traditional office buildings of con-
ventional design. It has developed
new silhouettes and improved on old
ones. It is at home plowing new de-
sign furrows or adhering to old ones.
Over the years the firm has devel-
oped specialists in many fields. If a
complicated kitchen is a problem,
they have a specialist in this field.
Or if air conditioning an unusual
space poses unusual difficulties, they
have a man on the payroll who has
solved the problem before. Thus the
firm renders a complete service.
The standing of the firm in the
architectural profession is attested to
by numerous awards that ha\'e been
awarded the company over the years.
The latest was two years ago. At the
American Institute of Architects Con-
vention in Cleveland in July, 1958,
John Wellborn Root was awarded the
Gold Medal of Honor. The citation
reads as follows:
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE
OF ARCHITECTS
in bestowing the highest accolade
within its gift
THE GOLD MEDAL OF HONOR
hails a master architect
JOHN WELLBORN ROOT, FAIA
Distinguished son of a distingiiislicrl father,
it has heen your good fortune to lire and
practise in a time of abrupt change, vhen
architecture opened a neu: chapter in /f,s- /n'x-
torg. Though inang scorned the lessons of the
past, gou JieUl resolutelg to its basic trutlis
and built afresh upon a tested foundation.
For gour crumples over a wide range of func-
tion and geographg gour contemporaries raise
a paean of thanksgiving. You have demon-'itrat-
cd that the broad path of architecture need not
become a dead-end street.
All this skill and experience has
been brought to bear on the design-
ing and erection of our new head-
quarters building in Washington, D.
C. The firm is constantly revie^^■ing
and checking the progress of the
building, and when it is completed it
will be a monument not only to offi-
cers and members of the United
Brotherhood but to the firm of Hola-
bird and Root as well.
Pl/#i
DQC^ I D
THINGS AIN'T ALL BLACK
A fashion editor predicts that the Bikini
bathing suit will make a strong comeback
this year; which just goes to show you can
usually find something encouraging in the
papers if you get past Page One with
all its stories of international tensions and
potential human extinction.
Anyway, this gives us a chance to tell
the one about the delegate to the state
council convention who was trying to find
a gift to take home to his missus. In an ex-
clusive women's shop a saleslady hauled
out a frothy pink number.
"Now here's something real cute," she
said. "If you take off tlie jacket, you have
a play suit. If you take off the skirt, you
have a sun suit. If you remove anything
else, you have a lawsuit."
* • *
TO THE POINT
Recently, Judge J. Edgar Murdock gave
the Massachusetts Bar Association an ex-
ample of how to write a brief opinion. A
tax case was involved. The defendant testi-
fied: "As God is my judge, I do not owe
this tax."
But the judge's answer was: "He is not;
I am; you do."
-^iBEEs-
^'Wav/, I could never scab,
Mister — Vc^ mother and
father were married!"
NO TIME FOR DAWDLING
Business activity has advanced steadily
since last December's low point, but un-
employment continues to hover around five
per cent of the work force. Long-term job-
lessness last month was about 40%, above
1956-1957 levels. The number of insured
unemployed is 10% above what it was three
or four years ago.
Despite these unhappy figures, the bill
aimed at helping distressed areas get back
on their feet was killed last month by
presidential veto.
For the better part of two years unem-
ployment has been running over five per
cent. It is a situation that cannot be tol-
erated much longer if further economic
shrinkage is to be avoided.
The whole thing brings to mind the
story of the struggling young artist who
was in hock up to his ears. For days he
dodged the landlady, but the time inevit-
ably came when she cornered him in th^
hall.
Putting on a bold front, the artist said:
"Just think, Mrs. Kelly, in a few years
people will look at this house and say,
'Kilroy, tlie artist, used to work here.' "
To which the landlady replied:
"If you don't pay up your back rent by
tonight, they will be able to say it to-
morrow."
* * •
SOUNDS LOGICAL
Did you hear the newest twist on the
Man from Mars?
It seems this Man from Mars landed on a
New York street. Although he was only
four feet tall, he headed for the nearest
building. Just as he was about to open the
door a tall, willowy, and beautiful blonde
walked out; whereon the M from M said:
"Lead me to your ladder. I'll see your
leader later."
• * *
IT SAYS HERE
Ever hear of the sanitary engineer who
willed his brain to Indiana University Med-
ical School?
They were very happy to get it because
for a long time they had been looking for a
filtering man's thinker.
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AN ANCHOR MAN IS MISSING
Last month, as the summit conference got
under way, a mighty voice was absent. Old
Winston Churchill, whose presence loomed
large in every other post-war meeting, was
taking his ease on the French Riviera.
Churchill, in addition to being a great
statesman, able writer, and fine orator, pos-
sesses a keen sense of humor. He often has
told the following story on himself.
One evening during the war, he hailed a
taxi and asked to be taken to the British
Broadcasting studios.
"Sorry, Mister," said tlie cabbie, "but Mr.
Churchill is broadcasting in a few minutes
and I wouldn't miss it for all the fares in
London."
Greatly flattered, Churchill pressed a
pound note into the cabbie's hand. The
cabbie took a startled look, then threw
open the door.
"You're a bit of all right, sir," he ex-
claimed. "Hop in and to 'ell with Mr.
Churchill."
• ilk- •
ANYWAY, IT SEEMS THAT WAY
The great debate on our educational sys-
tem is still raging. Some insist our educa-
tional system is weak as dishwater; others
insist it is the best in the world.
In our estimation, old Joe Paup summar-
ized tlie situation best when he said:
"Today, it takes more money to keep a
child amused than it did to get his father
educated."
^ T^ *
SO IT GOES
About this time of the year. Congress
makes a great show of paring the budget to
the bone. By the use of numerous legisla-
tive tricks, the impression is given that size-
able cuts are being worked out. Usually,
however, these are merely paper cuts, be-
cause "additional" or "supplemental" appro-
priations are made later to restore the fic-
titious cuts. This hocus-pocus is liberally in-
dulged in by both parties.
It always reminds us of the story of the
Irishman who was shipwrecked on a de-
serted island. When he looked around he
noticed the island was already inhabited
by the biggest bear he ever saw. As the
bear headed toward him, the Irishman be-
gan legging it toward the only tree on the
island. The lowest branch on this tree was
20 feet above ground, but the son of Erin
gave the greatest leap of his life.
He missed it going up but caught it on
the way down.
TOUGH NUT TO CRACK
Last month a Philadelphia judge ruled
that a run-away shoe plant did not termi-
nate all its responsibilities to its organized
workers just because it closed its union-
ized plant to concentrate its production in
a non-union plant under a different corpo-
rate name. The court held that the new
corporation was merely the "alter ego" of
the original partnership.
The case was a real victory for the Shoe
Workers Union, but until such time as tlie
dismissed union workers are put back to
work, it is only a moral one.
Sooner or later Congress must face up
to the growing problem of run-away plants
that toss employes on the scrap heap, leave
communities without anticipated tax rev-
enue, and generally undermine the eco-
nomic health of surrounding areas.
Men buy homes on the strength of their
jobs, communities build schools on the as-
sumption that local industries are stable.
When a plant pulls up roots for greener
pastures, the whole area is thrown into tur-
moil. Plants must remain free to migrate
for legitimate reasons, but not to evade
responsibilities.
Admittedly, it is a tough problem, but one
that merits study— else we may find ourselves
in the position of the tramp who never
married. When asked why, he replied:
"Once I was seriously engaged to a young
lady. She was strong-willed but homely.
When I was drunk she wouldn't marry me
and when I was sober I wouldn't marry
her. So there you are."
**Et lu, Professor?
•?"
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Rochester's Haloid Xerox Co. comes up with—
first Intelligent Approach To Automation
(Reprinted from Industrial Bulletin, N. Y. State Dept. of Labor)
* *
QUIET experiment under way in Rochester, N. Y., may have an
important bearing on the future of American industry's "displaced
person"— the man whose job is captured by a machine.
Eight hours a day, five days a week, a dozen employes of Haloid Xerox,
Inc., are being retrained to take new jobs— jobs which do not exist yet. Mean-
while, the company is preparing to automate their old jobs out of existence.
If the plan works— and both employes and employer are highly enthusi-
astic over its chances— a pattern may be paved in Rochester for other rela-
tively painless job switchovers elsewhere.
Haloid Xerox was founded in 1906 and enjoyed modest prosperity for
tliree decades as a manufacturer of
sensitized photographic and photo-
copy papers and photocopy machines.
In 1950 the Haloid Co., as it was
known then, introduced its first ma-
chine employing the xerographic pro-
cess—a high-speed, dry-paper copying
technique based on the reaction to
light of metal charged with elec-
tricity.
Since then, sales have nearly tripled
-from 1950's $10 million to about
$27V2 million in 1958— and profits have
jumped from about $400,000 to $1.6
million.
Company oflBcials attribute at least
80 per cent of the increase to xero-
graphy sales (the firm now holds
about 169 patents in the field and
maintains a research staff of nearly
300 persons), and it was no accident
that the word "Xerox" was added to
the corporate name in 1958.
Meanwhile, the sensitized paper in-
dustry was holding its own, even ad-
vancing modestly. But company offi-
cials felt xerography held far more
growth potential. Furthermore, the
sensitized paper department's busi-
ness had become increasingly com-
petitive.
Both management and Haloid's un-
ion could see that increasing auto-
mation, and relatively decreasing em-
ployment, were in the cards if the
paper department were to continue
prosperous.
Of course automation— or, perhaps
more accurately, increasing mechani-
zation—is no stranger to Rochester
industry, although it has been esti-
mated that only about 8 per cent of
the nation's workers are employed in
plants which approach total automa-
tion. Always known as a city with a
highly skilled labor force and a pre-
ponderance of machine-tool and other
precision jobs, Rochester has seen its
output-per-worker rise tremendously
since World War II
One of the advantages of automa-
tion, in labor's eyes, is that it requires
long and careful planning because of
the heavy capital outlays involved.
The interim between thought and ex-
ecution leaves enough time for ex-
haustive labor-management studies
and conferences on the probable ef-
fects of the new machines.
One such study is now in its early
stages at Aimour & Co., the giant
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meat-packing firm. A contract signed
last September with two unions pro-
vides that the company shall contrib-
ute one cent for each hundred-
weight of meat slaughtered, to a fund
which eventually is expected to reach
$500,000. Controlled by a joint labor-
management committee, the fund will
finance a program designed to offset
the job dislocation which automation
may bring.
However, while the Armour confer-
ences and studies were still in their
early stages, Haloid's plans were be-
ing completed. They were spelled out
by the company's president, Joseph C.
Wilson, during a Saturday morning
meeting of the photographic depart-
ment's 586 employes:
1.— Paper department employes with
at least ten years' consecutive service
would be eligible to apply for an in-
tensive, six-week, company-paid re-
training course in machine shop tech-
niques and mechanical assembly at
the Rochester Institute of Technol-
ogy-
2.— Trainees would be paid their
regular wages up to $2.50 an hour
(the over-all company average) forty
hours a week for the full six weeks.
3.— Upon satisfactory completion of
the course, the employes would be
assigned temporarily to job classifica-
tions determined by the company,
with the understanding that they
would be re-assigned to the machine
or assembly shops as soon as jobs de-
veloped there, either through normal
turnover or creation of new jobs in
the expanding assembly lines.
4.— Other eligibility criteria would
include union seniority and the em-
ploye's success with two tests, one
for mechanical aptitude and the other
for intelligence.
A recitation of the proposal's terms
fails to reflect the enthusiasm for the
program evinced by the union, the
trainees and the Rochester Institute
of Technology, a highly-regarded in-
stitution which offers Associate in
Arts Degrees and advanced technical
training in subjects ranging from
printing to pottery.
RIT revamped its normal night
school schedule of shop theory, shop
mathematics, blueprint reading and
their practical applications to con-
form with Haloid's daytime require-
ments. At the company's request it
added the mechanical assembly
course, which has proven to have so
much potential for regular students
that RIT officials hope to add it to the
regular night school curriculum.
Associate Professor Frederick Bueh-
ler, coordinator of the Haloid pro-
gram, is trying to interest other Roch-
ester industries in similar daytime
plans. Among other things, he said,
the daytime programs would prove
beneficial to RIT by reducing the
"down time" for the school's $250,000
experimental machine shop, which
until now has been used largely for
evening classes.
Instructor Kenneth R. Hood, a
tool-and-die man by trade and a gun-
smith by avocation, is pleased by
trainee attitudes and aptitudes.
"They're really good, diligent stu-
dents," he said of the first class which
completed training January 29. "Not
one of them missed an hom-'s class
time. They're even more conscientious
than we thought they'd be."
Mr. Hood said the trainees had
some difficulties adjusting to school
work and particularly the mathemat-
ics—which is natural, since their aver-
age age is about forty and many of
them had been out of school as many
as twenty-five years— but indicated
that handicap seemed to be offset by
their desire to learn.
The trainees are pleased at the
chance to gain— at an estimated cost
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to Hiiloid of $1,750 per man— the op-
portunity to move to better jobs in an
expanding field.
"It hasn't been a picnic," said Fran-
cis Hurtubis, a veteran of nineteen
years with Haloid. "The first couple
of nights my son and daughter had
to help me with the math. But it's a
wonderful thing. It's our living and
we're not kids anymore."
Herbert Smith, another nineteen-
year veteran in the paper department,
said he and two other trainees con-
ducted "cram sessions" two or three
nights a week to help themselves
over the mathematical rough spots.
"I've been talking to a friend of
mine at the plant," Mr. Smith said,
"and he just can't wait until he's got
ten years (of service, the eligibility
minimum) so he can apply." . . .
The Haloid union is Local 14A of
the Amalgamated Photographic Sup-
ply Workers of America, an affiliate
of the Rochester Joint Board of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America.
The training program's broad out-
lines came into existence during talks
between the manager of the Joint
Board, Abraham D. Chatman, and
Mr. Wilson. . . .
Haloid's president, Mr. Wilson, said
he has been pleased by progress re-
ports on the program, but pointed out
that it is, frankly, experimental.
Its distinction lies, first of all, in the
fact that it exists at all. National stud-
ies show widespread interest in auto-
mation and its effects in terms of job
displacement and retraining, but few
firms have established formal pro-
grams to deal with the problem.
Haloid's plan also is unusual in its
emphasis on classroom training. Most
retraining plans, where they exist at
all, depend on in-plant instruction.
Sometimes the instruction comes from
company supervisors, sometimes from
outside experts, but rarely have com-
panies invested as much in tuition and
lost-time wages as has Haloid.
The company's retraining program
also is unusual because of the broad
and basic differences between the em-
ployes' pre-training skills and those
they are expected to acquire. This dif-
ference in skills comes from the com-
pany's position as a producer of differ-
ent sets of products which require in-
creasingly divergent skills to manu-
facture.
The final evaluation of Haloid's first
class is several months away, Mr.
Wilson reported, since trainees must
return to their old jobs, then be re-
assigned to mechanical department
posts, then spend some time on the
job before the program's success can
be determined.
Asked about the company's heavy
investment— $400 tuition per man,
plus more than $600 in school-time
wages, plus short-term recruiting and
training costs for replacements— Mr.
Wilson replied: "In a sense, I don't
think we'll ever get it back."
Part of the investment, he said,
must be written off as a payment for
"the intangibles of goodwill." But he
added that the program was worked
out and begun midway between
union-management bargaining ses-
sions, so that there would be no ef-
fort on either side to convert either
the plan's terms or the goodwill into
contractual provisions.
The program's goal, as Mr. Wilson
sees it, is to "clear the road" toward
automation and, along the way, to
"create real confidence" in employer-
employe relations.
He listed three conditions he felt
were necessary before a program like
Haloid's could be put into effect—
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an expanding company sales and Perhaps the best clue to the success
profit position, proximity of educa- or failure of the program came from
tional facilities like RIT's, and a his- a trainee: "It's a good deal. They're
tory of good company-union coop- doing their- best for us, now we'll do
eration. our best for them."
1959 ACCIDENT FIGURES ARE FRIGHTENING
Accidents at work killed 13,800 persons in 1959, an increase of 4 per cent
over 1958, and injured 1,950,000, up 150,000 from 1958.
The cost was $4,100,000,000. This includes cost of interrupted production
schedules, time lost by workers other than the injured, as well as wage loss,
medical expense and the overhead costs of insurance.
Workers' deaths by accidents off the job totaled 29,800, and the injured
totaled 4,300,000, up 5 per cent from 1958. The time lost, including indirect,
amounted to 285,000,000 man-days, equivalent to the shut-down of plants
with more than 1,000,000 workers.
In short, more were killed on the job and off the job, and more were in-
jured, than in 1958.
The total national accident fatality toil for 1959 was 91,500, up 1 per cent
from 1958. The total injury figure was 9,300,000, and the total cost came to
$12,600,000,000.
This includes wage loss, medical expense, overhead of insurance for all
accidents, interrupted production schedules, time lost by workers other than
the injured, etc., due to work accidents and property damage in traffic acci-
dents and fires.
Fatal falls— 18,300— were the same as in 1958; burns, up 1 per cent, to 7400;
drownings, down 1 per cent to 6500; fatal firearms accidents, up 1 per cent to
2200.
Public accidents (not motor vehicles) caused 16,500 deaths, same as in
1958, and injuries came to 2,050,000, at an estimated cost of $800,000,000.
There were decreases in the 15-24 and 25-44 age groups; increases in the 45-
64 and 65 and over groups; no change in the 0-4 and 5-14 age groups.
The eight-month total of railroad deaths in accidents was 1346, a slight
drop, while injuries at 13,127 rose. Grade crossing accidents kffled 728, a drop
of 7 per cent; injuries totaled 1961, up 5 per cent.
Eight fatal accidents on scheduled airlines killed 198 passengers and 28
crew members.
Home accidents killed 26,500, same as in 1958, and injured 4,000,000, at a
cost of $900,000,000.
9
NEW THREAT TO UNIONS
Sen. Dirksen of Illinois, the Republican Senate leader, has filed a menacing little bill
that would handle the problems of people faced with automation joblessness by depri^'ing
them of protections existing under the Norris-La Guardia and other federal laws.
It would be impossible, under Dirksen's bill, for a union to bargain legally on tlie
question of layoffs. It would be impossible, under the Dirksen proposal, for workers to
strike to protect job continuity and enforce safeguards in regard to layoflFs and job rights.
The presumption must be that Dirksen's bill arises from railroad lobbyists protesting
a Supreme Court decision upholding the right of workers on the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad to strike against a management decision to close stations.
Editorial
One Failure Need Not Mean Permanent Despair
Last month, a summit conference to which the world had looked with
considerable hope blew up before it even got started. It is not our purpose
to go into the ramifications that contributed to the demise of the conference.
But having had some experience with the art of negotiating, we deem our-
selves competent to make a few observations.
To anyone who has participated in collective bargaining to any extent
it was obvious from the beginning that the conference had little chance of
succeeding. Both sides were going into the conference with avowed reserva-
tions. Both sides publicly announced positions from which they would not
retreat under any circumstances. Both sides began jockeying for position long
before the conference got under way. Under such circumstances no kind of
collective bargaining session can be very productive.
Whether our security and the security of the free world were enhanced
or undermined by the collapse of the conference we have no way of knowing.
But we are positive of this: some sort of collective security must be worked
out soon, for the future of mankind hangs in the balance.
Science and technology are advancing at a fantastic rate. These advances
can make living easier, better, and happier; or they can make life impossible.
Man has learned to tame his oldest enemy— nature— but he has made woefully
slow progress in taming himself in controlling greed, lust, and selfishness.
Herein lies the big paradox. The greater man's control becomes over the
forces of nature, the more important self-control becomes. The more power
man can control, the more essential it becomes that he be equipped to control
that power wisely, generously, and humanely.
Atomic energy is a case in point. The release of atomic energy has given
man the greatest power factor in human history. The potential for good or
evil is almost limitless. Atomic energy can be used to eradicate the pestholes
of the world by draining the swamps, irrigating the deserts, and conquering
the jungles. Or it can be used to eradicate mankind. With this tremendous
power at his command, man can turn the world into one massive, fruitful
garden. Or into a mass of smoldering, stinking iiibble.
In the final analysis, which course he pursues depends on the degree of
control he can muster over his basic instincts.
The May conference failed. But this is nothing new in collective bargain-
ing. The bargaining session that comes up with a signed contract at the first
meeting is the exception rather than the rule. Agreements are usually ham-
mered out after many failures. With the survival of mankind at stake, last
month's failure should not become the end of the line.
Admittedly, negotiating with an adversary as arrogant and as power-hungry
as Khrushchev is no cinch. In the Communist lexicon, decency and considera-
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tidn are merely words in the dictionary. The end justifies any means. A milhon
lives sacrificed to gain a Communist objective is a desirable bargain.
Against this kind of thinking the nation that is motivated by compassion
and humanitarian considerations operates at a distinct disadvantage, much as
a boxer trying to adhere to the Queensbury rules, while battling an opponent
not above using brass knuckles, elbows, and horseshoes in the gloves. But we
are well aware of Russian tactics. Power is the only language they really
understand. Power we must have to negotiate successfully. Because the May
conference failed is no reason for not trying again at some future date. Mean-
while, we must not only keep our powder dry but also build up our stockpiles.
A Step In The Right Direction
Elsewhere in this issue is a story telling how one progressive company
in Rochester, N. Y. is meeting the problems of automation in a humane and
intelligent manner insofar as its employes are concerned. The company is
Haloid Xerox, Inc., a firm making photographic supplies and duplicating
equipment.
Recently, Plaloid inaugurated a comprehensive retraining program for
emplo^"es slated to lose their jobs to automation sometime in the future.
The Haloid program is no hit-or-miss affair aimed only at giving the appear-
ance that the company is showing some concern for its workers. Rather it is
a comprehensive program drawn up and administered by the Rochester Tech-
nical Institute, one of the better technical schools in the nation.
Under the Haloid program, the trainees spend several months going to
school full time. During this period they are paid at the rate of $2.50 per
hour— the average wage in the plant. Having their financial needs thus taken
care of, the trainees are free to devote all their mental energies to absorbing
the new knowledge and skills the retraining course offers them. Like other
students, they burn the midnight oil. When they have completed the course
they return to their current jobs. However, they are equipped to take on dif-
ferent jobs when automation wipes out their present ones.
According to Haloid management, the company invests something like
$1,700 in retraining each employe. But the price is small compared to the
security and peace of mind it brings to the employes. In this company, at
least, workers are able to face up to the uncertainties of automation without
getting knots in their stomachs.
This is the kind of approach to automation this journal has long advocated.
When management makes a decision to automate it expects to spend big
chunks of money. Machinery with years of serviceability has to be scrapped.
More often than not, new facilities have to be erected. All this is figured in
the cost of moving into automation. Our contention is that "retreading" em-
ployes ought to be a legitimate cost of automation, too. Whatever the yard-
stick—morality, justice, or plain common sense— the workers who made all the
wealth for a company merit at least as much consideration as machinery or
equipment.
We have often said that automation will fulfill the rosy promises ascribed
to it only if everyone benefits in every direction— company, consumer, and
employes. If any one group hogs all the benefits, automation will become a
headache rather than a blessing.
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To date, there has been all too little concern shown for the workers dis-
placed by automatic machinery. The Haloid plan is a first big step in the right
direction. Let ns fervently hope that it sets a pattern for all industry. Time is
running out on this matter of machines replacing men. Machines may be able
to produce faster than men, but only men can consume. Sooner or later, work-
ers must be looked upon as consumers as well as sources of skill and brawn.
Otherwise, machines eventually must become the masters rather than the
slaves.
Creating Jobs With Union Funds
Recently, the administrators of the Northern California Pension Trust Fund
decided to invest a sizeable portion of their trust funds in FHA and VA mort-
gages. The deal was worked out between Brotherhood organizations in the area
and local home builders associations participating in the fund. According to
press releases, something like $25,000,000 will be channeled into the moitgage
market through the plan at the rate of $400,000 a month. First purchases will
yield about 5.6%.
It seems to us this is a great example of killing two birds with one stone.
Tight mortgage money is one of the major roadblocks that has been holding
back home construction, and thus making it more difficult for all our mem-
bers to keep employed. The injection of sizeable chunks of new money into
the market from the pension trust fund ought to pep up things considerably
in northern California. The money in the trust fund comes from Caipenters
and their employers. Provided that interest returns are right, how could
this money be invested more beneficially than in guaranteed mortgages that
are bound to increase the tempo of home building?
Of course, the first responsibility of all fund trustees is to produce the
highest possible return from those funds. All decisions must be measured by
this yardstick. But whenever the mortgage market ofters returns as attractive
as those provided by other forms of investment, trustees of Carpenter trust
funds have a fine opportunity of grabbing off an additional dividend— more
work for our members. Northern California was quick to take advantage of
such an opportunity.
Perhaps other areas have taken similar action without our knowing it. Be-
cause of its size the Northern California program received considerable public-
ity. And all those who engineered it are entitled to sincere congratulations.
Mortgage rates have been climbing steadily. At the same time, stocks and
bonds have been skittery and subject to considerable fluctuation— all of which
makes the mortgage market more attractive month by month. Administrators
of Carpenter trust funds ought to keep a careful watch on developments.
There is another area where union funds possibly can be used to stimulate
construction. Section 302 of the Housing Act allows non-profit organizations
to enter into long-term financing arrangements for the construction of special
housing facilities for the aged. The non-profit organization needs to provide
only a very small percentage (as low as 2%) of the funds; the rest can be
borrowed on a very long-term arrangement.
Housing for the aged is a real problem in most areas. It is a problem that
is certain to grow. And it is one that affects many retired union members. If
a union can help alleviate the situation by the investment of surplus funds
THE CARPENTER 27
in a special housing venture, and at the same time stimulate construction, the
proposition seems to be one that merits exploration. A number of Indianapolis
churches already are embarked on developing housing for the aged under
Section 302. And the Central Labor Union has the matter under study.
This is an extfemely complicated age we live in. Money is becoming more
and more powerful. Few unions are fat with funds. But if the surplus funds
held by unions can be managed so as to meet pressing needs and at the same
time create jobs, all avenues of promise ought to be explored.
Work Laws Are Losing Their Shine
The states which stampeded to the lure of gold shining in the "right-to-
work" hills are finding that it is fool's gold. It has the shine and the glitter
but not the substance.
Latest expert to turn up with a disappointing assay for the right-to-work
claim-stakers is Professor Milton J. Nadworny of the University of Vermont.
Businessmen who favor right-to-work laws in their states as a means of
attracting industry had better think twice, in the opinion of Professor Nad-
worny.
In a study recently concluded. Professor Nadworny found that right-to-
work laws are causing hundreds of thousands of skilled workers to migrate to
freer industrial regions for higher wages and better working conditions. He
declared that as a result, industrial expansion in many states, particularly in
the South, is being crippled.
Pointing to the heavy outflow of workers from the South, where "right-to-
work" predominates. Professor Nadworny declared that the search for "better
emjjloyment opportunities" ordinarily means higher wages "and the right of
membership in strong, responsible trade unions whose right of collective
bargaining with management is not restricted by right-to-work laws and anti-
labor community attitudes."
We are glad to hear Professor Nadworny say it, but we knew it all along.
In spite of automation and thinking machines, skilled workers still are a vital
cog in industry. And any scheme that aims at short-changing such workers
defeats itself in the long run.
Apparently, the fact that right-to-work promises do not pan out in practice
is well known. George Craig, former Republican governor of Indiana, the
first truly industrial state to adopt right-to-work, recently warned his party
it would go down to defeat in November if it insisted on adhering to a right-
to-work platform in the face of growing demand for repeal of the law.
Indiana statistics tend to bear out the findings of Professor Nadworny. A
right-to-work law does not attract industry; it repels it by disturbing the reser-
voir of skilled workers, the one ingredient in high productivity that cannot be
substituted for or glossed over by measures rooted in expediency.
Like the farmer who tried to fool his horse with sawdust painted green,
right-to-workers are finding that you can't skimp on the feed and get re-
sults' too.
Official Information
General OfiGcers of
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS and JOINERS
of AMERICA
General Office : Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General President
M. A. HUTCHESON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
First General Vice President
JOHN R. STEVENSON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Secretary
R. E. LIVINGSTON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
Second General Vice President
O. WM. BLAIER
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Treasurer
FRANK CHAPMAN
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
District Board Members
First District, CHARLES JOHNSON, JR.
Ill E. 22nd St., New York 10, N. Y.
Sixth District, J. O. MACK
5740 Lydia, Kansas City 4, Mo.
Second District, RALEIGH RAJOPPI
2 Prospect Place, Springfield, New Jersey
Seventh District, LYLE J. HILLER
11712 S. E. Rhone St., Portland 66, Ore.
Tliird District, HARRY SCHWARZER
3615 Chester Ave., Cleveland 14, Ohio
Eighth District, J. F. CAMBIANO
17 Ara^on Blvd., San Mateo, Calif.
Fourth District, HENRY W. CHANDLER
1684 Stanton Rd., S. W., Atlanta, Ga.
Ninth District, ANDREW V. COOPER
133 Chaplin Crescent, Toronto 12, Ont., Canada
Fifth District, R. E. ROBERTS
1834 N. 78th St., Omaha, Nebr.
Tenth District, GEORGE BENGOUGH
2528 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver, B. C.
M. A. HUTCHESON, Chairman ; R. E. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
All correspondence for the General Executive Board must be sent to the General Secretary.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
In the issuance of clearance cards, care should be taken to see that they are
properly filled out, dated and signed by the President and Financial Secretary
of the Local Union issuing same as well as the Local Union accepting the clear-
ance. The clearance cards must be sent to the General Secretary's Department
without delay, in order that the members' names can be listed on the quarterly
account sheets.
While old style Due Book is in use, clearance cards contained therein
must be used.
CONVENTION CALL APPEARS ON PAGE FIVE
The attention of all subordinate bodies is directed to the Convention Call
appearing on Page Five of this issue. The time, place, and full details regard-
ing the convention are contained in the Call.
A careful study of the Call may avoid embarrassing mistakes and un-
necessary correspondence.
Not lost to those that love them,
Not dead, just gone before;
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They still live in our memory.
And will forever more.
S^0t in P^ar^
The Editor has been requested to publish the names
of the following Brothers who have passed away.
ANDREASON, NILS, L. U. 101, Baltimore, Md.
AUDAS, BARNEY, L. U. 1016, Rome, N. Y.
BABB, LEWIS I., L. U. 1108, Cleveland, Ohio
BALLABON, HYMAN, L. U, 608, New York,
N. Y.
BARRY, DAVID G., L. U. 1068, Vallejo, Cal.
BASS, JOE S., L. U. 696, Tampa, Fla.
BEYSTER, GEORGE, L. U. 1373, Flint, Mich.
BOOHER, CHARLES B. Sr., L. U. 1400, Santa
Monica, Cal.
BOOKS, PAUL, L. U. 1590, Washington, D. C.
BOOTHE, CHARLES A., L. U. 360, Galesburg,
111.
BOURCIER, LIONEL, Sr., L. U. 96, Springfield,
Mass.
BRANDLEIN, HENRY, L. U. 1590, Washington,
D. C.
BUCHMAN, USHER, L. U. 246, New York,
N. Y.
BUNDY, CHARLES, L. U. 161, Kenosha, Wise.
BYRNE, WILLIAM, L. U. 161, Kenosha, Wise.
CADENHEAD, SHERWOOD, L. U. 2024, Miami,
Fla.
CAMERINO, MICHAEL, L. U. 385, New York,
N. Y.
CARL, HERROLD, L. U. 1497, E. Los Angeles,
Cal.
CHRISTENSEN, ANDERS, L. U. 1172, Billings,
Mont.
CHRISTENSEN, HERMAN, L. U. 12, Syracuse,
N. Y.
CHRISTIAN, FRED, L. U. 696, Tampa, Fla.
CLABES, ALBERT, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
CLARK, WILSON, L. U. 12, Syracuse, N. Y.
CLAUSEN, BERGE, L. U. 608, New York,
N. Y.
COHEN, SIDNEY, L. U. 246, New York, N. Y.
CONNELL, JAMES, L. U. 298, New York,
N. Y.
CUNHA, FRANCIS J., L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
CYCKOWSKI, JOHN, L. U. 972, Philadelphia,
Pa.
DAVENPORT, GILBERT, L. U. 1497, E. Los
Angeles, Ca!.
DAVIDSEN, DAVID, L. U. 696, Tampa, Fla.
DAVIS, HENRY, L. U. 42, San Francisco, Cal.
DelFAVERO, GIORDANO, L. U. 385, New York,
N. Y.
DeWITT, HORATIO B., L. U. 257, New York,
N. Y.
DOBBIN, MARTIN, L. U. 161, Kenosha, Wise.
DONADIO, JOSEPH, L. U. 257, New York,
N. Y.
DONNELS, J. D., L. U. 1846, New Orleans, La.
DUNN, ROBERT H., L. U. 743, Bakersfield,
Cal.
EARL, WILLIAM R., L. U. 2084, Astoria, Ore.
ELLIS, ZERBA, L. U. 169, E. St. Louis, 111.
ENGLE, BONARD C, L. U. 200, Columbus,
Ohio
ERICKSON, EMIL, L. U. 1373, Flint, Mich.
ERICKSON, GOTTFRIED, L. U. 1367, Chicago,
111.
EVENSON, MOSE, L. U. 264, Milwaukee,
Wise.
FABIAN, J. R., L. U. 696, Tampa, Fla.
FAUK, GUS, L. U. 257, New York, N. Y.
FLINCHBAUGH, WILLIAM H., L. U. 191,
York, Pa.
FORBERG, H. C, L. U. 1172, Billings, Mont.
FRENCH, AUBREY, L. U. 1373, Flint, Mich.
GALENTINE, WILLIAM A., L. U. 1400, Santa
Monica, Cal.
GALLING, C. N., L. U. 1098, Baton Rouge,
La.
GESSWEIN, GEORGE, L. U. 246, New York,
N. Y.
GILLENWATERS, DAVID CLAUDE, L. U. 50,
Knoxville, Tenn.
GUERRIER, EDWIN, L. U. 1497, E. Los An-
geles, Cal.
HABECK, ERVIN A., L. U. 264, Milwaukee,
Wise.
HAND, CARLTON, L. U. 1743, Rio Grande,
N. J.
HARRINGTON, D. L., L. U. 1822, Ft. Worth,
Texas
HELBING, CHARLES, L. U. 42, San Francisco,
Cal.
HEYSE, EMIL, L. U. 264, Milwaukee, Wise.
HOGAN, JAMES H., L. U. 1480, Boulder, Colo.
HUDGINS, HILLIARD H., L. U. 3110, Black
Mountain, N. C.
HULSE, SEYMOUR L., L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
HYDEN, VICTOR, L. U. 1456, New York, N. Y.
JENKINS, JAKE M., L. U. 50, Knoxville, Tenn.
JENNINGS, JOHN T., L. U. 200, Columbus,
Ohio
JEPERTINGER, ADOLPH, L. U. 264, Milwau-
kee, Wise.
JOHNSON, EDWARD O., L. U. 982, Detroit,
Mich.
JOHNSON, LEE, L. U. 1373, Flint, Mich.
JOHNSTON, FRANK L., L. U. 200, Columbus,
Ohio
JONES, IRA A. Sr., L. U. 982, Detroit, Mich.
KEHOE, HOWARD, L. U. 169, E. St. Louis, 111.
KELLACHOW, MICHAEL C, L. U. 982, De-
troit, Mich.
KELLY, EARL, L. U. 50, Knoxville, Tenm
KELLY, MILTON F., L. U. 101, Baltimore, Md.
KIMBAL, RAY W., L. U. 1400, Santa Monica,
Cal.
KIMMELMAN, MOSES, L. U. 385, New York,
N. Y.
KING, WILLIAM A., L. U. 191, York, Pa.
KIRK, JOSEPH L., L. U. 198, Dallas, Texas
KOCH, KARL F., L. U. 512, Ann Arbor, Mich.
KREFT, PAUL, L. U. 264, Milwaukee, Wise.
KRUEGER, ROY, L. U. 161, Kenosha, Wise.
KRZYWICKI, JOHN, L. U. 246, Njw York,
N. Y.
KUEHL. RUEBEN, L. U. 2466, Pembroke, Ont.
LANDGRAF, JOHN, L. U. 972, Philadelphia,
Pa.
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THE CARPENTER
LATRELL, FRANCIS J., L. U. 1590, Washing-
ton, D. C.
LAWERENCE, WILLIAM, L. U. 1016, Rome,
N. Y.
LEIB, HIRAM, L. U. 1497, E. Los Angeles, Cal.
LEVINE, ISEK, L. U. 1513, Detroit, Mich.
LEWIS, IRA, L. U. 169, E. St. Louis, 111.
LIND, CHARLES, L. U. 42, San Francisco, Cal.
LINDEMAN, KARL, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
LINDER, FRED, L. U. 1497, E. Los Angeles,
Cal.
LOHEIDE, FRED, L. U. 436, New Albany, Ind.
MALLEN, O. L., L. U. 162, San Mateo, Cal.
MALPASS, JOHN, L. U. 42, San Francisco,
Cal.
MARSHALL, WALTER D., L. U. 94, Provi-
dence, R. I.
MARSHALL, WILFRED, L. U. 162, San Ma-
teo, Cal.
MASELLA, GAETANO, L. U. 385, New York,
N. Y.
McCOY, ALFRED, L. U. 1497, E. Los An-
geles, Cal.
MESEROL, JOSEPH J., L. U. 594, Dover, N. J.
MILLER, CLYDE WESLEY, L. U. 2274, Pitts-
burgh, Pa.
MILLER, M. J., L. U. 1098, Baton Rouge, La.
MOREY, CLAUDE, L. U. 1373, Flint, Mich.
NELSON, JOHN N., L. U. 1922, Chicago, 111.
NELSON, (HUGO) WALFRED, L. U. 101,
Baltimore, Md.
NEWMAN, HOWARD, L. U. 1590, Washing-
ton, D. C.
NICHOLS, RICHARD, L. U. 1373, Flint, Mich.
NOONAN, WILLIAM, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
OLSEN, BIRGER, L. U. 1162, Flushing, N. Y.
OLSEN, GUNNI, L. U. 791, Brooklyn, N. Y.
OLSON, FRED, L. U. 791, Brooklyn, N. Y.
O'NEILL, TERENCE, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
OSTROM, AXEL, L. U. 1590, Washington,
D. C.
OTT, JOHN, L. U. 436, New Albany, Ind.
PACE, JOSEPH, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
PARRISH, L. B., L. U. 696, Tampa, Fla.
PATTERSON, ALEXANDER, L. U. 514, Wilkes-
Barre, Pa.
PEARSALL, NELSON D., L. U. 1397, Roslyn,
N. Y.
PETERSON, MARTINE, L. U. 264, Milwaukee,
Wise.
PFAU, WILLIAM J., L. U. 1497, E. Los An-
geles, Cal.
PIERSON, FRED, L. U. 490, Passaic, N. J.
RIDGWAY, JOHN, L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
RIOS, SALVADOR, L. U. 42, San Francisco,
Cal.
ROGERS, JOEL L., L. U. 50, Knoxville, Tenn.
RULEFF, WILLIAM, L. U. 1846, New Orleans,
La.
SANDERS, HANFORD, L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
SCHREPFER, FRANK, L. U. 264, Milwaukee,
Wise.
SCHWEIGER, FRANK, L. U. 1922, Chicago,
111.
SEAMAN, ART, L. U. 743, Bakersfield, Cal.
letnariatn
SENECZKO, WALTER, L. U. 494, Windsor,
Ont.
SEVENNING, SVEN, L. U. 298, Long Island
City, N. Y.
SHEPHERD, CHARLES, L. U. 12, Syracuse,
N. Y.
SMALL, ELDREDGE A., L. U. 94, Providence,
R. I.
STEEL, DAN, L. U. 1373, Flint, Mich.
STEINKRAUS, CHARLES, L. U. 1330, Grand
Rapids, Mich.
STEPHENS, WILLIAM, L. U. 42, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
STILLION, FRANK, L. U. 1400, Santa Monica,
Cal.
SUOMINEN, JOHAN A., L. U. 2084, Astoria,
Ore.
SWAN, ROBERT P., L. U. 200, Columbus,
Ohio
SWANSON, PAUL, L. U. 791, Brooklyn, N. Y.
SZCZERBA, JACOB, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
THRON, FREDERICK, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
TUNNEY, DANIEL, L. U. 608, New York, N. Y.
TUPPER, LESTER, L. U. 1373, Flint, Mich.
VanGIESEN, ARCHIE J., L. U. 545, Kane, Pa.
VINTON, ARTHUR, L. U. 366, Bronx, N. Y.
WASHAM, T. H., L. U. 1683, El Dorado, Ark.
WATERHOUSE, FRANK, L. U. 275, Newton,
Mass.
WATERS, LEIGHTON W., L. U. 1277, Bend,
Ore.
WEATHERSBEE, LAMAR, L. U. 1202, Merced,
Cal.
WELLS, JOSEPH R., L. U. 1478, Redondo
Beach, Cal.
WESTFALL, E. E., L. U. 2288, Los Angeles,
Cal.
WHITLEY, FRED F., L. U. 1082, Ft. Worth,
Texas
WIBEL, H. C, L. U. 764, Shreveport, La.
WIEBE, A. L., L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
WIECHMAN, R. C, L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
WIGG, JOHN P., L. U. 2288, Los Angeles, Cal.
WILLIAMS, CHARLES, L. U. 22, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
WILLIAMS, ERNEST J., L. U. 246, New
York, N. Y.
WILLIAMS, HARVEY, L. U. 337, Detroit,
Mich.
WILLIAMS, HUDSON TAYLOR, L. U. 345,
Memphis, Tenn.
WILSON, HARRY, L. U. 1456, New York, N. Y.
WINCHEL, JAMES, L. U. 90, Evansville, Ind.
WINDFELDT, W. P., L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
WINUP, PETER, L. U. 22, San Francisco, Cal.
WOLD, ALBERT, L. U. 162, San Mateo, Cal.
WOLF, WILLIAM E., L. U. 1138, Toledo,
Ohio
WOOD, EARL C, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
WOODS, JOSEPH I., L. U. 22, San Francisco,
Cal.
WOODS, LYMAN, L. U. 710, Long Beach, Cal.
YETMAN, MOSES, L. U. 608, New York, N. Y.
YOUNGS, HARRY, L. U. 871, Battle Creek,
Mich.
ZUCCHI, JAMES, L. U. 15, Hackensack, N. J.
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Progress Report
The pictures below show the status of our new headquarters building in Washington,
D. C, on May 15th. By comparing with the pictures in last month's issue it is obvious
that tlie work is progressing rapidly and smoothly.
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What's Nev^
This column is devoted to new developments in materials and products of interest to members
of crafts which are a part of the United Brotherhood. The articles are presented merely to inform
our readers, and are not to be considered an endorsement by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America.
For information concerning products which are described in this column, please do not write to
THE CARPENTER or the General Office, but address all queries to the manufacturer, whose name
appears at the close of each article.
The Masonite Corporation reports that a
Florida construction company has devel-
oped a time-saving method of installing
supplementary attic vent panels in both
residential and commercial construction.
Rather than enclosing the roof overhang
itself, workmen nail cleats made of scrap
lumber to the rafters between the plate
and roof sheathing. The openings between
the rafters (approximately 7 V2 " high and
14" wide) are filled with Masonite Vi"
standard Peg-board. Known as "bird stops,"
the panels keep out wildlife and provide
roof ventilation at lower cost. The per-
forated panels are painted to harmonize
with the wall. For more information, write
the Lawrence H. Selz Organization, Inc.,
221 N. LaSalle St., Chicago 1, 111.
A new router tem-
plate for installing
door butts on interior
or exterior doors is
designed primarily to
assemble pre- hung
doors on the job site.
However, it is said to
be practicable for the
finish carpenter on re-
modeling jobs as well
as on new construc-
tion. Of aluminum
construction, it is compact, with simple de-
sign. For more information write Personal-
ized Builders, Inc., 112 N. Park, Valley
Center, Kansas.
Described as a straight-edge guide for
portable power saws, saber saws, router,
knife and other tools, the "Skripedge" can
be used when cutting sheetrock, plywood,
and Masonite. Used without attachments,
it is said to be useful for all forms of lay-
out work, for clamping work for gluing, and
for a jamb level when any short type "I"
beam level is attached. It will lock on the
cutting mark or on an angle when needed.
A 3-foot extension for the standard 6-foot
size is also available. Write Brotherhood
member H. O. Skripsky of Skrip Construc-
tion Co., P. O. Box 26, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, for more information.
Now offered is a newly designed drawer
roller that allegedly achieves smoother and
quieter operation for cabinet, table and
desk drawers. The manufacturer claims an
indefinite life span for these polyethylene
rollers which come in either black or white.
Also stressed is simplicity of installation.
No. 1001
requiring one brad per roller and usually
2 rollers to a drawer. This product. No. 100
L, is sold only through wholesale hard-
ware jobbers, 50 pairs to a box or in indi-
vidual bags, 20 pairs to the box. For in-
formation, write to Swenson Mfg. Co., P. O.
Box 2066, South Station, Downey, Calif.
For a sample roller, send 35c to cover
mailing, to same address.
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/WeanderingH
By Fred Goetz
Following are a few questions from read-
ers that may be of interest to you at this
time of year:
One asked— what is the best way to mark
the waterline on a boat? Well, here's our
answer to the problem:
Set your boat, right side up, on a level
floor. Cut a two-by-four to a length from the
floor to the boat's normal waterline. Secure
a pencil to the top side of the two-by-four,
slowly, carefully moving the two-by-four
along the side of the bow from stem to
stern, marking as you go.
Another reader wanted to know how to
remove rust from the inside of the gas tank.
To that I'd say get yourself a small chain
(dog leash would be all right), and secure it
to the end of a 12-inch-long stick. Drop the
chain into the gas tank, letting it coil at tlie
bottom. Swirl the chain arovmd vigorously.
Remove chain from tank and rinse out with
clear gasoline. Repeat until liquid run-off is
clear. Before storing your motor away this
year, put in a mixture of oil, swish it around
in tank, then let it stand 'til next season or
whenever you intend to use it again. The
mixture of oil will discourage rust from
forming.
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Philip Bach of R.R.
#2, Box 53 IC, Man-
chester, Mo. is a jour-
neyman carpenter that
can boast of a 36-year
membership in Local
47 of St. Louis.
But one thing he's
done longer than that
—it is fishing.
He encloses a pic-
ture of his partner Ben on the left and
himself on the right. This was the day they
trolled around one spot on Eagle lake in
Canada. They took ninety-three pounds of
fish— all northern pike.
Phil recalls the odd thing about the two-
day trip was that on the second day in
that same area they raised one fish— six
inches long. But after all, he says, that's
fishing.
Right you are, Phil.
Getting ready for the pre-summer goin'
over of the family boat? Following are a
few suggestions that might come in handy:
1. . . . Pre-painting, surface-conditioning is
a must! If the surface looks bad, make up
your mind you're going to sand it down to
the bare wood or metal— whatever the case
may be,
2. . . Don't wait 'til the weather is too hot!
Hot temperatures are likely to cause blister-
ing or wrinkling to the paint job. Ideal boat-
painting temperatures are between 45 to 50
degrees.
3. . . It is well to bear in mind that most
paint and varnish removers are highly flam-
mable. This is a point to remember when
using the blowtorch later. The paint and
varnish remover liquid should be allowed to
dry thoroughly before the blowtorch opera-
tion.
4. . . Painting surfaces should be com-
pletely clean, free from oil and grease.
5. . . Invest in a first-class primer. For, if
the primer coat is inferior and breaks dovm,
so will the finish coats— no matter how good
tliey may be.
6. . . Seam cement should be applied to
all necessary places (nail and screw holes,
too) after putting on tlie primer coat. If you
apply the seam cement before the primer
coat, the dry wood will absorb tlie linseed
oil and the seam cement will eventually
crumble and fall out.
7. . . Do not shake varnish before apply-
ing. Doing so creates air bubbles, which are
difficult to brush out. A good temperatxure
for applying varnish is around 60 degrees.
Wait until undercoat is thoroughly dry be-
fore applying each succeeding coat.
« « «
Q. What is meant by Cuttyhunk line?
A. A Captain Crandall of Ashaway, R.
I., developed Cuttyhunk hne. It was hand-
twisted, made from the best imported lin-
ens obtainable. A very famous fishing club
of the early days, the Cuttyhunk Fishing
Club purchased all of the line of this type
that Cap Crandall could produce. The name
"cutt>'hunk" was consequently applied to
linen lines of fine quality. Today almost all
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line nianufacturt'is use the word "cutty-
hunk" on the labels of even their cheapest
lines, so the term has since lost its true
meaning.
# « #
Q. Should I use green, mist or camou-
flaged line?
A. There might be a few occasions
^^'here a certain color of line might be used
to match a condition in the water, such as
green leader where algae are present; light
blue leader when you are fishing an open
stream and a light blue sky prevails; camou-
flaged leader if fishing a brushy creek with
matching overhanging fohage. My personal
choice is a light colorless leader that will
blend well into any surrounding area in-
stead of trying to match the color of any
leader to the varying conditions of the
stream.
# * *
Bill Strickler of 408
N. Windsor Drive, a
member of Local 272
of South Chicago
Heights, Illinois,
sends in this photo
that kinda eases the
pain to those of you
who just can't wait to
stalk the wary deer
come this fall.
Bill nailed this "mulie" in the Big Horn
Mountains, north of Sheridan, Wyoming.
This deer, in the trophy class, proved the
biggest rack of horns in that particular area
for the season.
# # #
Herman Mathews of 2797 Johnstown
Road in Columbus, Ohio, a member of Lo-
cal 200, has an unusual fish tale to relate.
He says:
"I'd been out fishing with the boys for
several days and everybody was catching
fish except me. I guess I must have been
holding my mouth the wrong way 'cause I
was using practically the same gear as they
were using and we were trolling and casting
in the same area.
"Just for a joke, one of my fishing bud-
dies picked up an old beer can opener, at-
tached a hook to the end of it, and suggest-
ed that the fish might be thirsty and that I
might try using it.
"Just to go along with the gag, I took
him up on it, secured the contraption to
my line and sluffed it over the side. I had
no sooner got the slack out of my line when
'wham-o' I had a strike.
"I worked the whatever-it-was-at-the-
other-end-of-the-line in, and it turned out
to be the biggest fish of the expedition— a
five-and-a-half-pound bass caught on a rusty
can opener!"
# # »
In our first column
in THE CARPEN-
TER, we pointed to
the value of parent-
children outdoor pur-
suits as a tool against
juvenile delinquency.
More and more law
enforcement authori-
ties are realizing tliis.
One fella' that will
go along with us on this contention is
Lawrence Mereness of 611 Soper Avenue,
Rockford, Illinois, a member of Local 792.
He sends in this photo of his daughter
Diana taken when she caught her first fish
at the age of two— a nice crappie, or is it
a sunfish, Lawrence?
Anyway, Diana, now 12 years of age, is
the most avid of anglerettes and prefers to
take her fishing light and easy with ultra
light spin gear.
Another youngster who is an avid fol-
lower of the angling arts is Bob Luehrs
whose dad. Art Luehrs, is a carpenter and
affiliated with Local
1289 in Seattle.
Young Bob caught
this nice looking bass
the old-fashioned way
—on bamboo pole and
line. No reel was in-
volved.
The bass was taken
from his grandfath-
er's farm pond out of Fremont, Nebraska.
Bob says his granddad has really made a
successful pond and that it also contains
saucer-size crappie.
No doubt a few of you folks ha\e been
out scattergunnin' after those big Canadian
honkers this year. If you've missed more
than your share, console yourself with the
information that the critters can pom- on
the coal to the extent of 60 miles per hour!
This figure was derived by following one
of the wingers in an airplane and checking
its speed against the plane's.
Also, you may be interested to know that
the honker's altitude is a mere 29,000 feet
—nearly five and a half miles!
CorrospondQncQ
This Journal is Not Responsible for Views Expressed by Correspondents.
LOCAL 87 CELEBRATES DIAMOND JUBILEE
Seventy-five years ago, a small group of dedicated carpenters in St. Paul, Minnesota,
fed up with the many abuses in the construction industry, got together to apply for a
charter in the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
On February 17th, Local Union 87 celebrated the 75th Anniversary of that event with
a Banquet and Dance at the Prom Center. Approximately 3,000 members of Local Union
87, their wives, friends and guests, attended the affair, to enjoy one of the most im-
pressive, labor-sponsored events in the history of the Twin Cities.
Following a cocktail hour, dinner was served in the huge dining room on the main
floor of the Center. Special guests of honor were the old timers, those with 50 years or
more of membership in the union. Fourteen such members were presented or honored in
absentia. They are:
A part of the 3,000 who made the affair one to remember.
George Anderson, Charles Borg, Ragnor Erickson, William Stille, Alfred Carlson, Mike
Kammerer, John L. Olson, Carl Aronson, Berger Dolen, Alfred Munson, John Benson,
Frank Christopherson, Andrew Morgan, and Joseph Sobkowiak.
These old timers helped to transform St. Paul from a busy little city to a thriving
modern metropolis, and they also helped to build tlie stature of Local Union No. 87
to its present pinnacle.
Special guests at the affair were Finlay C. Allan, Assistant to General President
Hutcheson; Donald D. Danielson, Director of Research at the General Office; the Honor-
able Carl F. Rollvaag, Lieutenant Governor, State of Minnesota; Earl M. Elmquist,
Editor, Minnesota Union Advocate; and D. G. Reamer, Director of the Credit Union.
Howard Christensen, president of the local union, acted as master of ceremonies. In a
short address he summarized the early struggles of the union and recounted the many
obstacles that were overcome to reach today's success.
Finlay Allan delivered to the gathering the personal, good wishes of General President
Hutcheson and all tlie officers at the General Office.
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It is from such local unions as No. 87 that the United Brotherhood draws its strength,
he told the gathering.
Over the years this local union has always been ready and willing to do its part in
any program aimed at- strengthening our Brotherhood or advancing the status of those
who follow our trade, he continued.
Se\enty-five years is a long time in human affairs, and the fact that Local 87 has not
only survived but also prospered for three-quarters of a century is a tribute to the quality
of the men who make it up, both at the officer level and member level.
In the background, a view of the speakers table at the 75th Anniversary Dinner of Local No.
87. In the foreground, the special old timers' table.
Research Director Danielson, a member of Local 87, recalled his many happy asso-
ciations with the officers and members of the union.
"The challenges that lie ahead are varied and numerous, but the proud history of Local
Union No. 87 is an indication that the challenges will be met and overcome," he told the
audience.
"Tempered by 75 years of ups and downs, this union has acquired a toughness and
a unity of purpose that will enable it to meet future obstacles witliout flinching. I am really
proud to be a member of it."
Following the dinner, the Jules Herman Orchestra provided dancing until the early
hours of the morning. Those who did not dance spent many hours reminiscing vdth old
friends and recalling memorable events from the past. It wa« a get-together that will
be remembered by all who attended for many, many years to come.
FIVE HUNDRED FRIENDS HONOR PAT CAMPBELL
Over 500 members, civic dignitaries, and state officials filled the dining room of
Singer's Hotel, Spring Valley, New York, to overflowing on the night of Saturday, April
•30th, to pay tribute to one of the real stalwarts of the United Brotherhood in upstate
New York.
The man so honored was Pat Campbell, General Representative of tlie United Brother-
hood, and president of Local Union 964, Rockland County and Vicinity, since 1954. It
was "Pat Campbell Day" for the labor movement of the area. Union officials came from
all over the area to pay tribute to the honored guest whose efforts have done much
to advance the cause of organized labor in Rockland County and surrounding area.
Among the prominent guests were Charles Johnson, Jr., General Executive Board mem-
ber for the First District, and Richard E. Livingston, General Secretary, who flew from
Minnesota to be present for the occasion.
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37
Speaking was held to a minimum, but Board member Johnson, in a brief address,
summarized the outstanding work that Representative Campbell has performed in his
territory. "He is a favorite protege of mine," Johnson told the gathering. "I have watehed
his rise in the labor movement with a great deal of satisfaction because I became sold on
his talents early in the game. The size of this gathering and the enthusiasm displayed here
are ample proof that all of you share my high regard for Brother Campbell."
General Secretary Livingston similarly paid high tribute to the dedication and capacity
for hard work that make up a substantial part of Representative Campbell's nature.
"He can abvays be depended on to do a job thoroughly and competently," he said of
Brother Campbell. "I only vdsh that we had many, many more like him in the labor
movement."
Board member Johnson (left) and General Secretary Dick Livingston (right) admire plaque
with honored guest Campbell.
Other special guests were Ed Maguire, former judge, also acting labor advisor to three
mayors in New York City and now co-counsel for New York State AFL-CIO; Sheriff J.
Henry Mock; Republican Chairman Milton J. Grant, and Pat Damiani of the Electrical
Workers.
The Right Reverend Monsignor Charles L. Giblin rendered the invocation, and Repre-
sentative Abe H. Saul, who is responsible for directing the Brotherhood's organizing
activities in the territory, acted as master of ceremonies. Both acquitted themselves with
rare distinction.
In a ^•ery short speech of response Representative Campbell said, "Looking at the
man on this dais, I can't help but think: only in America could a boy from the East Side
with a limited education receive such a great honor."
Saturday, April 30, was Pat Campbell Day at Singer's Hotel, but every day will be
Pat Campbell Day for the tliousands of unionists he has helped over the years.
OLD TIMERS NIGHT AT LOCAL 58, CHICAGO
On March 22nd Local No. 58 of Chicago observed its 64th Anniversary by present-
ing 50-jear membership pins to twenty-two of its members who have reached that goal
this year. Fourteen of these old timers were present to receive their pins. Local 58
has at present 134 living members with 50 years or more membership. Three of these
have 62 years. Out of a total membership of 2,232, 408 are on the pension roll.
A special invitation had been sent to all members who had had 30 years or more
of membership to come and take part in the evening's festivities.
Present to represent the Chicago District Council was President Ted Kenney, and also
Business Representative Al Robertson. Several neighboring local unions were represented
by Llicir officers, as well.
38 T n E C A R P E N T E R
Before the president of the Chicago District Council presented the pins, he delivered
a short talk in which he stressed the present generation's gratitude to the old timers
for their sacrifices and their perseverance in establishing the kind of union conditions that
are today enjoyed in the City of Chicago, and for building and supporting their local
union.
The old timers honored at the ceremonies included: Martin Swanson, Axel Johnson,
John B. Carlson, Walter Huss, Martin Olsen, Arthur Olin, David Carlsen, John Goss,
Otto Arnold, Richard Johnson, Arvid Johnson, Gunner Fagerman, John Chellman, Emil
G. Nelson, and H. G. Gathercoal.
Pictured above is a portion of the crowd which attended Old Timers Night, sponsored by
Local No. 58. Many of the members in the audience themselves can boast 30 or more years'
membership in the union.
After the presentation all adjourned to partake of the traditional treat of this local: a
sumptuous smorgasbord. On an occasion like this, many an old timer meets up with
friends he knew and worked with years ago. You could see this by the handshaking that
was going on throughout the evening.
Eligible 50-year members who were unable to attend were: John Martin, E. L. Fors-
berg, Robert Johnson, Herman Anderson, Dan Bennie, Gust A. Widman, Carl Olson and
Hilding Larson.
15 RECEIVE PINS AT DE KALB, ILLINOIS
Among the usual Christmas
presents which a dozen old-time
members of Local 965, De Kalb,
Illinois, received last Christmas
was one that most of them un-
doubtedly cherish above all else.
During the Christmas season
the Local Union held a special
party for the purpose of honor-
ing some 15 members whose
membership dates back more
than a quarter of a century.
Highlight of the affair was
the presentation of the 25-year
pins to the brothers who are
shown in the photo.
With the pins went the very
best wishes of the entire mem-
bership of the Local Union,
which appreciates the contribu-
tions all these old timers made.
From left to right, front— Neo Johnson, Russell Erickson,
Fred Norman, and Carl E. Anderson.
Back row: Jack Leslie, Thure Hallgren, Art Parkhouse,
Albert Tadd, Harold Walker, Walt Masterson, and Adrian
Jacobson.
Not present were: Frank Merry, Andrew Hallgren, Jacob
Jacobson, and Torvald Nesse.
Brother Carl E. Anderson is the dean of the group inas-
much as he previously received his 50-year pin.
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To the Editor
Varaltn Aid
The Carpenter
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America
■< W. C. A.
222 E. Michigan St.
' 545 Trtmont PI
Indianapolis, 4, Indiana
DENVER 2, COLORADO
January 25, I960
Dear Sir:
We would like you to know that the Woniehs
Auxiliary #157 of the Carpenter's Union here in Denver
has been one of our most loyal supporters. Under the
leadership of Mrs. Lalon L. Byan (4385 Zenobia St.) the
ladies have given us 15 dozen cookies every aonth since
WB opened in the Spring of 19521
Our cookie jar sits on the front counter of
our USO Center and the serricsmen are welcoica to help
themselves — this is a real touch of home for so many
of the young men who are stationed in nearby posts. It
is only through the continued support of such organizations
as the Auxiliary that we can continue to offer hospitality
to the men in service.
The '/Roman's Auxiliary is one of the iaoet
faithful groups which keep our cookie jar supplied. If
you have a place in your magaiiae for tha activities and
service projects of the Auxiliaries, would you please
print an article about this group? He really appreciate
their iwlp and think thay should have a little recognition.
Siacersly yours,
MM-Jorla MeCalloch
PrograM Cireatar
SAN RAFAEL LADIES HOST CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE DINNER
To the Editor:
The members of AuxiUary No. 495, San Rafael, CaHfornia, send greetings to sisters of
all Auxiliaries from our Twelfth Birthday Anniversary dinner.
We are a small unit compared to some, but have an active group of workers. Each
year we have a Rummage Sale, and also join with our brother members of Local No. 35
in sponsoring a Christmas party for members and their families of our Local and Auxiliary.
Right now we are hard at work planning our Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner. This in
a family affair for all union members in Marin County.
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We meet at 8 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at the Carpenters
Hall, 647 Lindaro Street, San Rafael, and extend a welcome to any wife of a member of the
United Brotherhood who wants to join our organization. Following the order of business
some members of our sponsoring Local No. 35 joined with us for refreshments.
Fraternally,
Edna Borges, Secretary
112 Hawthorne Way, San Rafael, Calif.
HUSBANDS ARE MEMBERS, TOO, IN MARYSVILLE, CAL.
To the Editor:
We, the ladies of Carpenters' Auxiliary No. 748 of Marysville, California, hope to
find our way into the CARPENTER magazine again.
Just three years ago, we
formed our Auxiliary, sponsored
by our brother Carpenters of
Local 1570. In this time we
have sent two delegates to con-
ventions during 1958 and 1959,
and this year we are sending
three to the convention. We
have also become affiliated
with the Foothills District
Council.
Each year we hold three
rummage sales, also bake sales.
We serve a Christmas dinner
for our husbands and families
each year. And we pick a needy
family and buy them a Christ-
mas dinner. In September,
1959, we proudly took seven of our husbands into our Auxiliary as members.
Those who appear in the adjacent picture are our new members. They are (back raw)
from left to right: Boyd Belk, Ben Cravens, Dan Lee, and Victor Turney. Front row:
President Anna Lee, Arlie Davis, Harry Emerson, and Leroy Wab.
Sincerely,
Anna Lee, President
P. O. Box 1565, Marysville, Cahfornia
VARIED CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN PORT ARTHUR
To tlie Editor:
Greetings again from Auxiliary 740, Port Ar-
thur, Ont. We would hke to show off our little
friend Ronnie, who celebrated his 7th birthday
in the Fort William Sanatorium recently. Three
of our members, Mrs. E. Young, Mrs. S. Balyk
and myself, helped him celebrate this event with
the usual cake, ice cream, chocolate milk and
party favours.
Among other events taking place here are our
Tea and Bake Sale, April 16th; our Rummage
Sale early in May, and our Annual Scholarship
dance and social on May 27.
It's interesting to read of the activities of
other Auxiliaries, and we wish the best of luck to
you.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Irma Nowosad, Rec. Sec.
R. R. No. 2, Port Arthur, Ont.
Ronnie (in striped housecoats showing
off his loot with Mrs. Elsie Young. Also
his young brother Billy.
Craft ProblQms
Carpentry
By n. H. Siegele
LESSON 379
A Fertile Field.— In a previotis discussion
of built-in cabinets, reference was made to
old kitchens in this writer's neighborhood
that were modernized recently. One of those
kitchens will be used as a pattern for a
series of four lessons dealing with modern-
izing old kitchens. It should again be point-
ed out that this is a wide and fertile field
sirable as a means of succeeding in business.
"Cheap" and "economical" are not synony-
mous in the sense that they are used here.
The businessman who wants to succeed
must furnish something that will fill the
needs of his customers, at a cost that the
customers can afi^ord.
Old Kitchen.— Fig. 1 shows the old kitch-
en that is used as an example of kitchens
tliat should be modernized. The drawing
for tlie carpenter who is prepared for it,
for there are a great many old kitchens in
every vicinity tliat should be made modern.
First, the carpenter who would make this
his special field must be able to give the
prospective customers original ideas in re-
modeUng kitchens; and second, he must be
in a position to do tlie work economically
and well. Poor workmanship and excessive
costs are among the worst advertising means
that any businessman can employ. However,
thjs does not mean diat cheap work is de-
Fig. 1
gives the arrangement of the furniture and
the old cupboards, one a corner cupboard
and the other one with an opening through
the wall from the kitchen to tlie dining
room. After studying tliis arrangement, turn
to Fig. 2, which shows the arrangement af-
ter the remodeling was completed. A triple
window replaces a single window tliat
pre\'iously provided light for the stove and
table. The present arrangement gives ample
light for the stove, and for the counter
on eitlier side of tlie stove. The sink is
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placed in front of a single window, shown
to tlie left of the drawing. This setup leaves
the area for traffic and portable kitchen
furniture unobstructed. .
14-0
B-B, as indicated on Fig. 2. Here, from left
to right, we have the outside door; a counter
cabinet with two drawers, and a hung cab-
inet above; the cabinet under the sink and
Sections.— Fig. 3 shows section A-A, as
indicated on Fig. 2, showing the face view
of the counter, the triple window, and the
hung cabinets. Here we have the stove at
the center, with a set of drawers on either
side. There is a door to the right and an-
other to the left, opening to counter cab-
Fig. 4 Section B-6
the window above; a one-door cabinet and,
to the extreme right, a cross section of the
iz'- o"
Se-ction A- a
Fig. 3
inets. To the extreme right and left are
shown cross sections of the counter. Above
we have, from left to right, a cross section
of a cabinet, the front of another cabinet,
the triple window, and still another cabinet.
Just below the ceiling, to the left, is shown
a cross section of the soffit. A face view of
the soffit is shown above the triple window
and the two cabinets. Fig. 4 shows section
Section C
cabinet and the soffit abo\e; also a cross
section of a set of the drawers in the count-
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43
cr. Section C-C, Fig. 5, to the left, shows a
cross section of tlie counter and a hung
cabinet above. The refrigerator and the door
to tlie dining room are shown toward the
center.
Details of Cabinets.— Fig. 6 shows a cross
section, in a larger scale, of the counter
and hung cabinet above it. Here we have
the counter 30 inches high, with a 4-
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inch base, allowing 3"x4" for toe room;
a %-inch plywood cabinet bottom; %-inch
plywood shelf and door, and a plywood
counter top, covered v^dth suitable counter-
top finish. (There are a number of counter-
top finishing materials on the market that
give excellent service, which should be se-
lected by the owner so as to conform with
his tastes and means. It should also be re-
membered that the manufacturers of such
materials are constantly on the look-out for
still better materials.) The bottom of the
hung cabinet is 16 inches above the counter
top. The shelves should be noted, which are
gained into the sides of the cabinet. The
little shelf at the bottom is very practical
for holding small canned goods. It should
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Fig. 7
be pointed out that the sheetrock, used on
the soffit, forms the top of the hung cabinet.
In anotlier lesson this construction will be
compared with another construction of cab-
inets.
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How would you
explain it
to a child?
What do you tell him after
the crash — "Daddy isn't
coining home any more"?
Does that explain even one
death ... let alone 40,000 in
traffic accidents last year?
Here's how you can help:
^P Drive safely, courteously yourself.
Observe speed limits, warning signs.
Where traffic lows are obeyed,
deaths go DOWNI
\^ Insist on strict enforcement of all
traffic laws. They work for you, not
against you. Where traffic lows are
strictly enforced, deaths go DOWNI
Support your local Safety CouadI
The front of the counter cabinet under
the sink is shown by Fig. 7. The sxurface of
the doors is kept flush with the surface
of the frame. This can be seen to the right,
where a cross section of a door to another
cabinet is shown. At the bottom is shown
a cross section of the toe room. A section
cut through e-e, is shown by Fig. 8. This
detail also shows the door flush with the
frame. The figures here give the information
necessary to construct this cabinet. The
space under tlie sink, as indicated on the
drawing, is used for storage purposes.
This, the first lesson of this series on
built-in cabinets, deals largely with basic
things. As we go along more and more de-
tails will be presented, until at the end,
those who read carefully, both the lines and
between the lines, will be able to construct
built-ins that will give satisfactory service.
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Belsaw Machinery Co., Kansas
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Disston Div., H. K. Porter Co.,
Inc., Philadelphia 35, Pa 3rd Cover
Eliason Tool Co., Minneapolis,
Minn. 45
Estwing Mfg. Co., Rockford, III. 47
Evans Rule Co., Elizabeth, N. J. 45
Foley Mfg. Co., Minneapolis,
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Hydrolevel, Ocean Springs, Miss. 48
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Chicago, 111. . 47
Lufkin Rule Co., Saginaw, Mich. 1
Milwaukee Electric Tool, Milwau-
kee, Wis. 45
Smitty's Clamp, Duluth, Minn 47
Stanley Works, New Britain,
Conn. 4
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Carpentry Materials
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SMITTY'S MITERED CASING CLAMP
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hours a day and pick up a little extra money, too.
Your carpenter friends would be glad to have you
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cision work done by the Foley Saw P'iler. F. M. Davis
wrote us: "After filing saws by hand for 12 years,
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THE CONTRACTOR'S BUY OF THE YEAR ... and it's a
Save $1285
It's a great buy! The Disston D-725 has
more power and capacity than any
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DISSTON DIVISION
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Rip Fence ... 10' Power Cord . . . Arbor
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on nylon bearings . . . lever action for
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and roller bearings through-out . . .
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DISSTON PLYWOOD
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your new D-725, ask
about the Disschrome
Plywood blade . . . cuts
a "sanded" smooth edge
. , . stays sharp longer
... no saw "scream."
Priced at $7.50, $6.40 and $6.40 these
8", IW and 6K" chrome plated blades
fit 34 leading portable electric, bench
and radial saws. Take one with you.
Disston Division, H. K. Porter Company,
Inc., Philadelphia 35, Pa.
H. K. PORTER COMPANY, INC.
PORTER SERVES INDUSTRY with steel, rubber and friction products, asbestos textiles, high voltage electrical equipment, electrical wire
and cable, wiring systems, motors, fans, blowers, specialty alloys, paints, refractories, tools, forgings and pipe fittings, roll formings and
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JULY, 1960
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ROCKET engineering gives you
A BETTER WAY TO DRIVE A NAIL
That's right. Modern engineering created
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More Driving Power — beautifully bal-
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Far More Durable — outlasts ordinary
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JULY, 1960
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The Case For Safety In The 'Sixties
The President's Conference on Safety comes to the conclusion that safety constitutes
one of the real challenges of the next decade because of growing, rapidly changing
nature of jobs and techniques. Only a teamwork approach involving teachers, workers,
employers and government and private agencies can meet the challenge.
New Ruling On Travel Expenses
The Internal Revenue Service issues a new interpretation regarding deductibility of
expenses incurred while working away from home. While the new interpretation does
not set down hard and fast rules a construction worker can use, it does provide some
better guideposts.
11
When a missile is about to be launched at Cape Canaveral a long and complicated
procedure— known as the countdown— is set in motion. A hundred checks have to be
made before the blast-off takes place, but once the button is pushed, "Go Baby, Go,"
becomes the watchword.
The Countdown, Moment Of Agony
Veterans Pension Program Is Revised
18
What's To Cure Drug Prices?
Retired members (or members about to retire) v^ho served in one of the World Wars
or the Korean War would do well to acquaint themselves with the revised pension pro-
gram for veterans which became effective July 1. Widows of veterans, too, are affected.
20
Previous articles in THE CARPENTER disclosed some of the reasons why drug prices
are so high. This article reviews some of the avenues thai ars open to Congress for
breaking up the alliance between doctors and drug manufacturers that lead to unreason-
able prices.
Report Of Delegates To Canadian Labor Congress 29
The Third Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labor Congress considered many
important problems airecling the welfare of Canadian workers.
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THE CONTRACTOR'S BUY OF THE YEAR ... and it's a
Save $1285
Ifs a great buy! The Disston D-725 has
more power and capacity than any
other 7H" saw. 2 H.P., 13 amp. motor
with 6700 RPM free speed. A D-725
cuts 29f6" vertical and 2?^r2" at 45° . . .
more than most 8" saws.
CONTRACTOR'S BUY OF THE YEAR Now,
you get this FREE Bonus offer with
the D-725 ... a Disston, all metal $9.75
carr\dng case and extra $3.10 combi-
nation blade, free while kits last. You
save S12.85.
DELUXE FEATURES Your new D-725 in-
cludes: A fool-proof clutch, adjustable
against burnout . . . telescoping guard
Disston D-725 Saw. . . Carrying Case . . .
Two Dissclirome Combination Blades...
Rip Fence ... 10' Power Cord . . . Arbor
Wrench. ..included in one special price!
on nylon bearings . . . lever action for
fast bevel setting . . . helical gears for
smooth power at highest speeds . . . ball
and roller bearings through-out . . .
3-wire cord, detaches at handle.
DISSTON PLYWOOD
BLADE — When you buy
your new D-725, ask
about the Disschrome
Plywood blade . . . cuts
a "sanded" smooth edge
. . . stays sharp longer
... no saw "scream."
Priced at $7.50, $6.40 and $6.40 these
8", IK" and QVz" chrome plated blades
fit 34 leading portable electric, bench
and radial saws. Take one with you.
Disston Division, H. K. Porter Company,
Inc., Philadelphia 35, Pa.
DISSTON DIVISION
H. K. PORTER COMPANY, INC.
PORTER SERVES INDUSTRY with Steel, rubber and friction produclb, asbestos textiles, high voltage electrical equipment, electrical wire
and cable, wiring systems, motors, fans, blowers, specialty alloys, paints, refractories, tools, forgings and pipe fittings, roll formings and
stampings, wire rope and strand.
President's Conference Explores—
The Case For Safety In The 'Sixties
1
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"^ HE SUPREME safety challenge of the 'sixties is to detect and control
the hazards of man's swiftly changing environment— an environment
largely created by research and development whose products are so
recent as to be hard for scientist and layman alike to understand and relate
to further discoveries to come.
The dilemma of the decade is how to meet the increasing demand of our
complex technology for highly skilled personnel from a growing supply of
less experienced workers. This dilemma places a premium on education and
training, including safety training. The investment by the worker, his em-
ployer, and the Nation in the acqui-
sition of his skill will be higher than
ever before and the challenge to the
safety movement will be to prevent its
loss through avoidable work injury.
In an attempt to face, and at least
partially to meet, the safety chal-
lenge, the President's Conference on
Occupational Safety through its work-
shops reached certain conclusions.
For educators, safety— a quality or
characteristic of whatever human be-
ings do, rather thari a distinct entity
—is always of concern.
Safety education involves principles
of learning applicable to all school
program areas. Learning of safe be-
havior occurs mostly within the scope
of basic learnings— with little addi-
tional teaching.
Schools strive to develop the nec-
essary knowledge, attitudes, habits,
and skills to prepare youth to live
in reasonable safety in the modern
world.
Industry has a vital interest in
school safety. It prefers graduates
who have good safety attitudes; know
that safety on the job will be re-
quired; have an accident-free school
record; have had teachers who inte-
grated safety training; have learned
self-discipline and been taught to un-
derstand and live with authority.
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the 1959 Office of Education Confer-
ence on School Shop Safety, with par-
ticular emphasis on some of the key
recommendations, including: (1) cre-
ation of a National Steering Commit-
tee under Office of Education aus-
pices to promote development of
school-shop safety programs at state
and local levels; (2) appointment by
the U. S. Commissioner of Education
of a specialist in safety education to
coordinate work of the National Steer-
ing Committee; and (3) recognition
of the urgent need for continuing re-
search in the school safety area.
Accident-prevention experience of
the past 40 years has been assembled
in many forms, safety standards be-
ing one of great importance. Existing
industrial standardizing agencies are
equipped to meet the challenge of the
future.
The changes occurring in the skills
of workers, in machines and in proc-
esses, and the introduction of new
materials require not only more ex-
tensive use of existing standards but
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also early dcNelopment of many new
standards. Also, more emphasis" on
basic principles of accident preven-
tion, and building into new machines
such principles available from tech-
nical information contained in exist-
in 2; and new standards.
Standards must be maintained in
tlie most acceptable and useful form.
Manufacturers, regulatory agencies,
consumer groups, and educational in-
stitutions all have responsibilities and
opportunities to promote safety
tl trough standards.
Significant underlying human fac-
tors in most accidents are: (1) an un-
developed sense of responsibility— or
passive attitude; (2) consequences of
temporary emotional stress. These
call for improved motivation, im-
proved communication, and increased
participation in educational programs.
For first-line supervisors, training
in human relations looms even more
important than in the past. Supervi-
sors should be trained to spot indica-
tors of potential accidents in their
men, including such factors as chang-
es in usual manners and simple habits,
abnormal work performance, frequent
absences, and frequent visits to the
medical or personnel office.
Training and communications
should not, however, dominate the
safety program. Equally important is
analyzing and engineering the envi-
ronment to eliininate or control haz-
ards. The safety specialist's training
should include knowledge of control
techniques and the basic engineering
sciences as well.
Occupational safety work likely
\\in develop as two separate types
of functions: (1) specialist, who will
need depth of knowledge in narrow
areas of hazard control; and (2) man-
ager, who will work to persuade oth-
ers, generr.lly line managers, to meet
their safety responsibilities.
Safety training should be consid-
ered equal in importance to other
phases of job training.
Records indicate that, in general,
high accident-rate industries have
some or all of the following charac-
teristics in common: seasonal or cas-
ual employment, outdoor work, shift-
ing site of employment, heavy man-
ual labor, relatively small establish-
ments, and relatively low plant invest-
ment per worker.
Low accident-rate industries, on the
other hand, are generally character-
ized by steady employment, indoor
work, large establishments, a rela-
tively small amount of heavy physical
labor, "new" industries, and high
plant investment per worker.
There is compelling need, there-
fore, to develop practical safety pro-
grams for:
1. Establishments with less than
oOO employees.
2. Activities which invoh'e strenu-
ous physical effort.
3. Activities which must be per-
formed outdoors.
4. Activities which involve shift-
ing employment, casual or sea-
sonal.
Seasonal and business-cycle pat-
tern injury rates are sensitive; all-out
industry-wide safety efforts have up-
set the traditional picture; there is
reason to think that this can be done
in other industries.
These patterns should not be used
to excuse poor safety performance.
Three major environmental hazards
in r.:i accelerating technology are
noise, chemicals, and radiation; these
are increasingly important in both
the occupational and non-occupa-
tional environment.
Noise— Establishment of specific
noise standards is difficult because of
the complexity of the total noise
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problem. The need for protective
criteria has been recognized and
interim standards proposed which
will encourage preventive measures.
Chemicals— With approximately 500
new chemicals coming on the market
each year, the chemical world around
us is constantly expanding. Increasing
home as well as industrial and agri-
cultural use of chemicals add to the
problem.
Needed action includes: new toxic-
ity studies; tests to predict elfects of
long-term exposures; diagnostic tech-
niques to detect changes in man be-
fore permanent damage occurs; better
labeling of toxic products to alert
users to the hazards; greater efforts
to control water pollution and atmos-
phere contamination.
Radiation— The cumulative effects
of radiation, and the increasing num-
ber and variety of its sources, urgent-
ly require adequate safeguards for
workers and for the general public.
There is need for more industrial per-
sonnel trained in the evaluation and
control of harmful exposures; for
effective state regulatory control to
keep necessary exposures within max-
imum allowable limits; for study of
adequate methods for disposal of ra-
dioactive wastes.
An advancing economy places in-
creased emphasis on human values;
therefore accident rates commonplace
a few decades ago cannot be tolerat-
ed today. Sustained safety leadership
on the job and in the community is
essential if present accident rates are
to be lowered.
Safety leadership, initially impelled
by economic considerations, must in-
creasingly be motivated by human
factors to be successful.
In some firms, particularly smaller
ones, there is need for basic safety in-
formation, and for safety practices
that exceed the minimum require-
ments of existing legislation.
In some areas, the safety programs
of schools and other community agen-
cies are well established and are per-
forming an excellent service. Adop-
tion of such programs in the majority
of communities, where such safety
activities are now limited, is a major
need. Where safety induction pro-
grams exist they should be evalu-
ated and where necessary strength-
ened. Firms without induction pro-
grams should install them.
The idea of safety should be ex-
panded to a "total safety concept,"
embracing all segments of safety.
Special importance attaches to fos-
tering safety programs and safety
communications among small busi-
ness operations.
Underlying factors in efiFective safe-
ty communication include the follow-
ing: sustained management interest,
prompt action, two-way communica-
tion, constant repetition, explain
"why," relate to employee goals, con-
tinuous evaluation, and avoidance of
safety program "fatigue."
A "multiple media" approach
should be used, including: safety
meetings, slogans, house organs, com-
mittees, posters, and man-to-man dis-
cussion.
(Although not included in its re-
port, the entire panel on Communica-
tion made two additional recommen-
dations to Secretary Mitchell of the
U. S. Department of Labor following
the Conference:
1. Conclusions and results of the
Conference should be circulated as
widely as possible through all avail-
able media, extending as a well or-
ganized, information program over
the 2-year period leading to the next
Conference.
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2. Special attention should be giv-
tn to communicating Conference re-
sults and the importance of safety
programs and safety communications
tit small businesses.)
Accident investigation serves many
]urposes. From the viewpoint of the
President's Conference, however, its
primary purpose is to develop facts
\\ hich will aid in accident prevention.
Investigation should be made quick-
1\ after the event has occurred by
persons familiar with the work, work
practices and equipment involved.
The injured employee's supervisor
sliould certainly be one of the inves-
tigators.
Much useful information for pre-
\ ention is obtainable through investi-
gating non-disabling accidents and
"near misses," as well as off-the-job
accidents.
Industrial medical programs, in-
volving the "team approach," can
make a vital contribution to the re-
duction of accidents and the improve-
ment of worker health. Benefit of
such programs, both economic and
human, need wider appreciation.
The occupational nurse plays a
vital role in occupational health serv-
ice; she should receive medical super-
vision and management support.
Medicine and engineering should
combine forces, extending research
into man's behavior and his relation
to the occupational environment.
A major problem is acquainting
smaller business establishments with
the advantages of occupational health
programs.
SURPRISE! RICH OWN MOST STOCKS
A survey of stock ownership and income on a family basis has revealed
thjit. while stock ownership has broadened in recent years, it remains highly
concentrated in upper-income families.
The report issued by the University of Michigan Survey Research Center
was based on interviews with a representative sample of 4,773 families con-
dacted between November, 1959 and February, 1960.
It found that slightly over 14 per cent of America's families now own
publicly traded common stock, compared to less than 10 per cent in 1955 and
less than 6 per cent in 1952.
But, it added, comparison with a study based on 1955 data shows there
has been "no substantial change" in the concentration of stock ownership by
dollar value in upper income families.
A total of 46.5 per cent of the families surveyed fell in the unJor-$5,000
income category. Only 6 per cent of these low-income families held stock and
tills totaled only 10 per cent of the dollar value of all the stock.
In contrast, over half of the 4.5 per cent of families in the $15,000-or-over
income group held stock and it amounted to 42 per cent of the total stock
dollar value. Over one-third of the 10 per cent of families in the $10,000-
•^15,000 group held stock worth 22 per cent of the total dollar value. Thus the
$10,000-and-over income groups owned 66 per cent of all common stock by
dollar value.
remember- ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT. FOREST FIRES! .^^^^
New Ruling On Travel Expenses
• •
FOR years the question of deductibility of away-from-home living ex-
penses for building trades workers has been a bone of contention. The
Internal Revenue Department has not had any clearly defined set of
rules regarding this matter, and many of our members have run into difficulties
trying to settle their income taxes.
On June 27, 1958 the Building and Construction Trades Department pre-
sented testimony before a subcommittee of the "Committee on Government
Operations of the House of Representatives" in support of the proposi-
tion that the Internal Revenue Service should prepare and issue an appro-
priate ruling on this subject.
In April of this year the Depart-
ment also spearheaded an industry-
wide petition to the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue asking for a clarifi-
cation of the rules governing away-
from-home expenses of construction
workers.
Recently the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice released a new statement on the
subject. What this interpretation does
is re-emphasize the fact the key is-
sue is whether or not the work away-
from-home-base is "temporary" or "in-
definite." And one year is the major
line of demarcation. However, each
case will still be determined on its
own merits.
If the employment is temporary,
generally speaking, the Revenue Serv-
ice will permit the deducting of such
expenses if other requirements out-
lined in the ruling are satisfied. And
anything under one year gives strong
evidence of temporariness.
On the other hand, if the work is
considered indefinite or permanent,
such expenses will be questioned, par-
ticularly if the employment runs over
a year.
The ruling, like its predecessors,
sets down no hard and fast measure-
ments for determining whether a
work assignment is temporary or in-
definite. Obviously, all construction
jobs eventually end. Therefore, they
are "indefinite" by their nature. But
the Internal Revenue Service consid-
ers each worker's case on its own
merits, weighed against the one year
provision.
However, the new ruling does pro-
vide some better guideposts. The fol-
lowing excerpt from the ruling should
be of interest to every member who
works away from home during all or
part of a year. It sets forth the think-
ing of the Internal Revenue Depait-
ment on the matter of awa}'-from-
home expenses. It reads as follows:
"Although neither the Service nor
the courts have attempted to pre-
scribe any specific length of time as
representing the usual line of demar-
cation between temporary and non-
temporary periods for traveling ex-
pense purposes, an employment or
stay of anticipated or actual duration
of a year or more at a particular loca-
tion must be viewed by the Service
as strongly tending to indicate pres-
ence there beyond a temporary pe-
riod, and cases involving such em-
ployment or stay will normally for
that reason alone be subjected to
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THE C A K P E X T E R
close scrutiny. Cases involving antici-
pated or actual periods of almost a
full year may, as a factual matter, be
opened to question in nearly the same
degree, especially since there might
be little real difference between a
taxpayer's expectations in such a case
and one in which his employment or
stay at a particular location is expect-
ed to continue for a year or more.
Nevertheless, in the interest of prac-
tical and fair administration, in cases
in\"oh"ing substantially the same facts
as Case (1) the Service will normally
raise no question concerning the tem-
porary nature of an employment or
stay at a particular location if both its
anticipated and actual durations are
for less than one year, unless the facts
concerning the frequency of employ-
ments away from the city where
business contacts are maintained dis-
close a pattern suggesting that the
taxpayer may have sought without
real business justification to take ad-
vantage of an assumed lenience on
the part of the Service concerning tax
avoidance abuses in this area."
We again want to point out that the
one-year rule is not conclusive. A
construction worker may be able to
prove that he is engaged in temporary
employment although such employ-
ment has lasted more than one year,
and conversely, he may be consid-
ered engaged in indefinite employ-
ment even though the employment
period may be less than one year.
The Internal Revenue Service han-
dles each individual situation as a
separate case and the burden of proof
rests on the taxpayer.
However, the new ruling does elim-
inate some of the frustrations that
heretofore existed. For one thing, the
construction worker is deemed to be
carrying on a trade or business in his
employments. Also, he is no longer
required to show that the traveling
expenses are required "by the exigen-
cies of the employer's business" in
order to deduct them as expenses.
These two interpretations clarify an
issue that has given many of our
members headaches in the past.
Furthermore, the new ruling rejects
the theory that the construction work-
er's "home for tax purposes is the
place where he works." Rather it
holds that the man's tax home is
where his family resides. In this re-
spect the ruling states:
"... in the absence of clear evi-
dence to the contrary, it is normally
to be presumed from common ex-
perience that a man with a wife and
children would prefer to work regu-
larly in or near the locality where his
family resides so that he may be with
them during off-duty hours. That a
worker has a family with a fixed resi-
dence should therefore tend to show
that he takes jobs at distant points
for business rather than for personal
reasons. . . "
"It is not meant by this example to
indicate that a construction worker
must be married in order to be rec-
ognized as having a 'home' where he
maintains his place of abode and
makes his employment contacts. . . "
The excerpts quoted above contain
the real meat of the new ruling. How-
ever, each case will still be judged on
its individual merits and the entire
ruling will be taken into consideration
by the Internal Revenue people.
This information is being made
available to all our members in order
to acquaint them with the provisions
contained therein and, particularly, to
assist members who at present may
be involved in conferences or litiga-
tions with the Internal Revenue Serv-
ice on the subject of traveling ex-
penses.
11
A hundred Cape Canaveral skills all point to—
The Countdown, Moment Of Agony
* *
IT is 12:30 a. m. as the hne of cars approaches the entrance to the Air
Force Missile Test Center's Cape Canaveral missile launching site.
It is not a shift-change time. The men passing through the guard line
at the entrance to the Air Force installation are engineers and technicians
employed on the Air Force ATLAS program. This is the start of a launch day
for the ATLAS intercontinental ballistic missile at the Atlantic Missile Range.
The men have a long day ahead. On some of the early test flights the
countdown extended for more than 12 hours. On more recent flights it has been
as short as two and one-half hours.
The long countdown is an impor-
tant part of the research and develop-
ment phase of a missile. Later, when
the weapon system becomes opera-
tional, the countdown will be meas-
ured in minutes rather than in hours.
But while the complex missile is
being tested, the Air Force and Con-
vair obtain exhaustive minute-by-min-
ute data on each firing.
That is why, during the long hours
of a night before a flight, scores of
valves and electrical connections and
instruments and circuits and tanks
and lines and hoses are checked one
by one. Then, when the critical indi-
vidual parts have been okayed, the
testing turns to subsystems and then
to entire systems.
At 1:30 a. m., the countdown starts.
Carefully following his list— a volume
more than 60 typewritten pages long
—the test conductor and his launch
crew begin checking the missile, its
ground equipment and the test and
control equipment inside the block-
house.
The test conductor starts down his
list, perhaps instructing the crew to
check a valve. He waits until he ob-
tains reports that it can be actuated
remotely from within the blockhouse,
and that the control panel shows
It anything goes wrong, the missile is de-
stroyed at the flip of one of numerous switches.
whether it is open or closed. Then he
checks the next item on the list, and
then the next.
Periodically a voice breaks into
these activities to announce: "T minus
130 minutes and counting;. " Or "T
minus 100 minutes and counting."
As the minutes tick by, the onlv
sounds in the blockhouse are the
voices of the test conductor as he
continues running down his checklist,
and answers from the panel operators.
There is no extraneous talkins;.
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E\crvthin<i has 2;one smoothly;
tlicre have been no "holds." With only
a little more than an honr to go, the
huge eight-story service tower that
surrounded the missile is rolled back
After checking to determine that
the area is seciu-ed, the test conduc-
tor orders tlic missile to be prepared
for tanking licjiiid oxygen.
"T minus 35 minutes and count-
ing," he announces a few minutes
later.
Soon a white plume rises on high
from the missile, indicating to watch-
to its transfer table, then rolled on
railroad tracks to an area about 800
feet from the missile. The area around
the launching pad is cleared of per-
sonnel.
These are some of the Buck Rogers de-
vices needed to track a missile and keep it
under control.
ers in the blockhouse that the vent
valve is open.
"T minus 15 minutes and counting."
The tension that has been build-
ing up almost imperceptibly now is
felt by everyone present. The an-
nouncement comes:
r H E C A K P E X T E K
13
Dozens of pairs of eyes watch hundreds of instruments as zero hour approaches.
14
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"T minus ten minutes and count-
ing."
The test conductor receives favor-
able reports on the weather, on range
instrumentation, and from the Range
Safety OfHcer. He checks a few more
details about the missile.
"T minus two minutes and count-
ing."
Missile electrical circuits are
s\\"jtched to internal power sources.
"T minus one minute 15 seconds
and counting."
The test conductor checks with sev-
eral panel operators.
"Missile power," he says.
"Go," says the panel operator.
"AMR telemetry."
"Go."
"Propulsion."
"Go."
"T minus 60 seconds and counting."
"\\'ater flow to full."
"Range Ready light on."
"T minus 40 seconds and counting,"
is announced by the test conductor.
"Final status check," says the test
conductor; then he checks for the last
time with the engineers operating the
control panels.
"Pressurization," he says.
"Go," replies the panel operator.
"LOo tanking."
"Go."
"\^^ater systems."
"Go."
"Range operations."
"Go."
The test conductor checks his con-
sole. Every light is on, indicating each
major system is ready to go.
He pushes a button on his con-
sole. This is the last human act nec-
essary for launching the missile. For
the next 18 seconds an automatic se-
quencer will do all the work.
Only if something goes wrong will
there be human action now— action to
stop the test.
"T minus 20 seconds and counting."
Panel operators keep their eyes
glued to their dials and charts, moni-
toring information being relayed to
them electronically.
"T minus 15 seconds and counting."
The waterflow over the flame buck-
et is now at its full force of 35,000
gallons per minute.
Some of the automatic cameras
around the stand begin operating.
"T minus ten seconds and count-
ing."
"Nine, eight, seven. . ."
Another set of cameras starts.
"Six, five, four. . . "
The two small vernier engines on
the side of the missile start.
"Three, two, one."
The last set of cameras starts.
"Zero."
Seven hundred and fifty feet away,
rocket engines developing hundreds
of thousands of pounds of thrust have
roared into life and are belching great
streams of flame.
But the engine roar does not pene-
trate the thick walls of the block-
house. Here all is quiet as each man
intently watches his dials and record-
ings.
The clicking of the relays in the
sequencer is the only noise. The se-
quencer is timed to hold the missile
on the pad momentarily before re-
leasing it to give the crew time to
make sure everything is operating.
Then comes the word from the
periscope observers.
"First motion."
The arms holding the missile on
the launching pad fly back.
"Liftoft."
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All heads turn from the panels to joined by others in the blockhouse,
the TV monitors. rises to a shout:
The test conductor stands to get a "Qq baby go "
better view as the missile rises slow- . , , i r i i
ly, its tail of flame and smoke beat- ^^^ thousands of other workers,
ing down on the launching pad. wherever they may be in the vast
"^^ 1 1 „ » 1 • 1 missile range complex, echo the cry
Go, baby, go, he says m a low, , . . ° .^,,,ii
tense voice origmates m the blockhouse—
The missile goes straight up with- ' X' § •
out a waver. It is accelerating rapid- It takes the skills of the scientists,
ly. The flames no longer bear on the the technicians, the electrician and
pad. carpenter, the millwright and plumb-
Now the missile begins to pitch er to get the launching pad and the
over from its vertical flight to take missile in shape to start the count-
the proper angle for its 5,(X)0-mfle down. If the shot succeeds, all heave
trip down the Atlantic Missile Range, a sigh compounded of pride and re-
The test conductor now is pound- lief; if it fails, all silently vow to do
ing his desk with his fist. His voice, their own jobs better and faster.
•
WE LIVE BY LABELS
We are great believers in labels. Most of our lives are guided by labels;
whether we are driving a car, shopping, or cooking a meal, we are dependent
upon labels. We do not place people in the category of canned goods, but
even people live and move under labels.
Some are given labels, and we know thereby who they are and what they
stand for. Others hitch their lives onto certain labels and neglect to live up
to them. Still others deliberately hide behind wrong labels. It is possible to
wear a label without the proper product behind it, but you who wear the
Union Label, see that you buy and support the Union Label. For only by
so doing can you get better conditions for yourself and family and members
of your union.
Be sure to vote for backers of your Union Label.
Paul Dean, Member of Local No. 1S65
Minneapolis, Minn.
•
SAFETY IS 24-HOUR JOB
"Safety . . . Everywhere . . . All the Time" is the slogan of a new, continuing campaign
of the National Safety Council.
The campaign, aimed at making safety an around-the-clock family afiFair, will save
industrial concerns from conducting separate, on-the-job and off-the-job safety campaigns
which often compete for employes' attention.
Kick-off for the campaign is a 23-minute, full-color film depicting tlie involvement of
a factory worker and his family in a near-tragic boating accident. Symbol of the campaign
is a black circle within a yellow diamond.
The recall device is one of several items available to remind employes of the campaign
—key tags, posters, leaflets, pocket protectors and safety scoreboards for plant and home.
Further information about the campaign and availa'ble materials, as well as suggestions
on how to start a "Safety . . . Everywhere . . . All the Time" campaign, may be obtained
from the National Safety Council, 425 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago 11, 111.
p
LAN E
SLIGHTLY OPTLMISTIC
Month after month the Department of
Labor issues glowing reports about how
many Americans are at work. Only at the
bottom of the story is there any mention of
the fact that fi\e per cent of the labor force
remains unable to find work.
The May report was no exception. It
showed 67.2 million gainfully employed.
Howe\-er, it also showed one worker out of
20 jobless because of no job available. Since
unemployment was running at about five
per cent a year ago, we seem to be bogged
down at this figure. And glowing reports
cii.nnot alter the picture.
The whole situation brings to mind the
story of the teacher who rented a Volks-
wagen to tour Europe. For a long time she
got along Zm, but one day the car quit
dead out in the provinces.
In the best American tradition, the teach-
er got out and lifted the hood. While she
was pondering the situation, another teacher
drove up in a Volkswagen, too.
"Having trouble?" she asked.
"Am I," replied the first. "Why, some-
one stole the engine from my car."
"Don't worry," cheerfully retorted the
good sa^iiaritan, "I've got an extra one in
the back of mine."
EMPLOYMENT
-etSp3-
''The tools I can handle
best are a knife and forkt''
WE AIN'T ALONE
Don't get lipset if you find a typograph-
ical error in THE CARPENTER. It happens
in the best regulated publications— as wit-
ness a few dillies reported by Archie in
the UNION REGISTER:
"Mrs. Shirley Baum, who went deer hunt-
ing with her husband, is very proud that she
was able to shoot a fine buck as well as her
husband.
"The ball struck Berra in the right tempio
and knocked him cold. He was taken to
the hospital. X-ray pictures of Berra's head
showed nodiing.
"Mrs. Anderson has recovered from her
broken collarbone, but her knee is still in
the hands of the doctor.
"When a gentleman and lady are walk-
ing in the street, the lady should walk in-
side the gentleman."
• • •
PAUP MAKES A COMEBACK
After a stroll through the park on a
balmy summer's night, Joe Paup observed:
"Canned and frozen juices are becoming
more and mofe popular, but I notice most
guys still like to squeeze their own toma-
toes."
* • •
WHO'S ON FIRST?
Several months have passed since the
U-2 incident startled the nation, but the
furore rages on in Congress without let-up.
The government is criticized for using spy
planes, and in the same breath it is roasted
for not closing the missile gap. Some Con-
gressmen apparently expect the nation to
know what the Russians are doing without
spying; which is the equivalent of expect-
ing students to have the answer for ques-
tions that haven't been asked.
The whole hassle brings to mind the
story of the logger who was overpaid $20
one week. The guy said nothing. The next
week the $20 was deducted from his pay
and he protested loudly to the paymaster.
"Look," said the paymaster, "you were
overpaid $20 last week and you said noth-
ing. This week the $20 was deducted and
you complain."
"Okay," replied tlie logger, "I can over-
look one mistake, but when it happens
twice, it's time to squawk."
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TWELVE RULES FOR RAISING
DELINQUENT CHILDREN
1. Begin with infancy to give the child
everything he wants. In this way he will
grow up to believe tlie world owes him a
living.
2. When he picks up bad words, laugh
at him. This will make him think he's cute.
It will also encourage him to pick up
"cuter" phrases that will blow oflE tlie top
of your head later.
3. Never give him any spiritual training.
Wait until he is 21 and then let him "decide
for himself."
4. Avoid use of the word "wrong." It
may develop a guilt complex. This Avill con-
dition him to believe later, when he is
arrested for stealing a car, that society is
against him and he is being persecuted.
5. Pick up everything he leaves lying
around— books, shoes and clothes. Do every-
thing for him so that he will be experienced
in throwing all responsibility on others.
6. Let him read any printed matter he
can get his hands on. Be careful that the
silverware and drinking glasses are steri-
lized, but let his mind feast on garbage.
7. Quarrel frequently in the presence of
your children. In this way tliey will not be
too shocked when the home is broken up
later.
8. Give a child all the spending money
he wants. Never let him earn his own.
Why should he have things as tough as
you had them?
9. Satisfy his craving for food, drink
and comfort. See that every sensual desire
is gratified. Denial may lead to frustration.
10. Take his part against neighbors,
teachers, policemen. They are all prejudiced
against your child.
11. When he gets into real trouble,
apologize for yom-self by saying, I never
could do anything with him.
12. Prepare for a life of grief. You will
be Ukely to have it.
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SHE HAS REASONS
A recent survey indicates that the main
reasons why a woman buys a product in a
store are as follows:
1. Because her husband says she can't
have it.
2. It will make her look thin.
3. It comes from Paris.
4. Her neighbors can't afford it.
5. Nobody has one.
6. Everybody has one.
STATISTICS CAN PROVE ANYTHING
In the field of economics, the man has
finally bitten the dog. A Michigan State
professor of economics recently concluded
that automation maybe isn't going to usher
in the era of perpetual milk and honey we
have been hearing so much about from
others.
There are three claims about automation
that are nothing but myths, says this MS
expert. The first is that automation creates
jobs faster than it destroys them. This is
hogwash, says the professor. Statistics to
date show more jobs go down the drain
than new machinery creates.
The second claim is that automation will
come slowly. This, too, is a myth, says the
gentleman. It is racing ahead under a full
head of steam.
The third claim knocked in the head is
the myth that automation will demand
greater and greater skills. No such thing,
says the expert. Machines that learn by ex-
perience are just around the corner, and
engineers and junior executives better bat-
ten down their hatches.
All this we long suspected, and we make
no claim of being an expert. Anything can
be proved with statistics; even that auto-
mation benefits everybody.
Sort of reminds us of the Russian who
was boasting that his factory increased pro-
duction 756% in a single year. WTiat he
failed to mention was that the factory
turned out signs reading "Out of Order."
''I didn't read the fine print ^^
in our new working agreement!'
IS
Veterans Pension Program Is Revised
* * *
VETERANS of World War I, World War II, or the Korean War who are
on the verge of retiring or ha\'e already retired would be wise to look
into the matter of veterans' pensions. The pension program has been
re\ised, and the revisions became effective on the first day of this month
(Julv). While the changes are not drastic, they do offer retired veterans a
chance to supplement minimum income with a small veteran's pension if
qualified.
Under the terms of the revised pension program, single veterans of
retii'ement age (65 or older) can draw a pension provided they do not have
an income of more than $1,800 a year. The smaller the income, the larger
tlie pension, up to a maximum of $85
per month. The following scale of The interpretation the law places
pensions tells the story: on "income" is rather strict. Social Se-
^'ETERAN— NO DEPENDENTS curity benefits, any pensions received
Monthly from a company, any annuities, and
Income Payment even interest on savings are consid-
Not over $ 600 $85 ^red income. However, the law does
Not over $1,200 70 recognize that some of these forms of
Not over $1,800 40 income were paid for by the veteran
Over $1,800 None while working. So benefits from an-
For veterans with dependents, the ""^^i^^ ^^ Social Security received by
pension scale is somexvhat higher, ^^^^ ^^^^ran after retirement are not
both as to benefits and maximum al- considered mcome until he has gotten
lowable income. For example, a mar- ^ack a sum equal to the total contri-
ried veteran of retirement age with butions he made during his working
a wife dependent on him can have y^^^^; ^^ '^'''^ ^/^^es this means that
an annual income of $2,999 and still Social Security benefits will not be
draw a small veteran's pension. Here considered as part of income dur-
is the breakdown: i"§ the first year following retire-
VETERAN-WITH DEPENDENTS "^^'''l ^"".°"^" ^''''^, annuities wi 1
-WIFE OR CHILDREN ^^""^^^ ^"^'^"^^ 71 l^l i J
,-.,,„ ^ eran has recovered his total invest-
Monthly Payments x. ■ ^.u
r^ -^ ri rT^^ ment in the annuity.
One Two Three , r i
Depend- Depend- Depend- ^^ ^^e veteran s wife has an income
Income ent ents ents of her own, the law provides that all
Not over such income over $1200 must be
S1,000 $90 $95 $100 counted as part of his income unless
Not over ^^ can be shown that the excess
$2 000 75 75 75 amount was offset by unusual circum-
Not'over stances such as expensive illness, etc.
$3,000 45 45 45 Veterans who already had qualified
Over for a pension prior to July 1, 1960,
83,000 None None None have the option of remaining under
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the old law or switching to the new
one, whichever offers them the great-
er benefits. However, once the elec-
tion is made, there can be no switch-
ing back and forth.
The amended law also changes the
benefit provisions for widows and de-
pendent children under the age of 18.
Widows and children of veterans who
died after service in any of the last
three wars are eligible for pensions if
they come within the prescribed in-
come brackets. The following table is
typical:
WIDOW-NO DEPENDENTS
Income Monthly Payment
Not over $ 600 $60
Not over $1,200 45
Not over $1,800 25
Over $1,800 None
The law is rather rigid in defining
income received by veterans' widows.
With very few exceptions, receipts of
money, whatever the source, are tak-
en into consideration in figuring an-
nual income. However, the widow has
some discretion as to how she can fig-
ure her personal income as opposed to
the income allocated to her children.
Each case is treated as a separate en-
tity and decided on its merits. Here is
the schedule for a widow and child:
WIDOW AND CHILD
Income Monthly Payment
Not over $1,000 _$75
Not over $2,000 60
Not over $3,000 40
Each additional child gets $15.
CHILDREN-NO WIDOW, OR
WIDOW INELIGIBLE BECAUSE
OF TOO MUCH INCOME
Number of Monthly
Children Payment
One child $35
Each additional child 15
In general, there are a number of
items which the law does not recog-
nize as income:
1. Payments of the six months'
death gratuity by the Service
Department.
2. Donations from public or pri-
vate relief or welfare organiza-
tions.
3. Payments of compensation or
pension by the VA.
4. Government life insurance pay-
ments and payments of service-
men's indemnity.
5. Social Security lump sum death
payments.
6. Payments to an individual un-
der public or private retirement,
annuity, endowment or similar
plans equal to the amount he
contributed thereto.
7. Proceeds of fire insurance poli-
cies.
8. In the case of widows or chil-
dren of a deceased veteran
there are excluded amounts
equal to the amounts paid for
settlement of the veteran's just
debts, the expense of his last ill-
ness, and the expenses of the
veteran's burial, less the amount
reimbursed by the VA.
The facts set forth above merely
represent an effort on our part to
summarize the provisions of the re-
vised law. They cannot be consid-
ered as authentic or final. The Vet-
erans Administration will determine
each case on its own merits and we
are printing this information merely
to alert our members who may be af-
fected to contact their nearest VA
office and secure the complete and
authentic details. It costs nothing to
find out.
The Veterans Administration main-
tains offices in most large cities. If
none is handy, a letter to the Veterans
Administration in Washington, D. C,
should get full details.
£0
What's To Cure Drug Prices?
• •
By Erma Angevine
CAN the government do anything to hold down drug prices without
discouraging the search for new drugs to keep us healthy?
That essentially is the question a Senate subcommittee has been
trying to answer for six months— and the end is not yet. The big question
has a number of variations, some that you've probably asked yourself after
reading the articles on pricing practices in the drug industry carried in previ-
ous issues of THE CARPENTER. A few might be:
How does the doctor's new way of prescribing medicines by brand name
affect prices? Would it help if pharmacists had more leeway in filling prescrip-
tions? How can we encourage compe-
tition and discourage price-fixing in
the drug industry?
How much high-priced drug pro-
motion is wasteful? Do drug makers
hiirass price-cutting retailers? Why do
identical drugs cost more here than
o\"erseas? Would it bring prices down
if drug makers had to cross-license
any essential drug they patented? Are
some drugs introduced just to force
older and cheaper drugs off the mar-
ket?
Regarding quality, the senators
have asked such questions as these:
Does Food & Drug Administration re-
Iv too heavily on drug makers' affi-
da'^its in licensing new drugs? Does
FDA learn. all it should about possible
harmful side-effects before licensing a
new drug? Should Congress give any
federal agency the power to keep use-
less drugs off the market?
Senator Estes Kefauver (D. Tenn.)
is comimittee chairman. Other mem-
bers are John Carroll (D. Colo.),
Everett Dirksen (R. Ill), Philip Hart
(D. Mich.), Thomas Hennings (D.
Mo.), Roman Hruska (R. Nebr.), Jo-
sepli O'Mahoney (D. Wyo.), and Alex-
ander Wiley (R. Wis.).
Prescription prices climbed more
than one-third in the past ten years,
rose more than one-sixth in the past
two. One-fourth of the $16.4 billion
spent on medical care in the U. S. in
1958 went for dru^s.
Doctors, druggists, and consumers
wrote 5,000 letters to the committee
shortly after the hearings opened last
December. Most of them complained
about drug prices.
Drug makers say they can't cut
their profit margins on new drugs if
they're to continue searching for cures
for many painful and fatal diseases.
They say competition keeps profits on
standard items marginal. New drugs
are always high-priced, they say, and
by their nature are monopolies. This
monopoly is short-lived because com-
j^etitors develop new drugs, and each
advance makes the old drug obsolete.
Others say it's improper to inflate
drug prices, even for research, since
it makes the sick and unemployable
bear the industry's burden.
The federal government finances
half the cost of public health research.
This includes research work of the
Health, Education and Welfare De-
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21
partment, the armed forces, Veterans
Administration, National Science
Foundation, and Atomic Energy
Commission. Industry finances more
than a quarter of the research load,
and universities and private founda-
tions finance the rest.
In general, indmstry tends to con-
centrate on promising leads that seem
likely to turn a dollar tomorrow.
Other laboratories are willing to try
the unknown where success is less
frequent but discoveries, when they
occur, seem like miracles. The gov-
ernment backs the longest-shot re-
search gambles of all, such as testing
for cancer.
Some who've testified before the
Senate subcommittee claim the drug
makers include the expense of "de-
tail" men in their research figures.
These are salesmen whose job is to
convince doctors to use brand names
in writing prescriptions.
The president of one company told
just how effective they are. He said
his firm and other top drug makers
can charge sLx times what their small
o
competitors can because doctors and
pharmacists rely on their reputations
to supply quality products.
Said Senator Wiley, "You fellows
charge all the traffic will bear." An
even larger question is: If we have
drug standards, why aren't drugs that
meet that standard equal, no matter
who pastes on the label?
Can the government do anything
about high drug prices without wreck-
ing the industry? To answer that
question, the Senate subcommittee
has examined several of the biggest
drug firms. One of these is Sobering
Corporation of Bloomfield, N. J.
Schering, a former German-owned
firm seized as enemy property during
World War II, was sold to a syndicate
of U. S. investors in 1952 for $29,-
132,000. Kefauver showed that the
company made profits after taxes of
$31,959,000 in its first 51/2 years, more
than recouping the purchase price.
Francis Brown, Schering president,
laid much of the firm's success to its
development of two cortisone drugs
for arthritis— prednisone and predni-
solone. While Schering hasn't yet
been able to patent the drugs, it made
3-year cross-licensing agreements in
1955 with other large drug makers.
These agreements provided that
Merck, Pfizer, Parke-Davis, Upjohn,
and CIBA pay Schering a 3% roy-
alty. Committee members questioned
whether collecting royalties on a pat-
ent that didn't exist was legal. Brown
said he thought it was.
The licensing agreement allowed
the two drugs to be distributed only
in package form ready for retail sale.
This in effect kept small companies
from getting the drugs in bulk for
three years.
The committee's patent expert and
counsel both said they believed
Schering and the other firms in the
cross-licensing agreement violated the
anti-trust laws. Brown denied this and
challenged the subcommittee's power
to study "whether there has been a
violation of a law."
Brown said that if Schering or one
of the other firms won the patent, it
would control the bulk market.
Under the cross-licensing agree-
ments Schering and the other firms
charged retail druggists $18.50 for 100
prednisolone tablets. When a Mexi-
can firm started producing predniso-
lone and selling to smaller drug com-
panies, they charged retail di'uggists
$4.50 for 100 tablets.
It costs Schering $1.60 to make up
100 tablets of meticortelone. It sold
100-tablet packages to drugstores for
$17.90 with a recommended retail
price of $29.83. Nysco Laboratories,
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a smaller company, sells the same 100
tablets to druggists for $2.70.
Scherino; boucjht estradiol from a
French drug firm. After putting the
drug into tablets and bottles, Scher-
ings costs were 11.7 cents for a 60-
tablet bottle. Schering sold this bottle
to druggists for $8.40 and suggested
it retail for $14.
Schering sold one of its wonder
drugs to the Veterans Administration
for S136 a thousand tablets under a
"negotiated" contract. When forced to
l^id competitively, Schering dropped
the price to $23.63 a thousand. Drug-
gists pay $170 a thousand for the
drug.
Brown said the committee's figures
don't include all the costs. They don't
include research, he said, nor the
"service" the company renders doc-
tors by sending detail men to urge
them to use Schering products.
Brown said Schering earns 16 cents
profit after taxes on each dollar's
worth of products it sells. He said its
prices are "not excessive."
"Schering is a business corporation
and must be operated as such. When
we invent products that advance
medicine, we try to sell them at a
profit. We try to do as well as other
responsible companies in the industry.
"Some people find it difficult to pay
for needed medication. They also
have diflBculty meeting their rent and
food bills. This is a matter of inade-
quate income rather than excessive
prices."
Brown denied that Schering has
any responsibility for cutting prices
so persons with meager incomes can
afford drugs. He said the public must
pay high prices to finance research.
"Today's consumers must contribute
to future benefits. The public cannot
afford to hamper research that has
advanced the cause of medicine so
significantly."
Brown said smaller companies can
charge less because they don't have
as high overhead as Schering. One of
Schering's biggest expenses is the 530
detail men who visit doctors and
druggists to promote Schering prod-
ucts. Each earns about $9,000 a year.
These salesmen must also have liter-
ature and samples to hand out. Brown
said Schering spent more than $25
million a year on such "education."
Senator George Smathers (D. Fla.)
said high drug prices suggest "exploi-
tation at the expense of the aged and
infirm, the sick, and the public gen-
erally." He said it's "shameful" that
many persons with low incomes have
to "tolerate pain and suffering" be-
cause the products of medical re-
search cost so much.
Senator Alexander Wiley said a
firm that claims to have a remedy has
"a moral responsibility to see that the
poor and needy aren't taken for a
ride."
Commented Kefauver, "This coun-
try has the best drugs in the world.
Yet it would appear from letters the
subcommittee receives that many of
our citizens can't afford to buy them."
This is the first in a series of two articles
exploring the dilemma faced by the Senate
committee investigating drug prices and profits.
The second will appear next month.
INTEREST KEEPS ON INFLATING
May, 1960 income figures show that money lending continued to score the highest rate
of g,ain during the past year.
Wages and salaries were running at a $272.1 billion rate for a 5.5 per cent gain over
I'^Jod, while personal interest income was running at a $25.2 billion rate for a 12 per cent
gain over 1959.
Other sources of income remained stable. Farm income, ho\yever, went up half a billion
clullars between April and May, mostly due to the sale of fresh vegetables.
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Progress Report
Here is the way our new International Headquarters Building in Washington, D. C.
looked as of June 15th. A comparison with the pictures which appeared in last month's
issue shows that the project is proceeding nicely.
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Editorial
Today's Youngsters Will Be Our Leaders Or Executioners
Our entire school system, from the first grade through college, constantly
is being bombarded with literature and brochures produced and financed by
big ])usiness. Needless to say, this material never downgrades the management
point of view. Some of the material is even designed to serve as a teaching
aid, thereby guaranteeing its acceptance and use.
Then, too, most cities have Business and Industry Day, when school is let
out to enable teachers to visit local business establishments where they are
gixen the red carpet treatment (plus generous doses of company propaganda)
by top officials.
The theory behind this program is that teachers need to be educated in the
fundamentals of our free enterprise system and the things that make it tick.
With this theory we have no quarrel. The more teachers know and understand
a])out our economic system, the more effectively they can explain it to our
youngsters. But we do decry the one-sided picture which yoimgsters get. We
have seen a good jdeal of the material furnished to schools by Chambers of
Commerce and various giant corporations. None that we ever saw gave unions
more than passing mention. And we ne\'er heard of a Business and Industry
Day that included a trip through a union office. What most school-age chil-
dren know about unions, they get from the daily papers. And there is no use
commenting on how accurate and unbiased this information is.
Who is to blame for this unhappy state of affairs? Certainly not business,
which is grasping an opportunity to promote its point of view. Certainly not
the school authorities, who welcome every aid for indoctrinating youngsters
in the way our economic system works. That places the blame squarely on our
own shoulders for not doing a better job of counterbalancing the lopsided
picture painted by business literature planted in the school system. School
authorities that accept Chamber of Commerce literature can hardly deny us
the same privilege if we have the material available.
Our handicap is that we do not have the money or manpower to devote
to the cause that business does. However, despite this handicap, we can do
much more to get our story presented if we work at it. We can provide speak-
ers for career days. We can put our labor papers and magazines in school
libraries. We can urge our school officials to include visits to unions in Busi-
ness and Industry Days. It might take a little doing to achieve these things,
but the efforts should pay off in the long run.
Happily, more and more union officials are awakening to the ur-
gency of the situation. They are visiting schools and making talks on the
part labor plays in making life better and richer for all.
Recently, William J. Landry, president of the Evangeline District Council,
addressed the senior class at Washington, Louisiana. In a letter to THE
THECAKPEXTEK 25
CARPENTER he summed up the whole need for greater activity in this field
in tlie follo^^'in2[ words:
"OAr youngsters, in the near future, will be the leaders of our movement,
or, if not informed, our executioners. All of us who are more or less dedi-
cated ^^'Ould do well to expand this phase of our activities. As a sequel, it
might not be amiss for the internationals to form educational units, either
nationally or locally, to improve and exploit this program. The cost might
appear higher than warranted in its original phases, but Vk^ould unquestion-
ably pay dividends in the future.
"In the past we have been more or less complacent, assuming that as
various phases of construction progressed we would get our share of the pro-
ceeds by the very nature of the fact that we were more skilled and more
available than the unorganized. This is becoming less true each day! Better
"too much, too soon," than "too little, too late!"
Krebiozen Merits A Fair Test
If ^ ou want to read somethinf]; that will curl your hair, get hold of a
book called "A Matter of Life and Death," by Herbert Bailey. It is an
account of the long, frustrating, and so far unsuccessful struggle that a dedi-
cated group of people has made to get "Krebiozen," a controversial, anti-
cancer drug, tested and evaluated by the medical profession.
Krebiozen first appeared on the scene about ten years ago. It was dis-
covered by a doctor named Stevan Durovic. From the beginning. Dr. Durovic
and the American Medical Society did not see eye to eye as to how the di^ug
should be handled and developed. The differences grew rather than dimin-
ished. Consequently, Krebiozen never received the attention a promising
cancer drug deserves.
In 1951 and 1952 a medical committee examined the claims made for
Krebiozen and tm'ned in a negative report. This report, say the backers of
the drug, was unscientific, biased, and filled with errors. Year after year
since that time these boosters of Krebiozen have been trying to get a new
clinical study made of the drug. But the AMA hierarchy insists on setting
up its own ground rules for any study it will approve. There the controversy
rests today; the backers of Krebiozen want a free, broad and thorough test
made on a national basis, while AMA wants to start with a committee to
determine whether or not a test is appropriate.
In the meantime, three independent groups have experimented with Kre-
biozen, and their findings have been uniformly encouraging. All cases treated
were in their final stages. Some cures were reported and a great many slow-
downs were claimed.
Not being medical authorities, we are unqualified to comment on the
merit or lack of merit in Krebiozen, But it seems to us the position of the
American Medical Association is a vulnerable one. If, as it claims, Krebiozen
is worthless as a cancer cure, wouldn't the quickest and easiest way to
establish this fact once and for all be a comprehensive and scientific test
of the drug over a prolonged period? To us, it seems as basic as this— if the
drng is as useless as claimed, prove it by fair tests. Otherwise, the natural
26 THECARPENTER
suspicion arises that perhaps the AM A committee stuck its neck out in 1951
in vetoing the drug and the Association is now afraid of losing face should
the drug prove practical.
Bureaucracy is a funny thing. Sometimes it can get bogged down in petty
details that completely obliterate the points at issue. This should not be
allowed to happen to Krebiozen.
The American Medical Association is made up of dedicated and respected
men who devote their lives to the greatest cause of all— human health. They
work terrible hours and undergo physical strains that would break down the
average laborer in a few weeks. To intimate that such men could callously
pass up a beneficial product is unthinkable. Yet many people on the side of
Krebiozen are as well trained, medically, and as dedicated as any doctors in
the AMA bureaucracy that discount the drug. In fact, one of them, Dr.
Andrew C. Ivy, was head of the Illinois Medical School and a world-renowned
cancer specialist when he first took up the Krebiozen cause. Since then, he
has been shorn of many of his honors and positions for steadfastly refusing to
downgrade Krebiozen.
In view of all this, the only logical conclusion that can be drawn is that
Krebiozen deserves a fair and thorough test— and to heck with who said what
in the past and who did what over the years.
Apprenticeship and Delinquency Are Incompatible
In the last few weeks thousands of young men received their journeyman
certificates attesting to their successful completion of apprenticeship training.
Needless to say, there were few, if any, juvenile delinquents among them.
Apprenticeship training and delinquency are pretty much incompatible.
We have no statistics to prove this point, but we doubt if statistics are
necessary. The young man who enters apprenticeship training has a goal in
life. And those who have constructive goals seldom stray very far from the
straight and narrow path. Furthermore, apprenticeship involves a substantial
degree of self-discipline, the basic ingredient for constructive living.
According to the FBI, muggings, robberies, assaults and other crimes of
violence are on the increase. And an ever-larger share of them is being com-
mitted by youngsters under 21. Gang wars and race riots haunt the waking
hours of law enforcement officers in many large cities. There are jungles in
some cities where honest citizens dare not walk alone after dark, and even
policemen patrol in pairs.
This is a sad commentary on the state of our society, but facts are facts.
Sociologists ascribe the shocking increase in juvenile delinquency to a host
of reasons— broken homes, poor environment, poor housing, etc. All these
things undoubtedly make a contribution. But it is our feeling that lack of a
hopeful future drives more youngsters to crime than any other one thing.
The untrained youngster faces a bleak prospect— low-paid and uncertain jobs,
frequent layoffs, and irregular paychecks stretching endlessly into the future.
By contrast, the young man learning a trade through apprenticeship train-
ing has a definite goal ahead of him. Once he has mastered his trade the
avenues opened up to him are almost limitless. He knows that his wages and
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working conditions will be adequate at least. He knows his services will be in
demand even though there are occasional slack periods. He knows he can
hold his head up as a producer, consumer, and stalwart citizen of his
community.
And in the process of learning his trade he also learns self -discipline. It
takes application, study, and patience to become a qualified journeyman in
any line from printing to construction. The lad who is busy trying to learn
the ins and outs of a trade that has hundreds of years of development behind
it has little time or inclination to roam the streets or run with lawless gangs.
So, in addition to providing a reservoir of skilled craftsmen for the future,
perhaps apprenticeship training makes an equally important contribution to-
day, by giving young men purpose, direction, and hope for the future. At
least that is the way it appears to us.
Hands Across The Sea
This year the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers celebrates its Hun-
dredth Anniversary. Our congratulations to our British counterparts who,
over the past century, fought the good fight through wars and peace, good
times and bad, for a richer and fuller life for the people we represent.
Their initial efforts planted deep the seeds of militant and dedicated
unionism. The furrows tliey plowed in the previous century provided guide-
lines by which American unions set their first faltering courses. Over the
years the Amalgamated has been the training ground for many unionists who
achieved prominence in our own labor movement. There is a bond between
the Amalgamated Society and the United Brotherhood that spans oceans and
defies time.
Tlie Society was born in an era of turmoil and strife. In 1859 the London
Master Builders locked out all their employes. When the lockout ended, the
yellow dog contract put in an appearance. All workers were required to sign
a document reading as follows:
"I declare I am not now, nor will I during the continuance of my engage-
ment with you, become a member of or support any society which directly
or indirectly interferes with the arrangements of this or any other establish-
ment or the hours or terms of labour, and that I recognize the right of em-
ployers and employed individually to make any trade engagements on which
they may choose to agree."
This was the final blow that led a group of dedicated and fearless men
to form a union that developed into the Amalgamated Society. From that day
to this, the Society has worked tirelessly for economic justice for all workers
in general and woodworkers in particular.
As the theme of its centenary celebration, the Society has adopted the
slogan: "Let's make 100% organization our goal for our 100th birthday." That
is a big order, but an organization that has endured the vicissitudes of time
and changing fortune for a full century is entitled to stand tall and plan
boldly. In the final analysis, nothing succeeds like success.
Our warmest felicitations to our British Brothers on this happy occasion as
thev embark on their second century of growth and expansion.
Official Information
General OflBcers of
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS and JOINERS
of AMERICA
Gkneeal Office : Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General President
M. A. HUTCHESON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
First General Vice President
JOHN R. STEVENSON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Secretary
R. B. LIVINGSTON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
Second General Vice President
O. WM. BLAIER
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Treasurer
FRANK CHAPMAN
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
District Board Members
First District, CHARLES JOHNSON, JR.
Ill E. 22nd St., New York 10, N. Y.
Sixth District, J. O. MACK
5740 Lydia, Kansas City 4, Mo.
Second District, RALEIGH RAJOPPI
2 Prospect Place, Springfield, New Jersey
Seventh District, LYLE J. HILLER
11712 S. E. Rhone St., Portland 66, Ore.
Third District, HARRY SCHWARZER
3615 Chester Ave., Cleveland 14, Ohio
Eighth District, J. F. CAMBIANO
17 Aragon Blvd., San Mateo, Calif.
Fourth District, HENRY W. CHANDLER
1684 Stanton Rd., S. W., Atlanta, Ga.
Ninth District, ANDREW V. COOPER
133 Chaplin Crescent, Toronto 12, Ont., Canada
Fifth District, R. E. ROBERTS
1834 N. 78th St., Omaha, Nebr.
Tenth District, GEORGE BENGOUGH
2528 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver, B. C.
M. A. HUTCHESON, Chairman ; R. E. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
All correspondence for the General Executive Board must be sent to the General Secretary.
Notice to Recording Secretaries
The quarterly circular for the months of July, August and September,
1960, containing the quarterly password, has been forwarded to all Local
Unions of the United Brotherhood. Recording Secretaries not in receipt of
this circular should notify the General Secretary, Carpenters Building, Indi-
anapolis, Indiana.
e
IMPORTANT NOTICE
In the issuance of clearance cards, care should be taken to see that they are
properly filled out, dated and signed by the President and Financial Secretary
of the Local Union issuing same as well as the Local Union accepting the clear-
ance. The clearance cards must be sent to the General Secretary's Department
without delay, in order that the members' names can be Hsted on the quarterly
account sheets.
While old style Due Book is in use, clearance cards contained therein
must be used.
29
REPORT OF THE DELEGATES TO THE THIRD
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF THE
CANADIAN LABOR CONGRESS
THE Third Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labor Congress
was held in the City of Montreal, Quebec, during the week of April
25th to the 29th, 1960.
Some 1750 delegates from the ten provinces attended. All sessions were
held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
His Eminence Cardinal Paul Emile Leger, Archbishop of Montreal, gave
the opening invocation.
Canadian Labor Congress officers are shown at CLC Third Constitutional Convention in Mon-
treal, April 29th, casting ballots for election of vice presidents. General Executive Board member
Andrew Cooper was one of four elected from Ontario.
Full slate of Congress officers elected is: president, Claude Jodoin; executive vice presidents,
William Dodge and Stanley Knowles; secretary-treasurer, Donald MacDonald; general vice presi-
dents, George Burt, WiLiam Mahoney, William Jenoves and Frank Hall; regional vice presidents,
D. J. Gannon and Mr. MacLeod of the Atlantic region; Miss Huguette Plamondon, Roger Provost
and Louis Laberge of the Quebec region; Andrew Cooper, Larry Sefton, W. J. Smith and Harold
Daoust of the Ontario region; C. Reimer and Donovan Swailes of the Prairies; Joseph Morris and
E. P. O'Connor of British Columbia.
Many informative and interesting
addresses were made by civic, provin-
cial and Federal government officials.
Notable among those addressing
the Convention was the Honorable
Antonio Barrette, Premier of Quebec
and Minister of Labor for the prov-
ince, who is also a member of the
International Association of Machin-
ists. The Minister of Labor for the
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Canadian Government, the Honorable
Michael Star, outlined the work his
department is doing for the Canadian
people.
Fraternal greetings were extended
by Mr. George Harrison on behalf
of the American Federation of Labor
and Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, and bv Sir Thomas Williamson
and Robert Wills on behalf of the
British Trade Union Congress.
Traditional greetings were given
by Mr. Arne Geijer, President of the
International Confederation of Free
Trade Unions.
Some eighteen resolutions dealt
with amendments to the Constitution
of the Canadian Labor Congress. Un-
doubtedly the resolution to amend
the Constitution so that the affiliated
unions would pay an increase on the
per capita tax on their membership
from $0.07 to $0.10 per member, was
of the outmost concern to the dele-
gates representing the Building
Trades International Unions. The
amendment received the necessary
two-thirds majority for adoption, but
not without some opposition.
Additionally, the Convention con-
sidered 445 resolutions dealing with
legislative matters, organization prob-
lems, economic questions, education,
international affairs, human rights,
plus several other special resolutions.
One of the special resolutions was
on the present strife taking place in
South Africa, and called on all affili-
ated unions and chartered locals to
join in a world-wide boycott of South
African consumer goods to start May
1st, 1960.
The Report of Social Security Com-
mittee received the fullest of atten-
tion, for it dealt with the following
subjects:
a) Unified System of Social Secur-
ity.
b) Health Insurance.
c) Drugs.
d) Hospitals.
e) Old Age Security.
The Report of the Political Educa-
tion Committee created the ruggedest
debate, for the recommendations con-
tained the following proposal: to au-
thorize the executive officers of the
Canadian Labor Congress to call a
founding convention for the purpose
of establishing a new political party.
It was also agreed in the Conven-
tion that affiliation to the new party
shall be on a voluntary basis for
the C.L.C. -affiliated organizations and
chartered local unions and their mem-
bership. It was further determined
that the Canadian Labor Congress,
being a national labor center for all
its affiliates, shall not itself become
an integral part of the new party,
but it shall cooperate with the new
party with the fullest assistance, and
encourage the affiliation of Canadian
Labor Congress affiliates with the
new political party.
While there was some opposition
to the proposal to create a new politi-
cal party, the opposition was very
light and the recommendations of the
Political Education Committee were
adopted by an almost unanimous
vote.
The attack on labor in Canada
came under full review early in the
Convention. Arising out of the reso-
lutions on this subject, the Conven-
tion adopted all-embracing resolu-
tions that would provide for the
Canadian Labor Congress to institute
a vigorous public-relations program
to expose the aims and intent of the
attack of the Canadian Chamber of
Commerce, Canadian manufacturers
associations, and the Canadian con-
struction associations against organ-
ized labor.
The Seafarers International Union
was under suspension prior to the
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Convention for the charge of raiding, turned to office. Executive Board
The Seafarers International Union member A. V. Cooper was returned
made no appeal at the Convention as Regional Vice President for the
and was expelled by vote of the Province of Ontario,
delegates. Respectfully submitted by
The International Brotherhood of Wm. Stefanovitch
Teamsters had been similarly charged Regional Director
and AA'as given thirty days to with-
draw from seeking certain bargain- ^^^ ^^^ on behalf of the fol-
ing certificates it had applied for lowing Brotherhood Repre-
or stand expelled for raiding. sentatives:
There was a very large support for -^' ^- Cooper, G.E.B.M.
the Teamsters in the Convention, Geo. R. Bengough, G.E.B.M.
principally from the Building Trades E. Larose, Rep.
Unions, but their vote was not sufii- F. A. Acton, Rep.
cient to offset the expulsion vote. F. Reid, Rep.
All the executive officers of the M. Raymond, Rep.
Canadian Labor Congress were re- A. Coleman, Rep.
UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES DOUBLE IN TWO YEARS
Labor-management tensions have reached the point where the filing of un-
fair labor practice complaints before the National Labor Relations Board has
more than doubled during the past two years.
"The spectacular upward trend of unfair labor practice cases which began
in fiscal 1958 continued unabated during fiscal 1959:"
That is the way the NLRB's 1959 annual report begins and from then on
the statistics show a series of new records, each indicating a continuing break-
down in industrial peace.
There were 12,239 unfair practice cases filed in fiscal 1959. This was a
new record in the 24-year history of the NLRB and represented a 32 per
cent boost over the number of complaints filed in 1958 and a 122 per cent
boost over the number filed in 1957.
Charges against employers numbered 8,266 for an increase of 36 per cent
as compared with 3,862 charges against labor unions, for an increase over the
year of 24 per cent.
Four-fifths of the charges against employers involved accusations of "il-
legally discriminating against employees because of their union activities or
because of the lack of union membership." Most of the rest involved charges
that employers failed to bargain in good faith.
Complaints against employers were issued in 1,283 cases and complaints
against unions in 818 cases.
For the second consecutive year, charges filed by individuals represented
a majority— 59 per cent— of all unfair labor practice charges. Of the 7,176 com-
plaints filed by individuals, 4,664 were filed against employers and 2,512 were
against labor organizations.
The Board handed down 764 unfair practice decisions, the highest in any
year during its history.
Tin m
Not lost to those that love them.
Not dead, just gone before;
ttntfxxntn
They still live in our memory.
And will forever more.
The Editor has been requested to publish the names
of the following Brothers who have passed away.
AALTO, A. A., L. U. 1456, New York, N. Y.
ADAMS, GEORGE V., L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
ALLDREDGE, A. L., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
ALTENBERG, JOSEPH, L. U. 930, St. Cloud,
Minn.
ANDERSON, ROBERT C, L. U. 1478, Redondo
Beach, Cal.
ARES, CHRIST, L. U. 1922, Chicago, 111.
ARNOLD, HARRY E., L. U. 1665, Alexandria,
Va.
ARTS, GEORGE, L. U. 87, St. Paul, Minn.
BABCOCK, FREDERICK, L. U. 964, Rockland
Co. & Vic, N. Y.
BARNHILL, MATT, L. U. 1822, Fort Worth,
Texas
BEARDSLEY, HOWARD, L. U. 1449, Lansing,
Mich.
BEAVERS, J. O., L. U. 198, Dallas, Texas
BERG, CARL, L. U. 264, Milwaukee, Wise.
BERG, EMIL, L. U. 594, Dover, N. J.
BERMAN, PHILIP, L. U. 257, New York, N. Y.
BIELINUS, PETER, L. U. 1922, Chicago, 111.
BLACKBURN, B. B., L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
BLAIR, L. B., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
BOWMAN, JESS, L. U. 16, Springfield, 111.
BOWMAN, JOE, L. U. 2949, Roseburg, Ore.
BRAUN, EUGENE, L. U. 1292, Huntington,
N. Y.
BROWN, BENNIE, L. U. 133, Terra Haute,
Ind.
BRUEGEMAN, MARTIN, L. U. 272, Chicago
Heights, 111.
BUDDENMEYER, C. H., L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
BURKARD, CONRAD L., L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
BURKELL, RAYMOND. L. U. 1508, Lyons,
N. Y.
BUTTS, WILLIAM H., L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
CALLICOATE, A. M., L. U. 764, Shreveport,
La.
CAMILLI, THOMAS, L. U. 272, Chicago
Heights, 111.
CAREW, WILLIAM, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
CASA, GAETANO T. Sr., L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
CHANDLER, HARRY J. Sr., L. U. 61, Kansas
City, Mo.
CLEEK, DAVID H., L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
CLARK, DARWIN, L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
CONLIN, JOHN K., L. U. 87, St. Paul, Minn.
COSGROVE, JAMES, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
CRANK, V. C, L. U. 764, Shreveport, La.
CREEDON, WILLIAM, L. U. 33, Boston, Mass.
CZISNY, FRANK, L. U. 264, Milwaukee, Wise.
DANIELSON, CHARLES, L. U. 488, New York,
N. Y.
DARROW, E. R., L. U. 764, Shreveport, La.
DAY, LEWIS, L. U. 264, Milwaukee, Wise.
DeLORD, ALBERT, L. U. 1846, New Orleans,
La.
DEPREY, DAVID J., L. U. 132, Washington
D. C.
DREFKE, WILLIAM, L. U. 87, St. Paul, Minn.
DUEBER, GEORGE C, L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
DUKE, WALLACE HALL, L. U. 272, Chicago
Heights, 111.
DUVALL, DeWILTON S., L. U. 132, Wash-
ington, D. C.
DYE, HUGH v., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
EDMUNDS, DAVID, L. U. 414, Nanticoke, Pa.
ERNST, CHARLES, L. U. 281, Binghamton,
N. Y.
ESPENBAUM, FELIX, L. U. 1292, Huntington,
N. Y.
FAULKNER, CLYDE, L. U. 1255, ChiUicothe,
Ohio
FEIKERT, WILLIAM, L. U. 2027, Rapid City,
S. D.
FISCHER, FREDERICK O., L. U. 1846, New
Orleans, La.
FOSTER, DEWEY, L. U. 925, Salinas, Cal.
FREDERICK, E. A., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
FREDRICK, KARL, L. U. 257, New York, N. Y.
FUNK, GUSTAV, L. U. 366, New York, N. Y.
GABY, H. L., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
GALLOWAY, C. B., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
GAUTHIER, JOSEPH, L. U. 33, Boston, Mass.
GERDES, MARTIN, L. U. 16, Springfield, 111.
GIOVANAZ, DANIEL, L. U. 264, Milwaukee,
Wise.
GLENESK, JAMES, L. U. 1513, Detroit, Mich.
GOLDEN, WILLIAM M., L. U. 1323, Monterey,
Cal.
GOTTSCHALK, FLOYD, L. U. 264, Milwaukee,
Wise.
GRONDIN, LEON A., L. U. 1478, Redondo
Beach, Cal.
GROW, GEORGE, L. U. 769, Pasadena, Cal.
HAHN, CHARLES L., L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
HALACKA, JOSEPH, L. U. 1786, Chicago,
111.
HALLIDAY, STEWART C, L. U. 132, Wash-
ington, D. C.
HAMILTON, J. A., L. U. 2006, Los Gatos, Cal.
HANNA, T. M., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
HARDING, WILLIAM L., L. U. 132, Washing-
ton, D. C.
HARRELL, RUBEN, L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
HATLEY, R. W., L. U. 452, Vancouver, B. C.
HEIDLE, CHRIST, L. U. 355, Buffalo, N. Y.
HERNANDEZ, PETE D., L. U. 2006, Los Gatos,
Cal.
HEYDEN, WILLIAM F., L. U. 72, Rochester,
N. Y.
HEYSE, EMIL, L. U. 264, Milwaukee, Wise.
HINES, GUY, L. U. 770, Yakima, Wash.
HOEHN, ADOLPH, L. U. 72, Rochester, N. Y.
HUGHEN, H. O., L. U. 764, Shreveport, La.
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HUGHES, ALFRED, L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
HUNTLEY, ELMER, L. U. 12, Syracuse, N. Y.
HURST, JOHN J., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
JACKSON, ROBERT C, L. U. 1407, Wilming-
ton, Cal.
JILLETT, WALTER, L. U. 33, Boston, Mass.
JODREY, DANIEL J., L. U. 33, Boston, Mass.
KEMPE, WALTER, L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
KIRSCHMER, HENRY, L. U. 1922, Chicago,
IlL
KLAUD, CHARLES, L. U. 1786, Chicago, IH.
KLAUS, HARRY, L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
KLEIN. JOHN P., L. U. 272, Chicago Heights,
IlL
KNOTH, CALVIN, L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
KOEFPE, ARTHUR, L. U. 13, Chicago, lU.
KRETZMER, THEODORE, L. U. 15, Hacken-
sack, N. J.
LAKE. A. H., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
LAMARCH, ERVIE J., L. U. 13, Chicago, IlL
LAMPERT, LLOYD L., L. U. 930, St. Cloud,
Minn.
LANDER, RALPH H., L. U. 702, Grafton, W.
Va.
LANGMEAD, URIAH, L. U. 579, St. John's,
Newf.
LaROSSA, FREDERICK, L. U. 33, Boston,
Mass.
LARSON, CHARLES A., L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
LEM, SAMUEL H., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
LINDHOLM, THEODORE, L. U. 1456, New-
York, N. Y.
LOPATOWSKI, WALTER S., L. U. 13, Chi-
cago, 111.
MALMROS, VICTOR, L. U. 488, New York,
N. Y.
MARTIN, CHARLES S., L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
MARTIN, H. A., L. U. 2949, Roseburg, Ore.
MAUPIN, W. S., L. U. 198, Dallas, Texas
MAY, LESTER, L. U. 133, Terre Haute, Ind.
McADOO, ROY A., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
McCOMBS, CLIFFORD, L. U. 166, Rock Island,
111.
McGILVRAY, JOSEPH, L. U. 33, Boston, Mass.
McMULLIN, JAMES C, L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
McPARTLAND, PATRICK, L. U. 950, New
York, N. Y.
MILLER, G. W., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
MOHR. FRANK J., L. U. 355, Buffalo, N. Y.
MORAN, FRANK P., L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
MOYA, JOZ R., L. U. 1353, Sante Fe, N. Mex.
MURPHY, JAMES F., L. U. 1846, New Orleans,
La.
MYLAR, JAMES H., L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
NELSON, EDWARD, L. U. 871, Battle Creek,
Mich.
NEWTON, W. A., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
NIELSEN, OLAF R., L. U. 253, Omaha, Neb.
NOONAN, EDWARD, L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
NOVAK, BARNET, L. U. 488, New York, N. Y.
NUESLEIN, FRED, L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
OROPEZA, JUAN, L. U. 1407, Wilmington,
Cal.
PAGE, MARVIN HALE, L. U. 764, Shreveport,
La.
PERDUE, Z. G., L. U. 1228, Bluefield, W. Va.
PERLMAN, DAVE, L. U. 1367, Chicago, 111.
PETERS, REX J., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
PHILLIPS, H. E., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
emotixtin
PIERCE, ANDREW, L. U. 12, Syracuse, N. Y.
RALEY, H. D., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
RAWLITT, H. E., L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
REICHERT, EDWARD, L. U. 355, Buffalo,
N. Y.
ROBERT, ULYSSES, L. U. 1846, New Orleans,
La.
ROBERTS, WALTER C, L. U. 2164, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
ROBINS DN, JESSE G., L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
ROSS, TI.'HODORE, L. U. 1846, New Orleans,
La.
RUCKEL, WILLIAM, L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
RUSSO, ANTHONY, L. U. 1613, Newark, N. J.
SANTIN, VINCENT, L. U. 1939, Clifton, N. J.
SARSOK, JOSEPH, L. U. 1786, Chicago, 111.
SCHIMPF, WALLACE B., L. U. 964, Rockland
Co. & Vic, N. Y.
SCHULMAN, HARRY, L. U. 132, Washington,
D. C.
SCIGLIANO, GENNARO, L. U. 494, Windsor,
Ont.
SCOTT, W. A., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
SEHRT, WALT., L. U. 1022, Parsons, Kans.
SENITTE, ROBERT, L. U. 1172, Billings,
Mont.
SMITH, ARTHUR C, L. U. 1846, New Orleans,
La.
SMITH, CLAIR R., L. U. 1449, Lansing, Mich.
SMITH, JOSEPH C, L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
SPANN, GEORGE A., L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
STARK, E. B., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
STEVENSON, J., L. U. 452, Vancouver, B. C.
STOVAUGH, JOHN, L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
STROM, AXEL, L. U. 964, Rockland Co. &
Vic, N. Y.
SUNDSTROM, CHARLES, L. U. 488, New York,
N, Y.
SWART, E., L. U. 72, Rochester, N. Y.
SWEET, EDWARD, L. U. 12, Syracuse, N. Y.
SWENLIN, CHARLES, L. U. 121, Vineland,
N. J.
TERREL, C. W., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
THOMAS, WILLIAM B., L. U. 61, Kansas
City, Mo.
THOMSEN, PETER, L. U. 253, Omaha, Neb.
TIFFEY, GEORGE, L. U. 253, Omaha, Neb.
TOMPKINS, CHARLES W., L. U. 61, Kansas
City, Mo.
TRANGMAR, RAYMOND, L. U. 764, Shreve-
port, La.
VICTOR, HIMAN, L. U. 13, Chicago, IlL
WALL, FRANK J., L. U. 488, New York, N. Y.
WARNER, JAMES H., L. U. 72, Rochester,
N. Y.
WEBER, PAUL, L. U. 264, Milwaukee, Wise.
WELCK, ARTHUR P., L. U. 930, St. Cloud,
Minn.
WHEATON, SPENCER, L. U. 33, Boston,
Mass.
WIENBERG, FRED, L. U. 15, Hackensack, N. J.
WILLIAMS, TOMMY J., L. U. 61, Kansas City,
Mo.
WINGLER, ALONZO, L. U. 2949, Roseburg,
Ore.
WINTERS, JAMES W., L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
WUSNICK, FRED, L. U. 72, Rochester, N. Y.
What's New^
This column is devoted to new developments in materials and products of interest to members
of crafts which are a part of the United Brotherhood. The articles are presented merely to inform
our readers, and are not to be considered an endorsement by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America.
For information concerning products which are described in this column, please do not write to
THE CARPENTER or the General Office, but address all queries to the manufacturer, whose name
appears at the close of each article.
There is now a clamp on the market de-
signed especially for door and window cas-
ings and manufactured by a brother of
Local 361, Duluth, Minn., for getting a
good joint with those twisted hardwood
casings that would otherwise be discarded.
The clamp allows time for glue to set. The
maker claims that brief experience with the
clamp enables the user to get a glued joint
with the professional look and that experi-
enced trimmers say they wouldn't be with-
out the product after a few days of use.
Also said to be handy in dividing up the
margin when used in pairs. Sold by mail
only. Made under the name of Smitty's
Mitered Casing Clamp at 1924 Adirondack,
Duluth, Minn.
A new plane is being offered by Great
Neck Saw Manufacturers, Inc. of Mineola,
New York. Named the GM-O, it's a minia-
ture plane that can be securely palm-held
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^^
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for complete control of fine wood work-
ing. Only 3 y2 " in length, the 1-inch cut-
ter is made of alloy tool steel and is claimed
to be accurate for finishing in small, close
work. Write the manufacturer for details.
Manufactured by the Speed Corporation,
P. O. Box 61, Lynwood, California, is tlie
Speed Sharpener, designed especially for
the beginner but equally efficient in the
hands of the expert. It sharpens cross cut,
hollow ground, combination and rip saw
blades, and can be used with practically
any circular saw blade of 6" to 12". Simple
calibrations on the holder of the guide arm
are said to make the sharpener foolproof.
Available by mail order, the sharpener comes
complete with one 3-cornered file, four
mandrels and detailed working instructions.
Now available is a high-torque, fully
reversible drive attachment (H352) for Vi-
inch and larger electric drills that increases
the drill's power for driving and removing
screws, nuts and bolts and for heavy-duty
drilling. A hand clutch commands full con-
trol of power and safety at all times, it is
said. Address Dept. PD, Stanley Tools, di-
vision of The Stanley Works, 111 Elm St.,
New Britain, Conn.
/Weanderingll
By Fred Goetz
ILLNESS FLOORS FRED GOETZ
We regret to announce that Fred
Goetz, author of this column, has suf-
fered a breakdown in health. He will
be out of action for an indefinite period.
This column is made up of unused mate-
r'al previously submitted.
We have asked that Mrs. Goetz for-
ward to this office the recipes submitted
in the camp cookery contest. A group of
outdoor enthusiasts will be asked to
judge them and their decision will be
announced as soon as possible.
In the meantime, all of us join in
wn'shing Brother Goetz a swift and com-
plete recovery.
Probably one of the toughest ducks ever
to grace the hunter's table was a male black
shot o\er the Munuscong marshes of the
upper peninsula country of Michigan. The
winger, bearing a federal leg band, was
dowT/ed by a blast from the scattergun of
Alphonse LeLievre of Sault Ste. Marie,
early in the season.
Examination of tlie leg band showed the
quaekcr was 13 years old!
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T]ie abiUty of some people, especially
hunters and anglers, to over-estimate the
v/cight of fish and wildlife is well known.
A sportsman's club in Pennsylvania, how-
ever, proved the point in a live black bear
weight-guessing contest conducted to raise
funds for a game-feeding project. The high-
est giiess was 1,650 pounds, but many
people estimated the bear weighed as
much as 700. The actual weight was 320 V2 !
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George W. Reynolds, editor of Wyoming
Wildlife, defines conservation this way:
"ConserN'ation is, when all the fat's boiled
out, wise use. Conservation is enjoying
without waste. Conservation is resource use
with an eye on tomorrow.
Conservation is the thing we practice now
so that we can enjoy its benefits now and
next >ear. Conservation is just common
se!?£e backed by teclmical know-how."
After using your outboard motor in salt
water, it should be thoroughly flushed out
by a few minutes' operation in a barrel or
tank of fresh water. If this is not done, the
salt water will not only start corrosion at
critical points inside the motor but will also
deposit a salt cake which may plug up the
water pipes and water passages.
The outside of the motor should then be
wiped dry with a slightly oily rag before it
is put away. Care of this kind will avoid
trouble in operation and also give the motor
longer life.
While corrosion-resisting alloys and metal
are extensively used in outboard motors
and special protective chemicals employed
to resist corrosion, some corrosive action is
bound to take place sooner or later.
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Early settlers in our country used deer
meat as the main fare.
Bear oil was a cure-all for cuts and burns
of all kinds. It also found high favor as an
axle grease. It also went into the making
of candles, soap and hair oil. It was used
in cooking and frying. And, on those cold
winter nights, bearskins were used as over-
coats and bed clothing.
Another use that the present day house-
wife may disagree with was pointed out by
the early historian, William Byrd. He said:
"Bears are black and so is their dung,
but it will make linen white, being a toler-
able soap without any preparation except
drying."
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The minimum length of a trailer, in rela-
tion to boat length, should be several feet
less than the boat. For most boats, however,
a trailer at least as long as the hull is pre-
ferred. Otherwise, no transom support is
possible.
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DIDJA KNOW THAT . . . The flight of
the Canada goose is heavy but powerful. It
averages about 55 miles per hour. Among
ducks the pintail is one of the strongest and
fastest fliers. A flock of 22 pintails landed
on Palmyra Island, 1,100 miles south of
Hawaii in 1942 and one wore a band placed
on it in Utah 82 days earlier.
CorrospondoncQ
This Journal is Not Responsible for Views Expressed by Correspondents.
33 APPRENTICES AWARDED CERTIFICATES AT PHILADELPHIA
On April 29tli the playing of the "Star Spangled Banner" opened the Sixth Annual
Carpenters Joint Apprentice Committee Banquet in honor of the 1960 apprentice gradu-
ates. The banquet was held in the Burgundy Room of the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Phila-
delphia, Pa. Groups represented were:
Carpenters District Council, management, industry, government, and construction, as
well as many employers of the apprentices -who were on hand to oflFer congratulations.
The Right Reverend Monsignor Francis J. Furey, rector of St. Helena's Church, gave
the Invocation. He was also among the principal speakers, who included: Colonel Weldon
At a banquet held to honor the 1960 graduating class of the Philadelphia Carpenters Joint
Apprentice Committee, the leading students were awarded prizes in honor of their achievements.
From left to right, seated, are: Joseph Farrell, contractor meniber of Apprentice Committee;
O. Wm. Blaier, Second General Vice President of the Carpenters' Brotherhood; Col. Weldon
Snow, A.G.C. secretary of Apprentice and Training Committee; Robert H. Gray, secretary-treas-
urer of the District Council; Francis Tuscano, Carpenter Class, first prize winner of $100, and
the second prize winner of $50 in the same class, Walter Ziegler.
Standing, are: John McNamara, first prize winner of $60 in the Mill-Cabinet Class; Anthony
Oliveri, winner of second prize of $40, M. C; M. Belperio, $25 award for Effort and Perseverance;
L. Gavi, $25 award for 4 years of perfect school attendance; and J. Kalbach, a $25 award for
skill in blueprint reading.
A Snow, manager of the Building Div., Associated General Contractors of America, and
secretary of the A.G.C. Apprentice and Training Committee; O. William Blaier, Second
General Vice President of the Brotherhood; Elmer H. Briggs, principal of the Murrell
Dobbins Vocational-Technical School. Robert H. Gray, the toastmaster and secretary-
treasurer of the District Council, as well as secretary of the Joint Apprentice Committee,
was introduced by Joseph R. Farrell, Sr., representing the General Building Contractors
Association.
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Awards in recognition of exceptionally fine records were presented. Francis Tuscano,
Walter Ziegler and Michael Giantisco received $100, $50 and $25, respectively, from the
Cari>enters Company of Philadelphia and vicinity. The two Mill-Cabinet prize winners
were John McXama, who won first prize of $60, and Anthony Oliveri, second prize
winner who received $40. The latter prizes were offered by Locals 359 and 1050.
Leonard Gavi received his $25 award for perfect attendance for four years. The
perseverance and effort exercised by Michael Belperio during his school term, too, re-
ceived recognition. Third winner was John Kalbach who was awarded $25 for his interest
and skill in blueprint reading.
Group of graduate apprentices who were awarded completion certificates at gala affair in Phila-
delphia last April.
An electric saber saw was donated as door prize by H. K. Porter Company. Joseph
Bailey was the lucky winner.
Each graduate received, as well as his Completion Certificate, a congratulatory letter
from the Secretary of Labor and Industry, a laminated identification card, and a 50-foot
tape from the Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Committee.
Speakers stressed the "a b, c's" vital to the success of the apprentice: "a"— the praise-
worthy ambition which keeps a young man faithfully attending class two nights a week
for four full years; "b"— his zest and spirit for laying the foundation for his chosen skill,
and "c"— the cooperation which he must show his instructors, fellow apprentices and man-
agement. Everyone agreed that the graduating apprentices had certainly ranked high in
all these attributes!
ABILENE SPONSORS SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM
Rtcently, Local Union 1565, Abilene, Texas, sponsored a special Anniversary program
to honor its past presidents and to award 25-year service pins to some seven members.
During the evening two Brotherhood certificates were also awarded to graduate
apprentices.
Receiving the 25-year pins were George Cramer, J. E. Sanders, Cy Moore, E. O. Nail
and Ro\' Jones, all of Abilene; John Mayfield of Clyde, and T. R. Tegart of Hamlin, Texas.
Wylie Wyatt and Tommy Landreth were :given certificates of completion of apprenticeship
training.
Brotherhood certificates were presented by Cleve Culpepper, state supervisor of the
Bureau of Apprentices, and the Department of Labor certificates were given by Dwain
Unxue, apprenticeship committeeman of the local union.
Past presidents of the local are George Cramer, R. L. McClain, Tommy Thorn, R. T.
Chambers, Fred Busby, J. B. Yawn, C. H. Sanderson, H. B. Davis, C. C. Duncan, Bennie
C. Woodrow, H. L. Bradberry and EUery Smith (deceased).
Main speaker was Travis J. Lewis of Dallas, with the U. S. Department of Labor.
Mar-hall T. Jones of Abilene was master of ceremonies.
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Among those present were Hugh Welch, executive secretary for the Associated Gen-
eral Contractors; Herman Whatley, with the electricians union; and W. A. (Bill) Cam-
field, of the U. S. Department of Labor at Austin.
LOCAL UNION 490 CELEBRATES ITS 72nd ANNIVERSARY
Seventy-two years ago last March, a small group of Carpenters in Passaic, New
jersey took the obligation of the United Brotherhood to bring into being Local Union
No. 490.
On March 12, 1960, the 72nd Anniversary of that occasion was celebrated with a
dinner-dance held at the Casino De Charles, Totowa Borough, New Jersey.
Shown attending the 72nd Anniversary Dinner of Local Union 490 are, from left to right:
First row: Raleigh Rajoppi, Second District Board member; Cornelius P. Warner, recording
secretary of the local; George Collura, president; Fred Lombardo, treasurer.
Second row: William Bonnema, business agent; Isaac Greenblatt, warden; George Hazekamp, a
50-year member; Ted Bannon, vice president, and Marvin Kramme, financial secretary.
A large turnout was on hand to make the evening a memorable one. A special guest
at the affair was Second District Board Member Raleigh Rajoppi, who congratulated the
union on its outstanding record of ser\'ice for nearly three quarters of a century.
Another revered guest was Brother
August Eberhardt, 91 years of age, who
was awarded a 50-year pin as a token
of appreciation for the many years he
faithfully upheld the principles and ideals
of the union.
Seventy-two years is a long time. The
United Brotherhood was only 7 years old
when Local Union No. 490 was char-
tered. The first airplane was still nearly
20 years away, and the first ship to go
through the Panama Canal was not even
on the drawing board.
Through the years Local Union 490
contributed a great deal, both to the
growth of the United Brotherhood and
the development of the area it covers.
With its solid history behind it, there is
little doubt but that the union is des-
tined to continue contributing to a big-
ger and better labor movement and a stronger nation for many years to come
Shown receiving his 50-year pin from Raleigh
Rajoppi, Second District Board member, is George
Hazekamp. Others in the group are William Bon-
netna, business agent, and George Collura, presi-
dent of Local 490.
SAN DIEGO LADIES REALIZE FULL PROGRAM
To die Editor:
Auxiliary No. 506, San Diego, California, send greetings to all sister Auxiliaries
tliroughout the Brotherhood and invite you to visit us. We meet the second and fourth
Mondays at Carpenters Hall, 23rd and Broadvi^ay, at 7:30 p.m.
We have been an active Auxiliary since organizing in 1948, always striving to uphold
the dignity of labor and remembering our obligations as members.
Our president, Marie Duncan, has worked faithfully to keep us informed on what is
union and non-union, and what is fair and unfair. We have sold many types of union-
labeled cards, invitations, address stickers, playing cards, ties, belts and socks— all carrying
the Union Label. This not only realizes a nice profit for the Auxiliary, but what is more
important, it spreads the message of Union Label buying.
Our welfare committee is always busy making and collecting garments and delivering
them, with other donations, to our local Children's Hospital. We also have purchased
and given to a Tijuana, Mexico orphanage new blankets, together with other articles of
bedding, clothing and food donated by members. We help needy members and contribute
to tlie United Fund, Tri-Hospital Fund, and other coinmunity projects. We donate two
popular recordings and magazines monthly to the Naval Hospital.
Last Christmas, attractive trays were made up with fruit and Christmas delicacies, also
small, personal gifts, and delivered to older members of our Auxiliary and our brother
Locals.
We always help our brother Local No. 1296 (San Diego) with their Christmas party
by helping fill 1,000 stockings, taking charge of the program, trimming the tree, etc. We
also help each year on the San Diego County Labor Council party for 2,500 under-
privileged children. This party was telecast this year and carried from coast to coast on
Christmas Eve. Perhaps some of you viewed it.
Our sunshine committee remembers all members who are ill or shut in with cards,
flowers or gifts.
Our Historian keeps our history book up to date with clippings and pictures; our
membership roster is corrected annually and a booklet made for each member, with
birllidays and anniversary dates noted.
Our ways and means committee members are active in their fund-raising affairs, mainly
rummage sales, annual bazaar and dinner, luncheon and card parties, union-made candy
and union-labeled articles.
We are a member of our local Travelers Aid Society, with one of our members serving
as secretary of the Board of Directors.
We are affiliated with the Women's Auxiliar>^ Council of the San Diego County Labor
Council, with one of our members now serving as president, and the Women's Activities
Division of COPE, with active delegates always keeping abreast of what is going onj
within the labor movement in our district. We also have active delegates to the San Diego
County Labor Council, with other members attending City Council and Board of Super-
visors meetings and bringing back reports to share with all of us at our Auxiliary meetings.
We are affiliated with the Carpenters Ladies Auxiliary State Council of California, and
our Srst Auxiliary president, Marie Hiatt, is now serving as District No, 1 board member.
40 THE CARPENTER
We feel that much benefit is deri\'ed from our afBHation with the State Council and
would urge any Auxiliary which has not already done so to not hesitate to affiliate with its
local Council. There can be so much more done in unity of numbers.
We have always wdrked in harmony with our sponsor. Local No. 1296, and lia\e found
them very cooperative in every way. We try our best to reciprocate. They are always in-
vited to our Installation, Christmas parties, anniversary dinner, and for refreshments after
our first meeting of each month. They provide us with our Ladies Lounge and with
kitchen rent-free, also giving us the use of other rooms when needed for our own or sister
Auxiliaries' affairs. We are proud of and grateful to our brother Local 1296.
We hope other Auxiliaries and members derive as much pleasure as we do from
husbands, fathers, sons and brothers being carpenters. We think it is a privilege to enjoy
tlie benefits from their belonging to the Brotherhood.
Sincerely,
Marg Whitely, Secretary
1710 E. 4th, National City, Cal.
ALASKA AUXILIARY GAINING GROUND
To the Editor:
At the request of the other members of Auxiliary 527 of Mt. View, Alaska, I am
writing this letter as explanation of tlie activities of our organization for the past year.
A partially unsuccessful attempt was made in the fall of 1958 to gain additional mem-
bers and new interest in the Auxiliary. It was successful to the extent of electing new
officers, and tentative plans were made for an all-out drive for membership in the spring
of 1959. However, because of the pending Carpenters' strike, this was not followed tlirough.
During the strike, however, it was apparent that several of the members of the Broth-
erhood were in dire circumstances and that assistance of some nature was necessary. An
appeal was made and we were able to obtain large supplies of groceries which were dis-
tributed to those who were in need. During the strike the members worked closely to-
gether, united in tills one cause.
After the strike, however, the interest waned and no meetings were held in October,
November and December. The first of the year, a special meeting was held to determine
the future of the Auxiliary. At that time it was decided by all to make a concentrated and
conscientious effort to obtain new members and to plan new and interesting projects. Our
members now number close to twenty and we have several new prospects— it is like a
chain reaction, each new member is bringing other new members.
Very truly yours,
(Mrs.) Audrey A. Mitchell, Secretary
Box 5402, Mt. View, Alaska
AUXILIARY No. 370 REPORTS SPECIAL EVENT
To the Editor:
Greetings from the Carpenters Auxiliary No. 370 of Ottumwa, Iowa.
Our Auxiliary was hostess to the wives of the delegates to the Iowa State Couiicil of
Carpenters' Convention at Hotel Ottumwa, April 20, 21 and 22.
On Wednesday, April 20, a tea was held in the Auxiliary rooms from 2:00 until 4
o'clock. Then on Thursday we chartered a bus and viewed construction work In some
residential districts and took John Morrell and Company's special tour, ending with a
luncheon with our members and out-of-town guests at the Corn Picker. A really enjoyable
time was thus spent.
On Thursday evening, at 6:30, a banquet was served in the Hotel Ottumwa's ballroom,
with all delegates and local guests present, and with the local Carpenters Union members
as hosts. A variety of entertainment followed.
We meet the second Monday night of each month for a business meeting, and try
to have a montlily co-op supper with games and a program. Each occasion is enjoyed by all.
Fraternally,
Mrs. W. K. Baird, Recording Secretary,
720 Johnson Ave., Ottumwa, Iowa.
Craft ProblQms
Carpentry
By H. H. Siegele
LESSON 380
Old Fashioned Houses.— Many of the
younger readers might wonder why kitchens
and, for that matter, houses were built a
few generations ago as tliey were. The an-
swer is simple: In those days they built,
just as we are doing today, die best that
they could with the materials available and
the means wth which such materials could
base. Properly sized ys-inch material is set
on edge, which receives the first floor and
supports the cabinet and what is in it.
Sometimes the piece that is nailed against
the wall, marked X, is omitted, without
damaging results. In the same way, the
cross pieces, marked Y, can be omitted, us-
ing only the front and back supports for the
floor.
Fig, 10 shows the same layout, after the
floor is in place. Here the clotted lines
4-
ST OVE
■Toe Room
BASE OF COUNTER CABINETS
be secured. Basic, natural building materials
were plentiful and, as a rule, were avail-
able at reasonable costs. The same was true
of labor. Most of the processed building
materials that we ha\"e were unknown to
them, while processed materials that they
knew and used, with few exceptions, are
obsolete or unknown to us. It is this writer's
opinion that in the next few generations
the changes in processed building materials
will be much greater and more revolution-
ary than they were in the last few genera-
tions. The builders then will wonder about
the builders of today.
Built-in Cabinet Base.— Fig, 9 is a plan
sliowing, in part, the things that are done
first in erecting built-in kitchen cabinets.
VT-.it is shown here is the rough part of tlie
Fig. 9
should be noted. Cross sections of the
frames for the front of the cabinets are
shown shaded, and the doors for the cab-
nets are indicated by dotted lines. The
supports to which the frames are fastened
are pointed out. These support the front of
the counter top. The ledgers, shown by
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dotted lines, reinforce the counter between
tlie front support and the wall, leaving the
space open under the counter, so that the
corner area can be utilized. Sometimes, one
or both of these counter supports are made
of solid partitions, similar to the optional
partition indicated by dotted lines. When
both of tliese parts of the counter are sup-
ported by partitions it renders the corner
area useless. The end of the counter next
to the stove is made of %-inch plywood,
and supports that part of the counter top.
top and the stove should be from %-inch to
5/16-incli. This size opening is just right
for using a piece of weather stripping for
closing the crack between the stove and
the counter top, after the stove is in posi-
tion. Fig. 13 shows, to the left, a cross sec-
tion of the weather stripping, and to the
right we have a side view. How the weatli-
er stripping goes into the crack is shown
by Fig. 14. The upper drawing gives a cross
section and the bottom one is a plan, in
part. This particular kind of weather strip-
Shblves
STOve
SHELF AND DRAWER SPACE
Fig. 10
-i
Section d-d is shown in detail by Fig, 11,
giving tlie construction of the base around
the toe room. It also shows how the V4-inch
plywood floor is joined to the %-inch piece
over the toe room.
Counter Top.— Fig. 12 shows the counter
top of the part we are using here as a
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SCCTION d- d
Fig. 11
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width, as shown, is 2 feet. This width makes
the material work out with a minimum of
waste. The allowance between the counter
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shelf for containers such as bottles, etc.,
that cannot be stored in the smaller spaces.
In front of the shelves there is space for
things that need a great deal of head-
room, as it were.
Section c-c
Fig. 16
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Index of Advertisers
Carpenters' Tools and Accessories
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Belsaw Machinery Co., Kansas
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Black & Decker, Towson, Md 3rd Cover
Oisston Div., H. K. Porter Co.,
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Eliason Tool Co., Minneapolis,
Minn. 43
Estwing Mfg. Co., Rockford, Ill._ 48
Foley Mfg. Co., Minneapolis,
Minn. 47
Hydrolevel, Ocean Springs, Wise. 45
Irwin, Wilmington, Ohio 45
Dan C. Laub, Minneapolis, Minn. 43
Millers Falls Co., Greenfield,
Mass. 47
Skil Corp., Chicago, 111 1
True Temper Corp., Cleveland,
Ohio 2nd Cover
Versa-Vise, Orrville, Ohio 45
Yates American Machine Co.j
Beloit, Wise. 46
Carpentry Materials
Beverly Mfg. Co., Los Angeles,
Calif. 41
Technical Courses and Books
Audel Publishers, New York,
N. Y. 44
Builders Publications, Inc.,
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Chicago Technical College, Chi-
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There are 2400 widths of build-
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There are 2400 Commons and 2400
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It was . . . just a short while
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But now there is nothing . . .
nothing but desolation.
How did this fire get start-
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a cigarette from a car window,
left a campfire smoldering, or
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Top Builder Erecting Our New Headquarters - 3
The John A. Voipe Construction Co.. erectors of our new headquarters building in
Washington, began as a two-man operation 26 years ago. Today it is rated among the
top 100 construction firms in the nation. John A. VoIpe started as a hod carrier and
served his apprenticeship as a plasterer. Today he still makes the final decisions for
the firm although he has a large corps of outstanding engineers on his payroll. At
51, he is a \widely kno\vn leader as well as an efficient builder. In fact he is the Repub-
lican nominee for Governor of Massachusetts.
The Auto Is Deadlier Than War . - _ 6
Labor Day, which was conceived and dedicated as a day of relaxation and reflec-
tion for working people, has become a nightmare of slaughter on streets and highways.
If statistics run true to form, 400 Americans will die in traffic accidents this Labor Day
weekend. All this tragedy will occur because drivers ignore a few basic safety rules.
To stay alive this Labor Day, stay alive behind the wheel.
New Canadian Labor Party
8
Disgusted with the buck-passing performances of the two old political parties, the
Liberals and Conservatives, the Canadian labor movement has undertaken the establish-
ment of a new labor party in cooperation with other progress-minded, liberal groups.
Redevelopment — Challenge Of Our Time
- 11
slums and blight have downgraded many American cities to the point where vast
areas need to be completely rebuilt. Through redevelopment authorities, many cities are
making excellent progress in rooting out dilapidated and broken-down sections and re-
placing them with bright, airy, modern structures. Philadelphia is a cose in point,
as this article dramatically shows.
Proposed Changes In Our Constitution And Laws 15
A summary of the changes proposed by subordinate bodies for the consideration of
our forthcoming convention in Chicago beginning September 26.
• • •
OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Official
Editorials
In Memoriam
Outdoor Meanderings
Correspondence
Craft Problems
Index to Advertisers
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37
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Entered July 22, 1915, at INDIANAPOLIS, IND., as second class mail matter, under Act of
Congress, Aug. 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for
in Section 1103. Act of October 3, 1917. authorized on July 8, 1918.
Top Builder Erecting Our New Headquarters
• •
4 S A sequel to an article published in the June issue entitled, "Outstand-
AA ing Architects Plan Our New Home," we thought our members would
■^ -^ enjoy a story about the builders of our new headquarters building
because they, too, are leaders in their field.
The John A. Volpe Construction Company of Maiden, Massachusetts, has
been working diligently to get our new building completed so that the head-
quarters for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
can be occupied as soon as possible to serve you in a more eflBcient manner.
The young founder of the construction company bearing his name is still
its young president and is active in the top management of the company. Yet
Large jobs or small, Volpe Construction Co. has experience in all of them. This is an ex-
ample of a larger job — Cafeteria and Dormitory Building, Georgetown University.
he can find the time in a 24-hour day
to serve as a director in many types
of business such as banks, news-
papers, railroads, insurance companies
and on the boards of several educa-
tional and charitable institutions.
The Honorable John A. Volpe at
age 51 was recently nominated as the
Republican gubernatorial candidate in
Massachusetts. His candidacy guaran-
teeing an honest, efficient and moral
administration based on sound busi-
ness principles appealed to the Re-
publican delegates to the convention
in Worcester and resulted in a unani-
mous vote for the nomination.
The John A. Volpe Construction
Company has had an excellent record
of cooperation with labor, probabh' be-
cause the high principles of unionism
THE CARPENTER
were instilled in John A. Volpe during
his service as a hod carrier, an ap-
prentice plasterer and, subsequently,
a full-fledged union plasterer at the
early age of twenty. This union activ-
man of the Labor Relations Commit-
tee of the Associated General Con-
tractors of America.
During March of this year, John A.
Volpe was installed as national presi-
Traditional or modern, the John A. Volpe Construction Co. is at home in either field — as
these photographs graphically illustrate. Above, Philosophy Buildingc, Boston College; below.
School of Law, Howard University.
ity was accomplished prior to the
completion of his formal education,
and his interest in labor has continued
throughout his business career, even
ele\ating him to the position of chair-
dent of the Associated General Con-
tractors of America, which was the
culmination of many years of activity
in this representative organization.
Starting years ago as a member of
THE CARPENTER
the Massachusetts Associated General
Contractors organization, he served
successfully as vice president and
president of the local Massachusetts
section and continued climbing the
ladder of success in this organization
to national vice president and, as stat-
ed, is now its national president.
In addition to the foregoing, and
working chronologically backwards,
John A. Volpe has successfully served
as, president of the Boston Chamber
of Commerce, the first Federal High-
way administrator, Massachusetts
commissioner of Public Works for
about four years, national president of
the Society of Military Engineers, and
on many committees, educational pan-
els, fund raising drives, all for the
public good.
You may ask how a man with so
much public spirit could possibly be
a success in business. His secret has
been to develop an organization that
can operate with a minimum of effort
on his part. He learned early in life
that to become successful one must
delegate a tremendous amount of the
work load to trusted subordinates to
give himself time to make the proper
decision for expansion.
The John A. Volpe Construction
Company has been in business for
over twenty-six years and has risen
from a two-man outfit to a concern
that is now listed in the Architectural
Forum's Directory of the one hun-
dred largest contractors in the nation.
The company is concerned primarily
with the construction of buildings but
has entered the hea\y construction
field in several instances, such as the
Limestone Air Base in Maine and the
Bomarc Missile site in Bangor, Maine.
Many beautiful buildings, long
since completed and now in constant
use, stand as a testimonial to this
contracting company. They like to
consider themselves monumental type
builders who can be proud of their
accomplishments for years to come.
The mainstays of the company who
carry on while the boss is busy in
other fields are: Frank Marcucella,
vice president and general manager,
an M.I.T. graduate, who is today
rated as one of the top building con-
struction executives in the country;
S. Peter Volpe, treasurer of the com-
pany, ^vith twenty-five years' experi-
ence in the building construction busi-
ness, and who was recently installed
as vice president of the Massachu-
setts section of the A.G.C. He also
has a force of young, energetic esti-
mators and project engineers headed
by Merrill Carter, a chief engineer of
well known repute, and field super-
intendents, some of whom have been
with the company since its inception.
The main ofiice of this growing
company is located in Maiden, Massa-
chusetts, on the exact spot where
John A. Volpe and his brothers were
raised. The Washington office headed
by Glen H. Ballowe, a George Wash-
ington engineering graduate, is re-
sponsible for the direct super\ision
of our new Carpenter's Union head-
quarters building.
Now this company is planning a
Miami, Florida, office to handle work
in the southeast section of the
country.
r
INVEST IN
YOUR FUTUHE
The Auto Is Deadlier Than War
^^^^^
* *
IF statistics run true to form, some 400 Americans who start this Labor
Day hohday with high hopes and ambitious plans will lie cold and stiff
on marble slabs come September 6. They will die on super-highways
and country lanes, in city streets and village squares, because somebody
tliought he could jump a signal, cut a corner, hold another drink, or drive
another hour.
In a sense these will be the lucky ones, for thousands of others will be
smashed and maimed beyond repair and doomed to living out a few pain-
wracked years lame, halt, and broken.
This is not a pretty picture, but it
is an accurate one. Labor Day, the
only national holiday dedicated to
honoring the workers of the nation
who create all the wealth and gran-
deur we enjoy, has become a night-
mare of slaughter on the highways.
Since the first automobile huffed
and puffed its erratic way down a
cobblestone street, some 62,000,000
people have been killed, maimed or
crippled. More blood has been spilled
on the highways than on all the bat-
tlefields enshrined in American his-
tory. And traditionally the Labor Day
weekend is the bloodiest of all.
It is the last holiday of the summer.
People are anxious to make the most
of it. They drive farther and try to
crowd in more activities than at any
other time of the year. The result is
more and deadlier accidents.
Increasingly, organized labor has
become concerned over the transition
of Labor Day from a holiday devoted
to rest and contemplation to a week-
end of carnage. The labor movement
is joining hands with many other or-
ganizations promoting safety in an ef-
fort to reduce Labor Day traffic acci-
dents. But the task is a monumental
one. Slogans, pledges and statistics
seem to have little lasting effect. Ev-
eryone seems to think the slogans and
posters are aimed at the other fellow
Bsfor* thU happ«nad, h* drova 43 houri nonttop.'
exclusively. So accidents go on in-
creasing. Only when everyone who
takes the wheel of a car appreciates
the terrible, destructive power of the
modern automobile will the needless
slaughter diminish.
This Labor Day holiday, make sure
you do not contribute to the horrible
statistics. If you are going somewhere,
start in plenty of time so you do not
need to speed in crowded traffic con-
ditions. Observe the traffic rules. Stay
away from the wheel if you have been
drinking. Don't try to set endurance
records on the road.
To stay alive over Labor Day week-
end, stay alive behind the wheel.
THE CARPENTER
THE FACTS OF '59
37,600 Deaths
900 More than 1958
2,870,000 Injuries
45,000 More than 1958
8,200 Pedestrians Killed
500 More than 1958
914,690 Casualties from Speeding
15,110 Deaths Occurred on Weekends
More than 40% of the Total
28.7% of the Drivers Involved in Fatal Accidents
Were Under 25 Years of Age
More than 80% of the Fatal Accidents Occurred
on Dry Roads and in Clear Weather
More than 85%o of the Vehicles Involved in
Personal Injury Accidents were Passenger Cars
Almost 3,000 Pedestrians v^ere Killed while
Crossing Between Intersections.
Cartoons and statistics courtesy The Travelers
New Canadian Labor Party
• •
EARLY in June, the 48th Annual Convention of the Ontario Council of
Carpenters, representing 40,000 Brotherhood members in the province,
voted unanimously to support the political policy of the Canadian
Labor Congress— the formation of a new, liberal, political party. The council
will ask the International Brotherhood convention in September to amend the
constitution to allow Canadian Carpenters to participate in the "new party."
"The Canadian Labor Congress endorses the active participation of organ-
ized labor in the formation of the new party, and it is apparent to every
section of the trade union movement that it must become politically active,"
the council resolution read.
The delegates to the 48th Annual Ontario Provincial Convention of the Brotherhood of Car-
penters and Joiners, who endorsed the formation of a new political party.
More than 150 delegates voted to
support "the formation of a new poli-
tical party expected to merge ele-
ments of the Co-operative Common-
wealth Federation, labor and farm
groups, small businessmen and pro-
fessional groups."
At a press conference after the coun-
cil sessions, a spokesman said that the
delegates took this stand "because of a
long-overdue realization" that they
could not stay out of the political field
without eventually damaging their
own cause. The council signed the On-
tario Federation of Labor's Statement
of Support for the new party.
The council also sent a wire to
Premier Leslie Frost of Ontario
strongly condemning the premier for
refusing Brotherhood Representatives
a hearing on the recently-passed
amendments to the Ontario Labor
Relations Act. It was the first time
since the council was formed 48 years
ago that a provincial premier has re-
fused to hear a carpenters' delegation.
THE CAILP ENTER
"If this is the unalterable policy of
the Ontario government, our members
will be urged to express their conster-
nation in a fitting manner in every
constituency of the province in the
next provincial election," the telegram
to Premier Frost said.
What is the new party and what
will Brotherhood support mean and
involve? At the 1958 convention of
the CLC, a suggestion was endorsed
that all levels of the trade union
movement discuss with the CCF,
farmers, and other progressive Cana-
dians the possibility of forming a new
political party in Canada.
Since then a draft program has been
drawn up, a constitution formulated,
and more than 300 schools, seminars,
conferences and conventions have de-
bated the proposal. Supporters of the
new party believe that in neither of
the "old parties," the Liberals or Con-
servatives, is labor welcomed except
for the votes that it brings. When in
power the old parties listen much
more readily to business interests and
business money than to the trade
union movement.
As an important group in the com-
munity, organized labor has much to
offer Canada's political life. Thus, new
party advocates claim, we should have
a party of our own— not only to en-
sure better labor laws (which are des-
perately needed in most provinces),
but also to forward labor's broader
goals, social security, full employment
and human rights. Trade unions have
proposals to make regarding unem-
ployment, slums, ill health, and fall-
ing educational standards.
The old parties don't seem too inter-
ested in these proposals, so organized
labor, as a body of responsible citi-
zens, should form a party with other
like-minded groups to bring these
ideas into the councils of government.
At the 1980 CLC convention, the
delegates voted almost unanimously
to authorize a founding convention of
the party, probably in 1961. While the
founding convention will determine
the official policy and constitution of
the party, a number of points of in-
terest are already evident. There ap-
pears to be general acceptance of the
idea, for example, that one can join
the party either as an individual or
through one's union.
In the latter case, a union wiU vote
on the question of affiliation and if
that decision is affirmative, each mem-
ber, unless he signifies otherwise, will
become an affiliate member of the new
party. His union or local will send to
the party 60 cents a year as member-
ship fees. In other words, unionists
will be encouraged to support the
party, but if they wish, they can pull
out. No one will have to pay money
to the party against his wishes and he
certainly won't have to vote for it.
The membership of the Canadian
Labor Congress is 1,100,000. And most
of these members have, tlirough their
delegates to conventions or at their
own conventions, signified their sym-
pathy with the general idea of a trade
union-sponsored party in Canada. Yet
it is also clear that the union move-
ment alone cannot hope to win politi-
cal power in Canada. Only with the
cooperation of other "liberally-mind-
ed" Canadians will the new party
become one of the major political par-
ties in the country.
It is said that there is no difference
between the Liberals and Conserva-
tives—that the ballot therefore has
little meaning. The union movement
in Canada is determined to correct
that condition and provide for the
Canadian electorate a strong, effec-
tive and progressive alternative to the
existing governments, whatever politi-
cal name they parade under.
10
Progress Report
Here is the way our new headquarters building appeared on July 15. Obvi-
ously, another month will see the exterior pretty well completed and the cam-
eraman will face the difficult task of taking inside pictures to show the progress
of the buildins; as it is being finished out.
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11
Redevelopment— Challenge Of Our Time
• • •
K I ^ HE middle years of the Twentiedi Centuiy have become known as the
I "Space Age." In most respects the name is appropriate. We have mis-
-»- siles that can be hurled into the outer atmosphere. We have planes
that can fly faster than sound, and the airfields to accommodate them. We have
factories to turn out the marvelous gadgets that sever all connections with the
past.
However, there is one area where the title "Space Age" is misapplied. That
is in the development and growth of our cities. The cramped, crowded, and
often dilapidated metropolitan centers of our day scarcely have a nodding
acquaintance with "space." Designed in a horse and buggy era, most cities
are ill equipped to cope with the
automobile, let alone the airplane and
the missile. Streets are too narrow,
parking space is inadequate, and
buildings are outmoded and ineffi-
cient. Housing accommodations— some
dating back to the Spanish-American
War— are decrepit and obsolete in vast
sections of the average city.
Practically all of our cities were
born in the 18th and 19th centuries.
They were planned and laid out to
fit a horse and buggy economy. As
science and technology drastically
changed conditions, the cities patched
and improvised. They tackled the im-
mediate problems and allowed the
The photo on the left pictures the general
condition of the neighborhood at 22nd & the
Parkway before being purchased by the Author-
ity for redeveloping.
The photo above is the same area after the
site had been improved with four apartment
buildings containing 970 units, underground
parking, shopping center, and swimming pool.
long-range problems to fend for them-
selves. The result has been a patch-
work and hodgepodge of moderniza-
tion on a hit-or-miss basis.
But now time on improvisation and
expediency has run out. Great sec-
tions of most cities have to be razed
and rebuilt with modern structures.
Happily, most cities are awake to
the problems facing them. Over 400
American cities have redevelopment
boards in operation today. All of these
boards are struggling with problems
of rehabilitating slum areas and re-
placing them with Twentieth Cen-
tury structures.
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TirE CARPENTER
B\ and large, these redevelopment
commissions are doing an excellent
job— especially when the enormity of
the task facing them is taken into con-
sideration. Many members of our own
organization are serving as commis-
sioners in various cities.
Philadelphia is a case in point.
Brother Bob Gray, secretary-treasurer
of the Metropolitan District Council,
long has served as a member of the
Philadelphia Redevelopment Board.
work because of the contribution he
is making toward its rebirth."
Since its inception the Philadelphia
Board has transformed many slum-
ridden sections of the city into mod-
ern housing and industrial develop-
ments. The dramatic "before" and "af-
ter" pictures accompanying this arti-
cle demonstrate some of the spectacu-
lar changes that have been made. As
secretary of the Board, Brother Gray
signed contracts putting some $700,-
Another accomplishment of Redevelopment was the reclaiming of the land shown above beingr
used for squatters' shacks — to make it available for the building of the new Food Distribution
Center.
j^t the same time, the moving of these merchants from Dock St., made that area available for a
50 miilion dollar project.^Washington Square East^which is now in the land-clearing stage.
Recently the Mayor reappointed him
for another five-year term. In mak-
ing the appointment, Mayor Dil worth
said:
"He is a constant fighter for the la-
boring man— who is also concerned
with the over-all welfare of our great
cit}'. I am happy and proud to reap-
point him to this vital agency job with
full knowledge and confidence that
Philadelphia will become increasingly
a better place in which to live and
000,000 worth of redevelopment work
into operation over the past five years.
In the process, thousands of jobs for
our members were created.
Some of the major projects under-
written by the Philadelphia Redevel-
opment Authority include:
1. A $100 million city project in
the southeastern part of the city,
which changed 380 acres of swamp-
lands, burning dumps and squatters'
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13
shacks into an efficient "Food Distri-
bution Center," first of its kind in the
United States.
2. Park Towne Place, a $17 milHon
improvement to the town's Parkway,
This 18-story luxury apartment project
with shopping colony, swimming pool
and other modern facilities replaced
old-fashioned brownstones, two junk-
yards, and a vulcanizing factory.
3. Washington Square East rede-
velopment project, bordering Phila-
delphia's Sixth Sti-eet, where build-
ings are being razed to make way for
apartments, town houses, and reha-
bilitated colonial structures. This proj-
ect alone will add nearly 1500 dwell-
ing units to the city's housing inven-
tory—bringing the City more taxes
and building-trades workers more
jobs. The total cost is estimated at
nearly $50 million.
In an article published in "On The
Square," the sprightly little paper put
out by the Metropolitan District
Council, Second General Vice Presi-
dent O. William Blaier emphasized
the need for officers of our organiza-
tion becoming active in redevelop-
ment work in their localities. Vice
President Blaier pointed out that most
cities need to be completely rebuilt
to meet the growing demands of pop-
ulation increases. How fast this will
be done depends on the effectiveness
of the redevelopment commissions. By
serving on such boards our members
can hasten the process.
"Our Brotherhood has never oper-
ated in a vacuum," Brother Blaier
pointed out. We should continue to
help, as we have in the past, to bring
a better way of Iffe to everyone,
everywhere. When we do this, we
ourselves— directly or indirectly—
benefit by these activities.
"More construction work for our
members— to build a better city
through redevelopment— is a good ex-
ample of how a service to the com-
munity can, at the same time, be a
benefit to the membership."
UNION LABEL PRESIDENT JOHN J. MARA IS DEAD
President John J. Mara of the AFL-CIO Union Label and Service Trades De-
partment, who also was president of the Boot and Shoe Workers, died at Wellesley,
Massachusetts, last month at the age of 73.
Mr. Mara, who was a union man for more tlian half a century, had a distinguished
career in the service both of die Boot and Shoe Workers and in the union label
department, where he fought vigorously for the union label.
Joining the Boot and Shoe Workers in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1905, Mr. Mara
worked his way up in various local offices, attended all the conventions of his union
as a delegate since 1919, and became president of the union in 1929.
He became a 5th vice president of the Union Label and Service Trades Depart-
ment in 1932, and was elected president by Board action in 1956 on the death of the
late President Matthew WoU. He was re-elected to the presidency last year.
1959 PROFITS UP THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS WAGES
Corporation profits during 1959 went up three times as much as did wages and salaries
during the same year.
Revised statistics of the Department of Commerce show that wages and salaries ad-
vanced more than $20 billion during the year for a gain of 8 per cent. Profits after taxes in-
creased $4.7 billion over 1958 for a gain of 25 per cent. Interest income, profiting by "tight
money" policies of the present Administration, increased $1.7 billion for a gain of 11%.
Gross national product for 1959 was $482 billion with the national income reaching
$400 billion, both figures setting a new high record. Constant dollar gross national prod-
uct was 7 per cent higher tlian in 1958.
Official Information
General OflScers of
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS and JOINERS
of AMERICA
Gexekal Officb : Carpenters' Building. Indianapolis, Ind.
Gexeuai, Pkksiuent
M. A. HUTCHEbON
Carpenters' Building. Indiunapolis, Ind.
First Genekai. Vice President
JOHN R. STEVENSON
Carpenters' Building. Indianapolis, Ind.
Generai, Secuetauy
R. E. LIVINGSTON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
Second General Vice President
O. WM. BLAIER
Carpenters' Building. Indianapolis, Ind.
Generai, Treasurer
PRANK CHAPMAN
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
District Board Members
First District, CHARLES JOHNSON, JR.
Ill E. 22ud St., New Yorli 10, N. Y.
Sixth District, J. O. MACK
5740 Lydia, Kansas City 4, Mo.
.Second District, RALEIGH RA.IOPPI
I'rosiiect I'lace, Springfield, New Jersey
Seventli District, LYLE J. HILLER
11712 S. E. Rhone St., Portland G6, Ore.
Tliird District, HARRY SCHWARZER
oOlo Cliester Ave., Cleveland 14, Ohio
Eighth District, J. F. CAMBIANO
17 Aragou Blvd., San Mateo, Calif.
Fuurth District, HENRY ^V. CHANDLER
1684 Stanton Rd., S. W., Atlanta, Ga.
Ninth District, ANDREW V. COOPER
13.3 Chaplin Crescent, Toronto 12, Ont., Canada
Fifth District, LEON W. GREENE
lb Norbert Place, St. Paul 1(5, xVliuu.
Tenth District, GEORGE BENGOUGH
2o28 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver, B. C.
M. A. HLTCllESON, Chairman ; R. B. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
All correspondence for the General Executive Board must be sent to the General Secretary.
LOCAL UNIONS CHARTERED
1163 Rochester, New York 2764 Cuba, New Mexico
2813 Memphis, Tennessee 3270 Page, Arizona
1189 Colimibia County, Ohio 2774 Pinellas Park, Florida
2792 Sorel, Quebec, Canada 2795 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
IMPORTANT NOTICE
In the issuance of clearance cards, care should be taken to see that they are
properly filled out, dated and signed by the President and Financial Secretary
of the Local Union issuing same as well as the Local Union accepting the clear-
ance. The clearance cards must be sent to the General Secretary's Department
without delay, in order that the members' names can be listed on the quarterly
account sheets.
While old style Due Book is in use, clearance cards contained therein
must be used.
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Proposed Changes in Our Constitution and Laws
The following changes in our Constitution and Laws have been proposed by various
subordinate bodies in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Convention Call.
Whenever new phraseology is proposed, the new language is printed in bold face type.
Submitted by Calgary District Council, Calgary, Alta., Can.
Proposing that this convention amend Section 2, "Objects of the General Constitution"
to provide for and definitely outline adequate education in the duties of Local Unions,
District, State and Provincial Council officers as an object of our United Brotherhood, and
allocate responsibility for same.
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Submitted by Local Union 1735, Prince Rupert, B. C, Canada.
Proposing to amend that part of Section 3 entitled "Labor Legislation" to read as
follows:
Labor Legislation
"Resolved, That it is of the greatest importance that members vote intelligently, hence
the members of this Brotherhood shall strive to secure legislation in favor of those who
produce the wealth of the country, and all discussions and resolutions in that direction
shall be in order at any regular meeting, but party politics must be excluded, except that,
where a party is endorsed by the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada or the AFL-CIO
in the United States, sympathetic to Labor and our objectives. Local Unions and their
members may actively support candidates of such party to assure they are elected to
office in the government of the country."
Also submitted by Vancouver, New Westminster and Fraser Valley D. C, Vancouver,
B. C, Can.
ft « * « «
Submitted by the Northern Ontario District Council.
Proposing that this Special Convention of our Brotherhood amend that portion of
Section 3 titled "Labor Legislation" by deleting the words, "but party politics must be
excluded" for Canadian Locals, and further, that our ritual be amended so as to delete
all reference to politics or political opinions except those concerning Communism in the
preamble to the obligation for Canadian Locals.
« # # # #
Submitted by the Northern Ontario District Council.
Proposing that that part of Section 3 of our Constitution titled, "Our Principles", be
amended to read:
"Resolved, That we, as a body thoroughly approve of the objects of the AFL-CIO
and the Canadian Labour Congress, and pledge ourselves to give them our earnest and
hearty support."
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Submitted by Local Union 2486, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
Proposing that the last six words in the paragraph titled, "Labor Legislation", in Sec-
tion 3 be deleted and that the word, "political", be deleted from Paragraph A of Section
58, and also delete the words, "partisan politics" from paragraph F, Section 58.
« # » « #
Submitted by Local Union 681, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
Proposing that all clauses in the General Constitution and Laws restraining members
from political activity be deleted and, specifically, that the clause, "but party politics
must be excluded," shall be deleted from the paragraph titled "Labor Legislation" on
page 3; that the words, "or for political" be deleted from Section 58 A; that the words,
"for partisan politics or" be deleted from Parliamentary Rule 4."
ft # # » »
Submitted by Vancouver, New Westminster and Fraser Valley D. C, Vancouver, B. C. Can.
Proposing we change the third paragraph of Section 3 of tlie Constitution and Laws
of the United Brotherhood as follows:
"That it is of the greatest importance that members vote intelligently, hence the mem-
bers of this Brotherhood shall strive to secure legislation in favor of those who pro-
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chite the wealth of the country, and all discussions and resolutions in that direction shall
be in order at any regular meeting, but party politics must be excluded, except that,
where a party is endorsed by the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada or the A. F. of L.-
C. I. O. in the United States, sympathetic to Labor and our objectives, Local Unions
and their members may actively support candidates of such party to assure they are
elected to office in the Government of the country."
Also submitted by Local Union 1735, Prince Rupert, B. C, Can.
« « « « »
Submitted by LoCal Union 343, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Can.
Proposing that Section 3 be amended as follows:
Strike out all words after "legislation" in the third line and replace with the following
sentence:
"From any Political Party whose policy is favorable to the Trade Union Movement,
provided it is in no way connected with the Communist or any other Revolutionary
Part\."
«t # « # #
Submitted by Local Union 262, San Jose, Calif.
Proposing that a new subsection be added to Sec. 6 as follows:
"The General President together with the General Executive Board shall establish and
define the jurisdiction of each segment of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America."
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Subiiiitted by Indiana State Council.
Proposing that Section 7, Paragraph B, be amended to read as follows:
"When the term 'carpenter and joiner' is used, it shall mean all the industrial workers
and sub-diWsions of the trade and so stamped on due book to designate same."
# # * # #
Submitted by Local Union 343, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Can.
Proposing to amend Section 7, by adding Paragraph C as follows:
"That any Local Union of our Brotherhood shall upon request to the Jurisdictional
Committee of the General Executive Board be supplied with copies of any or all Agree-
ments and Rulings pertaining to Jurisdictional Disputes."
# « # » #
Submitted by the Northern Ontario District Council.
ProiDosing to amend Section 8, Paragraph A, to recognize the difference in government
and laws between the United States and Canada, and proposing that our Constitution be
divided into live parts, viz. . . Constitution; General By-Laws, U.S.A.; General By-Laws,
Canada; General Laws, U.S.A.; and General Laws, Canada, so there will be no confusion
as there is at present when some section of the Constitution cannot apply due to Gov-
ernmental Laws and there will be no danger of vicious, anti-labor legislation in either
country being enforced on the members in another country.
# # # « #
Submitted by Local Union No. 1735, Prince Rupert, B. C., Canada.
Proposing that Section 9 of the General Constitution be amended so that Board
Members be elected by a referendum vote of the members in the district to be represented
and any eligible member may be nominated by his own Local to stand for said office.
# » # o «
Submitted by Local Union 1280, Mountain View, Gal.
Proposing Section 9, Paragraph A be amended to read as follows:
General Officers of the United Brotherhood shall consist of a General President, First
and Second General Vice-Presidents, a General Secretary, a General Treasurer, and an
Executive Board of one member from each district of the United Brotherhood, who shall
be exempt from all duties in their respective Local Unions and shall n6t hold office in any
subordinate organization chartered under the Constitution and Laws of the United Broth-
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
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Submitted by Local Union 35, San Rafael, Cal.
Proposing that Section 9, Paragraph B of the General Constitution be amended to
read as follows:
"The General Officers except members of the General Executive Board, shall be elected
at the General Convention by a plurality vote of the delegates present and voting by secret
ballot. Each Executive Board member shall be elected at the General Convention by a
plurality vote of the delegates present from his district alone and voting by secret ballot.
The nominations shall be made on the third day of the first week of the Convention and
tlie election shall be held on the fourth day of the first week of the Convention."
Also submitted by Local Union No. 1710, Mill Valley, Cal.
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Submitted by Local Union 1622, Hayward, Cal.
Proposing to amend Section 9, Paragraph B, by striking out the first two lines and
the first three words and the period in line three and inserting the following wording:
"The General President, the First and Second Vice Presidents, the General Secretary,
and the General Treasirrer shall be elected at the Convention by a plurality of the dele-
gates present and voting by secret ballot. An Executive Board of one member from each
district who shall be members of the General Officers of the United Brotherhood of Car-
penters and Joiners of America shall be elected by the delegates of the individual districts
at the General Convention by a plurality vote of the delegates from each district present
and voting by secret ballot."
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Submitted by Local Union 681, Oakville, Ont., Canada.
Proposing that the following sentence be added to tlie end of Section 9, Paragraph B:
"All delegates shall be entitled to vote for General Officers, but for General Executive
Board members only those delegates from the district involved shall be entitled to vote."
Submitted by Local Union 1280, Mountain View, Cal.
Proposing Section 9, Paragraph B, be amended to read as follows:
"The General Officers, with the exception of the Executive Board members, shall be
elected at the General Convention by a plurality vote of the Delegates present and voting
by secret ballot. The Executive Board members will be elected at the General Conven-
tion by the Delegates of the Local Unions within the District the Board member will repre-
sent and by a plurality vote of the aforementioned Delegates present and voting by a
secret ballot. The nominations shall be made on the third day of the first week of the
Convention and the election shall be held on the fourth day of the first week of the
Convention;"
Also proposing if this Section is further amended and this Constitutional Amendment
is carried, the intent of this Section shall be clearly codified into our Constitution and Laws.
« « « « «
Submitted by Local Union 2203, Anaheim, CaUf.
Proposing Section 9, Paragraph C, be re- written as follows:
"The election shall be conducted by an Election Committee, the members of which
shall be appointed by the General President. No nominee for General Office shall be eli-
gible to serve on said Committee. Upon completion of the tabvdation of votes, the Election
Committee shall report to the General President the names of the General Officers elected
and the same shall be reported to the Convention, and those elected shall hold office for
a maximum of two (2) terms of four years duration each, after which time, their successors
must be duly chosen and qualified."
Also proposing that this rule shall apply to nomination and Election in Subordinate
Bodies with the exception of the Trustees, who shall be elected in such manner that tlie
term of one trustee shall expire annually.
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Submitted by the Northern Ontario District Council.
Proposing that Section 9, Paragraph G, be amended to allow semi-beneficial members
to stand for election as General Officers.
IS TIIECAKPEXTEIl
Si?bmitted by Local Union 2486, Sudbury, Ont., Canada.
Proposing to amend Section 9, Paragraph G, by deleting the entire paragraph and
substituting therefor the following language:
"All members shall be eligible for nomination and election as a General Officer."
« 0 « « «
Submitted by Local Union 1622, Hayward, Calif,
Proposing that Section 15, Paragraph A, be amended by adding the following wording
at the end of the paragraph: "As provided in Section 9-B of the International Constitution
and B>-Laws."
» « » « »
Submitted by Local Union 35, San Rafael, Calif.
Proposing to amend Section 18, Paragraph A, by inserting the following sentence
after the first sentence: "Such Convention shall be held not more than once in any District
until there has been a Convention held in each District of the United Brotherhood of Car-
penters and Joiners of America."
The entire paragraph, as amended, would read as follows:
The United Brotherhood shall meet in General Convention quadrennially, on a date
set by the General Executive Board, and the Board shall provide a suitable place for hold-
ing such Convention. Such Convention shall be held not more than once in any District
imtil there has been a Convention held in each District of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America. The General Convention, while in session, shall be
vested with all the legislative and judicial authority of the United Brotherhood. The
General President, the General Secretary, and the General Treasurer shall act as the Com-
mittee on Credentials one day in advance of the Convention."
Also submitted by Local Union No. 1710, Mill Valley, Calif.
« « * « *
Submitted by Summit, Medina and Portage Counties District Council, Ohio.
Proposing to amend Section 26, Paragraph D, of the General Constitution by having
the following paragraph added:
"When a District Council Charter is issued, all the autonomy of the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of America be granted with the Charter, within the territorial
bounds, granted to the District Council."
The paragraph then will read as follows:
The jurisdiction of the District Council shall be as provided for by the Constitution and
Laws of the United Brotherhood and named in their Charter. When a District Council
Charter is issued, all the autonomy of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of
America be granted with the Charter, within the territorial bounds, granted to the District
Council.
# # # # «
Submitted by Indiana State Council.
Proposal to study Section 26, Paragraph F.
We the Indiana State Council of Carpenters would like to recommend to the Consti-
tution Committee, to study Section 26, Paragraph F of the Constitution and Laws of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, and make the necessary
changes so that all members in the Brotherhood have representation for taxation paid.
« » # # «
Submitted by Northern Ontario D. C.
Proposing Section 29 of the Constitution shall be amended to read:
"More than one Local Union may be chartered in the same city, provided no reason-
able objections are offered by the Local Union or District Council in said locality. More
than one Local Union will not be chartered to accommodate a separation or segregation of
workmen on the basis of race, colour, creed, or national origin."
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Submitted by Local Union 1622, Hayward, Calif.
Proposing to amend Section 31, Paragraph A and B, to specifically designate whether
the elected office of business representative is part of the "officers" and whether it is en-
titled to an equal voice and vote with the officers at all times.
# * * « »
Submitted by Local Union 701, Fresno, Calif.
Proposing amendment of Section 31, Paragraph A, to read as follows:
"The officers of a Local Union shall be a President, Vice-President, Recording Secre-
tary, Financial Secretary, Treasurer, Conductor, Warden and three Trustees, and shall
constitute the Executive Board of the Local Union and be responsible for the afFairs of the
Union. Business Representatives can be invited in when needed."
# # # # *
Submitted by Local Union 1478, Redondo, Calif.
Proposing to amend Section 31, Paragraph A, to read as follows:
"The officers of a Local Union shall be a President, Vice-President, Recording Secretary,
Financial Secretary, Treasurer, Conductor, Warden, Business Representative or Represen-
tatives and three Trustees. Seven members shall constitute a quorum.
Proposing also that the General Constitution be amended accordingly to conform with
this amendment.
# » # # «
Submitted by Local Union 946, Los Angeles, Calif.
Proposing to amend Section 31, paragraph D, by adding the words, "retired members
excepted" after the word, " Organization", line seven.
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Submitted by Los Angeles County District Council, Calif.
Proposed that the following clarification be inserted in Section 31, Paragraph D; after
the word "organization":
"nor shall a contracting member be eligible unless notification is given to the Local
Union in wnriting twelve consecutive months in advance of nominations to the effect that
he is no longer engaged in contracting work. In States where contractors' licenses are re-
quired, it will necessitate cancellation of that license twelve consecutive months prior to
nominations."
# # ft # *
Submitted by Local Union 25, Los Angeles 57, Calif.
Proposing Section 31, Paragraph D be changed to read as follows:
"Any member in good standing, with membership of at least three years in the United
Brotherhood and at least 12 months consecutive membership in the Local Union prior to
nomination, shall be eligible to run for office, unless he holds a contractor's license or is
retired."
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Submitted by Local Union 701, Fresno, Calif.
Proposing the amendment of Section 31, Paragraph F, to read:
"When there are more than two candidates for the same office, and no one receives a
majority of all votes cast, a run-olf election will be held between the two candidates
having the highest vote, except when the Australian ballot system is used; then the candi-
date receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
ft ft ft ft ft
Submitted by Local Union 314, Madison, Wise.
Proposing that the Convention go on record changing Section 32, Paragraph B of tlie
Constitution to comply with the Labor-Management Disclosures Act of 1959 if an election
must be held, and
Further proposing that if the unexpired term be one year or less the President may
fill the vacancy pro tem.
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Subirdtted by the Los Angeles County District Council of Carpenters, Calif.
Proposing that a portion of Section 36, Paragraph C, after the word, "employed", on
the sL\th line, be deleted in its entirety, thus making Paragraph C to read as follows:
"The Financial Secretary shall not accept dues from any member working or residing in
any other district unless said dues are accompanied with a statement from the Business
Representative or Secretary of the Local Union or District Council that the member is
complying with the rules of the locality where the member resides or is employed."
Further proposing to delete the following: "The Financial Secretary shall not re-
cei\e the dues of members in the interim between meetings. After the last meeting in the
mondi. the Financial Secretary shall receive dues at home or office up to and including
the last day of the month."
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Submitted by the Monterey Bay District Council of Calif.
Proposing to amend Section 36, paragraph C, by deleting the second and third sentences.
» « * * «
Submitted by the Los Angeles County District Council, Calif.
Proposing that Section 40, Paragraph C, be changed to read as follows:
"The Trustees shall audit all books and accounts of the Financial Secretary and
Treasurer, and examine the bank book of the Treasurer monthly, and see that it is correct,
and shall report to the Local Union in writing, unless an outside auditor is employed by
the Local Union. They shall also report semi-annually to the General Secretary on forms
supplied from the General Office and shall see that all officers required under law are
bonded through the General Office, and perform such other duties as are provided for in
the Constitution and Laws of the United Brotherhood, and perform any other duties their
Local Union may direct. The Trustees shall be responsible for the audit of all receipts and
accounts of any other persons authorized to collect fimds."
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Submitted by Northern Ontario D. C.
Proposing Section 42, Paragraph J shall be amended to read:
"Candidates applying for admission in any Local Union under the jurisdiction of the
United Brotherhood, must be citizens of one of the Countries included in said jurisdiction,
or, must furnish proof of their intentions to become citizens in the Country where they
make application for membership. Candidates shall not be denied the right to member-
ship because of the particular race, colour, creed or national origin.
"All applications of candidates shall give the date and place of court wherein they
took out their first citizenship papers, and after five years from the said date, if they
have not taken out their final papers, they shall be dropped from the roll of organization."
# # # # #
Submitted by the Los Angeles County District Council, Calif.
Proposing to amend Section 42, Paragraph K, to establish the age of apprentices as
between seventeen and thirty years.
Also proposing that the financial structure of Section 42, Paragraph K, be revised to read
as follows:
"The minimum initiation fee for a fii'st-year apprentice shall be not less than 25%
of journeyman fee. When admitted as a second-year apprentice, or advanced to second-
year apprentice, an additional 25% of journeyman, or a total of 50%, initiation fee shall
be paid. When admitted as a third-year apprentice, or advanced to third-year apprentice,
an additional 25% of journeyman initiation fee shall be paid, making, a total of 75%
of journeyman initiation fee. When admitted as a fourth-year apprentice, or advanced to
fourth-year apprentice, an additional 12 12 % of journeyman initiation fee shall be paid, or
a total of 87 ^2 % of journeyman initiation fee. An apprentice before receiving a journey-
man's card, must have 100% of the journeyman initiation fee paid."
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Submitted by Local Union 751, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Proposing that Section 42, Paragraph K, Line two (2) be amended to read:
" eighteen (18) and thirty (30) years may be admitted to member "
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Submitted by Local Union 1280, Mountain View, Cal.
Proposing Section 42, Paragraph M of the General Constitution be amended to read
as follows:
All Apprentices shall hold Agreement between the Apprentice Committee of the Dis-
trict Council or Local Union having jurisdiction and the Employer, and when Federal and
State Laws govern apprenticeship an apprentice shall hold Agreement as required in said
Laws. Any Apprentice who violates a valid Agreement shall be subject to charges and
trials as outUned in the General Constitution and if found guilty of violation of this Sec-
tion may be expelled from the Brotherhood.
"Any Apprentice who can be continuously employed by one Employer and who
violates such Agreement may be expelled or debarred from further membership in the
United Brotherhood, urdess such Apprentice shall have sufficient cause to make complaint
to the District Council or Local Union or Joint Apprentice Committee against the Em-
ployer and the complaint upon investigation is sustained."
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Submitted by the San Diego County District Council, Cal.
Proposing that Section 42, Paragraph V, be changed to eliminate the phrase, "or any
mixed union of building tradesmen". The paragraph then would read as follows:
"No member of the United Brotherhood can remain in or become a member of more
than one Local Union of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, or
any other organization of carpenters and joiners, under penalty of expulsion. Any member
who accepts employment under non-union conditions during the time of a strike or lock-
out, shall not be entitled to any donations."
Submitted by Los Angeles County District Council, Calif.
Proposed that Section 43 Paragraph B, be changed to read:
"The application of the candidate (except first year apprentices), must be presented
to the Financial Secretary with the full initiation fee, which shall be not less than Fifteen
($15.00) Dollars and a sum equal to the current month's dues, and before the candidate
can be obligated, shall lay over one week for investigation, and shall be referred to a
special committee of three, who shall in the meantime inquire into the candidate's quali-
fications to become a member and report at the next regular meeting of the Local Union,
making such recommendations as they deem proper, or the candidate may be elected
and initiated at the same meeting if the investigating committee reports favorably."
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Submitted by Los Angeles County District Council, Calif.
Proposed that Section 43, Paragraph F be changed to read as follows:
"When an applicant for initiation has reached the age of sixty (60) years or over, or
who has received disability donations, said applicant shall be admitted only as an honor-
ary member at a fee of not less than $25.00, etc."
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Submitted by Los Angeles County District Council, Calif.
Proposing that the last sentence of Section 43, Paragraph Q, be amended to read as
follows:
"A contracting member, or member holding a valid contractor's license in States where
same is required by law, shall not be eligible as an officer or delegate of the Local Union,
or eligible to vote for officers, and shall not have a vote on the wage question."
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Submitted by Indiana State Council.
Proposed that Section 44, Paragraph A of the Constitution and Laws of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America be amended to read as follows.
Beneficial and semi-beneficial members shall not pay less than Three Dollars ($3.00) per
month dues, excepting retired and pension members which shall be left to the discretion
of the local um'on. Five Cents (.05c) of which shall be paid by each of such members as
subscription to the official monthly journal, "The Carpenter", and shall be so applied. No
officer or member shall be exempt from paying dues or assessment, nor shall the same be
remitted or cancelled in anv manner.
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Submitted by Local Union 230, Waterbury, Conn.
Proposal to amend Section 44, Paragraph A as follows: Beneficial and Semi-Beneficial
members or be cancelled in any manner. Pension Members shall be exempt from
pa>ing Per Capita Tax to the General Office.
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Submitted by Local Union 452, Vancouver, B. C, Can.
Proposed that Section 44 A be amended as follows: Add the words "Except that any
member showing proof to the Financial Secretary of not having worked for any full cal-
endar month shall pay not less than one dollar ($1.00) per month dues", after the words
'per month dues' in the second line.
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Submitted by Local Union 72, Rochester, N. Y.
Amend Section 44, par. A by:
Deleting the word "No officer or member shall be exempt from paying dues or
assessments, nor shall the same be cancelled in any manner."
Add the following:
"When a member has had 40 years of continuous membership and has reached the
age of 70 years, he shall be given a life membership in the United Brotherhood and no
further dues or per capita tax shall be charged against him by any Local Union, District
Council or the International Office."
Submitted by Local Union 452, Vancouver, B. C, Can.
Proposed that Section 44 C of the Constitution and Laws be amended as foUov/s:
Add at the end of the Clause the words "Except that any member showing proof to the
Financial Secretary of not having worked for any full calendar month will be charged
onh- sixty cents (60c) per capita for that month. The sixty cents (60c) to be placed in the
special fund for 'Home and Pension' purposes ".
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Submitted by Local Union 1735, Prince Rupert, B. C.
Amend Section 44, Paragraph A to read as follows:
"Beneficial and semi-beneficial members shall pay not less than Three Dollars ($3.00)
per month dues. Five Cents (5c) of which shall be paid by each of such members as sub-
scription to the official monthly Journal, "The Carpenter", and shall be so applied.
No officer or member shall be exempt from paying dues or assessments, nor shall tlie
same be remitted or cancelled in any manner."
.•Use submitted by Vancouver, New Westminster and Fraser Valley D. C, Can.
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Submitted by Finger Lakes D. C, Geneva, N. Y.
Amend Section 44, Paragraph C, as follows:
Pro\ide for an adequate increase in per capita tax to make such a Thirty Dollar
(S3U.O0) a month pension possible.
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Submitted by Finger Lakes D. C, Geneva, N. Y.
Amend Section 44, Paragraph C to pro\ide for an adequate increase in per capita
tax to make change in Section 54, Paragraph D possible.
e * * » »
Submitted by Los Angeles County District Council.
^\mend Section 44, Paragraph F.
Proposed that the General Office allow a credit of two months' tax in cases where it was
paid on a member who never pays any of his arrearages and goes suspended, except in
cases where benefits have been provided under the provisions of the Constitution, such as
funeral or disability benefits, prior to members going in arrears.
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Submitted by Local Union 1478, Redondo, Calif.
Amend Paragraph F of Section 44 to read as follows:
A member who owes a sum equal to three (3) months dues must be reported to the
General Secretary as being in arrears for the third (3) month and per capita tax shall be
deducted for that month and at this time the General Secretary shall credit the Local
Union with two (2) months payment per capita tax.
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Submitted by Local Union 1205, Indio, Calif.
Proposed that Section 44 F be amended as follows:
Charge each member going in arrears the sum of $10.00 additional to be paid when
arrears are squared, and that a member owing a Local Union four months' dues be
charged an additional $5.00 to be paid when arrears are squared. Above $10.00 or $15.00
to be used by Local Unions for general operating expense of the Local Union.
Above amendment concurred in by San Bernardino and Riverside Counties D. C, Cal.
# » # # #
Submitted by Local Union 2410, Red Deer, Alberta, Can.
Amend Section 44, Paragraph (g) and Section 44, Paragraph (h) by adding after the
word "district" on the second line of both Section 44, Paragraph (g) and Section 44, Para-
graph (h) the words, "State or Provincial Council".
Also submitted by Calgary D. C, Alta., Can.
Also submitted by Local Union 1779, Calgary, Alta., Can.
Also submitted by Local Union 2103, Calgary, Alta., Can.
Also submitted by Local Union 2560, Calgary, Alta., Can.
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Submitted by Local Union 2006, Los Gatos, Calif.
Proposing that Section 45 be amended to include Paragraph C as follows:
"Any member suspended for non payment of dues, may apply for reinstatement with all
benefits, vdthin ninety (90) days of suspension, upon the payment of all arrearages and
twenty-five dollars ($25.00) reinstatement fee."
« # # # #
Submitted by Local Union 72, Rochester, N. Y,
Amend Section 45, par. A as follows:
"A member who owes the Local Union two months dues shall be notified by mail at
the last known address by the Financial Secretary during the third month of such delin-
quency."
Add the following:
"but no member shall be notified more than once in any three month period."
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Submitted by Los Angeles County District Council, Los Angeles Calif.
Proposing that the $5.00 reinstatement fee be handled through the General Office, and
that Section 45, Paragraph B, be changed to require the Local Union accepting the mem-
ber to collect and forward to the International Secretary this Five ($5.00) dollar fee; and
That the International Secretary, upon receiving the application, inform the Local
Union where membership was formerly held that this person has rejoined and the Local
has been credited for the Five ($5.00) dollars. A credit slip could be enclosed that this
Local could use when paying their next payment of per capita tax.
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Submitted by Los Angeles District Council, Los Angeles, Calif.
Proposing that Section 45, Paragraph B be changed to read as follows:
"Members owing a Local Union a sum equal to six (6) months' dues shall ha^■e their
names stricken from the list of membership immediately following the last day of the sixth
(6th) month without a vote of the Local Union, etc."
f Continued on page 28)
Editorial
Nigerian School Needs More Books
In the May issue we published an appeal from the Community Grammar
School in East Nigeria for trade and technical books. Apparently the response
has been good. Recently, Dr. Ben Nzeribe, head of the school, wrote a letter
of thanks that points up the handicaps faced by the struggling young institu-
tion. Here are a few excerpts:
"This letter is focused on the library and the consignment of excellent
books and funds which you recently sent to us. Our school library now has
about 1400 volumes. Though it is a modest library by American standards,
it is a truly fine one by Nigerian standards. In number and range we have
one of the finest libraries in the Eastern region, exceeded only by a few gov-
ernment-operated institutions in the largest cities. . . .
'It seems that libraries and laboratories are the keys to much of the Ni-
gerian student's problems. His childhood has not been full of erector sets,
junior chemistry labs, block, or any toys for that matter. The bright story
books and picture books and the literature which often make an American
childhood an exciting adventure, are non-existent here. This might help to
explain why it is so difficult for him to visualize scientific ideas and grasp
their practical applications.
"A lab or library could do a lot to help him achieve much of the lost
education of his childhood, but few schools can afford glassware, chemicals,
apparatus and books, when every penny for teacher salaries, food, and nec-
essary building programs must be carefully counted.
"So the student memorizes and practices. Painfully and slowly he learns
to draw flasks and test tubes, copying the diagrams of the teacher— thus
describing the miracle of oxygen being prepared in the lab and collected over
water. But he never quite believes it will happen; and a more tragic fact is
that he has missed the excitement, the great thrill, of taking some white pow-
der and turning it into a miraculous, invisible gas that will cause a glowing
splint to burst into flame.
"Armed with a heavy load of English-made textbooks and a bottle of ink
balanced on his head, and a pen safely tucked over his ear, the young Ni-
gerian—intelligent and eager— plods through his schooling, memorizing and
filling his head with facts that seem unrelated to the world he knows.
"He has learned his Latin; he can speak and write English creditably, and
he can solve a mathematical problem. But he has not tested the delights and
adventure of a laboratory, and he has not explored the works which a library
can reveal. Nations and people, the exciting and inspiring lives of great men,
the mystery and beauty of human life captured by great authors, remain un-
known. Most of our students at Community Grammar School have never
looked through a magnifying glass nor had the pleasure of learning through
a National Geographic Magazine.
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"Now you may realize why we are so grateful for the books you sent. Per-
haps you can begin to feel our needs and share our excitement in working
here and seeing our school grow from a feeble and uncertain beginning to its
present stature. We have heard the cheers of our students and shared their
excitement when a new box of books from the United States has arrived.
"Most of our students know little about the affairs of the world in these
critical years; and yet these students will lead a nation which may itself lead
a continent. We want to do everything possible to train our students for lead-
ership and responsibility. Our dream is that in time the school will become
an international center to which guests from other countries will come to
o
teach and study. These aspirations are new in Nigerian education.
"We cannot thank you fully enough."
Brother Isidore Friedman who works at Peninsula School, Menlo Park,
California, is heading the book collection project. Any spare books on car-
pentry, construction, or trade subjects can be sent to him, and he will see that
they are forwarded to the East Nigerian school. As Dr. Nzeribe's letter indi-
cates, any and all books will be put to good use helping young Africans catch
up \^'ith the Twentieth Century.
•
Forand-Type Health Bill Still Possible
The fact that Congress took a recess this summer gives labor a wonderful
opportunity to make a last-ditch fight for a decent health bill for senior citizens.
Just before the recess, the House turned down any Forand-type program and
approved instead a practically meaningless substitute measure that includes
a means test, thus placing health care for older people on a par with poor
relief. The bill was acted on under a closed rule which prohibited amend-
ments from the floor.. Liberal members of the House thereby had their hands
tied, so the measure went through unchanged.
Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee was holding hearings on social
security. On June 30, Senator Clinton P. Anderson, joined by Senators Hum-
plirey and McCarthy, introduced an amendment which would make health
care for the aged a part of social security. This bill has a better chance of
passage than any of the other Forand-type proposals. There the matter rests
as Congress reconvenes.
Provisions of the Anderson Amendment
The Anderson amendment makes payments for health care available as
a matter of right, to be paid from a special account in the social security
fund. This account would be made up from an increase of ^4% in both the
employers' and employees' social security tax. The benefits are in some re-
spects broader than in the Forand bill, and with this wider scope, other limita-
tions were added in order to hold down the cost.
Persons Eligible: All OASDI beneficiaries at age 68 (nearly 9 million).
Benefits: Hospital care up to 365 days, with initial deductible of $75, re-
peated after 24 days.
Special services in hospital: laboratory, X-ray, private duty
nurses, physical restoration.
Skilled nursing home care during recovery: 180 days.
Visiting nurse services: 365 days.
26 THECARPENTER
Prospects for Senate Action
The Senate will convene on August 8, and the Senate Finance Committee
is expected to report out a social security bill shortly thereafter.
Labor's aim is to have the Anderson amendment adopted if possible by
the Committee, and, failing that, by floor amendment. The Anderson proposal
can be broadened to bring railroad workers into the program.
The majority of the aged would have the new form of protection, and
some improved assistance would be made available to others through the
medical care provisions of the House bill.
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The only type of legislation that can adequately meet the health needs of
older people is a Forand-type bill— that is, one that makes health care a part
of the social security system, which workers pay for and get as a matter of
right rather than charity.
Pressure for passage of an oldsters' health bill apparently is terrific.
Otherwise, the wishy-washy measure passed by the House (HR 125S0), which
only goes through the motions of providing health care, would not have been
introduced. Its real purpose was to stymie Forand-type legislation. A last-
ditch fight for Forand-type legislation may carry the day yet this year.
The closer it gets to election day, the more receptive Congressmen are
to letters and wires from home. At this particular time, a gigantic cam-
paign of letters and wires demanding passage of Forand-type legislation
could get the job done.
Except for the recess, Forand-type legislation probably would have been
a dead duck this year. But the recess provided us a new lease on life. If we
fail to take advantage of it, it will be our own fault.
An all-out campaign of letters and wires (particularly to Senators) by
union members, pastors, oldsters, youngsters, and everyone else interested in
seeing our old timers get the medical care they deserve, urging adoption of
Forand-type legislation, can get the job done.
What are YOU going to do about it?
Look Who's Talking
Whatever newspaper or magazine you pick up, chances are good you
will find a full page ad by the private power companies complaining that
public power is milking the United States treasury. The way they tell the
story, the private companies are paying big taxes and supporting the govern-
ment, while public power projects are siphoning monies out of the treasury.
This is an old argument that has been answered so many times we scarce-
ly need to belabor it here. But what we do want to do is call your attention
to a gimmick the private power companies have worked out for getting their
own snouts in the trough.
When Congress re-convenes this month, one of the bills pending on the
House calendar will be HR 7201.
If passed, the bill would require the federal government to pay a private
power company operating a dam upstream from a federal dam for Ijenefits
which the private dam gives to the federal dam. This would be a re\ersal of
T II E C A R P E N T E R 27
existing law and the historic philosophy that the federal government does not
have to pay tribute to a private dam owner who was granted the privilege
of using the water which belongs to the nation to make a profit.
"Such a payment would be requiring the American people to pay rent on
their own property," five Congressmen declared.
For a group that has been so concerned over the plight of the U. S.
treasmy, this seems an odd way to seek a special windfall. And passage of
HR 7201 indeed would confer a sizeable windfall on many private power
companies that got their damsites for free from the government.
In a recent letter to backers of the bill, Mr. Clyde T. Ellis, general man-
ager of the National Electric Cooperative Association, wrote:
"Please remember that these federal power sites have been given to the
power companies without charge. They have never compensated the govern-
ment for them as contemplated under the law. Please remember that most of
the dams on which the power companies now ask these subsidies have already
been partially or wholly amortized." And, Ellis added, "please remember that
the consumers who purchase the federal power, including nearly two million
rural families, will have to pay this subsidy to the power companies in their
increased rates."
So the next time you read a big ad by the private power companies shed-
ding crocodile tears for the U. S. treasury, remember HR 7201. Public dams
do not pay taxes as such, but they make many payments in lieu of taxes.
What the private companies want, apparently, is to levy their own taxes on
public power where they control upstream rights— this despite the fact they
got the rights from the people themselves in the first place.
Labor Gives Jim Mitchell A Fine Send-Off
No event in recent years drew more top echelon labor leaders than did the
Jim Mitchell testimonial dinner on June 29th. Nearly a thousand of them
filled the banquet hall to overflowing to pay their respects to a dedicated
Secretary of Labor.
Over the years Jim Mitchell has filled a difficult post with fairness and
understanding. The tools he has had to work with were not always good,
but he used them capably and judiciously. As a cabinet member, his responsi-
bility was to administer the laws passed by Congress. He got some of the
worst labor laws of all time to police. This did not make his job an easy one,
but he met every issue squarely and without hedging. And, good or bad, he
tried to administer the laws handed him as fairly and as equitably as possible.
There is a small coterie of important men in the nation who achieved a
deep understanding of unionism without ever having belonged to a union.
Jim Mitchell is numbered among this select group. He knows as much about
the aims and aspirations of the labor movement and the collective bargaining
process as any in the nation. This understanding showed through in all the
actions he took.
In singing his swan song. Secretary Mitchell said: "On noon of January 20,
I become a private citizen again but still enlisted in the fight for an end of
discrimination, fairer treatment for farm labor, and job opportunities for all."
Vv^e'll bet those are not empty words or banquet oratory.
28 THECARPENTER
(Continued from page 23)
Submitted by Local Union 2235, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Amend Section 46:
Change tliis Section to tlie end that clearance cards as they exist today be eliminated.
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Submitted by Local Union 1280, Mountain View, Calif.
Amend section 46, in which a procedure for the use of a Travelers Card will be out-
lined as follows:
"any member in good standing having one year's membership in the Brotherhood
shall be eligible for a Traveler's Card; this Travelers Card to be issued by the member's
home Local and only a minimum charge ($2.00 suggested) to cover monthly per capita
tax will be chai'ged by the issuing Local and the member carrying the Travelers Card wall
be required to pay the difference between the minimum charge in the home Local and
the regular monthly dues to the Local Union having jurisdiction over the job site; such
Travelers Card must be accepted for periods of three months and after this time can be
renewed only upon approval of the Local Union having jurisdiction over the job site;
dues in the issuing Local must be paid for the full term of the Travelers Card prior to the
issuance of the Card; all dues in the accepting Local must be paid in advance of the month
for which they are due in order for the Travelers Card to be valid; Travelers Cards will
be made available to the Local Unions through the office of the General Secretary and
shall be issued by the Financial Secretary."
In addition to the above, requirement of Section 46 governing the issuance and accept-
ance of Clearance must be complied with prior to the issuance and acceptance of a
Travelers Card, and Section 46 be recodified to exclude the use of Permit Fees in lieu of
the Travelers Card.
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Submitted by North Coast Counties D. C, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Proposed tliat Section 46, Paragraph A shall be amended as follows: Substitute the
words "Service Fee" for the words "Working Permit" in the last sentence.
« # « « «
Submitted by Los Angeles County District Council, Calif.
Amend Section 46, Paragraph A, third sentence be changed to read as follows:
"All dues in excess of month of issue shall be refunded to the member or be refunded
upon request to the Local Union accepting Clearance."
# # * # #
Submitted by Millwrights Local Union 102, Oakland, Calif.
, Proposing that Section 46 remain as is, except that in Paragraph A, the last sentence
be deleted and the follovidng substituted: "It shall not be mandatory for the member to
pay for such Work Permit in the jurisdiction where work is secured."
# » # # #
Submitted by North Coast Counties D. C, Santa Rosa, Cal.
Proposed that Section 46, Paragraph C be amended to read:
"A member who desires to work in the jurisdiction of a Local Union other than the one
he holds membership in shall, before going to work, deposit his membership book and
clearance card, with the Financial Secretary of the Local Union having jurisdiction of the
job on which he intends to work. (Excepting that a District Council, by referendum vote
of the membership of all affiliated Local Unions, may waive this requirement within the
area of jurisdiction of such District Council). When a member so deposits his Membership
Book and Clearance Card with the Financial Secretai-y of a Local Union and informs said
Financial Secretary that he does not desire to have his membership transferred into said
Local Union his Membership Book and Clearance Card shall be held on deposit and shall
be returned to him upon demand and payment of a Service Fee of not less than Two
Dollars ($2.00) nor more than the regular monthly dues of the Local Union, provided,
however, that in the event that his Membership Book and Clearance Card have been on
deposit for a period of ten (10) days or less, the Service Fee shall not exceed the minimum
Two Dollars ($2.00) set forth above.
Members working outside the jurisdiction of the Local Union in which they hold mem-
bership under the provisions of this paragraph shall be subject to the provisions of Para-
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graph F below and shall also be subject to all local assessments levied exclusively for di-
rect trade purposes by and for the use of the Local Union or District Council in whose
jurisdiction they are working."
Submitted by Millwrights Local Union 102, Oakland, Calif.
Sec. 46, Paragraph C be amended to read as follows:
"A member who secures work outside his jurisdiction who returns home daily, or who
does not desire to transfer membership, shall, before going to work secure a Working
Permit in writing from the Local Union or the District Council in the jurisdiction where
work is secured, and the member shall not be charged a fee for such Working Permit
or any Assessment in lieu of svich Working Permit, but if less than two years a member
shall pay any difference in initiation fee".
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Submitted by Local Union 1507, El Monte, CaUf.
Amend Section 46, Paragraph C as follows:
"It shall not be mandatory for any member to transfer his membership or pay any
additional fees to be eligible to work in another jurisdiction; provided, however, that wage
scales and working conditions are applied uniformly to a given area of several Local
Unions and/ or District Councils, in accordance with a recognized Labor Agreement. A
member of less than two years would be required to pay any difference in initiation fee."
» # * » »
Submitted by Local Union 1408, Redwood City, Calif.
Proposing that Paragraph C, Section 46 be deleted.
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Submitted by Local Union 1622, Hayward, Calif.
Proposing to amend Section 46, Paragraph C, by rewording as follows:
"A member who desires to work in another jurisdiction and return home daily, or
who does not desire to transfer membership, shall before going to work clear with the
Local Union having area jurisdiction, and shall conform to all provisions of the collective
bargaining agreement effective in the district. No member shall be charged a permit to
work in any given area, but a service charge equivalent to local operational cost per
member, may be collected by the Local Union. Such charge, however, shall not include a
sum equivalent to the per capita tax paid to the International through his home local."
# # # «f *
Submitted by Los Angeles County District Council.
Proposing that Section 46, Paragraph F, be amended to read:
"A member of a Local Union taking out a Clearance Card before foui* (4) years a
member, shall pay, where the initiation fee is higher, into the Local Union accepting the
Clearance Card, a sum equal to the difference in initiation fee before the Clearance Card
can be accepted."
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Submitted by Indiana State Council.
Proposed: That Section 46, Paragraph G of the Constitution and Laws of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America be amended to read as follows:
"On entering a local union a member vdth a clearance card shall present same with
due book to the President who shall appoint a committee of three (3) to give a written
examination to the applicant for his qualification into the division or sub-division of the
trade he chooses to work in (only if division or sub-division is different from which mem-
ber is transferring from) and examine applicants due book and report at once. If the
applicant passes the written examination and applicant's clearance card and dues book are
found correct and the identity of the member established to whom the clearance card is
granted, the member shall be admitted to the local union as a member thereof, provided
there is no strike or lockout in effect in that district."
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Submitted by Los Angeles County District Council.
Proposing that Section 46, Paragraph G be changed to read as follows:
"Upon entering a Local Union, a member with a Clearance shall present same, and
if Clearance Card and Due Book are found correct, and the identity of the member
established to whom the Clearance is granted, the member shall be admitted to the
Local Union at once as a member thereof, provided there is no strike or lock-out in
effect in that district."
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Submitted by Local Union 2592, Eureka, Calif.
Proposing that Paragraph A, Section 47, be changed to read as follows:
"A member can withdraw or sever his connection with the United Brotherhood by
resigning in writing, and it shall require a majority of members present at a regular
meeting to accept a resignation. A member resigning shall be given a Resignation Card,
which shall indicate an honorary withdrawal from the United Brotherhood. Such card shall
be furnished by the General Secretary on application by the Local Union, on the presenta-
tion of the member's dues book, and on payment of One Dollar ($1.00) for each card.
A member who resigns may reinstate his membership by depositing the honorable with-
drawal card within 2 years from the date of issue with the Local Union together with
the payment of one month's dues plus a One Dollar ($1.00) reinstatement fee. This card
and the reinstatement fee of One Dollar ($1.00) shall be forwarded to the General Secre-
tary who will return the dues book to the Local Union. However, all Benefits, Donations,
and Home and Pension Benefits in the Local Union and in the United Brotherhood shall
cease on the date the member is granted the honorable withdrawal and when reinstated
these benefits shall begin as a new member as of the date of his reinstatement."
Also submitted by Local Union 3184, Fresno, Calif.; Local Union 2561, Fresh Pond,
Calif.; Local Union 2804, Klickitat, Wash.; Local Union 2172, Santa Ana, Calif.
# # j» # #
Submitted by Local Union 262, San Jose, Calif.
Amend Section 47, Paragraph A, to include:
"A member who has returned to the Brotherhood within a period of two years, but
not less than six months may re-deposit his resignation card upon payment of a fee of
Ten Dollars ($10.00), five of which shall be forwarded to the General Secretary."
# # # # ft
Submitted by Los Angeles County District Council.
Proposing that the last two sentences of Section 47, Paragraph B, be eliminated.
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Submitted by Local Union 2486, Sudbury, Ont., Can.
Proposing to change Section 47, Paragraph B:
Insert the word (illegal) before the word "sale" in line 10 and 12.
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Submitted by Local Union 1622, Hayward, Calif.
Proposing that Sections 49 and 50 be changed as follows:
BENEFICIAL MEMBERS
Present Donation Recommended Donation
1 year membership $100 $100
2 " " $200 $300
3 " " $300 $500
4 " " $400 $700
5 " " $600 $1000
SEMI-BENEFICIAL MEMBERS
2 year membership $ 50 $100
3 " " $100 $300
5 " " $150 $500
10 " " $250 $1000
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HUSBAND OR WIFE DONATION
1 year membership $ 50 $100
2 " " $100 $200
3 " " $150 $300
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Submitted by Local Union 1622, Hayward, Calif.
Amend Section 54, Paragraph B as follows:
Strike out the last two words of this paragraph which reads as follows: "Thirty years"
and substitute "Twenty-Five years."
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Submitted by Local Union 1622, Hayward, Calif.
To delete Section 54, Paragraph B and other affected paragraphs or sentences for the
following reasons:
That the carpenters' home in Lakeland, Florida, be sold to the best possible advantage,
and at the earliest possible date, and the monies so obtained be placed in the pension
fund, then to be invested in interest-bearing securities, with the view in mind that the
pensions of all our retired members be raised to the full amount that the increased fund
can tolerate, consistent with good business practices.
That homes for the present residents be provided, but no new applicants to the home
be admitted as of December 31, 1960.
That the fimd now known as the Home and Pension fund and the administration
thereof be separated, and in the future be called "The Pension Fund" and "the Retired
Carpenters' Home Fund." The Carpenters' Home Fund to be finally eliminated upon the
liquidation of the home, and the final assignment of its funds to tlie Pension Fund.
« « « « «
Submitted by Local Union 1622, Hayward, Calif.
Amend Section 54, Paragraph D, as follows:
Delete the amount of $15.00 on the third line, replace it by $25.00, and add: Plus a
paid-up lifetime membership.
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Submitted by Finger Lakes D. C, Geneva, N. Y.
Amend Section 54, Paragraph D, as follows:
Provide for a Thirty Dollar ($30.00) a month pension for those members with thirty
(30) years continuous membership and having reached the age of sixty-five (65) years.
« « « « «
Submitted by Finger Lakes D. C, Geneva, N. Y.
Amend Section 54, Paragraph D, as follows:
To provide that a member having held twenty (20) years continuous membership in the
Brotherhood and having reached sixty-five (65) years of age shall receive one-third {%) of
that amount provided as pension for a member having thirty (30) years continuous mem-
bership in the Brotherhood and having reached the age of sixty-five (65) years.
Further that a member having twenty-five (25) years continuous membership in the
Brotherhood and having reached sixty-five (65) years of age shall receive two-thirds {%) of
that amount provided as pension for a member having thirty (30) years continuous member-
ship in the Brotherhood and having reached the age of sixty-five (65) years.
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Submitted by Spokane D. C, Spokane 1, Washington.
Proposed amendment to change Section 55, Paragraph I to read as follows:
"All fines imposed and assessments legally levied by any Local Union or District Coun-
cil on a member of an outside District shall be charged and collected from the member
by the Local Union and forwarded to the District Council or Local Union where violation
of rules occurred, under penalty or suspension."
« « « « «
Submitted by Calgary D. C, Alta., Can.
Proposing that Sections 55, 56 and 57 be amended and re-edited:
That these three sections be reviewed and re-edited with all matter brought into an
orderly sequence, and that section 56 be revised by inserting an established orderly trial
pH'tc-dure.
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Submitted by Local Union 27, Toronto, Ont., Can.
Amend Section 56, Paragraph A to read:
That all charges laid within a local union, tliat the Local must endorse the charge before
it is turned over to the District Council, with the exception of violations of trade or
working conditions.
# # « # #
Submitted by Monterey Bay D. C, Calif.
Amend Section 56, Paragraph C as follows:
To include the use of Certified mail when notifying members of charges.
# * # # #
Submitted by Local Union 681, Oakville, Ont., Can.
Amend Section 57, Paragraph E by adding the following sentence:
"Unless decisions on appeals to the General President are rendered within thirty (30)
days of receipt of same, the conviction shall be quashed".
# * # # #
Submitted by Local Union 681, Oakville, Ont., Can.
Amend Section 57, Paragraph H, as follows:
Include after the words "General President's decision," the following sentence. "Unless
decisions on appeals to the General Executive Board are rendered within ninety (90) days
of receipt of same, the conviction shall be quashed.
# # » * #
Submitted by Local Union 2203, Anaheim, Calif.
Pioposing that Section 59, be re-written as follows:
General Strikes and Lock-outs.
A. Section 59, Strikes inaugurated and conducted according to the following rules,
shall be sanctioned by the General Executive Board and Financial aid extended to the
Local Union or District Council involved.
3. Job or shop strikes are to be conducted on rules made by the District Council or
Local Union where a District Council does not exist.
C. When any demand for an increase of wages, reduction of hours or enforcement of
trade rules is contemplated by a Local Union, District Council, Job and/or Shop, each
eligible member (as provided under Section 42, paragraph W) affected, must be notified
by mail to attend a special called meeting of the Local Union. When two or more Local
Unions are involved in the Job or Shop, the District Council shall call a special meeting
of the members working under that job or shop agreement.
D. If a majority of eligible members voting, vote by secret ballot to put any proposed
demand into effect, the President or Executive officer of the Local Union or District Coun-
cil shall appoint a conference committee of not less than three (3) nor more than five (5)
members (the majority of whom must not be solely employed by the Local Union or Dis-
trict Council) to meet with the Employer or Employers with a view to adjust the difficulty
or dispute.
E. After each week of negotiations; the negotiating committee shall report to the Local
Union. Ten days after expiration of existing contracts, a strike vote shall be taken. A ma-
jority of the members affected must vote in favor of calling a strike before a strike can
be called.
F. When the majority of the affected members vote in favor of a strike, or in tlie case
of a lock-out, the Local Union or District Council shall immediately picket all affected job
sites and/or shops, and shall send a list of all members affected by a strike or lock-out to
the General Office. Upon receipt of said list of members by the General Office, the Gen-
eral Executive Board shall order the General Secretary to draw on the General Treasurer
funds in the amount equal to %, of each affected members weekly pay. Such
amount shall be forwarded to the affected Local Union or District Council each week for
(he duration of any strike or lock-out.
G. The term "Affected members" referred to in any Paragraph of Section fifty-nine (59)
shall be only those members who are called out on strike or lock-out.
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Submitted by Local Union 2486, Sudbury, Ont., Can.
Proposing that Section 62, Paragraph B, be changed to read as follows:
"Being aiRIiated as the Canadian Section of the United Brotherhood with the Canadian
Labour Congress, it is the duty of all Local Unions to affiliate with Local Labour Coun-
cils and Provincial Federations of the Canadian Labour Congress. Tax to the Congress to
be paid direct from General Office.
« « # « «
Submitted by Local Union 1622, Hayward, Calif.
Proposing to amend Section 63 by adding a new paragraph E to read as follows:
"It shall be unlawful for any Local Union to report members as having voted on any
referendum unless they are present and voting. Any Local Union or Union Official that
conspires to wilfully make a false report on votes cast on a referendum shall be subject to
cliarges under Section No. 55 of the Constitution and By-Laws of the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters and Joiners of Amerlc"!."
# # # « «
Submitted by Local Union 35, San Rafael, Calif.
Proposing that the second sentence of Paragraph A, Section 63, be amended to read as
follows:
"It shall require a majority vote of the members voting, by secret ballot to decide,
and said general vote, together with a registration list of the members voting under the
seal of the Local Union, shall be returnable to the General Secretary within six weeks
from date of circular calling for the vote, and the result, pro or con, in each Local Union
shall be published in pamphlet form, containing a copy of amendment or amendments
voted on and distributed to all Local Unions in the same manner as the monthly financial
statement."
Also submitted by Local Union 1710, Mill Valley, Calif.
# # » # «
Submitted by Boston District Council.
Proposed amendments to the Constitution and Laws of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America.
Add to Paragraph F-Sec. 25, the following: where wilful collusion occurs.
Sec. 31, Par. B,— add: trustees shall be nominated and elected to be simultaneous and
concurrent in time and tenure, with the other officers of the Local Union.
Add to Par. C, Sec. 31: and to be in conformity with the Labor-Management Laws,
Sec. 26, Par. G,— add: subject to acquiring knowledge of general carpentry.
Add to Par. B, Sec. 32: in compliance with the Labor-Management Act of 1959.
Sec. 27, Par. A,— Add: and such affiliation is mandatory.
Far. F-Sec. 42,— transpose— "must not be" to must be— (third line front).
Sec. 28j Par.A,— add: the area jurisdiction of each D. C. should be on their Working
Cards.
Par. F,— Sec. 42, add into second last line: and installation of any such material.
Sec. 31, Par. A,— Add: and Business Agent (s)
Par. J.— Sec. 42, add: in second last line: and/or, complied with Immigrations Laws.
Par. K,-Sec. 42, second line, add: through, before "twenty-four".
Par. S,-Sec. 42, add: by duly obtaining a Privilege Card.
Sec. 31, Par. I, Amend: to conform to the Labor-Management Act as may be required.*
Par. U,-Sec. 42, add: in conformity with the Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959.*
Sec. 32, Par's. A and B,— Amend: to conform to the new laws governing labor unions.*
Par. G.-Sec. 43,— add: provided they were members at the time of consolidation.
Sec. 35, Par. C, Add after "secretary" first line: if properly instructed.
Par. Q,-Sec. 43,— strike last half of third line, to comply with current laws.*
Sec. 36, Par. F,— Add to last line: in conformity with the Laws of the Brotherhood.
Sec. 46, Par. A,— strike from the first line "leave" and add: transfer from.
Sec. 42, Par. W,— to comply with the Labor-Management Act of 1959.*
Sec. 37, Par. B,— Add to last line after "L. U."— may properly require.
Sec. 46, -Par. C,— delete any payment of fee for Working Permit.
34 T H E C A K P E N T E R
Sec. 37, Par. D,— Change to read: as required by the Labor-Management Act of 1959.*
Sec. 54, Par. A, first Une,— transpose to read: shall be not less.
Sec. 40, Par. A, in third Une, after "may" add: properly, before the word "receive."
Sec. 56, Par. C,— add: violation of this provision is cause for acquittal.
Wherever the words "fill out" occur, change to the words— "fill in."
Sec. 40, Par. C,— after "may" in second last Une, add: properly, before word "direct"
" The provisions of the Landrum-Gri£Bn Labor Management Act should apply only
when the Act is required to correct inequities, if they obtain anywhere; inasmuch as
the mutual covenants of our Brotherhood, through its General Laws and Constitmtion,
is now an instrument of substantial justice and fratrenal equality for all our members
and, requires only minor modifications as herein proposed.
Also submitted by Local Union 33, Boston, Mass.
Also submitted by Local Union 40, Boston, Mass.
Also submitted by Local Union 56, Boston, Mass.
Also submitted by Local Union 218, Boston, Mass.
« « « « «
Submitted by Local Union 343, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Can.
Parliamentary Rule No. 4, Page 60.
Proposing that Rule No. 4 be amended by striking out the first three (3) words in the
first Une— namely "Party PoUtics or."
« « « « «
Submitted by Northern Ontario D. C.
Proposing the Obligation in the Ritual be amended to read:
"I further agree that I will uphold the principles of unionism by doing all in my
power to unite in the Brotherhood regardless of religion, race, creed, colour or national
origin, all of my fellow workmen under the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America."
LABOR DINNER HONORS LABOR SECRETARY MITCHELL
Organized labor paid tribute to James P. Mitchell as "one of the best sec-
retaries of labor in the history of our country" at a testimonial dinner in
Washington, June 29.
Over 850 trade union leaders and their wives applauded Mitchell for his
"intelligent statesmanship and competence as a public administrator," for his
"human understanding, wise counsel and good sense" as secretary of labor
"in advancing the welfare of the people of the United States."
President Eisenhower stopped in at the dinner to praise his cabinet
member for his courage, honesty and integrity and to thank the labor move-
ment for its continuing fight for freedom and progress in the international
area and its understanding that America's future depends on working with the
free nations of the world.
Labor, said tlie President, recognizes the falsity of isolationism built on the
theory of erecting walls of guns and walls of tariffs. He acknowledged that
in many areas the Administration and labor differed, differences which he de-
scribed as at times based on "your accurate calculations," but that in the inter-
national field, "on behalf of the entire nation I must thank you."
Mitchell, responding to speeches by dinner committee chairman AFL-
GIO Vice President George M. Harrison; federation Secretary-Treasurer
William F. Schnitzler, and Vice President Jacob S. Potofsky, said that "as of
noon on January 20, 1961, I will embark as a private citizen" on the task of
improving civil rights, conditions of farm labor and labor-management
relations.
The testimonial dinner was set up by a committee composed of members
of the AFL-CIO Executive Council and leaders of federation departments and
affiliated unions, as well as representatives of the United Mine Workers.
Not lost to those that love them.
Not dead, just gone before;
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They still live in our memory,
And will forever more.
S^0t m P^ar^
The Editor has been requested to publish the names
of the following Brothers who have passed away.
ADAMSON, ROBERT, L. U. 1138, Toledo, Ohio
ANDERSON, EDWIN, L. U. 791, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
ANGERS, PIERRE, L. U. 1360, Montreal, Que.
AUSTIN, WILLIAM, L. U. 712, Covington, Ky.
BARNWELL, PLEASANT, L. U. 169, E. St.
Louis, III.
BENGSTON, GUSTAV Sr.. L. U. 495, Streator.
III.
BERG, PAUL, L. U. 721, Los Angeles, Cal.
BETTI, JOHN, L. U. 721, Los Angeles, Cal.
BIARDI, CHIPS, L. U. 325, Paterson, N. J.
BILLEMEK, C. J., L. U. 1423, Corpus Christi,
Texas
BJORK, JOHN, L. U. 51, Boston, Mass.
BOYLAN, HARRY, L. U. 257, New York, N. Y.
BRAUNLIN, WILLIAM, L. U. 325, Paterson,
N. J.
BRIGHTSTONE, EDWARD, L. U. 1367, Chi-
cago, 111.
BROWN, JOSEPH H., L. U. 314, Madison,
Wise.
CANFIELD, GEORGE, L. U. 998, Berkley, Mich.
CARLSEN, CARL J., L. U. 220, Wallace, Idaho
CARLSON, RICHARD, L. U. 612, Guttenberg,
N. J.
CARTIER, GEORGE, L. U. 998, Berkley, Mich.
CEGLIO, DOMINIC, L. U. 257, New York, N. Y.
CELLA, JOSEPH, L. U. 1397, Roslyn, N. Y.
CERNY, JAMES, L. U. 1922, Chicago. 111.
CHARLTON, HOWARD, L. U. 13, Chicago,
III.
CONNORS, LAWRENCE, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
COSTELLO, JOHN E., L. U. 1529, Kansas City,
Kans.
CRAIG, MILO, L. U. 841, Carbondale, 111.
CRAWFORD, J. B., L. U. 1529, Kansas City,
Kans.
CROSSETT, J. O., L. U. 35, San Rafael, Cal.
DAVIDSON, CHARLES, L. U. 1906, Philadel-
phia. Pa.
DA VIES, EWART G., L. U. 129, Hazleton, Pa.
DENNEY, CARR, L. U. 1913, Van Nuys, Cal.
DERWIN, EDWIN, L. U. 264, Milwaukee, Wise.
DESIDERIO, VITO, L. U. 298, Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.
DOBBINS, JAMES, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
DUNN, Walter J., L. U. 264, Milwaukee,
Wise.
EBERHARDT, LADISLAW, L. U. 385, New
York, N. Y.
EBERT, JOHN B., L. U. 1433, Detroit, Mich.
ECKMAN, EDWARD, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
EHRENFELD, SAM, L. U. 257, New York, N. Y.
ELLIOTT, E. R. (Doc), L. U. 397, Whitby,
Ont.
ELLIOTT, MATTHEW, L. U. 343, Winnipeg,
Man.
ERICKSON, FRANS, L. U. 791, Brooklyn, N. Y.
FARMER, E. L., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
FERGUS, RAY G., L. U. 1913, Van Nuys, Cal.
FERKO, STEVEN, L. U. 200, Columbus, Ohio
GALLADAY, ARCHIE, L. U. 1433, Detroit,
Mich.
GARDNER, JOHN F., L. U. 1913, Van Nuys,
Cal.
GATLIN, DONALD N., L. U. 1752, Pomona,
Cal.
GAYDOS, AUGUST, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
GEIDL, MICHAEL, L. U. 419, Chicago, 111.
GEISER, CHARLES A., L. U. 298, Long Island
City, N. Y.
GENTZ, ARTHUR, L. U. 657, Sheboygan,
Wise.
GILGER, IMER, L. U. 1138, Toledo, Ohio
GIUFFRE, ANTONIO, L. U. 246, New York,
N. Y.
GLOVE, JOHN H. Sr., L. U. 998, Berkley,
Mich.
GOODEN, ROBERT N., L. U. 388, Richmond,
Va.
GRAENDAL, JACOB, L. U. 1433, Detroit,
Mich.
GRAGG, LEE, L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
GRANLUND, ROBERT, L. U. 721, Los Angeles,
Cal.
GREEN, HOZIE, L. U. 998, Berkley, Mich.
GRONLUND, GUNNAR, L. U. 257, New York,
N. Y.
GUENTHER, WILLIAM, L. U. 169, E. St.
Louis, III.
HARRIS, WILLIAM B., L. U. 345, Memphis,
Tenn.
HENDERSON, F. W., L. U. 1913, Van Nuys,
Cal.
HENDERSON, HENRY A., L. U. 257, New
York, N. Y.
HILL, P. C, L. U. 198, Dallas, Texas
HOLDEN, PETER, L. U. 15, Hackensack, N. J.
HOUGH, E., L. U. 740, Brooklyn, N. Y.
HOWELL, JOHN R., L. U. 501, Stroudsburg,
Pa.
HOWES, DELBERT F., L. U. 2006, Los Gatos,
Cal.
HUBLER, FRED A., L. U. 345, Memphis, Tenn.
HURREN, LOUIS, L. U. 998, Berkley, Mich.
HUTCHESON, LEROY, L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
HYTRY, FRANK, L. U. 1919, Stevens Point,
Wise.
ISAACSON, RUDOLPH, L. U. 998, Berkley,
Mich.
JANOSKY, JOHN, L. U. 768, Kingston, Pa.
JARVIS, EDWARD, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
JOHNSON, FRANK A., L. U. 350, New Ro-
ehelle, N. Y.
JOSEFSON, ARTHUR, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
KAISER, HARVEY, L. U. 166, Rock Island,
111.
KANTAREN, ASSER, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
KEATON, JOHN, L. U. 133, Terre Haute, Ind.
KOEPP, WILLIAM, L. U. 264, Milwaukee,
Wise.
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KRAUSE, EMIL R., L. U. 721, Los Angeles,
Cal.
KRONQUIST, WILLIAM, L. U. 162, San Mateo,
Cal.
LANDMESSER, WILLIAM ROGER, L. U. 2385,
Towanda, Pa.
LANTZ, CLYDE, L. U. 1913, Van Nuys, Cal.
LARSEN, CHARLES C, L. U. 1433, Detroit,
Mich.
LECHNER, PRESTON E., L. U. 143, Canton,
Ohio
LETTERMAN, ARTHUR A., L. U. 1752, Po-
mona, Cal.
LEYDA. JAMES F., L. U. 830, Oil City, Pa.
LINDQUIST, K. W., L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
LOHMEIER, HAROLD W., L. U. 87, St. Paul,
Minn.
LONG, JOHN, L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
LUCAS, PERL, L. U. 495, Streator, III.
LUNDQUIST, ERNEST, L. U. 257, New York,
N. Y.
MARTIN, WILLIAM, L. U. 272, Chicago
Heights, 111.
MASON, ROBERT, L. U. 335, Grand Rapids,
Mich.
MATTOX, P. H., L. U. 109, Sheffield, Ala.
McGUCKIN, J., L. U. 740, Brooklyn, N. Y.
McLaughlin, ARTHUR, L. U. 272, Chicago
Heights, 111.
MELVIN, JOE, L. U. 1433, Detroit, Mich.
MICHELS, CHARLES, L. U. 1913, Van Nuys,
Cal.
MILLMAN, RUBIN, L. U. 1367, Chicago, 111.
MYERS, C. C, L. U. 2121, Baltimore, Md.
NEIL, JOHN H. Sr., L. U. 2174, Chicago, 111.
NELSEN, MAGNUS, L. U. 721, Los Angeles,
Cal.
NELSON, JOHN G., L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
NIDETZ, MORRIS, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
NILSSON, ED, L. U. 830, Oil City, Pa.
NOLEN, DAVID F., L. U. 345, Memphis, Tenn.
NORRIS, GLEN E., L. U. 200, Columbus, Ohio
NORTHCUTT, A. W., L. U. 1752, Pomona,
Cal.
OAKS, DANIEL, L. U. 335, Grand Rapids,
Mich.
OGDEN, WILLIAM, L. U. 712, Covington, Ky.
OLEACH, FRED, L. U. 264, Milwaukee, Wise.
OLSEN, DANIEL, L. U. 1456, New York, N. Y.
OLSEN, ROBERT F., L. U. 1752, Pomona, Cal.
O'SHEA, MICHAEL, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
PACHINI, JULIS, L. U. 261, Scranton, Pa.
PEARSALL, NELSON, L. U. 1397, Roslyn,
N. Y.
PERREAULT, MEDERIC, L. U. 1360, Montreal,
Que.
PETERSEN, AXEL J., L. U. 314, Madison,
Wise.
PFARRIUS, GUSTAVE, L. U. 15, Hackensack,
N. J.
PIERSON, SAMUEL V., L. U. 162, San Mateo,
Cal.
PLETZ, HENRY J., L. U. 15, Hackensack,
N. J.
POHJOLA, UNO, L. U. 1433, Detroit, Mich.
PRATT, WALTER CHANDLER, L. U. 1478,
Redondo Beach, Cal.
PRICKET, RAY, L. U. 44, Champaign-Urbana,
111.
PRYDE, R. H., L. U. 18, Hamilton, Ont.
RAMIREZ, LEO, L. U. 33, Boston, Mass.
RAY, BEDFORD FOREST, L. U. 764, Shreve-
port. La.
REED, EARL H., L. U. 50, Knoxville, Tenn.
REHBERG, KARL, L. U. 419, Chicaso, 111.
RESNICK, FRANK, L. U. 657, Sheboygan, Wise.
RHINEHART, AL., L. U. 61, Kansas City, Mo.
RICHARDSON, ALBERT, L. U. 345, Memphis,
Tenn.
ROBEL, JOHN, L. U. 264, Milwaukee, Wise.
ROBERTSON, JOHN, L. U. 33, Boston, Mass.
ROTTENBACH, M., L. U. 18, Hamilton, Ont.
RUHLOW, BENJAMIN E., L. U. 2435, Ingle-
wood, Cal.
RUSS, W. J., L. U. 1913, Van Nuys, Cal.
SAILORS, J. T. Sr., L. U. 1423, Corpus Christi,
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SANDERS, THOMAS B., L. U. 841, Carbondale,
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SAUTER, JACOB, L. U. 355, Buffalo, N. Y.
SCHNEIDER, ANDREW, L. U. 143, Canton,
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SEBESTE, STEPHEN, L. U. 12, Syracuse, N. Y.
SHANNON, CECIL, L. U. 200, Columbus, Ohio
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By Fred Goetz
It \%"as certainly gratifying to see the re-
sponse to camp cooking, recipe contest.
^^'e^■e got enough ideas for outdoor chow
now to keep the wrinkles out forever and a
day.
Following are the names of the six union
members (or members of their family) whose
recipes were judged as tops and who have
received a Luhr Jensen lure assortment
as their prize. Congrats:
LESTER W. WARD of Palm Springs,
Cahfornia, a member of Local 1046; AL-
BERT MAY of 232 Marion St. in Bensen-
ville. Illinois, a member of Local 558;
ERIC MAKELA of 1340 N. E. 134th St.
in North Miami, Florida, a member of Lo-
cal 993 in Miami; MRS. HOWARD MOEN,
2016 Fremont Ave., South, in Minneapolis,
wife of member Howard Moen of Local 7;
JOHN CIARCIA, of 96 Bartlett Road in
Winthrop. Massachusetts, a member of Lo-
cal 218: and JOSEPH E. GRACE of 485A
E. South Avenue in Cranford, New Jersey,
the son-in-law of retired member Ned L.
Smith of Local 715.
In the following lines of this month's col-
umn we're letting you readerfolk in on
these outstanding vittles.
Here's Lester Ward's recipe for "Corn
Chowder":
1 large can of tomatoes
1 large can of corn (whole)
2 large potatoes and 2 large, diced onions
1 lb. bacon cut into 1" pieces
Put tomatoes, potatoes, com aiid onions
in stewpot and cook until potatoes are done.
Fry out bacon, add it and some of the
grease to above, and season it to taste.
Serves about four.
Albert May submits a rundown for a
dish he calls "Kery Snookum":
If fishing and you have luck, parboil one
large fish in your skillet, so you can set it
aside. Now take one package of green, de-
hydrated peas; mix dry milk and warm
water together and add it to the peas to
make a soup. Use celery and salt and pep-
per to taste.
Combine fish flakes and soup mix; sim-
mer in vour skillet until done.
Size of fish and amounts of soup vary to
suit the number of people.
Eric Makela sent in a recipe he calls
"Coffee Can Burger Bake":
1 sliced tomato, medium thick
1 thick, sliced onion
1 thick hamburger patty
2 strips of bacon, sliced small
Frozen baby lima beans, thawed
Diced raw potato
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon salt
Pepper
Use a 1-pound coffee can for each serv-
ing. Turn can upside down and shape heavy-
weight, aluminum foil over each. Turn cans
right side up and place foil liners inside.
Arrange ingredients in order listed. Put lids
on cans. Keep cans in picnic refrigerator or
iced until time to cook. To cook, let fire
bum down to coals. Put cans on coals for
30 to 40 minutes. Remove lids and lift food
out by foil ends. Eat from foil plates.
Mrs. Howard Moen says this recipe is
always good, easy to make— even over a fire
out of doors. It's for venison, but is just as
good with any wild game— including coon,
bear or elk. She has tried them all. It's
called "Venison meat balls with gravy":
1 lb. ground venison hamburger
^2 lb. pork sausage
1 egg
^2 cup bread crumbs
% cup of milk
1^2 teaspoons salt
^2 onion, chopped
Mix all ingredients thoroughly \vith hands;
shape in small balls and fry in small amount
of hot fat.
When well browned, sprinkle about 4
tablespoons flour in pan and brown with
meat. Add 2 cups water and let meat balls
cook in the gravy until done. Season and
serve with boiled potatoes.
Here's John Ciarcia's recipe for "Baked
Trout":
First, I clean the trout, wash it good and
fillet it.
Then I take a pan and put a little Wesson
oil into it.
38
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Then I put the fish into the pan; add
salt, black pepper, bread crumbs, grated
cheese, parsley, garlic salt and sliced onion.
Then I smear some tomato sauce over that
and a little Wesson oil on top of that, and
leave it in a pre-heated oven for 40 minutes.
Joseph E. Grace submitted a recipe called
"Fisherman's Omelet":
Speaking of camp meals that stick to the
ribs, let me describe a concoction I whipped
up while on a fishing trip in Maine.
After pouring a little vegetable oil into a
frying pan, chop up a good sized onion, a
half of green pepper; combine these and
fry awhile over the hot coals. Now break
three eggs into the pan; open a tin of
comed beef, and crumble half the contents
into the pan and stir occasionally while
frying.
With strong coffee, beans and bread, this
provided enough of a meal for two hungry
men. You might add some mushrooms to
this mixture for the right gourmet's touch.
o * *
The famed outlaw, William H. Bonney
(alias "Billy the Kid"), favored a rifle in his
"work" rather than a pistol. He used a rifle
to dispatch most of his 21 victims and car-
ried a pistol more for looks than business.
In a strange twist of irony, it was also
a rifle that Sheriff Pat Garrett used when
he put an abrupt end to the West's most
noted outlaw on July 15, 1881, at Fort
Sumner, Arizona.
* * »
J. A. Moffat, a member and business
agent for Local 1598, Victoria, B. C., Can-
ada, sends in the following story and photo:
"Last Labor Day,
my neighbor, Jimmy
Winger, his 12-year-
old son, Wayne, and
my son and I were
salmon-fishing in the
Strait of Juan De Fu-
ca, about a quarter of
a mile off the Victoria
waterfront.
"We were all using
herring strip for bait,
with about 6 ounces of weight. There were
a lot of boats in the area and it was quite
foggy. It was about 9 a. m., all was still,
when 'wham,' my son's reel sang out with
a fish on. Wayne started to reel in, when
Jimmy's reel sang out as well, and before
I could shut off tlie outboard motor, my
reel started screaming also— so it was three
fish on at the same time. After a half -hour's
fight, all three salmon were boated safely.
They were small but scrappy silvers, up to
nine and a half pounds.
"One of the Local members really got a
big one— a 50-pound Tyee (Chinook) salmon
in the vicinity of Port Alberni, off Vancou-
ver Island. Sorry I haven't got a picture of
that monster, but the boys did take a pic-
ture of two of the fish we caught. Here it is;
that's me in the middle."
* # »
Fortunate, indeed,
is the man whose wife
shares his love of the
angling pastime. One
such man is Hubert
Hovey of 1315 Man-
ning St., Winfield,
Kansas, the Treasurer
of Carpenters Local
2383.
Here's a photo sub-
mitted by Hubert that
demonstrates the angling ability of mister
and missus— a good catch of iDuffalo; largest
one beached by Hubert, a 13-pounder.
Hubert got the biggest, but the missus
got the most.
Catch was made in the Fall River in
back of the dam at Government Lake.
Nice goin', folks.
# « »
We received a letter from Ben Gieseke
of 1051 Jackson Avenue in University City,
Missouri, a member of Local 47.
He asks: Does anyone know how to make
a turtle trap? (Evidently Ben got tired of
standing on the bank of this turtle-infested
lake and taking pot shots at them widi his
rifle.)
To Ben's question, we suggest that he
write to Dr. Carl Lagler at the University
of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Dr. Lagler has
designed a turtle trap and written an article
on the subject that has been published in
booklet form by the Michigan Conservation
Department at East Lansing.
» « «
Recently, a fishery biologist gave a talk
to a group of Boy Scouts about the state's
fishery program.
During the talk, the biologist demon-
strated how many fish were tagged. He then
asked if any Scout could give reasons why
a biologist tags fish.
After a brief silence, one little lad put up
his hand and asked, very timidly, "To keep
them from being stolen?"
CorrospondoncQ
This Journal is Not Responsible for Views Expressed by Correspondents.
CHICAGO UNION 80 HONORS VETERAN CARPENTERS
Last month. Local Union No. 80 sponsored an unusual event— a veteran members'
recognition night combined with installation of officers. What made the event unique was
the fact that a General OflBcer with half a century of membership of his own in the local
union made the presentation of 50-year pins to ten fellow members with whom he worked
and chummed for the span of half a century.
First General Vice President John R. Stevenson returned to his home local for the
occasion. Several years previously he had been awarded his own 50-year emblem. On the
Veterans of Carpenters Local Union No. 80 receive 50-year membership emblems from
United Brotherhood of Carpenters at the joint pin presentation and officer installation cere-
monies. From left to right are Fred B. Zobel, Harry Huizinga, Halvar Johnston, Hugh
Jones, Nicholas Lorentzson, First General Vice President John R. Stevenson, Albert Reiche,
Alex McKenzie, Alfred Strickert, Arthur Gaden, A. Einar Israelson.
night of July 11, he had the honor of passing out similar emblems to ten old timers with
whom he worked closely over the years. At one time Vice President Stevenson served as
president of Local No. 80.
A fine turnout was on hand to pay tribute to the old timers whose efforts carried the
union through turbulent times of bygone days. The presence of a General Officer who
rose from the ranks of the local added a special and appropriate touch.
Long after the meeting was over, veteran members continued reminiscing about frus-
trations and triumphs that filled the history of the union in its march to its present plateau
of success.
Craft ProblQms
Carpentry
LESSON 381
By H. H. Siegele
Skill.— Does the present-day mechanic
have as much skill as ths mechanic of fifty
years ago? Let's see, skill is to know how to
do and be able to do a particular line of
work perfectly. It is more than what is often
referred to as "the know-how." It is, as
this writer sees it, the "know-how-and-do-
well"— in short, it is the thing that makes
a finished mechanic out of an untrained
of the present-day mechanic in hand work,
because almost e\'erything he did was hand
work. Few, very few of the old-timers that
this writer knew during his apprenticeship
knew very much, if anything, about han-
dling power tools. In fact, power tools as
they are known today, were nonexistent.
The conclusion, therefore, is that the me-
chanic of fifty years ago was more skillful
in hand work than the mechanic of today.
But, on the other hand, the present-day
mechanic is far ahead when it comes to
working with power tools.
Section a-a
a<-
Fig. 17
apprentice. This ability cannot be acquired
from books alone— books do furnish much
of the technical knowledge, but that isn't
all of it. The indispensable part of skill is
gained by the process of "learning to do
by doing." This brings up a second ques-
tion: Does the present-day mechanic have
as much opportunity to learn to do by
doing, as the old timers had? The average
old-timer of fifty years ago was far ahead
Cabinets and Drawers.— Fig. 17 shows, to
the right, a face view of a one-door cabinet.
To the left is shown a cross section of tliis
cabinet, cut through a-a. The figures and
notes on the drawings give enough informa-
tion to guide the workman in constructing
such a cabinet. The floor plan and cross sec-
tions of our pattern kitchen are shown in
Lesson 379, which see. A section of this
THE C A R P E X T E K
41
15 V
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39"
Fig. 18
plan, cut through A-A, Fig. 2, is shown by the stove, and Fig. 19 shows a similar lay-
Fig. 3 as Section A-A of that lesson. out, but in reverse order, on the right of
Fig. 18 shovi's a one-door cabinet and a the stove, as shown in Lesson 379, Figs. 2
set of three drawers located to the left of and 3. In Lesson 380, Figs. 15 and 16, re-
^
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414.
Fig. 19
16^1
,, 3'
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spectively, are shown cross sections through
b-b and c-c of Fig. 18.
Details of Drawers.— Fig. 20 shows at the
top a cross section of the drawer shown
i
y^ PlYIVOOD'
''^ Plywood BoTTO^
Fig. 20
in plan just below it. The y4-inch plywood
drawer bottom is pointed out. To the right
Fig. 21
Drawer Joint
we have the other cross section of the same
drawer. This shows the two sides, the ply-
i;
Drawer Bottom'
Details Center Guide
Fig. 22
wood bottom, and the center guide. The
joints of this drawer should be noticed,
especially those tliat join the drawer front
to the sides. A larger scale detail of the
front joints is shown by Fig. 21. This is a
secure joint and not hard to make; Low-
Drawer Bottom-
f
J/±.
j-y\^
f
Fig. 23
Detail otCenterGuide
ever, it should be put together with a good
quality of glue.
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Fig. 24 '^-^
Details of Center Guide.— An edge view
of the center guide is shown by the top
Thanks, for
being careful
remember.
ONLY
^OKiLJOU CAN
PREVENT
FORESL
FIRES'
THE CAR P E X T E R
43
drawing of Fig. 22. To the right is shown
a good wall support for the back of this
Sectiow f-/
Fig. 25
giiide. The bottom drawing shows a plan
of the same guide, also showing the back
MATHEMATICS for
CARPENTRY
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wall support. A little study of these two
views vAl\ give the student a good idea of
its construction. The dotted lines, at the
top and bottom, left, show how the front
guide support is fastened to the upright
counter supports, one on either side of the
drawers. To the right a cross section of
the center guide is again given. The space
between the drawer bottom and the frame
of the center guide is given here as 9/16-
inch. Fig. 23 shows a detail in a larger scale
of the center guide, giving important di-
mensions. The parts without figures are not
important and can be determined by the
workman.
Cabinet with Drawers.— Fig. 24 is a face
view of a cabinet with two small drawers at
the top. The bottom part lias two doors.
From top down, we ha\'e 1 inch for coun-
ter nosing, 1 % inches for head, 4 V2 inches
for drawer, 1 V2 inches for cross bar, 17 V2
inches for door, and 4 inches for toe room;
in all, 30 inches. A cross section through
f-f, is shown by Fig. 25.
This lesson, as well as the lesson that
is to follow, should be studied in keeping
with the two lessons that have gone before.
Reference to the illustrations of these les-
sons should be made whether or not they
have been referred to in the text.
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Carpenters' Tools and Accessories
Page
Belsaw Machinery Co., Kansas
City, Mo. 43-45
Construct-O-Wear Shoe Co., In-
dianapolis, Ind. 4S
Eliason Tool Co., Minneapolis,
Minn. 43
Estwing Mfg. Co., Rockford, Ill._ 43
Foley Mfg. Co., Minneapolis,
Minn. 44-47
Hydrolevel, Ocean Springs, Wise. 47
Illinois Stamping & Mfg. Co.,
Chicago, 111. 44
Lufkin Rule Co., Saginaw, Mich. 4th Cover
Milwaukee Electric Tool Co.,
Milwaukee, Wise. 47
R. G. Nicholas Apron Co., Hunt-
ington Park, Cal. 44
The Stanley Works, New Britain,
Conn. 46
Versa-Vise, Orrville, Ohio 48
Technical Courses and Books
Audel Publishers, New York,
N. Y. 45
Helton School, Chicago, 111 43
Chicago Technical College, Chi-
cago, 111. 1
Cline-Sigmon, Publishers, Hick-
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Reinforced in spots where carpenters punish
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Tough Neoprene soles defy wear. Uppers riv-
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It was . . . just a short while
ago. People came here to relax
and enjoy the cool green of the
forest. There -were squirrels,
deer and birds. There were
fish in the streams.
But now there is nothing . . .
nothing but desolation.
How did this fire get start-
ed? It wasn't lightning or some
other natural cause. Someone
was careless. Someone flipped
a cigarette from a car window,
left a campfire smoldering, or
tossed away a match that "ap-
peared" to be out.
It's the same story across
the nation. Forest fires burned
10 million acres of America's
valuable timber last year. And 9
out of 10 of these fires were
caused by people . . . mostly
good people like you. One mo-
ment of carelessness, in each
case, did the job.
Be careful in the woods this
year. Be sure every flame, ev-
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your smokes, drown your camp-
fires. When you drive use the
ash tray in your car. Be care-
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Remember — only you can
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example. You can see quality ... in its fine hard-
wood finish, brass extension slide, and bold, black
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can hear it in the decisive "snap" of triple lock-
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of America, for its Members of all its Branches.
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Established in 1881
Vol. LXXX— Xo. 9
SEPTEMBER, 1960
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— Contents —
Wisconsin Carpenters Restore Pioneer Shop - 5
The Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters raises enough money to build a pioneer
carpenter shop at the historical museum at Stonefield. Furthermore, the Council rounds
up enough experts on timber framing to get the job done with the assistance of many
volunteer members who never saw a hand-operated boring machine before.
Wages And Working Conditions In Canada
8
A recently completed survey by the Canadian government discloses the fact that
our Brotherhood has made consistent progress in elevating wages and working condi-
tions.
Old Dobbin Beats Electronic Age
12
Deep in the hills of West Virginia, the draft horse is making possible the erection
of a new radio research center that may produce the next new marvels of the electronic
age.
What's To Cure Drug Prices?
16
The second and last in a series of articles dealing with the possible avenues of
action open to Congress to get drug prices down to realistic levels.
The Carpenter Who Likes To Fall
- 19
Most carpenters fear a fall more than anything else. But Brother Rusty Gorman of
Local Union No. 1815 spends his week ends falling for thrills and extra cash— with a
parachute, of course.
* • *
OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Plane Gossip
Editorials
Official
In Memoriam
Outdoor Meanderings
What's New
Correspondence
Craft Problems
Index to Advertisers
* * •
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24
28
29
31
33
35
39
46
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Wisconsin Carpenters Restore Pioneer Shop
• •
CHAIN reactions are not the exclusive monopoly o£ atomic fission. They
take place in many lines of human endeavor that have no connection
with uranium, plutonium, or gamma rays.
Consider the case of the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Wisconsin State
Council of Carpenters, and the Stonefield Farm and Craft Museum.
Some time ago, the Historical Society decided that it would like to recon-
struct a pioneer village at the Stonefield site, near Cassville. However, two
obstacles stood in the way: how to raise the money, and where to find old-
time craftsmen capable of erecting a building using mortise and tenon joints,
wooden pegs and the other construction techniques that existed a century ago.
The Historical Society contacted
Brother Bob Strenger, president of the
\¥i:-consin State Council of Carpen-
ters, with its problems. The result was
a chain reaction. The Council made
an appeal to its affiliated locals. Since
an old-time carpenter shoD was to be
included in the pioneer village restor-
ation, the response was excellent. In
a short time the affiliates of the Coun-
cil had raised $1,900 which was
turned over to the Historical Society
for financing erec!:ion of the pioneer
carpenter shop.
The problem of locating craftsmen
capable of erecting a timber structure
with hand tools of the last century
was a little more difiicult. However,
President Strenger came through
again. He located four old timers who
began their trade as timber shapers
and erectors. But the chain reaction
v/ent farther than that; it also un-
covered several dozen members who
were willing to donate their time on
weekends to get the project com-
pleted.
The framework of the 30 x 40-foot
carpentry building is made of eight-
inch-square, white oak timbers, joined
with mortise and tenon joints and
held together with wooden pegs. All
Closeup showing^ a group of the Carpenters
fitting a cross-member into place. Joints were
a'l cut with old-time hand tools and fit per-
fectly.
the work of cutting out the mortises
and tenons was done with old-time
tools including a hand-operated bor-
ing machine, cross-cut saw, hand ax
and chisels. The carpenters predicted
that the building would be accurate
to within a quarter of an inch, and it
was.
A crew of twenty-five members of
the state council gathered at Stone-
THE CARPENTER
Carpenters raise tbe pre-fabricated framework of the east wall of the carpenter shop. Made
cf white oak timbers, eight inches thick, the section was estimated to weigh nearly three tons.
Rafters go in place on the carpenter shop. This was the first use of nails in the structure.
The entire framework is held together with mortise and tenon joints and wooden pegs.
THE CARPENTER
field Museum on June 25 for the barn- These three units will be part of a
raising bee. More than 650 years of village presentation of all the trades,
experience was represented by the crafts, businesses and professions
men, ranging from a two-week ap- found in a typical village of seventy
prentice to a man who had practiced years ago. There will be a pharmacy,
the trade for 56 years. a general store, a meat market, a
rr.1 1, £ 1 -J hardware store, a milliner's shop, a
ine heavy framework was raised i i i -^i i i i =
, . . T 1 ^, c, c .1 blacksmith shop, a harnessmaker s
and lomed and the ratters tor the i u i ' u j i
f ' , 1 1 r 1 1 shop, a shoemaker s shop, and several
roof completed before the day was ^^^^^ ^^^.^^ .^ ^^^ completed project.
over. The men combmed the day of ^j^^ Carpenters made their gift and
donated work with a picnic for their volunteered their labor to make cer-
wives and children at scenic Nelson ^ain their trade was represented.
Dewey State Park, of which Stone- stonefield Farm and Craft Museum
lield is a part. ^^^ ^^^ village was located on the
Two weeks later, the Carpenters former plantation farm of Nelson
held a second bee but were rained Dewey, first governor of the State of
out, and on July 23 planned to return Wisconsin. The Dewey home is oper-
to complete their building and two ated as an historic site, and other
adjoining lean-to buildings which will plantation buildings house the pres-
house a wagon shop and a cooperage, ent museum.
GOLDBERG ASKS PERMANENT LABOR ADVISERS
Establishment of a permanent National Council of Labor-Management
Advisers to advise the President of the United States on labor-management
problems and to recommend solutions particularly in so-called "national emer-
gency strikes" has been proposed by Arthur Goldberg, AFL-CIO special
counsel and noted labor lawyer.
Speaking purely in his personal capacity at a dinner in his honor celebrat-
ing the 15th anniversary of labor-supported Roosevelt University, Goldberg
advanced a step over his favorite theme that new dynamic steps are needed
to help resolve today's complicated industrial problems.
Pointing to the brilliant record of the tri-partite War Labor Board during
World War II in resolving labor-management disputes, Goldberg proposed
that a similar tri-partite group representing labor, management and the public
is now needed to help "our free institutions work in these troubled times."
"The Council, out of their experience," suggested Goldberg, "should seek
to recommend bold and imaginative programs to encourage the nation's eco-
nomic growth and health, and to advance both our business enterprise and
our labor movement.
"It should seek to develop programs for reconciling the great benefits to
be derived from automation and the great burdens in human terms which
develop from the impact of automation. It should seek to define the role of
Government and of management in implementing our national goal of achiev-
ing full production and full employment."
In addition to this function, Goldberg suggested that such a Council
"should formulate programs for management and labor to follow in advancing
industrial peace and minimizing industrial conflict."
Wages And Working Conditions In Canada
• • •
A STUDY of union contracts in the construction industry has revealed
marked improvement in wages, hours and working conditions for car-
- penters during the past five years in Canada.
Wage rates for members of the Carpenters Union have increased on the
a\ erage of 50 cents an hour. The 40-hour week is standard and all contracts
now have provisions for overtime pay.
Results of the survey, made by the Economics and Research Branch of the
Department of Labor, were released late in 1959.
In the past five years average employment in the construction industry
changed from 340,000 in 1954 to 432,000 in 1958. More than 35 per cent of the
industry is unionized. The United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join-
ers has increased its membership to
70,000, making the union the second
largest in Canada.
^^'age Rates
A comparison of wage rates for the
period shows that all trades have
gained substantial wage boosts in all
localities over the past five years.
In 1954 wages for carpenters
ranged from $1.30 to $2.25. Today
the lowest rate for unionized carpen-
ters is $1.65 in one Quebec City.
Highest rates are paid in the Toronto-
Hamilton area. As of May 1, 1960,
Toronto carpenters were paid a mini-
mum of $2.90, with five cents more
coming November 1. Hamilton car-
penters, as the result of a strike last
Spring, will be within two cents of the
§3.00 mark come November 1.
Apart from Montreal, Quebec City
and Halifax, wage rates in eastern
Canada are generally lower than in
the rest of the country. Rates for the
Toronto area, Vancouver and Victoria
are on the whole higher, running be-
tween $2.50 and $3.00. A wide variety
in wages and hours from city to city
was reported by the department.
Standard Work Week
Most agreements call for a 40-hour
week, with special clauses making
provision for work performed on
week-ends or after regular hours.
Time and a half or double time are
commonly specified for Saturday
work, with double time usual for Sun-
day work.
For overtime work, many agree-
ments specify time and a half for a
certain period, followed by a higher
rate, generally double time, for work
performed beyond the specified limit.
Exceptions to these rules are found
chiefly in the Maritimes and Quebec.
In Newfoundland carpenters work a
44-or 45-hour week. Only Montreal
and Valleyfield carpenters work a 40-
hour week in the province of Quebec.
Paid Vacations
Most carpenters' agreements pro-
vide that an employee shall be en-
titled to a percentage of his earnings
as vacation pay, either two per cent
of earnings (equivalent to an annual
vacation of one week) or four per
cent (equivalent to two weeks). In the
last five years, the four per cent allow-
THE CARPENTER
ance has become practically universal
in Ontario and the western provinces,
but little change was noted in the two
per cent provisions of the Quebec
construction industry.
In the western provinces, a four per
cent vacation-with-pay allowance is
mandatory under several of the pro-
vincial Vacation With Pay Acts.
In the eastern provinces, however,
legislation usually provides for only
one week. Very often, particularly in
Ontario, this rate has been raised to
four per cent through individual col-
lective bargaining.
Statutory Holidays
The number of statutory holidays
listed in union agreements is gener-
ally seven or eight.
either paid for at the rate of time
and a half or some shift differential
ranging between 10 and 20 cents is
added to the basic wage.
Most agreements state that a work-
er may work only one shift in any
24-hour period when shifts are being
worked.
Health and Welfare
The survey shows an increasing ap-
pearance of health and welfare plans
in union agreements. Ontario and
British Columbia showed the largest
number of such plans, while Quebec
and the Maritimes were completely
without such provisions.
The plans vary widely and no dis-
tinct pattern of their coverage can be
established. Usually, however, the
Wages, Hours and Working Conditions
Vacations
Statu-
Locality
Wage Rate (1959)
Work Week
Overtime
with
tory
(Hours)
Standard Rate
Pay
Holidays
Newfoundland
$1.68 $1.85
44-45
11/2
6-9
Maritimes
$1.90 $2.20
40
1^/2
1 wk.
8-10
Quebec
$1.65 $2.10
40-48
11/2
1-2 wks.
7-10
Ontario
$2.00 $2.80
40
1^/2-2
2 wks.
6-9
Prairies
$2.00 $2.35
40-48
11/2
1-3 wks.
8-9
British Columbia $2.68
40
2
2 wks.
9
In a few instances the contracts
provide that employees shall be paid
for holidays, even though no work is
done. In almost every case there is
the stipulation that they be paid at
the rate of double time if worked.
Quebec carpenters usually get nine
or ten days under Statutory Holidays,
but this figure includes certain reli-
gious holidays often paid for at single
rate when worked.
Shift Work
Most of the agreements studied—
nearly all those in Ontario and the
west— contain special provisions for
shift work.
Generally, the second shift is paid
for at the rate of eight hours' pay for
seven hours' work. The third shift is
employee's contribution to the ex-
pense of the plan is somewhere be-
tween seven and ten cents per hour
worked by the employee.
Allowances for Out-of-Town Work
Some provision is usually made to
cover any expenses for transportation,
traveling time and/or room and board
when a union man is assigned out-of-
town work.
Recently, the buildings trades coun-
cil in Toronto, led by the Carpenters
and the Bricklayers, surveyed condi-
tions in the fieM of house and apai-t-
ment construction. On non-union jobs
in the housing area, the survev
showed, competent tradesmen are be-
ing replaced by immigrants who are
exploited by unscrupulous employers.
10
THE CAKrENTER
Wages were as little as half the rates
paid under union contracts and a
se\'en-day work week was in force in
many cases.
The unions announced they were
launching an organizing drive in the
housing field to halt this drag on
wages and work. The results to date
have been very encouraging. An effec-
tive strike tied up about 70 million
dollars' worth of residential construc-
tion long enough to squeeze out an
agreement giving the exploited work-
er a substantial increase in wages and
many improvements in working con-
ditions. Hundreds of them have been
initiated into our Brotherhood.
New Ontario Labor Code Passed
Over Union Protests
Amendments to the Ontario Labor
Relations Act put forward by the
Conservative government have re-
cently become law. Many labor ob-
servers believe the changes will be
used to threaten the position of the
union movement. Building trades offi-
cials are particularly worried.
The Ontario Federation of Labor
threw its weight into the fight against
a rftimber of the amendments, but
without success. A list of 15 points in
which the amended Act is either de-
ficient or objectionable was drawn up
b} the federation.
Major objections centered on these
areas:
. The code's attempt to weaken
union security clauses.
. Its continued exclusion of certain
classes of workers fr»m labor act
coverage.
. Its veiled move to clear the way
for limits on picketing and secondary
boycotts.
. The bill's broadening of the
scope for employer interference in
union organizing drives.
Opposition speakers in the Ontario
legislature vigorously attacked section
16 of the Act which gives blanket per-
mission to members to engage in any
activity against his local without fear
of loss of his job under the con-
tract's union shop clause.
The employer is barred from dis-
charging an employee under this sec-
tion—except in the event of the mem-
ber's failure to pay dues to the union.
One speaker said this section means
"the introduction of a right-to-work
law in Ontario deeper in intent than
anything yet undertaken in any of
the American states where such laws
have been passed."
Premier Frost denied that the
amendment had any such anti-union
implications and promised that in its
administration it would not be used
for "union-busting."
To this the opposition replied: "To
blandly establish the principle that no
person can be disciplined— regardless
of how flagrant or injurious his union
or non-union or even anti-union activ-
ity might be— is simply stating that
this government now gives way to the
proposition that unions must live with
a cancer."
The opposition also attacked the
section that evidently was aimed at
banning organizational picketing and
secondary boycotts. The Ontario Fed-
eration of Labor labeled this section
"dangerous" and a step which would
lead to "never-ending wrangles."
The new Act wasn't all bad, how-
ever. A strong public campaign by the
federation and building trades coun-
cils seemed to persuade the govern-
ment to introduce some improvements
and to shelve many proposals that it
had earlier threatened to introduce.
Ban on strikes in "essential serv-
ices" was sidetracked along with sug-
gestions to grant unlimited appeal
THE CARPENTER 11
from labor board decisions, curbs on troduced in the legislature the follow-
picketing and the requirement of 75 ing preamble was listed:
per cent sign-up of members before "The intent and purpose of this Act
certification would be granted with- is to promote harmonious relations
out a vote. between employers and employees
T ..11. ,. . through collective bargaining; by their
Improvements mclude time limits r it, t^"
'- . _ _ freely chosen representatives,
on conciliation procedures to avoid tt i /^ .• .i •
, 1 1 .1 1 1.1 Under Conservative pressure this
long delays that have occurred m the bi^ was dropped. Pessimists in
past. The Ontario Labor Relations {^e Ontario union movement look at
iioard was given the right to order .i ^ ■ a ^ 4.- ^c t-u
.1 .n° . 9 r 111 the unexplained expurgation or the
quick certmcation votes before hold- i i -^ r 4-1,
? 1 . , - i-"-iwxv. ±iwna preamble as a sign of the govern-
ing; neanngs on the bargaining unit. j.' • 4. 4.- 4- j • • 4- ^i 4.
„A 111 ^ 1^ 1 ment s intention to administer the act
This may shut the door on veiled em- -^ ^^ anti-labor, restrictive manner
ployer action to whittle away the un- . taking advantage of loose word-
ions strength during delays in the ■ j t4.- • r
p ^ 5 «^v.xcijo Liic mg and vague generalities in some of
the important sections of the Act. The
One change is puzzling to observ- optimists are adopting a more cau-
ers. When the amendments were in- tious wait-and-see attitude.
I AM EVERYWHERE
By James B. Porter
Chairman of the Health and Safety Committee
Washington, D. C, Commercial Union
I am more powerful than the ccmbined armies of the world.
I have destroyed more men than all the wars of the nations.
I am more deadly than bullets, and have wrecked more homes than the mightiest guns.
I steal in America alone more than five hundred million dollars a year.
I spare no one and find my victims among the rich and poor alike.
I loom up to such proportions that I cast my shadow over all fields of labor.
I massacre thousands and tliousands of wage earners each year.
I lurk in unseen places. You are warned against me but you heed me not.
I am everywhere— in the home, in the factory, on tlie highway, under ycur accelerator,
in your boat.
I bring sickness and death, yet few seek to avoid me.
I destroy, crush and maim— I give nothing— I take all.
I am your worst enemy!
I am Carelessness.
A CONTENTED WORKER'S CODE
By Ira Hake, Local 1746, Portland, Ore.
Evidently the destiny of man is work. Let me, then, find keen interest and
pride in ready and willing execution of my duties. Let me strive for perfection
and increased production, and lament not, though a fellow team-mate basks
cozily in a higher wage bracket, takes longer coffee breaks, receives more
overtime, drags his feet, and doesn't give a damn whether the company makes
or breaks. Let me accept as law rather than condemn the decisions of my
foreman. Let me not expect added remuneration nor management expression
of appreciation for a job well done. Rather let me finish my day with zest and
gusto, with my own personal satisfaction in my accomplishments as my
reward.
12
Dobbin Beats Electronic Age
• •
IN this day and age of electronic computers, 2,000-mile-an-hour airplanes,
and missiles that orbit the smi, Old Dobbin seemed headed for the glue
factory permanently. But at Sugar Grove, West Virginia, a one HP hay-
luirner is a key factor in the next advancement of the electronic age.
At Sugar Grove the United States Navy is erecting a radio research sta-
tion. The installation, under construction by the Tidewater-Kiewit-PEC Com-
1)ine, is located high in the West Virginia hills. There are no roads leading
up to it, and the cost of constructing one would be prohibitive in the rugged
terrain.
This is the way that materials for the Navy*
Not much speed, perhaps, but no roar, no fumes
So the contractors turned to Old
Dobbin. The necessary materials are
transported by jeep to the foot of the
mountain slope. There they are trans-
ferred to a stone boat or sled and
dragged up the mountainside to the
proper places by dray horses. The
lumber, the concrete, and even the
w ater are muscled up the mountain
bv this method.
On the job, the concrete is mixed
and poured by hand. To all intents
s radio research center are getting to the job site.
, no mechanical failures either.
and purposes, the job is being com-
pleted by methods that prevailed in
1881, the year our Brotherhood was
born^ because not even a mixer can
be moved on to the job site.
No one knows what electronic mar-
vels will be developed at the Navy
research center. But Old Dobbin is
playing a big role in making them
possible. In the process, he is giving
the big horse laugh to the glue fac-
tory.
THE C A R P E X T E R
13
Anybody over 60 can rpmember when scenes like this were common around most construction
sites. At Sugar Grovp, West Virginia, Old Dobbin is staging a short but glorious comeback. The
electronic age for once is geared down to his pace.
m
p
I ^M^k I^H ^^^ B P ^'M^M^m^^^mSS^.'i^i m Iji^P
THE WAY WE SEE IT
The great debate over our public school
S) stem is raging on undiminished. There are
those who say our educational system is too
lax and too filled with non-essentials. Op-
posing them are those who say our young-
sters get the best all-round education in
the world. In the meantime practically all
agree more schoolrooms and more teachers
are needed.
Sooner or later a blowup will come un-
less we can get common agreement as to
what we want our schools to accomplish
and how we are going to get the job done.
One teacher describes the current school
situation as follows:
"The teachers are afraid of the principal.
The principal is afraid of the school board.
The school is afraid of the parents. The
parents are afraid of the children. And the
children are afraid of nobody."
Our contribution to the great debate is
this: most schools need fewer switches
around the baseboard of classrooms, and
more on the backsides of the pupils.
509.
''Pop, how come you old-timers
ussd to work for two bits an
hour?...Manl They'd never
pull thab on mer
THE RIGHT POINT OF VIEW
Longfellow could take a worthless piece
of paper, write a poem on it and make it
worth $5000.
That's Genius.
There are a few men who can write a
few words on a piece of paper and make it
wortli a million dollars.
That's Capital.
A mechanic can take material worth $5
and make it into watch springs worth
$30,000.
That's Craftsmanship.
A painter can take a 50-cent piece of can-
vas, paint a picture on it and make it
worth $1000.
That's Art.
A man can take an item worth 75 cents
and sell it to another for a dollar.
That's Business.
The author of this could write a check
for $9,000, but it wouldn't be worth a cent.
That's Rough.
A man who works in an organized plant,
has good working conditions, paid vacations
and numerous other union-negotiated bene-
fits still won't join the Union.
That's Cheating.
—"The New Lead" published by
Toronto Newspaper Guild.
• • •
THE MACHINE IS FOILED AGAIN
When a customer at an icehouse in Brook-
ville, Ind., dropped his coins in an ice-dis-
pensing machine, nothing happened. Fol-
lowing the approved procedure, the cus-
tomer kicked the door. Soon the door began
opening slowly and out came an arm.
The arm belonged to an employe who
had been trapped inside the icehouse for
nearly an hour. The customer released the
ice man, picked up his ice and went on
about his business.
Another chapter in the struggle between
man and machine thus was written. In this
case the man emerged triumphant, but all
over the nation the machine is relegating
workers to idleness, insecurity and fear.
THE CARPENTER
13
REALLY A YEAR AHEAD
The race for leadership in science has
spurred education both here and in the
Soviet Union, for luniks and sputniks don't
just grow on trees. Judge Wade McCree of
Detroit tells the story of the Russian Com-
missar of Education who went to a small
town in Siberia and asked the local School
Superintendent for the brightest student in
town.
"He's got to be at least a year ahead of
everybody," said the Commissar. "Ordinary
cleverness won't do."
"I think I've just the right boy for you,"
said the Superintendent. "Ivan is at least a
year ahead of all the other students here."
When Ivan was called from his classroom,
the Commissar asked him, "Who are the
three greatest traitors in Russian history?"
Without a moment's hesitation, Ivan re-
plied: "Gromyko, Malinovsky and Khrush-
chev."
The Commissar turned to the School Su-
perintendent in amazement: "By golly, you
were right. He's a year ahead of every-
body in all Russia!"— Let's Be Human.
• * •
PARALLEL CASE
After being in a New Mexico auto wreck
where fire destroyed the car, a young man
who was a passenger dazedly wandered off
into the mountains while in a state of
shock. Eventually he stumbled into a re-
mote logging camp.
In the meantime, however, an Albuquer-
que undertaker collected the charred re-
mains of a porcupine, an old Indian skull,
and some calf bones and gave them a
funeral under the impression they were the
remains of the wreck victim. Now the judge
has ordered the young man to pay the un-
dertaker $2,055 for his own "funeral."
At first thought this seems to be a fan-
tastic situation. But the more you think
about it, the more you conclude it has a
close resemblance to passage of the Lan-
drum-Griffin Bill. The L-G measure was
passed to "protect " union treasuries. At a
very conservative estimate, the bill already
has cost unions ten million dollars in print-
ing, legal interpretations, clerical work, post-
age, extra bonding costs, etc.
Yes, labor knows how the young New
Mexico auto victim feels.
THE WAY IT GOES
Under the current hard money policies,
figures reveal that money lenders enjoyed
a 12% increase in earnings during the
past year. In the same period, the income
of wage earners climbed five per cent. No
wonder bankers, insurance companies, etc.
are enthusiastic about existing conditions.
As far as labor is concerned, however,
it is a horse of a different hue. The situa-
tion sort of brings to mind the old one
about an uncle who was visiting his
nephew's family. One of the nephew's boys
was 12 years old and he insisted on selling
his visiting relative a membership in the
neighborhood boys' club.
Finally the uncle forked over a dollar for
his membership.
"Well, son," he said, "now that I have
paid my dollar and have become an asso-
ciate member, what rights do I have?"
The boy pondered awhile, then he bright-
ened visibly and replied:
"Well, you have the right to contribute
again next year."
ir ir ir
NOTHING FANCY
A group of tiny tots were overheard dis-
cussing their arrival in this big world. The
versions differed somewhat. Billy claimed
that his folks had bought him in a depart-
ment store; Tommy said the stork brought
him; Diane said the doctor had brought her.
Then a very tiny miss piped up, but rather
modestly, "My folks were too poor to buy
me; I was homemade."
^6^>*
5oa.
i53-eigEE3-
'^Too bad we're nol camels,
isn't it?"
16
What's To Cure Drug Prices?
• •
1
By ERMA ANGEVINE
"^ HE purpose of the Senate anti-trust subcommittee's investigation of
the drug industry is to see whether new laws are needed and, if they
are, what form they should take.
Senator Estes Kefauver (D, Tenn.), the group's chairman, has been par-
ticularly interested in ways to cut the cost of drugs without discouraging the
search for new ones. Doctors, small drug makers, legislators, and consumer
representatives have suggested several things the government might do.
For example, Seymour Blackman, executive secretary of Premo Pharma-
ceutical Laboratories, suggested the government:
limit advertising expenses and drug
company profits,
. make patents on "essential" or "life-
saving" drugs public property, and
. fix drug prices much as state gov-
ernments now fix public utility rates.
Mike Gorman, executive director of
National Committee against Mental
Illness, suggested the government
might
. revoke a firm's license to manu-
facture a drug if it charged too much,
, gi\'e Food & Drug Administration
the funds to check on drug makers'
clinical claims for their products,
. give Federal Trade Commission
authority to police the industry s huge
promotion costs aad have Internal
Revenue Service take a closer look at
them, and
. urge the Justice Department to
more vigorously ferret out illegal
price-fixing and "sleight-of-hand ma-
nipulation of patent rights" in the in-
dustry.
Congressman John Blatnik (D.
Mimi.), proposed that Congress
. strengthen FTC control over false
advertising, and
. give FTC and FDA more money
to check drug firms oftener.
Dr. James E. Bowes, University of
Utah professor and practicing physi-
cian, urged Congress to eliminate
"bulk rate" postage and make drug
companies pay first class rates on pro-
motional mailings.
Dr. Solomon Garb, Albany (N. Y.)
Medical College professor, proposed
. continuous federal inspection of all
drug manufacturing and warehousing
and
. trademark laws to ban use of new-
ly coined names as product names.
Dr. Dale Console, former Squibb
medical director and a Princeton, N.
J., physician, suggested that some fed-
eral agency find out whether each
new drug is effective, approve it or
reject it on this basis, and be em-
powered to ban misleading or am-
biguous drug advertising.
O. K. Grettenberger, Michigan's di-
rector of drugs and drugstores, pro-
posed that FDA issue "certificates of
quality" for every prescription drug as
a way to keep inferior or mislabeled
medicin,es ofi the market. He also
suggested that Michigan's state phar-
macy board could let licensed phar-
macists fill prescriptions with cheap-
er but just-as-effective dnigs, even
THE CARPENTER
17
though the physican had prescribed
an expensive brand-name product.
Kefauver warned the industry to
enforce its own ethical codes or
"Congress will do it for you." He said
he referred particularly to prices, ad-
vertising and promotion, and safety.
A former drug firm's medical direc-
tor. Dr. Haskell Weinstein, also asked
the industry to clean its own house.
He said the industry should quit
bragging about what it spends for re-
search when much of this is simply
promotion.
The industry might also emphasize
generic names in its advertising with
brand names "definitely secondary,"
Weinstein said. All drug advertising
directed to doctors should also state
the retail price of each product. This
might make a doctor "think twice be-
fore prescribing a drug that's of un-
certain value, especially if the price
is high," he said.
However, Kefauver is unwilling to
rely on self -policing. "I refuse to con-
cede that Congress hasn't enough in-
telligence to legislate effectively in
this field without surrendering our de-
sire for maximum freedom."
As a result of a Senate investiga-
tion of the drug industry, consumers
are aware of several things they can
do to stem the rising cost of prescrip-
tion medicine.
. You can ask your doctor to pre-
scribe drugs, rather than brands.
. Then you can ask your pharmacist
to fill that prescription with the low-
est-cost chemical that meets your doc-
tor's prescription.
. If you aren't in too much hurry,
you can shop around. Ask two or
three druggists what they'll charge to
fill your prescription. (If your doctor
has prescribed by brand, you won't
have much luck, since most druggists
hold to the manufacturer's suggested
retail price.)
. Complain to your druggist if the
price seems high. His suppliers and
the drug makers are concerned with
their public relations.
. Tell Food & Drug Administration
about any painful or annoying side
effects that you attribute to a drug.
. Call Federal Trade Commission's
attention to what seems to you false
advertising.
. Ask your doctor to think about
your pocketbook when he writes out
a prescription.
Senator Estes Kefauver and his col-
leagues probably won't recommend
new laws until they finish probing
into drug industry affairs. Other
things, however, have already begun
to happen, and though industry
spokesmen deny any connection be-
tween these events and the senators'
inquiry, the coincidences are at least
remarkable.
1. Sobering and McNeil cut prices
on their anti-fungal antibiotics 15%
on December 8. Schering's president
was testffying before the sub-commit-
tee at the time.
2. The Justice Department brought
an anti-trust suit against Carter Prod-
ucts and American Home Products,
charging them with fixing prices and
shutting out competition in mild tran-
quilizers, January 22.
3. Numerous hospitals began re-
porting questionable side effects of li-
censed drugs to FDA, May 3. FDA
officials think this will help them po-
lice drug safety.
4. Merck agreed to resume produc-
tion of the life-preserving drug, pena-
cillamine, for the small number of
persons with Wilson's disease, April 2.
5. Drug makers, through Pharma-
ceutical Manufacturers Association,
IS
TirE CARPENTER
decided on a full-scale study of drug
costs, April 19.
6. U. S. armed forces started buy-
ing medicine abroad at prices below
those of U. S. firms.
7. Pfizer shareholders complained
about high prices of drugs at the com-
pan\'s annual meeting.
S. A special federal grand jury was
s\\"orn in in New York City in early
April to seek price-fixing evidence in
the drug industry.
9. Saturday Review's science edi-
tor, John Lear, called for a "census of
worthless drugs prescribed to trust-
ing patients by doctors who felt safe
in accepting the advice of drug sales-
men."
10. Abbott Laboratories took a
page ad in Life magazine to answer
point-by -point a 7-page Life article on
dru2; costs.
11. PMA hired a public relations
firm. Hill & Knowlton, to help get
the drug manufacturers' case before
the public.
12. Upjohn's president, Gifford
Upjohn, urged insurance companies to
insure people against drug costs.
13. Welfare Secretary Arthur
Flemming demanded the resignation
of Dr. Henry Welch, head of FDA's
antibiotics division. May 18. The sub-
committee's stafl had disclosed that
Welch received $287,000 since 1953
from firms that his office polices, and
Flemming said Welch had "deliber-
ately misled his superiors" about this
income. More than a year earlier John
Lear of Saturday Review had de-
manded Welch resign.
14. Senator Pat McNamara (D.
Mich.) introduced a health insurance
plan for older people. May 6, that
covers only drugs prescribed by ge-
neric, not brand name.
15. American Medical Association
recommended that doctors prescribe
drugs, rather than brands, for welfare
patients so they can buy medicine at
the lowest cost.
(This is the second, and last, article in this
series dealing with possible remedies for high
drug prices.)
MEDICAL PROGRAMS GOOD FOR BUSINESS
Far from being a financial burden on business management, sound medical
programs are actually good for it.
This is the basic conclusion of a recent forum which held that the mainte-
nance of the health of workers not only is good for business but is a big
business in itself.
Results of this forum are made public in a report, "The Health of People
\Mio Work," recently issued by the National Health Council.
The forum reported that occupational health services exist in the majority
of the 8,000 plants in the United States employing more than 500 workers.
But of the three million small business establishments with fewer than 500
^^ orkers, only a comparative handful had as yet succeeded in establishing in-
plant services that went beyond the most elementary provisions for first aid
care.
The forum participants concluded that if medical programs were good
for large businesses they should be good for small businesses as well.
Discussions drew attention to the expansion of company-financed sick
benefit programs and medical care insurance. A case was made for the con-
clusion that apart from humanitarian reasons, industry had such a large finan-
cial stake in the health of its workers that it could not afford not to have a
medical program.
19
The Carpenter Who Likes To Fall
By DICK COLASANTI
ERB ("RUSTY") Gorman, of Atascadero, California, is a finish car-
penter by trade. He belongs to Local 1815 of the Carpenters Union
and works daily at his job with a nearby housing tract. Yet he has
one of the most unusual hobbies on record. On week ends he becomes a "bat-
man."
Yes, "Rusty Gorman— Batman" is how the posters read at the local speed-
way where he performs a Saturday night act that shakes even the excite-
ment-weary racing fans. During the race intermission he jumps out of an
airplane almost tvvo miles above the stands. Necks crane and the crowd mur-
murs when the loudspeaker announces that the tiny dot falling away from
the plane 11,500 feet above is Gorman.
Parachutist "Rusty" Gorman coming in for a landing at the Atascadero, California, Speedway.
The smoke is from smoke-bombs attached to his wrists.
Slowly the dot grows in size as
it plummets earthward. It takes the
shape of an X, and then becomes dis-
tinguishable as a man spread-eagle in
fhe sky. Smoke bombs tied to his
wrists leave vapor trails to mark the
path of his fall. The crowd hojds its
breath, electrified. Larger and larger
grows the shape of the falling man,
until he seems about to crash into the
stadium.
Then a small, dark mass seems to
detach itself from his back and stream
upward as his black parachute pops
20
THE C A It P P N T E R
open. But the ehute seems to lia\e
l)een sliredded by the opening impact
as strips of the canopy shower in all
directions. The crowd jumps to its
feet, only to discover that the "shreds"
were strips of paper packed in with
tlie chute to give the effect of shred-
ding.
Slowly, Gorman guides his un-
scathed chute to a thumping landing
in the center of the track. As he un-
Herbert ("Rusty") Gorman, of Atascadero,
Calif., just after completing a 10,500-foot para-
chute jump in which he delayed 55 seconds be-
fore opening his chute 500 feet off the ground.
His wife, Mary, is in the background.
hooks and collects his equipment, the
crowd sits back and sighs with relief
after the minute-long, two-mile fall.
Why does he do it?
"Kicks. And they pay me for it, too,"
he grins, settling back in his chair to
wait for his pretty, young wife, Mary,
to bring his late Saturday night din-
ner. He usuallv postpones it until af-
ter his jump. "Then I can settle down
and enjoy it," he adds. "After three
hundred jumps, you don't get excited
over parachuting any more. But every
once in a while you feel some l)utter-
flies."
"I don't mind Rusty 's jumping,"
Mary says. "He even talked me into
making one once. But now I leave
the parachuting up to him."
Mary and their little boy, Danny,
are always watching when Daddy
makes a jump, though.
Gorman started his parachuting ca-
reer about four years ago, helping to
organize a group called the "Blue-
Eagles" Para-rescue Team, at Garden
Grove airport in Los Angeles. The
Blue Eagles worked with the Civil Air
Patrol in dropping into inaccessible
terrain with food, first aid supplies
and tools for rescue work.
Rusty also instructed novice para-
chutists for the Southern California
Sky Divers at Santa Ana. During this
time the sport of sky diving was virtu-
ally unknown in the United States.
Parachutists were still considered
daredevils in the tradition of the old-
time barnstorming pilots of the 'thir-
ties. It was men like Rusty Gorman
and a handful of early sky diving en-
thusiasts who proved to the public
that sport parachuting could be safe
and enjoyable when practiced under
the proper regulations.
When ZIV TV productions came up
with the idea of a half -hour television
story based on sky diving for their
series, "Man With a Challenge", they
asked Rusty to do the jumping se-
quences. It took twenty jumps to get
all the scenes, but the film was finally
pieced together and broadcast over a
nationwide network.
Then there was a brief assignment
for the Hollywood Film Library to
film some scenes of parachutes in
various stages of opening. It was dur-
ing this job that one of Rusty's close
calls almost brought his parachuting
career to an abrupt end.
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For this particular jump he had
a movie camera mounted above his
chest-attached reserve chute. His reg-
ular back parachute was the one to
be filmed. The plan was to have him
leave the plane and free-fall for a
short distance, then roll over with his
back to the ground and pull the rip-
cord, trying to get the back chute to
stream up betvv^een his legs. In this
way he could get the camera on his
chest to record the opening. A back
opening is a tricky maneuver, even for
an experienced jumper, since the lines
of the chute may tangle around his
legs.
His back chute was packed in a
deployment sleeve, a seventeen-foot
cloth tube fitted over the folded para-
chute canopy. This device cuts down
the opening shock on the jumper by
slowing down the opening. It is pulled
off the canopy by the pilot chute (a
small spring-loaded chute), like a
sheath being drawn away from a
knife.
He jumped according to plan, fell
free for a few seconds, rolled over
on his back and pulled the ripcord.
But the pilot chute, instead of going
up through his legs, started to travel
up his back and caught around his
neck.
The rest of the sleeve-encased chute
unfurled as he tumbled. It wound
around him like a blanket, as he
plummeted toward the earth.
"I thought I had really bought it,"
he recalls. "I tried to fight it, but there
was nothing I could do. I just relaxed
and waited for the ground to hit me."
But a strange thing happened. The
lower edge of the parachute, poking
out of the bottom of the sleeve,
caught enough rushing wind to blow
the chute out of the sleeve and inflate
it. It popped open, tangled as he was
in the suspension lines, and carried
him down safely. When he hit the
ground, the pilot chute was still
around his neck and the cloth sleeve
still wrapped around his body.
The crowning mixup of the almost
fatal jump was yet to come. The film
had gotten stuck in the camera. The
whole thing had been for nothing.
Rather than chance another close call,
the studio men called the sequence off.
Rusty wanted to do the scene over.
Rusty had one other close call that
brought the ground and death too
close for comfort. It happened at a
speedway exhibition jump in Fresno,
California, in October of last year. He
was to jump at 12,000 feet and delay
his opening for 55 seconds. He would
open his chute and land on the run-
way of Chandler airport, just across
the street from the stadium. There the
author and a ground crew would pick
him up and drive him across to the
stadium to meet the crowd.
As he stepped out of the airplane
into space, all eyes were on the small
dot falling away in the air. For close
to a minute his falling form described
turns and figure-eights as he demon-
strated hris controlled, free-fall tech-
nique. He fell closer and closer. He
fumbled for the ripcord. Nothing hap-
pened. Still he fell closer and closer
to the ground, until his grim face
could be seen above the stands. The
crowd held its breath. Even those of
us who had seen the act many times
before were worried.
Finally, at a height that seemed
close enough to be able to touch him,
he rolled over on his back and pulled
the ripcord on his reserve chute. For
an agonizing second it unfurled slow-
ly as he fell closer, then popped open
with a snap that seemed to snatch him
back from the earth. No sooner had
it opened than his feet touched the
ground and he rolled into a heap. The
parachute had opened less than thirty
feet off the ground.
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"The ripcord had l^lown under a ly. "You have to get right baek on
harness strap," he explained Liter, him."
"That one really hud me worried. I The thought that the law of aver-
"<?^ej want to have one like that ages may catch up with him as long
agajn, as he continues jumping doesn't both-
Did it dampen his spirits? The next er Gorman. His profession is carpen-
wcek he made another jump with a try, and his hobby is free-fall para-
local sky diving club, as if it had chuting. But does he ever plan to quit
ne\ er happened. jumping?
"It's just one of those things like "When I reach my 91st birthday, I
falling off a horse," he says reflective- might begin to slack ofiF," he grins.
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LOS GATOS MEMBER DIES A HERO
On March 30th Brother Pete D. Hernandez of Local 2006, Los Gatos,
California heroically gave his life in an attempt to save his father-in-law and
nephew from drowning.
The accident occurred while they were on a fishing trip. When the older
man and his grandson fell into the waters of an abandoned quarry near San
Jose, Brother Hernandez without hesitation dove to their rescue. However,
with the sheer rock walls o£Fering no means of escape, the intensely cold water
soon overcame the struggling men, and all three disappeared beneath the sur-
face. The sherifiF's office reported that the bodies were recovered from a depth
of o\^er fifty feet.
Brother Hernandez served with the 530th Anti-Aircraft Artillery in World
War H and was a veteran of several European campaigns during his two years
overseas. He is survived by his widow and five children.
The members of Local 2006 are proud to have had Brother Hernandez as
a me«iber of their organization.
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POI.L REVEALS UNIONISTS REJECT ANTI-LABOR LINE
The line of the labor haters that union members want new laws to hamstring trade
unions has been knocted into a cocked hat by a Uni\'ersity of Minnesota poll.
The findings were made by Charles W. Morton and Walter H. Uphoff of the U. of
M.'s Industrial Relations Center who conducted a poll among eleven locals in two states.
The pollsters, who have been sampling union members opinions for the past seven
years in connection with the University's Union Studies Lab, learned that union mem-
bers have not succumbed to anti-labor propaganda.
For instance:
* Union members do not feel they need to be "protected" from their unions.
* Union members do not feel that wage increases have an adverse effect on jobs
or the cost of living.
* Union members do not think their officers spend too much on political action.
These views were hold most strongly by active union meiribers, less so by new unionists.
The researchers concluded, therefore, that unions have failed to do an adequate job of
explaining their i>oint of view and objectives to new members.
Greatest unanimity among all segments of the unions' membership was on the question
of whether labor unions should "see to it that all members register and vote."
On this question 91 per cent of the active memlxjrs and 73 per cent of the inactive
ortes agreed.
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Progress Report
These are the latest photos of the progress being made in the erection of
our new International Headquarters Building in Washington, D. C. As the pic-
tures indicate, they were made on August 15.
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Editorial
Social Security Can Spell End Of Poverty In U. S., Says Expert
T\\'enty-five years ago last month, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed
the Social Security Act to make it law. In the years since that time the Social
Security program has grown into the largest and most important social in-
surance venture in United States history, dwarfing even the various veterans'
prograins.
In protection afforded to workers and their families it exceeds the cover-
age and protection of all private pension plans in the nation. In the protection
afforded widows and orphans, it is roughly equal to the face value of all
private insurance coverage in the country.
Despite all these facts, Social Security has stimulated, rather than blunted,
indh'idual initiative and thrift, thereby upsetting the gloomy predictions made
by the insurance companies 25 years ago. Private provisions for old-age retire-
ment have grown phenomenally— particularly during the past 10 years. Group
pension programs have increased at an unprecedented rate, too. More people
seem to be more concerned about their retirement years than ever before in
history.
To cap the climax, Social Secmity has operated at the phenomenally low
administrative rate of only two per cent of disbursements, and in paying bene-
fits totalling over $50 billion no hint of political manipulation or scandal has
been uncovered.
All this makes up quite a record of solid accomplishment. Those who are
old enough to remember the fight it took to get the law enacted over the
opposition of the insurance lobbies, medical lobbies, etc., must feel a glow
of satisfaction. The opponents of Social Security predicted that every worker
would have to wear a numbered dog-tag wherever he went. They predicted
that ambition would become as dead as the dodo. They said that Social Se-
curity was the first step in putting everyone on a permanent government dole
within 25 years.
Of course, none of these things transpired. But now that another great
for\\ard step is in the making for Social Security— that is, medical care for re-
tirees—the same old arguments are being dredged up and repolished. Medical
care under Social Security will lead to socialized medicine, it will kill indi-
vidual thrift and initiative, it will regiment people, etc., etc., etc.
But despite these hackneyed objections, medical aid for pensioners is com-
ing shortly— if not this year, then next. And eventually it must be integrated
into the Social Security structure, because that is the only feasible way to
handle it. Under Social Security the heavy financial burdens of old age
would be spread over an individual's lifetime. And the risk would be based
on the widest possible foundation— the entire working population of the
nation. The basic principle of insurance is that the wider the risk base the
cheaper the costs.
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Professor Wilbur J. Cohen, welfare expert on the University of Michigan
staff, recently predicted that the United States can become the first nation
in human history to abolish abject poverty among its people. And the job can
be done by 1970, he feels.
Professor Cohen was one of the architects of the Social Security program.
He served as director of research and statistics for the Social Security Admin-
istration. So he certainly should know something about the subject. When he
says poverty can be licked through expansion of the program, his word is
good enough for us. After all, his predictions of 25 years ago have been
borne out by experience; which is more than can be said about the predictions
of the calamity-howlers who are still baling at his heels.
What's The Answer To Growing Threat Of Imports?
By H. J. Harkleroad, Executive Secretary,
California State Council of Carpenters
Despite the fact that the United Brotherhood of Carpenters is basically
considered to be a building trades craft, we have long been plagued by the
importation of wood products and materials which we have been requiied
to handle, process and install. Not too many years ago you may recall that
we were subjected to an influx of Swedish-made doors which we were re-
quired to handle and install until American purchasing firms, supply houses
and contractors covild be convinced that such a policy would ultimately
drastically curtail the production of American-made doors and force American
firms to the wall, in addition to creating unemployment in the door industry.
The rehabilitation of occupied Japan introduced and encouraged expanded
production of wood products of all types— plywoods, "skins", "peels", etc.—
and the continuing increase of their importation has been a constant sore spot
to our own productivity, as well as a loss of work to many members of our
Brotherhood. The Lumber and Sawmill Workers have been voicing violent
objections for a goodly number of years.
Cabinet and mill work face frames were imported from Japan quite re-
cently which were of excellent workmanship. Several shops under contract
to our Brotherhood in southern California were seriously considering their
use, leaving only the shelving and minor portions behind the frames to be
produced by the Brotherhood.
It has been reported that a full mill bid, consisting of pre-finished and pre-
fabricated fixtures, paneled walls, mouldings, etc., for interior fabrication was
to be imported from Japan, then assembled and installed in a multiple-story
building in Los Angeles by the Carpenters in that jurisdiction. The Los
Angeles District Council is currently hard at work to try to discourage the
introduction of these imports.
The carpenter has long been using nails imported from both Japan and
Germany. The use of imported cast-iron pipe and building steel is steadily
increasing and influencing the production schedules of such industries here.
This State Council was informed as recently as last week that an entire esca-
lator was being pre-fabricated and shipped from Japan for installation in a
large department store in San Diego, with a minimum amount of work for
American mechanics.
26 T II E C A R P E N T E R
Punitive legislative action, court decisions and injunctive relief ha\e fore-
stalled effective use of the Union Label, picket lines, refusal to install non-
union products, and use of the unfair list,— all methods which were good
bulwarks of defense for so many years. Thus we can no longer give too much
credence to or reliance upon those methods to relieve or control the use of
importations.
In view of past occurrences and what now appears to be a definite trend
towards heavier importations, coupled with industry's adoption of broader
concepts of automation, it is this State Council's Executive Secretary's per-
sonal opinion that all International Unions should immediately start to study
and plan collectively as to how best to curb or control importations so as to
preserve an American market for the products of American labor.
Why Not Probe Chrysler Scandal?
A barely publicized item recently told how the former president of
Chrysler Corporation made $450,000 in profits from firms supplying Chrysler
^^'ith parts.
Apparently the stink was too great so he made a big to-do about return-
ing the money. Chrysler is now supposed to be probing other executives to
see whether they are engaged in this indirect kind of "payola."
As we said, this story conveniently appeared on the inside pages of the
nation's newspapers and as far as we can ascertain did not inspire editorial
comment among those who are the self-styled keepers of our morals.
Now, let's for the sake of comparison, substitute a few names in tliis story
and see where you wind up. Suppose the individual who made the nearly
half million bucks were named Hoft'a and he had invested in a trucking firm
with which his union held a contract. Not only would the Congo and the
political party conventions be swept into the obituary pages, but McClellan
would be bursting blood vessels trying to launch a Congressional investigation
before someone else could do it.
Have you read of anyone suggesting even in a whisper that the Clirysler
odor should be treated with Congressional air wick?
Or, is the $450,000 profit simply considered "smart business"?
How many other corporations are operated on this scratch-my-back-and-
ril-scratch-yours policy?
We frankly think this is a subject for thorough congressional investigation.
Certainly what the Chrysler executive did is of concern to rank and file stock-
holders who are supposed to be the owners of industrial America. Are
their interests being protected when such profiteering can exist under corpo-
ration arrangements between prime contractors and their suppliers?
The basis for the two-year-long witch hunt in the labor movement was
that the rank and file members had to be protected from individuals who
abused their trust as leaders.
Well how about the president of Chrysler Corporation who abused his
trust? Will anything be done about it? Will he be permitted to return the
money and then maybe get a pat on the back for his moral courage in doing so?
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Or will Congress now conduct a sweeping investigation and then enact a
corporate Laixlrum-Griffin Act so "that stockholders' rights cannot be abused
by predatory executives?
Some leaders of the nation's giant corporations treat their companies as
privat'e domains in which they are feudal lords. Isn't it about time that some-
thing *be done for the millions of investors who, by Wall Street's own defini-
tion, are part of our highly touted peoples' capitalism?— The Union
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Jet Age Makes Finishing School More Important Than Ever
This montli the nation's schools go back into operation. Unfortunately,
jnillions of youngsters who got a taste of earning money during the summer
will not go back to the books. This is a very human reaction. But, in this day
and age, it is a short-sighted one. A recent release by the Department of
Labor tells why.
Jobs that require little education and training are shrinking rapidly. In
the past, these were the jobs that created openings for beginners. But techno-
logical changes are eliminating them by leaps and bounds. And those that
do exist will be giving way to a machine sooner or later.
Present estimates indicate that some seven and a lialf million young
people will enter the labor market during the 1960's without a high school
diploma. These youngsters will be seriously handicapped in their search for
stable and satisfactory employment. They will have to compete with better
prepared school graduates, and the competition will get stiflFer year by year
as jobs requiring little schooling decrease. The tragedy is that many of them
wiU not find out the bitter truth until they have married and taken on addi-
tional responsibilities.
Education has never been as important as it is today. And studies by
the Department of Labor indicate that qualified young people will have
unprecedented opportunities in the next 10 years. Because of the low birth
rate during the 1930's, there will be a shortage of trained and experienced
people in the 25-to-44 age bracket. This means that supervisory jobs will be
opening up to younger people at a faster rate than ever before.
Added together, these things mean that staying in school is the most im-
portant decision a youngster can make today.
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Speaking Of Ethics
From time to time this journal has focused attention on various gimmicks,
deceits, and phony sales pitches that are being used by business in ever-
increasing numbers to mulct the public. Now the whole sorry story is spelled
out in a new book entitled, "The Operators," by Frank Gibney,
In a future issue we will review the book at some length. For the time
being, let us quote a few observations:
"Throughout their lives some form of chrome-plated deceits continues to
work on citizens of the General Society, tlirough TV pitches, newspaper ads,
and personal sales talks, on behalf of tired tires, unworkable 'transistor' radios,
fake 'luxury' furniture, or teacherless correspondence schools. In the end, it
may even bury us, through the courtesy of a phony cut-rate funeral."
General Officers of
THE UNITED EKOTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS and JOINERS
of AMERICA
General Office : Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General President
M. A. HUTCHEbON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
First General Vice President
JOHN R. STEVENSON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Secretary
R. E. LIVINGSTON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
Second General Vice President
O. WM. BLAIER
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Treasurer
FRANK CHAPMAN
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
District Board Members
First District, CHARLES JOHNSON, JR.
Ill E. 22nd St., New York 10, N. Y.
Sixth District, J. O. MACK
5740 Lydia, Kansas City 4, Mo.
Second District, RALEIGH RAJOPPI
2 Prospect Place, Springfield, New Jersey
Seventh District, LYLE J. HILLER
11712 S. E. Rhone St., Portland 66, Ore.
Third District, HARRY SCHWARZER
3615 Chester Ave., Cleveland 14, Ohio
Eighth District, J. F. CAMBIANO
17 Aragou Blvd., San Mateo, Calif.
Fourth District, HENRY \V. CHANDLER
1684 Stautou Rd., S. W., Atlanta, Ga.
Ninth District, ANDREW V. COOPER
133 Chaplin Crescent, Toronto 12, Out., Canada
Fifth District, LEON W. GREENE
IS Norbert Place, St. Paul 10, Minn.
Tenth District, GEORGE BENGOUGH
2028 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver, B. C.
M. A. HUTCHESON, Chairman ; R. E. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
All correspondence for the General Executive Board must be sent to the General Secretary.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
In the issuance of clearance cards, care should be taken to see that they are
properly filled out, dated and signed by the President and Financial Secretary
of the Local Union issuing same as well as the Local Union accepting the clear-
ance. The clearance cards must be sent to the General Secretary's Department
without delay, in order that the members' names can be listed on die quarterly
account sheets.
While old style Due Book is in use, clearance cards contained therein
must be used.
LOCAL UNIONS CHARTERED
1190 Toronto, Ont., Canada 2886 Hamilton, Out., Canada
2839 Jonesboro, Ark. 2904 Constantine, Mich.
2842 Franlcfort, Ind. 2905 Hamilton, Ont., Canada
2850 Philadelphia, Pa. 2913 Vail, Ariz.
2884 CarroKton, Ky. 3271 Blakely, Ga.
"^n 0ittntfxxsctn
Not lost to those that love them.
Not dead, just gone before;
They still live in our memory.
And will forever more.
S^jBt tn Intact
The Editor has been requested to publish the names
of the following Brothers who have passed away.
ALLEN, NICK, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
ALRED, J. G., L. U. 103, Birmingham, Ala.
ANDERSON, JOHN, L. U. 79, New Haven,
Conn.
ANZALONE, EDWARD, L. U. 218, Boston,
Mass.
BAHN, WILLIAM, L. U. 182, Cleveland, Ohio
BARKER, JUSTICE J., L. U. 569, Pascagoula,
Miss.
BARRON, ALTON B., L. U. 944, San Bernar-
dino, Cal.
BARTON, CHARLES, L. U. 844, Reseda, Cal.
BARTSCH, EDWARD, L. U. 230, Pittsburgh,
Pa.
BATES, JOHN, L. U. 103, Birmingham, Ala.
BAYNTON, GEORGE, L. U. 1507, El Monte,
Cal.
BELLE W, WILLIAM, L. U. 715, Elizabeth,
N. J.
BERNTSEN, KNUT, L. U. 488, New York,
N. Y.
BISSONNETTE, RICHARD, L. U. 1580, Milford,
Conn.
BOLANOWSKI, JOSEPH, L. U. 715, Elizabeth,
N. J.
BRADFORD, G. L., L. U. 1822, Ft. Worth,
Texas
BRETT, JOSEPH, L. U. 218, Boston, Mass.
BREWER, JAMES F., L. U. 710, Long Beach,
Cal.
BRITTON, GEORGE E., L. U. 1507, El Monte,
Cal.
BROADFOOT, WILLIAM, L. U. 15, Hacken-
sack, N. J.
CARLSON, ALBERT, L. U. 792, Rockford, 111.
CARLSON, SIDNEY, L. U. 115, Bridgeport,
Conn.
CARS WELL, THOMAS, L. U. 710, Long Beach,
Cal.
CEVA, JOSEPH, L. U. 488, New York, N. Y.
COLLINS, C. C, L. U. 1098, Baton Rouge,
La.
COTHERN, LOUIS, L. U. 1138, Toledo, Ohio
CROCKETT, ERNEST, L. U. 12, Syracuse,
N. Y.
CROMBIE, JAMES Sr., L. U. 18, Hamilton, Ont.
DAHL, BERTIL, L. U. 715, Elizabeth, N. J.
DAVIS, GILBERT J., L. U. 218, Boston, Mass.
DELPHO, JAY, L. U. 12, Syracuse, N. Y.
DILEWSKI, ANDREW, L. U. 246, New York,
N. Y.
EKBERG, ALBIN, L. U. 710, Long Beach,
Cal.
ELLIS, ARTHUR, L. U. 218, Boston, Mass.
ELROD, A. S., L. U. 103, Birmingham, Ala.
FASSETT, GEORGE C, L. U. 2039, New Or-
leans. La.
FEIOCK, HENRY, L. U. 72, Rochester, N. Y.
FLEMING, EARL, L. U. 532, Elmira, N. Y.
FORSYTHE, WILLIAM M., L. U. 1822, Ft.
Worth, Texas
FRANKLIN, J. B., L. U. 103, Birmingham, Ala.
FRASSITTO. ZACHARIA, L. U. 1006, Milltown,
N. J.
FREEMAN, FRANK, L. U. 218, Boston, Mass.
GALLUSCIO, ROBERT, L. U. 366, Bronx, N. Y.
GEISEL, JOSEPH, L. U. 821, Union, N. J.
GERMANY, WATSON, L. U, 764, Shreveport,
La.
GEYER, WILLIAM, L. U. 1006, Milltown,
N. J.
GOTTS, EARL J., L. U. 1394, Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla.
GUSTAFSON, ERNEST O., L. U. 1507, El
Monte, Cal.
HAGMAN, OVERT P., L. U. 281, Binghamton,
N. Y.
HALKOVITZ, STEVE. L. U. 79, New Haven,
Conn.
HALPEN, JOHN J., L. U. 93, Ottawa, Ont.
HAMMOND, ROY G., L. U. 1507, El Monte,
Cal.
HATTON, HUGH A., L. U. 162, San Mateo,
Cal.
HEALY, WILLIAM, L. U. 944, San Bernardino,
Cal.
HILL, TRACY H., L. U. 1507, El Monte, Cal.
HOEFLINGER, JACOB, L. U. 1507, El Monte,
Cal.
HORTON, COY, L. U. 727, Hialeah, Fla.
HUTCHINSON, CHARLES, L. U. 155, Plainfield,
N. J.
IVEY, JOHN H., L. U. 1507, El Monte, Cal.
KAMIENSKI, STANLEY, L. U. 715, Elizabeth,
N. J.
KARLS, MATH F., L. U. 10, Chicago, 111.
KASOWSKY, AUGUST, L. U. 767, Ottumwa,
Iowa
KENT, ROBERT D., L. U. 2164, San Francisco,
Cal.
KRAUSE, H. H., L. U. 198, Dallas, Texas
KRUMWIEDE, CHARLES P., L. U. 839, Des
Plaines, 111.
LaMASTRA, ALPHONSE, L. U. 715, Eliza-
beth, N. J.
LARSON, CHARLES, L. U. 15, Hackensack,
N. J.
LARSON, SWAN W., L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
LATTANZY, JOHN, L. U. 79, New Haven,
Conn.
LEMASTER, HARRY D., L. U. 198, Dallas,
Texas
LOCKE, KERRY A., L. U. 854, Cincinnati, Ohio
LOY, DALLAS, L. U. 1407, Wilmington, Cal.
LUDVIKSEN, HANS, L. U. 361, Duluth, Minn.
LUTES, ALBERT, L. U. 727, Hialeah, Fla.
LYON, R. v., L. U. 1507, El Monte, Cal.
MacDONALD, JOHN P. C, L. U. 155, Plain-
field, N. J.
MAHNKEN, THOMAS E., L. U. 1020, Port-
land, Ore.
MANDELLA, NED C, L. U. 1507, El Monte,
Cal.
MANUS, JOHN D., L. U. 982, Detroit, Mich.
MARCINIK, GEORGE Sr., L. U. 844, Reseda,
Cal.
MARTELL, ALFRED, L. U. 79, New Haven,
Conn.
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3ljt jHcmoriititt
MARTINE, CARMEN, L. U. 620, Madison,
N. J.
MASSIMIN, THEODORE, L. U. 79, New Haven,
Conn.
McNAB, PETER F., L. U. 1407, Wilmington,
Cal.
MEADOWCROFT, FRANK, L. U. 2164, San
Francisco, Cal.
MELTING, MARTIN, L. U. 1176, Fargo, N.
Dak.
MEOLA, VICTOR, L. U. 143, Canton, Ohio
MICHWICH, W. R., L. U. 764, Shreveport, La.
NOLAN, JOHN, L. U. 715, Elizabeth, N. J.
NYGREN, ERIC, L. U. 844, Reseda, Cal.
O'DONNELL, ANDREW, L. U. 79, New Haven,
Conn.
PALMER, JACK, L. U. 844, Reseda, Cal.
PANCOAST, HERBERT, L. U. 1507, El Monte,
Cal.
PAYNE, W. F., L. U. 1768, Jacksonville, Texas
PEARSON, KENNETH, L. U. 844, Reseda,
Cal.
PEEK, CHARLES, L. U. 12, Syracuse, N. Y.
PERRY, JAMES H., L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
PILLOTTI, ANTONIO, L. U. 115, Bridgeport,
Conn.
POINDEXTER, GEORGE E., L. U. 213, Hous-
ton, Texas
PRICE, GEORGE J., L. U. 839, Des Plaines,
111.
PROCKNIK, PETER, L. U. 1035, Taunton,
RADCLIFFE, JOHN K., L. U. 1478, Redondo
Beach, Cal.
REVHEIM, B. B., L. U. 162, San Mateo, Cal.
RICE, CHARLES, L. U. 727, Hialeah, Fla.
RIKER, LEVI, L. U. 532, Elmira, N. Y.
ROBINSON, JAMES A., L. U. 361, Duluth,
Minn.
ROTT, SAMUEL, L. U. 1176, Fargo, N. Dak.
SATTERFIELD, CLIFTON, L. U. 1507, El
Monte, Cal.
SCHNEIDER, KURT LUDWIG, L. U. 4, Daven-
port, Iowa
SCOTT, MELVIN W., L. U. 1507, El Monte,
Cal.
SEQUIST. CHARLES G., L. U. 1507, El Monte,
Cal.
SHERREN, HAROLD, L. U. 218, Boston, Mass.
SJOBLOM, HENRY, L. U. 1397, Roslyn, N. Y.
SMITH, ARTHUR E. Sr., L. U. 1955, Linden-
hurst, N. Y.
SOBOTKA, JOSEPH, L. U. 12, Syracuse, N. Y.
SOJKA, LOUIS, L. U. 15, Hackensack, N. J.
SOUTH, WAYNE L., L. U. 710, Long Beach,
Cal.
SPAHR, EUGENE A., L. U. 944, San Bernar-
dino, Cal.
STEFFAN, JOHN, L. U. 839, Des Plaines, 111.
STROM, ALBERT, L. U. 488, New York, N. Y.
SUNDSTROM, EDWIN, L. U. 488, New York,
N. Y.
SUNKENBERG, FRED J., L. U. 15, Hacken-
sack, N. J.
SUTHERLAND, SAM, L. U. 246, New York,
N. Y.
TARUN, OTTO H., L. U. 361, Duluth, Minn.
TERHORST, WILLIAM J., L. U. 1507, El
Monte, Cal.
THOMAS, WILLIAM C, L. U. 414, Nanticoke,
Pa.
TURNER, CHARLES D., L. U. 10, Cbicago, 111.
TURNER, TIMOTHY D., L. U. 1507, El Monte,
Cal.
WARHOL, HAROLD, L. U. 361, Duluth, Minn.
WEBSTER, R. E., L. U. 1822, Ft. Worth, Texas
WENNING, JOSEPH, L. U. 275, Newton, Mass.
WESTERLUND, MARTIN, L. U. 10, Chicago,
111.
YAX, FRANK, L. U. 72, Rochester, N. Y.
BSOi^Ei^SBfl
THREE OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATIVES CALLED BY DEATH
Death laid a heavy hand on the staff of our Brotherhood during recent months. Three
outstanding General Representatives passed away this summer.
Walter Dunn, a representative since May 1, 1939, was killed in a tragic automobile
accident on May 25th. Brother Dunn first joined our Brotherhood in 1925. At the time
of his death he held membership in Local Union No. 264, Milwaukee. A hard worker
and dedicated member, Brother Dunn very capably represented our organization in
Wisconsin and adjoining states for 21 years.
On July 11, Representative Sam Sutherland succumbed to a lingering illness. Initiated
in Local Union No. 246, New York, in 1918, Brother Sutherland served the labor move-
ment of the Eastern Seaboard long and faithfully. In September of 1941 he was appointed
a General Representative, and for the next 19 years he represented our Brotherhood in a
manner that earned him the admiration and respect of everyone who knew him.
Brother Tom Murray passed away on August 2 following a serious operation. Brother
Murray joined our Brotherhood in Cincinnati in May of 1922. His capacity for hard work
and his winning personality soon elevated him to positions of union leadership in his
home territory. Eventually he became an organizer for the AFL. In 1947 he was appointed
a General Representative by General President William L. Hutcheson. Some seven years
ago, he was assigned to Washington, D. C. As Brotherhood representative on the Joint
Board for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes, he performed truly outstanding
Any organization is but a reflection of the caliber of the men serving it. These tlirce
representatives embodied the dedication, the loyalty, and the willingness to serse that are
the essential ingredients of continued success. They will be sorely missed for >ears to
_ utdoor
/Weandering^
By Fred Goetz
Glenn Pickering, a member of Local 1133,
Newton, Iowa, is anxious for any tips on
bass fishing— lures and methods.
Well, Glenn, we've had a lot of fun fishing
for bass, and along life's waterways have
picked up some ideas that have paid off and
dropped a few that didn't.
One of the most successful methods we've
used is "jigging." The freshwater jig has
made a big hit with spin anglers. A l/32nd
and l/16th ounce lure works best on lines
from two to three pound test and the l/8th
and l/4th ounce should be coupled to a
four or six pound line.
In stream fishing an upstream cast is a
must, allowing the jig to bounce the bottom
on the downstream cast. It bounces past
rocks and snags (you hope), likely hideouts
for tlie lunkers. Cast in the riffles above
those big eddies and holding pools and let
the current "sidle" in the jig.
In lake trolling it's a good idea to strip
out enough line to get the jig to the bottom,
then troll slowly, raising and lowering the
rod tip, activating the jig into energetic
hops along the lake bottom.
Another method that can be used from
the bank or boat involves the fishing float.
Attach a bobber to your line, allowing the
jfg Ry to sink about four feet from the sur-
face. Impart lure ac-
tion by gentle lifts of
the rod tip.
Here's a pic of a
Brother Carpenter, M.
B. Hoa gland of Local
1445 in Topeka, Kan-
sas, with a 2% pound
bass from his dad's
farm pond in Missouri.
A? for me, the jig's up!
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A letter from C. W. Churchfield of
Pueblo, Colorado, a member of Local 362,
expresses an ideal philosophy when it comes
to the mutual enjoyment of the great out-
doors between husband and wife. He writes:
"While on the job I hear many carpen-
ter"; say: 'My wife just doesn't like to go
c;i:T]-ing and fi.shing; I sure envy you. Your
wife always goes along and seems to en-
joy it.'
"The answer, Fred, to the problem is
quite simple as far as I'm concerned. A
carpenter lays down his tools and leaves
the job behind when he goes fishing, so
why shouldn't the Missus be entitled to do
likewise?
"I do all the cooking and other camp
work while on such trips. If the wife wants
a cup of coffee before rolling out of the
sack, she gets it; if she Wants breakfast in
bed, she gets it; if she wants to drift that
first fly over a pool while I cook the break-
fast, she's welcome to it. I think that is a
small price to pay for having a perfect
companion to share with me the wonders of
the great out-of-doors."
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Shades of the forthcoming deer season
around these far-flung acres, here's a photo
sent in by Herb Wille of St. Paul, Minne-
sota, a member of Local 87 for over 35
years.
Herb was pussy-
footin' around the
Wisconsin wilds near
W e b s t e r, slouching
behind a tree, when
this buck tried to
sneak past him. Herb
downed him with one
well-aimed shot,
dressed him right
there on the spot and
hung him in a shady
spot to cool.
Herb and the Missus enjoy their cottage,
whenever time permits, up on Mallard lake
near Webster, Wisconsin.
Both love to fish— emphasis on tlie pursuit
of the largemouth bass.
I have On many occasions received letters,
and an occasional long-distance phone call,
from folks wanting to know about certain
fishing spots in my home state; the base of
my fishing and hunting operations— Oregon.
Heretofore when this happened I hur-
riedly rummaged through a box of assorted
THE CARPENTER
files and data in an effort to answer their
questions. Now I'm free of all that. Now,
for the first time in the history of this state,
a thorough and comprehensive "fisliing en-
c\'clopedia" has been published called the
Oregon Sportsman's Guide.
It has 262 pages and lists nearly 1,000
lakes, streams and creeks between its cov-
ers; tells how to get there; what kind of
fish you'll find; when to fish for them and
the method employed in remo\'ing them
from their watery abode.
The cost of this text is $2.50 and it is
published by the Foster Sporting Goods,
7916 S.E. Foster Road in Portland, Oregon.
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Gilbert A. Kelly of Oakridge, Tennessee,
a member of Local 50, is also a member of
the "threadline fraternity," those light-and-
easy spin fishermen who utilize light lines,
soft-tip rods and small reels in pursuit of
large, freshwater gamesters.
Gil boated this
lunker shovelbill
catfish, measuring
57 inches from
snout to tail and
weighing 42
pounds. He was
using eight-pound
test line!
It took two hours
to land the mon-
ster on die light spin line. The neighbor-
hood young 'uns are gathered around Gil
for tlie picture.
Gil, you failed to mention the body of
water from which you eased this giant
finster. Was it the "No Name River?"
Fishing must really be great in Gil's neck
o' the woods. He recalls boating five differ-
ent species of game fish in one day— all on a
shyster lure.
o o o
A bit of verbal rambling 'bout deer
antlers:
Antlers are bony structures, character-
istic of male members of the deer family.
They differ from true horns as they are
shed each year.
Bucks use their antlers for fighting pur-
poses in the fall of the year, especially dur-
ing the breeding season. Most of the fight-
ing that occurs is more of a pushing match
than mortal combat and, usually, the biggest
and heaviest animal is the victor.
Antlers oftimes cause problems, especially
when the bucks lock horns and neither can
extricate themsehcs. Death is usually the
result for both animals when this happens.
In a knock-down, drag-out fight one deer
may gore another to death, although this
doesn't seem to happen very often.
Contrary to general belief, the points on
the antler are not, necessarily, a sure-fire in-
dicator of age.
Does are occasionally found with antlers.
Usually those animals are incapable of bear-
ing young.
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FISHERMAN'S LAMENT
Backward, turn backward, Oh time in vour
flight,
Please make 'em bite again, just for
tonight.
I've sat on this boulder for sixteen long
hours,
And baited with crawfish and dough-
balls and flowers.
And minnows and ryebread and liver and
bees . . .
And grasshoppers and fishworms and
limburger cheese.
And never a nibble, a jerk on the line . . .
Of sunfish, or sucker I've see not a sign.
My arms are fried brown and my nose is
burnt red;
My seat is worn thin and my legs are
both dead.
My stomach is puckered, and tied in a knot,
I'm sick, disappointed, disgusted and
hot.
I'm sore and I'm dirty, and thirsty and stiff;
I've lost my tobacco and ain't had a
whiff.
It's fourteen long hours by the road to my
shack;
To cold cream. . . to comfort. . . to rest,
and a snack.
Oh, backward, I guess, is the way I shall
turn.
For I have been fishing . . . I've had a
good day;
Now all that I want is some grub and the
hay!
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Dark, matured salmon should be released
when landed. Best way to release the fish is
to gently hold it in a slight current, with its
head facing upstream, for a few moments
until it regains its equilibrium and is able to
maintain an upright position.
What's Nevi^
This column is devoted to new developments in materials and products of interest to members
of crafts vrhich are a part of the United Brotherhood. The articles are presented merely to inform
our readers, and are not to be considered an endorsement by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America.
For information concerning products which are described in this column, please do not 'write to
THE CARPENTER or the General Office, but address all queries to the manufacturer, whose name
appears at the close of each article.
Ibl
The Hi-Lo Dimswitch is described as the
first dimmer switch using an electronic cir-
cuit—a revolutionary concept of light con-
trol. The product is de-
signed to increase effi-
ciency and economy in
— indoor- and outdoor
lighting by semiconduc-
tor-diode principle op-
eration, and promises to
make obsolete the t\"pe
of on-Oif, one-position
light switches currently
~ in use. Created to elim-
inate the necessity of
; going through one light
_ . level to reach another,
the new dimmer control gi\'es immediate
control from the center or "off" position to
high, 100% bright lighting— or from this
Siime center position to dim, 30% lighting
by a fiick of the switch handle. It is said
to gi\'e many times more ser\'ice from a
light bulb, except fluorescent, when used in
the dim position. It is attached to regular
commercial wiring. Manufactured by Slater
Electronics Corp., Glen Cove, Long Island,
X. Y., and the switch is available through
electrical contractors.
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A new product soon a\ailable through
your hardware dealer, building material
supplier, or saw filer is the "Circle Saw
Blade Carrier." Made ,._,
from galvanized sheet
metal and engineered
to simplify handling
of s.tw blades, it will
accoriimodate up to
12 blades in s i ze s
through 8W' for all
portable electrical
saws. Durability, ease
of selection and avail-
ability of blades— al-
ways taken out with saw-wrench attached—
assures safety in handling and prevents loss
of or damage to sharp blades, it is claimed.
Manufactured b\' Brotherhood member, C.
A. Rcinhard & Co., 2916 East Ave., Hay-
ward. Calif.
It hardly seems possible but a new angle
square has . been developed. Called the
"Squangle," the manu-
facturer claims that the
tool will insure accu-
-^■^ ** ^ ' rate markings of de-
gree or pitch for cut-
ting rafters, setting
windows, etc. The mak-
ers claim it is a pre-
cision tool. Containing
2 le\el bubbles, it is useful both as a square
and a level. Write Squangle Corp., Lynn-
wood, \\^ash.
Aluma-Sheeth is a reflecti\"e, insulating
sheathing-board for construction work. Said
to be easily handled, the sheet is Vs" thick
and is formed by bending aluminum foil
facing to hard-sized wood fiber board. The
bright aluminum face reflects heat inside
in winter and keeps heat out in summer.
Aluma-Sheeth is printed with nailing loca-
tion dots 3 inches apart in rows on 16"
centers. In addition to the usual 48" wide
panel, the manufacturers offer a full 49"
\ 8'-0" (also 9'-0") size. Nhide by Denny
Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa.
A new caulking compound which comes
in a number of different colors is on the
market. The manufacturer claims it cures
into a resilient, rubber-like material that re-
sists hardening and cracking. Based on Du-
Pont Hypalon, it is claimed to have many
of the desirable properties of that synthetic.
For further information write West Chester
Chemical Co., Box 39, West Chester, Pa.
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THE CARPENTER
■"Fi\'n Patch. " an epoxy adlu'siN'c pack-
aged in two sc'lt-nicasnring tubes, is de-
signed to be easy and economical to use.
The proper mixing proportions are olitained
by dispensing equal length beads of mate-
rial from each tube, according to the re-
quirements. It will permanently repair a
number of materials, is the claim, such as
wood, porcelain, steel and aluminum; is
water- and gasoline-proof, non-flammable,
and highly resistant to chemical attack. The
makers say it will also bond to glass, rub-
ber, ceramics, plastic and fabric and that
this adhesive can be painted, drillc^d and
sanded. For literature, write to Specialty
Plastics Co., Epoxy Div., 4010 Glengyle
Ave., Baltimore 15, Md.
Jervis Corporation introduces a new type
of window it claims does both the follow-
ing: 1. Gives the user a sweat-free wood
interior sash, and a maintenance-free exte-
rior of aluminum. 2. Allows the builder to
nail it directly into the studs, without
further preparations. From both the con-
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struction and architectural standpoints, the
new concepts incorporated in this window
should be of interest to our readers. For
further information on "Wood-A-Lume,"
write Jervis Corp., Grandville, Mich.
A new type of compression cross bridg-
ing, called "TECO Fas-Lok," is said to
eliminate completely the need for nails and
can be easily and quickly installed with a
few taps of a hammer. A "lazy nail" pro-
jection grips wood fibers of the joist so that
f ^^ r"~ ■
no nails are required to hold the device
in place. It is made of 18-gauge, corrosion-
resistant, galvanized steel, IVs" wide, with a
ribbed "V" section for extra strength, and
comes in three sizes. For more information
on the "Fas-Lok" bridging, write Timber
Engineering Co., 1319 18th St., N. W.,
Washington 6, D. C.
Said to be the only visual safety tool on
the market for circular table saws that al-
lows the operator to "see and saw" safely
at the same time, the Brett-Guard saw guard
has been improved further so that the safety
device now comes with an aircraft-«type,
shatter-resistant plexiglas shield that covers
the saw, as pictured. The guard is available
for all circular table saws with blades of 6
to 16 inches in diameter. Guide-pin holes ih
the shield purportedly effect efficient S!-'ttihg-
up of unusual jobs, with "C" clamps, spring
hold-ins, and hold-downs now eliminated.
The manufacturer stresses the safe-sawing
purpose of the guard even in the "unguard-
able" operations such as rabbeting. Made
bv Brett-Guard Corporation of Englewood,
N. J.
CorrospondoncQ
This Journal is Not Responsible tor Views Expressed by Correspondents.
CHICAGO AREA GAINS 62 NEW JOURNEYMEN
The recent manpower study completed by the Department of Labor indicates that a
substantial shortage of skilled journej'nien will develop by 1970 if apprenticeship training
is not stepped up. One area that seems to be meeting the challenge adequately is the
area served by the Cliicago District Council.
Oa May 12th the District Council and tlie employers of tlie area held a semi-annual
apprenticeship graduation exercise. Some sixty-two young men who completed tlieir four-
year apprenticeship training cotuses were awarded their journeymen certificates.
As has been tlie custom at Chicago for a number of years, the graduation exercises
were made an important event. A great many officers and representatives of local unions
affihated vdth tlie council were on hand to wish the graduating apprentices good luck
in their chosen field of endeavor.
Twenty-five of the sixty-two new journeymen in the Chicago area are shown above.
A large number of distinguished guests representing the Employers Association, the
Chicago Building Trades Council, the Illinois State Federation of Labor, the Bureau of
Apprenticeship, the Chicago Board of Education, the Illinois State Council of Carpenters,
and tlie Carpenters Welfare and Pension Fund were present to offer their congratulations
to the new journeymen.
Oi ]:)articular interest to the graduates and guests was the presence of First General
\^ice President John R. Stevenson and General Secretary Dick Livingston, each of whom
brought an informative message to the graduating apprentices and the assembled guests.
Tlie> participated in the awarding of journeyman certificates and the presentation of a
BrotlurJiood emlilem to each graduating member. A buffet luncheon and social hour fol-
lo\^'ed tlie exercises. All in all, it proved to be a memorable evening for both the new
jjurnc) nien and tlie guests in attendance.
Charles A. Ihompson, secretary of the Council, and Ted Kenney, Council president,
v.ere co-cliairmcn of the affair.
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THE CAKP ENTER
BAYONNE LOCAL HOLDS OLD TIMERS NIGHT
Recently, Carpenters Local Union 383, Bayonne, New Jersey, honored its old timers,
the real pioneers of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, who
stayed with the union through
good and bad times and helped
make conditions a little bit bet-
ter each year. The affair was
held at the Labor Lyceum.
Each member was presented
with a gold pin.
Guest speaker at the celebra-
tion was Second District Ficp-
resentative Raleigh R a j o p p i ,
who spoke on past and present
conditions. He stressed that
only through a united effort
could we achieve the benefits
we are now reaping.
Other guests were Thomas
Posey, president of the Hud-
son County District Council of
Carpenters; Albert J. Beck and
Paul Eberling, business repre-
sentatives.
Louis Botwinick, president of
Local 383, and Morris Levine,
ex-president and a 54-year pio-
neer, gave a resume of the his-
tory of die local union.
Six members of Local No. 383, recently honored at a 50-
year celebration, are shown in the picture.
Seated, from left to right: Essar Dorisinsky, Hyman
Seidman, and Meyer Alenik.
Standing, from left to right, are: Morris Levine, Israel
Levirit^, and Joseph Shapiro.
Morris Levine and Hyman Seidman are still actively en-
gaged in carpentry.
MICHIGAN LOCAL HONORS ITS OLD TIMERS
On February 26, 1960, 70 members of Local Union No. 898 of Saint Joseph and Benton
Harbor, Michigan honored 13 old timers at a banquet.
Brothers William Heiden,
Charles Kerschbaum and An-
drew Wennerberg received 50-
year pins.
Brothers Edwin Johnson, 45
years; Emil Jutzi, 44 years;
W. A. Martindale, 40 years (not
present); Elmer Greenman, 39
years; Colver Morningstar, 35
years; John Carlson, 34 years
(not present); Peter Prunkl, 27
years (not present); Jay Landon,
25 years; Karl Kerschbaum, 25
years, and Ralph Borders, 25
years, each received 25-year
pins.
George Burger, secretary-
treasurer of the Michigan State
Council, presented the pins
with the help of Leonard B.
Zimmerman, secretary-treasurer
of the S. W. Michigan District
Council. Master of ceremonies was Business Representative John Steele, Local 898.
The banquet was arranged by Francis Wilder, apprentice instructor, with the able help
of Apprentices Gerald Crier and David Kunde.
Sitting, from left to right in the above picture, are: Charles
Kerschbaum, Colver Morningstar, Ralph Borders, Andrew
V/ennerberg, and William Heiden.
Standing, left to right: George Burger, Elmer Greenman,
Karl Kerschbaum, Jay Landon, Emil Jutzi, Edwin Johnson,
and Leonard Zimmerman.
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APPRENTICE COMPLETION CEREMONY HELD AT AUSTIN, MINN.
Twentj'-five years Irom now, buildings may include landing areas for space ships on
their roofs, or launching pads in their basements. But whatever form the buildings of the
future may take, the Austin-Albert Lea area of Minnesota will have craftsmen qualified
to do the erectins.
Recently, the Austin-Albert Lea Un-
ions sponsored apprenticeship completion
ceremonies for some seventeen young
men ^^ho this year completed their ap-
prenticeship training in carpentry. The
exercises were held at Austin High
School. A dinner in the cafeteria opened
the exercises. Following the repast,
awards were made to the graduating
apprentices.
Chairman of the event was Mr. Philip
M. Johnston, Coordinator, Trade and
Industry. Mr. L. S. Harbo, Superin-
tendent of schools at Austin, delivered
the welcoming address. Greetings and
congratulations to the new graduates
were extended by Mr. P. Wesley John-
son. Regional Director, Bureau of Ap-
prenticeship. The committee members
were introduced by Mr. A. V. Chadwick
of the State Division of Voluntary Ap-
prenticeship, and completion certificates
were awarded by Mr. Frank Musala,
State Director of the same division.
Members of the Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Committee are Willard Moen, Arlo
Jordon, Robert L. Olsen, Elroy Penning, Hjalmer Peterson, and Lorenz Scheick.
Pictured above is Brother J. A. Ranum, appren-
tice instructor, leaning on a rafter project com-
pleted by the apprentice class. For forty years Mr.
Ranum has been training journeymen in the ap-
prentice classes he teaches.
Tli«? graduating apprentices pictured are, from left to right:
Seated — Julius M. Grage, Gerald Gleason and Roger Bell. Standing — Rodger M. Johnson,
Thomas De Boer, Lavern Bowman, Robert Hays and Robert Loewen.
A number of the apprentices were working out of town and were unable to attend the banquet.
Year by year, the apprenticeship program in the Austin-Albert Lea area has been
improving and growing. A good deal of the credit goes to Brother J. A. Ranum, car-
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T II E V A K P r] XTEK
pcntry instructor, wlio is both a capable and a dedicated teacher, willing to expend time
and energy tar beyond the call of duty on the project.
Some 165 people attended the graduation banquet. The Austin Male Chorus provided
music for the affair, and Mr. K. C. Kaplan showed some remarkable movies of an African
safari he recently made. The food, the entertainment and, above all, the presentation
of journeymen's certificates to a fine group of neophite journeymen, made the esening a
great success.
LOS ANGELES HOLDS 5th ANNUAL COMPLETION CEREMONIES
The Los Angeles County Joint Apprentice Committee played host to some 100 appren-
tices completing to journeyman status in the carpentry and mill cabinet trades, Saturday
evening. May 7, 1960, at the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles, with Dr. Howard A. Campion
delivering the keynote address.
Co-sponsors of the ceremonies were the Associated General Contractors, Building
Contractors Association, Home Builders Association and the Los Angeles County District
Council of Carpenters.
V. C. ("Bud") Mathis and Richard M. ("Dick") Lane, secretary and chairman, respec-
tively, of the Joint Apprenticeship Committee, presented the awards to the outstanding
apprentices of each Joint Apprentice Committee and the outstanding awards to the three
top apprentices within Los Angeles County. Winners were:
Apprentices of Los Angeles County, Calif., receive recognition and their Trade Certificates.
First prize— Michael Kobold, Local Union No. 25; second prize— Stanley M. Johnson,
Local Union No. 563; third prize— Garland Sutton, Local Union No. 1497.
In addition to the regular Joint Apprentice Committee awards, the Andrews Hard-
ware and Metal Company presented each outstanding apprentice with a 50-foot tape. In
addition, the second and third prize winners were presented with a saw each, and the
first prize winner received an additional saw, hammer and tool box. These presentations
were made by Mr. Donald Huddle, purchasing agent for the company, and Mr. D. W.
Andrews, vice president in charge of the personnel department.
Charles F. Hanna, chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, presented meri-
torious awards to members of the Joint Apprentice Committees who had devoted at least
five years of continuous service with their Joint Apprentice Committees. Mr. Hanna also
presented the apprentices with their Trade Certificates.
C. M. ("Chuck") Sanford, coordinator of the Joint Apprenticeship Committee, made
the introductions and acted as toastmaster for the evening.
After the ceremonies, a program of entertainment was provided by the Al Wager
Theatrical Agency, who presented the Gardner Sisters and the Madcaps. George Poole's
Orchestra contributed further to the guests' pleasure by providing the music for dancing.
The successful achievement of these ceremonies was the result of the wonderful coop-
eration of all the Joint Apprentice Committees— labor, management, the schools and gov-
ernmental agencies— all working together for a better apprenticeship program in the area.
Craft ProblQms
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By H. H. Siegele
LESSON 382
Hand and Power Tools.— When 4;his writer
was serving his apprenticeship (it was not
called an apprenticeship, but that is what
it was) he worked on built-in cabinets for
a rather large pantry. The owners were
wealth}', and for that reason wanted the
best that was in vogue at the time. The
ceiling was high, and the cabinets extended
up to the ceiling. The upper part of the
Today it is different: We have portable
power tools such as table saws, skill saws,
power drills, and other power-driven tools,
that simplify the field carpenter's work.
Properly equipped with power tools, he can
do cabinet work that cannot be excelled
anywhere.
Front Frames.— Fig. 26 shows the front
frame for the cabinet and set of drawers,
immediately to the left of the stove, as
shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of lesson 379. To
the right of the stove is shown a duplicate,
in reverse, of what is shown to the left.
Concealed fry Counter Nosingv
Fig. 26
cabinets had two sets of doors. One set
covered the shelves that were reachable
without a stepiadder, and the other set of
shorter doors went up to tha head casing,
which was fitted to the ceiling. They were
panel doors, and hand made. The frame,
which was grooved for the panel, was put
together with mortice-and-tenon joints. All
of this work was done with hand tools.
There was not a single power tool on the
job, and probably it was not available at
the time. A plow and a miter box were ne-
ccj^itJes in those days.
Face views, in a larger scale, of those two
fronts, are shown in lesson 381, Figs. 18 and
19. What we have in Fig. 26 shows the
frame, or better stated, the casings, nailed
to die body of the cabinet. The mortice-
and-tenon joints used to join the different
pieces are shown by dotted hues. The
shelves are indicated by horizontal, dotted
lines. Study this drawing in keeping with
the drawings referred to above.
Mortice-and-Tenon Joints.— Fig. 27 gives
details of a mortice-and-tenon joint. The
head mortice is indicated by dotted lines.
10
THE CARPENTER
Two views of the tenon, shaded, are shown
by the bottom drawings. The dimensions
are given by figures. Details of the mortice-
and-tenon joints, where the cross bars join
the stiles, are given by Fig. 28.
that the doors in all of the cabinets covered
by this series of lessons are fitted so as to
bring the surface of the doors flush with
the surface of the casings.
^Mortise ANbTENON Joint '
Joint— Stile roHEAtspiECe
Fig. 27
Hung Cabinets.— The face view of a hung
cabinet, before tlie casings have been nailed
on, is shown by Fig. 29. (See Fig. 6, les-
son 379). The optional piece shown at the
top is indicated by the horizontal dotted
line. When this piece is omitted, the soffit
closes the top of the case. The shelves are
shown gained into the sides of the cabinet.
'.•f
iV
2«"
=<♦
7 ■'
) ■
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■4
Fig. 30
Cross Sections of Cabinets.— Fig. 32 gives
a cross section of a hung cabinet that has a
back of %-inch plywood. This back is nailed
to the back of tlie case and the shelves.
^Tenon
- ._
L IV i
^ '.^
1
Joint- Cro;j Bar to Stilb
Fig. 28
Fig. 30 shows the same layout, after the
casings have been nailed in place. Fig. 31
shows the completed front of the cabinet,
with the doors hinged to the frame and the
handles attached. It should be pointed out
Fig. 29
The top and bottom pieces and the sides
are rabbetted to receive the back, as shown
by the drawing at the top and at the
bottom. To the right we have a cabinet
that has no back or top piece. Tlie strips
THE CAR'P ENTER
41
of board, marked 1, 2, 3, and 4, run from
one side of the case to the other, and are
nailed to the back of the shelves and to the
sides of the cabinet. When tlie cabinet is
. Bottom of SorriT <
y+ PL>-"0Ot> Coo»s
s
Fig. 31
hung to the wall, tliese strips are nailed to
the studding. If the solnt is installed first,
then a nailer, number 5, must be fastened
Fig. 32
to the wall to receive the sheetrock. But
if the cabinet is hung first, then the sheet-
rock is nailed to strip numbered 1 and the
ho;:d casing to the left.
Soffit Construction. Two details of soffit
construction are shown by Fig. 33. To the
left we show a soffit that was constructed
after the cabinets were hung to the wall.
The procedure is this: A narrow strip of
sheetrock is fastened to the top of the cab-
inets, as shown at the bottom, left. Then a
iy8"x3" nailer is nailed on top of the sheet-
rock strip, as shown. Another nailer is
Fig. 33
nailed to the ceiling, shown to the top,
left. This done, the front piece of sheet-
rock is put in place. If the sheetrock is
carefully cut to a miter, by hand with a
saw, a good sharp corner can be obtained.
The other method is to cut the sheetrock
square across, and. use a corner bead to
give it a sharp corner. The detail to tlie
right shows the construction of the soffit
from cabinet to cabinet, above the vdn-
dows. The 2"x6" is used to bridge the
distance between cabinets, and at the same
time answer for nailer.
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Political Arena Involves Labor's Future
In his opening address to the Special General Convention held in Chicago last month.
General President M. A. Hutcheson points out that many of labor's goals depend on
a favorable political climate. Such a climate can be achieved not in words, not in head-
lines, but at the ballot box.
The Republican Position
8
In a major address to the convention. Vice President Richard M. Nixon outlines
the Republican position on major problems of our era and the steps he intends to
take if elected President.
The Democratic Position
18
As standard bearer for the cause of the Democratic Party, Senator John F. Kennedy
summarizes the Democratic view of foreign and domestic problems for the convention.
Delegates thus were afforded an opportunity to meet the two candidates face to face
and directly hear from them the courses of action they favor.
Vote, But Vote Intelligently
- 22
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real need is to vote intelligently. A comparison of the major party platforms con make
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Local 854 Provides Two Navy Ensigns
- 31
When the 1960 graduating class at the Naval Academy got its diplomas this year,
two of the future admirals were sons of members belonging to Local No. 854. In the
years ahead these two naval officers may make many military contributions to national
security, but the fact itself that the sons of carpenters can aspire to top posts in our
society is a strength that will ultimately destroy Communism with its rigid class dis-
tinctions and Stale-olanned decisions.
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Political Arena Involves Labor's Future
The Opening Address of General President M. A. Hutcheson to the Special Convention,
Chicago, September 26th.
* * ^
N behalf of all the delegates I want to express our sincere appreciation
for the warm welcome extended to us by Mayor Daley and Brother Ted
Kenney and his colleagues on the Chicago District Council.
In turn, permit me to welcome all our delegates and guests to this special
convention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America,
in the city of Chicago.
I scarcely need to remind you that these are troubled times for the nation
and they are particularly difficult times for the labor movement. The fact
that nearly 1600 delegates are present at this convention proves that our
local unions are awake to the perils. I want to congratulate you, the delegates,
and the local unions which elected
you. In your hands rests the responsi-
bility for charting courses that will
allow us not only to endure but also
to grow and prosper in this uncertain
era.
We come here to perform an un-
pleasant but inescapable duty. Like
every other trade union in the coun-
try, we are compelled to revise our
International Constitution to conform
with the requirements of the Lan-
drum-Griffin Act.
Let me emphasize that these
changes will not add a single new
right or privilege to those heretofore
enjoyed by our members. Our consti-
tution has always protected their
democratic rights, provided them with
monthly reports on brotherhood fi-
nances and given them full notifica-
tion and information on elections.
However, the new law does require
us to make certain technical and le-
galistic changes in our basic law. We
must do this to protect our Inter-
national and its local unions from
dangerous legal and financial reprisals.
It is indeed unfortunate that the \\-
bor movement should be constantly
afflicted with anti-labor legislation
like the Landrum-Griffin Act.
The trade union movement has
made a significant contribution to the
growth and development and secur-
ity of America.
We have helped to build up the
American standard of living to the
highest level existing anywhere in the
Vv'orld.
THE CARPENTER
We have helped to create mass
purchasing power, thus providing the
greatest domestic market for the
products of the nation's farms and
factories.
We have succeeded in bringing
about the enactment of a great body
of social welfare legislation for the
protection not only of union mem-
bers, but of all citizens.
These alone are achievements of
which any organization would have
a right to be proud.
But we have done a great deal
more. In war and in peace the trade
movement has rallied to every na-
tional emergency and done more than
its share to promote the security of
our country and to preserve the free
way of life.
As long as the free trade union
movement exists, no form of dictator-
ship, whether Fascist or Communist,
will ever be able to gain any mass
support in America.
W^e were the first to expose the
evils of Hitler and Mussolini.
We were also the first to expose
the cruel hypocrisy and deadly men-
ace of Communism.
Today, as for years past, the free
trade union movement is waging an
eflFective and unceasing campaign
against the spread of communism
among workers in Europe, in Asia, in
Africa and in South America, as well
as right here at home.
You are aware of the turmoil that
is going on in the United Nations
at this time because Khrushchev and
his cohorts are revealing their true
colors. It was a different story last
fall when Mr. Khrushchev was visit-
ing in San Francisco during the AFL-
CIO Convention. At that time he had
his peace and good will mask on. A
number of people whose motives no
one can question thought the time
opportune to meet with the Red dic-
tator to explain the aims and aspira-
tions of American labor and to seek
avenues for reducing cold war ten-
sions.
I was one of the dissenters, and I
stated so in various meetings and in
our journal. I felt then and I still feel
now that you cannot negotiate with a
bandit holding a gun to your head,
whether he has his mask on or off.
Is the reward for labor's loyal and
patriotic efforts going to be a kick in
the face? Is our government going to
lend itself to those forces which
would like to destroy the effectiveness
of one of America's main pillars of
strength?
We are confident what the answer
of the American people will be. They
will have the opportunity to give their
answer at the polls next November.
More and more it becomes appar-
ent that labor's whole future will be
vitally affected by developments in
the political arena.
In self-defense, we must protect
ourselves by political action against
blockbuster legislation intended to
cripple or destroy effective trade
unions.
In furtherance of our positive pro-
gram we must depend upon political
action to win our goals.
We want a stronger America. We
want more schools, hospitals, airports.
We want decent homes for all our
people. We want improved working
conditions and standards for all wage
earners. We want greater social secur-
ity protections for all citizens.
These we can get by political ac-
tion. Not in words, not in headlines,
but at the ballot box.
The attention of the entire nation
will be centered on the Convention
today, through television, radio and
press.
THE CARPENTER
They will report not only what our
honored guests, the two presidential
candidates, say here, but also the re-
action of the delegates. From past ex-
perience, I know that this Brother-
hood treats its guests with utmost
fairness and with equal cordiality.
In the heat of a political campaign,
some people allow their emotions to
distort the facts. I trust we will not
make that same mistake. We know
that both candidates have pledged
themselves to the same goal, a strong-
er, more prosperous and more secure
America. The difference in their posi-
tions relates only to approach and
methods, not the basic objective.
Whoever wins, we can be confident
that the free, American way of life
will not be endangered.
Throughout its history, the United
Brotherhood has consistently main-
tained an unswerving, non-partisan
political policy. That is one of the
main reasons why we have kept solid-
ly united. If I read your minds cor-
rectly, we intend to hold fast to that
policy this year. By so doing, we at-
test to our faith and confidence in the
good judgment of 820,000 members.
We don't have to tell our members
how to vote. They would only resent
it and justifiably so. I know and you
know how our members will vote.
They will vote exactly the same way
as the majority of their fellow Amer-
icans. The working people of this
country do not vote as a separate
class or bloc. They make up their own
minds individually as every citizen
must do.
We hope that we will contribute to
an intelligent choice by our members
by arranging for both candidates to
come here and address the delegates
to this convention. This is political
education in its highest form. Our
members will read the speeches of
the candidates in the press and in
our own publication. The Carpenter.
They will decide which is the better
man, in their judgment, to lead our
country in the next four years. Each
one of us must make that decision
not in line with the dictates of any
organization, but strictly in accord-
ance with the dictates of our own
conscience. That is the American way.
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The Republican Position
The address of RICHARD M. NIXON, Vice-President of the United States, to the
Special Convention.
* * *
PRESIDENT HUTCHESON, Delegates to this Convention, your guests,
and my fellow vice-presidents on the platform:
May I say that it is a very great honor to address this Convention,
and particularly to be here on a day on which we are going to participate in a
debate on television. I would say, Mr. President, that you have a rather un-
usual distinction in tliis respect. You get the opportunity to see live the two
candidates who tonight millions of Americans are going to be able to see
only on their television screens, and this indicates the tremendous importance
of your organization. It indicates the interest of both political parties and both
candidates in your goals and also in
^"our support.
I am here to talk to you about
xouT goals and your support as will
my opponent, and I deeply appreciate
the spirit in which your invitation was
extended and the graciousness of your
reception today.
I of course would like to begin my
remarks by finding a point of refer-
ence in which I could identify myself
with the members of this organiza-
tion and with the Delegates to this
Convention. You know, when you are
around campaigning you always try
to sav, "Well, I used to be a member
of this organization or that," or "I
have a cousin or an uncle or an aunt
who was," and that immediately gets
A'ou on the right plane, and so I have
l>een doing a little looking into my
family background in the last two or
three days to see what relationship I
could have to the Carpenters.
I cannot say I am a member of the
Union although Mr. Khrushchev has
done quite well in trying to make me
a member of the Grocery Clerks Un-
ion. I could only say that I would
rather be a grocery clerk in the Unit-
Vice President Richard M. Nixon, Re-
publican candidate for President of the
United States, addresses Brotherhood
Convention delegates.
ed States than to have his job in the
Soviet Union.
I can say, however, something about
my father. My father, as you of course
probably are aware, is a Californian,
but like most Californians he came
from the Midwest. He spent his early
THE CxlKPENTEIl
years in Ohio, and while there his vo-
cation was that of a streetcar niotor-
m-in. He used to tell us when we were
growing up— there were five boys in
our family— that the reason that he
left Columbus, Ohio, and quit the job
with the streetcar company was that
he had attempted to organize with
another group of motormen a group
of individuals who would force the
company to close the platforms on
\\'hich the motormen used to have to
that no other motormen in the Co-
lumbus Streetcar Railway did get
chilhlains, so at least my dad was in
an organizing venture which eventu-
ally succeeded although it didn't
while he was there.
But I have even a closer identifica-
tion. You know, what candidates usu-
ally like to say when they come be-
fore any audience is something to the
effect that they were born in a log
cabin. Now, I cannot say truthfully
At the podium in a moment of relaxation appear, from left to right, Vice President
Nixon; Ted Kenney, president Chicago District Council and General President Maurice A.
Hutcheson.
stand. As my dad used to explain it, in
those days they stood out on the end
of the car in order to run the car and
there was no protection whatever, and
he said for years afterwards that the
reason he had chilblains— that was the
term that he used— was because his
feet used to get cold because of the
lack of protection. He says, also, that
a year after he left the streetcar com-
pany after this ill-fated attempt to or-
ganize the motormen had not suc-
ceeded they did put protection up so
that I was born in a log cabin, but I
can say something that I doubt many
other candidates can say. My father
built the house I was born in because
in addition to being a streetcar motor-
man he was somewhat of a jack of all
trades. He worked in the oil fields in
California to supplement the very,
very modest income that came off of a
sLx-acre lemon grove which was not
too productive, and he also was a car-
penter, and in those days in our tiny
town I remember that he often sup-
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plemented our very meager family
budget bv odd jobs now and then
\\hieh he received in that particular
location.
I want to make it very clear,
though, I am, as my wife will tell you,
\er)' poor about the house; I inherited
none of my father's ability as a car-
penter or to do things with my hands
but at least I am proud of his identi-
fication and I only wish that he could
be here to hear me speak to this
organization.
So much for the personal identifica-
tion. May I now turn to your particu-
lar concerns, to some of the reasons
wh\- I feel that this organization veiy
appropriately has both the candidates
for the Presidency, one on the Re-
publican ticket and one on the Demo-
cratic ticket before you. First speak-
ing on our Republican ticket and the
things we stand for, I know that you
realize how proud I am that the
father of your present President, Bill
Hutcheson, for many years headed
the Labor Committee of the Republi-
can Party. I hope that we can be
worthy in our party of the leadership
that he gave that Labor Committee.
I also hope that we can be worthy
of the goals which he set for the labor
movement in that fashion. I hope we
can be worthy not only as a party, I
hope we can be worthy in our con-
duct of business in Government in
Washington, D. C, in the event that
we should succeed in this election
campaign.
I also wish to pay my respects to
what this organization has done in a
field in which I have had considerable
experience. As you know, in my early
days in the Congress from 1947 until
I went to the Senate in 1950 I had the
responsibility for investigating the at-
tempts of the Communists to infiltrate
various American organizations. Those
attempts went on then, they are con-
tinuing today. One area where the
Communists had a failure of massive
proportions was in theu" attempt to
infiltrate the labor movement. They
particularly failed in those particular
union organizations which are repre-
sented by this group today, in the
building trades, and I think it is only
accurate to point out that one of the
first unions to adopt a rule making it
absolutely illegal and impossible for
Communists either to belong to the
union or to hold office in it were the
Carpenters, who long before other in-
stitutions in this country and other
leaders saw the insidious danger of
Communism and saw that their goals
were not the goals of free trade un-
ions, that the Carpenters Union in
1928 took their stand and for that you
are commended, for the leadership
that you gave not only to the union
movement but that you gave to Amer-
ica as well.
May I say also that you deserve a
tribute which I in my capacity as
Vice-President of the United States
and as a candidate for the Presidency
wish to pay for maintaining the high
standards for skills, for crafts in the
United States. You know, we often
talk about the things that are wrong
about this country and we must never
forget that in pointing out those
things "that are wrong, what we
should do in order to correct them,
but America has an awful lot of
things that are right about it, and in
that connection I remember my meet-
ing with Mr. Khrushchev in Moscow
when we were standing in that model
kitchen.
Some way or other the conversation
got around to construction, housing
and apartments and the like, and I
pointed out to Mr. Khrushchev the
difference in construction in our coun-
try and in his, as I saw it, and the
advantages that we had. He was pro-
ceeding to point out what he consid-
ered his advantages. He made a very
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interesting statement at that point.
He said, "But, Mr. Nixon," he said,
"your construction in the United
States is a very poor quahty." He said,
"Well, you build your houses with
sawdust."
I couldn't understand what he
meant and then I learned later that
he had seen some motion picture in
which there had been a demonstra-
tion of how building went on in the
United States and what he referred
to, of course, as sawdust was insula-
tion. Now, insulation of course is
something that was unheard of in the
Soviet Union and here it showed his
ignorance of the tremendous develop-
ment in the United States in the field
of building and in all other building
trades, and actually it indicates how
far we are ahead in the area of con-
struction and housing, so when we
think of the things that we are be-
hind in let us remember that here is
a case doing great part to the skills
of this organization and organizations
like it, doing great part to these skills
that you have contributed that the
United States is first in the world. We
are first in the world in construction,
in quality of housing and construc-
tion, and Americans and all free peo-
ples can be proud of that.
In determining what subjects you
would be primarily interested in I, of
course, as will my opponent, Mr. Ken-
nedy, have a wide variety to choose
from. First I could talk about those
technical aspects of the law, of the
various laws which affect the Build-
ing Trades. I could have, for example,
referred to the fact that as far as the
common situs picketing is concerned
I happen to be not a Johnny-come-
lately. If you will check the records
you will find that in 1949 when I was
a member of the House I joined with
Senator Taft and others— he was then
a member of the Senate— in attempt-
ing to introduce legislation which
would have corrected the inequities
which arose out of the Denver Build-,
ing Trades case. It is unfortunate that
we have been unable to get such
legislation passed in the intervening
years. I could point out other areas
where I think my views have been
certainly similar to and have repre-
sented the views of this organization
in the technical aspects of labor legis-
lation.
On the other hand, it is only ac-
curate to say that in some respects
my views have not coincided with the
views of this organization or others
for that matter in the labor union
field as far as technical labor legis-
lation is concerned. I point this out
because I think it is only fair that
when a candidate for the Presidencv
comes before any group he lays it on
the line as to what he believes, that
he make clear those areas where he
agrees, and he make clear also those
areas where he does not agree.
What I want to say is this: As far
as the goals which Mr. Hutcheson
described in his speech this morning
—I had a report of it— are concerned,
certainly I believe in those goals of
better housing, better health, better
jobs. These are goals that all of us
seek as Americans.
If I could talk to that point for a
moment, let me make one particulai-
issue absolutely clear. I think some-
times when we talk about how we are
going to achieve a better life for
Americans we tend to confuse the
goals which we seek with the means
that we should use to seek them. As
far as the goals are concerned, all
Americans, Democrats, Republicans,
independents want a better life for
the people of this country. All Amer-
icans certainly want progress for the
people of this country. This is true
of my opponent. He wants it. I know
he is sincere in believing that the
means he would use to reach those
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goals are the best means. I think you
have to reaHze, and I thmk you do
reahze, as Mr. Hutcheson pointed out,
that I, too, beheve that the means I
would use to achieve these goals that
all Americans seek, that I believe that
the\" are the best ways, the best ways
to get these goals. The question, in
other words, and I think we should
have this clear throughout our cam-
paign, is not on whether the two can-
didates for the Presidency disagree
on their desire to have a better life,
more progress for the American peo-
ple, the question is which has the kind
of a program, which of the candidates
can furnish the leadership which will
produce that progress.
Now, on that score you have to look
at our records first. And in looking at
the records, I should point out, and I
think it is only fair to point out, that
while the charge has been made that
under our Administration, of which
I am proud to be a part, that America
has been standing still, that we have
not been moving forward, that our
Administration has worked in the in-
terest of the rich and not in the in-
terests of the poor, that we have
l^een for the employers and against
the employee, that we are for man-
agement and against the wage-earner,
that in view of these charges, some
of \Ahich I realize were made in the
heat of a political campaign, that
when you look at the record the rec-
ord knocks down every one of them.
I w'ant to talk about that record for
just a moment.
Let's put it in terms of your
members. Let's put it in terms of the
Carpenters 900,000 strong, around
America. What do they want and
how is this Administration effective
in meeting those wants? Well, first of
all, they want jobs with good wages.
What do we find as far as the record
is concerned? First as far as the whole
economv is involved, when we check
the progress in this Administration,
we find that real wages— I am speak-
ing of wages after you take inflation
out— went up only 2 per cent in the
seven and a half years of the Admin-
istration that preceded this one. Real
wages, on the other hand, went up 15
per cent during the Eisenhower Ad-
ministration, seven and one-half years.
So you see you have here a compari-
son which I think is certainly very
fair. You have fifteen years to divide.
Half the time we had one Adminis-
tration and one party in power; the
other half we had another Adminis-
tration, the Republican Party in pow-
er. When we look at the record, not
at what people say they are going to
do, but what they do do, I say that
this Administration has been good to
the wage-earners and good for the
Carpenters of America individually,
and better for them than was the
previous Administration.
Let me put it in terms of the Car-
penters themselves. You can go back
and check these figures because they
come right from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. We find as far as the in-
crease in your real wages are con-
cerned, hourly wages increase, after
you take inflation out, that they in-
creased 70 per cent more in the seven
years of the Eisenhower Administra-
tion than they did in the seven years
of the Truman Administration. And
so I say to all of the Carpenters of
America, I say to the 67,000,000 job
holders of America, we have done a
better job. Wages have gone up, and
\ve have held the line on prices so
that those wages have meant a real
increase in the take-home pay, a real
increase in the ability of the average
family to meet the federal budget.
This is the first point I would make.
Now, another point I think should
be made is this: We find that our
wage-earners in this country, and cer-
tainly all of the members of your or-
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ganization would certainly say this,
they not only want high wages and
good jobs, but they also want other
things which mean a good life for
their children and for their family.
You want better schools, you want
better housing, and you, of course,
make a tremendous contribution in
producing it. You want better high-
ways. You want better health, better
security in your old age. Let's check
the two Administrations on this par-
ticular point, and what do you find?
Schools? In the case of schools, not
only were more schools built in the
Eisenhower seven years than in the
Truman seven years, more were built
in the Eisenhower seven years than in
the 20 years preceding it. So on that
score I say we have a good record to
present. Hospitals, we have built
more hospitals in this seven years
than in the preceding seven years.
Health, we find generally that the
standards of health care have been
improved more in the seven years
than in the preceding seven years.
Highways, you know the record there.
I say that in any index that you take,
in these areas that I have mentioned,
that when you look at the record,
that this Administration has pro-
duced, we have produced from the
promises that we have made. Our
record has been better than theirs.
Now, of course, that is the view
of one who is prejudiced. I am part
of this Administration. I want you to
know that. I want you to listen to my
opponent and consider what he says.
But I ask you, after you have heard
our promises, after you have heard
what we both say, that we are for
the great goals that you want for your
families and for your members, then
I say you don't have to rely on what
we say. Look at what we have done.
And when you look at what we have
done, I say we have a good record.
It is one that has meant not only
good times for the people of this
country, generally, it has meant good
times, good wages, good jobs for the
members of this great organization.
And that is what you pay off on. You
pay off on the performance, not sim-
ply on the promises.
But this is the past. And so every-
body here certainly raises the ques-
tion, what about the future? Are we
going to stand still? My answer is
two-fold: One, America has not stood
still in those last seven and one-half
years. We have seen the greatest
progress in those seven and one-half
years that we have ever had in the
history of this country. But, we can-
not stop here. We must continue to
expand our economy, to expand our
growth, to deal with our problems,
and we must move into those areas
in which there are weaknesses in the
economy and move in effectively.
Now, the question is who can do
the better job? Can our opponent or
can we?
Again I say I believe that the pro-
grams that we offer for housing, the
programs that we offer for schools, for
hospitals, for jobs, for real income
for Americans, will produce more ef-
fectively than theirs. I am saying in
effect that if you want progress for
America, if you want America to
move forward, then we believe that
we know the way. We believe the
way they would have America go
would not produce progress, it would
in the end take us back to the time
when we had very little progress, and
I am speaking of the Administration
which preceded this one.
Let me give you an example of this.
Am I suggesting here that I am com-
ing before this group and saying that
this program is going to be created
by what the federal government does?
Am I telling you that we are going
to produce more progress for America
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in all these areas because the federal
government is going to spend more
than our opponents would have us
spend? And my answer is no. So I
am sure many people will say, "J^^^
a minute, Mr. Nixon. Don't you really
have a weak case here? Your oppo-
nent can come in here and he is go-
ing to advocate more spending by the
federal government for schools, for
housing, for medical care, for prog-
ress generally than you will. How
then can you stand before any Amer-
ican audience and say that your way
is going to produce more progress
than his when the federal govern-
ment is going to spend more under
his program?"
Now, put yourself in my position
for a moment. Obviously I want to
be elected. My opponent wants to be
elected. If that was all I was inter-
ested in, I could just come in here
and say I will raise him. If he is go-
ing to spend two billion dollars on
schools, I will spend four. If he is
going to spend a billion dollars on
health, I will spend three. That would
be very simple to do. I will tell you
why I do not do that. I do not do
that, one, because if I made such a
promise I could not keep it. Two, I
do not do it because if I made such
a promise I should not keep it be-
cause progress is not measured sole-
ly in terms of how much the federal
government spends.
May I put it another way? It isn't a
question of how much the federal
government spends, it is a question
of whether it spends its money for
the right things. And ia that respect,
may I suggest this: If you carry the
argument to its logical extreme, and
you were to say the more the federal
government spends the better, we
miglit as well go whole hog and have
the federal government do every-
thing, and that is the worst kind of
government that we want. So here
we must take each one of these
fields, whether it is education or hous-
ing or health, or any of the others
that I have mentioned, and we must
have the Federal Government do the
right things. Not simply judge them
in terms, judge our promises in terms
of who is spending the most money.
Let me put it another way.
In speaking of the right things, I
am simply trying to say that the great
source of progress, the motive power
for progress in this country is not
what government does. Federal, State
and local, but what private enterprise,
individual enterprise, as represented
by this organization does.
Let me put it another way. Our
gross national product is approxi-
mately $500 billion today. Of that
GNP, approximately $100 billion is
spent by government. The other $400
billion, where does that come from?
Well, it comes from what individual
enterprise, non-government enter-
prise, does. Now, if we want progress,
more jobs for carpenters, for example,
at higher wages, more building, more
construction, where are you going to
get it?
Yes, we can expand this $100 billion
that government. Federal, State and
local, does, we can expand that, but
the way to get more progress is to
stimulate and inspire the expansion
of the $400 billion sector because that
is where the jobs are, that is where
the most progress is. And so I say to
you today I do not tell you that the
Federal Government is the answer to
all of our problems. I do not tell you
that I will raise my opponent's offers
in these fields. But I do tell you this.
The programs that we would adopt,
programs for progress in health, in
education, in welfare, in housing, in
all of these areas, are programs that
are right. They are programs that
have the Federal Government do
those things it ought to do, but they
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are programs that would have the
Federal Government primarily recog-
nize that the way to great progress
in this country is not through expand-
ing the functions and size of the Fed-
eral Government, but it is through
expanding creative opportunities for
180 million free Americans.
Now, if I could touch one other
point, the question may well be
raised, but, sir, when you talk about
this business about what the Federal
Government does, are you not putting
a dollar sign on dealing with the
problems of human misery? Are you
not putting a dollar sign on, for ex-
ample, what we are going to do in
the field of depressed areas, or in the
field of housing, the others that I have
mentioned? And my answer is, we can
never put a dollar sign on what Amer-
icans will do for other Americans.
But, my answer also is this: That
when you have a President, or an ad-
ministration who does not adopt poli-
cies that recognize that when the
Government spends more than it
needs to, or adopts policies that has
the Government spend more than it
takes in, that he, when he does
that, is creating human misery by
that very action. Because what do
we find? When the Government
spends more than it needs to, it means
the people have to pay the bill. These
promises that candidates make, they
are not paying it with their own mon-
ey. They are going to make these
promises with your money. And I say
that it is the responsibility of the
President of the United States to see
that every dollar of the people's
money is spent that needs to be spent,
for defense or any other area, but
not one dollar spent that does not
need to be spent. Why? Because when
we spend less in Washington, it
means that people have more to
spend for themselves. Why do I say
that I cannot go along with the pro-
gram that would inflate our currency?
Not because I am concerned about
bankers and their interest rates and
the like. From a political standpoint,
there are very few bankers and an
awful lot of wage earners. The reason
I say that, the people who are hurt
the worst by policies such as were
adopted in the Truman Administra-
tion, when we found the value of the
dollar going down 36 per cent, the
people that are hurt the worst are not
the bankers. They are smart enough
and they have money enough to
hedge against it. People who are not
beggars may be smart enough to
hedge against it, but they do not have
the money to do it. What do we find?
We find the retired workers, we find
the wage earners trying to make their
wages, as high as they may be, trying
to meet the budget at the end of the
month. We find all these people are
the ones that are affected. They are
the ones in which inflation takes its
crudest toll. What I am really trying
to say to this group today is this. Do
not judge a presidential candidate on
the basis of what he promises. Re-
member, the promises he makes you
pay for. Do not judge a presidential
candidate on the basis of what he
says the Federal Government is go-
ing to do. Remember, the question is
not whether the Federal Government
does the most things for people. The
question is whether it does the right
things.
When you hear a presidential can-
didate, remember that the strength
of America is not in putting all of our
problems over to Washington. The
strength of America is increasing the
responsibilities and encouraging the
creative activities of free American
citizens. These things I believe. And
I can only say in that connection,
and adding one other point, we need
all these things, jobs, good housing,
better schools, but above all we need
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to be around to enjoy it. And tlie
great issue, the greatest test you
must put both of us to, is which
of the candidates can provide the
leadership that \vi\\ keep peace for
America without surrender, and that
will extend freedom throughout the
^^•orld.
I do not need before this group
to indicate my views in detail on this
issue. They will be discussed many
times in the course of this campaign.
I will only give you my credentials. I
know the Communists, I think. I know
Mr. Khrushchev. I know how tough
thev are. I know how determined
they are, how fanatical they are to
rule the world. I know if America is
to lead the free world, as she must,
to peace and freedom, that we must
always be stronger than they are mili-
tarily, and I will insist that whatever
funds are necessary to maintain ab-
solute superiority in military strength
must be expended.
I know too, though, we are in an
economic race with Mr. Khrushchev.
I remember when I was in Moscow,
he said, "Mr. Nixon, we are behind
you now. We are moving faster than
you are. We are going to catch up
\^ith you. When we go by, we are
going to wave, say come on and do
as we do or you are going to fall
behind."
He said he was going to catch us
in seven years. He is not going to
catch us in seven years. He is not
going to catch us in 70 years because
his system is wrong. It has fatal flaws
in it that will show up. It is not
enough for me to say that. America
must produce to the full, and we must
adopt programs that will get the most
out of this great economy of ours so
that we can stay ahead in this race
in which we are already well ahead
producing over twice as much as does
the Soviet Union.
I know too that as far as this world
struggle is concerned that we must
recognize that in dealing with Mr.
Khrushchev and his colleagues, they
do not react like the leaders of the
free world, like Mr. MacMillan, Mr.
DeGaulle, Mr. Adenauer. These men
respect power, they respect firmness,
they despise weakness, whether it is
military or economic or diplomatic.
I believe that it is essential that we
be firm in dealing with them, that we
never make a concession without get-
ting a concession in return, that we
never reduce our armaments without
getting absolute assurance that they
are doing likewise, and that we do all
these things without at the same time
being belligerent, keeping cool, keep-
ing dignified, as President Eisen-
hower did in Paris, and as he did
again in his magnificent speech at the
United Nations when he spoke before
the whole world two days ago.
I have told you today that I am
for the things that I believe you be-
lieve in. And that all Americans be-
lieve in. We are for peace without
surrender. We are for a better life for
our citizens. We are for progress into
the future. You have to judge as to
whether our programs are best for
you, best for America.
My last plea is simply this: In mak-
ing that judgment, make it on the
basis of the programs, make it on the
basis of our records, make it on the
basis of what you know about the
men. And in that connection, I can
only repeat as I have before, I know
what the problems of our people are.
I believe that as far as this country
is concerned we today are the most
fortunate people in the world to live
in it. I believe with all the weaknesses
that have been pointed out, and there
are some, that America's strengths are
the wonder of the world, and we can
continue to make her stronger. But so
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far as the decision is concerned, I to this great convention here today,
ask you to make it in this hght, not only if you beheve that what I stand
in terms of whether you are simply for, what I believe in, will be best for
voting the party label, but in terms America, best for your children as
of what we stand for and what our well as for yourselves, do I ask for
backgrounds are. Because, remember, your support. If you believe that, I
when we elect a President, we do not do ask for your support. If you do not
think in terms of party alone. We believe it, I respect you for your op-
think in terms of America. And I say position. Thank you very much.
•
COST OF LIVING MERRY-GO-ROUND SLOWS DOWN
For the first time in seven months, the cost of Uving did not rise, the Labor Depart-
ment's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last month. Its consumer price index in August
remained at its July peak of 126.6 per cent of the 1947-49 average.
Price reductions occurred from July to August for food— amounting to four-tenths of one
per cent— and decreases in the cost of house furnishings and new^ cars, but those drops
vi'ere counter-balanced by increases for most other commodities and services.
The most significant price increases in August were for rents, clothing, gasoline, home
repairs and home ownership.
Meanwhile, BLS also reported that the spendable earnings (after Federal income taxes
and Social Security deductions) dropped by about 80 cents in August to $72.88 a week,
for an average factory worker with three dependents.
The Bureau said tlie drop reflected reduced overtime pay in some industries and
fewer workers employed in high-wage industries.
Whatever the reason, the cut in spendable earnings meant a one per cent drop in
purchasing power for workers between mid-July and mid-August and a three-quarters
of one per cent decrease since August, 1959.
9
LABOR BOOSTS PAY FOR 2 MILLION IN 1960
Major collective bargaining settlements concluded during the first half of
1960 brought either immediate wage increases or increases within 12 months
of the contract date for about 2 million workers.
New or liberalized supplementary benefits were negotiated in settlements
affecting about 1.7 million workers, or approximately 80 per cent of the 2.1
million workers covered by major contracts concluded during the 6 months,
according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
First-year increases averaging 9 but under 10 cents an hour accounted for
about 3 out of 10 workers affected by all major collective bargaining settle-
ments reached in January-June of this year. Most of these workers are in the
basic steel and related industries.
About 14 per cent of the workers were covered by increases averaging 10
but less than 11 cents an hour. A majority of these workers were in non-manu-
facturing industries, including most members of the railroad operating broth-
erhoods. Another 13 per cent received raises of 8 but less than 9 cents.
All the workers who did not get first-year pay increases under the settle-
ments were employed where improvements in supplementary benefits were
agreed to. Health and welfare provisions were liberalized more often than anv
other benefit, with pension liberalization being next most common. Workers
covered by major agreements during the 6 months, in addition to basic steel
and railroad operating employees, included men's clothing and glass container
industries, aircraft, communications, East Coast shipbuilding. West Coast
longshoring and paper, and northern textile industries.
IS
The Democratic Position
The address of United States Senator JOHN F. KENNEDY to the Special Convention.
* * *
OFFICERS of the Carpenters Union, ladies and gentlemen, I appreciate
your generous invitation to come here today.
I have served on the labor committees of the House and Senate for
o\ er 14 years. I am now chairman of the Subcommittee on Labor of the Sen-
ate and I hope in that time I have come to have some idea of the problems that
you face, the opportunities that are yours and the responsibilities that are
common to you, the citizens of this country.
There has been billed tonight this so-called great debate. But in a sense
the Carpenters Union today have heard one phase of this great debate. This
morning you heard from the Vice
President of the United States who
spoke on behalf of his party's and his
vie\\s and I speak today as the stand-
ard bearer for the Democratic Party.
The fact of the matter is that although
we may debate tonight and although
A\ e may discuss the issues which may
face the United States in the domestic
sphere, we will be debating in a real
sense these issues for all the twentieth
century.
I think since the beginning of
Woodrow Wilson's Administration the
two parties have taken different posi-
tions on the domestic problems that
face the United States. I think the
Democratic Party has said "Yes" to
the future. I think the Democratic
PartA' has recognized that there are
obligations it has to fulfill in serving
the people, that the function of the
Go\'ernment is to serve the public in-
terest and I think it is for that reason
that the Democratic Party nominated
Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roose-
velt and Harry Truman and I think
the Republicans have had a different
conception of their public responsi-
bility. I think it is because of that rea-
son that they nominated McKinley
and Taft and Harding and Coolidge
U. S. Senator from Massachusetts, John
F. Kennedy, Democratic candidate for
President of the United States, during a
pause in his address to the assembly
attending the Brotherhood convention.
and Landon and Dewey and now we
have today.
The Vice President stated the issue
is a simple one. He said the question
is whether those of us who come with
promises of the future would be tak-
ing money out of the pocket of the
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people we help. I do not see it that
way at all. I do not think there would
be many carpenters working in the
United States and I do not think there
would be many homes built in the
United States if there were not Fed-
eral guarantees for the building of
those. Do you think that many GI's
would have come back at the end of
World War II and bought new homes
which your people helped to build
without Federal guarantees of credit?
ed. It provides great prosperity and
great freedom but there is also a re-
sponsibility for the people working as
a whole if they are going to develop
the resources of our country, if they
are going to provide employment for
our people, if they are going to pro-
vide homes for our people and Fed-
eral policy affects that program as
sharply as any other factor.
Do you think that your people
work as much when interest rates are
Shown at the rostrum during Senator Kennedy's speech are, from left to right:
Second General Vice President O. Wm. Blaier; Ted Kenney, president, Chicago D. C;
First General Vice President John R. Stevenson, General President Maurice A. Hutcheson.
Do you think that there would be
enough homes built in the next 15
years, and we are going to have to
build more homes every year for the
next 25 or 30 years than we have ever
built in the past. Do you think that
could possibly be done without Fed-
eral credit and home loan guarantees?
I do not think it could be at all. I
think there is a great place and a ma-
jor place for private responsibility and
for individual enterprise. It is the sys-
tem upon which our country is found-
going the highest they have been in
20 years? Frank Church said at the
Democratic Convention that Rip Van
Winkle could go to sleep and he
could wake up and tell whether the
Republicans or Democrats were in
control of the government by asking
how high interest rates were.
Now, let's get it clear on the record
because there are sharp differences
between our two parties. The Demo-
cratic Congress passed a housing bill
last year which I think ^^'ould ha\"e
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met the needs of our economy, the
needs of our people, and that bill was
\etoed. This year the Democratic
Congress in the Senate passed another
l^ill and it went to the Rules Commit-
tee of the House and we could not
get a single Republican in the House
Rules Committee to vote to send it
to the floor. They joined with three
Democrats who were opposed to the
program and they killed the housing
bill this year which our people need
and which will cause your people to
\\ork, so the record is very clear.
I support affirmative policies which
will move this country's economy
ahead, which will build homes, which
will keep our people working, and
provide an unparalleled level of pros-
perity, and if that is the issue let us
join it because I never voted against
an\' program which I felt would serve
the people, which was soundly fi-
nanced, soundly based, which was
within the means of our people to af-
ford, and which would sustain our
prosperity.
If the housing industry fails to move
ahead we not only find our people
badly housed, but we don't find our
people working. The automobile in-
dustry, the steel industry and the
housing industry are the three indus-
tries that must move if the economy
of our country is going to move, and
I don't think you can possibly feel
satisfied when there are 15 million
American families living in sub-stand-
ard housing, when there are five mil-
lion American homes in the cities of
tlie United States which lack plumb-
ing of any kind, when at our present
rate of constructing homes you are
going to have more slums by the year
2000 than you do today, when urban
renewal, which is the hope of the
oldest cities of the East from where I
come, are our only hope of sustaining
ourselves, when urban renewal was
opposed and vetoed and blocked, and
when interest rates are so high that
if a man buys a $20,000 house today
he pays over a 30-year mortgage near-
ly $8,000 more than he might have
paid in 1952, so I would just as soon
join the issue and I would just as
soon debate this matter, and I would
just as soon have the American people
make their decision.
I am no Johnny-come-lately to situs
picketing either. I don't know what
that means. I will tell you what my
position is: I am in favor of amending
the Denver Building Case, and so we
introduced a bill, so supported it, so
tried to get it out of the subcommit-
tee, and so tried to get it out of the
full committee where it was filibus-
tered to death in the last session of
Congress. So while we may not be
Johnny-come-latelys I would like to
know what our individual positions
are on this question.
I want to make it clear what my
position is. It is my understanding
that when the Taft-Hartley Act was
passed it was very clear by the re-
marks of Senator Taft that he did not
envision that there would be a prohi-
bition against Union activity at a pri-
mary site in order to protect its work-
ing standard; it would not be called
when there were subcontractors in-
volved in a secondary boycott. That is
what I mean by changing the Denver
Case, and I think the next Congress
of the United States, and whether I
sit in the office of the Presidency or
whether I continue as Chairman of
the Subcommittee on Labor, in the
next Congress we are going to move
again on that next January, and we
invite all those, early or late, to come
and join us.
Finally, let me say that I know Mr.
Khrushchev, too, but Mr. Khrushchev
is not the enemy. Mr. Khrushchev
could pass from the scene. He is 65 or
66 years of age and all men are mor-
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tal, and he could pass as Stalin passed
and the enemy would remain the
same.
The enemy is the Communist sys-
tem and the enemy of the Communist
system, the chief adversary of the
Communist system, is our system, and
therefore the question before us is
not the question of comparative
growth and statistics compared to
what we did ten years ago or fif-
teen years or twenty years ago. The
question for the American people to
decide in the 60's is, are we doing
enough to defend ourselves, are we
doing enough to sustain ourselves,
are we strengthening ourselves and
the cause of freedom around the
world. That is the question before us.
And our arguments with Mr.
Khrushchev, the system that is oppos-
ing us is strong and powerful, both
because of its ideology and because
of the productive power of the Soviet
Union. We are strong and powerful,
and I think stronger and more power-
ful, because we believe in freedom
and because of our productive capac-
ity in the United States, and that the
people of this country have to decide
by November 8th which way they
want to go, whether they feel that
everything that could be done is be-
ing done, whether the program of-
fered by the Republican Party offers
hope to the people, whether into
1964, at the end of the next Presi-
dent's Administration our power and
prestige will be increasing relative to
that of the Communists, or whether
we will be standing still and the world
will begin to move in the direction of
the East rather than in the direction
of the West. That is the issue, and it
cannot be dismissed and it cannot be
put aside by saying we need an argu-
ment in a kitchen or out of a kitchen.
What we need is strength. I don't
care how skilled Mr. Khrushchev is
or how skilled the next President is
in debate. What counts is the power
of the two systems and where they
are going and what they stand for
and how they associate themselves
with the people of the world. I am
confident we have a great system. I
am confident that what we want they
want, I am confident that the future
can belong to us, but it can only be
done so by recognizing the realities
of the struggle that face us, and that
can only be done by our being willing
to recognize the unfinished business
that faces our society, the unfinished
agenda which Franklin Roosevelt set
before the American people in the
30's, which the next President of the
United States must set before the
American people in the 60's, and
when he does so, I think this coimtry
will move again. Thank you.
CRIMES SHOW SHARP RISE
During the first six months of this year, crime in the United States soared
9 per cent, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover reported last month. The agency's
uniform crime reports show "a sharp upward trend of serious crimes" in
cities of over 25,000, Hoover said.
Tabulation disclosed that robberies, up 13 per cent, registered the highest
increase. Burglaries rose 12 per cent; larcenies, 8 per cent; murders, 6 per cent;
forcible rape and auto theft, 5 per cent; and aggravated assaults, 4 per cent.
Cities participating in the survey reported over 462,000 offenses against
property in the six-month period, an increase of 40,000 over the same period
of 1959. Burglaries, robberies and thefts for the period were estimated to total
at least $134 million.— Labor
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Vote, But Vote Intelligently
* * *
IN a democratic society every election day is an important event. But
in this uncertain age, when the peace of the world is hanging in the bal-
ance and the tlireat of depression is disturbing the dreams of millions of
people, the November 8 election assumes an importance far above the ordinary.
This election day, the American people will decide what kind of govern-
ment they want. The decision they make will greatly affect the course of our
history for the next four years. Plain common sense dictates that every eligible
citizen must be ready and willing to vote on election day.
However, simply being registered and showing up at the polls is not
enough. The critical climate of our times makes it imperative that each citizen
vote intelligently.
It would be ideal if each citizen
could acquaint himself thoroughly
with all the foreign and domestic
problems facing us. However, this is
a physical impossibility for those of
us who have to devote most of our
\\aking hours to eking out a living
for our families. But this does not
mean that it is impossible for us to
vote intelligently.
The basic choice we have to make
is between the two major parties.
Here are a few pointers that may help
you make up your mind:
Everyone will agree that the main-
tenance of peace is the overriding
consideration of our time. Unless
peace is maintained, the other prob-
lems fade into insignificance because
complete annihilation can be the only
result of another war. The question
before each citizen, then, is this—
A\hich party is better equipped to
maintain the peace without knuckling
under to the totalitarian forces that
threaten us on all sides?
The Democrats say that Republican
ineptness has caused us to fall far
behind the Russians in the missile
race, thereby weakening our power
to resist Communist onslaughts. The
Republicans maintain that our de-
fense potential is at its very highest
and that our ability to retaliate is suf-
ficient to deter the Communists from
making any war-like moves. Which
theory is correct? That is one of the
major decisions we will have to make
on election day.
At home there are numerous press-
ing problems that need intelligent so-
lutions promptly. The question each
voter must decide, again, is which
party is more likely to work out solu-
tions that are fair and just to every-
body.
Economic growth probably is the
No. 1 domestic problem. Unemploy-
ment seems to be stalled at the 5 per
cent figure. A situation wherein five
out of each hundred of our citizens
cannot find gainful employment is not
a healthy condition. Both parties rec-
ognize this. And the voter again is
confronted with the decision as to
which party can best step up the pace
of our economic growth.
The Republican platform promises
"high priority to vigorous economic
growth .... we reject the concept of
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artificial growth forced by marathon
federal spending and loose money
policies." The Democratic platform
declares, "Our economy can and must
grow at an average rate of 5 per cent
annually— almost twice as much as our
annual rate since 1953. We pledge
ourselves to policies that will achieve
this goal without inflation ... As the
first step in speeding economic
growth, a Democratic President will
put an end to the pres-
ent high interest, tight
money policy . . . The
Democratic Party reaf-
firms its support of full
employment as a para-
mount objective of na-
tional policy." Based on
these statements, which
party do you feel is bet-
ter equipped to get the
economic gears of the na-
tion back into high?
The problem of stimu-
lating our economy is par-
ticularly important to
people living in depressed
areas. In one way or an-
other, these areas must
be bailed out with fed-
eral assistance so that
they can once more be-
come productive assets to
the nation. In its platform
the Democratic party
promises enactment of
legislation which includes
low-interest loans to pri-
vate enterprise to create
new industry and new
jobs in depressed communities, as-
sistance in providing public facili-
ties necessary to encourage the new
industries, and re-training of workers
for the new jobs. The Republican
platform favors: "Constructive fed-
eral, local, action to aid areas of
chronic high unemployment." The
choice confronting the voter again
becomes: which party's program holds
the greatest promise for effective ac-
tion?
Housing, health care for the aged,
unemployment insurance, civil rights,
tax reform, the minimum wage, social
security, and aid to farmers, all are
domestic problems that will have an
important bearing on whether or not
our country remains prosperous for
everybody.
Housing has settled down to a pace
that no longer meets our needs, par-
ticularly in the middle income brack-
et. The AFL-CIO estimates that 2.3
million dwellings a year are needed
to get the job done. The Democratic
platform pledges to support a hous-
ing construction goal of more than
two million a year. The Republican
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platform promises stepped up activity
without quoting figures. The basic
question again becomes: which party
is more hkely to step up the pace of
home building to more closely meet
the needs of the nation?
The last session of Congress passed
a health care bill for aged members
that falls far short of meeting actual
needs. This is an area where a more
effective program is needed. On the
matter of a health program for our
senior citizens, the Democratic plat-
form pledges to provide an effective
system for paid-up medical insurance
on retirement, financed during work-
ing } ears through the Social Security
mechanism. The Republican platform
advocates development of a health
program to include aged citizens
needing it, "on a sound fiscal basis
and through a contributory system."
\\'hich party do you feel is more sin-
cere in its effort to lighten the med-
ical burdens of our older citizens?
Unemployment insurance is badly
in need of a major overhaul. The
whole unemployment insurance pro-
gram has grown into a hodgepodge
of state plans that range from very
good to very bad. Most people feel
that a minimum program established
bv the federal government is needed
to make unemployment insurance the
cushion its founders envisioned. The
Democratic platform pledges to es-
tablish uniform minimum standards
throughout the nation. The Republi-
can platform pledges strengthening
of the unemployment insurance sys-
tem and extension of its benefits. The
\ oters will decide which party will be
entrusted with the responsibility for
upgrading the program.
And so it goes all the way down the
line.
The Democratic platform advocates
an overhaul of the tax structure to
ease the burden on the general tax-
payer, while at the same time increas-
ing total revenue. The Republican
platform favors "broadly based tax re-
form to foster job making and growth
making investment for modernization
and expansion, including realistic in-
centive, depreciation schedule."
These comparisons of the Demo-
cratic and Republican platforms on
a few of the major problems should
help in making a decision as to which
party can get the job done fastest.
Rut all candidates running on party
tickets do not always subscribe to
the policies adopted by the parties.
Therefore, it becomes necessary for
the intelligent voter to study the rec-
ords of the particular men asking to
be elected on party tickets.
This is a bit more difficult to
achieve, but the voter who wants to
vote intelligently and in the best in-
terests of all the people has a re-
sponsibility to learn something about
the candidates angling for his vote.
The members of our Brotherhood
are as intelligent and as open-minded
as any group in the nation. It is not
our purpose to tell anybody for whom
to vote. Rather, it is to emphasize
the need for voting intelligently on
November 8. Nothing you could do
on that date is more important to you
and to your family than voting intelli-
gently.
The two presidential candidates ap-
peared at our special convention in
Chicago last month. This is the first
time in history that two presidential
candidates appeared before a labor
convention on the same day— an hon-
est tribute to the prestige of our
Brotherhood. The text of the two
candidates' remarks are reprinted in
full in order that our members can
make up their own minds. Be sure to
read them, as they contain the meat
of the issues Mr. Nixon and Mr. Ken-
nedy are debating on TV. Then vote
your own convictions.
Editorial
A Proud Record
A convention is a time for laying future plans. However, before new
courses can be charted it is essential to know what pathways have been
traveled and how much progress has been made. A brief review of the situa-
tion prevailing at the time our Special Convention opened last month tells a
mighty proud story.
As a free and independent labor organization, we have many responsibili-
ties in addition to improving wages and bettering working conditions. How-
ever, wages rates are a matter of prime importance. They constitute the best
measuring stick for gauging the progress a union is making.
Using wage scales as a measuring stick, what kind of progress has our
Brotherhood made since the 28th General Convention?
The answer is to be found in statistics compiled by the Department of
Labor. Each quarter the Department surveys wage rates for seven basic
building trades in 100 major cities. Carpentry is one of the trades included.
When the Department concluded its 1959 survey, the figures showed that
our members headed the wage parade during the all-important second quarter,
when the vast bulk of building trades contracts are renewed. A release issued
by the Department of Labor on August 3, 1959, summed up the situation as
follows:
« * #
"Reflecting numerous spring and early summer contract reopenings, wage
increases at the quarter raised the average hourly scale 9.9c. Gains for indi-
vidual trades varied from 4.2c for painters to 11.9c FOR CARPENTERS.
Higher wage scales were reported for two of three construction workers
included in the Bureau's quarterly survey of seven major building trades in
100 major cities. Rates advanced for 79% OF THE CARPENTERS, 75%
of the bricklayers, 73% of building laborers, and from 55% to 67% of the
workers in each of the other trades."
tt » #
The figures speak for themselves. They show that our members received
the greatest average second-quarter wage increase in the building trades last
year. And they also show that a larger percentage of our members got wage
increases than was the case in any other group. That was in 1959.
What is the story for the second quarter of this year? Let us again quote
a news release from the Department of Labor. This one is dated August 8,
1960.
« « «
"Wage negotiations in numerous spring and early summer contract re-
openings advanced the hourly wage scale for all building construction work-
ers 9.Sc during the second quarter of 1960. Among the individual trades stud-
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ied, the increases ranged from 6.3c for plasterers, to 10.9c FOR CARPEN-
TERS. For bricklayers and electricians the advances were 10c.
"Pay scales were increased for two-thirds of the building trades workers
surveyed. Rates advanced for 76% of THE CARPENTERS and for 56%
to 66% of the workers in each of the other trades."
» « »
So in 1960, as in 1959, our organization secured the largest average wage
increase in the building trades during the all-important second quarter. Simi-
larly, a larger percentage of our members received increases than was the
case in any other union.
No comment is needed because the statistics tell the whole story.
« « «
Jurisdiction is another important aspect of our operations. How well we
protect our jurisdiction reflects itself in how steadily our members work.
How did we do in maintaining our jurisdiction?
A breakdown of cases before the Joint Board for the Settlement of Juris-
dictional Disputes in which we were involved last year shows that we did
very well indeed.
In 1959 our Brotherhood processed some 238 cases before the Joint
Board. Figures show that we were successful in gaining favorable decisions
in 229 of these. In nine instances our position was not upheld.
By an odd coincidence, other trades also processed 238 cases involving us.
In these, we gained favorable decisions in 67 instances. Totaling up all cases
involving our organization, we gained 296 favorable decisions during the year
and failed to carry our point in only 180.
These figures, too, hardly necessitate editorializing.
« » «
Another extremely important aspect of our responsibilities is organizing.
In this area, too, our progress has been consistently good. Last year, a year in
which the 1958 depression was still making its effects felt, figures show that we
initiated 97,065 new members. Unfortunately, nearly as many members (89,874)
dropped out of our organization for various reasons. The result was only a
nominal membership gain, but in an era when many international unions are
actually losing ground due to higher productivity per man, the record of
97,000 initiations is a very good one.
Adding it all up, our progress under a capable and dedicated set of offi-
cers has been outstanding. Under their leadership we have forged ahead in
spite of an anti-labor climate and spotty economic conditions. Building on this
firm foundation, we can chart bold new courses with confidence.
Victory In Defeat
In its closing hours, the bobtailed, midsummer session of Congress passed
a medical aid bill for senior citizens. It may be stretching the imagination a
bit to dignify this hodgepodge measure with the title, "Medical Aid Bill for
Aged Citizens," because it does not even scratch the surface of the problem,
but at least it is a start in the right direction.
It actually gives senior citizens nothing, because any aid they get through
the measure is dependent on action by individual states. Anyone conversant
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with tlie reluctance of states to enact good social legislation knows that only
a handful of truly progressive states can be counted on to do anything about
implementing the medical aid bill.
Despite this fact, however, passage of the bill was a tremendous victory.
Weak as it is, the medical aid bill is the first really new piece of social legis-
lation passed since New Deal days. Nearly every recent session of Congress
has enacted some social legislation, but until last month it was always an
expansion or liberalization of a bill born during the FDR era.
What makes the medical aid bill important is the fact that it puts the
Federal government on record as recognizing an obligation toward helping
older citizens solve their medical problems. Once a social reform is entered
on the statute books it usually is there to stay. Subsequent sessions of Con-
gress usually improve it from time to time so that eventually it does the kind
of a job that needs doing.
Getting medical aid for senior citizens recognized as a legitimate responsi-
bility of the Federal government constituted a real achievement.
The ideal bill is one which integrates medical aid into the existing Social
Security system. This important end was not achieved this time. But it is a
foregone conclusion that sooner or later it will be, because that is where
medical aid belongs.
It is already time to start working toward this end. It may take several
sessions of Congress to get the job done, but Rome was not built in a day.
The more pressure that is exerted on Congress, the sooner will a real medical
aid biU be enacted.
Therefore, this is no time for relaxing our efforts or resting on our oars.
We made the big breakthrough when we got Congress to assume a responsi-
bility in the area of medical aid. Now our job is to exploit the breakthrough
and push on to complete victory. The same kind of campaign of letter writ-
ing, of buttonholing Congressmen at every opportunity, of passing resolutions
urging enactment of Forand-type medical aid is needed to get the job done.
And the only way to get a job done is to have at it.
What Happened To The Spirit Of Nathan Hale?
Last month the bones of Nathan Hale must have turned over in their
grave. Every school boy knows the story of Nathan Hale, who, when captm'ed
and convicted of spying by the British during the struggle for independence,
told his captors, "I am sorry I have but one life to give for my country."
Bv way of contrast— and a very sorry contrast it is, indeed— Francis Powers,
the U-2 pilot who found himself in similar straits before a Russian court a
few v.eeks ago, bartered his birthright for a light sentence.
In effect, he said: "Look, I am just a poor countiy boy doing what I was
told to do. The fault lies with my country. What I did was wrong, but the
guys who sent me are to blame. If anybody is to be condemned, condemn
them, not me."
Between the attitude of Nathan Hale and that of Francis Powers a hundred
and eighty years of history stretch. In the time of Nathan Hale the United
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States did not even exist. But at the time of Francis Powers, 180 million people
were trying to keep the torch of liberty aflame in a world shot through with
totalitarianism in divers forms.
The United States is not perfect. But it comes closer to perfection than
any other form of government ever conceived by the mind of man. There is
poverty in America— and we have spoken out against it many, many times.
But it is not hopeless, grinding poverty with roots deeply imbedded in caste,
class, or birthright. It is poverty based on happenstance rather than circum-
stance. It is poverty that can be cured and for that matter is being cured by
leaps and bounds.
There is discrimination in America. But the people who are discriminated
against feel no compunction to flee to climates that lure them with rosy
promises. In fact, the blacks, browns and reds who berate us most loudly
for discrimination cast longing eyes toward our shores. But for the immigra-
tion restrictions that exist, millions of them would gladly migrate to our
small portion of the world. We need no laws to keep our citizens from emi-
grating, but we do need rigid immigration laws to keep ourselves from being
swamped by floods of newcomers of every race, creed, and color. Surely this
indicates that what discrimination still exists is neither as evil nor as hopeless
as our enemies picture it. And discrimination, too, is being eliminated by slow
degrees.
There is materialism in America, materialism that dilutes the spiritual
values of life and obscures the things of lasting consequence. But the rest of
the world is desperately endeavoring to achieve a meager approximation
of our living standards, and we are spending billions annually endeavoring to
help them achieve this end.
Never before in human history has one nation been so generous and open-
handed with friend and foe alike. It is difficult to establish a firm figure, but
common sense indicates that the average American family must have con-
tributed several thousand dollars in taxes to keep the foreign-aid programs in
effect since the end of World War II. If that is materialism, it is the kind the
world needs more of everywhere.
In the final analysis, it is clear that the United States and Canada have
achieved the kind of glory Nathan Hale visualized as worth dying for. The
question is, have enough of the spirit and dedication of Nathan Hale survived
through the centuries to keep the dream alive in an<age when totalitarianism
batters at our gates on all sides?
This is a question each of us must answer for himself. Few of us will
ever find ourselves facing foreign courts as Frances Powers did, but we all
are required to answer the question in countless little ways every day. The
question confronts us on election day, because registering and voting are
vital parts of true citizenship. It plagues us when we drive a car, fill out an
income tax blank, or hear disrespectful words spoken of our President, Con-
gressmen or courts. It is there when the Khrushchevs and Castros (either the
home-grown variety or the real thing) attack us and berate us with weasel
words.
On too many sides we see people giving Francis Powers' answer rather
than Nathan Hale's. In this direction lies little hope for the future.
J
Official Information
■11^^
General OfiScers of
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS and JOINERS
of AMERICA
General Office : Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General President
M. A. HDTCHESON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
First General Vice President
JOHN R. STEVENSON
irpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Secretary
R. E. LIVINGSTON
Carpenters' Building. Indianapolis, Ind.
Second General Vice President
O. WM. BLAIER
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Treasurer
FRANK CHAPMAN
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
District Board Members
thirst District, CHARLES JOHNSON, JR.
Ill E. 22nd St., New York 10, N. Y.
Si-xth District, J. O. MACK
5740 Lydia, Kansas City 4, Mo.
Second District, RALEIGH RAJOPPI
Prospect Place, Springfield, New Jersey
Seventh District, LYLE J. HILLER
11712 S. E. Rhone St., Portland 66, Ore.
Third District, HARRY SCHWARZER
3615 Chester Ave., Cleveland 14, Ohio
Eighth District, J. F. CAMBIANO
17 Aragou Blvd., San Mateo, Calif.
Fourth District, HENRY ^V. CHANDLER
16S4 Stanton Rd., S. W., Atlanta, Ga.
Ninth District, ANDREW V. COOPER
183 Chaplin Crescent, Toronto 12, Ont., Canada
Fifth District, LEON W. GREENE
:S Norbert Place, St. Paul 16, Minn.
Tenth District, GEORGE BENGOUGH
2528 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver, B. C.
M. A. HUTCHESON, Chairman; R. E. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
Ail correspondence for the General Executive Board must be sent to the General Secretary.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
In the issuance of clearance cards, care should be taken to see that they are
properly filled out, dated and signed by the President and Financial Secretary
of the Local Union issuing same as well as the Local Union accepting the clear-
ance. The clearance cards must be sent to the General Secretary's Department
without delay, in order that the members' names can be listed on the quarterly
account sheets.
While old style Due Book is in use, clearance cards contained therein
must be used.
Notice to Recording Secretaries
The quarterly circular for the months of October, November and December,
1960, containing the quarterly password, has been forwarded to all Local
Unions of the United Brotherhood. Recording Secretaries not in receipt of
this circular should notify the General Secretary, Carpenters Building, Indi-
anapolis, Indiana.
Jin 0i^tnoxx^tn
Not lost to those that love them,
Not dead, just gone before;
They still live in otir memory,
And will forever more.
2S^st in '^mn
The Editor has been requested to publish the names
of the following Brothers who have passed away.
ARTHUR, O. A., L. U. 483, San Francisco, Cal.
BACHER, C, L. U. 1408, Redwood City, Cal.
BAILEY, VIRGIL, L. U. 1408, Redwood City,
Cal.
BALFOORT, DAVID, L. U. 117, Albany, N. Y.
BATES, DEAN E., L. U. 2949, Roseburg, Ore.
BEENE, LUTHER G., L. U. 769, Pasadena, Cal.
BENNETT, TIM, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
BJURLING, KARL A., L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
BLANTON, REX, L. U. 1423, Corpus Christi,
Texas
BON, C. DAL, L. U. 1408, Redwood City, Cal.
BOUILLION, EMILE, L. U. 1846, New Orleans,
La.
BROOKS, WILLIAM A., L. U. 2949, Roseburg,
Ore.
CALVIN, WALTER, L. U. 483, San FrancUco,
Cal.
CAMPBELL, JAMES, L. U. 15, Hackensack,
N. J.
CHAPMAN, T. J., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
CHESSER, CLAUDIUS, L. U. 200, Columbus,
Ohio
CHRISTENSON, JOHN M., L. U. 2519, Seattle,
Wash.
CLARK, ALLAN H., L. U. 1665, Alexandria,
Va.
CLEARY, LEO, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
CLOUD, W. K., L. U. 144, Macon, Ga.
COMBS, L. S., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
CRAVEN, R. C, L. U. 1243, Corpus Christi,
Texas
CROW, GUY H., L. U. 1822, Ft. Worth, Texas
DAVIS, LOYD L., L. U. 2435, Inglewood, Cal.
DYE, HERBERT A., L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
ERICKSON, GEORGE, L. U. 483, San Francisco,
Cal.
FALCONER, EUGENE G., L. U. 483, San
Francisco, Cal.
FAULKNER, GENE, L. U. 101, Baltimore, Md.
FAUST, ARTHUR, L. U. 483, San Francisco,
Cal.
FENNELL, AUSTIN D., L. U. 67, Roxbury,
Mass.
FERS, JOSEPH N., L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
FLOYD, DEXTER M., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
FRAY, JAMES M. Sr., L. U. 2949, Roseburg,
Ore.
FREEMAN, E. L., L. U. 1408, Redwood City,
Cal.
GORJER, RUFUS, L. U. 483, San Francisco,
Cal.
GRANT, JOHN F., L. U. 67, Roxbury, Mass.
GRIGGS, WALLACE, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich
HENDERSON, MITCHEL, L. U. 1665, Alex-
andria, Va.
HONEYCUTT, JAMES, L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
HOUSLEY, KENNETH, L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
HUGHES, PATRICK J., L. U. 16, Springfield,
111.
JACKSON, JOHN H., L. U. 3262, Martins Ferry,
Ohio
JONES, WILLIAM E., L. U. 483, San Francis-
co, Cal.
JONES, WILLIAM H., L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
KENNEDY, JOHN H., L. U. 67, Roxbury, Mass.
KENT, CHARLES, L. U. 483, San Francisco,
Cal.
KISSELBURG, V. L., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
KRAMER, JOSEPH Sr., L. U. 740, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
LAJEUNESSE, ADRIEN, L. U. 93, Ottawa,
Ont.
LAMBERSON, D. G., L. U. 1665, Alexandria,
Va.
LARSON, CARL E., L. U. 15, Hackensack,
N. J.
LARSON, SWAN M., L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
LASSILA, ANTON, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
MacPHEE, JOSEPH, L. U. 67, Roxbury, Mass.
MALLENIUS, TORIO, L. U. 483, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
MANGE, ANTON, L. U. 626, Wilmington, Del.
MARSH, E. F., L. U. 764, Shreveport, La.
MARSHALL, A. F., L. U. 1408, Redwood City,
Cal.
MAUGER, PAUL, L. U. 1162, Flushing, N. Y.
MELENG, JOHN, L. U. 792, Rockford, 111.
MILLER, GUY H., L. U. 67, Roxbury, Mass.
MILLER, JOSEPH, L. U. 2155, New York,
N. Y.
MORRISON, JOHN D., L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
MOUIER, ALPHONSE Sr., L. U. 1846, New
Orleans, La.
MULHOLLAND, FRANK, L. U. 512, Ann Ar-
bor, Mich.
O'CLAIR, OSCAR, L. U. 188, Yonkers, N. Y.
OSBORNE, J. P., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
OWENS, WALLACE, L. U. 103, Birmingham,
Ala.
PATTERSON, A. R., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
PEDERSON, NORMAN, L. U. 1456, New York,
N. Y.
PEDIGO, EVERITT, L. U. 1408, Redwood City,
Cal.
PELL, S. E., L. U. 1518, Gulfport, Miss.
PENDER, JOSEPH, L. U. 65, Perth Amboy,
N. J.
PERRY, JAMES H., L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
PROPST, EDWIN v., L. U. 844, Reseda, Cal.
QUINN, THOMAS S., L. U. 982, Detroit, Mich.
RAMSAY, GEORGE, L. U. 93, Ottawa, Ont.
REAUME, ERNEST, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
REED, EARL, L. U. 2949, Roseburg, Ore.
RINEHART, HOWARD, L. U. 4, Davenport,
Iowa
ROCCO, QUINTINO, L. U. 19, Detroit, Mich.
ROJAS, BONOCIO, L. U. 1367, Chicago, 111.
SALMON, HORACE ERIC, L. U. 1478, Re-
dondo Beach, Cal.
SEPENTHAL, MARTIN, L. U. 1006, MiHtown,
N. J.
SILVER, JOSEPH, L. U. 488, New York, N. Y.
SMITH, HOWARD, L. U. 281, Binghamton,
N. Y.
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Local 854 Provides Two Navy Ensigns
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WHEN the 1960 graduating class of the United States Naval Academ)'
concluded its graduating exercises in the Fieldhouse on June 8, the
occasion was of particular significance to the officers and members of
Local Union 854, Cincinnati.
Two of the future admirals in the 1960 class were sons of members of
Local 854. Probably this is the first time in history that a local union of our
Brotherhood has provided two
2[raduates to a class of a service
academy.
David P. Gauthier, the son of
Henry Gauthier, Jr., Financial Sec-
retar)^ of Local 854, was one of
the graduating midshipmen. Den-
nis Moore, the son of Karl F.
Moore, was the other.
Midshipman Gauthier was the
recipient of the Mack Short Avia-
tion award. This award is given
annually to the midshipman who
displays the most interest and apti-
tude for a career as a naval aviator.
His name was inscribed on the
plaque presented by the Mack
Short Memorial Foundation.
Admission to the service acad-
emies is by Congressional appoint-
ment, plus a very stiff examination.
Each candidate is recommended for
appointment by a member of Con-
gress, after which he undergoes the
stiffest kind of competitive examina-
tion. The successful candidates enter
the academy for which they apply.
Four years of rigorous training are in-
volved. Since the academies get the
cream of the crop of high school
graduates, the men who complete
their courses are among the keenest
and best trained in the nation.
Justifiably proud of the fine record
achieved by the two candidates of the
Naval Academy, Local Union 854 on
Pictured above are some proud parents and out-
standing- young- men. Left to right: Karl F. Moore,
Ensign Dennis Moore, President Harry L. Bryant,
Ensign David Gauthier, Henry Gauthier Jr., Finan-
cial Secretary.
the night of July 13 paid special trib-
ute to the boys and to their fathers.
The two future admirals were given a
great round of applause.
By way of contrast, the event was
also used as an occasion for honor-
ing one of the great old timers of the
union. President Harry L. Bryant pre-
sented a 50-year lapel pin to Brother
James Scarborough, whose member-
ship dates back to the turn of the
century.
Although 88 years of age, Brother
Scarborough is quite active and still
maintains a keen interest in the affairs
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of his union. Cataracts slowed him
down for awhile, but an operation
to remove them proved successful
and he sees and gets around very
well once more.
So the night of July 13 saw one
^;eneration honored for 50 years of
, ervice and a new generation em-
barked on a very promising career.
Our sincerest congratulations to
Ensigns Gauthier and Moore. Their
fi:ie achievements serve to remind
us once again that today, more
than ever before in our country's
history, higher education is a nec-
essary foundation for deriving sat-
isfaction from a well chosen career in
later years. The two future admirals
undoubtedly will contribute a great
deal to the maintenance of national
security in the years ahead. How-
ever, the very fact that carpenters'
sons can aspire to the most coveted
Brother James Scarborough receiving his 50-year
pin. Left to right: Russell White, business agent;
James Scarborough, and Harry L. Bryant, presi-
dent.
posts in the land is the real strength
of America, and its greatest hope for
survival. Outside of the United States
and Canada, there are few places in
the world where ability rather than
birth, class, caste or clique determines
who goes where and how far.
HEAVY CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS 10% ABOVE 1959
Though heavy construction contracts were edging seasonally lower, awards
as of September 22nd were topping $17 billion and continuing to hold at 10%
above a year ago in the 50 states for the first 38 weeks, according to the
Engineering News-Record and the Constniction Daily, the industry's most
up-to-date news sources.
At $368.4 million, the awards of the v\^eek of September 22nd compare with
$423.3 million of the preceding week and $300.8 million a year ago. Private
industry let a larger volume of new construction than last year. Awards of
$194,7 million compare with $173.8 million in the same week of 1959. Con-
tractors posted $9.2 billion in new construction business from private sources
—an lt% gain over a year ago.
In contr.iit, construction awards from public sources in the week of Sep-
tem^ er 22nd dipped to $173.7 million against $245.1 million of the preceding
week. But this topped last year's $127 million in the 50 states. The 2% gain
for the year still held as awards hit $7.9 billion.
Private mass housing chalked up over $100 million for the third week in
a row without benefit of any unusually large project. For the year up to
September 22nd, miss housing continued to post a 32% gain on last vear as
awards inched up to $4.6 billion. Only 1955 betters this volume.
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CHRIS LEKMANN HONORED AT DINNER
"There is only one honored guest here tonight— our friend, Chris Lehmann," deelared
Carpenters Distriet Council Secretary William Sidell as he introduced the retiring Car-
penters Union general representati\e and organizer to an assembled throng of more than
400 at the Rodger Young Auditorium in Los Angeles, June 30.
On hand at the testimonial dinner sponsored by the District Council were friends and
acquaintances of C. T. (Chris) Lehmann from organized labor, from management, and from
government.
Lehmann, on the staff of the United Brotherhood since 1947, retired June 25, after
serving organized labor more than 48 years.
The camera captures a very small portion of the crowd attending the Chris Lehmann testi-
moniaJ dinner.
At the dinner, speaker after speaker paid tribute to the pioneer organizing work he
did for the union and for organized labor, and presented many gifts to him for use in his
golden years of retirement.
John Henning, director of the state Department of Industrial Relations, and former
research director for the State Federation of Labor, stressed that Lehmann was a "great
figure in labor history in Southern California."
J. J. Christian, secretary of the Building Trades Council in Los Angeles, pointed out
tliat die local council was one of the "largest and finest in the United States" because of
the "eflEorts of guys like Chris Lehmann."
Other speakers honoring Lehmann and outlining his many years of union acti\'ity in-
cluded George Roberts, president of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor; Secre-
tary Thomas L. Pitts and President Al Gruhn, Cahfornia Labor Federation; C. R. Bartalini,
president of the State Council, and J. F. Cambiano, Eighth District Executi^ e Board
member.
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Gifts presented to Lehmann included a portable bar, from the Executive Council of
the State Labor Federation; a check, from the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor;
and, on behalf of all those assembled at the dinner, a glass fishing rod, spinning reel and
fully equipped tackle box.
Brother Sidell also presented Lehmann with an RCA transistor radio; a pickaxe and
shovel for his "rock hunting" hobby; and several incidental items like a keyhole saw,
special fishing gaff, and a deck of giant-size playing cards.
Final gift presented by Secretary Sidell was a plaque honoring Lehmann for his work
and noting the appreciation of the dinner guests.
The plaque noted:
Presented to C. T. "Chris" Lehmann
In grateful recognition and sincere appreciation for his many varied contribu-
tions as an outstanding and inspiring leader during his many years of distinguished
service, for his untiring efforts as a pioneer in advancing the interests of the Building
and Construction Trades in Southern California, and for his loyalty, dedication and
devotion to the principles of organized labor.
As a token of esteem and affection from his many friends.
Los Angeles, California June 30, 1960
Among tlie hundreds of noted guests at the dinner, Sidell introduced officials from
organized labor, government and industry.
Included were Lehmann's brother, Martin, and his daughter, Sally.
Head table guests included: Tom Pitts, Al Gruhn, George Roberts; Carpenters District
Council President and Mrs. Gordon McCuUoch, Mrs. Sidell, and J. F. Cambiano, Execu-
tive Board member.
Also at the table were Undersheriff Hal Marlowe and Sheriff's Lt. Don Jordan; Presi-
dent C. R. Bartalini, Secretary Harkleroad, and many others.
Other guests included many members of the California Labor Federation staff and
executiAe board, and several vice presidents of the Los Angeles County Federation of
Labor.
LOCAL UNION 1441 IS FIFTY YEARS OLD
Pennsylvania carpenters who were
in pay, became fed up with their
Back in the year 1910, a group of Canonsburg,
working nine hours a day, six days a week, for $15
plight. So they applied for a charter in the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
Recently, Canonsburg Local 1441 celebrated
the fiftieth anniversary of its founding with a ban-
quet at the George Washington Hotel, Washing-
ton, Pa.
Between the two events, half a century apart,
Local Union No. 1441 has faced many obstacles
and overcome many challenges. There have been
good jears and bad years. There have been times
when progress was fast and other times when it
was slow. But the union kept plugging away, year
in and year out, upholding union principles and
constantly seeking a fairer shake for its members.
A highlight of the celebration was the presen-
tation of a 50-year pin to Brother Archie Cowan,
only remaining active charter member of the un-
ion. The presentation was made by Matt Dardis,
president of the Pittsburgh District Council.
A fine banquet featuring broiled steaks began the evening. The invocation was deliv-
ered by Reverend Douglas Brackenridge, Pastor of the Crossroads Presbyterian Church.
Vice President Louis Polaski introduced the union president, Stewart Christner, who in
\urri introduced all the other union officers. Treasurer Warren Manning introduced all of
Shown is Archie Cowan, receiving his
50-year pin for membership in Local
Union 1441, from Matt Dardis, presi-
dent of the PittdBurgh District Council.
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tlie veteran members of the union who were in attendanec. Carl T. Westland, secretary-
treasurer of the Pittsburgh District Council, introduced council members and business
agents.
Representative Clayton Shaw delixered the principal address of the evening.
The Jessop Aires Barbershop Male Quartet provided entertainment throughout the
e\ening.
All who attended were unanimous in voicing the opinion that the fiftieth anniversary
celebration was the best ever sponsored by the union. And the officers and members alike
are looking forward to another half-century of progressi\e unionism for Local 1441.
GATLINBURG APPRENTICE PROGRAM NOW UNDER WAY
Last February, thirteen young men of the Gatlinburg area of Tennessee embarked on
their apprenticeship training courses as the apprenticeship program that is jointly spon-
sored by Local Union No. 3257 and the General Contractors of the area, meeting officially,
got under way with the presentation of the Certificate of Registration to members of the
joint committee by the Bureau of Apprenticeship.
The thirteen apprentices will receive 8000 hours of practical, on-the-job instruction
from skilled journeymen while supplementing this training with instruction in blueprint
reading, math, etc. in related instruction classes.
This group of apprentices, government representatives and teachers got together at Gatlinburg,
Tenn. to get the apprenticeship program under way.
In front row, left to right, appear: Thomas I. McCarter, president. Local Union 3257; Buford
Compton, member Joint Apprenticeship Committee; John Major Carr, business agent of the local;
B. Earl Lingar, field representative. Bureau of Apprenticeship, U. S. Department of Labor; Frank
Van Eynde of Knoxville, district supervisor of the State Department of Vocational Education.
Back row, left to right: Apprentices James Wo'fe, Billy Huskey, Wayne Ogle, and Lonnie Ogle.
Local Union 3257 was the first union of any kind organized in Sevier County. In the
relatively short time it has been in existence it has done a fine job of cleaning up sore
spots that existed before its birth. With the inauguration of a recognized apprenticeship
program, it is fulfilling a responsibility to the entire construction industry of its area.
Congratulations are in order for all who have played any part in bringing tlie union
forward so successfully.
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED IN MEMORY OF SPUD TAYLOR
By a happy circumstance, the son of a Brotherhood member has been awarded a
scholarship given in the memory of another great Brotherhood member.
Thomas H. Clutinger of Chula Vista, California, son of Thomas L. Clutinger of Local
Union 1296, was awarded the first scholarship given by the San Diego County Labor
Council in memory of Charles O. ("Spud") Taylor, former president.
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The name of Spud Taylor would long be revered in California labor circles with or
without a scholarship bearing his name, because his contributions date back over many
years. In addition to serving as president of the County Labor Council, he served as
president of the California State Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers. His activities
and interests encompassed the whole labor movement of California.
Young Tom Clutinger, winner of the Taylor scholarship, is the kind of man Spud Taylor
admired most. Although only 20, Tom is married and was an expectant father at the time
of recei\ing the scholarship. Although carrying a full load of 15 units and doing 9 hours
weekly of laboratory research, he still puts in 4 hours a day at the college cafeteria to help
make ends meet. In spite of this load that would swamp most college students, he main-
tains a straight "A" record at San Diego State College where he is a sophomore.
Dr. Frederick L. Ryan, head of the college's Department of Labor Economics, recently
said of young Clutinger:
"He is a superior student in e\ery respect. He is capable of going on into graduate
work. He will be a credit to the college and a real asset to the County Labor Council."
As the first winner of the Spud Taylor scholarship, young Clutinger should be inspired
to do e^'en better because he is following in tlie footsteps of a conscientious and dedicated
unionist.
LOCAL 24 OLD TIMERS RE-LIVE "GREAT OLD DAYS"
Centner's Restaurant was no place for a young man on the afternoon of Wednesday,
June 22nd, because the place was taken over by a grand bunch of old timers.
The occasion was a special party sponsored by Local Union No. 24, Batavia, New York,
to pay tribute to a group of its old timers whose membership records go back more than
half a century.
Ten old timers were awarded 50-year pins.
Howard F. Thomas, president of Local Union No. 24, pins 50-year jeweled pin on lapel of
Frank C. Fromm in rear row daring ceremonies when eight members received honors. Brother
Fromm received honor almost exactly 59 years after joining the union on June 20, 1901.
Seated in front, from left to right, are: John Wiedrich, Fred Gear, Harry G. Pratt and Rudolph
F. Trautenburg.
Standing, from left to right, appear: Glenn W. Warboys, Brother Fromm, Brother Thomas,
Albert E. Radder and Frank Teniple.
All in all, it was a fitting celebration to honor a grand bunch of old timers who belonged
to the United Brotherhood even before Batavia became a city. Their contributions helped
to build not only the union but the city as well. And the entire organization wishes them
many years of good health and contentment.
38 THEOARPENTE3R
Recipients of the pins from Howard F. Thomas, president of Local 24, were:
Frank C. Fromm, 59 years; Fred Gear of Buffalo, and Harry G. Pratt, 58 years each;
Rudolph F. Trautenburg, 55 years; John Wiedrich of Le Roy, 54 years; Glenn W. Warboys,
53 years; Albert C. Radder and Frank Temple, 51 years each.
Unable to attend were Claude Nicholson, formerly of Stafford, now hospitalized in
Rochester, 55 years; and La Verne Bentley, formerly of Batavia, now living in Arbor, a
member for 54 years.
Oddly, the group did not include the oldest in age, John J. Hubbard, who is 87. He
hasn't reached the half-century mark in membership. Brother Pratt is second oldest. He
will be 83 in December.
All are retired, although Brother Trautenburg continues to do cabinet work in his
home. Brother Radder was the last to retire, having quit last year.
County Judge Philip J. Weiss was the speaker. He selected the year 1915 when Batavia
became a city, to recall many happenings of the time. A celebration at midnight on New
Year's drew from 2,000 to 5,000 at the Court House park to celebrate the minute when
Batavia became a city. An entirely new administration took over and the new Common
Council held its first meeting at 12:35 a.m.
Judge Weiss recalled many of the firms then in business, the prices and the atmosphere
of the day.
"They were all individual merchants with private, personal relations with tlieir
customers, quite in contrast to the chain store relations of today," Judge Weiss said.
The speaker praised the organization of the union at an early day to serve its mem-
bers through unselfish conduct over the years. He lauded the carpenters for growing old
gracefully, without regrets and with a willingness to "take whatever the good Lord may
direct."
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ORANGE, TEXAS, LOCALS DONATE SERVICES
When Carpenters Local Union No. 2007 of Orange, Texas, recently teamed up wdth
Painters Local No. 328 to finish a game room in the local Y. M. C. A., they had nothing
in mind other than doing a good turn
for the community. However, it turned
out that they got some very favorable
publicity in the process.
One of the leading furniture dealers in
Orange decided that the contributions
of the Carpenters and Painters should
not go unnoticed. He had a large sign
painted for the side of his truck express-
ing the thanks of the Y. M. C. A. for
the time and services donated. For a
week or more, the truck exliibited the
sign throughout the entire community as
it made its rounds.
Everybody apparently benefitted. The
Y. M. C. A. acquired a fine, new game
room; the Carpenters and Painters enhanced their standing in the community.
LOCAL UNION 70 AWARDS ANOTHER OLD TIMER
As readers of this section of THE CARPENTER know, the list of old timers witli 50
or more years of honorable membership to their credit keeps growing constantly.
Local Union 70, of Chicago, recently added the name of one of its members to tliis
select group. Brother James Shallo was awarded his 50-year gold button at a recent
meeting.
As a real pioneer member of the union who has seen the union encounter good times
and bad, smooth sailing and rough going, and through it all maintaining his faith and
confidence in the organization, the 50-year pin is a small but important token of apprecia-
tion for such loyalty and devotion.
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Local Union 2203, Anaheim, California, is proud of having received the following
letter:
Local 2203
608 W. Vermont
Anaheim, Calif.
Dear Sirs and Brother Union Members:
The Officers and Members of Anaheim Carpenters Ladies Auxiliary wish to express
our thanks for the help and many courtesies extended us by our sponsoring union during
the past year.
We are especially grateful for your generous contribution of one hundred ($100.00)
dollars given to our delegates, to assist them with expenses at the last convention in Sacra-
mento. It would ha\e been difficult for them to manage on what the Auxiliary was able to
allot them.
It is our hope for the coming year that Local 2203 and Auxiliary No. 759 will grow in
unity and tolerance as well as numbers.
We, the mothers, sisters, wives and daughters, interested in the well-being of organ-
ized labor, earnestly petition you, be an active union member!
If the lady in your home is not an auxiliary member, urge her to join, and take her
rightful place in fostering our Union strength and unity, and our efforts for Community
service.
Every pair of hands and every earnest heart is urgently needed during this most critical
time for organized labor!
PJease call upon us whenever we may assist or ser\'e you in any way. Again, our thanks.
Fraternally,
Violet E. Plews, Secretary
Carpenters Ladies Auxiliary No. 759
608 West Vermont Street
Anaheim, California
WINDSOR LOCAL AWARDS FIRST 50-YEAR PIN
Recently, Local Union 494, Windsor, Ontario, Can-
ada, awarded its first 50-year membership pin to one
of its old timers. The man so honored was Brother Wil-
liam Duncan.
Brother Duncan learned his trade in Dundee, Scot-
land. Except for four years overseas in World War I,
he has never been away from the trade. His father and
brother were also 50-year men. He joined the union
in 1910 and retired in 1955 from active work in the
trade as a construction superintendent.
In the accompanying picture President John R. Beg-
bie of Local 494 is presenting the honorary lapel pin to
Brother Duncan.
It goes without saying that the officers and members
of Local Union 494 are extremely proud of the outstand-
ing service freely given by Brother Duncan over the years. Presentation of the 50-year
pin indicates to all concerned with the event the successful passing of a significant mile-
stone in the history of the union.
CHICAGO LOCAL ADDS 10 MORE NAMES TO SENIOR LIST
On Tuesday, July 5th, Local Union No. 62 of Chicago added ten more names to its
long list of members with 50 years or more of service in the Brotherhood.
On hand to receive their 50-year pins at the presentation ceremonies were: Brothers
Lee Van Scoyic, William McMillian, Ed Kirchner, Charles Johnson and Mathew Geerdes.
Eligible members who were unable to attend were: Brothers J. Ellis Anderson, Frank
Artr;er. Anton De Graff, Joel Norman and Carl Rockberg.
(Ifl^i't stilt as ^u^^^&imn&
UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA
The emblem design in colors is featured on rings, buttons, tie clasps and cuff links.
These articles can be bought by members or any group affiliated with the Brotherhood.
There has been a continuous demand for these items as gifts, rewarding members for
length of membership or outstanding and meritorious service to the Union. All prices in-
clude Federal ExcJse Tax.
EMBLEM RINGS
This beautiful emblem ring makes a very acceptable gift
for all occasions.
IMPORTANT— Send sizes desired by strips of paper long
enough to go around finger. Put name of wearer on the
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Carpentry
LESSON 383
By H. H. Siegele
Apartments.— In this era of industry, when
A\'hole famihes leave the farm and go to live
in urban areas, apartments are much in
demand. This applies to apartments rang-
ing from family size down to apartments
accommodating only one person. The trend
from, rtiral areas to urban areas is opening
up a field of remodeling for carpenters.
Old and out-of-date houses are remodeled so
as to accommodate two, three, or even more
tenants. Consequently opportunities for car-
penters, who have the imagination, ability,
and stamina, will be met on every hand.
Fig. 2
Here is a field for the men who can qualify
to establish themselves in a profitable busi-
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Old Layout.— Fig, 1 gives a drawing of
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laundry, and kitchen for the second-floor
apartment, as we will show in the next
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New Layout.— Fig. 2 gives the plan after
tlie remodeling. The purpose here is not to
show an ideal plan for a bathroom, laun-
dry, linen closet, and kitchen; but it is to
I I
30"
±iA
IE
Sect/on A-a Elevation
Fig. 4
suggest how, with but little changing, a
very satisfactory arrangement can be ob-
tained, which could be called ideal under
the existing circumstances.
Kitchen.— The kitchen is shown to the up-
per right in Fig. 2. Here we have the sink,
the stove, the refrigerator, and the broom
closet. An elevation of the left wall of the
kitchen is shown by Fig. 3. Fig. 4, to the
left, shows a cross section of the cabinets,
section A-A. To the right we have the ele-
vation of this part of the cabinets. Section
B-B is shown to the left of Fig. 5, while the
elevation is shown to the right. The wall
space between the covmter and the upper
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Section 6-B Elevation
Fig. 5
cabinet is covered with 4 ^/4 -inch by 4^/4-
inch tile. The counter on both sides of the
sink should be covered with a suitable
counter topping. This material should be
selected by the owner, after he has ex-
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amiBcd the different kinds of counter top-
15ings on the market.
Fig. 6 shows an elevation of the part
showH at the top in Fig. 2, representing the
kitchen. Here we have a cross section of the
cabinets, face views of the drawers, stove,
refrigerator, and broom closet. Section C-C
Sect/on C-C
Elevation
Fig. 7
is shown to the left on Fig. 7, and the ele-
vation of tliis part is shown to the right.
Fig. 8 shows section D-D to the right, and a
face \iew of it to the left.
Cross Sections.— Cross sections in a larger
scale, of the top and bottom cabinets shown
by section C-C, Fig. 7, are shown by Figs.
9 and 10. Here are given figures and other
information that is necessary for construct-
ing the cabinets. On Fig. 9 are pointed out
from top to bottom the tile between the top
and bottom cabinets, the counter top, and
the center guides. The drawers are shown
shaded, details of which will be given in
next month's lesson. To the left, Fig. 10, is
shown the upper cabinet. Pointed out are
the metal standards and shelves. To the
right is a detail showing how the lipped
doors contact the casings of the cabinet.
Material.— For the upper cabinet use 1-
inch by 12-incli material, both for the sides
and for the shelves. Use %-inch plywood
for the doors. For the bottom cabinet use
4^/4 -inch plywood for the counter and the
wide shelves. Use ys-inch material for the
drawers and the other parts of the cabinet.
18
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Elevation
Section 0-D
Fig. 8
Hardware.— There are different kinds of
hinges for lipped cabinet doors on the
market. Some of them are almost concealed,
while others are fastened to the face of the
door. The exposed parts of these hinges are
of an ornamental design, which adds much
to the appearance of the cabinet doors.
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Carpentry Materials
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Con tents —
A Convention To Remember
In four and a half days of sessions, the 1960 Special Convention heard the two
presidential candidates, revamped the entire Constitution, acted on 155 major resolutions,
and streamlined and strengthened our Brotherhood all the way along the line. It truly
was a convention to remember.
What The Speakers Said
13
A great many outstanding speakers addressed the Special Convention. Here are a few
pertinent excerpts.
Maintenance^ — A Fertile Job Source
20
In his report to the Special Convention, Second General Vice President O. Wm. Blaier
outlines the job opportunities that exist in the maintenance field around the growing
number of missile bases. As a representative on the Missile Committee, Brother Blaier
is in a position to know whereof he speaks, and his report contains much food for
thought.
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OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Plane Gossip
Editorials
OEBcial
In Memoriam
Outdoor Meanderings
Correspondence
Craft Problems
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Index to Advertisers
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A Convention
To Remember
There have been larger conven-
tions than the Special General Con-
vention held in the Morrison Hotel,
Chicago, September 26 through Sep-
tember 30. There have been longer
conventions and more elaborate con-
ventions. But in all our long history
there has never been a harder work-
ing or more productive one.
In four and a half days of sessions
our entire Constitution was over-
hauled and streamlined to meet the
challenges of our times. Some 155
resolutions of great importance were
acted upon. For the first time in
American political history two candi-
dates for the U. S. Presidency ad-
dressed a labor convention on the
same day. Yet for all the tremendous
amount of ground covered. General
President Maurice A. Hutcheson
truthfully was able to say in his clos-
ing remarks;
"In every way, shape, and manner
it was a completely free, open and
democratic Convention. Every dele-
gate was given full opportunity to
have his say. No one can ever chal-
lenge the fact that this Convention
has been a model of democracy in
action."
And when the debating, resolving
and committee reporting were over,
our Brotherhood emerged a stronger,
more closely knit organization, geared
to operate effectively in the critical
cHmate of our era.
The constitutional changes adopt-
ed all aimed at one thing— helping
our organization conduct its business
in a faster and more efficient manner.
Our streamlined constitution will
make it easier to organize new mem-
bers and maintain the members we
already have. It will tighten up the
lines of communication between sub-
ordinate bodies and the General Of-
fice, and between the Local Unions
and Councils themselves. It will spell
out in greater detail the privileges and
responsibilities of Brotherhood bodies
all along the line.
Some 1,428 delegates, representing
726 Local Unions in 45 states, seven
provinces, Puerto Rico and the Dis-
trict of Columbia participated in the
work of the convention. Of the total,
1,401 were regular delegates and 27
were fraternal delegates.
Caught By The Candid Camera
Top left: We hope Khrushchev sees this. Top right: something
tickles 2nd G. V. P. Blaier. Center left: General President Hutcheson
and General Secretary Livingston laugh at a quip. Center right:
Board member Chandler ponders a question. Bottom left: Pocatello
Auxiliary presents another example of needlepoint dedicated to
good trade unionism. Lower right: Board member Rajoppi gets a
chuckle out of something.
Caught By The Candid Camera
THE C A K P K N T K K
A liiglilight of the convention was
the appearance of both the Demo-
cratic and Repu]:)lican nominees for
President. The fact that they took
time out from the extremely difficult
campaign schedules thev laid out
long beforehand to appear in person
before our convention is a tribute
to the national standing of our Broth-
erhood. Fiuthermore, their appear-
ance to explain first-hand the posi-
tions of their two parties on the criti-
cal issues of the day constitutes poli-
tical education at its highest. The
Both presidsntial candidates received fraternal
delegates's badges. Left: General President Hutcheson
pins a f-aternal badge on Mr. Nixon as Secretary of
Labor Mitchell looks on. Right; Mr. Kennedy is ac-
corded the same treatment. Board member Mack is
in the background.
convention delegates met them face
to face to hear them say in great de-
tail the things they touched on only
briefly in theii' subsequent TV de-
bates.
First General Vice President John
R. Stevenson presented a detailed re-
port to the delegates on the work of
the building committee which bears
the responsibility for planning and
overseeing the erection of our new
headquarters building in Washington.
He gave a very graphic description of
construction details and the fine prog-
ress being made in erection.
Second General Vice President
Blaier reported in great detail on the
job possibilities existing in mainte-
nance work around the many missile
bases being erected throughout the
nation. Having served on the Missile
Committee for a long time, his report,
reprinted in considerable detail else-
where in this issue, contained a great
deal of food lOr thought.
General Secretary Livingston re-
ported on the new accounting sys-
tem inaugurated by the General Of-
fice to modernize record keeping pro-
cedures. The change-over is now in
progress and despite the enormity of
the job involved, the work is moving
ahead satisfactorily.
A great deal of the credit for the
success of the convention must go to
capable and dedicated men who served
on the various committees. They
worked far into the night time after
time to get their assignments in prop-
er shape for intelligent presentation
to the convention.
Because of the complexity of the
task, three constitutional committees
THE CARPENTER
were set up, each charged with the
responsibihty for studying a third of
the constitution in hne with changes
proposed by various subordinate bod-
ies. To make the work of the com-
mittees easier and the task of explain-
ing proposed changes clearly to the
convention, the General Office pre-
pared brochures where the old word-
ing of every paragraph of every sec-
tion was printed alongside of any
proposed new wording. Each dele-
gate was given a brochure. Thus, as
the committee reported on proposed
changes, delegates were able to com-
pare the old language in the con-
stitution with the proposed new.
Through this technique, the three
constitutional committees completed
their reports in short order while at
the same time every delegate was
able to see and understand exactly
what each proposed change in the
constitution involved.
But for all the revisions in the con-
stitution and resolutions promoting
the welfare of organized labor in
general and Brotherhood members in
particular, one of the greatest benefits
accruing from the convention is a
new spirit of unity and cohesion. We
are a stronger and tighter organiza-
First General Vice President Stevenson tells Con-
vention of progress being made on new headquarters
building.
tion because of the convention, and
this spirit of renewed militancy and
dedication will make its eflFects felt
for years to come.
'WRECK' LAW NOT HELPFUL TO INDIANA
Indiana's so-called "right-to-work" law has had virtually no effect in at-
tracting new industries and new jobs to that state, according to a detailed
survey by a prominent management research organization.
Forbes Marketing Research, Inc., reported that only 60 of the 10,503 jobs
created by industries which moved into Indiana since enactment of the
"work" law in 1957 can be credited to the ban on the union shop.
The survey, made at the request of the Indiana Council for Industrial
Peace, demolishes the principal argument of "right-to-work" supporters— that
the compulsory open shop boosts the state's economy by attracting new
industries.
The total number of new jobs brought in by firms which even mentioned
the "work" law as a factor amounted to only six-tenths of 1 per cent of the
jobs surveyed. "We conclude," the Forbes organization stated, "that the 'right-
to-work' law has had negligible effect on the attraction of plant location or
expansion in Indiana."
While the survey did not delve into the number of plants that have left
Indiana since the "work" law was passed, the exodus has been considerable-
including the Atkins Saw Company, an Indiana firm for over 100 years.
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The Committees Worked
Constitution Committee No. 1
Seated, left to right, are: E. C. Meinert, Missouri, and Paul Rudd of Washington.
Standing, from left to right: Armon L. Henderson, California; George Burger, Michigan;
A\'illiam H. Terrian, Connecticut; John W. Hill, Illinois; and H. E. Morris, Florida.
t
Constitution Committee No. 2
Seated, left to right, appear: Herbert Skinner, Georgia; Stanley Johnson, Illinois.
Those standing are, from left to right: Charles Bishop of Ohio; B. L. Powell, Alaska; Fred
Rhodes, Arizona; Milton Frey, New York; and Ste\'e Brodack of Ontario.
11
Far Into The Night
Constitution Committee No. 3
Seated, from left to right: Oscar Pratt, Massachusetts; and C. R. Bartalini of Cali-
fornia. Standing, from left to right: Ralph Bowes of Wisconsin; Robert Gray, Pennsylvania;
John Bakken, Minnesota; Henry Brown, Missouri; and George Osterkamp of Ohio.
Appeals Committee
From left to right, seated are: Howard Welch of Tennessee; William O. Hays, Illinois.
Standing: Robert Weller of Montana; T. A. Pitts, Kentucky; D. W. Chadwell,' Nebraska;
Mason Cave, California; and Carl T. Westlund of Pcnnsyhania.
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T hi: (A li V r, x t k r
Resolutions Committee
From left to right, seated, are: James Beveridge of New York, and James Sexton of
Illinois. Those standing: Russell Thompson of Indiana; Earl Hartley, Washington; John L.
Seabright, \'irginia; Clement Clansey, California; and James A. Gillen of Oklahoma.
By-Laws Committee
Seated, from left to right: William Sidell of California; Arlington Brown, Ontario;
Ed Bjork, New York; L. M. Weir, Michigan; and Curtis C. Luttrell of Louisiana. Standing,
from left to right, are: Charles Henderson, Texas; Harlan H. Brown, Washington; E. T.
Staley, British Columbia; Stanley Bergman, Colorado; and Henry Spotholz of New Jersey.
13
What The Speakers Said
MAYOR RICHARD J. DALEY
City of Chicago
As Mayor and on behalf of the people of Chicago
I welcome you to our city. We are happy you have
come to hold your great convention in Chicago be-
cause we remember back some 79 years ago that this
great International organization was founded in the
City of Chicago, and we realize the great contribution
that has been made, not only to our city but to the
entire country in the march of progress in the great
courageous vision of the International Officers and
their fine membership, the vision that they have had
in this great movement of a free society of free men
and free women.
And we recognize, also, that you and the members of your great organiza-
tion have marched hand in hand with the expansion, with the building and
with other programs that have made Chicago from 1881 to now one of the
great international cities of the world, and we recognize, also, it has been the
sweat and toil, it has been the detennination and vision of the Carpenters
Union that has built our great skyscrapers, have also built our tunnels and
have done all the work in construction which our city is happy to boast about
today ....
And let me say in way of gratitude and appreciation to the labor move-
ment, and particularly to Ted Kenney and the officers and members of Chicago,
at no time in the five years that I have been Mayor that I have called upon Ted
Kenney and his fine organization that they haven't responded 100 per cent in
every movement and in every program for the benefit of Chicago. . . .
EARL McMAHON, President
Building Trades Council, Chicago
I am sure that your participation in the problems of
the day will cause our enemies to recognize that the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters is one of the most
outstanding organizations in our labor movement.
As delegates representing this great brotherhood,
you are aware of your responsibility to your local
unions and its membership, and will take action here
that will reflect the seriousness of our mission as labor
representatives, and adopt a program that will serve
as a guide to the generations that are to follow.
We in the labor movement here in Chicago are
aware of the mark left by the Carpenters in our
glorious past.
It was in November of 1890, that our first recorded Building Trades
Council of Chicago was organized. The then United Carpenters Council of
14 THECARPENTER
Chicago had ah-cady been established three years, with a membership of
fifty-five hundred workers, and this quarterly working card for the third quarter
of the year 1893, that I hold in my hand, will bear out the fact that the Car-
penter was a leader then, as he is now. . . .
WILLIAM LEE, President
Chicago Federation of Labor
. . , Chicago is hospitable to Unions because labor has
always been active in the handling of problems which
confront our city. You will recall that it was here in
Chicago that the Carpenters started the 8-hour a day
movement about 75 years ago. Some of the most color-
ful spokesmen for working people were very much
alive here. They defeated the worst enemies of the
trade-union movement among employers, Communists
and other subversives. They fought without much
help from government agencies. Long before Con-
gressmen Landrum and Griffin heard of the trade-
union movement, courageous men and women put
their lives on the line for it. They did not wait for laws or political move-
ments. No one fought harder than the pioneers of the Carpenters Union here
in Chicago. . . .
WILLIAM C. DOHERTY, President
National Association of Letter Carriers
. . . Certainly we have before us the problem of broad-
ening our base of public relations and projecting the
labor union image more forcibly and more effectively
on the public consciousness.
I shall give you one important instance— the con-
tinuing and very effective war against Communism
and all other types of totalitarianism which organized
labor has been waging over the years, both on a
national and international level.
You of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America know exactly what I am talking
about because you have been constantly and cour-
ageously in the forefront of that battle.
In fact, you have the distinction of having a strong and unequivocal anti-
Communist provision in your constitution. . . . We know how the labor move-
ment needs and demands the pure oxygen of freedom to survive and prosper.
We know the dismal, tragic, brutal record of what happened to organized
labor under the Fascists and under the Communists— and we of organized
labor have had the solid American guts to bring our message of freedom to
every corner of this troubled world.
Our efforts have received the grateful and enthusiastic support of labor,
of the public and the press in every country in the free world— except in the
United States of America.
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Who— outside of the labor movement itself knows of what we have done
and what we are doing to defeat and destroy world Communism?
Far too few.
. . . And so I say to you, Brothers, and to all organized labor:
Lift up your eyes. . . .
STANLEY JOHNSON, Executive Vice-President
State Federation, AFL-CIO
. . . The achievement you might get in an economic
way comes as the result of your collective bargaining,
what you are able to achieve through your negotia-
tions mutually with your contractors. It is true that
the atmosphere of that negotiation is aflfected by legis-
lation both national and state, but primarily we want
that atmosphere protected because we have to get
things for ourselves in this field, and I for one
want neither a city, nor a state, or nation to tell us
what wages or hours or conditions that we are going
to work under. . . . Even if we go down to defeat on a
supported candidate we haven't lost because the suc-
cessor respects us. It is when we deviate, as I said at one point, where we
forget the record and become partisan party adherents, then even the success-
ful candidate will have a doubt in his mind: "Is this group a fair weather
friend?" And if he should be successful and be saved by the record he will
still respect us because he will want our support next time. . . .
JAMES MITCHELL
Secretary of Labor
... I would think, and I told this to the Brickla^'(rrs
in Los Angeles a week ago, that I believe that one
of the priority programs of the Building Construction
Trades ought to be the organization of the unorgan-
ized. I would like to see you get at that.
... As you know, there are some 19 states that now
have right-to-work laws. You may not know that 12
of them had right-to-work laws prior to Taft-Hartley.
I think that, one, we have to prevent the number,
the increase in the number of right-to-work laws in
these states, and, two, you have to go to work at the
state level to get something done about it. I have
been around this town of Washington long enough, and so have some of
your officials, to know that regardless of whether you have a Democratic
Congress or a Republican Congress or a Democratic Administration or a
Republican Administration, it is completely unrealistic to think you are ever
going to get 14-B repealed. You might as well make up your mind that you
are not. So the problem is how do you prevent the growth of right-to-work
laws. I think you should do it state by state. And how do you get rid of
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those that you have got? I think that much has been done. I modestly think
that I have done a lot in making clear the phoniness of this issue, because it is
a phony issue. . . .
NEIL HAGGERTY, President
Building and Construction Trades Department
... I think we have gone by the stage where we can
afford the luxury of indulging in personalities, because
we don't like Tom, Dick or Harry. The threat is too
great. The organizations who are fighting us, who are
now organized to weaken us because of the fact that
we are moving ahead with good wage scales, good
conditions, good fringe benefits, are attacking all
those things, and if we split in one area, the one
breaks off and becomes two. The first thing you know
is you have got a disorganized and an impotent organ-
ization.
So I would suggest and would urge the delegates
of this convention when you return to your homes to give some time and
attention to your Building Trades Council. Certainly you may be strong as a
Local Union, but you won't stay strong too long if the other unions in the
area become weaker. That has been history, it has been proven beyond any
shadow of doubt, and there is no question about the fact that in unity we
can work together and have strength, but disorganized and breaking off piece
bv piece is not good. . . .
REUBEN G. SODERSTROM, President
Illinois State Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
... A working man today who does not belong to the
union would be about as helpless as a new-born
baby in a cage of wildcats were it not for the men
around him who do belong to the union. A non-
union man is a sort of grafter upon the trade union
movement because he derives benefit where he does
not render an equivalent, and in many cases he is
not much better than a scab.
There are many reasons why men do not join the
union, but the most prominent in my opinion is his
dependence upon the boss in the hope of securing a
partnership or perhaps a superintendency so that he
can get a large salary proportionate to his ability in lowering the wages of
those who work under him.
A man who joins the union does so for a noble purpose. The longer he is
in the organization the more he sees its benefits. He does not look for favorit-
ism nor privileges over his fellow workers. All he asks for is a square deal and
an occasional raise in salary proportionate to the raise in price of the necessi-
ties of life.
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He is invariably proud of his calling, feels that every penny he gets is
honestly earned, and in many cases more than earned, but I do not think the
worker ought to be satisfied until that day arrives when he shall receive all
that he is entitled to from management. Certainly he should not be satisfied
until that day arrives when he shall receive all that he is entitled to from the
lawmakers of this State and the lawmakers of this Nation. . . .
P. L. SIEMILLER, General Vice President
International Association of Machinists
... I believe that my report to you on labor's activities
in safety indicates that labor is really waking up to
its responsibilities. As a matter of fact, our interest in
safety is wide-ranging, which is as it should be. We
feel that in teaching safety and promoting it, we can't
stop at the building site or the factory gate . . . we
can't go just part way.
We've got to promote it everywhere. Labor is con-
cerned with this because our members are every-
where. That's the reason why the labor safety pro-
gram of the National Safety Council, for example,
includes activities not only in the job and on-the-job
safety but also trafiic and other major areas of accident prevention. Why
shouldn't we be interested in traffic safety when it is estimated that half of
the nation's trafiic deaths are those of workers? Safety is indivisible. Safety
is mutual and interdependent. It is everybody's business and requires every-
body's cooperation. It is a social and community matter. In trying to educate
the individual worker to become interested in his own safety, we are con-
cerned about the safety of all workers. . . .
•
BEWARE OF "BOOBY TRAP' TOYS
Don't give your child a booby trap this Christmas!"
That's the advice of the National Safety Council, a non-governmental
agency organized in 1913 to prevent all kinds of accidents— including those
involving children's "harmless" toys.
"Some of the toys given youngsters as Christmas gifts," said Phil Dykstra,
the Council's director of home safety, "can be lethal weapons.
"Not all the blame for toys that become hazardous to children after a
few hours' use should go to the manufacturers," he said.
"Parents have as much— if not more— responsibility for toy safety as the
manufacturers."
While Dykstra said he believes toy makers should keep safety foremost
in mind— "And most reputable toy manufacturers do"— he recommends the
following for parents:
1. Buy toys that do not have small removable parts or such unsafe parts
as eye-threatening pieces of metal.
2. Buy toys suited for the child at his particular age. "A chemistry set in
the hands of a 5-year-old might be a deadly weapon."
3. Supervise use of toys your children get for Christmas.
OSS\ P
YOU MEAN "FOR REAL"?
Variety reporb; that a dramatic group at
the Massachusetts State Prison ordered three
prison uniforms from the Brooks Costume
Company in New York for a play they were
producing. An accompanying note explained,
"Ours are not authentic enough."
* * •
TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION
Les Finnegan, PAI columnist, gathers la-
bor oddities from all parts of the world.
Here are a few he gleaned from his latest
perusal of labor publications:
» « «
In Washington, D. C, Ci\'il Service Com-
missioner Barbara Gunderson set out to re-
\ise the Government's job application form
and re\ealed this story about former Secre-
tary of Defense Charles Wilson. One day
while he was head of General Motors, Wil-
son, out of curiosity, took the GM employ-
ment test and discovered that he was the
sort of person General Motors definitely
would not hire.
» » #
In St. Louis, the residents of Hell, Mich.,
who have been begging and pleading for a
l53-etEnE3-
^i'>
^' Smile, Mr. Morliucks 1 . . Think
of your profits this year —
your lax loopholes— anti-
union le^slation — '*'
postofBce of their own, received unexpected
support from the national convention of the
National Federation of Post Office Clerks.
Declared the Union in formal resolution,
"When established, we sincerely hope that
the clerks in Hell will be 100% unionized."
Backing the little town's demand for a post-
office, the Convention asserted, "It is unfair
for tourists to go to Hell and back without
being able to mail even a postcard."
« » *
In Los Angeles, Cal,, union officials were
completely fascinated by their discovery
that only one political party in the United
States today flatly demands outright repeal
of both the Taft-Hartley Act and the Lan-
drum-Griffin Law.
The Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs
of America held their national political con-
vention in Los Angeles, nominated Gabriel
Green as their candidate for U. S. President,
and adopted a comprehensive "Space Age
Platform."
The Flying Saucermen's platform is blunt
and uncompromising on labor, declaring:
"We favor the repeal of the Taft-Hartley
Act and the Landrum-Griffin Law because
we believe they were designed solely to
cripple the labor unions. Under the system
advocated by our organization, there would
be no need for labor and management to
oppose each other, which is only due to the
inadequacy of the present economic system.
We favor the continuance of strong labor
organizations in order that the workers
might have direct representation of their
interests."
» # »
In Oslo, Norway, the Norwegian Federa-
tion of Labor had obviously heard stories
about what has happened in recent years
to union meetings in the U. S. and England.
As a result the Federation has asked the
government to arrange that when regular
television broadcasting starts this fall, one
day a week will be set aside without any
TV broadcasts whatever— in order to avoid
interference with union meetings.
• • *
DID YOU VOTE?
As usual, millions of citizens did not go
to the polls on November 8. Most of them
probably said: "What difference will one
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vote make?" If you were one of these,
consider the following:
Two neighbors in Providence, R. I., were
good friends. One, reports John F. Parker in
If Elected, I Promise (Doubleday), spent
hours in his fine garden. His next-door
neighbor, however, owned a pig, which re-
peatedly wandered into the garden and fed
contentedly on fine flowers and vegetables.
One morning, after repeated warnings, the
gardener again saw the pig placidly con-
suming a fine bed of tulips. Angered be-
yond endurance, he seized a pitchfork and
plunged it into tlie hapless pig. Then he
carried the carcass over to his neighbor's
sty.
Now tliese two erstwhile friends were
members of the Federalist party, which op-
posed every proposal for war v/ith Britain.
The Democratic party, on the otlier hand,
called for armed intervention against British
seizure of American sailors.
In 1811 the owner of the garden ran on
the Federalist ticket for the state legisla-
ture. His neighbor, still angry over the kill-
ing of his pig, cast his vote for a Democrat
—who won the election by one vote.
The new legislator's first duty was to help
elect a United States Senator. He cast his
DON'T USE BIG WORDS!
Don't use big words. . . "In promul-
gating your esoteric cogitations, or ar-
ticulating your superficial sentimentalities
and amicable, philosophical, or psycho-
logical observations, beware of plati-
tudinous ponderosity. Let your conver-
sations and communications possess a
clarified conciseness, a compact compre-
hensibleness, coalescent consistency, and
a concatenated cogency. Eschew all con-
glomerations of flatulent garrulity, jejune
babblement, and asinine affectations. Let
your extemporaneous descantings and
unpremeditated expatiations have intelli-
gibility and veracious vivacity, with-
out rodomontade or thrasonical bombast.
Sedulously avoid all polysyllabic pro-
fundity, pompous prolixity, setaceous va-
cuity, ventriloquial verbosity, and grandi-
loquent vapidity. Shun double entendres,
prurient jocosity, and pestiferous profan-
ity, obscurant or apparent.
"In other words, talk plainly, briefly,
naturally, sensibly, truthfully, purely.
Don't use slang; don't put on airs; say
what you mean; mean what you say, and
avoid big words."— Anonymous.
vote for a Democrat, who also came to
office by a single vote.
On the crucial issue of war with Britain,
the Democrats voted aye, the Federahsts
nay. War was declared— again by a margin
of one vote.
In today's baker's dozen of crucial deci-
sions, will your one vote be on the record?
* • •
HORRIBLE EXAMPLE
A ragged panhandler accosted a well-
dressed sportsman and asked for a handout.
The sportsman said, "I'll do better than that.
I'll get you a drink."
"No thanks," answered the bum, "I never
drink."
"Hmni," said the sport, "I understand.
Here, have a good cigar then."
"No, thanks, I don't smoke either," re-
plied the beggar.
"Well, I'll tell you what I'll do," said the
sport, "I've got a tip on a horse that will
not only bring you in some money, it might
give you enough to buy a suit."
"I couldn't do that!" cried the panhandler.
"I never gamble. All I want is some food."
"You'll have it!" vowed the sport, "and
it will be right at home with me. I want
my wife to see what happens to a guy who
doesn't drink, smoke or gamble."
'^Binks, your suggestion saves
us 5000 man-hours a year!
11 even eliminates your job,
too,... Sorry to see you go!"
20
Maintenance— A Fertile Job Source
By SECOND GENERAL VICE-PRESIDENT O. WM. BLAIER
• * •
. . . The contract system is faced with serious
threats from two separate sources. The first is a
disquieting tendency of the manufacturers to in-
vade the construction industry, particularly where
the mechanical specialty operations are involved,
such as millwrighting, piping and electrical systems.
The second is a move toward the performance
of in-plant construction work by the manufacturer's
employees as a substitute for contracting out.
... In 1960 and future years it is apparent that
the defense program and preparedness progrtim
will not afford the large volume of man hours of
employment for those in the construction industry
and especially those performing carpentry, all be-
cause large cantonments, shipyards, ammunition plants and manpower in
the armed forces are not necessary, brought about by the fact that we are
in the Space Age and for defense we
are dependent upon missiles of all
types.
Through various channels of infor-
mation prior to the merger of the
AFL-CIO in 1955 and even since that
time, evidence and warnings were
produced that it was the objective of
manv industrial unions, both in the
AFL and the CIO, to eliminate the
construction workers from performing
modification, repair, and maintenance,
and even new construction work un-
less it was to augment the skilled clas-
sifications affected in the plant during
the regular work week and overtime
days.
It has always been the practice in
many areas for members of the Unit-
ed Brotherhood and those in affiliated
building and construction Internation-
als to perform the modification, re-
pair, maintenance and new construc-
tion, but there were also many locali-
ties where buildings were constructed
and left by our people without hav-
ing considered the maintenance there-
of. As a result many employment
hours were lost to members of the
building and construction crafts.
In 1955 a meeting was held be-
tween General Presidents and an In-
ternational Agreement for continuity
of maintenance work was signed by
13 International Union Presidents and
the Catalytic Construction Company
to perform maintenance work at the
Tidewater Oil plant, Delaware City,
Delaware. This project is pointed to
at this time because it was the first
International Agreement signed for
continuity of maintenance work.
A committee representing the
Building Trades Unions was formed
to meet monthly to negotiate and ad-
minister a standard form of agreement
which was developed to meet the
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needs and special problems of mod-
ernization and continuing mainte-
nance.
Cognizant of the vast loss of work
opportunity in the field previously
mentioned, the building trades unions
have agreed that they would sign a
contract and furnish workmen to any
contractor who could secure from an
owner a contract under which main-
tenance work would be performed by
the various building trades unions.
Such a contract is presently available
to a contractor whether he be a gen-
eral contractor, a mechanical contrac-
tor, a specialty contractor or any
combination of the same in a joint
venture if the contract with the owner
or awarding authority covers continu-
ity of maintenance work. The various
trade unions signatory to the agree-
ment are prepared to furnish work-
men to any contractor or group there-
of who secures a maintenance con-
tract from an owner or awarding
authority.
The procurement of a contract
maintenance agreement, however, is
by no means an automatic affair. The
Presidents' Committee on Contract
Maintenance meets with contractors
interested in such agreements to dis-
cuss same and assure themselves that
maintenance work is covered.
Due to the particular nature of the
work covered by contract mainte-
nance agreements, provisions are es-
tablished for the payment of building
construction wage rates, plus various
fringe benefits. Necessary modifica-
tions apply for the most part to time
and one-half for overtime work in-
stead of double time excepting Sun-
days and holidays; no lockout or
strike provisions are made; non-
payment of subsistence, travel allow-
ance, mileage or travel time, and
provisions for establishment of mul-
tiple shifts.
At present there are some thirt\'
contract maintenance agreements ei-
ther in effect at present or awaiting
completion of the plants. . . .
The construction industry, as you
well know, is rapidly advancing, and
we are in favor of this march in
progress, but you must also be re-
minded of the fact that innovation*
made in building materials are cutting
down the actual time of construction
of buildings, factories, bridges and
highways.
Contract maintenance, therefore,
will and can afford you an avenue to
once again return to the construction
site, maintain what you built and re-
ceive many more hours of employ-
ment.
There is an estimated volume of ap-
proximately seventeen billion dollars
spent in maintenance work each year
throughout the country. In oil refin-
eries and chemical plants there are
few production workers required but
an abundance of maintenance work-
ers. For example, Dow Chemical
Company has plants at Ludington,
Midland and Bay City, Michigan. At
the Midland plant there are approxi-
mately 1200 maintenance workers
with District 50 having bargaining.
At Ludington, approximately 300 and
at Bay City, after same was built, the
Austin Company was awarded a con-
tract for continuity of maintenance
work where there are approximateh'
200 employed of various craftsmen,
amongst which we have a ratio of
carpenters and millwrights. . . .
If and when a contractor in rela-
tionship with the various building
trades unions in a stated area is suc-
cessful in being awarded a contract
or intent of contract for continuity of
maintenance work, to obtain the In-
ternational Agreement it is required
by policy adopted by the President's
T I r E C A K 1' E N T E R
Committee on Contract Maintenance
to contact by telephone or communi-
cation Chairman John McCartin, 901
Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Wash-
ington 1, D. C, who in turn will ad-
\ise those concerned of the proper
procedure to be followed.
The time has come to spell out in
detail the threat being made by the
manufacturers who are attempting to
operate missile base construction on
a do-it-yourself basis. This threat per-
tains not alone to your rightful av-
enue of employment, but could and
does go deeper into the national se-
curitv of our country.
What has brought this about is eas-
ih" understood. The aircraft and air-
frame industry has always been strict-
ly a manufacturing operation. One of
the biggest customers of the aircraft
industry has been the United States
Air Force. And one of the most im-
portant activities of the Air Force is
contractor, for their real property in-
ventory is valued around eleven bil-
lion dollars. Millions of dollars a year
are spent on Air Force construction.
During World War II and for sev-
eral ensuing years, the main business
of the aircraft industry was supply-
ing winged aircraft. But now a revo-
lutionary change has taken place— the
age of the guided and ballistic mis-
siles. As these have become opera-
tional, the Air Force has cut back on
aircraft production. Faced with a seri-
ous backlog of orders for aircraft no
longer needed, the industry turned to
making missiles from nose cone to
launching pad.
Convair, Boeing, Martin, Douglas,
North American, Lockheed, Emerson
Electric, Philco Electric and many,
many others are now in the missile
business. Every one of these com-
panies is now a prime contractor
charged with the duty of delivering
the missile and the missile site, both
ready for action. Here lies the big dif-
ference between missiles and winged
aircraft. Air bases were contracted
separately by the Corps of Engineers
to contractors in the construction in-
dustry, but missile bases are now be-
ing contracted to the aircraft industry,
and the missile manufacturer is at-
tempting to do more and more work
with his production forces, "Techni-
cians," who are partially trained in
certain limited skills.
Construction contractors are now
given the role of subcontractors to
the missile manufacturers. They are
assigned no over-all responsibility for
performing the work. Material pro-
curement, coordinating the job, and
other aspects of contractor responsi-
bility for which the construction in-
dustry is uniquely qualified are with-
held.
As a result, construction of some
missile sites are months behind sche-
dule, and this poses a serious threat
to our national security.
We are losing out— plant techni-
cians on the job site are performing
the work of skilled building trades
mechanics. The Davis-Bacon provi-
sions were not being paid on some of
the construction tasks. The Labor De-
partment issued orders to pay Davis-
Bacon rates and the aircraft compan-
ies are challenging this, too. They are
trying to avoid application of the
law by making it possible to break
down multi-million dollar contracts
into jobs of less than $2,000 which is
the floor of contracts covered by the
Davis-Bacon Act.
This threat to our system of con-
struction must be met by constant,
continuous and positive action. We
have to show the United States
Government that one of the great-
est assets— the trained construction
organizations— are used to do con-
struction work on the nation's missile
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base sites, to help carry out the cold
war missile program in the same way
that was employed in the nation's
hot war.
The construction industry main-
tained a distinguished record in build-
ing complicated and complex de-
fense facilities during World War II
and the Korean War. These facilities,
including atomic energy plants for ex-
ample, were new, secret and involved
great technological advances. The fact
that atomic energy and chemical
plants had to be built from scratch
presented no unusual challenge to
the construction industry where a
unique, first-of-its-kind t}^pe of struc-
ture is routine work. Si any of the
facilities were in isolated areas, an-
other obstacle which we have learned
how to handle with a minimum of
difficulty.
During World War II there was
complete cooperation between the
construction industry and the govern-
ment through agreements to prevent
work stoppages at crucial times.
With the current work stoppages by
the manufacturing unions as a back-
ground, we can hope that the Air
Force will see the wisdom of adopt-
ing the long-established government
practice of placing construction work
in the hands of the responsible con-
struction industry.
Military men, as much if not more
than others, should see the dangers of
ignoring accepted, recognized and
eminently successful methods, in
favor of experimentation with new,
untried and unorthodox methods, at
a time when missile bases are needed
promptly for our nation's security.
This must be done. . . .
ILO FINDS U. S., CANADA HAVE UNDULY HIGH' JOBLESS ROLLS
A study of world economic conditions by the International Labor Organiza-
tion shows that while most industrialized countries had low unemployment
rates, joblessness in both Canada and the United States during June was "un-
duly high."
The statistics gathered by the ILO showed the unemployment ra+e in
Canada at 5 per cent of the civilian labor force and in the United States at
6.1 per cent.
Less than 2 per cent were out of work in France, the Netherlands, Norway,
the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, although even this low
rate was above the 1957 level.
The ILO report said that the employment level was 'Tauoyant"— even at
record levels— in most countries. Only Belgium and the Argentine have fewer
persons employed today than in 1957 which was a boom year.
Consumer prices have generally increased but at a "modest" rate during
the past year, representing an important factor leading "to further gains in
workers' real earnings, as hourly cash earnings generally increased over the
period."
V/orkers' income was further enhanced, the report said, by increases in
average hours worked per week in most of the reportifig countries.
remember- ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT. FOREST FIRES!
IMM I'll
ria
An Open Letter To The New President
Dear Mr. President:
Since this is being written several weeks in advance of election day,
it is impossible for us to know whether your name is Kennedy or Nixon.
But whatever yom- name happens to be, we want to assure you that you can
count on our loyalty and support.
Some bitter charges were made by and against you during the campaign.
But now that the American people have spoken, we are once more a united
nation. The task before us is a tremendous one. And nothing but complete
loyalt}^ and dedication on the part of all citizens can enable you to meet the
challenges facing us all.
In a recent speech General Medaris, who guided the destinies of the Air
Force until his retirement, made the statement that the United States now
possesses a total destructive power equivalent to 10,000 tons of TNT for every
man, woman and child in the world (we repeat, the whole world— not just the
United States). Presumably, the Russian potential lies somewhere in this neigh-
borhood, too. I hope you will keep this frightening fact before you in all that
you say and do during your term of office.
In the light of this awesome destructive capability, the over-riding consid-
eration of our time is peace. If peace is not achieved and maintained all other
issues become academic because there will be no one around to worry about
them.
Whether your name is Nixon or Kennedy, the nation can be sure that
your determination to stop the worldwide encroachment of Communism is
wholehearted and sincere. It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of all
mankind is riding on your judgment. You have indicated that your chief aim
is to match and, if possible, overtake the military potential of Red Russia.
With this we agree completely. Our strength must be maintained at the high-
est possible point ih order that potential aggressors will be discouraged from
attempting to attack us, knowing full well retaliation will be swift and sure.
However, Mr. President, I think we need to look beyond this concept of
defense, vital as it is. For the time being, a striking force equal to, or superior
to, anything the Russians can muster is our best hope for discouraging attack.
But over the long haul, it embodies little promise for permanent peace. There
is too great a danger that a miscalculation, a flash of anger, a temporarily
snapped mind, can pull the wrong trigger at the wrong time, precipitating
World War III.
All over the world there are missile bases commanded by mortal men. A
mistake or a false move by one of them can set in motion events that make
World ^Var III inevitable.
T H E C A K P E X T E R 25
What we buy \A'ith our strong military component is time. If we use that
time wisely and constructively we can build moral and idecjlogical defenses
against Communism that ^^'ill overwhelm the monstrosity without a blow
being struck.
We can do this by improving the lot of our people and thereby setting
a pattern for the rest of the world. One-thii"d of the world is uncommitted at
the present time. One-thii-d has already been gobbled up by the Communist
consf)iracy. The other thii'd is dedicated to the ways of freedom. It is no exag-
geration to say that whichever side attracts the uncommitted third of the
world will eventually emerge triumphant.
If this is true, then every pocket of unemployment existing in our country,
every old person unable to afford decent medical care, every youngster cheated
out of an opportunity to develop his educational possibilities to the highest
level weakens our greatest defenses against Communism.
I sincerely hope you will keep this in mind throughout the years you are
in office.
We need bigger and better missiles and atomic submarines, but we also
need full employment, better housing, and decent medical care for all.
The people of India, the Congo and the Near East may be interested in
whether we or the Russians have more atomic bombs. But probably they are
far more interested in how the average citizen fares in our country and in
Russia. The future of these newly-awakened peoples lies ahead of them,
and they are weighing and evaluating the pathway they should adopt to forge
the kind of a future that will achieve the greatest progress.
In this regard we are far ahead of the Russians. Even the lowest of our
citizens enjoys a standard of living that most Russians envy. But we can and
must do more. Every citizen out of a job through no fault of his own, every
older person suffering for want of adequate medical care, every ill-housed
famih', e\'ery person of a minority group discriminated against, weakens our
position and undermines our long-range defenses against the spread of
Communism.
And let us point out, Mr. President, that the greatest force in the nation
for overcoming these deficiencies that still plague us is a militant and inde-
pendent labor movement.
In fact, we believe that if you will take a long, hard look at the world, you
will find that the free enterprise system works the most effectively in those
nations where the labor movement is the most unfettered.
The thing that sometimes makes our free enterprise system so hard to sell
abroad is that it moves ahead very slowly in those parts of the world that do
not have strong and free unions carrying the ball.
Throughout much of South America free enterprise of a sort prevails.
Citizens are free to develop resources on their own. The Government does not
dominate all economic life. But these countries make very little progress
simply because all the political and economic forces are dominated by a hand-
ful of families. There are no strong labor movements to stand up and chal-
lenge the iron rule of the aristocracy which has called all the shots from time
immemorial. In these situations very little progress will be made until such
26 TIIECARPEXTER
time as the ordinary workers are able to articulate their hopes and their
dreams through militant and independent labor unions.
We sincerely believe that a great deal of the industrial progress made in
the United States and Canada stems from the fact that strong labor unions
have been able to win for the workers a fair share of the goods they produce.
We \vi\\ go on growing only so long as more and more of our people are
placed in a better position to buy the output of mine, mill, and factory.
So we sincerely hope that you will keep this fundamental fact in your
mind while you are in ofBce.
What we are trying to say is this: it is absolutely essential that we keep
our military strength at a point high enough to discourage any aggressicm.
But while we are doing this, we must look farther into the future, under-
standing that every step we take toward eliminating ignorance, poverty, dis-
crimination, and the other weaknesses that still plague us, really strengthens
our hand against Communism more effectively than any new missiles. And
we hope you understand and appreciate the role that organized labor plays
in eliminating these soft spots in our industrial society.
We believe it is the inherent nature of man to want to be free, to want
to have a real voice in the shaping of his destiny. This is the great source
of our strength and the element in our society that will eventually wreck the
Communist apparatus.
Everything we do that demonstrates to the world that we, as a free
people, can build an ever-better life for all our citizens strikes a harder blow
at Communism than any new weapon.
The millions who still have not committed themselves to either Commun-
ism or free enterprise, plus the millions who have had the Communist yoke
forced on them by military power, yearn for a life in which every man is
free to unite with other men of similar persuasion to eliminate an injustice or
redress a wrong. Our task is to prove that we can have both freedom and a
growing degree of economic well-being at the same time.
What we need is to wage peace with the same zeal, enthusiasm and dedi-
cation that we always muster in waging war. During World War II, no
physically able man was too old to hold down a job. The personnel depart-
ments of our great corporations had one simple rule: Can you do the job?
Those who proved their competence went to work because we had to make
an all-out effort to survive.
If we can make that kind of an all-out effort to win a war, why cannot we
make an equally total effort to win the peace? Certainly there is no lack of
needs in the nation. Better housing, better schools, better highways, better
airports, better hospitals are needed in communities throughout the land. We
are chipping away at the needs, but our progress is slow. At the same time
some five million Americans are existing on unemployment insurance or local
doles while their productive skills remain unused.
During the campaign you and your opponent differed sharply as to whether
we are ahead or behind Russia in the missile race. Whose analysis is right we
are frank to admit we do not know. But we do know that five or six per cent
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of our work force unemployed is a serious handicap we spot the Communists
right off the bat. It is Hke having one hand tied behind our backs. The missile
count is important, but the unemployment count is a vital one too.
If all of us appreciate that survival, over the long haul, depends as much
on total mobilization for peace as surely as it does for war, we can insure our
survival without the letting of blood on a wholesale scale.
These, Mr. President, are only a few thoughts regarding the perilous situa-
tions facing us. The decisions you make in meeting them will determine to a
large degree whether we continue growing and pushing back the horizons
of man's dream for security, independence, and freedom, or whether we, too,
fall victim to the totalitarian yoke.
Fate has cast many men in roles of tremendous influence on the future of
civilization. To you, however, has fallen the mightiest responsibility of all
time. For the first time in history man has the capacity to destroy himself
and the world. The decisions you make will determine whether we— or for
that matter all mankind— survive or disappear in a mushroom cloud.
The Lord be with you in the trying years ahead. Plan wisely, act boldly,
and, above all, never lose faith in the American people. Give them the facts
and they will follow you uncomplainingly wherever the pathways of the
future may lead.
Sincerely yours,
THE CARPENTER
What's Your Guess?
This journal frequently has pointed out that the Landrum-Griffin Act goes
a long way toward establishing virtual governmental dictatorship over organ-
ized labor. Certainly the first report of the Commissioner of Labor-Manage-
ment Reports, Mr. John L. Holcombe, does nothing to dispel this notion.
In his report on the first year of operation of his department, Mr. Hol-
combe has this to say:
"To what extent should the Bureau of Labor-Management
Reports set standards for unions? This major question has arisen
in many forms. Should it draft a model constitution and bylaws
for all local unions? Should it formulate a standard set of treas-
urer's books? Should a step-by-step prescription for holding union
elections be adopted? A few organizations have asked for such
guides, but the Bureau thus far has not prepared them."
This year's report asks the questions. Will next year's provide the answers
—by-laws written by the government, treasurer's books drawn up by the gov-
ernment, elections conducted by the government?
What's your guess?
Official Information
General OflBcers of
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS and JOINERS
of AMERICA
General Office : Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
Gbneral President
M. A. HUTCHESON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
First General Vice President
JOHN R. STEVENSON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Secretary
R. E. LIVINGSTON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
Second General Vice President
O. WM. BLAIER
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
General Treasurer
FRANK CHAPMAN
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, I»d.
District Board Members
First District, CHARLES JOHNSON, JR.
Ill E. 22nd St., New York 10, N. Y.
Sixth District, J. O. MACK
5740 Lydia, Kansas City 4, Mo.
Second District, RALEIGH RAJOPPI
2 Prospect Place, Springfield, New Jersey
Seventh District, LYLE J. HILLER
11712 S. E. Rhone St., Portland 66, Ore.
Third District, HARRY SCHWARZER
3615 Chester Ave., Cleveland 14, Ohio
Eighth District, J. F. CAMBIANO
17 Aragou Blvd., San Mateo, Calif.
Fourth District, HENRY W. CHANDLER Ninth District, ANDREW V. COOPER
1684 Stanton Rd., S. W., Atlanta, Ga. 133 Chaplin Crescent, Toronto 12, Ont., Canada
Fifth District, LEON W. GREENE
18 Norbert Place, St. Paul 10, 'Uinu.
Tenth District, GEORGE BENGOUGH
2028 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver, B. C.
M. A. HUTCHESON, Chairman ; R. E. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
All correspondence for the General Executive Board must be sent to the General Secretary.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Constitution and Laws of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America spell out in detail the responsibilities of the Member, the
Financial Secretary, and the General Secretary regarding a memoer's dues.
Every member should understand these provisions thoroughly, since it is his
membership, his rights to benefits, and his union record that are at stake when
dues are not kept paid in accordance with the Constitutional terms laid down
by successive conventions.
Dues are a prime obligation of union membership. The ultimate responsi-
bility for keeping dues properly paid— and thereby remaining in benefit stand-
ing—rests with the individual member. The initiative must come from him.
Let us keep our dues paid up properly and thereby avoid misunderstandings
and the risk of arrearage and suspension.
2(tt 0.^tnt(xi^tn
Not lost to those that love them.
Not dead, just gone before;
They still live in our memory.
And will forever more.
The Editor has been requested to publish the names
of the following Brothers who have passed away.
AAGERSEN, ROBERT L., L. U. 839, Des
Plaines, 111.
AARO, ARNO, L. U. 1590, Washington, D. C.
ANDREASSEN, EMIL, L. U. 791, Brooklyn,
N. Y.
AUSTIN, L. W., L. U. 109, Sheffield, Ala.
BACK, ERNEST, L. U. 261, Scranton, Pa.
BADDELEY, PHILIP, L. U. 844, Reseda, Cal.
BALTZELL, LLOYD E., L. U. 841, Carbondale,
111.
BASKOFF, ABRAHAM, L. U. 2155, New York,
N. Y.
BENZENBERG, RUDOLPH, L. U. 246, New
York. N. Y.
BERES, LOUIS S., L. U. 298, Long Island City,
N. Y.
BIRON, ANTONIO, L. U. 538, Concord, N. H.
BLANCHARD, HUBERT L., L. U. 1846, New
Orleans, La.
BLOOM, J. E., L. U. 2300, Castlegar, B. C, Can.
BLOSE, HENRY, L. U. 200, Columbus, Ohio
BOOKS, PAUL, L. U. 1590, V/ashington, D. C.
BROWN, FRED, L. U. 2100, Amityville, N. Y.
BROWN, M. M., L. U. 627, Jacksonville, Fla.
CARLSON, HERBERT O., L. U. 1590, Wash-
ington, D. C.
CARLSON, IVER, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
CIZAK, FRANK, L. U. 2155, New York, N. Y.
COLLAR, JOHN L., L. U. 33, Boston, Mass.
CONATSER, B. E., L. U. 1323, Monterey, Cal.
DARNELL, JAMES A., L. U. 1478, Redondo
Beach, Cal.
DEAN, JAMES E., L. U. 1822, Ft. Worth,
Texas
DUBE, MICHAEL J., L. U. 1305, Fall River,
Mass.
DUTWEILER, JOHN, L. U. 1397, Roslyn, N. Y.
FABBRO, JOHN, L. U. 200, Columbus, Ohio
FALCON, ADAM, L. U. 2039, New Orleans,
La.
FORCE, CHARLES O., L. U. 331, Norfolk, Va.
FREEMAN, JAMES T., L. U. 1049, Poplar Bluff,
Mo.
FREESE, GEORGE, L. U. 937, Dubuque, Iowa
GALVIN, PATRICK, L. U. 791, Brooklyn, N. Y.
GARRISH, R. B., L. U. 198, Dallas, Texas
GOOCH, P. I., L. U. 109, Sheffield, Ala.
GOODBREAD, ROBERT, L. U. 301, Newburgh,
N. Y.
GOODMAN, GUS, L. U. 1922, Chicago, 111.
GORHAM, HENRY C, L. U. 1323, Monterey,
Cal.
GREEN, FRANK, L. U. 15, Hackensack, N. J.
GUSTAFSON, J. "Mel," L. U. 162, San Mateo,
Cal.
GUTTLER, FRANCIS, L. U. 839, Des Plaines,
111.
HALBIG, A. R., L. U. 1423, Corpus Christi,
Texas
HEFFERMAN, TIMOTHY F., L. U. 12, Syra-
cuse, N. Y.
HOFFMAN, WENZEL, L. U. 261, Scranton, Pa.
HOOKS, J. H., L. U. 1371, Gadsden, Ala.
HOWARD, CHARLES P., L. U. 1922, Chicago,
111.
HOYT, J. M., L. U. 627, Jacksonville, Fla.
HUNT, WILLIAM H., L. U. 472, Ashland, Ky.
IRVIN, CLARK, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
KARNS, HARRY D., L. U. 1130, Titusville, Pa.
KNUDSEN, OLE, L. U. 1397, Roslyn, N. Y.
KOZYRA, ADAM, L. U. 341, Chicago, 111.
KRAFT, FRED C, L. U. 129, Hazleton, Pa.
KURDERSKI, BENJAMIN, L. U. 1590, Wash-
ington, D. C.
LABORDE, L. T., L. U. 403, Alexandria, La.
LAWRIE, THOMAS, L. U. 350, New Rochelle,
N. Y.
LEE, BOYD C, L. U. 769, Pasadena, CaL
LUBY, J. J., L. U. 132, Washington, D. C.
MacKENZIE, ROBERT, L. U. 139, Jersey City,
N. J.
MacLEOD, JAMES, L. U. 434, Chicago, 111.
MAIS, LUBENS, L. U. 627, Jacksonville, Fla.
MANGANARO, FRANK, L. U. 67, Roxbury,
Mass.
MATHISON, LAURITS, L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
McCULLOUCH, S. B., L. U. 109, Sheffield, Ala.
McDANIEL, A. R., L. U. 345, Memphis, Tenn.
McDonald, WALTER, L. U. 104, Dayton,
Ohio
McGEARY, DEWEY, L. U. 769, Pasadena, CaL
MENZEL, WILLIAM C, L. U. 101, Baltimore,
Md.
MILLION, JAMES T., L. U. 190, Klamath
Falls, Ore.
MILLS, HARRY H., L. U. 239, Easton, Pa.
MINER, C. F., L. U. 531, St. Petersburg, Fla.
MITTMAN, WILLIAM, L. U. 13, Chicago, 111.
MOELLER, WILLIAM, L. U. 162, San Mateo,
Cal.
MORGAN, H. A., L. U. 627, Jacksonville, Fla.
NORD, CARL A., L. U. 15, Hackensack, N. J.
NORDLUND, STEVE, L. U. 930, St. Cloud,
Minn.
NOWAK, W., L. U. 341, Chicago, 111.
OLDS, W. E., L. U. 345, Memphis, Tenn.
OLSON, ALFRED, L. U. 4, Davenport, Iowa
OST, JOHN, L. U. 791, Brooklyn, N. Y.
OSWALD, GUY W., L. U. 1449, Lansing, Mich.
PATTERSON, DUNCAN C. Sr., L. U. 331,
Norfolk, Va.
PERRY, S. S., L. U. 2340, Bradenton, Fla.
PETERSEN, VIGGO, L. U. 33, Boston, Mass.
PONOW, FRED, L. U. 434, Chicago, 111.
RICARD, PIERRE, L. U. 1360, Montreal, Que.,
Can.
RICHARDSON, THOMAS H., L. U. 198, Dallas,
Texas
ROOSA, ALLAN, L. U. 982, Detroit, Mich.
RUBY, A. G., L. U. 1529, Kansas City, Mo.
SALMI, PAUL JOHN, L. U. 13, Chicago, IlL
SANGERHAUSEN, G. C, L. U. 14, San An-
tonio, Texas
SANTELMO, VINCENT, L. U. 162, San Mateo,
Cal.
SCHULZ, PAUL F., L. U. 982, Detroit, Mich.
SCOCA, VINCENT J., L. U. 350, New Rochelle,
N. Y.
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SCOTT, HARRY E., L. U. 2164, San Francisco,
Cal.
SEALS, BENJAMIN S., L. U. 331, Norfolk, Va.
SEMENTINO, FRANK, L. U. 261, Scranton,
Pa.
SERRITELLA, WILLIAM V., L. U. 13, Chicago,
111.
SHUMAN, FRANK, L. U. 627, Jacksonville, Fla.
SIEMSEN, RAY, L. U. 434, Chicago, 111.
SIPILA, ALBERT A., L. U. 15, Hackensack,
N. J.
SKJELSTAD, ALFRED, L. U. 2164, San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
SMITH, RAYMOND A., L. U. 1846, New Or-
leans, La.
SMITH, WALTER, L. U. 1044, Charleroi, Pa.
SOILAND, IVEN, L. U. 1172, Billings, Mont.
SORENSON, ANFIN C, L. U. 1382, Rochester,
Minn.
SPEARS, DORSET B., L. U. 531, St. Peters-
burg, Fla.
SPECHT, SAMUEL K., L. U. 33, Boston, Mass.
STAVINOGA, PETER, L. U. 341, Chicago, 111.
STEWART, W. D., L. U. 1371, Gadsden, Ala.
STILLWAGON, CHESTER, L. U. 19, Detroit,
Mich.
STOCKSTILL, HOLLIS, L. U. 1846, New Or-
leans, La.
STONEBURNER, HUGH S., L. U. 1665, Alex-
andria, Va.
STREZENELCKY, JOSEPH, L. U. 261, Scran-
ton, Pa.
STRICKLAND, J. W., L. U. 225, Atlanta, Ga.
STROMMEN, LOUIE, L. U. 583, Portland, Ore.
STUMBO, LLOYD M., L. U. 2949, Roseburg,
Ore.
icjttoriatn
SWENSON, CONAN C, L. U. 284, Jamaica,
N. Y.
SWINDLE, ROBERT, L. U. 162, San Mateo, Cal.
SWULIUS, LEONARD M., L. U. 1922, Chicago,
111.
THOMAS, J. H., L. U. 14, San Antonio, Texas
THOMPSON, DARVIN LEE, L. U. 104, Dayton,
Ohio
TILLET, A. F., L. U. 1408, Redwood City, Cal.
TOUPS, JOSEPH D., L. U. 1846, New Orleans,
La.
TRAVERSY, HENRY, L. U. 1360, Montreal,
Que., Can.
VanSICKLE, WENDELL, L. U. 1456, New
York, N. Y.
VICKERS, WILLIAM T. Jr., L. U. 101, Balti-
more, Md.
WALLER, B. E., L. U. 1768, Jacksonville, Texas
WALZ, EUGENE, L. U. 930, St. Cloud, Minn.
WARD, J. C, L. U. 1098, Baton Rouge, La.
WEIDEL, RAYMOND E., L. U. 104, Dayton,
Ohio
WEILAND, AUGUST, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
WIKMAN, HUGO, L. U. 791, Brooklyn, N. Y.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM H., L. U. 2949, Rose-
burg, Ore.
WILLIAMSON, GEORGE H., L. U. 2164, San
Francisco, Cal.
WILSON, J. S., L. U. 1371, Gadsden, Ala.
WILSON, PAUL, L. U. 162, San Mateo, Cal.
WIRTH, CARL, L. U. 104, Dayton, Ohio
WOJTON, LAWRENCE, L. U. 341, Chicago, 111.
WOLFE, BARR W., L. U. 1590, Washington,
D. C.
YOUNG, WILLIAM G., L. U. 67, Roxbury,
Mass.
LOW WAGES LEAD TO HIGH LABOR COSTS
Increased wages can help cut labor costs, Professor George Odiorne of
The University of Michigan told a hospital financial management workshop
last month.
Director of the U-M Bureau of Industrial Relations, Odiorne warned that
hospitals with low wage scales "will not get slightly worse employees than
other firms . . . they will get the dregs of the labor market.
"The difference between getting the worst employee and the best is a
matter of 15 per cent in actual pay. Yet the difference is that the best employee
will produce twice as much (or cost half as much) as the worst.
"By paying 30 to 40 per cent below the market you buy ironclad insurance
of obtaining the worst available workers."
Citing secretaries as an example, Odiorne said, "My research shows that
if you hue a secretary between $55 and $60 a week, she'll average 45 words
per minute. If you pay between $67 and $72 a week, she'll be a 75 w.p.m.
typist and be a lot more useful in other ways. If you pay $40 a week, you
should be thankful if she's even seen a typewriter.
"Pay policy, whether in hospitals or elsewhere, indicates that it's foolish to
pay the worst rates in town. It costs more.
"It's old stuff to hard-headed businessmen that you can cut labor costs by
raising wages and then demanding excellent performance. As Henry Ford
put it, 'There's no such thing as an earned wage that's too high.' "
t- ar
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utdoor
/Weanderingll
By Fred Goetz
Around these far-flung acres, those that
follow the "lore of the hunting rifle" are
either sighting-in, stalking around or per-
haps just sulking around, waiting for the
opening of the current deer season. To this
segment of the outdoor fraternity we offer
the following illustrations and accompany-
ing information on "How To Dress A Deer."
Hope you get a chance to be "out there"
and that this information will be of some
value to you:
Deer meat is choice fare if it is properly
taken care of. Strong flavor results from
careless handling of the carcass after the
kill.
Dressing should be started soon after the
kill— immediately if possible.
■ .STICKING
Bleeding may be unnecessary in some
cases, since internal hemorrhage will auto-
matically drain the circulatory system. How-
ever, the hunter may wish to bleed a head
or spine shot.
Sticking (see illustration #1) rather than
cutting the throat is recommended if you're
going to bleed the carcass. With the animal's
head downhill, insert the knife at the point
2. VENTRAL CUT
,>4ii?^
of the brisket and cut toward the backbone,
severing those large blood vessels leading
from the heart. (See illustration #2.)
Remove the entrails without delay. (See
illustration #3.) Proceed, wedging the car-
cass on its back away from blood and other
debris. To protect against secretions on the
hands, remove both musk glands from each
hind leg. Be certain to wash or wipe the
knife and hands immediately after this oper-
ation.
Skin the genital organs of the buck away
from contact with the meat to prevent con-
tamination in case the bladder is pressed
3. REMOVING
ENTRAILS
during dressing. Open the skin from the jaw
to the vent, cutting from the underside
rather tlian downward through the hair.
Use the fingertips to press tlie intestines
away from the knife point as the abdominal
lining is cut
Lay the rib cage open by cutting to one
side of the center line.
4. COOLING
Free the pelvic organs by circling the
vent, careful not to puncture the bladder.
Roll the deer on its side, with opening
you have made facing downhill.
Cut the windpipe and gullet below the
chin; grasp the ends with one hand, and
pull. As the organs are removed, cut the
diaphragm, and other attachments along
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the backlx)iK'. It cncirtlL'd propcrh , the
bladder, lower bowel, and genital organs
ean be pulled into the body ea\ity and re-
moved intaet with the remainder ot the
intestines.
Rapid cooling to remove body heat is
necessary. (See illustration #4.) Skinning
will speed the cooling process and is recom-
mended when possible. Hang the carcass
in the shade and prop apart with sticks.
(See illustration #5.)
rabbit stops, listens and looks around, and
the bullet catches up with him and knocks
'em dead."
This ral)bit tale hasn't a grain of truth
in it, we admit. Nhittcr of fact, the guy
who told the whopper won the title as
"World's Champion Liar" for the year.
o o o
Shades of the forthcoming ice-fishing sea-
son, here's a photo of Carpenter A. \V.
Howe, a member of Local f614, Flin I'lon,
Manitoba, Canada.
5. SKINNING
a QUARTERIN
Deer may be preser\'ed in camp for sev-
eral days despite the temperature. Nights
are generally cool during th? hunting sea-
son. Hang the meat at night to cool and
glaze. Position the meat to a shady spot
during the day and cover it further with
sleeping bags and blankets. Such care will
take the place of cold storage.
An early-morning start on the home-
bound trip will find the meat cool and in
the best condition to travel. Do not display
the animal on the hood of the car. Pack in
a cool, protected spot if possible, and again
insulate it with sleeping bags and blankets.
Good luck to ya'.
» * «
Erie Gudat of Box 12, Washingtonville,
Ohio, a member of Local 171, offers the
following tip for those of you who may
have a little trouble getting the "twist" out
of your spinning line:
"I strip most of my line (at least all of it
that has the twist in it) on the ground. With
my reel rigged on my rod, I hold a small
rag between my thumb and index finger and
let the line slide through as I reel in. I
exercise a slight pressure on the line with
my fingers. I have found this a sure-fire
remedy for twisted spin lines."
o « «
Didja' hear about the rabbit hunter who
claims his state's brand of bunnies are the
fastest ever?
"Why they are faster than a rifle bullet,"
he avows. "Only way we can hit them is to
let out a blast on a whistle. The curicjus
Brother Howe eased this 24 Vz -pound
northern pike from a hole on frozen Big
Island lake, six miles out of Flin Flon.
He used a Gibb's Stewart lure.
« # tt
Pennsylvania has made outstanding strides
in restoration over the past years of its
deer population. It is a great hunting state.
One Brother Carpenter who will attest to
this is Elton Runyan, 726 Central Street,
Plainficld, New Jersey, a member of Local
155, and he sends in the following photo
as "proof of the puddin'."
Pic sliows Elton and his son with two
Pennsylvania bucks they accounted for. El-
ton and his son set aside seven days of their
vacation time for the hunt but took these
babies on the morning of the first day out
-before 10:00 A.M.
Great hunting fans, Elton and his sons:
Bob and Bud.
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Progress Report
This is the way our new headquarters building appeared on October 15th.
Continued good weather has enabled the contractor to keep work right on
schedule.
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CorrospondoncQ
This Journal is Not Responsible for Views Expressed by Correspondents.
PASADENA CARPENTERS HONOR 50-YEAR BROTHERS
On Saturday night, Ah^y 28th, Pasadena Carpenters Local 769 held" a banquet for
50-year members. Guests of honor were: Aubrey Clarke, George Fairley, Nels Eriokson,
Arley Hanes, Alex Mcllwraith, Jim Pearson, Joel Pierson, Garry Van de Wettering, and
dieir wives and guests. Leonard Eriekson, another honoree, could not be present.
Speakers were Harry J. Harkleroad, executive officer of the State Council of Carpen-
ters, and William Sidell, secretary, Los Angeles District Council. Brother Sidell presented
each senior member with a pin signifying 50 years or more in the Brotherhood.
Shown at Pasadena Local 769's recent banquet for 50-year members are, from left to right:
H. J. Harkleroad, executive officer of the State Council; Ar?ey Hanes, 50 years; Nels Eriekson,
51; Garry Van de Wettering, 50; Jim Pearson, 67; Alex Mcllwraith, 53; Joel Pierson, 52; Aubrey
Clarke, 50; George Fairley, 50; William Sidell, secretary, Los Ange'es County District Council.
This affair was held at Rancho Hillcrest in Pasadena. The Executive Board of Local
769 acted as host representing the local union.
When the local's financial secretary, Peter Keller, discovered during a search of
records in connection with the new Carpenters Pension Plan that there was such a large
group of members with over 50 years of membership, the banquet was arranged to pay
tribute to those who contributed so much to Local 769.
President F. S. Alvord, in introducing the invited speakers, spoke briefly and grate-
fully of the accomplishments of the organization in the social and economic field and
attributed these accomplishments to the "stick-to-it-iveness" and farsightedness of the
senior members.
Brother William Sidell, who was referred to as "the Secretary with a heart and a
will to still further improve our lot as carpenters," pointed out that members cannot
rest on their laurels. "The viciousness with which labor is being attacked only means
that we must take the offensive to preserve what we have and to create a political climate
in which we can move forward."
He added, "We must bend every effort to replace the 'phonies' in Congress and in the
State Legislature who are trying to destroy us by restrictive legislation. This," he said,
"we are trying to do through our newspaper. The Carpenter."
Brother Sidell introduc.ed Secretary Harry Harkleroad of the State Council, \\ho took
time from his busy schedule to pay tribute to Pasadena's senior Carpenters. He spoke of
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streamlining the State Council for more positive action, both politically and economically.
He congratulated the Pasadena Carpenters for their contribution in helping to make the
last State Council of Carpenters convention one of the most fruitful sessions it ever held.
OLD TIMERS PARTY HELD BY LOCAL 1644, MINNEAPOLIS
The members of Carpenters and Floorlayers Local No. 1644 of Minneapolis recently
paid special tribute to their
senior members at an Old
Timers party, where members
with 25 years or more of serv-
ice and their wives were the
honored guests.
During the evening of en-
tertainment, the wives of the
honored guests were given the
honor of attaching the service
pins to their husbands' lapels.
Honorees are shov^ai in the ac-
companying picture.
From the left to right, seat-
ed: Frank Plonty, member of
41 years; Dan Desmond, trus-
tee, 59 years membership, and
Henry Courtney, trustee, 26
years.
Standing, left to right: Paul Jorgenson, Ernest Johnson, Gust Holm, Charles
Peter Brenny, and Art Peterson, all with 25 years of service.
Kilgren,
GREEN BAY HONORS ITS OLD TIMERS
Monday, May 2nd, was Old Timers Night at the Green Bay, Wisconsin Labor Temple
as Local Union No. 1146 honored twenty-nine veteran members. The men so honored
were:
Ervin Shultz, right, Neenah, first vice president of the Wisconsin State Council of Carpenters,
presents service pin to old tinier Emil Waldow, 41 -year member in the local. Other award
recipients are, from left to right: Jules Becque, 52 years; Frank Servotte, 43 years; Walter See-
feldt and Henry DuBois, 35 years each; John Loritz, 37 years; William Molitor, 36 years.
William Adriansen, Harry Boerschinger, William Bublitz, Wilbert Commings, Frank
De Bauche, all 26-year members; Ted Denissen, 25; Henry Du Bois, 35; Joe Fend, 25;
Harold Ferguson, 26; Hans C. Hansen, 25; Clarence Hayes, 25; Edward Heyrman, 26;
Alfred Huebscher, 26, and Rollin Jacques, 25.
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Also Horace Jahnkc, 25; Edward Karmann, 25; Joe Kassncr, 25; Richard Lambrcclit,
81; John Loritz, 37; WiUiam Mohtor, 36; Leo Oie, 26; John Pavlowich, 26; Eugene
Pratseh, 34; Walter Seei'eldt, 35; Robert Sengcr, 25; Frank Servotte, 43; Hilary Van Beek,
26; Eniil Waldow, 41, and John Winkler, 25.
Two nienihcrs of the union, Jules Beeexue and Henry Carpiaux, hold 52 years' mem-
berships and both were awarded 50-year pins.
Local Union No. 1146 was chartered May 26, 1902. Through the years it has played
an important part in the growth of the city and surrounding territory. During the Depres-
sion in tlie early Thirties the union dropped to some eighteen members, but since then it
has showed a steady and gratifying growth. At the present time it has a membership of
approximately 300. Seven of its members are on the Brotherhood's pension rolls.
Through the ups and downs of the union the members honored with service pins
steadfastly stuck by their union and contributed to its progress, and the union is apprecia-
tive of the efforts Uiey put forth.
KANSAS LOCAL CELEBRATES ITS 60th ANNIVERSARY
In the year 1900, Pittsburg, Kansas was a new and growing city. But the wages and
working conditions of the carpenters left a great deal to be desired. So a small group of
Caught by the camera at the 60th anniversary celebration of Local No. 561 are, from left
to right :
Seated — Robert D. Murphy, vice president; John K. Arabia, president, and Mike Merciez,
recording secretary of the local.
First row, standing — Charles L. VanZant, trustee; D. E. Laycox, warden; Tillman Scifers,
treasurer; Charles M. Miller, State Council secretary; Andrew E. Johnson, trustee; Leslie L. Hall,
financial secretary.
Back row— J. O. Mack, Sixth District Board member, and Louis Shriver, trustee.
men got together to apply for a charter in the United Brotherhood. That charter was in-
stalled on April 27 of that year.
Sixty years later, the installation of the charter of Local Union No. 561 was cele-
brated wdth a dinner and special program. A large turn-out of members, families, and
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special guests was on hand to help the union appropriately mark its very important mile-
stone.
In the past sixty years the union has weathered many economic and political storms.
It has lived tlirough good times and bad, and constantly worked to make the lot of the
construction worker a better one. The charter hanging on the wall is old and faded, but the
zeal of the union is as fresh and as militant as it was the day the charter was inked.
Special guests at the affair included Board Member J. O. Mack and Charles M. Miller,
State Council secretary. Their presence helped to inaugurate a second 60-year era which
all hope will lead to even greater progress.
LOCAL 357 HONORS OLD TIMERS AT ANNIVERSARY AFFAIR
Carpenters are a hardy lot in general. But in the vicinity of Islip, Long Island, New
York, they seem to be especially rugged.
Recently, Local Union No. 357 of Islip used the occasion of its sixtieth anniversary
to sponsor a dinner-
dance at the New
York State Armory in
Bay Shore in honor of
a grand bunch of old
timers.
Some 275 members,
friends and guests
were present to pay
tribute to the old tim-
ers, who helped carry
the union through
many perilous periods
in its long career.
Of the members
honored, two have 60
years of membership;
two, almost 50 years;
two, over 45 years;
six, over 35 years;
three, over 30 years,
and one, over 25
years.
The dinner-dance
was preceded by a
cocktail hour, and the
fol]o^^'ing, fine dinner dance was enjoyed until a late hour.
A special feature of the evening was the presentation of bouquets of flowers to the two
cliarter members. What made the bouquets outstanding was the fact that each had a bag
of sixty silver dollars attached to it.
Many special guests were present to add the best wishes of the General Office, the
State Council of Carpenters, the District Council, and a number of local vmions in the area.
A most enjoyable time was had by all who attended, and the remarks overheard as the
affair broke up were unanimous in the opinion that this was one of the finest affairs ever
sponsored by the union.
Pictuf'sd above are some of the guests attending the dinner-dance
sponsored by Local Union No. 357. From left to right, they are:
Mrs. John Rogers ; John Rogers of the East Coast organizing office
of the United Brotherhood; Thomas Verbeke, son-in-law of John Wills;
Mrs. Thomas Verbeke; John V/ills, charter member of the local; George
Hinist, president of the local; Jacob Petty, charter member; Sam
Sutherland of the General Office, and Mrs. Sam Sutherland.
The bouquets in the foreground, arranged with 60 silver dollars
hanging from each, were presented to the two charter members.
POTTSVILLE LOCAL FETES 5 OLD TIMERS
Recently, Local No. 228 of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, sponsored a banquet at the VFW
Hall to honor five of its veteran members who had played an active role in the life of the
union since shortly after the turn of the century.
Tlie members so honored were George Houser, Al Vogt, Gustav Dietrich, Howard
Brinich. and Walter Brower.
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Speaker of the evening was Theodore O'Keefe representing the General Office. He
liighliglited some of the interesting events in the h)ng and honorable history of Local
Union 228 and assisted in tlie awarding of the 50 year membership pins.
In the picture are shown, in front from Ipft to right:
William Lindemuth, trustee; Al Vogt, Theodore OKeefe; George Houser, treasurer; Gustav
Dietrich, and Richard Laubenstine, vice president of Local Union No. 228.
Standing in rear are: John Forbes, president; Herwood Hobbs, toastmaster; Fredrick Falls,
financial secretary; and Francis Burns.
Those who were not present due to illness were Howard Brinich and Walter Brower.
It was an interesting and memorable evening for the honored old timers, but also
for the younger members who will draw inspiration and fortitude from the fine records of
Local 228's roster of old timers.
LOCAL UNION No. 1224 HONORS OLD TIMERS
A get-together banquet was given by Local Union No. 1224, Emporia, Kansas, May
18, in honor of e^ght of its old timers. Shown in the picture, below, are seven of the
honorees. Unable to attend was Albert
Tyler, a 36-year member.
Seated, from left to right, are Henry
Kempker, 52 years; H. H. Siegele, 54
years, and Morris Cramer, 43 years.
Those standing, from left to right,
are: L. A. Donald, 40 years; Albert
Grosz, 42 years; M. E. Holder, 37 years;
Henry Arndt, 37 years.
Brother H. H. Siegele, who writes the
"Craft Problems" column for THE CAR-
PENTER magazine, is a product of Lo-
cal Union No. 1224. The old timers
shown in the picture with Brother Sie-
gele, and the many union carpenters he
has known and worked with, he claims,
have influenced or suggested many of the items that he has contributed to the magazine.
He is probably the oldest regular contributor to THE CARPENTER, having contributed
for 37 years.
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Richmond Member's Life Tops TV
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TELEVISION fans who think Western plots are getting fantastic should
consider the true life story of Brother Albert Waring, a member of
Local Union No. 642, Richmond, California, who recently retired
under the Northern California Carpenters Pension Program.
Albert is the youngest of 14 children. His father, William Waring, was an
Army major in the service of the British Commonwealth. To name the birth-
place of his brothers and sisters is to cover the world: Lucknow, India; afloat
on the Ganges River; afloat on the English Channel; Portsmouth, Preston,
Lincoln, Dover Castle, Lancaster Castle, and Kent, England; Dublin, Ireland;
Bermuda; Gibraltar; and Alberni, British Columbia. When Albert was born,
the family was hoping to settle down
on their newly-acquired homestead in
the then remote section of Vancouver
Island known as Alberni.
The only transportation to Alberni
was by way of Victoria by steamer.
That first December, Albert's mother
took him and his seven-year-old
brother to Victoria for provisions.
When the steamer "Woodside" was
ready to return in March, Mrs. War-
ing with Albert in arms and the older
brother took passage. The straits at
Barkley Sound are considered among
the most hazardous to navigation in
the world. The undertow is terrific
and the cliffs straight up. She was
warned by the captain and friends of
impending danger, but in the anxiety
to be rejoined to her family boarded
the vessel.
The "Woodside" proved unseawor-
thy in a storm. Mother, babe, and
brother with three others were let
down by lifeboat into the angry sea.
The small craft capsized. Mother and
brother were rescued and after a
seven-day sojourn in an Indian village
were returned to Victoria by canoe.
Little Albert was given up for lost.
When Mother Waring finally reached
Alberni, it was only to learn that the
senior Waring had left the day before
for the hazardous, 120-mile trip over-
land to Victoria. He was never seen
again by his family. When he reached
Victoria orders were awaiting him t®
immediately sail for India, where he
passed away.
Three months later, a rumor started
that an Indian tribe to the north had
a white papoose. The police were no-
tified. The ensuing investigation bore
no fruit. Suspicions were so well
founded, however, that a British bat-
tleship, the "HMS Warspite", was dis-
patched with orders to fire on the
Indian village if the child was not
forthcoming. Albert was brought forth
clothed in sealskins and in the best of
health— the only infant in history, it is
said, to have a British warship at his
disposal.
Some 20 years later, while attend-
ing a banquet at Victoria, a speaker
relating the hazards of early British
Columbia recounted the incident of
the sinking of the "Woodside" and the
rescue of mother and sons. The audi-
ence was electrified when Albert War-
ing stood up and announced, "That
lady was my mother and I am the baby."
Albert Waring, now proud father
of a son and daughter of his own, is
head usher of the First Presbyterian
Church of Richmond, California, and
was recently elected trustee.
Craft ProblQms
Carpentry
By II. II. Siegele
LESSON 384
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Carpenters' Tools and Accessories
Page
Belsaw Machinery Co., Kansas
City, Mo. 43-44-46
Construct-O-Wear Shoe Co.,
Indianapolis, Ind. 47
Disston Div., H. K. Porter Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa. 1
Eliason Tool Co., Minneapolis,
Minn. 43
Estwing Mfg. Co., Rockford, 111. 48
Evans Rule Co., Elizabeth, N. J.,
& Montreal, Que 45
Foley Mfg. Co., Minneapolis,
Minn. 40-45
Hydrolevel, Ocean Springs,
Miss. 44
Irwin, Wilmington, Ohio 45
Dan C. Laub, Minneapolis,
Minn. 47
Lufkin Rule Co., Saginaw, Mich._4th Cover
Mason Engineering Service, Kala-
mazoo, Mich. 44
R. M. Rumbold Co., Thornton,
111. 43
Skil Corp., Chicago, 111 4
The Speed Corp., Port'and, Ore._ 41
Swanson Tool Co., Oak Lawn, 111. 47
Zapart Saw Filer, Brooklyn,
N. Y. 43
Carpentry Materials
Beverly Mfg. Co., Los Angeles,
Cal. 47
Technical Courses and Books
Audel Publishers, New York,
N. Y. 43
Belton School, Chicago, 111. 42
Chicago Technical College,
Chicago, III. 3
International Correspondence
Schools, Scranton, Pa 3rd Cover
A. Riechers, Palo Alto, Cal 44
H. H. Siegele, Emporia, Kans 40
Simmons-Boardman Publishing,
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U. S. General Supply Corp.,
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33
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bevel
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with a money back guarantee
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9113 S. 53rd Ave., Oak Lawn, Illinois
for Carpenters
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THE
MPENTEi
y FOUNDED 1881
Official Pub/icafion of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
DECEMBER, 1960
•^
The Carpenter
Bids Farewell
To Indianapolis
This is the last issue of THE CARPENTER to be printed in the
Carpenters Printing Plant, 516 Hudson St., Indianapolis, Ind. The January
issue will be produced at the plant of Merkle Press, 810 Rhode Island, N. E.,
Washington, D. C. However, the editorial offices of the journal will remain in
Indianapolis until such time as the entire General Office moves to Washington.
With the move of THE CARPENTER to Washington an era comes
to an end. For 45 years the journal has been published in our own Indianapolis
plant. Through three wars, a major depression, and uncounted recessions, the
journal has come out month after month chronicling the triumphs and setbacks
of our Brotherhood. There have been paper shortages, breakdowns, and crises
of various kinds, but the journal has lived through them all without missing a
single issue.
Now a bigger and fancier publication is in the making. Changing
times and technological advances made such a move inevitable. But the move
cannot be made without some nostalgia and tugs at the heart strings. In pros-
perity and adversity the journal in its present form has fought the good fight
for a brighter place in the sun for Brotherhood members. What, if anything,
it lacked in slickness and modern decor it more than made up in sincerity and
spirit. We fervently hope these things never change.
Now it is "farewell Indianapolis, hello Washington." But if it lives
another 1,000 years a tiny bit of THE CARPENTER will always remain at 516
Hudson St., Indianapolis.
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A Monthly Journal, Owned and Published by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
of America, for its Members of all its Branches.
PETER E. TERZICK, Editor Rnmvm^l
Carpenters'
Building,
222
E. Michigan
Street,
Indi
anapolis
4,
Indiana >^
^
Established
Veil. LXXX-
in 1881
-No. 12
DECEMBER, 1960
One Dollar Per
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Year
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O^^DBl
— Con tents —
Statement Of The General Executive Board - 3
After a thorough investigation of all factors surrounding the indictment and convic-
tion of three of our General Officers in the state of Indiana on land deals, the General
Executive Board issues a statement based on the results of their study of this evidence.
Including a complete transcript of trial proceedings.
The National Safety Council And You
- 18
Of all the organizations interested in cutting down the appalling number of fatal-
ities and crippling accidents that take an increasing toll on the job, on the highway,
and in the home, the National Safety Council is the most effective and worthy of
wholehearted support from working people.
General Treasurer Chapman Passes Away
- 21
General Treasurer Frank Chapman passes away in Seattle at the age of 55. In his
short life span he made tremendous contributions to the progress of our Brotherhood.
He began his union career In Snoqualmie Falls, Wash., and as much as any other
one individual he is responsible for the great strides that West Coast Lumber Workers
have made under the banner of our Brotherhood.
• • •
OTHER DEPARTMENTS
Official
Editorials
In Memoriam
Outdoor Meanderings
Correspondence
To Our Ladies
Craft Problems
20
24
28
31
33
39
42
• • •
Index to Advertisers
46
Entered July 22, 1915, at INDIANAPOLIS, IND.. as second class mall matter, under Act of
Coneress, Aug. 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailins at special rate of postage provided for
in Section 1103, Act of October 3, 1917. authorized on July 8, 1918.
STATEMENT OF THE GENERAL EXECUTIVE BOARD
• • •
We, the members of the General Executive Board, acknowledge receipt of
a vast array of records pertaining to the case of State of Indiana versus three
of our General Officers, including a complete transcript of all the evidence.
The state accuses our officers of conspiring to bribe and bribing Harry A.
Doggett, Assistant Director of the Right-of-Way of the Highway Department
in connection with certain land transactions in Lake and Wayne Counties.
After a trial lasting some twenty-four days, a jury returned a verdict of guilty
under circumstances we find difficult to comprehend. We commend the forth-
rightness of General President M. A. Hutcheson, Second General Vice Presi-
dent O. William Blaier and General Treasurer Frank Chapman in making
these records available to us. We note that they are complete with nothing
left out.
On the basis of a close study of these records and particularly the evidence
at the trial, consisting of more than 1300 typewritten pages we are positive
that we have arrived at the only factual and unbiased judgment possible under
the evidence in the whole matter. After carefully studying the voluminous
records turned over to us, we have unanimously arrived at the following
conclusions:
1. We find that no union funds were involved in transactions in question.
The Gore Committee, the McClellan Committee, and we, the members of the
General Executive Board, have combed the records thoroughly. We find no
shred of evidence that anything but personal funds were used. Auditors of
the McClellan Committee after months of investigation made the same find-
ing. The transactions were personal transactions of our brothers as private
citizens, and it has never even been suggested they were anything else.
2. We find that Brothers Hutcheson, Blaier, and Chapman purchased in
all, eleven parcels of real estate from various individuals in the year 1956
which they subsequently sold to the State at a substantial profit. We further
find that after they received their profits they generously and voluntarily de-
cided it would be the fair thing to do to divide part of their profits with the
Highway Department officials who had suggested the purchase of the tracts
to them even though there was no prior promise or obligation of any kind to
do so. Their position was so unquestionably clear that the trial court gave
the following instruction to the jury:
"I instruct you that it is not a violation of any criminal law of this
state for these defendants, or any of them or any citizen of this state,
to directly themselves or through any officer or employee of the High-
way Department of the State of Indiana to seek and obtain informa-
tion as to the location of the route or site of any proposed state high-
way; nor would it be a violation of any criminal statute of this state if
thereafter these defendants, or any of them, or any other citizen em-
4 THE CARPENTER
ployed realtors to locate owners of land that would be required by the
state for such highway and thereafter to purchase the same at what-
ever price they might determine for the purpose of obtaining a higher
price from the Highway Department of the State of Indiana, and re-
gardless of the amount of profits, if any, resulting therefrom. I further
instruct you that if after receiving the full purchase price of such real
estate from the State of Indiana as aforesaid these defendants, or any
citizens so engaged, saw fit to voluntarily pay and deliver to any person
furnishing such information, whether he be an officer or employee of
the Highway Department of the State of Indiana or not, any portion
of their profits, and if these defendants, or any of them, or any such
citizens thereafter did pay to such person a portion of their profits re-
sulting from the transactions as aforesaid, it would not constitute a vio-
lation of any criminal statutes of the State of Indiana."
(An actual reproduction of this document appears on page 15)
The plain and explicit language of this instruction renders it impossible to
understand how the jury could have returned a verdict of guilty unless they
completely ignored the evidence as well as the instructions of the trial court.
The profits were deposited in the Indiana National Bank under the name
of "Frank Chapman Special Account." Each and every payment was made by
check on this account including the checks to the Highway Department offi-
cials and not under an assumed or fictitious name. This is certainly most con-
vincing evidence of their honesty of purpose. Those who seek to defraud
or cheat, much less violate the law, do not do business openly in their own
names. It is done secretly by cash, not by checks where microfilm copies are
made and preserved as permanent records by all banks. An additional, most
convincing fact was that our brothers filed and paid the gross income tax on
their profits with the Indiana Gross Income Tax Division therein reporting
the names of every person participating in the profits. No sane individual
would file such a report with a State Department if they were in any manner
whatsoever attempting to defraud the state. This was also forcibly pointed
out by the following instruction given by the court:
"Where a specific intent is required to make an act an offense,
such as in the charge preferred against the defendants on trial, the
doing of the act does not raise a presumption that it was done with that
specific intent. The intent must be established from the facts and cir-
cumstances established by satisfactory evidence during the trial of the
case.
"You may infer the existence or absence of such an intent from the
acts and declarations of the parties. You may consider whether or not
payment was made to Doggett in a manner calculated to conceal such
payment or its purpose together with all other evidence bearing on
intent, in determining whether or not the defendants had the specific
criminal intent to commit the offenses charged in the indictment, and
if you do not find the existence of such an intent beyond all reason-
able doubt, it would be your duty to acquit the defendants and each of
.1 n
tnem. (An actual reproduction of this document appears on page 16)
The record discloses that the price received by Brothers Hutcheson, Blaier
and Chapman was based on appraisals made by the state on a high and low
TIIECARPENTEH 5
value basis. The record discloses that some 730 parcels of real estate \vtere
purchased by the state for the particular highway. We find that many of
these were fronting on streets that, according to the State's own evidence, had
been included as streets in the addition in the plat when recorded, but that
the streets had never been laid out or built. For these lots, the state paid much
more than was paid to our brothers for lots facing on Broadway and Grant
Streets which the State's witnesses testified were the two principal business
streets of Gary, Indiana. As a matter of fact, they received something slightly
over $5,000.00 less than the total low appraisals of the parcels sold by them.
How could it be possible to find our brothers or any other person guilty of
defrauding the state when under the undisputed evidence they received far
less than the low appraisal while hundreds of others received high appraisals?
The record also disclosed that many owners refused to accept even the
high appraisals and suits by the state to condemn the properties are now
pending.
We also note from the official transcript of the trial that the defense
attorneys in open court charged the prosecution with attempting to enter
into evidence a document as a true and exact copy of an official record but
containing a paragraph nowhere shown in the official record. The following
quotation taken from the trial transcript of the summation by Mr. Royse,
defense counsel, clearly establishes this point:
"But what happened here? The Court has twice admonished the
Prosecution about giving publicity articles to the papers about this case.
He included the defense and it is all right with me. I don't find fault
with the court if he wanted to soften the rebuke by including the de-
fense, but you heard me when the court said that, that I stated into
this record that I have never done that in my life and I never men-
tioned this case to any of these reporters or our evidence or anything
about it. Now why is that done? That is done to keep stirred up this
public resentment and public hate. Is that conducting the office the
way the books and authority say that it ought to be conducted?
"But all of these are completely over-shadowed by this matter of
this evidence, these forged, altered documents. I say to you that this is
lower than the gutter practice. This goes down into the filth and the
scum of the sewer itself. And it is an insult to the integrity and the hon-
esty and the honorableness of every one of you to attempt, by forged,
altered documents, to have you send three men to the penitentiary.
They have no right and no government in the world has the right to
do that or to ask you to degrade yourselves. I am sure that it is as re-
volting and sickening to every one of you as it was to me and I wasn't
at all surprised when I made that objection and the Court said to me,
'What?' He couldn't believe it. But that wasn't a rearrangement of
words. They wrote into a paragraph that never was in the document or
in the book they brought over here. Why, can the State of Indiana be
so desperate that they will seek forged evidence to send three men to
the penitentiary that they can't send by honest credible evidence? If
they do, I think you will give them a proper answer. There is no ques-
tion they did it in this case."
6 THE CARPENTER
In view of all of these things, it is difficult indeed to understand how a
jurv could find these three brothers guilty. However, those who are familiar
with the climate of intense anti-unionism existing in Indiana can oppreciate
how difficult it is for union members, and especially union officers, to get
a fair and impartial trial. One of the leading Indianapolis newspapers that
first published articles relating to other irregularities in the State Highway
Department has repeatedly, time and again, from the very day of the return
of the indictment and throughout the trial lasting four weeks continued the
harassment and publication of prejudicial statements and innuendoes against
our brothers. The extent to which these attacks reached is referred to in the
letter of Mr. Royse, defense counsel, which we shall later quote.
The attorneys for the defense are confident that the finding of the jury will
be reversed in the appeal to the Indiana Supreme Court. We agree with
their opinion in the matter based not only upon the thorough study of the
evidence presented to us but also upon the facts contained in a letter sent
to General President Hutcheson by defense attorney, John A. Royse. This
letter is so revealing of the determination of the Prosecutor's Office to convict
these brothers at all costs, whether by legal or illegal means, and it is so
plain and emphatic that we feel it should be included as a part of this report.
The letter, omitting the salutation, is as follows:
"Knowing how most laymen feel on a verdict of guilty in a criminal
case, I am prompted to write you for the purpose of again reaffirming
my position throughout the entire matter that the State completely
failed to show violation of any criminal law and to call your attention
to those facts developed by the State's evidence itself that makes
crystal clear that in your dealings with Harry Doggett there was not
one incident to support the indictment.
"There was unethical, improper and even unlawful procedure fol-
lowed by the State in the trial beginning with the examination of pro-
spective jurors during which the court on our motion was compelled
to admonish the potential jurors to disregard prejudicial statements
made by the deputy prosecuting attorney. Throughout the entire trial,
the State systematically asked improper, incompetent questions and
made improper statements, all of which are clearly shown by the
record in that the court sustained approximately 149 objections made
by us in addition to further admonishing the jury to disregard im-
proper statements.
"In the closing argument, counsel for the State misquoted the evi-
dence to the jury on several occasions. On the two that we objected
to they quickly withdrew their statement. The most shocking example
of the desperate attempt of the State to wring a verdict from the jury
at all costs was to have them declare by their verdict that your actions
were unlawful in the transactions pertaining to the sales of right of
way in the very face of oiu* challenge to the State to read to the jury
any law of this state that declared your dealings to be unlawful. They,
of course, could not do this nor did they even attempt it.
"The most glaring example of the improper conduct of the Prose-
cuting Attorney was the attempt to introduce into evidence as a true
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and exact copy of the official records of the State Highway Department
an exhibit which contained a paragraph that was not a part of the
official record and nowhere appeared therein. This was clearly an
attempt to insert into an exhibit offered as representing an official doc-
ument a complete falsehood and reached a new low in the prosecution
of a criminal case. Their clear-cut intention was conclusively demon-
strated by the fact that when the court sustained our objection to the
altered document they immediately produced from their trial file a
correct copy of the particular record.
"Just how a jury could find you guilty of the charge of bribing
Harry Doggett to approve grants of real estate owned by your group
in the very face of the fact that the State's own evidence conclusively
established that Harry Doggett never approved a single one of them or
that he ever took any action by or through anyone else to secure their
approval makes it difficult if not impossible to comprehend the basis
for the verdict of guilty, particularly in view of the court's instructions
to the jury that the duty rested on the State to prove each of you
guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that none of you were required
to offer any evidence whatever to refute the indictment. The court's
further clear and definite instruction to the jury that the facts which
in our opinion were clearly shown by the evidence would not consti-
tute the violation of any criminal law of the State of Indiana by you
or any other citizen would have been conclusive and required a ver-
dict of not guilty had the jury given the instruction and the evidence
any consideration whatever. I am enclosing a copy of each of these
instructions for your file.
"There is one other factor that standing alone would surely have
raised a serious question in the mind of any juror, particularly in view
of the State's refusal even to attempt an answer, and that was our
charge that it required the fourth Grand Jury before it was possible to
obtain an indictment against your group. Under the undisputed evi-
dence, the State's own witnesses proved that the matter was submit-
ted to the Lake County Grand Jury who refused to indict. It was not
denied by the State that both the January and July, 1957 Marion
County Grand Juries failed to indict any of you although both of them
conducted almost continuous investigations of the State Highway De-
partment. It was not until the January, 1958 Grand Jury that the State
was able to obtain an indictment. Why would it require the fourth
Grand Jury before an indictment could be returned? Why would the
State ignore this question in their argument to the juiy in view of
our demand that they explain to the jury the reason therefor? It would
seem that these questions alone should have required a not guilt\^
verdict.
"There is in my opinion but one answer. That is the brainwashing
of all citizens of this county and of the State of Indiana from whom we
were compelled to select the jury by the continuous, vicious state-
ments, half-statements and innuendoes published and republished
throughout the nearly three years this indictment was pending before
trial; the repeated slurring reference to each of you as Labor Bosses,
8 T ir TO C A n !• K X T K 11
etc.; the publication of selected statements from the one sided sessions
of the McClellan Committee even during the trial which resulted in
the court, on our motion, publicly admonishing that no advance bill
of fare or evidence should be given to the press as to the future or
expected evidence unless and until it had been submitted from the
witness stand.
"The repetition of these articles, of course, has long since ceased
to be of news value. Why then did the Prosecutor repeatedly issue
statements to the press that we were stalling and using delaying
tactics and then at the trial when we asserted and charged the falsity
of these statements as shown by the court's record promptly admit
in open court that we had not sought any delay in the case since the
return of the indictment? To me such publicity can have but one pur-
pose and that is the adoption of the theory of Hitler in Mein Kampf
to the effect that if you keep repeating a lie often enough people will
come to accept it as the truth.
"While I had no way of knowing in advance of trial the State would
adopt the strategy and tactics they pursued, I am sure you will remem-
ber that I have repeatedly advised each of you that in my opinion it
would be impossible to select a jury in Indiana who would acquit
anyone, no matter who, on any charge relating to the State Highway
Department. Since hearing the evidence submitted by the State, I am
more emphatic than ever in my belief that your dealings did not and
could not constitute the violation of any law of the State of Indiana,
criminal or otherwise. This is supported by the State's refusal, even in
the face of our demand in open court, to read to the jury a single law
of this state declaring your actions criminal in any manner whatsoever.
The only offense any of you were guilty of was that of being officers
of a union that despite months of auditing and unrestricted investiga-
tion of the McClellan Committee by numerous investigators they com-
pletely and utterly failed to bring forth a single improper practice in
connection with the union or the individual activities of any one of you
officers.
"I, therefore, urge you not to let this verdict distress you or distract
you from the confident opinion that it will all be blotted out by a
reversal in the Supreme Court of Indiana."
(An actual reproduction of this letter appears on page 11)
We repeat again that it is not only difficult but impossible for us to
comprehend or understand how, in view of the undisputed evidence shown
by the record of this case any jury could find our brothers guilty. But a
story in an Indianapolis newspaper sheds some light on the matter. In a
front page article of the Indianapolis Star, Saturday, October 29, a story
by Robert J. Early contained the following paragraph:
"Gardner said the three officials were convicted more on 'missing
evidence' than on facts presented by the prosecution."
(A reproduction of tfie newspaper story appears on page 17)
. Gardner was foreman of the jury.
To us the implication in this is clear. Our Brothers were convicted not
because the state proved its case but rather because they are union officials
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in an extremely anti-union state. But, the verdict stands until reversed by
a higher court. In view of all of these facts stated above and especially in
view of the fact that there was absolutely not one penny of union funds
involved in the matter, we reaffirm our complete faith and confidence in
Brothers Hutcheson, Blaier and Chapman. They have served our organiza-
tion faithfully and in an outstanding manner for many, many years. The
record of the Brotherhood speaks for itself in this regard. Official govern-
ment figures show that both in 1959 and 1960 our organization made the
greatest wage gains of any building trades union during the second quarter
of the year when most contracts are renewed. In addition to this, a larger
percentage of our members received increases than was obtained for any
other union in the construction field. This kind of solid and constructive
program cannot be discounted nor denied. It can result from, and only from
competent, strong, dedicated leadership of our general officers. In the field
of organizing, our Brotherhood has been in the forefront of the labor move-
ment during 1958 and 1959. We participated in more elections than any
union except one. We won a much larger percentage of those elections than
the average for all organizations.
In an era when unions are viciously attacked and maligned and many
have slipped backward, we have managed not only to hold our own but
also continued to maintain a slow, steady growth. In the field of jurisdic-
tion, our Brotherhood has more than held its own under the able and experi-
enced leadership of our general officers. The figures show we not only partici-
pated in more cases before the Joint Board, but also that we won the vast
majority of them.
These are the things that are important to us as members of the Brother-
hood. Organizing, wages and protection of jurisdiction are the things we
live by. When we use them as a yardstick of measurement, it is clear that
our general officers have achieved an enviable and outstanding record of
leadership and service to our members. They have provided the drive,
ability, experience and administrative capacity to achieve these goals. They
have instituted and carried out policies that have made it possible for our
unions and councils to advance as fast and as far as they have. No union in
the nation has been investigated more thoroughly or completely than ours
including our general officers and not one hint of the slightest kind or
character of participation in any of the nefarious practices such as use of
sweetheart agreements, under the table contract negotiations and chartering
of paper locals to forestall legislative organization, etc. has been made.
Therefore, we individually and collectively feel, and with considerable pride,
that the integrity and leadership of all of our officers has been most con-
clusively established. We unquestionably share the feeling of the defense
attorneys that these brothers will be completely vindicated when the record
of this case is considered in the calm judicial atmosphere of the India-na
Supreme Court where the hysteria fanned and fed by anti-union papers can
exert no influence. We commend Brothers Hutcheson, Blaier and Chapman
for facing the issues squarely and voluntarily providing us with a complete
record of the entire matter from beginning to end. The inescapable conclu-
sion of our considering all of these facts and circumstances is that these
men were convicted, not on evidence to establish the State of Indiana was
10
T II E C A i; P IZ N T K U
defrauded, but more emphatically because they happened to be tuiiou
officers.
We regret the length of this report to the membership but felt that every
member was entitled to have a complete report of all of the facts developed
in the trial of this action lasting four weeks.
Executive Board First District
A^alu U\Z
Raleigh Raj^pi, Genera^ Eweciitive Board Second District
//^^uVi{/,.^!:n^M/an z^
ourth District
Harry Sclywarzer, General Executive Board Third District
Henry W/^Chandl^r, General Executive Board F
Le^on W. Greene, General Executive Board Fifth District
Executive Board Sixth District
EicecUtive B6ard Seventh District
^ JJ> ■ IH^ ^4
^^♦»-o ^
Cambiano, General Executive Board Eighth District
Andrew V. Cooper, General 'S^&OsiXXy
ve Board Ninth District
George Bengough, G
Executive Board Tenth District
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11
RoYSE, Travis, O'Brien & Hendrickson
JOHN A. ROYSE
HOWARD P.TRAVIS
OERARD J. O'BRIEN
THOHAS A. HENDRICKSON
LAWYERS
BOO FIDELITY BUItDINO
ON THE CIRCLE
INDIANAPOLIS 4, INDIANA
Phone MElrose 2-4417
November h, 196O
Mr. M A. Hutcheson
222 East Michigan Street
Indianapolis 4, Indiana
Dear M A:
Knowing how most laymen feel on a verdict of guilty
in a criminal case, I am prompted to write you for the pur-
pose of again reaffirming my position throughout the entire
matter that the State completely failed to show violation
of any criminal law and to call your attention to those
facts developed by the State's evidence Itself that makes
crystal clear that in your dealings with Harry Doggett
there was not one incident to support the Indictment.
There was unetical. Improper and even unlawful proce-
dure followed by the State in the trial beginning with the
examination of prospective jurors during which the court on
our motion was compelled to admonish the potential jurors
to disregard prejudicial statements made by the deputy
prosecuting attorney. Throughout the entire trial, the
State systematically asked improper. Incompetent questions
and made improper statements, all of which are clearly
shown by the record in that the court sustained approxi-
mately 149 objections made by us in addition to further ad-
monishing the jury to disregard improper statements.
In the closing argument, counsel for the State mis-
quoted the evidence to the jury on several occasions. On
the two that we objected to they quickly withdrew their
statement. The most shocking example of the desperate
attempt of the State to wring a verdict from the jury at
all costs was to have them declare by their verdict that
your actions were unlawful in the transactions pertaining
to the sales of right of way in the very face of our
challenge to the State to read to the jury any law of this
state that declared your dealings to be unlawful. They,
of course, could not do this nor did they even attempt It.
12 TIIK CAUriOXTKR
-2-
The most glaring example of the improper conduct of
the Prosecuting Attorney was the attempt to introduce into
evidence as a true and exact copy of the official records
of the State Highway Department an exhibit which contained
a paragraph that was not a part of the official record and
nowhere appeared therein. This was clearly an attempt to
Insert into an exhibit offered as representing an official
document a complete falsehood and reached a new low in the
prosecution of a criminal case. Their clear-cut intention
was conclusively demonstrated by the fact that when the
court sustained our objection to the altered document they
immediately produced from their trial file a correct copy
of the particular record.
Just how a Jury could find you guilty of the charge
of bribing Harry Doggett to approve grants of real estate
owned by your group In the very face of the fact that the
State's own evidence conclusively established that Harry
Doggett never approved a single one of them or that he ever
took any action by or through anyone else to secure their
approval makes it difficult If not Impossible to comprehend
the basis for the verdict of guilty, particularly in view
of the court's Instructions to the Jury that the duty rested
on the State to prove each of you guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt and that none of you were required to offer any
evidence whatever to refute the indictment. The court's
further clear and definite instruction to the Jury that the
facts which in our opinion were clearly shown by the evi-
dence would not constitute the violation of any criminal
law of the State of Indiana by you or any other citizen
would have been conclusive and required a verdict of not
guilty had the Jury given the instruction and the evidence
any consideration whatever. I am enclosing a copy of each
of these Instructions for your file.
There is one other factor that standing alone would
surely have raised a serious question in the mind of any
Juror, particularly in view of the State's refusal even to
attempt an answer, and that was our charge that it required
the fourth Grand Jury before it was possible to obtain an
indictment against your group. Under the undisputed evidence,
the State's own witnesses proved that the matter was sub-
mitted to the Lake County Grand Jury who refused to indict.
It was not denied by the State that both the January and
July, 1957 Marion County Grand Juries failed to indict any
of you although both of them conducted almost continuous
investigations of the State Highway Department. It was not
until the January, 1958 Grand Jury that the State was able
tD obtain an indictment. Why would it require the fourth
Grand Jury before an indictment could be returned? Why
THE C A R P E X T E R 13
-3-
would the State Ignore this question In their argument to
the Jury In view of our denand that they explain to the
Jury the reason therefor? It would seeia that these ques-
tions alone should have required a not guilty verdict.
There Is In ray opinion but one answer. That Is the
brainwashing of all citizens of this county and of the
State of Indiana from whom we were compelled to select the
Jury by the continuous, vlclouS statenents, half^stateaents,
and Innuendoes published and republished throughout the
nearly three years this Indictment was pending before trial;
the repeated slurring reference to each of you as Labor
Bosses, etc.; the publication of selected statements tram
the one sided sessions of the McClellan Committee even
during the trial which resulted In the court, on our motion,
publicly admonishing that no advance bill of fare or evi-
dence should be given to the press as to future or expected
evidence vmless and until It had been submitted from the
witness stand.
The repetition of these articles, of course, has long
since ceased to be of news value. Why then did the
Prosecutor repeatedly Issue statements to the press that
we were stalling and using delaying tactics and then at the
trial when we asserted and charged the falsity of these
statements- as shown by the court's record promptly admit
In open court that we had not sought suiy delay In the case
since the return of the Indictment? To me such publicity
can have but one purpose and that Is the adoption of the
theory of Hitler In Meln Kampf to the effect that If you
keep repeating a lie often enough people will come to accept
It as the truth.
While I had no way of knowing In advance of trial
the State would adopt the strategy and tactics they pursued,
I am sure you will remember that I have repeatedly advised
each of you that In my opinion It would be impossible to
select a Jury In Indiana who would acquit anyone, no matter
who, on any charge relating to the State Highway Department.
Since hearing the evidence submitted by the State, I am
more emphatic than ever In my belief that your dealings
did not and could not constitute the violation of any law
of the State of Indiana, criminal or otherwise. This Is
supported by the State's refusal, even In the face of our
demand In open court, to read to the Jury a single law of
this state declaring your actions criminal In any manner
whatsoever. The only offense any of you were guilty of was
that of being officers of a union that despite months of
auditing and unrestricted Investigation of the McClellan
14
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Commlttee by numerous investigators they completely and
utterly failed to bring forth a single Improper practice
in connection with the union or the individual activities
of any one of you officers.
I, therefore, urge you not to let this verdict
distress you or distract you from the confident opinion
that it will all be blotted out by a reversal in the
Supreme Court of Indiana.
yours.
JAR : en
THECARPENTER 15
..,^^2
INSTRUCTION NO.
I Inatruot you that It la not a violation of any
orlBlnal latw of thla atate for theae defendanta« or any of
th«a« or any oltlzen of thla atate, to dlreotly thenaelvae
or through any officer or enployee of the Highway Deimrtment •
of the State of Indiana to aeek and obtain Inforsatlon aa
to the location of the route or alte of any propoaed atate
highway J nor would It be a violation of any criminal
statute of thla atate If thereafter theae defendanta, or
any of thes, or any other citizen employed realtora to locate
ownera of land that would be required by the State for euch
highway and thereafter to purchaae the aane at whatever price
they might determine for the purpoae of obtaining a higher
price from the Highway Department of the State af Indiana «
and regardless of the amount of profits « If any, reaultlng
therefrom. I further Inatruct you that If afters receiving
the full purchaae price of auch real estate from the State
of Indiana as aforesaid theae defendanta, or any cltlzMia
so engaged, saw fit to voluntarily pay and deliver to any
person furnishing such Information, whether he be an offlc^^
or employee of the Highway Department of the State of Indiana
or not, any portion of their profits, and If these defendants,
or any of them, or any auch citizens thereafter did pay to
such person a portion of their profits resulting from the
traneactlona as aforesaid, it would not constitute a viola*
tlon of any criminal statutes cf the State of Indiana.
Cf J J°^ "• O'Hara and
n^ nCl 2' ^^^^ Royae, Travia, O'Brien dt Hendrlckson
\^^ ^-.^ 500 Fidelity Building
Indianapolis, Indiana
Attomeya for' defendanta
By
:omey8
McKee V. State, Ind. , 37 M.E.2d 9*0, p. 9*2
State V. Bruner, et al, 13^ Ind. 419,35 N.E. 22
State V. HcKinstry, 50 Ind. 465, p. 46?
Qreen v. State, 157 Ind. 101, 60 M.K. 941
Dameron V. State, 201 Ind. 53, l65 M.B 58
TTIhahaw v. State, l88 Ind. 147, 122 N.B. 419
16 THECARPENTER
.M.^^
INSnOCTIOM KO
Vlh«r« « apAcific int«nt Is required to osake «n ect an offense,
such as In the charge preferred against the defendants on trial, the doing
of the act does not raise a preeuraption that it was done vith that specific
intent. The intent must be established from the facts end circusistanccs
established by satisfactory evidence during the trial of the case.
You may infer the esistenee or absence of such an intent froa
the acts and declarations of the parties. You may consider whether or not
payment was made to Doggett in a manner calculated to conceal such payment
or its purpose together with all other evidence bearing on intent, in de-
termining whether or not the defendants had the specific criminal intent to
commit the offenses charged in the indictaent, and if you do not find the
existence of such en intent beyond all reaieonable doubt, it would be your
duty to acquit the defendants and each of them.
Soyse, Travis, O'Brien & Heodrickson
FT T TI^ T~^ 500 Fidelity Building
A J-/ i--/ J->' Indianapolis, Indiana
CI OCT 27 1960 Cr J joi„ H, Q,^^
^.„.-=^ -^ 512 Indiana Building
<g(UL5^^ G^^/te. IndUnapolis. Indian*
CLtRK
BX
Attorneys for Defendants
5 fteid's Branson Instructions To Juries I 33^5 (1936 ed.)
Ikman v. State. 120 FU. 24, 161 80. 716.
f^Is V. 8tat4. 156 lad. 2^4 (1900)
THE CARPENTER
17
The Indianapolis Star
TODAY'S CHICKLE
n'htre the tpirit al Iht Lord i
I Libertu"—ll Cor. 3-17
VOL. 58. NO. 146
SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 29. 1960
■7 CENTS ;.r-~ ir;
Three Carpenters^ Off iciah
Found Guilty In Bribe Case
By ROBERT J. EARLY
Three top officials of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America last night were
found guilty qf^
state officii
con. They took
WKeh it was discovered
that the foreman, Leonard H.
Gardner, 34 j^ears old, 17
■North Butler Avenue, had
failed to sign the bribery ver-
dict against Blaier, the jury
was sent back to complete
signing of the docum
GARDNER SAID the three
officials were convicted more
on "missing evidence" than on
facts presented by the prose-
cution.
Gold Crisis Tied
To Growing Fear
Of 'Cheap Money'
18
The National Safety Council And You
* *
THIS is a piece on safety and the work the National Safety Council
does to uncover and correct the causes of accidents.
Before you say: "What, more of that crud on safety? I'm sick of
it," be assured we are sick of it, too. But we are far sicker of the growing
army of orphaned children, broken homes, and permanently pain-wracked
bodies that make up the annual accident toll.
I£ you were lucky enough to escape a disabling accident last year, you
may be under the impression that accidents did not cost you a cent. Such is
far from being the case. Accidents did cost you last year. In fact, they may
have cost your family as much as $500, even though none of you got hurt.
The facts can easily be established
by studying the records compiled by
the National Safety Council. In 1959
nearly 14,000 men and women died in
industrial accidents. Another 1,950,-
000 were disabled to greater or lesser
degree— some permanently crippled
and rendered unfit for further useful
work. Another 37,000 had their lives
snuffed out on streets and highways.
A million and a half disabling acci-
dents also were chalked up to traffic
accidents.
In accidents around the home, an-
other 28,000 made a one-way trip to
the cemetery, while almost half a
million luckier ones suffered injuries
that laid them up from one day to 365.
"So what," you say, "none of this
touched me. I kept my eyes open on
the job. I drove carefully on the high-
ways. I didn't get a single scratch last
vear."
J
Up to a point you may be right
Accidents probably did not cost you
a cent dii'ectly. But indirectly they
took a heck of a lot bigger bite out
of your pay check than you imagine.
Take the matter of car insurance
alone. It may cost you anywhere from
$75 to $200 per year. Probably 90%
of the premium is represented by the
cost of accidents. Basically, the pre-
mium rate charged by the insurance
companies represents the total cost of
accidents per year divided by the
number of policy holders, plus a small
percentage for overhead and profit.
The greater the number of accidents,
the higher the cost of insurance.
The same kind of logic holds true
for industrial accidents. Every time
a worker gets hurt on the job there
is lost time, lost production, and often
there is destroyed equipment. All this
must be added into what the com-
pany must charge for its product
in order to make a profit.
The National Safety Council esti-
mates that 43 million man-days of
production were lost last year by peo-
ple who were hvirt in industrial acci-
dents. Another 190 million were lost
by fellow workers helping an in-
jured pal. This adds up to 233 million
lost days. Figuring average earnings
at $20 per day, this totals 4 billion,
600 million dollars.
Now it just happens that there are
somewhere around 46 million fami-
lies in the United States. This means
THE CARPEXTER
19
that industrial accidents add about
$100 per year to the cost of the
things the family buys.
Even the cost of your Brotherhood
dues is affected by accidents. Last
year our Brotherhood paid out $3,-
473,859.55 in death and disability do-
nations. This represents nearly 26% of
total income. A substantial percent-
age of the death and disability claims
was the result of various kinds of
accidents.
There is hardly a facet of living
that is not affected financially by the
cost of accidents, whether on the job,
on the highway or in the home. And
everybody has to pay a share of the
cost.
But the real cost of accidents is the
pain, suffering and misery of the in-
jured citizens and their families. And
nobody escapes this cost entirely
either, because who with anything
even remotely resembling a heart
does not wince inwardly at the sight
of withered legs, sightless eyes or
twisted bodies?
Organized labor always has been
conscious of the heavy toll taken by
accidents. It has constantly been in
the forefront of every movement to
develop efficient safety standards.
One of the ways in which unions
participate in the promotion of safety
is through affiliation with the National
Safety Council. The National Safety
Council is the hub of the national
safety movement. It develops statis-
tics to pinpoint hazards and find ways
of eliminating them. It is chartered
by the Congress of the United States
to engage in all facets of accident
prevention and the study thereof.
Labor makes up a very important seg-
ment of the Council.
The Council itself is divided into
a number of subgroups which deal
specifically with the safety problems
in their primary fields. There is a farm
group, a labor group, a traffic group,
etc. Each group is called a "confer-
ence" and operates as an arm of the
Council under its bylaws.
The Labor Conference has its own
officers and committees and it devel-
ops programs of its own on behalf of
industrial safety. About sixty-five
representatives from various interna-
tional unions in state and central bod-
ies make up the Labor Conference.
The work of the National Council
is supported by memberships. Our
own Brotherhood has been a mem-
ber on the international level for a
number of years and, as a member,
has participated in program develop-
ment. The Council has a staff of some
four hundred people serving the
cause of safety. With labor strongly
represented at all policy-making lev-
els of the Council, it is afforded an
opportunity to present its ideas for
reducing industrial accidents.
In a letter to all local unions and
councils. General President Maurice
A. Hutcheson recently recommended
that as many of them as possible give
serious consideration to alfihating
with the Council. The dues are ap-
proximately $45 a year. This $45
helps to maintain the Councff and
carry on its numerous activities on be-
half of safety. As a further service to
members, the Council is able to pro-
duce special information or advice on
any question or problem pertaining to
safety or help in industry, home, or
on the streets.
Some 29 Brotherhood District and
State Councils have affiliated with
the National Safety Council in recent
months. As members of the Council
these organizations will help formu-
late and implement safety programs
aimed at cutting down the ghastly
toll of preventable accidents.
Official Information
General Officers of
THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD of CARPENTERS and JOINERS
of AMERICA
General Office : Carpenters' BtiildinK, Indianapolis, Ind.
GEXEItAL PUESIUENT
M. A. HUTCHESON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
First General Vice President
JOHN R. STEVENSON
Carpenters' Building. Indianapolis, Ind.
General Secretary
R. E. LIVINGSTON
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
Second GEXEitAr. Vice President
O. WM. BLAIER
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
OeXERAT, TRKASI'REn
Carpenters' Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
District Board Members
First District, CHARLES JOHNSON. JR.
Ill E. 22nd St.. New York 10, N. Y.
Si.xth I>istrict, J. O. MACK
5740 Lydia, Kansas Cit.v 4, Mo.
Second District, RALEIGH RAJOPPI
2 I'rospect Place, Springfield, New Jersey
Seventh District, LYLE J. IlILLER
11712 S. E. Rhone St., Portland (iC, Ore.
Third District, HARRY SCHWARZER
3615 Chester Ave., Cleveland 14, Ohio
Eighth District, J. F. CAMBIANO
17 Aragon Blvd., Sau JMateo, Calif.
Fourth District, HENRY W. CHANDLER
1684 Stanton Rd., S. W., Atlanta, Ga.
Ninth District, ANDREW V. COOPER
133 Chaplin Crescent, Toronto 7, Out., Canada
Fifth District, LEON W. GREENE
IS Norbert Place, St. Paul 16, Minn.
Tenth District, GEORGE BENGOUGH
2528 E. 8th Ave., Vancouver, B. C.
M. A. HUTCHESON, Chairman ; R. E. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
All correspondence for the General Executive Board must be sent to the General Secretary.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Constitution and Laws of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America spell out in detail the responsibilities of the Member, the
Financial Secretary, and the General Secretary regarding a member's dues.
Every member should understand these provisions thoroughly, since it is his
membership, his rights to benefits, and his union record that are at stake when
dues are not kept paid in accordance with the Constitutional terms laid down
by successive conventions.
Dues are a prime obligation of union membership. The ultimate responsi-
bility for keeping dues properly paid— and thereby remaining in benefit stand-
ing—rests with the individual member. The initiative must come from him.
Let us keep our dues paid up properly and thereby avoid misunderstandings
and the risk of arrearage and suspension.
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General Treasurer Cliapmaii Passes Away
• •
General Treasurer Frank Chapman is dead.
He passed away in Swedish Hospital, Seattle, on November 16 following
a protracted illness. In his passing the labor movement of the West Coast lost
a staunch and dedicated supporter.
Although only 55 at the time of his death, Brother Chapman crammed a
full lifetime of living into his relatively short years. He counted his friends
by the thousands in all walks of life. Wherever he went and whatever he did,
his warm personality and unfailing good humor always left behind him a
large group of admirers and friends. An enthusiastic outdoorsman and conser-
vationist. Brother Chapman was never happier than when tramping the woods
or fishing a lake or stream.
Brother Chapman began his union
career at Snoqualmie Falls, Washing-
ton. Although he was a skilled electri-
cian and one of the highest paid men
in the plant, his concern for the un-
happy plight of his fellow workers in-
duced him to become a union man
while barely out of his teens. In the
'20s he belonged to a federal labor
union— the only kind of organization
available to West Coast lumber work-
ers at that time.
From the beginning, Brother Chap-
man took a keen interest in union af-
fairs and worked diligently to advance
the best interests of his organization.
When jurisdiction over lumber workers
was awarded to our Brotherhood in
the early '30s, Brother Chapman was
one of the first to appreciate the sig-
nificance of becoming a part of a
strong international union. Largely
through his leadership and determina-
tion to affiliate the lumber workers with an organization capable of redress-
ing the many existing evils, his union became one of the first to apply for a
United Brotherhood charter. At a sacrifice in wages Brother Chapman became
the first business agent of that local. At the time of his death he was still hold-
ing membership in Local Union No. 1845, Snoqualmie Falls, Washington.
It took a long and bitter struggle to force the employers to recognize the
United Brotherhood as the legitimate representative of the West Coast lumber
workers and Brother Chapman was in the very thick of that fight. Under the
banner of our Brotherhood the Lumber Workers advanced from an average
wage of 30c an hour to $2.50 per hour, and Brother Chapman was in the front
ranks of the struggle every inch of the way. In the early '50s Brother Chap-
22 1' " E t' A i: !• !•: X T E II
man was named West Coast coordinator for the Lnml)er locals on the West
Coast. In this capacity he effectively coordinated the activities and programs
of the far-flung locals and councils.
In 1954 General President Maurice A. Hutcheson brought him to the
General Office as director of the Department of Organization. Later that year
he was named General Treasurer upon the resignation of Brother S. P.
Meadows. He was re-elected without opposition in both the 1954 and 1958
General Elections.
A considerate, dedicated individual, bitterly opposed to all forms of ex-
ploitation and economic injustice. Brother Chapman left an indelible mark
in the Pacific Northwest. His passing leaves a deep void in the ranks of the
West Coast labor movement.
Funeral services were held at University Unitarian Church, Seattle, at
1 p. m., Saturday, November 19.
Brother Chapman is survived by his widow, Esther; a daughter, Mrs.
Don Morrow, and four grandchildren— all of Seattle.
©
LABOR PRESS SCORES HIGH ON BIG-ISSUE COVERAGE
In many cases the labor press is dealing "more effectively" with the great
issues of the day than is the daily press. So says Professor Ben Yablonky, a
professor at the University of Michigan, Department of Journalism. In
addressing the convention of the International Labor Press Association in
Detroit last month, Yablonky said:
"I have been greatly impressed with the professional quality of the publi-
cations. They are generally fine looking jobs, using attractive formats, well
edited and well written, indicating the publications are relying more and
more on professional journalists.
"The publications, too, display a sense of responsibility to the entire com-
munity in dealing with questions which go beyond the primary problems of
the individual union— questions of war and peace, of unemployment and high
prices, of health and old age— questions which are the concern of all Ameri-
cans, not just those of union members.
"And in many cases the publications deal more eflFectively with such big
questions than the daily newspapers which ought to do a better job consider-
ing their great advantage in money and manpower."
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IS A SUPERFICIAL CONCERN FOR THE FAMILY ENOUGH?
Recently, the president of the largest non-union office equipment manufacturing corn-
pan}' delivered a lengthy speech before the Family Service Association of America. Among
other things he said:
"Business and industry . . . have a big stake in the community's efforts to maintain
strong families. Family counseling services, research, social planning, and the training
of specialists to help prevent family breakdovv^n deserve everyone's full support."
Insofar as the statement goes, it merits no particular quarrel. But what is needed more
than counseling,- research, social planning, and experts who read books written by other
experts is job security, adequate pay, seniority and the protections that union contracts
usually contain.
Debt, bad housing, and fear of lay-off have wrecked more homes than any other
causes. If the office equipment tycoon is interested in saving family relationships he can
contribute more by signing an agreement with his employees than he can by making pious
speeches.
23
Progress Report
This month's progress report pictures move indoors. The upper photo
shows one of the offices with the grounds in place for panehng. The lower
photo shows the gas-fired boilers in place.
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Editorial
Now That Gold As Well As Jobs Is Affected,
Perhaps Imports Will Get Attention
Now that the election is over, the Administration finally admits that the
chickens of low-wage imports have come home to roost.
This jom-nal, together with many other forward-looking publications, has
been warning for ten long years that the growing tide of foreign-made goods
was posing a serious threat to the continued prosperity of the United States
and Canada. All our warnings and pleadings fell on deaf ears. The free-
traders and the do-gooders pooh-poohed any idea that American prosperity
might be undercut by practically unlimited foreign competition. Now, when
our gold reserves have been sadly depleted by the swelling tide of imports,
the Administration springs into action.
While American jobs were being eliminated by low-wage foreign goods
there was little concern in Washington. But now that it has started affecting
our gold supplies, the Washington bigwigs are concerned.
The temptation is to point out that the gold, somehow or other, seems to
engender more concern in Washington than the jobs of working people. But
this temptation we will forego. The point is that the incoming Administration
must recognize the seriousness of the import situation.
The other day, an Indianapolis firm laid off 120 workers in a department
making television tubes. The same day these workers were given their notices,
an item in a local paper announced that twenty million foreign-made tubes
were being imported into the United States this year. This sort of thing has
been going on in industry after industry. And the trend seems to be growing
rather than diminishing.
Our own members working in the plywood plants of the West Coast are
keenly aware as to what Japanese competition is costing them in the way
of lost time. Every thousand feet of Japanese plywood entering the domestic
market means several lost shifts for our members.
As we have pointed out many times in the past, competition from low-
wage foreign goods has always been a problem. But once it was a problem
that could be handled easily. In former years we had the machinery and the
foreign nations had the cheap manpower. But this situation no longer exists.
The foreign workers have machinery as good as ours. In fact, in many in-
stances they have better equipment because their plants are newer.
The situation has also changed in another respect. At one time the foreign
plants were owned by the citizens of the foreign countries. The imports from
such plants hurt our employers as much as they hurt our workers. But this,
too, has changed. American producers now own plants in foreign countries.
If they do not own plants they have contracts for distributing foreign-made
goods in this country. Consequently, they have little interest in changing the
situation.
T TI E C A R P E X T E II 25
A company that has a bicycle factory in the United Stiitcs and a factory
in Itiil)" makes a profit whether American consumers buy an Itahan-made
one or an American-made one. Therefore, we can expect httlc help from such
a firm in protecting American jobs.
All this places the responsibility f()r stemming the tide of foreign-made
goods squarely on the shoulders of organized labor.
We hope that one of the first actions of the new Administration will be to
make a new appraisal of the foreign-trade situation.
To our way of thinking, there are several steps that need to be taken
immediately. First, there should be an overhaul of the tariff structure to more
nearl)' equalize the cost of foreign-made goods and American-made goods in
the ^^'archouse.
Secondly, there should be some sort of control legislation passed to prevent
firms from marking their goods "American-made" when many or all the com-
ponents are manufactured somewhere else. Too many American producers use
tliis loophole. Products that are merely assembled from foreign-made goods
should be designated as such so that people will not be misled.
A third long-range step should be the enactment of some sort of fair labor-
standards legislation for foreign-made goods. After all, an American manu-
facturer \\'ho goes into the plywood business is required to meet the minimum
standard law. If we can expect this of our own producers, why is it not
feasible to expect something of a similar nature from foreign producers?
If the Japanese plywood producers now paying 12 or 15c an hour are
told that they must pay a minimum of 20c next year and 25c the year after
that before they can get reasonable tariff rates, the over-all effect will be to
elevate the standards of foreign v/orkers and cut down the tremendous differ-
ential in wages. A sliding tariff program giving greater consideration to those
foreign firms raising their v/ages certainly could be worked out through a
trial-and-error method.
In any event, in view of the fact that American corporations are expected
to in\'eit some 3 billion, 820 m.illion dollars this coming year in new factories
abroad, it is high time that the new Administration took a long, hard look
at the ^^'hole import problem.
In the meantime we, the working people of the United States and Canada,
have a weapon we can put into effect immediately. It is a simple and highly
effective one. All we have to do is to refuse to buy foreign-made goods from
lov/-wage countries. Because we make up a vast bulk of the buying public
we can exert a pressure that can get results. "Buy American" and "Buy Cana-
dian" may sound corny, but they represent tools we can use effectively and
v>'ithout asking anyone's by-your-leave.
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The New President Deserves Support Of All
Losing a close election is always difficult to take. However, the losers in
last month's election seem particularly unwilling to accept the verdict of the
voters.
If the newspapers of the Midwest can be used as any measuring stick,
some people seem determined to discredit the Kennedy Administration before
it even takes over. The letters-to-the-editor columns are full of letters from
26 T HE C A K P E N T E K
people weeping, wailing and gnashing their teeth over the election results.
More often than not, these letters insist that Mr. Nixon would be more capable
of standing up to the Communists than President-elect Kennedy.
This may or may not be true. But the point is that Mr. Kennedy is the
choice of the American people. The surest way to invite new inroads from
Communism is to maintain a divided nation. Mr. Kennedy is our President.
As such, he needs and is entitled to the fullest kind of support from every
citizen— Republican, Democrat, Prohibitionist, or what have you.
Foreign policy long has been a bi-partisan proposition anyway. Undoubt-
edly it will continue so under President Kennedy.
In his campaign speeches Mr. Kennedy made it very plain where he
stands on the issue of Communism. The American people accepted that posi-
tion and it is the obligation of all of us to back him to the hilt in his efforts
to blunt the Communist thrust. Whether the line is drawn at Quemoy and
Matsu or at Formosa is relatively unimportant. The important thing is that
the line be drawn and adhered to by a united, dedicated people. There is no
doubt but that Mr. Kennedy is determined to take a strong, affirmative stand
with the Reds. His efforts will succeed only if he has all the American people
behind him.
The election is over, and carping and second-guessing that always attend
American political campaigns should be over, too. In this regard, Mr. Nixon
himself is setting a fine example. He accepted defeat graciously and he has
pledged himself to work unremittingly for a stronger and mightier America.
How can an ordinary citizen do less?
»
Electoral College
By WILLARD SHELTON
The issue of Electoral College reform has been raised in the wake of the
close race between President-elect Kennedy and Vice President Nixon. Al-
though as in the past the discussion may get nowhere, it is a legitimate issue.
There are two basic evils in the system by which the President is chosen,
actually by the electors and not by the people directly.
One is the danger of a minority President— a candidate who by a freak
distribution loses a majority of the popular vote but wins enough strategically
situated states to get a majority in the Electoral College or in the House of
Representatives, if a contest goes there. This has happened in two instances
since the Civil War— in 1876-77, when Rutherford B. Hayes became Presi-
dent although Samuel Tilden got a popular majority, and in 1888, when
Grover Cleveland had a popular majority but lost in the Electoral College to
Benjamin Harrison.
The second is the constitutional independence of each elector, once chosen,
to cast his vote for any person he wishes.
A Tennessee elector, chosen in 1948 on a pledge to Harry Truman, actually
voted for the Dixiecrat candidate, Strom Thurmond. A Utah elector this year,
chosen as pledged to NLxon, has talked about casting his vote elsewhere as a
"protest" of the system.
This irresponsibility of members of the Electoral College arises from the
constitutional convention of 1787, which thought that theoretically wise men
THE CARPENTER 27
chosen from the states were better equipped than the people to select the wis-
est of all as President. The system was repudiated early in our history by the
citizens, who demanded that electors pledge themselves in advance. But the
constitutional power of the electors remains, an anachronism from the 18th
century, posing a constant threat that at some time defections by electors in
a close election may throw the decision into the House and produce a genuine
crisis.
The trouble about Electoral College reform is that frequently the reform-
ers propose to cure one potential inequity but not another or to add a third.
One suggestion is that in each state, the Electoral College vote be divided
according to the relative popular vote instead of on a winner-take-all basis.
This year, for example, Nixon would get only a small majority of Ohio's 25
electoral votes instead of all of them; Kennedy would get only a proportionate
share of New York's 45 votes instead of all. As it happens, the end result, the
election of Kennedy, would not be changed, but the Electoral College margin
would be closer.
This would not cure the distortion that arises from assignment of Elec-
toral College votes to the states according to the total congressional repre-
sentation of each. The smallest state as well as the most populous has two
senators: Nevada, Arizona, Alaska and Vermont, therefore, are over-repre-
sented in the Electoral College and New York, California and Illinois
under-represented. It would still be possible for a candidate to lose the
popular vote and win in the Electoral College.
A second proposal is that the electoral vote of each state be split accord-
ing to congressional districts, the people of each district deciding by ma-
jority vote how their elector shall cast his ballot, with only two electors
in each state— for the senators— chosen by statewide vote.
This would be vastly worse, for the congressional districts are notoriously
gerrymandered to give disproportionate power in the House to rural and
small-town residents and deprive urban and suburban citizens of an equal
voice. It would pile a new distortion on top of existing ones.
Enter The Animal Kingdom
Since the beginning of the industrial age, non-union employers have been
succeeding in making monkeys out of their workers. Last month, for a little
while at least, a Texas furniture manufacturer tried to make workers out of
monkeys. Three trained chimps were brought into the plant to perform simple
tasks such as packing cartons.
The boss apparently liked the wages he paid the monkeys— peanuts— but
seemingly the monks were too smart to like sweatshop conditions, so the
experiment flopped despite the fact the trainer claimed chimps can be trained
to handle simple tasks better than human beings.
The experiment with chimps in Texas must open up a whole new avenue
of possibilities for sweatshop employers— boa constrictors to squeeze products,
giraffes to stack goods high, penguins to work in cold places. And the non-
union employers already have the experience to handle animals because they
employ mostly jackasses anyway.
Jin ^iie^tnovtsctn
Not lost to those that love them.
Not dead, just gone before;
They still live in our memory.
And will forever more.
S?j9t in l^mtt
The Editor has been requested to publish the names
of the following Brothers who have passed away.
ALFIERI, SALVATORE, L. U. 1613, Newark,
N. J.
ALFSTROM, W., L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
AMYOTTE, GEORGE, L. U. 116, Bay City,
Mich.
ANDERSON, ADOLPH, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
ANDERSON, J. B., L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
ATWATER, E. KING, L. U. 453, Auburn, N. Y.
AUGLAND, GUS, L. U. 257, New York, N. Y.
BAILEY, R. D., L. U. 1407, Wilmington, Cal.
BAIN, JOHN, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
BALDIZZI, ADOLF, L. U. 246, New York,
N. Y.
BARNES, WILLIAM H., L. U. 1407, Wil-
mington, Cal.
BECK, CHARLES, L. U. 982, Detroit, Mich.
BENTLEY, GLENN, L. U. 512, Ann Arbor,
Mich.
BIANCHI, FELIX, L. U. 2164, San Francisco,
Cal.
BIDDLECOMB, ERNEST, L. U. 769, Pasadena,
Cal.
BJORK, ALBERT, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
BLAIR, FRANCIS M., L. U. 226, Portland,
Ore.
BLUEMKE, FERDINAND, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
BOHN, ROY E., L. U. 101, Baltimore, Md.
BORK, C. M., L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
BOWLBY, IRA F., L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
BOYLE, JIM, L. U. 665, Amarillo, Texas
BRADLEY, JOHN H., L. U. 226, Portland,
Ore.
BRANCHEAU, FRED, L. U. 116, Bay City,
Mich.
BRANDT, FRED, L. U. 854, Cincinnati, Ohio
BREAZEALE, J. V., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
BRENNER, FRED, L. U. 182, Cleveland, Ohio
BROWN, ROY, L. U. 18, Hamilton, Ont.
BROWN, W. B., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
BURBAUGH, WALTER, L. U. 1138, Toledo,
Ohio
BURRINGTON, WILLIAM J., L. U. 226, Port-
land, Ore.
CARLSON, RAY L., L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
CASS, E. B., L. U. 281, Binghamton, N. Y.
CASTELLANI, ERSILIO, L. U. 18, Hamilton,
Ont.
CHACON, GENARO, L. U. 1353, Santa Fe,
N. M.
CLARK, E. J., L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
COOPER, G. S., L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
CROSBY, CARL J., L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
CROSTON, T. C, L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
DAHL, LUDWIG, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
DANIELSON, JOHN L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
DAVIS, RUDOLPH, L. U. 242, Chicago, 111.
DAY, J. W., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
DEAN, PARISH, L. U. 90, EvansviUe, Ind.
DEL TUFO, LOUIS, L. U. 1613, Newark, N. J.
DEUSCHER, JOSEPH, L. U. 116, Bay City,
Mich.
DONAKOWSKI, ANTHONY, L. U. 337, Detroit,
Mich.
DROUILLARD, EDWARD, L. U. 337, Detroit,
Mich.
ECKMAN, ALGOT, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
EGGAN, OLE, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
EHEART, A. J., L. U. 338, Richmond, Va.
ELLIOTT, C. H., L. U. 665, Amarillo, Texas
ENGLEBERT, MAX, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
ERICSON, OSCAR, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
FIBIGER, FRED, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
FILLAFER, EDWARD, L. U. 264, Milwaukee,
Wise.
FLODIN, H., L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
FORWARD, ERNEST, L. U. 226, Portland,
Ore.
GARZIERI, JOSEPH, L. U. 325, Paterson,
N. Y.
GATZKE, EDWARD, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
GOETZ, WILLIAM A., L. U. 665, Amarillo,
GOGGANS, CHARLES C, L. U. 213, Houston,
Texas
GOOD, A. B., L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
GORE, WILLIAM, L. U. 264, Milwaukee, Wise.
GRAVEN, AMUND, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
GRINSELL, NORMAN, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
GROPPENBOCKER, FRANK, L. U. 90, Evans-
viUe, Ind.
GROTTING, OLAF, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
HALL, CHARLES, L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
HANSON, A. L., L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
HARKEY, J. W., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
HAUFF, AL, L. U. 246, New York, N. Y.
HAZELETT, CHILTON, L. U. 200, Columbus,
Ohio
HEGLUND, S. J., L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
HEISS, LOUIS, L. U. 558, Elmhurst, IH.
HEWITT, ROY, L. U. 1394, Ft. Lauderdale,
Fla.
HISCOCK, ALEXANDER R., L. U. 1598, Vic-
toria, B. C.
HOLMES, GROVER, L. U. 1134, Mt. Kisco,
N. Y.
HORTON, CHESTER, L. U. 925, Salinas, Cal.
HUBBARD, W. O., L. U. 1570, Marysville, CaL
HUDSON, ARCHIE, L. U. 90, EvansviUe, Ind.
HUDSON, GEORGE, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
IZZO, FRED, L. U. 350, New Rochelle, N. Y.
JASMOND, ADOLPH, L. U. 242, Chicago, 111.
JOHNSON, CHARLES F., L. U. 337, Detroit,
Mich.
JOHNSON, C. C, L. U. 545, Kane, Pa.
JOHNSON, C. SIMON, L, U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
JOHNSON, GERALD, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
JOHNSON, JOHN, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
JOHNSON, OLIVER E., L. U. 337, Detroit,
Mich.
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^n 4Mejnoriam
JOHNSON, THEODORE R., L. U. 7, Minne-
apolis, Minn.
JUREK, IGNATZ, L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
KAMBESTAD, OLAV, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
KELLY, WILLIAM M., L. U. 337, Detroit,
Mich.
KENT, EDWIN, L. U. 116, Bay City, Mich.
KESTNER, MATHIAS, L. U. 182, Cleveland,
Ohio
KING, GEORGE A., L. U. 18, Hamilton, Ont.
KING, HARRY, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
KNOWLES, C. E., L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
KNOWLES, JOHN A., L. U. 2154, Portland,
Ore.
KNOX, JOHN T., L. U. 2435, Inglewood, Cal.
KRAEMER, OSCAR, L. U. 264, Milwaukee,
Wise.
KRANZ, D. J., L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
LAWSON, AARON, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
LEECH, J. T., L. U. 1423, Corpus Christi,
Texas
LEWIS, S. M., L. U. 1683, El Dorado, Ark.
LIND, SETH N., L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
LINDAHL, AXEL, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
LINDBERG, JOHN, L. U. 769, Pasadena, Cal.
LINDVALL, MARTIN, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
LINZEL. LOUIS, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
LITLE, HERBERT, L. U. 665, Amarillo, Texas
LONG, JOHN M., L. U. 982, Detroit, Mich.
LONN, OSCAR, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
LOVOLD, BERT, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
LOWELL, JACK, L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
LUND, HANS, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
MADISON, WILLIAM, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
MAGEE, COLEMAN H., L. U. 90, Evansville,
Ind.
MAHNKE, JOHN, L. U. 264, Milwaukee, Wise.
MALONEY, RUSSELL, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
MARKOWSKI, CHARLES, L. U. 414, Nanti-
coke, Pa.
MARSHALL, RONALD J., L. U. 1598, Victoria,
B C
MARTINEZ, MARTIN, L. U. 337, Detroit,
Mich.
MATTER, WILLIAM, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
McAULEY, DANIEL, L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
McCAFFREE, O. M., L. U. 665, Amarillo, Texas
McHALE, RICHARD, L. U. 2287, New York,
N. Y.
McLACHLIN, W. D., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
McLEAN, ROBERT, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
McVANNELL, LAWRENCE, L. U. 116, Bay
City, Mich.
MEHUS, NELS, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
METEVIA, WILLIAM, L. U. 116, Bay City,
Mich.
MOREUS, CARL, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
MORIN, AMOS, L. U. 116, Bay City, Mich.
NEACE, R. L., L. U. 302, Huntington, W. Va.
NEELY, CASSER, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
NELSON, HENRY, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
NESS, LOUIS, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
NEVA, WAYNE, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
NEZNICK, STANLEY, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
NICHOLAS, HARRY JOSEPH, L. U. 2039,
New Orleans, La.
NIMKE, JULIUS, L. U. 512, Ann Arbor, Mich.
NYBERG, OSCAR, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
OLSON, SANDER, L. U. 257, New York, N. Y.
ORTH, CRESENT, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
OSACHOFF, PETE, L. U. 2300, Castlegar,
B. C.
O'SELL, JOHN, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
OSTROM, LOUIS, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
OSTROWSKI, ANTHONY, L. U. 264, Milwau-
kee, Wise.
OVERBY, CHRIST, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
OVERBY, HANS, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
PARSLEY, C. E., L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
PAVLUSHIK, ALEXANDER, L. U. 7, Minne-
apolis, Minn.
PEARSON, CARL A., L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
PEINECKE, WILLIAM, L. U. 2287, New York,
N. Y.
PERRY, JAMES H., L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
PETERSON, CHRIS, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
PETERSON, EMIL G., L. U. 226, Portland,
Ore.
PETERSON, JOHN S., L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
POINDEXTER, GEORGE E., L. U. 213, Hous-
ton, Texas.
RAKOW, J. E., L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
RITZLER, KARL, L. U. 116, Bay City, Mich.
RODIA. JOHN, L. U. 325, Paterson, N. J.
ROGERS, FRED, L. U. 558, Elmhurst, 111.
ROHAN, A. F., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
RUSHFORD, WILBUR, L. U. 12, Syracuse,
N. Y.
RUSSEL, CARL. L. U. 90, Evansville, Ind.
SACARAIS, JOHN, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
SALVATI, ANTONIO, L. U. 257, New York,
N. Y.
SATHER, FRED, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
SAUVAGE, JOHN B., L. U. 1846, New Orleans,
La.
SCAGGS, LUTHER, L. U. 472, Ashland, Ky.
SCHNECK, GEORGE Jr., L. U. 298, Long
Island City, N. Y.
SCHNEIDER, EDWARD R., L. U. 226, Port-
land, Ore.
SMALL, A. H., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
SMITH, CLARENCE O., L. U. 226, Portland,
Ore.
SMITH, ERVIN G., L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
SMITH, JOHN T., L. U. 226, Portland, Ore.
SPARACIN, PETER, L. U. 246, New York,
N. Y.
SPAUGY, EDGAR A., L. U. 639, Akron, Ohio
STACKO, FLORIAN, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
STAHL, FRANK, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
STEJSKOL, EVON, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
STENQUIST, JULIUS, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
STEVENS, WARREN B., L. U. 213, Houston,
Texas
STRAUB, EUGENE, L. U. 264, Milwaukee,
Wise.
STREID, CARL, L. U. 558, Elmhurst, 111.
SWANSON, EINAR, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
SWEENEY, JAMES, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
THOMPSON, KNUTE, L. U. 15, Hackensack,
N. J.
TRACY, A. P., L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
VASILAUSKAS, ALBERT, L. U. 335, Grand
Rapids, Mich.
WALLIN, JOHN G., L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
WALTER, H. D. (Red), L. U. 1423, Corpus
Christi, Texas
WANDRIE, OTTO, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
WATSON, WALTER, L. U. 337, Detroit, Mich.
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THE C A K P E X T E R
WEESTRAND, WALFRED, L. U. 7, Minne-
apolis, Minn.
WEISS. WILLIAM E., L. U. 15, Hackensack,
N. J.
WETZ, L. A., L. U. 213, Houston, Texas
WHITTLEMAN, R. A., L. U. 213, Houston,
Texas
WILLIAMS, IDWALL, L. U. 40, Boston, Mass.
WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L., L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
WILLIAMSON, GEORGE H., L. U. 2164, San
Francisco, Cal.
cmoriam
WILSON, DAVID, L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
WILSON, EARL S., L. U. 7, Minneapolis, Minn.
WILSON, WILLIAM R., L. U. 226, Portland,
Ore.
WOLMUTT, GEORGE, L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
WYNN, WILLIAM S., L. U. 7, Minneapolis,
Minn.
YAILLEN, MORRIS, L. U. 264, Milwaukee,
Wise.
ZAHER, JOHN, L. U. 246, New York, N. Y.
ZERM, JOHN, L. U. 182, Cleveland, Ohio.
BROTHER INTRODUCES NEW, RETRACTABLE PLUMB BOB
Roy E. Reed, a Columbus brother, has come up with an en-
tirely new concept in plumb bobs. His new "Auto-Bob" is the only
one on the market which automatically rewinds the cord into the
brass case. Since it locks at any level, it eliminates the need for ty-
ing knots or using other gimmicks for adjusting the length of the
cord.
Sturdily constructed, the Auto-Bob is designed to give many
years of trouble-free service, according to Brother Reed.
Carpenters, plate glass installers, surveyors and others who use
transits on the job, all should find this new tool a time and temper
saving instrument. Those interested in further particulars can write
to Reed & Knaus, Inc., 49 Rosslyn Ave., Columbus 14, Ohio.
JOBLESS TO INCREASE IN 1961, SAYS PROFESSOR
Unemployment will increase next year, despite a modest upturn in eco-
nomic activity.
This forecast was made at The University of Michigan's eighth annual
conference on the Economic Outlook by Professor Daniel B. Suits of the U-M
Department of Economics.
Using a mathematical model of the economy. Suits said the gross national
product, which measures total production of goods and services, will rise
about two per cent in 1961, totaling $515 billion in present prices.
Despite this slightly higher level of economic activity, however, many of
the nation's new workers will be unable to find jobs. Suits estimates the labor
force will increase to a total of 71.4 million. But unemployment will rise by
500,000 to a total of 4.3 million, or six per cent of the total labor force.
The U-M expert said total car sales probably will decline 300,000 units,
from 6.5 million to 6.2 million, including both U. S. and foreign makes. Last
year he correctly forecast 1960 sales at 6.5 million.
Thanks largely to lower interest rates. Suits said non-farm housing starts
will increase by 200,000, rising from 1.2 million to 1.4 million.
"The nation is now in a modest recession," Suits declared. "The outlook
for 1961 certainly is not healthy, but no calamity is in view.
"Our economy needs to grow much faster than two per cent to absorb an
increasing number of new workers. At present, its underlying strength de-
rives largely from government expenditures and defense orders, plus a rela-
tively easy monetary policy."— PAI
utdoor
^eande
By Fred Goetz
Upland game bird hunters will agree
that the pheasant— big, colorful winger that
it is— has an uncanny capacity for being
v.'here it should not, and not being where
it sliould. Therefore you'll ofttimes find the
ringneck in the most unlikely of haunts. On
the other hand they will, to the exaspera-
tion of the hunter, be found in likely
haunts, so the only thing to do is hunt both
places— the logical and illogical.
Logical pheasant spots will be in the
broad fields and woodland fringes and in
the blackberry (or like) bushes. Gi\e 'em a
try there. Try too, the illogical haunts such
as the hillock-furrows of plowed fields; in
meager cover bordering the fence rows;
cover the short stubble of the harvested
hayfield \Ahere they will hunch down in the
depressions, hoping to escape detection.
The edges of swamps, sloughs and marsh-
es are also familiar hideouts, unless there is
snow or ice on the ground. If that is the
case, they will take to the surrounding
fields and seek some sort of cover.
Once the guns get to booming, the wary
cocks— like the big game animals— become
spooked and hard to hunt.
Here's hoping you'll get your share of
the wingers this >'ear . . . good luck.
« o e
We've been asked the question on several
occasions: Is there some way of distinguish-
ing between doe and buck tracks?
To that query we say: No, not definitely.
Some say that the track of the doe will
be pointed outward. That is not always
true. Others say that the buck's tracks will
be larger than the female; this is question-
able.
Okeh, so maybe the track of a small doe
and large buck -wiW be different, but trying
to tell the difference between a large doe
and small buck track is pure guesswork.
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I've always found it a good idea to keep
a weather-eye peeled on rod guides and tip-
top. I cjieck them often (at least before
every fishing trip) for any surface breaks or
abrasions. A slightly nicked guide or tiptop
can ruin a new line in minutes and lose
you that lunker of yours.
Fred Payne of Sioux Falls, South Dakota,
a member of Local 783, is 73 years of age.
He's done a lot of himting in his day but
says he's never had it so good as his trip to
the northwestern part of the state for an-
telope.
He sent in this photo (Fred's on the ex-
treme left) depicting himself and his four
hunting partners who downed five of the
pronghorn in less than two hours of gun-
ning.
Fred said it was the hunt-thrill of a life-
time.
A letter in our files from C. Wambold,
business representative of Local 532, El-
mira, N. Y. has a recipe for bannock or
camp bread, call it what you like:
"Mix dough at home for later use in
camp as follows:
Mix two cups of fiour, one-half tsp. salt,
then work in one tbs. shortening. Add about
three-quarters of a cup of water to make a
stiff batter. Place in a plastic bag until
ready to cook.
Put bread in a greased skillet and prop in
front of fire to bake."
Brother Wambold says this recipe was
inspired by the memory of his great grand-
mother who could whip out this recipe (she
called it pan bread) in noticing flat. "Those
were tlie days," recalls Wambold, "when
this bread was a matter of necessity, r^ither
than choice, 'cause they lived in them-th r'-
hills, way -to -heck -and -gone, where you
couldn't run down to the corner grocery
store, and had to do the next best thing."
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T TI E C A 11 P E N T E R
The following question from Carl Maxim
may be of interest to other readers: When
angling for game fish, I frequently cateh
some of the undesirable speeies sueh as
squavvfish, earp and sueker. What is the
best way to dispose of them? Should they
be returned to the water, or killed and
thrown back in the water or on the bank?
Answer: I would recommend that you
kill the unwanted specie and throw it back
in the water. The dead scrap fish, if not too
large, might provide a welcome fare for a
large trout. Fingerlings will peck away at
the dead carcass for nourishment. Crawfish,
choice trout food, obtain sustenance from
the remains. Fish, game and non-game,
die in the stream and lake every day, pro-
viding a necessary element in the balance
of nature.
According to the U. S. Department of
Commerce, American hunters and fishermen
invest, in pursuit of their favorite sport,
seven times the amount of money spent on
jewelry and three times the amount of cash
laid out for liquor.
« « tf .
Nicholas Pellicciotti, Pennsylvania turkey-
shooter, lauds his state as providing the best
of gobbler hunting.
He sends in a photo
of himself and a bird
he nailed on an over-
head shot in Tioga
County. He used 3 &
3/4 dr.. No. 4 shot.
The winger weighed
in at 20 pounds. Nick
says he's seen flocks
of between 30 to 40
birds come over in
this area.
Brother Pellicciotti, a member of Local
491 in Reading, lives in a town that just
has to have good wing shooting— Birdsboro,
Pennsylvania!
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D'dja know that: Bison, for all their great
bulk, are speedy runners. An adult may
weigh half a ton or more, but may be
capable of running across the plains at
speeds up to 40 miles an hour ... In con-
trast with the sharp, shrill whistle of the
bugling bull elk, the call of the bull moose
is a horse bellow or grunt . . . During hot
weatlier, black bears like to lie in damp
places where they sometimes remain semi-
dormant for as long as several days . . .
Despite popular belief, v easels don't suck
the blood of their prey. They do sometimes
kill more than they can eat at once, but
this surplus food is usually stored for future
use.
o o »
Brother Eric Gudat of Washingtonville,
Ohio, offers the following tip to outdoors-
men:
"The slickest item I carry with me during
all my outdoor meandering is the plastic,
lightweight cover that I get over my over-
coat when it comes from the cleaner. After
cutting a large hole in the top and sufficient
armholes, I slip it over me and let-it-rain.
It folds up to carry in most any pocket and
the weight is nil.
» o »
Lewis Banes of Monticello, Indiana, a
member of Local 3154, has an unusual tale
to relate and he says he'll tell it standing
on a stack of the "good books" as high as
the Empire State Building if necessary.
He recalls: "I was fishing over a bank and
hooked a nice fish. As I was reeling it up
the bank, a mink jumped out from a ditch
and grabbed it. I let the line go, and mink
and fish went tumbling into the ditch which
was full of water. The mink let go of the
fish when it hit the water, so I started reel-
ing it back. Then the mink charged again
and grabbed the fish, so I let the line go
and back into the watery ditch they fell.
The mink, let go of the fish again and this
time scurried off downstream.
Lew claims to be the only angler that has
caught a fish and a mink— on the same line!
Anybody want to challenge his claim?
e « «
Seems like steelhead are developing
strange appetites these days. One caught
recently was found to have 40 sinkers and
one bridge rivet in its stomach— total weight
two pounds!
This undigestible glob had worn a hole
in the steelie's stomach walls and was found
lying alongside a cluster of eggs.
The eggs had been damaged and a small
hole had started to develop in the outside
cavity from the load.
Conservation officer, Don McPherson,
said that a wax paper package was found
caught in the steelie's throat, and con-
cluded that the sinkers must have been en-
closed in this package and were dropped
in the river by some fisherman.
Could it be that the steelhead thought
it was a salami sandwich all wrapped up
in wax paper?
This Journal is Not Responsible for Views Expressed by Correspondents.
LOCAL UNION 1772 HONORS ONE OF ITS OFFICERS
Last summer. Local Union No. 1772, Hicksville, New York, took time out from its
routine business to pay tribute to one of its outstanding officials.
The honored guest was Oscar T. Olsen, business representative and financial secretary,
whose hard work and enthusiasm over the years has enabled the union to make the
progress it has.
Shown in the picture taken at Local Union 1772's testimonial dinner are, from left to right:
Robert Beard, dinner chairman; Charles Johnson, Jr., General Executive Board member; John
Rogers, East Coast organizer; Richard E. Livingston, General Secretary; Oscar T. Olsen, the
honored guest who is also business representative and financial secretary of the Local; O. Wm.
Blaier, Second General Vice President; Silas Valantine, chairman of the Reception Committee;
Abe Saul, East Coast organizer; and Pat Campbell, East Coast organizer.
The testimonial dinner was held at the Garden City Hotel. Some 650 guests were
present to pay their respects to one of the truly great labor men in the area. Brother
Olsen was given a wide variety of gifts by admirers and friends.
Special guests included General Secretary Richard E. Livingston, Second General
Vice President O. Wm. Blaier, and General Executive Board Member Charles Johnson,
Jr. Brother Johnson acted as master of ceremonies and did his usual fine job of intro-
ducing speakers and keeping the affair both lively and interesting.
SANTA ROSA ERECTING BOYS CLUB
Thanks to the public spiritedness of building tradesmen of the area, Santa Rosa, Cali-
fornia, is erecting one of the finest boys club buildings in the nation.
The community is raising funds for materials and incidental expenses, but members
of the Building Trades Union are volunteering skill and know-how required to get the job
done.
At a recent luncheon meeting, Mr. E. L. McKenzie, regional director for Boys Clubs
of America, told the guests: "It is a pleasure to be here widi you. Labor has done more
for our movement than any group in the country. You've done a wonderful job here. That
building is going to be one of the finest in the country."
Labor Section of the building campaign was headed by Brother E. A. (Al) Brown.
Through the campaign citizens of the area are learning that unions are not the selfish,
self-centered organizations the enemies of labor proclaim tliem to be.
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T II K c A u I' i: \ r I-: k
LOS ANGELES MILLWRIGHTS HONOR GHARTER MEMBERS
Shown is picture taken at a dinner held the evening of May 27, 1960, honoring the
charter members of Millwrights Local Union 1607 of Los Angeles, California, as well as
those members having over 25 years of membership in the United Brotherhood.
Charter members present were, standing left to right: William Sidell, John Borgland,
Robert Bigelow, John McDonald, Lawrence Robertson, and Pat Pattison. Seated, left to
right: Herman Barbaglia, John Sundquist, Lem Merritt, and Lovi Bettinger.
Unable to attend were J. Mason Noble, Carl Kelly, Andrew Nelson, and Harry Person.
.'^dding up the accumulated years of membership, together with that of Brothers Leo
Iiei-old and B. M. Norvelle, amounted to 405 years, or' an average of 28.9 years!
The membership honors went to Brother John McDonald with 44 years to his credit.
His is certainly a noteworthy achievement.
All members with 25 years of membership were presented 25-year lapel pins by Brother
William Sidell, secretary-treasurer of Los Angeles County District Council of Carpenters.
Guests, also, were Brother Pat Pattison of the District Council, and members of the
Executive Board of Local No. 1607.
LOCAL UNION No. 957 HONORS OLD TIMER
Recently Local Union 957, Still-
water, Minnesota, sponsored a ban-
quet to pay tribute to Brother Axel
Brosell, who joined the United
Brotherhood in St. Paul in the year
1910. In 1919 he moved to Still-
water and cleared into Local Union
957.
Over the years he has been a
hard-working and dedicated mem-
ber of that union. He has held
virtually every office within the gift
of the local union to bestow.
In the accompanying picture
Mrs. Brosell is pinning the 50-year
pin on her husband's lapel as Presi-
dent Myron Melstrom looks on.
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HOMESTEAD LOCAL REACHES 73rd YEAR OF EXISTENCE
Homestead, Pennsylvania, is a name that occupies a very iirm niche in labor history.
The steel strike of 1892 rocketed it into prominence that has never faded out completely.
When the steel strike of 1892
was on, Homestead Local Un-
ion No. 288 was already five
years old. Recently, the local
held its 73rd Annual Banquet
at the Vogue Terrace, McKees-
port, Pennsylvania. The affair
was attended by some 800 peo-
ple, both members and guests.
For a few happy hours the
old timers and younger mem-
bers had fine food together,
reminisced about other times,
and enjoyed themselves thor-
oughly. The main speaker of
the evening was Second Gen-
eral Vice President O. William
Blaier, who gave a historv of
our Brotherhood relative to the
steel strike in Homestead in
1892.
Another featured speaker
was Brother Raleigh Rajoppi,
Second District Board Member,
who suggested the establish-
ment of a class for business
representatives at Rutgers Uni-
versity to enhance their knowl-
edge of labor relations, collec-
tive bargaining, etc.
In the photo, taken at Homestead Local No. 288's 73rd
Annual Banquet, appear in front row, from left to right:
Secretary-T: easurer Carl T. Westland of the Pittsburgh Dis-
trict Council; William J. KeUy, ex-Board member of the
United Brotherhood and retired business manager of the
Carpenters District Council of Pittsburgh and Vicinity; O.
William B'aier, Second General Vice President; Raleigh Ra-
joppi, Board member. Second District.
Back row, standing, from 'eft to right: Patric Cosgrove,
vice president, Pittsburgh District Council; Edward Van-
sickle, president of Local Union 288; Robert H. Gray, secre-
tary, Metropolitan District Council of Philadelphia; John T.
Garvey, Deputy Secretary of Labor, Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania; and Charles M. Slinker, president of the State
Council and general representative of the United Brotherhood.
John T. Garvey, Deputy Secretary of Labor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, gave a
very complete address as to the workings of his department.
Brother Carl T. Westland, secretary-treasurer of the Pittsburgh District Council and
also financial secretary of Local Union 288, acted as toastmaster and gave a masterly
performance.
A floor show and dancing wound up the evening, and the parting guests were
unanimous in their praise of the event.
CANTON, OHIO, LOCAL HONORS OLD TIMER
Local Union No. 143, Canton, Ohio, is proud of one
of its great old timers. His name is Thomas William Smith
and he has been a member of the Union for over 53 years.
But even before that time he held membership in the
Amalgamated Society.
Sixty-one years ago, he began as an apprentice in the
old country. After serving six years of apprenticeship he
became eligible to join the union and immediately became
an Amalgamated member.
After serving nearly four years in the British Army in
France he moved to Canton and deposited his book with
Local Union No. 143. Since that time, he has served in
several official capacities as well as delegate to the Cen-
tral Labor Union. Several years ago he was awarded his
50-year pin.
The camera records Brother
Smith in a moment of relaxa-
tion.
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THE C A R 1» E X T E R
POCATELLO AUXILIARY No. 593 PRESENTS EMBLEM IN NEEDLEWORK
At Pocatello, when Idaho's Tenth Annual Apprentieeship Completion Ceremonies was
held, September 16th, needlework replieas of the apprentieeship emblem, "Apprentieeship
—The Nucleus of Craftsmanship," were presented as Special Appreciation Awards to
two officials of the Bureau of
Apprentieeship and Training
for their "untiring efforts in
promoting and maintaining
bona fide apprentieeship."
This needlework was done
by members of the Brother-
hood's Pocatello Auxiliary No.
593. A framed citation accom-
panied each needlework rep-
lica.
The recipients of the awards
were Edward E. Goshen, Ex-
ecutive Director of the Ap-
prenticeship Service, Bureau of
Apprentieeship and Training,
Washington, D. C, and War-
ren I. Cassidy, Idaho State
Supervisor of the Bureau of
Apprenticeship and Training
from Boise, Idaho. Goshen was
the Department of Labor
speaker at the Completion
Ceremonies and Mr. Cassidy
attended as honored guest.
vftiSiia
Picture shows Mrs. Al Vail, secretary of the Pocatello
Auxiliary No. 593, as she displays the beautiful needlework
replica of apprenticeship emblem which was presented to
Edward E. Goshen, executive director of Apprenticeship Serv-
ice, Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, and Warren I.
Cassidy, Idaho state supervisor, Bureau of Apprenticeship
and Training. The presentation was made jointly by Auxil-
iary 593 and Pocatello Area Joint Apprenticeship Council.
The others shown are, from left to right: Warren I. Cas-
sity; Edward E. Goshen; James R. Allen, chairman of the
Pocatello Area Joint Apprenticeship Council; and Reed
Tripp, secretary of the Council.
Mrs. Al Vail, secretary of Pocatello Auxiliary No. 593, in making the presentation speech
gave a woman's viewpoint of apprenticeship when she said, "In the past, management's
and labor's stake in the apprentice system has been emphasized and re-emphasized, but I
feel that women also have a tremendous interest in the apprentice system. As wives of
craftsmen who are masters of their trade, we can be secure in the knowledge that the
services of the head of the household will be in demand. We can feel secure with the
knowledge that our husbands' skills will supply us with a decent standard of living. A
decent standard of living of course means, not just enough to get by on, but the little
additional conveniences that make life easier, an education for our children, etc. Yes,
the apprentice system means a great deal to wives and mothers as well as management
and labor."
At the conclusion of Mrs. Vail's speech, James R. Allen, chairman of the Council, pre-
sented tlie awards, and Reed Tripp, secretary of the Council, congratulated the recipients.
Among the twenty young journeymen who received Certificates of Completion of
Apprenticeship at the ceremonies, there were five Carpenter members of Local No. 1258,
Pocatello. They were: Aaron L. Davidson, Gary E. Henson, Jack E. Lambert, Robert
Victor Pickens, and James Spillet.
Darrel H. Dorman, member of Boise Local 635 and president of the Idaho State AFL-
CIO, gave the Response in Behalf of Labor at the Completion Ceremonies. Response in
Behalf of Management was given by Gerald R. Winkler, executive vice president, Idaho
Sheet Metal Contractors Association, Pocatello.
CAN THIS RECORD BE TOPPED?
Is 47 years of continuous service as recording secretary a record in our Brotherhood?
Members in and around Cincinnati are wonderirig.
Recently Brother C. H. Poppe retired as recording secretary of Local Union 224 after
completing 47 years of continuous service.
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37
Brother Poppe started his apprenticeship in 1906 and joined Local Union No. 628 very
shortly thereafter. In 1913 he was elected recording secretary and continued in that capac-
ity through several consolidations which integrated several local unions. A few months
ago, he found it necessary to retire, but he leaves behind him a record of service that
will be hard to match.
LOCAL UNION 242 AWARDS 50-YEAR PINS
At a special party held on
the night of October 3, Local
Union 242, Chicago, awarded
50-year pins to a group of its
veteran members.
In the above picture. Broth-
er Ted Kenney, president of
the Chicago District Council
(far right), pins an award on
the lapel of Brother George
Gruendl.
Odier members in the pic-
ture (left to right, seated): Paul
Braun, George Nuebert, Wil-
liam Kruspe, and Alfred Lo-
renz.
Left to right, rear: Fred A.
Mock, business representative;
Henry J. Mock, business repre-
sentative emeritus, and Presi-
dent Thomas C. Murphy.
Frank Frieden, manager of the Chicago District Council Welfare and Pension Plan,
gave a talk on the Welfare and Pension Plan.
All \^ho attended voted the evening a great success.
NIAGARA FALLS LOCAL CELEBRATES 61st ANNIVERSARY
Local No. 322 of Niagara Falls, New York, celebrated its 61st Anniversary by honor-
ing its 25 and 50-year members.
Five members were presented 50-year pins and eighty-four members were presented 25-
year pins. A surprise and pleasant gift of a gold stick-pin was given to each honored mem-
ber from General President M. A. Ilutcheson and the General Officers.
About 1000 members and their guests attended this aflFair, which was held at tlie
Town Casino, Buffalo, New York, August 20, 1960. The members enjoyed a prime rib-
of-beef dinner, floor show, and dancing. Business Representative Bob Sprague introduced
General Representative Patrick J. Campbell, who was toastmaster for the evening. Gen-
eral Secretary Richard E. Livingston gave the keynote speech honoring those brotliers
who had done so much to advance tlie Brotherhood.
38 TIIECARPENTER
Several guests were in\itcd to this affair, including Abe Saul, District Director of
East Coast Organizing Office; General Representative Robert Laing; Sam Ruggiano,
organizer from the East Coast Office; and John McMahon, Secretary-Treasurer of the New
York State Council of Carpenters.
The Very Reverend Monsignor James A. Healy, Chaplain, Niagara County AFL-CIO,
gave the invocation and Reverend Cuthbert MacLean gave the benediction.
19 RETIRED CARPENTERS GET PENSIONS AT NEWBURGH
Nineteen members of Local 301, Newburgh, New York, last month began receiving
pension checks under an agreement made two years ago between the Hudson Valley Dis-
trict Council of Carpenters and various building associations.
The checks, except for a retired member now residing in California, were delivered
personally by Bernard Murray, business agent of Local 301, who said the local agreement
was made with the General Contractors and Builders Association of Newburgh.
The fund was set up in June of 1958 follow-
ing a collective bargaining agreement with the
association.
At that time one per cent of each contractor's
payroll was deposited in the fund. In June of
this year the percentage went to two per cent
and, on December 1, increases again to three
per cent.
Each of the recipients of the new pension
was given a letter from George E. Yerry, Jr.,
president and general agent of the Hudson Val-
ley District Council of Carpenters, which stated,
in part:
"It was decided that those eligible for pen-
George DeHart, 68-year member of gigns and who had retired prior to June 1, 1959
Local Union 301, casts an appreciative i i i i p i
eye over a pension check received from WOuld be the farst OneS tO receive them in
MT^D^e^Hi^t^rcheck^il^the^fi^sT^o^ltem recognition of the faithful performance of our
from agreement between Carpenters and old time members who made it possible for OUr
builders made two years ago. unions to function as they are doing today."
The first member to receive his pension check was George DeHart of 35 FuUerton,
Newburgh, who is 90 years old. Mr. DeHart was initiated in Local 301 on September 26,
1892. His membership of 68 years is the longest of any, and additionally, he is the oldest
member of the local.
He said he thought the pension plan was a "wonderful thing," and added, "But I
could still go out and do a day's work today!"
MEMBER'S TWO SONS APPOINTED TO ARMED FORCES ACADEMIES
Recently we ran a story telling about two members of Local No. 854, Cincinnati,
providing sons to the U. S. Naval Academy.
From Brainerd, Minnesota, comes a challenging story:
In June of this year Larry D. Struck was graduated from the U. S. Military Academy
at West Point and commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force.
Meanwhile, his brother, Allan P. Struck, was entering the U. S. Naval Academy,
Both are sons of Aaron C. Struck, a member of Local Union No. 951 at Brainerd.
The younger Struck was appointed to both the Military Academy at West Point and
the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He selected the Navy as his first choice.
So here we have one example of one Brotherhood family supplying a future general
as well as a future admiral.
OREGON STATE COUNCIL AUXILIARIES ELECT OFFICERS
To the Editor:
The Oregon State Council of Carpenters' Auxiharies held their Fifth Annual Comen-
tion in Coos Bay, Oregon, on April 21, 22, and 23. Mrs. Maxine Adams, vice president
of the Washington State Auxiliary visited us and installed our new officers.
Ovu" main project is donating
a Campship Easter Seal for a
crippled child. We also stress
the use of the Union Label and
urge our members to always
be looking for it.
Shown in the picture are of-
ficers for the coming year as
well as the conductress. They
are, left to right:
Esther Bork, conductress, of
Baker; Ellen Burns, treasurer,
of Hcrmiston; Pearl Levander,
secretary, Ontario; Jane Eraser,
president, Portland; and Fern
Anderson, \ice president, On-
tario.
Fraternally, Jean Potucek, Past Secretary
Oregon State Council
of Carpenters' Auxiliaries.
SALT LAKE CITY AUXILIARY HAS 31st BIRTHDAY
To the Editor:
We, the Ladies of Carpenters Auxiliary No. 218 of Salt Lake City, Utah, would like to
show off a tiny bit. We celebrated our thirty-first birthday on April 10th of this >ear with a
banquet, and at the same time honored our charter members, Mrs. Chrissie Wilson, Mrs.
Adalade Daughters, and Mrs. Lillian Johnson.
We held our election of officers in June. Those that will now liold our \\onderful
group together are:
Eddie Fisher, president; Carrie Clement, vice president; Vee Gehring, recording secre-
tary; Martha Larson, financial secretary; Minnie Young, Erma Wilden, and Emma Johnson,
trustees; Cora Jenson, conductor, and Ahirjorie Bonner, warden.
August found us hard at work. The AFL-CIO Con\ention of Utah was held at our
lx;autiful Carpenters Hall, located at 120 W. 13th St., Salt Lake City. Here we cooked
and served lunch to the ladies and men for the three-day con\ention. Of course we came
out winners to the tune of quite a little do-re-mi for our treasury. Again a little bragging
—we took first prize for our poster in the Union Label Contest.
It is very nice to hear about aeti\ ities of other Auxiliaries, and we wish all of them the
best of luck.
Sincerely yours,
Larae Lipsey, Publicity Editor
340 S. 1200, East Sandy, Utah
40
T HE CARP 10 X T E R
PRESENTING TWO AWARD WINNERS
To the Editor:
The BeUingliani (Washington) AuxiHary No. 198 is extremely proud this year on two
counts: one of our members,
Betty Deeter, won two awards
in archery contests, and the
daughter of a member won the
title of "Miss Washington" and
will represent the state at At-
lantic City in the contest for
Miss America. She is Connie
Hughs, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Chet Hughs.
Connie is shown in the ac-
companying picture presenting
Betty Deeter her trophy for
winning top place in archery.
Fraternally,
J m-. Frances Hilliard, Rec. Sec.
" ■=—«—«-' IIQQ High St.
Bellingham, Wash.
HOUSTON LADIES CELEBRATE 45th ANNIVERSARY
To the Editor:
Auxiliary members of No. 6 of Houston, Texas, send our greetings to all Sister Aux-
iliaries. Our members have enjoyed THE CARPENTER for many years.
We will celebrate our 45th Anniversary with a luncheon in July for members and their
families. We have many members with 30 years' membership in our Auxiliary, for which
we are very proud. Our election of officers was held in June and we had our installation
with Local 213. The officers recently elected are: President Mrs. H. P. Bonham, (re-elected);
Vice-Pres. Mrs. S. C. Hendrix; Treasurer Mrs. Joe' Williams; Secretary Mrs. M. B. Mene-
fee; Conductor Mrs. R. K. Bayman; Warden Mrs. George Stein; Trustees Janie Bryant,
J. H. Burkhalter, Jess Porter; Chaplain Mrs. J. W. Holland; Musician Mrs. Clyde Ballanger;
Flag Bearer Mrs. W. H. Lange and Reporter Mrs. Jack Walrod.
Our Auxiliary has been very active this past year. We have given the Arabian Crippled
Children's Clinic $25 to help carry on the wonderful work they are doing. The United Fund
is also one of our charities. We have a member living in the Baptist Haven, a home for
our aged citizens. She is Anna Baldwin, who has been a member of the Auxiliary for many
years. On Mother's Day, birthdays and holidays, we visit those in the home with flowers,
gifts, and home-made cookies and cakes— which they enjoy so much.
We meet twice a month in a room reserved for us by Local 213. The room is well
equipped for our dinners and functions.
We celebrated the 90th birthday of Mr. Ed Wickes with Open House recently. He
was presented a box of his favorite cigars from our Auxiliary, and many old friends wished
him a great number of additional years of abundant life.
Our sponsoring Local presented us with two new, large silk flags for our Hall.
Two of our members just returned home from the State Convention: Mrs. H. P.
Bonham, president, and Mrs. M. B. Menefee, secretary. They reported a good convention,
well attended.
We enjoy hearing from other Auxiliaries.
Fraternally,
Louise Walrod, Reporter.
NEWLY-CHARTERED AUXILIARY TAKES ITS BOW
To the Editor:
The Charter Dinner and Installation of Officers of the newly-organized Millwrights La-
dies Auxiliary 801 (sponsored by Millwrights Local Union 102 of Oakland, California)
was held July 9th at Trader Bob's in Hayward.
THE C A R,P ENTER
41
General Representatives Clarence E. Briggs and James W. Curry were speakers for the
occasion. Installing Officer was Mrs. Gladys Hindmarsh, president of the Carpenters Ladies
Auxiliary No. 465 of Hayward, assisted by Mrs. Freta Toensing, treasurer, and Mrs.
E\elyn Babcock, recording secretary, of the same Auxiliary.
Officers installed are: President Mrs. Carl (Erma) Bremer; Vice President Mrs. Douglas
(Naomi) Wilson; Recording Sec'y Mrs. Albert W. (Zoe) Matthews; Fin. Sec'y-Treas. Mrs.
Douglas (Nita) Rochelle; Warden Mrs. Edwin (Pearl) Cresser; Conductress Mrs. Hershel
E. (Helen) Conn.
Two of the ladies of Hayv/ard, Calif., proudly exhibit new charter of Auxiliary No. 801.
Trustees: 3-year term— Mrs. Charles (Nell) Harwood; 2-year term— Mrs. Jim (Jo)
Green; 1-year term— Mrs. William (Garnet) Hill.
Ray Green, business agent of Millwrights Local Union 102, and Gus Toensing, president
of Carpenters Local Union 1622, were in attendance, as well as husbands of other mem-
bers of the new auxiliary.
There are presently 28 charter members; however, the charter will be held open until
July 23rd, so it is anticipated more will be added by that time. Other charter members in
addition to the officers listed above are: Eunice Pollack, Mabel Smith, Isabell Billa, Car-
lene Bynum, Irma Coester, Alice Curry, Jennie Curry, Marina Hedlund, Jane House,
Stella Winford, Evelyn Zierman, Helen Kilgore, Lois Malchus, Mildred Preszler, Edith
Roach, Edna Shaw, Dorothy Shepard, and Olive Stitt.
Meetings are held bi-monthly, the second Friday evening in San Francisco, and the
fourth Friday in Oakland.
Fraternally,
Mrs. Albert W. Matthews, Rec. Sec'y
22017 Betlen Way
Hayward, Calif.
GLUE MAY REPLACE A STITCH IN TIME
Clothing without stitches, houses without nails, and airplanes without rivets— these
are among the possibilities foreseen by a University of Michigan expert on adhesives.
Alan A. Marra, professor of wood technology at the U-M, says strong, new adliesives will
be increasingly substituted for nails, screws, rivets and other fasteners now in common
use.
Marra recently was elected to a two-year term as chairman of the Committee on
Adhesives, American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM).
Craft ProblQms
Carpentry
By H. H. Siegele
LESSON 385
Sawhorses.— A story is told about Abra-
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In the days when Lincoln vw.s running for
the Legislature and was making stump
speeches, a horse trader came into the crowd
tliat had gathered to hear Lincoln, and
announced his business by shouting: "Any
one here wanting to trade horses?" The
time had not yet arrived for the speech,
so Lincoln got up and said: "Yes, I'll trade
horses with you— what do you say— shall we
Fig. 1
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agreed, and went after his horse. In the
meantime Lincoln took an old sawhorse
that was used to support one corner of the
platform from which he was to speak, and
set it before the crowd, supporting the plat-
form with a better one. When the horse
trader appeared, leading an old plug tliat
could hardly walk, Lincoln handed him the
old sawhorse, and to the crowd said:
"Gentlemen, this is the first time I've ever
been beaten in a horse trade."
Fig. 2
Different Kinds of Sawhorses.— ^Fig. i
shows two views of a substantial sawhorse.
The beam is made of a 2"x4" with a
l"x4" nailed to each edge. The legs are
slightly tapered and are fastened to the
beam, spreading outwardly a little, as shown
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Iry die view to tlie left. To the right is
showTi a cross section of the horse. Here the
legs Lire spread 16 inches at the bottom. Fig.
2 shows two views of a different end con-
struction of the same layout. Here the ends
of the bottom l"x4" and the ends of the
2"x4" are cut off flush with the edges of
the legs, and an endboard is nailed o\er the
cut-off ends, as shown by dotted lines on
the drawing.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3 shows a sawhorse with legs that
join the beam with direct bearings. This is
indicated to the right by dotted lines. How
the endboard is fastened is also shown by
the drawing to the right. Notice the spread
of the legs on both drawings. To the right
the legs are shown tapered, from the end-
Fig. 4
board down. F-g. 4 shows details of the
joint between the beam and the legs. The
toe-nails that fasten the legs to the beam
are shown by dotted lines. Fig. 5 shows
how to mark the legs with the steel square.
The figures to use on the square are 23 V2
on the blade, and 1 % on tiie tongue. To
the left is shown a leg that is cut, ready to
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appearance. How to get the edge bevel for
cutting the legs is shown by Fig. 6. Here
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and 6% on the tongue. To the left is shown
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A steel square method of getting the
length of the legs is shown by Fig. 7. The
square is appHed to the stock, as shown by
F;"g. 6. Now proceed by setting one leg of
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point O. Then swing this leg to the right,
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the edge of the blade. This shows that the
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are made of 2".\4"s. The bottom drawing
shows the beam before the l"x4" top piece
Fig. 6
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of the 2"x4"s. To the right we have the
same kind of construction with the l"x4"
top piece omitted. In short, the drawing to
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possible setting the horses on joists spaced
16 inches on center. The 4-foot length will
reach over three 16-inch spaces, while the
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spaces. When horses are set on joists in this
way, it is important that the legs be tacked
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Exactly controlled depth of cut. Extremely
rugged, solid and trouble-free. 24" x 4" saw
included. See your dealer.
for free
L'iferature Wrife
Depr. C-38
MILLERS FALLS COMPANY
Greenfield, Mass.
Millers falls
TOOLS
SLIDE CALCULATOR FOR RAFTERS
^i#aj!"iB^jitiii.L^
!■£ jiji !& 'ii ti i$ £i! jj.-lil -i'llijlj^
Makes figuring rafters a cinch! Shows the length of any
rafter having a run of from 2 to 23 feet; longer lengths are
found by doubling. Covers 17 different pitches. Shows lengths
of hips and valleys, commons, jacks, and gives the cuts for
each pitch, also the angle in degrees and minutes. Fastest
method known, eliminates chance of error, so simple anyone
who can read numbers can use it. NOT A SLIDE RULE but
a Slide Calculator designed especially for Carpenters. Con-
tractors and Architects. Thousands in use. See your Hard-
ware Dealer or local B. A. If they can not supply you
send $3.50 to —
MASON ENGINEERING SERVICE
2105 N. Burdick
Kalamazoo, Mich.
For Canadian prices write
Curry's Art Store, 756 Yonge St., Toronto 5.
M BIG PROFITS
Sharpening
Hand Saws
■^ The Foley Saw Ketoother
cuts perfect new teeth right
over old ones in less than 1 minute,
ithout removing saw handle. Makes filing
easy. Takes all hand saws 4 to 16 points per inch. Believes
eye-strain. No experience needed.
^r^^^r^T Foley Price Guide of saw sharpening charges.
r r^^Ct Send coupon today. No Salesman will call.
FOLEY MFG. CO. Minneapolis is, mi'nn. {
Send FREE Price Guide and Foley Retoother circular. I
|Na
Address \
NOTICE
The publishers of "The Carpenter" reserve the
right to reject all advertising matter which may
be, in their judgment, unfair or objectionable to
the membership of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America.
All contracts for advertising space in "The Car-
penter," including those stipulated as non-can-
cellable, are only accepted subject to the above
reserved rights of the publishers.
Index of Advertisers
Carpenters' Tools and Accessories
Page
Belsaw Machinery Co., Kansas
City, Mo. 44-3rd Cover
Eliason Tool Co., Minneapolis,
Minn. 44
Estwing Mfg. Co., Rockford, 111. 48
Evans Rule Co., Elizabeth, N. J.,
& Montreal, Que 3rd Cover
Foley Mfg. Co., Minneapolis,
Minn. 46-47
Hydrolevel, Ocean Springs, Miss. 48
Illinois Stamping & Mfg. Co.,
Chicago, 111. 45
Mason Engineering Service,
Kalamazoo, Mich. 46
Millers Falls Co., Greenfield,
Mass. 46
R. M. Rumbold Co., Thornton, 111. 3rd Cover
The Speed Corp., Portland, Ore. 48
Stanley Tools, New Britain,
Conn. 47
Swanson Tool Co., Oak Lawn,
111. 48
U-Etch-It Kit, Silver Spring,
Md. 43
Technical Courses and Books
Helton School, Chicago, 111 43
Chicago Technical College, Chi-
cago, 111. 1
H. H. Siegele, Emporia, Kans.__ 42
KEEP THE MONElf
IN THE FAMILI
PATRONIZE
ADVERTISERS
NEW!
LIFE GUARD RULE
Pat. Pending
yellow blade clad
in miracle MYLAR"^
• Yellow for maximum visibility
• Outlast Other blades 3 to 1
• Acid-proof, wear resistant!
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*DuPonf Trademark for
its Polyester Film
STANLEY
®
THE root BOX OF IHE WORLD
Mylar* — the amazing new miracle plastic —
covers every inch of Stanley's new life
GUARD rule blades, lifeguards against wear . . .
safeguards against most solvents, oil, alkalies,
acids. Black-on-yellow, this revolutionary
new blade is far easier to read, too.
Ask your Stanley hardware dealer or buUd-
ing supply dealer to show you one of these
exclusive life guard rules today.
FILE SAWS EASILY, AUTOMATICALLY
You don't need special "know-how" or previous
experience to get perfect results when you use the
Foley Automatic Saw Filer. Mechanically accu-
rate, easy to operate— merely follow step-by-step
instructions. Used by saw manufacturers them-
selves. The new model 200 Foley Saw Filer is
the first and only machine that files hand, band
and both "combination" and cross-cut circular
saws. Foley shows how to establish a profitable
saw filing service, how to get business, etc.
The Foley Saw Filer files all hand saws, "com-
bination" and cross-cut circular saws from 4" to
24" in diameter, and all band saws to 4^/4" wide—
with 3 to 16 points per inch. Exclusive Foley
jointing action returns uneven teeth to perfect
size, spacing and alignment.
SEND FOR FREE BOOKLET
FOLEY MFG. CO., 1218-0 Foley BIdg., Minneapolit 18, Minn.
Please send complete informotion on Foley Saw Filer and how
to succeed in saw filing business.
Name_
Address.
City
_State_
Posiiivr pitch iind iingli
ihis handy Ruidu. Kils nn
hand siiw. Cumplotc
filo. Giiar.intcrd. SJ.05. — -
JOINTER and SAW SET/>^
Now vcM. cjn joml .m.. v.., you, onv.L.r '^ ^
sows with .MS1-. Cu-tS bl.ld.N ..llM.lut. I
roumi . . . tlic set uiiiroiin ami iuiur.il.
Takis 6' to ir saws willi I J" to T- H
ccntoi-^. Complete with fik-. SI, 95.
THE SPEED CORP. Dept. A
9509 S.E. Division, Porllond, Ore.
,1 I.- I,, IJ- I.I, 111.-
and sliiirp. Comiilptf
Ih file, $6.93.
2 SIMPLE
ASSEMBLIES
for FOOTINGS-FLOORS
The old reliable water level i.s now
moderni/efl into an accurate low-
cost layout level. 50 ft. clear tough
vinyl tul)e gives you 100 ft. of leveling in each
.set-up, and on and on. With its new poly-
ethylene container-reservoir, the LEVELEASY
remains filled and ready for fast one-man leveling.
Compact, durable and simple, this amazing level
is packed with complete illustrated instructions on
modern liquid leveling. If your dealer ha.s not yet
stocked the LEVELEASY, use our prompt mail serv-
ice. Send your check or money order today for only
$7.95. Postal charges will be added on C.O.D. orders.
Money back guarantee.
HYDROLEVEL 925 OeSoto Ave., Ocean Sp
rings, Miss,
For bevel
or pointed ends
on most rafters,
merely tilt eiee.
saw to 45 degrees,
then follow top or
plumb cut mark.
ROOF FRAMING MADE EASY
wlfh the
SWANSON SPEED SQUARE
Frame your roof as easily as your joist or studs. Send Dllc
for KAFTER LENGTH booklet, yiving lengths of all rafters
for any size building. Also a COXSTRUCTION FOLUKIl:
"Framing a Root with the SWANSON SPEED SQUARE."
Many otiier uses in framing.
Maile from a ono-pieee casting of tough Aluminum Alloy
—DEEP CAST IN FIGURES— ALWAYS EASY TO READ.
Easy on your poeket. 7%" size.
Indispensable for inside trim work and home workshop.
No carpenter, home owner, farmer or handyman should be
without this tool/ Price with TWO Rafter Books $4.25 post-
paid. C.O.D. costs additional. Thousands in use. Always sold
with a money back guarantee.
SWANSON TOOL CO.
9113 S. 53rd Ave., Oak Lawn, Illinois
Gift Boxed ESTWING SUPREME
NAIL HAMMERS unbreakable
CHOICE OF CURVED OR STRAIGHT CLAW
E3-16C-Curved List $5.35
E3-16S-Straight List $5.35
First Choice of
Skilled Craftsmen
9 Forged One -Piece Head -Han-
dle of Finest Tool Steel
9 Strongest Construction Known
* Exclusive Nylon -Vinyl Deep
Cushion Grip
* Molded On— Will never Loos-
en, Come Off, or Wear Out
'Mark of the Skilled'
INVENTORS AND WORLD'S
ONLY SPECIALISTS
OF UNBREAKABLE TOOLS
ESTWING MFG. CO., Dept. 0-12, Rockford, III.
HANG DOORS EASIER
with the New
BUTT MORTISE PLANE
—Saves Time
— Accurate
You can make clean, even mortises of
uniform depth and with smooth square
corners.
SIMPLE TO USE
1. Use chisel as illus-
trated
2. Using hinge butt as
gauge, set blade for
proper depth
3. Plane remainder of
wood by using plane
in both directions.
"A Carpenter's Tool Designed fay o Corpenfer"
If your dealer cannot supply you, send us
your check or Money Order and we will ship
prepaid or C. O. D. plus postage and charges.
R. M. RUMBOLD CO.
Box 233
Thornton, III.
NEVER BEFORE SO MANY
FEATURES ... SO MANY "EXTRAS"!
sensational ^ E^W
St/a^n4. WOOD
FOLDING RULES
Si/an^ x?oz.£> Tif>'
6 ft. EXTENSION RULE
1. FREE! Rule holster with
belt clip.
2. EASY TO READ! Marked
In inches, plus feet-and-
inches. Stud marks
every 16". "Flags"
every foot.
3. BUILT-IN GRADUATED
BRASS TIPS at both ends.
4. BRASS EXTENSION, grad
uated for Inside
measurement.
(Models X40 and
X40F only).
5. MANUFACTURER'S
REPLACEMENT AND
REPAIR SERVICE!
Also available: STANDARD
"SILVER TIP" Rule, $1.79
6^^ein4.
RULE CO.
BRASS NAMEPLATE
plus set of "A to Z"
metallzed initials with
all rules.
Factories at: Elizabeth, N. J.
& Montreal, Quebec
I MAKE ^S^ an hour
CASH PROFIT
IN MY RETIREMENT
BUSINESS
— Grover Squires
When you retire be sure of good
steady cash income with your
own COMPLETE SHARPENING
SHOP... Grind saws, knives,
scissors, skates, lawn mower
blades... all cutting edges...
Your own retirement cash
business with no inventory...
right at home ... no experience
needed.
FREE BOOK tells how you can
start your own retirement
business. Low cost — time
payments only $15.00 a month.
Send coupon today.
BELSAW Sharp-Ail Co
7121 Field BIdg.
Kansas City 11, Mo.
Send FREE Book "LIFETIME SECUR-
ITY". No obligation.
Name
Address.
City
.State-
To One and All,
from the General Officers,
General Executive Board
and General Office Staff
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